The Sohio News

Message in Bottle? Try Balloon CLEVELAND—Space-minded youngsters here who launched toy

balloons bearing Sohio ovals didn't expect to put them into orbit, but they did get unexpected results.

One pair of balloons, distributed at Sohio's exhibit on the Cuya-hoga Valley Industrial Tour, crossed Lake Erie and landed in Canada. Another pair carried a message off to Pennsylvania.

(Above) John (left) and Joseph Solek, nine-year-old twin sons of Joe Solek, No. 1 Refinery pipefitter helper, conceived the idea of launching their balloons late one Saturday afternoon. The boys' dad typed a note, asking the finder of the balloons to return them to the boys or to 11-yeai-old George Shiroke (above right), a neigh-bor who helped rig the message to the balloon strings.

On Tuesday the boys returned home from school to discover a post card had been sent by Mrs. C. Yuodis, who had found the balloons in her yard Sunday morning at Rondeau Park, Ont., 75 miles across Lake Erie.

Another youngster, 13-year-old George Lesko, Jr., attached a message to a pair of balloons and received word that they had been found by a hunter 150 miles away in Allegheny National Forest near Spring Creek, Penna.

Announce Multimillion- Dollar Hydrocracking Unit for Toledo

Construction of a multimillion-dollar hydrocracking unit at Toledo Refinery will begin in 1961 according to an an-nouncement by Alexander B. Clarke, vice-president, Manu-facturing. The unit will go on stream early in 1962.

Using a new process which re-quires hydrogen, the 7,500-bar-rel unit will produce gasoline by upgrading distillate fuels — those which fall in the range of

United Appeal Pledges Pour in

C L E V E L A N D - A s the half-way point neared in the United Appeal campaign here, Sohioans were rapidly approaching their goal of $191,646.

Meanwhile, a corporate gift of $88,876 —a 4I/2 per cent in-crease over the 1959 goal —had already been pledged for a 100 per cent contribution.

As of Oct. 20, 70 per cent of Cleveland Sohioans had pledged 61 per cent of the goal — or $118,058.

A breakdown of the figures indicated that 50 per cent of commerce and industry Sohio-ans had made contributions ac-counting for 34 per cent of the goal. Ninety-two per cent of Division A Sohioans' pledges were in, making up 74 per cent of the goal.

Last day of the drive is Oct. 27. By that date contributions were expected to be substantially ahead of last year's total.

Unitize Spraberry O K L A H O M A CITY - On

Nov. 1 Sohio officially takes over the world's largest water-flood, the 96-square-mile Spra-berry Driver Unit.

The unit will be operated out of Production's Midland Office, headed by Superintendent A. Kelly Hood.

furnace oils. It also will be capa-ble of producing high-grade jet fuel.

A three-man team of Sohioans is working with a process de-signing group of California Re-search Corp., a subsidiary of Standard Oil Co. of California and patent holder of the proc-ess. Completion of design is scheduled for Jan. 1, 1961. Con-struction is to begin as soon as possible after that.

Donald Cawein, project engi-neer on loan to Home Office Manufacturing's Refinery Engi-neering from Toledo Refinery, heads the Sohio team. William Lumb, senior engineer, and Earl Jirus, group engineer, both from Refinery Engineering, are work-ing with Cawein.

Sohio is the first company to be licensed by California Re-search to use the new hydro-cracking process, called "iso-cracking" and announced only last December.

The new unit will be com-pletely integrated with Toledo Refinery. It will share the same controls system and take hydro-gen from the refinery's catalytic reformer.

J. Robert Jones, manager of Refinery Engineering, said the hydrocracker will put Toledo Refinery in "fuel balance."

Currently hydrogen is used as fuel gas, and more is being pro-duced than is needed for that purpose. The hydrocracker will use the oversupply as well as additional hydrogen, for which less costly natural gas will be substituted to supply heat.

Jones also said that Toledo Refinery distillate fuel (heating type oils) production is sufficient to feed the new unit for peak production.

Vol. 14 NOVEMBER 1960 No. 11

New Medical Care Plan Joins With Blue Cross in January

of the plan during the six-m o n t h probationary employ-ment period. After that, he qualifies for the company con-tribution.

Annuitants will be provided the same basic benefits as active employees. Major medical cover-age will not be offered, however. Annuitants' benefits will include cost of a semi-private hospital

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Elect A. B. Clarke As Vice-President Of Manufacturing

A new and improved Sohio Medical Care Plan has been announced for all regular, full-time Sohioans, annuitants, and their families.

In a letter to Sohioans, Oliver A. Ohmann, manager of the Employee Relations Department, announced that the plan will go into effect on Jan. 1, 1961, for all employees enrolled by the deadline date of Dec. I, 1960.

"In preparing the plan," Dr. Ohmann wrote, "we have bene-fited greatly from discussions with numerous groups of em-ployees, from your participation in employee surveys . . . from discussions with union commit-tees, advice from Quarter Cen-tury units, as well as numerous letters from active and retired Sohioans."

Under the new Medical Care Plan, hospitalization and medi-cal-surgical benefits will be han-dled by Blue Cross of Northeast Ohio and Ohio Medical Indem-nity, Inc. (Blue Shield). Major medical benefits will be pro-vided by the insurance company currently handling Sohio's Med-ical Care Plan.

Details of the new Sohio Med-ical Care Plan will be presented to employees in a booklet soon to be distributed, along with an enrollment card. D i s c u s s i o n meetings will be held in most locations.

Major provisions of the plan are:

The maximum for surgical benefits will be increased from $240 to $300. Along with this increase, physicians' visits in the hospital will be paid for at the rate of $10 for the first day, $5 for the second to fourth day, and $4 for the fifth to 120th day. Sohio's present plan allows for payment of a physician only for surgical procedures.

The major medical "deducti-ble" is to be set at $150. The deductible is the initial cost that must be assumed — over and above basic benefits — by the in-sured before the major medical benefit of 75 per cent of all medical bills will be paid by the plan.

This is a considerable liberal-ization over the present deducti-ble of 5 per cent of base annual pay, with a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $500. The three-months' accumulation pe-riod remains unchanged.

The new six-month waiting period for new employees is to be eliminated. However, the new employee must assume full cost

STEP Credit Card Sales in Nine Months of 1960 Top All of 1959

STEP credit card sales in year have eclipsed sales for all Ordinator Harry Wagoner.

September sales were $469,-231, as against $234,922 in the same month of 1959. Sales for the first nine months totaled $2,909,998—topping the Septem-ber 1959 figures of $1,375,506 and exceeding 1959's total sales of $2,096,673.

"If STEP credit card sales continue at the same rate for the remaining quarter of the year," Wagoner says, "we'll hit $4.5 million by Dec. 31.

At the same time, the number of credit cards has more than doubled in the 12-month period of September 1959 to Septem-ber i960. Last year at this time, there were 27,790 STEP ac-

the first nine months of the of 1959, reports STEP Co-

counts; this year there are 63,837.

Only recently the 18th, 19th, and 20th STEP 500 Club cer-tificates were issued to Elaine Henry, Youngstown Sales in-voice payment clerk; Joseph Shaw, Portsmouth Sales dealer salesman; and Francis Faddy, Youngstown Sales training as-sistant. Elaine has submitted more than 1,000 STEP credit card applications, while Joe and Frank are well over the 500-mark. (See photo on page 10.)

T o date, a total of 7,627 em-ployees have made STEP credit card recommendations.

Can't Beat Boron! WARREN, OHIO—Boron, as everybody knows, has more

"go." And so does a black miniature poodle named Boron. Just a pup of 15 months, Boron recently achieved champion-ship rating at a dog show here.

Naturally, Boron is a Sohio product. George Tropf, assist-ant manager at Cleveland Sales Division's Kinsman and Union Servicenter, sold his poodle Tinselle to Jack Wiggins, psychologist at Cleveland Receiving Hospital. Tinselle be-came the mother of Boron.

Since then, Tinselle has produced a new litter of puppies, and one is named Extron—what else?

A L E X A N D E R B . C L A R K E

Alexander B. Clarke, man-ager since 1959 of Sohio's Manufacturing Department, has been elected vice-presi-dent in charge of Manufac-turing. The appointment was announced by President Charles E. Spahr after a meeting of the board of directors.

At 41, Mr. Clarke becomes So-hio's youngest vice-president and heads the department in which he started his Sohio career as an engineer. A graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor's de-gree in chemical engineering, he joined Manufacturing's former Technical Service Division as an engineer in 1941.

Progressing through the posts of senior engineer and group supervisor with Technical Serv-ice, "Bun" Clarke was appointed assistant to the technical man-ager in Manufacturing in 1948.

In 1952 he moved to Sohio's Marketing Department as chief of its Sales Technical Division; in 1957 he was named manager of Akron Sales Division.

Bun is a native of Bayonne, N. J. He and his wife Betty have three children — Alex, 14; Catherine, 12; and David, 7 — and live at 3103 Belvoir Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Adopt Chemical Department Name

C L E V E L A N D - A change in name has been announced for Sohio's Petrochemical Depart-ment. It is now called the Chem-ical Department.

In announcing the new de-partment name, Edward F. Morrill, vice-president, Chemi-cals, stated the word "chemical" is broader and more properly descriptive of department func-tions.

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The Sohio News Published every month for employees of The Standard Oil Company

(Ohio) and its subsidiaries: Boron Oil Company, Canfield Oil Company, Fleet-Wing Corporation, Sohio Caribbean Company, Sohio Chemical Com-pany, Sohio Exploration Company, Sohio Iberian Oil Company, Sohio-Iran Trading, Inc., Sohio Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipe Line Company, and Sohio Venezuela Company.

Address correspondence to Editor, The Standard Oil Company (Ohio), 1550 Midland Building, Cleveland 15, Ohio.

Editor, F. M. Paulson; Assistant Editor, J u n e Eppink; Editorial Staff, Clyde Wimer, Lawrence R. Auldridge, and Roger D. Bonham; Photographer, John F. Trauger.

NEWS REPORTERS HOME OFFICE J u n e E p p i n k CANFIELD OIL Janice Vyrstrcil CHEMICAL James Fletcher FLEET-WING Madeline Lydon RESEARCH CENTER . . . . A l i ce She l l y

Exploration HEADQUARTERS. . . .Ramona Carter AMARILLO Gabriel Duty CALGARY Doreen Jacobs CASPER S u e H a y e s HOUSTON Doris Hurd LAFAYETTE. . .Willa Mae Riedlinger MIDLAND Stanley Lobley

Manufac tu r ing LATONIA REFINERY. B o b W a i n s c o t t LIMA REFINERY R u t h S h o r t

and Jerry Loffman No. 1 REFINERY Robert Olson No. 2 REFINERY . . . Dorothy Waller TOLEDO REFINERY. . . F r e d Gress l e r

Market ing AKRON Margaret Sullivan CANTON Eleanor Dietz CINCINNATI B u d H a y n e s CLEVELAND A1 M a r i g n o n i COLUMBUS J o h n Zezech

DAYTON Beverly Collinsworth LIMA Jane t Stokes MANSFIELD Helen Drushal PORTSMOUTH Ruth March TOLEDO R a y H e r s h m a n YOUNGSTOWN Elaine Henry ZANESVILLE Edrie Dawson

Product ion HEADQUARTERS . . Johnnye Stephens CALGARY Doreen Jacobs CASPER S u e H a y e s CENTRALIA Mildred McKee

Kentucky Michigan Floyd Miller

LAFAYETTE . . Willa Mae Riedlinger MIDLAND Stanley Lobley OKMULGEE W A T E R F L O O D . J i m N a s h PAULS VALLEY . . . . C l a u d i n e Russe l l RUSSELL Barbara McCall W E H L U Estelle Gainey

Transpor ta t ion EASTERN DIV Harriet Craven PRODUCTS PIPE LINE . . . . L o i s S t u l t z SOUTHWESTERN D I V I S I O N :

DIXIE AREA R u f u s S l a t o n MAGNOLIA AREA J a c k W h i t e PRAIRIE AREA. . . . C h e s t e r F r a n k s

TRI-STATE DIV Russ Moore

Who Deserves Our Vote? In the little time that remains until Election Day, as we

make our final decisions on candidates, we may expect to see on television screens, and in magazines and newspapers, last-ditch appeals for our support. Which candidates should we root for? Who deserves our vote?

Standing the candidates side-by-side in the mind to see who has the widest grin, the happiest family, the largest (or smallest) savings account is not the approach we favor. It seems more relevant to measure each man in relation to the office he seeks.

This makes it hard to choose correctly. T h e qualities of leadership are not those of a man rushing headlong toward some private destiny, pulling the rest of the country behind him like an unwilling dog on a leash. Good leadership seems to include knowing, first, which direction the people want to be led; second, the speed which they're capable of traveling; third, the possible danger of arriving at the goal too late.

This Election Day we face a brand-new decade and a completely different era. Never before have campaigns been conducted under skies heavily laden with satellites. Only once in the last 30 years has no incumbent President been running.

Between now and Nov. 8 it's our task to judge which men will best lead a rapidly changing nation in an unpre-dictable age. Once we've determined the best bets among the candidates, all that remains is to head for the polls!

What Is 'the Company'? " T h e company" just came out with a new product. " T h e

company" has announced a promotion or a move to a new office. " T h e company" favors good roads fairly financed. " T h e company" is doing this; " the company" is going to do that .

Every day we hear someone speak about that invisible something "the company" — what it needs, what it gives. Well, what is it, this "company" people speak of so often?

" T h e company" is people—what people depends upon the point of view. T o the man next door, " the company" is you. T o the person looking for a job, it's the interviewer. T o the visitor, it's the receptionist. T o the customer, it's the sales-man. T o the fund chairman, it's the person who gives him the check.

" T h e company" is not always the same person. It is not always the same group of persons. So when we talk about Sohio, we should think of whom we speak. "The company" wears many faces, including ours. Whether we are salesmen, stenographers, mechanics, or clerks—to the people we meet we are Sohio. It 's our attitude, the way we handle our work, our community activities that determine what people think of "the company." Good public relations for Sohio is every-body's job!

Research Committee Meets CLEVELAND — Sohio's research committee has

proposed a continued strong attack on basic re-search and an increase in the company's research budget for next year.

During a recent all-day meeting at the Research Center, the committee also recommended an in-crease in the budget for petrochemical research. Both proposals were turned over to President Charles E. Spahr for decision.

At noon, members of the committee were joined by supervisors and senior research associates of the Research Center at an outdoor luncheon. (See photo above.)

Officers of the committee are: chairman—Elliott

B. McConnell, senior vice-president for Research, Patents, and Management Methods; vice-chairman —Everett C. Hughes, manager, Research; and sec-retary—George H. Watkins, staff assistant, Plan-ning, President's Staff.

Committee members include Leland L. Chap-man, chief patent counsel; Alexander B. Clarke, vice-president, Manufacturing; Samuel H. Elliott, senior vice-president for Exploration and Produc-tion; Joseph D. Harnett, vice-president, Market-ing; Edward F. Morrill, vice-president, Chemicals; and Richard C. Sauer, executive vice-president. Mr. Elliott and Mr. Sauer joined the committee this year.

J. F. Kingdom E. G. Hacker

Julius Kingdom Dies at Age 82;

W a s Cleveland Sales Annuitant In ill health for the past two years with a heart ailment,

Julius F. Kingdom, Cleveland Sales annuitant, died Sept. 20 at the home of his daughter in Washington, D. C. He was 82.

Beginning as a tank wagon

T. A. Forbes W. A. Scott

Will Choose EMBA Envoys

Members of the Employees' Mutual Benefit Association will receive their ballots this month for election of district repre-sentatives.

Balloting will take place on Dec. 1. Those elected — one candidate from each of the 16 EMBA districts — will serve for a two-year term, beginning Jan. 1.

By mid-October the names of the fol lowing nominees had been submitted by petition:

District 1 (Home Office, ex-cluding Finance and Account-ing but including Fleet-Wing) — Robert H. Eisen and Robert S. Thomas; District 2 (Finance and Accounting, Home Office)— Eugene H. Laskowski, Edward H. Schaefer, and George M. Yaneff; District 3 (Cleveland Sales Division) — Raymond C. Hagemann.

D i s t r i c t 4 ( C a n t o n a n d Youngstown sales divisions) — Dale D. Elliott; District 6 (Columbus and Zanesville sales divisions)—Melvin D. Chapman; District 8 (Dayton and Lima sales divisions)—Paul E. Vonder-embse; District 11 (No. 2 Re-finery) — Frank E. Higgins and George H. Kelley.

To Cover Midland MIDLAND—Stanley Lobley is

Sohio News reporter for Sohio's Exploration and Production of-fices here. A clerk, Mr. Lobley replaces Duane Lutton.

driver at Warren, Ohio, in No-vember 1902, Mr. K i n g d o m transferred to Cleveland in 1906 as a combination salesman. He became a collector in 1912, hold-ing that position until his re-tirement in 1943.

Julius is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Wood-worth, who resides with their daughter, Mrs. Martha Thomp-son, 3805 West St., S.E., Wash-ington.

Edwin G. Hacker

T o l e d o Refinery Annuitant Edwin G. Hacker died of a heart attack Sept. 24 at his home, 4427 Commonwealth Ave., Toledo. He was 72.

Retired since 1953, Mr. Hack-er was chief engineer at To ledo Refinery for 25 years. Prior to joining Sohio in August 1926, he had been associated with To-ledo Bridge and Crane, To ledo Machine and Tool , and Willys-Overland. He was a member of the city, state, and national So-ciety of Professional Engineers. H e also was a 32nd-degree Mason.

Ed is survived by his wife Iva and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schalaka.

Thomas A. Forbes

Thomas A. Forbes, station ex-aminer in Home Office Finance's General Auditing, died of can-cer Sept. 17 in Bethesda Hospi-tal, Cincinnati. He had been on sick leave since March.

Mr. Forbes, who was 52, jo ined Sohio in December 1928 as a stock records clerk in Cin-cinnati Sales Division. In 1931 he transferred to Dayton Sales Division as a statistical clerk, serving later as a senior clerk in what was then H o m e Office Sales Accounting and in the Credit Department. In 1938 T o m became a station examiner, his job when he died.

A native of Cincinnati, T o m attended the University of Cin-

cinnati. Surviving him is his widow, the former Ethel Gold-schmidt, who lives at 1168 Cryer Ave., Cincinnati.

Walter A. Scott

Akron Sales Division Annui-tant Walter A. Scott died Oct. 2 in Akron City Hospital follow-ing a heart attack. H e was strick-en at his home at 298 Cleveland St., Akron, shortly after return-ing home from church and was taken to the hospital where he died an hour later.

Born 68 years ago in Rich-wood, Ohio, Mr. Scott worked as a youth on his father's farm near there. In 1912 he went to Akron to work for Sohio, re-maining there until 1917. Wal-ter joined Factory Oil Co. as a tank truck driver in 1918. H e became a warehouse manager when the company was acquired by Refiners Oil Co. In 1931, when Sohio acquired Refiners, he became a warehouseman.

In the ensuing years, Walter held posts as bulk station clerk, inventory control clerk, score card clerk, and senior order clerk, his job at retirement in 1957.

For a short time in his youth, Walter was a professional base-ball player. H e was a Mason and a member of Knights of Pythias and Goodyear Heights United Presbyterian Church.

Walter is survived by his wife Esther; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Charlton; and two granddaugh-ters.

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Pick Rec Officers CLEVELAND - Home Office

Sohioans chose Kenneth Pan-horst to head their rec club this year. Serving with him: Bernice Haytas as indoor vice-president; Ralph Mowery as outdoor vice-president; Barbara Schwab as secretary; and Herbert Olson as treasurer.

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Enroll by Dec. 1

Revised Medical Care Plan Takes Effect on Jan. 1

(Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) room for up to 120 days per confinement; unlimited hospital "extras" during the same period; payment of up to $300 in surgi-cal costs and payment of doc-tors' visits, according to estab-lished schedules.

This is a marked improve-ment over the present plan for annuitants. T h e plan now in effect allows payment of annui-tants' hospital room and board at an $8-a-day rate for 31 days, a maximum of $160 in hospital extras, and a maximum of $240 in surgical fees. T h e current plan makes no provision for payment of in-hospital visits by physicians.

Survivors Can Transfer

Under the present plan medi-cal coverage for survivors of de-ceased annuitants and active employees is discontinued after three months. Under the new Blue Cross plan they can trans-fer from the group plan to di-rect subscription.

First-year cost of the new plan has been set at $4.22 a month for employee-only c o v e r a g e , $8.71 for employee-and-family coverage. This includes basic benefits as well as major medi-cal coverage. Under the present plan, Sohioans are paying $1.80 for individual coverage, $7.10 a month for family coverage. T o make these rates possible, Sohio contributes $3 and $7, respec-tively.

T h e table below shows how the cost of the new Sohio Medi-cal Care Plan is distributed. T h e temporary reduction will be in effect for the first year only. For the following year, monthly costs will be about $4.90 and $10.14, depending upon rates at the time.

T h e temporary cost reduction is made possible by payment of some maternity claims under provisions of the present insur-ance company contract. Since it will not be necessary for Blue Cross-Blue Shield to pay the claims, savings — including the company's portion—will be used to reduce employee costs for the first year.

Annuitant Rates

Annuitant rates for the new plan are $5.31 for single annui-tant coverage and $11.43 for an-nuitant-and-family coverage. T o make these rates possible, Sohio contributes $2 and $4, respec-tively. Current rates for the annuitant plan are $4 and $8.

In order for Blue Cross-Blue Shield to cover Sohioans, 75 per cent of all employees and annui-tants must accept the plan. It is expected this figure will be more than subscribed by the Dec. 1 deadline. Better than 90 per cent of all Sohioans voluntarily belong to the present plan.

H. W. Goodnight

G. L. McGuffey

Photo by Karl Maslowski

MAMA MINK, with her velvet-soft fur that women are proud to wear, stars in Sohio's new nature film scheduled for January release. In color and 30 minutes long, the movie has the working title of Nature's Balance. Featuring Karl Maslowski's expert camera work of animals at work and play, it shows the interdependence of wild-life and its environment. Sohio's Film Director Edward W. Plumb is co-producer of the movie.

L I M A — New sales assign-ments are announced for three Chemical Department Sohioans here.

Sales Division Manager Henry J. Coleman announces the ap-pointment of Harrold W. (Jack) Goodnight as district sales man-ager in charge of Agricultural Sales efforts west of the Missis-sippi River "in support of new ammonia and urea facilities now under construction at Jop-iln, Mo."

Mr. Goodnight will establish an office in Kansas City, Mo., and make his headquarters there.

Mr. Coleman also announces that George L. McGuffey will become sales manager for na-tional accounts in Agricultural Sales. T h e appointment reflects an "awareness of the impor-tance of our large fertilizer and feed accounts to our sales ef-forts," Coleman commented.

Both Goodnight and Mc-Guffey will report to James W. Bibbins, manager of Agricul-tural Sales.

In addition, Industrial Sales Manager William J. Witham announces that Donavon F. Beaver has been appointed staff assistant for Industrial Sales.

Harrold W. Goodnight Jack G o o d n i g h t originally

joined Sohio in 1939; worked as a service station salesman and bulk station clerk. In 1948 he took time out to complete en-gineering and business studies begun at University of To ledo and University of Cincinnati.

Returning to Sohio in 1949, Jack entered sales engineering work at Home Office and later at Cincinnati Sales Division. He

Cost of Medical Care Plan

Total Cost Per Month —

Sohio Pays —

Balance —

•Temporary Reduction —

Your Contribution Rate (for 1961 only) —

• - Results from savings to Blue Cross-Blue Shield for maternity benefits to be paid under insurance company contract. This reduction is to be allowed for the first year only.

Employee Employee and Family

$7.90 $17.14

3.00 7.00

4.90 10.14

.68 1.43

$4.22 $ 8.71

was assigned to the Chemical Department in 1955.

George L. McGuffey George McGuffey began his

Sohio career as an agricultural sales representative in 1955. T h e next year he was promoted to product manager for feed urea sales.

Before coming with Sohio, George spent 16 years in agri-cultural education work in Ohio and two years as sales super-visor for Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Uni-versity of Kentucky.

Donavon F. Beaver Donavon Beaver, fol lowing

graduation from University of Minnesota in 1957, was em-ployed as a junior chemist in the Chemical Department's ni-trogen plant. In 1959 he was promoted to chemist and trans-ferred to its acrylonitrile labo-ratory.

Asks Renewal Of Park Levy

CLEVELAND - Sohio Presi-dent Charles E. Spahr currently is heading a committee that urges renewal of the modest tax levy that created this city's Met-ropolitan Parks system, some-times known as the "emerald necklace."

Renewal of the .84 mill levy, amounting to about 25 cents a person annually, is to be voted on at the Nov. 8 general elec-tion. Being a renewal, the levy will not increase an individual's tax payments.

Passage of the levy will "make possible continuation of the park system expansion to meet the needs of a growing Cuya-hoga County," Mr. Spahr said.

First passed in 1920, the levy subsequently was renewed in 1930, 1940, and 1950.

J A N E B U R N E R

O i l B usiness Is a Family Affair For Sohio Sisters, Both Secretaries

You would naturally expect two sisters to have several things in common: family, friends, interests, childhood recol-lections. But Catherine Davis and Jane Burner have another common bond that few sisters can boast: They both work for Sohio!

Geographically, the Sohio sis-ters are separated by several hundred miles of Texas and Oklahoma plains. Jane is lo-cated at Houston Exploration, Catherine at Okmulgee Water-flood.

Come Thanksgiving Day, the sisters will get together for a visit, and they'll no doubt ex-change shop talk about Sohio. Maybe they'll even reminisce on how it all came about.

Jane was the first to join So-hio in August 1954. She's been in Houston Exploration's Land Department most of those years; now is secretary to Clifford E. Storm, Jr., area landman, and L. Leon Storms, assistant area landman — whose names "can make life confusing at times."

By the end of her first year Jane liked the work so well she suggested Catherine would, too. Sohio at that time had just opened its waterflood office in Okmulgee. Jane urged her sis-ter to apply for a position that was available there. Catherine did — and got the post. She's now secretary to James Castner, area manager; also serves in the Land Department.

Between them, Catherine and Jane are the mothers of three daughters. Catherine has two: Kay, 15, and Karen, 13. Though Catherine enjoys card playing in her spare time, she finds her leisure limited by her daugh-ters' activities. Both belong to high school sororities; and one is a cheer leader, while the other is in pep club.

Jane has one daughter, 11-year-old Sharon. Jane's weekends are completely taken up with her daughter, housekeeping, a cocker, a Siberian Husky, and a Sicilian donkey.

T h e donkey, given to Sharon for her birthday, has made life interesting for the Burner moth-er and daughter. "It's a regular pest," Jane says, not without affection. "Every time you step out the door she's right there to follow at your heels, nibbling at your hand to be petted."

It is not uncommon to see the donkey g a l l o p i n g after the

C A T H E R I N E D A V I S

Husky, trying to get hold of the dog's tail and give it a good yank. Everyone likes the don-key, with the possible exception of Sharon's grandmother, who gets upset when the animal tips over rubbish cans.

Neither Catherine nor Jane is new to the oil business. Their father was with Pan American Petroleum Corp. until his retire-ment last year. T h e girls re-member that in their growing-up years they were transferred from Indiana to Wyoming to Louisiana to Michigan to Lou-isiana to Texas, etc., etc. But the family has been more or less permanently located in Houston for the past 20 years.

N o w their father is out of the oil business, and Catherine and Jane are in it — and the sisters are happy to make it a family affair.

Sohio Foundation Makes Largest Gift to University Circle Unit

CLEVELAND—The Sohio Foundation made a $200,000 gift to this city's University Circle Development Foundation.

T h e gift is a one-half inter est in Sohio's former Research Laboratory at 2127 Cornell Rd. T h e University Circle Develop-ment Foundation, in turn, pur-chased one-half interest in the property for $200,000 from So-hio.

"This is the largest corporate contribution the foundation has received," said Nei l J. Carothers, president of the University Cir-cle Development Foundation.

In making the presentation, Elliott B. McConnell, Sohio senior vice-president, said the Sohio Foundation made the gift "in view of the non-profit char-acter of the University Circle Development Foundation and its public purpose of promoting the interests of many charitable and educational institutions in the University Circle area by planning and furthering its proper development."

T h e transaction gives the Uni-versity C i r c l e D e v e l o p m e n t Foundation full title to the two-

and three-story physical and chemical laboratory building located on a 45,000-square-foot tract, with 200-foot frontage on Cornell Road. T h e buildings housed the activities of Sohio's Research Department until the new Research Center on War-rensville Center Road was com-pleted and occupied.

Voorhees Group Reports to Clarke

CLEVELAND - Manufactur-ing's Employee Relations Staff, headed by John K. Voorhees, will report directly to Alexander B. Clarke, vice-president, Man-ufacturing.

In making the announcement, Mr. Clarke stated that Mr. Voor-hees will continue to handle employee relations activities for the R e s e a r c h , M a n a g e m e n t Methods, Patents, and Licensing groups reporting to Vice-Presi-dent Elliott B. McConnell.

Three Lima Sohioans Earn Posts in Chemical Sales

Page 4 The Sohio News November 1960

Amendments in Social Security Affect Sohioans

L i b e r a l i z a t i o n of social security laws by the last ses-sion of Congress will benefit millions of Americans who have retired, or one day will retire, as well as their fami-lies. The new social security amendments thus affect vir-tually all Sohioans.

Most far-reaching of the so-cial security changes deals with the income which retirees can earn without loss of social security benefits. Under the present law, a beneficiary who earns more than $1,200 a year loses one month's benefit check for each $80 or fraction by which his earnings go over the $1,200.

But under the new law, which takes effect in 1961, a beneficiary who earns more than $1,200 in a year will have $1 of his benefits withheld for each $2 that he earns from $1,200 up to $1,500. For every $1 that his earnings go above $1,500, $1 of benefits will be withheld.

This means that those draw-ing social security payments no longer end up with a reduction in income by making more than $1,200 a year. A beneficiary who earns over $1,200 in a year will always receive more in com-bined earnings and benefits than if he earned $1,200 or less.

The new law, like the old one, allows those over 72 to earn any amount without loss of benefits.

Another significant change in the social security law permits a severely disabled worker to qualify for disability insurance benefits regardless of age. Until now, such a worker could not be paid monthly payments until age 50.

However, the disabled worker applying for benefits must have been under social security for at least five of the ten years be-fore disablement occurred.

A third major revision in the law reduces by one third the amount of time a worker must have worked under social secur-ity in order to get old-age, sur-vivor, or disability insurance benefits. For example, those reaching retirement age next year must have worked under social security for about 3'/4 years instead of 5 to 5]4 years.

A fourth significant change in the law stipulates that work done by a parent for a son or daughter in a trade or business will be covered by social secur-ity. Work performed in a son's or daughter's household still is not covered, however. This amend-ment goes into effect in Janu-ary 1961.

In addition to these changes in the social security law, there have been several minor revi-sions. Information on these can be obtained at your local social security office.

Elects New Prexy AKRON - Donald Gleichauf

is this sales division's new rec club president. Wallace Archer is vice-president; Joann Mala-chosky, secretary; and Weyland Gossard, treasurer.

Covers News Beat OKLAHOMA CITY - Ra-

mona Carter is the new Sohio News reporter for Headquarters Land and Exploration here. A clerk-typist, she replaces Isis Tuel.

( F R O M L E F T ) G E O R G E , M I L D R E D , J O H N , J I M , AND L A R R Y Practice session is a family affair.

Sohioan's Family Is Bull's-Eye Happy By RAY HERSHMAN

H U R O N , O H I O — I n d i a n summer and the American Indi-an's bow and arrow make a sure-fire combination of outdoor fun for the "paleface" family of George Zimmerman. The Zimmermans live here at 725 Taylor Ave.

From George down to four-year-old Larry, archery is their favorite sport. George's wife Mildred and their two older sons —John, 12, and Jim, 10 — are all "bow benders." Kay, 14, is the only one of the family who hasn't caught archery fever.

George, a Toledo Sales Divi-sion servicenter salesman here, only recently won the coveted Ohio Archers State Field Cham-pionship in competition with 400 other archers. At the same meet, John and Jim copped third prizes in events for young-er contestants.

Introduced to archery five years ago by a friend, George

soon became a member of an archery club; now is a member of the Eight Ball Archers in Elyria, which has a closed mem-bership of 16 adults. He also has entered the entire family in the Bow and Barrel Archery Club, which has five districts in Ohio.

Almost every Sunday, one or more of the Zimmermans com-pete in archery meets in vari-ous cities of Ohio. George says he attends the meets in north-ern Ohio for the most part, but hopes to get a camping trailer so he and the whole family can go longer distances and more

Richard Albrecht Heads Mountaineer Coke Sales

C L E V E L A N D — Richard H. Albrecht has been appointed to a newly-created post in Home Office Marketing's Whole-sale and Subsidiary Sales.

R. H. Albrecht

Mr. Albrecht becomes sales manager of Mountaineer Car-

bon Co., which is jointly owned by S o h i o a n d C o n s o l i d a t i o n Coal Co. The a p p o i n t m e n t was announced by Richard E. Sauer, executive vice-president of Sohio and vice-

president of Mountaineer. Reporting directly to Howard

P. Ferguson, manager of Mar-keting's Wholesale and Subsidi-ary Sales, Dick will maintain his office in Cleveland but will work closely with personnel of Mountaineer. He will launch a program to further diversify production of Mountaineer's cal-cine facilities at Cresap, W. Va.

Richard J. Boy ink will dis-continue his coke sales activity and will continue as manager of Marketing's Residual Oils and Railroad Sales.

Dick Albrecht has been petro-leum coke co-ordinator in the Operations Staff of Home Office Manufacturing since 1959.

Graduating in 1948 from Yale, Dick joined Sohio the same year. He began as a junior e n g i n e e r in Manufacturing's Fuels and Lubricants Service Division, which later became Automotive Engineering Divi-sion.

Dick rose through a succes-

sion of promotions, serving as an engineer, senior engineer, group engineer, group super-visor, section supervisor, and petroleum coke co-ordinator.

A native of Canton, during World War II he was a second lieutenant in the air force. Dick and his wife Mary Jane have four children: Susan, 11; Bar-bara, 8; Sally, 6; and Billy, 3. They reside at 3272 Oak Knoll Dr., Pepper Pike, Ohio.

Advance Alford to Group Supervisor

CLEVELAND-Promotion of Harvey E. Alford to group su-pervisor here at Sohio's Research Center is announced.

In his new assignment, Mr. Alford will recruit technical per-sonnel, establish and supervise safety and training programs, and handle public relations at the Research Center.

Prior to his promotion, Har-vey was a technical specialist, engaged in recruiting and safety programs. He joined Sohio in 1947 as a junior chemist.

Lima Chooses Hall L I M A - R i c h a r d Hall is the

new chairman of Lima Refin-ery's Quarter Century Club unit. Howard Carolus is vice-chairman; Herman Steiger, sec-retary; and Harold Anderson, treasurer.

economically. Throughout the week, prac-

tice sessions take place in the Zimmermans' back yard, in it-self a boy's paradise. The yard backs up to a farm field; has a baseball diamond, swings, pi-geon cages, tree house, and a small corral used for a Mexican burro Kay had until recently.

Actual archery practice takes place a safe distance from the house in a wooded area.

George wants in the worst way to win next year's Ohio championship for the second time to prove it wasn't just luck the first time around. Young John and Jim are seriously prac-ticing to try for top spots in the youngsters' divisions.

Four-year-old Larry is still a bit young for competition, but by the time he is old enough, he'll be championship material.

George and his family enjoy archery only as a target sport. But George introduced his sta-tion manager, Frank Bartzan, to archery, and he applied it to the sport of hunting. And, as luck would have it, the first time Frank went hunting with a bow and arrow, he bagged a deer. Naturally, the Z i m m e r m a n s dined on venison steaks—tokens of Frank's appreciation.

Stevens Appoints Simon, Foster to Managers' Posts

LIMA—Donald G. Stevens, manager of Sohio's Chemical Department, announces the appointments of Stephen B. Simon as manager of the de-partment 's Distribution Di-vision and of James W. Fos-ter as manager of its Supply Division.

Both Mr. Simon and Mr. Foster will report to Mr. Stevens in their new assignments, which are the result of a splitting of the Supply and Distribution Division.

Steve Simon, who served as product distribution co - ordi-nator prior to his new post, joined Sohio in 1939 as a tabu-lating clerk in Home Office Accounting. Later he served in Supply and Distribution at Home Office, becoming em-ployee relations assistant there in 1954. He was made assistant to Sohio Chemical Company's sales manager in 1955.

Born in Barton, Ohio, the n e w d i s t r i b u t i o n m a n a g e r studied agriculture at Ohio State University and market re-search at Western Reserve Uni-versity. He and his wife Arlene are the parents of Melinda, 17; Beverly, 9; and Stephen, 8.

James Foster joined Sohio in 1956 as a student engineer in the Grayville Area of Trans-portation's Tri-State Division. He was promoted to engineer and assigned to St. Louis Trans-portation in 1957. Last July he transferred to the Chemical De-partment's acrylonitrile plant as senior engineer.

Jim studied engineering at Missouri School of Mines and University of Illinois. He and his wife Nedra live here at 1828 Lowell Ave.

Crickets Chirp Winter Warning "Foreign or American-make, now is the time to get your car

ready for winter," says Paul Corradi, Cleveland Sales Division serv-ice station salesman, to Volkswagen driver Randy Morgan.

The toy cricket with folder attached is a part of Sohio's fall and winter sales program. The cricket symbolizes winter's approach; the folder lists tips on preparing for it.

Sohio's many foreign car customers are, of course, not over-looked. Regardless of whether the car is an Alfa-Romeo or a Volvo, it can get winter protection.

As an additional service to foreign car motorists, this year for the first time Sohio is carrying Atlas A-9 batteries to fit their autos. Servicenters also have stocked Atlas wiper arms and blades which can be used for foreign cars.

I. W. Foster S. B. Simon

November 1960 The Sohio News Page 5

New Annuitants

Retiring Sohioans' Hobbies

Include Fishing, Grandchildren Beginning early retirement on Nov. 1 at age 64, Carl J .

Goodyear, Akron Sales Division bulk station clerk, will be in the best position possible to enjoy his "hobby" — his two grandchildren. Mr. Goodyear lives next door to his son Donald and his wife and two children, Donald, Jr., 3, and Janice, V/2.

One of the best-liked Sohio- Ed and his wife, the former ans among Akron Division em- Stella Mustynaea, were married

C. J. Goodyear

p l o y e e s , C a r l h a s completed 41 y e a r s with Sohio. Born in C l e v e l a n d , he g r e w u p i n K e n t , O h i o , where he was e m p l o y e d b y S o h i o i n N o -vember 1919 as

a tank wagon driver at Kent Bulk Station.

During the years that fol-lowed, Carl was a tank truck salesman and truck driver out of Ravenna, Kent, and Akron bulk stations. In 1958 he was made a control man at Akron Bulk Station; then became an order clerk at Kent Bulk Sta-tion. Last year, with a change in duties, he was named bulk station clerk, the position from which he retires.

Carl's wife Freda died in August fol lowing a month's ill-ness. Carl is a long-time mem-ber of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Kent. T h e Goodyear home is at 1142 Kent-Monroe Falls Rd„ Kent.

Edmund Arquette

E. L. Hall

Earl L. Hall

Summers at his trailer at Port Clinton (Ohio) 011 Lake Erie and winters at his home in To-ledo— that's the pattern Earl L. Hall, T o l e d o S a l e s D i v i s i o n automotive clerk, has set for himself fol lowing his retirement Dec. 1.

At his retirement Mr. Hall will have served more than 40 years with Sohio, all of them in To ledo Division.

Born and educated in Lima, Earl studied pharmacy and was in the drug store business before becoming a Sohioan. His first Sohio assignment, accepted in February 1920, was as clerk. Since then Earl has held such positions as service station solici-tor, supervisor, and salesman. H e became an automotive clerk in 1943.

Earl is a member of the Amer-ican Legion, Masons, and YMCA. He enjoys fishing, hunting, golf, and bowling. Earl and his wife Leone, married in 1922, have lived for the past 18 years at 320 Wasaon St., Toledo.

Edmund Arquette

When he begins retirement on Dec. 1, after 35 years with So-hio, Edmund Arquette is going to "relax, relax, and relax some more." Mr. Arquette is a pipe-fitter at To ledo Refinery.

Born in Curtice, Ohio, Ed went to work at the refinery as a yardman in September 1925. After several years' service in the Labor Department, pipe shop, and boiler shop, he was transferred to the pipe shop as a pipefitter's helper in 1939. He was promoted to pipefitter in 1943.

in To ledo in 1927. They have one son Stanley. T h e Arquettes have lived in To ledo at 2066 Delence St. for the past 17 years.

Alexander Bishop

Latonia Refinery Loader Alex-ander Bishop has 14 good rea-sons for looking forward to his Dec. 1 retirement—his 14 grand-children. In addition to spend-ing time with them, Mr. Bishop expects to "relax, take life easy, and do some hunting."

Born and educated in McKin-neysburg, Ky., Alex is a veteran of World War I; saw action with the 165th Infantry Division in the Argonne, Chateau-Thierry, and Alsace-Lorraine. After the war he farmed at Falmouth, Ky., before joining Sohio.

Alex began his 31-year Sohio service as a yardman in Decem-ber 1929. He worked as a boiler-maker's helper and separator op-erator before becoming a loader.

Alex and his wife Gertrude (Schott) were married in 1919. They have a son Will iam and a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Franx-man.

For the past 11 years Alex and Gertrude Bishop have lived on Dudley Pike in South Fort Mitch-ell, Ky.

Edwin E. Fuller

Sohio's loss will be the min-istry's gain when Edwin E. Ful-ler, 61, To ledo Refinery mail tar driver, begins an early re-tirement 011 Nov. 1.

As Mr. Fuller concludes 23 years with Sohio, he will take up the pastorate of Morocco United Brethren Church, lo-cated northwest of Temperance, Mich. Ed says he plans to fol-low the ministry as long as he is able.

Ordained a minister in the U n i t e d B r e t h r e n in Christ Church in 1955, Ed has served as chaplain at Wil l iam Roche Tuberculosis Hospital, Toledo , and at Monclova (Ohio) United Brethren Church.

Born in Livermore, Me., Ed worked six years at Chevrolet's T o l e d o Plant and two years at the Libby-Owens-Ford Rossford, Ohio, plant.

He joined Sohio as a yardman at To ledo Refinery in Septem-ber 1937. Ed worked in the pipe and paint shops for three years, then transferred to the Trans-portation D e p a r t m e n t . He's been a mail car driver since 1952.

On Nov. 25 Ed and his wife, the former Nel l ie May Ropp, will celebrate their 35th wed-ding anniversary. They have one son Leland and two grand-children. T h e Fullers live at 13021 Lulu Rd., Ida, Mich.

Edward Mills

After completing nearly 18 years' service at Sohio's No . 1 Refinery, Edward Mills will re-tire Dec. 1 as shift guard super-visor. He has been on sick leave since May of this year.

Born in Brierley - Gloucester-shire, England, Mr. Mills came to the United States in 1920 and worked as a coal driller at C.W.F. Coal Co. in Oment, 111. He remained there until 1940, when he moved to Cleveland.

"After that Thanksgiving dinner, it's hard to tell which one is on the Sohio Retirement Plan."

Ed joined Sohio in February 1942 as a patrolling watchman at No. 1 Refinery. He was made shift guard supervisor there later that year, holding that position until retirement.

Ed and his wife Marjorie, married in 1921, have a son Jack and live at 16812 Truax Ave., Cleveland.

Alexander E. E. Fuller Bishop

Frank S. Brubeck "My hobbies of photography,

water-color painting, and piano will give me plenty to do," said No. 2 Refinery Senior Clerk Frank S. Brubeck as he contem-plated his Dec. 1 retirement. "There are also some chores around the house that need looking after," he added.

Mr. Brubeck's painting goes back to his early experience be-fore coming with Sohio. Born and educated in Springfield, Ohio, Frank was employed for 15 years as a commercial artist with Morgan Lithograph Corp., Cleveland. At that time he also attended the Cleveland Institute of Art.

But ill health forced him to seek another career. He attend-ed evening classes at West Tech High School and Fenn College. For a time he was a self-em-ployed accountant.

Frank began his 19-year Sohio career in April 1941, first serv-ing as an accountant at the refin-ery. He became a senior clerk in No . 2 Refinery's process office in 1950.

Frank has had several of his water colors exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art's an-nual May Show.

He and his wife, the former Agnes I.itzler, were married in 1933. They have two children: Daniel, a senior at St. Ignatius School, and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Holmes, mother of g r a n d d a u g h t e r Debbie, six months.

T h e Brubecks, who live at 3934 West 157th St., Cleveland, have been members of Our Lady of Angels Church for the last 23 years. Frank is active in its Holy Name Society.

W. W. Fritsch F. S. Brubeck

Walter W. Fritsch Friends and neighbors of

Walter W. Fritsch, Cleveland Sales Division truck driver, are probably looking forward to his Dec. 1 retirement as much as he.

With his own shop in his home, he will have more time to-devote to repairing television sets and radios for other people.

" T h a t ' s m y h o b b y , " M r . Fritsch says. "I took a course in electronics several years ago, planning to keep busy when I retired." Walt not only installed new wiring and fixtures in his home but also built his own television and hi-fi sets.

Since he was a young man, Walt has driven trucks. He drove as a soldier in World War I; got out of uniform and worked as a truck driver for a Cleveland firm. In 1923 he drove an oil truck which made deliveries to Sohio.

In 1923 Walt started driving trucks for Canfield Oil Company. He became a Sohioan in Decem-ber 1945, when Canfield became a Sohio subsidiary. He con-tinued to drive for Canfield until 1955, when he trans-ferred to Cleveland Division as a truck driver.

A native of Cleveland, Walt is a member of Woodmen of the World and Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. His only son Ralph was killed in action in World War II. Walt and his wife Edna (Newman) live at 3709 Schiller Ave.

Toy Truck Sales Set for Christmas

Toy Sohio tank trucks-25,000 of which were sold last Christ-mas—are on sale again this year at Sohio stations.

A plastic replica of Sohio's red, white, and blue transports, the toy truck has a miniature fill hose and a tank which can be filled with water.

Introduced last fall at the Ohio State Fair, the trucks be-came an immediate best seller. T h e initial supply of 2,800 was exhausted in only a short while.

This year, the toy trucks will lie advertised on television. Re-tailing for the same price of $2.49, they are expected to far exceed their sales in 1959.

Millers Head Fun LIMA—New officers of Lima

Refinery's rec club are Anthony Miller, president; Walter Mill-er, vice-president; Robert Sni-d e r , s e c r e t a r y ; a n d R o b e r t Franklin, treasurer.

Sohio Newlyweds Find New Reasons For Thanksgiving

N E A R L Y W E D S

Junior Chemist Leslie Farns-worth and Samuel Morneweck; Technician Apprentice Dorothy Valencich and Victor Hanchuk —both brides-to-be are at Sohio's Research Center.

At Home Office: Roberta Mamrack, mail and supplies clerk in Akron - Canton - Cleve-land - Youngstown Accounting, and Jerry DePiero . . . Senior Stenographer JoAnn Walters, Operations Staff, and Richard O'Donnell .

N E W L Y W E D S

E d n a Z a n d e r a n d W i l l i s Wells, No. 1 Refinery senior tester.

Ruth Ann Grant and James Higgs, salesman at Fourth and Washington Servicenter, Steu-henville (Zanesville Sales).

At Tri-State Transportation: Mary Blackburn and Walter Poole, bargeman at Mount Ver-non Terminal . . . Barbara Jean Page and Richard Brake, son of Welder Harvey Brake, Norris City Area.

Laura Camp, correspondence clerk in Home Office Akron-Canton - Cleveland - Youngstown Accounting, and Will iam Rey-nolds.

Betty Cowher and Robert Antodio; Mrs. Amodio is the daughter of Harold Cowher, Youngstown Sales consumer and industrial sales manager.

Posting Clerk Rita Jankowski, Cleveland Sales Division's State Operations, and Ronald Lexa.

At Research Center: Dorothy Szafraniec and Mechanic Ap-prentice James Quandt . . . Typist Barbara Silvestro and Joseph Bukas . . . Chemist Judy Stuchul and Technician Assist-ant Ronald Vilt.

Donna Sue Kessler and Curtis Hunt , Dayton Sales Division burner service mechanit."'

Oilmen Tops in Fringe Benefits

T h e average oil employee gets more fringe benefits than work-ers in any other industry.

A recent U. S. Chamber of Commerce survey revealed that for every $100 the oil employee receives in wages, the employer pays another $23.80 for benefits.

Travis Gets Dues N O R R I S CITY, ILL.—Rich-

ard Travis, Tri-State Transpor-tation pipeliner, was voted sec-retary-treasurer of Sohio's rec club here. Travis will finish out the term of George Grant, who moved to Cleveland as shift dispatcher for Transportation's Operations Division.

Investment Plan Notes As of Sept. 30, 1960

Total fund to date $18,886,205

Securities held by trustee for employee accounts: Savings bonds ($18.75 e a c h ) - ' 176,313 bonds Common stock— 203,459 shares Preferred stock — 56,586 shares

Average price of stock (including commissions) purchased by trustees in accordance with instructions from employees: Common stock — September $48.33 per share

August $49.63 per share July $47.00 per share

Preferred stock — September $86.33 per share August $88.73 per share July $87.85 per share

Dividends paid per share of common in September—$.6214

Page 6 The Sohio News November 1960

Crowd Roars as Scrub Team Takes Over Ball

B U R K H A R D T A N D M O D E L J A M E S H I C K S New sketch joins T B A Warehouse portrait gallery.

Warehouseman Tom Burkhardt Sketches During Lunch Hours

BY AL MARIGNONI

M A C E D O N I A , O H I O — "Climb up on that stool, J immy, and I'll draw your portrait ."

You might think that statement was made in the artists' quarter of Paris or New York's Greenwich Village. Actu-

ally, such a request can be heard on almost any lunch hour at Cleveland Sales Division's TBA Warehouse.

The speaker is Tom Burk-hardt, 30, warehouseman and budding artist.

These days, Cleveland Sales warehousemen's favorite indoor sport is watching Tom sketch his co-workers' portraits. They enjoy kibitzing good-naturedly as he works, but it's obvious they have real respect for his ability.

If you want proof of Tom's artistic skill and productivity, there's a gallery of the drawings adorning one wall of the ware-house. None of the pencil sketches is labeled with the sub-ject's name. It's not really neces-sary, so good is the likeness of drawing to subject.

T o m has been drawing since he was a boy in grade school. He recalls whiling away high school study hall periods by sketching his classmates.

However, in two years of army service during the Korean War, Tom found little time to pursue art. He was stationed in Wash-ington, D. C., as a member of the President's honor guard, and life was all "spit and polish."

Today, besides his fellow So-li ioans, he finds subjects in his family—wife Loyce and children: Alice, 5, Tommy, 3, and Mar-garet, 11/2- T o m and his family make their home here in Mace-donia at 1097 Thistleridge.

Tom has been with Sohio for seven years. He began as an office clerk in Toledo Sales Divi-sion's TBA Warehouse in 1953, was transferred to Cleveland Di-vision the next year.

T W I N S Richard Gott (boys), Lima

Refinery; and Duane Miller (boys), Lima Sales.

BOYS J a m e s S p r a g u e , N o r m a n

Standish, and Edward Wardlow —Research Center: Robert She-well, Akron Sales; John Gwinn. Lima Refinery; James Ryan, Chemical: William St. John and Wilford Tarvin, No. I Refinery; James Teschner and Richard Vernier, Canton Sales; Janet Stokes, Lima Sales; Welzie Cok-er, Tri - State Transportation; Kendrick Palmer, Home Office; John Guffey, Youngstown Sales; Donald Bilski and James Pahl, Cleveland Sales.

GIRLS Lester Binkley, C h e m i c a l ;

Hernan Escalante and Walter Wojciechowski, H o u s t o n Ex-ploration; Audrey Walsh, No. 1 Refiner^'; Richard Schaub, Can-ton Sales; Donald Ireland, Cin-cinnati Sales; Herman Koehler, Columbus Sales; Harry Ruff, Zanesville Sales; Carl McFar-land and Madison Trushell, Products Pipe Line; Richard Henderson, C l e v e l a n d Sales; Charles Weaver, Y o u n g s t o w n Sales; Thomas Coleman. George Speckman, and Paid Woodard —Dayton Sales.

G R A N D C H I L D R E N Howard LePrevost (grandson),

No. 1 Refinery; George Schuster (granddaughter), Canton Sales; Edwin Bates (grandson), Youngs-town Sales; Everett Matlack (grandson), Lowell Smith (grand-daughter), and Earl Wilson (granddaughter) — Russell Pro-duction.

Complete First Underwater Well

Peruvian Pacific Petroleum, a subsidiary of Cities Service and Richfield Oil, is producing from a special wellhead 132 feet be-low the surface of coastal waters off Peru.

The world's first underwater oil well completion, the special equipment was placed by divers.

Stanley Scott, William Quigley Lead Honor Roll

50 YEARS W i l l i a m P. Quigley H o m e Office Accounting

Annuitant Stanley F. Scott Cleveland Sales Annui tant

40 YEARS Loren E. Leedy Mansf ie ld Sales Annui tant Ar thur E. M o n a h a n H o m e Office Supply &

Distr ibution Annui tant Raymond M . Roby L ima Refinery Annuitant

35 YEARS Richard J. Boyink H o m e Office M a r k e t i n g Luke M . Clark Dayton Sales Avery M . M y e r s Cincinnati Sales Floyd F. Snyder Toledo Refinery

30 YEARS H a y d e n C. Berryman Latonia Refinery T h o m a s G. Blow Latonia Refinery Roy L. Carter Latonia Refinery Vincent J. Pulskamp Latonia Refinery Rufus M . Shadoan Latonia Refinery

25 YEARS Gilber t R. Burkhart No. 2 Refinery James D i e m e r t No. 1 Refinery Thomas J. D u n n . Cleveland Sales Ora E. Garman Cleveland Sales Ralph E. Juergens No. 2 Refinery M i c h a e l F. M i h a l o No. 2 Refinery Ernest J. Scherler No. 1 Refinery

20 YEARS Cather ine Lies Akron Sales Leroy E. Smith Canton Sales Wa l te r D. Smith Toledo Refinery

15 YEARS Robert R. Armstrong Columbus Sales Joseph Bacskay Cleveland Sales Virginia E. Baltes Dayton Sales Dav id 0 . Bare . Cleveland Sales Edward C. Baum Toledo Sales Napoleon L. Berry Cleveland Sales George R. Botkin Cincinnati Sales Wi l l a rd P. Brady L ima Sales John P. Broucker Canton Sales Edward M . Brumet Toledo Ref inery M i l e s E. Calvert Columbus Sales Roy F. Clark M i d l a n d Production Annui tant Donald R. Corbin L ima Sales Paul R. Cramer L ima Sales Paul J. Decker Cleveland Sales John S. Downs Columbus Sales S. W i l e y Duval l Zanesvil le Sales John H . Ehlen H o m e Office M a r k e t i n g H a r v e y W . Elenz Cleveland Sales H o m e r B. Fai ls . . Youngstown Sales Wa l te r J. Fi lak Cleveland Sales Leon P. Ford Mansf ie ld Sales Anton F. Gel ler . . No. 1 Refinery John Gervasi Cleveland Sales Glen A. G i lber t Akron Sales Beverly F. G r a h a m H o m e Office Accounting Robert H . G u y . . Russell Production Jess H a m i l t o n . Russell Production Annui tant John H . Harr ison, Jr Columbus Sales James L. H e d g e r . . H o m e Office Manufactur ing Charles W . H e i n z e l m a n Cincinnati Sales Carl E. He iser Dayton Sales I rby L. Hogue Lafayette Production Robert V . Kennedy Russell Production Lewis B. K i m m e l . .La fayet te Production Ralph H . Lawrence. W E H L U Production H e n r y W . M a n l e y L ima Refinery Jack A. M c C a u l e y L ima Sales Cyri l L. McCloskey Akron Sales H a r r y B. Moore H o m e Office M a r k e t i n g

A N N U I T A N T T R I O from Kenton, Ohio - with a combined Sohio service of 125 years — were luncheon guests of Lima Sales Division Retail Sales Manager Carl E. Hull, himself a 40-year Sohioan. (From left) are Warren Heath (40 years), John Ward (40 years), Mr. Hull, and Warren Zahller (45 years).

Guy F. M o l t Akron Sales M e l v i n Napalo Research Center Phylander L. Nicholson Russell Production Edward H . Nowak Russell Production W i l m e r R. Perkins Pauls Valley Production John F. Phillips Pauls Val ley Production Edward W . P lumb H o m e Office M a r k e t i n g Wal ter B. Rains Lafayette Production Lois E. Reitzcl Cincinnati Sales Wal lace F. Rhodes Akron Sales Edward C. Rush Cleveland Sales Ferdinand P. Samstag Cleveland Sales John F. Schmidt Cleveland Sales Robert R. Sellers Toledo Sales Carl L. Sickafoose Canton Sales Loren D. Smith .Canton Sales Raymond H . Sprague Russell Production George L. Stults . Mansf ie ld Sales H o m e r E. Sull ivan Russell Production Victor V . Tenwa lde L ima Refinery Louis J. T h i e k e n . H o m e Office M a r k e t i n g Ray D. Warve l Toledo Sales Charles Whi te lock Cleveland Sales H o w a r d D. Woods Columbus Sales Tony J. Younker Russell Production Leo Ziski Columbus Sales

10 YEARS Kenneth W . Boyd Canton Sales Paul T . Calkins Cleveland Sales Quent in J. Cassie H o m e Office Manufactur ing Leonard R. Ceculski . No. 1 Ref inery Toy O. Clark Columbus Sales Rex T . Coleman Lima Refinery Bernard M . Craft L ima Ref inery Robert L. Daws Ok lahoma City Crude

Accounting Raymond R. Decker L ima Refinery Charles R. Dietr ich Canton Sales Monroe W . Dotson Mansf ie ld Sales Robert J. Emer ine Toledo Sales Basil W . Fisher . L ima Refinery Edward R. Gibson H o m e Office Accounting Joseph C. H a m m o n d Zanesvi l le Sales Haro ld B. Hat f ie ld Columbus Sales Harvey C. Hat f ie ld Mansf ie ld Sales Hobar t M . H e a t h Zanesvil le Sales Albert Ho fe r Toledo Sales Gaylord N. Ho lden L ima Refinery Lemuel E. Hul l inger L ima Refinery Clifford A. l ies Toledo Refinery Al len L. Kl ine Dayton Sales Charles C. Lil ley Exploration Headquar ters Joseph J. Mac ie jewsk i . Cleveland Sales Charles K. M c K e a n L ima Refinery Raymond W . M c K i n n e y . L ima Refinery Bernard H . M i z e r Columbus Sales Billy D. Noble Products Pipe Line George Powell No. 1 Refinery Calvin H . Rable L ima Refinery Arden L. Roush L ima Refinery Vincent R. Slaughter Chemical Leonard E. Starey Cleveland Sales Bernard H . Swartz Toledo Sales Anthony A. Tarkowsk i No. 1 Refinery M e d i o A. Testa No. 1 Refinery Lawrence E. Trace Cleveland Sales M u r e l l E. Trader Cincinnati Sales E lmer A. V a l t m a n No. 1 Refinery

Heart Attacks Strike Sohioans David Cain and Albert Rust

(Continued from Page 2, Column 5) David M. Cain, Latonia Refinery boilerhouse and crude

still helper, suffered a fatal heart attack Sept. 18 at his Cov-ington, Ky., home as he prepared for a fishing trip.

A w i d e l y erhouse and crude still helper, the job he held at his death.

Dave is survived by his wife Nellie of 302 Earle Ave., Coving-ton; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Weaver; and a son James.

known s p o r t s -man, Mr. Cain w a s immediate p a s t president of the Fifth Dis-trict Federation o f K e n t u c k y Sportsmen. H e was 56.

A native of Limon, Colo., Dave became a Sohioan in February 1933, be-ginning as a pipefitter. He since has held posts as cracking coil and gas plant operator and boil-

Magazine Cover Wins Third Prize

A full-page cover on the Oc-tober issue of t h e Sohioan was awarded a third prize in the Northern Ohio Industrial Edi-tors Association-United Appeal contest.

Entitled "Help Him Grow," the cover shows a homeless child who is cared for by an institu-t i o n s u p p o r t e d by U n i t e d Appeal.

Idea for the cover and text were submitted by Lawrence R. Auldridge, p u b l i c a t i o n s staff writer. Staff Photographer John F. Trauger took the picture. Cover layout was done by Elman R. Wenger of Wenger Studios.

Albert W. Rust Forty-seven-year-old Albert W.

Rust, Dayton Sales Division dealer sales manager, suffered a fatal heart attack Sept. 28 while addressing a sales meeting.

A S o h i o a n since May 1935, when he became a service station s a l e s m a n , Mr. R u s t r o s e through a suc-cession of pro-m o t i o n s , serv-ing as a station manager, gener-

al salesman, service station su-pervisor, assistant retail sales manager, and dealer sales man-ager — his job at his death.

Born in Eaton, Ohio, A1 drove a truck for several firms there be-fore joining Sohio.

A1 is survived by his wife Olive of 14 Elmore St., Trot-wood, Ohio. He has a daughter, Mrs. Jenene Fitzgerald, and a son Jerry, who operates a Sohio consignment station in Trot-wood.

George J. Varelzes Cleveland Sales Gizel la V. Ze lenka H o m e Office Accounting

5 YEARS Theodore E. Andrews Cleveland Sales Gene C. Arnold Columbus Sales H e r b e r t E. Ball inger L ima Refinery Richard A. Bechtel, Jr Toledo Refinery Gene R. Beery Chemica Laura M . Brochetti H o m e Office Accounting M e l v i n T . Butts Youngstown Sales George W . Cassidy Youngstown Sales Effie M . Cook H o m e Office Accounting Jack L. Cotter Chemical Thomas H . Crooks Toledo Refinery Al len J. Davis Cleveland Sales Ralph J. D e M a t t e o Cleveland Sales Francis E. Early Chemical Ar thur Eliser Youngstown Sales Bobby R. Evans Cincinnati Sales John T . Flynn Cleveland Sales Kar l J. Garlock Chemical Haro ld E. Gi lber t Chemical Danie l E. Graessle L ima Sales Lil l ian L. H a m e r H o m e Office Accounting Hol land J. H e b e r t Lafayette Production Betty S. H e n r y Cleveland Sales H o w a r d W . H i l lyer Columbus Sales James E. Holtzapple Chemical James P. Hughes. Jr. No. 1 Refinery Georgia B. I re land H o m e Office Accounting Ruth C. Junker Cincinnati Sales Rodney E. Kir t ley Cleveland Sales W a y n e C. Kl ingaman Canton Sales Donald E. Korte L ima Sales Estil L. Lewis Columbus Sales Jack R. Lohr Columbus Sales Richard L. Long Chemical Richard E. L u d w i g . . H o m e Office Manufac tur ing Eugene K. Lusk L i m a Ref inery Robert M a u e r Cleveland Sales Dormal F. M e e k s H o m e Office Accounting Grant I. M e y e r Chemical Larry P. M o r g a n . . . H o m e Office Manufac tur ing Lucile B. Norman Cleveland Sales James R. Pizio Toledo Sales John M . Promen Chemical Charles W . Prowant L ima Sales H e r b e r t E. Reising Cleveland Sales Paul E. Rogers Cincinnati Sales Elaine M . Rospert H o m e Office Accounting James M . Ryan Chemical Florence L. Schreiber Zanesvi l le Sales Gale W . Seevers Zanesvi l le Sales Richard H . Selover Chemical M a r k D. Shenk Chemical Jack E. Shockency Chemical John H . Singer Chemica l Jack C. Stewart Chemical John N . S t e w a r t Dayton Sales Frank E. Suhar Cleveland Sales W i l l i a m D. T i m m o n s Chemical James R. Turner Cincinnati Sales Earl D . Vern ie r Canton Sales Haro ld A. Vonderembse L ima Sales Jack A. Wal l ington Toledo Sales Robert G. W e n z Research Center H . Frank Zaras H o m e Office M a n u f a c t u r i n g Kenneth J. Z imer le Chemical

C H A M P K E G L E R . L e w Wheeler, Cincinnati Sales Divi-sion station manager, won the handicap event in Cincinnati's rec club bowling tournament.

p.C. Club Elects CLEVELAND - Members of

No. 2 Refinery's Quarter Cen-tury Club unit voted John Lead-ley, chairman; Ernest Karoly, vice-chairman; George Walters, secretary; Anthony Ziolkowski, treasurer.

Tanks Under Test The navy is testing a 50,000-

gallon rubber container for re-fueling ships, while two new ocean-lloor storage tanks are to be tried out for offshore storage by oil companies.

A. W. Rust

D. M. Cain

November 1960 The Sohio News Page 7

Appoint Enting No. 1 Refinery Office Manager

C L E V E L A N D — Peter En-ting has been appointed of-fice manager at Sohio's No. 1 Refinery here. He fills the post vacated by Frank J . Hart , who recently retired after 48 years with Sohio.

In addition, George R. Schoef-fel, senior personnel assistant, was promoted to assistant office manager, the post formerly held by Mr. Enting.

Both appointments were an-nounced by James S. Dalton, refinery manager.

Pete joined Sohio as a clerk in 1931. After gaining wide ex-

p e r i e n c e i n a variety of ac-counting duties in the refinery office, he was named assistant office manager i n 1 9 5 0 . H i s tenure in that position was in-terrupted o n l y

by a two-year stint as staff as-sistant in the refinery's Em-ployee Relations Department.

T h e new office manager has taken business courses at Amer-ican Institute of Banking, Cleve-land College, and Fenn College. He and his wife Selma live at 19113 Libby Rd„ Maple Heights. They have a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Depew, and twin sons, David and Donald, 20.

George R. Schoeffel

George Schoeffel has been a No. 1 Refinery Sohioan since 1948. He began his service in the refinery office; was trans-ferred to its Employee Rela-tions D e p a r t m e n t in 1950. There he served in the safety unit for two years before as-signment to the personnel unit.

A 1957 graduate of Western Reserve University, George is married and has two children: Keith, 5, and Michelle, 8. T h e Schoeffels live at 2129 Lewis Dr., Lakewood.

Tops Sohio-Heat STEP Four Drive

Credit accounts, opened on the recommendation of STEP Four Sohioans, promise to sell 50 per cent more Sohio-Heat this winter than sold through STEP last year.

Now at its peak, the second S T E P F o u r drive to secure more fuel oil customers is be-ing led by Low-e 1 1 D e n n i s , T o l e d o S a l e s Division burner service mechan-ic. Lowell has submitted o v e r

350 leads for prospective Sohio-Heat customers.

T h e total number of STEP Sohio-Heat accounts now on rec-ord will provide sales of 712,500 gallons of Sohio-Heat this win-ter, compared with 470,000 last year. Dollar value of the sales from STEP Sohio-Heat accounts opened to date will amount to $107,000, as against $70,500 last winter.

Guide Q.C. Unit CLEVELAND - Heading the

Home Office Quarter Century Club unit are John Beck, chair-man; Charles Strong, vice-chair-man; Marguerite Lombard, sec-retary; and W a y n e K e e l e r , treasurer.

Sohioans Help Get Out Vote All across Sohioland, Sohioans are caught up in the current

political campaign. In Cleveland (see photo above), Congress-woman Frances P. Bolton addressed the Home Office Marketing Forum. T h e all-male organization invited the ladies to join them in hearing Mrs. Bolton offer pointers on "How to Analyze Your Political Candidate." Shown greeting Mrs. Bolton, campaigning for her 12th term as 22nd District representative, are Wil l iam Dietrich (center), forum president, and Kenneth J. Varney, secretary-treasurer of the group.

In Houston, Exploration Geologists Robert Anderson, Robert Field, and George Price are serving as Republican precinct workers. So are two Cincinnati Sales Division men—Mark Baltes, industrial salesman, and Bud Haynes, employee relations manager. In Mans-field, eight more Sohioans are at work in getting out the vote. Credit Manager Floyd Arthur leads the sales division's campaign. He's assisted by Edward Dietsche, Leon Ford, Kenneth Jennings, Harry Klee, George Stults, Charles Young, and Frank Vild.

Jack Pancher, Zanesville Sales Division service station salesman, has been appointed chairman of the Tuscarawas County Demo-cratic Youth program and county Democratic clubs. Jack is located at First and Water Servicenter in Uhrichsville.

What, in the Doghouse Again? Because Honey is such a friendly pooch, she's always in the dog-

house, so to speak. Honey, owned by Pat Cashman, Lima Refinery secretary, is the

same eager canine that accepted a free ride in the dogcatcher's wagon not long ago. Pat had to pay §7.50 to bail Honey out of the pound.

Episode No. 2: Pat's father came to visit her, and Honey — because of her "friendliness" — was locked in the house. Pat, how-ever, forgot one thing. Honey was alone with a steak Pat had taken from the freezer to thaw. Of course, Honey didn't wait for the mushrooms. She dined on raw steak: Pat and her daughter Ann, on hamburgers at a nearby drive-in.

Hunt, Fish? Read This Darrel Dock, senior chemist at Chemical's acrylonitrile lab in

Lima and a top-notch hunter, reports he bagged one fox squirrel and a crow on the first day of squirrel season.

Not to be outdone, Service Station Supervisor George Moser, Canton Sales Division, says he, his wife Harriett, and son Chip caught 21 walleyes — averaging 614 pounds — by trolling flatfish lures in the Gowganda lakes district of upper Ontario. Harriett also hooked a northern pike measuring just under 44 inches, weighing 17.12 pounds. They couldn't count all the bass!

Club Whirl Want to have some fun?

T h e n join your Sohio rec club! Houston, D a y t o n , Oklahoma City, Lima — Sohio recs everywhere are sponsoring a gala line-up of activities.

Dayton Sales Division's program began with "Hol-iday on Ice," a skating show at Hobart Arena. About 415 rec club mem-bers and families attended.

In Cleveland, No. 1 Re-finery's rec club had a tremendous t u r n o u t for its second a n n u a l clam-bake at Concordia Grove. Final count: 485 adults and 176 children.

What People Are Doing Clarence Michaels, No. 2 Refinery senior tester, took a State of

Ohio fire course at Ohio State University; earned a certificate in heavy rescue. He's a volunteer fireman in Northfield, Ohio, where he lives at 40 Maple Ave.

"The Industrial Nurses' Role in Social Problems" was discussed by Robert Collacott, Sohio's director of public relations, during the Ohio Industrial Nurses Association's Cleveland conference.

Consumer Salesman Joe Supensky, Dayton Sales Division, was elected president of Varsity S, Stivers High alumni group.

In Zanesville, Wil l iam Wilson, manager of the division's Maple and Forest Servicenter, was re-elected president of Maysville High's Boosters Association. T h e Boosters recently installed a huge score-board on the school's athletic field.

T h e senior class at Lakewood (Ohio) High chose Scott Lawson, 17, as its president. Scott, who is on the varsity basketball team, is the son of Paul Lawson, methods analyst in Home Office Account-ing's Methods and Procedures.

In Lima, members of Amil Teller's Encore Theater group pre-sented the Closing Door for their first play this season. Earning rave notices are two refinery Sohioans: Clerk Mary Belle Fairall, who plays a nurse, and Jack Davisson, storekeeper, cast as a doctor.

Joyce H u p p

Palm Tree Rendezvous "Why didn't we think of this? W e must do it

more often." That was the response of a group of Sohio annuitants l iving in Florida who were brought together for a luncheon at the Desert Inn in St. Petersburg.

A chain reaction of telephone calls, started by Harlowe Farrell, benefit plans manager in H o m e Office Employee Relations, sparked the party. "I called a couple of people to tell them my wife Violet and I were coming to Florida on our vaca-tion. From then on," Harlowe says, "one phone call led to another."

T h e photo above shows the gala turnout. T h e

annuitants and their wives (first row, left to right) are Laura Bachtrup, Marion Busch, Verna Carter, Frieda Robinson, Kathryn Slaght, and Florence McDaniel, widow of Home Office Annuitant Vance McDaniel; (second row) Milton Bower (Home Office), J. Arnold Lindsay (Toledo Sales), Delia Lindsay, Arthur Busch (Home Office), Eskridge Carter (Columbus Sales), Earl Robinson (Home Office), George Bachtrup (Portsmouth Sales), Edgar Slaght (Home Office), Harlowe Farrell, Violet Farrell, Anetta Warner, and Harry Warner (Toledo Sales). Florence Bower took the photo.

Cite New Nurse A K R O N —Besides graduating

f r o m S t . T h o m a s H o s p i t a l of Nursing with top honors, J o y c e A n n H u p p w a s n a m e d " M i s s Student N u r s e o f A k r o n f o r 1960."

S h e i s t h e daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-l i a m Courters. Bill is manager of Sohio's servicenter here at West Market and Sand Run.

Joyce was voted the outstand-ing nurse of her class and also was class president. In addition, she won the highest achieve-ment award for scholastic stand-ing. Following her graduation, she began her first job at St. Thomas as a registered nurse.

He's Melon Host A favorite neighbor of Tri-

State Transportation Sohioans is John Brown, 87-year-old melon king who grows his crop close to Sohio's P h i l l i p s t o w n , 111., gathering system.

Farmer Brown has been grow-ing watermelons since he was eight; now harvests a 40-acre crop annually. T o S o h i o a n s working in the area he says, "Help yourself anytime."

They do, too, and with a smack of their lips stand ready to testify to the melons' delicious flavor — long considered among the best grown in the Midwest.

Deadline Nears on Sohio Scholarships

CLEVELAND - Sohio sons and daughters interested in one of the company's five new four-year scholarships must have their applications in the mail before Jan. 1.

Scholarship c a n d i d a t e s are urged to forward their applica-tions immediately.

Application cards were en-closed with the October Sohio News and are also available at unit offices.

Peter Enting

Lowell Dennis

Page 8 The Sohio News November 1960

Q. C. DAY OF TR IUMPH. . .

N E W Q.C. PREXY Benjamin Henry (right), Toledo Sales, chats with new Sohio Executive Vice-President Richard C. Sauer.

HEARTY L A U G H is shared by Samuel H. Elliott, senior vice-president, Exploration and Production, and Herbert Austing (right), Cincinnati Sales Sohioan and new Q.C. vice-president.

WHAT'S NEW? They all had an answer - (from left) Gardner Stearns, Columbus Sales annuitant; Chester Rupert, Cleveland Sales annuitant; and Warren and Evelyn Thomas, Canton Sales.

For more than 1,100 Quar ter Century Club Sohioans, nothing quite matched this year's 19th annual reunion on Sept. 24.

T h e weatherman came through with a warm, sunny day. There were good food and plenty of fun-fare. Q.C'ers toured the town on special busses; shared in the enjoy-ment of a deluxe banquet, a flossy fashion show, and the all-round good fellowship that prevailed.

At the banquet, they were greeted by President Charles E. Spahr. Following a brief talk by Clyde T . Foster, now serving as a Sohio director, they were addressed by Samuel H. Elliott, senior vice-president for Exploration and Pro-duction.

Tired, but pleasantly so, Q.C. 'ers turned in after watch-ing some engaging high jinks on the stage of T a f t Audi-torium. Now they're looking forward to next year's reunion in Columbus.

GREETING Ellis Blessing (right), Colum- D OOR PRIZES. "You may wifi," says William TALKING SHOP are Maurice Obenauf (left), bus Sales, is Robert Milligan from Cincin- Brothers (seated), Cincinnati Sales, to Mayme and Home Office, and Mansfield Sales Sohioans nati Sales Division. Blessing is STEP leader. Lewis Bennett, Columbus Sales annuitant. Jay Pearce (center) and Clarence Brown.

OLD FRIENDS are 92-year-old HALLWAY CONFERENCE en- JUST ARRIVED. Fae and John HELPING THEMSELVES to serv-Toledo Refinery Annuitant Bill grosses W i l l i a m Decher (left), Moore, Lima Sales Division annui- ings of salad and olives at lunch-Phillips (left); Latonia Refinery An- Home Office, and Latonia Refin- tant, examine tickets for Q.C. re- eon are Cleveland Sales Sohioan nuitant Ralph Baum; and Ted ery Sohioans Stanley Rice (back to union luncheon and annual ban- Elmer Uhl and his wife Ida. Elmer Labounty (right), Toledo Refinery. camera) and Raymond Deitmaring. quet. John retired in 1954. is state van dray dispatcher.

November 1960 The Sohio News Page 9

P I N N I N G BADGE on Louis Roett-ger, Cincinnati Sales, is wife Louise.

M O R N I N G PAPER gives Lima Refinery Annuitant Orrie Odell a chance to relax and catch up on news before Q.C. events start.

TICKETS. "Do you have them, or do I?" wonder Ona and Lloyd Gekler, Lima Refinery annuitant.

H A T CHECKERS for a day are Ruth Losh (center), wife of George Losh, Cin-cinnati Sales, and Hattie Decher, wife of William Decher, Home Office. Columbus Sales Annuitant Eustace Williams is the man who's leaving his hat behind.

FATHER AND SON. Donald Powell (left), Latonia Refinery, and his father, Zanesville Sales Annuitant William Powell, chat with Thelma Hall (right), wife of Claude Hall, Columbus Sales.

BINGO busies Isabelle Phillips, wife of Desso Phillips, Columbus Sales.

BUS T O U R S were jammed with Sohio Q.C.'ers, eager to see the Queen City's historical landmarks and cultural centers.

COSTUME of pretty fashion show model is admired by Vina Sauer (left), wife of Executive Vice-President Richard C. Sauer, and Mary Jane Spahr, wife of President Charles E. Spahr.

N O T E J O T T E R is Paul Finneran, 44-year Zanesville Sales Sohioan.

WARM DAY at ball park prompted William Walters, Cincinnati Sales annuitant, to take off coat, watch action in shirtsleeves.

SIGNING UP for a day of fun are Daytonians Eff and William Boyd.

AKRONITES Ralph Robenstine (left), Ralph Eckert "take five."

Page 10 The Sohio News November 1960

Moving Along Together— Sohioans Win New Posts

D E M O C R A T S , R E P U B L I C A N S A R E A L L S M I L E S B E F O R E D E B A T E T E E - O F F

(From left) Tate, Godfrey, Hughes, Mills, Mrs. Snavely, Schmelzer, Kennedy, Snavely

Research Sohioans Stage 'Big Debate' I t looks as though only the November presidential elec-

tion will resolve the "great debate" at Sohio's Research Center. A full-dress panel debate at

the center succeeded in stimu-lating a high degree of interest in the coming election.

More than 100 Sohioans at-tended and took an active part in the post-debate question and answer period. Research Man-ager Everett (Doc) Hughes held the stop watch and wielded the gavel as moderator.

Marcia Snavely, a chemist and a Kennedy booster, and Murrel Godfrey, a technical assistant

who favors Nixon, organized the debate.

Murrel's Republican team-mates were Russell Mills, super-visor in Home Office Manufac-turing's Refinery Engineering, and Richard Tate, service sta-tion salesman, Cleveland Sales Division.

Marcia chose her husband, James Snavely, a Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School English De-partment instructor, to speak

for her. With him were two Cleveland a t t o r n e y s , Richard Schmelzer and Robert Kennedy (no relation to Senator Ken-nedy).

Four topics were covered: the candidates' experience and qual-ifications, e c o n o m i c s , foreign policy, and welfare.

Following the formal debate, Dr. Hughes turned the chair over to Alice Shelly, senior stenographer and Sohio News reporter, to conduct the audi-ence participation part of the program.

Customers Praise Sohio Service as Best on the Road

Sohio's " T o m Holiday" has been getting a steady flow of orchids f rom Sohio servicenter customers.

Edward A. Ennis of Cleve-land writes: "My wife and I wish to . . . express our thanks to Standard Oil (Ohio) and its people for the many extra cour-tesies shown us, plus the con-venience of a credit card while on a long trip. Your company and its people surely do a great deal for 'better motoring pleas-ure.' "

Another grateful motorist vol-unteered that he "received the most friendly and courteous service" in 37 years of buying gasoline when he visited Cleve-land Sales Division's 40th and Superior Servicenter. Ben Stroll of South Euclid, Ohio, was par-ticularly happy with the way the salesman checked the oil "so that no oil dropped on my motor."

Perhaps it is all in a day's work for a Sohio servicenter manager, but Mrs. Barney L. Gapp, wife of a Cleveland Trust Co. assistant vice-presi-dent, was most happy to get back the wristwatch she dropped at Columbus Sales Division's High and Union Servicenter in London, Ohio. Manager Wil-liam G. Fender found the watch, and upon receipt of a letter from Mr. Gapp, a credit card holder, mailed the watch to Cleveland.

"As an old Sohio customer," Mr. Gapp wrote, "let me com-pliment you on this added 'serv-ice,' among many others which I have so often received at the sign of Sohio. Also many thanks to Mr. Fender from Mrs. Gapp."

Motorists in distress also find haven under the Sohio oval. From Russell Gunter of Camp-bell, Mo., comes: "Just wish to commend the manager and per-sonnel . . . at your (Toledo Sales Division) station at Mon-roe and Auburn who helped us with fuel pump trouble beyond

J O E M Y S L I W I E C ' S H A L L O W E E N W I N D O W

Delights customers at State and Snow, Parma, Ohio.

the call of duty on a recent trip to Toledo." He concludes that they "were very thoughtful and helpful."

Howard L. Benham, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, had water pump trouble in a heavy rainstorm and pulled into a Cleveland Sales Division station "on Lo-rain Road in Fairview." Mr. Benham writes that as he pulled

into the station, it was closing time. However, he said two salesmen "insisted on staying open and put warm water into the radiator, then filled it, and got the engine going . . ." In summary, Mr. Benham says, "You are extremely fortunate to have two such considerate young men in your organiza-tion . . ."

Accounting Department Suzan Bader from clerk, Mail,

to tabulating machine trainee, Retail Tabulating; Edward But-ler, Jr., from service station salesman, Cleveland Sales, to serviceman, Mail; Lois Lichten-berg from clerk, Mail, to mes-senger-clerk, Retail Tabulating; Joanne Mazur from clerk, Mail, to customer statement process-ing clerk, Retail Customer Ac-counting.

Chemical Department Carlos Branscum from prod-

uct distribution analyst to agri-cultural sales representative; Sec-retary Dolores Jirousek from Home Office Marketing's Mar-keting Research to New Facili-ties Planning and Foreign De-velopment; Russell Pisle, Jr., from agricultural sales repre-sentative to assistant to agri-cultural sales manager; James Rogers from trainee, Home Of-fice Marketing, to agricultural sales representative.

Fleet-Wing Nicholas Abens from general

records clerk, Home Office Ac-counting's Controller's Adminis-trative, to general accountant; Arde Mann from engineering clerk, Home Office Manufactur-ing's Operations Staff, to group s u p e r v i s o r , Order; Katherine Repetylo from senior extension clerk, Canfield Oil, to order clerk.

Manufacturing Department Warren Bradford from proc-

ess foreman, Lima Refinery, to senior technical specialist, Home Office Operations; at Lima Re-finery, Darrell Lehman from op-eration foreman to process fore-man; Foreman Glenn Meister from Lube Pumping and Blend-ing to Supervisory Pool; Thomas Watt from operation foreman to assistant process foreman.

Marketing Department Robert Betz from service sta-

tion salesman to bulk station clerk, Canton Sales; James Car-roll from assistant service sta-tion manager to installation construction mechanic, second-

class, Dayton Sales; Robert Haw-kins