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VOl. 6 NO 5 - PUBLISHED FHH SHIRWIN WILLIAMS EMPLOYEES 2 KAY BIXLER-DIL MILL CHEMIST Helping Solve Problens at S-W* Cleveland Plant In Challenge Ta Pretty filrl Empleyee At seven o'clock every week-day morning, pretty Mary Kathleen (Kay) Bbder, chemist at Sherwin - Williams' Linseed Oil Mill starts her busy day. As in most homes in the early hours, there is a rush at the Bizlers while sister, Rita, and Kay get ready for work. Mrs. Bixler has breakfast standing ready, so by eight o'clock, the girls are in the family car riding with their father from the suburbs to the city. Once in downtown Cleveland, Kay joins two other em ployees to share a cab ride to the oil mill which ie out of the way of public transportation. By eight-thirty, Kay, the only girl in the laboratory, has donned her white jacket and in ready for her job. Kathleen Bixler started her full-time position with Sherwin-Williams last year after being graduated from Ursuline College. At school she was a leader scholastically as well as in extra-curricular activities. During her col lege yours, Kay spent summer vacations working in S-W "labs," so she was far from a stranger when she came with the company for full-time employment. Now working directly under Mr. Charles Penoyerj chief chemist of Linseed Oil Manufacture, Kay does technical service work in connection with the new castor oil solvent extraction plant. The ordinary working day in the "lab" offers many problems to challenge the chemist. When a difficulty arises in the mill with regard to the quality of oil, a sample is sent to Kay and, after performing a series of tests, she determines what condition caused the difficulty and offers the remedy. Solving the interesting and varied problems that are constantly arising keep this capable young girl deeply absorbed in her work. At home, Kay has recently been a charming hostess at showers and parties for friends who are being married. Because the only young man she cares to "date" is at school in Pittsburgh, Kay has confined most of her social activity to gatherings in her home. Now and then she meets old school friends for dinner and an occasional play or movie. Week-ends when "Jim" is able to be home are full, and answering letters and calls from Pittsburgh between times keeps Kay contentedly busy. TAXI-SIM from downtown Cleveland completes Kay's trip to the plant which is Dot too convenient to public transportation. (Conitimtd <k next pagt) | I llllllH ItlH in fttftfi*!*1 0007-SWP-000119616 I 1 l li ANAlYTICAl CHEMIST!. <jlmn Wobb and Warren Chapin do control c h ib CMfMttr. Charles Penoyer. checks a castor oil sample which wu'h at the oil mill laboratory* Kay la working in the background. Kay has tested. Vernon Fesco, analytical chemist. Is at right. I I Al "COW" t ims . Key joins (I. to r.) J. Bychek, R. Campbell, E. Schcenwald and h. Larson in the Linseed Oil Mill Cafeteria. Am* WORK, Marian Egleston, secretary to still superintendent. >1. Pascal, pauses with Kay in the girls' lounge before leaving. 0007-SWP-000119617 MAKING THIlfc NCNW PLY-M8! WITH RiETROY CD1 ARE OAKLAND'S II TO M MARIANNE MARSHALL, POLLY GONE, AND OHO 1RECH1ER. IT'S DEATH FOR FLIES! S-W Jains Will Jayeees Ta Make America Fly-Free This year The Sherwjn - Williams Company is cooperating with the United States Junior Chamber of C-ommerce in a national anti-fly cam paign. The program is designed to rid the country of its most annoying summer pests--flies and mosquitoes --through the repeated use of DDT. The idea germinated in Iowa and Idaho where successful campaigns were conducted last year. The U. S. J. C. C. with its nearly 1700 local chapters is sponsoring the plan as a civic betterment program. Through Jayc.ce, communities all over l he nation, urban and rural, arc be ing asked to join, the fight against flies. Public demonstrations have already been held in some campaign communities, including DDT - spray ing of market houses, public parks, dairies, city dumps, etc. Private citizens are aiding in the all-out attack by "fly-proofing" their own homes with DDT. "Arthur W. Steudel Awards," pro vided by The Sherwin-Williams Com pany, win be made to the Jaycee chapters, in eaeh of three population groups, which carry on the most ef fective campaigns. Pestroy DDT insecticide is expected to ploy a leading role in the campaign. Both liquid and powder will be counted on heavily to deal a lethal blow against flies and mosquitoes through the summer. Here are several things that you can do at home to cooperate in the plau. By ao doing, you can be com fortably safe from these menacing pests all summer. 1. Clean up fly-breetling places. 2. Keep garbage cans tightly' cov ered and wash them frequently. 3. Avoid spilling garbage on the ground around the container. 4. Brush Pestroy liquid coating on lids and aides of garbage con tainers, screens, entryways and thresholds every 10 to 14 days. 5. Use 10/ Pestroy powder for dusting foliage, grasa and out side areas especially around porches, sun decks, etc. 6. Use 10'/ Pestroy powder on dogs, and kennels to protect them from flieo, lice and fleas. 7. Avoid getting powder or liquid on tireas that come directly in contact with food. The Anti-Fly Campaign is being .sponsored for the benefit of everyone. Be sure to cooperate with your neigh bor in making your community a better place in which to live. r**>~ iiw in m ** 0007-SWP-000119618 s. loun F. HENNIG, 1right), Director of Pmrhssp*, confers with Thomas, K. E. Jaatw, R S. Waller, Ruth J^awia, secretary, hia Cleveland assistants, They are: {left to right), W. M. A. J. Millavec, C. F. Smith, Jr. and Margaret Simmons. THEY BUY FOR S-W directly in product manufacture) directs shipments between Sherwin- comea under the heading of Package, Williams' raw material production Equipment and Supplies. plants, like the tin can plant and Orders For Matarialt, Sepplles The variety' of merchandise sold in linseed oil mill, to Paint, Varnish and S-W branches, but not produced by Lacquer producing plants. 1 Top 100 Mllllei Oollirs A Year Sherwin-Williams, such as painters' Just how great and important the tools and supplies, sign materials, purchasing department's functions The important work of providing material and equipment for every S-W job when it is needed, is per formed by the company's integrated Purchasing Department. Whatever the requirement, "Purchasing" ia and decorative accessories, ia purchased by the buyer of Associated Products. Because of the great volume of business in paint brushes, they are handled as a .separate group, The purchasing organisation also are to S-W's serving the public is even better evidenced, perhaps, by the fact that the department last year bought a total of 101 million dollars worth of goods. This represents some 200,000 requisitions. alert to locate a supplier, Sherwin-Williams operates under a centralised buying system with the Cleveland offices as Purchasing De partment headquarters. All purchases are made from this office supervised by Robert F. Hennig, Director of Purchases. Buyers and their assistants are located in each of S-W's plants to handle vital emergency requirements and expedite shipments of material locally. Purchasing in general is divided into five main groups. The responsible job of buying raw materials for the entire Paint, Varnish and Lacquer manufacturing process is one division. Materials used In dry color, pigment and chemical production, Insecticides, etc., are bought by another division. The group that takes care of every \ thing from pencils to plant construc w. o. mit c me u , (waterf at desk), CMcaffo Plant Ruyer, And his associates tion needs (materials not used in the purchasing- department discuss the activities at their busy organization. 6 V 0007-SWP-000119619 THE OFFICE FORCE OF TME PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AT CHICAGO PLANT IS SHOWN ABOVE IN THOR RECENTLY - COMPLETED QUARTERS. h e a d a t coFFiwiUi i* Peter Stein (left) who hs * staff of three alile* (1 to r), Robert Maher, Phyllis Gocke, and H. E. Magsun. NEWARK BUYER, George Baimer (left), is isolated by George Yaaey (center), who handles raw material* hi. Tulley is department aec y. PART OF THE CLEVELAND DEPARTMENT OP PURCHASES, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANT RUYSRS APED THR CUBICAL STATV, IS SHOWN-* MOW. 0007-SWP-000119620 MAKES HOBBY PAY Carletoa Spends Leisure Time Faslienliig Ceramic Flgires TOT JUOS and other examples of Hr. C. D. Carieton's hobby are viewed by hie wife, Ann, and their son, Dan. Even Barry, the family pet, -Is enthusiastic. While convalescing at Rhodes Gen eral Hospital in 1946, Mr. C. D. Carleton discovered he had a latent talent for ceramic sculpture. Now discharged from service and heading the laboratory at Bound Brook Plant, his Interest In ceramics occupies moat of his leisure time. The figures he fashioned in the oc cupational therapy WArd merely whetted his interest. At home he wished to explore further this long dormant talent so he obtained a quantity of plastilina. With this he very successfully made three full Rcale portrait heads in medallion which have been cast in plastic. To fire ceramic figures, Mr. Carleton needed a kiln, so he built one himself. His first effort at home with ceramics was a Toby jug. It aroused so much interest among family and friends that he made several other models for sale. He reports that sales have been a little slow, but steady. Intensely interested in his hobby, he is carrying out a plan for an 1840 Americana series of six figures. Three have already been modeled, The Yankee Skipper, The Yankee Seaman and The Colonel. The Indian, The Plantation Hand and The Trap per are yet to be designed. Designing figures brought to light Mr. Carleton'a ability to draw, a talent which he has not had an oppor tunity to develop fully as yet. He also has done some portrait work. 1 i WHAT'S m HOBBY? Many Sherwin-Williams people have unusual hobbies that would be of interest to WORLD readers. Ia future Issues the WORLD will fea ture one or more atones showing how employees spend their "off-thoJob" time. If you have a hobby or recrea tional pastime, (for instance, fish ing, boating, riding, palatine:, gartlening. animal-raising, collecting odd items, photography, etc,), that you think fellow employees would enjoy reading about, write to the editor of the WORLD giving a brier description of the activity. If your hobby story is selected, we will arrange for pictures to be taken at your own home and present them as a WORLD feature. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS WORLD 1305 Terminal Tower Cleveland 13, Okie h. MOeaiNO is tedious work. Mr. Carleton FINISHED pr o d u c t s are taken from the home has spent six months on this pieee. made kiln and examined by Mr. Carletoa. 0007-SWP-000119621 W OF PAwr? BY W. R. S1EPLEIN Mol poopl* think of paint as |ust PAINT not appreciating the many sources contributing to It pr the endless variety of products now offered to the public for a multitude of requirements. The Sherwtn-Wnitams Co. produces something over 15,000 products. There Is scarcely any Hem of common use that does not require a finish of tome type of point, enamel, varnish, or bequer for protection or beau tification, "Save Ihe Surface You Save All", and "Point Protects Americo** ore the keynotes ef the point Industry, which In 19*7 attained a total soles volume of over one Mlion dollars. How long would a wooden house remain habitable if II were not for the protecting coot of paint? In New England thsre ore many fine Colonial houses wed over two-hundred years old, in good condition today because they have been frequently painted, thus protecting them from the weather for a century or more. Were It no! for the protection afforded by good paint, bridges would become unsafe In a very few yeors. Except for the beautiful lacquer finish, an outemobBe would rust away in a year or se. SWP and roof paints protect the exterior of the home, while Keffl.Tene, Semi-Lustre, Enameleid, Ro o t Enamel, Mar-Not, and other interior finishes brighten end beautify the Interior ef the home. The Sherwin-Williams Co. has contributed much to the present high stand ards of the paint Industry. When Mr. Sherwin started h i the paint business in 1864, prepared paint was practical/ unknown. Painting was a job for on experienced painter who mixed paint specially for each job using the few primitive materials then available. hs Ihe historical collodion I hove a little book printed in 1830 containing the foRowing directions for making flat wall paint; "Mis the best English ground lead with spirits ef turpentine to Ihe fiicknets ef motemei. Put in Prussian live finely greund In equal parts ot ell and turpentine. To itioks a seperfa gray, add a little Vermillion. Onrat core ntvel be token t* match the ehede by comparing Ihe flat paint wifi fie remains of the lest colon which may be tew In the point pot. When the flat paint Is brought la the proper shade, strain it end thin >1 wifi turpentine to fie proper CDntlelency." Now fie householder can buy a can of prepared point which wiU produce a better finished job then a sklllad painter could do a century age. Since thot time the art of making point has developed, now using many Intricate chemical compounds resulting in products undreamed of fifty and even twenty-five years ago. Most paint Ingredients now used are manufactured chemically and even the natural materials from Ihe mine, fie field and the forest are specially prepared for use. SWP Gloss White House Paint, a quite simple formula, for example. Is the finished product of several Industries. The row malerials used ere fie products of lead, zinc, titanium and iron mines, fields of flax, oil wells ond the factories processing these products of nature. Leaded zinc ore is burned in a considerable volume of air. Oxide forming Complicated chemical process develops titanium oxide from in Ihe femes settles down os o fine white dust ond is collected in bogs. the ore. Linseed Oil pressed from flax seed in expeliers, then carefully refined, end processed to promote thorough drying. r 0007-SWP-000119622 J!1 The thinner used in SWP Is a very carefully refined petroleum product. Mining iron are in the world-famous Mesobi Range In northern Minnesota. ground by exact processes under strict laboratory control end filled into cans. Field and laboratory tests or* being constant iy made to insure proper quality at all time: m 9 Protected against the weather for a long time. The present SWP formula is a great improvement over farmer house paints made up to the time just before the war. THU present point dries more thoroughly and more ropidlyr thus b not so subject to damage by rain/ heavy dew, dust, or flying insects. It dries with less brush marks and better gloss, thus keeping cleaner. The coat is more level providing a more uniform and thicker film which will wear longer. SWP is the result of seventy-five years of careful scientific research in compliance with the definite policy set by the founders of the business --to make the best paint possible for each individual requirement/ to market It through aggressive selling and advertising methods, and so make it most convenient for the public to procure it. Following those policies The Sherwin-Williams Co. continues to occupy the leading position in the paint, varnish and lacquer industry. s 0007-SWP-000119623 NEW omens of the Cleveland Fellowship Cluh U. to *.), H. Kmerielc, Vi* President, K. Mountc&sttle, Prcnidcnt, G. Juhasz, Secretary.Treasure, l\ Zauner, Dir. of Activities. "GOOD FELLOWS" CHRISTIAN! HAEPE fSrentiy became the "Clod - child" of Cleveland's Q. U. G. Clul>. B.U.G/S "ADOPT" GIRL Work or Cleveland Clob Spans Ocean to France "Receive the beet wishes and affec tionate thoughts from your God child." That in the close of a recent letter from a grateful little girl in war-ravaged Europe to the Cleveland Brighten-Up Girls' Club, who have "adopted" her. Under the Foster Parents Plan for War Children which was established to aid destitute youngsters in Europe, the B.U.G.'s Philanthropy Committee has accepted Christiane Happe, a nine-year-old French girl as the club's "adopted" daughter. Christiane was bom at Bualgny in 1938. Shortly afterward the Germans invaded and occupied France. Con sequently this little girl, like so many other unfortunate children, literally has lived with fear most of her life. The shock of Mr. Happe's death in action in 1940 and the want and horror of the long war caused Chrietiane's mother's health to fail. When Plan teamed of this helpless family they took the children into their care. The youngsters are pro vided food, clothing, medical aid, education -- a chance to become nor mal, healthy members of society. The terrifying bombings left a deep scar with little Christiane. The road to complete recovery will he a long tedious one, but the continued interest of the Brighten - Up Girls In their "God-child" will ultimately bring her to physical normalcy. IT.imp r o mp t u TRIO. (I. tft r.), Rmrivk, B. Wagner, J. WiUon sang tavbei-ahnp turn**. VIOUN s e l e c t io n s were offered liy Antonio Stravorace, dry mixer in X department. "It's always fair weather" when Cleveland'* Fellowship Club "gets together." The group, long in existence at Sherwin-Williams, was organized so that the men in the factory could become better acquainted with their fellow-employees. Carrying out the primary aim of the club, the men gather once a mouth for an evening's entertain ment. Dinner is served in the plant cafeteria, followed by a meeting in the clubroom which usually features a speaker on civic Exd.terment anil other topics of interest. Talented members "took over" the program at the last meeting and pro vided fun for everyone. The club's yearly agenda also features an annual "stag" clambake, h picnic for mombers and their fam- anc3 a Christmas program for family groups. ENTERTAINER, John Rosa, shader in B lie. pwrtmcnt. "pulled one out of the hat " i im iu iw m iitt . .14. t.:a- rs ' s 0007-SWP-000119624 i I : 1 I f j j j The surprised fellow in the photograph is Kenneth Stofer, Cornell alumnus and captain of the "Big' Red'* 1942 football team. He was "caught in the act" of paint PICTURE OF THE MONTH ing the footsteps of Ezra Cornell and Andrew B. White, whose statues are well-known on the campus. The statues of the old gentlemen are reputed to come to life, walk tu the corner of the Quadrangle and shake hands when a Cornell coed who has never been kissed passes between them. No one is supposed to know who paints the foot 1 steps, hence Ken is abashed when he is discovered. I 12 0007-SWP-000119625 27,000 PIECES OF FOOD WIRE PACKAGED BY THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM CHICAGO'S GIRLS' CLUB FOR OAK FOREST PATIENTS. SERVICE AND FUN Chicago's Will-Sber-Wia Clob Is Social and Charitable Group Social service and social junctions have always shared the Will-SherWin Club's yearly calendar. Since its beginning-, the activities of the Chicago Girl's club have been planned to effect a happy balance between benefiting others and providing pleasure for themselves. This year, as in the past few years, Will-Sher-Win carried on its entire charitable endeavor at Oak Forest Infirmary for the aged and needy in Chicago. When a group of volunteers starts out for a day at Oak Forest, the girls know they will spend a day at hard work. This year there were over 3,000 boxes of candy, over 1,000 packages of tobacco and over 14,000 pieces of fruit, along'with many other things, to be packed for the patients at the Infirmary. By selling chances and through a contribution from the men's club, Will-Sher-Win had $850 to spend. The girls say that the ex penditure of effort and money is repaid a thousand-fold at the end of the day, when the happy recipients of the packages smile their gratitude. On the pleasure side of the ledger, the group held its annual dinner meet ing this month in the Sky Boom of the Hotel Sherry. It has become traditional for the cluh to entertain its members at dinner at the last meeting of the year when new officers are elected. This year, the meeting had special significance since it was the last time the 350 members will meet as a group. The sales depart ment girl3 are now located in the company's loop offices, and they will function there as a separate group. THE SKY ROOM OF THE HOTEL SHERRY WAS THE SCENE OF THE WILL - SHER - WIN CLUE'S SALA DINNER WHICH CLOSED THE YEAR'S ACTIVIUES. 0007-SWP-000119626 John . Ambkki Chicago March 2 Joseph A. DalSanto Chicago March Joseph Deutsch Cleveland March 7 A. M. Swlnglish Cleveland March 12 Cnt-lam !,;l f'iano Chicago March Id Carl C. Webster Chicago March IS The first quarter of 1948 brings twenty-seven SherwinWilliams employees into the limelight for having served the company for 25 years. These employees work in various phases of S-W's vast operation in many of the company's plants, offices and branches throughout the country. It is loyalty such as has been exhibited by these people which helps to make The Sherwin-Williams Company the world's foremost maker of paints and allied products. 1'aal Frank Arris Chicago March 26 0007-SWP-000119627 ASSUME NEW S-W POSTS Now that we are again m an era of keen competition in retail selling, the responsibility of Sherwin-Williams Branch managers has become greater than at any time since before the war. The fourteen men shown on this page have recently been given new assignments in this vital phase of our company's operation. Three of those involved have been transferred from one managerial post to another. To nine others, the new appointments represent recognition for achievement as members of the Sherwin-WilliamB Sales Organization. J. F. Howe, Gordon Wynn, and G. E. Eastman served in the Army and returned tq S-W branches after their discharge. A. A. COOPER Branch Manager Big Spring, Texas J. F. HOWE Branch Manager East Point, Georgia GORDON WYNN Brunch ManagetFlorence, Alabama CHARLES GORDON Hf'O.ncfu Manager San Antonio. Texas OTTO B. CANDIDUS Branch Manager Rockville Centre. N. Y. L. 3. DURBIN Branch Manager Decatur. Illinois : i ! K. S. WIEBKE Branch Manager Aberdeen, S. D. H. V. RICH Xtranch Manager Chicago, III. H. D- DANFORTH Branch Manager West Seattle, Washington G. E. EASTMAN Branch Manager Champaign. Illinois F. J. BIXLER Branch Manager Evanston, Illinois F. W. HOLT Branch. Manager Dallas, Texas NOEL G. HODGES Branch. Manager Rochester, Minnesota C. IL BASINGER rtrniich Manager Lewiston, Idaho 15 I 0007-SWP-000119628 fluby Heviev and Jt. Thatcher, Payroll Clerks; and at right, Ilia Miller, stenographer and V. C. Wade, Chief Payroll Clerk, 0007-SWP-000119629