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UNIROYAL AIN E S V IL L E VOLUME 8 NO. 1 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PAINESVILLE PLANT Vila Retires: Beretta, President 1974 Safety Award & Chairman Of Board Program Completed The last of the second half winners in the safety award program have been announced and the new award program for 1975 will soon be presented. Winners of $25 Bonds for the last half of 1974 are Mel Hamilton, Chuck Nagy, Jim Merrill, Frank Radabaugh, George Petrick, Brookes Hill, Don Davis, John Wainio, Elwood Davidson, Fred Cornell, Voyne Johnson, Melvin King, John Calvert, Joe Kadane, Len Izzarelli, Bruce Starkey, Jei Stoll, Carl Berwaldt, Sam Cope, Eino Heikkila, Ed Genette, Tut Congos, Tom Spear, Charles Hauser, Doug Frey, Paul Oakman, Norm Wheeler, Carl Carpenter, Jim Mikina, Howard Nethkin, Bill Head, Leland Rusch, John Getzy, Jerry Pollock, Jack Crouse, Terry Butramand Carl Shaulis, Sr. The board of directors of Uniroyal, Inc. announced recently that George R. Vila, having reached the com pany's mandatory retirement age has retired as chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer and chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Vila will continue as a member of the board of directors. David Beretta, president, was elected chairman of the board, chief executive officer and chairman of the execu tive committee, effective January 8, 1975. Mr. Vila was elected president of Uniroyal and a member of its board of directors on October 19, 1960, chief executive officer on December 13, 1961, and chairman of the board of directors and of the board's executive committee January 31, 1965. Bond winners in the S50 denomination were Tom Scheibelhoffer, Jim Mikina, Julius Nagy, Carl Shaulis, Sr., Norm Wheeler, Carl Carpenter and Elwood Davidson. Winners of the $100 Gift Certificate are Paul Chapman, Dick Burkey, Jim Wyatt, Ann DeMuth and Dave Hilston. Since we exceeded the Plant Accident Frequency of 11.0 for the year, the $500 Gift Value and the $10.00 Gift Certificate to each employee were not awarded. Family Christmas Party Mr. Beretta joined Uniroyal in 1953, as an engineer in the company's Naugatuck, Conn, chemical plant, pro gressing thereafter through various assignments to the position of.factory manager of its three-plant complex at that location. In 1966, he was transferred to Canada, as head of Uniroyal's chemical operations and then as vice president of marketing for ail of Uniroyal's Canadian products. In 1970, he became divisional president of Uniroyal's chemical division. Mr. Beretta was elected Uniroyal president, chief opera The Tom Davis family was among many attending the ting officer and a member of its board of directors on Uniroyal Family Christmas Party. Article and more pic January 9, 1974. tures on Page 6. 1 URL 20610 People in fhe news Ie w <3^ from friary W*" Dear Peliow Employee: Suddenly it is 1975. Even more than most years this'new year represents a drastic change from the year just finished. About Thanksgiving time, the market-place changed from being a sellers market back to the buyers market that was the rule several years ago. The immediate effect to the Painesville plant was the need for production curtailments in December to bring our inventories into line with the very few orders that we had in hand for the remainder of 1974. We also saw much more critical customer specification require ments on the orders we received. As someone once observed, the only thing that is constant in life is that things change. It has been possible during the past year to relax quality require ments a little in favor of turning out more pounds. Now quality is going to be the first consideration because if we cannot make what the customer wants, we cannot afford to make it. The cost of raw materials and manufacturing have risen so that holding a pound of unshippable material in inventory becomes very expensive. Not only product quality but also customer service in other forms will increasingly determine who gets the sale. Specification material, in good looking, well marked packages, delivered on time, at lowest cost, is going to be the rule for the successful supplier. The Painesville plant has been very successful in producing materials to satisfy our customers over the years. Even when many other plants were on cur tailed schedules, our schedules for Marvinol and Paracril were full. We can do this again but everyone must again give their attention to putting the cus tomer first in everything we do every day. NEW EMPLOYEES LEROY HAMILTON joined Uniroyai as a Guard in November following his retirement from the United States Air Force. A Master Sergeant at the time of re tirement he had been in the field of Security Police for 23 years. Leroy is a grad uate of Harvey High Schoo . LYNWOOD HARDING joined Uniroyal as a Guard in October. Lyn has had 15 years experience in the security field. He has served in the United States Marine Corps and with the Lake County Sheriff's Depart ment and Madison Twp Police Department. He || also a graduate of Harv High School. URL 20611 Jerry Flannigan Retires By George Petrick Jerry Flannigan, genera! cheon was held at Ht repair helper in Area 1, re riegel's inn. Those attendii tired in November, 1974, were the guest of hone after 21 years of service. At Grant Fish el I, Joe Mohn his request, just a small lun- Bob Douglas, Bill Jamisc George Petrick and Art Ft inger. Jerry was given a c< gift from his friends and engraved gold watch for many years of service to `Company. Jerry surprised every* by bringing in a curr copy of "Who's Who Ohio" in which none oi than Jerry Flannigan listed. After a futile sea we concluded there wen other Painesville Plant ployees listed. We all wish Jerry a and happy retirement. j ( f [ s g * ; tf o $l R&D Celebrates 24 Ted Howe Retires To Accident Free Years Arizona Last October 19th marked 24 years of accident free On the night of November 22nd, Ted Howe and his wife operation for the Research and Development group led by Natalie were feted at a Retirement Party in the party room Len Marous and the man who is "Mr. Safety Con sciousness" himself -- Ray Mundie. One hundred-fifty people enjoyed coffee, cider, and donuts in the Building 100 Conference Room to mark this of the Terrace Room. Eighty-eight people were in atten dance to toast the Howes who were leaving for their new home in Arizona the following morning. fine achievement. Bob Holman, master of Following this in-plant festivity, Len took his crew out ceremonies, called on many for dinner. people to make appropriate New Goal -- 25 Years!!! remarks and even some in- appropriate remarks. Among those speaking were Ted's "son" Jim Molnar who rendered a sentimental goodbye and Jim Mikina who tried to shorten Mol* nar's comments with a few of his own. Grant Layman spoke in his usual style. 'George Smith, Bill Kepostasy, Cermen Stanziale, Bill Booth. Bob Ven Gilder end Bey Mundie epoear happy with this achievement. Fifield expressed the hope that Ted and Natalie would always stay just the same -- at which time Natalie brought the house down by commenting she expects to get better. Ted, a Painesville Plant employee for 26 years, received many gifts including a hat for every occasion from Eddie Obelenus and Grant Layman. The hats were handsome, but Eddie O. will never make it as a model) Concoby Steps Down From his many friends Ted received a bench grinder and a gift of cash which he promptly turned over to the "boss" By Ed Obelenus -- Natalie. The resignation of Allan Concoby was accepted at the November director's meeting of the Chemical & Plastic Employee's Credit Union, Inc. Allan, former super car salesman, Pipefitter turned Lab Tech, was voted as a Credit Union Committeeman on January 26,1959, and on October 31, 1960, took over the Ben Leach presented the traditional gift, an engraved gold watch, from the Company. Everyone enjoyed the evening with Ted and Natalie and wish them well in their new home. job of treasurer upon the resignation of the credit union's original treasurer Henry Bruss. Allan has held this position for 13 of the past 14 years. {He chose to sit out one year). During his tenure as trea surer our Credit Union has grown by leaps and bounds. We of the Credit Union would like to say "Job Well '^one, 'Snuffy'!" PLANT SAFETY BOX SCORE On The Job: Disabling Injuries Near Serious Injuries Total 1974 15 7 Total 1973 5 9 " Bill Tecil was voted in by the Credit Union Board of Directors to the job of Trea surer and Office Manager. Off The Job: Disabling Injuries 11 15 URL 20612 3 Jim Chandler Retires On October 24th a party was held in the Slovenian CluL of Fairport for Jim Chandler who recently retired. Jim had been on leave of absence to work for the By Rol Loy international Union since 1969. He joined Uniroyal in Miscellaneous Wins On A Squeaker 1948. The party was attended by approximately sixty of Jim's friends and Jim Mer The Miscellaneous Bowling Team, Bill Rumbaugh, Don rill performed the honors of Waytes, Larry Dowler, Mike Dougherty and Paul Beach won Master of Ceremonies. the first half championship going into the last frame of the last game. After rolling up a big lead early in the season. Miscellaneous proved they were mortal and lost games like the rest of the league. Speakers were Art Frit* inger, Ed Obelenus and the inimitable John Kovaly. The Finishing Team made up of Boyce Nichols, Bill Dick Shearer presented Nellies, Jr., Dave Mortland, Mitch Ludwick and Bill Swartz Jim with an album of pic finished second, one game out, after that last game tures accumulated through the years bringing back many nail-biter with Miscellaneous. heart warming memories and laughs. The second half of the season begins with everybody having a shot at bowling against the first half champs for the overall league championship roll-off in May. A wallet with a sizeable cash gift was given to Jim from his many friends. With only eleven points separating first and last place, everybody has a chance. We all wish Jim and his family well. '74 United Way Raises $6,226 By Dick Shearer Clyde Locher prepares to Dougherty, Waytes, Rumbaugh and We at Uniroyal, Painesville, raised $6r226 in 1974 for roll his ball. Beach. our part in reaching the United Way of Lake County goal of $614,763. STANDINGS Thirty employees volunteered their time, serving as Turn Standings Won Lost % Total Pins Awrage solicitors, making a personal contact with every employee. Miscellaneous 38 26 593 36,948 154 Although we did not reach our plant goal, the funds raised Finishing 37 27 578 36,787 153 helped Division I {Large Industrial Firms) to carry the Parseril 32V* 3154 507 35.564 146 campaign over the top. Maintenance 29V* 34V* 460 36,798 153 S.O. 28 36 437 34,965 146 The money donated will support the 18 local agencies in Process 27 37 421 33,864 141 Lake County that serve the less fortunate of our High Intf. 3 Games Beach 612 Hill 686 High Ind. Game community. The efforts of the many Uniroyal employees Locher 24S Beach 267 who supported this community service are appreciated. 4 Monitoring Crew Formed Uniroyal Sets Policy On Alcoholism, Norm Walters Drug Abuse The Industrial Relations Department has assumed responsibility of the continuing program of monitoring our work area environment. A new group, working within the existing Safety organization, has received training to carry on the quality field program originally developed through the interest and support of Ray Mundie, Bill Booth, Uniroyal recently adopted this policy on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. The Company also named John Howland, a former George Smith and Bill Kapostasy. These men have now Executive Director of the Morris Foundation in returned to their former assignments in the Development Department. Carmen Stanziale and Bob VanGilder, who have also been with this program from its early days, will Waterbury, Conn, to develop a Health Support Program for employees who seek help in these areas. He may be contacted at the Oxford Management & Research Center, by any person who wishes to seek counsel anonymously. continue with the monitoring program offering an experienced nucleus to this recently formed group. Carmen will _ Stanzie/e and Truman. 1. Uniroyal recognizes that alcoholism and drug abuse are medical illnesses. 2. We believe that the best interests of the individual and Uniroyal are served when problem drinking and drug serve as Safety Inspector, Group Leader and Bob will serve abuse are recognized and treated in their early stages. as a Shift Safety Inspector along with Rob McMaster, 3. Alcoholism or durg abuse cannot be treated Chuck Hughes and Jim Sloban. Dale Truman, Safety Inspector, Group Leader, will be responsible for Safety Inspection and will be working closely with the Monitoring successfully if the individual does not want.to be helped. Group. This group will continue to receive the supporting 4. Each employee is accountable for his own behavior, efforts and guidance required from the Technical Department and Laboratory personnel who have been deeply involved in the monitoring program. This safety group will be picking up the full work load iff the field and applying this effort over a rotating shift job performance, and attendance. These factors are frequently impaired by problem drinking and drug abuse and once recognized by management, are regarded as company problems. schedule. In addition, these men will provide other safety 5. No employee who misuses alcohol or drugs will have services to enhance our current safety programming. his job security or promotional opportunities jeopardized by his seeking diagnosis and treatment. However, if an employee is uncooperative or indifferent to a rehabilitative program and his job performance or attendance continue to suffer, then normal disciplinary action will be taken. McMaster, Van Gilder, Sloban, and Hughes familiarize themselves with die Century unit IN MEMORIAM We at Uniroyal offer our sincere sympathy to the family of Elwood C. Davidson who passed away on November 22, 1974. Elwood. a shift foreman in SD. had been employed by Uniroyal since November 3, 1952. 6. Employees who feel that they may have a problem with alcohol or drugs are encouraged to seek assistance from the Medical Organization before their home, social or job lives begin to deteriorate. The troubled individual himself holds the key to increasing his own chances of recovery. 7. When an employee who misuses alcohol or drugs deteriorates to the degree that his problem is evident to others, we believe that it becomes a responsibility of the observer, whether a family member, co-employee, labor representative, or supervisor to talk to the employee and urge that medical help be sought. 8. For the illnesses of alcoholism and drug abuse. Uniroyal makes available the same benefits as for other medical conditions which are under appropriate treatment. We believe that many employees with alcohol and drug dependency problems can be treated, rehabilitated, and returned to physical and emotional well-being as valuable members of the work force and communtiy. URL 20614 5 Bill Rumbaugh Children Art Woidtke Family Ed Janos Family Jennifer Gyure Lynn Juist Annual Family Christmas Party A Success The Family Christmas Party, sponsored annually by Uniroyal for its Painesville employees and their families was held December 22nd at Riverside High School. Santa, in the person of William Steinbeck, was there as usual to talk with the children, while Bill McManus took pictures for the family albums. Gifts were given to the children and movies were shown in the auditorium for their amusement. The staff members served refreshments during the afternoon. There is considerable preparation involved in this annual event. Jack Carter, Purchasing Agent, orders the gifts well in advance, arrangements must be made for the facilities, food and entertainment, volunteers solicited to help the day of the party and Santa must be contacted to see if he can come to Painesville on the big day. As the time draws near the 500 plus gifts must be wrapped. This year the following volunteers worked one night to wrap gifts: June Brown, Helen Waite, Jerry Hines, Vicki Sciortino, Jack Carter and Dennis Sholtis. On Sunday morning, the decorating committee headed by Lee Ashmun decorated the school. Lee's helpers were Bill Tecil, Jerry Baird, Joe Mohner and Ernie Ulle. Pictures taken at the party are available in the Industrial Relations Department as a gift from the Company. Tom Connors Children Don DaMarinis Family Timmy Rigby URL 20615 Greg Mackey Children 6 Roland Loy FamSy Murray Children Retiree's Christmas Party Held A good time was had by all at the Christmas Party the Company held for the former employees of the Painesville Plant who are now retired. The party, held at Hellriegel's Inn. on December 17th was relaxed and congenial though the attendance was down slightly from previous years. Those retired who attended were Gene Ahrens, George Baummer, Jerry Flanigan, Fred Hobbs, Virginia Holler, Mary Lindquist, Bill McManus, Vince Mangine, Art Peck and Cledis Yeager. Others attending were Walt lliff, Bob Douglas, Bob Holman, Joan Calvin, Jack Porter and Bob Sitting (left to right) Vince Mangine, Qinny Holler, Mary Lindquist, Cledis Yeager. Standing Heft to right) Bill McManus, Jerry Flan Pentek. nigan, Fred Hobbs. Gene Ahrens, Art Peck, George Baummer. After lunch. Bob Douglas, industrial relations manager, gave a short welcoming talk in the absence of the Plant Junior Achievement -Uni Pro-Jects Manager, Ben Leach, who was unable to attend. In a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages By Ann DeMuth of retirement, the "Senator", Fred Hobbs, was overheard to say that retirement wasn't too bad with Uniroyat to lean on. Those who know Fred will recognize the "Ole Philosopher" from that observation. As the afternoon drew to a close, everyone was happy for the opportunity to renew old friendships and looked forward to getting together again next year. Since the middle of October, fifteen young Junior Achievers from Painesville and Mentor have been busily manufacturing battery booster cables every Wednesday at the Painesville JA Center. These boys and girls named their company "Uni Pro-Jects" and will be in operation thru April. By the Christmas Holiday they had manufactured over half their production goal, and had sold about two-thirds of their inventory. These cables are twelve feet long, Neoprene covered, 61 strand, and sell for S10.95 plus tax. They can be ordered ivlanagement Club Concludes thru the company store or from any advisor, Ozzie Bemal, Jack Crislip, Ann DeMuth, or Harold Werner. All em Active Year ployees are invited to consider purchase of a set of these cables (which sell for about S15 in the stores) to support a Election of officers for 1975 was held at the Annual Meeting of the Management Club on November 4th at Hellriegel's Inn. Officers elected are George Petrick, president, John Calvert, vice-president, Ann DeMuth, secretary, and Hal Emerson, treasurer. The dinner meeting was well attended and entertained by John Ellis, catcher for the Cleveland Indians, who shared some of his baseball worthy company-sponsored project. The company expects to go into production on a smaller-scale project when present cable production is completed, to finish out their company year. The high point of their year will be the annual Trade Fair in February where they sell their products and have an opportunity to see what other JA Companies have done. experiences with the group. A recent highlight in the lives of these young people was a The following month the annual Christmas Dance was held in the ballroom of the Lake Inn in Painesville on December 14th. There was dancing to the music of Bill Mulhausen's Band and a buffet supper. tour of the C. E. Tyler Com pany in Mentor, followed by dinner at Hellriegel's Inn. Tyler sponsors their own JA Company at the Painesville George Petrick and his crew are working on the program Center and purchased one of for the new year and membership dues are being accepted. Uni Pro-Jects cables to display in their mail room for orde'r* JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT taking purposes. URL 20616 Credit Union Schedules Bob and Millie Pentek end Jerry end Dick Sheerer, retiring president. Annual Meeting Saturday, January 25th, is the scheduled date of the Credit Union Annual Meeting and Dinner Dance. Held at the A.M.L.A. Hall, Kniffen Road, Leroy, the meeting includes election of officers, reading of the financial statement, buffet dinner and dancing to the music of Joe Luza and His Band. 7 254* Medical Insurance Change CONGRATULATIONS to ployees who recently received 25 years of service. They are: three their Painesville Plant em pins for recognition of Uniroyal, Inc. has just announced a change of insurance carriers for Professional and Surgical Services for hourly employees effective January 1, 1975. The carrier will be Equitable Life Assurance Society instead of Blue Shield (also known as Medical Mutual.) In order to understand this change one must realize that hospital charges and physician's charges require two MICHAEL P. TURCHIK: different kinds of medical insurance and carriers. The Mike started in 1949 as a Laborer when the Glenn L. Martin Company owned the plant. He has worked pri hospital charges have been and will continue to be covered by Blue Cross. The physician's charges which have been covered by Blue Shield will now be covered-by Equitable Life Assurance Society. marily in Maintenance as a General Repairman. This change has been made in order to provide better and faster settlement of claims. The coverage was changed for salaried employees July 1, 1974, and the experience with Equitable since July has been excellent. CARL B. BERWALDT: Carl came to this plant in December of 1949 as an operator trainee. Most of the years Carl has been with Uniroyal he has worked in Maintenance -- in recent years as a Master Machinist. An employee with a claim for himself or his family must remember to file his claim with Blue Shield (Medical Mutual) if the service was rendered prior to the date of the change. If the service was rendered after the change, he must give the doctor an Equitable form and ask him to complete it and submit it to Equitable. It would be wise to call to the attention of the individual in the doctor's offy*" that you now have Equitable coverage and you vi provide the forms. If your doctor wishes to keep the Equitable claim forms on hand, he may. An explanation of this change was mailed to employees along with a packet with claim forms and addressed envelope. If you have not yet studied yours, it would be wise to do so. New Blue Cross I.D- cards will be mailed in early JOHN CRAWFORD, February. SALESROOMSR.: John, a 1/C General Repairman, came to work as a Lab Technician in Sep* tember of 1949. John Bob Bihary, Salesroom Manager, reports they have a worked many years in Util ities before becoming a good supply of tennis shoes. Winter boots are on sale in limited sizes. General Repairman. The Salesroom is open to employees only, Wednesday thru Friday afternoons from 1 to 5 P.M. Published By And For The Employees Of UNIROYAL, INC. Painesville, Ohio UNIROYAL BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 6 MADISON. OHIO Joan W. Calvin, Editor Telephone (216) 357-7574 (Ext. 231) November/December, 1974 8 C 70 to Oex> -j