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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT ETCO-17 3 THE? ANTIKNOCK' "5s January, 1953* Januar Pub Plant o J. T. S F *3^**59* :**?- y-r^av g; KRobert'Au Domdaas i >> --* -v-?**,, , -c JurdockjE^ tei^Ch2r3Promot<5a!iiS rU^^glrLfflajtlM^l5-gi<- ^- enn,, inaarm.r.,, - _.it.-----J ' " "------ *7y>pirect-^ these are .-^v .-------- : ----------_----------- -------------- JCt AppU- ifcl-F rlurdock3 ^A*realignment `ofthd Research,Icatlon''divbion- '^thel Richard K.JJ presldent.a^.direct-* CcorgoratlofeflPrudent npunced^ChtvT ottand ofiJnlfiurjrTrej^mn;^| ^application, 'and services activitiesScalea "dlrect0,VtheAutomo,'3L. . ,,, of-the" Research and ^Engineering ~ tive Products Research division, dl- ft.. Department of' Ethyl 'Corporation < & Wheeler G. LovelL The ,* '; ., was recently announced by-;.Vlce^ChemlcaI Research and Develop- A , 3 manager, Operations, to a fftant vice president; and of Harold:^I ^R.rBerg,ifroml Southern regionalfel manager 'to g^gieral-' manager of\| S'&t',antiknock saleSc are also, announc-.., I - -y^J^Alan C.l.TuIly, wh# has been Ba-. I 5-ton Rouge district manager during^ I ' /' ' the past yeanr has been promoted to .t| assistant manager of Ethyl's Souther r -.y^-rem.-regiQiii' succeeding -Robert ;A--' f - dent B. B. Turner. < -- ment division, under George Kir- i',THe purpose of the .change, it was 5 announced, is to create a stronger ISorganization both for carrying out i Ethyl's program of service to its by, will continue to function essent- `A- _, ially unchanged at the Detroit lab- jjW'- oratories and at the local . Ethyl Plant. '' ' 14? customer companies and research The new Product Application di |%,Jn the fuel additive field. vision is organized in two main 1 aT' 1 Plaoe of the five divisions that subdivisions--Technical Service I ^have been functioning at the Com- with Dan M. Guy as director, and upany*s research laboratories in De- Engineering Research, with Harold I ftrolt,-three major divisions will op- r>' (Continued on Page 14) ir*-Douglass who' has .been! named to.--1 ifilf ' succeed Mr. Berg as regional men-* I **x* ager.-^K* * ^ . iiCity^Council Names Rutland, to , Tully joined Ethyl as a field re-' ''vpresentatlve at Chicago in 1929, St-; Alma G. Tolly, g^^Baton Rouge Board, of Adjustment - andis-a civil engineering graduate ; of Armour Institute of Technology. , Murdock Succeeds Wagner Murddck, general sales manager ; for the past year, assumes respon*> sibilty for the Company's sales ac- . tivities as the successor to Sanford M. Wagner, who will retire as vice . ` Roy A. Rutland, supervisor of He is a Lehigh University gradu Sodium Maintenance, has been ate. - - - J named to the Baton Rouge Board Berg will be in charge of the . of Adjustment by the City- Parish sale of antiknock compounds and Council. - His appointment was ef other additives. He has been man- T fective Nov. 25. . ager of the Southern region in ' Tulsa for the past six' years, hav- .l mg Joined Ethyl as a field represen- ' other civic activities and has served as Sunday School president at the North Highlands Baptist Church and is a member of the Is, trouma Masonic Lodge. ' Native of Mississippi . He is a native of Brookhaven, ' Miss., and Is married to the former | ! j president and director In February..; tative in Chicago in 1928. From /'Beulah Irene Montgomery of Tus- ! Upon retirement. Wagner will con- 1930 to 1945 he served as assistant " tinue to serve the Company in a ".manager of the Chicago division, ' consulting capacity. and as manager of the Kansas City ' Murdock Joined the Company 20 division. He was graduated from.'. I - years ago as a field representative the University of New Hampshire. ' in the New York division. He was caioosa, Ala. They have four chil dren, RoyAlfred, Jr., Charles, Phyl_ lis and Blanche, who is the wife of : Fred Hamilton, Maintenance and Construction. The flutlands own their own home at 4551 Shelly Drive. ' named. motor clinic manager in 1938 and has served as assistant Brothers Meet Woodrow K. Kinchen, welder -'T ' Rutland moved up to pipefitter foreman in Construction before - manager of the Los Angeles and 2/c in EtCl Maintenance, recently Chicago divisions, sales manager told of an interesting chance meet-; ' I; of Ethyl Specialties Corporation, . ing of two of his brothers in ser. and Central region manager. He is . moving over to Maintenance pipe fitter in TEL in 1940. Later that year he became shift maintenance foreman, pipefitter craft foreman ',,; a graduate.of Cornell University. a A., who is in the Navy, and in TEL Maintenance and principal is- As assistant vice president, Frey , Roland H. LeBeau, a half-brother Construction foreman in the TEL ?;.will'assist in the formation and ad-' in the Army, met while in Japan, and Sodium Area. He was later -f ministration of sales policies. ' He... Kinchen stopped in Japan on his V; has been with Ethyl 25 years serv- way to Korea and met his half^ lng first in the engineering depart- brother here. '' ment and later aa manager of the r They spent 18 hours together technical service. division in De- discussing many happenings which ; .`r troit. In 1944 he was transferred to* had taken place during the two and ~. New York where he filled several one-half years since they had seen . , poists. with the sales department, each other. named assistant Construction su- pervisor and then Construction suRutland, who came with the - pervisor before becoming Sodium Company in 1937 as a pipefitter in Maintenance supervisor. Construction, has served for several The Board of Adjustment hears years as chairman of Sewerage individual complaints from proper Board District No. 8 Citizens Com ty owners who claim hardships im-. mittee. He has also been active in posed by city zoning ordinances. iSls ETC 25709 wm JMVCt- ire Appliid K. ii-mo-o, di. The elopKirv>entil labF.thyl <>n dimain vice i . and iarold lent serv ient at prist iho Is- haven, former l Tusir chilv l'hylu ife of .;* and l> own Shelly n'titter lie lore e pipeer that i<`nance oroman lincipal 10 TEL is later ion sulion suSodium 11 hears properhips imiiices. January, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson.................................................................................... Editor Best UJisher FOF A Happq Hftlidsir Seasan My Little Girl Knows Santa Claus! AND A By R. R. Palmer "Is there a Santa Claus?" This question is asked numerous times, and parents, like myself, al ways tell of a fabulous man from the North Pole. The children accept, be cause they want very badly to know of this wonderful magic character. The other day I asked a little boy "Have you written your letter to Santa Claus?" "Naw, there ain't no Santa Claus," was his answer. Because of my little girl, who was with me, I felt that I had to con vince this little boy. So I asked, "Why don't you believe there is a Santa Claus?" "No, my daddy and my mama buy toys and put them under the tree. Besides, how can one man give all those presents to all the people in one night?" Frankly, I was stumped. It then struck me for the first time, so I asked, "When do we have Santa Claus?" "On Christmas," was the smart retort. "Why on Christmas?" I countered. "Because that's when Jesus Christ was bom," he answered sarcasti cally. "How do you feel on Christmas morning?" I asked. "Wonderful," was the answer. "Don't you and your family exchange presents, and don't you all feel as if your heart were overflowing on Christmas morning--as if your heart were right up in your throat? I'm sure that your parents feel the same way, and that they may be on the vetge of crying because of the tremendous feeling they have when they see you so happy. You see, Jim my, your happiness is their happiness. "On that morning, you can call out a cheery MERRY CHRISTMAS to people you've never seen before, and won't they smile and yell right back? Certainly they do, and it makes you feel good all over, doesn't it?" "It sure does," he answered. "You see Jimmy, parents all over the world will spend money they can't afford for Christmas because of the spirit of giving. Possibly, that feeling on Christmas morning is Christ-like. As you know, He did give His life for us. Don't you know that we should feel exactly that way each day--the whole year long--that feeling of forgetting our little pet peeves and worries, and live on that morning? Jimmy, that wonderful feeling, that feeling of good fellowship to everyone--THAT IS SANTA CLAUS. He is a spirit that makes each one of us realize that the true joy of living is in giving, whether it be a present, a helpful hand, a bright "Good Morn ing." a cheery "Merry Christmas" or what have you. Do you understand a little more about Santa Claus now?" He did -- and so do I. Bagffltiful Iff! Tht Ah-fi mocA? SAaff- 31 Salute to Our Craftsmen Instrument Mechanics Highly Skilled This is the first of a series of pictures paying tribute to some of the work done by Ethyl craftsmen. Here Hiram May, instrument mechanic 1/c, makes an adjustment to a potientiometer--a temperature recorder. In strument mechanics perform work up to major overhauls on automa tic controls from all areas of the Plant. In our Plant, instruments vary from simple thermometers to com plex electronic devices. They are used for measuring and controlling tem peratures, pressures and the flow of liquids and gases. Instrument mechanics msut have a variety of information and skills. They must know the function of the instrument and how its electrical circuits or mechanical parts operate. An instrument mechanic learns these highly specialized skills by studying the instruments, observing the work of others and doing progessively more complex jobs. Many of the Ethyl instrument mechanics have studied outside the Plant to improve their knowledge of this highly skilled craft. Les Nocke By Jersey 1 ! ETC 25710 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK January, 1953 ct$en ^Years Jlgo on the Slant The men and women of Ethyl Corporation received a telegram from MacArthur congratulating them as soldiers on the production line. Joe Metancon spent Christmas in Donaldsonville. John Henry Dutech left for the Naval Air Corps. There is considerably more im portance attached to Jan. 1 than the other eleven months of the year. The men look forward with eager anticipation to the forthcom ing year's new calendar pictures and the ladies' thoughts turn to spring fashions and where to spend pop's two-week vacation. Every one remarks about the way the past year literally flew by and re solves to do things differently this year. It is indeed a time of resolutions as we stand on the threshold of an other 12-month period, and resolu tions are solemnly made starting Jan. 1. Are they kept or broken? Or are resolutions made at all? Let's see what a cross section of our employees say about this subject "Sure, I go along with the idea of New Year resolutions Jan. 1," says Curtis Normand, Cafeteria storeroom clerk, "but keeping them is another thing. I have plans for resolu tions right now but I will probably forget them before the first of the year ever gets here." "I don't believe in resolutions, personally, and feel that they are just made to be broken," states C. O. Harrell, Ethyl Chloride control lab assis tant. "I've never made one in the first place, and a guy doesn't have to wait until New Year if he de cides to resolve to do something anyway." Joe D'Aquano, TEL Operator 2/c, comments: "Yes. I believe in New Year's reso lutions but never manage to keep them. It's fun making them and twice as much fun to break them. I know that I quit smoking on the first of January every year but I'm right back at it no later than Jan. 2." "Resolutions made at the New Year are something like laws," states Lorraine Martin of Pur chasing. "Some times we'd like to break the law but we know we would get in trouble. Resolutions, therefore, are something I can break without en dangering my status as a law-abid ing citizen. Yes, I'm going to make resolutions just so I can break them." "Yes, I believe in making New Year resolutions although Jan. 1 _____________ is just a conven- ient time to & hf-V! * -r- / start," says W. H. Miller, TEL operator 2/c. "They can be made at any time of the year, and if made, should be kept. I know I resolved to quit smoking on March 28, five years ago and haven't broken it yet." "No, I don't believe in making New Year resolutions as they serve no useful purpose," states W. D. `Cotton* Lloyd of Indus trial Engineering. "Why wait until a particular date to resolve something? If I had some thing to resolve I could just as easily make it in June as in Janu ary." Isadore H. Rills and James F. Webre had completed five years of service with Ethyl. Harry Wheeler was appointed Deputy Gas Consultant for the Southeast Area of the State of Lou isiana, Dec. 8. Visitors from the `Service to the Plant: W. O. Atkinson, J. F. Brid ges, George B. Noland, George W. Chavers, Wilford E. Frazier, C. B. Ezell, Woodrow W. Merritt, Henry Watkins, David H, McNeil, Wallace Weldon, and Percy L. Breeden, In a First Aid Contest sponsor ed by the Standard Oil Co. of La. Ethyl's teams placed second and third. Members of the second place team were: W. J. Henry, Wallace Mixon, J. W. Darby, B. P. Himel, H. R. Alien, Dennis J. F. Carter. Members of the third place team were: M. C. Hudgins, E. J. Lorio, C. L. McKnight, George H. Doran, R. D. Thrasher, J. T. Adams, and R. L. LeBouef. Only Christmas Day itself was observed as a holiday at the Plant among the operations where shut downs were possible, and the fol lowing day productive machinery began turning again. Our second war-time Christ mas--restricted by government re quest, gas rationing, and tire short age--kept most people at home. Card of Thanks We wish to use this medium to express our thanks for the gener ous contribution from fellow em ployees during my recent illness. We find it hard to fully express our gratitude for your generosity. Thank you, Cecil Jarreau and Family Telephone Number Changed The Ethyl Corporation telephone number changed to 7-4361 at noon Dec. 23. The change became necessary when more extensive telephone fa cilities were added at the Plant. "No," says L. C. Calmes of Se curity Force. "If a person has the desire to do bet- ter surely he can do so as well in July as January. HFew New Year resolutions are made with the intention of keeping them. I've made several resolutions, but they were forgotten in a short time as were those of millions of other peo ple." L. C. Bailey, Sodium Operations laborer, remarks: ` The idea of resolutions is pretty good because you either try to break up a bad habit or live up to a good habit. But if you don't keep your resolutions then it's no use to make them in the first place." A good, easy method for keeping workshop tools from rusting is to rub them with waxed paper after using. A quick wipe is all that's needed. The work done here by Edgar L. Alford was typical of that of many employees during the first weeks of December. He is cleaning and pre paring his Christmas decorations for his home. Ed lives at 208 Donmoor Avenue. He was a first-place winner in last year's decorating contest. Janua M, cr i. 1: *V fc. Johnny I Quentin J and led I tional 1,< The Smlin all comers Sodium Si ual tropin Murphy M Eighty Tf Did \['it past your over one awards to various K): A hiv.i! awards s| were ghm awards hi major sp'u kolhnll, s..1 bowling. The "nil, with two ball teams, ual awntd.v hall pIa\iM three team dividual aw In bow lin reived S aw and the w mseven awan ball team u ETC 25711 I . 1953 January, 1953 (4 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 int Many Trophies, Awards Go to ERA Sportsmen 11 *i' the ; -l I was | I'lant ?i i- >luitj i lu* fol;| . hinery *i H (,'hristf .m"i)t rei -Jiorti iiuine. 4 | iks i. ilium to j ;4onertfllnw em* t i illness, f; -ri'NS our } iiv. M jj .miily i Johnny DeLage accepts ERA Softbali Plant Championship Trophy from Quentin Hall in behalf of the Day's Shift team. Delate was team manager and led his team to victory in the playoff over the TEL Electrician Na tional League champs this past season. ERA Golf League President George R. Grimes presents the golf champ ionship trophy to three-time winner Earl Melancon, as medalist winner Bob Barlow looks on at left. The Golf tournament is held in the fall ot each year in both men's and women's divisions. Ranged |i`U`|)hone (I at noon in*r*ssary ilnme fa* j I'lant i i i bason The Sodium "D" ERA volley ball team receives trophy after defeating all comers the past season. Here Noel Wilkins accepts the trophy from Sodium Superintendent Larry Cliver. Other players present for Individ ual trophies* from left are Edwin Watts, Alvin Sheets, Jimmy Kelly, Murphy Miscar, Kenneth Thames, Albert Templet and Lamar Breland. TEL Maintenance players receive their trophy for 1951-52 Plant Championship, Presenting it is H. O. Wells, ERA president. Players are from left, "Blackie" Bennett, Ed McMillan, last year's team captain; Charlie Duhe, Lee Hubbs, Wilson Gilmore, Hiram Ballard and Junior Keller. i Eighty-nine Individual Awards and ! i i Thirty-five Trophies Are Presented Did you know that during the and 12 individual awards went to past year the ERA has given out the players on the winning team. over one hundred trophies and l awards to sports contenders in the H various ERA sports programs? A breakdown of the various awards shows that 35 trophies were given out and 89 individual awards for participation in five major sports activities--golf, bas ketball, softball, volley ball, and bowling. ERA Bowling League Plant Champions were the Planning Engineers. In the front row, from left, are Ralph Doerner, Paul Thornhill, W. E. Green The golfers received 15 trophies, with two going to winning basket and Martin Smith. Standing, from left: Team Captain H. W. Dobrowolski, Ralph Dupuy, "Chuck" Hamlin and Percy Trotter. ball teams. There were 30 individ ual awards going to the basket ball players, however. In softball Dancing School ners starts at 6:30, lasting until 8 P. M., and advanced students then three team trophies and 32 in i dividual awards were given. Another class of dance instruc take over until 9:30. The classes tions for beginners and advanced last one month with a total of eight students will begin Monday, Jan. lessons given. In bowling the men's division re 5, at the ERA Center. Jim Corbett All ERA members are invited to ceived 8 awards and eight trophies Bill Barlow receives the team of TEL Operations, is the dancing attend the dance sessions. Corbett and the women got six trophies and trophy from Gust Larson for the instructor. stated that if enough teen-agers of seven awards. The winning volley TEL Eectriclan softball team which Classes will be held each Monday ERA members enrolled he would ball team was awarded a trophy won the National League title. i and Thursday. The class for begin give them instructions also. ETC 25712 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK sJanuary, 1953 January. Shown here is an outside view of the new garage. Here all of Ethyl's 200--plus mobile units receive maintenance care. The garage was put Into service during the latter part of this summer giving more working space for mechanics and better working equipment. Here two jitneys get a working over with B. B. Garver, mechanic 1/c, working in foreground as helper G. L. Riffel looks on. On second jitney electrician 1/c E. P. Alonzo checks a switch (farthest from camera) and E. J. Simone&ux, mechanic 8/c, works on clutch. Keeping the Plant's automobiles sparkling clean is part of the jobs of Joe Johnson, left, and Matthews Kilmore. After the cars are..... NIOATES will be delivered to either the car pool or the assigned driver. In back ground is a portion of the new storage shed. At left Whitfield Wascom, electrician 1/c, checks the locomotive starter batteries while B. E. Aldridge and Lonnie Mizell, at right, both mechanics 1/c, work on the Diesel engine valve assembly. The locomo tive is in new garage on a spur track in east end of building. Garage Mechanics Keep Epuipment In Excellent Operating Condition "If it rolls, we can fix it," is more than just a motto with the Garage Maintenance crews. It's a reality that they prove every day, repair ing everything from bicycle pedals to overhauling our 80-ton locomo tive. With better than 200 mobile units on the Plant used in many ways, both directly and indirectly, to manufacture our products, the garage staff of skilled craftsmen employed there are highly essential to the smooth and continuous op eration of every area. And when the group recently moved into their new, ultra-mod em garage just north of the Sod ium Operations building their main tenance performance reached an even new high. The building is de signed for maximum comfort sum mer and winter with many new labor-saving mechanical devices installed to aid employees in their work. Now the entire group works to gether in this one building for maintenance and overhaul work of Plant "rolling stock." As an ex ample, when one of the three loco motives needs work done on it, it rolls right into the new garage. Be fore, the locomotive repair crew was located in a separate building apart from the garage. Two shifts totaling about 30 craftsmen and helpers are used during the week to keep up with the work. On the straight-day shift, James A. Martin, garage foreman, is in charge, and heading the "B" Shift group is Demmie R. Hatcher. On the week ends the work done in the garage is the responsibility of the TEL Maintenance shift fore man. The groups perform work on cars, trucks, jitneys, compressors, locomotives, motor scooters, bi cycles and mobile cranes. In one end of the building there is a long array of batteries being charged continually. These bat teries are about 32 times bigger than the average car battery and are used as power sources on many of the TEL-Sodium alloy hopper jitneys that transport the mixture Here Soulier removes a 12-volt bat tery from a "hopper truck" for re charging. The hoist is operated by compressed air. from the alloy building to the lead buildings. Another new addition to the gar age facilities is the large storage shed that was constructed just to the north of the garage. This shed is used to protect vehicles from the weather when they are not in use, thus prolonging the life of expen sive equipment. Keeping the cars greased is an im portant garage maintenance job. Here M. M. Carradine, outside ma chinist 1/c, greases a company car. The new s equipment from the w dispatcher' Three- Help Three > safety effoi conclusion. | ployees in I special emi! practices i' by the Com The cans big reduct of injuries, most safcl? the number On that h-.i- has proved 13 time-l<>-" August, thr-r in October. December. In our r1' for care m jury are supervisor total numb are a belfei her of tine the serioo largely a rn "We vv.-ii of accident i says, "so ti serious injn the causes precaution.' matically '-I The trrlo been redin' 378 durinu of 1952 to "This kin cates the * ing more id Ills job," H the lessons campaign vsafety recur If the continues lcember. tin Plant will than 1951 ETC 25713 1953 January, 1953 < THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 > the lead the gar storage il just to This shed > from the not in use, ..t expen- The new shed, pictured above, was built adjacent to the garage. As equipment is turned in at the end of the day it is rolled in to protect it from the weather. Open on all sides, the shed can house 24 vehicles. A dispatcher's office is located in the west end. Joe Cantu, electrician 1/c, lowers a large jitney battery in place for a battery charge while Wallace Soulier, electric&n 1/c, at right, checks a battery that is ready to come out. There are sufficient space and electrical connections here to charge 36 batteries simultaneously. Three-Month Plant Safety Campaign the various interests is being form ed to make detailed plans. Helps Reduce All Types of Injuries The first local B-I-E Day was held in October, 1950, at which Three months of extra-special safety effort bring 1952 to a fitting conclusion. Since October 1, em ployees in all areas have given special emphasis to safe working practices in a campaign sponsored by the Central Safety Committee. The campaign has resulted in a big reduction in the total number of injuries. Throughout the U. S. most safety statistics are based on the number of time-losing injuries. On that basis the Ethyl campaign has proved effective. Compared to 13 time-losing injuries in July and August, there have been only four in October, November, and half of December. Barnum Heads Group Organizing B-l-E Day Preliminary plans for visits of Baton Rouge school teachers to various business firms and indus tries on the third B-I-E Day are being made by a Chamber of Com merce committee. Lew Barnum, assistant director of Community Relations, is serving as chairman. This B-I-E Day has been tenta tively scheduled for the latter part of April, 1953. It is a coopera tive venture of the business, indus try, and education interests in the city for the various groups to be time over thirty businesses and in dustries were hosts to the teachers during the day. Esso Standard Oil Co. was host to all participants at a banquet in the evening in their new Central Shops building. On that occasion a group of approxi mately fifty teachers visited our Plant for the entire day. On the second B-I-E Day last April the procedure was reversed and the schools of the city entertained the business and industrial leaders. Participants in these two affairs were enthusiastic in their praise. A survey conducted among the teachers and the businessmen who took part in the first B-I-E Day in dicated that both groups felt that In our plant, reports to Medical come better, acquainted and to give they would benefit greatly from the for care of even the slightest in the teachers an opportunity to get experience. Many teachers stated jury are tabulated. C. A. Hebert, an insight into the operations of a that it gave them an insight into supervisor of Safety, states that the business or industry. Barnum states business and industry that would total number of reports to Medical that a committee representing all not be obtained otherwise. are a better measure than the num ber of time-losing injuries, because Employee Is Owner of Pet Pelican Named Pete the seriousness of an injury is largely a matter of luck. "We want to reduce every kind of accident to a very minimum," he says, "so that no one will suffer a serious injujry. If we can eliminate the causes of minor injuries and precautionary cases, we will auto matically eliminate major injuries." The total number of cases has been reduced from an average of 378 during the first nine months of 1952 to 296 in November. "This kind of improvement indi cates the value of every one think ing more about the safe way to do his job," Hebert says. "We hope the lessons from this three-month campaign will continue to help our safety record during 1953." If the good safety performance continues for the balance of De cember, the 1952 record for the Plant will be appreciably better than 1951. Clarence O. Fuller of the Laundry is shown with his pet pelican, "Pete." Faller caught the bird in Lake Pontchartrain two months ago where he found it lame with a broken wing. The wing has healed and Fowler has tried to release the bird in University Lake. However, "Pete" prefers a domestic life and refuses to fly away. Eight Attend Annual State Safety Meet Eight employees attended the an nual Louisiana Safety Conference which was held in New Orleans on Dec. 1 and 2. The conference was sponsored by the Louisiana Safety Association and the Governor's Highway Safety Committee. Those attending the conference were Carroll Hebert and F. M. Porch, Safety; Robert Nettles, EtCl Operations; W. O. Cathey, Sodium Operations; Ray Sanders, TEL Operations; Ashford Simes, Chemical Development; Joseph Brown and Gust Larson, Mainte nance. The conference on safety was di vided into five sections: industrial, marine, home, school and traffic safety. The Governor's Highway Safety Committee, of which Hebert is a member, mapped out plans to develop programs for the reduc tion of highway accidents in Loui siana. Bridge Tournament In the team-of-two bridge tourn ament staged at the ERA Center Dec. 4, Rauhman Browning and Miss Haydee Browning took first prizes in the North-South play. Mrs. W. B. Grandjean and Mrs. P. E. Weimer won East-West first prizes, J. Frank Cheely and E. M. Harvey took North-South second prizes and Mr. and Mrs. Lew Bar num won second prize, East-West. Others participating in the tournament were S. E. Cook, J. H. Dunn, W. J. Evers, D. E. Debacher, Mi-, and Mrs. H. O. Wells, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Redman, T. S. Al len, M. D. Roof, A. W. Helwig, M. L. Anderson, M. B. Smith and P. E. Weimer. Hie next tournament is to be held Jan. 28 at the Center. ETC 25714 Page 8 THE ANTIKNOCK January, 1953 Want To Sell or Buy? Come to ERA Auction Are you dissatisfied with the gift you got from Aunt Cora for Christmas? Do you have a shot gun, outboard motor, musical in strument or other article that you want to sell? The ERA Auction and Swap Shop has its first sale on Jan. 14 at 5:00 P.M. Carl Hudson is chairman of the committee heading this new serv ice. J. B. Tucker and Jim Westbrook are other committee members. Rules provide that articles sub auctioned must be submitted to the ERA office. Late entries can be registered at the Center before dis play. Sales will be made in the or der that entries are registered. Regulations also require that in dividuals must be members of the ERA to sell or enter articles for the auction. All purchasers do not have to be members, but non-mem bers are subject to approval of the committee. A seller may auction his own ar ticle or have a designated auction eer to do it. Heavy and bulky objects will be placed outside the Center. The ERA will not guarantee any goods auctioned or sold at the Cen ter and is not responsible for goods left at the Center. "If ERA members like this new feature," Hewitt Gomez, recreation director, said, "we plan to make it a regular feature." Presents Jacqueline Fay Crumholt, Training Cup Collector Shopping Trip 'DB-36' Now Available In Commercial Lots Ethyl's new ignition improver for diesel fuels is now being offered to the oil industry in commercial quantities, it is announced, with recommendations for its use in Navy specification diesel fuel. The new chemical product, which is called Ignition Improver DB-36, is designed to help refiner? produce the desired grades of diesel fuel simply and economically. Blended into the fuel in minute amounts, it increases the tendency of the fuel to ignite. This improvement in ignition quality, which is measured in terms of cetane numbers, is possible with all types of diesel fuels. Introduction of our new additive for diesel fuel follows the comple tion of a year-long test program by the U. S. Navy. As a result, the Navy has revised its specifications so that refiners may now use our ignition improver in specification diesel fuel supplied for the Navy's surface and underwater craft. This, incidentally, marks the first time that the Navy has permitted any additive to be included in its special diesel fuel. The use of our ignition improver will benefit both the Navy and the oil industry, it is believed. Many Music Lover Being seen two places at the same time is some thing Jacqueline Fay Crumholt, Training, has grown accustomed to. Of course this impossible feat can be attributed to the fact that she has a twin sister, Joyce Wllmay, who works In the State Capitol. Aside from this, however, ``Jackie** can be seen every day doing stenographic duties in the Training Office under John Furr, training supervisor. Jackie has spent her entire life in Baton Rouge and lives with her parents in their Essen Lane residence in South Baton Rouge. She attended Baton Rouge High School three years, followed by a one-year course of secretarial training at Baton Rouge Business Col lege. She first went to work in 1946 as a secretary in the agriculture extension service parish office and two years later shifted to the State Department of Educa tion, where she remained until she joined Ethyl Au gust 16, 1951, as a typist-clerk. Music is Jacqueline's greatest source of pleasure and she has a large album of recordings, sings fre quently in the Grace Baptist Church choir, plays the piano and loves to dance. On the outdoor side she en joys picnicking, swimming and fishing. Gift Wrapping Just recently she started a collection of coffee cups and Ls now an avid collector and has an interesting array of them as a start. refiners, heretofore lacking the de sirable base stocks or specialized refining equipment, will now be able to supply diesel fuel meeting the Navy's specifications. At the same time, the Navy will have many more potential sources of supply to draw upon. Shipments o f Ignition Improver (DB-36) will be made in tank car and 55-gallon drum quantities, with distribution to be handled from both the east and west coasts. Meanwhile, Ethyl is cooperating in additional service tests of its new product involving railroad locomo tives and diesel trucks. Further plans for the ignition improver will be announced following the completion of these tests. Use Clothespins If a hastily planned party catches you without adequate place cards or napkin rings, use clothespins! Print the names on new clothespins with drawing ink and a lettering pen, slide the pins on to the folded napkins and you're ready with a novel and attractive substitute. ETC 25715 January. 1" Pate or At Mi Cyril Pal switchboarhonored a Gainesville one of nirii' Court. TinCourt are character ; ing and Mr ,, are those the high ij honor syst.-j Cyril h.-> ; Fusiliers. ;>i up of Minf in mililai> ; ber was el' ciety, tra<li at Riversi t upperclnsv, the faculty Pictured ; hart. At l< who is. I Im former ti. From lelt. Mr. ami v son is the uirv. 1953 ' --- January, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Beyer's Daughter Is Parish Yo-Yo Champ Page 9 Mickey, three; Jimmy, five, and Jerry, six, are the grandchildren of Jack * Fuller, foreman in the Power Section of TEL Maintenance. The chil dren's mother, Mrs. Harry Bailey, is the former Jackie Fuller. coffee cups interesting rtv catches j place cards i Inthespins! clothespins n lettering > the folded arty with a institute. Pate on Honor Court At Military Academy Cyril Pate, 16, son of Hazel Pate, switchboard operator, has been honored at Riverside Academy, Gainesville, Ga., by being named one of nine members of the Honor Court. The members of the Honor Court are selected on the basis of character and high moral stand ing and those elected to the court are those who clearly exemplify the high honor standards of the honor system at the Academy. Cyril has also been elected to the Fusiliers, a crack drill outfit made up of those selected for proficiency in military drills, and late in Octo ber was elected to the Horton So ciety, traditional leadership group at Riverside. It is composed of 25 upperclassmen who are elected by the faculty and the student body. Mary Elizabeth Beyer, daughter of Sanders Beyer, TEL Maint., wouldn't have entered a recent parishwide Yo-yo contest if her parents hadn't insisted that she try her skill in competition. She emerged the champion of East Baton Rouge Parish with a champion's insignia and a $50 War Bond as prizes. Mary Elizabeth makes yo-yoing look simple. "Walking the dog," "rocking the baby," "eating spa ghetti," and other yo-yo feats are skillfully performed by her. "Being a parent is a skill more delicate than being a concert violin ist. A parent plays a human, thou sand-stringed instrument and what he or she accomplishes is important until the end of time.--" Mrs. Nunley Snedegar. Pictured above are the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Gebhart. At left is Bonnie, age eight months. In the center is Glenda Ann who is three years old, and Jo Ann, age nine at right. Mrs. Gebhart is the former Genevieve Mix. Harry is a TEL operator. From left. Gene, ten; Ray, nine, and Jimmy, seven, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Herman T. Wilson. He is a laundry operator 1/c. Mrs. Wil son is the former Lois Pool of Nacogdoches, Tex. Announcing New Ethyl Boosters Fred M. Mayes, France, a son, Ken neth Wayne, born Nov. 20 . Edward L. Lcfebvre, TEL Maint., a son, Andrew Martin, born Nov. 25. E. D. Mitchell, EtCl Op., a son, Elizur Donovan, born Nov. 12. T. A. Wlckwlre, EtCl Op., a daughter, Charlotte Ann, born Nov. 20. John P. Blanchard, Sodium Op., a son, J. P., Jr., bom Nov. 5. J. W. Matheme, Jr., EtCl Maint., a daughter, Linda Sue, bom Dec. 7. J. L. Pflaaterer, Chem. Dev., a daught er, Linda Sue, born Dec. 7. Adam J. Duhe, EtCl Maint.. a girl, Cynthia Eve, born Nov. 14. C. A. Gautreaux, EtCl Maint., a boy, Rusty Jerome, bom Nov. 4. Lawrence E. Perkins, TEL Maint., a girl, Connie Sue, bom Nov. 29. Carroll O. Day, EtCl Maint., a girl. Carol Jean, boro Oct. 18. A. J. DeTrafford, TEL Op., a girl, Cynthia Sue, born Nov. 17. A. E. Krake, TEL Op., a girl, Estes Diane, born Nov. 25. Nolan R. Clayton, Sodium Maint., a boy. N. R.t Jr., bom Oct. 24. Joseph Chustz, Jr., Sodium Op., a girl, Debra Kay, bom Nov. 28. Donald P. Hlmmel, TEL Maint., a boy, Kurt August, bom Nov. 25. George O. Maher, Jr., TEL Lab., a boy, Timothy Ray, born Oct. 25. Julian J. Glbbens, Prod. Plan., a boy, Francis Shaw, born Nov. 23. Frank J. Dear, Jr., Sodium Op., a son, Roger Dale, born'Nov. 15. A. J. Arbour, Jr., Sodium Maint., a girl, Linda Susan, bom Nov. 13. C. W. Baham, EtCl Maint., a daughter, Pamala, bom Oct. 24. J. E. Jarreau, Sodium Op., a girl, Coriis Elizabeth, bom Nov. 21. J. M. tiiullante, TEL Maint., a girl, Re becca Ann, bom Nov. 22. Herman M. Gautreaux, Sodium Op., a son, Edward James, born April 6. William A. Saxon, Sodium Op., a girl, Jean Lucille, born Sept. 27. M. R. Sullivan, Jr., Security Force, a girl, Deborah Gayle, bom Oct. 23. Earl E. Meyers, TEL Maint., a girl, Ellen June, boro Nov. 17. Pryor V. Browning, EtCl Maint., a girl, Amy, bom Oct. 17. W. R. Chaney, Laundry, a boy, Boydston Comite, born Nov. 11. Lawrence A. Laborde, Sodium, Op., a boy, Wayne Michael, born Nov. 12, Herbert P. Price, Chem. Dev., a son, Dennis Martin, born Nov. 16. Claudia Ann, three mouths old. Is the first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lassre. The infant's parents are Cpl. and Mrs. J. W. Langlois, Jr. Mrs. Langlois is the former Claudia Theresa Lassre of Ptaquemine. Cpl. Langlois is sta tioned with the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Joe Lassre is a TEL Maintenance painter 1/c. Joan Accardo is pictured above in her first formal. The occasion was the homecoming dance at Redemptorist High School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ac cardo. Her father is an insulator in TEL Mantenance. ETC 25716 A Day With' M e ci c t Ethyl has had a Medical Department from its eamediate direction iest days. In the summer of 1924 the services of Equate and moder Robert A. Kehoe were procured. ept as originally i His efforts through the years have been directeai Department'-! toward the protection of the health and safety of ttty for the purpnJ Ethyl employees and the public. The field of s<j The commercial success of our enterprise, our Practice should ln> dividual chance to prosper as part of it with our healtf health, especi;- and safety protected, is in no small part attributably work environn to Dr. Kehoe, still Medical Director of the Corporatioractice and fanii; and to those directing the Company who have bevalth interests n ever ready to be guided by him in these matters. * Some Medical Locally the Medical Department is under the irre here shown. / Dr. Magee, assisted by Evena Fontenot, R. N., administers to Billy Wilton of Production Planning. Occupational injuries are often treated right at the Plant Robert Taylor, left medical assistant and Joseph Sabo, right, medical inter- Buquet, X-mv viewer, are briefed by Dr. Dicks. Sabo and Taylor assist doctors with some i of EtCI Maint. of the examinations ed conditions. OUen A. Clay, supervisor of male nurses, ad ministers oxygen to Orland Cooper of Chemi cal Development Oxygen Is piped to all bed sides for immediate use in emergencies. Bettye Bankston, left and Clarilynn Philley, right who are both medi cal technicians, are shown making a blood count using a photo-electric cell. Albert Templet Sodium operator 2/c, Is the patient Laboratory tests frequently assist in accurate diagnosis. Doris DfAquin, right coniidfretary to Dr. B. procedure, ably assisted by Itch. Medical r fldentially. The preparation ation of an aceur cal record is an important stood medical pm f ETC 25717 With" 1 !a ci c a I i ;j; ii'om its earhediate direction of Dr. Roy C. A. Bock. In the ade- .1 . i v ices of Dquate and modern facility, they are guided by the con- ! pt as originally laid down by Dr. Kehoe that the Med- i iit>on directecal Department's activities should be designed primar- '* i .'.doty of thly for the purpose of serving employees. ! The field of service of modern industrial medical i i |nse, our inractice should be thought of essentially as maintenance j Mih our healttf health, especially in so far as it may be influenced :!.rt .ittributabby work environment. It serves to supplement private Im* Oorporationractice and family physicians to the end that the best j -.ho have be^alth interests of all employees are promoted. .1 matters. Some Medical Department activities and personnel H under the intre here shown. All "patients" posed for the photos. i Ernest Webb, male nurse, administers to Isiah Henley, TEL laborer 1/c. Qualified nurses are in attendance around the clock to give immediate treatment when needed by any employee. nedical interr> with some Buquet, X-ray technician, prepares to X-ray the shoulder of Frank C. of EtCl Maint. X-ray facilities are intended primarily for occupationally conditions. Dr. Grimes interviews George Curry of EtCl Operations. Guidance in health matters is given. The Medical Department functions to promote better under standing between management and employee in health-work relationships. ( in, right, confideielary to Dr. Bock, also oversees office lily assisted by Web. Medical records are treated conihe preparation allion of an accurate and adequate medi an important askood medical practice. Dr. Bock interprets a chest X-ray film. Chest X-rays are made on new employees and at intervals thereaf ter. If trouble is detected, the employee Is notified and advised to consult his family physician. Edelene Sumrall, standing, assists Visiting Nurse Shir ley Carradine, R. N., in planning her sick call itinerar; for the day. The nurse is available to physicians wh< want home nursing demonstrated. ETC 25718 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK January, 1953 January. 195: Laborers Receive Certificates for Safety Work This is City Ethyl Chloride laborers are shown following the special safety certificate Some of the TEL laborers are shown following the presentation of special presentation last month. Pictured from left, are Howard Wallace, Adam safety certificates last month. From left, are William Lee, Alvin Profit, Brooks, Louis Watkins, James Barron, Ulas Hayes and Louis WIlford. Casey Jivis, Jake Baker, Jr., Tony Norwood and Jerry BUlups. Plant and Employee Services Manager Harold Madden presents a special Clarence Levy, a veteran of 15 years* Company service, receives his safety certificate to Archie Tillotson, the EtCI laborer with the longest special safety certificate from Harold Madden, P&ES manager. Levy is Plant service record. oldest man in TEL labor group in length of service. Don't Let Christmastime Rushing Overshadow Your Fire Precautions The Christmas rush is upon us again, and it's something no one in the family can escape. Besides gifts to buy, there's the tree to ar range for, and the house to dec orate, and Christmas cookies to make--ail added to the ordinary chores of everyday living. Every one is pressed into service, and it seems as if there isn't time for one more thing! But there is one more item that must be worked into that over flowing schedule, and that's fire Hurst Visits Plant While on Leave Pvt. Jules L. Hurst, a Sodium Operations laborer on military leave is shown with Grant Clark. Hurst visited the Plant Nov. 25. He had just completed 16 weeks basic training at Ft BUss, Tex., and is enroute to Ft Ord, Calif. prevention. Otherwise, fire can easily wipe out everything you were rushing so madly to get done--and a great deal more! Biggest holiday problem--and it's in a class by itself when we're discussing hazards--is the Christ mas tree. Because it is full of pitch and resin, a fir tree is one of the most combustible objects known-- and once lighted it burns so rapid ly that it is just about impossible to extinguish. Here are the Na tional Safety Board's suggestions to minimize the danger of having a Christmas tree fire: 1. Choose a small tree. It's less dangerous than a large one. 2. Don't set it up until a few days before Christmas. Until then, keep it outdoors. 3. Place it in the coolest part of the house, away from fireplaces or radiators. Don't let it block an ex it. 4. Stand it in water, or use a live tree planted in a tub of earth. 5. Never use cotton or paper for decoration on or around the tree. 6: Don't put electric trains un der the tree. 7. Use only electric lights, nev er candles, and see that the wires are not frayed. Be sure the wiring sets for the lights you choose are marked as having been inspected by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. 8. Provide a switch some distance from the tree for turning tree lights on and off. Don't plug or unplug them beneath the tree. 9. Throw away gift wrappings as soon as the presents are opened: don't let them pile up near the tree. 10. Don't leave tree lights burn ing when no one is home. 11. If needles near the lights turn brown, move the lights. 12. When needles start to fall, take the tree down and discard it. This year, remember the holi day hazards and give a thought to safety. It won't detract from the fun. Instead, it will help make sure the fun isn't spoiled--by fire! Credit Union Annual Meeting The Ethyl Employees' Federal Credit Union will hold its annual meeting Jan. 29 at the ERA Cen ter. All members are urged to attend. (Editor's ,YoJ a series of "Chuck3' Cob appear each knock. Cairoi City-PmisU P! Whether w< lie officials an telligent anti vants or a he cals, it's hard vote unless w in a general government I Baton Roue ernment is unia new invents omy and effinof separate < county) govm by the fact th . Research Com ` been besieger! from all oven new form of gn ' ed Aug. 12.19' tive Jan. 3, 1! City Dhitl Under it. E.i ish was di\ Idareas--the (* Area, and tin* trial Area is * | vately its own tection, drain.-t ties, street am and lighting, from the soutax. But it j share of all -< mately 24 mil and recreation bond expense A chief o\fhead the admin is '`mayor" <>t dent" of tin' hence his fillThe adminisli out and enfon There'rr ^ The legislate a City Council elected city-w iseven people p1 from areas <>m prising the 1 legislative hi -an- In addition, larly called "c< --officials eU' ties under tin The judges. il: constable air r vide the jurlnr:: assessor is an dependent of ministrative < with the specif ing tax assessr: iff, coroner, an-r are other eject ing constituli*.! dent of the < ment itself. The principn ETC 25719 | 1953 ji. special -1. Profit, t | i .i\es his . Levy is > he wires iiL- wiring ii>ose are inspected l ies, Inc. distance i i -o lights >1' unplug ppings as opened: the tree. his burn- Hue lights jjj.ls. iji i to fall, ! liseard it. the hoiiji boughtto iiom the nake sure lire! j .Meeting Federal jits annual I KRA Cen sed to i l January, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 This is the Way Your Baton Rouge In Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning Classes City-Parish Government Functions By C. E. Colvin (Editor's Note: This is the third of tions governed by the City Council a series of articles by C. E. are the fire and police departments, "Chuck" Colvin, one of which will garbage collection, city traffic reg appear each month in The Anti ulation and street lighting, and city knock. Colvin is chairman of the zoning. City-Parish Planning Commission.) The principal local functions Whether we think our local pub lic officials are fine, upstanding, in telligent and devoted public ser vants or a bunch of machine ras cals, it's hard to cast an intelligent governed by the Parish Council in clude streets and roads (both with in and outside the city limits), drainage, sewer districts, libraries, Planning and Airport commissions. vote unless we understand at least Mayor-President Appoints in a general way how our local government is set up. Baton Rouge's City-Parish gov ernment is unique. It is, so to speak, a new invention to merge for econ omy and efficiency, the usual forms of separate city and parish (or county) governments, as attested by the fact that the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has been besieged with inquiries on it from all over the country. This new form of government was adopt ed Aug. 12,1948, and became effec tive Jan. 1, 1949. The Mayor-President appoints his principal department heads: Di rector of Public Works, Director of Finance, Police and Fire Chiefs, Purchasing Agent, Personnel Ad ministrator. The City-Parish Coun cil appoints the Parish Clerk, Par ish Attorney, Treasurer, members of the Personnel Board, Libraries' Board cf Control, Planning (and Zoning) Commission, and Airport Commission. Recreation and parks facilities throughout the parish are operated and maintained under the exclu City Divided Three Ways sive jurisdiction of a nine-man com Under it, East Baton Rouge Par ish was divided into three main areas--the City, the Industrial Area, and the Parish. The Indus trial Area is set up to provide pri vately its own fire and police pro tection, drainage and sewer facili ties, street and road maintenance and lighting, hence is exempted from the seven-mill city property tax. But it pays its assessment share of all other taxes, approxi mately 24 mills for schools, parks mission consisting of the mayorpresident, superintendent of schools, one appointment from the Planning Commission and six ap pointments by the parish council. It has authority to levy a tax millage on all property assessed in the parish, up to nine-tenths of a mill to cover operating expenses plus millage required to pay off bonds voted by the people for capital im provements such as the Municipal Stadium. and recitation and any parish-wide On the Public Schools bond expense. A chief executive was set up to head the administrative branch. He is '`mayor" of the City and "presi dent" of the City-Parish Council, hence his title "mayor-president." The administrative branch carries out and enforces the laws. The public school system is gov erned by a School Board consisting of seven persons elected by popu lar vote of the people, each serving a six-year term with one-third of the Board elected each two years. It has authority to levy a tax millage on all property in the parish, There're Nine Councilmen both for current operations and to The legislative branch consists of pay off bonds voted by the people a City Council of seven members, to build school buildings. The School elected city-wide, with these same Board elects its own President and seven people plus two more elected appoints the Superintendent of from areas outside the city com Schools to carry on the actual prising the Parish Council. This school operation within the limits legislative branch makes the laws. In addition, there are the popu larly called "constitutional offices" --officials elected for specific du prescribed in State laws. The school system, thus operates independent of other local governing bodies. (Ed. Note. The next article tells ties under the State constitution. how our local government is fin The judges, district attorney, and anced.) constable are thus elected and pro vide the judicial branch. The tax assessor is an elected official in Good Government Formula dependent of either the local ad "Any third-rate dictator can ministrative or legislative branches provide 'bread-and-circuses*-- tem with the specific job of maintain porarily at least. But to secure in ing tax assessment rolls. The sher tangible rights for the whole body iff, coroner, and registrar of voters of citizens demands stable politi are other elected officials perform cal institutions, carefully designed ing constitutional duties indepen in this republic to promote wise dent of the City-Parish govern legislation, supervised administra ment itself. tion and impartial judicial over The principal municipal func sight."--Felix Morlcy. Trainees in the 10-week refrigeration and air conditioning class are, front row from left, Jack Dempsey, Homer A. Martin, John Payne and D. A. Kelly, Second row: H. J. B. Langlois, W. B. Allen, M. M. Bradford and Ward Ramirez. Third row: W. G. Weakley, E. J. Ory, W. AvertII and A. D. Treloar, Jr. Hiram May sitting alone. Instructor (with pointer) is Ralph Dupuy. Ray Metternich, Training, operates slide projector. Visit or (in dark suit) is Mr. W. D. Graham, representing York Refrigeration Corp. Household Hint If you're ever bothered by the short nozzle on household oil cans, check this idea. For oiling those hard-to-reach spots, slip a common drinking straw over the spout and you can squirt the oil where it should be squirted. Ethyl Ad Tells of New BHC Plant No. 2 The newest and most modern Benzene Hex^ichloride plant is completed and ready to serve you ... Located at Baton Koupe. La., in the bean of (he Col ion Belt, this new plant incorporate* the latest, most advanced im* proxemenu in de-ign and operation. This technical efficiency pin- KtlnlN broad chemical experience azures you a plentiful and continuing -upplx of Benzene I lexachioride now and for the future. In addition, new facilities for comcr-mn to Extra High Camilla MIC (80) and Lindane are nearing completion. Our facilitira offer )ou a dependable, economical aourve for your IM.'iJ.lQ.i.'l rc'|uimncnts of Benzene llesachloride. Extra High Gamma BIIC (80) and Lindane. % rile today for full information. Mere ready to nerxe you. . ETHYL CORPORATION CliMiiial Sal*, Dlpiilam This advertisement, run in "Agricultural Chemicals" magazine, tells of the availability of BIIC from our new and modern plan in Baton Rouge. ETC 25720 Page 14 SERVICE AWARDS THE ANTIKNOCK January, 1953 Janunn ----------- Sodium Operators Make Successful Hunt Burk Burki pervisoi is one Long Service E+hyl Employees -- 25 Years -- Wm. O. Schulte Research, San Bernardino -- 25 Years -- Julian <J. Frey Sales. New York Our congratulation to employees who received or will receive Service Avxirds during December, 25 Years A. P. Stover, Ind. Rel. 15 Years Walter C. Bennett, TEL Maint. William T. Link, TEL Maint. John H. Hickman, TEL Labor. 10 Years Robert R. Mullins, EtCl Maint. John L. Breaa, EtCl Maint. Elmer E. Ory. Securtiy Force. Camille J. Boudreaux, Prod. Plan. Clinton W. Moore, Prod. Plan. Wilson J. Ponthieu, TEL Op. Earl J. Andre, EtCl Maint. Leo N. Audlffred, TEL Maint. Winnie B. Devall, P&ES. Joseph A. Myhand, Prod. Plan. Charles B. Hamby, TEL Op. Henry Johnson, Jr., EtCl Lab. Philip R. Lee, TEL Maint. Albert J. Gautreaux, TEL Maint. Adah P. Sturgis, EtCl Lab. Joseph H. Gultreau, EtCl Maint. Hershel S. Burge, TEL Maint. Judson A. Ourso, Jr., Purchasing Roosevelt P. Dupuy, Sr., EtCl Op. Juanita M. Fuller, EtCl Maint. Harold J. Patin, EtCl Maint. 5 Yean C. L. GremllUon, Jr., Houston Lewis M. Decker, Gen Eng. S. P. Broussard, Finance. Lucius E. Hoover, EtCl Op. Lyndon W. Greeson, EtCl Maint. Aubrey P. Hotord. Security Force. Warren D. Hotard, EtCl Lab. W. L. Anderson, Jr., TEL Stores. Roy C. Cabaness, Jr., TEL Maint. Elite L. Holden, TEL Maint. Henry L. Harless, TEL Maint. Melvin L. Cagle, TEL Maint. Gordon N. Hebert, TEL Op. Branch A. Goox, TEL Maint. Joseph E. Sanders, TEL Maint. Joseph Turner, TEL Op. James C. Walker, TEL Maint. Curtis O. Linder, TEL Maint. James C. Kenneriy, TEL Maint. James M. Brown, TEL Maint. Boyd R. Blount, TEL Maint. Edward Y. Easterly, TEL Maint. Howard W. Foster, TEL Op. Frank F. Davis, TEL Op. Ulysse J. Rome, TEL Maint. Joseph V. Gautreaux, TEL Maint. Frederick E. Repp, TEL Op. Jerral W. Hasldos, TEL Op. MUton J. Guidry, TEL Op. L. B. Young, TEL Maint. Joseph M. Slocum, TEL Maint. Lawrence E. Perkins, TEL Maint. Hiram Ballard, Jr., TEL Maint. These four men from Sodium *`B" Group got their limit of geese on a hunting trip a few weeks ago near Venice. They are, left to right, Johnny Cunard, foreman, Zack OLinde, Julius Lee McCrain, and C. H. David, The geese averaged from six to eight pounds in weight. Combustion Report Given by Ethyl Men A broader understanding of the causes of automobile combustion chamber deposits together with a new method of study by which this longstanding problem may eventu ally be solved--were reported re cently to the Society of Automotive Engineers. The authors of the report are three Ethyl technologists, H. J. Gib son, C. A. Hall, and D. A. Hirschler of the Research and Engineer ing Department. They pointed out that the vola tility of the lubricating oil, as well as t h e carbon-hydrogen ratio of the gasoline, are important factors in an understanding of the prob lem. Work at the Ethyl laboratories showed that organic materials formed from both the fuel and the oil are of major importance in the formation of combustion chamber deposits. Changes In-- (Continued from Page 2) Gibson as its head. Two main research groups make up the Automotive Products Re search division. These are Addi tives and Deposits, under Hymin Shapiro, and Engine Combustion Research, headed by Howard Hesselberg. clshe Antiknock ffllbum Can You Recognize These Employees? Scope of Business Created by Oil Industry Indicated in OIIC Report The Oil Industry Information Committee has announced that a three-year study has revealed the existence of more than 200,000 oil businesses in the United States. An actual count, according to the Committee, shows there are 44,602 businesses engaged in production, refining, transportation, and whole sale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products. The study fur ther reports there are 188,253 ser vice stations, of which 177,923 are single-unit establishments, and are classified as separate businesses. Ninety-five per cent of these ser vice stations are independently owned or operated by local busi ness men. Totals established for the various segments of the oil industry were: petroleum bulk stations and term inals -- over 14,000; producers -- over 12,000; fuel oil dealers -- over 11,000; for-hire contract-carriers and tank trucks--1,063; petroleum refiners--270; manufacturers of lu bricants and greases not made in refineries -- 243; barge line com panies--174; tank car companies-- 61; pipe line companies -- 54; tank ship companies -- 42; and bottled gas dealers--5,500. Do you know this youngster? Now This handsome young sailor-as- a pipefitter 1/c in TEL Mainten- pirant has come a long way since ance, he has two children and two this picture was taken many years grandchildren. He is very active in ago. A native Pennsylvanian, he the Methodist Church in a town has been with Ethyl 25 years now. north of Baton Rouge, and claims He is married and has two daugh- hunting and fishing as his favor- ters. He graduated from Lehigh ite hobbles. University in 1926. (Who are they? Make your fueeo and then torn to Pace Id) ETC 25T21 another alternni sition a His ii when 1 father, started Now the Am and pa corresp* sored b tourney fourth. He pf ence l< games may In* Cher! Torm in six r the Ixki- In I hi iirnt :itti Whit* ir movfs. n WliHo .1. K gi\. m 1pm sum, If >o., look U|i ( given in the eorr* look up dure will il irv. 1953 H--- !lunt January, 1953 -------- =----------- : THE ANTIKNOCK Burke Grandjean, Local Champion, Page 15 Starts Series of Checker roblems on a lit, -Johnny ;uvid. The j i lie probt iiburatories materials ;iin'l and the L.iiee in the :f.i chamber |>ups make | -ducts ReI are Addi,:.ler Hymin H .unbustion `l-uard Hes- Burke Grandjean, pilot plant su to a puzzle in each of the future pervisor in Process Development, issues. is one of the best qualified indi This is the first of a series of viduals in Baton brainteasers for checker fans that Rouge to give us will be presented regularly in The a checker puzzle Antiknock. A checker problem is each month. a setting which has an accurate According to a and precise solution according to feature article in the terms given. the Nov. 16 Mag If the terms are "Black to move azine section of and win," that means that Black "The Morning can, by proper play, absolutely Advocate" he and force a win no matter what moves another outstanding local player White may use in reply. alternate in the championship po The problem solver selects his * sition at the YMCA. attack (and also selects the strong His interest in checkers started est possible moves for the defend when he was 10 years old. His ing side) and proves that the posi father, who was a good player, tion can be won against any de started his son's instruction then. fense that may be put up. Most H. B. Harelson Is shown on one of the three tractors he has made dar Now Grandjean is a member of winning positions are based on the ing his spare time. It cost $110 and does jobs for which it was designed. the American Checker Federation threat of stealing (or actually and participates regularly in the stealing) one or more men. A "man correspondence tournaments spon up" usually (there are exceptions) Part-Time Inventor Makes Useful sored by the organization. In one represents an automatic winning tourney he placed third; in another, advantage. Thus, the solution to fourth. a problem needs to include only Implements from Spare, Scrap Parts He points out that a correspond the strongest line of defense--it ence tournament in which 24 games are played simultaneously may last six months. Checker fans may look forward does not need to include trivial va riations in which the defense is just "playing out the string" with a man or more short. H. B. Harelson, electrical fore man in EtCl Maintenance, has made three tractors for use around his home on the Old Hammond 'The Threatened Theft' Highway. He uses them for cutting high grass, topping pastures and for I it in 0 it mowing the lawn. The model shown in the accom panying photo took six months of 0 in tt 0 spare time work. It is powered with a six-horsepower one-cylinder Wisconsin engine. The front wheels are from an Old Cushman scooter i It it il H and the back wheels from an auto mobile. Harelson has his own machine il in shop at his residence. It includes a lathe, drill press, a small alternat This gadget on the clothes line ing current welding machine and an lowers the line so that clothes may acetylene welding machine. be attached easily. Then a down 0 it a1 Harelson explains that the tract ward pressure on the handle raises SR or pictured above only cost $110. the clothes to a normal height. sailor-as-* ^ way since many years i.lvanian, he ' 'i years now. t wo daugh nmt Lehigh 1 It it It it It * in It r__ aj (BLACK) Terms: Black to move and win Ity (how far you can "Me" across the in six moves. Black is moving up the board. In this problem. Black is to move first and with proper play can force White Into an obvious loss In just six moves, or can steal a man earlier If the White defense Is inferior. The solution is given on Page 16, but give tbe prob lem some study before "peeking." hoard), and will Improve your playing skill. Note that the problem diagram is set up on a standard numbered board, with the dark pieces starting at the low num bered side, moving toward the high numbered; and vice versa for the lightcolored men. The solution Is given in terms of this standard numbering sys tem. If you can't locate the winning attack, look up the first Black and White moves given in the solution; then try to locate the correct line. If you're still stumped, look up the second moves. This proce dure will improve your visualizing abll- For example. If the Black piece on square 15 were to move to square 18, and then the White piece on square SO were to move to square 26, the standard notation representing this movement would be: 15-18, SO-26. These are not That, of course, does not include, his labor. He uses the machines to take care of 19 acres of ground and has found that they capably perform the jobs for which he designed them. An inventor and builder by na ture, he has applied for patent on V-belt clutch and is in the process of securing final patent rights. For the clothes lines he has de signed a gadget, shown in the photo at right, that lowers the line wKeh clothes are being attached, raises it afterwards. Harelson has been an employee for eleven years. He is an active citizen in the community having served on the Planning Commis sion for two years and on the Re creation and Parks Commission one year. the first moves of the solution. A clue to the correct first block move In given In the title of the problem. Did jdu know that: Odds art <Sto1 aproducing well,, in an area where oil has never been found before. Yet in spite of tbe greet risk* involved, U. S. oilmen last year found the greatest volume of oil in history. Searching for oil is a risky business. And it is only one of tbe many things we oilmen must do to keep your faintly ear rolling and to meet other record demands for fuels and lubricants. We're proud to be part of tbe competitive, progressive oil industry that brings better living to (hit community. ETC 25722 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK January, 1953 Janua i --- Harvey Paint Testing and Research Leads to Longer Lasting Surfaces piece on 16 can be defended. Other wise, Black would move 8-12 at his next turn, steal the man on 16, and the White game would be hopeless. C. This particular move Is again abso lutely vital to the Black attack. If Black were to move 1-5 now Instead of one move later exactly the same pieces would be Jumped from the board, but after the jumps White would have the move and woold draw easily. O. Note that a single man Jumping In to crown must use a turn In crown ing--that is, it cannot immediately Jump out again even though one or more pieces are lined np for capture. Smylie Assumes New Up the Ladder; On New Jobs E. W. Whittington, from Elect. 3/c to 2/c, EtCl Maint. Ambrose Bexar, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. R. J. Cassano, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. J. N. Malcolm, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. L. L. Kirby, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. R. J. LeBIanc, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. H. E. Morgan, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. E. A. Songy, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. Jeanne K. Damron, from steno pool. Cru Fiftv portin-. dom u durim: dom-Lii will U tain h the cnj The tures ' of !!C chairrr Manufacturing Post Group I; to steno, Maint., Group II. E. J. Thompson, from typist-clerk. contrii of R;u This test rack was designed to demonstrate weathering characteristics of various kinds of paints. Tests started in 1946. Proved paints are now used at the Baton Rouge and Houston Plants, Thomas M. Smylie, manager of Manufacturing Technical Services for the Research and Engineering Department, has been appointed Group I; to steno. Group II, Finance. Slavln P. Broussard, from Schuykill Accountant to Senior Auditor, Finance. J. C. Kennerly, from welder 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Free A will i>. funds. "In A major problem in any chemi cal plant is the protection of the ex posed surfaces of structures and to the newly created position of technical coordinator for the Man ufacturing Department. Ruth Broyles, from typist pool, Group I; to ERA steno-clk, Group II, P&ES. Milton Bradford, from instr. mech 3/c to 2/c, EtCl Maint. matte fund * said. equipment. In his new capacity, Smylie will P. V. Browning, from rigger 3/c to tions < In 1946 Clarence C. Harvey, su pervisor in Chemical Development, began research and experimenta tion that has answered many ques be responsible to the General Manager of Manufacturing for gen eral direction and coordination of those departmental activities of a 2/c, Eta Maint. J. W. Cruthlrds, from instr. mech. 3/c to 2/c, EtCl Maint. H. J. Cutrer, from instr. mech. 3/c to 2/c, EtQ Maint. Freed' wish t< dally tions c tions as the best types of protective technical nature at both the Baton J. B. Lambert, from pipefitter 3/c to or to n coating to use in our Baton Rouge and Houston Plants as well as in similiar chemical industries. Rouge and Houston Plants. 2/c, EtCl Maint. B. J. LeBIanc, from instr. mech. 3/c to 2/c, EtQ Maint. H. E. Magee, Jr., from pipefitter 3/c Bank.' Fro* up at His conclusions, reached after to 2/c, EtCl Maint. signori several years of work, are the basis J. W. Martin, from mach. outside 3/c these - for savings in paints and painting. From this research had come wide spread recognition for a painting to 2/c, EtCl Maint. Joe Sharpe, from welder 3/c to 2/c, Eta Maint. H. C. Slaton, Jr., from carpenter 3/c Thn anccri i listen'" procedure which he developed, to 2/c, Eta Maint. boo ( known as the "Harvey System." Combines Paint Features The system combines some desir able features of two types of paint Clarence C. Harvey C. D. Randall, from insulator 3/c to 2/c, EtCl Maint. B. J. Wilson, from bmkr. 3/c to 2/c, Eta Maint. Preston Varden from mech. insp. 3/c about therr e move > each v which had formerly been thought ited number of the hundreds of ma incompatible. The primer coat is a terials which have been tested in ! drying oil paint similiar to ordin this manner received passing ary enamel and has the ability to grades. to 2/c, EtCl Maint. W. R. Daigle, from lab. hlpr. 1/c to Dev. Lab asst., R&E. C. A. Pearce, from instr. mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. three The be a \ cold w fill the crevices on a metal surface Paints which looked good in lab better than other types. The finish tests were then evaluated in field the position of supervisor, process is a fast drying vinyl lacquer type panel tests at two site:, chosen to design, a position he held until 1950 of coating. However, when a lac give different weathering condi when he was named head of Tech quer is painted on an enamel the tions. nical Services and Engineering Ec paint wrinkles and fails rapidly be From these field tests a few coat Thomas M. Smylie onomics. cause the solvents in the lacquer at tack the drying oils in the enamel. Harvey developed the idea of a "barrier coat." This is still a third type of paint, a chlorinated rubber base coating, which is applied over the primer to protect it from the lacquer finish. Three Tests Used ing systems were next selected for performance tests on operating equipment. Long term exposure of some of the better systems has proved their usefulness for general Plant ser vice. They are now incorporated in our Plant painting standards. Prior to his assignment in Re search and Engineering Smylie held various positions in the Man ufacturing Department. He was first employed by the Company in 1940 in Chemical Engineering. In 1946 he was named a senior process design engineer, then en A native of Mississippi, Smylie attended and graduated from Miss. State College. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers the Kappa Alpha order, the YMCA board of directors and the joint in dustry-faculty conference which Clarence has used three types gineer economist, and in 1949, to meets at LSU each spring. of tests to establish the best paint Checker Answer ing procedure. Laboratory tests have been used to eliminate the (See Puzzle on Page 15) ^She Antiknock Alburn least useful materials; field panel tests to correlate the best; and finally, performance tests on plant equipment. Have you worked the checker puzzle? Here is the solution, which Is given left to right below: 4- 8 ! ! --A* 16-12 --B 15-18 --C You'd Never Know it But Here They Are! (There are the youngsters pictured on Page 14.) K In the accelerated laboratory screening test, small steel panels coated with different paints were exposed to fumes given off by 15 per cent hydrochloric acid at room temperature. These panels were examined about every two weeks and graded for performance. Also, the physical properties of the ma terials were measured. Only a lim 12-8 D 5- 14 30-26 1-5 10-17 29-25 3-10 13-29 Black wlna. (Letters refer to footnotes of expla nation below.) A. This queer-looking move is abso lutely necessary. Any other move by Black at this point would allow White to escape with a draw. B. This move Is forced on White, of course, since It Is the only way the Did you say A1 Kirkwood? If you did you were ex actly right. This picture, by the way, was taken 40 years ago. A1 lives in Zachary, the town where he was born and reared. The young gentlemen in the slightly out-dated sailor suit is none other than Labor Relations Manager Art Stover. Art join ed the Company in 1927. Hillary Mrs. J. ill Kori on "Oh i.n servi and mu iroimor Muinten TC 25723 1953 ! Jobs i c io ; -i-.nor ..ii.ir 2 c ; ...I - l- to { IK' (tool, : -`i* n. I -clerk, j Finance. ; S. lutykill i Finance. ; i- to27c, | <!. Group itl \'&ES. j >;\ mcch r .Vc to j in. eh. 3/C j ll ,Vc to 3/c to m.vh. 3rC . lit tor 3/c iiil'idc 3/c ; > to 2'c, ,11-nier 3/c i..r 3'c to ; r to 2'c, i. m>p. 3/c Ipr. 1 'c to ....h. 3 'c to >r. process until 1950 .1 of Tech.viing Ec- pi. Smylie n om Miss. American Engineers i lie YMCA la* joint innv which iAre! in the out-dated .suit is {other than Inflations -i g .* r Art ; r. Art joinCompany January. 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 17 Crusade for Freedom Signatures Barnum, Harrison on Comunity Chest Board To be Sent Behind 'Iron Curtain' Fifty thousand signatures sup porting the 1952 Crusade for Free dom will be sought in Baton Rouge during the next two weeks. "Free dom-grams" bearing the signatures will be sent behind the Iron Cur tain to give hope and strength to the captive peoples of Communism. The local campaign for signa tures will extend through the end of 1952. Edgar A. Sowar, local chairman, emphasizes that while contributions to carry on the work of Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia would be welcomed there will be not active solicitation of funds. "In view of the commitments made during the United Givers fund drive last month," Sowar said, "we will not seek contribu tions during the local Crusade for Freedom. However, those who wish to support the Crusade finan cially may send their contribu tions either to the postmaster here or to me at the Louisiana National Bank." Freedom-grams may be picked up at any bank or postoffice and signed ones may be left at any of these supply points. Through the radio programs fin anced by the Crusade for Freedom listeners behind the Iron and Bam boo Curtains are getting the truth about the free world and about their own oppressors at the rate of more than 1,000 broadcast hours each week in seven European and three Asiastic languages. These programs have proved to be a very effective weapon in the cold war against Communism. In Korea Hillary Vernon, son of Hr. and Mrs. J. J. Woodward is in the Army in Korea. This picture was taken on "Old Baldy." Hillary has been in sendee one year, overseas three and one-half months. His dad is an ironworker 1/c in TEL-Sodium Maintenance. Opinion Poll Held On Plant Dec. 15-19 A large percentage of Plant employees participated in an opinion survey conducted here by the Opinion Research Cor poration during the week of Dec. 15. The purpose of the survey is to get a broad crosssection of the attitudes and opinions of plant employees on a number of different sub jects. A similar survey was con ducted here during August, 1949. The results of that sur vey were distributed to all employees in a booklet entitl ed "You Said It." Lew Barnum, left, assistant director of Community Relations, and Ben Harrison, manager of Industrial Engineering, were elected to three-year terms as members of the Community Chest board of directors at a re cent Chest meeting. Year-End Summary Shows Company Supported Many Projects in '52 Through its employees, Ethyl Corporation is a good citizen of Ba ton Rouge and nearly 100 other towns in Louisiana. Employees may not know that the Company is trying to be a good citizen of Ba ton Rouge and the state in a great many other ways. Through monetary and other support Ethyl Corporation is tak ing its place in a wide variety of ac tivities. United Givers Fund, Fire Prevention Week, the Boys Base ball Clinic, the Public Affairs Re search Council, the Boys and Girls programs at LSU and Southern Un iversity, March of Dimes, Baton Rouge Symphony, Salvation Army Building Fund, both local hospitals and many other activities have re ceived financial support from the Company during 1952 in its role as a good neighbor. Many Memberships In addition to such financial sup port and occasional loan of equip ment or personnel for an impor tant community activity, Ethyl backs other organizations and projects through Company mem bership. For example. Ethyl is a full-support member of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Associa tion, Louisiana Safety Association, the Southern States Industrial Council, the Baton Rouge Better Business Bureau, the Louisiana Press Association and many other orgaizations in addition to the sup port the other organizations re ceive through the membership of individual employees. Ethyl played an important part last year in making possible en tertainment and recreation for stu dents at the Louisiana School for the Deaf. In addition to underwrit ing the cost of a considerable num ber of tickets of the students to attend the Shrine Circus, a contri bution was made to help defray the cost of holding the first annual Southern States Bowling Tourna ment for the Deaf at Baton Rouge. Supports Hospital In 1952 as in other years, Ethyl has given generous support to the two hospitals, Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium and the Baton Rouge General Hospital. During the past year the company, as well as employee groups, contributed to the Improvement Fund of Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium. Last year the Company made a substantial contribution to the YWCA for purchase of a YWCA home in Baton Rouge and this year another building fund received substantial support--the Salvation Army. Backs Youth Program Each year in order to help make better citizens for the future in Louisiana, Ethyl has sponsored boys and girls to Pelican Boys' and Girls' State at Louisiana State Un iversity and to Bayou Boys' State at Southern University, where they learn how our government oper ates and how they can grow into better citizens. The most important citizenship of the Ethyl Corporation, of course, is in the active part its employees as individuals take in affairs in their home communities. However, to back up that citizenship the Company is giving support and help in many other ways so that employees can truly say that Ethyl is a good industrial citizen of Ba ton Rouge and o fthe State of Lou isiana. Dimes Campaign The annual March of Dimes cam paign for funds for the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation will be conducted in East Baton Rouge Parish throughout the month of January. Allen Peltier, TEL Main tenance, is chairman for the cam paign within all of the industrial plants here. Peltier and Mrs. Robert M. Ros enthal, chairman of the parish wide drive, met with representa tives of the Ethyl Management Club, Local 12900 of UMW, and the Cooperative Bargaining Agency on Dec. 16 to explain the coming campaign and ask for co operation of Ethyl employers. The March of Dimes campaign last year raised a total of $61,000 in contributions from East Baton Rouge Parish. Named to State Board Ben Burge was appointed to a post on the State Recreation and Parks Commission In November by Gov ernor Kennon. Ben is Employment Supervisor in P&ES and has had wide experience in the field of re creation. ETC 25724 Page 18 THE ANTIKNOCK Area Map Shows Employees Live In Many Towns January, 1953 Laplace Named Head Of Sf. Gabriel Post Colby S. Laplace, sheetmetal worker helper 1/c in TEL Main tenance, has been elected com mander of American Legion Post 312 at St. Gabriel. Laplace assum ed the office in November. Composed of 72 members, the St. Gabriel post has been active in a wide variety of activities. Recently they sponsored and obtained for St. Gabriel a lighted softball field and were active in sponsoring and ob taining the blacktopping of River Road from Baton Rouge. Laplace is a veteran of World War II and was in action in Eu rope as a member of the 89th In fantry Division. He joined Ethyl following his discharge in 1946. He is married to the former Marian LeBlanc of St. Gabriel and they have one child. (Editor's Note. Laplace teas a sergeant in Co. 1, 354 Infantry of the 89th Division which was com manded by Don Robertson, Com munity Relations. Recently the two ran into each other on the Plant, the first time they had seen each other since early 1945. Neither had known that the other was employ ed on the Plant.) While most Ethyl employees do live in East Baton Rouge Parish, approximately 100 Louisiana and Missis sippi towns are represented on the Plant. This map shows major concentrations of employees by towns. Some towns are not shown. Ethyl's Influence Felt in Many Employee Home Towns in This Area Even though five out of every six Ethyl Employees call Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish home, there are almost 100 cities and towns represented on the Ethyl Plant. A recent survey shows that even though approximately 82.5 per cent of t h e more than 4,000 em ployees reside in East Baton Rouge Parish, there are 16 par ishes and more than 94 towns in Louisiana and Mississippi repre sented by employees working here. There are 719 employees residing outside the Parish of East Baton Rouge or 17.5 per cent of the total. Home town addresses of Ethyl employees reveal many interesting items. For instance, few employees realize that one employee lists his residence as Wisner in Franklin Parish in North Louisiana. Another employee's address is New Orleans, 80 miles away! In between these extremes are such closeby towns as Addis, Bak er, and Port Allen; and further away towns of Reserve, Franklinton, New Roads, and Donaldsonville. Denham Springs with 132 em ployees ranks next to Baton Rouge in the largest number of em ployees who work at the Ethyl Plant. Other leaders are Zachary with 85, Plaquemine with 79, Gon zales with 76, Port Allen with 74, Baker with 71 and Greenwell Springs with 38. In addition to the many women employees named Ethel who work at the Ethyl Plant (and who, no doubt, have been the subject of many puns), the survey revealed another interesting fact. Two em ployees reside at Ethel and come to work at Ethyl. Ethel is in East Fel iciana Parish. You can almost go through the alphabet with the home addresses of employees. The hometown ad dresses of employees range from Acy, Addis, and Albany in the A's to Slaughter, Sunshine, and Sum mit, Miss, in the S's; and Zachary in the Z's. For example five em ployees live in Acy in lower Ascen sion Parish. Ventress in West Fel iciana Parish has three employees. Then there is White Castle with two, and, of course, Zachary with 85. If you like "name" towns, there are several. Lottie in Pointe Cou pee, has one employee, Hobart, in Ascension, has five; Jarreau, in Pointe Coupee, has 15; and Mix, in Pointe Coupee Parish, has two. Branching out from Baton Rouge, indicating that Ethyl em ployees like the open spaces but still call Baton Rouge their home, are some 159 employees who live on Routes 1,2,3, and 4. These are postal routes on Scenic Highway, Jefferson Highway, Highland Road, and Greenwell Springs Road. Ethyl is an industrial citizen of Baton Rouge and 82.5 per cent of its employees are citizens of the parish of East Baton Rouge. Yet, Ethyl is part citizen of 94 other towns. The important assets it has in these towns -- its employees -- spreads its influence and its inter est into a much wider territory. For Sale Model "A1' Ford in good running con dition. $60. Dan Rice, Phone Denham Springs 6-2077. Monroe electric calculator and office desk. Wilbur Tolle, Phone 4-9672. Combination Philco radio phonograph. Phone Mrs. George Johnston. Phone 4-1713. Roper stove which burns natural gas or butane. In good condition. Phone 3-1030. House with two bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, kitchenette, bath and play room. Attic fan and gas heaters throughout. Garage and half. One block from school and bus line. $8,500. Phone 5-9242. Wanted Pet dog. Any breed considered. Con tact St. Domain. "B" Group Sodium. January. fc Anothc vey has l ed at Hi* thank all lion whi- Why < the Opini gather ll ployee op tate the able sum ployee h< questions are and si to give th The su and empl* cheap! Howevi tic. thorn ed to fine likes of < is accuraf Of COIM no value pany do*' fied empl* to con or can be << ing both plantwidr value unit tion to i ' need attr As snot been tain a report soon the correct l h attention. We tn. opinion ^ It pointe Ce A lot of u stage prof Rodrigur. 1/c, paint'- ETC 25725 . ,rv. 1953 j----------- jHead ijel Post jj invimetal ,j 1.1. Main.1 led com' .ion Post i . v assum- l he St. ; i iv i* in a 19-cent ly .. i for St. . i Mold and j .. ;md ob'! nf River j nt World 'j.->n in Eu- S9th InEthyl i u 1946. Hi." former i ..iln iel and I o' ivus a \ntnntry of ! com\ Coi- Inthetivo J !hr Plant, i voi each : ` ither had ) in rmyloy- I'OU? January, 1953 t THE ANTIKNOCK Page 19 Across the F. H. Bedford, Member of Ethyl Board, Qeneral ^Manager's Dies Suddenly in South America ZDesk American city. He has been a mem ber of the board of directors of Standard Oil Company (New Jer Another employee opinion sur conditions that neeeded correction. vey has been successfully complet I am happy that these were given ed at the Baton Rouge plant. I immediate attention. sey) for 25 years. He was a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. and a graduate of Amherst thank all of you for your coopera Ethyl Corporation conducts an College in 1914. He had been as tion which made this possible. Why does the Company have the Opinion Research Corporation gather this cross-section of em ployee opinion? Doesn't it necessi tate the expenditure of an appreci able sum of money and many em ployee hours of time? Those are questions which alert employees are and should be asking. I am glad to give the answers to both. The survey takes both money employee survey because it is con stantly aware of its obligations to the men and women who are the backbones and the sinews of our organization. What can be expected in 1953? No one can predict with finality what will happen during a forth coming year, but business trends do give indications of continued growth. sociated with Standard Oil Com pany (N. J.) for approximately 35 years having started work in the lubricating department shortly af ter World War I. He was active in many enter prises and has been associated with more than a dozen companies. He helped organize the Standard Oil Company of Pa. in 1928 and es and employee man-hours. It is not cheap! However, it is the most systema tic. thorough, sure way yet devis ed to find the true likes and dis likes of employees--a finding that They indicate that 1953 will be a busy year for the local Plant. Op erations at the Houston Plant have relieved the huge production de mands made of the Baton Rouge Plant, thereby enabling us to re- Frederick H. Bedford, Jr., 61, a member of the Ethyl Corporation Board of Directors since 1948, died unexpectedly in his sleep on De cember 3 in Barranquilla, Colom tablished the Atlas Supply Com pany in 1930. He is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Stewart, a daugh ter, Mrs. Thomas Bancroft, Jr. and is accurate. lurn to a normal production cycle. bia in South America. a granddaughter, Margaret Wood Of course, the information is of no value whatsoever if the Com pany does not care to have satis fied employees; if it does not care The new and enlarged BHC Plant strengthens our bid for a major portion of business from the agri cultural chemical field. Bedford, who last visited the Plant in 1951 with other directors, was on a business trip to the South ward Bancroft, the latter two re siding at Old Westbury, Long Is land, N. Y. to correct those conditions which Locally, our job is to produce can be corrected, thereby improv safely, efficiently, and economical I ing both employee relations and ly. That requires teamwork and plantwide efficiency. It is of no the effort of every individual at the value unless the Company takes ac Baton Rouge plant. tion to remedy conditions which need attention! In conclusion, I hope that all of As soon as the recent survey has you enjoy the Holiday Season to been tabulated, you will be given the full extent. a report of its findings. Equally Because highways will be con I soon the Company will begin to gested, extreme caution will be correct these conditions which need necessary when driving. Let's be ! attention. careful and be back after the holi We made our first employee- days! opinion survey in August of 1949. C. W. Bond, It pointed out some factors and General Manager Central Shops Made Christmas Props (g)The^Antiknock . natural gas i iiimn. Phone * I . ...niiN, living a. kitchenette, > i;m and gas and half, .ml bus line. n-idei od. Con* iI .ip Sodium. for contributing to the editorial and advertising support that helped sttr the nation to cast a record-breaking vote in the (lection of November 4, 1952, thereby Quickening every citizen's awareness of the importance of individual participation in the self-govern ment which is our greatest responsibility and privilege and our surest, soundest hope jor the future. THE NATIONAL NON-PARTISAN RECiSTER AND VOTE CAMPAICN ^TZr**, A lot of work went on "behind the scenes" for the ERA Christmas Party stage props. Here Leon Freeman, sign painter 1/c, letters blocks, Floyd Rodrigue, sign painter 1/c, decorates tree and doe Lassre, painter 1/c, paints "book." The shop carpenters made the props. TAHmotnincjiinDHAerntf|l</oFpohuyn,riPJOrtOtindrm, The Antiknock was awarded this citation from the Advertising Council In recognition of the paper's active support of the "Get Out to Vote" campaign during the recent presidential election. etc 2572e I'age 20 -iii_J^TrKNOCK / want to wvsA at? o/ you and .your families a very Merry Christmas"dnd a Happy New Year. Just as the holiday season serves to bring our /amities to gether, so does it remind me what a wonderful family toe have in Ethyl. The administrative responsibilities of Ethyl do not permit me to visit you as often as / would like. Nevertheless, ! am deeply aware that it is the individual contributions of each Ft employee in tits job that make for the success of the entire or ganization. My sincere congratulations to all of you on a job well done, and my very best wishes for the coming year. January, 1953 Vo/. n One of the nice things about the holiday season is the op portunity it gives me to acknowledge the fine work you have done throughout the year. Alt of you have done a splendid . helping ms meet nj/r production goals, in operating our and in making our Company a good place ir job in plants which safely, to work. As wr' among our greatest apslasnetnsurthneexKty' yimeavrt\os fokpcarnn*liosnls".nut toclounnutr pweiosphle1es.efxoternad MtoearrllyoCf hyroisutmanads /niriil'CT aynodura Happy >.'/ New best Year. : am glad to have t ^portunit my sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year--my persona? wishes that the' *ghoio*d fellowship among all of us wilt bre long and continue to grow. Of 'C 'for. h'rt>t , / Pr, yeohxu'c0herap<kxvt,ieoannd`od3inne*s<,tcpehaatierstitspnutloehc-ntacaidemtwisdeeasxyfhuisfal*rtyoswemha.ter><Bsfrnnoea.rr,tgfoOTonMhtte.Rest\no.lt9fn<dntUVtifnntego a Now, as i/e' t the friendships, foarnad\ Myvose"u-rrry/aC-mohirtyiiseotsumwraesialla.cuenhUndtfjhjoaoeybH.htetCoflouidnllagyiyr.nasMttueh*alea'styoPioen' ln,aas/rn/t1h's9, 5h2 h. b'.ec* : **/* Hri lo7/y.*<**<'co>-*"O<p>`Otes/ POff - '*11 h'Y May your holiday season be a joyous one followed by a bIot uisnctiefurltaainndlypfirtotsinpger,oautstk1e95c3o.nclusion of the year, to ex press the pleasure and satisfaction / Ziave had in working with all cf you. With teamwork and cooperation throughout our or ganization we have reached the conclusion of the year with the satisfaction of knotting that our responsibilities have been cap ably Ffuolfrilltehdis. splendid cooperation, l express my appreciation. It is my hope that the. same spirit will keynote our efforts dur ing 1953, plant ** Bo* 341 Ba'n lio,,e,, Forn> *W7 Hr,qutsi^i ETC 25727 pA m ttalon No. The Gras ( the JJ; accw h jorse i 9 P.M. Prie sons v, worn,'! beaut turner, sion^ Micki" E:u I Serv ri,,. Safi'/ \ Pfottp the I'I for Hi. 1 New 21-Member 1953 ERA Board of Directors Elected Davis Selects EMC Committee Chairmen Chairmen of six committees in the Ethyl Management Club have been named by L. M. Davis, incom ing president. V. W. Fontenot, Production Plan ning, has been named chairman of the program committee. John Mundinger, Engineering, is new mem bership chairman and F. M. "Mike" Porch, Safety, will head the im portant civic affairs committee. J. H. Black, Maintenance, was renamed chairman of the dub's floral committee; Arthur Ramirez, Engineering, was selected to head the raffle committee and Don Rob ertson, Community Relations, was named to head the publicity and public relations committee. ERA Mardi Gras Ball Set for February 16 The second annual ERA Mardi Gras Costume Ball will be held in the Harding Field gym Feb. 16, according to Dance Chairman Mar jorie Hunt. Dancing will start at 9 P.M. Prizes will be given to the per sons wearing the funniest man and woman costumes and to the most beautiful man and woman cos tumes, based on the judges' decisions. Music will be played by Mickey Schittone's orchestra. Reading Racks Carry Information On G. M. Better Highways Contest Behind the recent rise in auto insurance in many states are some sobering facts. The number of acci dents has jumped 60 per cent--to about nine million a year. Deaths caused by poor road conditions are up 33 per cent--to 37,500 a year. Officials figure that two-thirds of the nation's main highway system is below tolerable safety conditions. Would you like to tell people how to develop better highways in the United States? You have a chance to do just that--besides competing for some very attractive prizes--in the General Motors Bet ter Highways contest. Prizes up to $25,000 are offered for the best plan for building and financing a nationwide improved highway sys tem. Information and contest rules have been made available to em ployees in the booklet "Better Highways Awards Facts Book" which has been distributed in the Plant reading racks. If you failed to get a copy, contact the Anti knock Office. Three Ethyl Men Elected Officers in Baton Rouge Sportsmen's League Officials to Serve Terms of One Year Twelve members of the 1952 ERA Board of Directors were re turned to office following the elec tion which ended Jan. 16. Ballots were counted Jan. 20. Three other members from last year, serving partial terms by ap pointment, were also elected. And six new candidates were elected to round out the 21-man board for 1953. The ballot boxes were placed at each gate during the week Jan. 12-16, ballots being sent to each member's home. Winners Listed Candidates reelected included J. S. Day, Jr., Escue's Shift; Mrs. Almetus Reeder, Marjorie Hunt, Carlo Polito and W. S. Smith, all representing Office personnel; Carl Hudson, EtCl Central Shops; Ed McMillan, Sodium Maint.; H. O. Wells, Sr., TEL Maint.; J. Thad Bridges, TEL Maint.; J. B. Tucker, Sodium Operations; Roy Phillips, Development Lab, and Vic Buchman of Ethyl Chloride Operations. The three appointees during last year who were elected included Tom Terry, Achord's Shift;.Hiram May, TEL Central Shops, and Jim Westbrook of Ethyl Chloride Oper ations. The six newcomers elected last month included Pat Almond, Ethyl Chloride Maintenance; Bob Chan dler, Ethyl Chloride Maintenance; (Continued on Page 11) Each ERA member will be per mitted to bring one guest couple and may pick up guest tickets from the ERA Office. Services Group First Four-Time Winner Three of the officers elected in the Baton Rouge Sportsmen League elections in December were Ethyl men. At left is 3. D. Russell, elected assistant secretary, Rex Conrad, named vice-president, and Herman Truxillo, who became the president of the League. All three men are in General Engineering. Three Major Injuries Three major injuries had been classified for January as of Jan. 22. All three injuries were classi fied with in the seven-day period and affect the standings of the groups in the Plant Safety. Award Contest. The Miscellaneous Services Plant Safety group became the first group to win safety awards under the Plant Safety Awards Contest for the fourth time, on Jan. 18. Consisting of 223 employees from the Railroad Crew, the Cafe teria, Laundry, Plant Security, Fire Inspectors, Safety Engineers and the Power Section, the group has now worked a total of 675 days without a time-losing injury. Three Ethyl men were elected officers in the Baton Rouge Sports men League election held during December. Herman Truxillo, Sr., draftsman in General Engineering, was elected president of the League, replacing Jerry Besson who was appointed to the Louisiana Wild Life Com mission. Rex Conrad, assistant engineer in General Engineering, was named vice-president, and J. D. Russell, assistant engineer of the same sec tion, was elected assistant secre tary. Truxillo stated that one of the 1953 aims of the league is to in crease membership in the organi zation and also the attendance at meetings. Anyone interested in joining the league is invited to call him, Conrad or Russell for infor mation. The three groups affected are Sodium Operations Group "A." TEL Operations Group "D" and the Maintenance Construction Group. Sodium Group "A" had worked 113 days without a major injury prior to the Jan. 8 injury, TEL Group "D" had gone 97 safe days and the Maintenance Construction Group broke a 446-day record with their reported injury. ETC 25728 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK January, 195& THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson.................................................................................... Editor Washington and Lincoln-- George and Abe Would Be Proud During the early part of every calendar year we customarily look back at what has been done and try to think ahead to what may occur in the future. In fact, the month of January is named for the god Janus, whose two heads made it easy for him to look in both directions. In February we still are likely to continue our two-way gaze. Because this is the birth month of our two greatest American presidents, our February look backwards is likely to be directed at our own American background and history. If Washington and Lincoln could see us now, they would be amazed and proud at how their country has developed. Looking down at us from their heavenly sphere, their conversation might run something like this: "Abraham, that land and those people have developed a great deal since we established the United States of America many years ago. We knew that there was a wonderful land beyond the Appalachian Moun tains, but we scarcely dared dream that some day all of that land clear to the Pacific Ocean would be a part of our United States." "Yes, George, even since my time there has been a lot of change. When I went to Ford's Theater that night, our country was again united and we had states on the Pacific Ocean; but there was a lot of land in between that was still just territory. We could see than that all of that land would some day be a part of the United States. "But we couldn't see how our country would develop its industrial power and grow to be the most powerful nation in the world. Manufac turing in huge factories and transportation by railroads and steamboats was just getting started in my time, and it was hard for us to see all the advantages that these developments would bring to the American people. But you know, George, what should make us particularly proud is that these American people have still kept the individual freedom for which so many men in our times fought and died. I think that this freedom is the real basis for our country's greatness. If every man hadn't been free to work and plan and travel and spend as he pleased, the developments we can look down on from here would probably never have occurred." "Yes, Abraham, you and I can feel proud that the freedom we strove for so mightily has made America great." And l+'s Getting Better All the Time! A story smuggled from Moscow tells of an old woman, one who swept a street car switch clear with a broom made of faggots. She paused at the news stand every morning after her hard night's work to examine the front page of the paper, then went away sighing. Queried at last by the puzzled vendor, she said, "I'm looking for a death notice." "Don't you know that obituaries are always on the last page?" he asked. "The one I'm looking for," said the old woman, "will be on the front page."--New Republic. Louis V. Hancock, electrician 1/c, is shown here working in the electrical department of Central Shops. Members of the electrical craft in Maintenance perform a variety of work on our Plant electrical equipment. This includes electrical maintenance and electrical inspection; work on power lines; high voltage cable splicing; installing conduit, wiring and intricate electrical controls. Most electri cians learn their craft through job training as helpers. A number of elec tricians have supplemented their on-plant training by outside study. Les Nocke By Jersey ETC 25729 February, 0 Q( TH Just tin ministratii over the i in the mi* equalled i They are i require ii their deti lasting ( treme--a The hn~ Communi.of life u i on the I then too, stalemate assembly peace, th< are the ai Here nt problem i on the P have just duty in tl what tho\ Willie i electrician peace ns Korean - "If I hr. to settle they dm then tin decide u pul) out dont i> either. "This --prove ! sincere |to push, no oilier stances.' Jusi i duty the Japan S. lion,, a b o ;i i mate tin in the N comm e "As I MV either l:out o! Kthat Ihr : on. "From body's go and > believe ;i that at t February, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 i- electrical l \ of work .lintenance ti- splicing; t clectriImt of elecslmly. Jersey i ) l ?--------------- , i QUESTION OF THE MONTH What's Going To Be Done About the Korean Issue? Just the other day a new ad Another comment was given by ministration stepped in, taking Hardy O. Wells, Sr., TEL Mainte over the reins of the Government nance electrician in the midst of world turmoil un 1/c, and president equalled in the annals of history. of the ERA. He They are faced with problems that said: "One thing require immediate decisions--and is for sure--we've their decisions may well mean a got to quit sitting lasting peace--or the other ex on the fence and treme--a dreadful war. do someth ing. The basic problem, of course, is The present Korean war is costing Communism versus our own way us heavily in men and American of life with the spotlight focused prestige. The U. S. is on the de on the Korean stalemate. And fensive from both a diplomatic and then too, behind the scenes, is the military viewpoint. stalemate in the United Nations "We must take the initiative assembly room. Everybody wants away from Russia by impressing peace, they say, but how? What the world with our production, in are the answers? genuity and advantages of a Demo Here at Ethyl we've posed this cratic government." problem to four well-known people Charles New of the Ethyl Chlor on the Plant and four men who ide Control Lab has just returned have just returned from tours of from 20 months' duty in the military service. Read duty with the Air what they say about the situation. Force, and feels Willie Dipaola, TEL Maintenance that the new adelectrician 1/c and president of the minis tration is UMW Local 12,- faced with three 900, made this1 alternatives. "We have either got to 1 * v e we | and soon, whether or not Russia sincerely wants peace as they hold the key to the Korean situation. "If they do, then we'll be happy to settle up in a hurry. Now if they don't sincerely want peace then the next step for us is to decide whether or not we should pull our troops out of Korea. I dont believe we will pull out, either. "This leaves just one thing to do --provided the Russians reject sincere peace proposals--and that's to push. In my opinion, we have no other choice under the circum stances." Just returned from a tour of duty that included six months in Japan is Anthony S. Rome. He was a boatswain's mate third class in the Navy. His c o m m e nts are: "As I see it, we've either got to get out of Korea or go all out. I know that the present stalemate can't go get out, go all out or continue the stalemate in Korea," New said, "and they'll probably decide on the all-out policy. "But I don't believe this will help settle the issue of peace. Our only hope is a peace settlement through diplomatic relations." "We made a mistake when we stopped for peace talks with sec ondary groups in Korea without ineluding the Russians," states Elmo Rogers, electrical inspector, EtCl Maintenance and president of the Bargaining Agency. "This permitted the enemy to reorganize and rearm their troops. I know that we can't ever relax with an enemy who doesn't place faith in the Almighty, and I also know that we can't afford to sit back and get hit first again as at Pearl Harbor. "I imagine the new administra tion is considering the possibility of using atomic or hydrogen bombs if it will help end the war any sooner." on. "From there on out it's any body's guess how the situation will go and only time will tell. I don't believe anyone has the answer to that at this time." The man who remembers what he was taught at his mother's knee was probably bent over it at the time. --Bill Ireland, Saturday Eve ning Poat. William W. Kirk, TEL operator 1/c, has just returned from 15 months' duty in the Navy. He was aboard a destroy er that partici pated in bom bardments of the Korean coasts. He said: "I don't believe that the new administration can do any more than has been done in Korea already toward an early peace. "At the 38th Parallel we've got their supply lines stretched out and at the same time we are protecting the South Koreans. Consequently the Korean stalemate should only be settled at a much higher level, and this would be the best way to avoid further useless bloodshed." Another returned serviceman, Olen T. Kleinpeter, instrument me chanic helper 1/c in EtCl Mainte nance, served in the Second Divi sion in Korea. He commented: "The truce talks in Ko rea have failed. The only other alternative as I see it is to have an all-out push and bring North Korea to surrender terms or push right on up. "As I observed during my ten months there, this is the general attitude of the men I talked to." Johncy Little, TEL laborer and union representative for the la borers, said: "We . should set a time limit as to how long we are going to give the Com- ImST' munists to bargajn in good faith to halt the Ko rean stalemate. "If an agreement at the end of the designated time is not reached or they prove not to be bargaining in good faith, then we should use every force at our command to settle the issue." New Club President Mrs. Paul Weimer is the newlyelected president of the Tally-Up Bridge Club, composed of wives of Ethyl supervisory employees and women employees at the Plant. Serving with her during the coming year will be Mrs. James Dunn, vice president; Mrs. Robert Webb, secretary, and Mrs. E. M. Harney, treasurer. The club meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month to play bridge and canasta, usually at the YWCA. It is a blessing to be safe and well and you can be thankful you are working alongside of a man who is thinking of your safety as well as his own. Three Atchafalaya Deer Taken on Hunt This is the end of a successful deer hunt on the edge of the Atchafalaya Spillway south of Maringouin by a group of Ethyl employees. From left are P. A. Martin, Jr., TEL Maintenance; D. C. Cline, Claude Bayham and Ray Sanders, all of TEL Operations (Photo by Leo J. Martin). ETC 25730 I Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 Febr It was perhaps the largest gath ering of children ever to stream into the Rex Theater. They came from every direction on this bright Saturday morning, Dec. 20, filling the theater twice in rapid succes sion. But there were two things in common about these youngsters-- they were all ERA members' chil dren and they all wanted to see Santa! And see him they did. He popped out of nowhere at the climax of the play, "Dear Santa," and then he commissioned his helpers to issue a surprise gift to each child present, and told them to be good so he would come back on Christ mas eve. Following the presentation of the Christmas play, "Dear Santa," the Jolly old gentleman gave out surprise packages to the members of the "cast." ERA Christmas Party Chairman J. W. Marrs, left, is interviewed by Bob Scearce of Radio Station WJBO. The Christmas play, staged in behalf of members' children, was a fitting climax of 1952 activities put on by the Ethyl Recreation Association for its members. And from the reports coming in, it was one of the most successful activities of 1952, or any other year. Many children and parents have re quested that the Christmas Party become an annual affair. cast, and also directed it. Mrs. Morgan Many was pri marily responsi ble for the play. She designed the 19 costumes worn by the youthful members of the rote the play and "The Good Fairy," Judy McMillan, looks to see if "Nancy," Nancy Savage, is asleep during "Dear Santa," play. The cast of "stars," all bedecked In colorful costumes, look up at the photographer before going on stage. "We are indebted to a host of people for making this play the success it was." stated Chairman Marrs, "and that includes members of the police and fire departments who helped tremendously with traffic and safety problems. "Then too, the kiddies never knew it but Miss Shirley Carradine was located in the manager's office with First Aid equipment in the event one of them was hurt. And the invocations delivered by Father Greenwell and the Rev erend Stovall added the spiritual meaning of Christmas for our audi ence." All in all it was a great day for Ethyl youngsters. IPs a full house at the Rex Theater--filled with ERA members and their children during the Christmas play. An estimated 2,000 saw the two performances of the stage play. Old St. Nick pauses after the play to say hello to Darlene, daughter of M. R. David, and give her a big surprise package. "Raggedy Anne and Andy" Martha and Jack Richardson, go through their act. Nineteen youngsters had parts in the play staged under the Members of the Christmas Party gifts committee were kept busy giving direction of Mrs. Morgan Many. out surprise packages to each child that attended the Christmas party. ETC 25731 Av n nrth man rha mna tin Rom V. then deep see ' and colli* take pay a hi feed lion iniiP wad ther Stan taxa do a to*d II in 1 "Ln. by ' Jun< tinu S. est mill widi tota stal S52i SI .2 C 7.U JTS| Sl.h try si.: the out pa i 'I the salt ta\ ivn cee< | 1a\ pa i and Ain hill liv tin* Si M' tr> ( chi nn nat N< ind hu< i-y. 1953 February, 1953 ) THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 -'i i` liiiirman : M-urd by i u tion i` i "::i r (be play laughter her a big ;m giving ua.s party. Average Family of Baton Rouge Gets Many Benefits for Each Tax Dollar Three-quarters of all revenue is spent on five items--educating our children, law enforcement, fire pro tection, garbage collection, and Five Ethyl Men Named To Boy Scout Board Five Ethyl men were among (This is the fourth in a series of use amounts to $2,220,000 annual paying for sewer installations. All those elected to the executive articles by C. E. "Chuck" Colvin, ly. All the above revenue totals other local public services and ex board of the local Boy Scout Coun manager of Purchasing. Chuck is $10,400,000 per year, of which we penses come out of the remaining cil at its annual meeting on Jan. 21. chairman of the City-Parish Plan ning Commission and has been ac tive in civic activities in Baton local people are taxed directly by local governing bodies a total of $4,908,000, or $28.70 per capita, or one-fourth, including all street and drainage needs. Only a token They are Lew Barnum. who was also elected to be a vice-president of the Council; F. M. Porch, C. E. Rouge for many years.) $103 per family per year. amount, about one-fourteenth of Colvin, M. C. Hudgins and A. S. You can bet your bottom dollar there is one topic on which we deep-South Baton Rougeans will see eye to eye with any "Yankee" and that's our opinion of the tax What do we get for this money? Cost Broken Down The school system costs nearly half the total, $4,670,000 annually. This money pays for and operates local revenue, is being invested in new street or other civic improve ment construction. If Baton Rougeans are not sat isfied with the quality of commu Barton. The executive board of the Istrouma Area Council Boy Scouts of America is responsible for the Scout program in all of the terri tory from Morganza and White | collector. One way or another he takes a full third of our overall pay check year in and year out-- a bigger piece than we spend to 116 school buildings, cares for 24,750 pupils, pays 915 teachers and 600 other employees. Garbage collection ($420,000), nity services, an examination of the prices being paid might be revealing. Actually, the average Castle on the west to Bogalusa and Covington on the east. Over 5,700 boys are registered Scouts in this area. feed ourselves. Not one in a mil sewer and drainage maintenance Baton Rouge family pays both di Many other men from the Plant lion of us can comprehend Wash ington's billions and it's tough to wade into Louisiana's millions, but there's one tax bite we can understand--our local taxes, the only taxation with which we can either do anything about or see any dayto-day benefit they accomplished. ($419,000), street and road main tenance ($321,000) are the major items in the Department of Public Works' total $1,537,000 cost. The fire department costs $773,000 per year, police department (plus other law enforcement expense) $645,000 annually. Recreation and parks rectly and indirectly oniy $161.30 for all local tax-paid services, edu cating his children, furnishing fire and police protection, providing street and drainage and sewerage systems, hauling his garbage and caring for his parks. A family with two pack-a-day smokers would take an active part in the Boy Scout program in the role of Dis trict Committeemen, Scoutmasters. Cubmasters, Explorer Post Ad visors, Troop Committeemen, Merit Badge Counselors, or in giving gen eral assistance to the program as fathers of active Scouts. Many Where the Money Goes costs $231,000 and sewer district spend a fourth more, $197 per year, Ethyl wives also participate in the How much local tax do we pay in Baton Rouge? An analysis of "Local Taxation and Expenditures" by the Chamber of Commerce in June, 1952, furnishes some interes bonds require $792,000 per year. New street construction was bud geted at $740,000 in 1952. General expenses for tax assess ments and collections, holding elec merely for cigarettes. (Editor's Note: Next month Col vin's article will deal with specific traffic problems of Baton Rouge.) Cub Scout program as Den Mothers. Operating funds for the adminis tration of the Scout program are obtained in large part from the ting answers. tions, employee retirement funds, United Givers Fund of Greater School taxes comprise the larg est single revenue. A tax of 11.6 mills on $257 millions of parish wide property assessment produces street-lighting, insurance, Health Unit, coroner, libraries, Harding Field, river terminals, SPCA, reg istrar of voters, mayor-president, In Case You Forgot! Just in case you forgot during the rush of Christmas and while Baton Rouge. Independent cam paigns for the Boy Scout organiza tion are conducted in the other parishes of the area. $2,980,000 annual revenue. Of this council, treasurer, city-parish clerk, "figgering" out how to pay bills total, industry pays $1,250,000, attorney, purchasing department, since then, the Plant telephone state homestead exemptions pay and other smaller agencies all to number has been changed. The Fuel Technologists $520,000, and local citizens pay gether total $1,164,000 annually. new number is 7-4361. Appointed in Sales $1,210,000. Local Tax Rate Low Although each employee has City and parish property taxes, It may be seen from the accom been issued a new "green" card Reorganization of the fuel tech 7.0 mill city and 4.0 mill parish panying consolidated tabulation of "What to Do in Case of Absence nology section of the Company's respectively, bring in a total of all local revenue and expenditures from Work," which gives the new sales department has been com $1,975,000. Of this amount indus that local taxation, both direct and number, it is suggested that you pleted with the appointment of try pays $435,000 and local citizens indirect (no matter how collected), make the change in your home three new regional fuel technolo $1,540,000. City residents pay both amounts to about 2.7 per cent of telephone directory and "remem gists, Malcolm P. Murdock, vice the city and parish millages; those local income--less than a tenth of ber to remember" the new number president in charge of Sales, has outside the city limits pay only the all taxes. yourself. announced. parish tax. Jack D. Fuller, who has special The City Sales Tax is 1 per cent, the rest of the local 3 per cent sales tax going to the State. This CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS REVENUES: Collected ized in refinery technology work with Ethyl since 1942 and has served as the Company's Central tax brings in $1,350,000 per year (estimated for 1952, actually it ex Total Collected from EBR families Per EBR l egion fuel technologist for the past family four years, now heads up the fuel ceeded $1,500,000.1. School taxes..................................................... $2,980,000 $1,210,000 $25.50 technology section as manager. Other Revenues There are several other property tax millages--for recreation and parks, sewer district collections, and miscellaneous bond charges. Amounts vary on individual tax bills according to where people live. The total revenue from all these miscellaneous millages is $908,000 per year, of which indus try pays $100,000. City and parish licenses, fran chises, permits, court fines, parking meter receipts and income of that nature total $967,000 annually. None of this is direct taxation on individual citizens. State and federal aid coming back into Baton Rouge for local City-Parish Property Taxes ..................... City Sales Tax................................................ Misc. Property Taxes .................................. Licenses, permits, etc..................................... State & Federal Aids .................................. 1,975.000 1,350,000 908,000 967.000 2.220.000 $10,400,000 1.540.000 1.350.000 808.000 EXPENDITURES: Total spent Schools ............................................................................ . Department of Public Works................................... Bond Int. & Retirement (mainly sewer bonds!... Fire Department ........................................................ Civic Improvements .................................................. Law Enforcement........................................................ General expenses (tax assessment, etc.) .......... Other agencies (Health, Coroner, etc.).............. Recreation & Parks.................................................... Administrative Offices (Mayor, etc.) ................... $4,670,000 1,537.000 792,000 773,000 740,000 645,000 551,000 393,000 231,000 220,000 $10,552,000 32.25 28.25 17.00 Per EBR family $98.00 32.00 16.60 16.20 15.50 13.50 11.80 8.25 4.85 4.60 $221.30 The three newly-assigned technolo gists are C. Alon Cole, Eastern region at New York; Fred P. Rob inson, Central region at Chicago, and Martin L. Alspaugh, Southern region at Tulsa. Hubert N. Peters continues as Western region fuel technologist with headquarters at Los Angeles. The fuel technology section as sists petroleum refiners in solving special blending problems, with emphasis on methods for obtain ing maximum value from the ad dition of "Ethyl" antiknock com pounds. The same services offered by the section to American refiners are available to Ethyl's Canadian customers, Fuller pointed out. ETC 25732 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 February. Vde ERA Bon * i I 13*month old Bonnie Jean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Williams, TEL Maint. Mrs. Wil liams is the former Clara Paschetag of Galveston, Tex. Henry G. Leach, III, age eight months, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Leach, Jr., TEL Shops. Mrs. Leach is the former Aline Nicolle of Baton Rouge. Maribeth Landry, age four months, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Landry, Fire Inspection. Mrs. Landry is the former Rosalie Melancon of Sorrento. Larry, age eight, and Gretchen, three, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil L. Smith, TEL Maint. Mrs. Smith is the former Lena Rae Reynolds of Gillsburg, Miss. Announcing New Ethyl Boosters D. M. Kirk, Jr,. Gen. Eng., a son. Mark Landry, born Oct. 10. E. L. Dartlenne, TEL Op., a daughter. Patricia Nell, born Dec. 20. Johnie T. Fore, TEL Op., a son. Ger ald Don, born Dec. 22. WiUie F. Price, Sod. Labor, a son. Gary Lynn, bom Dec. 24. Nathan Johnson, Jr., TEL Labor, a daughter, Sue Ann. born Dec. 22. K. W. Docrner, Gen. Engr.. a son. Paul Andrew, born Sept. 23. J. Z. Richards, Sod. Maint.. a daugh ter. Mary Alice, born Dec. 11. W. B. Randolph, EtC) Op., a daugh ter, Judith, bom Aug. 9. Lamar l>. Coco, EtCl Op., a son, Jeff ery Lamar, born Oct. 26. O. D. Ricks. EtCl Op., a daughter, Rebecca Norma, born Dec. 5. E. W. MeMorrls, Sod. Maint., a daugh ter. Barbara Elaine, born Dec. 18. Kenneth J. Patin, TEL Op., a son. John Keith, born Dec. 10. Adolph Harrell, TEL Labor, a daugh ter, Marion Delores, born Dec. 19. L. W. Rubalui*. TEL Op., a daughter. Susan Gail, born Dec. H. Edward E. Sim.*. TEL Maint.. a son. Charles Sanders, born Dec. 6. R. J. Caaaano, TEL Op., a daughter, Denise Elizabeth, bom Nov. 24. Morris J. Odom, TEL Op., a son, Jerry Wayne, born Dec. 19. Clyde M. Sibley, TEL Maint., a daugh ter, Patsy Dianne, born Dec. 15. James P. Cook, Sod. Op., a daughter. Jackie Gail, bom Nov. 13 Roy A. Sheets, TEL Maint., a son, Carlton Davis, born Nov. 6. O. S. McRIght, TEL Stores, a son. Ronald Walter, born Nov. 10. C. A. Berry, TEL Op., a daughter, Mary Aline, bom Dec. 1. E. G. Babin. TEL Op., a son, Kelvin Dennis, bom Dec. 1. R. B. Newsom, EtCl Lab., a son. Cal vin Lea, born Sept. 22. R. L. Pearce, EtCl Lab., a daughter, Janelle Susan, born Nov. 29. Jerrle W. Hall, Sod. Op., a daughter, Connie Darnell, born Dec. 29. J. T. Arnold, TEL Maint., a daughter, Sandra Lou. born Nov. 30. L. J. Dugas, TEL Maint., a son. Don ald Ray, born Nov. 4. W. A. Vickers, P&ES Labor, a son, John Wiley, bom Dec. 30. J. Ilehert. EtCl Maint., a son, Mi chael. born Dec. 5. <i. A. Attain. EIC1 Stores, a son. John Brent, born Dec. 24. George Splllrr, TEL Op., a daughter, Rebecca Lynn, born Dec. 22. \V. A. tamhert, TEL Maint., a son, Timothy Stephen, born Jan. 1. F. J. Bello, Jr., TEL Maint. ,a daugh ter, Barbara June, born Dec. 21. Kathy, left, age four, and Jan, who Is 14 months old, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hawley Rhorer. (TEL Maint.) Mrs. Rhorer is the former Janet Quinn of Baton Rouge. L. J. Guidry, TEL Op., a son, Carl Steven, born Dec. 19. Willie Paul, TEL Maint.. a daughter, Jennie Ruth, born Nov. 22. L. P. Gautreau, Sod. Op., a son, Dan iel James, born Nov. 28. H. S. Bankston, TEL Op., a son, Gary Lynn, born Jan. 1. James E. Day, TEL Maint., a son. James Lionel, bom Jan. 7. J. M. Browning, TEL Maint., a son, Norman Louis, bom Jan. 6. I* A. Fortenberry, EtCl Op., a son. Charles Loren, born Jan. 2. C. T. McKenzie, Sod. Op., a son, Gary Keith, born Dec. 19. \V. E. Crowder, TEL Maint., a son, Ralph Louis, born Dec. 20. G. H. Walker, Jr., TEL Op., a daugh ter. Donna, bern Jan. 6. Robert P. Odom, TEL Maint.. a son. Joseph Benjamin, born Dec. 17. E. J. Powers, TEL Maint., a daugh ter. Carolyn Sue, bom Jan. 6. F. B. Weimer, Jr., TEL Op., a son, Earl Benjamin, born Dec. 3. F. V. II. Kleinpeter, Sod. Maint., a daughter. Romans Faith, born Dec. 24. Eugene G. Babin, TEL Op., a son, Kelvin Dennis, born Dec. 1. Lillie Ann Accardo was a Christ mas angel at the St. Gerard Majella Church Christmas midnight mass. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Accardo, TEL Maint. Mrs. Accardo is the former Annie Messina of Baton Rouge. Ads Judged Best Yet While Ethyl employees have con sistently had one of the "best read" advertising programs backing them up, Ethyl's new "old car" campaign has been judged the best yet. Recently released Starch ratings (advertising readership survey) show that the first three "old car" ads in the current campaign were, on the average, observed by more people, read thoroughly by more people and attracted more people per dollar of advertising cost than the corresponding "Trademarks of Nature" campaign or the "Power ful Difference" campaign, the two most recent advertising campaigns used by the Company. The ratings were based on ads in "The Saturday Evening Post," "Life" and "Time." Avoid Catching Cold The best way to cure a common cold is to avoid it. Here are some rules to help you prevent, catching a cold. 1. Eat a well-balanced diet, with plenty of vegetables and fruits. 2. Get a reasonable amount of exercise, with a good night's rest each night. 3. Try to avoid sudden changes in temperature. 4. When "going outdoors" or "com ing indoors." wear clothing suitable for the weather. 5. Guard against chilling and damp ening the skin In damp, rainy or stormy weather, wear a raincoat, rubbers or overshoes. 6. Steer shy of sneezers and coughers. Remember, a single sneeze may travel up to 12 feet at a speed of 150 feet per second and it may con tain 20,000 or more cold-virus-laden droplets! If, even with all these precau tions, you do catch a cold, go to bed and keep warm. Eat light nourishing food, take plenty of liquids. At the first sign of fever, chills, pain in the chest or side, labored coughing, or rust-colored sputum call your doctor. Carl Lewis, si Ised bis tenni They did. Ft Adams, Mr. : (Shortly afte Ethyl C Lead 6 At the cm the season's i ing League-: Maintenance first place women's cli\ i Both 1cm'!' membership in the mon 12 this time have added 'make a toi;ii Standing high individn half of the - Tram EtCl M-imt Mainlcnnm < Secui iiy New Ptoiliu i'FUin. Erv;. TEL Eloel. Limlnn'' Annl\-t* Finance Ftvpncer^ Mccli. If\ v OTicc Tech Sri mi* Maim. Oil ! Cent. Stoe . Pmc Doca: High ;*mm- >siiii'lr scral< a - teiTUtrh, ItriC. handicap. I !' hnmlh.tp. Una tV.i' Team Mis-i-s SpinSpaeStrikes HitFouls High garni', average, I'iiik ; Funrhes*, .Mil .1 I 1953 i ! - i (r<*tchen, j ! Mr. and '.'EL Maint. i > Lena Rae !.;s+ Yet 1 have conj"U,st read" J. king them J <ampaign , 1 >ct. ; ti'll ratings survey) i - "nld car" v '.iiun were, >i by more ' by more 4-iv people rust than i*i mirks of ` In* `Power: n, the two * rampaigns : <1 on ads in l mil; Post," i;i ( .old a common , < are some m i-atching | l dicl. with V i nuts. j amount of 1 -:i\ rest each >> changes in Jo-.' m- "com* 5 Mine suitable i and clamp- ' hi i. rainy or a laincoat. and cough* ; 'UMi'^c may a speed of i n may con* ,l-\ trtis-lndcn ; i sp precau: old. go to Kat light plenty of . a-ver. chills. ale. labored ' sputum i February, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 ERA Bowling Team Captain Keeps Promise King Tetra V and Queen Ethyl V To Rule at E. M. C. Mardi Gras Ball Carl Lewis, standing, captain of the Security ERA Bowling Team, prom* Lsed his team a barbecue supper if they would climb to No. 1 position. They did. From left are Mr. and Mrs. A1 Price, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stone, Bill Montgomery, and L. C. Dixon. (Shortly afterwards, the team dropped to third place.) King Tetra V and Queen Ethyl V will be crowned as rulers of the land of Ethmaclu at the Ethyl Management Club semi-f o r m a l Mardi Gras Ball at Club Louisiane on Feb. 13. V. M. Fontenot is general chair man of the ball and John Graziano is captain. The king's court will in clude G. S. Roberts, M. H. Marix, Elton E. Dixon, Jack Albritton, Gustave Larson, Wayne Michel and W. B. Grandjean. Selected to serve on the queen's court were Mrs. Judson Out so, Mrs. Elton E. Davis, Mrs. Kenneth L. Jones, Mrs. William E. Hill, Mrs. Arthur Ramirez, Mrs. Charles Hamlin and Mrs. William M.Shupe, Jr. Members of the Courts were .chosen by lot from among men and women who expressed a wil lingness to serve. The king and queen will be se lected from the members of the two courts immediately preceding the ball, according to Graziano, who pointed out that only mem bers of the court will be in formal dress. Others will be in informal dress, he said. Serving on the Mardi Gras Ball reception committee are R. L. Day, chairman, J. B. Luker and J. Earl LeFeaux. Jewell McCarstle heads up the floor committee with Henry Miller, Gerald Smith and Stanley Braud as members. Carlo Poiito and Roger Duffard are assistants to the ball captain. The club voted this year to change the procedure for the ball and dispense with masks and cos tumes, as worn at previous balls, and have an informal dance in stead. Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, Misses Lead Bowling Leagues at Mid-Season At the end of the first half of the season's play in the ERA Bowl ing Leagues the Ethyl Chloride Maintenance men's team were in first place as were the Misses in the women's division. Both leagues have increased in membership with 16 teams playing in the men's league compared to 12 this time last year. The women have added two more teams to make a total of six. Standings of both leagues and high individual honors for the first half of the season are as follows: Men's League Team EtC) Maint..................... ... Maintenance ................ Security......................... New Products.............. ... Plan. Eng........................ . .. TEL Elect...................... .... Lindane ..................... .... Analysts ........................ .. Finance ......................... Engineers .................... .... Mech. Dev..................... .... Office ................. ... Tech. Service ............ .... Maint. Office ............. .... Cent. Stores............... .... Proc. Design.............. .... Won 40 36 35 35 34 34 34 31 31 31 29 28 27 21 18 16 Lost 20 24 25 25 26 26 26 29 29 29 31 32 33 39 42 44 High average, Trotter, 179.9; high single scratch, Kirk, 2S3; high series scratch, Brldgeman, 651; high single handicap, Fife, 261; and high aeries handicap, Brldgeman, 714. Women's League Team Misses .......................... . Splits ......................... . . Spares .......................... Strikes .......................... .... Hits ............................ Fouls .......................... ... Won 264 254 24 23 4 214 21 Lost 214 224 24 244 264 27 High game, Gerry Funchesa, 211 ; high average, Funchesa, 15S, and high series, Flinches*, 661. Tally-Up Luncheon Slated for Feb. 7 The Tally-Up luncheon club is having its spring luncheon Satur day, Feb. 7 in the Cypress Room at Mike and Tony's, announces luncheon chairman Mrs. M. C. Hud gins. Reservations for the luncheon should be mailed or phoned in to Mrs. Maxwell Lea no later than Feb. 3. At a recent meeting the club named Mrs. Ted Skaggs as general chairman for 1953. Mrs. Madden takes over as membership chair man, and Mrs. William Mengert succeeded to the post of publicity chairman. Columnist "Exposes" Houston Plant Crook "The Ethyl Corporation, which doesn't mind admitting it, has a Crook in its accounting depart ment. A fellow by the name of H. D. Crook, accounting supervisor." That's what Columnist George Fuermann had to say recently in his column "Post Card" in the "Houston Post." He was referring to Hubert Crook, now on the Hous ton Plant staff but who was well known and liked by fellow employ ees here at the Baton Rouge Plant where he worked for many years. "Doing business without adver tising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but no one else does.-- Anonymous. 'D' Group Hunters Killed Two Bucks Within Hour After Taking Stand A lot of operators on Sodium "D" Group had venison for Christ mas in addition to the usual turkey feast as a result of a quick deer hunt near Brusly on Dec. 22. Twelve "D" Group operators took stands at 7:30 A.M., and by 8:30 had killed two large bucks. Those going on the hunt included Huey Dupuy, J. W. Reeves, C. L. Breland, O. C. Tynes, J. R. Me* Craine, Neal Wilkins, J. L. Steven son and son, Joey, H. M. Gautreau, Joe Ross, W. C. Festervand, T. W. Ball and J. D. LeJeune. McCraine killed the largest buck, an eight-pointer, weighing 285 pounds. Reeves shot the other which weighed 195 and was a four pointer. LeJeune and Tynes were the drivers. ETC 25734 Three diesel locomotives switch outgoing tank can of "Ethyl" fluid, sodium and chlorine, and box cars of salt cake to the two railroads serving the Plant. They also handle empty tank can and incoming supply shipments. Cranes perform a multitude of hoisting jobs throughout all the Plant areas. Here one is shown in use replacing one of the furnace stacks in the TEL area. When we think of the equipment we use in the manufacture of "Ethyl" antiknock compound and its intermediate materials, we are inclined to think of the ethyl chloride units with their various process tanks and lines or the cells in the sodium plant or the autoclaves and stills in the TEL buildings. However, in addition to this stationary process equipment, we use a number of items of another very important kind of equipment--the various pieces of mobile equipment. All told, there are 277 pieces of 20 different kinds of mobile equipment in use here. Some of them are driven by gasoline, some by electricity, and some by diesel power. They range in size from diesel locomotives and large cranes down to gaso line scooters and hand-operated electric hopper trucks. We probably should also include the bi cycles that depend on manpower for their propulsion. Each of these pieces of equipment must justify its cost by performing a task more efficiently than it could otherwise be done. In other words, it must pay off on the investment. If all the front lawn you had was planted in a window box, you would gladly keep it trimmed with a pair of shears. But when your lawn is even as small as ten feet square, you are no longer interested in doing a hand job but want some A Central Stores raw materials train is shown leaving the Stored building. It is a trainload of chemicals used in the steam dis tillation phase of TEL manufacture. Central Stores ships raw materials to all parts of the Plant. Moving Arcie Plant Mobile jiprr Seventeen of the 19 different types of vehi+e are shown ii right: diesel locomotive, 10-ton crane, 5-tmck, and "tin stake-body truck, Power Section pump tnf ton pickup, ger sedan, ambulance, and road service trui electric hopp lift, bicycle, scooter, hopper lift truck, spd scooter, ami shown: cafeteria mobUe unit truck, panel talldozer. The versatile Dumpare used primtrash removal. Thejed for hauling that is excavated in f maintenance minor construction \ ETC 25735 i.wcrhil lift truckial revolving head is | ikiily to haul sla^e lead recovery fur|> 1o disposal pits.koto hot slag is being ti i**l into atyt- | R. E. Phillips, Engineering, uses a scooter to make a trip into the area. The Plant has 22 scooters which are used by supervisors for their transportation needs to the various areas. They provide quick transportation. j'/ing AroJie Plant on bile Liipment Tki_L J. - pi cut types of vehicle are shown in this photo. In back, left to in-ton crane, 5-tovuck, and "dumpster" truck. Next row: Section pump trua ton pickup, standard Chevrolet passen| road service trucfc electric hopper truck, heavy duty fork r lift truck, specf scooter, and tractor with trailer. Not nit truck, panel tfulldozer. Even with the most modern motorized equipment at the Plant, ordinary bicycles still have many important uses. Here T. F. Guillot is taking a sample of TEL to the Blender Control Lab for checking. kind of lawn mower. And if you have nearly an acre of lawn, you feel thoroughly justified in buying a power mower for yourself. However, if you lived somewhere where the grass had to be cut only once a year you would not think a power mower justified even if you had more than an acre of lawn. In the same way, our plant mobile equipment must justify itself by the extent and frequency of its use. The nature of our manufacturing processes has made many highly specialized pieces of equipment very much worthwhile. For example, we use our 29 fork-lift trucks or jitneys for a variety of important purposes. The cost of handling pig lead from the time it is received on the plant until it is put into the process would be almost prohibitive if we did not handle it with jitneys. A very specialized fork-lift truck has been developed for transporting slag to the slag pits. The efficiency of handling many of the items in the new Central Stores has been improved a great deal by the use of fork-lift trucks. Just as our tractors, trucks, locomotives and cranes expedite the transportation of materials, the bicycles and scooters in use here speed the transportation of personnel. The resultant time saving pays for the cost of these vehicles. The versatile fork-lift truck Is used extensively In Central Stores to move heavy, palletized spare parts. Here Rudolph B. Crurnholt, Stores Leader, is shown operating the truck. Electrical maintenance requires periodic washing of Insulators and transformer bushings. The Power Section has a special truck to do this spectacular job. It is equipped to supply a high pressure stream of water for the hosemen. versatile Dumps are used primarily for bli removal. They led for hauling the dirt ty / is excavated in tpf maintenance work or imr construction if areas. Two cafeteria mobile unite serve all parte of the Plant so that some employees have their meals while they are on the job. They carry a variety of appealing foods. etc 25736 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 Febn Goats, Puppies and Model Engines February ERA Activity Schedule Go on Block at First ERA Auction All ERA members are reminded of the regular Center hours which are 2:00-10:30 P.M., Tuesday through Saturday, 2:00-8:00 P.M., Sunday. For use of the Center and for special arrangements for times other than the Club hours, call the Recreation Office, Ext. 308. Your Center pro vides you with facilities for banquets, meetings, dances, card parties, teen-age parties, wedding receptions, and casual club visitations. j \ Rec< Sun., Feb. 1 8:00 P.M.--Advanced Open ERA Basketball League (Gym) Mon., Feb. 2 6:00 P.M.--TEL Maint. vs. Sodium Social Dancing Instructions "B" 6:30 P.M.--Beginners 7:00 P.M.--Dev. Lab vs Day Service 8:00 P.M.--Advanced Frl., Feb. IS Tues., Feb. S 5:00-7:00 P.M.--Men's Bowling League Baton Rouge Bowling Center 7:00-8:30 P.M.--Women's Bowling League Baton Rouge Bowling Cen ter 7:00--Teen-age Dance (Member Spon sored) Open Sat., Feb. 14 Member-sponsored Teen-age Party 7:00-10:00 P.M. Suu., Feb. IS Open Mon., Feb. 16 Center is closed Jt "Anybody wanna bid on a fine dog?" says auctioneer Carl Hudson at the ERA Center on "Swap and Shop" night Jan. 14. A large crowd attended. Another swap and shop night is scheduled during February. Variety was the keynote of the first ERA auction and swap shop ERA Basketball League (Harding Field Gym) 6:00 P.M.--TEL Maint. vs Achord . Shift 7:00 P.M.--EtCl Maint. vs Sodium "C" Wed., Feb. 4 Member-Sponsored Square Dance (Foot & Fiddle Club) 7:00-10:30 P.M. Thur., Feb. 5 ERA Mardi Gras Ball (Harding Field Gym) 9:00 P.M.-l :00 A.M. Tues., Feb. 17 5:00-7:00 P.M.--Men's Bowling League Baton Rouge Bowling Center 7:00-8:00 P.M.--Women's Bowling League, Baton Rouge Bowling Cen ter Wed., Feb. 18 Open Thurs., Feb. 19 t V* Know this Wilmingtoi the Coni|i: picture wa staged at the Center Jan. 14. Social Dancing Instructions Member-Sponsored Fish Fry to the Rat A model A Ford, 10 brush goats, a chicken brooder, two console radios, a saddle-back Beagle puppy and model airplane engines were but a few of the articles put on the block and offered to a fairly large audience at the latest new event of the ERA'S ever-expanding 6:30 P.M.--Beginners 8:00 P.M.--Advanced ERA Basketball League (Harding Field Gym) 6:00 P.M.--Sodium "D" vs Achord Shift 7:00 P.M.--Escue vs Day Service Fit, Feb. 6 Open Sat., Feb. 7 Member-Sponsored Wedding Reception 5:00-10:00 P.M. ERA Basketball League (Harding Field Gym) 6:00 P.M.--Dev. Lab. vs Sod. "B" 7:00 P.M.--TEL Maint. vs Sod. "C" Frl., Feb. 20 Open ' Sat, Feb. 21 Member-Sponsored Square Dance (Foot & Fiddle Club) 7:00-10:30 P.M. One of hi Rouge Pol (See . Emplo ! cia ! Three K , ing as in' program of activities. and Dance 12:30-5:00 P.M. Sun., Feb. 22 Open ; 1953 adult addition r< Carl Hudson, auction chairman, Mon., Feb. 0 Mon., Feb. 29 | ger of Indi announced that there would be another auction and swap day in Social Dancing Instructions 6:30 P.M.--Beginners 8:00 P.M.--Advanced Center is closed Tues., Feb. 24 ERA Basketball League (Gym) ! has been ;i[ organiznlii February, the date to be an nounced through the ERA bulletin. He pointed out that no charge is made to enter goods for the auction Jim Hyatt, Mailroom, and Elmer Dntssh, Sodium Maintenance, try out each other's "merchandise," Tues., Feb. 10 Escue Shift Party 8:00-12:00 P.M. 5:00-7:00 P.M.--Men's Bowling League Baton Rouge Bowling Center 6:00 P.M.--Day Shift vs Day Service 7:00 P.M.--Escue Shift vs Eta Maint. Wed., Feb. 25 Open Thur., Feb. 26 ERA Basketball League (Gym) ' ; Committer Teachim "Speech." supervisor every Tu*- as it is designed solely to help mem bers dispose of articles for which they have no further need. and made a swap. The occasion was "Swap and Shop," night at the ERA Center Jan. 14. 7:00-8:30 P.M.--Women's Bowling League, Baton Rouge Bowling Cen ter Wed., Feb. 11 Open 6:00 P.M.--Escue Shift vs. Day Shift 7:00 P.M.--Dev. Lab. vs Sodium "C" FrL, Feb. 27 Open Sat, Feb. 28 Martin Sn \ ment. will classes in f ] will be a Thurs., Feb. 12 Member-Sponsored Teen-Age Dance and pla\ in Sodium Teams Take Basketball Lead; Social Dancing Instructions 6:30 P.M.--Beginners 'Monthly Ashing contest in progress daily. Jim Cm ! teaching r Champs of Last Year in Third Place niques of diate balle Two Sodium Operations teams are heading the field in lively ERA Basketball League competition this season. Last year's winner--TEL Cafeteria .............. .... Day Service ..................... Sodium "B" .................... Dev. Lab............................... 1 0 0 0 3 4 5 6 conducting sorship of t \ The pro.is open h* Maintenance--is in third place at 18, both n this time. With 12 games remaining to be played in the regular schedule, all teams will be eligible to participate in a single elimination tournament for the championship. The finals are to be decided by two out of three series. Standings as of Jan. 21, are as follows: Team Won Lost Dickerson Wins Prize Tommy V. Dickerson, TEL Operations, won the 1952 ERA Deer Hunting Contest by bringing in a 12-point buck, winning $25 as first prize. B. E. Hodge, Process Develop ment, took second prize money of $15 with a nine-point deer. For third prize, there was a four-way bens of the for eight v Safety to save f<>, self.--E.n Officer (CoiM Sodium "C" ......................... 4 0 tie on eight-point deer killed. These Sodium "D" ......................... 7 1 hunters were J. D. LeJeune, Sod TEL Maint............................. 6 1 ium Operations; E. A. Ambrose, Tommy V. Dickerson, TEL operator 1/c, shows L. E. Spillman, patrol EtQ Maint............................. 4 . Escue's Shift ....................... 4 1 3 TEL Maintenance; J. D. Calmes, man 1/c, the 12-polnt horns of the deer that won him first prize in the Day's Shift ........................... 3 3 Ethyl Chloride Operations, and ERA Deer Hunting contest. Dickerson made the kill in the Ponchatoula- Achord's Shift ..................... 2 4 H. L, Dreher, TEL Operations. Manchac area on Dec. 27. Gordon Srr Davis, Con' TEL Maim of Sodium Member'. Directors a etc 25737 " . y, 1953 t------------ = ! j. i's which 4 Sunday, cjher lhan l.iicr pro- parties, \ Sodium ! \ Service I f l i'any February, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK ^she Antiknock Alburn fyesnmeDo You Recognize Him? fyocuA, Presents Hallie Murphy, Stores Page 11 . .im; Field .mu League '.-liter K<> w l i n g ling Cen- Harding ? SimI. "B" *; Sod. "C" " I lance -Gym) ! >ay Service . LiCI Maint. Gymj Day Shift Sodium ``C" Age Dance i in progress jliiian, patrolprize in the 'il'onchatoula- V* v Know this chap? He is a native of Wilmington, Del., and started with the Company Sept. 6, 1929. This picture was taken in 1897. He came to the Baton Rouge Plant in 1937. One of his sons is on the Baton Rouge Police Force. (See Answer on Page 14) Employees Teach "Y" Classes for Adults Three Ethyl employees are serv ing as instructors in the YMCA 1953 adult education program, in addition to Ben Harrison, mana ger of Industrial Engineering, who has been appointed chairman of the organization's Adult Education Committee. Teaching a weekly class in "Speech," is John Furr, training supervisor. Classes are being held every Tuesday evening at 7. Dr. Martin Smith, Chemical Develop ment, will hold Monday evening classes in bridge playing. The class will be a combination of lectures and playing. Jim Corbett, TEL Operations, is teaching the fundamental tech niques of beginner and interme diate ballroom dancing. He is also conducting a class under the spon sorship of the ERA. The program started Jan. 20, and is open to men and women over 18, both members and non-mem bers of the "Y," and will continue for eight weeks. Safety slogan: The first thing to save for your old age is your self.--Executive's Digest Officers Elected-- (Continued from Page 1) Gordon Smith, Day's Shift; Buddy Davis, Coats's Shift; Floyd Carbo, TEL Maintenance, and Jim" Kelly of Sodium Operations. Members of the ERA Board of Directors are elected for one-year Posting Clerk Home Hobby There are two very important men in Hallie Morphy's life--her husband, Hugh Earl, who operates his own service station-grocery store, and Hugh Earl, Jr., age five months. And between her work as a post ing clerk in Stores, helping hubby as a clerk in hiB store and attending to their good-looking son her time is well planned! Hallie came to Ethyl Jan. 19,1943, from the State Capitol Annex where she was employed as a book keeping machine operator. She will observe her tenth anniversary with the company this year. A native of New Era, La., sbe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Boles. She graduated from Sicily Island High School, and spent a year after that at Spencer Business College. She and Hugh were married Sept. 10, 1949, and Hugh Earl, Jr., is their only child. For outside activities Hallie is a member of the Desk and Derrick Club and enjoys working with her Church groups. Sportswise, she enjoys fowling and softball or watching someone else play these games. Dancing is high on her list of pleasures, too. At home the Murphys enjoy watching shows on their new television set. Hallie also loves to bake and tend her flowers. terms and are charged with the responsibility of directing the over all activities of the ERA. The elected members represent their constituents from their respective areas of the Plant. There are a total of 21 members on the board. A similar election of board of directors for the Ethyl Laborers' Recreation Association took place during the latter part of January, too late to have the results pub lished in this month's Antiknock. This will be run in the next issue. Election of officers will take place at the first regular scheduled meeting of both boards in the near future. ETC 25738 jr t r t rfu'iiny W riiiH A a i jj Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 Febr EtCl Operating Groups Setting Safety Records Four Women Chemists Interviewed by WAFB Bilbo's Shift in Ethyl Chloride Operations had gone 69 days without a minor injury and 47 days without a precautionary injury when this group shot was taken Jan. 20. This is the best record for minor injuries of any of the Et Cl Operations groups to date. Norwood's shift had gone 62 days without a minor and 40 days without a precautionary injury as of Jan. 20. Four women of the Research and Engineering Department were heard on a panel discussion program broadcast by Station WAFB, Jan. 14. The program was one of a series telling about unusual oc cupations and activities in Baton Rouge. The four were Jimmie Ward, statistician; Wanda Garrot, chem ist; Harriet Limper and Lois Skin ner. librarians. The master of cere monies, Bill Gillis, of WAFB, inter viewed them. He pointed out the unusual nature of their work as compared to the kind of work which people normally think of in connection with women in indus try. All four of the women are grad uate chemists. On the radio pro gram they pointed out that there is opportunity in industry for girls who are interested in science and that their own jobs have proved quite interesting to them. ! | ! j j S A We co) named t; their Sen ary. Isidore II Janies II Ethyl Men Attend Maintenance Meeting Taking an active part in the an nual Plant Maintenance Show and Conference in Cleveland last month were six employees in Maintenance and one from Operations. j Glenn Hayes, manager of Main tenance and Construction, headed the delegation to the conference, Others in attendance from Main- DevalTs Shift In Ethyl Chloride Operations, pictured above, has gone 51 days without a minor or precau tenance were M. C. Hudgins, su tionary injury which is the record to date for precautionary injuries. Myer's Shift has gone 51 days without perintendent; A. H. Middleton, as a minor injury and 38 days without a precautionary injury as of Jan. 20. sistant supervisor of Construction; R. A. Rutland, supervisor of Sod 1951 Safety Record Is Improved, much for me to be happy till aU ium Maintenance; Maxwell Lea, those figures are plain 0--zero Power, and J. E. Vernon, assistant zero. supervisor of EtCl Maintenance. But There Were Painful Injuries When we get numbers like that Harry Hinnershitz, assistant super for a whole year, I'll say, "Those intendent of EtCl Operations, rep- By Les Nocke Let's look at our 1952 Safety record. Here it is: Minor injuries......... 1,915 Sub-major injuries .. 14 Major injuries.................. 32 Frequency ............... 3.92 Days lost ................. 2,823 Severity ................... .346 Let's take a good look at it. Turn it over. Look at the top and the bottom. From any angle it's a pretty set of figures, isn't it? Fewer total injuries in pro But, say. wait a minute! Is safety simply a nice set of num bers? Shall be celebrate merely be cause the number of time-losing injuries per million man-hours worked is 11.5 per cent less than in 1951? Thinking about how much it hurts and how mad I get when I stub my toe in the dark, I'm not so sure I can be happy about 1951 injuries. So what if they are only "minor?" They didn't feel so good like a big kiss, did they? And how about those 2,823 days of someone's time lying in the hos pital or sitting at home? Is that figures look better to me than resented the Operations Section. Marilyn Monroe's on that calen- The conference was held from dar!" Jan. 19th through the 21st. `Sen years ZRgo on the Slant Five employees of the Plant re ceived letters of commendation from the War Production Board for their contribution to the war effort through their suggestions. They were Norvel H. Douglas, Robert W. Stephens, George W. Edwards, Ross J. Mire, and Alvin E. Pfister. eroale, F. J. Staudt, G. W. John ston, and J. H. Huguet. The Plant Gas and Tire Ration ing Committee was composed of the following members: H. B. Hunt, Victor Williams, S. A. LeCroy, J. V. Schmitt, L. L. Hannon, George W. Farrell, Louis A. Marionneaux, John Sharkey, and Ralph L. Ber geron. portion to the number of em ployees than we a happy time? "Days lost," it says. Lost is the word. Sure, those figures look good, The American Institute of Chem ical Engineers held their first an nual dinner meeting Jan. 26. Mem The Federal Credit Union de clared a three per cent dividend to stockholders for 1942. Members have had in five years. The low est frequency rate since the war. A severity rate that's less than half of 1951. Yes, sir, that's a nice set of figures. We can sure be proud of our beautiful safety record! but I forgot that every one of those numbers means something happen ed to hurt one of the men or women on this Plant. Me, I'm glad that the figures do look good; I'm glad that no more people got hurt and I'm glad that most of the ones who were hurt were not real bad. But that stubbed toe hurts too bers from the Plant who attended the meet were C. W. Bond, O. E. Kurt, H. W. Wheeler, P. J. Sergeys, L. R. Krieg, W. R. Wilkinson, W. F. Armstrong, J. O. Davis, J. Bar ker Killgore, H. E. O'Connell, H. M. Rodekohr, K. F. Cast, J. D. Detlefsen, M. J. Voorhies, F. A. McCoy, H. H. Wall, Jr., L. J. Gov- chosen for the Governing Board were John C. Creaghan, Gus L. Petty, William R. Auter, Hubert D. Crook, Cliff Strahan, Alvin E. Pfister, and Celina Neumann. Robert Osteriing won over Mau rice C. Brown for the Plant tennis championship. j ] ] . ! Tlrzah .1 Galmnre* Theouene Thelma > Far! S\. I Gordie I Thomas I Victor l. Henr> V Charlie \ GlIS II. Nl Fduin V Pauline ( Joseph II AUen A. Henry ,\l Allen M Brace F. Charlie S Orrla |t,, Jerome 1 Wilfred I Kohhy I Robert I Roy I:H Willie K l^aae W. Robert I John U Norman Churlcs i Cliurhs Joseph \ Wilfred w. n. u Harry . I.ee \. V Jnlm K Slltloy U Brin e < . Ie\ V \ Snmin-I / Klhert <' Fun ell i (Cohort I Clyde M Clarence Richard I .mi i*. H Lyle C Deucy . .Milton l Clayt.m Charh % i Sara \\ Gerald I Garland Norman ETC 25739 1953 February, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 imists f/AFB -i-arch -m were 1 f<n proj. WAFB, I- one of L.uhI oc- -!ii Bi'.ton I Ward, i i. rhem.(..is Skin- ol eerei li. inter- i nut the work as ..f work ink of in iii indue- {are grad!. .idio prohat there tor girls ii'iice and . proved od meting in the anshow and ast month lintenance of Mainii). headed unferenee. cun Mainudgins, suttiloton, as5 instruction; -or of Sodjs;well Lea, Bn. assistant laintenance. ktant super|ations, rep; Section, held from 21st. Hant i. \V. John- i Tire Ration al omposed of 5 : II. B. Hunt, 4 . l*Croy, J. - mon, George ^lurionneaux, ljh L. Ber- --Ji Union de* ont dividend 12. Members jvrning Board han, Gus L. iter, Hubert .^an, Alvin E. umann. on over Mau Plant tennis Company Announces Promotions of SERVICE Three Employees to Salary Status AWARDS -- 25 Years -- Charles GambrtU Research, Detroit We congratulate the following named employees who received their Service Awards during Janwory. 15 Years Isidore H. Rills, TEL Maim. James H. Starnes, Jr., P&ES. 10 Years Tlrzah J. Cook, Chem. Dev. Galmorece M. Tate, TEL Stores. Theogene Andre, TEL Maint, Thelma M. Babin, Prod. Plan. Earl W. Brlgnac. Proc. Dev. Gordie Fnderwood, TEL Maint. Thomas I. Arnold. EtCl Op. Vic tor J. Fox, TEL Maint. Henry A. Hurst, TEL Maint. Charlie A. BuJIock, TEL Maint. Gus D. Smith, EtCl Op. Edwin N. Edwards, EtCl Op. Pauline C. Whetstone, EtCi Maint. Joseph H. Saucier, TEL Maint. Alien A. Christ, TEL Power. Henry M. YVelda, EtCl Maint. Allen M. Zachary, EtCl Maint. Brare E. Duplessie, EtCl Maint. Charlie Williams, EtCl Labor. 5 Years Oreta Buquet, Medical. Jerome T. Landry, TEL Op. Wilfred I. Tregre, TEL Maint Bobby L. Freeman, TEL Labor. Robert L. Harris, TEL Labor. Roy Jack, TEL Labor. Willie R. Lanns, TEX Labor. Isaac Watkins, Jr., TEL Labor. Robert E. Cantrell. TEL Maint. John W. Chapman, TEL Maint. Norman Clark, TEL Maint. Charles E. Crochet, TEL Maint. Charles J. Duhe, TEL Maint. Joseph V. Duplessls, TEL Maint. Wilfred Gauthier, TEL Op. W. D. Highsmlth. Jr., TEL Maint. Harry J. Lobell, TEL Maint. Lee V. Martin, TEL Maim. John K. O'Donnell, TEX Maint. Sibley W. Thompson, TEL Op. Bruce C. Vlger, TEL Stores Ilex A. Williams, TEL Maint. Samuel Zachary, Laundry. Elbert O. Verrett, TEL Stores. Emvell J. Rials, TEL Maint. Robert E. DeLatte, TEL Mamt. Clyde M. Sibley, TEL Maint. Clarence McWilliams, Jr., TEL Labor Richard Sears, TEL Labor. Louis D. Brand, TEL Op. Lyle C. CrotweN, TEL Op. Dewey Graham, TEL Maint. Milton T. Jeansonne, TEL Maint. Cluytoit A. Landry, TEL Maint. Charles p. Langlois, TEL Op. Sara W. Slocum, Finance Gerald E. Mire, TEL Op. Garland A. Montz, TEL Maint. Norman M. Sutton, TEL Maint. -- 20 Years -- Lillian Johnson R.&E., New York Earnest W. Armwood, TEL Labor. Damon Chinn, TEL Labor. I^iah Henly, TEL Labor. Joe Johnson, TEL Labor. Duve II. Jones, Jr., TEL Labor. Moses Kelly, TEL Labor. L. C. Modica, TEL Labor. Ben Pollard, Jr., TEL Labor. Mathew Walker, TEL Labor. Elbe Williams, TEL Labor. Charles M. Wilson, Jr., TEL Labor Lavern E. Landry, Fire Insp. George J. Armoney, TEL Stores. George E. Bueche, TEL Op. Elmo F. Dledrlch, TEL Op. Warren T. Durbin, TEL Maint. Edward Foster, Jr., TEL Maint. James M. Gill, Tech. Service. William O. Hopper, TEL Maint. John S. King, TEL Maint. Alpha J. Landry, TEL Op. Godfrey B. Landry, TEL Control Lab. Floyd Lobell, TEL Maint. Edward D. McMillan, TEL Maint. Hardy M. Meredith, TEL Op. William J. Millet, Jr., TEL Stores. Leon L. Stockwell, Jr., TEL Op. Garland R. Watts, TEL Op. Freddy Judson, TEL Labor. Robert Teaset, TEL Labor. Louis Walker, Sodium Labor. James D. Britt, TEL Op. Ralph F. Dupuy, Gen. Eng. George G. Griffin, TEL Op. David E. Nettles, TEL Op. Larry J. Plalsance, TEL Op. Duncan C. Wilson, TEL Maint. Woodrow E. Wilson, TEL Mamt. Harry E. Hughes, TEL Op. Effective Feb. 1, three wage roll foremen move up from wage-roll to salaried foremen, according to an announcement by Roy N. Cloth ier, Plant manager. They are Paul R. Burns and Joe Stewart of TEL Maintenance, and Holcombe Browning of TEL Operations. Paul R. Burns a veteran of 9 years' Company service, was promoted from Alloy area foreman to salaried foreman Feb. 1. Burns, who has spent his entire time in Maintenance and Construction, first came to Ethyl as a pipefitter helper in 1944. About a year ago. he moved up to wage roll foreman. He is a native of Labadieville and attended high school at Belle Rose. He also studied blueprint reading and sketching at Baton Rouge Trade School for about three years. Prior to his employment here Burns was a pipefitter for Aluminum Ore Com pany for two years and assistant man ager of Poplar Grove plantation for three years. An ardent sportsman, he played semipro baseball for many years and has played softball with the ERA teams. He is married to the former Rosa Bagala of Donaldsonville. They have five children; Anna Louise. 15; Paul, Jr.. 11; Frances Mary, 8; Frank, 6, and Rose Mary, age 4. Joseph Stewart, TEL Maintenance, has been promoted from wage-roll fore man to salaried in strument foreman, effective Feb. 1. Stewart was first hired by Ethyl in 1940, as an outside machinist helper 3/c in Maintena nee, moving from this position later to in strument man 3/c. In 1943, he made first class, a position he held until last year when he became wage-roll foreman. Prior to coming to Ethyl Stewart worked for the State as a concrete in spector, from 1934 until 1940. A native of St. Martinville, he attended school in St. Landry Parish and married the former Evelyn Devillier of St. Mar- tmvilie. They have two sons--Harry, 21. and John Phillip who is 17. Stewart is a member of the Ethyl Management Club, the Knights of Columbus and has served on the Parish Airport Commission. For an off-duty pleasure Joe enjoys nothing better than a hunting or fishing trip, depending on the season of the year. The Stewarts reside at 3292 Canonicus Street. Holcombe Browning, TEL Operations, has been promoted from wage roll to salaried foreman in TEL Operations, ef fective Feb. 1. Browning was em ployed by Ethyl Jan. 2, 1940, as a TEL operator. In 1945, he moved up to TEL operator 1,-c, and last June was made a wage-roll foreman. Prior to his em ployment here he was seif-employed. Browning was born in Blanks, La., and graduated from Pride High School. In 1943, he went into military service and served in the European Theater until 1945, when he was discharged. He is married to the former Myrle Davis of GrangeviUe. La. The Brownings have two children--James, age two, and Jo Ellen, one. At present they reside in Zachary, but are building a new home in Melrose Subdivision. Holcombe is a member of The Plains Masonic Lodge No. 135, and has served several terms as a member of the ERA Board of Directors. An avid sportsman, he takes part in many Ethyl Recreation programs, especially basketball and softball. -- DECEASED -- Stover Completes Twenty-Five Years Art Stover, (center), manager, Labor Relations, receives his 25-year Award certificate from W. J. Henry, Industrial Relations manager. John Q. Bass looks on at right. Joseph L. Moran, rigger 3/c, Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, pass ed away Dec, 12, after a short illness. A native of Lake, La., he was 53 years old. Moran was hired by Ethyl on Oct. 22, 1943 as a mechanic helper 3/c in Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, and remained in that section until his death. Prior to his employment here he worked as a carpenter for both Stone and Webster and the Chalmette Shipyard. He is survived by his wife, Marie; his father, Harry, and one step daughter, Mrs. C. Babin. ETC 25740 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 Febru'11 \ Instrument Society Names Day, Folendore To Chapter Offices T. J. Folendore, left, Instrument foreman was named secretary in the Baton Rouge section of the Instrument Society of America. And J. S. Day, EtCI Malnt, was voted In as vice-president of the organization. John S. Day, EtCI Maintenance, was installed as vice-president, and T. J. Folendore, Central Shops, as secretary of the local chapter of the Instrument Society of America at its Jan. 5 meeting. Day was also named chairman of the membership committee and Folendore was appointed program chairman. The Baton Rouge section of ISA was first organized in 1948. The objectives of the society are to advance the arts and sciences con nected with the theory, design, manufacture and use of instru ments in the various sciences and technologies. Other Ethyl members of the so ciety include J. D. Calmes, B. J. LeBlanc, W. M. Carlton, Jr., J. H. Hill, E. J. Ory, all of Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, and H. E. Sanders of General Engineering. Day, as chairman of the mem bership committee, pointed out that membership was open to any one who is engaged in the design, manufacture, sale, purchase, use, maintenance and/or repair of all classes of instruments, meters, gauges, testing machines, etc. He said the society invites qualified employees from Ethyl to join the organization. It takes 2,000 nuts to hold an auto together, and only takes "one nut" to scatter it all over a land scape. A scratch is such a little thing, We've often heard it said, But if the victim doesn't treat it, Next week he may be dead! -- Up the Sally A. Burris, from Drum Clerk, Group III: to Secretary. T. Harvey Whitfield, from Typist, Group I; to Typist Clerk, Shipping, Group II. Catherine L. WlUtamsou, from Typist Clerk, Group II; to Drum Clerk, Group in. Joseph A. Juhasz, from Pipefitter Helper 1/c to Junior Operator, Sod. Oper. Charles T. Addison, from Laundry Oper. 1/c to Laundry Leader. James W. Denson, from Clerk, Group II; to Payroll Clerk, Group III. John D. Cantey, from Elec. 2/c to Elec. 1/c. Russell O. Clark, from Elec. 3/c to Elec. 2/c. John T. Dean, Jr., from Elec. 2/c to Elec. 1/c. Frank H. Patton,Jr,, from Elec. 2/c to Elec. 1/c. Sterling A. Arceneaux, from Stores Clerk 1/c to Shift Counter Clerk. Robert L. Pearce, from lab helper 1/c to Dev. Lab. Asst. Donald D. Burch, from Spec. Lab. Asst, to Group U, Dev. Lab. Asst. Harry L. Bridgeman, from Spec. Lab. Asst, to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst Alma L. Carter, from Spec. Lab. Asst, to Group II, Dev. Lab Asst. Walter J. Guerin, Jr., from Spec. Lab. Asst, to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst. Luther N. Johnson, from Spec. Lab. Asst, to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst. Ivy J. Rousseau, from Spec. Lab. Asst to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst. May M. Tokos, from Spec. Lab. Asst to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst. Harley S. Ebey, from mach. outside 2/c to 1/c. Thomas L. Sullivan, from lab helper 1/c to Group II, Dev. Lab. Asst. Arcade J. Parker, from Jr. Engineer to Asst. EtCI Area Supervisor. John L. Gulllot, from Jr. Engineer to Asst. Sodium Area Supervisor. Mortimer D. Cain, from Sod. Sub. Sta. Trainee to Sub. Sta. Tech. Geraldine M. Funchess, from File Clerk, Group III; to Secretary. Elva Q. Hobgood, from Steno, Cost, Group III; to Secretary. Ruth H. Broyles, Typist Pool, Group I; to Steno Clerk, Recreation, Group III. Connie B. Mary, from Steno Clerk, Testing, Group III; to Group IV. Fred M. Mayes, from Steno Clerk, Group II; to Steno Clerk. Cost, Group ITT. Joe Shurpe, from Welder 3/c to 2/c. Robert J. Altazin, from Ironworker 3/c to 2/c. Roger L, Amedee, from Rigger 3/c to 2/c. Harley S. Ebey, from Mach. Outside 2/c to 1/c. Albert J. Entremont, from Electrician 2/c to 1/c. John A. Gilmore, from Electrician 2/c to 1/c Wilson L. Gilmore, from Electrician 2/c to 1/c. Wilton J. Lowe, from Pipefitter 1/c to Pipefitter Layout. Theodore E. Spann, from rec. mech. 2/c to 1/c. James O. Stephens, from painter 1/c to Steeple Jack Painter. Carter E. Williams, from elec. 2/c to 1/c. William W. Kirk, from oper. 2/c to 1/c. Ladder -- Fatally Injured Lionel E. Barrett, from elec. 2/c to 1/c. Donald J. Ramirez, from pipefitter 2/c to 1/c. Ralph L. Stevens, from painter helper 1/c to painter 3/c. Willie S. Medley, from Steno Clerk, Group I: to Secretary. Roosevelt P. Dupuy, Jr., from oper. 2/c to 1/c. Leroy A. Fortenberry, from oper. 2/c to 1/c. Raymond J. Gaacon, from oper. 2/c to 1/c. Lawrence D. Phillips, from oper. 2/c to 1/c. Robert B. Armstrong, from Asst. Time Study Engineer Baton Rouge Plant; In dustrial Engineer, Houston Plant. Otis K. Bailey, Jr,, from painter helper 1/c to jr. oper. Joseph D. Dolron, from mech. helper 2/c to jr. oper. Karl F. Hopkins, from pipeAtter helper 1/c to jr. oper. Robert D. Thrasher, from outside mach. helper 1/c to jr. oper. Edward E. Walker, from painter helper 1/c to jr. oper. Melba B. Tulller, from Typist Clerk, Group II; to Steno, Safety, Group III. Gladys M. King, from Typist, Pool, Group I; to Steno, Pool, Group II. Lurllne B. Roye, from Typist, Pool, Group I; to Typist Clerk, Safety, Group n. Erma L. Facundos, from Typist, Pool, Group I; to Steno Clerk, Patent, Group n. Carolyn Judson, at left, age three and a half, was fatally injured Dec. 10 near her home at Zachary. She was hit by a railroad boxcar that was being moved. Her father is Freddie Judson, TEL Operations laborer. owner. Very Clean and low mileage. $1400. Phone 5-0852. Five brand-new Goodrich Silvertown tires, 670-15. $90. Lewis Marchand, 3525 North Foster Drive. Five-room house with all city conveni ences and improvements. Twenty-eight acres of land &II under hog wire fence. $7500. Lewis J. Marchand. 3525 North Foster Drive. Phone 5-7783. Model 1950 Bel-Air Chevrolet club coupe in excellent condition. Radio, heater, white sidewall tires, powerglide transmission. Only 18.000 miles. $1350. J. R. Fowler, phone 5-1271. I ! 1 j | WHAT HAVE YOU? Model IB*8 four-door Plymouth with heater, five good tires. $500. Can be seen at 5833 Madison Ave., or Phone 4-0851. j Stucco and plaster two-bedroom home in Ardenwood Subdivision. Has attached garage, Venetian blinds, floor furnace and attic fan. On large lot with plenty of shrubbery. Back yard fenced with wire fence. $8950. For full details call 3-8964. < j i i Jacobsen power mower, reel type, with | 21-inch blade. $35. Phone 3-1534. For Sale New five-horsepower Royal outboard motor. $130. Never been in water. J. B. Alexander. Phone 7-2709. Model I9B0 Bnlck two-door Sedanette, fully equipped except Dynaflo. One Model 1940 four-door Plymouth, clean inside with leather upholstery. $250. Can be seen at 996 West Garfield Street, or call 3-2907. 1 Westlnghouse radio-phonograph com bination, console model. 78 rpm phono graph, mahogany cabinet. Excellent con dition. $100. Henry May, Phone 4-7435. ' Here He Is! (Shown as Baby on Page 11) K. L. Armstrong, Production Plan ning, admits being a good bit older now than when the picture on Page 11 was taken, but not much taller! "Army" is ship ping supervisor i n Production Planning Section. Wooden breakfast set. Drop-leaf table, four chairs. $5. Phone 4-2538. Good con dition. Ride, Car Pool Interested in getting ride or riders, or joining car pool from vicinitx -f Dreher and Broussard Streets or Perkins Road. Monday-Friday, 7:30-4:00 p.m. Phone 3-3208. For Rent Unfurnished apartment, two bedrooms, bath, located on Scenic Highway. Ideal location for work. Couple only, no chil dren. Phone 7-1644 after 4:15 p.m. ; | ` ' j ! Bradfo W Hen H. F. Br Wax were tions here r Bradford created pos lations. He the direct 01 for the con salary admi Rouge and company, h rating an I search Unit other assori functions. 1 tinue to set Research ;n ment on r* ministralin? Wax \vaprocedures tion in Indu ceeding Br;' tion was in< section. Both nici 1940. Br:u) grammar :r andria and Kennon To Ex Many h' "double lal Plant Main when t Iirv ernor RoU Unamuno companied ` auditor: .Tit ney: and 1 > to the um Plant shor> shake hand Christmas as they am The pari; Gate lor ni It is repoi r> spent sonn* < ard Oil Coir TC 25741 binary, 1953 ijured February, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Bradford Promoted to New Post; Wax Takes Bradford's Former Job Page 15 Qeneral ^Manager's a It, age three \ injured Dec. f Zachary. She ,1 boxcar that rilcr father is ,^1. Gyrations s i Imv mileage. jjini:li Silvertown ^ Marchand, 3525 < 0 .<11 city conveni* Twenty-eight j iu>k' wire fence, fmd. 3525 North T7S3. 5 Chevrolet club ; -ixlition. Radio, no:*. powerglide 11hi miles. $1350. ir-'71- 1 Plymouth with .">uo. Can be seen i Phone 4*0851. bedroom home n. Has attached *. floor furnace lot with plenty >rd lenced with full details call r. reel type, with 3-1534. Plymouth, clean l>tery. $250. Can n Held Street, or Monograph com78 rpm phono- i Excellent con>. Phone 4-7435. . Drop-leaf table, 1-2538. Good con- yi'ooi kIl- or riders, or i. nuty of Dreher <t Perkins Road, p.m. Phone nt ut. two bedrooms, Highway. Ideal ,.le only, no chili-r 4:15 p.m. Henry F. Bradford H. F. Bradford and Hubert N. Wax were promoted to new posi tions here recently. Bradford was named to a newly created position in Industrial Re lations. He will be responsible to the director of Industrial Relations for the coordination of wage and salary administration at the Baton Rouge and Houston plants of the company, for establishing and di recting an Industrial Relations Re search Unit in Manufacturing and other associated industrial relations functions. Bradford will also con tinue to serve as liaison with the Research and Engineering Depart ment on coordination of salary ad ministration. Wax was named supervisor of procedures and position classifica tion in Industrial Engineering, suc ceeding Bradford. His former posi tion was industrial engineer in this section. Both men joined the company in 1940. Bradford, who attended grammar and high schools in Alex andria and who received a B.S. de- Kennon Comes to Gate To Extend Greetings Many Ethyl employees did a "double take" on arriving at the Plant Main Gate on Christmas Eve when they were greeted by Gov ernor Robert F. Kennon. Unannounced, the governor, ac companied by Allison Kolb, state auditor; Jimmy Hynes, local attor ney; and Dewey Holden, secretary to the governor, arrived at the Plant shortly after 6 A. M. to shake hands with and to extend Christmas greetings to employees as they arrived for work. The party remained at the Main Gate for approximately one hour. It is reported that the group then spent some time at the Esso Stand ard Oil Company entrance. Hubert N. Wax gree in mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University in 1939, joined Ethyl as a junior engineer. From 1943 until 1946 he was on active duty in the U. S. Navy, re turning in 1946 to join Industrial Engineering. He is married to the former Archer Ayres of Alexan dria and is the father of two sons, ages one and three. The Bradfords reside at 651 River Oaks Place, Broadmoor. Wax is a native of Baton Rouge and a graduate of Baton Rouge High School. He holds a B.S. de gree in business administration from LSU. His first job with the company was that of clerk in Pay roll and Purchasing. He moved up to chief clerk in Payroll and Per sonnel before going on active duty in 1942. Returning in 1946 as a major, he was assigned to Indus trial Engineering as an industrial engineer. He is married to the former Beth Heard, of Winnfield. They reside at 4748 Westdale Drive. DuBose Gets Sales Post in New Orleans T. E. DuBose has been appointed district manager of Sales for the Company at New Orleans, it was announced recently by Harold R. Berg, general manager of anti knock sales. He succeeds Alan C. Tully, who has been promoted to assistant manager of the Southern region, with headquarters in Tulsa. A native of Oswego, S. C., Du Bose holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Clemson College and Lehigh Uni versity. A motorist is a person who, after seeing a wreck, drives carefully for several blocks.--Phoenix Flame Look Ahead for 1953 Now that the celebrations sur rounding Christmas and New Year's are behind us and we are well into 1953, we might take a look at what lies ahead of us in our new year. The market for antiknock com pound should remain good. A re cent forecast published in the daily papers predicted an increase of more than 5 per cent in the use of gasoline this year as compared to 1952. That is like putting a peak on top of a mountain, for 1952 was the biggest year in his tory. High Octane Needs Continue Not only will the number of gal lons of gasoline probably increase, but also there is likelihood that its octane rating will be higher. Many of the new model cars have increased their compression ratios; so the need for high octane gaso line will continue. Over the years the competition among oil refiners has resulted in constantly better gasoline being offered to the pub lic. The public's demand for good quality has kept the octane rating going up. During the past year the aver age TEL content in gasoline in creased about .4 of a cc per gallon. A survey made in December shows that refiners were using an average of 1.87 cc per gallon in their non premium gasoline and 2.21 cc per gallon in premium as compared to 3.43 and 1.81 cc, respectively, in December, 1951. In recent months the octane number and the amount of TEL per gallon has leveled off some what, but over a long period of time there has been a gradual in crease in both. All of this means that the refiners will probably con tinue to buy more and more anti knock compound. In Competitive Market Whereas the general outlook in the antiknock market is good, we must all remember that for the first time we are now in a really competitive market. Ever since the end of World War n the demands for antiknock compounds have equaled or exceeded the available productive capacity. Except for very brief periods, the demands for our product have been so great that we have had to produce at the very maximum capacity pos sible. Everyone has been very proud of the splendid job done by the people of the Baton Rouge Plant in meeting our production goals. But now that the Houston Plant is in production, the excessive pres sure for maximum output has been relieved. As I see it, that means two important things for us. First, it means that we can take time to make more certain in all aspects of our work that we are doing things in the most efficient manner. Second, it means that we must pro duce a product that meets the most rigid quality standards, and we must produce it at a low enough cost so that it can be sold at a com petitive price. All of this adds up to the con clusion that all of us must do our own jobs with the utmost efficiency if we want our Company to main tain its good competitive position. Every one of you can take pride in the splendid job that has been done during 1952 and can look for ward to 1953 as being the year where the emphasis for maximum production is converted to a need for each individual's doing his own job as well as he possibly can. Other Chemicals In addition to our antiknock production, we are getting increas ingly into the field of other kinds of chemicals. The market for sod ium metal, the start-up of the No. 2 BHC Plant, and the progress on construction of the Lindane Plant are all encouraging factors for us here at Baton Rouge. The market for all of these products is even more competitive than the one for antiknock compound; so as we pro gress into new products, the same need for efficient operation will be evident. C. W. BOND, Genera] Manager Lorio Heads State Coon Hunters' Club Ed Lorio, safety engineer, was elected president of the East Lou isiana Coon Hunters' Association at a meeting held recently. Ray Pearce, TEL Control Lab, was elected second vice-president. The Association has hopes of sponsoring a bill that will amend present coon hunting laws. Five most important words--"I am proud of you." Four most im portant words -- "What is your opinion?" Three most important words--"If you please." Two most important words -- "Thank you." Smallest word--"1."--Indiana Tele phone News ETC 25742 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK February, 1953 Two Plant Groups Win API Awards Elected to One-Year Terms on U.G.F. Board Two Ethyl groups--TEL Main tenance and TEL Operating Group "D" (Achord's Shift)--received the One Million Man Hour Awards from the American Petroleum In stitute recently. In addition to this each employee in both groups received appropri ately inscribed automatic pencils from the Company in recognition of their safety records last year. These awards were the result of the groups going more than a mil lion man hours without a time losing injury. TEL Maintenance went from Dec. 21, 1950, to July 23, 1952, to compile a record of 1,000,708 injury-free man hours.Following closely behind, Achord's Shift went from March 11, 1950 to July 26, 1952, for a record of 1,001,203 safe man hours. The TEL Maintenance group had an average of 309 employees dur ing this period while Group "D" had 203. Scheuermann Named Recreation Director For Angola Prison Francis V. Scheuermann, TEL operator, has been appointed to a newly created position as recrea tion director for the Angola State Penitentiary. He started his new job Jan. 19. As recreation director of the in stitution. Scheuermann's primary job is to organize and supervise a complete recreation program for the 2,800 inmates of the prison. After graduating from Jesuit High School in New Orleans and spending two years in the Navy during the war, Scheuermann at tended LSU, graduating in 1950 with a BS Degree in physical edu cation. He is married to the former Ra mona Angelloz of Rosedale, and they are the parents of two chil dren--Cynthia, age two, and Mich ael. Roy N. Clothier Elmo Rogers Willie Dipaola Three employees were elected recently to serve one-year terms on the board, of directors of the United Givers Fund. Plant Manager Roy Clothier was one of those chosen to represent industry. Willie Dipaola, President of Local 12900, District 50, United Mine Workers, and Elmo Rogers, president of the Cooperative Bargaining Agency, were chosen among those representing labor. Scout Council Honors Ray Pearce With Silver Beaver Award Ray D. Pearce, special lab as sistant at the TEL Control Lab oratory, was awarded the Boy Scout Silver Beaver at the annual meeting of the local council on Jan. 21. The Silver Beaver is the highest honor that a local Boy Scout Council can confer on any of its volunteer workers. Only three men from among the 1,500 regis tered adult Scouters in this area can receive the Silver Beaver award each year. Pearce has been employed in the TEL Control Lab since June, 1940. He was in military service for over four years--from January, 1942, until February, 1946. During that period he rose to the rank of ser geant. Pearce received the honorary award because of his long service in Boy Scout activities. He has been an assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster. At present he is serving as Commissioner, respon sible for advising the leaders of several Scout troops and Cub packs. He was cited for the particularly good outdoor program which his troops have always had. Two ELKA Functions Highlight Holidays Two recent Ethyl Laborers' Rec reation Association activities were highlighted over the holiday period. On Saturday, Dec. 20 the Christ mas Party for ELRA members' children was held at the Purple Circle Club from 2 to 6 p.m., with approximately 200 children and 100 adults attending. Each child received a bag of fruit, candy and gum and all were served ice cream, followed by danc ing and games for them. The Party committee included Grant Clark, chairman; Steve Bezue, James Johnson, Rayfield Washington, Eli Brown, John Smith, Louis Watkins, and Ivy Reed. A cabaret dance was held for members of the ELRA at the Temple Roof Jan. 2, with about 350 members and their guests attend ing. The committee in charge of the dance included John Hickman, chairman; Ivy Reed, Ivory Leachman, Louis Watkins, Eli Brown, Casey Jivis, Grant Clark, James Johnson, Sidney Moore and Levi Harris. Winter is apt to play havoc with : any part of the fire fighting equip- ! ment that is liable to freeze. It is important to protect it and to in spect it frequently. It pays to watch your health. / An annual visit to the doctor keeps you on the payroll. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Sec. 34.68 P. L A BU. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge. La. Permit No. 362 Ray D. Pearce Form 3547 Requested Vol. XV. Sur\ Speech Cou An ERA mg course Furr, T r a commence the ERA C 10 to 12 wr The com prove oneV talk before and is oper Furr states compare v speaking c< A fee of s each eniolf entire com: terested in should appl Office. Sodium Now ii The Sodii moved into r Jan. 20 iinn ferred fron building to Sodium G|h- `This gK. much work; ously had." supervisor, are happy t room." Vacated will be used Labor G Halt The Sodii n gible for rh Institute Award" b\ 8 to accumu! man horn's u jury. This grnn employees, v 19-IN, until U more than > of work. Appiical iiu has been ma Carroll A. I b ETC 25743 ?-In-nary, 1953 The Antiknock Vol. XV, No. 3 Xgjgjjg^y Baton Rouge, La., March, 1953 Survey Shows Proper Equipment Heads Safety Factors | United Givers L, rresident of -.jr Bargaining i j------------------- .-m. The Party Grant Clark, * /aw. James 'ashington, Eli ' i .wins Watkins, : was held for . .ERA at the ; . ilh about 350 * quests attend- \ charge of the im Hickman, Ivory Leach*. Eli Brown, Clark. James ore and Levi ay havoc with .ighting equip* freeze. It is it and to in- your health. < doctor keeps ij ' ,i> l>. & R . 1`oslace AID ILnuge. La. .v .a No. 362 Speech Improvement Course Starts Soon An ERA-sponsored public speak ing course, conducted by John Furr, Training Supervisor, will commence Monday, March 16, at the ERA Center and continue for 10 to 12 weeks. The course is designed to im prove one's ability to think and talk before an audience or group and is open to all ERA members. Furr states that the course will compare with expensive public speaking courses. A fee of $2 will be collected from each enrollee and will cover the entire course. ERA members in terested in enrolling for the course should apply or call at the ERA Office. Sodium Control Lab Now in New Location The Sodium Control Laboratory moved into new and larger quarters Jan. 20 and 21. The group trans ferred from the Sodium office building to the third floor of the Sodium Operations Building. "This gives us one-half again as much working space as we previ ously had," said George Woest, lab supervisor. "AH of us in the lab are happy to have the additional room." Vacated space left by the move will be used for additional offices. Labor Group Passes Half-Million Mark The Sodium laborers became eli gible for the American Petroleum Institute "500,000 Man Hour Award" by working through Feb. 8 to accumulate a record of 512,860 man hours without a time-losing in jury. This group, approximately 55 employees, worked from Feb. 13, 1948, until the present to total up more than 1,800 injury-free days of work. Application for the API award has been made, Safety Supervisor Carroll A. Hebert, reports. Officers and other members of the Board of Directors for 1953 are shown above. Standing, left to right: C. O. Harrell, president, William Strader, and O. W. Hudgens. Seated, in the same order: A. R. Chaney, vice-president; George Forbes, R. H. Moles, and M. D. Stiles, treasurer. Credit Union Declares Record Six Per Cent Dividend for 1952 The largest crowd ever to attend its annual meeting heard Ethyl Employees Credit Union officials declare a six per cent dividend, the highest in its history, at the annual meeting, Jan. 29. The dividend was announced at the gathering which was held in the ERA Center. A delicious fried chicken dinner followed the busi ness meeting. "The credit union grew more during 1952 than in any other year of its existence," said A. D. Hubbs, outgoing treasurer. Marcelius McGurk, manager, stated that a total of 3,652 applica tions for loans had been made dur ing '52. Of this number, 3,602 had been approved. Investments jumped from $459,000 to $710,000 and loans increased from $432,000 to $696,000. New Officers Elected New officers elected at the meet ing included C. O. Harrell, presi dent, A. R. Chaney, vice-president, and M. D. Stiles, treasurer. William Strader, George Forbes, R. H. Moles, and O. W. Hudgens were named to the Board of Di rectors. On the Supervisory Committee P. J. Templet takes the post as chairman. Other members are V. M. Fontenot and George Antolik. J. C. Creaghan, chairman, Jack W. Mills, and Mrs. Hazel Traylor are serving on the Credit Commit tee during '53. (See other Credit Union pictures on Page 10) Gheen Will Address EMC at March Meet James E. Gheen, New York, pub lic relations counsellor and widelyknown speaker who has spoken in 46 states, will address members of the Ethyl Management Club on March 19 at the Ethyl Recreation Center, V. M. Fontenot, program chairman, announces. Known as a philosophical humor ist, Gheen has a wide background of business experience including that of reporter, feature writer and columnist, as secretary of the chambers of commerce in Bethle hem, Pa.; Niagara Falls and Al bany, N. Y., and as field secretary of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. He also has had wide experience as an organizer of and counsellor to many civic-commercial organi zations and trade associations. "He is considered one of the best after-dinner humorists now avail able," Fontenot stated. Prizes, Meetings Also Rank High Up on List Employees feel that proper safe ty equipment for each job and plant safety prizes are the two fac tors which contribute most to good safety performance; This information was secured from a tabulation of opinions from safety questionnaires filled in and returned by employees. The ques tionnaires were sent to ail employ ees at the Baton Rouge Plant. They were asked to pick the four factors from a list of 13 that were most helpful in the safe perform ance of their work. Votes Broken Down One thousand five hundred six votes went for proper safety equip ment on the job; 1,095 employees named safety prizes as one of the four most helpful factors. The factors and the vote each received were: Proper safety equipment for each job............... 1506 Plant safety prizes......... 1095 Regular safety meetings 1018 Discussion with fellow workers....................... 946 Safety posters ............... 940 Personal instructions on specific jobs................. 792 Operating instructions .... 722 Enforcement of safety rules............................. 689 Foremen's individual safety contacts........... 434 Five-minute "quickie" safety meetings........... 413 Antiknock articles......... 291 Weekly safety "topics" .. 183 Others ............................. 96 Three-Month Safety Drive In answer to the question: "What do you think of the stepped-up safety program in your area during Oct., Nov., and Dec.?" 1024 em ployees thought that the program was very good, 913 considered it OK, 207 thought it of little value, and only 60 considered it a waste of time. The questionnaire asked the value of five factors during the safety campaign. Each of the five was to be graded in one of four (Continued on Page 10) iifn iii "n ' ETC 25744 2 THE ANTIKNOCK March. 1953 Mf THE ANTIKN OCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS iciE MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson......................................................... .........................Editor In the Spring a Man's Fancy Usually Turns-- Chemistry + Business = Our Jobs On the annex to Coates Laboratory, Chemistry Building at L.S.U.. there is a plaque which bears the following inscription: "Chemistry the science of the transforviations of matter, is the story of hoiv the world is made and how men can use its component elements to serve' humanity and lessen Us burden of toil." What better definition could be given of this great science that has directly or indirectly contributed to almost every advancement civiliza tion has made through the ages? Whether it be the automobile you drive, the home you live in, the tools you use in your work, or the medicines you take as prescribed by your physician, the chemist has contributed his knowledge in the "trans formation of matter" to make these commodities available to you. Employment records of Baton Rouge, where thousands work in chemical industries, are indicative of the power that the chemist has wrought on the world. Chemistry is directly responsible for all of our jobs at the Baton Rouge Plant and for those of other Ethyl employees. Yet, many Americans do not stop to consider that the work of the chemist is both long and expensive before he "transforms matter" into a profitable product. So the chemist, usually, cannot afford the cost of his research. Here business under our free enterprise system joins the team. It takes the risk by providing the capital to support such scientific research in the hunt for new and better chemical products. As a team in America, the two members--chemist and business-- continue to make significant strides that "serve humanity and lessen its burden of toil." 171 Salute to Our Craftsmen -- Pipefitter Fabricator I I Gulf State Kent, gi\i the pole t trieian 1/. injured, n electrician jured." Tl ately after difred at the "injur* the three-* the groum ctSen ^ears 5%go on the Slant After a general Plant inspection, Robert S. Asbury was made as insurance representatives reported sistant manager of the Technical j i they found everything in perfect Division here. (The Technical Divi I order. sion, after several rearrangements, The Gulf SI Said one of them, "I wish to com became a part of the Research and Rudolph Brown, pipefitter fabricator 1/c, EtCI Shops, is shown here as mend the entire Plant for its prac Engineering Department.) he uses a level to line up the flange holes on a four-inch line. from left. V resentative tice of good housekeeping princi ples and general appearance." Our Plant contains several miles of pipe made of various materials in ; On Feb. 7, 1943, the government a variety of sizes and shapes. The materials include common wrought L. B. Kent. Military service visitors included started shoe rationing. Applications iron and steel pipe, copper, lead, monel and several different specifications ; Hubert N. Wax, M. H. Martx, Har for additional purchases beyond of stainless steels, and several less common materials for special uses, ` old S. Shrader, Willie E. Radford, the allotted three pair per year had such as Haveg, Karbate, Saran, rubber-lined steel and glass-lined steeL Julian / To R E. P. Holller, W. T. "Duke" Hartsfield, Edward W. Sanchez, and Ed ward G. DuJfard. to go to the Rationing Board. The Safety Office made application iorms available to employees. The pipefitter craft is responsible for installation of the various kinds and sizes of pipe and pipe fittings. They also sketch and fabricate steel ; pipe---sometimes in quite complicated designs. The npf'' Avery to ih. and Engiii' Les Nocke By Jersey Ethyl Coiv B. Bvnum T Avery, u I consultant r two year*, u pnnv's plan- developmeiil grams. After ro< - elect rochemi. Maxsachusol t nology ir> IP two years u i fare Service bide and Cm I spent 17 \cvn ous assignm* years he \\athtir D. Little ing eonsultan etc 25745 1 $ larch, 1953 |l Turns-- March, 1953 *s THE ANTIKNOCK 3 wn here as Materials In im wrought reifications [>ecial uses, -lined steeL. rious kinds )rieate steel Jersey Gulf States lineman foreman, L. B. Kent, gives instructions from atop the pole to J. M. Brown, TEL elec trician 1/c, playing the part of the injured, and Leo Auddifred, TEL electrician 1/c, who helps the "in jured." This shot, taken immedi ately after the "injury" shows Aud difred at the moment he reaches the "injured." A third member of the three-man crew stands by on the ground. While Kent continues instruction Auddifred lifts Brown and seats him across the strap of his (Auddifred's) safety belt. After the "in jured" is placed in this position artificial respiration begins im mediately, and a rope is tied around the "injured" so he can be lowered from the pole. The third crew member on the ground helps handle the rope. In this photo TEL electrician Eddie Rolling gives artificial respiration to the "victim," Norman Clark, electrician 2/c. At the same time Rolling and Gulf States Foreman Kent walk Clark down the pole to the ground where other emer gency aid can be given. Following the first aid treatment on the pole, "victim" is lowered to the ground where artificial respi ration is continued until the man is revived, or until an ambulance arrives. The "injured" receives heat applications and is covered with blankets. Precious Minutes Saved by Applying New First Aid Technique on Pole The Gulf States Utilities team which instructed Ethyl linesmen included, from left, W. D. Smith, helper;- T. O. McKnight, Gulf States safety rep resentative for the Louisiana Division; J. C. Melancon, linesman 1/c, and L. B. Kent, line foreman. Julian Avery Named To R & E Department The appointment of Julian M. Avery to the staff of the Research and Engineering Department of Ethyl Corporation is announced by B. Bynum Turner, vice-president. Avery, who has been a technical consultant to Ethyl for the past two years, will work with the Com pany's planning group on product development and research pro grams. After receiving his degree in electrochemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology in 1918, Avery served for two years with the Chemical War fare Service. He joined Union Car bide and Carbon Corp. in 1919 and spent 17 years in Europe on vari ous assignments. For the next five years he was associated with Ar thur D. Little, Inc., as an engineer ing consultant. Avery joined the Diamond Alkali Co. in 1941 and served as vicepresident in charge of research and development until 1946, and was a vice-president and director of Hodges Research and Development Co., from 1947 to 1952. Rapid Income Rise Shown in Southeast The income of the Southeast from 1929 to 1951 increased at a faster rate than the national aver age. Southeastern income in 1951 was 296 per cent greater than in 192S--a greater rate of increase than that of any other region ex cept the Far West, and a much greater rate of increase than the 194 per cent national rate. Twothirds of the Southeastern increase went to North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana, in that order. -- PAR News Analysis. A linesman, severly shocked and unconscious, hangs from his safety belt atop a highline pole! How is he given first aid? A Gulf States Utilities linemen's crew visited the Plant on Feb. 5 to show our linemen the proper technique for such an emergency. This was one lesson in a first aid training course primarily for the Power Group and handled by Ray Mettemich of Training. Carroll He bert, Safety Supervisor, arranged for the demonstration by the Gulf States Utilities group. Otis McKnight, safety represent ative for the Louisiana District of Gulf States Utilities Co., and the crew, trained in first aid, gave the demonstration. Crew members were W. D. Smith, J. C. Melancon, and L. B. Kent. McKnight explained first aid pro cedure for the three-man crew, and for larger crews. Three-Man Crew Method As soon as the victim is shocked, the helper secures a stretcher, blankets and first aid kit from the truck, and assists the operator by lending the hand line. The operator climbs the pole and after clearing the victim from the circuit, strikes him with several sharp blows in the middle of the back to break spasmodic muscle contraction. He makes the victim secure on the hand line, places him across his safety belt, checks his mouth for obstructions, and starts artificial respiration. If in four minutes the injured has not revived, he is lowered to the ground by the hand line, and arti ficial respiration Is continued. Large Crew Method In case of injury to a member of a large crew, the same procedure as above is used, but two operators ascend the pole and walk the vic tim to the ground, continuing arti ficial respiration as they do so. Standard procedure, after the victim is placed on a stretcher, is to continue artificial respiration, check victim's mouth for obstruc tion, loosen any tight clothing, ap ply heat charges, cover with blan kets and use ammonia inhalants until an ambulance arrives. Attend Inauguration Doris Bozeman, Finance, and her husband, Carroll Bozeman, flew to Washington to attend the Inaugura tion ceremonies. This photo shows them ready to attend the Inaugural Balt ETC 25746 4 THE ANTIKNOCK March. 1953 King Tetra, Queen Ethyl Reign Over EMC Revelers I g: I I i Roger C. Duffard, Sodium Mainte nance, served as master of cere monies at the Krewe of Ethmaclu Mardi Gras Ball held at Club Louisiane Feb. 13. Official portrait of King Tetra V and Queen Ethyl V who reigned over the merrymaking of the Krewe of Ethmaclu ball Feb. 13. J. Earl LeFeaux, P&ES, was selected king and Mrs. W. M. Shupe, Jr., (Finance) was the queen. l King Tetra V (Earl LeFeaux, P&ES) takes a moment out from his "royal*' duties to plant a "royal" kiss on one of his subjects. This scene at the Mardi Gras Bail shows the king and queen of the Krewe of Ethmaclu, flanked by members of the king's and queen's court just prior to the Grand March. Cl|ni Dam iniif:r was i Hen of I to out ft Members of the committee of the Krewe of Ethmaclu and their wives pause a moment In the merrymaking while the photographer snaps a picture of them. Earl LeFeaux and Mrs. W. M. Shupe, Jr. W; Crowned Rulers Over Ethmaclu A!' spon- J. Earl LeFeaux, Plant and Em Hill. Jr.. Mrs. Arthur Ramirez and fon" I ployee Services, and Mrs. W. M. Mrs. Charles R. Hamlin. Judson mg 11: i Shupe. Jr., whose husband is audi Ourso and Kenneth Jones were the tor in Finance, were crowned King king's attendants and Mrs. G. S. mao- Tetra V and Queen Ethyl V. re Roberts and Mrs. Jack Albritton liikir; spectively, at the fifth annual Ethyl served as attendants to the queen. min - Management Club Mardi Gras ball V. M. Fontenot was general at Club Louisiane Feb. 13. chairman of the ball and John Gra- hik.-r anil : One of the most successful, the ziano was captain. Roger Duffard both : ball was attended by approximately served as master of ceremonies. dron < 350 persons. Those selected as king of the [.MM Serving on the king's court were Krewe of Ethmaclu in past years G. S. Roberts. M. H. Marix, Elton were J. W. Marrs, Edward Coxe, foul'd E. Dixon. Jack Albritton, Gust H. Richard McCraine and D. L. lent n Larson and W. B. Grandjean. On Hutchinson. Queens have been Mrs. Cl rk> the queen's court were Mrs. Judson Julian Bennett, Mrs. Robert Percy. ing Approximately 350 Ethyl Management Club members and their wives Ourso, Mrs. Elton E. Dixon, Mrs. Mrs. E. D. Remy and Mrs. John first-I. or dates attended the fifth annual Krewe of Ethmaclu Ball Feb. 13. Kenneth Jones. Mrs. William E. Q. Bass. O'- ETC 25747 ... h. 1953 I March, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 5 ars Colorful Costumes Highlight 1953 ERA Mardi Gras Dance 1 .ri'raux, <>iil from plant a >iilj*cts. liras Ball n of the . .liked by ,<l queen's Grand Colorful costuming was the order of the day at the ERA Mardi Gras Dance Feb. 16. Here Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coxe (Power), portray the pon derous pachyderm. Other popular costumes included comic character imitations, clowns, oriental and Hawaiian outfits and many others. Music was provided by Mickey Schittone and his orchestra. Judges at the ERA Mardi Gras Dance selected four costume winners. Shown here from left are J. B. Alexander, TEL Maintenance, best dressed male; Mrs. Ralph Lord (EtCl Opns.), funniest-dress in the ladies' division; Norma Jean Ulbright, guest, most beautiful lady's costume, and "Buddy" Davis, TEL Operations, funniest male costume. Le, Jr. inaclu ! .Iiiri'2 and .Iiulson j wvro the <>. G. S. : \ M >rit ton iu* queen, general . i. hn Gra- 1 nilTard r... nies. : uf the , ..'i yeai*s ; id Coxe, I D. L. ! Mrs. : -n Percy, I i s. John Here the ladies are lining up for the judges to select the winners. Some Pictured above are some of the ERA members as they file by the of the costumes were hilarious to look at, others beautiful, but through judges' stand. A wide assortment of gay costumes confronted the judges out the evening the festive spirit of Mardi Gras ruled over all. during the march. Want Some Exercise and Fresh Air? Join Explorer and Hiking Club An Explorer and Hiking Club, hiking are in the Spring and Fall sponsored by the ERA, is being and that usually hiking groups try formed with Ed Coxe, Power, head to cover 10-15 miles in a day-long ing up the group. Coxe points out that there are many local areas ideal for extended hiking trips that would be of great interest and pleasure to a group of hikers. He states that hiking can and is frequently an activity for both men and women and also chil hike. Occasionally, overnight trips are scheduled to cover greater dis tances. Persons interested in forming a Explorer and Hiking Club are urged to contact the ERA Office in the near future so the organiza tion can be formed. dren over 12 years of age. Long associated with hiking and explorer organizations, Coxe has found hiking trips to be an excel lent means of getting healthful ex ercise, making new friends an4 see ing some of the beauty of nature The ERA Office reports that there is to be an organi zational meeting of all ERA Softball League managers in the Services Building confer ence room March 4, at 1:30 first-hand. Coxe said that the best times for March ERA Activity Schedule All ERA members are reminded of the regular Center hours which are 2:00-10:30 P.M., Tuesday through Saturday. For use of the Center and for special arrangements for times other than the Club hours, call the Recreation Office, Ext. 308. Your Center provides you with facilities for banquets, meetings, dances, card parties, teen-age parties, wedding receptions, and casual club visitations. MARCH 2 Center Closed 3 Member-sponsored meeting, 7 P.M. Men's Bowling League at B.R. Bowling Center, 5 P.M. Women's Bowling League at B.RBowling Center. 7 P.M. Basketball Playoff begins. 6 P.Mat Harding Feld Gym. 6 Basketball playoffs, Harding Field gym, 6 P.M. 7 Member-sponsored birthday party. 10 Men's Bowling League at B.R. Bowl- ling Center, 5 P.M. Women's Bowling League at B.R- Bowling Center, 5 P.M. Speech Class commences, 7 P.M. Member-sponsored shower. Men's Bowling League at B.R Bowling Center, 5 P.M. Women's Bowling League at B.R. Bowling Center. 7 P.M. 19 Ethyl Management Club Meeting at Center. 6:45 P.M. 23 Speech Class at Center. 24 Men's Bowling League at B.R. Bowl ing Center, 5 P.M. Women's Bowling League at H. K Bowling Center. 7 P.M. 25 Bridge Tournament at Center. 7 PM. 30 Speech Class at Center. 31 Member-sponsored banquet at Cen ter. 7 P.M. Men's Bowling League at B R Bowl ing Center, 5 P.M. Women's Bowling League at B.R. Bowling Center, 7 P.M. ETC 25748 6 THE ANTIKNOCK March. 1953- Mi ----------------------- ^v\ xr V V\ f t These laughing twins are Pat and Mike, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Haley. Haley is an ironworker helper 1/c In TEL Maint. Mrs. Haley is the former Ann Toler of Baton Rouge. Kerry, 5 years old, and Karen Ann, 18 months old, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Kling, Jr. The father is in Finance. Mrs. Kling is the former Edna Mae Martin of Baton Rouge. Announcing New E+hyl Boosters George H. Perry, Power, a daughter. Rebecca Susan, bom Jan. 20. Michel E. Buquoi, EtCI Maint., a son. Robert David, born Jan. 14. Walter Gullrk, Industrial Engineering, a son, Thomas Andrew, horn Dec. 13. Andrew A. Bourgeois Sod. Op., a son, David Julian, born Dec. 26. Donald J. Gh&ppuis Gen'i Eng., a daughter. Nancy Ann. born Jan. 8. Warren O. Hotard. EtCI Op., a daugh ter. Cynthia Ann. born Jan. 3. Thomaft L. Davis, TEL Maint., a son. Michael Wade, born Jan. 23. Jesse K. Walton, Jr., Sod. Op., a son, Ashley Lane, born Jan. 15. Eddie Burks, TEL Labor, a daughter. Nancy Atm, born Jan. 3. L. >J. Lanoux, EtCI Maint.. a son, Jeff rey Joseph, born Jan. 19. Thomas E. Eddards, TEL Maint.. a son, Michale Dale, born Jan. 6. Charles O. Harrison, Sod. Maint.. a son, Charles O., Jr., born Jan. 7. Lester 8. Cohen. Chem. Dev., a daugh ter. Celia Field, born Feb. 2. Freil Dominick, .lr.. EtCI Maint., a daughter. Beverly Sue. born Jan. 30. David Terrell, TEL Labor, a son, Da vid William, born Jan. 23. Emile J. Trovclalr, Jr.. Maint., a daughter, Donna Lea. born Feb. 1. Phil Smith, TEL Labor, a son. George Henry, bom Feb. 2. Alton J. Watts. TEL Maint.. a son, James Benton, born Feb. 4. Leon R. Murphy, TEL Op., a daughter, Sandra Rose, bom Jan. 24. What Makes A Good Job We're told this is a true story of what went on in a discussion with several shop operators. They were arguing this question: "Which would you rather have--a good job with a poor foreman or a poor job with a good foreman?" There was a brisk argument for a few' moments--until one bright fellow popped up with this com ment: "The question doesn't make sense. There's no such thing as a good job with a poor foreman!" The argument stooped right there.--Factory Management and Maintenance, December, 1952) When caution becomes a habit, accidents will be avoided. Jerry, 17, Mira Fay, 15, and Debra Sue, 13 months old, are the chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Lloyd. Lloyd is a mechanical inspector 1/c in TEL Maintenance. His wife is the former Hester Wales of Kentwood. Don B., Jr., 2 years 7 months old, and Susan Elaine, 1 year, 7 months old, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Don B. Holmes. Don, Sr., Ls a machinist 1/c in Ethyl Chloride Maint. Mrs. Holmes is the former Francis Cunningham, Wilson, La. This ph ter of M was tak' play iu i is in I'i' the fori Alexamb { % Emily s Mrs. U tenancr. he ( Peggy Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks. James is a pipefitter helper 1/c in EtCI Maint. Mrs. Brooks is the former Sarah Belt Dunkley of Bachelor. Vicki Diane is the one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Rogers. Rogers is a Sodium opera tor 2/c; Mrs. Rogers is the former Margaret VJcknair of Greenweli Springs. Cheryl Diane, four months old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mikronis. Mrs. Mikronis is a stenographer in Traffic. John Y. Hall, EtCI Op., Ls a grandfather of the baby. Pamelyn Elizabeth, 5 months old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Lee. Lee is a ^ mi Maintenance welder S/c, Mi . Lee Ls the former Evelyn Winstead of Baton Rouge. etc 25749 This \.u\ the I'liir On- nhn' funtih The pit * 38 iear in the F . ri h. 1953 I March 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 7 s 1 i i liililren of .. *. Kling is i r l.nolllhs old, 1.1, 7 months Mr. and jlhm, Sr., is \.\l Chloride { i lit* former jUiKon, I .a. 1 ! '< i -vA \' | rtMtfa i months old, <r. ami Mrs. > .ilium Main* i >. Lee is the .(I of Baton I ; Checker Puzzle of the Month: "S-S-S" By W. B. Grandjean, Process Development r;v. We introduce this month's prob lem with an apology for an error in the solution accompanying our initial effort. Through a proof reading error, an incorrect (though playable) move was given for the third move of the solution. The correct answer to the January problem is as follows: 4-8, 16-12. 15-19 (15-18 here permits WHITE to draw), 12-3, 1-5, 3-10, 5-14, 1017, 13-29, 30-26, 29-25. BLACK wins. Leon Jackson of the De velopment lab pointed this error out to us before the ink was dry on the issue! This month's problem illustrates the idea that a brilliantly drawn game came be as spectacular as a neatly executed win. Paul R. Sem ple of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, is the author of this setting. Mr. Semple is a problem composer of consider able reputation, and has published numerous problems in the various checker periodicals. He is also one of the leading experts of Ohio. This photo of Cathy Jonelle, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Armistead, was taken before she left home to play in her first piano recital. Ed is in Finance. Mrs. Armistead is the former Margaret Deville of Alexandria. Kermit Smith, Jr., seemed to be thinking of the "right" answer when his mother took this photo. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Smith. Mrs. Smith, the former Catherine Alhin of Independence, works in P&ES. Emily Sue, 7, Ina Rae, 9, and Walter, 11, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Carpenter. Walter is electrical inspector in TEL Main tenance. Mrs. Carpenter is the former Ina Lambert of French Settlement. <5Ae Antiknock Alburn n 0 it i; I: 0 1 J * (WHITE) 0 inIt O m H Hf HI 0 n it it HI n It 0 it nitLJitn HI If (BLACK) Can You Recognize These Employees? "S -- s -- S" BLACK tries 19-24, then 32-28 Terms: BLACK to move and gains WHITE a man, as does 18-15 draw in 3 moves! (BLACK is mov if 19-23 is tried; and finally if ing up the board.) BLACK moves 9-13, then WHITE We've titled this problem "S -- replies 18-15, and then 13-17 S -- S" for "Squeezed, Sacrificed loses for BLACK because of the and Saved." This very natural set ting looks impossible for BLACK, as it appears that WHITE'S pow erful king-row and position mobil ity will guarantee an absolute 2-for-l by 27-23; or 6-9 would lose because of the WHITE piece on 15 crowning and returning to pick off the BLACK singles. Now, have we convinced you that BLACK cannot WHITE win. For example, if BLACK goes 6-10, then WHITE obtains a 3-for-2 by 18-14, either jump, 27-23, WHITE wins; if possibly draw? Yet exactly three of the correct BLACK moves will make the draw obvious. Happy hunting! (See Answer on Page 14) This lady, known to most of us at the Plant, was four years old when the above photo was taken at the family residence on 10th Street. The setting was Hot Springs, N. C. The time was 1898. The boy was four years old when this picture was taken. He has been working The picture, by the way was taken for the Company for 34 years, is 38 years ago. One other tip: she is an authority on TEL manufacture, in the P&ES Section. and transferred here in 1937. (See who they are on Page 12) Name Wayne Warren To Research Position T. Wayne Warren, formerly em ployed by the Humble Oil and Re fining Company, has joined the Company as supervisor of research in refinery technology. After graduating from the Uni versity of Texas in chemical engi neering, Mr. Warren spent two years as a naval officer in the Pa cific. Upon his release from active duty he joined Humble's technical service division at Baytown, Tex as. During his employment with Humble, Warren spent 17 months on leave of absence working as an aviation fuels specialist for the Petroleum Administration for De fense in Washington. In his new position in the Re search and Engineering Depart ment, Warren will be responsible for the expansion of Ethyl's re search in the field of fuel tech nology. ETC 25750 L. A. Boudreaux, Jr., is shown making an exacting chemical analysis of the amount of oxygen present in Sodium Plant nitrogen. This test is run as a check upon the daily analyses determined on a "Burrell" apparatus. Senior Lab Assistant E. B. Charlton is inserting a one-ounce sample of salt in a porcelain crucible in a small "oven" that will heat it to about 800 degrees Centigrade. This is the final test on the salt before using it for the manufacture of Sodium. Above, Charlton uses the Karl sthod to make an intermediate test for moistination of the salt before it enters the last dr At this stag** the moisture content is betweefive per cent. l Quality Insurance dl Prod Wilbur H. Paulk, special lab assistant, Ik shown re moving a photographic record from the "Mass Spec trometer." This instrument is used to analyze samples from all gas streams in the Ethyl Chloride area. PRODUCT CONTI u Quality control is the business of three Control Laboratories on the Plant. In all the many integrated steps of our chemical manufacture, the Control Labs are conducting con tinuous tests to assure top quality raw, intermediate and finished products. These insure uniform finished products whether they be BHC, salt cake, tetra ethyl lead, sodium, or chlorine. The separate laboratories--Ethyl Chloride, So dium, and Tetraethyl Lead--perform these tests which assure the consumer that our products meet rigid Ethyl standards. In the Ethyl Chloride Laboratory, under the supervision of S. A, total of plete analyses were ear. Regular checks on raw maf> i eluding sulfuric aciainum chlmiiivated alumina and fhydrogen gn- Chemical productured in Hi* Chloride area inclumride, benzon* chloride, and salt ca The Sodium Conmdcr the su| of George Woest. TUI raw. ink-m and finished produc'ium area. Ruv ucts include barium me, calcium * ! lime, barium carborck salt. Intern chemicals include rsodium slLKftr* In this photograph H. F. Adams, special laboratory assistant of the EtCl Control Lab is running an analysis on Mannheim HC1 acids. He is shown titrating a sample for acidity and chloride content. With safety foremost on the Plant, Special Lab Assistant J. M. Jones has been instructed by Lab Supervisor Merrick Chatelain to make a spot-air analysis of air in the manhole prior to any work being done in that vicin ity. The instruments he Ls operating will detect any foreign elements present and are used regularly as a safety precaution in various areas. Highly accurate wd by Earl M1 special lab assistanhese alloy sair-to see that they mons. Tests arton each alloy cha' charge isn't i until it meets presreations. ETC 25751 -r> I he Karl fclhod to make 'l l<ir moistdnation of the . - (lie last dr| At this stage .nl i.s betwenfive per cent. I A. C. Hebert, lab assistant 1/c, is anal) ring a battery of samples from So dium cells to determine the purity of <.: II bath. This is one of the inter mediate controls in the production of Sodium. Photos taken of the Sodium control labs were in the new quarters to which they recently moved. Special Lab Assistant Adah P. Sturgis of the EtCI Control Lab is operating a "Micro Kjeldahl" and a nitrating appa ratus. This set-up is used for the analysis of BHC in water. As little as one part per million can be determined here. ,nce ell Products Through NTFL LABORATORIES i-*u of S. A. total of 35,000 com. h -vs were rear. >l;.r checks von raw materials inull'iinc acidninum chloride, actii.unina and elhydrogen gases. iiical producttured in the Ethyl area includtoiide, benzene hexa- . and salt cal) >u<lium Contender the supervision a- Woest. Thtll raw, intermediate lied productslium area. Raw prod uct barium efne. calcium chloride, rium carboni^k salt. Intermediate I* include re sodium sludge, chlo- I ine gas, dry air, nitrogen and cell bath. Finished products are sodium and chlorine. Checks on pig lead, ethyl chloride, rectified ethyl chloride, alloy, ethylene dichloride, ethylene dibromide and kerosene are only part of the duties of the TEL Control Lab under the supervision of Merrick Chatelain. Employees there also check tetraethyl lead fluid blends, analyze caustic and keep tab on the condition of circulating oils used in the manu facturing buildings. They also analyze slag, dross and nitrogen. The three control laboratories insure quality control of the raw, intermediate and finished chemicals of the Baton Rouge Plant. This instrument, being operated by lab assistant C. G. Nelson, is used to determine the gamma content ot BHC. Here he is inserting a liquid sample cell into the infra red light path. i. accurate sci ed by Earl Millet, il tali assistant.khese alloy samples j dial they motions. Tests are run |, h alloy chart charge isn't used il meets prescitcations. Vincent Guerclo, special lab assistant, operates a "Burrel," to check quality of nitrogen that is used to "blanket" alloy. Nitrogen must contain no carbon dioxide and a minimum of oxygen before it is okayed for use. G. B. Landry, senior lab assistant, left, is preparing a routine air sample, while J. C. Matherne, lab assistant, takes a final reading of another sample. TEL Control Laboratory Supervisor Merrick J. Chatelain, right, observes the men as they make the tests. The TEL Control Laboratory operates 24 hours a day with three crews of lab assistants to provide the necessary checks, tests and analyses for continuing consistent qualities of raw materials, intermediate products and "Ethyl" Antiknock compound. ETC 25752 10 THE ANTIKNOCK March, 1953 Employee's Grandfather Has 158 Descendants! Edmond Pierre Bourgeois passed 1953 Credit Union Committee Members away Jan. 16 at the age of 85 in the town of Gonzales where he had spent his entire life. The family knew' that he left many descendants, but only after they sat down to strike a total did they realize the number was 158. The elderly Mr. Bourgeois had 15 children. 11 of whom are still alive. He has 63 living grandchil dren. 82 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his widow'. One grandson, Thomas W. Bour Five generations are shown in this geois, is a TEL Maintenance ma picture. Standing, left to right, chinist 1/c in Central Shops. are Mrs. Edmond Bourgeois, her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Pourche, and her granddaughter, Mrs. Edward Members of the 1953 Credit Committee are, left to right: Jack W. Mills, Hazel Traylor, and J. C. Creaghan, chairman. Ruiz, Jr. Her great-granddaughter, Mrs. William Negrotto, who is seated, holds a great-great-grand- daughter, Cynthia Negrotto. Thomas W. Bourgeois Survey Shows-- (Continued from Page 1) categories: very good, OK, of little value, or waste of time. Factors and scores were as fol low's: Monthly calendars at gate Very good--894, OK--958, of little value--225, waste of time--66 Special edition of The Antiknock Very good--810, OK--1023; of lit tle value--204, waste of time-- 47 Individual safety contacts by Foremen Very good--791, OK--887, of little value--225, waste of time--85 Letters from top management Very good -- 561, OK -- 1024, of little value--338, waste of time --111 Five-minute safety meetings Very good--752, OK--808, of little value--240, waste of time--205 Carelessness and thoughtlessness 'e the roots of much misery and iffering. Don't let an accident cut your pay check in half. When Edmond Pierre Bourgeois died Jan. 16 in Gonzales, he left 158 living descendents. One grand son, Thomas W. Bourgeois, is a TEL Maintenance machinist 1/c in Central Shops. Walking in front of a moving car or engine is dangerous at any time, but especially during the sea son of poor footing. George Antolik, P. J. Templet and V. M. Fontenot are members of the 1953 Supervisory Committee. Templet is chairman of the group. Likes Company Military Leave Benefits Dear Editor: employees on military leave do as The January issue of The Anti knock reminded me of the many friends and acquaintances at Ethyl to whom I would personally like to pay my respects at this time of the year. I'm sure that most of the Ethyl I do upon receipt of The Antiknock and for a little while sit and rem inisce--recalling the many Ethyl friends and associates and looking forward to the day of return to our pleasant surroundings and ac quaintances at Ethyl. Plant Chemists on ACS Broadcasts 1 feel it appropriate to include a word of praise for the Ethyl Cor poration itself. Since being away from Ethyl on military leave, I have had the opportunity to com pare Ethyl's military leave policy with that of many other organiza tions, and I have found that Ethyl's policy is very liberal and generous and compares well with the best of such policies. This fact certainly gives those of us who are on mili tary leave a feeling of confidence and security and I feel should give those of you back home that same feeling cf confidence in the Com pany you work for. May the entire year of 1953 bring continued prosperity to both Ethyl and all its employees. Sponsored by the American Chemical Society, a program in which Ethyl employees are taking part is broadcast every Saturday over Radio Sta tion WAFB telling some of the interesting facts of chemistry. Here, from left, are Dr. Phillip West of LSU, and Dr. W. C. Hamilton of Chem ical Development, being interviewed by announcer Charley Arnold dur ing a broadcast. Sincerely, Lt. Col. J. Ivan Martin. Cml C Engineering Agency Army Chemical Center. Md. (Editor's Note: Lt. Col. Martin is m military leave from his position as a chemist in Chemical Develop ment.) Wi (! !' "Cln (p)\ , ! < trail i and and ! Do > tiso jama riiiiai Th. Rato: awful so I. ! musi No til; latino son. vohi< I ish. l > then' more streri arc < not I ard, of R\\ idc no vfor v no I"' to ].) Nir Baton rec*><untit impi* mail* partnHiulr Ail In- Inrii * 1 arc;i In Con;itmmii nial stall.ali\n Sinn :uid i /all. > 011)10 I fit 1.1 a to- Roii'..a "U Sim Loohu :. i Mi, plan I- Tinall [lit, inrhidistuds trail n studiranri I ` TC 25753 Miii'ch. 1953 March. 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 11 mbers ,.U I, \V. Mills, I '..mhers of the onefi+s \ leave do as i Irt* Antiknock si 1 und rem many Ethyl .> and looking of return to iiilings and acI. u lo include a i he Ethyl Core being away til ary leave, I to comv leave policy i her organiza:ut that Ethyl's i and generous with the best fact certainly | jiu are on mili* i of confidence are! should give 1 .me that same i.' in the Com! > ear of 1953 ; -polity to both aployees. i I j.i Martin. j -i mg Agency i .1 Tenter, Md. ! r>,i. Martin is | ../i Jii.s position ' ;untl Develop- Wise City Development Is Result long-range without suitable zoning regulations to provide off-street parking requirements for business Of Study and Long Range Plans and to control location of struc tures affecting present and future (Editor's Note: Thus is the fifth m the series of articles by C. E. "Chuck'' Colvtn on our city-parish government.) Do you lose your temper fighting traffic on the way home from work and end up snapping at the wife and kids around the supper table? Do you actually enjoy the competi tive spoil of trying to out-guess jammed intersections and unpre dictable traffic lights? There is a story that tells why Baton Rouge traffic is in such an awful muddle, what has been done so far to cure it, and what still must be done. No Standards of Construction Unprecedented growth of popu lation and vehicles is the basic rea son. There are now 58,500 motor vehicles in East Baton Rouge Par ish, twice as many as in 1947. But there is only one or two per cent more street capacity. Existing streets were not planned, so they are cut up by offsets. They were not built to any recognized stand ard, so 180 miles (over two-thirds) of Baton Rouge streets are only wide enough for two cars with no room except off the pavement for stopping or parking, and have no foundation under them or curbs to protect the pavement edges. Nothing whatever was done by Baton Rouge itself to solve or even recognize the problem from 1926 until 1945. Virtually every item of improvement to date has been made by the State Highway De partment--Florida Street, Scenic Highway, Nicholson Drive and the Airline. These are the only multi lane traffic arteries in the entire area. Bartholomew Study Is Made In 1945 a City-Parish Planning tively minor variations, came up with the same sort of recommended street pattern for future develop ment. The steps that needed to be taken to develop Baton Rouge properly as a city, according to all this professional study, were these: 1. Expand the city limits to in clude all the city and not just a small down-town business area. On January 1, 1949, the city limits were extended from covering about 5 square miles to include about 30 square miles. 2. Establish a city government for the expanded area, which was also accomplished, effective Jan. 1, 1949. 3. Establish a City-Parish Plan ning Commission to guide, coordi nate and direct development of the entire community in accordance with a plan. This Commission started functioning as an official arm of the City-Parish government Jan. 1, 1949. On June 19, 1950, it formally adopted the Major Street Plan, combining the best features of both Bartholomew and Lochner recommendations. With its adop tion, the local government of Baton Rouge committed itself to this pol icy. Major arteries of the Major Street Plan serve everyone and therefore would be paid for by the entire city while abutting property owners would continue to pay for secondary (or neighborhood) street construction. 4. Establish comprehensive zon ing regulations administered by a Zoning Commission, subject to City Council review. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance became effective Aug. 3, 1950. Among other reasons for zoning is the fact that traffic cannot be intelligently planned traffic conditions. 5. Establish a subdivision ordi nance and good standards of con struction for new street construc tion. The ordinance adopted May 27, 1949, ended the era of willynilly street layout in new subdivi sions, made it possible thereafter to plan for sensible continuity of new streets and provided right-ofway for those new streets before the area was built up. Since the new street standards were adopted, about fifteen miles of 27-foot-wide streets with curbs and gutters and sub-surface drainage and adequate soil-cement foundation have been built. Big Money Is Needed All this spade-work has taken time. The "study" period lasted from 1945 to 1948. The "founda tion-laying" period has been from 1948 through 1952. All the things to lick the traffic problem have been done--up to a point. The "building" period still hasn't started. That is when the big money has to be spent--building the Major Street Plan. Until then, traffic can't move on paper-work and good intentions. Everything is wasted unless the only part the automobile recognizes is actually laid down--wide, continuous con crete. Next month Colvin will tell the cost involved in improving Baton Rouge streets. That's Us, All Eight! In the past 27 years the life of American motor vehicles has more than doubled, according to the New York "Motorist" magazine. Scrap ped cars today average 14 years of age as compared with the 1925 average of 6'/- years. Committee was formed as a com munity service group without for New Sweeper Does Giant Housekeeping Job mal governmental status. It was staffed and supported by represent atives and contributions from the State, City, Parish, School Board, and Chamber of Commerce organi zations. This committee hired an eminent city-planning organization, Harland Bartholomew and Associ ates of St. Louis, to study Baton Rouge, work out and recommend a "Master City-Parish Plan." Simultaneously, the State High way Department and the Federal Public Roads Administration hired an equally capable firm, H. W. Lochner & Company of Chicago, to study and develop a highway plan for Baton Rouge. The Bartholomew study covered all phases of community planning, including traffic, while the Lochner study was limited specifically to traffic. Both of these independent studies were completed during 1947 and 1948 and both, except for rela Pictured above is the new street sweeper purchased last month that is to be used to keep roads on the Plant clean. All roads on the Plant can be swept during two eight-hour shifts. Driver shown here is Willie Kittles. For Sale Portable log and brush saw with 6 h.p. Briggs & Stratton motor and 28" saw; 6.00 x 16 tires and tubes included. $200.00 cash. M D. Stiles. Phone 4-6879. five-foot Westinghoase refrigerator. Good condition. Ideal for camp or apart ment. $40.00. C. J. Clouatre. Phone 7-2894. Eight-foot meat display case practic ally new. Used two years. Will sell cheap. Phone 5-8276. Cundy Bettoney clarinet, perfect con dition. black ebonite, in carrying case. $55.00 cash. Phone 4-6879. Kirby vacuum cleaner with all attach ments including floor polisher. Cost $183. Used only two months. Will sell for $150. J. R. Fowler. Phone: 5-1271. 1930 Ford 2-door sedan; light green. 1936 Ford coupe, good transportation. Call 4-4443. 1831 Fleetllne Chevrolet 2-door triten. green, with power glide transmission and white sidewall tires. Ernest St. Romain, New Roads. 1846 Nash 4-door sedan, two-tone blue. Call 5-7154. Baby bed with waterproof mattress. Good condition. $20. Call 5-9259. Nlne-cublc-foot stainless steel cold drink box. $515. A-l condition. Bernard Freeman, Baker, Route 1. G.E. Dishwasher. Like new. Phone 5-4548. 1948 Kaiser 4-Door Sedan. Inquire at Credit Union Office. Ext. 350. T. V. Lake Model Thompson Hall, 14 feet long, complete with steering wheel, windshield, throttle, and 33 h.p. Evinrude motor, $650. All in first class con dition. Eugene Montgomery. Pride, La. For Lease Corner commercial lot on Plank Road. 40' X 155'. Good business location. Phone 5-8276. Wanted The Baton Rouge Little Theater needs a workable hurdy-gurdy for use in its next production, "Winterset," which opens March 23. We also need a playerpiano for `The Happy Time" which will run the week of May 4. If you know where these might be obtained, please contact Mary Gaines Read. Phone 3-1458 after 4:30 P.M. weekdays and any time Saturday and Sunday. Ride Wanted Want ride or will join oar pool from vicinity of Lee Drive in Southdowns tn and from work on 7:30 to 4:00 shift. Call J. D. Rogers at Ext. 351. (Continued on Page 12) ETC 25754 12 THE ANTIKNOCK March, 1953 Maui. George McCrae and Henry Traweek I Are Advanced to Salaried Positions George Allen McCrae, Mainte He joined the Company June 6, 1944 nance, and Cornelius Henry Tra week, Jr., Chemical Development, were advanced to salaried positions as a mechanical helper 3/c in EtCl Maint. and became a wage roll foreman in Feb of 1952. The McCraes own an 80-acre farm Feb. 1. McCrae became a salaried near Pride. ) foreman in Maintenance; Traweek Cornelius Henry Traweek, Jr, i advanced to the position of assis Traweek. who is 39 years old, is a na tant administrative supervisor in tive of Mnnticello, Miss. He attended I Chemical Development. George Allen McCrae j!` McCrae. 42 years old, is a native of G a 11 m a n Consoli dated High School in Gallman, Miss.. George E. Belle. TEL Labor. Charlie Turner, Jr., EtCl Labor. East Baton Rouge Parish. He attended Deerford High School and had done correspondence stud ies in metal and es timating and draft ing. He and the for Copiah-Lincoln Jun ior College in Sesson, Miss., and Soule Business College in New Oreans. He and the former Camille Montgom ery of Fairfield. Iowa, were married E. T. Rudlson, EtCl Labor. R. L. Grissom, TEL Maint. William Barlow, TEL Maint. H. M. Bagby, Jr., TEL Maint. Joseph T. Sabo, Medical. W. W. Kemp. TEL Maint. J. L. Moniotte, TEL Op. Joe K. Coburn, Security Force. I mer Mattie Delma Phenald of E.B.R. Parish were married Feb. 22, 1934. Their two children are Dolores Aleen, 9. and George Allen, Jr., 8. The McCraes are active members of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church where he is Sunday School superintendent and a deacon. George is also a member of the Pride chapter of the Woodmen of the World. Aug. 28, 1940. Their three children are Cornelius Henry III, 9, Mary Camille, 7, and Elizabeth Ann, 4. Henry joined the Company Feb. 14, 1944 as a lab assistant in Chemical De velopment. In 1946 he became a data clerk--the position he held until his re cent advancement. The Traweeks own their home at 4034 Hyacinth Ave. They are active members of the First Methodist Church. We congratulate the following employees who have received their Service Awards during February. 15 Years William B. Eaatln, TEL Op. James T. Spinks, Sodium Op. L. L. Harmon, Jr,, Sodium Op. Paul D. Favrot, Houston. Jack C. Dawson, TEL Op. B. J. Berteau, TEL Op. Joseph A. Ballard, TEL Op. Gertie T. Watson, Finance. E. L. Thompson, TEL Op. J. C. Parque, TEL Op. Eugene V. Cothern, TEL Maint. Paul Alexander, TEL Maint. Wiley F. Duke, Jr., EtCl Maint. Ross E. Williams, TEL Op. Herbert M. Morgan, TEL Op. / Stanley. j A. P. !` Navy 11 j Rfldd FH A. P. K j -U1 Melvin L. Kyle, Houston. (.I...... i You'd Never Know It, But Here They Are! Bailey G. Jenkins, Prod. Plan. A. J. Rogers, Jr., TEL Op. Visits Dad at Plant 3 c i<> J llenrv ' (See baby pictures on Page 7) 10 Years lo l i` 1 Vlnccti' The four-year-old youngster Is W, Gladys Gilmore is the lady pictured Carl Goode, supervisor in TEL at the early age of four. She has Lee V. Kennard, TEL Maint. James Hollingsworth, TEL Maint. mech `J Ktlna ` Operations. H e started working in the manufac ture of tetraethyl lead when it was an idea being de veloped in a pilot plant. During his sixteen years at the Baton Rouge Plant he has won many friends throughout the Plant. Married 13 years of serv ice that started in the Construc tion Purchasing office. She also worked in the ^ stenographic pool and as secretary ^to William Ross before becoming receptionist in the Old Adminis tration Building. Gladys' husband is John W. Gilmore, a local insur ance agent. M. J. Doughty, TEL Maint. Leo F. Blanke, TEL Maint. J. T. Stephenson, Com. Rel. Harry L. Bridgeman, Chem. Dev. A. L. Charbonnet, TEL Op. Harry P. Lemolne, EtCl Op. Louis Lebeau, Sodium Op. M. I. Strickland, EtCl Op. Andrew A. Hebert, Sodium Op. J. D. Broussard, Sodium Op. R. W. Millet, TEL Maint. R. J. Johnson, TEL Mamt. Louise H. Rachal, P&ES. Lynwood R. Sharon, EtCl Maint. John T. Allen, EtCl Maint. J. E. Worsham, TEL Maint. P. G. Rhorer, Jr., TEL Op. Jake Shaffer, Jr., visited his dad on the Plant while he was home on leave from the Coast Guard recently. Jake, Sr., is a TEL Op PAR'S. -sign. <; Kiln pool, r Eng,, e,- K> l l/c, 'I n Eim.-r.' 1 C t,. J. K. to (?!<<< .Marj. II: Is' > to mill V\ Classifieds-- 5 Years erations assistant general foreman. Mrs. Shaffer is the former Edith I Aci i - del k ` (Continued from Page 11) WU1 Trade G. W. Bourgeois, Gen. Eng. W. V. Cook, Jr., TEL Op. James C. Hebert, EtCl Maint. Nobel of Pride. K. N Ins elk., i Will trade Japanese automatic pistol with belt and holster (like new and suit able for target practice) for child's gym set or good used garage door T X &. Write Lester Langlois, New Roads or Phone 7981. E. E. Almond, EtCl Maint. W. B. Spring, TEL Maint. Virgil L. Smith, TEL Maint. R. J, Richard, TEL Maint. A. J. LeBlanc, TEL Maint. Leo E. Daniel, TEL Maint. The three ages of man--the school tablet, the aspirin tablet and the stone tablet.--Oliver Bea con. \\. I 1 < i.. v . to sh.r Marx rv\ - For Rent I >o\ Storage building In North Baton Rouge, 25 x 40'. Concrete floor, corru Safely Box Score for January l>.<< Clmuj gated iron walls and roof. Phone 3-0043. Very nice rooms for ladles or working Jan.. 1993 Major Injuria* Eipnwi* Hnutl .sin^r Last Major Injury Thru Jan. Day* Slnr l^xt Major Injury Jan.. 1933 Thru. Jan. Major Injurlr* II. 1 A T. l>nu couples. Private baths and floor furnaces Misc. Services ................ ..... None 1.294,017 359 None in each room. See Normand Clark, 657 Office ................................. ..... None 499.341 200 None Boyd Ave. TEL Maint......................... ....... None 281,126 152 None Sn-' i i.il > Near the close of the rabbit sea Sodium Maint.................. ..... None Central Stores ................ ..... None 258.512 193 None 195.664 348 None \ ii: son, Johnny Cunard, Herbert Lott, Shops-Maint........................ ...... None 159.689 99 None Omni { Dan Peacock, "Shorty" Blanchard, Chem & Process Development ....... None 132,723 184 None Hi- n Willard Hanks, and Frank DiBeneAnn Chenault, daughter of Mr. and detto made a succesfu) hunt in the EtCl Op................................ ....... None EtCl Maint.......................... ...... None 108,660 89.360 81 None 66 None -III' Mrs. M. C. Chenault (Power) re Bogue Chitto swamps. TEL Op................................ ........ 1 116,150 25 1 cently married Mr. Gerald Dldier. These members of "B" Group Mrs. Chenault Is the former Be returned from the trip with a bag Sodium Op. ....................... ....... 1 Construction-Mamt......... ...... 1 57,040 14,042 23 None 15 None atrice Carpenter of Gonzales. of 15 rabbits. Total Plant ............. ........ 3 309.414 15 1 ETC 25755 , h. 1953 March, 1953 Bluejacket THE ANTIKNOCK tyemme tyacud Presents Mercerdese Rabb, Power 13 :rJlant ju'd his dad * uus home Guard \ ;i TEL Opi ;il loreman. riner Edith ji man--the li'inn tablet I ' '!n cr Bca- Vy 1 IM5J None ! None None ; None i None None None i None None None None l Stanley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Duplessis, has been in the Navy li/ years. He is stationed at Rodd Field in Corpus Christi, Tex. A. P. is a TEL operator 1/c. -- Up The Ladder -- Coleman S. Hodges, from inside mach. 3'c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Henry W. May, from instr. mech. 2/C to 1/c, TEL Maint. Vincent Tripp, from Sodium Serv. mech. 2/c to 1/c. Edna L Burnett, from typist pool, P&ES, Group I; to steno. Process De sign, Group II. Rita M. Higginbotham, from typist pool, P&ES, Group I; to steno, Gen. Eng., Group JI. Roy H. Bennett, from mach. 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Eugene V. Cothern, from elect, hlpr. 1/c to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. J. K. O'Donnell, from elect, hlpr. 1/c to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Marjorie N. Wilson, from steno. Group II: to file clerk. Group III, Chem. Dev. Betty T. Portwood, from steno. P&ES; to conf. secy., Ind. Eng. X. A. Foster, from Invoice Proc. (Accts. Pay), Group III: to Investment clerk. Group IV. Finance. R. A. Kllng, Jr., from fin. closing & Ins. cont. elk.. Group IV; to asset acct. elk., Group VI, Finance. W. L. Anderson, Jr., from Stores elk. l;c to shift counter elk., TEL Stores. A. G. Bourgeois, from Stores elk. 1/c to shift counter elk., TEL Stores. Mary L. Cavaretta, from steno (Proc. Dev.), Group II; to file elk., (Proc. Dev.). Group III. Dorothy F. Taylor, from typist pool. Group I; to steno, Security Force, Group II. P&ES. T. H. Whitfield, from typist (ship ping). Group I; to steno elk., (spec.). Group II, Finance. Sue P. Brueck, from data elk., (gen eral). Group III; to senior data elk., Group V, Chem. Dev. Virginia S. Chaney, from typ. (pool) Group I; to steno (corres.). Group II. Chem. Dev. W. A. Clark, from steno elk., (photo stat), Group II; to file elk., (Dev.), Group III, Chem. Dev. G. A. Higgins, from Sodium op. 2/c to 1/c. (C.R.). Ward M. Ramlrex, from instr. m ch. 2 c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Balancing the Books Evening Out The Femme Focus camera turns this month to Mercerdese Rabb, stenographer in the Power Group. She is a native of New Roads, the former Mercerdese Callegan, and a graduate of Poydras High School. After graduation from Poydras, Mercerdese attended Spencer Business College in Baton Rouge. On June 26, 1935, she and Archie M. Rabb, Jr., were married. They own their attractive home at 436 Glenmore Ave. For Mercerdese there are few moments during the day not used. Many interests occupy her spare time. She loves clothes and costume jewelry, enjoys tennis and golf. Her service with the Company started Nov. 3,1950, when she was hired as a stenographer in P&ES. Prior to joining the Company she had been employed as a stenographer for the Louisiana State Highway De partment. Hurry B. Theriot, from tank car mech. 2/c to 1/c. EtCl Maint. Jeanne I. Gore, from typ. (pool), P&ES. Group I; to steno (accts. pa.), Group II. Finance. Kathleen M. Walter, from steno (accts. pay). Group II; to pur. order elk., Group III, Purchasing. J. D. Arrington, from EtCl op. 2/c to 1/c. R. C. Boeneke, from EtCl op. 2/c to 1/c. J. I. Stafford, from EtCl op. 2/c to 1 ;c. J. E- Westbrook, from EtCl op. 2/c to l.'C. L .D. Lee, from welder 3'c to 2 c. TEL Maint. F. P. Naquin, from Sodium serv. mech. 2/c to 1 c. R. L. Roshto, from welder 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. W. B. Spring, from mach. 2 c to 1 c, TEL Maint. L. r. Tanguls, Jr., from reel. mech. 3'c to 2/c. TEL Maint. ETC 25756 14 THE ANTIKNOCK March. 1953 i March. 1:>." Pendas' Creative Ability and Skill Capture Prize-Winning Pictures The proof that photography can be more than just "taking pictures" is something that Elliott Pendas, electrician helper 1/c in TEL' Main tenance, has strived for--and at tained--in pursuing his photog raphic hobby during the last three years. In fact, Pendas feels that a pho tographer must have a creative ability, using a camera instead of brush and pallette to achieve his aim. He has done this. Several of his pictures have won prizes in various exhibitions and been accepted for publication in magazines. An outstanding example of his work is the picture of the cat on this page which is titled "Sleepy Scooter." This picture was exhib ited by the Baton Rouge Camera Club, the Louisiana Art Commis sion, published in "Camera" Maga zine and the "Dixie Roto" maga zine section of the Times-Picayune. Photo subjects are everywhere Pendas claims, as can be seen in his photos of an old wagon wheel and a circus performer. He carries his camera with him wherever he goes. An ardent member of the Baton Rouge Camera Club, Pendas is pro gram chairman, responsible for the club's program presented at each Above Is a photo of Pendas pursu ing his favorite off-duty pastimepicture shooting with a Rolleiflex camera. He is an electrician helper 1/c in TEL Maintenance. monthly meeting. He has been a member for two years. Last year the club placed fifth in the nation in the Camera Magazine monthly print contribution awards, having had five pictures published by that magazine, one of which was the "cat" picture. Pendas was employed by Ethyl in 1949. This attractive subject was taken when a circus stopped for a showing In Baton Rouge. It was taken with a Rolleiflex camera and will be exhibited in the Louisiana Art Commission show this year. "Sleepy Scooter" is Pendas' title for this prize-winning photo of a cat. He shot this one from a distance of 29 inches with a 35 millimeter Kine Exacta camera set at f/1.9 at 1/1000 of a second. Registration Law checked and kept free of inaccu racies. This is another Rolleiflex shot by Pendas on an old plantation near Franklin. He used a green filter to bring out highlights. This photo was shown at the camera club and Louisiana Art Commission exhibit -- Answer to Checker Puzzle -- (Puzzle on Page 7) Solution to Checker Problem on Page 7 (reading from left to right): 19-24-A. 32-28-B. 9-14 !! -C. 18-2 -D. 3-7 -E. 28-19 Drawn A. Anything else loses quickly. B. Squeezed! This b the natural play for WHITE and would ap pear to win, but If WHITE tries 18-15, then 24-28 draws easily for BLACK. C. Sacrificed! D. Of course 28-19 would permit BLACK to win by 14-32. E. Saved! Affects Local Voters Louisiana's new permanent reg istration law, passed by the 1952 Legislature, making permanent reistration mandatory in the parishes of Caddo, Orleans and East Baton Rouge and optional for other par ishes, is analyzed in a report by the Public Affairs Research Coun cil. Under this permanent registra tion system as set up by the law, a voter, having once registered, re mains registered for voting unless he changes his voting residence or becomes otherwise disqualified. It is different from the present sys tem which requires citizens to reg ister at regular intervals. It pro vides for permanent rolls and there by allows more time and increased opportunity for the rolls to be Other parishes in addition to the three above which have adopted the new system are Acadia, As sumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bossier, Calcasieu, Claiborne. East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Jef ferson. Jefferson Davis, Natchi toches, Ouachita. St. Charles, St. James, and St. Martin. Under the new system, the Coun cil reports, a voter's registration is cancelled for failure to vote once in four years, or once in two years if the voter is registered as a mem ber of a political party regularly holding primaries. Other tradition al reasons for cancellation of reg istration -- death, removal from parish or state, commitment to an asylum and sentence to the peni tentiary--remain the same. Voting qualifications remain the same as under the old periodic registration system. More M Made .r| H. O. W. i't for 1952, pi Mini ERA increase iEthyl's employ | was highlighlr 1 The annu j I "Dear fellow I \ i "The year ! for tne Eth\! tion. The riiIr by the 21 i'Ic tors and the E.R.A. menibe i gram activities 1 for the past > "Participaii"1 E.R.A. held a decided inrn cilitated 195 ;> members and * ing. There u * square dancindancing instc card parties, meetings. En^r age parties ;*n tivities. "The new . events which > i tablished adi j were populatl-1 indicated by ' pation and ;ip i in member^hcent of the 1 belong to the Some of lb- At tin* ix E.R.A. KpnnBall. Thr ` and mans worn. It i> be an annu-" bers. A new h c Club spoiw with William pion cheek- > nents smm' folded. The E t: \ golf clinic I group mrr-> Golf Club member-'; " < For the sewing <! t eleven cl;*--' These chi Sew ing \t ' Sireet. ;m>l session' pf> so popukn 1 for 1953 For tlv ' and Heel mg monib1'. filling **i'ri me nt S. IM.r `: mdco. wh: time in .bn- During 11 the polio m public swimember' v tickets for I Field por>K Social it c the fall oi prose and 1 dancing. ' taught in ! ETC 25757 ich.1953 4 j . .1 showing i*l will be , I of a cat. iiwter Kine ' uf inaccu.11 ion to the \ adopted ' -radia. As- ..auregard, East jlboria. Jefhs. Natchi| iiailes. St. i i iheCoun imitation is ; \ ole once ;. iwo years as a mem! regularly i r iradition[tion of reg- .val from nuMit to an the peni\no. Voting i:* same as I: egistration i ii i March, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 15 More Members and New Activities Across the Made '52 Successful Year for ERA General ^Manager's H. 0. Wells. Sr., outgoing preident ot the ERA Board of Directors for 1952, points out in the annual ERA report that membership in the ERA increased 11 per cent during the past year and that 75 per cent of >esk Ethyl's employees are now members of the Association. The year 1952 was highlighted by many new activities for members and their families. The annual report submitted by Wells reads as follows: On a cold Feb. 2 thirty years ago a motorist drove into a little service rolls, some went for profits, some went for raw materials, some went "Dear fellow E. R. A. members: station in Dayton, Ohio. He bought for transportation, but all of the "The year 1952 was a big year for the Ethyl Recreation Associa tion. The diligent work put forth by the 21 elected Board of Direc tors and the acceptance by the E.R.A. membership of the new pro gram activities were the highlights for the past year. `'Participation in activities of the E.R.A. held at the Center shows a decided increase. The Center fa cilitated 195 activities with 33,526 members and their friends attend ing. There were dances, banquets, square dancing instructions, social dancing instructions, day camps, card parties, shrimp boils, club meetings, Easter Egg hunts, teen age parties and daily informal ac tivities. "The new activities and special events which were added to the es tablished activities of the E.R.A. were popularly received, which is indicated by the increased partici pation and an 11 per cent increase in membership. Seventy-five per cent of the Ethyl employees now belong to the Association. Some of- the new activities were: At the beginning of the year the E.R.A. sponsored its first Mardi Gras H. O. Wells, Sr. The first annual Christmas Party was staged at the Rex Theater with 2,000 children and parents enjoying movies and an extra special Christmas play, written, directed and cast with Ethyl employees' families. Santa Claus appeared and gifts were given to all the youngsters. The athletic events gained strength with 16 men's bowling teams, 6 wo men's bowling teams, 15 softball teams, 6 volleyball teams, and 11 bas ketball teams. For social activities there were eight Plant-wide dances held and five shrimp boils. For the children there was an Easter egg hunt and boys' day camp. The the first gallon of a new type of gasoline--called "Ethyl" gasoline. That simple act started a new trend in motoring. It was the beginning of the market for premium gaso lines as we now know it. Ethyl Corporation has become a "big" business since that first sale 30 years ago. I intentionally use the word "big" because it has been one of the most abused words of the 20th century. Disgruntled reformers who would change our way of life at tempt to convince the American public that "big" business is bad business. Nothing could be further from the truth. Contributes Millions to Business Let's use Ethyl Corporation as an example. In 30 years it has de veloped into a profitable and ex panding enterprise whose product is sold throughout the world. As a business it has made a profit for the owners; it has furnished good and secure employment for thousands of Americans; it has spent millions of dollars for raw products and operating supplies in Baton Rouge, Houston, New York, San Bernar dino and other points throughout the nation; it has called upon rail money contributed to the advance ment of Mr. and Mrs. American Public. I think that Ethyl is typical of most far-sighted "big" businesses today. They provide high standards of living for their employees, con tribute to the growth and prosper ity of their communities, and indi rectly benefit thousands and thou sands of Americans because they must buy raw products and serv ices to operate. Before we condemn "big" busi ness, we must remember that with out these industrial giants we would revert to the age when there were no factories, no railroads, no telephones, no radios, no automo biles, no refrigerators, in summary --no high standards of living we enjoy today. I ask you, shouldn't "big" business be praised? C. W. Bond, General Manager UGF Thanks Agencies For Generous Gifts John W. Melton, campaign chair man of UGF, sent letters of thanks to the presidents of United Mine Workers, Local 12,900, and the Ball. The dance was well attended and many colorful costumes were worn. It is anticipated that this will be an annual event for E.R.A. mem- \ bers. A newly organized E.R.A. Checker Club sponsored a checker exhibition with William F. Ryan, world's cham pion checker player, playing 10 oppo nents simultaneously while blind folded. The E.R.A. Golf Club sponsored a golf clinic for beginners and obtained group membership to the Westdale Golf Club at reduced rates for its members with 65 taking advantage. For the ladies, E.R.A.-sponsored sewing classes were arranged with eleven classes of eight participating. These classes were held at the Singer Sewing Machine Company, Hurd Street, and were conducted in nine sessions per class. This activity proved so popular that classes were planned girls' day camp, which had been plan ned. was curtailed by the polio epide mic. Two golf tournaments were held at ""the Westdale course and the annual deer hunting contest was another po pular activity. Square dancing instruc tions and bridge tournaments at the Center continued throughout the year. With the election of a new Board and the appointment of new commit tee chairmen, members of the E.R.A. may look forward to a year filled with wholesome recreational activities for themselves and their families. H. O. WELLS. SR., President, 1952 ERA Board of Directors." roads for transportation of its products to all parts of our nation and upon steamship companies for transportation to foreign countries. It has been one of the major in dustries contributing to the rapid growth and development of our own city. Helps Public Advance In summary, Ethyl Corporation, through the sale of a valuable prod uct, has been the source for mil lions of dollars spent in our nation. Some of the money went for pay Ethyl Management Club for their contributions to the recent cam paign. The letters were: Dear Mr. Dipaola: The well over $10,000 in gifts and pledges given by the United Mine Work ers group at Ethyl Corporation to the United Givers Fund is a remarkable ex ample of civic responsibility, and I feel privileged to convey the thanks of the community for your interest in Baton Rouge's health, welfare, and character building organizations. Without the response of groups such as yours, the city's first combined drive would never have succeeded, and I am sure that each of you takes pride in knowing he had a vital part in our splen did success. Let me commend you for your fine citizenship in working for the better ment of our people and our city. for 1953. For the fishing enthusiast, a Rod and Reel Club was organized, meet ing monthly and sponsoring monthly fishing contests, bait casting tourna ments, inaugurating an annual bass rodeo, which was held for the first time in June. 1952. During the summer months, until the polio siege necessitated closing the public swimming pools, the E.R.A. members were given free swimming tickets for the City Park and Harding Field pools. Social dancing classes were begun in the fall of the year designed to im prove and teach fundamental ballroom dancing. Advanced classes will be taught in 1953. New officers for the 1953 ERA Board of Directors were elected recently. They included, from left, Mrs. Almetus Reeder, P&ES, elected secretary; Carlo Polito, General Engineering, president; Marjorie Hunt, Industrial Engineering, treasurer, and Victor Buchman of Et Cl Operations, named vice-president. Dear Mr. Davis: Reviewing the splendid success of the United Givers Fund campaign. I feel it on honor to commend the fine civic showing of the Ethyl Management Club in helping to make the city's first com bined drive a success. If the test of good citizenship is an ac tive participation in community affairs. Ethyl Management Club's concern for the health, welfare, and character build ing organizations of Baton Rouge, as expressed by contributions of almost $14,000, entitles it to first rank among groups having our city's well-being at heart. Please accept the thanks of the com munity for a wonderful job. ETC 25758 16 THE ANTIKNOCK March, 1953 -- DECEASED -- Vol. X\j Ten! i A "Certificate of Esteem and Affection" was presented to Sanford M. Wagner, right, retiring vice-president in charge of Sales, at a regional sales meeting on Feb. 5. With him are Malcolm P. Murdock, left, new Sales vice-president, and Julian J. Frey, assistant vice-president. The certificate carries the signatures of all members of the Sales Department. Vice-President Wagner Retires After Long Company Sales Career Sanford M. Wagner, a director of the Company and vice-president in charge of Sales, retired on Feb. 1 after 27 years of service. Recog nized throughout the Ethyl organi zation for his accomplishments in promoting the sale of "Ethyl" gas oline. Wagner has been succeeded as vice-president by Malcolm P. Murdock, former general sales manager, whose election was an nounced in December. Expanded Western Market The retiring vice-president is es pecially known for his pioneering efforts in expanding the market for "Ethyl" gasoline on the West Coast. Many of his unique ideas have also helped expand and in crease the sale of "Ethyl" fluid to refiners throughout the country. The nine-state Western Region where he built so much business for Ethyl now uses almost a year's production of one TEL building at Baton Rouge. Among the farewell testimonials for Wagner last month was the pre sentation of a scroll, a "Certificate of Esteem and Affection" which was presented to him at a regional sales meeting at Rye, New York, on Feb. 5. It cited his success in "selling `Ethyl' gasoline throughout the land" and was signed by every one in the Sales Department, "wishing him the best of every thing." Started as Field Representative A native of Williamsport, Pa., and a graduate of Rensselaer Poly technic Institute, Wagner joined Ethyl as a field representative in 1926 after ten years with Standard Oil of New Jersey. He became successively manager of the Los Angeles Division of the Sales De partment, Western Area manager. Western Regional manager and finally vice-president in 1950. He will continue as a consultant for the Company and as a member of the Advertising Committee. Courtney Plans to Enjoy Life on Farm Calvin J. Courtney, laundry op erator 1/c, retired March 1. He had joined the Company Aug. 14, 1944 to work in the Laundry. Courtney was born in Livingston Parish Feb. 28, 1888. He and the former Alice Montgomery of Den ham Springs were married in 1920. They have no children. He plans to spend his years of retirement on his 187-acre farm seven miles south of Denham Springs. Courtney is a member of the Oddfellows Lodge and the Denham Springs Post of the American Le gion. He served in the Army field artillery during World War I. Robert N. Foulks Robert N. Foulks and Kenneth L. Armstrong, Sr., both long-serv ice employees at the Baton Rouge Plant, died during February. Foulks, a salaried foreman in Sodium Operations, was fatally in jured in an automobile accident near Plaquemine Friday, Feb. 13. Armstrong passed away at the Baton Rouge General Hospital Feb. 21 after a short illness. Robert N. Foulks Foulks was bom March 3, 1915, at Dyersburg, Tenn. He joined the Company here during Nov. of 1936 to work in Construction. In May of 1939 he transferred to Sodium Operations and on May 1, 1945, became a salaried foreman. He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Chustz of New Roads, his mother--Mrs. Irvin Foulks, two sons--Billy and Bob by, and a daughter--Cheryl. The body rested at the Rabenhorst Funeral Home. Religious rites were held at St. Gerard Cath olic Church. Burial was at Roselawn Memorial Park, Feb. 16. Kenneth L. Armstrong, Sr. Armstrong was born in Wilm ington, Del., Nov. 15, 1893. He was hired by the Company Sept. 6,1929 at Wilmington, Del. In July of 1937 he transferred to Baton Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Form 3547 Requested K. L. Armstrong, Sr. Rouge, and at the time of his death he was supervisor of shipping in Production Planning. Armstrong is survived by his wife--the former Delma Harglas, two sons--Kenneth L., Jr., and Gray P. of Baton Rouge; one daughter--Mrs. Richard Gregory of New Mexico, and three sisters. Services were held at the Rabenhorst Funeral Home with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Art Stover, Mike Voorhies, E. M. Stubblefield, M. K. Hardy, R. M. Vargo, and Joseph Harris. 'Dimes' Benefit Dance By H. E. Samson, Sodium "B" Group Reporter The "B" Group Party Club gave a March of Dimes benefit dance at the ERA Center Jan. 30. Approxi mately 275 people attended the gala affair and danced to the music of Buddy Boudreaux's orchestra. Club Treasurer Carlo Bonura presented a check in the amount of $217.00 to Mrs. Robert Rosenthal, chairman of the East Baton Rouge Parish March of Dimes Drive. H. E. Sampson is chairman of the Party Club; Martin Phelps is secretary. Sec. 34.66 P. L. ft B. V. S. Pootage PAID Baton Rouge, La. Permit No. 363 r \ Roy N. ( i Manager. Annur The ! \ will be si er eggs 0*. sters of Fit on Satin i1 P. M,, uh." makes its . Associating Three V Hunt < TEL Main' would In areas for M a special [ giving f..i one throin.' ter. Eggs u i1 sters from eight thini in three bring in >; childivn u 1 us bonan/:Free <>|. to evenim plovers n children nn ded. A in up in the i haps. A sitnilr-. the chililn Southn April 4. ai their hum Labor. ETC 25759 Much. 1953 I Temporary Management Reassignments Made Bond Attending Harvard Course; *'i *\ Clothier Acting General Manager A Management Training Program, started March 1, gives tempor ary reassignments to many members of Baton Rouge and Houston super vision. hu, Sr. . >f his death ; flipping in ; The program, announced by Vice President J. H. Schaefer, will be of four months duration. Reassignments were made for the March-April period, and the May-June period. "The program will help develop the abilities of each director to han iwd by his ii i u't Harglas, dle higher level responsibilities," Schaefer stated. "It will also result in reducing the load of top management, which will then have more time < l... Jr., and i j Kouge; one ; ...1(1 Gregory iliree sisters. ! ii ihe Raben- Roy N. Clothier, Acting General G. O. Hayes, Acting Plant Manager, : iili burial in i Manager. Baton Rouge. for analyzing overall problems af fecting both the Department and the Company, and for improving supervision and leadership in these executive positions." , '.irk. Art Stover, . Stubblefield, Vargo, and i | ! [ .it Dance i.nstm, .p Reporter ty Club gave in-lit dance at :;ti. Approxia It ended the .1 to the music orchestra. .\rlo Bonura iin- amount of . rt Rosenthal, !. Baton Rouge Drive. j rhairman of 111 in Phelps is |---------- `r } V. U ft B. i l'u1a(e \ I 1> Koiige, La. ' ,t So. 362 Annual Easter Egg Hunt Will Be Staged at Harding Field April 4 The Harding Field landscape will be sown with 450 dozen East er eggs for the sharp-eyed young sters of Ethyl employees to "reap" on Saturday, April 4, at 3:15 P. M., when the Easter bunny again makes its annual Ethyl Recreation Association visit. Three Hunt Groups Planned Hunt Chairman L. C. Burks, TEL Maintenance, stated that there would be three widely-separated areas for different age groups, with a special program of fun and egg giving for the tattlers from ages one through four in the ERA Cen ter. Eggs will be hidden for young sters from ages five through seven, eight through eleven and age 12 up in three areas. Gilded eggs will bring in special prizes to the lucky children who find these special bon us bonanzas. Free cold drinks will be available to everyone who attends and em ployees are urged to bring their children out for the fun, Burks ad ded. A first-aid room will be set up in the Center in case of any mis haps. A similar hunt will be held for the children of Ethyl laborers at Southern University Saturday, April 4, at 10 A.M. Chairman of their hunt is John Hickman, TEL Labor. Plantwide Picnic To Be Held in May The picnic dates have been set. White employees will hold their an nual gathering May 9. The picnic for the labor group is set for May 16. When you and approximately eight thousand other people attend the annual picnic, do you stop to think of the planning that made it possible? H. W. Wheeler, Acting Assistant Director of Industrial Relations, Baton Rouge and Houston. Hewitt Gomez, general chairman for the May 9 picnic, began ar rangements three weeks ago. Ap pointments include Hardye Wells, Jr., as assistant general chairman. Elmo Rogers, Willie Dipaola, L. M. Davis, and Carlo Polito are serving as vice-chairmen. George McKenney is in charge of food and drinks; Victor Buchmann heads entertainment; Tom Stephenson and J. B. LeRay are in charge of publicity. H. Ross Warnock heads the faci lities committee; Donald Kirk is in charge of the program. Ollen Clay heads first aid. Richard Ferchaud is in charge of finance. Why docs it take so long to plan a picnic? Here are a few of the (Continued on Page 11) T. M. Smylie, Acting Assistant to the General Manager. Third Ethyl Man to Attend During the four-month period General Manager C. W. Bond will be attending the Advanced Man agement Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Ad ministration and will be absent un til July 1. Bond is the third Ethyl man to participate in the advanced man agement program at Harvard. Last year George Kirby, Chemical Re search and Development Director, and Harold Beatty, Director of Re search Planning, completed the course, open to only 150 business executives in each session. March-April Reassignments Reassignments for March and April are as follows: Acting General Manager, Roy N. Clothier; Acting Assistant to the General Manager, T. M. Smylie; Acting Plant Manager, Baton Rouge, G. O. Hayes; Acting Assist ant Director of Industrial Relation? covering Baton Rouge and Hous ton, H. W. Wheeler. During Wheeler's assignment, which will last for four months, he will be responsible to Industrial Re lations Director W. J. Henry for further development and coordina tion of many existing and projected programs. Among these are the Manufacturing Department's ex ecutive development program, sug gestion award plan, safety program and recreational programs. Baton Rouge Assignments Acting Manager of Operations. H. W. Hobgood; Acting Manager of (Continued on Page 3) I ETC 25760 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL iciE SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL i EDITORS EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. .Editor April, 1953 Av 1 f\ I And Don't Worry About How They're Biting! i i Is spring fever getting the best of you? Has the outdoors sent its ultimatum, demanding your presence? Then it's time to go fishing. I If you haven't tried it you'll be surprised what wonderful relaxation and fun it is; if you have, you need no further convincing because you i have already tasted of the satisfying relaxation and pleasure that such a i jaunt gives. 1 And fishing can be what you want to make of it. You can spend a small fortune on a wide assortment of bait, tackle, boats and motors, fly rods, casting rods, spinning rods, and other paraphernalia, or you H. W. Manager ton Routii can limit your outlay to one cane pole, a hook, line, and sinker. Catches 5% Salute to Our Craftsmen --average about the same with either type of equipment, according t* "authorities" from both sides of this ever-present fishing question. It's true that you don't "catch the limit" on every trip. On some trips you may not catch enough fish to be worth the trouble of carrying home. Plant Welders But you fish all day anyhow, and enjoy it--confident each time you put bait in the water that a "real big one won't pass it up this time." Best of all, you relax, forget your troubles, and commune with nature. The day after a fishing trip, you go to work with more confidence, more vim, and more determination than before. Mana- I C<>r Maintcnc struction Superintr M. Gitl; TEL An intenricm Oliver to stitutcd tion); S c5e/j ^Years f7lgo on the Slant Chloride tinuing r sponsiliiL Many Ethyl chemists had been actively engaged in instructing U. S. Coast Guardsmen in gas warfare. Among them were Dr. G. W. Beste, Henry H. Wall, George Rieger, Luke Governale, James H. Huguet, Robert Herzog, Dr. Frank L. Padgitt, Dr. Clarence M. Neher, Clarence C. Harvey, Jr., and Dr. Julian Dorsky. Two Maintenance men, Roy A. Knight and John B. Alexander, stationed on the same island, meet in Pacific battle zone. Letters from men in military service were received from J. G. Barbre, L. T. Swann, George E. Trout, Harold R. Woest, Octave J. Braud, J. Thad Bridges, and R. S. Chariton. John H. Schaefer, who had been General Manager of the Manufac turing Department of Ethyl Corp oration for more than fifteen years, was named Vice President of the Corporation on March 22, accord ing to an announcement by Mr. E. W. Webb, President. Employees helped produce a Chemical Warfare Show, staged on Friday, March 12, in cooperation with the Civilian Defense Council of Baton Rouge. These employees were August P. Kugler, heading Air Raid Wardens, and John Grazlano, in charge of the Rescue Unit. Horace W. McNeal, welder 1/c, TEL Maintenance, is featured above working at his craft. The art of joining metals by fusion or the cutting of metal by the use of oxygen and acetylene gas is performed by the welding craft on the Plant. They perform all types of welding for the Plant Maintenance and Ethyl Construction forces such as welding of pipes, tanks, vessels, struc tures and various other pieces of equipment as required. The welding performed is normally done by two methods: one being the electric arc welding where fusion is accomplished by the means of an electric arc between the electrode and the object being welded; and the other method is by means of an oxygen-acetylene gas mixture produc ing a flame hot enough to melt the metal being welded. Acting Agriculi" (BHC. I During will ho ments rrr j M:i> Reassi or second Trainin'.: ' ing rest"- Acting ArmsM-on General Rouge an Technic.il ton Roi' Smylie. Phn* .'! N. Cfolhi. Houston, ager ol < L. G. Cl' I Maintcn.c I si met ion. Act in : tennncc. r son; A( 'v ium Ao n Coy; Aftir Aren. IT'r Acting > Chloride ' Hohgond A e t i i; : i Agriculh" H. H. Wni Acting tions. Hol ing As* i ' Operation* ETC 25761 ' |<iil, 1953 April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 lured above 1 the cutting iucd by the i ciiance and ssels, struc- >: one being means of an jw-d; and the jure produc- H. W. Hobgood, Acting Manager of Operations, Ba ton Rouge. M. C. Hudgins, Acting Man ager of Maintenance and On-Plant Construction, Ba ton Rouge. J. M. GiU, Acting Supt. of Maintenance, Baton Rouge. Robert Edgar, Acting Supt. of TEL Area, Baton Rouge. H. H. Wall, Acting Special Supervisor of Agricultural Chemicals Operations. Management Changes (continued from Page 1) Company to Issue Maintenance and On-Plant Con struction, M. C. Hudgins; Acting Superintendent of Maintenance, J. M. Gill; Acting Superintendent of TEL Area, Robert Edgar; Super intendent of Sodium Area, L. G. Oliver (continuing in regular con stituted responsibilities of posi tion); Superintendent of Ethyl Chloride Area, F. A. McCoy (con tinuing in regular constituted re sponsibilities of position). Acting Special Supervisor of Agricultural Chemicals Operations (BHC, Lindane, TCB) H. H. Wall. During March and April there will be no temporary reassign ments in the Houston organization. May-June Rassignments Reassignments for the May-June or second phase of the Management Training Program give the follow ing responsibilities: Acting General Manager, W. F. Armstrong; Acting Assistant to the General Manager covering Baton Rouge and Houston, G. O. Hayes; Technical Coordinator covering Ba ton Rouge and Houston, T. M. Smylie. Plant Manager, Baton Rouge, R. N. Clothier; Acting Plant Manager, Houston, J. J. Bergin; Acting Man ager of Operations, Baton Rouge, L. G. Cliver; Acting Manager of Maintenance and On-Plant Con struction, Baton Rouge, J. M. Gill. Acting Superintendent of Main tenance. Baton Rouge, G. H. Lar son; Acting Superintendent of Sod ium Area, Baton Rouge, F. A. Mc Coy; Acting Superintendent of TEL Area, Baton Rouge, Robert Edgar; Acting Superintendent of Ethyl Chloride Area, Baton Rouge, H. W. Hobgood. Acting Special Supervisor of Agricultural Chemicals Operations, H. H. Wall. Acting Superintendent of Opera tions, Houston, J. C. Klock; Act ing Assistant Superintendent of Operations, Houston, J. F. Kobler; * ypsz I lofalAccideitfe.?800 lofal filled......6^ B. E. Aldridge, TEL Maintenance, and CoL Chester B. Owen, director of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, are shown following Owen's March 20 talk here. He spoke to riggers, garage men, mechanics, and anode shop employees. Aldridge helped arrange the meeting. Public Safety Director Addresses Ethyl Employees on Highway Safety Approximately 200 drivers' li censes are revoked monthly in Louisiana because of the lack of interest shown by individuals in submitting accident report forms in cases of wrecks, according to Col. Chester B. Owen, director of the Louisiana Department of Pub lic Safety. Colonel Owen spoke to a group of Maintenance employees includ ing riggers, garage men, mechanics and employees in the anode shops at a safety meeting on March 20 in the Safety Conference Room. He stressed highway safety, the new driver's responsibility law and water safety in his talk to the group. He explained many points Acting Superintendent of Mainten ance, Houston, M. C. Hudgins. Acting Chief Supervisor, EtC! Area, Houston, Harry F. Royal; Acting Chief Supervisor, Sodium Area, Houston, N. R. Hart; Acting Chief Supervisor, TEL Area, Houston, L. L. Davis; Acting Assistant Chief Supervisor, Sodium Area, Houston, L. L. Reynolds. on whose responsibility it is to sub mit the accident report form to the Department of Public Safety. He emphasized, however, that the department is not the agency to decide the right or wrong or who is to pay the damages. The Safety Office, Adminis tration Building, has copies of the Accident Report form for employees who need them. Speaking on safety in water, Owen stated that the department is making an all-out effort to make the inland waterways safer for sportsmen and fishermen. He said that about 100 lives are lost each year because of drowning and that carelessness is the main factor causing people to lose their lives and endanger others. The safety talk by Owen was arranged for by B. E. Aldridge and Harold Young, both of Main tenance. Accompanying Colonel Owen was Jerry Bennett, safety instructor for the Department of Public Safety. New City Map Ethyl's Baton Rouge City Map which has received wide praise, is being revised and improved and 50,000 copies will be available for distribution within the next two or three months. The new map is being developed for free distribu tion as a public service by the Company. It will show streets in most of the newer subdivisions and outlying areas including Broadmoor, East Broadmoor, Castlewood, Red Oaks and Sunny Brooks Farms to the east of the city. New Subdivisions Shown Areas to the north will include Harding Heights, Brown Fields, Kleinpeter Place, Gibbons Place and all streets up to the city limits of Baker. The westerly portion of the new map will include Port Allen and will show subdivisions and streets as far south as Staring Lane on Highland Road. Inniswold to the southeast will also be included as will new and proposed streets. The street index guide will be printed on the face of the map for easy reference and for the con venience of those who wish to mount it. Heads Requests to Chamber The reverse side of the map will feature an outline map showing Baton Rouge in relation to neigh boring towns in the city's trade area. An artist's sketch indicating the outstanding points of interest to tourists will also appear on the reverse side of the map as well as a listing of facts about Baton Rouge. Chamber of Commerce officials said that the previously printed Ethyl map has been the most popular item of literature distri buted either through local request or mail. Approximately 50,000 maps were distributed by Ethyl Corporation and the Chamber dur ing the past three years. ETC 25762 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK April, 1953 I Ajil > Cafeteria Supervisor George McKenney, Dick Brown of Madison Parish, and Acting Plant Manager G. O. Hayes are shown with the Hereford the Company bought from Brown at 47 cents per pound. The Ethyl Management Club paid Bobby Thigpen of Bossier Parish 42 cents per pound for his Angus calf. Shown in the photo, left to right, are L. M. Davis, president of the club, Thigpen, and F. M. Porch, who heads the Management Club's Civic Affairs Committee. Company and Management Club Buy Livestock at 18th Annual LSU Show The Company and Ethyl Management Club gave their support to the annual sale of Junior live stock at the 18th Annual Live stock Show at L.S.U. On auction day, March 13, George McKenney made purchases for both the Company and the EMC. Present for the buying were Acting Plant Manager, Glenn O. Hayes, EMC President L. M. Davis, and F. M. Porch, chairman of the club's Civic Affairs Committee. The Company bought a 994pound Hereford at 47 cents per pound from Dick Brown of Madi son Parish and a 165-pound hog at 31 cents a pound from Ronnie Hampton of Caddo Parish. The Ethyl Management Club bought an Angus calf from Bobby Thigpen of Bossier Parish. The ani mal, which weighed 912 pounds, brought 42 cents per pound. 'The cafeteria will serve the beef and pork after it has been properly aged," McKenney said. "Employ ees will be notified when the meat is to be served." The Ethyl Management Club will serve its beef at one of the regular monthly meetings. Plant Labor Groups Hear Angola Director Speak at Safety Meeting George McKenney is shown with Ronnie Hampton of Caddo Parish and the hog that the Company bought in support of the Livestock Show. Hampton got 31 cents per pound for the animaL Prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitiary at Angola are not going to be coddled but new improve ments now being made are design ed to treat these prisoners as men while they were serving their debt to society, Reed Cozart, assistant director of the Louisiana Depart ment of Institutions said in a talk on the Plant on March 13. Cozart spoke to approximately 200 members of the TEL and EtCl Labor groups in the Cafeteria. A law graduate of the University of Texas, Cozart came to Louisiana last year after wide experience in prison work including three years as associate warden at the U. S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., and years as head of the Fed eral Correction Institute at Seagoville, Texas. Cozart told the employees that the state owed inmates a decent place to live and work while they paid their debt to society and that a great deal of effort was being made to make improvements at Angola. There will be no coddling, however, he stated, in explaining the improvements. "Some people seem to think that Angola is being made into a country club, but this is far from being true," he stated. "In a country club you have a waiting list to get in whereas at Angola we have a waiting list to get out." The well-known prison official said that in this country we have a tendency to condemn a man for ever for his crime while in Scan dinavian countries the idea is that it is society's responsibility to help "rehabilitate and return a man to the brotherhood of man instead of condemning him forever. Reed Cozart, assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Institu tions, told 200 Ethyl Chloride and TEL laborers about improvements being made at Angola. He pointed out the prisoners were not being cod dled, however. Cozart was on the Plant March 13. Xlnrfn Four-cyel motor. (: W. Mo., k erly Dri\ 1947 ! Radio. u:> New tin:, condition 19S9 l>< tires. R. Shupe nt I'sed w with ole in exccll> portable 5-7612. Comirlrt bath h"r struction storage Ing mnH' Workman the a\et ;> one-halt 1 Shopping ' ft. lot Phone Tu.-r1\ Set. Tjo Chnnri'l Phone 3-> I>|\ atni range, dition. I One tic" oiitlMianl M. DerU One-a- r $375. I Ms Dnnliliconditioo $10. JlKt I' SK-Icmo Refrigei Ward : both. ViHciit. Highu:.. Monla\ Phone I'. The I. the Snc-'ir nnclamt' ' the foil"pair pt <-~ ti-I car ' one nail"- Failm into the ing then ETC 25763 ; \|iril, 1953 April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK tf-ewune tf-OCMsi Presents Page 5 i`:irLsli 42 right, are n ho heads I'arLsh and lock Show. i. <) Institui iM owinents fi bring i*od- I For Sale Nineteen-Inch reel type power mower. Four-cycle Briggs & Stratton M h. p. motor. Good condition. $50.00. See J. W. Moak after 3:30 P.M at 1057 Waverly Drive. 1947 Dodge 4-door Custom Sedan. Radio, underseat heater. Low mileage. New ring job in Dec., 1952. In good condition. Phone: 2-1210. 19S9 DeSoto Coupe. Good motor and tires. Reasonably priced. Call W. M. Shupe at 5-7612. Used wringer-type washing machine with electric pump. Two years old. In excellent condition. Set of table-top portable tubs. Call W. M. Shupe at 5-7612. Completely furnished three-room and bath home, masonry and frame con struction. Big double garage with large storage area and connection for wash ing machine. Solid concrete driveway. Workmanship and material far above the average. This excellent home is only one-half block from Rex Theater and Shopping Center. On well graded 60x132 ft. lot. 3514 Clayton Drive. $6,000. Phone: 5-5846. Twenty-one Inch Zenith Table Model Set, $320 including antenna, UHF 28 Channel strip. Cost $404. Sterling Busse, Phone 3-8726 or 2-6360. Divided table-top four-burner gas range. Not chipped. In perfect con dition. Phone 7-3322. One and one-fourth h. p. Waterwlteh outboard motor. Condition fair. $20. L. M. Decker. Phone 3-8352. One-acre plot on bank of Amite River. $375. Phone 3-7629. Double-deck metal bunk bed. Good condition. Complete with mattresses. $10. Justin Ourso, Phone 3-5009. Six-foot Montgomery Ward (1951) Refrigerator; four-burner Montgomery Ward gas apartment stove. $160 for both. Call Paul Smith at 4-1387. Rider Wanted Vicinity of Denham Springa-Hammond Highway intersection. 7:30-4:00 Shift, Monday through Friday. John Copes, Phone Denham Springs, 2T75. As an employee in the Personnel Office, Jane Kalivoda Is well suited to her task, because to her people are more important than anything else and she enjoys working with them. And her work with people doesn't stop at the Plant either, as she and her husband, Nick, enjoy nothing more than entertaining students from LSU who have no home here. (In the photo above Jane is shown with Nguyen Hun Tung of Hanoi, Vietnam, and Soin Kayo, Okinawa, both sophomores in agriculture at LSU). The Kalivodas live in an apartment in the shadows of the University where Nick is employed in the Public Relations department, and also busy working on his master's degree. This month's "Femme Focus" is a native of Macon, Ga. She moved to Stearns, Ky., where she graduated from high school. Following this Jane attended two years' college in Dallas, Tex., and spent four months in a Dallas business school. After moving to Baton Rouge Jane was employed as a secretary, first at the First Presbyterian Church then by a local wholesale grocer. She was employed by Ethyl April 14 of last year. When their other activities permit them time Nick and Jane enjoy volley ball, tennis or swimming and riding. They also attend some of the collegiate games as spectators. In the house Jane particularly enjoys sewing and baking. Found The Lost and Found Department in the Security Office has several items of unclaimed personal property including the following: Cigarette lighters, one pair prescription glasses, one ring, one set car keys, two rosaries, one medal, one earbob. Failure is like drowning: falling, into the water isn't fatal, but stay ing there is. Har+sfleld Moves; Many Posts Vacant When W. T. "Duke" Hartsfield, supervisor of Service Buildings, moved from Zachary to Baton Rouge recently he created pro blems for a great many organiza tions. Active in many civic organi zations, his move required that his place be filled in organizations ranging from recreation to the town council. Here are the major activities Duke had to give up when he moved: Alderman, Town of Zachary Scoutmaster, Troop 72 President, Zachary Recreation Committee Director of Civil Defense, Town of Zachary Zachary Volunteer Fire Depart ment Duke Athletic Club (This was softball team of youngsters uni formed and equipped by Harts field.) There were careless drivers in the horse-and-buggy days, but the horses had sense. i i ETC 25164 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK April, 1953 April l Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Wilson are the parents of these four children. From left they are: Larry, age six; Billy and Bobby who are twins, 11, and Shirley Ann, age 15. Mrs. Wilson Is the former Dorothy Lloyd of Brookhaven, Miss. Wilson is an operator first class in Ethyl Chloride Operations. Floy Dean Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Smith, starred in the role of Annie in the recent production of "Annie Get Your Gun" at Baton Rouge High School. The play, the first musical of its type ever staged locally by a high school, played for two nights to en thusiastic audiences. Floy Dean is serving as presi dent of the Beta Club, an honor society at Baton Rouge High School, and as a member of the Executive Council she is in charge of social functions. She sings at various civic functions and is active in the Teen-Town Rally program. She has been picked as a school beauty by Robert Powers for the past two years. Floy Dean's father, F. L., is su pervisor of Ethyl Chloride Mainte nance. Mrs. Smith is the former Lorean Calhoun of Henrietta, Okla. Burge on NIRA Panel Ben Burge will serve as a panel member at a one day work shop on employee recreation in Birming ham April 10. The meeting is being sponsored by Associated Industries of Alabama and the Alabama Rec reation Society in cooperation with the National Industrial Recreation Association. Mercerdese Rabb Is Sorority Sweetheart Mercerdese Rabb, steno in Pow er group, was recently named "Sweetheart of Beta Sigma Phi," Baton Rouge chapter, of which she is a member. She was in compe tition with five other candidates from other chapters in the city. At the state convention of the sorority, which is to be held in Baton Rouge April 11, she will vie with other contestants from over the State for the Louisiana title. Beta Sigma Phi is a business wom en's sorority. Mercerdese was selected for Femme Focus in the last issue of The Antiknock. Catherine is the 14-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Polito. Sam is an insulator 1/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Polito was the former Catherine Barbato of Baton Rouge. Cynthia Ethel, 3, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Head. Irvin is in Power; Mrs. Head is the for mer Lucille Weimer of Baton Rouge. Four Generations--Seven Ethyl Employees Anne E+h- Isi hsmi \ ter. Mel.ini- George A. ter, Folii n . Kennon II ter, Helen 1 Henry -I. Cliarle--, hoi. Berlin >1. ' ter, R.ohor(.. Samuel I daughter I 10. Elton .!, r Rodney Jo*.- Uont\ \ daughter Roy T. ` Rich.ml I'.' Rodgers Paul Gem*. .Failles til ter. Dni'oih' LmiK V. ter. Chi i-1 : Eriink K daughter, freight***. son. Jam- - Murpln son, DtiiiL'l K. L. r*. George W born Mai I [I Four generations were present when this photograph was taken last nionth. At the left is Mrs. C. H. Golson, whose husband Ls employed in the Laundry, Mrs. H. O. Dickerson, second from left, is the mother of Mrs. Golson. Sirs. Dickerson has five sons employed at the Baton Rouge Plant--W. H. in Security, L. T. and Tommy in TEL Operations; Howard in Sodium Operations, and M. O. in EtCl Operations. At right is Sirs. Leroy Fortenberry whose husband works in EtCl Operations. Mrs. Fortenberry, the daughter of Mrs. Golson, holds Mittle Sue. When the Desk & Derrick Club presented its second annual style show Feb. 27 at Mike & Tony's Cypress Room, three Ethyl employees modeled late creations. Shown above, left to right, as they modeled in the show are Jeanne Gore, Mary Alice Gooch, and Mary Bonnett. ! Mary Eli the ilaugh N. WisilMrs. Mis McGuire prior to h ETC 25765 April, 1953 April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 i . -nlil (laugh;un Polito. i . in TEL I hr former tloii Rouge. j J ! ! | Mir daughter ji llrad. Inin .3 i> the fori of Baton Show John Patrick, 13, Mary Beth, 5, Kathryn Lee, 10, and Rhonda Ann, 3, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gautreau. Harvey is in TEL Stores; Mrs. Gautreau is the former Emily Lallande of Jeanerette. Announcing New Ethyl Boosters Jackson A. Kidder, Finance, a daugh ter, Melanie Elizabeth, born March 8. George A. Daniel, EtCl Op., a daugh ter. Felica Ann. born Feb. 28. Kennon ffurst, EtCl Maint., a daugh ter, Helen Darline, born March 11. Henry .1. Solar, Power, a son, Randy Charles, born March 4. Berlin M. Mock. TEL Maint., a daugh ter. Rebecca Ann. born Feb. 25. Samuel L. Delaune. Sodium Op., a daughter. Doris Laverne, born March 10. Elton J. Braud. Sodium Maint.. a son, Rodney Joseph, born March 4. Wordy A. Normand, Sodium Op, a daughter, Mary Louise, born March 7. Roy T. Arbour, EtCl Maint., a son, Richard Ear), born March 6. Rodgers G. Hebert, Maint., a son, Paul George, born Feb. 19. James Brooks, EtCl Maint., a daugh ter. Dorothy Jean, born Feb. 20. Louis N. Perroux, EtCl Op., a daugh ter, Christine Marie, born Feb. 22. Frank K. Taylor, Security Force, a daughter, Sharon Marie, bom March 5. Creighton C. Smith, EtCl Stores, a son, James Edward, born Feb. 6. Murphy E. Richardson, TEL Op., a son, Douglas Jean, born Feb. 7. R. L. Hudson, Chem. Dev., twins, George Warner, and Martha Warner, born March 2. Bruce A. Jarreau, TEL Maint., a daughter, Barbara Lane, born Feb. 5. Coy P. Smith, TEL Op., a son, Coy P., Jr., born Feb. 23. Dorian F. Lavender, TEL Op., a daughter, Corliss Lucille, born Feb. 6. John P. Brashears, Jr., TEL Lab., a son, John P.. Ill, born Feb. 7. Charles D. Griffin, Sodium Op., a son, Alvin Samuel, born Feb. 5. Annual Scout Circus To Be Staged May 2 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts all over this area always look forward to the Annual Scout'Circus as one of the highlights of the year's ac tivities. The 1953 circus will be held on May 2 at the LSU coli seum. As usual many Ethyl families will participate in this activity, the adults as Scout leaders and their sons as actors in the big show. Among the Ethyl men who have accepted responsibility for major phases of the circus are Dan Read --first aid, fire prevention, and general safety; Alan (Scoop) Bar ton--Cub Scout event director; Mel Hudgins, Harry L. Butler, Jim Vernon, John Furr, and Ray Metternich--arrangements committee. Billy Langhehn, 3, and his brother Mark, 1, are the grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Pat H. Berry. Pat is an outside machinist in Maintenance. The children live in Honolulu, Hawaii. Donna Marie, l1/*, Linda, 6, and Kenneth, Sy2, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Andermann. Mrs. Andermann, the former Claire Morell of. San Francisco, is a stenographer In the Investment Section of Finance. Kahne Rae, 15, Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Dipaoia. She was elected queen of Teenville and placed second in the 1953 Istrouma High School beauty contest. Mrs. Dipaoia is the former Harvis Clarke of Logtown, Miss. ! .1 style show , \ rivs modeled .i in the show Mary Elizabeth, years old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Wisdom. John is in TEL Op. Mrs. Wisdom is the former Mickey McGuire who worked in Finance prior to her marriage. Robert M., Jr., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard Hannaman. Millard is a patrolman 1/c in the Security Force. Mrs. Hannaman is the former Mary Helen Wicker of Baton Rouge. Ronald Conrad is the 7-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Harrison. The youngster's father is in TEL Operations, Mrs. Harri son is the former Connie Fay Diez of Galvez. James Gulley is the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Durrett. Doyle is a TEL operator, Mrs. Dur rett is the former Ernestine Gulley of Marion. ETC 25766 As Picture f ThrouJ FINAliE Fat Harris, auditor, is making a periodic ex amination of a perpetual inventory record. The Audit Group is responsible for the audit of all systems, procedures and records on the Plant insofar as they have a bearing on financial matters. The Industrial Insurance Section of Finance acts as coordinating group for all insurance requirements. Here Troye Svendson, right, of the insurance section, is shown with Earl Brown of Sodium Operations getting information for filing an insurance claim on a load of material that arrived on the Plant in an unusuable con dition. This group also handles workmen's compensation claims. There are more facets to Finance than just funds. A thumbnail sketch can provide only a brief description of the many and varied functions of the Baton Rouge Finance De partment in the operation of the Baton Rouge and Houston Plants. In being responsible for all financial mat ters, Finance safeguards all monies, all trans actions, verifies disbursements for labor and material, makes certain all Company assets are protected and insured, prepares state ments, and data reflecting costs of operating the Baton Rouge and Houston Plants, pays employees, prepares tax forms, handles em ployee deductions, controls inventories and handles many other financial tasks. Let's take a brief look at the groups in Finance and their work: pares monthly trial balance! checks other than payroll, controjcounts, prepares journal vouchers ts jour nal vouchers prepared by Ions in Finance. The Accounts Payable Geses all invoices and freight bill 5,500 monthly--and maintains ain this connection for accrual oil sales taxes and other taxes. Thiio con trols cash receipts, handles Spares journal vouchers and resndors' statements. 1 Industrial InsuJ A coordinating group forice re quirements, this group uncle em ployee H. B. Hunt, provides I plant sections and the New YorkOffice and also handles the coveitrance requirements in connection *uston Plant. Investment This section has two grouHssets and Project Cost Control. 'Imain- tains records on real estateequip- ment and prepares all repoection The accumulation of all Plant operating costs and the preparation of cost statements is the responsibilty of the Cost and Budget Section. Working here on cost figures are W'iimer Gianelloni and Hubert Barbay, front, and Durwood Johnson and Jack Kidder, rear left to right. Cost and Budget Control This group accumulates all operating costs and prepares cost and inventory reports. Various subsidiary records to the Factory Ledger as well as the accounting for all raw, intermediate and finished products, are main tained by this section. General Accounting Two groups make up this section--Factory Ledger and Accounts Payable. The former group maintains the Factory Ledger, pre- Coordinating the many andvities of Fin:1 H. Cowlishaw, Assistant lad Edwin ,\. Comptroller, and the section They arc. the table, Cowlishaw; John l Cost; John H. B. Hunt, Industrial Insun D. Stiles, ing; Acker; Daniel I. Suttoni; Melvin F. I' lating; and Aubrey R. Chamd Salary linir Pulling wage roll time cards and returning them daily is a task of the Payroll Section as Clark King, Carl Hunt and Modie Harrell are doing here. This group, also handles the Houston wage roll. The salary rolls of Houston and Baton Rouge employees, retirement income, and groe deductions keep the Salary Roll Group busy. The four people of this office are froml Gwin, Ruth Wroten, Edward Simpson and Sue Woest. Final reports on state and fed taxes and contribution deductions are other functions of this office. This bulb keypunch data. She ish, Bert Paymcnl. ETC 25767 A ture 1 i i fhroucj lAhE n mI balancefchecks controlicounts, .1 vouchers Is jourM'j.iiied by fions in - Payable Gifcses all height bilij 5,500 i ui intains aiiiln this ccrua! of 1I sales i laxes. Thi$o conij<i s. handles fepares `i's and ret*ndors' Shown here, from left, are Helen Adams, Grover Hyatt and Gertie Watson in the act of processing some of the approximately 5,500 freight bills and invoices that come through the Accounts Payable Group. This group also controls cash receipts, handles deposits, prepares journal vouchers and reconciles vendors* statements. The Accounts Payable and Factory Ledger Groups are both under the General Accounting Section. One of the functions within the Factory Ledger Group is writing and issuance of all checks other than payroll. Here Billie Slade operates a check-writing machine while D. D. Rondo receives the checks for signatures and distribution. lustrial Insurj ng group for|ce rei.> group imd*e em ail, provides I plant i` New YorktOffice >-s ihe coverarance .a onnection ouston Investment. . has two grou^ssets <->i Control. Ttmainn real estate.pquip, ares all repofcction with Baton Rouge and Houston fixed assets, including depreciation, and takes physical in ventory of these assets. Under Project Control comes the handling of cost data on all projects, including ana lyzing of project papers, preparation of fin ancial closings and forecast of construction expenditures. Payroll This is the section we all like. It checks daily the hours worked by approximately 4,900 employees at the two plants. It distrib utes approximately 11,000 checks totaling nearly $2,000,000 monthly. Payroll also pre pares reports on state and federal taxes and maintains records of contributions to benefit plans and other authorized deductions. Audit Examination and verification of the record ing of financial activities is the responsibility of this group which audits all systems, pro cedures and records of an accounting nature. This section also suggests improvement in accounting systems. j tile many and ivities of Finance is Robert , Assistant T od Edwin A. Acker, Plant |.ind tlie section . They are, clockwise around m lishaw; John 1, Cost; John J. Koch, Audit; Industrial Insun i D. Stiles, General Account- Tabulating This group is a service section in Finance. Among their functions are preparation of payroll register, payroll checks, labor distri bution, accounting records in connection with perpetual inventory of Stores materials, work Making equipment transfers on the asset cards are John Barbay, front, and Dominic Guercio. These files contain 30,000 cards upon which are recorded all Ethyl's capital investment data. This is one of the functions of the Invest ment Section. haiiiel I. Sutton, l; Melvin F. Payment, Tabu- order distribution, and analysis of Ethyl's brey R. Chan ad Salary Rolls. sales. : "ine, and gron t . nic e are from l i >(ate and fed 9 This battery of tabulating machines automatically takes information from a keypunch card and mechanically transposes this information into printed data. Shown from left to right, clockwise, are Wesley Pickett, Pauline Par ish, Bert Allain, Eileen Wax, Gene Bates, Brink Vaughn and Supervisor Mel Payment. The original time card of each wage roll man of the Houston and Baton Rouge Plants is processed by one of the seven key punch operators pictured below. Shown are Earl Levy, assistant supervisor, left, Helen Adams, Bessie Robert, and Jeanie Bradford. In right row are Etoyl Radcliff, Sue Woest, Inez Thoreson, and Mary Johnston. ETC 25768 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK April, 1953 i Apr1' >' Recent Changes Increase Benefits Veterans Praise Military Service Leave Plan "How does it feel to be back on Said former Pfc. Polito: "I had Clyde P. Hamilton, TEL opera To Employees the Plant?" "How does the Com the opportunity to talk to many tor 1/c, returned from one year of A 25 per cent reduction in the employee's contributions to the Re* tirement Income Plan heads up sev eral major improvements recently announced in the company benefit plans. These improvements went into effect last month. Among other major changes are the provisions for increased amounts of insurance, the elimina tion of the three-day waiting pe riods for non-occupational dis ability benefits and other improve ments in the accident and sickness, vacations and insurance plans. Improvements in the Company benefit plans place them on a par with the very best in industry, Roy N. Clothier, acting general mana ger of Manufacturing, stated. An important improvement in the plans was the lowering of serv ice requirements to receive perma nent disability benefits by reason of occupational disability from 15 years to a minimum of 14 years of Company service. Under the revised plan em ployees with 10 or more years serv ice who retire can continue free of charge 15 per cent of the basic life insurance they carry. New provi sions also provide four weeks' vaca tion to employees with 25 or more years of service instead of three weeks under the old plan. The revised Accident and Sick ness Plan provides that employees permanently and totally disabled due to an occupational accident, and who have between 10 and 14 years of service, may be eligible to receive additional benefits equivalent to a maximum of 50 per cent of their base pay rate for an additional two year period. Employees are urged to keep their copy of the letter of Feb. 26 from Mr. Clothier as a reference until the Employee Benefits Plans booklets have been revised. These booklets will include all improve ments in each of the different plans. pany's Military Leave of Absence men in service active duty in plan work?" "Where were you the Marine Corps stationed?" Dec. 10. He had Those are some of the questions been a technical The Antiknock recently asked a sergeant at El number of employees who have re Toro Marine Air turned in recent weeks from active Station in Cali Army and Navy duty. And on two fornia. points all the fellows who were in "I think the terviewed agreed wholeheartedly. who had gone in plan is a very fine First, they were glad to get back to military service. I was pleased thing You can't fully appreciate on the Plant and second, they were and proud to find that Ethyl Corp what it means until you become high in their praise of the Company oration offered more benefits than involved. It meant security for me. Military Leave and Benefits Pro most other companies." my wife, and four children. The gram. Willie Thomas is a laborer in men in service with me were sur While The Antiknock cannot in Sodium. On Feb. 2, he came back prised to find that a company of clude all of the recently returned to his job after fered such a liberal plan." servicemen, the employees quoted 21 months' ac- below are typical of the comments service which which were made to our questions about the military leave plan. Hamie Kendrick, Sodium opera tor 2/c, was a corporal in the Army two years. He returned to his job here Jan. 27 after nine months active duty in Korea. "I think the "I am a single man," he said, benefit plan is good," he said. "I "and because of that I didn't quali got two months' pay after I en fy for depend- tered the Army. My wife got the ency benefits. I difference between my Army pay did get two and my Company salary. While months pay after I was fighting in Korea I knew HI went into ser my family was receiving enough vice. I thought money to keep going and meet that was mighty their obligations while I was over nice, and even seas." though I didn't receive fits for any bene dependents, HI tehirnek itBisriaefly, Is William W. Kirk, TEL operator 1 c, participated in the Korean coastal bombardments while in the Navy on board the U.S.S. Walker. "It is comfort ing for a fellow to receive money from the plan that helps main tain living stand ards while you are in service. It is also nice to know that you are coming back to your job with all of your Company service when you are released from active duty. It's an outstanding plan." very good plan. It's wonderful for a fellow to know security has been Company's Military Service Plan provided for his family while he is fighting on a battlefield." Joseph Polito, teletype operator in Production Planning, returned to the Plant Feb. 2 after two years of service in the Army. This month The Antiknock pre sents a description of the new Re tirement Income Plan. In succeed ing issues improvements in other plans which are of vital concern to employees will be covered. What is Ethyl's Active Military Service Leave of Absence Plan that has been described by employees as one of the best plans in industry? Here is the Plan, in brief: The plan protects the employee's service during his tour of active military duty. In addition, it pro vides all regular employees with six months but less than one year of Company service a lump sum pay ment equal to one month of pay. Employees entering military service with one year or more of went into effect July 15,1950. Since that time 81 families have bene fited from its dependency provisions at an average family rate of $137.00 per month. In the last two and one-half years, the Company has paid more than $215,000 in benefits to Plant employees and their de Company service are eligible for pendents. New Retirement Income Plan Your contributions have been reduced 25 per cent for the same re tirement benefits as were previously provided by this plan. The Company is paying the additional cost of this improvement. Also, all of your contri butions are returned as annuity income in 18 months after retirement instead of 24 months as was the case in the plan before revision. a lump sum payment of two months' pay. The payment of monthly allow ances to the qualified dependents of employees is a major feature of the plan. Under it, employees with one or more years of service A typical example is that of one of our employees who entered mili tary service Nov. 9, 1951. He re ceived two months' pay soon after entry, and on Jan. 9. 1952 his wife began receiving dependency pay from Ethyl. your Monthly Earnings $125 to $174.99 175 to 224.99 225 to 274.99 275 to 324.99 325 to 374.99 375 to 424.99 425 to 474.99 475 to 524.99 Your Monthly Contributions Old Plan Neiv Plan $ 3.00 4.50 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 $ 2.26 3.38 4.50 6.00 7.50 9.00 10.50 12.00 Fowr Monthly Retirement Income For Each Year Of Contributions $1.50 2.25 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 Note: Your contributions have been reduced 25 per cent but your retirement income remains unchanged. may receive monthly allowances for dependents which may be based on one of the following: 1. Employee's monthly contri bution to his dependents at the time of his entry into military service. 2. Fifty per cent of employee's Company pay. 3. Difference between employ ee's Company pay and gov ernment pay. This comprehensive program for employees in military service On the last day the employee worked before he entered military service his rate of pay was equal to $317.20 per month. From the government he and his dependents received $159.67. His wife was eli gible for the difference between his Company and government pay-- $157.53. With automatic gear shifting, today's cars are supposed to be smoother running, but it seems that there are still a lot of jerks in them. t t 1 Shown :l* and Mid '' Plant Ol "You li here." "I had was so l;i' ent procv That ki over and of oil . Plant. Sin gram or I been ho-: of our n compani*- In niu-i been a t ranged Their lit lets thi m of anlikr ture and sure Hii irate qu.ii ,\ Two 1953. On were hm eastern > isiana. < * visited < major >-V and Mid- In a ! \ ' are fii-i nature o cesses. !: ride tinand get a do cess, win the kin * eompan in Ihen > Kniplm > In .<d gtiesN. i1 itod h\ fil 1 the far'di' as rnlli'" profosMit or chenn high s. I... teachni'- 1 the Plani the pn>cmore gt r ETC 25769 \pril, 1953 Ian i .'I. operaII.- year of duly in . 11n> Corps I It? had n vhnical . n l al FI tacinu Air ui Cali- .ink the . .i-ry line , (.ivuiale Uvomo .i> tor me, i> i 'i i. The ,\>'ie sur.n|iany of- . operator Korean mId in the ^ Walker. oinl'orta fellow .'< money ilie plan i| mainin^ stnndhik* you reic-e. It nice to ihat you .i job with . \ ire when live duty. dan -nee Plan . industry? I luoO. Since j have bene- provisions I. .of $137.00 i two and mpany has in l>enefits I their de- i hat of one i me red miliI Ml. He reI miod after j m`j his wife -i uy pay b* employee | .'d military i was equal i From the j dependents ' He uas elij net ween his pant pay-- it shifting, : >M`d to be i it seems ! ! jerks in April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 11 Shown above is a group of visiting oil refinery executives from the East In the upstairs dining room of the Cafeteria visitors are briefed on the and Mid-West. Plant's manufacturing processes. Plant Visits Give First-Hand View Of Ethyl's Manufacturing Processes "You have a splendid operation here." "I had no idea that your Plant was so large, with so many differ ent processes." That kind of statement is made over and over again by executives of oil companies who visit the Plant. Since the start of the pro gram of Plant tours, the Plant has been host to 262 representatives of our customers, the various oil companies all over the U. S. In most cases their visit here has been a part of special tours ar ranged by the Sales Department. Their first-hand view of the Plant lets them see the complex nature of antiknock compound manufac ture and how Ethyl strives to as sure them prompt delivery, accu rate quantity, and high quality. A Typical Program Two groups have visited here in 1953. On Feb. 20 eighteen men were here from oil companies in eastern Texas and northern Lou isiana. On March 6 the Plant was visited by 17 representatives of major oil companies from the East and Mid-West. In a typical program the visitors are first told about the general nature of the Plant and its pro cesses. Then they are taken for a ride through the operating areas and Stores and Shops. Finally they get a detailed look at the TEL pro cess, which is quite different from the kind of operations that oil company executives normally see in their own refineries. Employees Are Company Salesmen In addition to the customer guests, the Plant is occasionally vis ited by other groups that can bene fit especially from observation of the facilities. Recently such groups as college engineering deans and professors, students of engineering or chemistry, purchasing agents, high school principals and science teachers have made brief visits to the Plant. For groups of this kind the program usually involves a more general view of the Plant without a detailed inspection of operating units. "Whenever we have visitors, the Plant and all its employees are in effect serving as salemen for Ethyl Corporation," according to Glenn Hayes, acting plant manager. "Our salesmanship may not involve direct marketing of our products, but instead we are `selling' impres sions. We `sell' the impression that Ethyl is an efficient manufacturing A Plant tour lets the visiting oil company executives see many of the dif organization with adequate facili ferent processes used here. ties to produce sufficient quantities of high quality products. We `sell' the impression that our research and development activities keep Ethyl up to date. To the teachers and students, especially, we `sell' Picnic-- (Continued from Page 1) items that have to be bought, made, mustard and 20 gallons of relish. Approximately 15,000 cold drinks and 12,000 popsicles will be given to the crowd. the impression that Ethyl's Baton Rouge Plant is a good place to work and that an adequate supply of well-educated engineers, chemists, physicists and other scientists is essential to American industry." borrowed, cooked, or otherwise ar ranged for so that the day-long program can progress smoothly. Approximately 20,000 hot dogs will be consumed. Along with them will be dispensed forty gallons of Contests are planned for the en tire day for both children and adults. Stage shows will entertain guests; rides will thrill the kiddies. A competent first aid attendant is in attendance at all times to take care of any emergencies that may \$he Antiknock cnlbum arise. Can You Recognize These Employees? The facilities chairman has to see that stages are arranged, signs painted, race tracks marked off, cold drink stands erected, electrical wiring and circuits provided, and that hundreds of other items are where they are needed when neces sary. These are a few of the reasons that planning for the gigantic pic nic has been underway for several weeks. This youngster was born in an other country in 1909. However he came to America when 14 years of age to settle in Minnesota. He has 24 years Company service and has been in this country since 1923. (See Answer This baby was photographed with his mother in a foreign country many years ago. He came to Amer ica in 1907, started his Company service in 1912. Since, he has be come known throughout the Ethyl organization, on Page 15) Two Deductions Given Monthly M. J. McGurk, manager of the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union announced that, effective July 1, the Finance Department has agreed to make two monthly deductions for members of the Credit Union. He also announced that effective July 1, the office hours of the Credit Union would be 9:30 A. M. to 4 P. M. TC 25770 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK April, 1953 ! Checker Puzzle: 'Hobson's Choice' By W. B. Grandjean (WHITE) 111 nm0onhiHQ rnImJames E. Gheen, guest speaker at the March Management Club meeting, inIs shown talking to L. M. Davis, left, and V. M. Fontenot, right. HGheen Points Out Five Rules for 11 1 nSuccess at March 19 EMC Meeting mMembers of the Ethyl Manage It El 0ment Club were given a formula for success for individuals or for a club at the March 19 meeting in m It Itin the Ethyl Recreation Center. make sacrifices to accomplish what you set out to do. "As a club you will find that this simple formula will help you to become great," he stated. "Ap James E. Gheen, New York, public relations counselor and long time organizer of and speaker to civic or commercial organizations, told approximately 350 mem bers of the club that any individ ual, club or even a town can ac complish anything they want to do and make a success if a simple five-point formula is followed. He listed the five points as: plied to Baton Rouge, someone must differentiate between what Baton Rouge wants and what it needs and then the people can ac complish the goal by the same suc cess formula that will work for in dividuals." President L. M. Davis reported to the membership that the club had purchased a 912-pound 4-H baby beef at the recent LSU Live stock Show and that members (BLACK) This problem is based on one of the deadly stratagems of the expert --the art of offering optional jumps which are really no option at all, but are an embarrassing "Hobson's Choice." In this setting, BLACK is a man up, but the WHITE king on square 6 is attacking two pieces at once (this two-pronged attack is called "breeches" in checker parlance). Thus, WHITE apparently will regain his man and draw. BLACK, however, in making the most of his numerical superiority, can force an absolute win in 5 of his own moves, or can retain the man-up advantage if WHITE chooses to take one of the worthless options. As a hint, 10-15 as a first move will not win for BLACK. 1. Know exactly what you want would be served the beef at an to do: 2. want to do it badly enough early meeting. The club also voted (See Answer on Page 15) to try to do it; 3. have confidence unanimously to sponsor a baseball that you can do it; 4. persistently and determinedly do your best to accomplish it, and 5. be ready to team in the American Legion jun ior baseball program here this summer. you. When the superintendent listens to the opinions he guards against signs of partiality, friend This gives additional information about you and gives you a chance to see that a foreman's job is not a ship. connections, yes men attitude, bed of roses. Here Are Questions Involved In apple polishing, flag waving, flash Some one finally makes the in the pan energy, and many other choice of new foremen. There is SO YOU WANT TO BE A FOREMAN things. some variation between depart Next you may be asked if you ments, but it is usually the super By H. W. Wheeler, Industrial Relations Department Of course you do. Every good workman wants consideration for a foreman's job. So you want to be a foreman. How about answering a few ques tions? Do you have a strong desire to learn? Do you learn readily? Do you have plenty of "know how" on your present job? Do you perform your work without too much super vision? Do you get along with people? Do you have the ability to express yourself? Do you have a habit of "making up your mind"? Can you inspire confidence? Do you have the respect of your fel low workmen? That's Not All Have you shown that you are wholeheartedly interested in our safety program by word, act and spirit? Have you shown you have enough natural energy to keep pushing the job for 8 hours a day? Do you keep yourself fit? Is your attendance record good? Have you shown by your cooperation, good disposition, willingness to take re sponsibility, and initiative that you have the attitude required? Can you laugh at yourself? Can you accept criticism and view yourself and others with a sense of propor tion? Have you a record for relia bility? If you can say yes to most of these questions you are under con sideration for a foreman's job or its equivalent. Procedures vary in different departments, so we have taken a typical case. What do we mean "under con sideration"? First, opinions about you,are obtained from all fore men, general foremen, supervisors and others who have contacts with desire to take a test which deter mines what we call your "test pro file." This test is a measure of your (1) ability and aptitude, (2) inter ests, and (3) personality. Tests Aren't Perfect No tests are perfect, therefore tests are not used as the sole measuring stick. Other appraisal methods are always used, but tests do have considerable value. They are ordinarily used to eliminate those who because of an unfavor able emotional or personality characteristic would be unhappy and unsuccessful in a job where they would have to supervise. Neither does the test tell how much energy you have, nor how honest you are , nor how healthy you may be. Whenever possible, even though no vacancy for foremen can be foreseen, you may be given train ing by having you work as a fore man during unforeseen vacancies. intendent. He takes into considera tion all the opinions he can get. He studies your test results, exper ience, service, and other factors be fore he makes his choice. He rea lizes his responsibility. He knows that if he has a record for promot ing workers to foremen who do not pan out it will affect his standing as a superintendent. He knows, like you and I, that the mark of a suc cessful executive is his ability to pick good men. He can not afford to allow partiality to creep in. Our foremen are the first line and probably the most important division in plant management. Any management which allows ques tionable methods to be used in selecting these foremen will not stay in business very long. We earnestly want to select good work ers, good foremen, good supervi sors. and good top executives. We believe we know how to do these jobs well. f iI I April. I' 1u Lawrrru-i j ( pOOl>. I'.v } J Group I. I' ) B. I) 1i 2 c to 1 , t Luther F I 2/c to I < j Johnnie I'j operator. E* j elk.. Trailn i Lou K. <l. P&ES, Gin : Group II. | Charles |: t painter .T r Janie* K. j painter < i i Andrew \ fC.R.i o[11 Herve> r. (Shippintr* Group II, !' William I | Group II: i : Prod. Plan Guy C. | hlpr. 1 c ii> t Velford \ | hlpr. 1 c. in t i Andrew J *T l/c to Imtlei : Joseph W hlpr. 1 e i" 1 Franeis .! hlpr. 1 e !. Mainf. lialpli K. hlpr. 1 c * Muint. Sidney V. to l i^vt " Joe It. \ hlpr. I < Lee B. UN 1 c. In i iv Charles I 1 c. rafi t. Helen It. 1 Tab. .. ........ Pay.' Gm.i Kuwiiit >: man to tre llnrr.v s. VII. Fuel >i\ Anthnnv ' 2 c In 1 - Joseph T. : to pipnfit I. Patrhk \ side 2 e l A. C. Itrin*' wkr 1 c in 1 Hubert K. 1 2. c in 1 r * ' Joseph I). lc t<> skel- Gllouston I! 1 C tl> sk' ' 1 W.M.ilr.m f wkr I i i" i Lee It. I t In sk.aeli< \l\ ill .1. In ski o imr ] i .... . i- Walker t Mil t e In ; Hr.ire \ ula I e I - : The..ilnn I V\ l\ l I r in : Clovis I. helper l t ETC 25771 I \pril, 1953 e1 I he expert i at all, but i.ACK is a ; .-os at once ! in e). Thus, however, in : uxilute win i ii WHITE . '* as a first information . a chance to ,*1) is not a makes the ii. There is on depart\ the super* * uonsiderat-an get. He alts, exper . factors beire. He rea 1 le knows i m* promot, who do not ias standing - knows, like : i k of a suci ' ability to : i not afford i- ioep in. iv first line i important anient. Any ; Hows ques) ho used in ;.n will not f lung. We ! hrood work ..nl superviI cuiives. We S in do these i i April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 Up the Ladder for Employees Across the L&vvrence W. Burroughs, from typist Harry J. Lobell, from rigger 2'c to (pooh, P&ES; to typ. elk (shipping) Group I, Prod. Plan. 1/c. TEL Maint. Ollle P. Marchand, from sheet metal Qeneral ^Manager's B. D. Foster, Jr., from EtCl operator 2 c to 1 'c. Luther E. Wall, from EtCl operator wkr. 1/c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. Allen R. Peltier, from sheet melal wkr. 1/c lo pattern drafter, TEL Maint. >esk 2/c to l;c. Marvin E. Phenlx, from sheet metal Johnnie H. Mlkronla, from teletype wkr. l 'c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. As Mr. Bond is now in Boston But the new activities that the operator, Prod. Plan.. Group II; to steno elk. Traffic, Group III. Lou K. Strlngfellow, from typ. (pool) P&ES, Group I; to typ. elk., Medical, Group II. Charles E. Chandler, from EtCl Maint., painter 3 c to 2'c. James E. Mahan, from EtCl Maint., painter 3'c to 2'c. Andrew A. Bourgeois, from Sodium (C.R.) operator 2'c to 1/c. Ilervey B. McIntyre, from typ. elk. (Shipping). Group I: to steno (Adm.), Group II, Prod. Plan. William J. Wilton, from steno (Adm.) Group II; to EtCl Data elk., Group IV, Prod. Plan. Guy C. Aucoiu, from boilermaker hlpr. 1/c to welder 3/c, EtCl Maint. Veiford A. Clayton, from pipefitter hlpr. l'c, to pipefitter 3/c, EtCl Maint. Andrew J. Crowson, from boilermaker 1/c to boilermaker-layout, EtCl Maint. Joseph W. Goudeau, from boilermaker hlpr. 1/c to boilermaker 3/c, EtCl Maint. Francis Jarreau, from outside mach. hlpr. l'c to outside mach. 3/c, EtCl Maint. Halph R. Piper, from inside mach. hlpr. 1/C to inside mach. 3 'c, EtCl Maint. Sidney A. Sanders, from painter 1/c to rigger-painter, EtCl Maint. Joe B. Whitehead, from carpenter hlpr. 1 c, to carpenter 3/c, EtCl Maint. Lee B. Whittington, from rigger hlpr. l'C, lo rigger 3'c, EtCl Maint. Charles E. Dokey, from cook 2/c to 1/c, cafeteria. Helen K. Adams, from key punch op., (Tab.) Group II; to Imoice proc. (Accts. Pay.) Group III, Finance. Emmlt Bryant, from cell clean-up man to truck driver, Sodium labor. Harry S. Alzinger, from Group VI to VII, Factory Ledger acct. elk.. Finance. Anthony Alesce, from mach. outside 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maim. Joseph T. Bridges, from pipefitter 1/c to pipefitter sketcher, TEL Maint. Patrick A. Brown, from mach. out* side 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Richard E. Terry, from painter hlpr. l-'c to welder 1 c, TEL Maint. William Touchstone, from sheet metal wkr. 1 c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. Ivy W. Watts, from sheet metal wkr. lc. to pattern drafter. TEL Mamt. William T. Willard, from sheet metal wkr. l'c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. Ituhy R. Cotton, from Group II to III, steno (Patent), R & E. Erma L. F&cundus, from Group II ot III, steno elk. (Patent), R & E. Roscoe Arniwood, from laborer 1/c to special laborer, TEL. Clarence B. Bush, from laborer 1/c to special laborer, TEL. Sam Jones, from laborer 1/c to spe cial laborer, TEL. Joe P. Mack, from laborer 1/c to spe cial laborer. TEL. Murphy J. Bergeron, from Laundry operator 1/c to leader, P&ES. Floyd M. Carbo, from pipefitter 1/c to sketcher, TEL Maint. Inez S. Thorenscin, from key punch oper., Group II, to machine oper. (Tab.), Group III, Finance. Floyd C. Comeaux, frpm TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Ellis R. Haddox. from TEL op. 2/c to l 'c. attending the special course at the Harvard Business School, I am very glad to have this opportunity to give my comments on some of our activities. One of the things in which I am particularly interested is the fine progress made by the Ethyl Recrea tion Association. At the start of 1952 I felt that the ERA would do a satisfactory job if they simply conducted the activities that had been started in previous years. A report of the 1952 president, Hardy Wells. Sr., in the March Antiknock shows that the Recreation Associa tion was not satisfied with doing just the same old things. The report points out that the activities which were popular in 1951 and previous years gained strength during 1952. I am happy to know that the fine sports and outdoor fun such as bowling, softball, volleyball, basket ball, the day camps and the social activities at the Recreation Center continue their popularity. ERA started in 1952 would almost make up an entire recreation pro gram by themselves. Golf, swim ming, the plant-wide dances, and especially the children's Christmas party were all splendid activities. The committees planned well and worked hard. As 1953 is well under way it looks as if Carlo Polito and the new board are going to go right on with more new events. I have been especially well pleased with the big response to the new course in public speaking. This is the first attempt at an educational type of program and shows that Plant employees have an interest in things besides pure entertainment. All of you folks, I am sure, join me in giving applause for the fine work done by all the officers, board members, and committeemen of the ERA. Roy N. Clothier, Acting General Manager Roy Walker, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Ellic I. Dixon, from trainman lc to leader. Prod. Plan. Inilay C. Scales, from Typist (pool), Group I; to steno elk (personnel) Group II, Adm. William E. Crotwell, from ironworker 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Stanley Ellis, from Sodium serv. mech. 2/c to l'c, TEL Maint. Clyde Morgan, from painter 1/c to steeple jack painter, TEL Maint. George J. Vaughn, from Sodium ser. mech. 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Eddie B. Colwell, from laborer 1/c to lab. attendant. Sodium Labor. Standla Jackson, from Lab. attendant, to Cells, Sodium Labor. Local 12900 Presents April ERA Activity Schedule April " " " 2 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. 4 Easter Egg Hunt, Harding Field Gym, 3:15 P.M. 6 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Speech Class at Center, 7:00 P.M. 7 Men's Bowling League at B.R. Bowling Center, 5:00 P.M. Women's Bowling League at Large Check to UGF B.R. Bowling Center, 7:00 P.M. April 8 Member-sponsored wedding. 9 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 PM. 11 Member-sponsored dance at Center 8:00-12:00 P.M. 13 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 . .P.M. Speech Class at Center, 7:00 P.M. " 14 Ethyl Management Club Meet ing at Center, 6:45 P.M. Men's Bowling League at B. R. Bowling Center, 5:00 P.M. Women's Bowling League at B. R. Bowling Center, 7:00 P.M. A. C. Brumfield, Jr., from sheet metal " 15 ERA "500" Card Tournament wkr. 1/c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. at Center. 7:30 P.M. Robert E. Burns, Jr., from electrician 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Joseph D. Cockerham, from pipefitter lc to sketcher, TEL Maint. 6Houston E. Cummings, from pipefitter l'c to sketcher. TEL Maint. Woodrow Dominick, from sheet metal wkr. l c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. " 16 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. " 18 ERA Plantwide Dance, Spring Formal, Harding Field Gym, 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. " 20 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 PM. and 8:00 P.M. Lee B. Flennlken, from pipefitter 1 c Speech Class at Center, 7:00 to sketcher. TEL Maint. Alvin J. Glotz, from pipefitter 1/c to sketcher, TEL Maint. Frank -Granger, Jr,, from Sodium ser. mech. 2/c to 1/c. Sodium Maint. Dunald P. IUmmel, from Sodium ser. mech. 2'c to lc. Sodium Maint. Walker T. Hodges, from sheet metal wkr. 1 c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. P.M. " 23 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. *' 24 ERA Shrimp Party at Cen ter, 7:30 P.M. 25 Member-sponsored dance at Center, 8:00 P.M. to Midnight. " 27 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 Bruce A. Jarreau, from sheet metal wkr. 1/c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. Theodore Leake, from sheet metal wkr. l 'c to pattern drafter, TEL Maint. Clovis J. l^Blanc from pipefitter helper 1/c to welder 3/c, TEL Maint. On March 9 representatives of Local 12900 of District 50, United Mine Workers, presented the organization's $10,500 check to the United Givers Fund. Shown at the presentation ceremonies, left to right, are Willie Dipaola, James McKinney and Jake Justice of UMW. Receiving the check is Myron Falk, United Givers Fund. P.M. Speech Class at Center, 7.00 P.M. " 30 Social Dancing Instructions at Center, 6:30 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. ETC 25772 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK Sportsmen's League Fishing Rodeo April, 1953 : f I April, 19"' Poor 5 To Be Held on False River May 2-3 | Exj "The Baton Rouge Sportsmen's League will hold its annual fishing ERA Softball Leagues | (Editor's j in the .sen. rodeo on False River," Herman Truxillo, president, has announced. "The rodeo will begin at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, May 2 and close at 7:30 P.M. Sunday, May 3," he continued. "Weighing stations will be at David & Oiinde's, The Island Queen, The Lighthouse, and Tropi cal Garden." Truxillo said that the final prize list is not complete as yet, but there will be approximately fifteen prizes for bass, eight for bream, three for sac-a-lait, and one each for catfish, gar. and gaspergoo. First prize in the bass division will be a 12-foot Arkansas Traveler aluminum boat given by Ethyl Corporation and a five horsepower motor, to be contributed by an other local concern. Bream fishermen will be fishing to try for the 12-foot plywood boat to be given as first prize. In fact, Truxillo pointed out, bream fishermen will be competing for prizes which have a probable total value of $2,000. As in past years, the only re quirement for participation in the rodeo is a 1953 Sportsman's Lea gue membership card. Prizes will be presented at the league meeting May 5. Plant members who can issue membership cards include H. J. Truxillo, Rex Conrad, J. D. Rus sell, and Dan McDonald. Card Tournament to Be Held at Center The ERA will sponsor a "500" card tournament at the Center April 15 nl 7:30 P.M. Prizes will lx? awarded to the high individual scorer, runner-up and "booby" in the frien's and women's divisions. Start Play April 13 Play Ball! Two ERA softball leagues--the American and National--composed of 13 teams will have their open ing game April 13. Anyone desir ing to enter a team must do so before April 6. It was decided by vote this year to stage all ball games at night. Elected officers for the season were H. A. Triche, General Engineering, president; Gordon Smith, TEL Op erations, vice-president, and John Houghton, Production Planning, secretary-treasurer. Mary G. Read Named Regional Reporter Mary Gaines Read, secretary, to Stores Superintendent A. S. Bar ton. was recently named newspa per reporter for Region 3 of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North Amer ica. Region 3 is made up of all clubs in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Mary Gaines' task is to edit re gional material for use in national publications of the club. Mareeline Marquis, editor of the Bulletin Board, one of Ethyl's New York publications, is also a member of the national committee of the Desk and Derrick clubs. Noises. Two noises that always make a man's head turn are the rattle of money and the rustle of a petticoat. Ethyl's Houston Plant To Observe First Anniversary on April 19 The Houston Plant will have its first birthday on April 19. The plant was officially opened on April 19 last year, when "Family Day" was held to welcome employees and their children for an inspection tour. Covering 80 acres of a 400 acre tract on the Houston Ship Channel, the plant's engineer ing and architectural features give it an unusually clean and modern appearance. Pres ident Edward L. Shea, speaking of the outstanding job everyone at Houston has done dur ing the past year, pointed out that "Houston has already proved itself a highly worthwhile invest ment for the continued growth and progress of our business and of the motorized transportation indus try." John H. Schaefer, vice president In charge of Manufacturing and Traffic, described the accomplish ments of the plant not only in terms of its successful introduction of numerous manufacturing im provements, but also as an example of "the ability of Ethyl men and women to overcome new and chal lenging problems with distinctive success." Plant Manager Wallace F. Arm strong considers the employment and training of a complete operat ing, maintenance and service or ganization into a well-balanced team as an outstanding accom plishment. He pointed out that the plant production rate schedules were reached in the minimum of time and with excellent safety per formance. - ...... - The plant now gives employment to 854 men and women chosen from almost 20,000 applicants. The pay roll is now running at nearly $4 million annually. Two BIE Groups Will Visit Plant During April j I i I j Recently Married Two groups of teachers from the public and parochial schools in t East Baton Ilougc Parish will visit j the Plant during April. The visits have been planned in connection with the Business-Industry-Educa- f "Chuck" ('< government. There Is a i that makc< all. "If you'll gage bond \<cent dividonn you hold on fiend is e.\e?> Federal incon Fantastic0 will listen. ' even heard indisputable. Sure, then propositionbond until ciuant it--and No one can simply his -l only catch. It of normal. In your pencil <eighth-grade City Let's si mi l 1 there arc ."v' - East Baton people who o>miles per soar they operate year on Batorclassed as `v- book of stalimobile Manic the "nveia'..'o13 mph in eii> Rouge, vehiri million hom < city average*. Rouge wen* the same \ele Here (Hal.y la. The \ mitigsl country in 1 !*< Refreshments will be served. tion Day programs sponsored by The tournament is open to any the Chamber of Commerce. ERA member, wife or date. En On Tuesday, April 14 Ethyl will ; tries should be listed prior to the be host to approximately 50 teach- : tournament date by calling the ers from the white schools. They Recreation Office at Ext. 308. will arrive on the Plant about 9:00 A. M. and leave about 2:30 P. M. A program is being planned which Basketball Playoffs will give them a comprehensive view of Plant activities and operat the Raton lb" ERA basketball play was going hot and heavy at Antiknock press time, with Sodium "D" edging ETC1 Maintenance out of the finals with TEL Maintenance for a two-out-ofthree playoff for the Plant crown. ing problems. On Tuesday, April 28 about 25 teachers from the Negro school? will visit here. The city-wide pro gram for the Negro teachers has been planned in order for them to . W illiam lioss, - Earlier, TEL Maintenance had return to Capitol Avenue High defeated Sodium "C" to gain the Marjorie Hunt, Industrial Engi Viola Moran, daughter of Mr. and School for a luncheon meeting al playoff position. The playoff be neering, was married last month to Mrs. J. H. Saucier, was recently the conclusion of the day's activi tween TEL Maintenance and Sod J. O. Sanders, TEL Maintenance. married to A 3/c R. W. Singleton ties. Accordingly, the teachers will ium "D" for the Plant champion The couple resides at 5620 Capitol of Baton Rouge. Saucier is a pipe visit the Plant from about 9:00 ship started late last week. Heights Ave. fitter 1/c in TEL Maintenance. A. M. till noon. 1912. lie is turn here. i ETC 25773 April, 1953 \pril 19 .in example 'I men and and chal.1 instinctive 'I'ltv F. Armemployment . l -ie operat: service or- ; 1 -U-balanced Hit*:' nccom: it that the ' * schedules 1 minimum of ai safety per- . employment fhosen from .it*. The payi nearly $4 bups j Plant ig April ihts from the I I schools in i ish will visit lil. The visits bi connection |:iislry-Educa| i'insored by `..<-rre. j I i Ethyl will . - ly 50 teachE-houls. They ! n about 9:00 i i Ji.'lU P. M. allied which ..iprehonsive i mid operat- . jo about 25 !',;ru schools ,i\ -wide prolomchers has ; lor them to line High 1 > meeting at lav's activi; i. aehers will about 9:00 April, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 Poor Street Conditions Are More Expensive Than New Street Costs (Editor's Note: This the sixth ai the series of articles by C. E. "Chuck" Colvin on our city-pansh government.) There is an office in Baton Rouge that makes this offer to one and all. "If you'll buy a S500 first mort gage bond you will receive a 50 per cent dividend each year as long as you hold on to it--and that divi dend is exempt from any state or Federal income tax." Fantastic? It's so good nobody will listen. Probably you haven't even heard of it. But the facts are indisputable. Sure, there is a catch to the proposition--nobody can buy the bond until enough people say they want it--and nobody can "hog" it. No one can get a bigger cut than simply his share. But that's the only catch. If you enjoy your share of normal, human skepticism, get your pencil out and check a bit of eighth-grade arithmetic. City "Congested" Let's start from here: right now there are 58,500 motor vehicles in East Baton Rouge Parish. The people who own them average 6,700 miles per year in urban driving. So they operate 393 million miles per year on Baton Rouge streets. Cities classed as "congested" in the Auto book of statistics (which furnishes mobile Manufacturers Association the "averages" used here) average 13 mph in city driving. So in Baton Rouge, vehicles are operated 30 million hours. But a "good traffic" city averages 19 mph. If Baton Rouge were a "good traffic" city, the same vehicles to go the same places would operate only 20 mil lion hours. Ten million hours are wasted in Baton Rouge? Do you want to check that? Ten million hours a year spread out over 58,500 motor ists is only 29 minutes a day each. Maybe that sounds high for you if you only drive back and forth to work (or does it?) but the aver age takes into account the thou sands of other vehicles that are go ing all day long. A vehicle uses a gallon of gaso line an hour in city driving, aver age of idle, gear-operation and driving. Ten million hours con sumes 10 million gallons, costing $3 million. What is the driver's time worth? Does anyone vaue time less than a dollar an hour? How about passengers? The average vehicle has 2.1 people in it. Let's be really conservative and say that the time of 2.3 people per vehicle is only worth $1.50 altogether. Ten mil lion hours of wasted operation wastes $15,000,000. What about repair costs of bad traffic and rough streets? Accident costs? Extra cost of insurance be cause of poor safety conditions? Put your own figures in; they're not needed to prove the point any way. And discount it all down by a third to be extra conservative. Call $18,000,000 wasted in Baton Rouge because of traffic congestion only $12,000,000. That is still twice more than all the local taxes levied in Baton Rouge. None of it is tax deductible. Baton Rouge would be that much ahead without having to worry about the income tax col lector--if only traffic congestion could be licked. Expensive Driving What would Baton Rouge have to invest to lick it? The Planning Commission estimates that about $25,000,000 would make this a 19mile-an-hour-traffic-average city instead of 13. This amount would build enough ot the Major Street Plan to provide multi-lane traffic arteries between all the major traf fic centers. Once these arteries were built, the secondary or re sidential streets would be less crowded and last longer with less expensive maintenance. Fifty mil lion dollars could be spent on streets in Baton Rouge--and profit ably. But $25,000,000 spent on major thoroughfares, the $500 "mortgage bond" for each of Baton Rouge's 50,000 "heads of families", would save Baton Rouge people 50 per cent of that amount every year. What would it actually cost to build $25,000,000 worth of multi lane streets all at once? Less than $2,000,000 per year for twenty years, only a portion of the $3,000,000 now spent in wasted gasoline alone. Actually, it is costing several times more NOT to build streets than it would cost TO build them. And nobody is getting anything from the money and time now wasted. The traffic problem in Baton Rouge is simply 58,500 motor ve hicles, twice as many as in 1947, plus no progress whatever to date in going ahead with actual con struction on the Major Plan. The very minor pieces of construction in four years have been less than merely keeping up with popula tion growth in a single year. Checker Puzzle-- (Puzzle on Page 12) SOLUTION (Reading from left to right) 80-2611-A 22-13 -C 30-26 31-22-B 25-30 13-6 21-1711 6-15-D. 2G-1-UE. BLACK Wins. A. The play for the BLACK win must be made in this unlikely way. Here is why 10-15 won't work: 10-15, 6-13, 25-29, 5-1, 29-25, 31-26, 25-22, 26-17, 21-14, 1-5, 14-10, 5-9, 30-26, 9-14 (now it's WHITE making optional jump offer!) 26-19 14-7,Drawn. B. Because of 16-13, then BLACK could jump 26-19, retaining the man-up advantage to win; or of course, if 6-15, then BLACK would jump two by 26-10, gain ing still another man. C. Here again if 6-13, then BLACK would jump 17-19 picking up two, and retaining the man-up advantage; or if 6-15, then BLACK would scoop 3 by 1726-19-10. D. WHITE must jump this way now, leaving another BLACK piece under attack and thus per mitting BLACK two developing moves to set up the "timebomb." E. Note that WHITE is completely blocked--he has absolutely no playable move, and thus of course cannot be captured. Yet this situation is defined as a losing position in checkers. There is no "stalemate" in checkers as there is in chess, al though both games can have drawn results. Here They Are! (Baby Pictures on Page 8) The youngster born in another country in 1909 is Gust Larson. He is a native of Orebro, Sweeden. However, he ] came to the j United States j with his family * when he was 14 years of age. Gust is now assistant superintendent of Maintenance a t the Baton Rouge Plant. William Ross, Sr., is shown on Page 8 with his mother. j The photo was ta| 1 ken in Ireland f. where Bill was f born. He came to , to America i n 19 07 and has l Company service dating back to 1912. He is now Sodium Consultant here. We congratulate the following named employees who received their Service Awards during March. 15 Years Edward O. Day, TEL Op. Staoley A. D'Artnond, Maint. John W. Henderson, TEL Op. Earl S. Levy, Finance Wilmar O. Cary, Sodium Labor Clay S. Harris, Finance Henry E. Seitzler, P&ES Marcel J. Landry, TEL Op. Edwin H. Brock. Houston John H. Dutsch, Jr., Houston Charles A. Troth, Houston Ted C. Jackson, Houston L. Ray Sanders, Houston 10 Years Justin A. Ourso, TEL Op. John H. Tate, Purchasing Clifton G. Caillouet, Power Joseph E. Andre, EtCl Op. Arthur J. Haas, Jr., Sodium Op. Murphy J. Bergeron, Laundry Carl Stafford, TEL Op. Cage D. Oglesby, TEL Op. Alfred J. Lanoux, Jr., Sodium Op. Harvey T. Hood, TEL Maint. Hallle B. Murphy, EtCl Stores George Neylon, Jr., TEL Labor 5 Years Donald E. Maaterman, TEL Maint. Sterling A. Arceneaux, TEL Stores Jessie D. Passons, TEL Maint. Shirley M. Caillouet, Prod. Plan. Alfred J. Rlcard, Sodium Labor James V. Carlisle, Gen. Eng. Ferd B. Kramer, Maint. Baxter C. Berry, TEL Op. Good Ole Goggles! Lum Javius, TEL laborer, was us ing a pick on the railroad track near the Blender when a rock flew up and burst the right lens on his goggles. This was the second time that goggles have saved his eyes from possible serious injury. ETC 25774 i j i Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK April, 1953 Ethyl Chloride Laborers Work Million Safe Hours * Get Fourth Plant Award During March Two Men Promoted in Production Planning ! Eighty-one members of the I Ethyl Chloride Labor Group were I honored March 16 when they re ceived their fourth consecutive Plant Safety Award. They are the I first group to achieve this record i since Ethyl began operations here .1 in 1937. Promotions of M. K. Hardy and John H. Houghton, both in Pro duction Planning, were recently an nounced. Hardy stepped up from assistant shipping supervisor to the position of shipping supervisor left vacant by the death of K. L. Arm strong. To qualify for this honor the group completed seven years, three months and 24 days without a Houghton advanced from the position of data clerk to assistant shipping supervisor. major injury. M. K. Hardy John H. Schaefer, vice-president in charge of Manufacturing, pre sented the award to Ervin White, who accepted the honor in behalf of the group. The ceremonies were held in the Ethyl Chloride Confer ence Room and were attended by top Company and Plant manage ment. John H. Schaefer, vice president In charge of Manufacturing, presents a Plant Safety Award certificate to Ervin White, who accepted it in behalf of the other 80 laborers in the Ethyl Chloride Group. This was their fourth consecutive safety award. M. K. Hardy is a native of * Minnesota. He attended New Hampton High School in Iowa and Barry Insti tute in Minneap olis, Minn. Mrs. Hardy is the former Grace E pTc The Ethyl Chloride Labor ers completed 1,000,000 man hours without a time losing in jury, March 24. Only two oth er groups on the Plant, TEL Operations Group "D" and TEL Maintenance, have won such an honor. The last major injury in the Ethyl Chloride Labor Groups occurred Nov. 20, 1945. This is a total of seven years, four months and four days without major injury. Efforts Pay Off Praising the group for its ac complishments. Schaefer told the employees that they had set a record of which they could all be proud and one which other em ployee groups could set as their goal. "You men have proven that the efforts of employees and the Company to make the Baton Rouge Plant a safe working place are really worthwhile/1 he told the group. In accepting the group's fourth consecutive award, White paid tri bute to the Company and its safety efforts and to "the Lord's teaching that we are our brother's keeper." Teamwork Is Answer "The fact that we have complet ed 2,671 days without a major in jury is due to teamwork between ourselves and between us and the Company," White stated. "It is this spirit of teamwork that makes Shown here is a portion of the gathering of labor foremen and laborers from the Ethyl Chloride Group when Vice President John Schaefer pre sented the group with their fourth consecutive Safety Award certificate. Four Plant Groups Complete Time To Win Safety Prizes in March Four groups became Plant Safe ty Award prize winners in a 10day period by working the required number of days without time losing injuries. On March 9, Engineering Serv ices and Central Stores became winners. The Ethyl Chloride Labor Group came through for the fourth consecutive time as winners on March 15. And on March 18 TEL Operating Group "C" (Escue's Shift) completed their requirement of 353 injury-free days to become prize winners. Vice-President John H. Schaefer works with the group in their safety program. Leo Montegudo and Roch Pedarre are foremen who led the Ethyl Chloride workers in their safety accomplishments. made the certificate presentation to the EtCl laborers in a ceremony March 18, commending them on their splendid record. The other three groups are all first-time winners, although Cen tral Stores and Engineering Serv ices had won previously as part of other groups. Escue's Shift, however, garnered their first win by completing their required 353 days on March 18. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Allen of Denham Springs. She and M. K. were mar ried in 1928. Their one child--a daughter--was born in 1929. Hardy joined the Company in 1945 in the position he held until his promotion last month. The Hardys own their home at 822 Geranium St. John H. Houghton John, a native of Kentwood, at tended Independence High School, Southeastern La. College, and Bat on Rouge Busi ness College. In 1948 he and the former Mar tha Lane Crain of Franklinton were married. Their one child, John Henry, Jr., is three years old. Houghton joined the Company in 1947 as a wage roll clerk in Finance. He transferred to Pro duction Planning in 1949 and was a data clerk at the time of his advancement Feb. 24. The Houghtons own their home at 1944 N. 37th St. Sec. S4.66 P, L. * R. U. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge, La. Permit No. SS2 Ti llic i OUf I! ( )' of T Fi.T B;tI- Oil.' Ii,n I ot C'h: ' Tl'r ha\ - Mh:> al"i! SUM gr:i! and '! I nru (hi- At ri<if bait e\ ir afro* I'iMt anil I\M America what it is today. We are proud to be a part of an organiza tion that puts the safety of its workers at the top." Marix Elected In a recent election M. H. (Pud) Marix, Finance, was elected presi J. H. Starnes. Jr., principal labor dent of the Melrose Citizens Asso foreman, was in charge of cere ciation, and Ernestine Davis, sec monies. He was assisted by W. W. retary to R. H. Cowlishaw, was Merritt, safety engineer, who named secretary-treasurer. Form 3547 Requested \\ \^ an it I" in !: ETC 25775 April, 1953 --------------" fours ) | rnoted in I Planning K Hardy and In-th in Pro.* recently anl >rd up from .rvisor to the ujK'i'visor left i K. L. Arm- i from the I. 10 assistant I \ ! j i ' I a native of tended New :ipi on High .... . in Iowa i Harry Insti in Minneap- Minn. Hardy is i < inner Grace :< *i i of Denham She and K. were mar. utie child--a . in 1929. Company in i In: held until i .iii.nth. their home at ; u^liton , Kentwood, at. High School, : mheastem La. Urge, and Bat; Rouge Busi- ! -s College, j In 1948 he and 1,.- funner Marj..i Lane Crain i Franklinton .re married, neir one child, three years old. i i he Company e roll clerk in -i erred to Projn 1949 and was ne time of his J4. un their home * , | | j | j \ j J | j j i j I I ) j j ! j ` ] ; ! j j | j------------------ - \ i *.rt 1*. L 4 R. I - l'otage ir A I D *. ii Kiiuge, La. . nit No. 363 Employee Opinion Poll Results to be Released Picnic Committees Finalizing Plans For Annual Outing 'We'll be ready for the crowds!" That is the comment of the pic nic committees about the two giant outings set for May 9 and May 16. On May 9 an anticipated crowd of 7,000 will descend upon Harding Field Picnic Grove for the annual Baton Rouge Plant get-together. One week later, May 16, the Labor ers hold their gathering at the Harding Field Ordnance Depot. ``I have talked to the chairmen of all the committees," General Chairman Hewitt Gomez said as The Antiknock went to press. "They have been working hard. Every phase of the planning is going along on schedule and we are as sured of a well synchronized pro gram with plenty of entertainment and relaxation for everyone." New Features Added The children will thrill to the news that a fourth ride is added this year for the May 9 picnic. A total of two small children's rides, a ferris wheel, and a merrygo-round will be open for business from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Other picnic features include a bait casting contest, track and field events for youngsters and adults, attendance prizes, golf chipping, a rifle and pistol shooting contest, and a dance which starts at 6:00 P.M. and ends at 9:00 P.M. Three refreshment stands in the picnic grove will serve hot dogs (Continued on Page 13) New Masthead Easter is the usual time to exhibit the new Spring hat. While we are a little late The Antiknock isn't going to be an exception. A month late, it too has a new Spring cha peau in the form of a new masthead at the top of this page. Hope you like it! A Salute la Ztlufl Mother 1953 In tribute to ail Ethyl mothers, The Antiknock spotlights Mrs. H. O. Dickerson who has five sons who work at the Plant. Front row, left to right, are Tommy V., TEL operator 1/c, Mrs. Dickerson, and Morton, EtCI operator 1/c. Back row, left to right: Howard, Sodium working leader, Turner, TEL Operations foreman, and W. H., Patrol Force working leader. A son-in-law, C. H. Golson, works in the Laun dry, and a son, Ordell, worked in Sodium prior to entry into military service where he was killed during World War II. The Antiknock spotlight now turns to pay tribute to another of The Anti knock's Mothers of 1953, Mrs. Reginald A. Woest. Pictured from left is her daughter-in-law, Mrs. George A. (Sue) Woest, who works in the Pay roll Office, her son, Reginald A. Jr., a pipefitter in TEL Maintenance, her husband, who is a foreman in TEL Shops, and son George, supervisor in the Sodium Control Laboratory, and another son, Harold, who is a fore man at the Houston Plant. Highlights Given at April EMC Meeting What you think about your Com pany is being printed and will soon be coming your way. What employees said in the De cember employee attitude survey have been compiled and the high lights of the survey were presented to supervisors and foremen at the Ethyl Management Club meeting at the ERA Center on April 14. The results in booklet form, will be mailed shortly to all employees. Dilman Smith, Opinion Research Corporation, Princeton, N. J., pre sented the results at the EMC meeting. The Opinion Research Corporation conducted the survey during the period Dec. 15-19 last year. Questionnaires were com pleted by 2,834 employees in the survey. Eighty three per cent of those participating in the survey rate Ethyl as an excellent or good place to work in answer to the first question in the survey, Smith said, in opening his presentation of the highlights of the survey at the meeting. `Substantial advances have been (Continued on Page 17) Hebert Stresses Eye Protection at Meet Carroll Hebert, supervisor of Safety, was one of the principal speakers at the annual meeting of the Texas Optometric Association in Austin on Tuesday, April 21. Hebert spoke on the Safety pro gram at the Plant here as it con cerns vision protection measures. He said more thought should be given by industries to better pro tective measures for the eyesight of workers. He outlined the efforts being made here in developing bet ter eye protection for employees and discussed the many types of goggles and glasses designed for various industrial uses. I ETC 25776 ;I 2 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 M; THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Picnic Dedicated To Relaxation / POMP&ST-- I D<DT / R.ECOOMIIE Uotl lAJlTHCUr V c lo- er*. ub- t<jpemeiTaeH Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge I Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. .. Editor V You Are Cordially Invited To Attend ... May 9 is annual picnic day for you and thousands of other em ployees. It is a day set apart, a period during which you can relax in the shade of the Harding Field grove, participate in any of the varied sports activities, or visit with your co-workers and their families. The In steel to* like a p;i Whatever you do. regardless of how you choose to spend your day, the May 9 and the May 16 picnics are by courtesy of Ethyl and are for the enjoyment of all Plant employees.. In fact, the committees have been at work on arrangements for more than a month welding together a day R Salute to Our Craftsmen --long program to meet your pleasure requirements. j This picnic is to be dedicated to enjoyment and relaxation. It is the informal "no tie," "easy shoes" and "comfortable slacks" type of gath Sheet Metal, Boilermakers, and Ironworkers [ ering where good friends renew old acquaintances. You lock your troubles and worries in the house when you leave for the picnic grounds in the morning, and you don't give them another thought during the remainder of the day. In the evening you go home saying, "Well, I had a lot to do around home today, but I'm glad I went to the picnic. It was worth it." Won't you and your family join us? It's your outing! ^sen ^Years ZTlgo on the Riant The Ethyl Corporation Baton Rouge Manufacturing Plant com pleted two years without a time losing accident, representing 1,329,324 exposure hours without a major injury. S. A. LeCroy and O. E. Kurt were prominently mentioned in the leading article in the March issue of The Hexagon, national magazine of Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemical fraternity. Eddie Kleinpeter and W. W. Mills received awards from the War Pro duction Board for suggestions on how to save vital war materials. Three teams from the plant were making preparations for the forth coming softball season which was scheduled to start May 3. First-aid certificates were award ed to 59 Ethyl men and women on April 12-13 by R. L. DeBenon, Bureau of Mines representative, who examined the group on the completion of their training under E. J. Lorio, safety supervisor. Employees on military leave of absence from the TEL Laboratory include Robert Duke, Herman Iluppric.h, Earl Brown, Fred Reil, J. D. Whitaker, Ray Pearce, Char les Boudreaux and Rodney J. Fife. Laborers who were leaders dur ing the recent Red Cross drive in cluded Leslie Cary, Johney Little, Walter Thomas, Archie Tillotson, Levell Winsey, John Hickman and Lawrence Anderson. W. T. Willard, left, and Ollie P. Marchand are shown here fabricat ing a 24-inch diameter elbow with a 10-inch clean-out opening to be in stalled in one of the lead recovery furnaces. The metal crafts fabricate, install and repair various items made from flat metals in many different shapes and forms. This may be ac complished by cutting, shearing, punching, forming or rolling into the desired forms or combination of forms; thus contributing their know how to the complex processes necessary in the manufacture of "Ethyl" antiknock compound. F. G. Frazier, Maintenance, was pictured in his boat, "Peggy Kay," that he made from odds and ends during his spare time. Bill Bertolette won first prize in all events in the City Handicap Bowling Tournament late in March. Bertolette and Acy Adams won fifth prize in the doubles event. Les Nocke By Jersey Wilhtrrn nance, safety shoe sji\ injury, many in of serinn In the |*f* to lit tin mines tin laeed up Internal i> ETC 25T7T 1953 ;i.-ibricat. in be ini .ms made ,...iy be ac^ into the i.u'ir knowj..i "Ethyl" iiiM prize l landicap m March. L.kims won 1 i-vent. j Jersey May, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 3 Safety Shoes Are 'Insurance' That Every Employee Should Consider The tuo-ounce specially-treated steel toe-cap pictured here is just like a paid up insurance policy .... Wiihum Fugler, Sodium Mainte nance, explains to Carroll Hebert, safety supervisor, how his safety shoe saved his foot from serious injury. Safety shoes have made many mishaps "incidents" instead of serious accidents. Did you know that a discovery many years ago by Isaac Newton affects every Ethyl employee in his everyday tasks? Newton's law of gravity is so important that an employee buys--or should buy-- "insurance" against this law of nature. The dictionary explains that gravity is "the accelerating ten dency of bodies toward the center of the earth," or to apply this phe nomenon simply, if an object is dropped it falls down, and more often than not, onto the foot of the person who drops the object. And the best insurance against painful injuries occurring when something is dropped is a safety shoe. It wasn't so long ago that an employee in Central Shops had two toes broken when a piece of fourinch pipe fell on his foot causing a painful, time-losing injury. It was particularly unfortunate since he, a firm believer in safety shoes, was wearing non-safety shoes that day. But just like a person with an expired insurance policy, he didn't benefit when he needed his "insur ance policy" most. On the other hand, J. J. Larkins, Sodium operator 2/c, refers casual ly to the time recently when a loaded Sodium container truck ac cidently ran over the end of his foot. It never even bruised his toes under circumstances that would have been serious otherwise. Larkin's insurance paid big "divi dends" in this case. Undoubtedly Larkin's story is re peated daily in every area of the Plant but they are not reported because they become mere inci dents, whereas these same incidents are usually charged up as major injuries when safety shoes are not worn. The fact that Ethyl employees are definitely conscious of the bene fits and protection offered by safe ty shoes is evident in the number of shoes bought by employees. Carl Steffek, Stores supervisor, revealed that last year more than 4,600 pairs of safety shoes were purchased by Plant employees. Like any good insurance comp any, the shoe manufacturers make every effort to give the consumer the most possible for his money. A great deal of craftsmanship goes into the manufacture of these shoes to assure maximum comfort along with safety. But to insure the best product possible the Safety Group examines may makes of shoes available in order to obtain the best on the mar ket, thus serving as an insurance "underwriter"' guaranteeing that the employee is getting the best product of the shoemaker's art. So until the time Newton's law is modified to prevent objects from falling downward, the safety shoe remains one of the best "insurance" buys to be had. The slimmest whisker on a man's face is thicker than the heaviest hair on his scalp--if he has any hair on his scalp. Hope--when it gets as dark as it can get, the stars come out.-- Rev. Owen Barrett, Christian Ad vocate. . . . It can save you expensive and painful injuries when properly used--in the toe of your safety shoes! Coleman Watson, TEL Labor, was saved from a painful foot injury by having on his safety shoes when a heavy object fell on his foot. He is showing the scuffed toe cap to Jim Starnes, principal labor foreman. In the photo above a craftsman is shown forming the safety shoe leather to fit the shoe `iast''-- a special wooden foot form. The "last" deter mines the width and size of the shoe being made. The white shoe strings laced up help hold the shoe's shape as shoe is formed. (Photo courtesy International Shoe Company.) In the above picture, high-top safety shoes are approaching the end of the production line as this "back-forming" machine is used to bring the upper portion of the shoes into shape. Throughout the process of manu facturing shoes, skilled workmanship is essential. (Photo courtesy of of International Shoe Comfiany.) ETC 25778 4 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 ) Graziano Heads Drive For Girl Scout Camp Company Future Looks Good* Says Top Officials John Graziano. TEL Mainte nance, is chairman of the Girl Scout Finance Committee which is coordinating a $60,000 building fund drive to restore the Girl Scout Camp Marydale. The main lodge, which contained equipment and the kitchen, dining and staff quarters, was destroyed by fire last October. Funds raised in the drive will be used to replace the facilities destroyed by fire and to establish five complete camping units. Each unit will consist of a unit lodge for general recreation, a central wash house with lavatory facilities, a staff hut for the coun sellors and five Girl Scout huts, each sleeping four girls. Graziano said that the United Givers Fund which provides money for the operation and main tenance of Camp Marydale but does not provide for capital im provements or new buildings, has approved the drive for funds to re place the burned out camp. Graziano, along with other em ployees, has been active in Girl Scout work for several years. Among the many who have taken part are M. C. Hudgins, acting manager of Maintenance; G. H. Larson, assistant superintendent of Maintenance; Jewell McCarstle, TEL Maintenance; Tom Stephen son, editor of The Antiknock; Louis Hancock, TEL Maintenance; H. W. Jacobs, Sodium Operations; and Charles O. Harrell. EtCl Lab. The modern girl wears just as many clothes as her grandmother --but not at the same time. Wounded in Action. Pvt, Robert Emmett Dupeey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dupeey, TEL Maint., was wounded in action in Korea according to information re ceived by the parents, April 10. The telegram indicated that his wounds were not serious. He is in the First Division Marines. Above is Ethyl's Executive Staff at one of their weekly meetings in the New York Office. The officials quoted In the attached article on the Company's future are members of the Executive Staff. At far right is President E. L. Shea, and on around the table, clockwise, are: Vice-Presidents B. B. Turner, Research and Engineering; J. H. Schaefer, Manufacturing; Malcolm Murdock and Sanford Wagner (retired). Sales. Next are H. A. Savage, secretary; Curt Holton, Industrial Relations director; W. R. Perdue, general counsel; Jim Boudreau, Public Relations director; Vice-President J. A. Costello, Coordinating and Planning and S. T. Crossland, treasurer. All members of the staff are frequent visitors to the Plant Future prospects look bright for Ethyl Corpora tion and its employees when viewed in the light of recent important developments. That is the opinion of President E. L. Shea and other top company execu tives. Because of the importance of these opinions to all Plant employees, The Antiknock is glad to present the views of President Shea; J. A. Costello, vice-presi dent in charge of Coordination and Planning; M. P. Murdock, vice-president in charge of Sales; J. H. Schaefer, vice-president in charge of Manufacturing; B. B. Turner, vice-president in charge of Research and Engineering; and S. T. Crossland, vice-president and Treasurer. Mr. Shea "During the past few months we have seen some major developments which will have considerable effect on our future business. Among them are the end of the lead shortage, the additional production of `Ethyl' antiknock compound resulting from operation of the Houston Plant, and satisfactory progress in our diversification program. "The end of the lead shortage solved one of our most serious problems. Since then, with the lifting of controls, we have been able to manufacture and sell our product without any governmental restrictions, and to rebuild our working inventories of metallic lead and finished product. "Our Houston Plant has just celebrated its first anniversary. The additional production has resulted in improvement in our ability to serve our customers. At Baton Rouge we are getting into production in the new BHC and Lindane Plants--good examples of our growing diversification. "All in all, our company has continued to grow, with the total number of employees passing the 6,000 mark." Mr. Costello "Ethyl Corporation is one of the largest con sumers of lead in the country. In fact, we account for nearly one out of every ten pounds of lead that are consumed. Lead available to American consumers comes from newly-mined domestic lead, scrap lead, and imports from foreign countries. We expect these three sources to maintain present levels or increase production. Barring any unforeseen developments, we believe we will obtain ample supplies of lead for TEL. "All of our other raw materials are in abundant supply, and we anticipate no difficulties in meeting our manufacturing requirements." Mr. Schaefer "The Baton Rouge and Houston Plants, both being in operation, means that we have reserve ca pacity to meet any unexpected demand of our custo mers for the years immediately ahead. It also means that we can maintain large inventories of finished product to guard against any emergencies or peak demands. "The Houston Plant embodies everything that we have learned at Baton Rouge toward making `Ethyl' fluid more efficiently. Every step of the manufactur ing cycle has been improved to make the Houston Plant the most modem in the world. The real way to look at our process improvements, however, is in terms of their cumulative effect. Over the years, we have obtained twice as much additional capacity from process improvements as we have from new con struction. "With the Houston Plant in existence, we are now seeing an interesting interchange of technical developments. As the process improvements, origin ally designed in Baton Rouge, have worked out in Houston, we are planning to put these improvements into effect at Baton Rouge. As we continue to im prove our manufacturing operations, both plants will benefit. That is one way we intend to stay ahead com petitively." Mr. Murdock "The future holds for us a great sales opportu nity and a great competitive challenge. With the con- ETC 25779 M:iy. 1953 als i;ils quoted . President iiuineering; I .m* II. A. Ilmulreau, ! Cmsslund, i that are ; > "Msumers < i ap lead, . .javt these i a increase : )-IlK'lllS, H'e } 1 fur TEL. ii: almndant j m meeting ji.mis, both j i aseive cas >HU* custo* I.: Isn means Ii ><t' (inished i or peak iaig that we j iity `Ethyl' ....umfactur- Houston real way ''ver. is in years, we .'.u ity from , new con i'. we are !: technical its. origin.Led out in V'lnvements ..iiic to imi plants will head com- -= opportuh Hie con- i May. 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 5 tinning trend toward high compression engines and with a steady increase in the number of cars on the the Sales Department has begun marketing our igni tion improver, with recommendations for its use in Stonecipher, McGehee load, we feel that there will be a greater demand for Navy diesel fuel. Promoted to Foremen high octane gasoline in the years ahead. Our ex panded capacity gives us the basic tools with which to meet this sales challenge. "The demand for tetraethyl lead is conditioned by three separate factors: (1) the demand for gaso line; (21 the level of gasoline quality that will meet "We are interested in new products that are re lated to our present raw materials, our over-all tech nical ability, and our ability to sell. For example, we are a large manufacturer of sodium. Thus, besides our own use of it in making tetraethyl lead, we are work ing on a number of interesting new ways in which Morris Wade Stonecipher and Archie P. McGehee became sala ried production foremen in EtCl Operations. April 1. Morris Wade Stonecipher the octane requirements of the motoiing public; and (31 the average concentration of TEL that is needed to produce the desired octane level. On the basis of the expected increase in each of these categories, we believe that TEL has a vigorous future. In fact, we estimate that by 1956 the demand for tetraethyl lead will be more than double what it was as recently as 19-18. "Now, such an increase in sales will not come about automatically. It will take our very best sales efforts to accomplish this. We must continually dem onstrate to refiners that `Ethyl' antiknock compound sodium may be useful to industry at large. As part of this, we are making available dispersed sodium and also crystalline calcium metal. Both of these products originate in our manufacturing operations. Both of them represent entirely new forms of these useful materials. "In another direction, our activity in the agri cultural chemicals field is a direct outgrowth of our long experience in making chlorinated compounds. Meanwhile, we are also producing, in pilot plant quan tities, the weed killer 2,4,5-T, and are investigating other useful agricultural chemicals." Stone-cipher is a native of Haynesville, La. The 32-year old foreman is a graduate of Haynesville High School and an alumnus of LSU where he ma jored in physical ed ucation. Mrs. Stonecipher is the former Evelyn Merrill of New Or leans. The couple were m a r r i ed in June of 1940 and represents the most efficient and economical means of attaining antiknock quality. "Our service programs are of real assistance to all our customers, and they have very definitely con tributed to the success of our sales effort. So, also, have the efforts of the Manufacturing Department, the Research and Engineering Department, and all the other departments that make up Ethyl. Every one in Ethyl is in effect a salesman, and it is our com bined teamwork that makes for sales and better op portunities for all of us. "Right now, besides 'Ethyl' fluid, the Sales De partment is selling salt cake, sodium, and the agri cultural chemicals stemming from benzene hexa- Mr. Crossland "We have invested well over $100 million in ex pansion and modernization of our manufacturing fa cilities in the last six years. This is a tremendous sum cf money for a company of our size. Actually, we have invested more money in our business since World War II than in the entire previous 22 years of our corporate existence. In Houston alone, we invested an average of about $50,000 for every single job. "There are primarily three sources of funds available to a business--new capital provided by in vestors, earnings retained in the business, and funds borrowed from commercial lending institutions, such as banks and insurance companies. The funds we in 'now have one son, Riley, who is four years old. Morris joined the Company in 1941 as an operator helper. He was made a wage roll foreman in 1952. Prior to his employment here he had worked for the Penrod Drilling Co. The Stonecipher home is in Maringouin. Archie P. McGehee Archie was born in Greensburg, La. in 1907 and attended Pine Grove High School. He and the for mer Sallie Mae Mor gan of Pine Grove chloride. In addition, we have begun marketing our vested in our facilities came from all three sources, were married July new Ignition Improver (DB-36) for diesel fuels. As olher new products are brought to the commercial stage, we will be ready to market them intelligently. These new products are evidence of the fine teamwork including a loan of $40 million from a group of insur ance companies. As you can see, then, we have sev eral financial responsibilities to start with. "Our income from sales is our principal means 8, 1930. Their one daughter, Sally Jean, is 18 years old. McGehee is an ac that exists between Sales Department and the Re search and Engineering Department, to take just one example." Mr. Turner "The major responsibility of the Research and of meeting these responsibilities--but this is not as easy as it sounds. Naturally we must be able to sell our product at a price and in sufficient volume to cover our manufacturing costs and service our obliga tions. But at the same time, our sales price must be lew enough to provide a high use value to our custo tive member of the Istrouma Methodist Church and the Capitol Masonic Lodge No. 399. He joined the Company on Jan. 27, 1942 as an operator helper in EtCl. On May 24, 1952 he became a wage roll Engineering Department relates to antiknock com pounds. We conduct a coordinated research and engi neering program that extends all the way from im provements in our manufacturing operations to the mers, and thereby to encourage its even greater use. "Since the war, while our sales volume has in creased, the average cost of pig lead has advanced over 100%, labor rates over 50%, construction costs foreman. Prior to his employment here, Archie had been an automobile salesman for the Standard Motor Car Co. The McGehee home is at 2815 Lobelia. final utilization of our product. In manufacturing, we about 50%, and federal taxes on income about 80%. are constantly seeking ways to improve our present Notwithstanding these increases, our sales price of processes and to investigate new processes--all in an effort to manufacture our product most efficiently `Ethyl' fluid has increased less than 30%. "As an individual, you may be interested to know Propounding on Togo' and to be able to sell it at low cost to our customers. that the hidden and direct taxes you pay are so large That, by the way, is essential to the success of any that you work for the tax collector almost until May 1 business. --or four months out of the year. For a typical cor "At the other end of the scale, we are continually seeking to broaden the application and use of `Ethyl' fluid. As part of this, we study the entire antiknock field as well as trends and developments in fuels and engines. In the course of our work on tetraethyl lead, we have naturally investigated the whole field of present and potential fuel additives, and have come to learn a good deal about them. "Five years ago, sensing a potential need for it, we set out to develop an additive which would help refiners simply and economically meet the growing demands for diesel fuel of desired ignition quality. Our Ignition Improver (DB-36) represents the best poration such as Ethyl, the situation is far worse. Considering only our direct taxes, we work for the tax collector until about September 1--or for eight months out of the year. Taking our increased taxes and other higher costs of doing business into account, we find it takes the sale of 2M> pounds of `Ethyl' fluid today to provide the same financial return that the sale of one pound did six years ago. "Under these conditions, you can appreciate that it isn't easy for a company to meet its obligations, to increase in size and scope and create new jobs, and to provide a reasonable return to the investors who made this business possible." of more than 300 different compounds we investigated Mr. Shea during that time. Meanwhile, we also worked out and "I think all of my associates have given an ac patented a process for its manufacture. curate picture of our present position and the out "Recently, we completed a year-long test pro look as we see it. As they have said, we have made gram of our product in Navy submarines, and the good progress in expanding our capacity, improving "Marian Pennwhistle" (Mary Navy has approved its use. Incidentally, this marks our products and our services to customers, strength Gaines Read, Stores) illustrates a the first time that the Navy has permitted any addi ening our ability to compete, and making Ethyl a point in her satirical review of tive to be used in specification diesel fuel for its ves better place to work. We have a wonderful opportu "Pogo," before the Readers Club, sels. While we are still engaged in other service tests nity to continue to grow and to provide even greater April 16, at the Woman's Club involving railroad locomotives and heavy-duty trucks, opportunities for all employees." house. ETC 25780 i 6 THE ANTIKNOCK Announcing New Ethyl Boosters Herman J. Lefebvre, TEL Op., a son, David Joseph, bom April 3. Alex Sanders. TEL Labor, a daughter. Carolyn Regina, bom April 9. . John B. Tucker, Jr., Sodium Op., a daughter. Janet Lynn, born March 25. Francis S. Holt, TEL Maint., a son, Patrick Timothy, born April 1. George W. Johnston, TEL Op., a daughter, Dorothy Ann, bom April 9. Clyde R. Williams. TEL Maint . a daughter. Brenda Joan, born April 9. Ivey E. Seal, TEL Maint.. a daugh ter. Brenda Louise, born March 20. Alex J. Strickland. Inspection, a daughter, Margaret Madalene, born April 15. James M. Galey, Ind. Eng., a son, James M., Jr., bom April 16. Fraok C. Bunch, EtCl Maint., a daughter, Kathy Louise, bom Feb. 20. Level! Winsey, TEL Labor, a daugh ter, Sharon Lynette, bom April 3. John L. Lee, Jr., Ind. Eng., a son, John L., Ill, bom March 31. I. W, Knlppers, EtCl Op., a daughter, Theresa Rae, born March 13. W. N. Montgomery, Security Force, a daughter, Trudy Nell, born Feb. 20. Joseph Lefebvre, EtCl Stores, a son, John Charles, bom Feb. 21. May, 1953 Jamie E. Jones, TEL Control Lab., a son, Russell Keith, born March 11. Velford A. Clayton. EtCl Maint., a son. Velford VVayne. born March 30. Allen Miller, EtCl Op., a son, John Thomas, born March 29. Freddie Judson, TEL Labor, a son, Kenneth Wyns, bom March 13. Arthur Jones, TEL Labor, a daugh ter, Jewel Evelyn, born March 27. Warded Ladmlrault. Sodium Labor, a son, Robert Joseph, born March 19. Speaking of gossip, it isn't hard to make a mountain out of a mole hill--just add a little dirt. Thanks I wish to use this medium to express my and my family's thanks for the generosity and kindness of my friends while I was in the hospital for 20 months. Words cannot fully express our appreciation for your kindness. Gordon Spurgeon Electrician Helper 1/c I I \y. cni/i! ice ,1 SUM : Krin i It..I,. ....\<i:il 11 <-irl ; !.. I*! Tall ciet\ for r Up c ' Mis. dole Barbara Gerland Carl McCoy Ethyl Employees' Children Score Si'* to r. Club cmpiwiv. In Academy of Science Meeting Hr uilh Four children of Ethyl employ ees participated in a recent Acad emy of Science meeting at Natchi toches. Richard Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Barton; Gary According to the Wall Street Journal, thousands of women could add years to their lives--by telling the truth. Ray, 16 and <Jule Ann, 12, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. "Dutch" Young. "Dutch" is a foreman in TEL Maint. Mrs. Young is the former Julia Garner of Baskin, La. 2-7 1 ' coni' whir' Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Young; Carl McCoy, son of Mr, and Mrs. Carl McCoy, Sr., and Barbara Gerland, daughter of Isabelle Ger land, attended and took an active part. Richard Barton won fourth place in the junior division with a paper entitled "Harnessing Solar i Energy." Gary Young won eighth place with a paper entitled '`Topology." Carl McCoy placed fifth in the senior division with his "Fluorida tion of Water Supply in Baton Rouge." Barbara Gerland had a project at the meeting. The meet was open to all stu dents who wished to prepare a ; paper or project. Gary Wayne is the son of Mr. and Ttii- Raymond, left, and Alvin, right, are both stationed overseas. Raymond, Mrs. Jesse Demars. The youngster who is in the Navy is stationed in Japan; Alvin, a private in a medical is three years old. Jesse is em Kvt** Mrs The man who worries about detachment, is in Korea. Z. E. Broussard, outside machinist in TEL ployed in the Laundry; Mrs. De- lire - who's boss in his home won't be Maintenance, Is the father of the two boys. Mrs. Broussard is the former mars is the former Rosa Mae Lo- happy when he finds out. Effie Blanchard of Kaplan. bell of French Settlement. the I Ron etc 25781 May, 1953 v.nirol Lab., .\i:ireh 11. 'I Maint., a March 30. .. -.on. John ii .ii. a ion, . 13. .. a liaugllj. I. 27. Labor, - .March 19. imVi hard .'i a mole- imdium l.imily's "iiy and ids while I lor 20 o..i fully i i*n for 1/e -Dutch" j i he former May, 1953 SERVICE AWARDS THE ANTIKNOCK 7 We cofiyratiilate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during April. 15 Years Steve H. Bezne, Sodium Labor. Samuel \V. Dixon, TEL Op. Ermun R. Hunt, Gen. Eng. Robert G. Smith, TEL Maint. John A. Higgins, Jr,, TEL Op. William F. Ford, TEL Op. Jeese C. Inman, Sodium Op. 10 Years Joseph A. Culnione, Gen. Eng. Noah J. (iautrrau. Sodium Op. Henry C. Slaton, EtCl Maint. Samuel R. Smith, Fire Insp. Carl C. McCoy, TEL Op. Ko<*h H. Pedarre, Jr,, P&ES L. D. Pendergrass, TEL Maint. Tally-Up Meeting Slated tor May 6 "Cream of the Dogpatch So ciety" is expected to be on hand for the Spring Coffee of the Tally Up Club to be held at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Jones, 2207 Cherrydale on May 6. Serving as hostesses for the 10 to 12 o'clock get together of the club made up of wives of Ethyl employees will be the "money" wives--Purchasing and Finance. Reservations should be made with Mrs. Ellwood Gore, Telephone 2-7446, 809 Longwood Drive, ac cording to the unique invitation which went out to all members. Petr J. Alnie, TEL Op. Harold W. Scruggs. EtC! Maint. James C. Williams, EtCl Maint. George M. Watson, TEL Maint. Eileen M. Wax, Finance. Herbert H. Rasberry, EtCl Maint. Dixie B. Devlllier, Finance. Carl C. Eaves, TEL Op. Alex J. Boudreaux, EtCl Maint. William B. Wells, Jr., TEL Op 5 Years Jesse W. Shavers, TEL Maint. Floyd P. Fife, Maint. Margaret M. Wilson, P&ES Bowden is shown following his favorite hobby--stamp collecting. His many albums have a wide variety of stamps from most of the countries of the world. Bowden Collects Stamps as Hobby; Also Developing Antiknock File J. W. Bowden, TEL operator 1/c, became interested in stamp collect ing when he was 12 years old. At that age he started a collection which he has added to regularly since. Now he has three albums with a total of thousands of stamps. Among them are postage stamps from most of the nations of the world, pre-cancels, first day covers, and a valuable Czechoslovakian stamp that had been overprinted by occupying Germans. His collection is not limited to postage stamps, however. He has a wide assortment of revenue stamps. Bowden is a member of the Baton Rouge Stamp Club where he does quite a bit of swapping with fellow members. He says tht stamp collecting is an educational hobby. Each stamp has a history that gives one some information about the country from which it was issued. The TEL operator is also as sembling a complete collection of Antiknocks starting in 1940 when he was employed. He asks that anyone with unused past issues call him at 3-5631. He is still trying to locate quite a number of issues. clshe Antiknock f/tlbum Kathy Lynn, 7% months old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Henderson. Gerald is a pipefitter in EtCl Maint. Mrs. Henderson, the former Katherine Hitchcock, was formerly employed in the Mainte nance office. Can You Recognize These Employees? I ui Mr. and , umngstcr sc is cm* ; Mrs. De>*a .Mae Lont. This seven-month-old youngster is Kenneth Melvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Varnado. Melvin is a fire inspector 1/c. Mrs. Varnado is the former Gloria Cowart of Baton Rouge. Gary Douglas is the four-monthold son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pearce. Ray is employed in the TEL Con trol Lab. Mrs. Pearce is the former Marcile Dockery of Cobden, 111. The photo above, taken early in his life, is of another long-service employee who was born in Knox ville, Tenn., on April 11, 1910. He joined the Company in 1931 in New York and was transferred to Baton Rouge in 1947. Two pointers may help identify him. He is active in civic affairs, and supervises spend ing of large amounts of money. This youngster was born in Mid dletown, Del., in 1906. He was em ployed by du Pont in Deepwater in 1929 and transferred to Baton Rouge in April of 1937. He has held a first class rating in his craft in TEL Maintenance for years. One tip is that his family name has only three letters and is shorter than his given name. (See Answers on Page 18) ETC 25782 8 i THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 I i When Bill Barlow, committeeman in charge of the 5-7 age group of egg hunters, blew his whistle the youngsters, above, scampered so fast that some of them were going too fast for the photographer's camera! Two older age groups of children hunted in other areas. Large Crowd Attends ERA Egg Hunt; Special Program Staged for Tots Some youngsters found a basketful . . . And others weren't so lucky, of eggs . . . but did plenty of looking. The two hunters in the 12-year and up group to find golden eggs were Joan Patin and Billy Odom. Good weather and 5,000 hidden eggs were the factors that brought happy smiles to the faces of about 1,500 children of Ethyl employees at the ERA-sponsored egg hunt April 4 at Harding Field. The children marched out to three hunt areas according to age groups while parents remained near the free cold drink stands or moved over the Center where a special program was set up for the tots from ages one through four. Bunnies Give Baskets Here the bunnies were busy giv ing out Easter baskets to each child, followed by a showing of sev eral movie comedies. In a drawing of numbers Kenneth Guidry won a live rabbit, while stuffed plush bun nies went to Randy Aucoin, Charles D'Antoni, Judy Fortenberry, Charles Brou, Charlene LeBlanc, Connie Favaron, Bert Broussard, John Major, Linda Aucoin, Gary Waguespack, Randy Caldwell, Pa trician Wilson, Jimmy Percy, An thony Rome and Les Parker. The large egg-dyeing job was performed by Cafeteria cooks Nor wood Harris, Wilmore Bordelon, George Marionneaux and Lloyd Averette, assisted by Almetus Reeder and Thelma Boudreaux. Hunt Commiteemen Members of the Egg hunt com mittee, headed by chairman L. C. Burks, TEL Maintenance, included Bill Barlow, Arthur LeBlanc, Eu gene Powers. Elgene Rushing, Pat Wheat, Charles Crochet, E T. Au coin. Dan Turney, J. H. McCul lough, Vince Sylvest, E. Z. Rush ing, Olen Clay, Stanley Price, A, E. Button, J. E. Kemp, Bill Sanidas, Almetus Reeder, Mercerdese Rabb, Thad Bridges, Howard Wascom, Fred Rube, Whitey Van Atta. Hardy Wells, Sr., S. L. Jones, and Pete Burks, son of L. C. Burks. Tin* lu from I' In tinAnflux t IliTr : a NK.'h < i Zic Winners in the 8-11 age group were, back row from left, Lynn Dupuy, Sally Heaberlin, Mary Rushing, Ida Mae Payne and Martha Richardson. In the front row, from left are Pat Dupuy, James Kelly, Jr., Valery Cooper, Jesse Kleinpeter and Stephen Couvillion. Prize winners in the 5-7 age group included, from left, Shirley Kelly, Ronnie Brian, Raymond Crowder, Agnes Wisdom, Melton Price, Jr., Norbert Landry, Thomas Johnson, Jimmy Broussard and Ernie Bennett. Th.* ! liuiuu-. lohcm Baiun ' saner 'i dersnn i An ETC 25783 May. 1953 May, 1953 i THE ANTIKNOCK 9 1 -i .1 tour in the ..tor delight roup of egg . ~u fajit that .imcra! Two I unt; or Tots .fUlwell, Pa. I Vrcy, An. .u kor. i ui^ job was i rooks Nor- Bordelon, and Lloyd :.y Almetus i .oiuireaux. '111**11 hunt com- iirman L. C. : mV, included i i Bianc, Eu- i lushing, Pat aft. E. T. Aut H. McCul- E. Z. Rush1.1.y Price. A, . Bill Sanidas, . i-rdcse Rabb, , til Wascom, Van Atta. [.. Jones, and L'. Burks. As John Hickman, ELRA president and egg hunt chairman, center, cut the rope restraining the children of members, they made a dash for 1,500 Easter eggs hidden on the edge of Southern University stadium grounds. The hunt was held April 4. Laborers' Children Have Easter Egg Hunt at Southern University April 4 The lucky youngsters finding golden or silver eggs included, front row from left, Paul Pleasant, Melvin White, Ronnie Williams and Alice Cook. In the back row from left were Grant Clark, Jr., Robert Webb, Jr., Anthony Webb, Hays Clark, Lillie Mae Augustus and Dolores Lee Judson. Balmy skies and soft breezes across the Southern University campus set the stage for one of the most successful Ethyl Laborers Recreation Association Easter egg hunts ever staged. The hunt, held Saturday, April 4, attracted a large gathering of children of Ethyl laborers to search out the 1,500 colored eggs hidden in the area of the University Stad ium grounds. Prior to the hunt the committee served ice cream to the youngsters. The ones who didn't find eggs re ceived several each after the hunt. Members of the committee in cluded Chairman J. H. Hickman, Steve Bezue, Lawrence Anderson, Louis Watkins, Grant Clark, Willie Miles, George Knox, Samuel Ellis, Jesse James and Clarence Cook. The lucky youngsters finding golden eggs were Paul Pleasant, Melvin White, Ronnie Williams, Alice Cook, Grant Clark, Jr., Rob ert Webb, Jr., Anthony Webb, Hays Clark, Lillie Augustus and Dolores Judson. Negro BIE Tour A visit to the plant was part of the program for Negro teachers during their BIE Day, April 28. This event occurred too late in the month for picture cov erage in this issue of The Antiknock. ELRA Gets Its Official Charter j diirley Kelly, cm Price, Jr., i.ruie Bennett. Here a group of children of ELRA members are shown "tearing in" to a likely spot where eggs may be hidden. An estimated 200 children attended the hunt in the balmy Easter eve weather. Zion Travelers Sing The ELRA held a pre-Easter re ligious program at the Star Beth lehem Baptist Church in North Baton Rouge. The Zion Travelers sang spirituals and Rev. J. H. Hen derson preached a sermon. An estimated crowd of 325 guests attended the program held April 2. Business surveys show that people want bright-colored cars nowadays. Only 10 per cent of the autos sold last year were black, compared with 26 per cent in 1941. On April 2 officers of the Ethyl Laborers' Recreation Association signed a charter thereby officially creating their organization. Seated, left to right, are Steve Bezue, Sodium, John Hickman, TEL Operations, and Louis N. Watkins, Jr., EtCL Standing in the same order are Ben Burge, Robert Vandaworker, and Hewitt Gomez. Hickman is president of ELRA; Bezue and Watkins are committeemen. Vandaworker is a law yer in the firm of Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips which wrote the charter. etc 25784 A PictuVisit i i |i INDUSTRIAL NGl! Marjorie Sanders, clerk, points out a cost item to A. C. Adams, left, office supervisor in Maintenance. Adams is discussing the Maintenance budget with Sylvin Lange, center, manpower control engineer. All written administrative procedures are coordinated by Industrial Engineering. Hubert Wax, left, supervisor of Procedures and Position Classification, and Ben Harrison, manager, Industrial Engineering, discuss the finalized procedure. A stencil prepared by Alta Mae Varnado is sent to the plant maoager for review and approval. Subse quently the procedure is published plantwide. The Industrial Engineering Section, under the guidance of ing the numi>`i . Ben Harrison, section manager, is divided into three groups each'Time study is having functions which require continuous contact and collaborajdistribute the u tion with virtually all the Plant organizations. ! one 0f ^ (]! The Position Classification and Procedures Group, headecKisory people i-. j by Hubert Wax, evaluates all of the salaried positions at both are performed < j the Houston and Baton Rouge Plants. Evaluation of salaried po tinualiy review i sitions is made in conformance with a system which was estab determined star* lished in 1945. The primary purpose of position evaluation is tcBudget Group. establish the relative value of each position in relationship tcL. J. Savage, : other plant positions. In addition to that function this groupand make iwoii: develops all administrative procedures used on the plant aftenThis group nK' reviewing each specific problem with the plant organizatiomprovides for tin i which are involved in following these procedures. The design orVay our cost li' i forms is closely related to the development of administrate v .j,,,,: procedures and this function is also performed by this group. emp|0yees *0f I(i ' Supervision in all parts of our plant is sometimes faced witfcquainted with the problem of how many people to assign to do the requiraorganizations. I work. In cases where the work necessary can be reasonably weiin other plant u described, it is possible to determine by time study just hoMare Harold .M many people should be assigned to perform certain functions. ThfServicos Seel ion Time Study Group of the Industrial Engineering Section, headetpianning Secti.,: by H. O. White, performs these studies wherever the studies antions. E. F. Di- ' applicable. Results of the studies are turned over to the superand George ,M visor of each group involved and are used as a guide in establishHouston. Approximately 1500 printed and mimeographed forms are used in the Baton Rouge Plant. To effect control of these forms, Industrial Engineering periodically reviews them. Here Jim Galey is shown designing a new form on the Paraliner, a specialized drafting board used in the Section. Actual on-the-job time studies are the basis of Operations manpower standards. Earl Wlrtz, tune study engineer of the Industrial Engineering Section, is shown studying the melt pot loading operation being done by Jesse Weaver, TEL Operator. All information records study is a\:iil the operator who perfifc. At a time Hi not interfere with the (work, John study engineer, expIainWeaver the up to this point in the o| Picfuvisif to AL NGINEERING guidance of ing the number of people to be assigned to perform certain work. groups each Time study is also used in scheduling work so as to properly :ukI collabora- distribute the work load among employees. One of the important parts of the jobs of our plant super- oup, headed Visory people is to see that the functions under their direction urns at both are performed economically. To do this, supervision must con- salaried po* hnually review cost reports, comparing actual costs with pre- h was estab* determined standards and budgets. The Cost Analysis and luation is to Budget Group of the Industrial Engineering Section, headed by lationship to L. J. Savage, reviews and formulates budget and standard data "n this group and make recommendations on these items to the plant manager. hr plant after This group also maintains the Plant Cost Code Manual which : urbanizations provides for the manner in which our Finance people may por- The design of tray our cost figures for supervision's review. ulministrative The variety and type of functions performed provide the this group. employees of this Section with the opportunity of becoming ac . i iu*s faced with quainted with the work performed by a number of other plant < i lie required organizations. Today a number of the top management people . < a:-onably well in other plant groups have come from this Section. Among these uiily just how are Harold Madden, now manager of the Plant & Employee : hi net ions. The Services Section, M. J. Voorhies, Jr., manager of the Production -i'i iion, headed Planning Section, H. F. Bradford, supervisor in Industrial Rela i In1 studies are tions, E. F. Diedrich, acting chief supervisor in TEL Operations, , w the super- and George M. Lane, supervisor of Industrial Engineering at i. It* in establish- Houston. Production costs are reviewed (at monthly cost meetings) by members of management. Shown at right is Lou Savage, supervisor of Cost and Budget Group, with Herb Hobgood, Harold Madden, Mel Hudgins and Glenn Hayes. One of the functions of the Industrial Engineering Sec tion is to analyze costs and set standards in connection with Plant Operations. Clerical positions covered by the contract with the Cooperative Barganing Agency are evaluated by a joint committee representing the Company and the union. Shown from left to right are members of the Joint Classification Committee, Leo Brown, P&ES, "Cotton " Lloyd, I. E., Bob Greenwood, I.E., and Wallace Allen, Engineering. Brown and Allen represent the Cooperative Bargaining Agency. million record* i study is available to .tlor who perfoi b. At a time that does I ere with the work, John Lee, time uineer, explains Weaver the data taken o point in the op Each standard established by the time study group is carefully checked by the proper supervision for accuracy and conformance with good safety and operating procedure. Here H. O. White, time study supervisor, checks a Sodium Area manpower standard with Larry Cliver, superintendent of Sodium Operations. Walter Gulick, engineer, Is preparing a bar chart for use in the annual budget presentation. Preparation of annual and quarterly budget data is one of the functions of the Section's Cost and Budget Group. ETC 25786 12 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 May, i`v:> i H. W. Wheeler, acting assistant di rector of Industrial Relations, opens ERA Softball season with a pop-up to first base. . . . ... On a pitched ball from Acting Plant Manager Glenn O. Hayes, who, observers noted, seemed to favor the "drop" ball! ERA Softball Leagues Start Play Members of the committee that helped organize the Escue Shift Dance April 8, included from left, B. J. Blouin, TEL operator 1/c; J. S. Day, Jr., TEL operator 1/c; TEL foreman G. J. Melanson, and Sammie Escue, shift supervisor. Foremen, Supervisors Foot Bill for Safety Party Held by Escue Shift When the members of Escue's Shift staged a dance on April 4 at the ERA Center, it served a doublebarrelled purpose, safety-wise, with a lot of fun thrown In. First, it was a celebration of the Shift winning its first Plant Safety Award on March 19, and second, to promote safety in the future. And furthermore, the foremen on the shift agreed to foot the bill lor the price of the orchestra and the free beer that was distributed all that evening! Needless to say a majority of Ihe operators, their wives or dates, filled the Center for an evening of fun. A large sign has been erected over the band stand declaring their intentions regarding safety. Hubbs Gets Trophy With Double Header on April 15 The ERA 1953 Softball Leagues 23rd Street diamond, and League kicked off the new season April President Harry Triche invites 15 with a double header game and fans to attend. a pop-up fly by H. W. Wheeler, acting assistant director of Indus trial Relations. In a brief pre-game ceremony ERA President Carlo Polito intro duced the league's officers and other officials. This was followed by a drawing for two attendanceprize hams. Holding lucky numbers were Mrs. Rex Conrad, General New ERA Equipment Many improvements have been made in and about the ERA center for the benefit and comfort of ERA members, as the May 9 picnickers will see. The outstanding addition to the center is the newly purchased 27- Engineering and Mrs. Jack Hodge, inch television set and a new AM- TEL Operations. FM combination phonograph-radio. The first ball was thrown in by The ERA Board of Directors al Glenn O. Hayes, acting Plant Man so voted to buy two portable bar- - ager. to Wheeler who lofted it in beque pits that may be used at the direction of first base. Harding Field or loaned to ERA In the games following, TEL members for use at home or else- Electricians defeated Office 6-2 and where. Sodium Maintenance gave a 12-5 They now have a number of fold- licking to Pipefitters. In the first ing chairs to handle large crowds, game Hiram Ballard threw one-hit also available on a loan basis to ball for the Electricians. members, and have bought new Games are scheduled almost playground equipment for the daily at 6 and 7:30 P.M. at the children. j \ i ! I j | i Louisiana now ranks third in the number of secondary schools ac credited by the Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The state has a total of 190 accredited public and private secondary schools. Texas ranks first with a total of 303 secondary schools. Lee Hubbs, captain of the TEL Maintenance basketball team, re ceives the Plant Championship trophy from H. W. Wheeler, acting assistant director of Industrial Re lations. (See story and team pic ture on Page 20.) Accepting the softball opening at tendance prizes were, at right, Rex Conrad of General Engineering and Jack Hodge, TEL Operations, both receiving their prizes from John Houghton, left in both pictures. l ETC 25787 Date 1 Shrimp i fi :30 p M | 4 Socin! !>[ at 6 3ii. | Speech (': j Softball, j lum t Son l>;i I VS. OfTir.' 1 5 Softball. "D" vs. 6 Brirtpr* l P.M. Softball. . vs. EK7 Softball. ; Prod, rt.-n 7 Softball. ; Day. h I* ' ] Softball, j -B" I I 9 Plantu al' J Field, all \ It Social I'm i at 6 >. .u' j Speech Cl j Softball. | Sodium ' I'i Softball. | Maint ! 12. Soft h.i II vs RA.-K Soil ha II . Sodium 13 Bowline 1 Picnic-- (Conlir and refit**?!* day. "We hav' ment stand* this year, i' apart, air space hetv keep down Ui Hardy \\ assistant c chairmen r M. Davis. < Rogers. Dick TV George Mt ! freshmenn Howard V Tom Stepln publicity: ' H. Ross \\ Don Kirk, i Altcmbo. to emplmi" their hum* the picnir I J. 11 Hi. : man for lit. chairmen ; Louis ('nrn1 entertainmgram: str\1'reshmenN; ties; and Si Highlight elude an dancing dm M.iy, 1953 i nun Acting . (I. llayes, M-eineil to pril 15 111< t League . hr invites lipment iiiive been ! I! A center i i u t of ERA : picnickers iiimn to the uvhased 27! ,t new AMui.tph-radio. i 1 >irectors al} i.uiiable bari he used at nrd to ERA inline or elseunher of foldl.u -ie crowds, i.<an basis to hmight new a r n t for the !,K-rations, both * ,> from John ; h pictures. ! May, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 13 ERA Schedule for May Parish Teachers Visit Plant on BIE Day Date I Shrimp and Beer Party, at Center. 6:30 P.M. 4 Social Dancing at Center; beginners at 6:30, ad\anced classes, 8 PM Speech Class, at Center, 7 P.M. Softball, 23rd Street Diamond, Sod ium "D" vs. R&E. 6 P.M Softball. 23rd Street Diamond. Coates vs Office, 7:30 P.M. 5 Softball, 23rd St, Diamond, Sodium ` D-' vs. TEL Elect., 6 P.M. 6 Bridge Tournament, at Center, 7 PM. Softball, 23rd St. .Diamond, Escue vs EtCl Op.. 6 P.M. Softball. 23rd St. Diamond. Day vs. Prod. Plan., 7 30 PM. 7 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Escue vs. Day, 6 PM. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Sodium "B" vs. EtCl Op.. 7:30 P.M. 9 Plantwide Annual Picnic. Harding Field, all day. II Social Dancing, at Center; beginners at 6:30, advanced class, 8 P.M. Speech Class, at Center, 7 P.M. Soflball, 23rd St. Diamond, Day vs. Sodium "B", 6 P.M. Softball. 23rd St. Diamond, EtCl Maint. vs. Office, 7:30 P.M. 12. Softball. 23rd St. Diamond. Achord vs. R&E. 6 P.M. Softball. 23rd St. Diamond, Escue vs. Sodium Maint.. 7:30 P.M 13 Bowling Banquet, at Center, 7 P.M. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond. Achord vs. TEL Elect., 6 PM. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Escue vs. Pipefitters, 7:30 P.M. 14 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Sodium B" vs. Pipefitters, 6 P.M. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, R&E vs. TEL Elect. 7:30 P.M. 18 Speech Class, at Center, 7 P.M. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Coates vs. Achord, 6 PM. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Prod. Plan. vs. Sodium Maint . 7:30 P.M. 19 Bowling, B.R. Bowling Center, 6:30 P.M. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Achord vs. EtCl Op., 7:30 P.M. 20 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, EtCl Op. vs. Prod. Plan.. 6 P.M. Tally-Up Bridge Club, at Center, 7 P.M. 21 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Achord vs. Office, 6 P.M. 22 Dance for ERA members, at Center, 9 P.M.-l A.M. 23 Esso Picnic. Harding Field, including ERA Center. 25 Speech Class, at Center, 7 P.M. Softball, 23rd St Diamond, Coates vs. EtCl Maint., 6 P.M. 26 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Day vs. EtCl Op.. 6 P.M. Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, R&E vs. Office, 7:30 P.M. Bowling. B.R. bowling Center, 6:30 P.M. 27 Softball, 23rd St* Diamond, Coates vs. TEL Elect., 6 P.M. 28 Softball, 23rd St. Diamond, Sodium *`D" vs. Office, 6 P.M. More than 50 teachers from the schools in East Baton Rouge Parish spent the day at Ethyl on Business-Industry-Education Day, April 14. Here they are shown having coffee in the Cafeteria, then. . . . Picnic-- (Continued from Page 1) and refreshments throughout the day. "We have spread out refresh ment stands and tables in the grove this year. The rides will be farther apart, also," Gomez said. "More space between the attractions will keep down congestion." Chairmen Named Hardy Wells, Jr. is serving as assistant general chairman. Vicechairmen include Willie Dipaola, L. M. Davis, Carlo Polito, and Elmo Rogers. Dick Ferchaud heads finance; George McKenney, food and re freshments; Victor Buchman and Howard Wascom, entertainment; Tom Stephenson and J. B. LeRay, publicity; J. E. Webb, first aid; H. Ross Warnock, facilities; and Don Kirk, program. Attendance tickets will be mailed to employees and their families at their home about a week prior to the picnic. Labor Picnic J. H. Hickman is general chair man for the Laborer's Picnic. Vicechairmen are Louis Wilford and Louis Crunk. Samuel Ellis heads entertainment; Vencil Griffin, pro gram; Steve Bezue, food and re freshments; Louis Watkins, facili ties; and Sidney Moore, publicity. Highlights of their program in clude an orchestra for informal dancing during the day, a dance from 8:00 P.M. until 12:00 P.M. at the Purple Circle Club the night of the 16th, a merry-go-round and kiddy ride. Bingo games will be in progress throughout the day. Other feat ures include attendance prizes, ath letic contests, a husband calling contest, and the popular annual tug-o-war. Disability Rules Are Changed Employees absent from work for any duration be cause of disability must now report to Medical upon their return to work. An important change in the Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan which waived the wait ing periods for disability bene fits, now requires reporting to the Plant Medical Department immediately upon returning to work after an absence of any duration. Under the old provisions, employees were only required to report to Medical after absences of more than three days due to disability. Because of this change the green temporary clock cards have been discontinued. The employee's regular clock card will be in the clock alley upon his return to work. . . . Later the educators moved over to the Medical-Personnel Building, visiting the various offices there. In the Tabulating room M.L. Payment explained how the tabulating machines worked. . . . . . . The teachers were very interested to see the maze of testing and re search apparatus used in the Development Laboratories. After leaving the Lab Building the group toured the. . . . . . . Central Shops and Stores building, moving from the loading plat form at the east end to the machine shop lathes in the west end. A luncheon and discussion followed the tour. ETC 25788 14 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 May. Houghton Recalls Narrow Escapes When Shot Down on Bomb Mission The plane lost altitude so fast that there was only one thing to do. John Houghton, now assistant superviser of shipping in Produc tion Planning, and nine other mem bers of the B-17 crew bailed out and floated down into occupied France. That was 10 years ago-- June 22,1943. He and nine other members of his B-17 crew attached to the Eighth Air Force were flying on a bombing mission to an airfield oc cupied by the Germans on the out skirts of Paris when it started. As his plane joined the others for the bombing run, German flack crippled the ship, and eleven Ger man fighters capably added their destructive force to send the B-17 groundward. Crew Parachuted AH members of the crew jumped. They had been flying at 26,000 feet in the bombing run, but the plane had lost altitude rapidly after the attack. They didn't know how far they were above the ground be cause of low clouds. Houghton, who had served as ball turret gunner, and Radio Op erator Lester Brown of Austin, Tex., went down together. They landed in a wheat field about 300 yards from a patch of woods. Where they were they did not know, but of one thing they were sure. The area swarmed with German pa trols who would immediately start a search for them. Frenchmen working in the field quickly hid the two Americans in the woods. During the night they attempted to move the airmen to a safer spot, but German patrols were so heavy they dared not make the attempt. Underground Assistance The French were successful, however, in bringing civilian French clothes to the airmen dur ing the night. Houghton and Brown donned their new attire, carefully burying all of their Army clothes other than their dog tags which they kept for identification if This service photo of Houghton was taken In 1943 shortly before he went overseas. Houghton and Brown were loaded into a car which carried them to the large home of a doc tor. He dug out pieces of flack that hit Houghton when the plane was shot down and gave the two lodg ing for the night. "Visited" Paris The folowing day they left with another member of the under ground and went into Paris. There they spent the first night with the caretaker of the tomb of Napoleon. The place was surrounded by un suspecting Germans. For 11 days afterwards the two stayed at the home of a rich Frenchman while the underground secured forged identification papers with an au thentic German stamp, travel per mits signed by German authorities, and statements to the effect that the two, as French citizens, had already signed to work in Ger many. How good were the forged pa pers? Good enough that they were approved by German M.P.'s on the train that carried the two to Foix, a French town about 50 miles north of the Spanish border. There Houghton and Brown were turned over to border runners. For 14 days they walked over the rugged terrain of the Pyrenees Mountains. They were forced to travel at night over abandoned trails which were not patrolled by Germans. Their only relief was two days spent in the Free State of Andora on the border between Spain and France. Get to Bai'ceiona In Spain they went to Manresa where they caught an electric train to Barcelona. The American con sulate in Barcelona passed the air men to the British who had de veloped the European underground organization. The British prepared fake British papers which the Spanish accepted. Houghton and Brown went to Madrid by car. They were escorted from Madrid to Gibraltar by the Spanish who turned them over to the British. A plane took them baric to England, safety, and a long leave which included many sessions of interrogation by the British and Americans. Recalls Hazards For 40 days Houghton and Brown had passed from one under ground agent to another in occu pied France. Almost always they had been near some member of the Germany Army on patrol. One slip would have sent them to a prison camp for the duration of the war. John recalls one close call. In Paris, he stepped on a German soldier's foot and caught himself saying "Excuse me." This he quick ly covered up with an inarticulate mumble. After a leave, John returned to the 3th Air Force and flew 35 mis sions over Germany and occupied Europe. What about the other crew mem bers? Eight of the 10 made their way to freedom with the help of the French underground.The other two sat out the war in German prisoner-of-war camps. needed. They knew that if the Germans caught them without the tags which would identify them as American soldiers, they would be shot as spies. The next morning a wagon loaded with hay drove to the wooded spot. With the passengers loaded and hidden, it rumbled down a French -end for a distance of seven or eight miles. Houghton says he thought only of the feasibility of pitch fork tines being rammeu dtrough his body. If German patrols suspected hidden passengers in such loads, they checked the hay with a fork. Any passengers would respond quickly to such a test. Fortunately the wagon was not stopped. John Houghton and Martha Lane Crain of Franklinton were married June llt 1948. Their son, John Henry, Jr., is three years old. Mary Walsh To Head Membership Drive Mary Walsh will head the Little Theater membership drive among Ethyl employees. Her employee captains and team members in clude Jimmie Ward, captain, with Nome James, Ann Kemp, Nellie Prewitt, Wilhelmina Boeneke, and Gene Dameron; Gerry Funchess, captain, with Dorothy Bauman, Rose Pilcher, Lynne D. Spears, and Melba Tullier; Mary Elizabeth Gra ham, captain, with Willie Bellue, Ethel Duhe, Nan Cain, and James M. Hill, Jr.; Margrette Henry, cap tain, with Martha Monroe, Helen Sutton, Ann Black Janczys, and Cecile Theard; and Sier Street, captain, with Alta Mae Vamado, Thelma Babin, Gladys Gilmore, and Norma Rowe. Drive Opens May 7 The drive opens May 7 and ex tends through Saturday, May 16. Present Little Theater members, who renew their memberships be fore Wednesday, May 13, will be given choice of night to attend shows. These choices will be given in the order that applications are received and numbered at the Little Theater office. New members, who join prior to May 13, will have choice, after renewals, based on the order ap plications are received1 and num bered in the office. Eary Applications Best Any membership applications received on or after May 13 will have preference in the order they are received and numbered in the office. Mary Gaines Read, chairman of the membership drive, will coordinate the activities of approximate ly 250 workers. Mrs. John Q. Bass is assistant chairman of the drive. She is in charge of the office force and is responsible for reserving nights for theater members. Harvey To Present Paper at API Meet Clarence Harvey, Chemical De velopment, will present a paper, "Basic Economic Factors of Painting," at the American Petroleum Industry meeting in New York. May 11-14. Another Ethyl man, Kenneth C. Bier of the Detroit Laboratories, is co-author of another paper being presented at the same time. His topic is "Effect of Fuel Volatility of Cold Starting and Warm-up Performance of Late Model Passenger Cars." Harvey has been doing research work on various types of paint since 1946, and as a result of his findings he has gained widespread recognition for chemical plant painting procedures. He is a member of the API Re finers' Corrosion Committee and has served on several panels in this capacity. | f j : ; j j j ; ; i I i , . : ! 1 : : j j i ! ; Ellljfs M" topped hi completed ing which Benze Two n> pleted on bugs. The f new plan' benzene BHC ri.' the nen Plant N- Both p cities wh turn! eh- which n> ing fornrby farm* most etl> and is mfarmer* Prorlit- ' Plant \\ it' ful irrsr* variety used. UP' on lives* > as forae< fectivo tf' can he or as n * BUC i chloi'illr t of light ' lyst to oh and lh>- i is \ ' posed > ! formsand rp-ii the aeh\. insert Liuil.e gamma > per cent, proeessm plants a < BHC ran BHC plan ETC 25789 ,.,y. 1953 lead Drive 111. Lillie ;unong m|iloyee . 111<ts iniiu. with Nellie . - I:e. and muhess, i: 11inian, -u >. and ..ih Gra- liellue, .lames iny, cap.. Helen /\ s, and . Street, Varnado, (iiimore, and exMay 16t Members, , -hips be- will be attend i be given .lions are .1 at the ; i-iin prior i. e, after uiler ap- i .nil num- lr>t . aiions re; u ill have they are i in the .i.iirman of i ill coordi..ruximate- assistant Slie is in i i e and is img nights I' M Meet j mical De|. a paper, 1, of Paintj Pi-troleum i .< York, i Sk.Mineth C ! i.oratories, 11 .or being f lime. His : i Volatility i Warm-up liulcl Pas- ..-4 research . - of paint ; -ult of his f -\idespread , <' a I plant Of API Re.oiiiee and i ifIs in this May, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 15 Baton Rouge Zoning Regulations Are Important in Good City Planing Ethyl's new No. 2 Benzene Hexachloride Plant is a low-lying structure topped by the two refrigeration units seen at left of center. The unit was completed last fall. On the opposite side is the new Lindane Plant build ing which manufactures Lindane by further processing of B1IC. Benzene Hexachloride, Lindane Are Now Manufacted in New Plant Two new buildings recently com pleted on the Plant spell trouble for bugs. The two new buildings house new plants for the manufacture of benzene hexachloride, the new BHC Plant No. 2, and lindane, in the new plant adjacent to BHC Plant No. 2. Both products are potent insecti cides which are sold to agricul tural chemical and insecticide firms which use the production in mak ing formulated insecticides for use by farmers. BHC is one of the most effective boll weevil poisons and is used extensively by cotton farmers. S. G. Henry To, Serve On PAR Council S. G. Henry, director of Com munity Relations, was recently elected a member of the execu tive committee of the Public Af fairs Research Council. The council, a privately-owned, non-partisan, non-political organi zation, is supported by citizens of Louisiana. The purpose of the organization is to give factual in formation on different State gov ernment problems so that the citi zens may vote with a clearer un derstanding of the various issues. (Editor's Note: This is the sev- enth in the seines of articles by C. E. "Chuck" Colvin on our cityparish government.) Maybe you think zoning is just a fancy frill that eats up some of your tax money. Joe Spelvin didn't give it any more thought that that until he saw a sign posted on the vacant lot next door to the pretty new home he and Mary (and the bank) had bought a few months ago. The sign said there would be a public hearing at the Courthouse a few days hence to determine whether or not that property would be rezoned "commercial." Joe was just curious at first and asked some questions. When he heard the proposition was to put up a beer joint complete with juke box, Joe went on the warpath with blood in his eye. He learned a lot about zoning in a hurry. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordi nance became effective in Baton Rouge Aug. 3, 1950. Every foot of land within the city limits was di vided into ten types of uses: "A-l" Single-Family residential; "A-2" Single-F a m i 1 y residential; "B" Two-Family dwellings; "C" Multi ple dwellings; "D-l" Local Com merce; "D-2" Commercial; "D-3" Highway Commercial; "E" Busi ness District; "F" Light Industrial; "G" Heavy Industrial. Good City Planning Before August 3, 1950, Joe would have been out of luck. There was no zoning protection in Baton Rouge. Since then, the Permit De partment will not issue a building or alteration permit unless the use is permitted by the zoning classifi Production in the new Lindane Plant will make available a power ful insecticide which kills a wide variety of insects. It can be safely used, under prescribed conditions, on livestock and food crops as well as forage crops. It is far more ef fective than BHC and DDT and can be used as a dust, vapor, spray or as a salve. Company Supports Southern University Show BHC is manufactured by adding chlorine to benzene in the presence of light. The light serves as a cata lyst to obtain the desired reaction and the resulting white solid which is BHC. The resulting BHC is com posed of five isomers or chemical forms--alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon. The gamma isomer is the active one, or the one with the insecticide properties. Lindane, which has very high gamma content, approximately 99 per cent, is produced by further processing of the BHC. The two plants are near each other so that BHC can be conveyed from the BHC plant to the Lindane Plant. When youngsters sold their cattle at the conclusion of the Livestock Show at Southern University, Ethyl Corporation gave its support. Above photo, George McKenney, cafeteria supervisor is shown with Percy James and the G75-pound Angus purchased from James at 40 cents per pound. Percy's father, Albert James, shown in the inset, is a cafeteria helper. The calf won fourth place in the medium weight division. cation. And if a builder gets a per mit under false pretenses or uses it later contrary to what is permitted, he can be forced to correct the sit uation besides being subject to a $100 per day fine. Zoning is most importantly a protection to the general welfare. It is also a method to encourage good city planning and develop ment. Instead of a jumbled hash of homes, businesses, taverns, in dustries everywhere, like we have too much of in Baton Rouge al ready, zoning promotes as orderly pattern of residential, business and industrial development. Serve Without Pay What does the zoning protection cost you? The entire Zoning and Planning Commission budge't, which covers much more than this zoning alone, is approximately $25,000 per year or about 14c per person in this community per year. Zoning alone accounts for perhaps a nickel of the fourteen cents. Zoning is administered by nine unpaid commissioners, some desig nated by law and the others ap pointed to a five-year term by the City-Parish Council. Present desig nated commissioners are Ellis A. Brown from the Recreation & Parks Commission, Jack Christian from the City-Parish Council, Mrs. John A. Coxe from the school board, Roy T. Sessums, state direc tor of public works, and J. Lester White, director of public works as the mayor-president's representa tive. Council appointees are Heidel Brown, C. E. Colvin (chairman), William R. McGehee, and V. L. Roy, Jr. There is at present a paid staff of four: planning engineer, two engineering and draftsmen as sistants and a secretary. Meetings Twice a Month How does the Zoning Commis sion work? The requests it receives for zoning changes are publicly ad vertised in the newspapers and posted on signs erected directly on the property in question. Individual commissioners and the planning engineer study the request and after due notice a public hearing is held so that both proponents and opponents of the change can be heard. Meetings are held twice a month, at 7:00 P. M. on second and fourth Mondays in Division "C" Courtroom, Parish Courthouse. The decision is usually determined at that meeting. The City Council is notified of the denials of changes. They can accept the decision as rendered or review the proposal again after due public notice and hearing before the Council. Zoning changes voted by the Zoning Commission must be adopted by the Council after due public hearing if the change is to become effective. It requires five (Continued on Page 16) ETC 25790 II 16 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 - -- --------- ---------- ------ ------------- =---------------="= ) New Publication "The Echo" Makes perty would look directly across a street at commercial or, conver sely, a basically commercial street Up the Ladder for Employees Bow at Houston Ethyl's newest publication "The Echo" is now being distributed monthly to employees at the Hous ton Plant. On four-page glossy paper slight ly smaller than the size of The Antiknock, the new paper made intersection might have two corn ers out of four zoned residential, thus ham-strung for any sort of development. Joe might find out, too, that his most valuable ally is a strong pro perty owners' association in his area, such as the ones in Goodwood and Broadmoor. The Zoning Allen T. J. Achord. from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Melton H. Achord, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. John G. Bourke, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Rudolph H. Hatched, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Joseph K. Mapor, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Betty Portwood, from secretary (re lief), Ind Eng. to secretary, Adm. Mary Ann Landry, from typist (Pooh. Group I; to steno. (Accts. Pay.), Group II, Finance. Charles E. Crochet, from electrician 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maim. Joseph A. Guillaume, Jr., from Sodium Serv. mech 2/c to l/c. its appearance in March. The name "The Echo," based on Ethyl Corp oration, Houston, won for F. G. Miller, pipefitter at the Houston Plant a $100 U. S. Bond in a name contest. Dave Bruce, who joined the Company several months ago after a tour of duty in the U. S. Army, is editor of the new paper. Bruce formerly was a member of the publications staff of the Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston. Zoning-- (Continued from Page 15) positive votes out of seven on the part of the City Council to reverse a Zoning Commission decision. While Joe Spelvin is waging war against the proposed tavern next door he finds out some of the things the Zoning Commission can and cannot do. He learns, for ex ample, that because zoning is a re striction on a free American's pro perty rights anyone thus affected has a right to petition for a hear ing. And the decision is not made on the basis of a "popularity con test." There has to be sound legal reasoning behind any decision that tells any man he cannot do as he wishes with his own property. Al so, decisions must follow sound basic zoning principles, such as av oiding "spot zoning" which would Commission attempts to notify the officers of such associations, if known, whenever a zoning change affecting that area is requested. Check Before Buying Due to the long years of rapid growth and no zoning or planning, there are many "eye-sores" or outof-place commercial development in Baton Rouge. These exist as "non-conforming" uses in areas zoned otherwise. The law which went into effect in 1950 could not be retroactive or force existing establishments to move. It pro vides, however, that such non-conforming uses cannot be expanded appreciably or changed to some other non-conforming use. As time takes its toll, these sore spots will pass away and the basic zoning use take over. A printed booklet entitled "Zon ing Ordinance" is available to any citizen who wants the full details of Baton Rouge's zoning law and will be sent to anyone who addres ses such a request to the City-Par ish Zoning Commision at the Courthouse. A visit to the planning engineer and a look at the zoning maps be fore buying either a lot or a home or any other property is a wise pre caution to be sure of the zoning protection at that spot, or the uses that can be freely made of the pro perty. Pryor V. Browning, from rigger 2/c to l/c, EtCl Maint. John C. Lambert, from pipefitter 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Hoale E. Magee, Jr., from pipefitter 2c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Jesse W. Martin, from mach. outside 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Preston Varden, from mach. inspec tor 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. C. D. Randall, from insulator 2/c to lc, EtO Maint. Bryan J. Wilson, from boilermaker 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Troy W. Ball, Jr., from Sodium op. (C.R.) 2/c to 1/c. Elmo V. Hotard, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Joseph R. Ross, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Edison P. Flatau, from warehouseman 1/c to stores leader, TEL Stores. Leo H. Heard, from warehouseman 1/c to stores leader, TEL Stores. Dorothy L. Bauman, from reception ist, Group IT, to steno elk. Group ITT. Medical. Louis V. Guidry, from Sodium op. (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Norman Clark, from electrician 2/c to lc. TEL Maint. Roswell L. Grissom, from electrician 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Lee D. Hubbs, from insulator 2fc to 1/c, TEL Maint. Orville J. Hennan, Jr., from rigger 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Jimmie Z. Richardson, from Sodium Serv. mech. 2/e to 1/c. Charley S. Staples, from Sodium Serv. mech. 2/c to 1/c. Joseph L. White, Jr., from rigger 2'c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Clifton G. C a 111 o u e t, from Pump House op 2/c to 1/c. Power. Jeanne I. Gore, from steno. Group I, Finance; to purchase order elk, Group Jasper A. Oliver, from pipefitter 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Earl Stafford, from rigger 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint Elbrtdge B. Charlton, from sr. lab. asst, to special lab. asst.. Sodium Lab. Marie Johnson, from compt. op. (Fac tory Ledger), Group I; to payroll elk. (Wage Roll), Group III, Finance. Victor F. Bergeron, from welder 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. James C. Kennerly, from welder 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Clovis J. LeBlanc, from welder 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Julia Mae Hell, from microfilm elk. Group I, Finance; to receptionist, Group II, Medical. Josephine Hayes, from steno. (Em ployment)' Group II; to steno. (Person nel). Group III, P&ES. Edith Starns, from typist (Pool) Group I; to steno. elk., (Military) Group II, P&ES. Clarence McWilliams, Jr., from labor er 1/c to freight handler, TEL Labor. Morris Showes, from laborer 2/c to freight handler, TEL Labor. DECEASED make one small island of property differ from the main body of land around it. Or avoiding zone boundaries along street lines, put (P.S. Joe is breathing easy again. The Zoning Commission de nied the request for the zoning change on the lot next door. The ITT, Purchasing. Ethel L. Blake, from purchase order elk, Group III; to secretary Ind. Rel. John R. Thibodeaux, Jr., from painter hlpr. 1/c to welder 1/c. TEL Maint. ...,t 'N ; ting them instead along rear-lot beer joint had to find a vacant Clinton W. Hicks, from electrician 2/c \ t lines. Otherwise, residential pro- spot among others of its kind.) to 1/c, EtCl Maint. George R. Albarado, from painter hlpr. l'c to welder 1/c, TEL Maint. Medium ilte piano In good condition. Ruth Broyles, from steno (Pool). $150. W. W. Mills, Phone 2-3477. Good roll-away bed complete with mattress. A bargain at $12. Alvin Ourson, Phone 3-5009. Group II; to secretary, Ind. Eng. Henry C. Slaton, Jr., from carpenter 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Louts W. Orals, Ilf, from Sodium Serv. mach. helper 1/c, to welder 3/c. TEL Maint. John M. Lefehvre, from pipefitter 1/c Joseph Alexander Matherne, painter 1/c in EtCl Maint., died April 12 at his 3728 Shelly Drive residence. Matherne was born July 17, 1901 to pipefitter layout. TEL Maint. in St. James Parish. He joined the 1949 Ford 6-cyllnder panel truck. Good shape. Low mileage. J. C. Sicard, Phone 2-5529. James T. Smith, Jr., from painter hlpr. 1/c to welder 3/c, TEL Maint. Sidney J. Babin, from EtCl op. I'c Company Aug. 2. 1943 as a me chanical helper in EtCl Maint. For Sale Four-burner all porcelain Magic Chef gas range. Oven and broiler. $45. Phone 5-4625. Two 6.50 x 16 tires. 6 ply. New re caps. Both for $15. L. M. Decker,. Phone 3-8352. Small house on large corner lot. Ve netian blinds, attic fan, lots of shrub bery in yard. Will consider late model car as part of down payment. 2929 North Foster Drive. Phone 4-2781. Homart window fan. Good condition, practically new. Phone 5-1661. Wanted to Buy Picnic box. Phone 2-1210. to working leader. Roger W. McDougald, from EtCl op. 1/c to working leader. Joseph C. Martin, Jr., from EtCl op. 2/c to 1/c. Robert N. Neyland, from EtCl op. 2'c to 1/c. Alton O. Noble, from EtCl op. l'c to working leader. Virgil C. Ory, from EtO op. 2/c to 1/c. Wade B. Randolph, from EtCl op. 1/c to working leader. Wilburn M. Smith, from EtO op. 2/c to 1/c. He is survived by his wife, the former Irene Early; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie M. Christ, Baton Rouge; Mrs. Stella O'Rillson, White Castle; Mrs. C. R. Thompson, Plaquemine and one brother, Claude Matherne. Plaquemine. Services were held April 13 at the Rabenhorst Funeral Parlor with Rev. James L. Stovall officiat ing. Burial was in Greenoaks Me morial Cemetery. -- Opini !( shown | ployoi's 1hcv u > to 78 Workiru rity m and yj said panv's n The ed ohi . i lower i> ting tiilin the < if the imi "\erv what U as comi felt Mini i: " he ( plan i.' Company rating it and th*'ipaid we percent ETC 25791 May, 1953 AS t.-iary iix. Aflm. |H>| (Pool*, I i> .1. Group : i Min Smlium ..p.-litler 3 : - c to \ 'c. .mm si* lab. >o(lium I.ab. np, (Facpayroll elk. i-'uianee. iii udder 2'c n. welder 2/c u. lder 3/c lo a.u-rofilm elk. .iionist, Group . 'leno. Em* i.iio (Personi \ pi>l Ipool). iMihtaryi. i r., from labor: TEL Labor. ! iLorer 2/c to iED May, 1953 Opinion Survey-- (Continued from Page 1) made since the last employee atti tude survey which we made in Aug. 1919." he said. "At that time 32 per cent of the employees rated it as an excellent place to work as compared to 42 per cent this year, or an `excellent or good' total of 83 per cent as compared to 80 per rent in 1949." Harry W. Wheeler, acting assist ant director of Industrial Relations, took part with Smith and C. R. Holton, New York, director of In dustrial Relations for the entire Company, in the presentation. Other findings of the 55-question survey that included all employee groups on the Plant concern em ployee opinions on working condi tions, information on the Company, benefits program, the Ethyl Rec reation Association, communica tions on the Plant and others THE ANTIKNOCK emme Presents Wanda Garrot, Chemical Development 17 l..i Matherne, s l Maint., died : . Shelly Drive - n duly 17, 1901 f. lie joined the as a me; i I Maint. . his wife, the ihree sisters, ; i 'heist. Baton ) I'IJillson, White . i...mpson, Plaq* :-...ther. Claude me. id April 13 at uncial Parlor Stovall officiate ; (uvenoaks Me* Oilman Smith of Opinion Research is shown as he presented survey highlights at EMC meeting. Smith reported that the survey showed that 82 per cent of the em ployees say they are proud to say they work at Ethyl as compared to 78 per cent in the 1949 survey. Working conditions and job secu rity received favorable mention and 52 per cent of the employees said good pay was one of the Com pany's major job assets. The survey showed, Smith point ed out, that employees rated Ethyl lower today than in 1949 on let ting them know what is going on in the Company. Only 26 per cent if the employees rate the Company "very good" on letting them know what is going on in the Company as compared to 31 per cent who felt that way in 1949. Benefits Rate High The Company's military leave plan rates highest among the Company benefits with 73 per cent rating it very good. Other benefits and their "very good" rating are paid vacations and holidays, 69 percent; life insurance, 61 per'cent; This month's choice for Femme Focus, Wanda Garrot of Chemical Development, is best known on the Plant in a field of work usually left to the men. She is one of the few women chemists employed here. And in the field of sports she has excelled to the point that frequently the men have wished she'd taken up crocheting or some similar feminine activity. Wanda has long been one of the outstanding bowlers in the ERA Women's Bowling League, and enjoys swimming, golfing and bicycling equally as welt Wanda came to Ethyl June 11,1945, Immediately after graduation from LSU where she received her BS degree in chemistry and physics. She tackled these two difficult college majors with her usual vigor. finishing a four-year course at the University in three years by attending summer school each year. She is a native of Roseland and graduated from Port Allen High School. At present she lives with her mother, Mrs. May S. Garrot at 824 North Street. Wanda has two brothers; Donald, who is engineer in General Engineering, and Floyd, who is serving in Korea in the Army. Her partiality to chemistry is obvious since she is engaged to Charles Montgomery, a chemist in Process Development. They are to be married in June. Wanda is a member of the Cuidado Club, the Baton Rouge Little Theater, and the American Chemical Society. accident and sickness, 59 per cent; medical facilities, 55 per cent; hos pitalization and surgical, 51 per cent, and retirement income plan, 43 per cent. The questions on ben efit plans indicated that a consider able number of employees lack full information on the plans. The Ethyl Recreation Associa tion has increased in popularity since 1939 with 57 per cent of the employees rating ERA activities as "swell"--a 10 per cent increase over 1949. However, one-fourth of the employees report a lukewarm attitude on the part of family mem bers to the ERA. On communications the employ ees rate The Antiknock and bulle tin boards the highest in ways they get information about policies and operation on the Plant. At the same time they express a desire for more information on new prod ucts, promotion policies, job se curity and plant operations. The booklet containing the re port of the survey findings will be mailed to every employee just as soon as publication is complete, Wheeler announced. ETC 25792 18 THE ANTIKN--O--C--K------------------- --------- | May, 1953 Across the Qeneral 3Manager's H)esk It is a pleasure to "talk" to all served its first anniversary. Need of you at the Baton Rouge Plant less to say, we are very proud of through this medium. In fact, one this new addition to the Ethyl fam .1 of the nice factors of the tempor ily. Everyone over there has ary assignment as acting general worked hard in building the operat manager will be the opportunity ing, maintenance, and service or to visit and chat with former co ganizations into a well-balanced workers at Baton Rouge. team so that normal production . The Houston Plant has just ob schedules could be reached in the minimum of time and with an ex- ^ Stewart spends a large amount of his time listening to favorite radio programs that include "Renfrew Valley," ``The Grand Ole Opry" and it if I were working, and I can assure you that I belonged while I worked out there," he says. cellent safety performance. However, we are particularly aware of the fact that the job of building and starting this new fa p | Wallace eral Ma assignin' news. He also enjoys religious programs. Stewart, whose wife is deceased, cility was not accomplished with has two sons and six daughters. out the cooperation and invaluable Arm Retired Fire Inspector Enjoying One son-in-law, Robert E. Hall, is assistance of our entire Baton a Sodium operator at the Plant. Rouge organization. Therefore, I Late Rising, Retirement BenefitsI "What are my favorite radio am proud of all of you at the Baton j programs?" he replied to a query. Rouge Plant for the way you j Since John B. Stewart retired from the Fire Inspection group in 1950, he has found many activities I to keep him busy. His radio is a favorite companion, his nice gar den in the back yard of his home I requires regular attention, and his work in the North Highlands Bap tist Church has given deep satis faction. "Well, I enjoy the `Renfroe Valley Program,' `The Grand Ole Opry,' and the news. Religion is a big part of my life, and Rev. Shelton, who is heard over one of the New Orleans stations, is one of the finest preachers I've ever heard." pitched in and helped us get the job done during those early days of plant startup and operation. Each one of you should have a feeling of personal satisfaction in knowing that it has been possible to design, construct, and put into operation a completely new plant and at the same time to continue so effec tively the efficient operation of this, your largest plant. Only j or sor"i men! I follow tn Act in Armsfc General Rouge Techrii. Billon t Smylio. Plnni "I worked so long that it took through the hard work and fine X. Cl- a while to grow accustomed to sleeping late in the morning," Stew cooperation of each of you has such a program been possible. IloilSlf! aecr "i art said, "but now I enjoy the I would like to take this opportu L. G. - leisure." nity to express my appreciation to Mainlrr Three of his eight grandchildren all of you at the Baton Rouge Plant StriK'l !' " are living in Baton Rouge. In that for a job well done. The way all of Ache _ Stewart is a typical grandfather you have worked together in help tennm . he looks forward to each oppor Grandpa Stewart holds grandson ing to get the new plant into opera son: Ac ! tunity of being with them. Gary Kendall Hall. Gary's father, tion is another splendid example of ium Ai "The retirement plan Ethyl of Robert E., is in Sodium Opera Ethyl men and women getting an Coy: At fers is good. I wouldn't be without tions. other big job done. Everything you have accomplished has helped Who's Better Looking? You Tell Us! Plants in the garden were just be ginning to pop through the soil when this picture of Stewart was make the Houston Plant a working reality. This sort of teamwork is in keeping with the spirit that has always prevailed in the Ethyl Cor poration. / f made in early April. Gardening is Wallace Armstrong, another popular activity for him. Acting General Manager > l I Did You Know Them? Here They Are! (See their baby pictures on Page 7) C. E. "Chuck" Colvin is the man Thomas W. Lee is the man whose who supervises the "spending" of family name is shorter than. his large amounts of given name. This ! 'I Company money. 45-year-old TEL He is manager of Maintenance elec Purchasing. Apart trician 1/c is from his purchas- married to the Dolton t Dan Read Boh Kennedy ing activities he has been an out former Minnie Lee of Hatties Operati. tn M:.iri We humped into a hot argument during April. Bob Kennedy and Dan standing civic burg, Miss. They super* i- Read, two long-time and well-liked employees, were arguing as to whom worker in Baton have no children. Tommy's home the trail was the better looking. When they reached no conclusion we thought Rouge. At pres is at 2226 Hiawatha St. During his first mo we'd put the question up to you. After looking at these two "special" ent, he serves as chairman of Plan off-hours he enjoys taking care of Mainlin II poses, send in your vote. We'll keep tab and give you the results. ning Commission. odd jobs around his home. level. etc 25793 May, 1953 May, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK 19 ;ers iTsary. Need<~iy pioud of iln- Ethyl ram i' there has nr4 the operat ic! service orui'll-halaneed i.il production if.iched in the :.il with an ex* . .nance. particularly iiat the job of i.: this new famplished with.ml invaluable nt ire Baton Tlierefore, I .'I at the Baton the way you ,' * I us get the early days of j'tration. Each i i\o a feeling of 1 -u in knowing - il >Io to design, ai<i operation a : lit and at the imie so effeci < 'iteration of plant. Only uirk and fine . >ou has such i'nle. this opportut ,.p|ireciation to j.-'t) Rouge Plant The way all of .gether in helpl.mt into opera. k!id example of neri getting anEverything you I has helped . lant a working i' teamwork is spirit that has i he Ethyl Cor- (..i-tal Manager '.ey Are! ; tlie man whose !:*r-ler than his im-ii name. This . > cur-olil TEL ; inlciiaiiee elec i iaai 1/c i s irrird to the 1. nuT Minnie . uf Ilatties* .eg. Miss. They . i. aimy's home l. St. During his . taking care of Wallace Armstrong, Acting Gen- James J. Bergin, Acting Plant Larry Oliver, Acting Manager of Frank A. McCoy, Acting Superin- eral Manager during May-June re- Manager, Houston, during May- Operations, Baton Rouge, during tendent of Sodium Area, Baton assignments. June reassignments. May-June reassignments. Rouge, during May-June. Armstrong Is General Manager in Second Phase of Training Program Reassignments for the May-June or second phase of the Manage ment Training Program give the following responsibilities: Acting General Manager, W. F. Armstrong; Acting Assistant to the General Manager covering Baton Rouge and Houston, G. O. Hayes; Technical Coordinator covering Baton Rouge and Houston, T. M. Smylie. Plant Manager, Baton Rouge, R. N. Clothier; Acting Plant Manager, Houston, J. J. Bergin; Acting Man ager of Operations, Baton Rouge, L. G. Cliver; Acting Manager of Maintenance and On-Piant Con struction, Baton Rouge, J. M. Gill. Acting Superintendent of Main tenance, Baton Rouge, G. H. Lar son; Acting Superintendent of Sod ium Area, Baton Rouge, F. A. Mc Coy; Acting Superintendent of TEL Area, Baton Rouge, Robert Edgar; Acting Superintendent of Ethyl Chloride Area, Baton Rouge, H. W. Hobgood. Acting Special Supervisor of Agricultural Chemicals Operations, H. H. Wall. Acting Superintendent of Opera tions, Houston, J. C. Klock; Act ing Assistant Superintendent of Operations, Houston, J. F. Kobler; Acting Superintendent of Mainten ance, Houston, M. C. Hudgins. Acting Chief Supervisor, EtCl Area, Houston, Harry F. Royal; Acting Chief Supervisor, Sodium Area, Houston, N. R. Hart; Acting Chief Supervisor, TEL Area, Hous ton, L. L. Davis; Acting Assistant Chief Supervisor, Sodium Area, Houston, L. L. Reynolds. During the second phase of the four-month training, General manager C. W. Bond continues his attendance at the Advanced Mana gement Training Course of the Harvard Graduate School of Busi ness Administration. Harry Wheeler continues as act ing assistant director of Industrial Relations. Dolton K. Brown, formerly a TEL Operations supervisor, was moved to Maintenance during April as a supervisor. This move is part of the training program, and was the first move between Operations and Maintenance at the day supervisor level. Stiles, McGurk Attend Credit Union Meeting Milton D. Stiles, treasurer, and M. J. McGurk, manager of the Federal Credit Union, were dele gates to the State Federal Credit Union Convention in New Orleans, April 24 and 25. They were named delegates at the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors on April 8. Named alternates were C. O. Harrell, pres ident, and Carroll Flatau, assistant to McGurk. President Harrell announced at the meeting that beginning on July 1 two deductions per month would be made for members of the credit union. This change from one de duction per month resulted from a request by the credit union fol lowing a poll of members which showed that two deductions were desired by them. Harrell said the total deduction for the month would be the same but the two deductions would allow half to be deducted from each pay check. The board voted that no with drawals from share accounts of members could be made until after the first of the month following the month that share-purchasing deductions are made. It was ex plained that the money applied to the purchase of shares must be on the books of the credit union before the member could make withdrawals against it. Lyman First Woman Named Ethyl Officer Jets Operate Cheaply Based on a typical engine with afterburner, jet plane engines cost only $2:56 per h.p.--a low figure when compared with the average cost per h.p. of a diesel engine ($50), or a tipical outboard motor ($35). On the average, we American men spend six minutes a day-- 36Vo hours per year--mowing the whiskers off our faces. If we cut ourselves trying to do the job faster, it takes longer. Esther Stapley Lyman was elect ed assistant secretary of Ethyl in March, thus becoming the first woman officer of the Company. Esther joined Ethyl in 1940 as a secretary in the office of the corporate secretary. Bom in Bridgeport, Conn., she is a grad uate of Vassar College, and has attended Columbia University, and the Katharine Gibbs Secre tarial School. She is a member of the Desk and Derrick Club of New York and lives with her husband and tenyear old daughter, Edith, in Strat ford, Conn. Safety Be>x Score For Ma rch Kipiiure Hour* Store I.at Major Injury Central Stores . 227.507 Chem. & Process Development . .. . 185,469 Construction-Maint. .. 73.719 Ethyl Chloride Maint. . . 164.300 TEL Maint............. 22,607 Shops-Maint......................... .... 253,416 Sodium Maint.................... .... 332.773 Miscellaneous Services . .... 59.140 Office . 718,222 Ethyl Chloride Oper........ ... 74,262 Sodium Operations .. . 14,220 TEL Operations .......... 4,586 Da>* Store Lant Major 406 Major Injurtf* Through Marrh. lSt 1 Major Injurieo Through March, m3 0 242 0 73 0 123 0 12 0 157 1 251 0 19 1 258 0 48 0 50 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 Total Plant 21,492 1 5 13 ! ETC 25794 20 THE ANTIKNOCK May, 1953 Maintenance Defeats Sodium "D" for Title TEL Maintenance copped the ERA Basketball League champion ship in the third game of the play off April 2. defeating Sodium "D" 51-50. In this game, a close one that went into overtime. Sodium "D" filed a protest that was subse quently ruled out. In the two pre vious games Sodium "D" defeated Maintenance in the opener, only to lose the next two and the cham pionship. H. W. Wheeler awarded individ ual and team trophies immediately following the game. The Winnahs! TEL Maintenance Takes Title Smylie Guest Speaker Thomas M. Smylie, technical co ordinator, and acting assistant to the General Manager, spoke to Desk and Derrick members of the Baton Rouge chapter. April 8. His sub ject was "Petro-Chemicals--Yes terday's Wonders, Today's Ward robe." He pointed out that materials made by the synthetic chemical industry from petroleum raw ma terials range from synthetic rubber to new miracle fabrics. "The tremendous growth of the synthetic chemical industry has caused it to outgrow its traditional sources of raw materials such as alcohol from fermented grain, ben zene and other raw materials from the coke industry and others," Smylie pointed out. "Today, hav ing turned to the petroleum indus try for these raw materials the synthetic industry is using petro leum raw materials for 40 per cent of the organic chemicals made in the United States." Appears on Panel Safety Engineer William B. "Bill" Heck was one of five people who participated in the panel discussion of "Industrial Fire Protection" at the Louisiana Fire School. The meeting was held In Baton Rouge during the week of April 20. Pictured above are the 1952-53 ERA Basketball League champions. In the front row from left are "Junior" Keller, Lloyd Stewart, James Greeson and Charlie Duhe. In the back row, same order, are Huey Bennett, Leroy Schultz, Ed McMillan, Wilson Gilmore and Captain Lee Hubbs. Absent was Hiram Ballard. Many Ethyl Youngsters and Dads Will Take Part In Boy Scout Circus Many Ethyl sons will be among the hundreds of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorer Scouts from 13 Louisiana parishes and one Mis sissippi county who will converge on Baton Rouge May 2 for the seventh annual Boy Scout Circus. Scouts have been working on skits for many weeks. The theme of the 1953 circus to be staged in the LSU Coliseum will be "Forward for Freedom." Glenn Laidlaw, prominent Baton Rouge insurance man, is acting as general chairman of the circus for the seventh time. Mel Hudgins, Acting Manager Dan Read, safety engineer, is responsible for health and safety of the boys at the Circus. He is in charge of first aid and fire pro tection. Many other Ethyl men and wo men will participate actively in this outstanding Scouting activity as leaders of individual Scout units. Two performances of the circus will be given, one at 3:00 P.M. and the other at 8:00 P.M. Each will start with all the Scouts marching into the arena for the grand entry. Other acts will include clowns, an action relay bicycle riding, scout of Maintenance and Construction, ing games, Louisiana life, aviation, is chairman of the Arrangements astronomy, camping, the Jambo Committee, which is responsible ree, Indian ceremonial dances, and for the physical facilities needed the finale. for the circus. Serving on that committee are Harry L. Butler, Construction supervisor; Jim Ver non, assistant Ethyl Chloride su pervisor; John Furr, supervisor of Training; and Ray Metternich, as sistant supervisor of Training. But ler will look after miscellaneous Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. facilities; Vernon, lighting; and Furr and Metternich will be re sponsible for the movies to be shown all participating Scouts be tween the two performances. Alan Barton, superintendent of Stores; Harold Madden, manager of P&ES; and Leo Bankston of Esso are directors of the Cub event, which is divided into two sections: "Mocking Bird Hill" and "Mardi Gras." Form 3547 Requested Personal Safety Is Theme of Campaign On Plant in May Emphasis on personal safety equipment will be the theme for a May safety campaign announced by the Central Safety Committee. During the week of May 4 lead ers of safety meetings will empha size respiratory protection. Safety Engineer W. B. Heck will give dem onstrated lectures on the subject. Eye protection will be stressed during the second week of May. Safety Engineer Dan Read will head this phase of the May safety drive. The necessity for proper safety shoes will be highlighted at meet ings during the third week. Safety Engineer F. M. Porch heads the safety shoe program. Concluding emphasis will be on fire extinguishers and their use. William F. McCarthy, foreman of the Fire Department, will discuss fire extinguishers at safety meet ings. "The recent safety survey indi cated that employees consider per sonal safety equipment one of the great factors in accident-free work," Safety Supervisor Carroll Hebert said. "This program will give more information on this de partment." Major Injuries Three Times 1952 Rate "Two equals three,"--a famous oil industry slogan--is one which Ethyl employees are proud of, hav ing helped make is a reality. Another slogan that is a realtiy, and one which Ethyl folks are not proud of is "three equals one," re ferring to the 16 major injuries that have occurred this year on the Plant compared to six at this same time last year. At Antiknock press time, how ever. the Plant had gone 19 days without a time-losing injury, indi cating a`slack up in the rash of ma jor injuries to date. Carroll Hebert, safety supervisor, attributes the improvement in the safety record to a greater safety consciousness on the part of all employees. Sec. $4.60 P. L. 4 R. U. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge, La. Permit No. 36$ > i Vul. \ Etl Retur Eff Prodi:. TEL Or in the A' Of M;i\ ' Bei tin recei\'ii burns 11 was ( ;it> (he cool" sent Mmp "I v\. pany\ . ees for i: Plant said. "I his Ini throu'Ji the lii r coni rot. "Will, work. pair \\ - pi odin 11 mum ip "To i` ferod ;i we air conelud- Marcl Go In t hduct oil United ' contril.o: parish. - A fin.' parishi follow 455.50; \ East Kri ciana. $299.(10. cension. 1 Tangip.il $55.00- dry. *1 : and St .i Hop*man bn-.took lh- etc 25795 May, 1953 > yls i impaign , f in May j u a 1 safety i heme for .1 announced Committee. .May 4 lead- ill empha- ' :u.n. Safety 41 uive demil.e subject. I stressed ,k of May. ,, liead will .May safety i | ; j I j j * i-per safety .1 at meet- . Safety a heads the l / ! j t- uill be on i their use. imvnian of ill discuss -..iiMy ineet- 'ii i vey indi* > insider peri .me of the u-cident-free t'.ir Carroll , will .] ..n this de- . Three 952 Rate -a famous i' one which ..mud of, hav, i aality. l.i is a realtiy, lolks are not |,oals one," re|aajor injuries as year on the , at this same time, how;.;one 19 days injury, indino rash of maai roll Hebert, .1 tributes the safety record . unsciousness . i< woes. . i I'. L i S 1 I'oelace MID - Uouge. L*. . i No. 962 Ethyl Students 'Graduate' at B.R. Trade School Return to Production Efforts Commended Production has been resumed in TEL Operations following a fire in the Alloy Building on the night of May 11. Bertin Babin, TEL operator 1/c, received first and second degree burns from escaping hot oil which was caused by a gasket failure in the cooling oil system. He has been sent home from the hospital. "I want to express the Com pany's appreciation to the employ ees for their wonderful assistance," Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier said, "Everybody pitched in to give his full measure of help and through cooperation and teamwork the fire was quickly brought under control, "With that same spirit and team work, everyone involved in the re pair work cooperated so well that production was resumed in a mini mum time. "To the other industries who of fered assistance and to Mutual Aid we are also deeply grateful," he concluded. March of Dimes Sifts So to Many Parishes In the March of Dimes drive con ducted by Local 12900 of the United Mine Workers of America, contributions went to the home parishes of employees. A final breakdown showed that parishes received contributions as follows: East Baton Rouge, $9,455.50; West Baton Rouge, $355.00; East Feliciana, $141.00; West Feli ciana, $43.00; Point Coupee, $299.00; Livingston, $970.00; As cension, $476.00; Iberville, $234.00; Tangipahoa, $78.00; St. Helena, $55.00; St. John, $24.00; St. Lan dry, $14.00; Washington, $14.00; and St. James, $5.00. Hope springs eternal in the hu man breast, but a wishbone never took the place of a backbone. Many Ethyl employees were enrolled in the course on basic electricity which was conducted at the Baton Rouge Trade School for 16 weeks. V. O. Mitchell, General Engineering, was instructor for the course. Former Blind Man Will Address Employees on Need for Eye Care George Campbell, the man who was blind the first 18 years of his life, will be on the Plant for one week starting June 9. He will make a total of 20 talks to different Plant groups on the necessity for proper eye protection. The lecturer gave a series of talks here in 1948, and because of his outstanding safety message the Safety Office is bringing him back. Campbell Born Blind Campbell was bom with cata racts that charred the lens of his eyes and did not admit normal light. All that he could see was blurred spotted fogs of light, which had no form or substance. In 1936 he underwent four eye operations. The crystalline lens of each eye was removed. Then glas ses were fitted which took the place of normal lens. Had To Learn To See For the first time, Campbell was able to see objects and color. But he found that he had to learn to see because seeing is a process which involves both the mind and the eye, and both have to be syn chronized in visual perception. In his talk, "Out of the Shad ows" he tells of the horrors of the dark world, and the wonders of the world of light. He stresses the con stant need for eye protection. Five Plant Employees Enter Military Service Five Ethyl employees have left the Plant since the first of the year for a tour of duty in the Armed Forces, reports the Personnel Of fice. On Jan. 2, Morris Showes, TEL laborer was recalled. Roger A. Moser, Process Development, left Jan. 20; Clarence A. Monk, Sodium Operations, went on Feb. 16; Stan ley D. Motsinger, Sodium Opera tions, left May 8, and Jesse D. Young of TEL Operations left May 15. Maintenance Men Use Spare Time in Study Of Basic Electricity School was out on May 21 for 48 Ethyl employees who wanted to learn more about their jobs. And graduation day was May 28 when they received their certificates of completion--their diplomas for offthe-job training. The 48 employees in the instru ment mechanic and electrical crafts on the Plant completed the 26-hour course by attending two classes a week at the Baton Rouge Trades School. The men enrolled in the course to learn more of the electrical theories and background to supplement the practical train ing they received in their every day jobs on the Plant. The course was organized by John Furr and Ray Mettemich of (Continued on Page 17) Day Camp for Girls To Start on June 14 Day Camps for children ,of ERA members between the ages of eight and 14 will be held again, start ing with the girls' camp June 15 through the 26th, according to Children's Activities Chairman Tom Terry. Camp for the boys is slated for July 6-17 this year with a program of craftwork, games and contests, movies, swimming, hikes, and many other activities for both groups. An official entry blank on Page 19 of this issue of The Antiknock should he filled out by members who intend to have their children participate in Day Camp. This form is to be mailed or delivered to the ERA Office. Those attending the camps will again ride to the Plant with their parents where a city bus will trans port them to and from the Center. Youngsters will be asked to bring a lunch. Milk will be given to each child at lunch time. ETC 25796 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS icIE MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED industrial EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. . .Editor School Ends and the Fun Begins! It is only a matter of days until Junior and the rest of the kids will be "at home" for the summer--out of school and looking forward to a wonderful vacation. However, most mothers will quickly agree that keeping a thumb on Junior is a difficult task because like a quick breeze on a hot summer day, he is around only momentarily before he is gone again. Either he is headed for a big marble game, is the one man needed to make up the nine fellows on his baseball team, or he is out somewhere digging in the dust with a dirty toe and enjoying vacation to the full. We know that Junior doesn't give his full attention when we talk to him about summertime safety, but water can wear a hole in a rock if it drips on that rock long enough, and you can make an impression if you speak to him frequently about summertime hazards. Some of the dont's: Don't cross a street without being sure that no traffic is coming. Don't dive or swim in an unfamiliar swimming hole. Don't get an overdose of sunburn. Don't swim immediately after eating. Those are some of the things that he should be warned about. There are many other common hazards of which parents are aware and should warn their children. Better to caution than to be sorry! 31 Salute to Our Craftsmen... The Riggers Bt Seems Only Yesterday ^Shat ... TEN YEARS AGO Instructors for the "Training Within Industry" course conducted on the Plant were Leonard Tom lin, Bill King, Harry Butler and John Walcutt. All members of supervision were scheduled to take the course, which was sponsored by the War Manpower Commis sion. With many employees on mili tary leave serving in the armed forces, one of the major items of news was letters from the men in service or pictures of visiting serv icemen. Included were Henry H. Field, Jr., G. M. Fairchild, Murphy E. Richardson, Maxwell A. Lea, W. T. Hartsfleld, Clay Harris, Sidney F. Bovard, Edward M. Reid, Wil son L. Gilmore, Douglas Parker, Ollen C. Clay, Thomas M. Mixon, and Winfred Mixon. FIVE YEARS AGO Plant-wide safety essay contest on "How We Can Improve Our Safety Performance" was an nounced. A grand prize and several departmental prizes were offered. The Ethyl intra-mural softball league with 12 participating teams was quite active. Allen White was chairman of the Baranco-Clark YMCA membership drive, with a goal of 800 new mem bers. E. J. Sanchez, rigger 1/c In Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, is operat ing an air hoist which is used for hoisting or lowering heavy pieces of equipment in maintenance work. The rigging crafts on the Plant are skilled in the handling and mov ing of heavy equipment by means of cranes, winch trucks, chain jacks, rollers and other devices. Thus the riggers play a part in the over-all know-how required in the making of the finished products manufactured at the Ethyl Plant. Merrick J. Chatelain gave a splendid performance in his por trayal of Commodore in "The Great Big Doorstep," at the Baton Rouge Civic Theatre May 13-14. Curtis R. Holton was appointed director of Industrial Relations for the Company, it was announced by President E. L. Shea. Les Nocke By Jersey Smith HOW DOES OUR HERO SPEND THE ENTIRE SUMMER? June, v 'Fritz Like rence J tor me Maintor much il pen to I sick. Vi alone i somothi other fi But a 30. to that it way. Hi up bein: 15 work No or pile up \ L. I. * the job. or not. 1 disabiiin usual In doctors. Realizin' security Compan and Sir1 day, KM thousand ployeo.s i; the Plan DmThis is ployees . bears i No eni|j)i penny, er duct ion member"! matic. .\i sary. Ear' soon as In pany. 1 It for injur \ his joli I Coveraiafrom of hr after an e months <>i Mayhe i matic thii ETC 25797 1953 June, 1953 I THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 'Fritz' Dugas Learns How Accident Scout Circus Includes Many E+hyli+es i fm poratees of mi inovin falls, laired in Iriunt. pointed ions for I need by * smith And Sickness Benefit Plan Works Like most healthy people, Law rence J. "Fritz" Dugas, an insula tor mechanic helper 1/c in TEL Maintenance, never had given much thought to what would hap pen to him--financially--if he got sick. You know how it is. You go along thinking that disability is something that happens to the other fellow, never to yourself. But a few months ago--March 30. to be exact--Dugas learned that it doesn't always work that way. He was taken ill, and ended up- being away from his job for 15 working days. No one has to be told that bills pile up whether a man is disabled nothing that the Company-spons ored Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan is not as fully understood as it might be. An important thing to remember is that the Plan offers protection against all types of injuries and ilnesses--those resulting from our jobs as well as those suffered away from work. The amount and dura tion of benefit payments vary, of course, depending upon the length of Company service and whether disability is related to the job or is non-occupational. But in either case, payments usually are suffi cient to provide full pay until the employee is able to return to work. Cub Scouts celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase at the Scout Circus May 2, at the LSU Coliseum. O. W. Cooper, Chem. Dev., had a Cub Pack participating in this impressive ceremony. . L. J. "Fritz" Dugas is shown on the job. or not. In fact, during periods of disability it often takes more than usual to get along--money for doctors, drugs and other care. Realizing the need for financial security during such times, the Company has a generous Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan. Each day, Ethyl Corporation pays out thousands of dollars to its em ployees in disability benefits under the Plan. Doesn't Cost Employee This is protection that costs em ployees absolutely nothing. Ethyl bears the entire cost of the Plan. No employee contributes a single penny, either through payroll de duction or any other way. Too, membership in the Plan is auto matic. No "joining up" is neces sary. Each employee is covered as soon as he is employed by the Com pany. He has financial protection for injury or illness resulting from his job from the very first day. Coverage for disability resulting from other causes goes into effect after an employee completes three months of Company service. Maybe it's because it is an auto matic thing and costs employees Benefits Start Right Away Recent changes in the Plan make it more attractive than ever. It used to be that, except in certain cases, payments for non-occupational disability did not begin until the fourth day of disablement. Now, under important changes made in the Plan, March 1, this three-day waiting period is out the window. Benefits begin immediate ly. What did all this mean to "Fritz" Dugas, for instance? In the first place, It meant that his bene fits started right away, so that he would lose no pay even if it turned out he was sick three days or less. It meant that since he had not used up any disability payments within the previous 26 weeks, he was eli gible for seven weeks of full pay and 20 weeks of half pay, if his disability had continued that long. It meant also that there was no interruption--or cutback--in his pay during the period of illness. The full pay which he received dur ing the time he was off the job was calculated on his average regular earnings for the two pay periods just before his illness. Overtime was not considered, but merit pay and average shift differential pay were. If Dugas' regular rate had risen during the two pay periods just before he was taken ill, his payments would have been based on the higher rate. Length of service with the Company is what counts in deter mining benefits for non-occupational illness and injury. The range of payments is from three weeks at full pay and four weeks at half pay for employees with between one and two years' service to 12 weeks of full pay and 40 weeks of half pay for all with more than 10 years' service. As "Fritz" Dugas now says, "Tft ; Company Accident and Sick ness Benefit Plan is something. It can really help a guy over a tight spot." This article has discussed only one important phase of the Acci- Typical of the many Ethylites taking part in the annual Boy Scout Circus on Saturday, May 2, is Mrs. O. W. Foster, whose husband works in the Power group. dent and Sickness Benefit Plan-- the payments you get when dis abled from non-occupational causes. Later articles uhll discuss the benefits you are entitled to if you are permanently or temporar ily disabled by illness or injury con nected with your work. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan, or any of EthyVs other benefit plans, don't hesitate to contact the Employee Benefits office on the first floor of the Medical and Personnel Budd ing. You'll find a competent staff ready to help you in any way pos sible. No Decision Hie contest for the "hand somest man" between Dan Read and Bob Kennedy of ficially closes without a de cision. From the discussion of the event throughout the Plant it may become as famous as the Dempsey-Tunney long count. Despite hundreds of signers on a ballot which said, "We think Bob Kennedy has more to look at than Daniel (Boone) Read", Dan muster ed enough support to cast perpetual doubt on the en tire issue. ETC 25798 II i I Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 ERA Bass Rodeo to Start June 14; Fishing Prizes, Rules Listed Ethyl winners in the Baton Rouge Sportsmen's League Rodeo listen as August Seguin, TEL Operations, second from left, tells how he caught the big one that won him the boat and motor. From left are Rex Con rad, General Engineering, Seguin, Ralph Hollaway, Technical Service, and Jan Futch of Chemical Development. Seguin, Futch Take Top Prizes in Recent Sportsmen's League Rodeo Seven Ethyl employees caught prize-winning fish during the Baton Rouge Sportsmen's League bass rodeo held at False River May 2-3, with August Seguin, TEL Opera tions, and Jan Futch, Chemical Development, placing first and second in the bass division. Other winners were B. P. Guitneau, TEL Operations; W. T. Van Norden, TEL Operations, Rex Con rad, General Engineering; Ralph Hollaway, Tech Service; and C. J. Bilbo, EtCl Operations. Seguin received a 12-foot alumi num boat donated by Ethyl and a five-horsepower motor given by Esso Standard Oil Company for catching the largest bass--a five pound, eight ounce large-mouth. Futch, Guitreau The other winners, the fish they caught and their prizes are as fol lows: Futch, for a four pound, nine ounce bass, received a spinning rod, reel, line and bait kit, ice box, deep fat fryer, six "Hell Divers," two cans outboard motor oil, case of soft drinks, two fish dinners and seven loaves of bread. Guitreau placed seventh with a four pound, four ounce bass, win ning a South Bend reel, five dollar merchandise certificate, ten dollars cash, Thermos bag, Zippo lighter, two decks of playing cards, oil change, two cans of outboard mo tor oil and seven loaves of bread. Van Norden, Conrad, Hollaway Van Norden was ninth in the bass division with one weighing four pounds, three ounces. He won two steak dinners, a tank of prem ium gasoline, case of beer, car wash and grease job, ten dollar merchandise certificate, two cans of outboard motor oil and seven loaves of bread. Conrad, 13th in bass division with one weighing three pounds, twelve ounces, won a case of beer. six pound jar of pigs feet, sport shirt, two quarts of oil, five gal lons of gasoline, two cans outboard motor oil and seven loaves of bread. Hollaway, who placed second in the bream division with a tenouncer, won a deep fat fryer, picnic set, six pound jar of pigs feet, case of beer, case of soft drinks, pair of shoes, five dollars in cash, two cans outboard motor oil and seven loaves of bread. Bilbo Bilbo caught the second largest sac-a-lait which weighed one pound, five ounces and won a five dollar merchandise certificate, case of soft drinks, Coleman camp lamp, gold pencil, two decks of playing cards, four packs of snelled hooks, two cans outboard motor oil and seven loaves of bread. The prizes were given to the win ners when the league held a meet ing at the Parish Recreation Center May 5. In all, there were 29 prize winners--15 for bass, eight for bream, three for sac-a-lait and one each for garfish, gasper goo and catfish. Names Being Taken For Sewing Classes ERA members or their wives interested in improving their abil ity at the sewing machine are urged to register at the ERA Of fice for one of three courses that will commence in August. Requests for these three courses should be made to the ERA Office prior to June 10 for simplified dress making, advanced dress making or slip cover and drapery work. A registration fee of $2.50 is required by each applicant, the balance to be paid by the ERA Office. Each class will be limited to eight persons and will be held at the sewing stores on Plank Road and Third Street. The ERA-sponsored bass rodeo will commence for ERA sportsmen June 14, with a total of $670 in merchandise certificates being of fered as prizes for the largest fish caught in the allotted time. The contest will run continuous ly from 12:01 A. M., June 14, to 12 midnight June 20, with all fishing to be done in False River. Prizes will range from first place for the largest bass getting $150 and a trophy to an eighth place prize of $5. Five bream prizes are being offered from $75 to $10, two sac-a-lait prizes $25 and $10 and one for catfish, $20. A $10 gift certificate will go to the largest rough fish caught, plus a $25 first prize to a guest of an ERA member who catches the largest bass. In the ERA mem bers' children division there are two bass prizes, $15 and $10; two bream awards, $10 and $5, and a $5 prize for the largest rough fish. Ten rules outlined by the ERA Rod and Reel Club must be com plied with to become a winner. They are as follows: (1) Bam mast be alive. Other flsh to show signs of being caught recently. (Z) Fish most be caught by ERA member (husband, wife or child) and membership card to be shown at time of weighing. (S) Fish must be caught In False River. (4) Fish must be weighed before midnight, June 20, at one of the follow ing official weighing stations: Tropical Gardens, Lighthouse, Island Queen and David Ollnde's. (5) Each contestant will only be eli gible for one prize In each division. (6) Earliest weighing time will deter mine the winner in case of two flsh weighing the same. (7) Each entry will be marked at the time of weighing. (8) Fish must be caught by legal methods. If required by law Ashing license number must be recorded. (9) Contestants will be responsible for legibility and correctness of entry blank. (10) Prize certificates will be pre sented at the ERA Center, Tuesday, June 2S, at 1:S0 P.M. ERA Plans Another '500' Tournament The second "500" tournament will be held at the ERA Center June 12, open to all ERA members and their wives. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded to winners. In terested participants are urged to register at the ERA Office. Fendlason Wins ERA Golf Tourney Championship in May Playoffs Buford Fendlason, Purchasing, became Plant Golf Champion last month when -he defeated Bob Baker of EtCl Maint. Other winners in the various flights are as follows: John Gonce, Tech. Service, over Ellie Holden, TEL Maint., in the first flight; Frank Hill, EtCl Maint., over Larry Burroughs, Prod. Plan., in the second flight; Ralph Dupuy over R. L. Pastorek, both on Gen. Eng., in the third flight; A. E. Button, TEL Op., over C. E. Smith, EtCl Op., in the fourth flight; George Anton, Ind. Eng., is competing with "Shorty" Yarb rough, EtCl Maint., no returns to date in the fifth flight; C. A. Harrison, TEL Op., over W. L. Motsch, Proc. Dev., in the sixth flight; Art Heiwig, over M. D. Roof, both of Proc. Dev., in the seventh flight; Mary Walsh, R. & E., over Mrs. A. P. Giraitis (Chem. Dev.) in the women's flight. Buford Fendlason, Purchasing, accepts the ERA Golf Championship trophy from Club President Larry Burroughs of Production Planning. June, 195 . EtCl Mainhthe first hul Members ar ance, Emile EtCl M ToT EtCl Main place slot in the winter si Engineers, si a roll-off. Bowlers l: Center May and elect oft: ter season. I named presi< president: . lary: and I! urer. In his rep<> the season. Breidenbmh had grown 11 Team starthe season u Team Planning Knv u EtCl Maint Security Allen Christ. 1/c, holds up while Allen, gasper goo, I river on craw ETC 25799 J June, 1953 i1 -------------------------- % i Listed i ut time i i. .in In False i ' before I .1 i h<* follow* i >ii^: Tropical .. ,i i|m en and ; i .uily he ell- u Oivisinn. : nil! dcter- ..i Um> fish i marked at by legal > law fishing i ,-> <n iled. I. |H>nsihle (or ; i <ntry blank, (aill be preII <*r, Tuesday, ii ___ >1 her j nament j uiurnament } IIA Center [.A members setved and nmors. In,tv urged to lire. [y jiayoffs ip., over C. . t he fourth id. Eng., is . riy" Yarb;. returns to j; Ht. Op., over i >ev.. in the j I D. Roof, | l tie seventh \ i.impionship 'ii Planning. June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 EtCl Maintenance ended the season as the championship team. It won the first half and won the roll*off with Engineers, second half champs. Members are, left to right; J. D. French, Jim Higgins, Jules Beysselance, Emile Roques, captain, G. S. Leffel, and Gordon Leffel. EtCl Maintenance Beats Engineers Individual bowling award winners included, left to right: L. C. Dixon, most improved bowler; Harry Bridgeman, high scratch series (651); Percy Trotter, high scratch game (258); A. J. Strickland, high average for season (179.5); Jim Carlisle, high handicap game (279); Acy Adams, runner-up on high handicap series (708). Bridgeman had a 715 score and chose the high scratch award. To Take ERA Bowling Championship EtCl Maintenance took the first place slot in ERA bowling during the winter season by defeating the Engineers, second half winners, in a roll-off. Bowlers gathered at the ERA Center May 13 to accept awards and elect officers for the next win ter season. Harry Bridgeman was named president; Acy Adams, vicepresident; John Houghton, secre tary; and Ralph Hollaway, treasurer. In his report at the conclusion of the season, outgoing President Eric Breidenbach noted that the league had grown from 12 to 16 teams. Team standings at the close of the season were: Team Won Planning Engineers.... ..... 80 EtCl Maint...................... .......... 80 Security ......................... . . 73 Lost 40 40 47 New Products ............ 73 Maintenance ........................ .. 72 Engineers ....................... 71 Analyst ............................ .. 71 Lindane ................................ ... 64 TEL Electricians............... ... 60 Mechanical Dev............... ... 55 Finance ................................ .... 54 Office ................................ *... .... 51 Tech. Service ................... ... 49 Maintenance Office........... ... 44 Process Design................. ... 43 Central Stores ........... . 36 ______________________ 47 48 49 49 56 60 65 66 69 71 76 77 84 Fendlason Heads Lions Buford Fendlason, purchasing agent, was elected president of the East Baton Rouge Lions Club for coming year. He will take over his duties of office on July 1. Fendlason, a life-long resident of this city, has been an active member of this club for the past three years. Officers for the 1953-54 bowling season are, left to right, Ralph Hollaway, treasurer; Harry Bridgeman, president; Acy Adams, vice-president; and John Houghton, secretary. Day's Shift, EtCl Maintenance Lead In Their Respective Softball Leagues You Just Gotta Believe These Fish Stories ., `i ,,'Y* Day's Shift in the American League and EtCl Maintenance in the National League are off to fly ing starts in the ERA Softball tournament at the season ap proaches the halfway mark. Below are the won-lost records of all teams in both leagues at An tiknock presstime: National League Team Won Lost EtCl Maintenance.................. 3 0 TEL Electricans .................... 1 0 Sodium "D" ............................ 2 1 Achord's Shift ...................... 2 1 Research and Eng................. 1 3 Office ......................................... 1 3 Coats'Shift............................. 0 2 Allen Christ, pumphouse operator 1/c, holds up a 16 lb., 10 oz. carp, while Allen, Jr., displays a 9 lb., gasper goo, both caught in False river on crawfish, May 20. Henry Hood, Sodium "B" Group, holds up one of 18 catfish that he, Herbert Lott and Martin Felps caught recently on setlines in the Bogne Chitta swamps. Russel] Robinson, EtCl Mainte nance, holds up a 52V pound cat fish taken from the Amite River on a trot line in April. This fish is al most four feet long. American League Day's Shift ............. EtCl Operations............... 4 4 Sodium "B" ........................... 2 Pipefitters ............................... 2 Escue's Shift ................ 2 Prod. Planning ............ 1 Sodium Maint......................... X * dropped out of league The man who worries about who's boss in his home won't be happy when he finds out. ETC 25800 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 June, > --------- Employees Enter Dogs in May Show Bonnie Moles Wins Junior Championship Teac F, Seen at the Baton Rouge Kennel Club Dog SAiow were M. C. Brown, EtCl Maintenance; J. D. Calmes, EtCl Maintenance, whose Airedale placed Best in Breed; Byron Gouner, TEL Maintenance, chairman of the Dog Show, and Elyria Minis, Production Planning, who entered her Pekingese. Bonnie Moles, daughter of Robert Moles, Finance, flashes a triumphant smile as her parti-colored Cocker Spaniel took first place in the Junior Showmanship class at the show. Television Set Donated to Deaf The Shrimp Parties Are a'Comin! Um! Um! All tables were filled at the Center on May 1, at the Shrimp and Beer Party--a monthly affair in summer. Following the feast Lee Fortier and orchestra played dance music from 9 P.M. until midnight. School as Result of Club Drive Last month the Ethyl Man agement Club donated a television set to the Louisiana School for the Deaf that was installed In the girl's infirmary. The Civic Affairs Committee of the club, headed by Chairman F. him a second set purchased by the committee. Kardes is a mechanical draftsman with Barnard and Burk, consulting engineers. Porch in a statement following the drive thanked "everyone for their wonderful cooperation." M. Porch, Safety, conducted the drive. Members of the committee included Fabio Halphen, General Engineering; Jasper Jines, EtCl Maintenance; Ernie Carr, Laundry, and John Graziano of TEL Main tenance. , Each person who donated was given a number, and at a drawing held at the Deaf School, Patricia Reeder, daughter of Almetus Reed er, cashier in the Cafeteria, drew Claude Kardes' number which won Ethyl Airs TV Sports Show Ethyl is now on TV in Baton Rouge. A roundup of major sports events by Bill Stern, noted sports announcer, is being televised every Fri day night at 10 P.M. over WAFB-TV. The initial pro gram went on Friday night. May 22. Stern has a leading sports personality on each program as guest star. Thr to mo> on BJ.. Tm thanks ceivnl "The choice ' As I le,Plant. ficiency own soh was a p I* "If I from m; ude of v I witneyour PI, had a n from m> "Non 1 any evid ance. Ex his job ir ner, in t work e\ i the stall plain m. i jobs per: present < a clear, ones \x h< program ures of i work sit; MV i "I feel in the ii<from hi k lessons i! the elasv theoreth ; "I am sentimen* visited H that u*> . pier day. ed for iiv activities Plant, th delicious. ; es and - ning--all a sincere Patricia Reeder, daughter of Almetus Reeder, Cafeteria, holds up ticket that won a television set for Claude Kardes, Barnard and Burk engineer. Proceeds from the donations helped purchase a similar set that was donated to the Louisiana School for the Deaf. Present at the drawing, from left, were Ernie Carr, Laundry, John Patton, School superintendent; Kenneth Huff, school principal; Lew' Barnum, Commu nity Relations; Jasper Jines, EtCl Maintenance; Mike Porch, Safety, and Pahiii llalplieu, General Engineering. The two young ladies lying down are patients in the School infirmary where television set was installed. Dewitt In/ DoW ill received i and arms / MVdnesda; Felps u after \\*>i i car U'ik ii vehicle. I1 Baton R.m emergen*-\ He u as. on Max : at home. ETC 25801 ii I 5 IR. 1953 ,-------------- hip , ! >ive .. .1 by the .hanical ; .id and following . i \oiie for < J. **.*' Show I'V In r ..Inn of ; i .> Bill . ..unrur, j r> Frii\. over g.il proj night, leading 11 each *4 , up ticket ftj ;; iid Burk 1* similar set ^ . nl at the ui, School i, fommu^ Palely, and N i\ lag down 2} > installed. June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 Teachers Say Thanks For BIE Day Visit; tf-ewvme Praise Employees fyoewi Presents The Baton Rouge Plant was host to more than 50 white teachers on B./.E. Day, April 14. Typical of the several letters of thanks from teachers was one re ceived from Mrs. J. E. Lombard. "The Ethyl Plant was my first choice for the annual B.I.E. visit. As I learned from my trip to your Plant, a great many lessons of ef ficiency which I can apply to my own schoolwork, I feel that the day was a profitable one. Norma Rowe, Traffic Praises Cooperation "If I can in the future secure from my students the happy attit ude of cooperative efficiency which I witnessed in all departments of your Plant, I shall feel that I have had a maximum amount of profit from my visit. "Nowhere in the Plant did I see any evidence of a staged perform ance. Everyone seemed to be doing his job in an orderly, efficient man ner, in the same way he does his work every day. Those members of the staff whose business it is to ex plain matters to visitors know their jobs perfectly; they know how to present difficult subject matter in a clear, interesting manner. The on^s who had as their part of the program the entertainment feat ures of the annual visit did their work superlatively well. We Can Learn from You "I feel that those of us who are in the field of education can learn from business and industry many lessons that will help to bring to the classroom a happy union of the theoretical and practical. "I am sure that I express the sentiments of the whole group that visited the Ethyl Plant when I say that we could not have had a hap pier day. Our skillful hosts prepar ed for us a wonderful program of activities. The trip through the Plant, the instructive talks, the delicious lunch, the closing speech es and entertainment of the eve ning--all combine to make us say a sincere "We thank you." Dewitt Felps Injured In Accident, May 13 DeWitt Felps, TEL operator 1/c received lacerations of the head and arms in an automobile accident Wednesday, May 13. Felps was returning to his home after working "Cn Shift when his car was in collision with another vehicle. He was rushed to the Baton Rouge General Hospital for emergency treatment. He was able to leave the hospital on May 20 for full recuperation at home. Youth Work "Busy as a bee and not much larger/* Is a fitting description of this month's selection for Femme Focus --Norma Rowe, secretary in the Traffic Section-- whose activities both on and off the Plant seem to keep her bouncing about--and that's just the way she likes it! As a matter of fact, her bouncing about on one occasion resulted in her getting married. It seems that one night at a square dance several years ago in Akron, Ohio, she enthusiastically kicked herself in the ankle and landed in the hospital for X-rays of the resulting sprain. Yep, she married X-ray technician William C. Rowe some months later. .. Having several hours of free time in the evenings last year, Norma decided to take the Dale Carnegie course and did so well that she has been serving as a director in one of this year's classes. She has also found time to serve as a counselor in the Episcopal Young People's Service League. It might have been her flame-red hair or Dale Carnegie training, but it wasn't too long after becom- House Work ing affiliated with the Lakeshore Lioness Club that she was named president of the club as well as being editor--and originator--of their news bulletin, One would be inclined to feel that with so many things to do Norma would have to sacrifice chores around hers and Bill's lovely home at 1682 Country Club Drive, but one glance at the gardenia-shrubbed yard and neat lawn speaks for itself, Norma has been with Ethyl since April 4, 1949, when she was first employed in the Stenographic Pool. Prior to coming here she had worked as secretary in a local law firm. Although born in Covington, Ky., Norma spent many years in Cincinnati, Ohio, after her father moved his family there. She and Bill came South in 1948 when he accepted a job in Baton Rouge as X-ray technician, and though neither of them will rush to admit it, they are slowly assimilating the ways of true Southerners. And all Norma's friends believe that she w'ould be loathe to "bounce" back to Ohio now! 25802 ETC ? ji Page 8 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 i June. Negro Teachers Visit Plant April 28 This Month's Checker Problem By W. B. Grandjean This month's problem is taken from an actual game won by Harry F. Lieberman of New York City. Mr. Lieberman is a modern-day expert of first rank, and is always a threat in the national tournaments. Terms: BLACK to move and win; BLACK is moving op board. This problem illustrates another of the experts' winning stratagems --the deadly and unexpected sacrifice manuever to gain positional ad vantage, and ultimately the return of ail the material (and more) so generously given away. In this setting, four of the correct BLACK moves will annihilate WHITE. (Note that there are BLACK kings on 5 and 15, and WHITE kings on 2 and 3.) Lc On April 28 as a part of the city-wide BIE Day activities, 21 teachers from the Negro schools of the parish visited the Plant. After a welcome session in the cafeteria, they visited several work areas. At the Drum ming Plant Lew Barnnm explained the nature of the operation. One of the H:i also r . . . Dick Shaffett and Tony Fonte lead an Inspection of the Drumming Plant. . . i (BLACK) (See Answer on Page 16) Jesuit Singers Croon at Safety Meet Eddie 1 From l< Burke l Johnny. Eddie. I Wilton Vickers describes the scheduling of trucks from the Dispatching office. A port itH. J. >1 of Count I h i 1 The Jesuit Singers, all Ethyl Labor employees, sang at ceremonies for presentation of the API award to the Sodium Labor Group May 11. From left are Leroy Clark, Sodium; Samuel Smith, Ernest Williams, TEL; Curtis William, EtCl, and Lionet Newman, Sodium. "Rip" Holcombe explains the Compressor House and the Control Room at No. 4 Ethyl Chloride Plant. To do a great and important work, two things are necessary--a definite plan, and not quite enough time.--Nuggets. A teacher is like a doctor; half the value of his care lies in the confidence with which one ap proaches him.--Stephen West. k T? One of H Here Mir bystande ETC 25803 4 :J.mL\ 1953 June, 1953 1------ " ( THE ANTIKNOCK Page 9 Laborers Annual Picnic Termed 'Big Success' hy Harry j< iy expert i Ills. J hoard. ;naiagems j i it mill adj ,iuire) so HLACK ilia's oil 5 One of the most popular spots at the Ethyl Laborers' Picnic May 16 at the Harding Field Ordnance Depot was the hot dog lines. There were also cold drinks and ice cream for the estimated 1,500 picnickers. A tug of war was staged between TEL, EtCI and Sodium Laborers at the picnic. Although the Sodium and EtCI group was straining hard (above), they were defeated for the second consecutive time by the TEL group. Eddie Burks, Sodium employee, had the largest family at the picnic. From left are Eddie holding John, 2, his mother Louana, Mrs. Eddie Burks holding Nancy, 5 months, Willie Bee, 21, Louana Corine, 17, Johnny, 16, Felton, 12, Freddie (behind Felton) 15, Alice 14, Mary, 11, Eddie, Jr., 9, Evelyn, 7, and Octavia, age 4. Some of the committee members who helped put on the picnic included front row, from left, George McManus, Thomas Wallace, Louis Wilford, Chairman J. H. Hickman and Brooks James. Second row: Vencil Griffin, Joe Baziell, James Johnson, Ivory Leachman and Curtis Williams. Third row: Dixie Major, Sterling Horton and Henry Clemmons. Standing: Steve H. Bezue, Herman H. Huggins, Charlie Williams, C. Collier, Jimmy Lawrence and Thomas Primus. et A portion of the crowd listens attentively to a speaker on the platform. Mrs. Leroy Clark receives a 10-pound ham for guessing how many peas H. J. Madden, manager of P&ES, and Lew Barnum, assistant director were in a jar. She is presented the ham by J. H. Hickman, general of Community Relations, delivered addresses to the group. chairman for the Picnic. Mrs. Clark also won an attendance prize. $ monies for |i May 11. Williams, :l K-ior; half fik\s in the ; i one ap; West. t: P k One of the most popular contests at the Picnic was the rolling pin game. Here the wife of an Ethyl employee, surrounded by a group of interested bystanders, gets set to heave the pin. The children of employees took part in a number of contests staged for them. Here a group of contestants in the three-legged race are hopping along towards the finish line for a prize. Etc 2s8o4 "Run to Mamma" just comes naturally to youngsters and that's just what they did in this--one of many contests staged through out the day for Ethyl employees' children. A PleasaOutii Ethyl picnickers made television this year as highlights of the day's activities were caught by cameraman F. B. Stirling. The WAFB telecast of the films was at 10 P.M. following the picnic. ETHYL'S AN UA Millard Hannaman, Jr., takes a snooze on pop's shoulder, oblivious to the picnic excitement going on all about him. To a lot of people a picnic means mostly hot dogs and cold drinks, but many of Ethyl employees' children like the swimming pool better than the eating part. Ideal swimming weather prevailed on May 9. Bob Scearce of Radio 5 '80 inteniruK Glenn O. Hayes and Fieri ne chairmen. Of are George McKenney, K. Don Kirk, ll:il enson and Hewitt Gonw The ladies proved that chasing junior was excellent training for this foot race as they came across the fin ish. line doing "a mile a minute." This idea of bouncing up and down isn't a young boy's idea of get ting places in a hurry but the ones who mastered the technique made some pretty fancy time anyway! Entertainment at the ? rontinuous ami Ethyl picnic goers. Heir and his band some fancy music for an audience. ETC 25805 The ferris wheel was the most popular ride, judging from the long lines leading up to it. The expectancy of the thrill to come can be read over the faces of the youngsters here. asaOuting at \N UAL PICNIC >f Radio SIIti JO interviews Acting Plant Manager > and Picnic t chairmen. Others in picture from left Kenney, Rei Don Kirk, Ralph Doerner, Tom Steph- witt Gomez. An estimated 30,000 bottles of cold drinks were served to wash down hot dogs and quench thirsts of Ethyl picnickers. Warm sunny skies made May 9 an ideal day for this annual outing. Acting Plant Manager Glenn O. Hayes welcomes picnickers in be half of the Company. at the stj itinuous and varied for the ;<m*rs. Here Ci and his band swing out with fiuMc for an audience. Maybe the youngsters from ages one through four didn't know too much about a lot of things at the big Ethyl annual outing, but they knew all about the free rides available for them all day long! Golf chipping was a popular contest for both men and women. Here Bill Barlow, TEL Maintenance, tries his luck. ETC 25806 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 Asbury Heads New Administrative Group in Research, Engineering The Research and Engineering Department announced the crea tion of the Administration Section for the Department May 11. Rob ert S. Asbury, formerly superin tendent of services, heads the new organization. Asbury W. L. Mengert is responsible for budgetary and financial control; G. Ashford Simes is supervisor re sponsible for labor relations and coordination of stores maintenance and construction activities. J. R. Montgomery has been made assistant supervisor reporting to Simes. Robert S. Asbury Asbury joined the Company as a chemist in 1937 at the Detroit Research Lab. In 1942 he came to Baton Rouge to become assistant manager of the Tech nical Division, Manufacturing. In 1951 he was made superintendent of services in the Chemical Development Section of R. & E. Bob was born in Portland. Maine on Aug. 20, 1904. He secured his BS in Chemistry at Brown University in 1928 and his MS in Chemical Engineering at MIT in 1930. Mrs. Asbury is the former Elsie Barrowman of New York City. Carolyn, 13 years old, is their only child. The Asburys own their home at 1846 Glendale Ave. where Bob enjoys photog raphy, gardening, and woodworking. He is also active in the local chapters of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical En gineers. William L. Mengert William, 36 years old, is a native of Parkersburg, W. Va. He is a graduate of Ohio State Uni versity where he re ceived his Bach elor's and Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering. On March 21,1949 he and the former Patricia Keenan of Columbus, Ohio, were married. Their one son, James Kee nan, is one year old. On June 19, 1951, Mengert joined the Company as a chemical engineer in Development. He is active in the Episcopalian Church and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The Mengert home is at 2220 Govern ment St. G. Ashford Simes Simes was bom in Bedis. Texas, on Dec. 17, 1918. He graduated from San Jacinto High School in San Antonio in 1937 and attended LSU for four years. In January, 1940, he and the former Bobbie Erickson of Philadelphia were married. Their two children are Mavis, seven years old, and Carla, three. Ashford was hired in July, 1942, as a lab helper. In 1944 he transferred to Maintenance as a mechanical helper and in 1945 became maintenance and service supervisor in the Development Lab. Many alumni still remember the foot ball feats of Simes while he played left half on the Tiger varsity squad in 1938 and '39. In the '39 game against Tulane he threw one pass that ended in a touch down and ran 65 yards for another score. Simes is a member of the Goodwood PTA, president of the Buccaneer Dance Club, member of the Ethyl Manage ment Club, and a member of the "L" Club. ' The Simes own their htane In North Goodwood. John R. Montgomery John is a native of nearby Pride where he was born Oct. 19, 1918. He is a grad uate of Pride High School and an alum nus of LSU. He and the for mer Marguerite Delaune of Baton Rouge were married Jan. 3, 1942. They have no children. Montgomery join ed the Company Nov. 10, 1941 as a lab assistant in Chemical Development, a position he held until becoming an as sistant supervisor in the Administration Section. The Montgomerys own their home at 2662 Jackson Ave. Mayon, Fly Advance To Salary Positions Charles Adam Mayon advanced to the position of salaried foreman in Sodium Operations May 1. On the same date, John B. Fly, Jr., was made an assistant supervisor in Industrial Relations. Charles Adam Mayon Mayon, 28 years old. is a native of Morgan City. He graduated from Plaq- uemine High School in 1942 and attend ed Tulane Univer sity and LSU two years. He and the for mer Eunice Dupuy of Patterson were married Sept. 9, 1944. Their three children are Charles Adam, Jr., four, Lynn Marie, two, and Ted Andrew, one year old. Charles joined the Company on Nov. 3. 1947 as an operator helper in Sodium. He became a wage roll foreman in 1952. The Mayons own their home at 2034 70th Ave. They are active members in the St. Gerard Catholic Church. --Deceased-- John B. Fly, Jr. Fly was born in Joplin. Mo., May 22, 1926. He graduated from Joplin Senior High School in 1944 and secured his BS in Industrial Engi neering at Louisiana State University. On Dec. 14, 1946 he and the former Billie Corrine Boyle o f Baton Rouge were married. Their one son, John B., Ill, is five years old. He joined the Company Feb. 8, 1952, as an instrument helper 3/c in EtCl Maint. and on May 1 became an assist ant supervisor in Industrial Relations. The Flys own their home at 944 W. Garfield St. He is a member of the Baptist Church and the St. James Masonic Lodge. Wheeler Speaks H. W. Wheeler, acting assistant director of Industrial Relations, spoke before a group of graduate medical students at the University of Cincinnati, May 16. The title of Wheeler's address was "Control of Industrial Health in the Lead Trades." The gradu ate doctors are attending school for three years of study and prac tice in the field of industrial med icine. A. W. Dahlman, 'ILL operator 1/c, succumbed May 16 when his automobile was in collision with a trailer truck in West Baton Rouge Parish. He was on vacation at the time. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Dahlman moved to New Roads with his parents where he was raised. He is a graduate of Poydras High School. Dahlman served in the Marine Corps from 1941 to 1946. He was first employed by Ethyl Feb. 28, 1947. Before starting your automobile engine, open the garage doors wide. Up the Ladder for Employees Joseph D. LeJeune, from Sodium op., (C.R.) 2/c to 1/c. Mary E. deGeneres, from typist (Pool) Group I; to steno elk., (Patent) R&E., Adm. Lucille F. McQueen, from typist (Pool). Group I; to steno elk., (Pers.M), Group II. Maint. Ralph L. Stevens, from painter 3/c to 2/c, EtCl Maint. Emil W. Whittington, from elect. 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Sam J. CrLfasl. from carpenter 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Lynne D. Spears, from typist (Pool). Group I to steno elk., (Emp.), P&ES, Group II. Donald A. Breaux, from elect, hlpr. 2/c to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Earl G. Brown, from elect hlpr. 1/c to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Joseph V. Duhe, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c. TEL Maint. Gulce A. Giambrone, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. William A. Hughes, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Milo B. Kennedy, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c. TEL Maint. J. F. Klelnpeter, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Henry G. Leach, from ironworker 2/c, to 1/c, TEL Maint. Calvin D. Long, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Ed McMillan, from elect hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Kendall N. Magee, from elect, hlpr 1/c. to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Henry L. Panke, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. ` Elliott Pendas, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint T. S. Belly, III, from elect hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Clyde M. Sibley, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Reubln Wells, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Rex A. Williams, from elect, hlpr. 1/c. to elect. 3/c. TEL Maint. Louis Pellchct, from kitchen helper to laborer 1/c, P&ES. Jacqueline F. Crumholt, from steno elk., (Training) to (Emp. Ben.) Group II to III, P&ES. George E. Martinez, from Sodium op. 1/c, to working leader. Olen T. Klelnpeter, from instr. mech. hlpr. 1/c to instr. mech 3/c, Eta Maint. William G. Martin, from trainman 2/c, to leader, Prod. Plan. H. M. Bagby, Jr,, from elect. 2/c, to 1/c. TEL Maint. N. C. Blackwell, from ironwkr. hlpr. 1/c, to ironwkr. 3/c, TEL Maint. Henry P. Boudreaux, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. James D. Crowder, from pipefitter hlpr. 1/c, to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint. Henry A. I>evall, from pipefitter hlpr. 1/c, to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint. Odis W. Hudgens, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Sam D. Mictielll, from elect, hlpr 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Felix M. Parker, from elect, hlpr. 1/c, to elect. 3/c, TEL Maint. Ivy E. Seal, from rigger hlpr. 1/c, to rigger 3/c, TEL Maint. Oren B. Summers, from ironwkr. hlpr. 1/c, to ironwkr. 3/c, TEL Maint. E. Willie Bellue, from typist (Eng.). Group I; to steno elk., Group II, Gen. Eng. Frank P. Kasmlerrovlcx, from Sodium op. (C.R.) 2/c, to 1/c. ETC 25807 June, Ethy Hart this \. trouble garden Ethy both of others other j count r\ noxvai to wre* known > One Ethyl's to mal. modem culture newest 2,4,5-Ta long-.- Any<u against confouiii who h; knows ' has In hi Anyone lawn or bles km they m- The^r weeds nr eyesoiv They r;e lions o! crops m mg \uih Thi' Southu. 75 milli" ously il cattle, blanket are a h: progrnnup in cash -tfarmer'and ni>< > Hated ;m> to 2,4.5-1 of a mu'- June, 1953 June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 Ethyl Now Producing New Chemical ! To Aid Agriculture and Industry > .-|r i. operator j i i'i when his 'iii-imi with a 1 :.u<>n Rouge imn nt the ham, Ala., .Ww Roads u1 he was ir Poydras ^ i lie Marine < ' 16. He was - ivl Feb. 28. automobile ^ doors wide. dS i hipr. 1/c, ci. hlpr. 1/c, It. hlpr. 1/c, to Meet. hlpr. 1/c. L hen helper to It. trom steno L B<>n.) Group Liu Sodium op. In in:itr. mech. Ii. EtCl Maint. I trainman 2/c, 1 tied. 2/c, to Had your case of poison ivy yet been estimated that the elimina this year? Or are you having tion of weeds from our 20 million trouble with weeds in your yard or acres of cotton land could effect garden? a $160 million saving a year in the Ethyl's newest product will solve cost of growing cotton. both of those problems and many Farmers and ranchers aren't the others for you and a great many only ones troubled by vexatious other people in all sections of the vegetation. country. It is 2,4,5-trichlorophe- The weeds and brush that crop noxyacetic acid but you don't have up along rights of way are a seri to wrestle with that long word. It is ous menace to railroads, telephone known as 2,4,5-T. companies, pipeline operators, and Major Ethyl Objective other cross-country businesses. One of the major objectives of Airports have to keep their fields { Ethyl's diversification program is and runways clear of the free- to make available, at low cost, growing foliage, or run the risk of modem useful chemicals to agri culture and industry. One of the newest products in that program is 2,4,5-T--a product designed to cure a plane wreck. Around refineries and bulk plants, wild shrubs and plants present a continual fire haz ard in case a brush fire ever gets Ethyl's new Product, 2,4,5-T helps keep unwanted trees and brush from springing up in fire breaks that are important to controlling forest fires. a long-standing problem. Kills Poison Ivy started. Helps Crop Production cide, it stimulates the plant to ex (When formulated, 2,4,5-T is used cessive growth, thereby causing it either separately or in conjunction Anyone who has rubbed up In recent years, agricultural to die off. with 2,4-D.) against poison ivy knows what a scientists have taken a new ap Ethyl is making 2,4,5-T in two 2,4,5-T represents the latest step confounded nuisance it is. Anyone proach in the age-old fight against technical forms-- as the acid and in the agricultural chemicals pro who has lived in the Southwest cropland weeds, With the aid of as the butoxy-ethoxy-propanol es gram. Now, besides production of knows how the useless mesquite newly-developed chemical weed ter for the preparation of low vola useful agricultural insecticides, has laid claim to much of the land. killers, they have been able to con tile ester formulations. These pro Ethyl is entering the field of herbi Anyone who has tried to clear his trol an increasing number of these ducts are being marketed to agri cides and plant growth regulators. lawn or farm of barberry or bram hardy and often harmful weeds. cultural chemical compounders, The agricultural chemicals pro bles knows what tough customers One of the newest and most ef who formulate the finished herbi gram began in 1948 when the they are to kill off. fective of these chemical herbicides cide for resale to the public. The Plant started producing benzene These and other unwelcome is 2,4,5-T which Ethyl is now pro acid can be converted by the form- hexachloride or BHC. BHC has i weeds and brush are more than an ducing. It is useful in destroying ulators into a sodium or amine salt come to be widely used against the eyesore or a gardening nuisance. many kinds of broad-leafed bushes or into an ester. The salt is fre boll weevil and other cotton pests They easily cause hundreds of mil and woody plants. Among the quently dispersed in water and With the expansion of BHC and lions of dollars' worth of loss to "woody weeds" against which it is used as a water-based spray lindane manufacturing facilities at crops eVery year, besides interfer highly effective are mesquite, against foliage. The ester, on the Baton Rouge last year, Ethyl has ing with man's use of the land. poison ivy, poison oak, barberry other hand, is commonly used with become a leading producer of in The mesquite that infests the and brambles. Plant physiologists, say, diesel fuel to form an oil-based secticides. Southwest chokes off an estimated by the way, classify as "weeds" all spray. 75 million acres of range land, seri plants which are growing where ously depleting grazing land for they're not wanted. 2,4,5-T is de 2,4,5-T Latest Step 2,4,5-T is an outgrowth of 2,4-D Quote of the Month cattle. The scrub growths that blanket many sections of the U. S. are a big problem in reforestation programs. The weeds that sprout up in com and cotton and other cash crops seriously reduce the farmer's production of food, feed and fiber. In cotton alone, It has signed to stamp out many of the broad-leafed weeds; it is not used against narrow-leafed weeds, such as crabgrass. 2,4,5-T destroys unwanted plants by making them change their way of living. A hormone-type herbi- (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) which is also used as a herbicide. 2,4,5-T, however, is effective in controlling many plant species re sistant to 2,4-D, and because of its lower volatility, is less liable to in jure worthwhile plants growing near the weeds to be destroyed. "A man's tenure in the arena of life is determined by the safety he acquires daily, saves, and passes on for the benefit of his fellow man." Woody W. Merritt in talk "Safety Along the Highway of Life." OUR DEMOCRACY---- -----byMet J ITS GOOD TO BA KIDINAMERICA S Jironwkr. hlpr. Maint. tn elect, hlpr. ni. in pipefitter TEI. Maint. ipelitter hlpr. . Maint. i elect, hlpr. nit. .cl hlpr. 1/c, d. hlpr. 1/c, hlpr. 1/c, to n nnwkr. hlpr. . Maint. i> pist (Eng.), (<>up II. Gen. from Sodium Hated poison ivy easily succumbs Weed control along railroad right- Pipeline checking will be made to 2,4,5-T, thus ridding mankind of-ways will be made easier by ap easier. Much of this checking is of a nuisance plant. plying 2,4,5-T. done by airplane. 25808 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 New First Aid Methods Being Taught on Plant Six-hour courses in first aid have been completed by two groups in Chemical Development and one in Power recently, instructed by Ray Metternich, assistant supervisor of Training. A group of TEL Mainte nance electricians, a group from Ethyl Chloride Maintenance and one from Ethyl Chloride Operations are now taking the course. Two new types of artificial res piration are demonstrated in the four photos shown here, both be ing taught in the course. Each method has a purpose. For instance, if the victim had a broken arm or collar bone, the back pres sure, hip lift method would be the obvious choice to be used in ar tificial respiration. Likewise, if the victim were in jured about the waist, the back pressure, arm-lift metliod would be used. * Caroll Forbes* top left and right, demonstrates the back pressure arm lift method on patient H. P. Price. The operator kneels at the patient's head. He first applies back pressure to push the air out and then applies the arm Uft to pull the air Into the lungs. -K In the back pressure hip Uft meth od, demonstrated by R. F. Wilkin son in the lower photos, left and right, the operator straddles the patient's hips and kneels on one knee. He first applies back pres sure to push the air out and then lifts the hips to pull the air into the lungs. Costello Opposes Lead Import Bill McDorman, Sales, Gets Plant Training At Congressional Committee Hearing J. A. Costello, vice-president in charge of Planning and Coordina tion, testified before the Ways and Means Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives on May 15. He spoke against legislation that would restrict imports of met allic lead. Stating four reasons for oppos ing the Simpson bill, Mr. Costello said that (1) it will increase fluc tuations in both the price and sup ply of metallic lead, (2) it will tend to raise the general level of cost to lead consumers, (3) it will discour age exploration and development of new lead ore bodies abroad, and (4) it will decrease the supply of lead available in periods of national emergency. "Our country," M r. Costello said, "must obtain a large part of its requirements through imports. Domestic sources can supply only about one-third of total U. S. lead consumption. Scrap recovery sup plies approximately another onethird, leaving this country depend ent upon imports for the remaining one-third." The Simpson bill, by imposing a sliding scale duty on foreign lead imports, would disrupt the opera tions of lead consumers, increase their costs, and lead to unemploy ment throughout those industries, he declared. "The most serious effect of this legislation," Mr. Costello declared, "is that is will discourage develop ment and expansion of the foreign production which is required to supply future U. S. needs." The long range result would be a re duction of supply, which would be particularly serious in periods of national emergency, he said. Marshall McDorman, right, Ethyl salesman from the Eastern Region, learns about customer order procedure from E. M. Stubblefield, Produc tion Planning. This represents one feature of a Sales Department train ing program for Company salesman. 1 June. I '. > Four 1 A sptvpersonal ; ticular on in May. Tl respiraloi tion, foot safety. Fn> discussed ber of sat month. Rr*i|i Bill Hoc! of May 4 He exploit respirators masks whr the air is contains h pointed on of protect i< conditions. Heck poi portant to about respir.i 1. As S''in mask i and ti'j' air in!> leakagp check I mask it 2. If mm. the d`\ Acuity iretreat * atelv arc before 3. If you ar a piece tion cp!' it is m.ir 4. In the oxygen < concent i only Mimask and type m.` protect im 5. Be sine vice is her a chnrn v K\c I During the uRead empha^i/- etc 25809 June, 1953 ng June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 Four Phases of Safety Discussed made of the finest leather with ex pert workmanship. They are made New Safety Sign By Safety Engineers During May in many styles and types to suit individual tastes and varying con ditions. A specific phase of safety and He dramatically brought to the at Porch pointed out how easy it personal protection was given par* tention of all of his listeners what is to purchase safety shoes at Cen ticular emphasis during each week it would mean to be blind and why tral Stores through payroll deduc in May. The items emphasized were eye protection is so necessary. He tions. He urged everyone to take respiratory protection, eye protec then emphasized the need for using advantage of the foot protection tion, foot protection, and traffic goggles to fit properly if they are facilities offered Ethyl employees safety. Four of the safety engineers to protect against hazardous chem in order to avoid injury. discussed these subjects at a num icals. ber of safety meetings during the Read emphasized particularly Traffic Safety month. that a knowledge of what to do is "Unless everyone of us always Respiratory Protection Bill Heck talked during the week only one part of eye protection. He said, "Anything that I show you is practices the golden rule while driving, our terrifying traffic fatal of May 4 on respiratory protection. He explained the need for using of no value unless you want to save your eyes. You have to care enough ity rate will not decrease." This was the message Woody Merritt I respirators, gas masks, or air masks when the oxygen content of the air is insufficient or the air contains harmful substances. He pointed out particularly the kind of protection to use under specific conditions. Heck pointed out that it is im portant to remember these points about your eyes to remember to take the necessary precautions at gave safety meeting groups in his talks on traffic safety during the week of May 25. He quoted statis tics showing that there had been 37,600 deaths and over 2,000.000 injuries from traffic accidents in 1952. This was the worst traffic toll in history. The fact that nine out of ten vehicles in accidents were in apparently good condition Jasper A. Jines, EtCl Maintenance, illustrates a new safety sign which he designed. The Safety Office re ports that signs like this will be used in all areas of the Plant shows how important it is for the driver to practice good safety habits. Merritt stated that if every driver would practice five points, the traffic toll could be reduced tremendously. These five points are: 1. Care of car 2. Caution 3. Thoughtfulness 4. Alertness 5. Courtesy pensers which are placed at con venient locations throughout the Plant. The major portion of the tablets we use are of the "impreg nated type," which forestall the chance of after effects and per mit the available salt to be read ily and quickly absorbed by the system. Each person should determine his own daily need and balance his use of salt accordingly. One Dan Read to six tablets daily should be suf ficient and each tablet should be all times. Your goggles won't do you any good if they are hanging around your neck or on top of your Sait Tablets By followed with plenty of water. So. in order to maintain health and well being over the summer Bill Heck about respiratory protection: 1. As soon as the respirator or mask is placed on the face and tightened, choke off the air inlet with the hand. If leakage is noted, refit and re check for good order of the mask itself. 2. If material comes through the device or breathing dif ficulty is noted at any time, retreat to fresh air immedi ately and check for the cause before returning. 3. If you are personally assigned a piece of respiratory protec tion equipment, be sure that it is maintained on schedule. 4. In the absence of sufficient oxygen or presence of vapor concentrations above 2%, only the blower supplied mask and the oxygen-demand type mask give adequate protection. 5. Be sure that the proper de vice is being used. Don't take a chance. head when something hits you in the eye." Safety Shoes As the third subject for special emphasis Mike Porch talked about how we use safety shoes to protect our feet. Appearing before many safety meetings during the week of May 18, he pointed out the care with which safety shoes are de signed and manufactured. He said they are equipped with steel toe caps and steel arch supports and F. M. Porch The value of salt tablets in in dustry is now well established. On this Plant alone, we purchased 501,000 tablets in 1952 and the majority of these were used. There should no longer be any question in anyone's mind regarding the beneficial effects we may enjoy through daily use of salt during the hot weather. On this Plant salt tablets are available through the use of dis- months, use salt from the handy dispensers. Salt tablets may also be pur chased at drug stores in handy packages for use in the home and while on trips. They are excellent health insurance while the heat is with us. Two Major Injuries Classified in May Two major injuries had been classified for the past month as The Antiknock went to press. Major Injury number 17 oc curred May 11 when a TEL op erator received burns during the recent fire in the Alloy Building. This shift--Coats'--had only 16 days to go to become Plant Safety Award winners when this injury occurred. Major injury number 18 took place May 20. A carpenter in TEL Maintenance was injured when he slipped and fell while carrying ply wood. This injury broke the group's 62-day injury free record. This compares with a total of seven major injuries at this time iast year. Eye Protection During the week of May 11, Dan Read emphasized eye protection. W. W. Merritt A psychiatrist is a man who does not have to worry as long as other people do.--Pipe Dreams ETC 25810 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK clshe Antiknock Wilburn Can You Recognize These Employees? June, 1953 June -- Qeneral VManagers Do you know this youngster? He fnt been In TEL Operations for years, Is an avid sportsman equally fond of hunting and fishing, and enjoys writing interesting articles about his and his cohorts* exploits hi their quests of game and fish. This cute little fellow is now a pumphouse operator in Power. Those of you who were reared in Baton Rouge may have known him about the time this picture was taken because he was born and reared here, too. (See Answers on Page 18) City-Parish Planning Commission Helps Eliminate Homeowners' Headaches By C. E. Colvin (Editor's Note: This is the eighth in the series of articles by C. E. "Chuck" Colvin pertaining to the City^Parish Government.) It might have been you who bought a pretty little home in Baton Rouge four or five years ago and, after handing the money to a fast-talking salesman and signing the bank's mortgage paper, found out: Your back yard turned into a duck pond after every rain because there were no servitudes in your subdivision for a drainage channel from the interior out to some run off channel. And That's Not All In a year or so the nice paved street in front of your place began going to pieces. Meanwhile, an other subdivider across the street had started building a row of shot gun houses on 25-foot lots, facing the other way on the next street over and backing up to your front view. He stretched them out for 2,500 feet--half a mile without a street through so that your kids couldn't get to the new school building without making an endrun all the way around. This is a free country. Such a free country was Baton Rouge-- until the Subdivision Ordinance went into effect December 19,1949 --that nearly every section of town is marred by blights and street snarls. Present subdivision regulations, however, require every redivision of property to be reviewed and ap proved by the Planning Commis sion. First, the geometric layout of streets in the subdivision must fit into a logical traffic pattern. In the City, streets must be built to 25year quality standards: at least 50* feet street right-of-way; 27 feet width, curb and gutter and sub surface drainage, and 6-inch soilcement base under the paving. Blocks cannot be longer than 500 feet and the geometric pattern re quirement usually requires cross streets at more frequent intervals. There can be no dead-ends in a block longer than 250 feet. Fire engines and delivery trucks have at least a turning circle by which to get out. If the subdivision lies in the path of a through street on the Major Street Plan, right-of-way to fit the Plan must be dedicated. Servitudes for utilities, sewers and drainage must be dedicated. Sewerage disp osal facilities must meet Health Department standards--and sew erage effluent into open street-side ditches no longer meets any stand ard. Laws Are Strict No title can be recorded and validated on a lot which has no ac cess to a public street or road. Lots must be wide enough to provide space to meet the building-line and yard requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, both comer and inside Last month I concluded this col umn with an expression of appre ciation to all of you for the assist ance you provided in getting the Houston plant into operation. Some of you may recall the last sentence, "This sort of teamwork is in keep ing with the spirit that has always prevailed in the Ethyl Corpora tion." Splendid Teamwork Little did I realize when prepar ing this column that I would be writing about teamwork so soon again. The excellent way all people involved in the recent fire in the Alloy Building pitched in to get the fire extinguished certainly merits attention in this space. All of you who were involved are to be commended for the excellent teamwork shown in handling this emergency. This teamwork con tinued after the fire with the re sult that production was resumed in a relatively short time. We must all recognize that it is impossible to design plants so care fully or to train men so well that no emergencies will ever arise. Rather we must all be trained so that when an emergency does arise it will result in a minimum of lost time to personnel and equipment. Our growth in our individual lives is determined not by the fact that we do not encounter trouble but by the way we react when trouble comes. Picnic Teamwork A less vivid but no less important example of teamwork during the past month came with success ful completion of two large picnics held on May 9 and May 16. Scores of employees serving on many committees accepted responsibility and efficiently performed their duties so that the outings were as well synchronized as any backyard barbecue. This was true even though food and fun for more than 8,500 people had to be provided. Continued teamwork is going to be an important ingredient in the success of the Company and the progress of individual employees. We are confident that the future will demonstrate many more fine examples of this teamwork. Wallace Armstrong, Acting General Manager lots. Minimum width of inside lots is 50 feet and minimum area in the A-l Zorie is 9,000 square feet; 5000 in the A-2 Zone. As yet there are no paving standards for subdivisions outside the city limits and right-of-way widths are not adequate for mod em city standards. A new ordi nance to provide City standards in the suburban area around the city limits is being drafted for 1953 ac tion. Baton Rouge has come a long way in four short years to get itself up to date in its planning for its future growth and development. Someone who buys a lot or a home in a new subdivision within the city now faces far less risk of his buy going sour because of shoddy design either in his own block or in new development to come nearby. Nowadays, all subdividers and de velopers are required by law here in Baton Rouge to make their sub divisions at least passably good-- what the best of conscientious and skilled real estate people have done as a matter of good business all along. This protection provided by the Planning Commission costs the average Baton Rouge taxpayer about a nickel a year. Checker Puzzle-- (See Puzzle on Page 8) SOLUTION (reading from left to right) 26-30 25-21 --A 13-17 ! --B. 21-14 15-10 !! --B 14-7 5-1 --C. 3-8 --D. 1-12 Black wins. A. This move is forced, since if WHITE gives up the piece now, or moves 25-22 and loses it one move later, BLACK has gained a man for which WHITE has received no positional compen sation, and the ultimate BLACK win would be a fore gone conclusion. Thus, while WHITE could play other than 25-21 here, stretching out the game somewhat, such a "give up" move would be considered a variation of the main problem idea. B. BLACK has two Indian gifts for WHITE! C. This bear-hug puts WHITE in a vise, and illustrates that po sition can compensate for ma terial. D. WHITE has no choice--this, his only playable move, now returns the BLACK gifts with interest. i The table Jones Tal Tli. held neth cairii Soshi ate mem I S-'t A. M Mrs. man: Rich;, ikcn. Elwe* Jonc*Maris M. D W. C and V Th. zatinn empl< Eth' e Train instnMjtrh Jaek erim;. Of Ma c tVm Or I': r..M Ellr. T.-'i Shn,- .Ml-. UlTi. h`th> Sofi' T*`f i etc 2s8ll June, 1953 June, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 17 i. > does arise 11mum of lost i i equipment. m irlual lives i i in1 fact that . -aide but by j hrn trouble Urk i 'S important t during the r ith success| large picnics j y IG. Scores !; on many >. -sponsibiUty i -rmcd their | mgs were as iny backyard [ t rue even |t more than .j provided, j. is going to itient in the ny and the .1 employees. i the future y more fine work. r.Urong, 11 Manager i ur a home i within the ; risk of his . . of shoddy ,i i block or in ine nearby. ers and de% >y law here f| c their sub- ?j ibiy good-- q untious and ^ . have done business all 1 ided by the .1 costs the :: 'c taxpayer i -------- ; .ither than . ug out the ` .h a "give "i considered * in problem Vidian gifts -J WHITE in > that po- 's ic for ma* : mice--this, uove, now ; gifts with The "Dog Patch Soshul Funkshun" started with the "Registrashun" table at the Tally-Up Spring Coffee held at the home of Mrs. L. Kenneth Jones on May 6. About 100 guests attended. Melvin Dale, 20 months, and Kenneth Wayne, tour months old, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mayes. Fred is in Finance; Mrs. Mayes is the former lone Pearce of Pioneer. Tally-Up Club Holds Spring Meet; Group Uses 'Dogpatch' Adaptation The Tally-Up Spring Coffee was held in the home of Mrs. L. Ken neth Jones on May 6. The function carried a theme titled "Dogpatch Soshul Funkshun," with appropri ate dress for the committee members. Serving as hostesses for the 10 A. M. to noon get-together were Mrs. Robert H. Cowlishaw, chair man; Mrs. S. P. Broussard, Mrs. Richard Ferchaud, Mrs. J. W. Fleniken, Mrs. J. W. Gianelloni, Mrs. Elwood Gore, Mrs. L. Kenneth Jones, Mrs. J. J. Koch, Mrs. M. H. Marix, Jr., Mrs. W. M. Shupe, Mrs. M. D. Stiles, Mrs. L. M. Davis, Mrs. W. G. Weakley, Mrs. H. B. Hunt and Mrs. C. E. Colvin. The Tally-Up Club is an organi zation made up of wives of Ethyl employees. Ethyl Students-- (Continued From Page 1) Training. They also arranged for instructors which included V. O. Mitchell, General Engineering, and Jack Albritton, Industrial Engine ering. James Gill, acting manager of Maintenance and on Plant Con- Announcing New Ethyl Boosters Lonnie W. Humphries, Sodium Op., a daughter, Lana Paulette, bom May 12. Henry O. Leach. Jr., TEL Msint., a son, Richard Lawrence, bom May 10. George Antonie, Purchasing, a daugh ter. Helen Mary, bom May 7. L. E. Breeden, Sodium Op., a daugh ter, Rose Mary, bom April 15. John H. Dutsch, Jr., TEL Op., a daughter, Kathryn Margaret, bom May 2. Tboraa* Brooks, TEL Labor, a son, Larry Walters, bom May 1. Jane F. Roshto, TEL Op., a son, Robeit Jeffrey, bom April 22. Stanley E. Hornsby, TEL Op., a son, Michael Eugene bom April 13. Archie T. Day, EtCl Maint. a daugh ter, Deborah Lynn, bom April 16. struction, attended one of the clas ses to observe the class which was made up predominantly of Ethyl men. Those completing the course were: Thomas Arbour, Richard E. Baker, James W. Bennett, Charles R. Blair, Henry P. Boudreaux, Donald A. Breaux, Amos N. Brum* field, Robert E. Bums, Jr., Thomas Safety Box Scores For April Hmi SIX* UK llt|or Injury Central Stores ................. ....... 244,091 Chem. & Process Development ........ 211,921 Construction-Maint............. ....... 35,532 Ethyl Chloride Maint............... 202,979 Tetra Ethyl Lead-Msint. . ....... 76.000 ShopsMaint.................................... 302,115 Sodiuro-Maint........................ ...... 366,108 Miscellaneous Services..... ....... 148,773 Office .................................... .............. 794 Ethyl Chloride Oper......... ...... 38,112 Sodium Operations ......... ....... 53,590 Tetra Ethyl Lead Oper. . .... 142,199 Total Plant .......... .... 519.616 Dm sum* but HkJw Injury 436 InjnitM Tkruifh March, IMS 1 Majar laJaMaa Through March. 1903 0 276 0 0 27 0 2 153 0 0 42 0 1 187 1 0 281 0 0 49 1 1 288 0 0 24 1 2 25 0 5 30 2 5 24 6 16 Daisy Lee Smith, stepdaughter of C. J. Brou, TEL operator 1/c, is graduating from Istrouma High School. Her mother, Mrs. Brou, is School. Mrs. Brou, is the former Ruth Spillman of Walker. C. Campbell, David O. Cantey, Joseph A. Cornett, Julius T. Cov ington, Charles Edgar Crochet, Charlie Crowe, and William C. Davis. William Depew, Jr., Charles Joseph Duhe, George John Forbes, George F. Ford, William T. Freeman, Joseph V. Gautreaux, Wilson L. Gilmore, Frederick P. Hollier, Joseph D. Hughes, Jesse Richard Jones, Milo Blakely Ken nedy, Olen T. Kleinpeter, and Har ry J. B. Langlois. Thomas H. Marsalis, Tom W. McKay, Edward Ray Neff, Jesse L. Pearce, Victor Sydney Price, James Lea Reynolds, Russell R. Robinson, Ray C. Rogers, E. J. Rolling, Jr., Emil B. Roques, Jr., Fred Carr Rube. Bernard J. Sanchez, Jr., Jimmie D. Spears, Gordon L. Spurgeon, Cluade F. Thomas, Jr., Donald Eu gene Vernon, James M. Walker, Lloyd Maxwell Winbom and Clin ton W. Hicks, Brenda Marie, 11 months old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob* ert J. Altazin. Robert is an iron worker 2/c in TEL Maintenance. Mrs. Altazin is the former Rita Mae Ouidroz of Bueche. Manion to Address Management Club One of the most outstanding speakers ever to address members of the Ethyl Management Club will speak at a meeting of members and special guests at the Community Club on June 23. He is Clarence Manion, author of the book "The Key to Peace" and many other books and articles and until recently dean of the Uni versity of Notre Dame Law School. Widely known as both an author and lecturer, Dean Manion has been a practicing attorney in South Bend, Ind., for a quarter of a century. He has been awarded the Free dom Foundation medal twice for his speeches and writings on Amer icanism. His book "The Key to Peace", a best seller, has been dist ributed to high schools throughout the country by The American Le gion as part of its Americanism program. ETC 25812 Page 18 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 How Are Your Telephone Manners? These are Techniques to Forget (C. L. Weeks, Technical Service, and his wife, Millicent, of Finance, kindly consented to serve as models for the feature on how not to use a telephone.--Ed.) Lost Child's yellow bathing suit on Picnic grounds at Harding Field May 9. If found contact Joe Myhand, Phone Plaq* uemine 3932.. For Rent Nice large room for gentlemen. $8 per week. Phone 2-3565. Wanted To share expenses on trip to Pitts burgh. Pa., or vicinity, leaving week of June 12. Contact Mrs. W. L. Hampton, Phone 5-5266. For Sale Girl's 26-inch bicycle with basket, in good condition. Make reasonable offer. Phone 5-4708. To buy two pair of shoe skates size 6 to 6>/2. Phone 5-6996. To join car pool from vicinity of Plank Road and Airline Highway. 7:30 to 4, Monday through Friday. Phone 5-2593. Lean back from the phone when you dial a number. Don't concen trate on the number you dial. That way you'll probably get the wrong party and have the opportunity to make a stranger mad. Another good bet is to call a num ber from memory when you are in doubt. It breaks the monotony for the person you happen to get. He can stop his work and chances are he'll look up the number for you. Nice two bedroom home, full living room and dining room. Front screen porch. Floor furnace, attic fan. Built in 1939 with finest of materials. Well drained lot 60 X 137. Garage and con crete drive. 3879 Evangeline St. $8750. Phone 3-2820. Corner lot 90 X 175 in West Ardenwood. Well drained, curbing and hard surface streets. Phone 2-8486. To buy portable ice cooler suitable for use on picnics. Phone 2-1210. Nice home for five pretty kittens. Phone 5-2622. Nine young athletes to play baseball against the Addis "A-Bombs." Must be between ages 10-15. Time and place can be arranged by calling Joe Myhand. Phone 3C32, Piaquemine. Sears power mower. Whirlwind type, 21-inch. Excellent condition. Phone 5-8187. J. B. Sigrest's Father Honored at Ceremony Green slatted wood porch awning six feet eight inches wide by seven feet long, in good condition. Phone 3-6583. Ever try talking with the phone under your chin and a cigarette in your mouth? That's especially good procedure when you don't know what you are talking about, because the party on the other end is never sure what you say. File your fingernails while you talk. It creates a nice "bzze" "bzze" sound similar to radio sta tic, and brings forth plenty of "What did you says?" from the other party and Alls up spare time for you. Trutone console radio - phonograph combination. $40. Good condition. Phone 5-8060. New 4X7 factory-built utility trailer complete with tires. $100. Phone 7-4101. Montgomery Ward Ironer, like new. $35. Phone 3-1534. Two door 1949 model Styleline Chevro let. Radio, heater and seat covers, prac tically new tires. $850. Phone 5-2593. Six golf clubs--four irons and two woods. $20. Phone 4-3139. Antique secretary over 200 years old. For details phone 2-3695 after 5 P. M. When you're sleepy in mid-afternoon, don't look when you hang up the receiver. You'll make It bounce like a ball or hang It up crooked so that no one else will bother you with a telephone calL If you need to transfer a call, bang the plungers 10 or 12 times in rapid succession. It gives the operator a chance to hear what she thinks Is thunder and It lets her know that you are really on your toes. Here They Are! (Baby Pictures on Page 16) Ray Sanders is the avid sportsman who is equally fond of hunting and fish ing. This TEL op erator has writ ten numerous ar ticle s for The Antiknock in a humorous vein and finds writing almost as absorb ing as outdoor sports. Allen A. Christ is the boy who was born and reared in Baton Rouge. This 33- e) ee joined the i 30, 1942 and is < now a pumphouse * ; operator 1/c in Power. He worked in Mainten ance four years. Frlgldalre refrigerator, gas stove and wringer type washing machine. Phone 2-3565. 1947 Indian Chief motorcycle in excel lent condition. $225. Phone 2-0332. Six cubic foot electric refrigerator in excellent condition. $60. Can be seen at 2842 Bartlett St. Phone 5-0672. Pair of parakeet breeders. Male is green, female blue. Also nesting cage. $15, cage included. Phone 5-0672. Nine bred doe rabbits (two Chinchil la, two red Flemish and five Belgians), one Belgian buck. Sixty mixed rabbits four weeks old to frying size. One fourcompartment hutch, one three-compart ment hutch, two one - compartment hutches and one one-compartment hutch with eight-foot wire pen. $125 or will trade for heifer calf of equal value. Phone 5-0672. '47 Pontiac 2 D Sedan. Good condi tion. Radio and heater. Make offer. Juanita Fuller. Phone 5-0623 after 4:00 P.M. Dr. E. A. Sigrest J. B. Sigrest, chemist in Chemi cal Development, attended a cele bration in Flora, Miss., where his father. Dr. E. A. Sigrest, received tribute from the city, county and American Medical Association for 50 years of service as physician in Madison County. "Dr. Sigrest Day" was celebrated in Flora with a parade and barbe cue, and Dr. Felix J. Underwood, head of the Mississippi State Board of Health, presented him with a gold 50-year pin of the American Medical Association and a mem bership scroll of the 50-Year Club of the Mississippi Medical Associa tion. The community also presented him with a silver service. Dr. Sigrest, who is now 72 years old and still practicing medicine began practice in May, 1903. He received his diploma from Tulane University May 4, 1904. ETc 25813 June, s A We coy emploi/ct's ice Award Victor . William l Pete G. Ii Daniel C. Sum Jon*' Shelby |). Stanley i: Theodore Collins It William 1 Winfred I' Itahellp ii Albert S. Albert C. Cecil C. K Loyd L. l Allle P. I Edwin V Mrs. E R "I mus? what I w.it That w.r Edna D. Bt 1951 anil i sure time . residence A vai it i busy. One is reading. Mrs. fit1 crocheting a week. "We u h the inter* shows in i: "Books an* panions," Jlreader, sintime enjm ir 1953 .n Picnic May 9. If Plaq- W per June, 1953 SERVICE AWARDS THE ANTIKNOCK Page 19 Mer+es Gets Thirty-Year Service Pin 1.1 PitlbWi-fk of i l.iinpton. Plunk > to 4. .VJ593. Ij.iM-bali Must bo place can M> hand. in Chemi. loci a cele- where his M. received rounty and tfiation for - physician > celebrated and barbe ll Underwood. S-Mate Board iim with a American at a mem'-Year Club ul Associa presented . w 72 years (14 medicine y . 1903. He | rum Tulane I. We congratulate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during May. 30 Years Victor W. Mertes, Inspection. 15 Years WUIlam F. Hansen, TEL Maint. Pete G. Humphries, TEL Op. Daniel C. Walsh, TEL Op. Sam Jones, TEL Labor. Shelby D. Wascom, P&ES. Stanley R. Barnett, Power. Theodore It. Dupoy, TEL Maint. Collins H. Tillery, TEL Stores. William T. Willard, TEL Maint. Winfred B. Mixon, Jr., Sodium Op. Isabelle G. Gerland, Prod. Plan. Albert S. Wright, Jr., TEL Maint. Albert C. Adams, Maint. Cecil C. Kidd, TEL Op. Loyd L. Conerly, Laundry. Allle P. Landry, Jr., TEL Maint. 10 Years Edwin A. Acker, Finance. Joseph E. Millet, TEL Op. Paul H. Nash, Chem. Dev. Lee T. Harris, TEL Maint. Rowland P. Holley, EtCl Maint. Will Gray, Eta Labor. Allen J. Dessell, Eta Maint. Carl V. Hunt, Finance. Wilma L. Loudon, Adm. Clinton E. Carpenter, TEL Maint. Wilburn L. Fugler, Sodium Maint. Eugene Smith, Sodium Op. Frank Johnson, EtCl Labor. 5 Years Jan M. Futch, Chem. Dev. Edward H. Cose, Power. John W. Mundinger, Gen. Eng. Sarah N. Boutte, Prod. Plan. Percy J. Gautreau, TEL Maint. Augustine L. LeBoeuf, TEL Maint. Robert D. Reeves, Jr., EtCl Lab. Riley S. Ollnde, Sodium Op. Warren G. Yandell, Power. George W. Kelly, Jr., TpL Maint. Sam L. Womack, TEL Op. Victor W. Mertes, Inspection, receives his 30-year service award irom A. C. Burdick, chief engineer, R & E. Mertes completed SO years of service on May 16. At left is Louis C. DuPont, Inspection supervisor. Mrs. Edna D. Burns Enjoys Freedom, Relaxation That Retirement Gives "I must say that I enjoy doing what I want to do." That was the statement of Mrs. Edna D. Bums, who retired Dec. 1, 1951 and is enjoying fully her lei sure time at her 2736 June Street residence. A variety of interests keep her busy. One of her greatest pleasures is reading. Mrs. Burns enjoys writing and crocheting, and plays canasta twice a week. "We who have retired appreciate the interest that the Company shows in us," she commented. "We appreciate such thoughtfulness as the invitation to the Company pic nic, and the other attentions that Ethyl Corporation shows to us. "The Retirement Income Plan is excellent," she said. "Every em ployee should plan for his future by joining." Crocheting is a hobby that consumes much of Mrs. Edna D. Borns' time. She plays canasta twice weekly and enjoys writing. Application for Day Camp Participation Date- Name of Employee- -Badge No.. E.R.A. No._ Dept.. -TeL Ext- _Home Tel- Starting Time- -Quitting Time- Gate # Address Street and Number Name of Son- City Age_ Zone Daughter- "Books are my friends and com panions," Mrs. Burns says. An avid reader, she spends much of her time enjoying good literature. I wish to have my son (daughter) participate in the summer camp program of the E.R.A., and will instruct him to cooperate with those in charge of the program. In consideration of this application being accepted, I relieve the Ethyl Recreation Association of any liability for injury to my child or for damage to or loss of his (her) personal effects. Signed___ Mail your application to Ethyl Corporation, Recreation Office, Box 341, Baton Rouge, La. ETC '58*4 Page 20 THE ANTIKNOCK June, 1953 Sodium Labor Group Wins API Safety Award Employee's Mother, Son Drown in Flood Tragedy struck a double blow in the family of Charles A. Boud reaux, Jr., TEL Control Lab, when his mother and six-year-old son were drowned May 3. Mrs. Edna Boudreaux, of Larose, and young John William Boud reaux III were drowned when their car was capsized in a torrent of water which flowed across the Jef ferson Highway at Ward's Creek. Eight-year-old Charles A. Boud reaux, II was saved by clinging to a tree. His aunt, Miss Yvonne Boudreaux, managed to keep standing in the boiling current, and walked half a mile for help. The flood in the Ward Creek area followed a 9.5-inch downpour that flooded many other low sec tions of Baton Rouge. Funeral services /were held in Larose. Free Swim Tickets Free swimming tickets, which the ERA started issuing last week to ERA members, are available at the ERA Center or in the ERA Office on the Plant. Tickets will be issued during the hours 1-4 P.M. on the Plant, and from 2-10 P.M. at the Center. Tickets are usable at the Zachary, Harding Field, City Park and Salt ers swimming pools. Receives LSU Honors Group Goes 64 Months Without Major Injury The Sodium Labor Group won the American Petroleum Institute safety award May 4 in recognition of their completion of more than one-half million man-hours without a major injury. The award to the 55 members of the group was made by Plant Man ager Roy N. Clothier. He read a telegram of congratulations from John H. Schaefer, vice-president in charge of Manufacturing. Schaefer praised the teamwork of all men in the group for working five years without a time-losing injury. Grant Clark, Sodium laborer, accepts the American Petroleum Institute 500,000 man-hour certificate in behalf of the 55 laborers In that group. Acting General Manager Boy Clothier and Frank Goudeau, Sodium labor foreman, present the award to Clark. The Antiknock Gets 'Award of Merit' Work 1,915 Safe Days The last major injury for the group was on Feb. 12, 1948. At the time of the presentation they had worked a total of 541,747 man hours or a total of 1,915 days with out a time-losing injury. Dan Read, safety engineer, who had worked with the Sodium group in their safety program, was in charge of the ceremonies. Frank Goudeau is foreman of the Labor Group. Grant Clark, in accepting the award for the gnoup, thanked the Company for the assistance rendered to the group in making the good safety record. Editor Tom Stephenson accepts an Award of Merit for The Antiknock from John E. Davis, president of the International Council of Industrial Editors. The award, given at the convention in Houston May 20, was one of seven in the Antiknock classification--newspapers published for em ployees of a single plant. Jesuit Singers Heard Appearing on the program were the Jesuit Singers, a group of em ployees including Lionel Newman, Curtis Williams, Ernest Williams, Samuel Smith and Leroy Clark. Willie Butler of the Sodium La bor Group concluded the meeting with a prayer. Three other groups, EtCI La borers, Achord's Shift, and EtCI Maint., have won the coveted API award. It has been presented twice to the entire plant. Groups of under 100 employees can win by completing one-half million man-hours. For larger groups, one million man-hours without injury is necessary to qual ify. Mary Ethel deGeneres, stenog rapher in the Patent Office, R.&E., was named the outstanding senior woman in the Louisiana State Uni versity College of Commerce at a recent honors convocation. Mary Ethel completed her studies at LSU In February. Her bachelor's degree will be conferred in June. She was recognized by Alpha Beta Chi, pro fessional commerce sorority for women students. Daily Bulletin Now Published on Plant The "Daily Bulletin" made its initial plantwide appearance May 1. Issued by Industrial Relations, it gives brief summaries of current plant news events. John Fly, assistant supervisor in Industrial Relations, stated "We appreciate phone calls from em ployees on current news items. However, because of the brevity of the daily release, space, usually re stricts us to items of plantwide interest." How's your punting? A "No Accident" record is nothing to kick about. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Form 3547 Requested Sec. 54.66 P. 1* * RU. S. Pottage PAID Baton Bouge, La. Permit No. 861 ETC 25815 Vol. Te New 1 The Baton I to be o distribn July. T' in Nr\< receive* of the Aug. 1 Onut. the ni'v. from 11 distribn 1950. ' poratml plete !* city itsub-rtiv i the ;uv miles ;n ing she Interest date liRouge. A COT to ever as soon Plant, ier, P` copies additior availab1 emplo\ i Comnir Denr map h availaM issue h. Of !Vofilled. Gar We . printing we port on ment ( * discus* former Law St * favornb will c;n August i i . 1953 !-- fd ;| girths 1 jiury |.|, non .-til ute nition than iihout ..ars of i Man- . rad a . . from irnt in harfer II men sears t \I *. ^.ij- the At the .ey had . . man* 'i with- r, who -*11 Kroup was in ' Frank k Labor -i i-epting lianked a distance > making d im were i. of em rivman, % Williams, $ `lark, mm Lameeting .tCl La nd EtCl led API ed twice nployees one-half larger in-hours to qual- Teenage Club Proposed For ERA Children New Ethyl City Map To Be Ready Soon The new and revised Ethyl Baton Rouge city map is scheduled to be off the press and ready for distribution to employees late in July. The maps are being printed in New York and word has been received that shipment of a supply of the maps is scheduled prior to Aug. 1. Containing many innovations, the new map will be quite different from the one which Ethyl first distributed during the summer of 1950. Among the changes incor porated in the new map are a com plete and u[)-to-date map of the city itself and the surrounding sub-divisions, a map covering all of the area in a radius of about 25 miles around Baton Rouge, a draw ing showing the major points of interest in the city, and an up-todate list of facts about Baton Rouge. A copy of the map will be mailed to every employee at his home just as soon as they are received on the Plant, according to Roy N. Cloth ier, Plant manager. Sufficient copies are being printed so that additional copies can be made available for distribution by Ethyl employee and by the Chamber of Commerce. Demand for the Baton Rouge map has been so great that all available copies of the previous issue have been used and a number of recent requests could not be filled. Clarence Manion Talk We regret that because of the printing schedule of The Antiknock we were not able to include a re port on the June 23 Ethyl Manage ment Club meeting and the muchdiscussed talk by Clarence Manion, former dean of the Notre Dame Law School. Because of the many favorable comments on his talk we will carry a summary of it in the August issue. Trade-Mark of U. S.--Freedom, Work, Safety /r.& AdultCommittee Now Developing Program An organizational meeting for the formation of a teenage club is being held July 1 at the ERA Cen ter. Edith Starns, who is commit tee chairman of this activity, states that a teenage council is to be formed and will discuss types of activities of interest to boys and girls. At a future date all interested teenagers will be invited to attend a second meeting to further discuss teenage activities. Other members of the committee are: Marie Morris, Norma Rowe, Mercerdese Rabb, Fabio Halphen, L. G. Oliver and W. H. Dickerson. As a help to the committee, all children of ERA members who are of high school age and who would be interested in participating in activities of the teenage club axe requested to fill out the blank on Page 4 and send in to the ERA Office. Large Crowd Attend June 19 Shrimp Feast This picture is a familiar one to all Ethyl employees. It is also symbolic of American workmen everywhere as Americans prepare to celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It's all there--the flag of freedom, the flag of safety--flying over industrial buildings that symbolize opportunities found only in a free country. A big movement of shrimp -- from plate to mouth--is the best way to describe the ERA Shrimp Party at the ERA Center on June 19. A record turn-out of 425 mem bers and their wives forced shrimp eaters to use all available space in the Center and in addition, several tables were set up outside the Cen ter to take care of the crowd. "Since each person was served approximately a pound of boiled shrimp, there really was a big movement of shrimp," says Floyd Carbo, ERA chairman of Shrimp Parties. "However, we hope the next one on July 17 will have even more people. There will be plenty of shrimp for all." Following the shrimp supper, the Martin Luker School of Dance staged a dance review and a dance was held with Lee Fortier's Trio furnishing the music. ETC 25816 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 THE ANTIK NOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson.................................................................................... Editor Safety Must Never Go on Vacation Your Brain Has Five Fingers, Too By George Campbell Look at your hand. It has five fingers, doesn't it? You depend on those fingers for literally hundreds of activities. Most important, you probably depend on those fingers for your livelihood. Your brain, like your hand, has five fingers. Your brain holds life with those fingers, just as you hold a pencil, a baseball, a fishing rod or a baseball bat with the fingers of your hands. Your brain fingers are taste, smell, touch, hearing and sight. How I learned that my brain, like yours, has five fingers will live with me all of my life. I was bom blind and was blind until a series of operations gave me sight when I was 18 years old. One day when I was Just a youngster I was standing near where other kids were playing ball. Suddenly, Bill, a friend, called out a warning: "Look out, George! The ball is going to hit you." Not being able to see, I couldn't look out. The ball hit me. When I got home I couldn't wait to ask my mother: "How is it that Bill knew the ball was going to hit me before it did? How do people know things are going to happen before they happen?" I will always remember what she told me. "Son, just like your hand, your brain has five fingers. Those fingers are for smelling, tasting, touch ing, hearing and seeing. Come here I want to show you something." Then my mother, who had led me through the darkness of blind ness, folded my little finger and taped it down so I could not use it. I could use only four fingers. Then she told me to pick up everything in the house and finally she told me to pick up the end of the table itself. She made me learn to use four fingers because I, being blind, had but four fingers to my brain. She taught me to use what I had. You don't realize the importance of the fingers on your hand until you lose one or .more of them. You don't realize the importance of those fingers to your brain until something takes away one or more of them. I know, because I was born without one of these fingers, that of sight. Protect those five brain fingers. It matters not whether you value sight and hearing as the most important of those fingers. I do know that your life will not be complete if you lose either. For the sake of your loved ones and yourself, protect all those brain fingers. Never miss the opportunity to help some child or your fellowman to protect theirs. A single four-engine U. S. Trans port plane carries enough fuel to drive a passenger automobile 165,000 miles--more than enough to drive six and a half times around the world on the equator.--Flying A Wisconsin farmer made a re markable discovery when a storm knocked out all electrical power. He found that nobody on the place knew how to milk a cow by hand! --This Week 31 Salute to Our Craftsmen... Plant Inside Machinists W. J. Landry, inside machinists 1/c, operating a 14-inch lathe, is making an inside thread from a piece of monel stock. The finfaM product will become a packing gland cap when he is through. The work that Landry is doing Is representaive of the work of the inside machinists at Ethyl. In addition to operating lathes the machinist craftsmen are skilled in the operation of drill presses, milling machines, shapers and many other machines found in well-equipped machine shops. The work of the inside machinists is important to Ethyl's over-all manufacturing processes. The parts they make help to maintain Plant equipment that operates in the manufacture of our Plant products. Les Nocke By Jersey Smith July, 195,'. i Job R< Pr By Industrial How doc It feels go< low who is . into the su gang on th> "How's the evitable an the water's still feels g keep movin' ing! And ho After 23 production r ing foreman and a few j manager, it see the opci tion from an that of a pknow how li In just a 1 of the work Relations Dt ous other do; and in Neu feeling that given credit are doing w the picture Instead of si jigsaw puzzl< on the pieces ed. And it is What Do The next i most of out Galey V l I / '# James M. <i:i neer in the It Section, was . of an article ; issue of "Sou' dustry." Kiitii neers--What dustry?" (he work of inthc had graduate) ' where Galey i the Company ETC 25817 I 9-.. 1953 lathe, is d product >rk of the machinist machines, ine shops, s over-all lain Plant nets. Smith July, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 Job Rotation Broadens Opportunity; Prepares Employee for Bigger Job Scale Model of Houston Plant in Cafeteria By H. W. Wheeler, visory and non-supervisory, do not Industrial Relations Department understand what the rotation part of our executive development How does it feel to be rotated? really means. It feels good. I feel like the fel These people have just not un low who is among the first to jump derstood what we are trying to do. into the surf early in Spring. The Every single move made in these gang on the beach always hollers, rotation assignments is for the pur- "How's the water?" And the in pose of broadening a man so that evitable answer is, "Come on in, he can be more valuable, either on the water's fine." And the water his new job, his old job, or an en still feels great. Cool--makes you tirely new assignment which may keep moving, but really invigorat pop up. ing! And how different things look! Let's look at it this way. Who is After 23 years of getting out more valuable to himself, his fam production at every job from build ily, his company--the man who has ing foreman to operations manager, 23 years' experience in Operations and a few periods of acting plant only, or the man who has 12 years manager, it was difficult for me to in operations, 5 years in Tech. see the operation of our organiza Service and 5 years in Industrial tion from any viewpoint other than Relations? You answer that ques that of a production man. Now I tion. know how limited that view was. Actually, we are only giving In just a few weeks' observation of the workings of the Industrial Relations Department, and of vari supervisors a chance to do what operators have been doing for years, training on different jobs. ous other departments on the Plant and in New York, I have a guilty feeling that they have never been What makes an operator feel more capable to both himself and the Company? It's the ability to per given credit for all the work they form several jobs, isn't it? are doing which fits directly into Fifteen years from now, most of the picture of making production. the present high-level executives in Instead of sitting on one piece of a the Manufacturing Department will jigsaw puzzle, I can now get a slant be retired. Several key men are in on the pieces as they look assembl cluded in this list. ed. And it is a good picture. What Does Rotation Mean? Ten years from now, sickness, early retirement and other causes will almost certainly see the loss The next feeling I had was that >from our organization of a few key most of our Plant people, super- men. Five years from now, it is hoped Galey Writes Article that enough homegrown talent will have been trained so that more than double the expected losses will be capable of replacement. It is hoped that from then on the Looking over a scale model of Ethyl's Houston plant, from left, are Joseph R. Keller, TEL Maintenance; Eddie Fairchild, P&ES, and George Marionneaux of the Cafeteria. The model was installed in the Cafeteria last month. Company will never be short of replacements. As men leave from the top, and others move up, it will finally result in everyone from operator to manager being afected. All corporations have awakened to the fact that executive replace ment needs are becoming more and more of a problem. That is why Ethyl Corporation has intensified its executive training. A Long-Range Program The training and development of mechanics, operators, foremen, supervisors, superintendents, sec tion managers and plant manager was built into the organization when we started the Baton Rouge Plant, and it has gathered momen tum ever since. We have set our sights high, and we are looking long-range. We hope to find out enough about each man so we can place him on the job, (1) where he will be happiest and live longest; (2) where he will be the most efficient and of the greatest value to the Company. We don't expect to do this a few months or a few years. Our rotational program is going to be a long and slow program. Everyone cannot be rotated at one time. Moves are made slow enough so that the safety, efficiency and morale of each group does not lose anything from changes in super vision. Rotation will be made at prac tically every level of supervision, and the moves will be dependent upon the conditions prevailing and the personnel available. If you didn't get chosen this time, maybe your turn will come next, or per haps the time after that. To be sure you're ready, just ask your self, "Is my assistant as good or a better man than myself?" If you can aswer "Yes" to this ques tion, your chances of being se lected for rotation are increased. These Are the Only Good Gar Fish--Dead Son in Service James M. Galey, industrial engi neer in the Industrial Engineering Section, was one of three authors of an article appearing in the June issue of "Southern Power and In dustry." Entitled "Industrial Engi neers--What Do They Do for In dustry?" the article discussed the work of industrial engineers who had graduated from Georgia Tech where Galey taught before joining the Company a year ago. J. E. Gremillion, Sodium operator 2/c, and his son-in-law, Elmo Soileau, killed these gar fish on May 9 in backwater from False River. Some of them measured over five feet in length. f;/y Joseph Tickles, Jr., Is the son of Betty Tickles who works In the Cafeteria. Tickles Is stationed at the Palm Beach, Fhu, airport with the 1707th Medical Group. He en listed Feb. 5, 1952., I ETC 25818  Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 Many Shrimp Party Guests Ate Outside . . . . . . Others Filled the Center to Capacity July, 19" Hell, as much Fnls. I've never ing the v. the hot u A st caught d< One guest in i taken bcl "Ho\ ri'i "You i:iii l!il! On Y Lake Cor him to th off hours, People! People everywhere! They stood In the hall waiting for tables, they distance r sat In the television room, and they filled the main room of the Center. Many others ate outside. Albet first week ners. The Bowlers Win Honors Adams, Carl Lewis and C. A. U.M.W. Team in Class "C" Baseball League Stone, Jr., all of Security Force. was fallin The Security Force Bowling Trot I Team which finished fourth in the The team won $24 in prize reported t Ethyl Recreation Bowling League money at the Houma meet. After four sac-n went on to capture 12th place in the Louisiana Bowling Tourna ment held in Houma recently. It was the only Baton Rouge bowling finishing fourth in the ERA Bowl ing League, the Security Force bowlers won 11th place in the city bowling tournament. Alto? trout off t team to place in the State meet Joe I which had 85 teams entered from A total of 3,915 miles was driven all sections of the state. by the two visiting nurses in the Festervnn Grand Isl of speckk Those on the team were W. A. Medical Department during the went out I Price, TEL Stores; Bill Montgom month of May on their visits to the vand land ery, formerly of Security; W. H. homes of sick Ethyl employees. with a H* aged 40 p Yes, I'm Interested in the Teenage Club Hot Weal "Get NameAge School : District 50, Local 12,900 of the United Mine Workers union is sponsoring one of Sisummer r Moon Parent's Name AddressTelephone No. a baseball team that Is competing in the Class "C" group of American Legion teams. Seated from left are Bobby Duplantier, Joe Rlnaudo, Lloyd Fussell, Pete Hlrschey, and Joe Melancon. Middle row from left: John McKay, Robert Cox, John Bozeman, Tommy Duncan and Dale Remenilw' A u<car and in Humble. Standing from left: Nolan Keller, John Ellis, and Jeff Rogers. ! i, A Nice Hike After a Cool Swim ... ... And Inside Activities Make Day Camp Hit lllii iiij Hiking from the swimming pool Is one of the activities to help build At the Center one of the activities that make a hit with the young ladies strong limbs for the girl Day Campers. was plaiting plastic strips Into attractive objects. Mrs. A. ('. son, Bert. Burns is Maintenun former IIU -.J si ETC 25819 i 1 Inly. 1953 | July, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 opacity i 1 uihles, they .1 tin* Center. eague . sponsoring if American ie Rinaudo, \ from left: it and Dale IHf Rogers. Out fyiiUUi' By Johnny DeLage Hello! Writing a fishing column is a new venture with me. If it is as much pleasure as the fishing itself is, it shouldn't be bad. False River! During the 15 years that I've been tossing out lures, I've never seen people try harder in their fishing with less luck than dur ing the week of the rodeo. Biggest reason that fishing was so poor was the hot weather that didn't let up during the entire week. A strange coincidence--most of the fish that were taken were caught during the middle of the day. One nice catch was taken by Roch Pedarre and J. B. Esnard, Roch's guest in the rodeo. That was Sunday, June 14. They brought in 22 bass taken below Tropical Gardens. "How do you catch fish like these?" Pedarre was asked. "You've got to keep your bait in the water," was his answer. caught, and the lures that you used. Send it to me in care of The Antiknock." DeLage, a native of Erwinville, was "born almost in the shade" of the capitol. Through the years he has become familiar with the fish ing spots in this section of Lou isiana. He is married to the former Leah Nevils of Biloxi. Their two children are John, Jr., and Wil liam. His service with the Company started June 17, 1938 when he was hired as an operator helper in TEX. On Wednesday, June 5, Willie Dische caught his limit of bass on Lake Concordia. Since that time he was injured. We look forward with him to the time that he will be back at work and able to fish during his off hours. Concordia, by the way, is Willie's favorite fishing spot--a long distance off but worth the trip because of the good fishing. Albert "Moon" Troth and a friend, Luke Spears, caught 45 bass the first week of June on Lake Bruin. They were both using Shannon Spin ners. Their largest catch in one day was 18. "Moon" said that the water was falling fast there and fishing should improve. Troth also made a trip to Little Alabama with Willie Dipaola. They reported that the water there is "right" and brought back eight bass and four sac-a-lait on Hell Divers. Willie landed a 3*4 pounder. Alton "Babe" Delaune and a party of five caught over 500 speckled trout off the coast of Houma. They averaged V/> pounds each. Joe Ross, J. D. LeJeune, Chester Rushing, L. L. Duvernet, W. C. Festervand--all of Sodium "D" Group--made a fine fishing trip to Grand Isle the weekend of June 13-15. They caught "a large number" of speckled trout Sunday fishing around the oyster reefs. Monday they went out for tarpon. The group had a total of 28 tarpon strikes. Fester vand landed the largest which.weighed 110 pounds. Duvernet was second with a 100-pound fish. The fellows also caught six jack fish that aver aged 40 pounds each. Hot Weather Tips: "Get up early in the morning and fish close to the bank." That is one of Sonny Day's favorite slogans that proves true during these hot summer months. Moonlight fishing should be at its best during July and August. Coon-on-Log Contest To Be Staged July 4 DeLage Will Author New Fishing Column Johnny DeLage, working leader in TEL Operations, begins his col umn "Out Fishin,' " as a regular monthly feature in The Antiknock. Johnny began fishing in 1940 when Reese Sumrall taught him how to cast bait. Since that time he has become an expert at casting and an authority on fishing in this section of Louisiana. He has twice won the annual ac curacy contest in bait casting at the Picnic, and has won some prize in the contest every year except one. "What we want in the column," DeLage says, "is fishing news about you--the employees. Drop me a note about your fishing trip telling where you went, what you A Coon-on-a-Log contest is being sponsored on July 4 by the Louisi ana Coon Hunters Association, an nounces El J. Lorio, president of the association. The contest will be held beginning at 10 A.M., at Champagne's Pond on Maribelle Drive (East Baton Rouge Lion's Club Camp). Lorio said that trophies would be awarded for winning dogs and that two classes of dogs would be entered. One class will be full hounds and the other mixed breeds. Entrance fee is $1 per dog. Rules of the "Coon-on-the-Log" contest require that dogs be en tered prior to 9:30 A.M. "For those employees who wish lo attend, markers will be put up, starting at Greenwell Springs Road and Airline Highway to direct peo ple to Champagne's Pond," Lorio said. W. C. Festervand Lands 110-Pound Tarpon Remember: A good fishing trip is a safe fishing trip. Always be careful in the car and in the boat. Citizen's Committee Mrs. A. C. Burns Is shown with her son, Bert, who Is 5V months old. Burns Is a pipefitter 1/c in TEL Maintenance. Mrs. Burns Is the former Hilda Epperson of Baker. Four Ethyl employees have been named to major committees of the East Broadmoor Citizen's Associ ation. J. B. Rhorer, Construction co ordinator, was named chairman of the Building committee at an or ganizational meeting on June 4. Joe Roan Thompson, Maintenance, was chosen to be a member of the Drainage committee; and Woody Merritt, Safety engineer, and W. L. Hampton, Security Force, were elected to serve as the Safety and Traffic committee. Merritt organized and conducted the meeting until temporary of ficers were elected. One thousand eighty-six railway cars came in and out of the Plant during the month of May, accord ing to the Traffic Section. Sodium "D" Group fishermen who made a successful trip to Grand Isle, June 13-15, are front row, left to right: Joe Ross, J. D. LeJeune, and Chester Rushing. Back row, in the same order: L. L. Duvernet, and W. C. Festervand. Festervand landed the 110-pound tarpon shown in the picture. h I I i r 1* - " " * " * '* " * - '= i'lT I...... W |~T~'T tlM IIB IIlW ririlfU a -- ETC 25820 Page 6 lf;. i: THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 July, 1953 Gayland, 14 months old, Cindee, three years old, and Hunter, Jr., 4^ years-old, are the grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. William F. McCarthy. Mrs. Hunter Barrilleaux, the mother of the children, was formerly Kath leen McCarthy. Announcing New Ethyl Boosters Henry E. Slmoneanx, TEL Maint., a son, Michael David, bom April 30. Robert Herzog, R. & E., a son, Charles Alan, bom May 7. The two boys and girls here are the children of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lan dry (TEL Operations). From left are Virgie Lee, 15; Deanna, 7; Paul Marcel, 5, and Johnny, age 14. Mrs. Landry is the former Leralrl Mar garet Lindstrom of Lafayette. The Landrys reside at 2065 West BeIfair. "Buzz" Sa* that was g Escue Peter J. Guldroz, EtCl Maint., a i daughter, Betty Ann, born June 13. T Arthur R. Choppin. Jr., Sodium Op., a son, Chris Allen, born Feb. 12. Hunter Norwood, Jr., EtCl Maint., a Young " old son of I son, David Hunter, born May 2. Andrew T. Gaatreaux, TEL Maint., a son. Andrew Timothy, born May 29. Paul L. Crawford, TEL Op., a daugh ter, Ouida Louise, born May 10. i Johnnie Carmens, Jr., TEL Labor, a (TEL Op owner of a set was a erators on Unusual son, Roundle James, bom May 23. many of it Joseph C. Badeaox, TEL Op., a daugh ter, Tracey Helen, bom May 4. Joseph E. Douglas, Jr., Sodium Op., a daughter. Lintot Margaret, bom May 21. Elliott L. Klelnpeter, TEL Maint., a sets of the fully chipp special rea About fi son, Richard Wayne, bom May 28. clambered Ronald E. Gray, Tech. Service, a daughter, Janet Lynn, born May 10. Alvin E. Corley, EtCl Maint., a son, A. E., Jr., bom May 29. Charles A. Boudreaux, TEL Lab., a retrieve hi:in the v. i burned. f* was hospif daughter, Margaret Edna, bom May 2. H. Shelby Camp, P&ES, a son, Stephen Alan, born May 26. Franklin Conrad, Chem. Dev., a girl Cinda Marguerite, bom May 21. Louis R. Parker, Gen. Eng., a son, Gary Arthur, born May 25. Ted, 14, is the son of H. A. Martin. This photo was taken at the time of his graduation last month from Oak Lawn School in Oak Lawn, 111. His father is a refrigeration mechanic 1/c in TEL Maint John Miller, Jr., is 14 months old. His father is in EtCl Stores; Mrs. Miller Is the former Evelyn LeMay of Plaquemlne. The Millers live in Plaquemine. Clarence Wayne is the three-yearold son of the C. A. Stones. C. A. is a member of the Security Force. Mrs. Stone is the former Connie Broussard of Lafayette. on his loft The ron< a painful many trip* r. i- Pvt. A! 4m ]! Marlene Louise, six years old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil son J. Ponthieu. Wilson is a TEL operator 1/c. Mrs. Ponthieu is the former Eola Lemoine of Avoyelles Parish. Myma Rae Ponthieu, daughter of the Wilson J. Ponthieus, was a member of the St. Anthony High School group that placed first in a Catholic Business Education con test. She placed second in typing. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Regan are the parents of Connie Lynn Regan, 14 months old. Mrs. Regan is the former Betty June Mayo whose mother, Inez, works in Production Planning. Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Rivett are the parents of Debbie, 15 months old. Walter is a pipefitter helper 1/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Rivett is the former Mary Gayle Samson of Baton Rouge. and Mrs. basic tniii Camp entry into worked for pany. His I in TEL Mai ETC 25821 July, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 { >1. J. Lan7; Paul Mar- f.-st Belfair, three-yearones. C. A. irity Force, uer Connie "Buzz" Sawyer's wide smile reflects his pleasure over the television set that was given him by the TEL operators of Escue's Shift. Escue Shift Operators Contribute Television Set to 'Buzz' Sharkey Young "Buzz" Sharkey, 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Heltz, (TEL Operator), is the proud owner of a new television set. The set was a gift to him by TEL op erators on Escue's Shift. Unusual? Sure it is, because many of the operators don't have sets of their own, but they cheer fully chipped in enough cash for a special reason. About five months ago "Buzz" clambered up a telephone pole to retrieve his kite which was tangled in the wires. He was severely burned, fell some 40 feet, and was hospitalized with deep bums on his left leg and shoulder. The road to recovery has been a painful one for "Bun," with many trips to the hospital for skift grafts and blood transfusions. And it's not over for the plucky young ster yet. The doctors told him that he had to eat more to build up his strength. But a fellow has trouble eating when his side hurts so bad. Then the word got around his step-dad's shift that maybe a tele vision set would help take his mind off the pain and he would eat more. It wasn't long before the sum was raised and the set delivered. It even matches Mrs. Heltz's blond furniture. "Buzz," is doing better now. He watches television--and eats! The average loan made by the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union during 1952 was $332. Donna Kay Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ellis, was named Queen of the Junior Division of the Baby Show and Coronation Pag eant held recently by the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers. She had the greatest number of total points on health, beauty, and friendship. Donna's mother is the former Velma Holliday of Ponchatoula. Ellis is a patrolman 1/c. Jimmie Dutsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Elmer Dutsch, is shown ac cepting a scholarship to LSU from Lester Badeaux, Industrial Arts in structor at Baker School. Jimmie won the scholarship at a state rally at LSU because of the excellent grade he made on a written test there and because of the quality of the woodwork he did. The boy's father is in Sodium Maint. Employees Take June Nuptial Vows Garrot-Montgomery Wanda M. Garrot and Charles W. Montgomery, both chemists in Chemical Development, were mar ried June 6 at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Father Andrew Fry officiated at the double-ring ceremony. Immediately following the cere mony the couple left for the Mis sissippi Gulf Coast and Panama City, Fla. They are now residing at 2006 Terrace Ave. Wanda is the daughter of Mrs. May S. Garrot, 824 North Street. Charles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery of Van Buren, Ark. C&rradine-Stout Shirley Mae Carradine, former visiting nurse in the Medical De partment, and Chester B. Stout, Jr. were married June 13 in the Istrouma Methodist Church by the Rev. Jerome Cain. Shirley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris M. Carradine. Her father is a heavy duty mechanic 1/c in TEL Maintenance. jjiihlwati . Rivett are ') 15 months j liter helper s. Rivett is j Samson of ii I Pvt A1 Joe Kirkwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ai Kirkwood, is taking basic training in the Army at Camp Roberts, Calif. Prior to his entry into military service he worked for Union Tank Car Com pany. His father is a pipefitter 1/c in TEL Maintenance. Benny, the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Andre, has been in the Air Force since April 3. He is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base In San Antonio. The youth is a graduate of Baton Rouge High*, he attended LSU two years prior to his entry into service. Pvt. Bobby Gurney, son of P. J. Gurney who is a labor foreman, was a visitor Jane 15. Young Gur ney has been stationed at Fort Bliss for basic training. He re ported to Ft. Benning, Gs., for fur ther training when his furlough ended. Immediately following the recep tion held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pike Lee, the couple went on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, N. Y. They will live at 618 Girod St. in New Orleans. 25822 !;|i! Pat Potts, Tropical Gardens, weighs in a 3 lb., Henry May, TEL Maint. instrument mechanic 1/c, and ;;,|j 1SV4 oa. bass caught by Julian Bennett, right, Alonzo Lanier, TEL Maint. rigger 1/c, pause lor a cup ot 'll foreman in EtCl Maint, The fish won 4th place, coffee after a hard morning of fishing. |: 5 Ethyl Spoien at ERA Fistig R C. M. Genius, TEL Maint electrician 1/c, Shir* ley Caillouet, Prod. Planning clerk, and Mrs. A. C. Kemp, a guest fisherman, are shown above. Ralph Hollaway, Technical Service, landed this 3 lb., 5 os. bass across from the Tropical Gardens. Hollaway used a Herb's Dilly to make the catch. Pat Potts of Tropical Gardens weighs , 11 oz. bass Medical The first Julia caught on i rod, the fish This fish was landed Sunday mornii 4. |! C. W. Headrick, rigger 1/c in TEL Maintenance, tries cast* Hiram May, left, TEL Main! Instrument mechanic 1/c, Norman George Woest, Sodium ian, lands a fi-', ing from one of the piers at False River for "that one big Wilton, TEL Maintenance instrument mechanic 1/c, and Percy of Robert Payne, Sodit supervise one" that would win a prize. May, non~employee and brother of Hiram, reported no luck. net. They were fishing ical Gardens Roch Pedarre, labor foreman, P&ES, and his guest, J. B. Esnard, were photographed as they came to the pier after a successful afternoon of fishing. ETC 25823 I Spo en at the Fish) Rodeo B. P. Guitreau, TEL operator 1/c, and Mrs. Guitreau re ported little success in their fishing endeavors up to the time this photo was taken. Joe Langlois, insulator 1/c in TEL Maint., was still casting for his first strike. He thought mid day might bring better luck. aoest, Sodium! in, lands a bass with the help I Payne, Sodia 1 supervisor, who handles the I were fishing Gardens. Bill Hagg, Sodium lab helper 1/c, and Jan Futch, chemist In Chemical Development, had a string of 5 sac-a-lait and 3 cat fish when this early morning picture was made. U. A. Callais, TEL Operator 1/c, reported a catch of only one bream and one gasper goo when we took this photo. foreman in ' , show the 1 I I. ;e Jack Vaughn, Sodium Day Service mechanic changes lures and anticipates a strike on the bait. When picture was taken, he had no luck. Edward Almond, EtCl Maintenance outside machin ist 1/c, was still trying for his first catch of the day when photographed at False River. J. B. Brashier, TEL Operations foreman, spent Tuesday morning fishing. He had just landed this 1 lb., % oz. bass. UiJ ETC 25824 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 Ethyl Work Disability Rules Are equal ALL the employee's she) never draws less than two- regular pay. thirds of regular pay during that More Liberal Than Law Requires 2. For the next 36 weeks of dis time. The most that would be re ability, the Plan provides ceived from Workmen's Compensa payments over and above tion alone would be a maximum People can obey the many fed 1. For the first 16 weeks of dis Workmen's Compensation so of $30 a week: eral, state and local laws that gov ability, the Accident and that total benefits equal There are special provisions for ern their lives in a number of dif Sickness Benefit Plan adds 66%% of regular pay. employees who are ill or injured ferent ways. Take a 55-mile-an- enough money to Workmen's Thus, even if an employee is laid but still able to do work of some hour speed limit, for instance. Some Compensation payments to up for as long as a year, he (or (Continued on Page 11) motorists like to keep their speed ometer right around that mark. Others prefer to play it real safe fyesnme fyocui Presents and never get over 50. Either way, the law is being observed. It's the same with business and industry in regard to the various laws and regulations that cover their operations. But like the cau Melba Tullier, Safety Office tious motorist who never goes over 50 even when the speed limit is higher, most companies prefer to do more than just what the law de mands. This is true of Ethyl Cor poration. The financial protection it gives you in cases of work dis ability--far beyond what the law calls for--is a case in point. Ethyl Provides More Legally, under the Workmen's Compensation law in Louisiana, the Company only has to provide the necessary money to pay em ployees disabled on the job a max imum of $30 weekly for a certain period of weeks and medical ex pense payment for any one mishap up to $1,000. Many people would have trouble making ends meet on such payments, so many years ago Ethyl took steps to provide higher income and medical payments for employees who become disabled on the job. Compared with the $1,000 state law maximum, Ethyl (through in surance company coverage) gives employees medical bill protection up to $100,000, or one hundred times as much. In one outstanding case, an employee received almost $50,000 worth of medical care from funds made possible by the Com pany. There have been other cases involving sums in the tens of thou sands of dollars. These are medical bills that the employees concerned would have had to pay out of their own pockets (after the $1,000 al lowed by Workmen's Compensa tion) except for the Company's generous program. Disabled Employees Helped Aside from the added medical j Mother's Helper coverage, the Company also sees to it that disabled employees re ceive income equal or nearly equal to their regular pay during most periods of on-the-job disability. These extra payments are made through the Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan. As in the case of the extra medical benefits, participa tion in the Plan is free to em ployees. The Company pays the Melba Tullier, stenographer in the Safety Office, says that the most pleasant part of her work is cut ting a stencil that announces another Plant Safety Award prize winner, and her most unpleasant task is having to cut a stencil announcing a major injury. This month's Femme Focus believes she is the most safety-minded employee on the Plant. "And why not?" she says. MI have to work with all of our safety engineers!" whole cost of both. While her working hours are devoted to pro Exactly what Ls received by the pounding safety, when she gets home about 4:15 in employee who is unable to work be the afternoon she immediately becomes housewife and cause of an accident, illness or in mother. The Tulliers own their own home at 2045 jury resulting from his job? Here's North 38th Street that reflects the many hours of the answer: work spent keeping it and the yard spotlessly clean. Daily Dousing j Her husband, Gerald J., is a pipefitter employed at Esso Standard Oil Company where he has worked the last 12 years. Both he and Melba are very proud of young Gerald Eugene, their three-year old son. A native of this city, Melba graduated from Istrouma High School and went on to Baton Rouge Business College for a year's training. In 1946 she went to work for a local storage com pany, then with the State in the Labor Department prior to coming to Ethyl where she was first employed April 11, 1951. Most of her time has been spent In the Safety Office, Melba enjoys sewing, spectator sports and picnic ontings with her family. During this past spring she has been busy working with the membership commit tee of the Baton Rouge Little Theater group. ETC 25825 July. ) Ethyl p of paint Wat The c poration gallon v her "fo Maintrn- Pete C.uM long trek leading I the groin .j 1953 July, 1953 ( t woI hat ; - l'C* J.-nsai.amm ji 1.-. for {.Hired ; -orne i THE ANTIKNOCK Page 11 ^she Antiknock Alburn Can You Recognize These Employees? , & 11 ployed p worked g k proud ^ **0. fj mm Is* > Rouge k. j i;e com* ? irtment y n|iloyed g il in the 'i A picnic ` ing she :], onunit- i: Do you recognize this fine threeyear-old gentleman? He has been on the Plant since 1941, likes to fish and hunt and lives in Corbin, La. He has one son working on the Plant. His work is concerned with wearing a uniform and a gun. Recognize the boy at top center? He has worked both in TEL Oper ations and EtCl Maint., and is now a tank car mechanic in EtCl Maint. He has seen the Plant grow from its infancy in 1936. This picture was taken 39 years ago. (See who they are, on Page 12.) Ethyl painters clamber all over water tower to spread the 250 gallons of of paint ued on this job, taking about six weeks to do it. Water Tower Takes on New Look As Painters 'Work Her Over' The grey old lady of Ethyl Cor poration -- the 160-foot, 100,000gallon water tower--has just had her "face" lifted by eight TEL Maintenance painters. The painters brushed and sprayed 250 gallons of paint from her base to the obstacle light 160 feet above the ground and then climbed inside and down the long stand pipe, covering every inch of surface with four coats of paint that is expected to withstand the elements for the next five years. The painters who performed this task, which was started on May 18, were D. H. Mendoza, Pete Gulla, J. H. Meaulance, Tom Smith, Emile Arceneaux, Bradford Bahm, Clyde Morgan and J. O. Stephens. Two helpers assisting from the ground were W. J. Ellisar and J. T. Smith, Jr. Foreman A. S. Meador and Re lief Foreman C. B. Reed, Jr., were in charge of the job. Only one precautionary injury was recorded during the six-week painting assignment. After the four coats were ap plied, Floyd Rodrigue, sign painter 1/c, was called in to paint in the familiar orange and black Ethyl trademark on the east and west sides of the tank. This sign, which looks small from the ground, is 12 by 14 feet in size. Liberal Rules-- (Continued from Page 10) kind at the Plant. Temporary job assignments are made whenever such work is available and the dis abled employee is qualified to do the job. This guarantees full pay for up to 16 weeks because the em ployee draws his regular rate for that length of time even though the temporary job pays less. After 16 weeks, the pay is the regular rate of the job to which he is as signed. When the employee is able to go back to his regular job, he does so, of course, at the regular rate of pay. Little is required of employees to make sure they receive disability payments under the Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan. Every regu lar employee is automatically a member of the Plan, and no indi vidual contributes to the cost of it. There is no waiting period for benefits, either. They start as soon as an occupational illness or injury happens. Employees should report such illness or injury to their fore man or immediate supervisor at once. Pete Gulla, painter, 1/c, starts the long trek down the enclosed ladder leading from the water tower to the ground. Tom Smith, painter 1/c, speaks to someone on ground 145 feet below for more painting equipment as Clyde Morgan, painter 1/c, watches. Compressed-air operated "spiders" hoist painters. From left are J. O. Stephens, D. H. Mendoza, J. H. Meaulance, and Pete Gulla. Quote of the Month "When you lose your eyes, you have only about 20 per cent of your life left--you lose 80 per cent of your life when you lose your sight. When you lose your eyes you lose secur ity, you lose opportunity and you lose equality with your fellmmnan.,>--George Camp bell in talks to employees on the Plant last month. i t I ETC 25826 rtf Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 Employees Use Spare Time to Complete College Work, School of the Air Conditioning Training Company, and spend two weeks performing shop work on refriger ation machinery. Cary did this dur ing his vacation this spring. The climax of the course was re ceiving the diploma from the com pany's president, who told the graduates that only about four out of every 100 who start the course ever finish it. Cary says that he has found his training handy in his neighborhood working on faulty refrigerators. He hopes someday to have enough tools and a small shop that he may operate in his spare time. WHAT HAVE YOU? which is growing bigger rapidly. Phone 5-4053. Two- or three-bedroom house to rent or lease. Prefer North Baton Rouge. Phone 5-4662. Wanted to Rent Need two-bedroom house--preferably in North Baton Rouge. Two small chil dren. M. R. Sullivan. Jr. Phone 2-0688. Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there Is no home phone or phone nearby. &t Seems Only Yesterday ^shat. . . Ten Years Ago The War Effort Suggestion Com mittee gave special recognition for the best "Suggestions of the Week" to L. W. Forgey, J. A. McCarstle, J. O. Christy, H. M. Troth, and J. A. Martin. Withholding of U. S. income taxes from wages was commenced. Carl Ouster For Sale Fablo G. Halphen, Jr., was Bendlx washing machine, semi-auto awarded a B. S. degree in mechan Carl Custer, Sodium electrician 1/c, graduated at LSU recently with a B.S. in electrical engineer ing. Custer started school in June, 1949. In order to work here and attend classes at LSU he held a "B" Shift job for 2M> years. Then he held a job on a rotating shift. He finished his studies in three years by attending classes summer and winter. In fact, he attended four summer sessions. Mrs. Custer is the former Maude McCarson. They have no children. matic. In very good condition. Price $50. Phone 4-0289. Three-bedroom home, with living room, kitchen, garage, washroom, attic fan. High, does not flood. On Winbourne Avenue, close to Istrouma High and elementary school. $8,750. Phone 5-9788. Complete photographic darkroom -- everything but the walls and ceiling-- at sumrisinelv low Drice. Phone 2-8470. Sixteen horsepower outboard motor, Model 1-30 Scott-Atwater gear shift modeL Complete with separate pressure tank and hose. $175. Phone 2-8422. ical engineering from L.S.U. He had worked "B" shift for six years while attending school. L. R. Krieg and R. W. Stephens gave some tips on conserving household equipment "for the dur ation." Five Years Ago Members of the Plant, Pistol Team, which had won both its matches, were Eugene Ory, Jimmie Bridges, W. I. Gillespie, Alvin Ev erett, Louis MenvlUe, Paula Stogner, Thad Bridges, Wilson Devall, Dan McDonald, and Morton Dick Samuel C. Ellis Five-foot CoMspot electric refrig erson. erator. In good condition. $50. Phone College attendance in the morn ing and work as a freight handler in the TEL Labor Group on "B" 2-2072. . Monroe highspeed calculator. In per fect condition. $80. Phone 4-9672. Bob Cowiishaw transferred from New York to head the Finance group here. Leslie L. Gary Getting a diploma by corre spondence course is not the easiest way to learn about refrigeration and air conditioning, but it can be done with a lot of perserverance. Leslie L. Cary, Sodium Office porter, recently completed such a course, one that he had started in 1948. The course, consisting of 105 lessons each about 10 pages long, dwelt on both the theories and practical sides of both air con ditioning and refrigeration. Shift enabled Samuel C. Ellis to get his Bachelor of Arts degree from Leland College, May 28. Sam started his studies as a freshman during January of 1950. He attended the regular winter ses sions three years, working on "B" Shift all of the time at the Plant. He also attended summer sessions during 1950, '51, and '52. He is especially proud of the 1.5 average for his college work. "I want about a year of rest," Sam says, "and then I am looking forward to working on a Master's Degree." He is married to the former Mil dred Bates of Baton Rouge. Their two children are Gerome Harold, 6, and Brenda Gay, 5. In August, 1949, Sam completed a business course at the Spaulding Business College of Baton Rouge. Large Washing Approximately 1,800 bundles of clothing is the average number washed daily in the Plant Laundry during the summer months, ac cording to Ernie Carr, Laundry Foreman. Each bundle usually con Twenty-one foot cabin cruiser, with Evinrude outboard motor-and 4-wheel trailer. All new. $2,500. Phone Denham Springs 2678. Four-room and two-room houses on six acres of land. One mile south of Liv ingston. butane gas. good well. Wilt sell for $1,800. James Holliday. Ext. 455. Dining room set--wood table, glass top, 4 tapestry upholstered chairs. Worth $150. will sell for $85. Phone 3-8352 or 2-1196. Young parakeets at training age. All colors, also rares. $5. Phone 5-4721. Baby stroller, in good condition. $8. Also one push-mower. $10. Phone 5-6046. Four-burner apartment gas range. Good condition. Will sell for $45. In use 18 months. Phone 4-0184. 1047 Two-door Oldsmobile sedan with Hydramatic drive. In clean condition. Credit Union, Phone 350. Boy's 24-Inch bicycle. Good running condition. $20. Phone 2-3750. Nice three-bedroom home completely remodeled on high lot, 60' x 197' in North Baton P.ouge. For sale at reason able price. Phone 5-7032 or 7-4110. Two purebred Siamese kittens, male. $10 each. Phone Plaquemine 3957. The importance of the testing and development work done by "Slim" Wilmot on gasoline dyes was explained. Here They Are I (Baby Pictures on Page 11) C. W. Wascom is the three-yearold gentleman. He joined the Com pany In July, 1941 and is now foreman in the Security Force. His son, Earl Ray, works i n EtCI Maintenance. Born in 1911, he attended Walker High School Lloyd J. Schexnayder is the young ster whose picture was taken 39 years ago. H e was hired In 1936 i n Construction. He transferred to TEL Operations in 1938. In 1944 he left the Plant, returning in 1945. The final step was to go to sists of a complete change of Youngstown, Ohio, the home office clothing. Wanted He is now a tank Dog hooae for large breed puppy car mechanic in EtCI Maint. July. VX. i jr%r*- Isabelle Ge ceive a 15the "old d: Isabel E Isabelle her 15-yea became th< at the Bat' piete 15 y* Actuaih pany April date was cause of HI Her Ini' was a flii Comparn. was tran>r from the ! Herbert belle wen' 1938 as a Proinl "I can t number cl ing heir u says, "but 12 of us." Isa belli' jobs befon order exp ning, the i She is * letter she i dent J. H. mented fh; she and hot Rouge, art! the complc Company. The OSteele Hl\ belle's onh will ho a High SrhRoseii:< Rosemm second \w** piete 15 \ was a\vant> Nine f> ' Corporatici The next tC. Bailey October 1. ETC 25827 i ly, 1953 Phone id rent .1 Rouge. 4.t.i-rably j . ill chil- 1 5..11 Com; .ii..n for i-- Week" j.Ciirstle, ja, ;ind J. j income j.uienced. Ur., was muchans.U. He - -i\ years * Stephens -ii>ei'ving ihedur- it Pistol .. both its ,, Jimmie lvin Ev- ula Stogn Devall, 'uni Dick- rod from i Finance i o testing done by line dyes ree-year- Ithe Comi July, (1 is now 81 in the | Force. I Karl Ray, jj in EtCI ij .nance, i 1911, he I Walker t liool. 3 he youngj? taken 39 i July, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 jar*#***"- Up the Ladder for Employees Nan C. Cain, from steno-dk., Gen. Kathleen M. Walter, from purchase Eng.; to Secretary, Comm. Rel. order elk.. Group III. to secretary, R.&E. Harold W. Clement, from mech. insp. Norwood G. Harris, from Cafeteria 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. cook 2/c to 1/c. Robert L. Harris, from mach. outside John R. Gooch, from Group II to m. 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Mail Room posting elk. Leopold D. Lee, from welder 2/c to Charles A. Pearce, from instrument 1/c, TEL Maint. mech. 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Vaimon J. McMorrls, from electrician Guy C. Aucoln, from welder 3/c to 2/c, 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. EtCI Maint. Ernest D. Ott, from mach. 2/c to 1/c, Milton Bradford, from instrument TEL Maint. mech. 2/c to l?c, EtCI Maint. Leo J. Ileuvel, from inside mach. hlpr. Russell o. Clark, from electrician 2/c 1/c to outside mach. 3/c, EtCI Maint. to 1/c, EtCI Maint. Richard W. Robinson, from pipefitter Veiford A. Clayton, from pipefitter hlpr. 1/c, to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Sidney D. O'Neal, from operator 2/c John W. Cruthlrds, from instrument to 1/c, (C.R.),Sodium Op. mech. 2/c to 1/c, EtCI Maint. Edgar J. Burch, from pump house and Hollis J. Cutrer, from instrument power operator 2/c to 1/c, TEL Power. mech. 2/c to 1/c, EtCI Maint. Isabelle Gerland, first woman employee at the Baton Rouge Plant to re ceive a 15-year service award, tells BUI Jordan, shipping clerk, about the "old days" when she started work. Roslne M. Bertaut, from compt. op.. (Factory Ledger) Group I; to voucher and microfilm elk (Accts. Pay.), Group II. Finance. Joseph W. Goudeau, from boilermaker 3/c to 2/c. EtCI Maint. Francis Jarreau, from outside machin ist 3/c to 2/c, EtCI Maint. Ernest E. Hornsby, from steno elk., Bobby J. LeBlanc, from instrument Isabelle Gerland Is First Woman (Photostat) Group II, to (Patent), mech. 2/c to 1/c, EtCI Maint. Group HI, R.&E. Ralph R. Piper, from inside machinist Employee to Complete 15 Years Ayno 4. Braud, from TEL operator 1/c to working leader. Louis D. Brand, from TEL operator 3/c to 2/c, EtCI Maint. Joe B. Whitehead, from carpenter 3/c, to 2/c, EtCI Maint. Isabelle Gerland, who received her 15-year service award May 20, became the first woman employee at the Baton Rouge Plant to com Hundredth Booklet Is Distributed in June 2/c to 1/c. Edward O. Day, from TEL operator 1/c to working leader. Oscar L. Graham, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. Lee B. Whittington, from rigger 3/c to 2/c, EtCI Maint. South's Growth Leads plete 15 years of Company service. Actually, she joined the Com pany April 1, 1938, but her service date was adjusted to May 20 be cause of illness. Her husband, Herbert Gerland, was a chemical engineer for the Company. In the fall of 1937 he was transferred to Baton Rouge from the Detroit Lab. Herbert died Feb. 27, 1938. Isa belle went to work here April 1, 1938 as a general office worker. Proud of Schaefer Letter "I can't remember the exact lumber of Ethyl employees workng here when I started," Isabelle jays, "but there were only about 12 of us." Isabelle worked at a number of From hunting to taxes, from sewing to driving and from meat to picnic lunches. That is just a sam ple of the range of the reading em ployees and their families have done since Oct., 1951. Now past the 100-booklet mark, the Plant reading racks program is apparently liked by employees. Since the program was launched here in Oct., 1951, employees have read or taken home for their fam ilies to read more than 200,000 booklets. While some booklets have moved better than others, employees have shown an interest in a wide variety of subjects. Most popular booklets are still those on sports, foods, and "how-to-do-it" subjects. Perhaps the most popular booklets thus far Jeff T. Bauer, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. Theophlle B. Chats, Jr., from TEL Op erator 2/c to 1/c. William A, Domke, from TEL oper ator 2/c to 1/c. Janies W. Vaughn, from TEL opera tor 2/c to 1/c. Frank J. WUklow, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c Evelyn A. MUIer, from typist-elk., Group II, to secretary, TEL Operations. Lawrence Janet Welch, from typist (Poo!) Group I; to typist-Clk., (TEL Op.) Group II. Virgil A. Chaney, from heavy duty mech. 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Ruins W. Ashley, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. In Chemical Industry The greatest growth of the chem ical industry in the United States, according to a recent survey by the Manufacturing Chemists' As sociation, has been in the TexasLouisiana-Oklahoma-Arkansas re gion, with a total of $706,344,000 invested in new plants. Texas ranks first in the nation, and Louisiana, second. This growth is attributed primarily to the combination of readily available raw materials, such as petroleum and natural gas, and low-cost water transportation. SERVICE [obs before she became a customer were "Let's Go Hunting," "Rate irder expediter in Production Plan Yourself," "Outdoor Cookery," ning, the job she holds today. "Voters' Guide to the Amend AWARDS She is especially proud of the ments," "Christmas Carols," "Stan letter she received from Vice-Presi- dard Income Tax Guide," "Smart ient J. H. Schaefer. In it, he com Crochet," "Making Clothes That mented that he remembered when Fit," "Baseball, 1953," and "All she and her husband came to Baton About Meat." Ftouge, and congratulated her on A wide variety of booklets are the completion of 15 years with the Company. The Gerland home is at 148 Steele Blvd. Barbara Lois, Isa belle's only child is 17 years old and will be a senior at Baton Rouge High School next year. Rosemary Moore Gets Pin Rosemary Moore became the second woman employee to com plete 15 years service when she was awarded her pin on June 14. Nine former employees of Ethyl Corporation are now on retirement. The next to retire will be Meridan C. Bailey of EtCI Maintenance, on October 1, 1953. scheduled for distribution very soon. Among these are "How to Refinish Your Furniture," "How to Make Slip Covers," "The Ethyl Story," "Be Decorating Wise," "How to Tell a Good Neighborhood," and "Plumbing Care and Repair." Employees are urged to watch the reading racks in their areas for new booklets. In most cases, new booklets go into racks each Thurs day night. "I have been driven many times to my knees by the over whelming conviction that I have nowhere else to go." -- Abraham Lincoln. We congratulate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during June. 15 Years Ralph M. Goff, TEL Op. Adam J. Brand, Sodium Op. J. R. Henderson, TEL Op. D. E. Lambert, Sodium Op. Vernon E. Melancon, Sodium Op. Rosemary Moore, Ind. Rel. Jules C. Pollard, TEL Op. Roy C. Covington, Sodium Op. C. T. Falkenheimer, TEL Power John E. Ray, Sodium Maint. Roy Rutland, TEL Maint. John M. DeLage, TEL Op. Horace A. Patln, TEL Maint. 10 Years Enos M. Martin, Sodium Op. E. J. Williams, EtCI Maint. Erwin M. Lacombe, EtCI Mauit. Leon C. Curtis, EtCI Op. Johnny Linder, Sodium Op. Pat H. Berry, TEL Maint. IrU L. Blouin, Prod. Plan. Robert Bishop, EtCI Labor. A. J. Roblchaux, TEL Op. Anita C. Claudel, EtCI Stores. S. R. Henderson, Chem. Dev. Andrew Lawson, EtCI Labor. Percy Q. Brister, TEL Op. 5 Years Shirley Mayhall, Proc. Dev. Henry Carter, TEL Labor. Elisha Yoe, TEL Labor. Samuel C. Ellis, TEL Labor. Louis Pellchet, TEL Labor. Roosevelt Thomas, TEL Labor. W. J. Wilton, Prod. Plan. Roosevelt Campbell, EtCI Labor. Matthews Turner, EtCI Labor. Clarence L. Weeks, Tech. Serv. I ETC 25828 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 Employees Praised by Schaefer for Ethyl Donates to Girl Scout Fund Cooperative Alloy Building Efforts High praise for the teamwork of employees in bringing the May 11 Alloy Building fire under control and for the efficient and rapid re pair of the building and equipment since then was voiced here last week by John H. Schaefer, vicepresident in charge of Manufactur ing. Here on a personal inspection of the building upon completion of re pair work by Maintenance and Construction, Schaefer said that both efforts were outstanding ex amples of the Ethyl teamwork and cooperation. Thanks Each Employee "Mr. Shea joins me in expressing the Company's appreciation to each of the many employees who pitched in during and after the fire," he stated. "I only wish that It were possible for me to person ally thank every one of you who did such a splendid job. Since there were so many and this is not pos sible, I do want to give you the Company's sincere `Thank You.' "From my constant contact with the Plant since the fire broke out, I am gratified that employees went beyond their own immediate jobs in order to extinguish the fire and to speed the return to full produc tion," he pointed out. Inspects Repairs Made Schaefer visited the Plant on June 23 and 24 for a personal look at the completed repair work to the roof and other portions of the building. He said that the results of the fire had been essentially cleaned up and the Alloy Building is now in full production. All groups on the Plant that par ticipated are to be commended for the speed and efficiency In which this repair work was done, he said, adding that this effort had made possible a return to full production much sooner than was first anti cipated. Schaefer said he also wanted to add his appreciation to that ex pressed by Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier to the Mutual Aid System and to neighboring industries and the Baton Rouge Fire Department for the quick response and helpful cooperation. "Ethyl is proud," he said, "of its employees and we are indeed fortunate that we have such wonderful neighboring industries who are ready to help out in any emergency." Eye Care Is Theme of Talks by Campbell George Campbell, who was blind for the first 18 years of his life, spoke to 2,588 employees at 25 separate safety meetings last month. He was on the Plant from June 9 through June 15. The speaker was born blind and gained his sight following four del icate operations when he was 18 years of age. "I celebrate two birthdays," Campbell said, "One is the day I was bom; the other, the day I gained my sight. "However, I was fortunate in that I had never known sight be fore my blindness. The biggest single burden to you who lose your sight is the memory of what has been lost." Blind 18 Years Campbell explained that the first 18 years of his life were as normal as his mother could make them. He attended public school, and made no attempt to read Braille. His mother and fellow classmates read lessons to him, and because of his concentration he could memorize the lesson after one reading. "It was hard to find a place where I could compete with other students in extra-curricular activi ties," he said. "Then I joined the debating team--the one endeavor where my blindness did not affect my ability. I could stand up and talk all day long." Needed Special Glasses The speaker explained that even after the operations and a special pair of glasses gave him sight, he had to learn to see. *1 reached for things fifty or a hundred feet away," he said, "before I learned that my arms weren't that long. Safety Box Score for May Eipmun Hoon Since Lut Major Injury Central Stores .................. ........ 260.628 Office ................................... 866.790 Sodium Maint..................... 403.898 Chem. & Proc. Develop. . ......... 237.551 Shops ............................................. 356.162 Construction ................................ 75.773 Misc. Services..................... ........ 236.330 EtCl Oper............................... ........ 87.801 Sodium Oper........................ ........ 123.943 TEL Maint. 21.340 EtCl Maint............................ 4,119 TEL Oper.............................. 4.402 Days Since Last Major Major Injuries Tbrooch May. IMS 467 1 319 None 312 None 303 None 218 2 58 None 80 1 56 1 55 None 11 None * 3 None 12 Major Injuries Through Mny 1903 None None None None Ncme 2 1 2 5 2 1 7 Plant ........................... ........ 22,363 17 20 A check for $6,000 is handed to Ross Banister, chairman of the Girl Scout Camp Marydale committee b y Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier. Others observing, from left include, Girl Scout Kathleen Bahlinger, Brownie Patricia Jacobs and Jewell McCarstle, who is a member of the Camp's development committee. "I had heard friends speak of girls with sparkling eyes. To me sparkling was the effervescing sound of medicine being dropped into a class of water, and I couldn't understand how a girl's eyes could effervesce. Then I was able to see and understand what was meant. "No industry ever plans to injure a man," Campbell said to the em ployee group. "A man can conspire against himself by failing to wear the proper safety equipment. One or two foolish moments of careless ness can cause a lifetime of suffer ing." Take Care of Eyes The speaker pointed out that most people take sight for granted and don't really see the wonders that surround them. "Look at your world and under stand it," he said. "Love what you see because God has given you a panorama of color and beauty you can enjoy the rest of your life, if you take care of your eyes!" Campbell, of Omaha, Nebraska, is associated with the Kansas Foun dation for the Prevention of Blind ness. He has appeared in many sec tions throughout the country speaking on the importance of eye protection. Splaine Elected William J. Spaine, special assist ant to E. A. Acker, has been elected to the board of directors of the Baton Rouge chapter of the Na tional Association of Cost Account ants, and Lotis White, Accounts Payable supervisor, has been named secretary. Among the outgoing officers was M. D. Stiles, who was secretary of the chapter last year. "Ethyl Corporation" became the official name of our Company on April 9, 1942. Prior to that time, "Ethyl Gasoline Corporation" was the designation. Deceased Jacob Adolph Justice Jacob A. Justice died Monday, June 8, at the Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital following a long ill ness. A special laboratory assistant in the TEL Control Lab, Jake was 36 years old. He was a native of Mobile, Ala., but moved to Baton Rouge at an early age. He attended Nicholson School, Baton Rouge Senior High School and Baton Rouge Business College. Justice was hired here July 10, 1938 as a special lab assistant in TEL Operations. Prior to that time he had done construction work and had been an employee of the Baton Rouge Sash and Door Co. He is survived by his wife, the former Maree Barnette; one son, Jeffrey; one sister, Mrs. R. A. Lan dry, and one brother, Julius, all of Baton Rouge. Funeral services were conducted from the Rabenhorst Funeral Par lors, June 9, followed by religious services at the Istrouma Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Je rome Cain. Interment was in the Greenoaks Memorial Park. July, 1!' i i* What question rate coni frequentefforts t< of time, ductivity Every that ho tions. On to the b other is I are perfn No om have any to stop them stoi there wei them th riedly ad vention n Telev Ethyl's Big Playl is shown day night The T\ 44 statioj tential o television A spm marily in action-pa* great all times. Tl ball, fool' and in oare rcci screen. Each ' mous Spn the proL; who are include < Graziann The t:i ! takes a v and pros'-' imdershmpresents buying th a few doti a brief. r- Bill Rh mercials. added vai others anwill for th- The mi theaters r< oline mai1 are expanAntoine Both th ETC 25829 July, 1953 l*Bp| THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 Across the Qeneral ^Managers Oops! Must Be the Wrong Load of Scrap lif Girl Scout :\ S. Clothier. [ n Uahlinger, [.-h'-mher of the ad ory assistant ;ib, Jake was Mobile, Ala., Rouge at an od Nicholson .Senior High uge Business 4 iere July 10, .'5 assistant in ,r (o that time l ion work and i* of the Baton \ Co. fiiiis wife, the it ie: one son, 9 <. R. A. Lanjj .Julius, all of re conducted 3 Kuncral Par3 I iy religious *1 Lia Methodist :j the Rev. Jef. i was in the tH- What causes accidents? I ask this question because the major injury rate continues at an undiminishlng frequency, despite all of our sincere efforts to stop such needless waste of time, earning power, and pro ductivity because of injury. Every employee should realize that he has two primary obliga tions. One is to perform his duties to the best of his ability; and the other is to be sure that those duties are performed safely. No one can convince me that we have any employees who don't care to stop accidents. All of us want them stopped. Rest assured that if there were a quick way of stopping them the Company would hur riedly adopt such an accident-pre vention measure. We have found no quick way, however, so we con tinue our stepped-up safety cam paign in the hope that it will even tually bear fruit. It is a campaign in which each employee has personal interest. It is one of the few campaigns that benefit every single individual in proportion to his own personal par ticipation. If we, by working care lessly or by not taking precautions, are injured we are the ones to suf fer. The Company is continuing to provide the best in protective equipment and safe working condi tions. We ask that each employee take as a personal responsibility the safe performance of every job. Wallace F. Armstrong, Acting General Manager Yes Sir! That's John Furr in his jalopy in the Southern Scrap truck as it makes a haul from the Plant. There are several tales about what hap pened. Some argue that this is a gag picture; others claim that JoJu's ancient auto was loaded for scrap before workers realized their error. Large Group of Boys Registered For July 6-17 ERA Day Camping Television Sports Show, Drive:in Movie Ads Boost Sale of Product Ethyl's television program, "The Big Playback" featuring Bill Stern, is shown over WAFB-TV on Fri day nights at 10:00 P.M. The TV show is being carried by 44 stations in 20 states with a po tential coverage of 13.5 million television sets. A sports show, it appeals pri marily to men. Bill Stern, presents action-packed films of some of the great athletic events of modem times. Thrilling moments in basebail, football, boxing, track, racing, and in other more unusual sports are recreated on the television screen. Each week, too, Stem has a fa mous sports figure as his guest on the program. Sports celebrities who are appearing as guest stars include Guy Lombardo, Rocky Graziano, and Earl Sande. The talented artist, Tex Antoine, takes a serious subject like knock and presents it so that it is easy to understand and fun to watch. He presents a compelling reason for buying the best gasoline--all with a few deft strokes of his pencil and a brief, convincing message. Bill Stem does the other com mercials. Some concentrate on'the added value of "Ethyl" gasoline; others are designed to build good will for the oil industry as a whole. The minute-movies at drive-in theaters reach the more rural gas oline marketing areas. These films are expanded versions of the Tex Antoine commercials used on TV. Both the drive-in theater and television coverage are larger than last year, and are planned to run for about twice as long a period. Deduction Change, New Office Hours For Credit Union Office hours of the Ethyl Em ployees Federal Credit Union are now from 9:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. and two deductions per month in stead of one are now being made in member's pay, C. O. Harrell, presi dent, announces. The new office schedule and the two deductions become effective on July 1. The two deductions per month, requested sometime ago by members of the Credit Union, will total the same amount as one de duction but will allow half of the total deduction to be made from each pay check. Harrell also pointed out that the Credit Union does not "write" in surance as some employees seem to think. "While the regulations of the Credit Union do require insur ance on certain types of loans, it does not write this insurance," Harrell emphasized. "The insur ance is 'written' by an insurance agent of the employee's own choice." The Medical Department re corded a total of 3,492 visits by Ethyl employees during the month of May. This is an average of ap proximately 113 visits every day to the dispensary. More than 200 sons of Ethyl Rec reation Association members are expected to attend the annual ERA Boy's Day Camp, July 6 through July 17. Boys between the ages of 8 and 14 are eligible. Chartered buses will transport the boys from the EtCl Gate and the North Gate to Harding Field and back again in the afternoon in time to ride home with their par ents. Official registration blanks can be obtained at the ERA Office or employees who wish to register their sons can clip the registration blank below. The ERA Office urges parents who plan to send their sons to the camp to register them as early as possible. At the camp the boys start the day with a swim and then go into handicraft, hikes, contests, games and movies. As usual, each boy will bring his own lunch, towel and bathing suit and not more than 10 cents in money. The ERA will pro vide free milk to each youngster for his lunch. A special overnight program will be held on the final night of the day camp. Each youngster who at tends at least five days of the camp will be awarded an Ethyl Recreation Association "T" shirt. Last year 212 boys attended the camp, and ERA officials are ex pecting as large or larger registra tion this year. Application for Boys' Day Camp Naim of Employee------------- EJLA. No.----------------Dept. . Storting Time . . Quitting Time . . Bodge No. . . Home Tel.. . Gote # . Address . Street end Number City Zone Nome of Son---------------------------------- . Age -- 1 wish to hove my son participate In the summer comp progrom of the and will Instruct him to cooperate with those In charge of the pro gram. In consideration of this oppllcotlon being accepted, I relieve the Ethyl Recreation Association of any liability for injury to my child or for damage to or loss of his personal effects. Signed . Take this application to the Ethyl Recreation Association Office In Services Bollding. ETC 25830 iter I !i ill ill. ill :i Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK July, 1953 1953 Safety Record Justin Wilson To Talk Far Below Last Year At Safety Meetings Baseball-wise, or as Dizzy Dean would put it, "We done slud out of the first division and down to the second division" when it comes to safety. Last year at this time the Plant had a good fielding record and kept up its batting average with only nine losses (major injuries) to mar the record. As of June 18 this year we are in the second divi sion with 22 losses (major in juries). No. 19 on May 28 In May the record was running seven majors in 1952 as compared to 19 for this year. Since May 20 four majors have been added to this year's total. Major Injury No. 19 occurred on May 28 when an EtCl Maintenance employee received sulphuric acid bums while connecting acid tank cars in the Mannheim Plant. Major Injury No. 20, on May 30, was to a TEL operator who re ceived a fracture of the foot when a pig of lead fell off a table and hit his foot. No. 21 on June 1 No. 21 occurred on June 1 when a TEL operator received a severe contusion, sprain and possible frac ture of his left ankle. The injury was caused by the employee being struck by a passing jitney as he was dumping slag into the pit north of No. 3 Melt Pot. A TEL Maintenance employee received fractures of two bones in his foot when the cover of the dis charge valve chamber of an air compressor was blown loose and fell on his foot. This was major injury No. 22 and occurred on June 15. Sodium Maintenance Wins Safety Award Congratulations went out last month to members of the Sodium Maintenance Group who completed 322 days on June 9 to win the first Plant Safety Award ever taken by the group. "The 200 employees in Sodium Maintenance have worked cooper atively by putting forth a tremen dous effort to accomplish this award and every employee can be justifiably proud of this safety record," says Carroll Hebert, su pervisor of Safety. Each of the employees has se lected a personal safety prize awarded in recognition of their safety efforts. Large Shoe Variety Nine styles of safety shoes are on sale at Central Stores for Ethyl employees. The average cost of these shoes is $8.35 a pair, consid erably below retail prices. ERA False River Rodeo winners who were present to receive their awards at the ceremony at the ERA Center June 22 included, front row from left: Johnny E. Edwards, Fred Calhoun, Frank Lloyd, C. O. Fow ler, Ward Ramirez, Julian Bennett, and guest winner Ed Bonaventure. Standing, same order: Jesse Walton, Joe Tanner, Thomas Wilson, Kay Edwards, M. L. Kyle, Jr., and Mrs. and Mr. W. O. Bergeron. C. O. Fowler Takes Top Rodeo Prize; Awards Made at Center June 22 C. O. Fowler, Laundry; W. O. Bergeron, Sodium Operations; Billy C. Lyon, TEL Operations; Joseph M. Tanner, Sodium Operations; and John F. Lloyd of TEL Operations took top honors in the bass, bream, sac-a-lait, rough fish and catfish divisions, respectively, of the Ethyl Recreation Association Fishing Rodeo. The Rodeo ran for one week from June 14 through June 20. Fowler's 4 pounds 3 ounce bass took first prize of $150 and the trophy in the bass division in which 36 bass were entered. Weights of the bass ranged from 14 ounces to Fowler's winner. A 9-ounce bream won the bream prize for Bergeron and the $75 money. A total of 13 bream were entered in the contest. Lyon Takes Prize A 12-ounce sac-a-lait won the $25 first prize for Lyon, and an 18pound 12-ounce catfish took top honors and the $20 prize in that division for Tanner. A 7-pound, 8V2-ounce goo won the rough fish first prize of $10 for Lloyd. Five guests and 16 children also entered fish in the rodeo. Awards were made at the ERA Center on June 22. Col. V. E. Smith, chief of the enforcement division, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, was principal speak er and Justin Wilson, Baton Rouge safety consultant and popular teller of Cajun stories, was master of ceremonies at the awards meeting. A summary of all winners of each division is as follows: Bass--1st, C. O. Fowler, 4 lb. 3 oz.-- Rodeo trophy and $150. Bass--2nd, Ward M. Ramirez, 4 lb. 1 or.--$75. Bass--3rd, John F. Lloyd, 4 lb.---$50. Bass--4th, Julian Bennett. 3 lb. 13tt oz.--$25. Bass--5th, Julia Mae Heil, 3 lb. 11 oz. --$20. Bass--6th, J. A. Oliver, 3 lb. 10 oz.-- $15. Bass--7th, Fred Calhoun, 3 lb. 8 oz. --$10. Bass--**8th, Johnnie E. Edwards, 3 lb. 7 oz.--$5. Johnnie Long also weighed in a 3 lb. 7 oz. bass but Edward's bass was caught the earliest. Bream Winners Bream--1st, W. O. Bergeron, 9 oz.-- $75. Bream--`2nd, Ralph B. Hollawey, 814 oz.--$50. Bream--*3rd, Mrs. W. O. Bergeron, 814 oz.--$25. Bream--*4th, Clancy J. Bilbo, 8 oz. --$15. Bream--"5th, B. T. Trimm, 8 oz.--$10. "Where ties exist, the earliest caught fish took the larger prize. Sac-a-lait--1st, B. C. Lyon, 12 oz.-- $25. Sac-a-lait--2nd. J. B. Walton, Jr., 8 oz.--$10. Catfish--1st, Joseph M. Tanner, 18 lb. 12 oz.--$25. Rough Fish--1st, J. F. Lloyd. 7 lb. 8*4 oz. (Goo)--$10. Guest Division--1st, Edward Bona venture. 3 lb. 7 oz. (Bass)--$25. Children's Division Children's Division (Bass): 1st, Henry DeBlieux, 2 lb. 4 oz.--$15. 2nd, Melvin L. Kyle, Jr., 1 lb. 10 oz. --$10. (Bream): 1st, Thomas E. Wilson, 8 oz.--$10. 2nd. Billy Henderson, 6^4 oz.--$5. (Rough Fish): 1st, Kay Edwards, 3 lb. 12 oz. (Cat fish)--$5. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Form 3547 Requested Plant employees are going to have an opportunity to hear the Cajun raconteur -- the talented story-teller who can tell 'em better than the Cajun himself -- Justin Wilson in a series of talks begin ning on July 6. Wilson, who has become widely known for both his safety talks and for his entertaining Cajun stories, will make a series of 20 talks to employees throughout the Plant. He is the second well-known speaker to talk to employees on personal and plant safety, George Campbell having made a series of 25 talks here last month. Wilson, son of the late Harry D. Wilson, who was state Commis- - ' s \ -i- l i ;i te' * \ % A sioner of Agriculture for 32 years, has been in safety work for 20 years and is now safety consultant for several private concerns in Lou isiana, Texas, Alabama and Mis sissippi. He will speak on "What Safety Means to Me." He has talked to groups throughout the country and has appeared as guest on many radio programs, including Don Mc Neil's "Breakfast Club" program in Chicago. The schedule of his talks on the Plant will be announced shortly. Sec 34.66 P. L. A R. U. S. Pottage PAID Baton Rouge. La. Permit No. S6Z ) Vol. \ Buildi Lab The Ki Associati lease of ; Rouge, r site for f tion cent( Locate* Street, t! the builil the ELI; weeks Hi* Johney I been bus\ making meet the When there will service and club ELRA announce' ing date I* 1 for men (Oh Spurc Fc L$ Gordon, M* Frederick 1 future allet lowing tun ETC 25831 ngs f . me !. ntcd -j..riter .. .<i M.stin !' j idcly ! ndks i. '.ijun | 'i 'JO i .1 the ! niiwn > on | Harry j.amis- lti years, lor 20 sultant fin Louid MisSafety ked to iry and many >on Me* ogram , on the lortly. Building Leased by New Rotational Laborers' Rec Group Assignments Made The Ethyl Laborers' Recreation Association negotiated a two-year lease of a building in south Baton Rouge, effective July 15, as the site for the organization's recrea tion center. Located at 1222 South 13th Street, the whole second floor of the building will be available to the ELRA. For the past three weeks the building committee, with Johney Little as chairman, has been busy refinishing the floors and making other improvements to meet the needs of the group. When remodeling is completed there will be a television room, a service counter, large dance floor and club roorp. ELRA President J. H. Hickman Ben H. Burge Richard L. Day Study Being Made for Development announced that the tentative open ing date for the center was August Of Cash Award Suggestion System 1 for members, and dedication and As a further step in the impro tions and to foster better human (Continued on Page 12) vement of employee communica- relations throughout the Company, F^sident E. L. Shea has requested that a study be made to develop a Spurgeon Praises Friends, Company Company-wide cash award sugges tion system. Wheeler To Head Group For July I - Sept. 15 The Manufacturing Depart ment's management rotational pro gram is continuing with new as signments now in effect for the period July 1 to September 15. As a part of this program several men from the local Plant are acting in capacities which are different from their normal positions. The positions that have been a part of the rotational program and the current assignments in those positions are as follows: Plant Manager, R. N. Clothier; Acting Mgr., Operations, F, A. Mc Coy; Acting TEL Superintendent, M. C. Hudgins; Assistant TEL Supt., R.T. Edgar; Acting Sodium Supt., J. M. Gill; Asst. Sodium Supt., A. J. Haas; Acting EtCl Supt., H. W. Hobgood; Asst. EtCl Supt., H. L. Hinnershitz; Acting Mgr., Maint. & Construction, J. N. Fogg; Acting Construction Supt., S. A. D'Armond; Acting Mainten ance Supt., L. G. Cliver, and Act ing Power Supt., L. C. Price. For Support During Hospital Tenure Gordon, Mrs. Spurgeon, and young Frederick look confidently to the future after his return to work fol lowing two years of hospitalization. "I'm Gordon Spurgeon," the friendly fellow said when he walk ed into the office. "I'm back on the job now after two years of dis ability, and I'm wondering if I could say thanks through The Anti knock to everyone for so much wonderful thoughtfulness while I was fighting for life." We had heard often of Gordon Spurgeon. We knew his story well --that he was alive and returning to normal health after suffering electrical flash burns that covered 85 per cent of his body. We knew that his being alive seemed almost a medical impossibility. We knew that his fellow workmen were al ways dropping by to ask how he was getting along. We knew that his own will and determination were the deciding factors when his life hung in the balance. But there was more to it than (Continued on Page 3) The proposed cash award sys tem will be under the guidance of H. W. Wheeler, assistant director of Industrial Relations. Ben Burge, formerly supervisor of Recreation and Employment, has been named to develop a sug gestion award system which will be adaptable to the entire Com pany. Moving over to Industrial Relations with Burge will be R. L. Day, who will head up the cash award system on the Baton Rouge Plant. He has been general shift foreman in TEL Operations. Takes Time To Develop "Since it will take several months to prepare a satisfactory system," states Industrial Rela tions Director W. J. Henry, "It is not anticipated that the system will go into effect before 1954." He pointed out that considerable time will be needed to develop the necessary organizational structure for handling suggestions. (Continued on Page 15) Mailed to Homes For the first time in Its 14year history, The Antiknock is being mailed to the homes of employees. This is the first issoe to be distributed by this new method instead of being picked up at Plant Gates. Mailing was adopted at the request of many employees who in the past failed to get a copy because of vacations, breaks in shifts and absence from work because of illness. In addition the families of many employees have asked that copies be sent to the homes. "We have adopted this new method of distribution in an effort to comply with these re quests and to assure that each and every Ethyl family re ceives a copy of the paper," stated Roy N. Clothier, Plant manager. ETC 25832 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 August. ! i THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Teen Agers Need Your Backing i t Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. .Editor The sir Mutual .\ minds me of Mutual Teen Age Club Needs Your Support saying, friend inri You see three teen age boys, about 14 years old, talking in a jargon that only they can understand. Scuffed shoes, carelessly rolled pants legs, a hike-warm attitude about girls that bursts into a full flame of a first crush--those are 14-year-old boys. But they are more. When a emergent close frier great con that his fi They are the breadwinners, the statesmen, the leaders, the solid American citizens of 1968. They are the people in whom we will entrust the destiny of our way of life. Certainly, we are the first to realize that no outside organization can assume the prime responsibility of the parents to give these young sters the proper parental influence. But we can help with clean, whole some activities such as the well-supervised Teen Age Club. m Salute to Our Craftsmen... him the ki It gives h beyond hi- In the Aid Svsi' strength iour neighl A spirit n The committee which planned the start of the program and works with the teen-age group in developing future activities deserves the congratulations and support of all of us. lIk Support is the one thing that will develop the program that gives .} i our youth good wholesome recreation. l If we want a better world tomorrow, the only way we can get it is by doing what we can today to improve our own local situation. We must give the future leaders of the community, our boys and girls, the opportunity and the vision to carry on to better things. Plant Insulators eration lot tual Aid j the times been used. Spurge fConli all that. like to hen "It's a words tn he said, pany and StSeems Only Yesterday r(ohat so grant!, wonderful that did \ Ten Years Ago Excitement was running high on the Plant as the Army-Navy "E" was scheduled to be awarded to Ethyl on August 6. The general committee on arrangements con sisted of C. W. Bond, H. H. Fisher, W. Ross, Fred O'Rourke, Sam Boudinot and Dan Read. Wesley L. Stark, maintenance machinist has donated approxi mately 1,000 hours of his time to the Industrial and Military USO and YMCA. J. C. Dixon, and Nelson Hart were selected to represent the AllStar Team in the Industrial USO Softball League. Five Years Ago Winners in a Plantwide safety contest included Rosemary G. Wil son, Alvin D. Hubbs, Marvin E. Phenix, Oscar J. Lasseigne, Harold J. Patin, and Ripley F. Wilkinson. They won their awards for papers they wrote on the best ways of im proving safety on the Plant. Delbert O. Atkinson, left, insulator 1/c, Is fabricating a section of cork insulating material to cover a 16-inch low-temperature pipe. He is being assisted by Nolan B. Efferson, insulator helper 1/c. In the daily course of their work the insulator craftsmen fabricate, if necessary, and apply cork, magnesia granulated asbestos cement and other insulating materials to piping and vessels. Different types of materials of varying thicknesses are used according to tJie tem perature within the vessel or piping. Their work is important to Plant production since insulation 1$ helpful in maintaining constant temperatures in the lines. Insulation also serves to protect operators and maintenance men from hot lines, as well as contributing to efficient operation of the Plant by preventing temperature losses. did for m< their sintn and it is know that you arc u work. Is j; office?" Bur: We nod' to the consat. and d' of a desk : "On .Uitinued. "I Deans ;i Clarence M over things Managemnt' Story on P:t i ETC 25833 i August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK -VIA Across the 3?lant ^Manager's Page 3 section future pipe. l/c. fabricate, tos cement rent types the tem- |iNiilation is Insulation hot lines, I preventing Smith The successful "dry run" of the Mutual Aid System last month re minds me that the whole idea back of Mutual Aid is based on the old saying, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." When any of us has a personal emergency it is natural for his close friends to help him. It is a great comfort to a man to know that his friends are willing to give him the kind of help that he needs. It gives him a feeling of strength beyond his own abilities. In the same way, the Mutual Aid System provides additional strength to our Plant and to all of our neighbors here in Baton Rouge. A spirit of friendliness and coop eration led to the creation of Mu tual Aid and has been shown in the times when the system has been used. This kind of spirit is the real backbone of this community effort, and it makes every member of Mutual Aid stronger that it could possibly be by itself. It should be a comforting thought to us as employees of one of the member industries to know that our neighbors are ready to help us when we need them and add their strength to ours. We were certainly very grateful for the assistance given us by Mutual Aid at the time of the Alloy Building fire. In turn, we can be truly proud that we are ready and willing to help someone else in need. The re cent "dry run" demonstrated that Ethyl people are prepared and eager to give service promptly to our neighbors when they need our help. Roy N. Clothier Plant Manager Spurgeon Praises-- (Continued from Page 1) all that, so we said, "Sure, we'd like to hear your story." "It's a bit difficult to find the words to express your feelings," he said, "especially when a Com pany and its employees have been so grant}. But it is wonderful-- wonderful to work for a Company that did what Ethyl Corporation did for me, wonderful to know of their sincere and genuine interest, and it is a great satisfaction to know that a job is waiting when you are well enough to return to work. Is it OK to smoke in this office?" Burned March, 1951 We nodded, moved an ash tray to the comer of the desk where he sat, and dug a box of matches out of a desk drawer. "On March 15, 1951," he con tinued, "I was burned from an elec- trical flash from 13,800 volts of electricity in No. 2 Sodium sub station. I didn't get shocked under stand, just plenty burned. But when they got me to the hospital they found that 85 per cent of my body was burned, 70 per cent by third degree bums. Blood Transfusions "Now, two years and five months later, I look back on a period dur ing which I had 93 blood trans fusions, 40 trips to surgery and ap proximately 18 skin grafts. It was a period that necessitated special nurses around the clock for an entire year, two nurses for the fol lowing six months, and one nurse for two additional months. One item alone, cold cream, may inter est you. Over 4,000 pounds of cold cream were used to try to keep me comfortable." He stopped a minute. "I didn't come here to talk about all of that, Deans Confer at Management Club Meeting Spurgeon, left, electrician's helper in Maintenance, gets pointers on gen erator repair from Louis V. Hancock, TEL Maint. electrician l/c. but it is a part of the story. Those figures give you a small idea of the material things it took to get me well. "The Company paid for all of it. Just the other day I figured out what they spent to cure me and get me back on the job. If I were to use every cent I will make for the next ten years, it would pro bably take all of it to pay the medi cal expenses of the case. You can't forget that. Praises Employees "As for the employees, I've never known a finer group. During the whole time I was off, they did everything in their power to help me and my family. "Another thing I'd like to men tion is this. My family didn't have to suffer for lack of living expenses. I received full pay for 16 weeks, then two-thirds pay for the re mainder of the first year. Then I drew workman's compensation, and the Company made up the dif ference between the compensation and our living costs. It wasn't obligated to do that, and it wasn't wasn't obligated to pay more than $1,000 medical expenses, but it did. Now I have a new start, and I plan to give my best in making the most of it. "What happened--what caused the accident is not for me to say. All I remember is that I was en veloped in a ball of fire. I do feel that Mrs. Spurgeon, our son, Fred erick, who was born while I was in the hospital, and I should express our sincere thanks to the Company and its employees. It's wonderful to be back on a good, secure job working with fine fellow em ployees." With that, Gordon snuffed out Spurgeon enjoys a chat with Mrs. E. J. Bienvenu at the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Mrs. Bienvenu was a special nurse on his case for more than a year. his cigarette and arose to go. We shook hands, thanked him, and wound up the talk with, "Good luck, Gordon, and be sure to come see us at The Antiknock office when you get up this way from Central Shops." Quote of the Month "I forgot to think for just 20 seconds, and as a result I spent the next 20 months m the hospital. Don't `forgot*-- Who saves xvhof You save you." Justin Wilson in safety talks on Plant last month. Clarence Mankra, former dean of the Notre Dame law School, talks over things with Dean Paul M. Hebert of the LSU Law School at Ethyl Management Club meeting in June at which Manioc was speaker. (See Story on Page 16) Herbert "Knothole" Woodward, mechanical inspector in TEL Maint, displays a burned box of matches. He and Mrs. Woodward went grocery shopping and found that the box of matches had burn ed when they reached home and unpacked the groceries. Woodward pointed out that this could have caused a serious fire. ETC 25834 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 August.' The kids bounce up and down in the water of Harding Field Pool eagerly awaiting the chance to try for one of the nickels to be thrown in the water. Following the swim the boys divided into groups. One group went to Hie ERA Center where they learned about handicraft while . . . Ann A\ porary Corine secretar Teer . . . Another group competed in a game of softball at the nearby dia Boy day campers hike to the gym from the swimming pool after a cool mond. morning swim. This was the first activity of the day. Boys' and Girls' Camp Programs To Be Offered Again Next Year The presentation of shirts to 135 boys on Friday afternoon, July 17, ended the 1952 day camps. The girls' camp program had ended on June 26. The boys had started their two-week session one week later. Hardy Wells, Jr., assistant re creation director, reported that a total of 287 boys and girls partici pated in the outings. A broad program for both the boys' and girls' group included such activities as swimming, hiking, softball, handicraft classes, movies, and refreshments. Highlights of the programs were sleep-outs at the Harding Field Gym on the final nights of the camps. A total of 175 boys and 112 girls participated in the activities this year. ``The ERA Board of Directors feels that this is one of the most popular programs offered by the association," Wells said. "It is their desire to continue the program from year to year." Salary Group Hours Change Now in Effect Salaried employees started work 15 minutes earlier on July 20, beginning a 30-day trial peri od of the 7:15 A.M. to 3:45 P.M. working hours. This is being done in an attempt to alleviate the traffic congestion on the Gulf States Road. Plant Manager Roy N. Cloth ier stated, in a letter to em ployees which explained the change in hours, that at the end of the period they will be told what the future working sched ule will be. Finance Holds Lead In Summer Bowling With the end of ERA summer bowling league competition less than two months off, the Finance team enters the stretch with a twogame lead over Industrial Engi neering. In the individual honors division Alta Mae Vamado, Industrial En- From left to right, Leroy, Carroll and David Rushing, sons of L. R. Rushing of TEL Operations, seem pleased with their T-shirts, received on the last day of Boys' Day Camp at the ERA Center. Shown fitting them are H. W. Wheeler, Harold Madden and Carlo Polito. All the youngsters who attended five or more days received shirts. gineering, is walking away with high score, high game and high average, almost reaching high scores by the male keglers. Alta Mae has high average score of 163, high game, 215, and high series, 552. Jules Beysselance and Herb Price tied for high average with 170. H. Kelley holds high game and series scores with 251 and 574. Standing of the teams and indi vidual honors are as follows: Teams Won Lost Finance ..................... ................... 23 9 Ind. Eng...................... .................. 21 11 Sec. Force ................ ................... 20 12 EtCl Maint .................................. 19& 12>,s Tech. Service ............................. 18H 13** P&ES ............................................ 16 16 Maintenance ............................... 13 19 New Products............................. 12 20 Maint. Office ............................. 11 21 Patrol ............................................. 6 26 Seven membct the ER. 15 for i The < waterm* formal t At a AveriH. plained Age t`li felt t li: * needed offered to dew their >> pervisi* > She H a list el that pi* The manerd ing aft*nation* July 22 Menh tion As Edith ' Adult < McC'nrt er at tie the ter 25835 ETC August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 ) i it to the t ~xf '" ..tis - irhy dia- of L. E. ft, received .mi fitting . All the and indii\vs: Won Lost 23 9 jl 11 JO 12 )!)'* 124 IK' j 134 16 16 13 19 12 20 11 21 r. 26 Ann Averill, left, served as tem porary chairman at the meeting. Corine Womack served as acting secretary. Marian Peltier and Patsy Jewell test the water temperature before they dive into the pool. The fact that a group of teenagers can put away at lot of watermelon was well established at their get-together July 15. Here a group of them are hard at the task. Teenagers" First Meeting Includes Business, Swimming, Watermelons Seventy-five ERA Teen Age Club members and guests gathered at the ERA Center the night of July 15 for their first social activity. The club gave a swimming and watermelon party followed by in formal dancing. At a short business meeting Ann Averill, temporary chairman, ex plained the functions of the Teen Age Club, saying: "ERA members felt that a better program was needed for teenagers. They have offered us a wonderful opportunity to develop "such a program with their support and under their su pervision." She then distributed to members a list of possible club activities so that preferences could be checked. The group decided to elect per manent officers at their third meet ing after the one of July 15. Nomi nations were to be made at the July 22 meeting. Members of the Ethyl Recrea tion Association attending the first teen age function included Edith Stams, teen age committee chair man, Mercerdese Rabb, Fabio Halphen, Jeanne Damron, L. G. Cliver, and W. H. Dickerson. ERA Baseball Teams Fight for Top Spot Two teams in each of the ERA Softball Leagues are pushing hard for first place, with the season about three quarters gone. In the American League, EtCI Operations and Day's Shift are deadlocked for first place with a record of seven wins against two losses. In the Nationals, Achord's Shift leads with a 7-3 record, fol lowed by TEL Electricians who are pushing with a 6-3 record. Below is the record of wins and losses in both leagues: American League Team* Won EtCI Operations..................... .... 7 Day Shift ................................ ... 7 Escue Shift.............................. ... 6 Pipefitters ................................ . 5 Sodium B .3 Prod. Plan................................. . 2 Sodium Maint.* .................... . 1 "forfeited out of league Lost 2 2 2 5 6 9 5 A swim In the Harding Field Pool, which was reserved for the party, was one of the highlights of the evening. Here the teen agers line up for a picture on their way to the pool from the bathhouse. Approximately 38 members and their wives attended. Carlo Bonura and Bob McCrain barbecued the chicken. Guests included Lt. Josephine Rock, U. S. Navy, Joyce Oliver, Mary Rappola, and Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Johnson. cU>he Antiknock ffllbum Can You Recognize These Employees? National League Teams Won Achord Shift ......................... .... 7 TEL Elect................................. .. 6 EtCI Maint................................ .. 5 Sodium D .6 Coats Shift ............................. .. 4 Office* .. .. 2 Res. & Eng................................ .. 1 "forfeited out of league Lost 3 3 3 4 4 9 3 Edith Starns, chairman of the Adult Committee, talks to Nancy McCart and Katherine Schexnayder at the Harding Field Pool where the teen-agers enjoyed a swim. Sodium "B" Group Has Barbecued Chicken By H. E. Samson, Sodium "B" Group Reporter The "B" Group Party Club gave a chicken barbecue supper Thurs day, July 16, at Harding Field. Do you know him? he was only 14 months old when the picture was taken In Huntsville, Ala., but he is now 42. His craft causes him to spend a large part of his time off the ground. This youngster was only nine months old when this picture was taken. He joined the Company Dec. 4,1942 to work in the Sodium Sub Station, but now holds a post in Purchasing. (See Answers on Page 10) ETC 25836 | ) i Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 These candid shots taken on a recent Gulf fishing trip show Judson Ourso, left, with a lemon fish he landed, and Chock Averill, right, ringing out the mop after scrubbing duty. and two smaller ones. They were fishing in the Bogue Chitta River using small live perch for bait. Ted Crawford and a non-employee friend, Bill Fitzgerald, made a fine catch of lemon fish, king mackerel, dolphin, and jack fish on a Gulf trip out of Biloxi June 23. This was Ted's first deep sea fishing trip. He says there is nothing like it so far as sport is concerned. Homer Harris, fishing on Little Alabama July 13 in the rain caught 23 sac-a-lait using live shiners as bait. Dan C. Cline and Lawrence Helmke harpooned four gar fish at Bear Island, out of Springfield, La. The gars ranged from 80 to 100 pounds in weight. Harpooning gars with a spring point harpoon seems to be an up and coming sport. Any time you kill a gar you h^ve helped game fish have a chance to live. Clint Dixon caught five bass on Old River at Morganza July 6 using a Shannon Spinner. Chuck Averill, B. N. McComb, and Judson Ourso made a weekend deep sea trip off of Grand Isle July 11-12. They caught a huge lemon fish and many others including king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, blue fish, and dolphin. Ted Crawford, right, and Bill Fitz gerald, a non-employee, are shown with the fish they caught on a Gulf trip out of Biloxi, June 23. Gilbert Aucoin, left, and Lucian Landry, a non-employee, landed this 46V pound catfish in the Bogne Chitta River. Reese Sumrall, a fine fisherman and a fine fellow, resigned to accept other employment in Florida. Reese, your companionship will be missed and we'll be looking forward to reports on those giant Florida bass. Out tyuUui' Plantwide Dance and Shrimp Party Are on By Johnny DeLage August ERA Calendar Now that I have survived that picture used in the July issue of The Antiknock along with the ribbing that I got. I'll try at another report of fishing among fellow employees. The boys on my shift call me "Concentration Camp DeLage." Two plantwide activities are scheduled during August at the ERA Center, the first being a dance on the 7th, followed by another shrimp supper on the 21st, Hardy Meridith and E. L. "Sonny" Day made a two-day trip to Lake Bruin in north Louisiana during the latter part of June. They brought home a two-day limit of 60 fish. All of them were caught on Hell Divers. The dance, informal, will honor Escue's Shift and Sodium "A" operators. Carl Mixon of Sodium "A" and Fred Whitehead of On July 15 and 16 Billy Lyons. Richard Ramirez, Warren Ramirez, IVie Vascacu, and Maxwell Daniels had "the perfect fishing trip." They made a long trek up Red River to Grassy Lake. After two days of fish ing the group brought back the limit of 150 bass. They also caught a large number of sac-a-lait. All of these fish were taken on Hell Divers with solid black skirts. Escue's Shift will be committeemen in charge of the dance. Joe Langlois, dance coordinator, announces that members are invited to bring one guest couple if they wish, and can pick up guest tickets in the Two other Grassy Lake catches were those by Clyde Hamilton and Nelson Price who caught 22 July 1 on Hell Divers. On another trip, July 14, Hamilton fishing with Charles Arnold caught 23 bass using Shimmy Wigglers and Hell Divers. ERA Office. The shrimp supper will be held Friday, August 21, at the Center, followed by entertainment and dancing. Members planning to at On July 4 Gilbert Aucoin, fishing with Lucian Landry--a non tend are urged to make reserva employee, caught four catfish, one a 46V2 pounder, one 16 pounder. tions early. Bernard HoUaway, son of Ralph Hollaway of Technical Service, is shown with two bass he and his Dad caught July 4 at False River. Ralph caught one weighing 3 pounds 8 ounces; Bernard's catch tipped the scales at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. ETC 25837 August, ` Faith I All if r w< in the n ployees o were rep< my fingei of you. s will be in you thinl Probali crazy" or similar iv would sa; or "How alt probni "I'm not just go b it is safe It is tn injuries i who will I can tell occur be# for itself, the injuri because > ability to thing ur whether \ in your fr and protei sary for > Howevt faith in II poration ; tion--sucl safety cm ment. N#< you haw two of H lack faith the trout separate t all, then* condition- You m safety pr and safer assure th> this Plain able and perly uill Dek V. M. b ning, chai agemont < and Cline EtCI Of'i gates of il vention > tion of !' Septornh* - Fontenclub mem gate lepi Elected strnight-dRamirez. while ('l\< era lions, i The dellate June T. C. Rue Fred Korl day delec . TEL Shili gate. tj.t. 1953 v -1 udson II, right, iin River i . made a \*h on a .i fishing . !u:d. ; i he rain i-, f fish at ^'ii to 100 i mi seems *! > c helped i a July 6 i. weekend i;40 lemon ercl, blue i i signed to nship will lose giant August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 Faith Is a Must in All Safety Programs Record Gatherings Hear Wilson Talks on Safety By W. S. Smith If I were to stand at the Gate in the morning as you, the em ployees of the Ethyl Corporation, were reporting to work and point my finger at approximately twenty of you, saying these words, "You will be injured today," what would you think? Probably some would say, "He's crazy" or "He's kidding," or many similar remarks, but perhaps some would say, "How do you know," or "How badly will I be hurt?" In all probability someone would say "I'm not going to work today, I'll just go tfack home and wait until it is safe to work." It is true that I cannot pick the injuries in advance and tell you who will be injured and how, but I can tell you that the injuries will occur because the record speaks for itself. Most of you think that the injuries will not occur to you because you have faith in your ability to move fast when some thing unforeseen happens and whether you realize it or not, faith in your fellow workers to help you and protect you. This faith is neces sary for you to be able to work. However, some of you don't have faith in the things that Ethyl Cor poration provides for your protec tion--such as a safety program, safety engineers and safety equip ment. Now it is true that most of you have faith in perhaps one or two of the above mentioned, but lack faith In one. Therein is where the trouble lies, because if you separate these three in any way at all, there can be no safe working conditions. You must have faith in your safety program, safety equipment, and safety engineer in order to assure the maximum of safety on this Plant. The three are insepar able and one can not function pro perly without the other. Safety Box Score for June Kikhii Hnan Bbm UM Major Injury Central Stores .................. ...... 278,220 Chem. & Proc. Develop. . ........ 263,487 Construction-Maint............ ........ 114,213 Ethyl Chloride-Maint. ... ........ 47,239 Tetraethyl Lead-Mamt. . ........ 26,745 Shops-Maint.......................... ........ 410,018 Sodium-Maint...................... ........ 437.690 Miscellaneous Services .. ........ 322.359 Office .................................... ........ 942,583 Ethyl Chloride Oper.......... ....... 137,367 Sodium Operations ....... ........ 192.557 Tetraethyl Lead Oper. . ....... 132,090 Dtn BUM* Utt Major Injury 497 333 88 33 15 248 342 110 349 86 85 29 Major IojuriM Thiwtk Jiia. IMS 1 None None None None 2 None 1 None 1 1 4 Mj lajuriou Through June. IMS None None 2 1 4 None None 1 None 2 5 8 Total Plant ...... ....... 341,445 15 10 23 Whattizzit ??? More than 2,400 employees heard Justin Wilson, safety con sultant, speak on the Plant at 20 different safety meetings during the week July 6-10. His topic was "What Safety Means to Me." He is the second of two well known speakers to appear recently for safety talks. He was preceded by George Campbell, who spoke here in June. Wilson gave the law of self pre servation a new twist with the slogan, "Who saves who? You save you," and stressed the importance of individual safety. He related his own near-tragic experience in a car wreck. "For just 20 seconds I forgot to think," he told the groups, "and as a result I spent 20 months in a hospital. And the irony of the whole thing is that I was returning from a safety meeting where I had been talking on safety!" He also told about the oil drill ing rig contractor who didn't be lieve in safety for his men. After several bad accidents had occurred the men started staging their own safety meetings without help from the boss. "These men," Wilson said, "realized that a safety program was something that they would benefit from individually. Their ac cident rate went way down after that." Wilson interspersed his talks with humerous tales told in a Ca jun accent for which he has become nationally famous. Son of the late Harry D. Wilson, who was the state Commissioner of Agricul ture for 32 years, Justin has been in safety work for 20 years and is now safety consultant for several private concerns in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi. Company Starts New Advertising Campaign Delegates Named V. M. Fontenot, Production Plan ning, chairman of the Ethyl Man agement Club program committee, and Cline Myers, shift foreman in EtCl Operations, were elected dele gates of the club to the annual con vention of the National Associa tion of Foremen in Milwaukee in September. Fontenot represents straight-day club members and Myers is dele gate representing shift members. Elected alternate delegate for the straight-day group was Arthur Ramirez, General Engineering, while Clyde Chidester, Sodium Op erations, is alternate for Myers. The delegate election was held in late June. Others nominated were T. C. Buquoi, Central Shops and Fred Koch, Cafeteria, for straightday delegates, and Lumis E. Coats, TEL Shift foreman, for shift dele gate. This complex looking piece of equipment, an electronic computer, was recently installed in the Tabulating Section, Finance. This computer can handle up to 9,000 cards per hour, and can figure, as an example, the cost of each maintenance job performed by each mechanic, figuring out at the same time any merit pay, overtime, shift differential and other costs, giving cost breakdown or total figures. Beginning with the July 25 issue of Collier's magazine, the Ethyl Corporation is introducing a new advertising campaign. Each ad in the new series will feature some advantages the motorist gains from using "Ethyl" gasoline. This cam paign was selected on a basis of the results of comparison tests which show it to be far superior to past campaigns. Since it is known that the "old car" campaign was the best ever run so far, it is felt that the new one will give even better results. There were 32 advertisements in the old car campaign which was launched in May, 1952. These ads broke all records for readership and mail response from the public. In spite of this, the Advertising De partment believes it is important to change to a new type of adver tising approach at this time. The first four-color ads in the new series will appear in August. ETC 25838 X. Back from a delivery, 6027 is brought to the Plant gate by the Illinois Central Railroad, one of the two railroads which serve the Baton Rouge Plant. 6027 Is ready for another job. 'Employee' 6f Does From Plantb Ci Only eight years old, EBAX Car 6027 is a veteran at doing a man-sized job. As first assistant to manufacturing employees on the Plant, 6027's important job is helping Ethyl's oil com pany customers serve their customers--the motoring public and the air lines--with the best gasoline there is. Already a veteran in taking up where Plant employees complete their duties in ng of Ethyl; pound, 6027, like its s&a i Ethyl's fleet strong. Yes. if 6027 could tail !d say in tank --and probably with a sis n accent: "Wi it, I'll get it to those who ir salary and 3. . . . Isabelle to assign the Mid-Continent delivery 4. Although 6027 came back from Its last trip in fairly clean 5. Wet from the outside e\l ink Car 6027 i job to 6027. The Traffic Section assigns the route by condition, it gets a good wash-down before starting a new de at the Blender Building aft f there by Pla specific railroads. This allows Production Planning to livery job. Periodically It gets a complete inside cleaning job It requires about two hoon p;e car like 602 give the customer the car delivery date. and mechanical checkup and servicing. and closed for shipment to i 8. Next step In the handling of 6027 Is being per formed by Emmitt Fortenberry, inspector. He makes a record that it is loaded, checks dome, valves, and gas kets, then seals dome. 9. Hot boxes or other mechanical failures on the car would cause delay in transit. Fortenberry gives the journal boxes and other parts of the car a close inspection to be sure that they are In excellent working condition for the trip. 10. After checking all domloins as well as cal parts of 6027, Fortenl dhes the seal Company's assurance to id and custiM car is properly loaded, chtAeady for tran> 13. The Kansas City Southern engine pulls 6027, along 14. Car 6027 has reached Mid-Continent's Tulsa refinery, ft is 15. Mid-Continent employ t\ ty equipment ( with other cars, out onto the main line. Four days and spotted at the unloading rack to be unloaded so that its nections for unloading 6ft' refiner)*. Eth\t j 754 miles later It will reach the Mid-Continent Refinery contents can be blended into Mid-Continent's gasoline to make neers in our Sales Departsvailable to :n i at Tulsa. a quality product even better. employees in the unloading m when need* ETC 2 5839 yee 6 Does Its Job flantJ Customer \ u duties in th i of Ethyl antiknock com* f like its sistei Ethyl's fleet, is still going CT could talli say in tank car language .ly with a slif accent: "When you make to those w ho salary and my upkeep-- Ethyl's customers." Want to see how 6027 does its job? All right, let's get aboard and see it in action doing a typical tank car job of delivering Ethyl antiknock compound. This time 6027 will be going ail the way to Tulsa, Okla. to deliver TEL to the MidContinent Petroleum. Corp. 2. There is a job waiting for 6027. Isabelle Gerl&nd, shipping clerk in Production Planning, has an order from Mid-Continent at Tulsa. A close check of cars makes it possible for ... Hie outside c:lkik Car 6027 is being loaded ^-r Building afti there by Plant locomotive, .out two hoursp car like 6027 to be loaded -r shipment to r. 6. In addition to numerous quality tests on the antiknock com* pound it holds, 6027, and every other tank car, is weighed before and after loading to be sure the customer gets full measure. Yardmaster LeRoy Morrison weighs the car. 7. Immediately after weighing, a car seal is placed on 6027 at the track scales by Bailey Jenkins, assistant yardmaster. This indicates that everything is in order and the car is ready to move. eking all dom as well as the mechanl6027, Fortenl s the seal which is the ussurance to and customer that the jfrly loaded, chiedfedy for transit tinent employ*' ty cequipment to make con* unloading 60l!?|tfinery. Ethyl safety engiSales Departs v&ilable to advise refinery the unloading s when needed. 11. Loaded, checked, and ready to go, 6027 is spotted at the northeastern section of the Plant There it will wait to be picked up by a switch engine sent out by Kansas City Southern yards in Baton Rouge. Its journey from the Plant is about to begin. 16. Gauges are used to determine the progress in the unloading operations. Here an Ethyl safety engineer checks the gauge while 6027 is being unloaded Into the Mid-Continent refinery tanks. This is another Ethyl service to customers. 12. The tank car will travel with other cars in a freight train. The Kansas City Southern yard engine pulls it to the railroad yards where it is placed in a train for the trip. 17. Back on the Baton Rouge Plant, 6027 Is ready to pick up another load of Ethyl antiknock compound. (Another job is waiting. 6027 has a delivery job to Torrance, Calif.) ETC 25840 Page 10 SERVICE AWARDS THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 Align- 20 Year's Company Service Charles A. Wilmot, who completed Gilbert S. Waldron, inspector in 20 years' service with Ethyl July 29, has been with the Company since 1933, He transferred here from Deepwater, N. J., on Jan. 1, Production Planning, completed 20 years' Com pany service July 15. He trans ferred to the Ba ton Rouge Plant Joe Babin is shown waiting on Mrs. Larry Mann, Jr., of 4051 Churchill Ave. This picture was taken at Berdon Hardware Company where Joe works on Saturday. Weekdays he works at Standard Paint Co. Babin Urges Future Annuitants to Pvt. < and > basic Rohcr painh 1948. He Is chem ist in Chemclal D evetopment. from Deepwater, N. J,, where he was serving as an Join Retirement Plan, Keep Busy H Wilmot was born inspector. A na "I haven't retired," Joe Babin sideline, but when he found that he In Santa Monica, tive of Federal- said after he had waited on a cus still had an abundance of spare Cal., on July 14, burg, Md,, Waldron was bom Feb. tomer at the busy hardware store. time he went back into hardware 1905. 4, 1898. He has been at the Baton "I completed my service at Ethyl sales work. We congratulate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during July: Rouge Plant since Jan. 1, 1948. H. J. Roussel, Sodium Op. J. H. Agulltard, Sodium Op. Elbert H. McGee, EtCl Op. Corporation, and now I am work ing in hardware stores. You see, I've been in this kind of business nearly ail my life--since 1907-- "It is gratifying to know that you have a regular retirement check coming in each month after you have retired," he said. "In my 20 Years Gilbert 8. Waldron, prod. Plan. Charles A. Wilmot, Chem. Dev. 15 Years William R. Auter, EtCl Op. Percy L. Breeden, EtCl Op. George W. Curry, EtCl Op. Ripley R. Holcombe, EtCl Op. Robert D. Norwood, EtCl Op. Joe L. Stevenson, Sodium Op. Rufus M. Jackson, EtCl Op. John M. Jones, TEL Lab. Benjamin L. Sandoz, Sodium Op. Lawrence B. Ritter, TEL Op. WUllam Bacot, Sodium Op. Herbert W. Jacobs, Sodium Op. John E. Sharkey, EtCl Op. Jesse L. Ivers, TEL Maint. Casey J. Hendrix, TEL Op. Isaac James, TEL Labor George W. Woest, Sodium Lab. Clancy J. Bilbo, EtCl Op. R. B. Henagan, Jr., EtCl Op. Alien L. Thomas, EtCl Stores. 10 Years Allie J. Lavlgne, EtCl Maint. Lynn J. Breau, EtCl Maint. Edward Jarrett, TEL Labor 5 Years Helen A. Cason, Purchasing James H. Tierce, TEL Op. C. L. Hebert, Jr., TEL Stores. Thomas A. Parsons, TEL Op. George V. Kamaey, TEL Stores. W. D. Lloyd. Jr., Ind. Eng. Edwin J. Daniels, TEL Op. Nicholas Papp. TEL Op. Robert E. Barlow, TEL Maint. MurpJi L. Hughes, TEL Op. Wiibourn T. Lewis, TEL Op. C. F. Averlll, Purchasing H. A. Nelson, Security Force Kenneth J. Patln, TEL Op. Ivan H. Shows, Seurity Force. Here They Are! (Baby Pictures on Page 5) The employee bom in Huntsville, Ala. is Robert J. "Whitie" Van Atta. He is a rig ger Inspector in and I love this kind of work. "To me retirement means an op portunity to do those things that you enjoy--that you want to do. Hardware store work to me is a pleasure, and I look forward to each day with anticipation. "You know," Joe said, "I'd like to tell my Ethyl friends who retire in the future to keep busy after they have finished their work with the Company. Look at me--I'll be 67 years old in October and I feel fine." If you could watch Joe Babin giving friendly, courteous, and effi cient service to customers, you would have no doubts that his heart is in his job. Babin completed his service with the Company Nov. 1, 1951. Since that time he has developed a show card sign painting business as a case, the check isn't*large because I didn't have the opportunity to participate for very long before re tirement, but I am glad that I took advantage of the Ethyl Retirement Income plan as long as I could." Babin was bom in Plaquemine and moved to Baton Rouge during October of 1913. On Oct. 11, 1916 he married the former Nellie Ar bour of Baton Rouge. Prior to his employment here Oct. 4, 1942, he worked for Tobias Gass and Ronaldson-Puckett. He has two sons, three daugh ters, and a number of grandchil dren in whom he shows the custo mary parental interest. "Tell my friends `hello,' " Joe said in conclusion. "Ethyl is a fine Company with a splendid group of employees. And that Retirement Income Plan is the best investment an employee can make." Don: son. r.i Fr-il gio Katin Mai\ Raul Lab. a folm J. \V,, Sam Katin' WilM girl, C Riih Mat \ EarTi Lynn. II ill Rann>>- C. J. Sanchez, EtCl Maint. TEL Maint. Van Joseph D. Tulller, TEL Op. Lynn L. Landry, TEL Op. J. S. Montegudo, EtCl Maint. Paula Stogner, EtCl Op. Henry T. Graham. TEL Maint. A11 a's company service goes back to 1933 when he worked i n Con Thomas Smith, TEL' Maint. struction at the Alvin J. Schulln, TEL Maint. Sidney It. Crawford, TEL Op. Jacob DeLee, Sodium Op. Frank J. Musso, TEL Op. Hat ten L. Rushing, TEL Op. Mlltou D. Stiles, Finance. Deepwater Plant. He is married to tiie former Alice O. Davis of Den ham Springs. Their two children are Robert, Jr., and Sherry. +- Alex K. Durntn, TEL Stores Lee E. Truax, TEL Op. Silas M. Babin, EtCl Maint. J u d s o n Ourso went to work in Sodium when he L. II. Bossier, TEL Power H. A. Bozeman, Jr., EtCl Maint. W. I. Gillespie, EtCl Op. Norman E. Slack, EtCl Op. Lafayette K. Neyland, EtCl Op. Francis C. Stacey, EtCl Op. was hired here in 1942. Later he transferred to the Personnel Office and finally to G. H. Sanders, Sodium Op. Purchasing where L. R. Williams, TEL Maint. Earl Tillman, EtCl Maint. Branch Walton, EtCl Labor , y he is a purchas- Jolmn * ing agent He is Annuitant Joe Babin enrolled in a showcard writing course given this Mr. Louis E. Stevens, TEL Maint. married to the former Jewell Lisen- spring by the Distributive Education Department of the East Baton Shn rli* Winston Duniin, TEL Stores Julian J. Gibbons, Prod. Plan. by of Olla. Their one daughter, Rouge Parish School Board in cooperation with the Chamber of Com Lorene, is 15 years old. merce. Babin enjoys showcard writing as a hobby. area I and M ii ETC 25841 August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 11 i-it Churchill where Joe io 1 i) Busy | und that he I < of spare . Iiardware know that retirement uonth after iid. "In my ;^e because ulunity to ^ before rei hat I took Retirement I could." i 'iaquemine .uye during L 11, 1916 Nellie Ar- ment here 4l for Tobias ickett. ree daughgrandchil- the custo- cllo.' " Joe bvl is a fine lid group of IRetirement I investment Pvt. Charlie W. Stubbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stubbs, is taking basic training in the Army at Camp Roberts, Calif. His father is a painter 1/c in TEL Maint. A 3/c Morton C. Renfroe is the son of Mrs. Maude P. Renfroe who works in Production Planning. He is stationed at the Amarillo Air Force Base in Texas where he is training in jet mechanics. He and his wife, the former Gloria June Denham, spent the 4th of July here with their parents. Patrick, left, and Michael are the seven-month-old twins of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Thompson. Mrs. Thompson, the former Jewel Black, worked in the Personnel Office several years ago. The children's grandfather, Amos L. Black, is principal electrical craft foreman. Donald E. Johnson, Chem. Dev., a son, Bruce Donald, born July 2. Fred W. Koch, Cafeteria, a girl, Mar gie Ann, born July 13. Samuel L. Smith, EtCl Labor, a girl, Mary Adlme, born April 28. Rauhraan M. Brtwnlng, EtCl Control Lab, a boy, R. M., Jr., bom July 3. John W. Mundlnger, Gen. Eng., a son, J. W., Jr., bom June 27. Sam Pecoraro, Gen. Eng., a girl, Kathryn Ruth, bom June 21. William H. Russell, EtCl Maint., a girl, Carol Lynn, bom July 4. Richard E. Phillips, Gen. Eng., a girl, Mary Jane, bom June 27. Earlle Miller, EtCl Op., a girl, Vickie Lynn, bom May 11. Hilton E. Morgan, TEL Op., a girl, Ramona Gail, bom April 26. Thomas B. Jones, Security Force, a boy, Thomas Gary, bom June 15. Harold Milton Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schmidt, is an air cadet at Ellington Field in Houston. The father is a TEL operator 1/c. Mrs. Schmidt is the former Lydia Gross of Ethel. Levy Harris, Cafeteria, a son, Charles Michael, bom June 27. Clifton EL Stonsker, TEL Maint., a girl. Claire Ellen, bom June 29. Murphy J. Demoulln, TEL Maint., a girl. Brenda Anne, bom May 30. John E. Walker, TEL Maint., a boy, John Sullivan, born July 3. Rickey, left, and Gralyn, center, are 27-month-old twins. Gayle, right, is 15 years old. These are the children of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Hebert. The father is a TEL operator'2/c. Mrs. Hebert is the former Ellen Loubiere of Plaquemine. Lawrence H. Mesres, Sodium Op., (on military leave), a girl, Deborah Ann, bom June 7. Augustus J. Rogers, Jr., TEL Op., a girl, Lana Claire, bom June 24. L. Walter Yarborough, EtCl Op., a boy, Robert Vincent, bora June 25. Wlnson G. Hoover, TEL Maint., a boy, W. G., Jr., bom June 23. Donald E. Debacber, Tech. Service, a girl, Bonita Ann, bom June 24. Edward Burrell, TEL Labor, a girl, Stephanie Yvette bom June 4. William A. Clark, Chem. Dev., a son, Nathaniel Jackson, born June 4. Justin W. Smith, EtCl Maint., a son, J. W.( Jr., bom May 9. Andrew D. Noble, TEL Maint., a son, Michael Andrew, born May 26. Joseph B. Blanchard, Jr., Sodium Op-, a son, Brent Andrew, bom May 27. Linda Gayle, eight-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Parker, was picked as baby of the week by Jan's Studio recently. Parker is an electrician 3/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Parker is the former Nolia Hunter of Golden Meadow. Johnny, Larry, 1, and Linda, 8 months old are the children of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Arbour, Jr. and the grandchildren of John I.. Sharkey. Arbour is a Sodium Day Service mechanic; Sharkey Is an area foreman in Sodium Maintenance. Jay Gross, right, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gross, is another Sharkey grandchild. Dianne, two, and Gayle, five, are the grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Tate and the children of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jordon. Jordon works in Production Planning; Tate is a lire inspector. ETC 25842 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 Auur D "B" Shift lead handlers, front row, from left, Matthews Walker, Wil liam Jackson, Johnny Carmena, Adolph Harrel, Morris Shows and Simon Armwood. Standing, same order: Leon Shows, Dannie Pelichet, Henry Carter, Ernest Brown, Walter Richardson and Phil Smith. Stli on he be in is ne Thr lot. F seen 7-2842 Aim tor in inp r. after H:il> dil ton \<li> with charm tion k Mar coilen' $40 f Albert Seltzer spots a stack of lead on the unloading ramp, having l.irl Adolph Harrell expertly heaves a Here the "A" Shift lead handlers taken It from a boxcar. Each car contains about 26 stacks of lead that am -- 100-pound "pig" of lead into place are shown restacking lead in a box weighs about 100,000 pounds. The crew takes about 20 minutes to 5-617' as Matthews Walker reaches for car so the fork lift truck may move empty each car. one. The stacked lead is moved out it out Each stack weighs about Nh Hotp" u , of the box car onto the ramp. 3300 pounds. Traffic Violators Lead Handlers Have Job Know-How; Son in Air Force Must Go to 'School' Mrr Icnih. $13" Never Had Major Injury on Job A new approach to the problem of youthful drivers is being used Hal. i; A good safety record? The TEL What has been responsible for Freight Handlers have one that this good safety record? Starnes is hard to beat. Since the start of attributes it to a number of factors. operations they have never had a A good attitude on the part of the in Baltimore, Md., according to a recent issue of "PAR News Analy sis." The news analysis, published maiii 3-22 H Mini perf*< major injury due to the handling workers, a constant awareness to monthly by the Public Affairs Re R|. of pig lead. The lead pigs, cast in bars that weigh approximately 100 pounds, are shipped in by rail in box cars. The lead handlers arrange the pigs into piles, and haul the piles to storage areas near the unloading point. the hazards of handling pig lead, and the constant check of supervi sion to see that hazards are avoid ed, have all been points that helped make the record. The afterdinner speaker had talked for 15 minutes. "After partalking of such a meal," he contin search Council, stated that a teen age traffic court holds sessions every Saturday in Baltimore. The court hears about 150 cases a week involving drivers under 21 years of age. Nearly all the traffic violators are placed on probation. They are required to attend a probationary school traffic course, pass a written tr;i !i. sorc-ii Holl\' M...I mm\1 Med. i di-M at Tm<land [f J. H. Starnes, principal labor ued, "I feel if I had eaten another foreman, states: "During the years bite, I would be unable to speak." A of operations the laborers have un From the far end of the table came test at the conclusion of the course, and report to a probation officer every two weeks. Gni.it. font. loaded 1,650,000,000 pounds of pig an order to the waiter: "Give him lead or 825,000 tons. It took 16,500 a sandwich." . Building Leased-- Jij box cars to haul this into the Plant. "If all these pigs were loaded on one train," Starnes continued, "the train would reach from Baton Rouge to Jackson, Miss. These Did you know that $30,000,000 worth of insurance is carried by Ethyl employees at the Baton Rouge Plant under the Metropoli A 3/c George Brown is in the Air Force stationed in Rantoul, 111. Samuel Brown, father of George, is a member of the Labor Group (Continued From Page 1) open house planned for sometime in the latter part of the month. The Company presented the group with about 200 chairs and T.. . in N" M ...1 in p, w nrk S:' pigs placed end to end would reach tan Group Life Insurance Com assigned to work at the Drumming they also received 10 surplus tables approximately 5,750 miles." pany plan? Plant. from the ERA Center. Kid. day. T Street. ETC 25843 ?Lust, 1953 August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK tyocwl Presents Floris LeBlanc, TEL Operations Page 13 like Rukert Line order: | 1. Harris. i i lrnmmm ISchool' problem |i>eing used rding to a i`\vs Analy- r1 L'l years of ?i u: violators .li. They are * obationary f. a written rj i he course, ji i ion officer 'age 1) sometime month, anted the rhairs and plus tables Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there is no home phone or phone nearby. For Sale Three room house to be removed from lot. Fixtures included. $1,200. Can be seen at 2872 Ontario Street. Phone 7-2842. Apartment size Servel gas refrigera tor in excellent condition. Ideal for fish ing camp or apartment. Phone 5-1665 after 4:30 p.m. BabjT bed and mattress in good con dition. Oversized model. $17. Phone 7-5809. Admiral table model radio-phonograph with table. Plays 10 records without changing. Regular speed, perfect condi tion. $40. Phone 5-6474. Modern Hygiene vacuum cleaner, ex cellent condition. Cost $89, will sell for $40. Phone 5-0659. Girl's Shelby bicycle, 24-anch, with all accessories. Practically -new $20. Phone 5- 6474. Norge refrigerator, five cu.ft. $40. Hotpoint electric range, $40. Phone 6- 2595. Mercury II 35 m.ra. camera with leather case, in excellent condition. Cost $130, will sell for $50. Phone 2-2490. Baby crib, waterproof innerspring mattress, in good condition. $25. Phone 3-2246. Reviewing Records Sizzling Sirloins Model "A" Ford radiator and shell in perfect condition. $10. Phone 5-4035. Bolen's "Haskl Handl-Ho" one h.p. tractor with 20-inch lawn mower, as sorted cultivating attachments. 2312 Hollywood or Phone 5-2656. Model 86 Savage power chief lawn mower, 16-inch reek Practically new. Model RA-949 portable electric G.E. dishwasher, never used. Can be seen at 2312 Hollywood, or Phone 5-2656. Two-bedroom house on 1 \/j acres of land--two miles west of Port Allen. Garage, bam, and washhouse. All under fence. Open land. Shade trees in yard. $3,500. Richard Roshto, Phone 5-8736. WANTED To rent two or three-bedroom house In North Baton Rouge. Phone 7-5697. Model "A" Ford automobile with body in good shape. Need car for travel to work and fishing. Phone 5-7587. fUde to Plant Monday through Fri day, 7:30 to 4:00. Live at 512 East-State Street, near LSU. Phone 2-6962. "Go ask Floris," Is the usual answer when any one on the Plant wants to find out the name or badge number of one of the 800-plus men in TEL Opera tions. And chances are that Floris LeBlanc, confi dential clerk, will have the answer without referring to her voluminous files. But the talents of this month's Femme Focus aren't limited to a prodigious memory. Her room mate, landlady and all surrounding neighbors say that Floris is a barbecue specialist. And usually there is at least one neighborhood gathering a week at this particular barbecue pit on Government Street-- with Floris doing the turning, testing and tasting. A native of White Castle, Floris is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Sam LeBlanc, who reside in Plaquemine. After completing high school at Plaque- mine she attended Spencer Business College in New Orleans. Floris first went to work for the State, then with a finance company prior to being employed here, July 25, 1942, where she worked in the Pay Roll group in Finance. She assumed her present job, confidential clerk in TEL Operations, on April 1,1944. On weekends Floris enjoys trips to New Orleans when a good play or opera is on at the Civic Audi torium. Or, during season, she likes to watch horse races. Otherwise her time is devoted to a visit with her parents or just spending a quiet evening of bridge or canasta playing around the house. An accom plished seamstress, she makes most of her own dresses and skirts. Women vs Men Women already outnumber men in the United States, and the indi cations are that the difference in numbers will become even larger in the future, statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany said recently. The most important factor is the higher death rate among males. At birth, the ratio of the two sexes has been at a level of about 1,055 males per 1,000 females. On the other hand, the ratio of male to female deaths has been increasing; in 1930 this ratio was 1,210 males per 1,000 females, and by 1951 it had risen to 1,333 males per 1,000 females. ETC wai* Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 Up the Ladder for Employees Lloyd G. Boyles, from EtCl working leader to production foreman. Leo F. Devatl, from EtCl working leader to production foreman. Imon W. Knlppen, from EtCl op. 1/c to working leader. Joseph A. Ardoln, from TEL op. 1/c to working leader. Murray A- Whitaker, from TEX op. 2/c to 1/c. Ollle L. Lovett, from typist (Eng.). Group I: to Steno., Group II, Gen. Eng. Dorothy M. Aydell, from Steno., (Gen. Eng.), Group II; to purchase order clerk, Group III, Purchasing. Victor 8. Price, from electrician 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Russell H. Mahan, from EtCl working leader to production foreman. Wade B. Randolph, from EtCl work* lng leader to production foreman. Dannie Pellchet, from laborer 2/c to freight handler, TEL Labor. Dewitt M. Felps, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Charles BL Chandler, from painter 2/c to 1/c, EtCl Maint. James EL Mahan, from painter 2/c to 1/c, EtO Maint. Ralph J. LeBlanc, from warehouse* man to stores leader, TEX Stores. Charles A. Charlet, from lab. asst. 2/c to 1/C, Eta Lab. Raymond J. Lobell, from cook 2/c to 1/c, Cafeteria. Etoyl M. Radcllff, from key punch op. (Tab), Group II; to payroll clerk, Group III, Finance. Alphonse Cotten, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Loyd R. Holley, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Earl Johnson, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Earl P. Dugas, from electrician 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. John F. Morrison, from heavy duty mech. 3'c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Edwtdge J. Slmoneaox, from heavy duty mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Jane I. Kallvoda, from typ. elk., P&ES, Group II; to secretary, Maint. James W. Denson, from Group II to III, voucher and posting elk., Finance. Roslne M. Bertaut, from comptom eter op. Group I; to voucher and micro film elk., Group II, Finance. Kenneth R. Eigworth, from TEL op. 2/c to 1/c. Wallace A. Allen, from Group IV to V. materials elk., Finance. James M. Kilshaw, from requisition elk., Group III; to materials dk., Group V, Finance. Keeping Track of Mobile Equipment Is Made Easy With Dispatch Board "When you have 20 pieces of mobile equipment on the job and most of them are at work at the same time, you need an accurate system to keep track of their as signments," Harold A. "Dutch" Young and P. J. Gurney who was filling in for H. T. Collier, labor foreman, while he was on vacation, said in commenting about the mo bile equipment dispatch board. Gurney, a labor forman, han dles assignments for live stake body trucks, three dump trucks, and four tractors in the TEL and Sodium areas. Young, a foreman in Mainte nance, is in charge of four winch trucks, four cranes, one bulldozer, and one end loader. Each piece of equipment is num bered and has a corresponding series of numbers on the board. A dispatch ticket, written when a re quest comes in, carries the number of the piece of equipment to be used and is placed on the "next job" hook. When work starts on the assignment, the ticket moves to the "working" hook, and when the assignment is completed, the ticket goes to the "complete" hook. "We know where all the equip ment is all of the time," Young and Gurney said. "At the end of the day we have an accurate record of the work that has been done." Knight's Hatchery Raises Crickets For Fishermen of South Louisiana Forty thousand crickets chirped happily in their specially built com partments. Some were grown and ready to be sold for bait, others were so small that they were al most imperceptible to the eye. Earl Knight, EtCl Maint. elec trician 1/c, is the man who has found that crickets are good busi ness. He started raising them last year when Richard Baker, EtCl Maint. electrician, told Knight that an uncle raised them successfully. Earl soon found that he couldn't supply his two customers with the limited supply he raised so he went into the cricket business on a big scale Jan. 1. He rented a vacant store at 4520 Capitol Ave. and had specially de signed aluminum bins made, ap proximately two feet wide, 10 feet long, and three feet high, to raise the bait in. In the bottom of the bins go sterilized sand and excel sior. Over 7,000 Hatch at a Time In each bin he places 100 males and 100 females. The normal hatch, which takes 15 days, ranges from 7000 to 10,000 baby crickets. After six weeks growth they are ready for sale. "Sounds very simple, doesn't it," Knight commented. "Actually you learn a lot by bitter experience in this business. A few weks ago I was nearly wiped out by disease. Crickets died by the tens of thou sands. "Now I sterilize the sand that goes into the bins and the feed that the crickets eat. That has almost stopped the disease." Bait dealers throughout this area find a ready sale for the crickets at $2.00 per hundred. They are de livered by Knight in a specially de signed container. It is a screen box about six inches wide and eight This container, which Knight de signed, is used for shipping crickets to bait dealers. A friend, who has a woodwork shop, spends a large part of his spare time making these containers. inches high. The fisherman reaches through a tin sleeve in the top of the box to catch his cricket. It would seem that catching and counting twenty or thirty thousand crickets a day would be a big task. Knight has found a simple way of doing it. Tells How He Catches Bugs The bugs are frightened when someone moves the excelsior in their cage and immediately look for a dark place to hide. Earl places a rolled piece of tar paper in the bin and shakes the excelsior. The crickets, hundreds of them, run into the paper tube to hide. He picks up the tube, holds it above a funnel which has been placed in a pint fruit jar, then gives the paper a hearty thump. The crickets fall through the funnel into the jar. The sizes range from babies to full grown ones, however, so only the full grown crickets can be kept for sale. He pours the crickets from the jar into a mesh container. The small bugs crawl through the mesh to freedom and the large ones are trapped. Then with a measuring cup, which holds 100 plus the cus tomary 10 or 15 lagniappe, he fills the bait containers that go to the bait houses. Announces Speakers Harold A. "Dutch" Young and P. J. Gurney work at the dispatch board that handles a total of five stake body trucks, three dump trucks, four tractors, four winch trucks, four cranes, one bulldozer, and one end loader. With this board they keep a running account of the assign ments of each vehicle. Knight is shown catching crickets in preparation for a shipment. The trick is to place the roll of black paper in the excelsior in the bin. Crickets run into black paper to hide, stay there until he taps them through funnel into jar. Lotis White, Accounts Payable, who is serving as secretary of the Baton Rouge chapter of the Na tional Association of Cost Account ants, announces that members will hear four speakers discuss pro blems common to industrial ac countants this fall. Another Ethyl employee, Wil liam J. Splaine, Finance, is serv ing as director of publications in this chapter. August, t r Martin f Indu Leo Marti TEL Opera an operator tions. He is a lit U. S. Army Mrs. Marl my Lee Br Their two cl 13, and Mat Finan As part ot velopment pi Department, changes wot effective for mately thm The men it tions durim; Ham J. Splnit the Residrn' L. Alford. St D. Gore. Set liam A. Lear Ledger Grom So 1 More won than are col workers for ers. That's u portant to li for their hot Md As part of th ations, J. X. Construction ETC 25845 f just. 195j3j i i iisiana i .3 v* I "i mnight deinK crickets .I, who has Us u large ..lung these ..m reaches the top of kut. .u-hing and \ thousand ,i lug task. .|.le way of i.-s Bugs j; .Tied when \;ielsior in iliaicly look j Karl places ? iper in the y eLsior. The them, run a hide. He > it above a placed in a s the paper rickets fall i the jar. n babies to or, so only can be kept irkets from iiainer. The h the mesh c ones are f measuring &lus the cusv ippe. he fills .1 go to the ieakers j iis Payable, ;'> tary of the ^ uf the Na^ ->t Accountn u mbers will ' liscuss proi*j.lustrial ac- ^ i-loyee, Wilice. is serv- i ulications in August, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 Martin Promoted to Industrial Relations Leo Martin was transferred from TEL Operations, July 17, to be come an assistant supervisor in Ind u s t r i a 1 Rela tions. A native of Gross Tete, he is agraduateof Louisiana State University. Martin joined the Company Oct. 16, 1950 as an operator helper in TEL Opera tions. He is a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve. Mrs. Martin is the former Tom my Lee Bossier of Gross Tete. Their two children are Jerry Lee, 13, and Margaret, 6. Finance Changes As part of the management de velopment program of the Finance Department, several temporary changes were made July 1 to be effective for a period of approxi mately three months. The men involved and their posi tions during this period are: Wil liam J. Splaine, Acting Assistant to the Resident Comptroller; Edgar L. Alford, Staff Assistant; Ellwood D. Gore, Senior Auditor, and Wil liam A. Leary, Supervisor, Factory Ledger Group. Gus Larson Leslie C. Price Promotions for Larson, Price in Maintenance Section Announced On July 1 Gus Larson and Leslie fore the position was made perma C. Price were named to new posi nent on July 1. tions in Maintenance and On-Plant Construction. Larson became as sistant superintendent of Mainte nance and Price was made superin tendent of On-Plant Construction. Larson is married to the former Effel Skrintney of Milwaukee, Wis. Their one daughter, Colette, is 14 years old. Gus Larson's service with the Price joined the Company in Company dates back to 1929 when 1939 as an electrician's helper in he went to work as an electrician Construction. He then transferred for Du Pont at their Carrolville to Operations to work in the So Plant. He became an electrical dium sub-station, becoming a fore foreman in construction here in man there in 1939. In 1945 he be 1937, transferred to TEL Main came a maintenance supervisor in tenance as electrical foreman in Sodium, and in 1949 was made as 1939. In 1944 he became assistant sistant Maintenance superintend Maintenance general foreman and ent. He was named temporary con in 1946 Maintenance general fore struction superintendent several man. He served as acting assistant months before the job became a superintendent of Maintenance be permanent one on July 1. So That's Why! More women are "odor-blind" than are color-blind, say research workers for perfume manufactur ers. That's why, they add, it is im portant to have fascinating names for their bottled fragrance. Suggestion System-- (Continued from Page 1) "A good cash award system will not only provide an excellent tool for improving Plant employee com munications," he added, "but will also furnish each participant an opportunity to have his sugges tions receive individual considera tion under a system that insures uniform treatment. Much To Gain "An employee should gain more than the value of the cash award from suggestions that are accepted. McCoy, Fogg, D'Armond Assume Temporary Posts He should also gain a feeling of pride and self satisfaction since an accepted suggestion is evidence of his being an important cog in the Ethyl organization." Ben Bulge Ben BUrge was born in Poplarville, Mississippi, in 1907. He at tended grade school and high school in Bogalusa. After serving as owner and operator of a boy's camp, YMCA secretary, and re creation director for NYA and WPA in New Orleans, Ben first came to work in Baton Rouge in 1937 as director of physical educa tion at the YMCA. He went to the New Orleans YMCA in 1941 and entered the Army Air Force in 1943. While in service he was a physical training instructor and his duties took him to the China-Burma-India theater of operations. In 1946 Ben came to Baton Rouge with the YMCA. He became recreational director for Ethyl in July, 1947. Under his guidance the new Recreation Cen ter at Harding Field was created. He has been and still is devoting much of his time to promoting and pushing the Ethyl Recreation As sociation. He is married to the former Florence Duvieilh of New Orleans and is a member of the Industrial Recreation Association, YMCA, Amvets, First Baptist Church, and the committee in charge of the Kids' Baseball Clinic. R. L. Day R. L. Day was born in Port Gib son, Mississippi, in 1909. He attend ed Baton Rouge High School and L.S.U. for three years where he majored in chemical engineering. Day started work at the Plant as a Control Lab. helper in 1937. After serving in various capacities in that area, he was made general foreman in TEL Operations in 1951. Besides being interested in sports in general, Day is a true fisher man. This is borne out by the fact that in 1946 he caught the largest bass in the Baton Rouge area. In 1951 Day's Shift won the City In dustrial championship in softball, and in 1952 they won the plant championship. He is a member of the "L" Club and St. James Episcopal Church. He is married to the former Bobbie Banker and they have two child ren, Richard, age 13, and Winston, age 8. As part o( the management rotational program, F. A. McCoy, left has been named acting manager of Oper ations, J. N. Fogg, center, is acting manager of Maintenance and Construction, and S. A. D'Armond is acting Construction superintendent. The changes are now in effect until Sept 15. (See Story, Page 1) Caillouet-Genius Shirley Caillouet, Production Planning and Charles M. Genius of TEL Maintenance exchanged marriage vows July 10. They were married at Woodville, Miss. Genius, who is an electrician 1/c, is a veteran employee with 12 years' Company service, while his wife, Shirley, has been employed here for five years. They are making their home at 348 South 10th Street. iSn&ieiSL ETC 25846 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK August, 1953 'Butch' Mixon Pitches Five No-Hit Games Wallace "Butch" Mixon, 13, who is pitching on the Hearin-Collens and Mclnnis Class "C" American Legion team, has pitched five no hit, no-run games and three one hitters this season, giving him a record of six wins, one tie and no losses. "Butch" is the son of Wal lace A. Mixon, EtCl Maintenance foreman. In two of his no-hitters Butch didn't allow a single man to reach first base, which in the annals of baseball, is considered to be the perfect game. At the start of the season Butch struck out 22 of the first 24 batters he faced. He is averaging two strikeouts per inning for the season so far. This is his third year of play with American Legion teams. In his first season he threw five no hitters. Wheeler Named Assistant Director Of Industrial Relations on July 1 Harold W. Wheeler, formerly operations manager, has been of Chemical Engineers. A member of the Texas Manufacturers' As sociation Institute committee, he is also a member of the American Petroleum Institute and the Baton Rouge Oil Industry Information Committee. Wheeler is a Mason, a member of the Shrine Club, and is a mem ber of the public health and educa tion committees of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. He is also educational chairman of the Baton Rouge Toastmasters Club and is an active member of the Dale Carnegie International Club. He is a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, in chemical engineering and has held many positions in the chemical engineer ing field. He transferred here in 1937 and was named chief super visor in tetraethyl lead operations in 1940. In 1942 he was named Sylvia Halphen Wins State 4-H Club Honors Sylvia Halphen, 15, daughter of Fabio Halphen of General Engi neering, took first place 4-H Club honors in state-wide competition with 40 girls in the Home Improve ment Program. She was announced winner at the state-wide meeting of 4-H'ers at LSU July 20-22. As winner, Sylvia gets an ailexpense paid trip to Chicago to at tend the national 4-H Congress in November, where she will com pete with girls from all over the nation in the Home Improvement Program. For her project on home im provement Sylvia selected "Im proving Your Room," which in cluded repainting and redecorating her room, making slip covers and other improvements. She took first place for her written record of her projcet and made high score on a written test which, together, won her first place. Deceased named assistant director of Indus superintendent of this section and, trial Relations for the Baton Rouge in 1950 was appointed operations and Houston Plants. The appoint ment was effective July 1. Wheeler, a native of Winthrop, Massachusetts, has been at the local plant since 1937 when he transferred here as a supervisor in tetraethyl lead operations. Wheeler resides at Zachary and has been active in many civic acti vities including Boy Scouts, civi lian defense, Kiwanis and Lions ciubs. He was one of the organizers and first chairman of Baton Rouge chapter of the American Institute manager for the entire Plant. He has written several articles in various industrial magazines and has spoken before several national groups. His most recent talks were at the National Safety Congress in Chicago and at the graduate school of medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Wheeler has been acting assist ant director of Industrial Relations since March 1. He is married to the former Fairy Fuller and has four children. Return from Service Two Ethyl employees have re cently returned to their jobs after a tour of duty in the Armed Forces, according to Personnel Office rec ords. None were recalled for duty during July. Gustave J. Richard, TEL Opera tions, returned to the Plant July 10, and Wilfred A. Landry of Chem. Development came back July 13. A total of 14 men have now returned this year, while six were recalled. The last man to leave was Constitution Is Greatest Gift to Jesse D. Young, TEL operator 2/c, who left the Plant May 15, for a tour of duty in the Army. World Civilization, States Manion Olympe "Peewee" Cortelloni, sec retary to H. B. Hunt. Finance, died July 21 following a brief illness. She had 12 years' service with the Com pany at the time of her death. A native of Baton Rouge, Pee wee was married to Albeno Cortel loni and is survived by one child, Michael, age 6. They resided at 2145 Pericles Street. Following graduation from St. Joseph's Academy, Peewee com pleted a secretarial course at the Baton Rouge Business College. She was employed at the State Capitol as a private secretary for four years prior to coming to Ethyl. Following her employment here "The mere fact that there is a United States of America gives hope and encouragement to all of the people of the world. Knowing that there is one country in the hind the rights of man are guar anteed by the Constitution as the greatest contribution of this coun try to world civilization." He indicated that the Constitu world where an individual can be tion safeguards individual rights by completely free encourages people dividing the power of government everywhere else." between the states and the federal This was the message empha government and thus the growing sized by Clarence Manion, former power of the federal government is dean of the University of Notre a direct threat to all individual Dame law school, in his address . rights. before the Ethyl Management Club on June 23. Dean Manion pointed out that the strength of the United States is based on the four corner stones Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. provided in the Declaration of In dependence and the Constitution. LaPlace Re-Elected Colby S. LaPlace, sheet metal worker helper 1/c in TEL Main tenance, has been re-elected com mander of the American Legion Post 312 at St. Gabriel, La. LaPlace, who has been at Ethyl for five years, is a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army in the European Theater in the Third Army. se. si.es p. l. ft B. U. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge, LaPermit NO. SO she worked in various departments These are: (1) that we recognize as stenographer. She had been sec that there is a God; (2) that God retary to Hunt in the Industrial created all men equal; (3) that all Insurance group for four years at men are endowed with the inalien the time of her death. able rights of life, liberty, and the Peewee had one sister, Julia Mae Heil. employed in the Finance Section; two brothers, Oscar and Edward Hernandez, and her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Hernan pursuit of happiness; and (4) that in order to secure these rights, a government was instituted to de rive its power from the consent of the governed. dez. Interment was Roseland Mem He stated that "the capture of Form 3547 Requested orial Park, July 22. government, the walling of it be ETC 25847 Voi. : Co ELR/ Remc The ers' Re ly undo to mee This n group < their fi Thcw ey Lift I Hickmn C. ElliRivers, ry, SI a i Robert son. Iv> nie A. Steve I > ert Wel> The g the fio. vision r< room. Dedii expect *> future, dent J. I Nigh Emph advnnhr College at night Saturday Super\ is complefoffered, i ed this fees n rv policy, semester PI Labor Sept. 7. \ cording i Clothier-. Plant but to Ih work ui! ance of i will be oh igust, 1953 11 Wins 1 Honors - lUmghter of acral Engi- - 1-H Club -j .-umpetition j ,u` Improvei - announced ji.io meeting I _'u-22. i i*l:> an all: arago to at} 'mgress in ; u ill com! ill over the | nprovement [; home im-"iied "Im4 ` which in- locorating |> covers and .Mio took first i .`i-ord of her score on a j mother, won ervice os have re- r jobs after a 1 mod Forces, . I Office rec1 led for duty TEL OperaI'lant July * Landry of came back n have now lito six were to leave was l>erator 2/c, * ay 15, for a my. lected sheet metal TEL Main* l-clected com\> ican Legion , La. >oen at Ethyl Iran of World in the Army ater in the i*. l. a b. I'ostage ;i I D * muse. La. xo. set Company To Sponsor LSU Football Radio Broadcasts ELRA Rec Building Remodeling Complete The newly-leased Ethyl Labor ers' Recreation Center has recent ly undergone extensive remodeling to meet the needs of the ELRA. This remodeling was done by a group of volunteers who donated their free time to the task. Those who helped included Johney Little, building chairman, J. H. Hickman, Vencil Griffith, Samuel C. Ellis, Louis Watkins, Robert Rivers, Lionel Newman, Elmo Cur ry, Stanislaus Ricard, Sid Thomas, Robert Atkins, Lawrence Ander son, Ivy Reed, Ben Pollard, John nie A. Stevenson, Lionel Parker, Steve Bums, HI, Ivy Lechem, Rob ert Webb and Joe Roby. The group did extensive work on the floors and walls, built a tele vision room, service room and club room. Dedication of the new center is expected to take place in the near future, according to ELRA Presi dent J. H. Hickman. Night Courses at LSU Employees interested in taking advantage of the LSU University College courses which are offered at night, in the afternoon and on Saturday, should contact Training Supervisor John Furr. Furr has complete details on the courses offered, including 30 new ones add ed this year, as well as entrance fees and the Company's refund policy. Registration for the fall semester begins on Sept 15. Zeanah Will Handle Reservists Take Two Weeks Military Leave Game Play by Play Ethyl Corporation will sponsor the radio broadcasts of Louisiana State University's 11 football games in the Baton Rouge area over Station WAFB, according to Roy N. Clothier, plant manager. Charley Zeanah, supervisor of Community Relations at the Hous ton Plant, will again be the playby-play announcer of the broad casts which will be aired over a network of 14 stations in Louisiana and Mississippi. Zeanah, who did the play-by-play accounts during the past two years, has been engaged by Station WAFB to handle the broadcasts this year. Only the local broadcasts of the games are being sponsored by Ethyl this year instead of the statewide sponsorship which was in effect for the past two years and in 1949. Broadcasts over the other Forty-three employees have been granted leave daring 1953 for training. stations in the cooperative net Two of them, LI John L. Lee, Jr., Industrial Engineering, and Corp. Cecil work will be sponsored by other R. Richardson, Development Lab. assistant, are shown setting up a 57-mm concerns in the respective areas. recoilless rifle on the range at North Fort Hood. They are members of Complete details are expected to the Headquarters Company, Second Battalion, 377th Infantry Regiment. be announced at a later date in local newspapers by WAFB officials. Board of Directors Plan ERA Activities Other Stations Listed Other stations expected to air the games, according to T. E Gibbens, vice-president and general manager of Station WAFB which was awarded the broadcasting (Continued on Page 11) Football Tickets Plant Holiday Labor Day, which is Monday, Sept. 7, will be a Plant holiday, ac cording to Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier. Plant operations will continue, but to the extent practicable, Plant work will be arranged tor observ ance of the holiday and all offices wili be closed. The Ethyl Recreation Association, an employee organization, is guided by the Board of Directors who are elected by employees. Board mem bers, left to right, are Bernard Barnes, Jim Westbrook, George Armoney, Floyd Carbo, Pat Almond, Roy Phillips, Victor Buchmann, Carlo Polito, president, Almetus Reeder, secretary, Marjorie Sanders, James Kelly, Tom Terry, Gordon Smith, H. O. Wells, Sr., Carl Hudson, ftjid John Houghton. Pages 8 and 9 of this issue show some of the many activities of the association. Season tickets to all LSU football games may now be obtained through the ERA Office, announces Recreation Director Hewitt Gomez. Individual game tickets will also be handled by the ERA when the season starts. These tickets will go on sale one week prior to each home game. ETC 25848 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS ICIE mi MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. .Editor The Child You Save May Be Your Own Recreation Is Good for You, Too! Mr. and Mrs. Horace Redman win bridge tournament; Day's Shift meets EtCl Operations in American League playoff; plantwide dance held Aug. 7; record crowd at shrimp party taxes ERA Center facili ties; Teen Age Club organized; EtCl Maintenance takes bowling cham pionship; 8,500 attend Ethyl Picnic: 287 boys and girls attend Day Camps, ELRA building remodeled, etc. What does this mean? It means that more and more Ethyl em ployees and members of their families--like industrial employees every where--are participating in recreation. For Ethyl folks the Ethyl Rec reation Association and the Ethyl Labor Recreation Association, made up of and directed by employees, are the recreational outlets. They are growing because as employees turn more to recreation, more and more activities must be provided for, and a look at their calendars show that facilities are pretty well crowded already. Recreation is assuming an ever-increasing position of importance in individual and social well-being, says Dr. Harold D. Meyer, wellknown recreation specialist at the University of North Carolina. In fact, he goes further and says that recreation takes its place along with religion, education, health and work as the five factors which mold individual personality. In his estimation, the need for and the benefits from recreation are constantly increasing. The Antiknock has attempted to portray some of the many recre ational activities in each issue. We have had to pass over many of them. What we have been able to accomplish is due to the splendid cooperation of the recreation officers and activities chairmen. In this issue we show in our picture story on Pages 8 and 9, just a few of the many activities of the ERA which, more than any one Plant activity (except pay day), affects the greatest number of employees and members of their families. We hope this picture story will help accomplish two things. First, we hope it will help tell the story of the growth of recreation as por trayed through the ERA, and second, we hope that it will emphasize to every member of the over 4,000 Ethyl families that there is a place --and "play"--for each family in this ever-growing recreation calendar of events. Eighty per cent of the employ ees at the Baton Rouge Plant par ticipate in the Retirement Income Plan. The Company's contribution to the Plan averages approxi mately $3 for each $1 an employee contributes. For the year 1952, the Company contributed an aver age of $350 for each employee who participated in the Plan for the full year. ^7L Salute to Our Craftsmen... Sodium Service Mechanics Clyde Rogillio, left, and Tommy Durbin, both Sodium Service me chanics first class, are making a vacuum test on a sodium cell gas duct, checking for leaks. This Is one of the many weekly tests made in this area of the Plant. The Sodium Service craftsmen make weekly inspections of sodium cell room equipment, recommending replacement or overhaul of equipment when necessary. They also rebuild all cells and recondition all cell equipment Keeping the sodium cell rooms In top operating condition is an im portant step in the manufacture of sodium and chlorine. The Sodium Service craftsmen thus contribute their skill and know-how to the proper maintenance of equipment that Is essential in Ethyl's manufacture. Les Nocke By Jersey Smith September What's accomplisi August? V for us to i in the sun: records si more acei< The Co asked sew tions who of setting ord. The were thai more, tal and Justir tional po helped, ar more thoi selves and Tn my i reasons ir? tion of a! part. Ever on Aug. establishh record. I credit to of all on juries on T:> While i derful to record. I that the ees marie ceed a plantwiri* 1945. f r everyoni work fm lish new future. And. i that uir as anyoii' safety u c?d, tin of our I prevenfi' vere. to Cloth h Ivan clectrifrknock < nice n-| ' laundrv "Tw-. uent nil the ;>>* ' forget tii' cent thn "1 M u rapped had hr* dry. an': are tu.- pocket. "Tin- r a good that the mber, 1953 I Own September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 Across the 3?lant ^Manager's M&P Building Addition Nears Completion iflVW.'.gfv n Service me* 11 gas duct, uide in this lections of overhaul of recondition m is an imI'he Sodium i the proper Suture. p Smith y" V ASIDE--) $ ' MAKE o^ Be A ' 'F the j TEAM \ / is HAS \ -SvoW-- ` I LA8oef,l si What's behind our good safety accomplishments in June, July, and August? What has made it possible for us to reduce time-losing injuries in the summer months in which our records show the trend is toward more accidents? The Central Safety Committee asked several employees these ques tions when we were on the verge of setting a new Plant safety rec ord. The answers they gave briefly were that safety had been stressed more, talks by George Campbell and Justin Wilson had helped, addi tional publicity on safety had helped, and employees were giving more thought to safety for them selves and their fellow employees. In my estimation, each of these reasons indicates that the coopera tion of all employees played a big part. Even though the two injuries on Aug. 13 prevented us from establishing a new Plant safety record, I still want to give due credit to the splendid cooperation of all employees in reducing in juries on the Plant. Takes United Effort While it would have been won derful to have established the new record, 1 don't overlook the fact that the cooperation of all employ ees made it possible for us to ex ceed a million safe man hours plantwide for the third time since 1945. I think it shows that, with everyone doing his part, we can work for long periods and estab lish new records for safety in the future. And, in conclusion, let me say that while I am just as anxious as anyone to keep establishing new safety goals to shoot at and ex ceed, the real down-to-earth basis of our Plant safety program is the prevention of injury, minor or se vere, to each and every employee. Clothes Set Washed; Money Still There Ivan Lee, Sodium sub-station electrician 1/c, called The Anti knock office recently to make a nice report on Lawrence DeJohn, laundry operator 1/c. "Two or three days before I went on vacation, I put change in the pocket of my work clothes, forgetting to take it out when I sent them to the Laundry." "I returned from vacation, un wrapped my bundle of clothes that had been returned from the laun dry, and found this note: `There are two quarters in your shirt pocket. DeJohn, #2911.' " "The men in the Laundry deserve a good word for the nice things that they do," Lee stated. The decrease in the number of minor injuries and the almost two months without a major injury that we accomplished means we are doing just that--preventing injury to ourselves. Maps Are Popular New Baton Rouge City Maps were mailed to employees last month. These were part of an ad vance shipment of Ethyl maps which have proven so popular in Baton Rouge. Additional copies should be available very shortly. There is a heavy demand for this map from organizations and individuals throughout the city. Ethyl's is the only free city map, as far as we know, being distrib uted in Baton Rouge. Employees are no doubt receiving, or will re ceive, many requests for this map Construction work on the Medical & Personnel Building expansion is rapidly nearing completion. It is expected that the new space will be ready for occupancy in early November, well ahead of the scheduled completion date. The work, coordinated by the Research and Engineer ing Department, is being done by PerrilUat-Rickey Construction Co. from friends, relatives and neigh bors. Based on our past experience, Company Sponsors Thirteen Students this is one of the most popular community activities in which Who Attend Boys', Girls' State Ethyl has participated. We know from letters received and from com ments that the Post Office, Police and Fire Departments, the Cham ber of Commerce and many other public and private organizations have made good use of these maps. We want employees to make good use of these maps, but I would like to caution everyone to distrib ute them where they will do the most good in making friends for you and for the Company. They, like everything else these days, cost considerable money. Let's be sure that they bring us the best dividends possible by efficient dis tribution. Through Ethyl's sponsorship, 13 boys and girls attended Boys' and Girls' State that was held in Baton Rouge during August. These high school students were sent by the various posts of the American Legion of East Baton Rouge Parish. Five boys and five girls were sent to Pelican Boys' and Girls' State, and three to Bayou Boys' State. The youngsters attending the three meets, and coming from every parish in the State, were taught American citizenship and how all levels of government function. The Pelican Boys' and Girls' State was held at LSU and Bayou Boys' State was conducted at Southern Univer sity. Express Thanks The appreciation expressed by the group for the sponsorship mak ing their attendance possible was reflected in a letter sent to Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier by one of the girls, Judy Langston, who said: "I would like to express my thanks to the Ethyl Corporation for making it possible ... to learn more about our government. I will take advantage of all the oppor This Is the Way They All Should Look! tunities offered me at Girls' State." In another letter to Clothier, Ann Mclnnis wrote: "I am very grateful for the opportunity to at tend Girls' State. I know that I will benefit from it and that my school, Istrouma High, in turn, will benefit ..." Ethyl Reserve Policy Appreciated by Army Jimmie Gilbert, TEL Operations, pauses to give his approval to the perfect safety record for the Plant during July. The month went by without one major injury and the record continued until Aug. 13. A certificate of appreciation has been presented to the Company in recognition of its "faithful and co operative spirit in the releasing of employees for military duty." Em ployees who are members of Re serve organizations participate in summer training and take other tours of active duty which require their absence from their jobs here. The certificate was signed by Lt. Gen. John E. Dahlquist of Fourth Army Headquarters, San Antonio, Tex. ETC 25850 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 September. If Supporters Honor Coats' Shift Bali Team Junior Payne Completes Another Year of Outstanding Pitching Another son of an Ethyl em ployee racked up an enviable pitch ing record in the American Legionsponsored Kids' Baseball leagues during the past season. C. J. Payne, Jr., son of Clyde Payne, who is a patrolman on the Security Force, won four games and lost one while pitching on the E. J. Gonzales team, which is in the Class "A" League. C. J,, who is 14 years old and weighs 156 pounds, pitched against high school boys who were two and three years his senior, making his record all the more impressive. The one game he lost was a 10inning thriller against the Holy Cross team of New Orleans that won the South Louisiana cham pionship. Last year C. J. pitched In the Class "B" League and came away with six wins against no losses. His coach moved him up to Class "A" this year despite his youthful ness, and his record bears out his success there. Clyde Payne, Jr., whose father b patrolman 1/c, had an outstanding pitching record in the American Legion "A" Baseball Loop. He won four games and lost one. Qi tf-ulusi' BUI Worsham, Back? Tullier, and "Izzy" Bond dish oat the delicious chicken barbecue for guests. Many children attended the gathering with their parents. Teenagers Make Trip Six boys and five girls, sons and daughters of Ethyl employees, were "treated" to a trip to New Or leans Aug. 8., in appreciation for the leadership they displayed dur ing the Boys and Girl's Day Camps this past summer. Those making the trip included Bobby Sharbaugh, Shelton Mayers, Thomas and Gerald Neill, Fabio HaJphen, Jr., Charles Forbes, Jan- ice Andre, Corinne Womack, Alice Gianelloni, Henri Lee Harang and Jocelyn Myhand. H. O, Wells, Jr., of the ERA Office conducted the tour. The group visited the Cabildo, Jackson Square, Saint Louis Ca thedral. Audubon Park and Ponchartrain Beach on the trip. They reported that the day was very interesting and enjoyable. Charleston By Johnny DeLage One of the nice aspects of fishing is that it can be adapted to almost any outlay of equipment. If you are an "oldtimer" with several hundred dollars sunk in the contents of a tackle box you naturally expect to catch 'em. but if you are a beginner, or if your children want to fish, they can find spots for fishing with a simple pole and line at a total cost of 75 or 80 cents. Crabbing is inexpensive, and it is a sport that the entire family can enjoy. Best bet is to get a strong line 75 or 100 feet long to tie across a stream or between two points along the bank of the stream. Tie on drop lines about three feet apart baited with meat scraps or fish heads. Then get a cold drink out of the ice box and wait 15 or 20 min* utes for the crabs to start feeding on your bait. Pull up the lines gently, and slip a net beneath the crab if you see him eating your bait. Where do you go crabbing? The answer to that varies from week to week, but your nearest sporting goods dealer can tell you where they are biting when you want to go. Naturally, when you are taking out the family you will be more cautious than ever in picking a place where the current is not danger ous. Carl Olen, ft! August Seguii Sr., in the re< Mine V Tean The United 12,900 baseb.i pionship in t Class "D" Lc team, conohc TEL Maint. 1/c. defeated games out <>! pionship pin The boys ances throuu 10 wins, two Children > the team ind first base; an "Scotty" Hn Pete played all-star gamstanding pl.v Fussell. son TEL Maint. Boy Tnudllo and Lorraine Gor don, both students of the Arthur Murray School of Dancing, do the Charleston for guests at the Day's Shift Party, held recently at the ERA Center. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Iverstine are shown with the 1914-pound cat fish they caught at Pass Manchac recently on a hand line. Joe Is a foreman In TEL Operations. Ninety-five degree August weather has apparently made the bass about as sluggish as we have been during the past month. However, some fellows found the right spots to bring in nice catches. Here is a quick rundown on some of them and other catches: Clarence "Joe" LeBlanc, fishing in Belle River with Hell Divers caught 12 bass and two catfish at the beginning of the month. ... Leo Hebert and Johnny Cornelius caught 12 dozen crabs at Bayou Pigeon Aug. 7. . . . Julius Justice and Homer Harris found good perch fishing with a fly rod at Little Alabama Aug. 7. A1 Langlois and Burt McGowan landed 15 bass in Smith's Bay up Red River using Hell Divers. . . . J. L. "Shorty" Matthews, Jr. and Elmer L. Lloyd, a non-employee, caught 37 bass with frog skin darters at Grassy Lake July 29 and 30. Herman Truxillo found fishing at Ramah very good for all species around Aug. 1. He landed one 4%-pound bass and plenty of small ones. E. K. "Blackie" Aucoin and I spent two days up Red River July 29 and 30. Brought back 23 bass, but that fishing trip is too hard for old folks like me. In conclusion: Cool weather will improve your fishing, especially in the lakes. You can expect better catches with the arrival of fall DUtrict 50, ball team n* legion lean* Lloyd Fussr' John McK:u Humble. St. ETC 25851 i iber, 1953 ;r ching September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 Here's the Bass That Won Rodeo Leroy Schultz Enjoys Taxidermy As Excellent Spare Time Hobby 5father is utstanding American ,ip. He won 4 11 to almost t; a I hundred ? expect to .* .int to fish, i a total cost j it ire family long to tie the stream, raps or fish i or 20 minlines gently, ha it. from week where they ill be more not danger- Schultz is shown here with some of the taxidermy work he has done in recent months. He finds taxidermy a fascinating hobby. Mine Workers' Class 'D' Baseball Team Cops League Championship The United Mine Workers, Local 12,900 baseball team won the cham pionship in the American Legion Class "D" League last month. The team, coached by Nolan Keller, TEL Maint. mechanic inspector 1/c, defeated Spedale's Esso two games out of three in the cham pionship playoff. The boys gave good perform ances throughout the season with 10 wins, two losses, and one tie. Children of Ethyl employees on the team include Nolan Keller, Jr., first base; and Pete Hirshey, son of "Scotty" Hirschey of TEL Maint. Pete played second base and in the all-star game was voted most out standing player of the night. Lloyd Fussell, son of Quite F. Fussell, TEX. Maint. instrument mechanic 1/c, played in the shortstop posi tion. Jeff Rogers, pitcher and third baseman, is the son of Gus Rogers, TEL operator 1/c. Gus Rogers assisted Keller with the coaching of the team. Gooch Sets Degree John R. Gooch, posting clerk in P&ES Section, received his Bache lor of Arts Degree at LSU com mencement exercises Aug. 7. He majored in sociology and minored in economics. Gooch joined the Company in May, 1947 and has attended LSU while working on the Plant. He started LSU in 1944. How ever, military service in the Navy interrupted his college career for a 2-year period. Leroy Schultz, TEL Maintenance instrument mechanic helper, finds taxidermy an exacting and time consuming hobby which necessi tated months of study and train ing. At his home, 265 ICast Airport Ave., he mounts fish and game ani mals for those people who want to keep them for trophies. When we visited his place July 16, he had completed taxidermy work on a 6 lb. 11 oz. bass caught by Reese Sumrall in the Morganza Pits. "It took me six weeks of spare time work to complete that job," Schultz said. "That represents about 12 hours of working time, and then you have to check the job every day to see that seasoning, drying, and shaping is progressing as you want it to." About four years ago he became interested in taxidermy and enroll ed for a taxidermy course which he completed. He had done taxidermy work since that time. He has mounted a large number of fish, squirrels, rabbits, and other small animals. Leroy Schultz works on the six pound, two ounce bass caught re cently by A. M. Beckham. People who have seen the fish mounted by Schultz noted immedi ately the "life-like action" that the trophies portray. The fish look as if they are jumping from the water. ,ile the bass T nice catches. 1 ^ Hell Divers 1 ah. . . . Leo i, iyou Pigeon ' icrch fishing .5 ith's Bay up us, Jr. and tJskin darters ; ir all species >i small ones. 1 River July & loo hard for especially of fall. District 50, Local 12,900 of the United Mine Workers-sponsored base ball team won the Class "D" championship last month in the American Legion league. Seated from left are Bobby Duplantier, Joe Rinaudo, jjoyd Fussell, Pete Hirschey, and Joe Melancon. Middle row from left: John McKay, Robert Cox, John Boxeman, Tommy Duncan and Dale Humble. Standing from left: Nolan Keller, John Ellis, and Jeff Rogers. The Ethyl Management Club-sponsored Class "C" team of the American Legion ended the season with eight wins and five losses. Seated from left are Earl Zimmerle, Donald Tate and Jeffrey Plauche. Kneeling from left: Curtis Thompson, Dale Hotard, John O'Hennessey, Sam Rispone and Joe Messina. Standing from left, are Co-Manager Carlo Polito, Kirby Courville, Albert McMahan, John T. Allen, Jr., Allen Reine, Rich ard Waguespack and Co-Manager John T. Allen. ETC 25852 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 September, li Spectators standing on the bank ot the mighty Mississippi watch Jack Foster as he races by on his way to first place in the annnal classic. The race distance was approximately 105 miles. Jack Foster Takes First Prize in Greenville-Vicksburg Boat Race Jack Foster, TEL Maint. ma chinist helper 1/c, won top honors in a 105-mile boat race held on the Mississippi River between Greenville and Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 3. For this feat, which took almost three grueling hours, Foster won a $200 cash prize, several other prizes, and a perpetual trophy which he can keep if he wins it for two consecutive years. Boats raced in different classes as determined by the horsepower of the outboard motors. Jack was in the 25-horsepower division. He used a 11-foot, 6-inch round-bot tomed boat. "I led the entire group for 60 miles," Foster said. "Then I got stuck on a sand bar. Before I got the boat off, three other contestants had passed me. I was only one boat length ahead of the second place winner when we crossed the finish line." He plans to be back next year trying for another win so he can keep the perpetual trophy. The race, sponsored by the VicksburgGreenville Marathon Association, has been run for four years. DiBenedetto Son Goes To Scout Jamboree Carroll DiBenedetto, son of Joe DiBenedetto of Sodium Mainte nance, attended the International Boy Scouts' Jamboree held near Santa Ana, Cal., in July. Carroll went as a representative of the Istrouma Area Council. In describing his stay there Carroll told of seeing rodeos and shows by Hollywood celebrities staged in behalf of the 50,000 scouts attend ing the Jamboree. He said they prepared their own meals over charcoal fires. En route there the Istrouma Area scouts had a chance to tour El Paso, Tex., and Juarez, Mexico. On the return trip they spent a day at Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, and Salt Lake City, Utah. At the conclusion of the race, Jack gets a big kiss from Mrs. Foster, who was one of the first to greet him after the race. Carroll DiBenedetto was met at railway station upon his return from the International Scout Jam boree that was held in California. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiBenedetto were there to meet him. Joe is employed in Sodium Maintenance. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Williams proudly show some of their orchids which they raised as a hobby. Williams says that most species of the orchid take from five to seven years to bloom. He works in EtCI Shops. Reading Book on Orchid Raising Started Williams in His Hobby When James C. "Boomer" Wil liams, electrician 1/c in EtCI Shops, decided to take up orchid raising as a hobby he found out several interesting things about his new pastime. In the first place his hobby has great appeal to Mrs. Williams who is just as interested in raising these rare flowers as her husband is. Boomer also found that the field is not a crowded one as orchid growers are few and far between. Took Course Williams got started when he took a course in orchid raising early last spring and received three orchid plants to start with. Follow ing this he read every book in the Parish library pertaining to orchid growing and then followed this with many trips to the LSU Agri cultural department to get infor mation from the school on some of the problems confronting the orchid grower. One of the first things that Wil liams found out is what make or chids so rare and expensive. He pointed out that it takes from five to seven years to raise an orchid plant before it blooms, depending on the specie of the plant. Prices for the plants range from about $10 up to fabulous sums for the rare hybrid orchid plants. At the present time Williams has about eight plants of different colors that bloom at different times of the year. He hopes that in time he will have enough of the plants to have some of them blooming all the year around. Last month Williams and his family visited one of the largest orchid nurseries in the country, situated on Signal Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn. He is also a member of the Orchid Growers' Guild of America. The Williams have four children. Mrs. Williams is the former Ruby Murray of Brackettville, Tex. Winter Bowling Two 10-team winter bowling leagues are expected to start their 35-week schedule this month, an nounces Harry Bridgeman, Chemi cal Development, league president. Four women's bowling teams have already been organized and will bowl on Tuesday nights, ac cording to Dot Bauman, Medical, president of the Women's League. Gary Ross is Mrs. Garland is a TEL opei is the forme i worked in tt Finance. Florence F. John Berchm.'i' Ralph EKttii Debora Ann. I Jim J. Shin. > Louis, bom F-' <5Tiri Can This picitir*'. of the centi' in TEL Mail ee with Id > a native l and the fat ETC 25853 September, 1953 September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 of their orchids j t species of the 1 s in EtCl Shops. ising > Hobby nge from about is sums for the cl plants, ime Williams has its of different it different times pes that in time gh of the plants iem blooming all iiliams and his of the largest in the country, jj 1 Mountain, near n. He is also a h-cliid Growers' i. The Williams 5 n. Mrs. Williams iby Murray of fowling winter bowling d to start their this month, anrlgeman, Chemicague president, bowling teams n organized and sday nights, acuiman, Medical, : .m-n's League. Gary Boss is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland R. Watts. Garland is a TEL operator 2/c. Mrs. Watts is the former Nellie Austen, who worked in the Payroll Office of Finance. Richard Laurence is the fourmonth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Leach, Jr. Henry is an Ironworker 1/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Leach is the former Aline Nicolle of Baton Rouge. Virginia and Todd H&rtsfield, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Wylie T. "Duke" Hartsfield, enjoy a boat ride while on vacation with their parents at Pettijean State Park in Arkansas during July. Michael Wayne, four months old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Jeansonne. The father is an iron worker 1/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Jeansonne is the former Maurine Sommers of Greenwell Springs. Florence F. Mary, Chem. Dev., a son, John Berchman, born May 4. Ralph Elswirth, TEL Maint, a girl. Debora Ann, bom July 20. Jim J. Shlflet, Sodium Op., a boy, Bert Louis, bom Feb. 28. Roy A. Bercegeay, Sodium Lab., a girl, Pamela Ann, bom July 16. Cleveland Seales, TEL Labor, a son, Howard Harold, bom July 14. A. E. Mayeox, TEL Maint., a son, David Russell, bom June 16. Joe Johnson, TEL Labor, a son. Roy Douglas, bom July 1. Joseph EL Ellis, Sec. Force, a son, Daniel Emil, bora July 14. Roman J. Alford. P&ES, a girl, Bev erly Joyce, bom July 20. Cleveland Spain, Jr., TEL Labor, a girl, Joyce Marie, bom June 29. Earl R. Adams, Jr., a son, Ronald, bom July 31. Ullce Battlete. Sodium Op., a girl, Linda Faye, bom July 27. Matthew Gilmore, TEL Labor, a boy, Matthew M., bom July 14. Albert Solcer, TEL Labor, a girl. Margarie Ann, bora July 27. Robert E. Cantrell, TEL Maint., a boy, Gary David, bom Aug. 4. Stanmle W. Armwood, TEL Labor, a boy, Alvin Jerome, bom Aug. 13. StSeems Only Yesterday c5hat Ten Years Ago Five Years Ago The Third War Bond drive was conducted on the Plant. Dan Read was chairman of the drive and was assisted by Joe Bridges, Roger Duffard, J. A. Martin, Ross Williams, Claude Prestridge and Clyde Ward. The Antiknock featured the ceremonies when the Plant re ceived the Army-Navy "E" on Aug. 6, 1943. Featured speakers in cluded Governor Sam Jozies, offi cers representing the Army and the Navy, C. W. Bond, and Boss Williams. W. W. Mills* group won a Main tenance Department question-andanswer safety contest. After a year-long trial recreation program under the leadership of Ben Burge, the Ethyl Recreation Association arranged for payroll deduction of dues and planned a much-enlarged program. Members of the board of directors were Presi dent Joe Marrs, C. O. Harrell, John Fonte, H. O. White, Dan Walsh, Clive Bridges, Jimmie Bridges, Pan] Burns, Joe Stewart, Floyd Carbo, Thad Bridges, Harry Demouy, Sr., J. S. Day, John Delage, Harry Demouy, Jr., Ted Dupoy, J. D. French, Bill Morris, Wilson Gilmore, Frank Hill, L. C. Dixon, O. W. Marrs, Wallace Mix on, Robert Moles, Celina Neumann, Jules Beysselance, Roy Phillips, Arthur Schultz, and Ben Burge. ToAe Antiknock ffllbum Can You Recognize These Employees? In the first eight months of the year employees had suffered three major injuries while at work but 22 had lost time as a result of off-plant injuries. The BHC pilot plant began op* erations. New change houses for Sodium and Ethyl Chloride were announced. Ethyl Wives Receive Hospital Awards This picture, taken near the torn of the century, is of ao carpenter in TEL Maintenance. An employ ee with 10 years of service, he Is a native of Mississippi, married, and the father of four children. This youngster was born in Baton Rouge 28 years ago. On the Plant he heads an organization that serves employees of all sections. Weightlifting is one of his hobbies. He Is the father of three children, (See Answers on Page 12) These ladles, all wives of employees, are shown receiving pins from Robert Gny, Baton Rouge General Hospital administrator. The pins were given in recognition of 100 hours work on the part of each lady with the B.R.G.H. auxiliary. Left to right, are Mrs. W. M. Shupe, Jr., Mrs. Stanley Barnett, Robert Guy, Mrs. H. B. Hunt, Mrs. Charles B. Smith, and Mrs. V. M. Fontenot. ETC ^5854 # Basketball I! Recreation for the1 e Family The Ethyl Recirion , Seventy-six per cent of the Baton Rouge employees belong to the Ethyl Recreation Association. Are you enjoying its broad program? The comprehensive program of the ERA, which reaches into many fields of recreational and social activities, is administered by a board of directors elected by employee members. These members serve one-year terms and are elected by secret ballots to represent the employees of their areas. Working closely with the officers and board on the many ERA activities is the recreation staff headed by Hewitt Gomez, director of recreation, and Hardy Wells, Jr., assistant director. Assisting them is Helen McMartin, stenographer. This staff looks after the many administrative duties of the ERA office and the crowd ed ERA center schedule of activities. The board sets the I proves new acth advises the director and f supervises the tions of the organization Fully aware that di tion is necessm offer recreational activiilndividuals with \ tastes, they offer a progfviersified that a any individual finds s interest to him Golf, tennis, dancing., . bridge, sewine ketball, softball, skeet, I ntests, fishing i hunting contests, teen-aj ni,, and the boy*. girls' day camps are activities spon by the association. The teen-age club, Christmas pro? Easter Egg Hunt and otljwies appeal to chi of members. ETC 25855 for the e Family Through lecrton Association sets the iroves new activities, ; director and)supervises the func....... rganizatioj | tware that 4n is necessary to i iiional activifcviduals with varied i y ui'fer a proj^ersified that almost iiia) finds son^interest to him. unis, dancing^bridge, sewing, bas; nlicill, skeet, {tests, fishing rodeo, j .Hirsts, teen-aji, and the boys' and j rumps are ^activities sponsored -riation. im-age club, d;Christmas program, il hint and otl $ appeal to children ERA boards, past and present, have succeeded in developing a program that provides recreation not only for the employee but for his family as well. New activi ties are being added as rapidly as facilities will permit. The Ethyl Recreation Association Center at Hard ing Field is the hub for many of these activities. It is also available for private parties, shift parties, and other gatherings. Throughout the successful development and growth of the Ethyl Recreation Association, the Company has given financial assistance and wholehearted support. Today, the ERA is recognized as one of the out standing industrial recreation associations in the South --and it is still growing. There is a place and an activity for every employee and his family in the organization. i Golf # Day Camps ETC 25856 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 September Hustni Ethyl Chloride area laborers received the API one million man hour Accident Prevention Award last month lor the record they established. Acting General Manager Wallace F. Armstrong presents the award to Ulas Hayes, spokesman for the group. Each of these men from the Sodium Labor Group completed 1,208 days as of Aug. 20 without a minor injury. Kneeling, left to right, are James Cook, E. S. McHugh, T. J. Tacneau, and James Franklin. Standing, In the same order, are Emmitt Bryant, Albert Judson, Albert Rowley, and W. L. Williams. Petroleum Institute Award Goes To Ethyl Chloride Area Laborers The oil industry's highest acci dent prevention award was pre sented to the 81 Ethyl Chloride area laborers July 30. The group received the American Petroleum Institute's one million man hour Accident Prevention Award as the result of their record for working safely for more than a million man hours. Wallace F. Armstrong, acting general manager and former Ethyl Chloride area superintendent, made the presentation to Ulas Hayes, a 15-year Company veteran and spokesman for the group. Armstrong congratulated the men on their fine record, adding the statement that, "safety is no accident, and it takes the extra effort of each of you to accumulate fine accident-free records such as this one." He also paid tribute to the foremen for the group--Leo Montegudo and Roch Pedarre-- and Woodrow W. Merritt, former foreman of that area, now serving as a safety engineer for the group. Others present for the ceremony included S. G. Henry, director of Community Relations; J. H. Starn es, Jr., Labor supervisor; Carroll A. Hebert, supervisor of Safety, and W. S. Smith, Ethyl Chloride safety engineer. Ulas Hayes takes pleasure in plac ing the Ethyl Chloride Laborers' one million man hour API award alongside other awards won by his and other EtCl groups. These men, all from the Sodium Labor Group, have completed 2,013 days as of Aug. 20, without a minor injury. Kneeling, left to right, are Eddie Colwell, A. K. Tillotson, and S. H. Bezue. Standing, In the same order, are Augustus Clark, Wallace Atkins, and Robert Worthy. John McQuarter was absent when the picture was taken. Sodium Laborers Receive Third Consecutive Safety Award Prize Fifty-five members of the So dium Labor Group were presented their third consecutive Plant Safety Award on Aug. 10. In taking their third award which gives each mem ber his selection of a safety prize, the employees racked up 2,005 days without a time-losing acci dent. W. F. Armstrong, acting general manager, made the presentation at ceremonies on the Plant. Arm strong presented the award to Grant Clark, spokesman for the group. Dan Read, safety engineer for the group, served as master of ceremonies. The Jesuit Singers appeared twice on the program to render song selections. Employees who comprise this harmonizing group are Lionel Newman, Curtis Wil liams, Ernest Williams, Samuel Smith and Leroy Clark. An open ing and closing prayer was given by Willie Butler, member of the Sodium group. Singled out for special commen dations by all Ethyl officials pres- Acting General Manager Wallace F. Armstrong presents the Sodium laborers with their third consecutive Safety Award Certificate at cere monies last month. Grant Clark received the award in behalf of the group as Foreman Frank W. Goudeao, center, looks on. ent were seven men who have worked 2,013 days without even a minor injury to mar their personal safety record. They were Eddie Colwell, A. K. Tfflotson, Steve H. Bezue, Augustus Clark, Wallace Atkins, Robert Worthy and John McQuarter. Eight men in the group also re ceived recognition for having work ed more than 1,208 days without even a minor injury. They were James Cook, E. S. McHugh, James Franklin, Emmitt Bryant, Albert Judson, Albert Rowley, W. L. Wil liams and T. J. Tacneau. The pic ployees in announcedManager I: Charles named gc; Shift in Ti Higgins, J. ant genera my re. Husttm r who recem trial Relate Charle Hustmyre. was bom t h. f worked for > tion Compnir. " He was lir as a pipelin but moved < following Sep remained. Hustmynman April salaried for* i He is m;u i Larcade of i parents of > Chemi Employe* Process Drsearch and Plant Safe: Aug. 3. Tfpleted 36S injury. This is ifi. has won Safety S' bert lauded safety in t! Sa Central StChem. & I Construe! i< EtCl-M:.irir TEL Maim Shops M.h' Sodium Mo Miscellano"' Office Eta Op. Sodium Op TEL Op. _____T_o_t.d ETC 25857 j ; i iher, 1953 | days j. are James Handing, in i;miey, and s the Sodium Vi licate at cereij behalf of the ufoup also re!? having work^ days without >. They were i [e-Hugh, James ii vant, Albert rl v. W. L. WU- September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 11 Hustmyre Named TEL Shift Foreman; Higgins Moves Up as Assistant The promotions of two em ployees in TEL Operations were announced last month by Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier. Charles A. Hustmyre, Jr., was named general foreman of "A1' Shift in TEL Operations, and J. A. Higgins, Jr., moved up to assist ant general foreman under Hust myre. Hustmyre replaced R. L. Day, who recently transferred to Indus trial Relations. Charles A. Hustmyre, Jr. Hustmyre. a native of Alexandria, La., was bom there Feb. 3, 1910, and gradu ated from Bolton High School of that city. He attended Notre Dame and Oklahoma Universi ties for some time, studying electrical engineering. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra ^ * ternity. Prior to his employment here he worked for the Interurban Transporta tion Company. He was hired by Ethyl July 6, 1937, as a pipefitter helper in Construction, but moved over to TEL Operations the following September, where he has since remained. Hustmyre was named wage roll fore man April 30, 1944, and advanced to salaried foreman on Jan. 1, 1946. He is married to the former Dorothy Larcade'of Crowley, and they are the parents of two boys--Charles A, in. age nine, and Walter Larcade, who is six. When time permits, Hustmyre en joys working in his elaborate woodwork shop at his 937 Richland Avenue home. He enjoys fishing and hunting in the sports field, and is a member of the Ethyl Management Club. John A. Higgins, Jr. Higgins, though born in Addis, La., was reared in Alexandria. Following graduation from Bolton High School there, he attended LSU for two years, majoring in petro leum engineering. Hired by the Company April 1, 1938, Higgins start ed out as an oper ator helper in TEL Operations, was named wage roll foreman Aug. 22. 1943, and promoted to salaried fore man Jan. 1, 1946. He is married to the former Heart sease Wood of New Orleans, and they have three children--Heartsease Lynn, 11, Judy Maye, nine and John A., Ill, who is five years old. They have their home at 685 Nelson Drive in south Ba ton Rouge. * Prior to his employment by Ethyl, Higgins worked in the Signal Depart ment of the Texas and Pacific Rail road. For outdoor pastime Higgins enjoys hunting, fishing and donning a chefs hat to perform over his back yard bar becue pit. He is a member of the Ethyl Man agement Club and the Istrouma Masonic Lodge Number 414. Chemical, Process Development Win Third Safety Award Prize We congratulate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during August: 15 Years Archie L. Tlllotson, EtCl Labor. Lacy E. Breeden, Jr., Sodium Op. Floyd W. Morris, TEL Maint. Clyde W. Chidester, Sodium Op. Thomas L. Davis, TEL Maint. Joseph A. Bushing, Sodium Op. John B. Norwood, Sodium Op. Grant A. Brummett, EtCl Op. Davis Bunch, EtCl Op. Willie E. Crawford, EtCl Op. John P. Golson, EtCl Op. Edwin M. Gooch, EtCl Op. Kelly B. Harris, EtCl Op. William W. Mills, TEL Maint. Robert B. Phillips, Jr., EtCl Op. Paul N. Major, Gen Eng. Richard T. McCralne, EtCl Op. Morgan V. Verbols, Sodium Op. Marcel J. Voorhles, Jr., Prod. Plan. Henry E. Falconer, TEL Op. Albert Dixon, Security Force. 10 Years EllwOod D. Gore, Finance. Norma B. Bickford, Chem. Dev. Robert L. Bundlck, Jr., TEL Op. Andrew R. Husser, EtCl Maint. Ben Johnson, Sodium Labor. Louis Keelen, Sodium Op. Decuir N. Pourclan, TEL Stores. Lloyd M. Wlnborn, EtCl Maint. Robert Worthy, Sodium Op. Spencer W. Wall, TEL Op. Curtis A. Bowman, TEL Op. George H. Higgins, Sodium Op. James R. Stuart, TEL Maint. Joseph H. Andre, Sodium Op. Ivy H. Sullivan, EtCl Maint. Johnnie McQuarter, Sodium Op. Mathew Pierre, Sodium Op. Eddie J. Badeaux, TEL Op Alvie A Higgins, Sodium Op. Wilfred T. Van Nordeo, TEL Op. George H. Carruth, TEL Op. James G. Chiek, Sodium Op. Hazel T. Traylor, Finance. Alex Sanders, TEL Labor. Warren J. Choate, TEL Maint. Robert H. Cowtlshsw, Finance. Edmond J. Fontenot, EtCl Maint. David C. Kimberly, EtCl Maint. Hugh V. Smith, TEL Maint. Leo J. Lambert, TEL Op. Percy E. Talbert, TEL Op. Clifford A. Hill, Laundry. Carl E. Jackson, TEL Op. Davis AgulUard, TEL Op. George E. Martinez, Sodium Op. Rose W. Pilcher, Proc. Dev. Bert N. Lemolne, TEL Op. James M. Aroosteln, TEL Op. Frank Sanders, TEL Labor. Eldon Sutcliffe, Sodium Op. Auber F. Shows, EtCl Maint. Albert Falcon, TEL Maint. Elmo L. McMorris, EtCl Maint. 5 Years Alex Coleman, TEL Labor. Freddie Davis, TEL Labor. Samuel Dyer, TEL Labor. Adolphus Harrell, TEL Labor. Earnest Hickman, TEL Labor. William Jackson, TEL Labor. Walter Scott, TEL Labor. Phil 8mlth, TEL Labor. Louis Washington, TEL Labor. Walter Williams, TEL Labor. Gustavo E. Montes, Proc. Dev. Noonen P. Gray, TEL Maint. Charles A. Bozeman, TEL Maint. James R. Magee, TEL Op. R. M. Hannaman, Security Force. Employees of the Chemical and Process Development groups, Re search and Engineering, became Plant Safety Award winners on Aug. 3. These two groups com pleted 368 days without a major injury. This is the third time this group has won safety prizes. Safety Supervisor Carroll He bert lauded the group's record for safety in that the type of work and the complexity of assignments which they carry out makes their record comparable to any in the industry. George W. Beste, alternate direc tor of Chemical and Research De velopment, heads up these two groups. Under him, Clarence M. Neher is acting associate director of Chemical Development, while H. E. O'Connell is associate director of Process Development. Safety E\ox See>re fc)r Jiily l*i poisii Boon SIMM LOO* Major Injur? Major Dor* SImo lajartco Lac* Major Tkroafh Injury July. IMS Isjurtco Tbmik July, 1953 Central Stores.................. ........ 295,820 Chem. & Proc. Develop. ......... 290,943 Construction-Maint........... 150,225 EtCl-Maint........ 92,932 TEL Maint......... 85,286 Shops Maint........................ 466,447 Sodium Maint. . 473,527 Miscellaneous Services .. 409,283 Office .................................. ......... 945,674 Eta Op............................... ........ 186.638 Sodium Op. ....................... ........ 263,098 TEL Op................................ ........ 270,353 528 1 364 1 119 None 64 None 46 None 279 2 373 1 141 1 380 1 117 1 116 1 60 5 None None 2 1 4 None None 1 None 2 5 8 Total Plant........... ........1,040,876 - 46 14 23 Company to Sponsor-- KANE, New Iberia; and KSIG, Crowley. (Continued from Page 1) Tiger games, both at home and rights by LSU, are WWL, New Or away, will be broadcast by leans; KPLC, Lake Charles; KSYL,. Zeanah. Games at home are the Alexandria; KVOL, Lafayette; Texas game of Sept. 19; Boston KNOE, Monroe; KENT, Shreve College on Oct. 3; Kentucky on port; KSLO, Opelousas; WIKC, Bo- Oct. 10; Mississippi on Oct. 31; galusa; WM1S, Natchez; KCIL, Mississippi State on Nov. 14, and Houma; K W C J , Natchitoches; Tulane on Nov. 28. Games away from home are Alabama at Mobile on Sept 26; Georgia at Athens on Oct. 17; Flor ida at Gainesville on Oct. 24; Ten nessee at Knoxville on Nov. 7, and Arkansas at Little Rock on Nov. 21. The announcer who will work with Zeanah on the broadcasts and handle the statistics and color had not been announced when The Antiknock went to press. Charley Zeanah Plant employess are urged to not only listen to the Ethyl broad casts over WAFB themselves but to tell their friends and neighbors about the broadcasts so that the games will have the largest poss ible listening audience. ETC 25858 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 Up the Ladder for Employees Sholes Visits Plant Fifteenth Birthday Johnnie E. Edwards, from TEL oper Lawrence M. Square, from laborer ator 1/c to working leader. 1/c to mail carrier, intraplant. Wiley D. Hlghsmlth, Jr., from heavy Robert E. White, from laborer 1/c to duty mech. 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. mail carrier, intraplant. Aincet Lalche, from rigger helper 1/c WU/red A. Landry, from steno. elk., to rigger 3/c. TEL Maint. (photostat) Group III; to EtCl data Colby S. LaPUce, from sheet metal clerk, Group IV. Prod. Plan. worker helper 1/c to sheet metal worker John G. Grigg*, from Sodium operator 3/c, TEL Maint. (C.R.i 2/c to 1/c. O'Neal A. Parr, from ironworker 3/c Winston G. Stallings, from Sodium to 2/c, TEL Maint. operator (C.R.) 2/c to 1/c. Roy A. Sheets, from machinist out William Barlow, from electrician 3/c side helper 1/c, to machinist outside 3/c, to 2/c, TEL Maint. TEL Maint. Wilton J. Browning, from mach. out Edward J. Strickland, from rigger side hlpr. 1/c to mach. outside 3/c, TEL helper 1/c to rigger 3/c, TEL Maint. Maint. Louis B. Sommers, from rigger helper John M. GioUante, from heavy duty 1/c to rigger 3/c, TEL Maint. mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. T. Harvey Whitfield, from steno Nathan Gordon, from machinist out (Spec.), Group II; to steno. (Indus. side 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Ins.), Group III, Finance. Douglas L. Kendrick, from pipefitter Roger E. Poche, from pipefitters 1/c hlpr. 1/c to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint. to Karbate layout, EtCl Maint. James E. Nettles, from machinist out Jerome B. Hopkins, from Sodium side 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Morris Sholes, on leave from the operator (evaps.) 2/c to 1/c. Sidney D. O'Neal, from Sodium Op erator (C.R.) 2/c to 1/c. Florence F. Mary, from steno (pa tents), Group II, to data clerk, Group TTT, Chem. Dev. Clarence E. Redet, from machinists outside helper 1/c, to machinist outside 3/c, TEL Maint. Gordon L. Spurgeon, from electrician helper 1/c, to electrician 3/c, TEL Maint. TEL Labor Group, has served as a sergeant with the 64th Heavy Tank Battalion, Third Infantry Division In Korea for 13 months. He returned to the States early in Velma Ricard celebrated her 15th birthday in Washington, D.C. re cently. She plans to attend school there this fall. Velma's father is Glen J. Haase, from warehouseman 1/c to TEL Stores leader. Ralph L. Stevens, from painter 2/c John A. Ware, from pipefitter helper 1/c to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint. Alton J. Watts, from pipefitter helper 1953. Sholes was a visitor daring August on the Plant, Stanislaos Ricard, mail carrier in the P&ES Section. to 1/c, EtCl Maint. Zach Olinde, from Sodium operator 2/c to 1/c. Anna Lee G. Voigt, from Compt. operator, Group I; to typist cleric (at tendance), Group II, P&ES. Louis Petlchet, from laborer 1/c to freight handler, TEL Labor. Felton Bady, from laborer 1/c to Dev. Lab attendant. Albert Carter, from laborer 1/c to Dev. Lab attendant. Arthur J. Harden, from laborer 1/c to Dev. attendant. John Hilton, from laborer 1/c to Dev. Lab. attendant. Jimmie Lawrence, from laborer 1/c to Dev. Lab attendant. 1/c to pipefitter 3/c, TEL Maint Adam L. Hassell, from TEL Stores warehouseman 2/c to 1/c. Elsie R. Tate, from fireman (inspect or) 1/c to leader, P&ES. Clarence H. Ostergren, from patrol leader to foreman, Security Force. Dors A. Pepe, from typist (Eng.), Group I; to steno (Project-E) Group II. Gen. Eng. Betty K. Morales, from typist (pool), Group I; to steno. elk. (Spec.), Group II, Finance. Virginia S. Chaney, from Group II to III, steno. elk. (Patent), R & E. Lafayette J, Jarreao, from Sodium operator (C.R.) 2/c to 1/c. Two More Employees Return From Service Two employees have recently re turned to the Plant after active service in the Army. Clyde Ray Turner, formerly of P&ES Section, has returned to the Plant after 23 months of duty in the Army. Turner went into service Aug. 15, 1951, as a private, going to Fort Jackson, S. C. He returned to work here July 24. Turner is be gained by any change from the new time which was started on July 20, according to Roy N. Clo thier, plant manager. * Employees will be advised prior to Sept. 17 relative to the work schedule after that date, he said. Welcome to Ethyl Howdy! We*re glad to have the following new employees who have joined the Ethyl family recently. Ramona M. Watts, 2447 Galvez St., Rivera Robertson, from Dev. Lab at Steve Burns, III, from laborer 1/c to tendant to special laborer. mail carrier, intraplant. Well-Known Speaker Will Address now employed in Process Develop ment Section. Lawrence H. Meares, Sodium op erator, went into the Army on Aug. 17, 1951 and returned to the Plant on Aug. 24, 1953 after service in typist, P&ES. Leroy Hartford, 1332 Stilt St., TEL Labor. Charles L. Klngrea, 230 West Roose velt St., Process Development. Denlee B. Combonzoti, 898 Kenmore Ave., Finance. the 82nd Division. Norraa W. Bose, 1855 EUerslie Dr., Ethyl Management Club Sept. 9 This raises the total to 15 of Finance. servicemen who have returned to Arthur Secord, supervisor of adult education and associate pro fessor of speech at Brooklyn Col lege, New York, will address the Ethyl Management Club on Sept 9 at the American Legion Hall, an nounces V. M. Fontenot, program chairman. Secord, nationally prominent speaker, who has appeared before clubs and organizations throughout the United States and in Canada, is a native of Michigan. Management club members who have heard him say that he is one of the most force ful speakers ever to be brought to Baton Rouge by the club. He has taught public speaking and human relations at the Uni versities of Michigan, Missouri, Manitoba (Winnipeg), Western On tario (London) and Western Michi gan College. "I would like to urge all mem bers who possibly can to hear Mr. Secord's talk," L. M. Davis, presi dent, said. "Members who heard him at the National Safety Con gress in Chicago last year say he is one of the most effective, downto-earth speakers they have ever heard." their Jobs this year following duty in the Armed Forces. Schedule Extended The trial period on the new work schedule for salaried em ployees--from 7:15 A.M. to 3:45 P. m.--has been extended through Sept. 17. Studies of the traffic con ditions prior to the extension in dicated that no advantage would Goggles Tested All safety goggle lenses used on the Plant are manufactured to comply with Federal specifications and are spot-checked by our own testing devices, according to the Safety Office. Lenses must with stand the impact of a steel ball % of an inch in diameter, weighing 1,56 ounces, dropped from a height of 50 inches. You'd Never Know it But Here They Are! (See Baby Pictures on Page 7) The fellow born in Mississippi is The 28-year old pictured as a baby Hugh Smith, car- is Hewitt Gomez, His talks are made to foremen's clubs, safety groups, service clubs and to religious and professional organizations. He has spoken in more than 20 states. The most popular topics for his talks are "How To Tell Your Men What You Twelve Ethyl employees, now working at the Baton Rouge Plant, have 25 years or more of accred ited service with the Company, according to the Personnel Rec ords Office. This represents over IfftTfiwI yyjal 19 penter 1/c in TEL Maintenance. He ioined t*16 Company In 1943. Prior to that time he had worked here several times director of recrea tion. Since He witt joined the Company, April 1, 1949, he has made countless Know" and "Personality and the 300 years of manufacturing know BKaH on Construction friends through Management of People." how. jobs. out the Plant. ETC 25859 September, Emplo sified ad only hon' be listed bers will in extrei is no hr nearby. Large lot. ' in new area Road. Three ther informa Ptncor 20-; and Craft"! mower. Phon Brand nru fit. Incluil"" other acc?" Phone 5-6fis Electric seven foot. 5-4625. Dodge <<! condition. U accept Plym< Orchid*. \ through On 3:30 P.M.. m day. Two hImtJ floor and m<! Nice l*>t. Avenue in ' down, reman Imported ' cordlan. M $435. will s. dition, c:i>> 5-9045. 1941 Tn,i shape. $lT>n 1948 |>.w dition. 4-0101. Ne m*\ i 160x150 fiHH room, (limn lt\ inc root!* breezewaj further mi 6-62409. Model I!> I good ruiuin 3-0043. Roll-n\v;i\ cocktail !.>i radiant Ikm with spring boat. Will " lot, reason.*) September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK fyocuA Presents Betty Magee, Maintenance Page 13 * I her 15th . I).C. re- : nil school lather is : - airier in i; from the p laited on 3 .y N. Clo t ised prior *: i he work < lie said. \ E+hy' * - have the | a lio have recently. ij Galvez St., It St., TEL Vest Roose>8 Kenmore llerslie Dr., sted 1Are! as a baby itt Gomez, of recrea- r1ince He i in e d the iy, April !&i. he has ountless throughriant. Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there is no home phone or phone nearby. For Sale Large lot, 150 z 232 feet, well drained, in new area on Hart Drive off Highland Road. Three miles from LSU. For fur ther information Phone 4-7221. Pincor 20-Inch reel-type lawn mower and Craftsman 20-inch rotary type mower. Phone 5-4053. Brand new salt water surf fishing out fit. Includes rod, reel, baits, line and other accessories. Made in Japan, $20. Phone 5-6984. Electric refrigerator, all porcelain, seven foot. Good condition, $50. Phone 5-4625. Dodge sedan, 1946 model, in perfect condition. Would like to sell, or would accept Plymouth on trade. Phone 2-9610. Orchids. Will be available Sept 18 through Christmas. Phone 5-2751 after 3:30 P.M., or all day Saturday and Sun day. Two wheel cattle trailer with new oak floor and siding. $115. Phone 5-2573. Mice lot, 71 z 162 feat, on Lobdell Avenue in Goodwood. $2,200, one-fourth down, remainder on terms. Phone 5-6028. Imported Italian piano keyboard *ocordlan. Mother-of-pearl finish. Coat $435, will sell for $180. In excellent con dition, carrying case included. Phone 5- 9045. 1947 Indian *74' Motorcycle. In good shape. $150. Phone 24)332. 1948 DeSoto 4-Door Sedan. Good con dition. Radio and heater. $675. Phone 4-0101. New seven-room home In Baker on 160x150 foot lot. Two bedrooms, rumpus room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, living room, bath and a half, 16x16 foot breezeway and connecting garage. For further information, phone Zachary 6- 62409. Model 1942 WUlys four door sedan in good running condition. $75. Phone 3-0043. Roll-away bed and mattress, couch, cocktail table, bathroom heater, fiveradiant heater, drum table, bedstead with springs and one 12-foot plywood boat. Will sell individual pieces or whole lot, reasonably priced. Phone 5-1661. This month's choice for Femme Focus, Betty Magee, has been a member of the Ethyl family for almost three years, and has spent her entire time as a stenographer In the Maintenance Section. Though born In Bogalusa, she moved here at an early age and attended Istronma and Baton Rouge High Schools, graduating from the latter. Later she attended Spencer Business College for one year. This popular employee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Verrett, and she and her son, Dennis Ed ward, age four, live with her parents at 5045 Fairfields Avenue. Prior to her employment here Oct. 10, 1950, she worked for some time in a local attorney's offlee and also for the State. Although Dennis gets most of her attention daring off-hours, she still finds time for her favorite pastime around the house*--crocheting and sewing. She also enjoys bowling in the ERA League, swimming and dmining. Also a keen football and basketball fan, she Is looking forward to seeing some games this fall and winter. At present her father is constructing a cabin cruiser and she is looking forward to doing some boating with her family when It is complete. Betty has a brother employed here also--Elbert 0. Verrett,. who works in TEL Stores. For Rent Nice furnished bedroom with private bath. 2163 Ferndale, for one or two peo ple. Phone 2-5878. Wanted Will pay cash for used aiminum ba teau, 12 or 14 feet length. Phone 4-3605. Model Plane Contest H. L. Panke, TEL Maint. elec tricians 3/c, won third place in the stunting event for adults at a model plane contest in New Or leans July 25 and 26. The Naval Air Station and the model dealers of New Orelans staged the contest in which all Gulf states participated. Panke's third place won a trophy about 12 inches high. ETC 25860 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 Sodium By-Products Are Used in Many Everyday Household Items Sodium is a well known word In the Baton Rouge Plant. Employees in sodium production here and at Houston produce about half of the nation's annual supply of this soft, silvery metal. But how many of us know of the part that sodium plays in mak ing our lives happier, healthier, and safer? In one form or another, sodium and its many compounds go into such diverse products as cos metics, drugs, inks, household de tergents, highway lights, nylon stockings, stainless steel knives, shampoos and insecticides. Truly, sodium is with us from dawn to dusk--from the detergent used to wash the breakfast dishes to the dye in our night clothes. Sodium is shipped from the Baton Rouge Plant in orders of sizes to meet the customers' de mands. If the customer is a large user, he can get a tank car of the product. If he wants a drum of sodium it is shipped to him as 2,/s>, 5 or 12*4 pound bricks. If he wants a very small quantity, he buys a one-pound brick sealed in Em indi vidual container. Sodium Widely Used The Baton Rouge Plant has shipped a one-pound brick of so dium to distant Israel, and regular customers at many points in the United States make purchases. Some of the common uses of so dium have been given. There are many more. Still others are in the process of being developed. The effort to widen and expand the use fulness of sodium, particularly in industry, is one that engages many Ethyl research and technical peo ple. As the world's largest producer of sodium, it is only natural that Ethyl should be in the forefront in finding new ways in which sodium may be put to work for the benefit of mankind. Two recent announcements in this direction were made in Ethyl's brochures on methods of manufac turing sodium dispersions and the use of sodium hydride descaling to remove scale and sand from var ious metals. "Dispersed sodium," says one of our brochures prepared for indutry, "opens a promising new field of laboratory and industrial explor ation." In dispersed form, sodium is easier to handle and is more flex ible. "Ethyl" Sodium normally is dispersed in inert hydrocarbons, and dispersions can vary from liquids through grease-like mater ials to solids. As part of its service to industrial users, Ethyl offers as sistance in preparing dispersions tailor-made to the need of the con sumer. Sodium Hydride Is Rust Remover The importance of Ethyl's an nouncement on sodium hydride prepared from "Ethyl" Sodium for descaling stainless steel, titanium, and other metals is perhaps best appreciated by metallurgists, al though the consuming public ulti mately benefits. Rust and other undesirable oxide coatings are re moved from metal surfaces by so dium hydride treatment in far less time than by other descaling op erations. Largest In the World Ethyl, of course, is the world's largest user, as well as biggest pro ducer, of sodium. Sodium is com bined with metallic lead to form a sodium-lead alloy, which in turn is used in the manufacture of tetra ethyl lead for "Ethyl" anti-knock compound. At both our big manufacturing centers, here and in Houston, salt is Sodium employees may be surprised to find that their wives are users of the product. Sodium Is used to make cosmetics. pumped in from nearby brine wells. After the salt is purified, filtered, and dried, it is fed into an electro lytic cell. The heated salt melts into a dark liquid mass, and is broken down by electrolysis into its two elements, sodium and chlorine. The sodium is filtered until it is at least 99.9 per cent pure, and then is used to manufacture tetraethyl lead. Outside our plants, a major in dustrial use of sodium is in the manufacture of fatty alcohols. Nat ural oils and fats, such as tallow and coconut oils, are known chem ically as fatty esters. When reacted with sodium, the esters can be re duced to give long-chain fatty al cohols. These alcohols made by using sodium, serve as stepping stones to dozens of useful mate rials. Under certain conditions, they react to give detergents. Coupled with other chemical agents, they can form the basis of lubricating oil additives, flotation reagents for the separation of me tallic ores, and for use in plastics and paints. hardening of steel. In electroplating baths, it helps metals adhere to each other, like chromium on steel automobile parts. Use in Atomic Energy Plants In a more dramatic way perhaps, sodium is finding new uses as a heat transfer medium In atomic energy power plants. What favors the metal's use in this connection are the unique physical properties of sodium--low melting point, high boiling point, and good 'thermal properties. The more uses of sodium (and our other chemicals) that can be developed, the stronger is the CompEiny's position as one of the na tion's leading chemical companies. At the same time, our technical staff, as it finds new applications for sodium and broadens existing ones, helps all of us to a greater share of general well-being. Recorder Installed Metallurgy is another major field of sodium use. A compound, so dium cyanide, is used in the case September. Make Is A No one knocked on J. Courtne> south of Di the noise ot on a light I Courtney. Laundry ot nephew. Si were workin for fall plan "Mighty j said when row to the t friends at Et get out for so busy on tl found time t A small | Courtney fa remainder b the annuita cattle. Int. "Yes. I d I at the Plant I'm going t spend about week or two "You kno organization Why, if I * starting ovei where else me a job. "You say ; pictures. Li house. Time As we wal lot, he pause stuck throiiL the ground. "Still belie' mented. We sat on ing across se pasture to th "I'm gettii"Haven't an worry about a 187-acre f;you don't h;i "It seems i Sodium helps your wife with the dishwashing, too. It is one of the ingredients used in the manufac ture of household detergents. Another use for sodium is found in pharmaceuticals. The sodium em ployee makes a product which contribotes to health in medicine. Advertisements, brochures, and magazine stories acquaint industry with the newers and more varied use? of metallic sodium. Stenographer Mary Cotton changes a roll on the recorder in the Main tenance office. This machine re cords job information called in through the Plant telephone sys tem to the Maintenance office. These records will be used in mak ing equipment cost studies. The annuilait for fall plant his nephew, ,w when we vK 187-acre farm ETC 25861 September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 .. i lire users h rlroplating - adhere to mi on steel v Plants .iy perhaps, uses as a s in atomic $ Vliat favors | connection ij i properties | point, high thermal jj s idium (and Siluit can be i is the Com- of the na31 companies. | nr technical f applications K ens existing o a greater being. tailed \ - machine re\ ion called in rlephone sysnance office. I used in mak* l..dies. Make Your Retirement Plans Early Is Advice From Calvin J. Courtney No one answered when we this business of retirement is some knocked on the door of the Calvin thing that should be planned from J. Courtney home seven miles the time you are a young man. south of Denham Springs. Then Know what you want to do, be the noise of a tractor drifted in thrifty, and work to do it. on a light breeze from the field. "I like the farm. My employ Courtney, who retired from the ment at Ethyl helped me accumu Laundry on Feb. 28, and his late the things that I own. I also nephew, Sidney Vaughn Ford, was in the Retirement Income were working rows in preparation Plan and get a check every month. for fall planting. It is a wonderful plan and anybody "Mighty glad to see you," he going to work should join as soon said when we walked down the as he possibly can. row to the tractor. "How are my "With the Company a fellow friends at Ethyl? Been wanting to has security, and if he wants to get out for a visit but I've been live in the country as I do, he can Calvin Courtney, retired employee from the Laundry, brings in his so busy on the farm that I haven't do that and work in Baton Rouge. cattle for water. The Courtney farm Is south of Denham Springs. found time to take off a day." If a fellow does the right thing A small part of the 187-acre on the job, he'll never have any Courtney farm is cultivated; the trouble." remainder is pasture land where Mrs. Courtney had been in the the annuitant keeps a herd of garden when we arrived, but she cattle. went to the house and made coffee Intends to Visit which she served on the porch. "Yes. I'd like to visit my friends Purchases Saddle at the Plant," he continued, "and Later, in the bam lot, Courtney I'm going to go out there and said, "When I retired my friends spend about a halfday in the next gave me a cash gift. Well, I'd week or two. been needing a good saddle to use "You know, that is the finest for the riding I have to do while organization I ever worked for. taking care of the cattle. I got Why, if I were a young man and that saddle, using the money my starting over, I wouldn't work any fellow employees gave me, and I where else if Ethyl would give sure have enjoyed it." me a job. He put a bridle on his stocky, "You say you want to get a few spirited cow horse, threw the pictures. Let's walk up to the saddle across his back, cinched the house. Ttme for coffee, anyway." girth, and galloped down into the As we walked through the barn pasture to bring in his herd of lot, he paused to bend a nail that fat range stock. stuck through a board lying on the ground. "Still believe in safety," he com A man of 65, he rode like a youngster, leaning from the stirrup with ease and agility to pick up During the mid-morning Courtney enjoys coffee with his wife on the front porch of their country home. mented. We sat on the front porch, look ing across several hundred feet, of pasture to the country road. his straw hat that had fallen to the ground. He brought the cattle in for water, and looked out over his pas Borrowers Protected By Loan Insurance surance, we feel that this is good protection for our borrowing mem bers and their families." "I'm getting along fine," he said. "Haven't any big problems to worry about. In fact, if you have a 187-acre farm to keep you busy, you don't have time to worry. "It seems to me," he said, "that ture as he commented, "You know, this retirement is fine if a fellow has planned for it, but he should start planning when he is a young man. If he works fo^ Ethyl he will get a lot of help from the Company." During the last five years the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union has paid premiums totaling approximately $13,000 in loan in surance as a protection for its members, Charles O. "Tinker" Har Cost Accountants Announce Fall Slate Lotis D. White, Accounts Pay able, and secretary to the Baton rell, president, reported at the Au Rouge Chapter of the National As gust meeting of the board of di sociation of Cost Accountants, an rectors on Aug. 12. nounces the slate of speakers who The loan insurance protects the borrower so that in case of death the outstanding loan is paid in full, he pointed out Harrell reported that this loan insurance protection had paid off ten loans for deceased borrowing members of the credit union dur ing the past five years, with a total return to the credit union of ap proximately $1,800. will appear before the local chap ter's monthly meetings for the remainder of the year. On Sept. 16, Glen H. Olds, Jr., will talk on "Piercing the Un known." State Collector of Reve nue Rufus W. Fontenot will speak Oct. 21 on "Four Decades of Tax Administration." At the Nov. 18 meeting F. P. Hagaman of Esso Standard Oil Company, New York, will discuss, "The credit union defrays the "Productivity." `Taxes of the Oil cost of this protection for employ Industry," will be the topic of Knox ees who make loans with us, at a McClerkin of the Lion Oil Com cost of 75 cents per $1,000 per pany, El Dorado, Ark. This meet The annuitant was preparing land for fall planting with the help of his nephew, Sidney Vaughn Ford, when we visited him. He has a 187-acre farm. Courtney Is a skillful rider and spends a large part of his time on a horse taking care of his cattle. month," he reported. "While there is considerable difference in the amount of the premiums we have paid and the amount paid back to the credit union under this in ing is to be held Dec. 16. White invites Ethyl employees to attend these meetings and urges them to contact him for further details. ETC 25862 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK September, 1953 Employees Pass Million Man Hour Mark Third Time Fall Two Days Short Of All-Time Record On July 30, employees of the Baton Rouge Plant completed over 1,000,000 man-hours of work with out a major injury. They contin ued their work without accident for a total of 58 days, two days short of the Plant record of 1,345,965 man-hours without a major injury. Two major injuries, both on Aug. 13, broke the record. This was the third time, since Ethyl took over operation of the entire Plant in September of 1945, that the 1,000,000 man-hour goal had been reached. Record Set in *50 From Sept. 9 to Nov. 8, 1948, employees here worked 1,016,983 man-hours without major injury. From July 19 to Sept. 25, 1950, the alltime record of 1,345,965 man hours was set by 69 days of major injury-free work. When the 1950 record was set the Plant averaged 18,998 man hours per day. We would have exceeded our 1950 man hour record by working 60 accident-free days. Can Do It Again "I am sorry that we did not pass our previous record,'' Plant Manager Roy Clothier said, "and I am confident that we have the safety, the determination, and the spirit to surpass that goal in the future. "However, I do feel that all of the Baton Rouge Plant employees are to be commended on the achievement of 1,000,000 major injury free man-hours. That, in it self, is an accomplishment of which we can well be proud." Cooperation is essential to safety. H. A. Welch, electrician 1/c, does above-ground work on a ladder with the cooperation of R. E. Baker, electrician's helper who holds the ladder to prevent a fall. Tom Terry, TEL Operations, dem onstrates the determination of employees to work without acci dents. Employee cooperation in re ducing injuries is vital to safety. Their support is needed. New City Maps Mailed to Employees Additional Copies Available Soon Plant employees, the first to re ceive advance copies of the new Baton Rouge city map, will be able to pick up additional copies just as soon as the bulk of the supply is received here. Copies mailed to the employees last month were from an advance supply sent down just for employees. Additional supplies of the map are expected from the printer in New York very shortly. The new map, containing many innovations, is a completely new map which has been printed by the Company to replace the city maps produced and distributed in 1950. It was drawn for Ethyl by E. R. Nilson of Baton Rouge. While employees received copies of an advance shipment of the maps, a large supply is expected very shortly. Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier, in sending 'copies of the maps to employees, urged them to make efficient distribution of the maps to their friends and neighbors in order that the maps could make more friends for Ethyl. Harry Demouy, Medical and Per sonnel Building, is making distribu tion of additional copies to employ ees as supplies are received from the printer in New York. A supply will be made available very short ly to the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. Many favorable comments have already been received from civic, industrial and business leaders who were sent complimentary copies of the new map by Clothier. Proper instruction Is a vital part of good safety. Here, Glen Boyles, EtCl Operations foreman, explains hazards of opening an HCL valve to L. L. Phillips, right, who is an operator 1/c In EtCL The use of proper safety equipment prevents injuries. Toney Arring ton, TEL operator 1/c, credits this shoe for saving his foot from seri ous injury when a hopper fell on the steel cap. Many cases of protec tion of feet by safety shoes have been reported. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. Sec. 34.66 P. L A K. U. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge, La. Permit No. SO A copy of the revised edition of The Baton Rouge Map printed by Ethyl Corporation went to each employee during the week of Aug. 9. Gladys King, Ramona Watts, and Janet Burkart, all of the stenographic pool, are shown stuffing maps into envelopes for mailing to employees. Form 3547 Requested etc 25863 Vol. X Credi Mil From March, business the recoi Ethyl Ei Union. At the 31, it hat lar mark 001.02. M Back if after th** the Credi and shar< bers tot there are cent of ; share dr $964,816! rell, presi Ham'll now has to menih 2,115 lorn Loans "We ;r reach om we are j record rv are takin credit uni Ethyl EiUnion is the needfor any ther it i debts, m: and autnn car or !: Co\er Harrell on loans . cing is ore new car li is five-six month. "Empln so thal ; loan insin Credit Vv this loan i not cost ; . vital part 'ivn Boyles, >i, explains ilCL valve ^ who is an . equipment ey Arringcredits this i from seri>j>er fell on of protec| shoes have ^ ij---------------- i . u a b. ; utage t1 D .j ijje. La. jl N'o. 362 i-- i ?i * I I Credit Union Smashes Million Dollar Mark Employees to Support United Givers Drive From a small beginning in Three employee groups on the March, 1939 to a million-dollar business in August, 1953. That's the record just established by the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union. Plant are expected to take an active part in the United Givers Fund drive which starts next week. Fabto Halphen, General Engi neering, will head the Ethyl Man agement Club's drive for the third At the close of business August successive year. Walter Moss, TEL 31, it had reached the million-dol lar mark with assets of $1,039,- 001.02. Makes Huge Strides Maintenance, is chairman of the campaign for Local 12900 of the United Mine Workers. Elmo Rogers, president of the Allied Oil Workers, has requested Back in Oct., 1939, seven months a vote from the membership as to after the charter was taken out whether or not they will support the Credit Union had 114 members and share deposits by these mem bers totaling $1,657.75. Today, there are 3,314 members or 80 per cent of all Plant employees, and share deposits have climbed to $964,816.98, announces C. O. Har rell, president. Harrell said the Credit Union now has the highest total of loans to members in its history with 2,115 loans totaling $862,243.19. Loans For Many Purposes C. A. "Pop" Aucoin, Allied Oil Workers, Walter Moss, Local 12900, UMW, and Fablo Halphen, Ethyl Management Club, are chairmen for their organizations' United Givers Fund drives. Allied Oil Workers must approve the drive before it Is conducted among their employees. Former Manager Dies Harry H. Fisher, former DuPont manager of TEL Operations and Maintenance activities here, died Sept 3 at the Delaware Hospital in Wilmington. He had retired from the DuPont Dye Works where he was assistant general superintendent in charge of TEL activities. Fisher was a native of York, Pa., and of Pennsylvania Dutch ances try. He graduated from Penn State College in 1912 with a B. S. degree in chemistry. He worked for Gen- (Continued on Page 11) the drive. The union council has ap proved it. He stated further that if the membership endorses the drive, C. A. "Pop" Aucoin will serve as chairman. Goal Is $448,294 The United Givers Fund of Greater Baton Rouge will ask $448,294 in its give-once-for-all campaign. This year, United Givers will include American Cancer Society, "We are extremely pleased to $10,000; American Red Cross, $76,- Aach our million-dollar record but 148; Louisiana Heart Association, we are just as pleased with the $6,500; United Defense Fund (U. record number of employees who S. O. and defense-related services) are taking advantage of their own $14,864; Louisiana Society for credit union," Harrell stated. "The Mental Health, $1,200; and the fol- Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union is now prepared to serve (Continued on Page 10) the needs of members for loans for any worthwhile purpose whe ther it be for consolidating all S+uhldreher +o Speak debts, making repairs to homes and automobiles, purchasing a new car or for other purposes." Harry Stuhldreher, a member of Notre Dame's famed Four Horsemen and an All American Covered by Loan Insurance quarterback in 1924, will be guest Harrell said the interest rates on loans except for new car finan speaker at the Ethyl Management Club meeting Oct. 15. cing is one per cent per month. On He is a member of the Industrial new car financing the interest rate Relations Department of United is five-sixths of one per cent per States Steel Corporation. Prior to month. his affiliation with U.S. Steel in "Employees should remember al so that all loans are covered by loan insurance," Harrell said. "The Credit Union defrays the cost of this loan insurance so that it does not cost the member anything." In preparation for handling broadcasts of LSU football games this fall, Charley Zeanah, left, spent the week before the Texas game with players and coaches at LSI). Here he discusses names of players with Carl Higgins, acting athletic publicity director at LSU, during an afternoon practice session. Ethyl is sponsoring the broadcasts of the games in the WAFB area. Other stations in the network have other sponsors. 1950 he had been director of ath letics and football coach at the Uni versity of Wisconsin for 14 years. Stuhldreher is active in such groups as the United States Olym- (Continued on Page 11) ETC 25864 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK This "Boy's" Growth Means Greater Security member of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly by and for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson. Editor Oil--Man's Most Versatile Servant "Oil progress is my progress!" That might well be a slogan for Ethyl employees. As the oil industry grows and progresses, the demand for "Ethyl" antiknock compound increases. Therefore, the opportunities for each individual Ethyl employee depend to a great extent on the oil industry. Employees have a sound reason to join enthusiastically in celebrat ing Oil Progress Week, Oct. 11 to 17. This is the time when the oil in dustry takes the opportunity to tell the rest of the country about "Oil at Your Service"-- the theme of Oil Progress Week this year. The chief purpose of all the different special events held during that week is to develop public understanding of the oil industry. The many hundreds of companies competing against each other in all phases of the industry assure the American people the best possible quality at the lowest possible price. In fact, as Ethyl ads have repeatedly told, two gallons of today's gasoline will do the work of three gallons of 1928 gasoline, and the price per gallon, exclusive of taxes, is about the same as it was 25 years ago. The oil industry produces many hundreds of products besides the fuels and lubricants for which it is best known. These Include chemicals, rubber, fabrics, plastic, dyes, detergents, medicines, solvents, and many others. Recently a New York shop dressed one of its models completely in beautiful clothes and accessories made from petroleum products. "Oil at your service" has truly meant a better way of life in America. On the Sob at Sthyl-- Special Laboratory Assistants StSeems Only Yesterday ^Shat Ten Years Ago Committeemen leading the suc cessful Third War Loan Drive on the Plant included J. I. Martin, Clyde L. Ward, Hubert Crook, Dan Read, J. J. Bridges, Roger Dullard, and Ross Williams. Among the employees in mili tary service who visited the Plant or wrote letters to us at home were Murphy Richardson, Ivy Aucoin, A. R, Plitt, Joe Marrs, Henry Mil ler, M. W. Franklin, Arthur K. Barton, Jr., Jesse Y. Hayden, Au gust Cornett, James C. Honea, Frank Taylor, Stanley S. Scanlan, J. Q. Lea, Stanley E. Hornsby, and Scot Hirschey. Members of the Maintenance de partment were commended for completing 2,000,000 man hours without a major injury. Five Years Ago A huge expansion program was under way, requiring construction work id all areas of the Plant. Ed Armistead and Joe Stewart headed a drive for funds to com plete construction of the Baton Rouge General Hospital Plant em ployees gave over $3,000 in addi tion to a large contribution from the Company. H. B. Adams, special laboratory assistant in the EtCl Control Laborer tory, is shown running an analysis on Mannheim HC1 acids. He Is titrat ing the sample lor acidity and chloride content. Special laboratory assistants perform such skilled duties In the op erating control laboratories and the Development laboratory. To qualify for the rating of special laboratory assistant the em ployee must have years of laboratory experience. He must be trained in chemistry either off the Plant or on the Plant. In Operations the analyses are necessary in the Company's constant quality control. In Chemical Research and Chemical Development, they are equally important in the work of those groups.____________________ Les Nocke by Jersey October, It is l)0|who cannot games aiv through thhope that friends and them also. This yea i of the bro Rouge and s it possible f able more r ton Rouge I the Compan f activities h other towns that the br an opportu friends in B towns when So let mi your broaiUers to lis' through th< the Baton I No one < you should ers Fund. N Attend V. M. Foi Carville, L. Maeser ath sociation of in Milwaukt 26. Fontenot ed the met:' Ethyl Man, attended a-1 of control. Employ v' E James W. \\ Improveitni right, pipeti the club. II. committee, drafter, ha** ETC 25865 s l <ber, 1953 `jicurity rol Labora le is titr&tin the opit the em- trained in 's constant ment, they Jersey October, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 Across the 3?lant ^Manager's SDesk It is hoped that all employees who cannot see the LSU football games are enjoying the games through the Ethyl broadcasts. I hope that you are inviting your friends and neighbors to listen to them also. This year our local sponsorship of the broadcasts in the Baton Rouge and surrounding area makes it possible for us to use consider able more material about the Ba ton Rouge Plant, its employees and the Company's and the employee's activities in Baton Rouge and other towns in the area. We hope that the broadcasts will afford us an opportunity to make more friends in Baton Rouge and in the towns where our employees live. So let me urge you to listen to your broadcasts and to invite oth ers to listen to these games through the courtesy of Ethyl in the Baton Rouge area. No one can tell you how much you should give to the United Giv ers Fund. You must answer that question. However, I am happy to see that the drive is being conduct ed on the Plant, and I feel confident that employees will give generous ly and make the campaign a suc cess. After all, if you check the list of organizations and institutions that benefit from the money you give, you will realize your dona tion is being used for splendid causes. I extend my congratulations to the two groups that won the Plant Manager's Safety Award--Sodium "C" Group and Centred Shops. I al so hope that we can improve our safety throughout the Plant and bring it back up to the high level that is typical of Baton Rouge Plant performance. Give safety more thought on the job. If you have ideas that contribute to bet ter safety performance, discuss them with your forenjan. All of us want to stop injuries. Roy N. Clothier, Plant Manager Attend NAF Meeting V. M. Fontenot, Cline Myers, A1 Carville, L. M. Davis, and R. W. Maeser attended the National As sociation of Foremen's Convention in Milwaukee, Sept. 23, 24, 25 and 26. Fontenot and Myers represent ed the membership at large of the Ethyl Management Club. Maeser attended as a member of the board of control. Carville is a national director on the N.A.F., and Davis is president of the Ethyl Manage ment Club. Barges account for the transpor tation of about one-fifth of all petroleum in this country. The re mainder goes by pipe line, ocean going tankers, over-the-road trucks and truck transports, and railroad tank cars. Insurance Costs Exceed Premiums Premium costs for hospitaliza tion and surgical benefits through the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company plan will be increased Oct. 1. The Company increased its con tribution to provide for one-third of the cost of the coverage select ed by the employee. The Com pany's minimum contribution is $1.50 and maximum contribution will not exceed $3.50 per month. The Allied Oil Workers and Local 12900, UMW, have accepted the rate changes. Asks for Premium Increase "The early part of this year the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany asked for a sizeable increase in premiums in order to enable them to continue our present Hospital ization and Surgical Benefit Plan,'' Plant Manager Roy Clothier said. "Metropolitan, like all other in surance companies that have han dled our hospitalization and sur gical benefit plan, found that hos pital and surgical claims were such that they lost money under the old rates,'' he continued. Metropolitan Contract Best Clothier stated that the Com pany gave the matter serious con sideration and study since the be ginning of the year, and conclud ed that the current contract with Metropolitan was the best contract for all concerned. New rates are as follows: Total Cost Employee's Contribution Employee $2.47 $0.97 Employee and Child(ren) Employee and Wife 6.00 7.93 4.00 5.29 Employee and Family 11.49 7.99 Clothier also pointed out that changes in rates, based upon to tal insurance claims paid out, will be made at the end of each insur ance contract year with Metropoli tan. He said that there will be a reduction in the cost of the pre mium paid by the employee if the situation improves. In that case, the employee will receive the full benefit of a reduction in cost down to a total cost of $10.50, and twothirds of any decrease below that figure. He also stated that any addi tional costs due to further unfav orable insurance experience will be borne by the employee. Three Return to Jobs Three more Ethyl, employees, who have been on leave of absence for military service, returned to the Plant during the past month. James S. Crook returned to the Plant Sept. 2, after serving in the 805th Food Service Squadron, Barksdale Field, Shreveport. Crook, a cook 1/c in the Cafeteria, was recalled Jan. 2, 1952. Marvin A. Taber, TEL operator 2/c, returned to his job Sept. 8, after serving since Aug. 20, 1951. He was discharged as a private first class from the Marine Corps. Irwin R. "Dick" Schneider re turned to his job in Industrial Engi neering Sept 15, being absent since Aug. 1, 1951. He was ordnance technical officer at the Naval Sup ply Depot, Oakland, Cal, with the rank of lieutenant commander. *rio,qoz.24 (Employees Active on Subdivision Committees Hospital SURGICAL BENEFITS PAID insurance CDMPANU CFibst sm MONTHS,1953, James W. Walker, left, has been elected president of the Kildare-Victorla Improvements Club. Walker is a foreman in TEL Operations. Oree Allen, right, pipefitter layout man 1/c in TEL Maint, is registered agent for the club. H. V. Carter, Jr., TEL opertor 2/c Is a member of the safety committee, and William Touchtone, TEL Maint. sheetmetal pattern drafter, has acted as reporter and adviser. ETC 25866 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 Otis Freiberg, third from left, gives the Athletic House's city industrial championship trophy to Gordon Smith, captain of Coats' Shift team from Ethyl Corporation. The Ethyl players won the champion ship by defeating the Esso Welders two straight games in a two out of three playoff. At left are A. R. White and J. C. Neese, co-managers of the Esso team. Here are the champs. From left, front row: Jack Hastings, Archie Triche, t). E. Clements, Lloyd Dicharry, Richard Ramirez and Oscar Bennett. Standing from left: Bob Dewbre, Ivy Landry, Leon Guerin, "Sonny" Bergeron, (Jordon Smith, Gus Lass and Kenneth Patin. Coats' Shift Cops Softball Title The "Ole Oaken Bucket,"--city industrial intramural softball tro phy--was returned to the Ethyl Plant after a one-year tenure at Esso Standard Oil Company. The Plant softball champions, Coat's Shift, defeated the Esso Welders two games in a row to bring the city industrial championship back to Ethyl. Coats' Shift won the Plant championship by defeating Hustmyre's Shift team two out of three. The scores were 7-6, 3-4 and 2-0. In the last game Gus Lass twirled a classy four-hitter to blank the Hustmyre team. They took on the Esso Welders and defeated them 9-4 in the first game, and then won the pay-off game 12-11, although they had to go into extra innings tb do it. Following the game Otis Frei berg, manager of The Athletic House and sponsor of the city in dustrial trophy, presented the "Ole Oaken Bucket" to Gordon Smith, manager of Coats' Shift team. The championship was the sec ond in three years for Coats' Shift Gus Lass flashes a winning smile after shutting out Hustmyre's Shift to cinch Coats' Shift cham pionship drive. (formerly Day's Shift). They have won the League championship three years straight. Ethyl is now one up on Esso in the seven years of city industrial competition. Esso won the trophy Shaffer Fishing Party Land Large Sea Bass 4 This isn't trick photography! Jake Shaffer, assistant general foreman in TEL Operations* and his friends in the picture caught this 308-pound sea bass 10 miles out from Grand Isle, Sept 5. It took all six men__ who went as a party from the Magnolia Methodist Church--to land him. in 1947, 1948 and 1952, while the TEL Instrument team took it in '49, Couey's Shift in '50 and Day's Shift in '51. Coats' Shift (formerly Day's) is now in possession until next season's competition. Center Redecorated Since the last time most Ethyl employees visited their ERA Cen ter the building interior has under gone extensive changes -- and all for the better. During the summer the ERA Board of Directors voted to reno vate the building interior and the work was done during September, a great deal of the labor being pro vided by members who volunteered their time. Some of the work that has been done includes: * Repainting the wails throughout and decorating the windows with "drapes." Repainted all the floors, includ ing sanding and revamishing the dance floors. Decorating the stage, including a painted silhouette of Ethyl Plant on the back wall of the stage, highly Illuminated with effective lighting. Installing a revolving crystal bail over the center of the dance floor. Remodeling of the kitchen. Recreation directors Hewitt Go mez and Hardy Wells, in behalf of the Board of Directors, give a warm "Thank you" for the splendid assis tance given by the volunteers that made this work possible, and urge ail members to come see for them selves what a swell job has been done. Golf Tourney Opens October is the big month for ERA golf enthusiasts as the annual ERA Golf Tournament get under way with qualifying rounds Oct. 3-11. Ail ERA members are eligible to enter. First round match play will be held from Oct. 12-18; second round, Oct. 19-25; third round, Oct. 26-Nov. 1. The tournament will be on the LSU golf course. Watlington Makes Ace Leonard N. Watlington, foreman^ in TEL Operations, joined Baton Rouge's Hole-in- One Club Sept, 8 at the LSU golf course. He sank his ace on the No. 12 with a 148- yard shot with a No. 8 iron. Wat lington, right, and Emile Zachariah are shown oq the golf course. Watiingtpn was playing in a four some with Moose Modicut, Bill Dodson, and Mai Landry. "I used a No. 8 iron," Watling ton said, "and the ball hit about eight feet short of the hole, bounced three times and plopped into the cup. Somehow, I didn't think too much of the hole-in-one." Radio Station WLCS awarded him a prize of a dozen new golf balls. Town Honors Team Barbecued steaks, ribs and chicken, followed by a dance and a block of seats together at the LSUTexas game was the town of Kent wood's way of saying "Thank you" to 13 Ethyl athletes who played on the Kentwood baseball team this past season. A committee representing the town staged the affair on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, at the ERA Center for the players and their wives. The players included Willie Smith, "Moose" Bridges, Harry Triche, Bill Barlow, Willard Lan dry, Charlie Duhe, Marvin Holley, Floyd Carbo, Milton Soulier, Jim Holley, "Shorty" Yarbrough, Jesse Walton and H. O. Wells. The Kentwood team, made up primarily of Ethyl players, finished in third place behind Franklinton and Bogalusa. Two gallons of modem gasoline are equivalent in power and energy to three gallons of 1925 vintage. October. 1!' Qui By Leroy JV strument m. you that tl finest strern country for fighting ba^ anything th than a float up until Sun trip was ov< a trip was c He went on that Sui the crack m river with t boat in tin hadn't gone when the i> sideways, di) ed everythin rent. % One of Schultz's ro< found the h net down t! had caught i but Leroy's t $125 worth < After an h got the boat mainder of tl do all his IL? on his rodWith that i limit. "Good ird "but no go you don't wa times, you'd float trip df' O. C. Coop caught 35 hit' Bayou off ! used rods ;ubait. . . . M. W. Varnado from Lake v Miss. Howvv permit to (iMississippi It Mrs. D. C. It pound, 3 oiiui sippi River Ror gust. She uas on the catch, mechanic 1/c v ETC 25867 p (October, 1953 I ----- -- 1 % Vn-hie Triche, <>car Bennett, Irin, "Sonny" lakes Ace . ;un. foreman joined Baton * Hole-in; Club Sept. 8 ohu LSU golf He sank 9 .< e on the No. u- with a 148iM shot with a l x iron. Millington was j ing in a four- with Moose lirut, Bill iismvand Mai : ..iry; in." Watling* mil hit about .`i .f the hole, jj and plopped tthow, I didn't I hole-in-one." .CS awarded r/un new golf s Team >. ribs %^nd i dance and a r at the LSUown of Kent"Thank you" ; who played Kiseball team 3 esenting the 3- on Saturday at the ERA t "rs and their 9 iduded Willie .^iilges, Harry | Willard Lan- uvin Holley, Soulier, Jim ii i trough, Jesse $ Us. tn, made up vers, finished ib I Fi-anklinton 1 2 .lern gasoline i -V and energy jj -25 vintage. October, 1953 Out Suitin' THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 By Johnny DeLage Leroy Schultz, TEL Maint. in strument mechanic, is quick to tell you that the Amite River is the finest stream in this part of the country for catching the limit of fighting bass. In fact, there isn't anything that Leroy liked better than a float trip down the Amite up until Sunday, Sept. 6. After that trip was over, he wondered if such a trip was good or not. 1-.Y7 ft I He went 40 miles up the Amite on that Sunday morning, and at the crack of dawn he was in the river with two men handling the boat in the swift current. He hadn't gone but about a half-mile when the boat hit a log, turned sideways, dipped water, and dump ed everything into the swift cur rent. (Left) Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier, long an avid bowler, rolls out the first ball when the ERA Winter Bowl ing League commenced Tuesday, Sept 15. (Right) Several ERA League bowlers sight down the alleys for their first roll of the season. A total of 24 teams are participating in the Winter League, representing the largest number of teams to join the League since it was organized about 14 years ago. One of the paddiers caught Schultz's rod and reel. They also found the ice box, seats, and dip net down the river where they had caught in low hanging limbs, but Leroy's tackle box with about $125 worth of equipment was lost. After an hour of work, the men got the boat righted. For the re mainder of the trip Schultz had to do all his fishing with the one bait on his rod--a Hawaiian Wiggler. With that one bait he caught the limit. "Good fishing," Schultz says, "but no good on your health. If you don't want to get wet a dozen times,, you'd better not make a float trip down the Amite." O. C. Cooper and R. E. Cotton caught 35 blue catfish out of Cross Bayou off Bayou Pidgeon. They used rods and reels with shrimp bait. . . . M. A. Daniels and H. W. Varnado took 30 black bass from Lake Mary, near Woodville, Miss. However, it takes a special permit to fish that lake plus a Mississippi fishing license. Baits Mrs. D. C. Odom landed this 4 pound, 3 ounce bass in the Missis sippi River Borrow Pits daring Au gust. She was using a Hell Diver on the catch. Her husband is a mechanic 1/c in TEL Maint. At left above are trophy winners from the ERA Summer Bowling League, the trophies being awarded at a bowling banquet at the ERA Center Sept. 15. From left are Mrs. and Mr. J. J. Beysselance, Ottilie Hender son, Harry Bridgeman, Dora Pepe, L. C. Dixon, Jeanne Gore, Herschel Kelly and Alta Mae Varnado. In photo at right is the Summer League championship team, Finance. They are from left, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Bridges, Lilburn Smith, Dixie Devlllier, Nicholas Papp, Mrs. and Mr. Aubrey Chaney. ERA League Bowlers Start Winter Play Sept. 15 used were Jitterbugs, Shimmy Wigglers, and Hell Divers. J. W. Kent and Fred Coats caught 11 bass in Lake St John using Hell Divers with solid yellow skirts. Junes Johnson, who fished Daniel Lefebvre, TEL operator 1/c, landed this 5 pound, 7 ounce bass at the Mississippi River Borrow Pit above Plaquemine, Aug. 25. Le febvre caught the hard-fighting fish on a Lucky 13. by himself, but made the trip with Kent and Coats, hooked a lot of fish before landing six. . . . Clar ence Bueche and Gordon Brignac caught 13 bass out of Lake Mary using Hell Divers. E. C. Lyons and Alford Mix caught 40 blue catfish out of Big Fork bayou using lake shrimp on their rods and reels. Mix said he thoroughly enjoyed the trip be cause Lyons let him catch most of the fish and let him clean all 40. Dance Classes Begin Beginner and advanced social dance instructions will be given at the ERA Center beginning Mon day, Oct. 5. Jim Corbett, TEL Op erations, will be the instructor for the course. Classes will be on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M., and ERA members and their wives are eligible to register. Interested per sons are urged to call the ERA Office for registration by Oct. 11. The oil industry spends more than $100 million a year on re search, to create new products and improve old ones. The ERA Summer Bowling League concluded all activities Sept. 14 with a banquet at the ERA Center, and the Winter League swung into action at the Baton Rouge Bowling Center Sept. 15, with Plant Manager Roy N. Cloth ier rolling out the first ball for the 24-team league. The Finance team took top honors during the summer play, and received trophies. Members of the team included Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Chaney, Dixie Devillier, Nicholas Papp, and Lilburn Smith. Indus trial Engineers came in second for the summer. Individual honor winners for the summer session were Jules Beys selance and Alta Mae Varnado, high averages; Harry Bridgeman and Ottilie Henderson, high scratch series; Herschel Kelly and Jeanne Gore, high scratch games; W. A. Price and Mrs. Jules Beysselance. high handicap series, and L. C. Dixon and Dora Pepe, high handi cap games. Wendell Bark, Tech. Service, won an attendance prize of two football tickets at opening night at the Bowling center. ETC 25868 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 of the post where I read: `Stop! cal Industries at Billingham, Eng Look! Listen!' " land, where he spent several "On my first job in America," months. He also led in the design he commented, "I started at a of the sodium plant for Baton salary of $100 a month." Rouge. Becomes Works Manager Ross was appointed manager of the local sodium plant in 1939 As works manager at the Sus when operations began and con quehanna Smelting Company, Ross' tinued in that position until 1945 duties also covered the develop when he retired. ment and design of furnaces. A The Company retained him as a 5,000 KW electric furnace, devel consultant in connection with en oped under his supervision, was gineering matters concerned with unique in those days. sodium plants here and in Houston. When the Union Carbide Com Mrs. Ross is the former Ethel pany purchased the Susquehanna Bulkley of Spartansburg, N. C. Smelting Co. in 1910, Ross trans Their one son, William B., is a ferred to their Engineering Depart supervisor in Maintenance. Bill Ross looks at trophies he won In track and tennis during and im mediately following his college years. He was a mile and two-mile runner and played in numerous tennis tournaments. ment at Niagara Falls. For two years he worked primarily on elec trical furnace engineering prob lems. Bill enjoys reading, radio and television at their beautiful High land Road home. Like all grand fathers he enjoys fully his two Fifty Years of Leadership Describes In 1912 he left Union Carbide grandchildren -- Erin and Michael Company to become chief engineer Martin. William Ross-lndustry's 'Mr. Sodium' of the Niagara Electro Chemical "One thing I want to mention in Company, a subsidiary of the R&H your article," Ross said, "is the "The United States remains the land of opportunity for the indi vidual. Under our free enterprise system the opportunity for ad vancement is far greater than in any other part of the world." Those words were spoken by Wil liam Ross when he was interviewed for this story. Among the oldtimers on the Plant, where more often than not he is spoken of as "Uncle Billy", Ross is respected and admired for the many contri butions he has made in the develop ment and manufacture of sodium. Now he is Sodium Consultant for Ethyl Corporation. From the start of Sodium Operations here in 1939 until 1945 he headed all sod ium activities. Bom in Ireland Bill was bom in Ireland, July 11, 1880. In 1896 he passed the neces sary examinations to enter Trinity College, Dublin University, Engi neering School, and in 1901 obtain ed from the University the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering. Following graduation he served an apprenticeship with an Irish general mechanical engineering firm until 1907. Then he came to United States to take a job with the Susquehanna Smelting Com pany at Exton, Pa. Interesting Sidelight "Uncle Billy" tells an interesting sidelight about his trip to Exton. It was a small community, and the smelting company was located a mile or two down a country road from the railroad station. His train pulled in during the middle of the night. Ross awaken ed a sleepy citizen to get the gen eral direction to the factory before starting down the dark road. "After walking a half mile or so," Ross said, "I came to what appeared to be a sign atop a tall post. It was too dark to read the sign from the ground so I put down my suitcases and climbed the post. If it were a road direction, I didn't want to miss it. After quite a bit of exertion I battled the forces of gravity sufficiently to reach the top Company, at Niagara Falls. This company manufactured chemicals such as metallic sodium, sodium peroxide and sodium cyanide. Ross was responsible for the engineering work for the entire Niagara Falls Plant. He designed another sodium plant In 1916 that was built and operated at Perth Amboy, N. J. In 1917 he was appointed to the position of works manager of the company while still retaining re sponsibility for the over-all super vision of the engineering depart ment. Named Development Engineer In 1926 the R&H Company, of which the Niagara Electro Chemi cal Co. was a subdivision, assumed the direct operation of the Niagara Falls Plant. The company appoint ed Ross development engineer in charge of expansion work. When R&H merged with Du Pont in 1932, Bill was assigned to various special engineering prob lems, including the design of a sodium plant for Imperial Chemi- wonderful cooperation I have re ceived from Sodium employees here and in Houston. It is a pleas ure to be associated with such men." Praises Company A letter received from Lieut. H. E. Addison, with the U. S. Air Force in Honolulu, gives the feel ing of one man resigning from the Company. Addison was on military leave from TEL Operations when he de cided to continue his service with the Army Air Force. He left for service July 5,1949. "My present tour of duty has been voluntarily extended by me beyond July 11. 1953," he writes. "I realize that this will nullify any leave of absence privileges and I wish to express my sincere appre ciation for the courtesy you have shown me. My decision to extend my military service was influenced, in part, by the belief that I would be unable to remain a civilian for any length of time before being re called. "I have read with interest each issue of The Antiknock received during these past months. It is my opinion that Ethyl Corporation ranks first in consideration for its employees and under more stable world conditions I should have been happy to have remained with your Company.'* Barton Writes Story Ross 1s shown with his son, Wil liam B., who is a supervisor In TEL Malnt. He joined the Com pany in 1949 after graduation from LSU. During a visit to Sodium, Bill pauses for a chat with two other oldtimers. Zelton J. Stringer, left, and Bill Bacot, center, have work ed years in Sodium. Bill enjoys leisure time at his beau tiful home on Highland Road. Here he is shown standing beneath a stately Uve oak near his patio In the back yard. Alan S. "Scoop" Barton will have an article published in the October issue of Factory Management and Maintenance Magazine. "Scoop" writes about "Central ized Stores Facilities--The Modem Way" and discusses the methods used by local Central Stores in their operations. Barton, who has been superintent of Stores, is now on a tem porary assignment in Industrial Re lations. October, If* William II. Rebecca Ann. I Vincent Mar Pamela Jean, 1 Joseph A. Jn James Michael Ezra B. Ilm girl, Judy Ann Kendall N. M Kentall Ray. I Charlotte Lo> Hfo [ WHAT Employ i sified ads only home . be listed, bers will i in extreme is no horn nearby. Webster wirdition. $30. J'h- Model "A" I condition. $13 : Hotpolnt ',-t three months -- Handmade :il orders taken n- Modern ninroom suite. I 30.000 BTU cit25.000 BTU . One bathronn 4-3139. ETC 2 $86 9 ihor. 1953 .)um, Eng* |i several i i io design | m- Baton `.Mn.iger of in 1939 ;\ and con* antil 1945 . him as a j. with en* ) nod with :. i fuuston. Ethel ; 4. N. C. | B., is a radio and uni High.iII grand- lus two - ;<l Michael mention in - .1. "is the li have re| t-mployees ; is a pleas- with such pany l <im Lieut, j U. S. Air d s the feelifrom the i itary leave lien he de- 'n vice with ' 1 le left for $\ duty has ;j i led by me 1 he writes, nullify any .ges and I ere apprev- you have i to extend influenced, tat I would civilian for re being re- lercst each li received is. It is my Corporation 11 ion for its nore stable . I have been Jd with your 3. Story k1 mt will have * i he October f. -a ment and % it "Central* H The Modem 2j lie methods i I Stores in i % i'n superinon a temidustrial Re- f October, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 Wilton J. Browning, TEL. Maint., a girl. Connie Lynn, bom Aug. 17. Simon P. Armwood, TEL Labor, a son, Claude Earl, born Aug. 28. Joe L Stafford, EtCl Op., a son, Da vid Joseph, bom Aug. 18. Johnnie F. Grass, Sodium Op., a girl, Johnnie Sue, born Aug. 23. Howell D. Jackson, TEL Maint., a boy, David Howell, bom June 6. Carl F, Jakob, TEL Op., a son, Michael Joseph, bom July 20. Claude B. Ezell, EtCl Maint., a girl, Patricia Kay, born Aug. 13. Bryant A. Barlow, TEL Maint., a boy, Johnny Winn, born Aug. 9. Alfred Smith, IU, Tech. Service, a girl, Irene Royston, born Sept. 10. L. L. and Shirley Gottlieb Guerin, TEL Op., a girl, Elizabeth Ann. bom Sept. 13. ^She Antiknock ffllbum Can You Recognize These Employees? William H. Miller, TEL Op., a girl. Rebecca Ann, born Aug. 20. Vincent Macalusa, Cafeteria, a girl, Pamela Jean, bom Aug. 12. Joseph A. Juhasz, TEL Shops, a boy James Michael, bom Aug. 24. Ezra B. Humphries, Sodium Op., a girl, Judy Ann, born Aug. 23. Kendall X. Magee, TEL Maint., a son, Kendall Ray. born Sept. 2. Charlotte Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. -- McKnight, will be ^ years old In December. C. L. IV is a rigger 1/c in Etci Maint Mrs. McKnight is the I former Mildred V- Brown of Den ham Springs. Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there is no home phone or phone nearby. Lnda Ann, 5, and Rose Mary, 3, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Macalusa. He is a cook 1/c in the Cafeteria. Mrs. Macalusa is the former Carnie Caracci of Baton Rouge. Donald E. "Donnie/ Jr., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Debacher. Don is in Techni cal Service; Mrs. Detacher is the former Eleanor Whitman o f Pittsfield, Mass. Completely furnished camp, can ac commodate 12 people. Located at Grand Isle. $6,000. Phone Piaquemine 3932. Bendix phonograph-radio console in perfect condition. Mahogany cabinet. $75. Phone 7-4378. Boat, "Steelcraft,** 26-foot sedan cruiser, fully equipped. Chrysler marine 115 h.p. motor with reduction gears, forward and reverse. Completely en closed cabin with comfortable sleeping accommodations for four people. Stand ard size galley including stove, ice box and closet space. Auxiliary electric power plant and has leather upholstery throughout. Recently completely re painted. Guaranteed to be in first class condition. For further information Phone 5-5784. Early American Hutch style china cabinet matching dining table made with solid mahogany marine plywood. Phone for further details. American Flyer electric train, seven cars, many accessories, 4x9 table, very complete outfit, $68.75. Phone 3-8051. This photo was taken only a year after the beginning of the century and is one of our employees who has a lot to do with clothes. He joined the Company on Jan. 7, 1943. Prior to that he had done sugar refinery work. This youngster was born in Cor bin, April 15, 1921 and was two years old when this picture was taken. He is now a TEL Mainten ance electrician 1/c. He was hired in Construction in 1940 as an elec tricians' helper 3/c. (See answers on Page 15) Body in good shape. Will sell for $350 or trade. Phone 5-7029. 3023 Dougherty. Six year-old bay geldlug. Black 14inch Western type saddle. $50 for horse, $35 for saddle. Suitable for children. Phone 2-1617. Three-bedroom home on Jefferson Highway two miles from city limits. Nice. Phone 8-3623. New Lejay electric trolling motor and battery. Used two times. Cost over $60. Will sell for $35. Phone 2-6240 be fore 5:00 P.M. Crosley Shelvador electric refrigerator. 7.2 cu. ft., in good condition. $100. Phone 7-2143. Drane is the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton S. Bankston. Hamp ton is a TEL op erator 2/c. Mrs. Bankston is the is the former Erline Lee of Liv ingston. G a r y Lynn, 6 months old, is the brother of Drane. Simmon* ianerspriog mattresB and box spring, brand new, never unwrapped. $100. Phone 2-3695 after 5 P.M. Girl'* white *hoe skates, size 3, in per fect condition. $15. Phone 2-4324. Wanted Old 24-h.p. Johnson outboard motor. Doesn't have to be in good condition. Phone 5-9270. To buy small-screen television set in need of repair. Phone 7-5697. For Sale Webster wire recorder in perfect con dition. $30. Phone 7-5697. Model "A" Ford radiator in excellent condition. $15. Phone 5-4035. Hotpolnt %-ton air conditioning unit, three months old. $300. Phone 6-2265. Handmade alaminnm tray*. Christinas orders taken now. Phone 2-2174. Modern nine piece mahogany dining room suite, 134 years old. $175. One 30.000 BTU circulating heater, $9. 'Hiree 25.000 BTU circulating heaters, $7.50 One bathroom heater, $2.50. Phone 4-3139. Portable air compressor tank, 14 by 36 inches, with regulator and gauges. Phone 3-0402 after 4 P.M. Cundy Bettooey clarinet. Black ebon ite. Carrying case. Good condition. $65. Phone 4-6879. 1941 Chevrolet. Good transportation for working man. In fair condition. New tires. $195. Phone 7-5613. Sixteen-foot Bowman bull with 16.6 h.p. Scott Atwater motor. Trailer with winch. Life preservers, chairs, six gal lon gasoline tank. All for $325. J. V. Schmitt. Phone 5-8719. 1946 Chevrolet panel truck. Rebuilt motor with about 10,000 miles usage. Ride from vicinity of Westmoreland and Claycut, 7:15-3:45. Phone 3-8253. Room for Rent Booms for men in private home. Best location. Breakfast if desired. Phone 2-8113. Welcome to Ethyl Howdy! We're glad to have the following new employees who have joined the Ethyl family recently. Mary Effle Smith, 2700 Convention St., typist. P&ES. C. Donald Everson, 6489 Goodwood Ave., TEL Operations. Robert H. Cherry, Jr., 523 No. 6th St., Proc, Dev. Pvt. Norman Ray Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Miller, is sta tioned at Fort Bliss where he is assigned to anti-aircraft artillery. The youth's father is a TEL opera tor 1/c. Mrs. Miller is the former Oda Mae Bankston of Baton Rouge. ETC 25870 I A Camera Study of PROCESS DEVELOFENT Process Design Engineers Paul McKJm, Leo Kingrea, and Vernon Foster make a preliminary evaluation of a proposed process for the Baton Rouge Plant. Thus begins the engineering study--one of the first steps in the long road of new product development. What is Process Development? This group is a member of the Research and Engineering team whose job is to take an idea and de velop it into a commercial process. Process Development takes infor mation which has been developed by Chemical Research or Chem ical Development on a small scale, usually in glass equipment. With this information and through operation of pilot plants and process design it provides General Engineering a complete flow sheet and equipment specifications for the new manufacturing unit. Two broad divisions of Process Development are the pilot plant group and process design. The pilot plant group develops the individual pieces of equipment and proves the overall process through the operation of a reduced scale plant. The process design group takes information from the laboratory and pilot plant, com bines it with a background of company process experience, applies mathematical, chemica nsical principl' in a form that can bepi;y General Ei struction. The development the processes job. Some developmentiev' eral years t to get the most econi i profitable p necessary in both the d pilot plant continues even after U f the plant s< eliminate start-up diffi continue to So that the techr je:ts of Procc be kept abreast of latfal and engini leading experts in the called in as There are 48 techr lyees, 25 laboi four stenographers in Developmei Teamwork is important. Dan McDonald, EtCl Opera tions, Roy Dunn, Pilot Plants, J. B. Bingeman, Process Design, Alfred Smith, Technical Service, Ralph Baker, Chemical Development, and Eric Breidenbach, Mechan ical Development, cooperate with Henry Wall, the project manager. Engineers must have many known facts or physical properties of materials such as viscosities, densities, and vapor pressures before they begin design planning. Rose W. Pilcher, engineering specialist, compiles this information in the library and from outside sources at the request of the personnel assigned to a project Latest information is necesfits seminar . Process Design engineer, e:Automatic < o wise, around the table, air vis and Bin (backs to camera), Bob> W JIitant, Wikm ernale, Paul McKira, and 'ey. Ivey i Service; the others, Procesinlent. J. M. Fletcher and W. C. Ainsworth, lab assistants, and C. R. Bergeron, development engineer, check the complicated instru ment panel of a new process which has reached the pilot plant stage. Here actual production takes place in a miniature plant-- the proving ground for process development. Jerry Prejean, lab assistani 1 Hutchins<i engineer, operate a pilot i produces < products. This "scale model n enables 1! make unanticipated but neti isions befon is constructed. Accurate railways compi ETC 25871 ELOPENT .icmatical, chemicasical principles, and records this i i'urm that can beiy General Engineering and Con- -liun. | The development dthe processes is a time-consuming : .Mime developmentfveral years to complete. In order j.i ihe most econ<$ profitable process, changes are 'n y in both the it pilot plant stages. Their work i.nucs even after tl the plant so that they can help male start-up diffit continue to improve the process, so that the techreers of Process Development can <pt abreast of lat*l and engineering developments, nnur experts in thecalled in as consultants. There are 48 techitfees, 25 laboratory assistants, and stenographers in t Development group. Jasper Westbrook and Luke Governale, both Process De sign engineers, do the actual design of the equipment for recovery of HC1 at the Houston Plant. They determine specifications, size, and design of process facilities to be used in the new installation. Art Liraper and Phil Davis, development engi neers, discuss with process design engineers Frank Canfield, and Tom Allen process equip ment which may be adapted to a new pilot plant. i formation is nece^s seminar Andy Wikman, Design engineer, itomatic computer. Clock- >iind the table, a.i] is and Burke Grandjean * camera). Bob W tact, Wikman, Luke Gov- *aul McKim, and Ivey is in Technical the others, Proceednt. In Use operation of a pilot plant many special services are needed. Among these is a good source of cooling fluid. One such cooling unit is the Freon refrigeration system shown here. Henry F. Hebert, EtCl Maintenance foreman, and Doyle Nolen, pilot-plants development engineer, check the operation of the unit. Leo Miller, Frank Padgitt, and Burke Grandjean, development engineers, inspect a nitrogen hold-up tank used for the purge gas system feeding into the pilot plant area. It must function according to engi neers* specification. ejean, lab assistan Hutchinson, development operate a pilot piproduces one of the new This "scale model enables the engineers to mticipated but m ions before a larger plant acted. Accurate r rays compiled. Test runs for new products are made in pilot plants--many of which are housed In the Pilot Rant Building east of and adja cent to the Development Laboratory. Several processes are us ually in different stages of testing in the building. Tom A. Leeper, development engineer, and Hodgie P. Frederick, production foreman in EtCl Opera tions, discuss the operation of a new Dowtberm heat ing unit recently installed in the new plant area. ETC 25872 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 Ten Promoted to Salaried Foremen Promotion of ten men to salaried foremen in Maintenance and Con struction has been announced by Roy N. Clothier, Plant Manager. Taylor Brashler Born: Slaughter, Sept. 2, 1906. School: Slaughter High. Married: Aline P. O'Neal of Hammond, Aug. 24, 1933. Child: Raymond Eugene, 16 years old. Sports: quail and squirrel hunting, casting and fly fishing. Hired: Nov. 17, 1939 as millwright helper 3/c TEL Maint. Pri or employment: meat cutter for Ourso & Co. Residence: 3845 Winboume St. Promoted: to salaried foreman Sept. 1. John F. Carter Bom: Kentwood, Nov. 24,1912. School: Kentwood High. Married: Myrtle Lee Frazier of Kent wood, Aug. 23, 1936. Child: Freiler Faye, six years old. Sports: hunting, watching local sports events. Hired: Jan. 20, 1942 as insulator helper 3/c, EtCl Maint. Pri or employment: mechanic for local garage. Residence: 1561 Aberdeen Ave. Promoted: to sal* aried foreman. Sept. 1. Harry R. AUen Born: Donaldsonville, Dec. 15, 1917. School: Catholic High and LSU. Mar ried: Mary Frances DiJJenhoffer, a na tive of Ireland. Children: Harry, Jr., 12 years old. and Richard, 11 years old. Sports: hunting and all kinds of fishing. Hired: March 12. 1940 as millwright helper in Construction. Prior employment: furni ture salesman for Wright Furniture Co. of Donaldsonville. Residence: 2929 Hundred Oaks Ave. Promoted: Sept. 1 to salaried foreman. William A. Toups Born: Thibodeaux, Oct. 13, 1900. Schools: St. Charles High in Lafourche and Adeline High School in Adeline. Married: Mathilda Barbarot of New Orleans, Jan. 7,1925. Daughter: Mrs. E. A. Miller, Jr. of New Orleans. Sports: deep sea fishing, following major league base ball. Hired: May 9, 1940 as mechanic 2/c in TEL Maint. Pri or employment: machinist for Dixie Ma chine Works of New Orleans. Residence: 2570 Weller Ave. Promoted: Sept. 1 to salaried foreman. Phillip R. Lee Born: Amite, Dec. 31, 1899. School: Scanlon High. Married: Eula Vaughn of Pine Grove, Sept 13, 1924. Children: Paul, 30 years old, Cathryn, 27 years old, and Robert, 22 years old. Sports: and squirrel hunting, sq u i rre I hunting. Hired: Sept. 23, 1942 as electrician 1/c in Construction. Prior employment: various jobs with Louisiana Power and Light Company. Residence: 3248 Duke St. Promoted: Sept. 1 to salaried foreman. Lloyd C, Kendrick Born: Homer. Aug. 31. 1909. SchoolHomer High School and Arkansas a. & M. Married: Kather ine Houston of Hen derson, Tex., Feb. 20 1938. Children: Charles, 14 years old, and Ronnie, 12 years old. Sports; fishing and hunting, attending football games: Hired March 24, 1942 as operator helper in Eta Op. wUhrp^ymrv,`:,.il,"?W drUU' en2>d 0,1 00 Residence: 2609 XEZZLT""TM ^ 1 * John S. Montegudo Eart^e ct 1S- M21- School: Zachary High. Married; Estelle Tiner of Pine Grove. Dec. 24, 1941. Children: John Sidney, Jr., eight years old, and Paula J e a n e, two years old. Sports: horseback riding. Hired: July 6, 1943 as painter helper in EtCl Maint. R:ior employment: high- way maintenance work for East Baton Rouge Parish Re sidence: Zachary, La,, Route No. 2 Pro moted: Sept. 1 to salaried foreman. H. Ross Warnock Born: Elliott, Ark., March 17. 1917 Schools: Camden High School and Southeastern Louisi ana College. Mar ried : Mary Naomi Schlaudecker of Hammond July 19 1941. Child: Sue, one year old. Sports: hunting and fishing, following football and boxing. Hired: Sept. 29, 1941 as pipefitter helper 3/c ZjTM t,T""' Prior TMPl<ment: pipefitter helper with stone & Webster Constructwn Co. Residence: 5134 Evanf i lf Prm0te<1: S*P<- 1 salaried Henry Fridge Hebert Born: Baton Rouge, May 13, 1911 Schools. Catholic High and LSU. Mar- rled: Esther Cutrer of Kentwood, June 24, 1939. Children: Barbara Ann, 12 years old, and Henry, Jr., seven years old. Sports: bird hunting, fishing, following LSU foot ball games. Hired: Dec. 29, 1941 as in sulator helper in Remember service stations like the one shown above? It didn't offer much in the way of service, and the gasoline then, exclusive of taxes, cost about the same as the far-superior gasoline of today. The modern service sta tion is usually operated by an independent small business man who has to give good service to meet competition. EtCl Maint. Prior employment: service station operator. Residence: 665 Keed Ave. Promoted: Sept. 1 to salaried fore man. Stuhldreher-- (Continued from Page 1) Leslie J. Fuller Bora: Auburn, Miss., July 21, 1909. School: Auburn High School. Married: Sadie Humble of Norwood. Daughter: Mrs. H. L. Bailey. Sports: casting and fly fishing; partici pating in beagle hound field trials in Louisiana, Mississip pi, and Texas. Hired: Oct. 27, 1939 as ma chinist helper 3/c in TEL Maint. Prior employment: machinist helper at Esso. Residence: 3055 Monroe Ave. Promoted: to salaried foreman Sept. 1. United Givers-- (Continued* from Page 1) lowing hometown organizations: Blundon Orphanage, $24,884.98; Protestant Orphanage, $19,806.17; St. Joseph's Orphanage, $19,527.00; Legal Aid Center, $1,800.00; Volunteers of America, $7,700.00; Salvation Army, $15,560.00; CYO, $24,272.50; Y. W. C. A., $18,451.38; Y. M. C. A., $28,575.00; Camp Fire Girls, $19,139.50; Baranco-Clark Y. M. C. A., $8,171.00; Boy Scouts, $45,382.00; Girl Scouts, $21,185.98, Campus Y. M. C. A., $2,675.00 and Hospital Services, $10,000.00. Campaign and administration costs of United Givers, at 9 per cent, ($41,635.00) are the lowest in the country for the amount of money raised. Shrinkage, a margin of safety against uncollectible money is $21,347. Shrinkage insures all agencies' receiving the amount of money al located them in the budget studies conducted before the goal is set. The Community Chest, fiscal and administrative agent for all local participating organizations, has an administration figure of $9,469.86. Last year, Ethyl's UMW and Management Club gave $10,427 and $13,503 respectively to United Givers, for a total of $23,930.77 pic Committee, honorary member of the American Football Coaches Association, member of Football Hall of Fame Committee, and many other groups. He has written two books, one short novel, and several short stories. Magazines that have pub lished his work include The Ameri can Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post. in addition to the contribution of $18,000 made by the Ethyl Cor poration. On the United Givers board of directors are Plant Manager Roy Clothier, Willie Dipaola, United Mine Workers, and Elmo Rogers, Allied Oil Workers. Last year, C. W. Bond, general manager, was a member of the board. United Givers was formed in the spring of 1952 by a group of citi zens representing labor, manage ment, business and the professions. It campaigned on the slogan "Give Once for All" and with the avowed purpose of combining all drives in Baton Rouge in a big once-a-year campaign. Though some organiza tions have not joined, UGF has asked and will continue to ask all independent drives to affiliate. October, r Hold E B. E. Hodge isle, both of ineering De| eat papers r J. V. Cai li era! Engineo Administrati search and ceived a pat inventions d work with t! The paten improved elducing sodii active metal mounting ; which is sai ficient electt alignment n other parts Hodge oh' "Conversion process im*> such as sod i ing mixture ial in a con' duct is obf;" ly and conwater. ELRA A The Eth> Association model Philwas installcenter Sepl 21-inch suv- This addwhich is I13th Street ments mad-it was lens--' A large : unteered tli the center gust. It is ibership. the- Former (Coni in' eral ChemiWorld War I as an off in Ordnance !> His sorviin 1919. In r to Baton lbthe position Operations . He rclui' Chambers \\ over opera t iRouge Plant Fisher is ers and two ETC 25873 October, 1953 Hold Ethyl Patents THE ANTIKNOCK tf-enune fyocul Presents Page 11 Onzia Anderson, Production Planning - t offer much > rust about i service sta/ u v> ho has to ce 1) rary member tball Coaches of Football imittee, and o books, one i`veral short at have pub* o The Amerihr Saturday >ntribution of . Ethyl Cor ners board of Manager Roy aola, United Elmo Rogers, Last year, manager, was rd. I formed in the ^ roup of citii)or. managee professions. I * slogan "Give j i h the avowed j i all drives in ?j ^ once-a-year i ime organiza*8-*d. UGF has II mie to ask all affiliate. B. E. Hodge, left, and J. V. Carl isle, both of the Research and Eng ineering Department, look at Pat ent papers recently awarded them. J. V. Carlisle, supervisor in Gen eral Engineering, and B. E. Hodge, Administration Section of Re search and Engineering, each re ceived a patent during August on inventions developed during their work with the Company. The patent to Carlisle covers an improved electrolysis cell for pro ducing sodium or comparable re active metals. It utilizes an anode mounting and retaining device which is said to provide more ef ficient electrical contact and better alignment of the anode with the other parts of the cell. Hodge obtained a patent entitled "Conversion of Alkali Metals." The process involves reacting materials such as sodium or sodium contain ing mixtures with siliceous mater ial in a continuous manner. A pro duct is* obtained which can be easi ly and conveniently reacted with water. Indoor Pointing ELRA Acquires TV Set The Ethyl Laborers' Recreation Association purchased a 1954 model Phiico television set that was installed in their recreation center Sept. 18. The new set has a 21-inch screen. This addition to the center, which is located at 1222 South 13th Street, climaxes the improve ments made to the building since it was leased last July. A large group of members vol unteered their efforts to renovate the center during July and Au gust. It is now open to the mem bership, their families and guests. Former Manager-- (Continued from Page 1) eral Chemical Company prior to World War I and resigned to serve as an officer in the U. S. Army Ordnance Dept. His service with DuPont began in 1919. In 1937 he was transferred to Baton Rouge where he assumed the position of manager of TEL Operations and Maintenance. He returned to the DuPont Chambers Works when Ethyl took over operation of the entire Baton Rouge Plant. Fisher is survived by two broth ers and two sisters. Daily Dip To look at Onzia Anderson, this month's Femme Focus, you would think that she was one of the new est employees on the Plant. She possesses a youthful, zesty look and manner that is indicative of the pleas ure that she gets out of her work and everyday living. The fact of the matter is that this likable employee celebrated her ninth year with the Company last month, all of her time being spent as a data clerk in Production Planning. Onzia professes a great liking for outdoor activ ities and would almost rather go horseback riding or fishing than eat, as the saying goes. About every other weekend she, her husband Roy, and their three-year old daughter June Becky, head for Kentwood for a visit with their relatives and a full two days of horseback riding and fishing. Di99ing Data The industrioubness of the Andersons is also evi dent in their home in Inniswold subdivision. Since buying there three years ago she and Roy have added two large pine-paneled rooms to their home and are in the process of repainting the whole interior. Onzia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ashford Varnado of Kentwood. She graduated from near by Spring Creek High School prior to moving to Ba ton Rouge in 1944. Shortly after coming here she was employed by the Company Sept. 13, 1944. In 1948 she and Roy Anderson, Jr., an employee of Golf States Utilities Company, were married. Onzia also enjoys swimming and attending foot ball games. etc 25874 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 October, 19' si AY Robert I. Tana, Sodium operator 2/c, holds the safety award certificate presented to Sodium "C" Group, Sept. 16 by Plant Manager Roy N Clothier, center. Foreman Jesse Inman Is shown at right. They worked 384 days without a major injury to win the award. Wallace F. Armstrong, acting general manager, presents a safety award certificate to Central Shops representatives Julian V. Robinson, EtCl Shops and Percy J. Gautreaux, TEL Shops. They accepted the certi ficate in behalf of the men In their respective groups. Company Praised for City Maps "Another service your fine com pany has rendered." "Ethyl has again captured a first." "The map is invaluable and the best of its . kfhdi" "Splendid map which will be most helpful to us." Those are just a few of the com plimentary remarks of business men, city and state offlcals and leaders of other industries received by Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier on Ethyl's new Baton Rouge map. P. E. Reed, factory manager, Nau gatuck Chemicals. "I am sure that we will find the map most helpful," State Auditor Allison Kolb writes. "An outstanding job has been done by Ethyl," says Roy Dabadie, vice-president and general man ager, Baton Rouge Broadcasting Co. "A most complete map and the cover and back sheets are particu rector of Public Works, Baton Rouge, says. Opie Shelton, vice-president, Baton Rouge Chamber of Com merce, has advised that the de mand for the new map through the Chamber of Commerce "is tremen dous with nothing but praise for the map and for Ethyl for making such a map available." Employees can obtain additional copies from Harry Demouy in the Medical and Personnel Building. A supply is available also at the Typical Letters larly well-planned and extremely Chamber of Commerce at 444 Typical of the many letters of informative," J. Lester White, di Florida Street. commendation received by Cloth ier are: "Excellent in every respect," McCarthy Is Fire Prevention Chairman writes Rex Beard, superintendent of Schools. "It is a splendid map and will be most helpful to us," says Bryan Clemmons, sheriff, East Baton Rouge Parish. "This is another service which your fine company has rendered. This service to Baton Rouge is greatly appreciated," writes J. Andrew Bahlinger, former presi dent, Chamber of Commerce. "Ethyl has again captured a first in so fine a map," says E. E. Moore, president, Louisiana Na tional Bank. "The map is invaluable and the best of its kind available," says William F. McCarthy, fourth from left. Is serving as chairman of the industrial committee preparing for the observance of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4 to 11. In the picture, left to right, are other members: B. K. Smith, Plantation Pipe line, E. R. Cole, Esso Standard Oil, P. B. Voorhie3, Consolidated Chemicals, McCarthy, H. P. Rabalais, General Gas, C. T. Adcock, U. S. Robber, L. Faures, Gulf States Utilities, and J. Bradshaw, Solvay Process. McCarthy is head of the Fire Inspection group on the Plant Two Safety Winners Two groups won Plant safety award prizes in September by go ing the distance of required days. Central Shops Group cashed in their 317 major injury-free days Sept. 7 to become prize winners for the third time. Sodium operating Group "C" (Inman's Shift) became a prize winner Sept 7 when that group completed the 384 days required to win prizes. This is the second time Inman's Shift has won. Four Major Injuries At Antiknock press time four major injuries were sustained dur ing September -- three of these within a six day period. This is in sharp contrast to the 57-day record, immediately followed by a 22-day accident free period just prior to the rash of September ac cidents. On Sept. 8, an operator on Hustmyre's Shift sustained an in jury to his left foot that was seri ous enough to cause loss of time. This was injury number 26 for the year. Number 27 occurred two days later when a Sodium Maintenance employee fell, striking his knee on the concrete. On Sept. 14 a TEL operator on Achord's Shift hurt his finger on his left hand that was serious enough to be classified as a major injury. This group had worked 103 days without a major Injury. On Sept. 17 an Ethyl Chloride Maintenance employee received burns that caused time-losing acci dent number 29. Prior to this, the group had worked 111 days with out a major injury. Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier presents Opie Shelton, Chamber of Commerce vice-president, with a city map. A large quantity of them Was turned over to the Chamber of Commerce for distribution. George Mattson, right, is shown instructing Burke Grandjean in the use of an Ansul fire extinguisher to extinguish a naphtha fire. George, a chemical engineer, is fire chief for the laboratory and pilot plant group. During the first six months of 1953, oil men drilled 94.7 million feet of hole. They completed 23,181 wells, according to one estimate. The breakdown follows: oil wells, 11,978; gas wells, 1,823; service wells, 610; dry holes, 8,772. The high ratio of dry holes is one rea son why the constant search for oil is a hazardous business financially. William B II completed 20 S. D., and then age 13. Heck n of Pittsburgh ing from the hi Petroleum Engl William B. M I Robert C. >.' William N. V* Howard L |>Joseph \V. Mi I'la* Hayes, I Allen White. Archie O. ,\i Frank C. Hire F. D. RU-hiin Marcus L. ft Douglas W. I Alvin A. Oder A. K. Tilloi-. W. E. Fniretu John A. AmiL. G. FolkerLyle P. E. if. Leo S. H. l.. . D Benjamin operator l/c his home at 21. SherifT ' that a sister uska, had rorr and was bein etc 25875 October, 1953 SERVICE AWARDS THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 Do You Recognize This Plant? \ award \,i, EtCI certi- ners safety by gojJ ilays. i.^hed in .o days . 'A'inners ip "C" a prize f. group : inquired second -n. vines : ne four i ied dur:<>l these This is \ 57-day ed by a ^ iud just i^ nber acator on d an invas seriof time. > for the wo days itenance knee on I a TEL hurt his hat was lied as a up had a major Chloride J received fi .ing accii this, the fc i vs with1` ; onths of #7 million jft-d 23,181 n estimate, nil wells, service .5 772. The one rea ch for oil j umcially. | 20 Years Harold A. Young, TEL Maint. j William B. Heck, Jr., safety engineer, ! completed 20 years' service with the 10 Years Company Sept. 5. He served with the Sales Department in the Chicago and Se attle Divisions prior to his coming to the Baton Rouge Plant in 1944. "Bill," a na tive of Bradford, Pa., is married to the former Lucile Dickinson of Huron, J S. D., and they have one son, Tommy, ! age 13. Heck attended the universities of Pittsburgh and Oklahoma, graduat! ing from the latter with a BS degree in j Petroleum Engineering in 1933. 20 Years WUUam B. Heck, Safety. Eugene Balaam, Sodium Op. Lloyd C. Braud, TEL Op. Joseph A. Foster, TEL Maint. Fred J. Borne, EtCI Maint. Larry C. Glover, TEL Maint. John H. Hill, EtCI Maint. Mike T. Scott, EtCI Labor. May M. Tokos, Chem. Dev. Henry Bailey, TEL Labor. Evelyn Gwln, Finance. Ivy J. David, Sodium Op. Clarence L. Sommers, TEL Op. Johnny S. Glaze, EtCI Maint. WUsey Olinde, Sodium Op. William J. Chambers, TEL Op. Woodrow W. Brock, TEL Op. Vincent A. Masso, P&ES. John W. Barnes, Prod. Plan. George W. Hoyt, Laundry. Evena M. Fontenot, Medical. Do you remember the Baton Rouge Plant when it looked Uke this? In 1937, when this photo was taken by Walter Gullck, now of Industrial Engineering, construction workers were busy completing the interior work on "A" and "B" Buildings and the Blender. There was no Sodium, no EtCI, no administration building. Up the Ladder Dorothy F. Taylor, from Group II to III, steno, Security Force. MUlard D. Stephen*, from patrolman to patrol leader, Security Force. Roe C. Moore, from heavy duty mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Walter P. Simmons, from inst. mech. 1/c, to inst. inspector, EtCI Maint. Hollis R. Simpson, from rigger hlpr. to rigger 3/c, EtCI Maint . James H. Turner, from outside mach. hlpr. to outside mach. 3/c, EtCI Maint. Henry P. Cedotal, from sheet metal worker 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Charles H. Hurt, from heavy duty 15 Years Herbert Woodward, TEL Maint. Murphy J. Deraoulln, TEL Maint. L. E. Perkins, from reel. mech. helpr. mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. to mech. 3/c, TEL Maint. Howell D. Jackson, from insulator Robert C. Nettles, EtCI Op. William N. Ylengst, TEL Maint. Howard L. Denham, TEL Op. Joseph W. Moak, TEL Maint. Ulas Hayes, EtCI Labor. Allen White, EtCI Labor. Archie O. Alrhart, Sodium Op. Frank C. Bunch, EtCI Maint. F. D. Richardson, EtCI Op. Johnnie Morrisoh. TEL Labor. Elite L Dixon, TEL Maint. Danlei Poche, EtCI Maint. D. H. Wainwrlght. Sodium Op. Walton M. Bakor, TEL Maint Jessie J. Thompson, TEL Op. BenJ. B. Felder, TEL Op. Walter A. Reames, TEL Op. Victor Buchmann, EtCI Op. Warren M. Ramirez, from heavy duty mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Leon Snyder, from reel. mech. hlpr. to mech. 3/c, TEL Maint. Velford A. Clayton, from pipefitter 2/c to 1/c, EtCI Maint. George W. Chaney, from sheet metal worker 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. 2/c to to 1/c, TEX Maint. Pierre A Martin, Jr., from heavy duty mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEX Maint. John K. O'Donnell, from electrician 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Axel Stenberg, from sheet metal worker 3/c to 2/c, TEX Maint. Clifton E. Stonaker, from heavy duty mech. 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Marcus L. Brown, TEL Op. Curtis O. Linder, from inst. mech. 2/c Thompson J. Brown, from escort Douglas W. Parker, TEL Op. Alvin A. Odom, TEL Maint. A. K. Tillotson, Sodium Labor. W. E. FalrchUd, TEL Maint. John A. Amiss, Jr., Medical. L. G. Fulkerson, TEL Maint. Lyle P. E. Hernandez, Sodium Op. Leo S. Hebert, TEL Op. 5 Years George J. McKenney, Cafeteria. George H. Perry, Power. J. Ernest Webb, Medical. J. J. Dominick, Jr., TEL Op. Calvin D. Long, TEL Maint. Henry L. Palike, TEL Maint. Johnnie Carmena, Jr., TEL Labor. to 1/c, TEL Maint. Virgil L. Smith, from electrician 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Clyde E. Turner, from typ. cik. (Labor), Group II; to file elk. (Proc. Eng.), Group III. Betty H. Morales, from typ. (Pool), Group I; to steno. cik. (F.L.), Group II, Finance. watchman to patrolman, Security Force. Kenneth L. Roark, from escort watch man to patrolman. Security Force. Mllbern T. Nlckena, from pump house and power operator 2/c to 1/c. Joseph L. Porche, from pump house and power operator 2/c to 1/c. James W. Robertson, from pump house and power operator 2/c to 1/c. Deceased tion as The Antiknock went to Earl J. Thompson, from steno. elk. (F.L.), Group II; to Pay Roll elk. (W.R.), Group III, Finance. Nick A. D'Benedetto, from Sodium operator (C.P.) 2/c to 1/c. Herman M. Gautreaux, Sr., from So Benjamin D. Foster, Jr., EtQ operator 1/c, was fatally shot at his home at Albany, La,, on Sept. press. Foster, 41, joined the Company in April, 1947 as a mechanics helper in EtCI Maint. He attended Norfield, Miss., High School and Albany High School. He is survived by his wife, Eliza beth Katherine; his father, Ben jamin D., Sr.; three children: Ben jamin D., HI, Betty Ann, and Au Robert Morale#, from painter 3/c to 2/c, EtCI Maint. Albert Anderson, from laborer 1/c to Dev. Lab. Attendant, EtCI Labor. Olen T. Kleinpeter, from inst. mech. 3/c to 2/c, EtCI Maint. Edwin L. Jackson, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. James H. Tierce, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. R. H. Chandler, Sr., from boilermaker helper to boilermaker 3/c, EtCI Maint. dium operator (Evap.) 2/c to 1/c. Jesse R. Walton, Jr., from Sodium operator (C.P.) 2/c to 1/c. Joseph E. GremlUlon, from Sodium operator (C.P.) 2/c to 1/c. Malcolm E. McCallum, from Sodium operator (C.P.) 2/c to 1/c. Victor E, Causey, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. Leonard.L. Kirby, from TEL opera tor 2/c to 1/c. drey; three brothers and two sis ters. Until 25 years ago, few wells ex ceeded 3,000 feet in depth. Today, most wells exceed 10,000 feet. The deepest well to date is 20,521 feet --and that was abandoned as a dry Nolan B. Efferaon, from insulator helper to insulator 3/c, EtCI Maint. Douglas H. Ellwood, from elect, hlpr. to electrician 3/c, EtCI Maint. Bill Eosmlnger, from pipefitter hlpr. to pipefitter 3/c, EtCI Maint. Emmett K. Galiman, from inside mach. hlpr. to inside mach. 3/c, EtCI Maint. Adam J. Guidry, from pipefitter hlpr. to pipefitter 3/c, EtCI Maim. Simon P. Elilser, from TEL operator 2/c to 1/c. Jackson F. Stockwell, from TEL op-, erator 2/c to 1/c. Ivy L. Reed, from laborer 1/c, to mail carrier (intra-plant), TEL Labor. Stanislaos Rtcard, from laborer 1/e to mail carrier (intra-plant) TEL Labor. Flore*tan B. Fousse, from sheet metal worker 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. 21. Sheriff Taft Faust reported that a sister-in-law, Theresa Haluska, had confessed to the shooting and was being held for investiga- hole. The oil industry celebrated its 94th "birthday" last August That's the month in which Col. E L. Drake brought in the world's first commercial oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Willard J. Landry, from carp. hlpr. to carpenter 3/c, EtCI Maint. Melvin W. Phenlx, from inside mach. hlpr. to inside roach. 3/c, EtCI Mamt. Duffy Ptnell, from pipefitter 1/c to pipefitter layout, EtCI Maint. James C. Pittman, from inst. mech. hlpr. to inst. mech. 3/c, EtCI Maint. Harold L. Ramer, from tank car mech. hlpr. to tank car mech. 3/c, EtCI Maint. James C. Fussell, Jr., from sheet metal worker 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Ivy E. Seal, from rigger 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Robert E. Talley, from machinist 3/c to 2/c, TEL Maint. Ben Pollard, Jr., from laborer 1/c to freight handler, TEL Labor. Ralph B. Martin, fron inside- mach. 2/c to 1/c, EtCI Maint. ETC 25876 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 September Two of the three top winners at the Labor Day Coon-on-a-Log contest were dogs of Ethyl men. BUI Kiper, left, of TEL Maintenance took first place when his dog unseated the coon In eight seconds, and Ed Lorlo, Safety, got second prize with a 10-second record set by his dog. The Ethyl Management dob-sponsored American Legion Class "C" base ball team was honored on the Plant last month, receiving trophies and jackets. In the front row from left are: Allen Heine, Richard Wagues- pack, R. J. D'Agostina, Earl Zlmmerle, Jeffrey Plauche, Captain Joseph Messina Dale Hotard. Standing from left: Sam Rispone, Curtis Thompson, John McMahon, Bobby Samaha, Jimmy O'Hennessey, Vin cent D'Agostina, Kirby Courville, EMC President L. M. Davis, Donald Tate and team co-manager Carlo Polito. Not present were John T. Allen, Jr., and his father, co-Manager John T. Allen of EtCl Maintenance. Lloyd T. I luncheon.'1 on days *| day, Oct. : Sp On Thu teria will popular " cording t George M< This spi was start i Once, and month tin "one-prico to emplo\ evident b\ the Cafetc McKenn Some of the dogs hesitated to challenge the coon's right to stay on the log as the one above is doing. The man in foreground is there to separate the two animals. Ethyl Dogs Take Coon Off Log These Ethyl employees, all sales engineers, got a first-hand view of the product being made that they are going to be selling as Company sales man. They toured the Plant on a two-day stop over as part of their train ing program. Later they will be attached to various regional offices of the Sales Department. Front row from left are Bill Deuber, Charles Gordon, Burl Watson, Ray O'Conner, Ed Agnew, Stan Eskridge, Tom Gillen and Bob BaradeL Standing from left: Bob Deiancellotti, Hal Landis, Tom Hanlon, Barney Lewis, Ed Bacon, Ken Freberg, Harry McEachem, Bill Hancock and Bill Alexander. The coon dogs belonging to two Ethyl employees placed first and second in the Coon-on-a-Log Con test staged here on Labor Day. Bill Kiper, TEL Maintenance, won a $25 first prize when his dog swam out and got the coon off the log in eight seconds. Ed Lorio, safety engineer, received second place money, $15, when his entry unseated the coon in 10 seconds. Lorio is president of the Louisiana Coonhunter's Association. The objective of the contest was for the dogs to swim out to a log staked out about 15 feet from the bank and take the coon off the log within the space of one minute. About 35 dogs, both full-breed and mixed-breed hounds, were entered in the contest. The contest was sponsored jointly by the Louisiana Coonhunter's Association and the East Baton Rouge Lion's Club. It was held at Lion's Club Camp on Maribel Drive and complied with the regulations of the S.P.C.A. Charles Burton, Jr., formerly in the TEL Labor Group, visited the Plant recently while on a 30-day leave from duties as a fireman in the Navy. Eleven Go To Meet The Plant will be represented by eleven representatives at the 41st National Safety Congress being held in Chicago Oct. 19-23. Those attending from the various areas are: Roy Rutland, R. C. Smith and A. J. Parker from Maintenance and Construction, Clyde W. Chidester, Sodium Operations; Cline Myers, Ethyl Chloride Operations; Lumis Coats, TEL Operations; Carroll He bert and Robert R. Palmer, Safety; M. H. Batte and Luke Govemale, Research and Engineering, and Shelby Wascom from the Services Group. At the meeting new ideas for safety will be discussed and new safety equipment will be displayed in a huge exhibit. The meeting will be at the Conrad Hilton hotel. The total amount spent for pos tage by the Baton Rouge Plant during 1952 was $11,647.83, accord ing to B. N. McComb, Office Su pervisor. Assists Fund Drive Henry Seitzler, supervisor of Ser vices in P&ES, is serving as secre tary of the employee division of the United Givers Fund Drive. He is on part-time assignment with the Fund headquarters. / Lines of | Quirk wo< Qi The m artificial ' ness for T 1 whose faM in TEL f ' Tomnii--a sine!' weedless I that is a!> less. Young' grade at technique E. O. "Stions. Equipm* dudes a solder, pa ETC 25877 September, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 j i: N *basei,U`s and v agues: Joseph . Curtis I > , Vin{, Donald it'. Allen, i.iiice. Lloyd T. Everett, cook 1/c, is busy frying chicken at a recent Mspecial luncheon.'* An average of about 1,500 of these special plates are sold | on days special luncheons are served. The next one will be on Thursi day, Oct. 8. Special Luncheons Are Popular , On Thursday, Oct. 8, the Cafe- age of 1,350 special plates are ! teria will serve another of their served at noon and about 275 to : popular "special luncheons," ac- the "B" Shift workers that eve ; cording to Cafeteria Manager ning, representing a substantial in I George McKenney. crease over the daily average num j This special luncheon program ber of plates served. was started during the summer. Once, and sometimes twice, each The dinner on Oct. 8 will consist month the Cafeteria offers these of barbecue beef or fried chicken, "one-price-only" special luncheons creamed potatoes, green beans, to employees. Their popularity is home-made rolls, fresh fruit salad, evident by the extra long lines at apple pie with cheese or*chocolate the Cafeteria on these days. eclair and coffee or tea. The price McKenney reports that an aver will be 73 cents. - -iv of the v my sales:* u-ir train- ces of the 5 > Gordon, 1 iilJen and ills, Tom hem. Bill f)rive ; xor of Serv as secrei , ision of the ve. He is on i with the i i The last special luncheon, a seafood plate, shows a variety of food rang ing from seafood to ice tea, and all for 73 cents. The hands? Thelma Boudreaux, Cafeteria cashier. Tally Up Club Slates October Meet Lines of partially finished baits hang the wall above his desk as Tommie Quirk works on still more lures. Quirk Makes, Sells Popular Lures The manufacture and sale of artificial baits is a profitable busi ness for 14-year-old Tommie Quirk, whose father, Lote, is an oldtimer in TEL Operations. Tommie specializes in two kinds --a single spinner deep running weedless lure, and a double spinner that is also deep running and weed less. Young Quirk, who is in the ninth grade at Istrouma, learned the technique of bait manufacture from E. O. "Sonny" Day, TEL Opera tions. Equipment for manufacture in cludes a soapstone mold, hooks, solder, paint, piano wire, soldering iron, and vise. Skirts, swivels, spin ners, rings, and hooks are ordered from a supply house. Both his father and his mother, the former Millicent Hazelwood of Opelousas, help Tommie deliver his baits to customers. Plant Gets Award The Baton Rouge Plant has qua lified for the Award of Merit given by the National Safety Council for outstanding safety performance. The award is given for the op eration of 1,311,620 man-hours without a disabling injury from June 16 to Aug. 13. Here They Are! (See Baby Pictures on Page 7) The youngster born in Corbin during 1921 is * Whitfield Wasi com, an electri- HK8n9 - c'an 1/c in TEL nMdv *4 Maintenance. He is widely known ^7 I on the Plant. He is vice president of Local 12900, CMW, and served as president two years. He is married to the former Luida F. Fitzwater of Baton Bongo. They have two children. Murphy J. Bergeron was born April 7, 1900. He was hired here in Con struction, Jan. 7, 1943. On May IS, 1943, he transfer red to the Laun dry where he is now a working leader. Prior to his employment here he did sugar refinery work. The Tally-Up Luncheon Club will hold its semi-annual luncheon meeting at Mike & Tony's at 12:30 P.M. on Saturday, Oct. 17. Reservations may be made by sending $2.00 to either Mrs. B. D. Harrison, 290 S. Lakeshore Drive, or Mrs. W. J. Henry, 2140 S. Ram sey Drive. Hie wife of any salaried em ployee is eligible to membership in the club. The initiation fee is 25 cents and the only dues are the cost of the luncheon. The committee in charge of the Oct. 17 luncheon is Mrs. R. R. Pal mer, chairman, Mrs. Lew Bamum, Mrs. J. R. Greenwood, Mrs. B. D. Harrison, Mrs. W. J. Henry, Mrs. D. J. Kennedy, Mrs. H. J. Mad den, Mrs. W. B. Ross, and Mrs. H. E Seitzler. Fuel oil is consumed in most home oil burners without ever hav ing been seen or touched by human beings on its long trip from the depths of the earth to the user's storage tank. The largest tanker in the world will carry 15.7 million gallons of oil; that's enough to fill about 1,570 railroad tank cars. ETC 25878 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK October, 1953 F. A, McCoy, Acting superintendent ot TEL A. S. Barton, Special assistant in Industrial Relations L. C. Price, H. W. Hobgood, Acting superintendent of Acting Operations manager Stores J. M. GUI, Acting superintendent of EtCl Secord Speaks Five rules for transferring knowledge to those that need it were the keynotes of the address of Dr. Arthur Secord to members of the Ethyl Management Club on Sept. 9. Supervisor of adult education at Brooklyn College, New York, and well-known as an outstanding speaker on supervisor-employee re lations, Dr. Secord told the mem bers that "a foreman is no good to anybody unless he practices these five rules of transferring knowl edge to those who need it." His five rules are: 1. Speak the other man's langage or communication does not take place. 2. Cover only one main point or subject in any one speech or con versation. 3. Dramatize the point you want to make by using examples. 4. Give praise for efforts--honor men for doing even what they are supposed to do. If criticism is given, give it first and then praise, not the opposite. 5. Be sure to use tact and cour tesy. Tact is the ability of letting the other fellow have your way. The members also heard talks by the LSU coaches and voted to include only the United Givers Fund in their single contributions drive this year. Formerly the Polio Equipment Fund had been included in the club drive. Schedule Extended The temporary work sched ule now being used from 7:15 A.M. to 3:45 VM. by salaried employees will be continued until Oct. 17, according to a recent announcement by Plant Manager Boy N. Clothier. He stated that a review of the traffic congestion on the Gulf States Road indicates that no advantage would be gained by any change from this schedule at this time. Employees Named to Legion Officer Posts l : - New Rotation Assignments Announced A longer rotational training per iod for members of supervision at the Baton Rouge and Houston Plants, from September 21 to June 1, 1954, was announced on Sept. 14 by C. W. Bond, general man ager. Under the program Wallace F. Armstrong will continue as acting general manager until Mr. Bond's return to the Plant sometime this month. Armstrong will then return to Houston as plant manager and Glenn O. Hayes, now acting plant manager at Houston, will return to Baton Rouge as acting assistant plant manager. Baton Rouge Changes For Baton Rouge the rotational assignments have Roy N. Clothier, plant manager; H. W. Hobgood, acting operations manager; M. C. Hudgins, acting manager, Mainte nance and Construction; F. A. Mc Coy, acting superintendent of TEL Operations; L. G. Cliver, superin tendent of Sodium; J. M. Gill, act ing superintendent of EtCl; G. H. Larson, acting superintendent of Maintenance; J. N. Fogg, superin tendent of Power; S. A. D'Armond, acting superintendent of Construc tion; L. C. Price, acting superin tendent of Stores, and A. S. Barton, special assistant in Industrial Re lations (temporary). T. M. Smylie will be technical coordinator for the Manufacturing Department. R. T. Edgar will be on special assignment with Mr. Smylie. Houston Assignments At the Houston plant J. J. Bergin is Operations superintendent, L. L. Davis, acting assistant Opera tions superintendent; H. F. Royal, chief supervisor of TEL Opera tions; Nelson R. Hart, acting chief supervisor of Sodium Operations; T. C. Coerver, acting assistant chief supervisor; J. F. Kobler, chief supervisor of EtCl Operations, and J. C. Klock, Maintenance superin tendent. Heavy Drilfmg Program A record-breaking drilling pro gram seems to be in prospect for 1953. During the first six months of this year, oil men completed nearly 23,200 wells. Plans for the remaining six months call for the drilling of close to 24,700 wells. If the program is carried out faith fully, 1953 will see a total in excess of 47,000 wells--an all-time high. Last year's total was 45,895 wells. Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. See. S4.M F. L & R. V. S. Postage PAID Baton Rouge. La. Permit No. 362 Two employees were among the officers recently installed by the BarnesCooney-Henagen-Williams American Legion Post. Richard Robertson, left, is second vice-commander. He is a pipefitter 3/c in TEL Maint. Louis Dawson, state commander of the American Legion, is shown at center. June Roshto, TEL operator 1/c, Is historian for the post.. Form 3547 Requested Vol. XV, Plan UGFG Generon employees were hcl Givers Fu 1953 quol knock wei On Oct. Workers, 12,900; tli ers, and ment Clul pledges it $21,930. I that appi more wool than last The Dm tribution local Unit* Those \ so can stil Expec It was m< for Rese;i i Managers'll' ment empln; the new fir<* ditions to t sonnel Build The third during late * cember. It v. as it is comp By utilixir vacant bctu building, an floor, the (* 35,100 squn floor space. The additi used prinrii and Eiurin Among I he move into i the H&K : General Em; velopment. portion of in Coordination part of InrHi<-> etc 25879 undent i j need nstiial Re- technical ' .ul'acturing . will be on . .\ ilh Mr. ", wnts . .T. Bergin ndent, L. ait Opera te Royal, ;L Operai ting chief >l>e rations; assistant bier, chief ations, and o superin- tiling proiospect for six months completed ms for the all for the )0 wells. If out faithal in excess time high. VS95 wells. L & R. staff D iffe. La. o. 363 Planf Tours for Employee Families Announced UGF Going Strong! Generous contributions from employees and the Company were helping the United Givers Fund Drive reach its 1953 quota when The Anti knock went to press. On Oct. 19 the United Mine Workers, District 50, Local 12,900; the Allied Oil Work ers, and the Ethyl Manage ment Club reported combined pledges in the amount of $21,930. This trend indicated that approximately $10,000 more would be given this year than last year. The Company made a con tribution of $18,000 to the local United Givers Fund. Those who have not done so can still contribute. They are pleased with the total. A. G. Klein, Jr., chairman for District 50, Local 12,900, UMW drive, C. A. "Pops'* Aucoln, chairman of Allied Oil Workers drive, Lorraine Martin, one of the workers on the drive, and Fabio Halphen who headed the Management Club's campaign, run up a total on contributions. A new program of family tours of the Plant begins Nov. 8. It will give every employee's family an opportunity to see Ethyl's local manufacturing facilities. The tours will be held each Sun day afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00. Those families to make the tours will be mailed invitations 12 days before their scheduled visit Invitations will be equitably pro rated among the different depart ments and sections and will be is sued in the order that employees names appear on the personnel list of each group. If members of an. employee fam ily find that they are unable to at tend on the scheduled visit day, they may make arrangements to take the tour at a future date by contacting the Personnel Office, phone extension 526. Tentative Program Expect Occupancy During November It was moving day last weekend for Research and Engineering Management and Process Develop ment employees. They moved into the new first and second floor ad ditions to the Medical and Per sonnel Building. The third floor will be complete during late November or early De cember. It will be occupied as soon as it is complete. By utilizing the space formerly vacant between the wings of the building, and by adding a third floor, the Company has provided 35,100 square feet of additional floor space. The additional floor space will be used principally by the Research and Engineering Department. Among the groups scheduled to move into the new addition are the R&E administrative group, General Engineering, Process De velopment, Technical Service, a portion of Inspection, Construction Coordination, part of Patents, and part of Industrial Relations. Office space to be vacated by groups in Research and Engineer ing will relieve a serious need by Manufacturing groups for addi tional office space. Construction work, handled by Perilliat-Rickey Construction Co., Inc., of New Orleans, started Sept. 22, 1952. The job will be finished approxi mately one month ahead of sched ule. Learn to Speak A public speaking course, spon sored by the ERA, is to start Nov. 2 at the ERA Center. The course, to be conducted by John Elder, Power, will last for 10 or 12 weeks, and the class will meet every Monday evening at 7 P.M. Interested persons are urged to register at the ERA Office. Elder pointed out that this is an excellent opportunity for ERA members to improve their speak ing ability and that all who take Lewis Gottlieb, president of the United Givers Fund of Greater Baton Rouge, attended the Plant kickoff meeting and addressed the workers. the course should benefit exten sively. There is no charge for the course. Groups will gather in the Safety Conference Room after presenta tion of their invitations which serve as Plant passes at the Main Gate. After refreshments, groups will be taken to the upstairs dining room of the Cafeteria where they will be told about Plant activities and shown a movie of the Baton Rouge Plant. They then will be taken in a chartered bus for a ride through the areas. The visit and tour will last one hour. Because of no facilities for han dling children under 10 years of age, they will not be permitted to make the tour. Bond Glad to Be Back "It is a pleasure to be back in Baton Rouge where I can work with the Baton Rouge Plant em ployees." Those are the words of General Manager C. W. Bond who has been away since Feb. 20 when he left to attend an advanced management program at Harvard University. The course was completed on June 1; Bond was then assigned to duties in New York through September. etc 25880 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS ICIE Mbs MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson.................................................................................... Editor Government Economy Now--Jobs Later If you, like most Baton Rouge Plant employees, have a child or children in school, you are aware of the crowded conditions in all of our educational institutions. This causes an immediate disadvantage for your child in his school and college training. But It is indicative of an even greater problem that will face him during the 1960's. If he is the average youngster, born during the 1940's, he will be seeking employment during the 1960 era. Before he can find that job, industries must provide the tools, the working space, and the raw products with which he will work. It is estimated that an approximate 7,800,000 young men and women will be looking for employment during the 1960's. Ninety-four billion dollars of capital investment will be needed to provide those jobs. How can industry meet this challenge? If we are to equip tomor row's workers, if we are to provide productive jobs for everyone, then Americans must have more savings to invest in our future business expansion. But at the present level of taxation it is very difficult for businesses or individuals to save enough to do this job. The savings and investment needed for business and job expansion depend on reduced governmental spending and taxes. If you want your son to have employment, remember that it is important for our govern ment to reduce expenses by eliminating unnecessary services. TOTAL LABOR FORCE 88.6 (Est) 1929 1952 1975 On the $ob at Sthyl-- TEL Blender Operators StSeems Only <Yesterday CShat Ten Years Ago Employees in military service who wrote or visited the Plant in cluded William H. Britton, Rodney J. Fife, A. R Plitt, and Roy Fugler. Though the war had curtailed travel, some managed to do a little hunting and fishing--and maybe a few other things. The '`personals" columns included mention of such well-known Plant personalities as Ray Sanders, Marcel Landry, Brice Achord, Keller Aucoin, Lloyd Schexnayder, "Shortie" Grass, "Red" Ivers, Cleve Broussard, P. E. Glindmeyer, Jack Creaghan, Celina Neumann, Wilhelmina Rich ardson, Bruce Magee, Joe Sicard, Elyria Hernandez (Mims), Mar jorie and Frank Durham, Mary Walsh, John Schmitt, "Preacher" Morgan, Willie Washington, Wel don Pierre, Leslie Cary, John Hick man, Casey Jivis, and Ben Nor wood. Five Years Ago The Plant expansion program which had been started in 1947, neared the completion stage. The nitrogen plant was pictured, as it was the first new unit to go into production. Ethyl Chloride won the ERA touch football championship in a seven-team league. Charlie Martonneaux is shown in the process of loading out antiknock compound in the Blender. This is the last step in the process before our product goes on its way to the customer. The Blender. operators are well trained and efficient employees. Their job is to blend together in proper proportions the various materials that made up "Ethyl" antiknock compound. The specification limits for the finished product make careful workmanship a necessity. The Blender operators weigh ingredients carefully while making the blends, take samples for final checking in the laboratory, and after they are approved, the tank cars are loaded for consumers. Les Noclce by Jersey November ( It is grnt plans haw within a re employee* tour throe I know e Corporate: providing l and high ployees. Many en this feelins. way, whet they wish* visit the I' given the < I am ah ployees hei port to th drive. In al I954C J. B. Not Arthur H. nance; O. and Con* Causey. I been elect*president. respectively ment Club. Norwood bach, Eng it tion for pi the vice-p Roger Del nance; M: Dupuy, Enand Causo\ in a runoti nance. Elected t of Control R. G. Pa\ i Dale Daniel ETC 25881 Discussing t ficers cho** Causey, Th' nance, vice-i and Ossie V officers will i-.T. 1953 :r-- November, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 Across the 3?lant ^Manager's Do You Remember This Wooded Spot? j j i | i } i | i j. i i I j f antiknock before our employees. > materials lion limits -ity. nuking the after they Jersey It is gratifying to know that final that most employees have contrib plans have been completed and that uted generously to this splendid within a matter of days families of organization. employees will be making the first To the United Mine Workers, tour through the Plant. the Allied Oil Workers, and the I know and you know that Ethyl Ethyl Management Club, I say con- Corporation has taken the lead in gratulations for a splendid drive providing good working conditions, that has brought results. and high standards for their em ployees. Now I want to sound a note of Many employees have expressed caution. Soon, many of us will be j this feeling to me, in an indirect making hunting trips. In fact, I way, when they have said that can think of no finer sport for they wished their families could weekend or after-working-hours visit the Plant. Now they will be recreation. Let's be careful, though. given the opportunity to do so. Hunting accidents are serious acci dents that can permanently dis I am also glad to see that em able or kill. Remember your safety ployees here are giving their sup in the fields and woods. port to the United Givers Fund Roy N. Clothier, drive. In all areas reports indicate I Plant Manager 1954 Officers Named J. B. Norwood, EtCl Operations; Arthur H. Middleton, EtCl Mainte nance; O. W. Marrs, Maintenance and Construction, and Ardee Causey, TEL Operations, have been elected 1954 president, vicepresident, secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Ethyl Manage ment Club. Norwood won over E. P. Breidenbach, Engineering, in a runoff elec tion for president. Middleton won the vice-president's post from Roger Duffard, Sodium Mainte nance; Marrs beat out Ralph Dupuy, Engineering, for secretary, and Causey won the treasurer post in a runoff from Lotis White, Fi nance. Elected to members of the Board of Control were S. L. Escue, TEL; R. G. Payne, Sodium and Power; Dale Daniel, EtCl and Stores; V. O. Smythe, Office, and A. R. Ramirez, Research and Engineering. The new officers will assume their new offices at the December meeting of the club. Retiring offi cers will be L. M. Davis, president; Ernie Carr, vice-president; D. M. McDonald, secretary, and R. H. Moles, Jr., treasurer. Harvey Lectures Clarence C. Harvey discussed metal protection at the National Metals Congress held in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 19-23. Harvey's talk, one of an educational lecture series, was entitled "Economics of Atmos pheric Corrosion versus Protec tion." It was given Oct. 20. This was the third technical lec ture Harvey has given during 1953. He spoke earlier this year at an American Petroleum Institute meet and at the Gordon Research Conference. Thb picture b of the same spot today. At left b part ef the Sodium building, in the background b the Mannheim Plant. Attend Over Quarter-Million Cases Sixty-nine years! The combined service of five Medical old-timers reaches this total, and all of it has been at the Baton Rouge Plant attending local employees. Andrew J. Helouin, Sr., leads the group with 17 years of service; John B. Thompson has 16 years; A1 Amiss, 15; Ollen A. Clay, male nurse supervisor, 11 years, and Evena Fontenot, 10. Joe Helouin and A1 Amiss are both pharmacists who did phar macy work prior to their employ ment by the Company. Thompson was a social service investigator for the U. S. Govern ment; Evena Fontenot, graduate of Our Lady of the Lake Nursing School, did private nursing duty; and Clay was a male nurse at the East Louisiana State Hospital prior to his employment here. A check of the hospital records indicates that thb group attended more than 385,000 hospital visit ors during their combined service. Discussing 1954 plans for the Ethyl Management Club are the new of ficers chosen in an election recently. From left to right are Ardee Causey, TEL Operations, treasurer; Arthur H. Middleton, EtCl Mainte nance, vice-president; John B. Norwood, Sodium Operations, president; and Ossie W. Marrs, Maintenance and Construction, secretary. The new officers will take over the club at the December meeting. Sixty-nine years of Plant first aid experience b the total for Andrew J. Helouin, Sr., Evena M. Fontenot, R.N., Ollen A. Clay, and A1 Amiss shown in the photo, and John B. Thompson, who was working "C" Shift when the picture was made. ETC 25882 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 Mrs. Harris and her husband enjoy their flowers. She shows "Pop" a rose on one of the many bushes in the yard of their country home. "Pop" Harris admires the gun that employees gave him when he re tired. He terms the gun one posses sion that money couldn't buy. Farm Work Keeps 'Pop' Harris Busy He stood in the doorway watch ing as the car stopped at the yard gate of their country home. "Come in, brother," George "Pop" Harris said, "come in, sure glad to see you. And where is Mr. Hubbs?" Retired employees usually ask about Alvin Hubbs, supervisor of Employee Benefits, who contacts them regularly after they have completed their active service with the Company. We walked into the house where "Pop" introduced us to his wife and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. "Bucky" Mullins. "Bucky" is an employee in EtCl Maint. Asks About Friends "How's everybody at the Plant?" he asked. "How are my friends in EtCl? Been wanting to go back for a visit, but I just can't help but choke up a little when the fellows seem so glad to see me. Guess that's the biggest reason I haven't been back." "Yes, sir, he'd be back there at work tomorrow if he could," Mrs. Harris interrupted. "That's the finest place and finest group of men he ever worked with. He's busy and happy right here, but he'd like to be back with the boys." "Let's walk outside," he said. "I want to show you my place." The yard was well stocked with neatly kept shrubs and flowering plants. To the south side of it was a large orchard with garden rows planted between the rows of trees. "I truck farm two acres of land. Sell a lot of vegetables, too. What do I raise? Mustard, turnips, beets, carrots, lettuce, sweet and hot pep pers, strawberries, butter beans, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, sweet com, and old native com. Don't have to buy vegetables at the grocery store, never do." He walked to the chicken yard back of his home where he had a flock of Rhode Island Red chickens. "Got 45 chickens, nope--wait a minute. It's 44. Mrs. Harris killed one just the other day. Bucky and I together have 15 head of cattle and one horse. "Bucky's got a tractor and does the plowing for me when it needs to be done." We walked back into the house. Harris sat a few minutes before he went into his bedroom and came back with three guns--one a 20 gauge single barrel, and two pump guns. Proud of Pump Gun He carefully took the Ithaca pump from its case. "This is one gun that money couldn't buy," he said, and we noticed his eyes moisten. "This is the one that the boys at the Plant gave me when I re tired. Look at the inscription on it." We read "Gift for Pop Harris from the ELA Boys at Ethyl." "Mrs. Harris uses the 20-gauge and I use the Ithaca when we hunt squirrels. We hunt together during the season. I hunt deer, too, but she doesn't care about that." He smoked a cigarette quietly before saying, "You know, that Re tirement Income Plan is a fine one. I joined just as soon as it was of fered by the Company, and I'd ad vise every employee out there to participate. It just can't be beat. "I'm enjoying retirement," the former EtCl Maint. pipefitter help er said. "I like my work here on the farm, I enjoy my active participa tion in the Grand Creek Baptist Church, and I'm an active member of the DeSoto Lodge No. 8 of the Oddfellows." We looked at our watch and real ized that it was time to bring the pleasant visit to a conclusion. "Come back," he said, "and when you see the fellows at the Plant tell them I said hello. That's a fine group of men and a wonderful Company." Three More Majors Three major injuries, classified on Sept. 28, Oct. 1, and Oct. 10, brought the total for the year to 32 as of Oct. 19. This compared with a total of 27 for the same period last year. On Aug. 17 an employee in the EtCl Laboratory sustained a con tusion of the left knee. He reported to the Plant Medical and received treatment until Sept. 28 when he lost time for hospitalization and surgery. On Sept. 28 a TEL operator re ceived a contusion on his right shin. He reported the incident and on Oct 1 it warf decided that the in jury had become serious enough to require hospitalization. A Sodium Maintenance employee crushed three fingers on his left hand, Oct. 10, while making repairs to the gauze rollers in the Sodium Maintenance Shops. The injury re quired immediate hospitalization. WBR Parish Delegate C. F. "Chuck" AveriU, Purchas ing, served as an official delegate from West Baton Rouge Parish at the sesquicentennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase in New Or leans, Oct. 17. "This was the greatest and most impressive celebration I've ever seen," Averill said in commenting about it. Glasses Save Eyes Leon Snyder, reclamation me chanic in TEL Maint., is very proud of a pair of safety glasses that saved his eyesight. And it so happened that he had the glasses on from force of habit, not neces sity, at the time of the accident. Snyder had just finished sand blasting in the booth on a "B" Shift about a month ago. He hung up the hose, and took off his pro tective hood. Normally a man wouldn't be wearing a pair of tinted safety glasses, but Snyder had his on at this time. As it happened the hose slipped off its hook on the wall and when Snyder picked it up it tripped, blasting sand off the steel wall which ricocheted back into Synder's face. The lens of the glasses were badly pecked by the sand, but Snyder was unharmed. Safety Engineer Bill Heck stated that had Snyder not been wearing the glasses he would have been in jured and possibly blinded. Bingeman's Big Bass Has Orchard, Garden "I'm real proud of my orchard," Harris stated. "I have 117 plum trees, 5 peach trees, 10 young peach trees, 5 apple trees, 3 pears, 22 fig trees, 4 mulberry trees, and 5 persimmon trees. I've also got 118 catalpa trees. I get my fishing worms from them; put the worms in the deep freeze in jars and I have them handy when I want to go fishing. Part of Harris's busy farm life is given to caring for the cattle on his farm. Here he calls the herd to the feed trough. Grant T. Bingeman, three years old, proudly poses with Dad's 5 pound 4 ounce bass taken at Percy Quinn State Park near McComb, Miss. J. B., Process Design, caught the bass on a Hawaiian Wiggler. Novembr- Servi When i ice write most of ll' Ethyl Cut ters were "This i for all thhave reiv have bee Hubbs. Jr. "I have AntiknoeK month. If things gui I would i thanks to knock, a Is* Japan. It Nagoya. J "I want Corporate ceived fii check has deal. Been suffer no many oth* service ca "I am li out now." truce has to return i sible." Hubbs ' prior to service Or "I warn to ex pi e* Ethyl Chi kind arts and my l. service." Jr. "I have civilian litpations at they are benefits t Ethyl O ' plan my I rough tite was in set "I will t words m> plan for Peak. I2/c, enter* Lane J- John C technical the Georgi perimenl staff of f1 Group of gineering according John B. T ministrnli* will assist technical | with Etln in the an! A well tv the field * Lane has groups at Developm* burgh, an Technolog.. ETC 25883 1j 1953 ! November, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Service Men Write fyesyune When our men in military serv fyocuA ice write about their experiences, j most of them express their pride in Ethyl Corporation. Two typical let Presents ters were received recently. "This is a note of appreciation for all the nice letters and gifts I Gladys King, Steno Pool have received from Ethyl since I have been in service," MacVea Hubbs, Jr., writes. "I have thoroughly enjoyed The Antiknock that I receive each month. It helps me to keep up with things going on back at the Plant. I would like very much for my thanks to be published in The Anti knock, also where I am stationed in Japan. It is Komakai Air Base in Nagoya, Japan. "I want to especially thank Ethyl yes Corporation for the help I have re ceived financially. The monthly i-<n me* check has helped my family a great i- very ' deal. Because of it we have had to glasses j suffer no hardships as a great iid it so ; many other families do when the . glasses service calls. i neces- j "I am looking forward to getting iiient. j out now," Hubbs concludes. "The .1 sand- ] truce has been signed and I want ' si "B" j to return to my job as soon as pos i Io hung i sible." r his pro- Hubbs was a TEL operator 2/c * a man prior to his entry into military f tinted service Oct. 22, 1951. had his "I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to ' slipped i Ethyl Corporation for the many i id w hen kind acts you have extended to me J nipped, cel wall and my family since I've been in service," writes William C. Peak, ito Syn, glasses i he sand, Jr. "I have met many people who in civilian life worked at varied occu pations and without an exception k stated wearing S been inBass they are amazed at the terrific benefits extended to employees of Ethyl Corporation. Without this plan my family would have had a rough time getting along while I was in service. "I will never be able to put into words my appreciation of Ethyl's plan for employees in service." Peak, formerly a TEL operator 2/c, entered theArmy Dec. 1,1951. Page 5 : n*e years Dad's 5 y taken at near Mc- ; ss Design, i Hawaiian Lane Joins R & E Staff John C. Lane, former head of technical information services at the Georgia Tech Engineering Ex periment Station, has joined the staff of the Information Services Group of the Research and En gineering Department at Detroit, according to an announcement by John B. Taylor, Jr., director of ad ministration and services. Lane will assist in the preparation of technical publications having to do with Ethyl Corporation's research in the automotive-petroleum field. A well known technical writer in the field of petroleum technology, Lane has headed documentation groups at the Gulf Research and Development Company, in Pitts burgh, and the Institute of Gas Technology, in Chicago. For the Relaxing toying Though this month's Femme Focus, Gladys King of P&ES, is one of the younger employees on the Plant, she is the "senior" member of the King chil dren. When The Antiknock reporter visited the King's home in connection with this story he found Gladys there with her five sisters and two brothers, all dis playing the same graciousness and moderation noted in Gladys. One of the sisters, Beatrice, also works at the Plant, coming here earlier this year. Gladys was bom and reared on the southern boundary of East Baton Rouge Parish halfway be tween Praiiieville and St. Gabriel where her father. Morphy J. King, bought a piece of property years ago on Bayou Manchac. She attended St. Gabriel Elementary and High Schools until graduation several years ago, and then went on to complete a business course at Baton Rouge Business College. Gladys was employed by the Company April 2, 1952, as a typist in the Stenographic Pool and has since served as a relief typist-clerk in various areas of the Plant. In her spare time Gladys enjoys dancing, swim ming and playing basketball, a sport she participated In while In school. She also likes to watch football and baseball games. past three years he prepared a monthly summary of petroleum re fining development which received wide distribution in several impor tant petroleum companies. Lane has served as editor of "The Re search Engineer" and "The Filter Press," and at present is assistant editor of "Chemical Literature." He is co-author of the book "Syn thetic Petroleum from the Synthine Process." ETC 25884 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK ctshe Antiknock Alburn Can You Recognize These Employees? November, 1953 Jacqueline Ann, 5, and John Wiley, 6 months old, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vickers. The father is a foreman in the P&ES Section. Mrs. Vickers is the former Audrey Chapman of Wisner, La. Bob Edwards Wins Second i Derby This youngster, who now works in Sodium Maint., was only two years old when this picture was taken. Now he is 32. He joined the Com pany four years ago and is from Atlanta, Ga. (See answers on Page 11) Do you know this employee? He was born in Pueblo, Colo., on Nov. 7,1906, and joined the Company in 1929. He participates in many community activities, including such activities as Boy Scouts of America and the United Olvera Fund. Bob Edwards, eight years old, whizzed down a hill in City Park recently to cop second place honors in the Soap Box Derby sponsored annually by the Cub Scouts. The youth, son of W. T. Edwards in Personnel, represented Pack 56. His car -- `"Polly-S" -- competed against 21 other entries before a crowd of more than 300 spectators. Now a '"veteran" racer, he has started planning for the next an nual event with suggestions to his Dad for improvements on his car that will increase its speed. Three Ethyl Girls Attend Denver Meet Bob Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Edwards, is shown in his soap box entry that took second place at the annual Cub Scout races held at City Park. Kill Giant Rattler M. C. Chenault, Power, a grandson. Gerald R. Didier, Jr., bom Sept. 15. Robert Gwln, TEL Maint., a girl Linda Ann. born Sept. 30. Howard N. Kline, TEL Maint., a girl, Mary Margaret, born Oct. 10. WHlte Gay, EtCl Labor, a girl, Deb orah Fay, bom Oct. 15. Godfrey B. Landry, TEL Lab., a boy, Ramsey Paul, bom Oct. 2. Solomon E. Thomas, Ind. Eng., a son, Solomon E.. Jr., bom Sept. 17. Lawrence J. Landry, Sod. Op., a girl, Patricia Ann, born, Sept. 12. Otla P. Ronrke, EtCl Maint.. a girl. Sally Joan, bom Sept 25. Kenneth R. Elsworth, TEL Op., a girl, Janie Lou, born Sept. 25. Henry P. Cedotal, TEL Maint., a girl, Paula Ann, bom Sept. 30. Albert Jonea, TEL Labor, a girl, Mona Fay, bom Sept. 30. Clyde A. Muse, Sod. Maint., a girl, Virginia Joan, bom Sept. 28. David R. Carley, Chem. Dev., a boy, David R., Jr., bom Sept. 11. Otis K. Bailey, Jr., EtCl Op., a boy, Robert Kendall, born Aug. 22. William V. Cook, Jr., TEL Op., a boy. Michael Timonthy, bom Sept. 5. Sterling J. Peters, EtCl Op., a boy, David Steffan, born Sept. 12. W1U M. Kennon, TEL Op., a boy, Wil liam Ernest, bom Sept. 18. Jerome B. Hopkins, Sod. Op., a girl, Judy Lynn, bom Sept. 17. Moses Kelly, TEL Labor, a girl, Mary Louise, bom Sept. 21. Ferdinand J. Rlc&rd, EtCl Labor, a girl, Gloria Mae, born Sept. 16. Three members of Ethyl who attended the national Desk & Derrick con vention in Denver were Oreta Buquet, Medical, Marcellne Marquis, editor of The Bulletin Board, and Mary Gaines Read, secretary in Stores. Christmas Party The second annual ERA Christ mas Party is to be held on Friday, Dec. 18, at the Baton Rouge Senior High School auditorium, announces Tom Terry, TEL Operations, who is chairman of the party this year. The party will be held for young sters of members of the ERA from the ages two to 12. Last year the maximum age limit was ten years old. There will be movies, group singing, the play and a visit from Santa Claus who will instruct his helpers to give a surprise package to each child. Mrs. Morgan Many, who pro duced and directed last years' play, has been secured again. She an nounced a need for children to vol unteer as actors in the play. Try outs for the various parts will be held at the ERA Center Nov. 7. A blank elsewhere in this issue of The Antiknock should be filled out and returned to ERA Office in order that admittance tickets may be sent the children. Calvin Eugene is the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore. The boy's father is in TEL Maint. Mrs. Moore is the former Ruth Wall of Lake, La. Meryl Lynn, six and Barbara Lee, eight, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Martin. Martin is a mechanic 1/c in Sodium Day Service. Mrs. Martin is the for mer Sybil Valen tine of Deerford. Dixie Devillier and her husband, Norman, killed this giant rattle snake on Gross Tete Bayou, Sept. 20. Five feet, six inches long, the reptile had 13 rattles and measured seven Inches in circumference. Sonia, left, and Sandra are the one-year-old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Butler. Butler is an insulator 1/c in TEL Maint. Mrs. Butler is the former Lovelle Gorman of Winnsboro, La. Novembei Members of included frm wood, Mrs. Mrs. R. R. 1 mittee mend Madden. Tally The footb show were f 17 luncheon Up Club at ? With colic and miniatu Tiger, as < members sc and state s< eon. Mrs. M master of tv Following featuring 1T> ball season Muse, edifm commentate ma High S tumes being Wimberly. Winning ; Mrs. J. F. i Price, Mrs Mrs. Lotis ' program . dames R. W. B. Ron. Kidc To: audit'" attend notf: 1953 November, 1953 A . J* ' by ] i i I THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 Friends Honor Bailey at Retirement i nml Mrs. - ii in his u .second .:li Scout tl er I husband, It rattleJou, Sept, liung, the lueasured are the iters of r. Butler t;; 1. Maint. .ovelle Members of the committee that put on the Tally-Up luncheon Oct. 17 included from left, Mrs. W. B. Boss, Mrs. W. J. Henry, Mrs. J. K. Green wood, Mrs. Lew Bamum, Mrs. Ben Harrison, Mrs. H. E. Seitzler and Mrs. R. R. Palmer, who served as chairman for the meeting. Two com mittee members not present included Mrs. D. J. Kennedy and Mrs. H. J. Madden. Tally Up Meet Has Football Theme The football theme and a style show were features of the October 17 luncheon meeting of the TallyUp Club at Mike and Tony's. With college banners, goal posts and miniatures of Mike, the LSU Tiger, as decorations, the 125 members sang individual college and state songs before the lunch eon. Mrs. Morgan Many served as master of ceremonies. Following lunch, a style show featuring 15 costumes for the foot ball season was held with Orene Muse, editor of "The Register" as commentator. Models were Istrouma High School girls with cos tumes being furnished by AbbottWimberly. Winning attendance prizes were Mrs. J. F. Eldredge, Mrs. Herbert Price, Mrs. Russell Hudson and Mrs. Lotis White. Serving on the program committee were Mesdames R. R. Palmer, chairman, W. B. Ross, W. J. Henry, J. R. Greenwood, Lew Barnum, Ben Harrison, H. E. Seitzler, D. J. Ken nedy and H. J. Madden. Welcome to E+hyl Howdy! We are glad to have the following new employees who have joined the Ethyl family recently. Elizabeth T. Flynn, 3256 Nicholson Drive, typist, P&ES. * Merle L. Gould, chem. eng., Chem. Dev. ERA Cooking School A cooking school, starting Jan. 11, is to be offered to members of the ERA and their families. The school will be conducted by Evelyn Wilsford, head of Gulf States Home Service Department, and will be held at Cosselman's on Main Street. The first 200 applicants who reg ister at the ERA Office will be ac cepted for the course which will consist of four parts: Kitchen plan- M. G. Bailey, third from left, gets a hearty handshake from Wallace Armstrong, acting general manager. Harry Butler, and Joe Brown, left, and Mel Hudgins, right, join Armstrong in wishing Bailey a long and happy period of retirement. ning, decorative lighting, freezers and cooking. There is no charge for the course and door prizes will be given to the participants. Talent Wanted Groups of youngsters under 12 years old who would like to take part in the ERA Christmas Party. Tryouts to be held at the ERA Center, Saturday Nov. 7, from 9 A.M., to 2 P.M. Talent not essential, but helpful Performers to be chil dren of members of ERA. Also needed; teenagers of ERA members who play in local band will be needed to play in all-teenager orchestra during the Christmas play. Auditions from 1 to 3 P.M., Nov. 7 at ERA Center. M. C. Bailey, carpenter 1/c in EtCl Maint., retired Oct. 1. He was hired May 2, 1944. "I feel fineand plan to do light contract work and cabinet work," Bailey said on the day of his retire ment. "You can bet that I'll keep busy in my woodwork shop or on outside contract jobs." He praised the Company and ex pressed his enjoyment of his work as a carpenter here. "I feel that this is the best job I have ever had in my life, and I have made more money here than on any other one job I ever had. The general work ing conditions are good." "I've been blessed with agreeable co-workers and good foremen," he concluded. His fellow employees honored him at a fish supper before his re? tirement, gave him a pair of binoc ulars, and a substantial cash gift. Kiddies! Have Pop Fill in Blank, Mail to ERA Office Cut along dotted line. Put in plant mall not later than Dec. 10. A Good Buy To: Santa Claus Ethyl Recreation Association Office SECOND ANNUAL ERA CHRISTMAS PARTY ERA Children -- Ages 2-12 Attendance Notice At the Second Annua] ERA Christmas Party to be held in the Baton Rouge Senior High auditorium, Friday, Dec. 18,1 wish to advise that the following children of my family will attend: attend: ___(} (--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- )(---------) ------------------------------------------(--------- > First Name Age First Name Age First Name Age First Name Age Member's Signature Home Address NOTE: Admission tickets wiU be mailed to each family. Pleasures like football, with a cor sage of mums for her, are nice dur ing the fall of the year. Systematic savings through the payroll deduc tion plan for purchase of Savings Bonds are excellent security for the future. Try the payroll deduction savings plan. ETC 25886 Carpenters 1/c O. L. Forbes, left, and Hugh Smith are building a temporary platform at the Sodium salt dissolving pit. Car penters play a large role In Field Maintenance. Around the Plant With The Field A/nten A light burns out on the water tower 165 feet up in the air. A Hortonsphere relief valve is due for a routine check and testing. The carburetor on the inert gas generator located in the Lindane area needs adjusting. For these things--and many hundreds more--skilled mechanics and helpers of Field Maintenance are soon on the jobs. Representing almost all crafts, they answer routine and emergency calls for large and small repairs to the Plant operating equipment. The work of this large group, about one-fifth of the em ployees on the Plant, can be compared to that of the busy housewife--there's always a thousand and one jobs to be done. The results of their collective efforts are seldom men tioned, but the continuous operation of Plant equipment on a 24-hour basis year in and year out attests to the efforts of Hi h:> ni< S' v. > tC! in M pi. The underside of a railroad support gets a primer coat of Steeplejack painters Thomas Smith, left, and paint at the salt dissolving pit. At left is B. T. Homes, painter G. M. Watson spray last coat on chlorine helper and Burton Pope, painter 1/c. tower in Sodium Area. Wiley Duke, rigger 1/c, directs the I a pump being removed for repairs, suit is a safety measure on this job. Welder l/iron near :< sie, rigger ) Helper W. E. McQueen holds a wrench as Thomas O. Greer, outside machinist 1/c, operates an impact wrench to install a head on an oil heat exchanger near "D" Building. J. F. Devail, instrument mechanic 1/c in TEL Maintenance, makes tests and adjustments to one of the many scales in the TEL area. Good scale maintenance helps provide operating personnel with exact data. A. G. Bitter, sketches :* suremenfl line as L. J. .1 holds plife. ETC 25887 id Ahtenance Men i up in the ; dine check i .i.<r located hings--and IS of Field utmost all i- large and . <>f the em' i f i he busy to be done. Mriom meniipment on a \n' efforts of these mechanics. As a whole, the Field Maintenance group has built up an enviable record in maintaining Plant equip ment without a major production stop. Field Maintenance is divided into three large areas-- Sodium, EtCl and TEX--each group performing maintenance work in its respective area. The "paper work" for the groups is performed by a staff of clerks in several offices in the Main tenance Office Building. While science has devised many automatic devices to aid mankind, the skilled mechanic is still a much sought-after and important man in any organization. Here at Ethyl the Field Maintenance group of employees prove that every day as these pictures will show. William A. King, Sodium Service mechanic 1/c, dismantles a dust collector that is used in the Sodium Cell Room. directs the 1 for repairs, on this job. Welder 1/c Felix Howell arc welds angle iron near a hydrolizer as I. A. Duplessie, rigger 1/c, holds ladder. Working on a magnetic starter in the Lindane sub-station are Roy T. Arbour, electrician 1/c, and helper M. P. Caddis. Repairing gas generator are instrument mechanic W. E. Bricldey, center, with helpers M. J. Theriot, left, and H. F. Brown, right, assisting. j tie jjj A. C. Bu)ter, sketches a mea ssuurreemmeenntti^lilnine as L. J. Arbour hhooldldss p|lus*. Shown covering a 16-inch line are Sam PizziUo, Insulator 1/c, and A. J. Bourgeois, insulator helper 1/c. Good maintenance on lines such as these prevents steam losses due to rapid condensation. Nolan Keller, left and W. M. Rogllllo, mechanical Inspectors 1/c, are removing a safety valve for in spection and testing. ETC 25888 Page 10 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 Harvest Corn for Injured Co-Worker Employees who helped harvest Crowder's corn included, front row, from left, Henry Watkins, J. B. Hammond, Clyde RogUlio, W. L. Fugler and J. B. Langlois. Standing, same order: Elmer Dutsch, W, P. Gros, Tommy Durbin, W. L. Taylor, V. M. Goitreau and Elmer Jones. AH work In the Sodium Maintenance area. Almost everyone knows that friendship is the most priceless pos session a man can claim. However, the real meaning of friendship is a little hard to define and is brought out only when the "chips are down." That's the way Jack Crowd er, Sodium Service mechanic 1/c, looks at it. Recently Crowder was injured and had to go to the hospital. He had hurt his hand and had to be be laid up for about ten days. This wasn't too bad, as the Company's Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan took care of the bills and his regu lar pay kept coming in. Corn Had To Be Picked But Crowder owns a nice little farm near Denham Springs that he is awfully proud of. Although his wife and two boys could manage the routine work, he had almost four acres of com ready to be har vested and they couldn't take care of that. He was banking on using the com this winter for his cattle and chickens and it had to be picked before bad weather set in. He was worried. That's when Jack learned the real meaning of friendship. Helpers Streamed in On Saturday, Oct. 17, before the sun had even struggled through the morning mist, a stream of cars wheeled into the Crowder yard loaded with neighbors and fellow employees from Sodium Mainte nance. Nearby neighbors walked in and tractors with trailers came chugging in. The ladies headed for the kitchen to make coffee and the men and boys went straight to the com field. The com was picked and stored in the crib in short order. In all, nine large loads of com were haul ed in from the field, an estimated 150 barrels, ail picked by hand in three hours time. The only time the men paused was for a drink of water or a cup of coffee when they came in to unload. Two tractor-drawn trailers and one horse and wagon were used in haul ing the corn from the field. Shown palling corn and loading one of the trailers, from left, are Dutsch, Jones, Durbin, Fugler, RogUlio and Langlois. Eleven From Plant Jack Crowder's big, ear-splitting grin expresses his feelings about the way his friends and neighbors helped him when he needed help. Eleven men from the Sodium Maintenance area were helping with the harvesting. They were W. P. Gros, V. M. Guitreau, G. L. Tay lor, J. B. Hammond, C. E. Dutsch, Henry Watkins, Elmer Jones, Tommy Durbin, W. L. Fugler, Clyde Rogillio and J. B. Langlois. When Crowder was visited in the hospital following the com picking he said: "I want to use this means of thanking each one who helped in the harvest. It was a wonderful act of friendship that I won't forget." The loaded trailers were hauled from the field to the corn crib where the corn wets stored. About nine loads totaling 150 barrels of com came from the four acres. Here a group of the volunteers hitch a ride in to help unload the traUer. A welcome break between loads was the steaming coffee and a variety of cookies in the Crowder kitchen. Here, from left, are Fugler, Jones, Mrs. Jack Crowder, Durbin and Langlois. Mrs. Crowder was assisted in the coffee-making by several neighboring ladles. Mrs. Crowder paused to have her picture taken, following the com har vesting, with her two sons, Mitchell, 13, and Doyle, 11. The two boys perform many of the chores around the farm. Jack bought this home, just east of Denham Springs, about a year ago. Novemfc* ____ fro 1 WHA Empt< slfied a< only hoi be Ustet bers- nil in extrr is no h nearby. 1930 Fort' conditioned Phone 2-347 Welsh Si bridle, ha I' 3-62M2. Ha Girl's wiit like new. Si 832 Amerir: Model **A ning conriihberry st Large <a Has light'., facilities an35 miles f: feet from u ing site. So ings. Phone Four rein Oaks Memo: 5 p.m. DonWe i Springfield condition, pump like t plugged f<>< 4-3398. Five-room Street. Gar running w;i back porch back yard. Just 10-mm* Phone 2-317 Model lr, miles. Tun condition. I' OfTlee <1*top for tvj $35. Phone Power r. Briggs and condition. S 1951 Stu. 2-Door Sri la dition. Hn* > undercoatim side mirror. ETC 25889 .1iier. 1953 I ! rker l,i I almost be* har- ii.iko care . >11 using n ns cattle ' to be j -r set in. ! mod the ! Ml ' fore the 1 through |.n of cars j lor yard j; lit fellow Muinte* j walked in j.'i's came goaded for .j . and the i lit lo the ml stored r. Tn all, ere haul* estimated - v hand in `-niy time ! r a drink - i fee when nit ' e Sodium r. helping } y were W. (J. L. Tay i'!. Dutsch, - r Jones, .. Fugler, .* .nnglois. 11 cd in the i rn picking .j his means i ho helped j wonderful j I won't November, 1953 i THE ANTIKNOCK Aid in Fire Prevention Week Planning Page 11 straight days, Monday through Friday, 8.00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. John C. Copes Phone Denham Springs 2775. People Interested in special, direct city bus transportation to and from the Plant on following route: Collegetown, Dalrymple, 19th Street, Scenic Hwy. and return. Contact L. Martin, Phone 3-7742. Nov. 11 Is Holiday Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there is no home phone or phone nearby. For Sale 19S6 Ford 2/D sdao. Good tires. Re conditioned motor. $150. W. W. Mills, Phone 2-3477. This group is shown planning the recent industrial observance of Fire Prevention Week. Dan Read, front left, was industrial chairman. He represented the Boy Scouts. Dudley L. Parsons, front right, served on the committee as representative of the Communications Workers of America, CIO, Local 3403. He Is president of Local 3403. Gus Kugler, rear left, represented Local 12,900 of UMW. Roch Pedarre, rear right, was vice-chairman of the committee, and representative of the Ethyl Management Club. All offices will be closed on Arm istice Day, Nov. 11. Operations will continue, and personnel needed for special or emergency work will, where possible, be so informed by their supervision prior to the holi day. Thanks to Employees Again, I want to thank my fel low employees for their generosity and kindness. Your substantial gifts are appreciated by Mrs. Jarreau, my children, and me. Cecil Jarreau. Here They Are! Welsh Shetland Pony sad saddle, bridle, halter. All for $145. Phone 3-62M2, Hammond, La. Girl's white shoe skates. Size 3. Just like new. $12. Phone 2-4324 or apply at 832 America. Model "A" Ford coupe. $50. In run ning condition. Phone 7-3158. 1906 Mul berry st. Large camp on Petite Amite River. Has lights, running water, bathroom facilities and two screened porches. Just 35 miles from Baton Rouge. About 50 feet from waterfront, good boat-launch ing site. Suitable for year around out ings. Phone 4-8265 after 5 pm Four cemetery plots located in Green Oaks Memorial Park. Phone 4-8312 after 5 p.m. Double barrel 12 gauge 28-inch Springfield shotgun. New stock, perfect condition, $60. Model 12 Winchester pump like new. Modified choke, 28-inch, plugged for three shells. $80. Phone 4-3398. Flv^room bouse at 2344 North 33rd Street. Garage piped for hot and cold running water, 12 by 24-foot screened back porch, Venetian blinds, fenced-in back yard, good stand St. Augustine. Just 10-minute drive from Plant $8,950. Phone 2-3478. Model 1900 Mercury tudor, has 39,000 miles. Two-tone in blue-grey, perfect condition. Phone 5-8541 after 6 p.m. Average gasoline consumption for three year period is 20.0 miles per gallon and engine requires no oil additions. Will sell for reasonable price. G. W. Beste. Call 2-8156 after 6:00 p.m. weekdays and any time after noon on weekends. Orchid corsages. $3.50 to $7.50. Call 5-2751. 1951 Firestone 7% h.p. outboard motor, shift type. Been run approxi mately 10 or 12 hours. In excellent con dition. $120. 6327 Casper St. Phone 5-6893. R. H. Uenemann. Hand made aluminum trays. Orders taken now for Christmas. Reasonably priced. Phone 2-2174. 1947 OldsmobUe 2/door sedan. Hydra matic. Cheap. Phone Credit Union at 350. Baby Stroller, $5, and four-drawer baby chest, natural finish, $10. Phone 7-5720. Five golf elube and three new golf balls, $20. Phone 4-3139 after 4:30 P.M. Used six cubic loot Frlgidalre refrig erator in good running condition. Suit able for use in home or camp. Phone 3-2274. For Sale or Trade 1940 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan. Motor Just overhauled. Looks like new. Good work car. Will sell or trade for any thing of equal value. 4651 Glen Oaks Drive. Phone 7-3359. Special talks on fire prevention were given at safety meetings dur ing Fire Prevention Week. Lavern Landry, fire inspector 1/c, is shown here giving a talk. Will Trade Want to trade Rotoveno automatic ironer for vacuum cleaner. W. W. Mills, Phone 2-3477. Wanted Used eet of Compton's or World Book encyclopedias. Must be in good condition. Phone 2-6093. To buy one girl's 20-bich bicycle In good condition. Phone 5-8557 after 4:30 p.m. Gordon Lee Smith, years ago, is from Atlanta, Ga. He is now In So dium Mainten ance. Mrs. Smith Is the former Mary V. LeJeune. Their one daugh ter, Mary Lee, is six years old. hired Lew Barntun was born in Pueblo, Colo. He was employed by Ethyl during September of 1929 after col lege training in chemistry at the University of Col orado. Mrs. Bar- Hnum is the for mer Mary Waddington of New Jersey.They have five children. Lt. Col. Martin Visits Office desk, large oak, with folding top for typewriter, in good condition. $35. Phone Denham Springs 2388. Power reel type lawinnower with Briggs and Stratton motor, in excellent condition. $35. Phone Denham Springs 2388. 1901 8tudebaker Champion DeLuxe 2-Door Sedan (Yellow) in excellent con dition. Has overdrive, heater, hill-holder, undercoating, windshield washers, out side mirror, oil filter, and seat covers. 1942 Studebaker Champion Coupe. Fine work car. Will sell or trade for anything of equal value. 4651 Glen Oaks Drive. Phone 7-3359. To trade 12 gauge 32-inch double bar rel Stevens shotgun in good condition for 16-foot bateau or ft-inch plywood to make bateau. Phone 7-1331. Drivers Wanted For Rent Front bedroom for one or two gentle Need drivers for car pool from vicin men. Private home within six blocks of ity of University Gardens and South- " 3rd Street. Phone 2-5230. downs to and from work. 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Mondays through Fridays. Riders Wanted Homer Tanner, phone 3-5012 after 5:15 From Denham Springs, Airline High p.m! way or Hammond Highway vicinity- While on leave from active duty in the Army Chemical Corps, Lt. Col. J. Ivan Martin visited his brother, Leo, in Industrial Rela tions. Ivan, a chemical engineer on military leave from the Chemical Development group, is stationed at Army Chemical Center, Md. ETC 25890 Page 12 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 November. I si A\ Prof. F. A. Piper told guests that they were taking the lead in Baton Rouge by opening the recreation center for ELRA members. Harold Madden, P&ES section manager, congratulated the group on their achievement. J. H. Starnes, and Hewitt Gomez also spoke. Words of Wisdom A large crowd of laborer* and their families gathered for the dedication ceremonies at the ELBA Center, Sept. 26. The Center Is at 1222 Sooth 13th St New ELRA Center Dedication Held The Ethyl Laborers' Recreation Association's new recreation cen ter was dedicated Saturday, Sept. 26 with welcoming addresses by Plant and civic speakers, followed by a dance for the ELRA mem bers, their wives and guests. On hand to welcome the large gathering for the formal opening ceremonies were John Hickman, ELRA president, and members of the board of directors--Steve Bezue, Sidney Moore, Vencil Griffin and Louis Watkins. Johney Little, building committee chairman, spoke briefly and Adam Brooks acted as master of ceremonies. Speakers present for the oc casion were H. J. Madden, manager of Plant and Employee Services; J. H. Starnes, Jr., principal labor foreman, ERA Director Hewitt Gomez, Frederick A. Piper, prin cipal of Valley Park Elementary School, and Ulas Hayes, Ethyl Chloride area laborer. Each speaker was high in his praise of the accomplishments of the organ ization and urged continued ef forts by the group to assure the success of the new Center. The Center, located at 1222 South 13th Street, was leased for a five-year period this past sum mer. The building committee, headed by Johney Little, complete ly renovated the second floor of the building. Among the improve ments are a private club room, large dance floor with tables along the walls for guests, and a kitchen. Hickman urges ELRA members to visit the new building. Last month the ELRA purchas ed and installed a new 21-inch tele vision set that has proved popular with members and their families. Ulas Hayes, EtCl laborer, was one of the speakers at the laborers* Recreation Center dedication. Spell It Correctly The Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce has started a drive to make Baton Rouge "The City That Knows How to Observe Christ mas." One of the first requests made by the Chamber of Commerce is that everyone refuse to use "Xmas" in place of "Christmas." "We can leave Christ in Christ mas by avoiding the use of 'Xmas' in any form, whether it be in cor respondence, in advertising, in dis plays, Christmas cards or in any other manner," Opie L. Shelton, Executive Vice-President, said in a letter announcing the drive. George Gibson, Jr., EtCl laborer, holds up a 35-pound bob cat that he killed on a recent fishing trip. Gibson Bags Bob Cat George Gibson, Jr., EtCl laborer, killed a 35-pound bob cat recently while fishing in the Devil Swamp area north of Baton Rouge. Gibson said that his nephew first spotted the animal coming towards them down the creek and thought it was a coon. A closer look showed that it was a bob cat. He shot the cat from a distance of about 175 yards with a 38-40 Winchester rifle, killing it with the first shot. This safety sign, on the southeast corner of Central Shops and Stores Building, gives a new twist to the promotion of safety. The salesman who knocks his competitors usually doesn't make a very good impression. Neither does the fellow who knocks his as sociates or -his company. If you can't say something good about a person, it's just as well not to say anything. The fellow who throws mud always winds up with a pair of dirty hands. What's the Score? Bulletin Tells 'Em! What's the score? Two thousand three hundred seventy-three phone calls were made to the Daily Bul letin office asking that question during the World Series. Their staff was on duty Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Oct. 2, and Oct. 5 to give out this information. They did not give coverage Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4. The efficient work of five peo ple kept this up-to-the-minute in formation flowing to the baseball fans on the Plant. In the Patrol Office, Bob Kennedy and Dorothy Taylor compiled information as it came over the radio. At the end of each half-inning they reported this information to the Daily Bulle tin Office. Leo Martin, John Fly, and R. L. Day answered the telephone giving the latest scores and timely slo gans such as "Work Safely," and "Remember the United Givers Fund." The Daily Bulletin office will of fer this service on flash news about such things as disasters, storms, elections, floods, and other out standing events. We cortffn employees tvJ ice Awards <> Houston E. < Joel V. Steph Henry R. Ph John J. Henl Elmer R. Jon Cline Myers. Joseph W. i>. Floyd L. Smi Alvtn B. Ew Elson B. Prr Willi A. Rnl Leon Sims, F Hugh A. Wri Ralph S. Wil Clarence P. t Lem L Thom D. D. Westm Charles T. .\ Buford W. S Kyle When Tv' feated Temp; Bowl classic Kyle, now in played the ei ious Greenie < During the the New Sports associ tion at whicl bers of the i the Sugar Bo> Players of team made n on WDSU-T'. at a banquet ! Kyle letter* 1933, and 19: - *; This picture, ceiving a pass a still shot of ETC 25891 aber, 1953 I November, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 Two Foremen Groups Complete Training . ,S section ;i Hie group II. Slarncs, spoke. iidom he southeast >> and Stores twist to the knocks his iH`sn't make n m. Neither locks his asmy. If you >>ori about a 11 not to say who throws with a pair i 'Em! ;.i the end of y reported ! I )aily Bulle- i jiy. and R. L. ohnrie giving : timely slot.Safely," and hi ted Givers >i fice will of;.;i news about i i`i`s, storms, ;i other out- i 1 i We congratulate the following employees who received their Serv ice Awards during October: 15 Years Houston E. Cummings, TEL Maint. Joel V. Stephens. TEL Maint. Henry R. Philips, TEL Labor. John J. Henley, TEL Maint. Elmer R. Jones, TEL Maint. Cline Myers, EtCl Op. Joseph W. DevaU, EtCl Op. Floyd L. Smith, EtCl Maint. 10 Years Alvin B. Everett, EtCl Maint. Elson B. Prescott, EtCl Op. Willie A. Robert, EtCl Maint. Leon Sims, EtCl Op. Hugh A. Welch, EtCl Maint. Ralph S. Williams, EtCl Maint. Clarence P. Lorlo, EtCl Maint. Lem L Thompson, TEL Op. D. D. Westmoreland, EtCl Maint. Charles T. Addison, Laundry. Buford W. Slade, TEL Maint. Joseph Lawsoa, EtCl Labor. George W. Trueax, TEL Op. Moran Bergeroo, EtCl Maint. J. H. Delaughter, EtCl Op. C. L. Langlols, EtCl Maint. Hazael Agulllard, EtCl Maint. Enos Jackson, EtCl Maint. Woodrow tV. Klochen. EtCl Maint. Clayton Levy, EtCl Labor. Rivers Robertson, EtCl Labor. Louis Barbato, TEL Op. Rubin H. Davis, Sodium Op. Islah Lang, EtCl Labor. Robert M. McGill, TEL Maint. Edward W. Reynolds, TEL Op. Richard A, Anderson, EtCl Labor. Delos H. Mendoza, TEL Maint. Arthur W. Conerly, TEL Maint. , Victor Latona, TEL Op. Frank M. Butler, TEL Op. 5 Years Frederick W. Koch, Cafeteria. Raymond M. Vargo, Prod. Plan. Hansen E. Scobee, Inspection. Lloyd T. Averette, Cafeteria. Hilton V. Carter, Jr., TEL Op. Kyle in First Sugar Bowl Game When Tulane University de feated Temple in the first Sugar Bowl classic Jan. 1, 1935, Charles Kyle, now in Industrial Relations, played the end slot on the victor ious Greenie eleven. During the weekend of Oct. 10 the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports association held a celebra tion at which they honored mem bers of the first team playing in the Sugar Bowl. Charley was there. Players of the 1935 Sugar Bowl team made a television appearance on WDSU-TV, and were honored at a banquet Friday night, Oct. 9. Kyle lettered at Tulane in 1932, 1933, and 1934. This picture, taken during the 1933 LSU-Tulane game,, shows Kyle re ceiving a pass for the Greenies. Score for that game was 6-6. The inset is a still shot of the Tulane alumnus in uniform. Participants in the Foreman Training classes held Sept. 15, 16, and 17 are, left to right, Harry R. Allen, Herschell Kelley, Phillip R. Lee, Tay lor Brashier, Russell H. Mahan, Archie P. McGehee, Henry F. Hebert, L. Glynn Boyles, Carl E. Devall, John B. Fly, Jr., and James O. Carroll. Members of the second class taking foreman training Sept, 22, 23, and 24 were, left to right, John L. Guillot, W. A. Toups, Paul R. Boras, Leslie J. Fuller, Herbert R. Warnock, John S. Montegudo, George A. McCrae, Morris W. Stonecipher, Wade B. Randolph, Leo J. Martin, Hardy O. Wells, Jr., Clarence H. Ostergren, John R. Montgomery, Jr., and John F. Carter. One Korean Casualty The only Korean casualty among Ethyl employees was John R. Davis, former TEL Operator, who was killed on April 24, 1951, while fighting as a private first class in the U. S. Marine Corps. Another Ethyl employee killed while on mili tary leave was Capt. James D. Falgoust, former EtCl operator, whose T-33 jet training plane crashed on May 22, 1952, at Pinecastle AFB, Fla. The American people consume 21 times more petroleum than all the rest of the free world combined, even though this nation's popula tion Is only eight per cent of the free world total. Is Absenteeism Your Problem? H. W. Wheeler Industrial Relations This is not a sermon. It is a few questions that you can answer or not, in whatever way suits your fancy or your own self-interests. 1. Are all my absences on the level? 2. Is the Company lax in its control of absentees? 3. Is the Company disability wage plan too generous? 4. Do most companies keep accurate records of absentees? 5. If I should look for a job in another company, would they be interested in my absenteeism? 6. Has my supervision discussed my absenteeism with me? 7. Do chronic absentees generally improve their attendance after being told by supervision that they must improve? 8. Does an off-the-plant job indirectly cause absenteeism? 9. Are chronic absentees generally in trouble financially and in other ways? 10. Does domestic trouble lead to drink and thence to absenteeism? 11. Are chronic absentees, generally speaking, as good workmen as they could be? 12. Does your family worry about your absenteeism? 13. Does it cost Ethyl over one-half a million dollars a year for dis ability wage payments? 14. Have you ever been forced to work when you felt bad? 15. Have you taken the "flu" shots available at Medical? 16. Is alcohol your problem? 17. If you need help on any of these problems, do you know where to go for it? ETC 25892 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 Novemi* Workers for the United Givers Fund gathered in the Cafeteria to hear *ika by top officials of the local United Givers organization. Employee's Wife Revisits Germany "Western Germany is rebuilding fast with the help and guidance of the democratic countries," Mrs. Gilbert Matheme said after a visit to her homeland. She returned to Louisiana July 16 after four months in Kassel, Germany, where she and the children visited a sis ter, Mrs. Rudi Koch. Her husband, Gilbert, is a TEL operator 2/c. They were married in Germany in 1947 where he was a sergeant in the armored cavalry of the Army. They left Germany for the United States in November of 1949, and Mrs. Matheme found the quiet country life of Louisiana en tirely different from her former life in a Germany city. She also found our cooking different from that of Germany. Modern conveniences such as auto matic washing machine appeal to Mrs. Matheme. Her home in Ger many was destroyed by bombing during the war. "Over here people use rice, in Germany we used potatoes," she said. Commenting on her observations during her recent visit to her homeland, she said that the hous ing situation is greatly improved. She also stated that the German people like American occupation troops. The biggest fear of some German people, she said, is that there will be another war. The Mathemes have three chil dren: Gilbert, Jr., Irene Ann, and Dieter. Dieter, bom in Germany during a previous marriage of Mrs. Matheme, is a half-brother of Gil bert and Irene. Up The Ladder Walter J. Scholl, from EtCl operator 2/c to 1/c. Ferdinand J. Bello, Jr., from machinist helper 1/c to machinist 3/c, TEL Maint. George W. Chaney, from sheet metal worker 1/c to sheet metal layout. John E. Danoe, from pipefitter 3/c to pipefitter 2/c, Chesley N. Davis, Jr., from electrician 2/c to electrician 1/c. Luther F. Felps from sheet metal worker 1/c to sheet metal layout. Ulrich J. GUer, from sheet metal worker 1/c to sheet metal layout. Wilbert J. Kelley, from iron worker helper 1/c to ironworker 3/c. Edward L. Lefebvre, from pipefitter helper 1/c to pipefitter 3/c. Percy C. Lorfo, from sheet metal worker 3/c to sheet metal worker 2/c. Donald E. Maatenon. from instrument mech. helper 1/c to instrument mechanic 3/c. Jessie L. Slocum, from rigger 1/c to rigger inspector. Adrian D. Stephens, from ironworker 2/c to ironworker 1/c. J. Franklin Stubbs, from painter 1/c to steeple jack painter. Connie B. Mary, from steno clerk Group III, Personnel, to confidential sec retary, relief. Augustus Clark, cell worker, to work ing leader, Sodium. Pat W. Almond, from carpenter helper 1/c to carpenter 3/c, EtCl Maint. John K. Simmons, from laundry oper ator 2/c to laundry operator 1/c. David H. Hinson, from fireman (Insp) 2/c to fireman (Insp) 1/c. Ruth H. Broyles, from confidential secretary, relief, to confidential secre tary. R.&E. Mercerdese Babb, from steno clerk, Group II, Training, to Group HI, Em ployee Benefits. John S. Barbay, Jr., from Group III to Group IV, Finance. Dominick Guerdo, Jr., from Group III to Group IV, Finance. James P. Cook, from operator 2/c to 1/c, Sodium. Joseph H. Machost, from warehouse man 2/c to warehouseman 1/c, Stores. Dorman P. Burch, from laboratory assist. 1/c to senior laboratory assistant, TEL Lab. Donald C. Neames, from escort watch man 1/c to patrolman. William B. Fugler, from operator 2/c to 1/c, (C. R.) Sodium. Hiram Ballard, Jr., from machinist outside helper 1/c to heavy duty me chanic 3/c, Maint. * Floyd M. Carbo, from pipefitter 1/c to pipefitter sketcher, Maint. Joseph E. Louvlere, from Sodium op erator 2/c (C.R.) to opeartor 1/c (C.R.). Douglas J. Pourckau, from Sodium op erator 2/c (C.R.) to operator 1/c (C.R.)- Daily Safety Message Idea Is Popular Parnell Is 'Quacker Jack' Duck Caller Lurline R lar safety demand w Co- The thi prizes ch' Award Pi year were China bns< bathroom to Safety < The 1.7 groups hu ferent pn an averm: winning m Feb., 19." i Misccll the four) I Laborers Jan. 27, first time Ge! Geoice Tanner. gineerinu the thrci' ent whirl The | patent pcreased metal fed process, lead is < used in with an ;> content. From left. Sodium operators Edwin Blackwell, Jesse W. Hall and Thomas G. Goedry read the "Safety Thought for Today." Each day a brief mess age pertaining to safety is posted on this board in the Sodium Lunch room. The idea was suggested by Orvil L. Rodgers, Sodium operator 2/c- Fred Parnell, duck caller deluxe, shows a group of employees how it's done during the Sportsmen's Day activities held at Harding Field re cently. Parnell won the International Duck Callers Contest champion ship at last year's Rice Festival in Crowley. Homer 1 ployecs ethyl lend ETc 25893 1953 -- i*S < i,i hear .. i-lerk, ill, Em* Ill to .lOlip III -I J C to iohuuseSinres. ix.iatory .'i'.iant, ,i watch* . .iiur 2'c naL-himst ! !iii> me* ).<-r 1 'c to luim op* I (C.R.). ` ilium op* i . i C.R.). November, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 Stuhldreher Advocates Job Teamwork Foremen and supervisors are coaches working under a head coach and they should be getting the greatest satisfaction there is from coaching--working with peo ple. Harry Stuhldreher, All-American quarterback and member of the famed "Four Horsemen" of the 1924 Notre Dame football team, told the members of the Ethyl Management Club on Oct. 15 that the greatest satisfaction from coaching came from working with people and not from the money or notoriety. Now in the Industrial Rela tions Department of United States Steel, Stuhldreher was athletic di rector and head coach at the Uni versity of Wisconsin until 1950. He is past president of the American Football Coaches Association, a member of the Football Hall of Fame Committee and a member of the United States Olympic Com mittee. Lurline Roye, Safety Office stenographer, displays the three most popu lar safety prizes with employees during this year. Coolers were most in demand with lamps and scales following in popularity. Coolers Are Most Popular Prize The three most popular safety prizes chosen by the 11 Safety Award Prize winning groups this year were the picnic coolers, first, China base lamps, second, and the bathroom scales, third, according to Safety Office figures. Stores, first time March 8; The Ethyl Chloride Laborers, fourth time, March 16; Escue's Shift, first time, March 19; Sodium Maint., first time, June 10; Chem-Process Development, third time Aug. 4; Sodium Laborers, third award, The 1,755 employees in the 11 groups had approximately 25 dif ferent prizes to choose from with an average cost of $4.10. The next winning group cannot qualify until Feb., 1954. Miscellaneous Services won for the fourth time last Jan. 19; TEL Laborers won their second award Jan. 27; Engineering Services, first time Mast March 7; Central Aug. 10; Central Shops, third award Sept. 7, and Inman's Shift in Sodium Operations' won their third award Sept. 8. Carrol] Hebert, Safety super visor, pointed out that four groups won awards for the first time this year which indicates "extra ef fort on the part of the personnel of these sections to work safely-- and it pays off every time." Harry Stuhldreher, a member of Notre Dame's famed Four Horse men, and President J. B. Norwood were photographed at the October meeting. Stuhldreher was guest speaker at the meeting. "Football teaches unit play," he said. "It teaches the teamwork and competition that youngsters need in later life. My old coach, Knute Rockne, used a version of the twoplatoon system of football years be fore it was adopted generally be cause it gave more boys a chance to play. "We probably wouldn't have been known as the `Four Horse men' if Rockne hadn't used his `shock troops'," he continued. "Coach Rockne would send in his shock troops to soften up the op posing team. Then we would go in and get all the gravy." Stuhldreher told the members that "you don't find leftwingers and those who draw away from Americanism among those who are members of a team. They are too interested in their responsibility to their school, their coaches, their parents and the school supporters." Get Process Improvement Patent George W. Beste and Homer M. Tanner, of the Research and En gineering Department, are two of the three joint inventors on a pat ent which was issued Sept. 22. The process covered by the patent provides substantially in creased conversion of the lead metal fed into the TEL operations process. An alloy of sodium and lead is employed similar to that used in the present process but with an appreciably higher sodium content. According to the inventors, the process requires additional develop ment to become strongly competi tive with the present commercial process. Dr. Beste is associate director of Chemical Development. Tanner is a chemical engineer in the Manufacturing Technical Services Group. The third inventor on the patent is Hymin Shapiro who is the assistant director. Automotive Products Research Section, at the Detroit Laboratory. Spurred by intense competition within the industry, oil men have developed a highly flexible trans portation system that helps ac count for the low cost of petroleum products for American consumers. In the unique system are 2,225 barges, 168,000 miles of pipe lines, 95,000 railroad tank cars, 147,000 tank trucks and transports, and more than 550 ocean-going tankers. So efficient is the system that a gallon of oil, weighing seven pounds, can be moved from the well to the consumer for less than it costs to mail a one-ounce letter. Get Certificates--Advancement i i I J v how it's j l-'ield reliiampion- Homer Tanner and Dr. George Beste are two of the three Ethyl em ployees recently issued a patent for a process that can be used In tetra ethyl lead manufacture. This group of employees won special distinctions at a recent meeting of the U. S. Army Reserve Corps. Capt. Bill Hamilton, Capt/Albin J. Loupe, and Maj. Leo Miller received certificates for satisfactory comple tion of one year of work in the 4157th Army Organized Reserve School. Back row, left to right: Carroll Hebert advanced to lieutenant colonel, Henry Doherty to major, and Maxwell A. Lea to major. ETC 25894 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK November, 1953 Clothier Announces Flu Shots Available Four New Promotions Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier announced management personnel changes on Oct. 5 affecting George L. Anton, John L. Lee, Jr., Troy F. Rudolph, and Vernon C. Smythe. Anton and Lee moved up from time study engineers to assistant time study supervisors in Industrial Engineering. Rudolph, formerly as sistant time study supervisor, be came assistant supervisor, Indus trial Engineering Section, Houston Plant. Smythe, formerly assistant time study supervisor, Industrial Engineering Section, became an as sistant supervisor, Maintenance Group. George L. Anton Born: Savannah, Ga., Nov. 2, 1923. School: Stuyvesant High School in New York City, BB. and MB. a t Georgia Tech. Married: So phia Andrlanopoulou of Athens, Greece, Oct. 9, 1951. Child: Louis George, one month old. Sports: Golf, bowling, base ball, and fishing. Hired: July 25, 1952 as time study engi neer in industrial Engineering. Prior employment: field representative for Federal Security Agency. Residence: 748 Westmoreland. John L. Lee, Jr. Born: St. Joseph. La., Feb. 23. 1924. School: University High, LSU, Curtis- Wright Technical Institute of Aero nautics. Married: Patricia Anne Lusk o f New Orleans, Aug. 21,1949. Child: John L, HI. seven months old. Sports: fishing, baseball and tennis. Hired: March 24, 1952 as assistant time study engineer. Prior employment: gas engineer for Gulf States Utilities Co. Residence: 1509 Aberdeen St. Troy F. Rudolph Born: Bienville. La., Oct. 7, 1923. Schools: Bienville High School, Univer sity of Montana, and Louisiana State Uni versity. B.S. in me chanical engineering. Single: Hired: June, 1949 as mechanical helper, transferring to Industrial Engi neering in April of 1950. In school at LSU before employ ment. Residence ad dress: 7218-C Village Way. Houston. Vernon C. Smythe Bora: Dubberly, La.. Nov. 7. 1916. School: Dubberly High and LSU. B.S. degree in mechanic a 1 engineering. Married: Jesse June Sanders of Amite Dec. 9. 1944. No children. Sport9 : fishing, golf and bowling. Hired: April 6,1951 as time study engineer. Prior employment: general superintendent o f Reagan Tool Co. Hobby: woodworking. Residence address: 3256 Wyoming St. Wanta head off that ole debbil-- the flu bug? If you haven't done so already, you can still get free influenza inoculations at Plant Medical from 8 A.M. until 3:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. And don't get worried. The doc tors say there are very few uncom fortable reactions and that when there are any they are of a mild nature. These reactions are noth ing to the flu which these shots will prevent in some cases and min imize in others. The inoculation consists of one injection into the skin of the arm. A protective level of immunity de velops in about 10 days and re Oil Progress Week, which was celebrated across the Nation Oct. 11*17, was officially proclaimed by Mayor-President Jesse Webb, Jr., as Lew Barnum, chairman of the local Oil Progress Week activities looks on. mains effective up to four months or longer. Depending on the oc curence of influenza in this area, a second inoculation may be advis Active in Oil Progress Observance Oil Progress Week was observed Esso Reporter TV programs over able early next year. Employees are urged to take ad vantage of these free inoculations. However, individuals known to be Oct. 11 to 17 by Plant employees as WAFB, Barnum gave a three-min allergic to egg protein are being weJl as by some 11,000 other oil in ute report on the scope of our advised by Plant doctors not to dustry employees in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge oil industry. Several IDthylites took an active take the shots. part in the week's activities. Lew Barnum of Community Re Salesmen Praise On-Plant Training lations was the Chairman of the Oil Progress Week Committee. This is one phase of the year-round activities of the local Oil Industry Information Committee which con tinually strives to tell the public about the importance of petroleum and its products in developing our American way of life. Four sub committees devote their attention especially to farm, school, dealer, and employee groups. Many Employees Helped Harry Wheeler of Industrial Re lations, as a member of the Em ployee Sub-Committee, arranged for a special safety program which was presented at 15 safety meet ings on the Plant during the week with a total attendance of 700 em Three Ethyl salesmen have re ceived on-the-plant training since the Baton Rouge Sales Department Training Program started in May. They are Marshall McDorman from the Eastern Region, Robert Mead from the Central Region, and T. S. "Scottie" Dubose of the Southern Region. Dubose filled the slot vacated when Alan Tully transferred to Southern Region headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. The training program was devel oped and coordinated by Manufac turing, Research and Engineering, and Sales. Each sales representa tive spends two weeks on the Plant, during which time he visits all areas. and Engineering. They also learn about storage and shipping of our products. , Voorhies reports that all of the Sales representatives who have completed the two-week program are high in their praise of it. ployees. Each program, consisting M. J. Voorhies, Production Plan of a movie and a short safety talk, ning section manager, coordinates was presented by Leo Martin or the program for the Baton Rouge John Fly of Industrial Relations. Several EXhyl employees pre sented Oil Progress information to civic clubs. Harry Wheeler spoke to the Baton Rouge Lion's Club; Steve Henry, Community Rela Plant The program enables sales mem bers to actually see Baton Rouge Plant manufacturing processes as well as the work done by Research T. S. Dubose, Southern Region Sales Department representative, listens as Malcolm Hardy, Ship ping supervisor, explains a shipping procedure. tions, spoke to the Hammond Ro tary Club and the downtown Klwanis Club; Lew Barnum spoke to the Sertoma Club; and H. O. White, Industrial Engineering, spoke to the East Baton Rouge Lions Club. Mrs. Maude Renfroe of Production Ethyl Corporation P. O. Box 341 Baton Rouge 1, La. See. 34.04 P. L. A B. C. 8. Postage PAID Baton Boage, L*. Permit No. SO Planning distributed oil industry information booklets to the mem bers of the Capital City Business and Professional Women's Club. Aired on Radio, TV On Ethyl's broadcast of the LSU-Kentucky game Sam Charl ton of Esso, local chairman of the Oil Industry Information Commit tee, explained the importance of the oil industry. On one of the daily Form 3547 Requested Vol. XV, \ n**-' * %\ etc 25895 iier, 1953 iable . , lubbil-- n't done . uct free .1 Plant .nil 3:30 ..lay. ' rise docnneomd when : a mild n* nothv shots aid min* * of one i iu* arm. .mily de and re* i- months . the oc. > area, a e advis- take ad ulations. . . n to be . re being . not to ing iiso learn ,.4 of our : II of the )<to have | program ; it. i Kegion dilative, ly, Shipshipping ETC 25896 Page 2 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK The World Needs a Lot of Christmas Goodwill MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL EDITORS MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL EDITORS Published monthly for the employees of the Baton Rouge Plant of Ethyl Corporation. J. T. Stephenson.................................................................................. Editor It Just Seems Different, That's All! If you are old enough to read this, you will join the millions of others who are prone to say that "Christmas isn't what it used to be." True, you don't look forward with eager anticipation to that great est morning of all mornings when gleaming toys glisten under the Christ mas Tree. True, you don't enjoy the sweets as much as you did when you were a child, and your faith has been shaken by the breaks in life, that for all of us sometimes seem hard. And the noise of firecrackers now seems like a nuisance. Your development, your acceptance of the responsibilities of man hood and womanhood, your preoccupation with living--those have made you feel that "Christmas isn't what it used to be." It is! Ask your boy who is expecting a new bike. Ask the poor family several blocks down the street who will get baskets of food and bundles of clothes on Christmas morning. Ask the beggar on the street comer who sees the generosity of Christmas when more coins fall into his bat tered hat. Ask the churchman who sees more and more people accept ing the faith from which Christmas comes, Christmas 1953 is not as good as Christmases used to be, it's better! On the $ob at Sthyl-- The Plant Mail Carriers ftSeems Only ^Yesterday CShat Ten Years Ago We had either a letter or a visit from the following men in the armed forces: Max Lea, Hudson Field, Frank Taylor, John M. Wis dom, Cary Vickers, Leo N. Audiffred, Henry Seitzler, Robert Thrasher, "Duke" Hartsfield, Fred erick Hollier, George Forbes, Joe Marrs and Henry Miller. Hallie Boles (Murphy) of EtCl Stores was elected to the board of directors of the newly organized Baton Rouge YWCA. The War Effort Committee praised the suggestions submitted by Gus Larson, Norman Weaver, D. R. Hatcher, Henry Troth, S. J. Blanchard, Reese Sumr&ll, Ross Mire, and Amos Black. Beautiful and intricate glass ob jects made by Paul Nash were pic tured. Five Years Ago Frank Hill, Bob Sceroler, "Cot ton" Hill, Harold Scruggs, Ed Duffard, and Wallace Mixon hew to Nashville in private planes to see the LSU-Vanderbilt game. Claude Arceneaux was pictured doing some of the photomicrog raphy for which he has become quite well known in chemical circles. Plans for additional expansion of Plant operating units were an nounced. Ivy Reed, left, and Stanislaus Rlcard, Plant mail carriers, are busy collecting mail from the Mail Room for distribution to the various offices on their routes. They and the other carriers handle thousands of pieces of mail regularly in the course of their daily work. The rapid and efficient delivery of mail to its final destination is a vital link in Plant communications, and the mail carriers are contrib uting to the overall efficient operation of the Plant in this important job. Les Nocke by Jersey Decom i ! ER/ A r;., 1 and thru at I he - mas I'min (hr P School 18. A sma teemen. from ski11 star east j as acini x j hard at o \ assure tlr j one of lh' ' in the P.a' i H:t> | "Those ! and roll*! astic nbon I Tom Tot i j is chairm ' tivities * i "We anti* tendance > which In plete su< * play will bered In Terry is a Carthv. v of the pa j S; t Follow i1 is cxpc< a * j audienn-' each cliil-' loaded w Merer! the Gills Billie Wil1 Phillips. and L. J chairman is assist*'*l Wilson, v Reeder. S* and Alta ' House will bo a'and Ath Brown u ' ton. Slant Wallace S tee mend rier. Pi"|. Publioil \. of the Si aided In Cothoin. < Lorio u iif Mrs. -i duood and lias been and ae<*" 77r In an*: Christian ered dm ci e\ rren* 1 hope and : beneath a their w*> * gesture *! da\'s en-i< mistletoe 1 ETc 25897 = mber, 1953 oodwill ';dD/r) urr busy ir \arious thousands l .ilion is a f. rontribj riant job. i Jersey i December, 1953 i THE ANTIKNOCK Page 3 ERA Christmas Party Will Be Staged on Dec. 18 A capacity crowd of children and their parents is anticipated at the second annual ERA Christ Major Mars Record mas Party which is to be staged A time-losing injury on Nov. 17 in the Baton Rouge Senior High when an employee in TEX Group A School Auditorium, Friday, Dec. received second and third degree 18. sodium burns on the face, neck A small army of ERA commit and throat brought the total major teemen, plus outside assistance injuries for 1953 to 33 as compared from skillful technicians and an all- to 29 for the same period in 1952. star cast of Ethyl children serving The injury came after the entire as actors and actresses, have been Plant had operated for 37 days hard at work for the past month to without a time-losing injury and assure the ERA members' children after TEX Group "A" had com one of the finest plays ever staged in the Baton Rouge area. pleted 48 days without a major in jury. Play To Be Even Better `'Those who have seen the script and rehearsals are very enthusi astic about this production," states Tom Terry, TEX Operations, who is chairman of the Children's Ac tivities committee for the ERA. "We anticipate a much larger at tendance than at the play last year, which by all standards, was a com Mercerdese Rabb, chairman of the ERA Chirstmas Party Gilts Commit* tee, and Assistant Recreation Director Hardy Wells examine the several thousand cardboard containers which Santa and his helpers will till with surprises for ERA members' children attending the Christmas Party Dec. 18. The employee was assisting in rodding out a sodium storage tank in order to transfer a shipment of sodium to the Alloy Building. The plug broke through and molten sodium blew out, even though the pressure had been let off, and struck him in the face, neck and chest. Goggles prevented injury to his eyes. plete success. We predict that this has done an outstanding job with play will be one long remem bered by all that see it," he added. Terry is assisted by William F. Mc Carthy, who is serving as chairman of the party committee. Santa To Give Gilts Following the play Santa Claus is expected to appear before the audience of youngsters and see that each child gets a surprise package loaded with delightful gifts. Mercerdese Rabb is chairman of the Gifts Committee, assisted by Billie Wilton, Ben Chatoney, Roy Phillips, Ann Janczys, H. D. Moore and L. J. Welch. Wilma Loudon, chairman of the Floor Committee is assisted by Iris Blouin, Mignonne Wilson, Marjorie Wilson, Almetus Reeder, Sier Street, Edith Starnes and Alta Mae Vamado. House Chairman Jim Starnes will be assisted by Shelby Wascom, and Attendance Chairman J. C. Brown will be aided by Alvin But ton, Stanley Price, Allen Price and Wallace Simoneaux. Other commit the play this year. Lloyd Rodrigue, local commer cial artist and brother of Floyd Rodrigue of TEX Maintenance, was contracted to design and build the stage props for the play. At a sneak preview of the scenery Rodrigue is designing, all agreed that the audi ence will see "something never seen before in Baton Rouge." The costumes which were de signed by Mrs. Many, were made by Mrs. E. J. Crabbe, local seam stress, who is also a "veteran" of last year's production. Children in Play The Ethyl youngsters taking part in the play are Deline and Jay Beysselance, Brenda Stafford, Ann Watts, Joey LeRay, Jerrine McCar thy, Paula Burrough, Elizabeth Wall, Lee White, Purdy Lou and Mickey Lou Many, Jackie and Mar tha Richardson, Marilyn and Larry Elizabeth Wall, 8, gets fitted for her ERA Christmas Party cos tume by Mrs. E. J. Crabbe. About 25 youngsters are taking part in the play this year. Polito, Peggy Touchstone, Albert Weaver, Debbie and Cindy Theriot Disaster Plans Made M. H. Marix, Finance, served as chairman of a two-day meeting of the Red Cross Disaster Prepared ness Committee in Baton Rouge, Nov. 23 and 24. Instructor at the meeting was R. T. Sheplar, assistant disaster direc tor of the southeastern area of the American Red Cross. William F. McCarthy, Fire In spection, is vice-chairman; F. M. Porch, Safety, is Mutual Aid repre sentative; W. B. Heck, Jr., Safety, is a member of the Survey SubCommittee; and Lew Barnum, Community Relations, is a mem ber of the Purchase and Supply Sub-Committee. The functions of each committee were discussed and studied. "It was a splendid meeting," Marix said, "and Baton Rouge is formulating plans that will provide an efficient organization to handle a disaster." tee members include Dick Schnei Shavers, Cathy Armistead, Karla and Marsha Terry. der, Program; and J. B. LeRay, Publicity. Morgan Many, chairman of the Stage Committee, will be aided by Howard Wascom, Gene Cothern, Charles Crockett, and Ed Lorio will serve as safety advisor. Mrs. Morgan Many, who pro duced and directed last year's play, has been engaged again this year, and according to reports received, Medical & Personnel Building 'Grows' Up Have You? Have you turned in a reg istration blank for your chil dren so they can attend the giant Christmas Party at Baton Rouge High School, Dec. 18. This party for children (ages 2-12) of ERA members is too good for them to miss. The Mistletoe Fill in the coupon found on Page 6 and mail immediately In ancient times, before the to the ERA office by Dec. 15. Christian era, mistletoe was gath That way Santa win have ered during the winter solstice and your child or children on his reverenced as a symbol of future gift list. hope and peace. Enemies, meeting beneath a spray of it would drop their weapons and embrace, in a Blanks can be obtained also at the ERA office. gesture of friendship. . . . Thus to The Medical & Personnel Building, which was completed in 1949, has Don't let Santa miss your day's custom that a maid under the "grown" considerably in height as a result of the addition of a third children! mistletoe may be kissed. story. The addition was completed last month. \ ETC 25898 Page 4 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 Company Objectives Set at Industrial Relations Conference employee groups and the Com pany. "We are certainly all agreed," he said, "that industrial relations problems are vital to our Company, and that their satisfactory solu tion is essentia] to our continued growth and success. You can read ily understand that industrial har mony in the Manufacturing De partment is of the greatest impor tance to the entire Company. Want Satisfied Employees Listening intently to one of the guest speakers are approximately 50 Ethyl employees attending the first Company-wide Industrial Relations conference held early In November at Point Clear, Ala. A three-day conference designed to evaluate our industrial rela tions program, to determine our course of action, and to develop a better understanding of mutual problems, was held at Point Clear, Ala., early in November. Fifty rep resentatives of management from the New York Office, the Baton Rouge and Houston Plants, and the Detroit Research Laboratories took part in the various discussions. Policies Sound, Survey Shows The objectives of the meetings were cited by Curt Holton, director of Industrial Relations for the Com pany, during his opening address. In reviewing our present circum stances, Holton pointed out that the employee opinion survey con ducted last winter showed that by and large Ethyl's employee rela tions policies are sound, well appre ciated, and well above the average. He warned that "Ethyl cannot be satisfied with being just as good as any other company in our indus trial relations. We want to be and we should be better than other companies." 4. To pay each employee a wage or salary which is fair and com mensurate with the work per formed. 5. To provide for each employee safe, sanitary, comfortable and or derly working places. 6. To provide for each worker a feeling of security of job and in come. T. To provide for each employee some measure of security against the unavoidable hazards of life, such as sickness, disability, death and retirement 8. To keep each employee as fully informed as possible about the business and what the Com pany is doing. 9. To provide each employee with an opportunity to express his opinions freely regarding policies, working conditions, and the man ner in which he is treated. 10. To instill In each employee pride in his job, in the business in which he is engaged, and in the policies of the organization. 11. To give employees informa tion about economics and the su periority of the private enterprise system. 12. To cooperate with other busi ness firms and other associations or organizations in telling about the American economic system. Schaefer Speaks John H. Schaefer, Vice-President in charge of Manufacturing, em phasized the importance of good industrial relations in the Company at large and in the Manufacturing Department in particular and the value of Company-wide teamwork to promote full harmony among Armstrong, Hayes Return to Regular Posts Twelve Basic Objectives Listed Holton listed 12 basic objectives of a comprehensive, long-range in dustrial relations program for the company as a whole. He pointed out that these are some of the more important objectives which have served as a guide in the past and should be our continuing goal. They are: 1. To have capable individuals available in each position in the Company, and to have a reserve of trained personnel to fill vacancies, especially at the management level. 2. To supervise and train each of these carefully selected individ uals so that he may become in creasingly efficient and ready for advancement. 3. To provide* each employee with reasonable working hours, af fording sufficient time for neces sary relaxation. Wallace F. Armstrong G. O. Hayes Following the return of General Manager C. W. Bond from an assign ment in the New York Office, Wallace F. Armstrong has returned to his position as plant manager in Houston. He had served as acting general manager during Bond's absence. G. O. Hayes, who served as acting plant manager in Houston, has now assumed his reponsibilities as act ing assistant plant manager here. "As we continue to grow, and as we may further diversify our busi ness, there are many younger peo ple to whom we will want to assign positions of responsibility. During their formative years with the Cor poration, we want these younger people to be happy and satisfied with their present jobs, and to de velop a spirit of loyality to the Company. Since 1949, in the Baton Rouge Plant alone, there have been more than 2,300 separate promo tions--not counting the automatic promotions from one classification to another. You know from your own observation and experience that our promotion policies are fair --that we try to select men for ad vancement on the basis of their experience and ability." Pay Lion's Share of Benefits Speaking of the place of indus trial relations in the Company as a whole, Schaefer said that Ethyl is spending millions of dollars a year in this field, including funds for the tremendous expense of maintaining our benefit plans. All this demonstrates the importance the Company places in industrial relations work. "Our benefit plans have been created for employee protection and welfare," he said. "A large number of employees simply do not understand that the Company pays the lion's share of the cost of these plans. Nor do enough employees seem to realize that ours is a care fully thought-out and well-rounded program for their financial secur ity." Guest Speakers One of the guest speakers at the conference was W. B. Maloney, Manager of Employee Relations for Esso Standard Oil Co. He emphasiz ed the importance of clearly-defined goals in employee relations and the importance of an aggressive and constructive program to reach these goals. He stressed the need of good employee teamwork, the place of cooperative working rela tionships with unions and the im portance of a broad communica tions program. The other guest speaker, John Burr, of Industrial Relations Coun selors, Inc., New York, emphasized the importance of closer coopera- (Continued on Page 5) DeeetnK Hold j It was Nov. 25 m* agement < Gymn. A : special "s|\i and dam-in of the pr< wives and Eve. A reeoppeople nt 1 *' . night parl\ gasbord dr among thr "latest" 'v Among tlv "style" s!m Many, coirJoseph Dor J. Parker. George Or> Gomez. F." Shupe, Go* Schneider, ; Coxe. V. M. Ft" man, was in ments. Torplayed for* (Editors we wrrr u. this issnr. "style" sli, January b A Sh< Then Hi story abom Santa win Seems a t >moppets u1 knee that ear: "I Imyou have : Object' f Coni' tion bet\\'-> ment. He better t \\ tween em; ' and said i! evolve fp" lence." Men fr-' who at l i*i R. N. Cloil . Henry. M Wheeler. S H. F. Brad Stover. Alvin I Ini ' Mettemirh Simes. Leo John Bas<. Hodge. ETC 25899 *53 I n\- d" :< .ns .In- l.-d I V- ring i !nr- ..igcr .'lied . .lo i he -iion l.oon .mo. i.i lie ..lion yniir i once fair i adihoir as a I'.ihyi :...rs a i lands i.-o of ,.s. All ..lance nstrial been nri ion : large .In not ;y (>ays f ihese rloyees i onre.unded secur- at the j .loney, .ns for j ;.)msiz| Mint'd and i i ossive : . roach !,< need ;..k, the ii4 rt'iaiihe im.uiinica- !r. John !.. Counj i unsized .. m[iera- December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 5 Hold Ladies Night It was "Ladies Night" at the Nov. 25 meeting of the Ethyl Man agement Club at Harding Field Gymn. A Smorgasbord dinner, a special "style" show by members, and dancing were the highlights of the program which honored wives and dates on Thanksgiving Eve. A record crowd of over 600 people attended the special ladies' night party. Following the Smor gasbord dinner, "models" from among the members displayed the "latest" in women's clothing. Among those taking part in the "style" show were Mrs. Dorothea Many, commentator, and models Joseph Douglas, Daniel Walsh, A. J. Parker, W. D. "Cotton" Lloyd, George Ory, Robert Percy, Hewitt Gomez, Fabio Halphen, William Shupe, George Anton, Richard Schneider, T. D. Skaggs, and Ed Coxe. V. M. Fontenot, program chair man, was in charge of the arrange ments. Tommy Crews' orchestra played for the dancing. (Editor's Note: We regret that we were unable to get pictures in this iss-ue. Pictures made at the "style" show will be carried in the January issue.) A Shock for Sanfa Then there's the modern-day story about the department store Santa who fell over in a faint. Seems a tot--last of a long line of moppets who had sat on his weary knee that day--whispered in his ear: "I love you, Santa, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas!" Objectives Set-- (Continued from Page 4) tion between unions and manage ment. He stressed the need for better two-way communications be tween employees and management and said that "team play does not evolve from a conspiracy of si lence." Men from the Baton Rouge Plant who attended were C. W. Bond, R. N. Clothier, W. J. Henry, S. G. Henry, M. C. Hudgins, H. W. Wheeler, S. B. Rodi, Charles Kyle, H. F. Bradford, Ben Burge, A. P. Stover, John Furr, Hubert Wax, Alvin Hubbs, Dave Kennedy, Ray Mettemich, R. S. Asbury, Ashford Simes, Leo Martin, W. T. Edwards, John Bass, J. L. Cooney and Ben Hodge. James M. Gill William C. Strader Frank Cheely James M. Gill, left, has been transferred to the Manufacturing Department, continuing as Acting Superin tendent, Ethyl Chloride Operations. William C. Strader, center, moves up to hi] the position vacated by Gill --head of Baton Rouge Manufacturing Technical Services, R&E Department. J. Frank Cheely Is promoted to Strader's position as supervisor, Economic Evaluation in R&E. Transfer, Promotions Announced for Gill, Strader, Cheely Two-Engine Fuel Test Scientists are using the same fuel charge twice in two separate en gines, in an effort to learn more about what causes gasoline to knock. Research is underway at the research laboratories in De troit. The study was undertaken in order to learn more about how com bustion reactions influence knock, which in turn limits the power and efficiency of an automobile engine. One test engine, operated at nor mal speed by an electric motor, compresses the fuel-air charge but does not ignite it. The reaction products from the first engine are then piped into a second identical engine where they are used as fuel and ignited in the usual manner by a spark plug. By so doing it has been possible to measure in the second engine the knocking tendency of the pre combustion reaction products cre ated in the first engine. This method provides information on the pro gress of knock-inducing reactions caused by various degrees of com pression of the fuel-air charge in the first engine. The two most common kinds of lies in the world today are the little white one and the big Red one.-- Harry Forbes. ^he Antiknock ffllbum Can You Recognize These Employees? (See Answers on Page 14) This picture, taken in 1916, shows one of our employees as a young ster in Kentwood. He moved to Ba ton Rouge when seven years old, worked in TEL Operations, then transferred to Maint. This picture of a Sodium Maint carpenter was taken 50 years ago at Deerford. The employee still lives in that community. He joined the Company 11 years ago and has been in Sodium Maint. 10 years. James M. Gill, formerly head of Baton Rouge Manufacturing Technical Services, R&E, has been transferred to the Manufacturing Department, continuing in his pres ent capacity as acting superinten dent of EtCl Operations. William C. Strader has been moved up to Gill's former position, and J. Frank Cheely replaces Strader as super visor, Economic Evaluation. James M. Gill Bom Sept. 2, 1922 at Ruston, La., graduate of Ruston High School; Lou isiana Polytechnic Institute with BS in chemical engineering and MS in chemi cal engineering at LSU. Married to the former Winifred Lindsay of Norwood, La. One child, Winifred, age three. Mem ber of Delta Alpha Rho and Alpha Chi Sigma fraternities, and member of Toastmasters' Club. Hired by Company Jan. 26. 1948 as chemical engineer in Technical Services. Prior to employment here was chemical engineer with Ar mour & Company. Became head of Man ufacturing Technical Services, R.&.E. Department Oct., 1951. William C. Strader Born Aug. 25. 1915 at Fort Wayne, Ind.; graduate of University of Illinois. Married the former Eldora Buesking of Fort Wayne, June 20. 1942. Children: Barbara Lynn, 10, William Lloyd, 7, and Robert Winfred, one. Very active in the Lutheran Church. Member of Lutheran Laymen's Club, A.I.Ch.E., and member of Board of Directors of Ethyl Credit Union. Sport activities: golf, fishing, bowling. Hired in Sept.. 1947 as chemical engineer in Process Develop ment. In 1949 became Ethyl Chloride area engineer, in May of 1949 became an engineer economist. Advanced to supervisor of the Economic Evaluation Group during Jan., 1953. J. Frank Cheely Born Sept. 29, 1925 at Culverton, Ga.; graduate of Georgia Tech.; married to the former Echo Price of Onalaska, Wis., June 17, 1950. Child: Joel Frank Cheely, Jr., two years old. Active mem ber of First Lutheran Church; chair man of Boy Scouts Troop Committee; member of Baton Rouge Section of A.I. Ch.E. Hired during June, 1949 as chemical engineer in Process Develop ment. In 1950 became a process design engineer, in 1951 an engineer economist in Economic Evaluation. i ETC 25900 Page 6 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 New Ethyl Boosters Henry F. Chaney, EtCl Op., a boy, Samuel Douglas, born Sept. 13. James H. Perkins, Jr., TEL Op., a boy, Michael Lewis, born Oct. 25. Monget Tolbert, TEL Labor, a girl, Diane, born Nov. 6. Lloyd R. Williams, TEL Maint., a girl, Anne Bernadette, born Oct 27. Ivy Q. Auroln, TEL Maint., a boy, Ivy Dale, born Oct. 21. Oliver D. Noble, TEL Maint.. a girl, Darlene Kay, born Sept. 25. D. D. Rando, Jr.. Finance, a girl, Van essa Connie, born Nov. 2. Danny Ruffin, TEL Labor, a boy, Danny, Jr., bom Oct. 22. Robert H. Ortlieb, EtCl Maint.. a boy Robert H.. Jr., born Oct. 20. Jessie J. Dominick, Jr., TEL Op., a girl, Gwendolyn Marie, born Sept. 25. Henry P. Boudreaux, TEL Maint., a girl, Geralyn Marie, born Oct. 15. William \V. Giles, Sodium Op., a girl, Mary Elizabeth, bom Oct. 20. Robert P. Wendt, TEL Maint., a girl Elizabeth Jane, born Oct. 15. James F. Hamilton, TEL Maint., a girl, Linda Sue, born Oct. 21. Edward O. Day, TEL Op., a girl, Sunny Lynn, born Sept. 29. Frank H. Patton, Jr,, EtCl Maint., a girl, Peggy Ruth, bom Oct. 6. Sterling A. Arceneaux, TEL Stores, a boy, Blane Richard, bom Oct. 9. Points to Heaven Symbolically, the tree reminds us of the Christ--the top of it pointing to heaven, the lights de noting the Light of the World, and the presents beneath it reminding us that all good gifts come from above. Most of our Christmas trees come from Minnesota, with Montana next. A reforestation program keeps us well supplied from year to year. Meet in Chicago Homecoming Queen Mildred Lynette, seven, and Jesse Floyd, 10, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kleinpeter. J. F. is a Sodium electrician's helper 1/c. Mrs. Kleinpeter is the former Elsie Cmmholt. Barbara Sanchez was homecom ing queen for the Gonzales High School recently. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence San chez. Clarence is a rigger 2/c in EtCl Maint. Mrs. Sanchez is the former Bernice Templet of Gon zales. Amie Darlene, now four months old, is the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Griffin. George is in TEL Opera tions. Mrs. Grif fin is the former Yvonne Womack of Baker. Shelton, 13 years old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Mayers. His father is a pipe fitter 1/c in TEL Maint. Shelton has appeared on radio and televi sion numerous times. Sammy Elton, who is 18 years old, will graduate tfrom Denham Springs High School next spring. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Step henson. His father is a painter in TEL Maint. Reading in Japan Welcome Mat Howdy! We are glad to have the following new employees who have joined the Ethyl family recently. .. Maree B. Justice, 1909 Mulberry Street, typist, (Pooli. M. Anne Smith, 639 Convention Street, typist, (Pool). Henry B. Richard*, Jr., Process Devel opment. Charles R. Milam, 830 North 10th Street, typist, (Pool). At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. --Thomas Tusser (1515-1580) Randy is the on ly son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill. The father of this three - year - old works in EtCl Maint. Mrs. Hill is the former Evelyn Goff of Baton Rouge. ^# ' IMB 31 Jeffrey Ural, five months old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ural Canady. The father is a Sodium operator; Mrs. Canady Is the former Delores Anderson. McVea Hubbs, a TEL Operator 2/c prior to his entry into military service Oct. 22, 1951, enjoys his copy of The Antiknock which he re ceives regularly in Japan. There's Still Time For Party Registration -- But Hurry! Cut out coupon. Put in plant mall not later than Dec. 15. Decern t t 12:31) P. v David, It. Street for tions had 12:53 P. safely pri/ Julie tea i are avail.) I mirma..-..v.. maatr** -0m To: Santa Claus Ethyl Recreation Association Office SECOND ANNUAL ERA CHRISTMAS PARTY ERA Children -- A ties 2-12 Attendance Notice At the Second Annual ERA Christmas Party to be held in the Baton Rouge Senior High auditorium, Friday, Dec. 18. I wish to advise that the following children of my family will attend: 1:00 P. M ments, th*in the t';H. the varimi' Mi jtf When Roy Rutland attended the National Safety Congress in Chi cago he enjoyed a visit from his son. Charles D.f who is a private stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich. They are shown in front of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. First Name Age First Name Age First Name Age First Name Age Member's Signature Home Address NOTE: Turn in immediately to ERA Office so admission tickets can be mailed to your family. 1:25 P. M. guests hourPlant. Ifcn i* while Dad I ETC 25901 .li.r. 1953 December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 7 Elton, IS years :i graduate Denham lligh I next lie is the Mr. and . T. Stepl.iinler in ap an -4 p. rator 2/c military' . n joys his Itii-li he re- irry! Family Tours of Plant Made Here Every Sunday X- >f * * * The Ralph Goffs Make the Tour 12:30 P. M.--Ralph and Julie Goff and their son, David, 11, leave their attractive home at 4261 Palm Street for a tour through the Plant. Their invita tions had been mailed to them. 12:50 P. M.--Upon arrival at the Main Gate they register in the Gate House with Clarence Ostergren, Security Force. Ralph displays his Ethyl pass and the invitation sent out by Ethyl. Plant tours for employees and their families have been regular Sunday afternoon occurrences since the initial tour on Nov. 8. Those employees taking the trips have expressed appreciation for themselves and their families. The trips, they say, have answered many questions for other members of their families and have given them a better understanding of the size and complexity of the Baton Rouge Plant. Invitations are equitably pro rated among the different depart ments and sections and are issued in the order that employees' names appear on the personnel list of each group. Groups gather in the Safety Conference Room after presenta tion of their invitations which serve as Plant passes at the Main Gate. After refreshments, groups go to the upstairs dining room of the Cafeteria where they are told about Plant activities and shown a movie of the Baton Rouge Plant. They ride through the areas in charter ed busses. Guides describe the operating functions in various areas as the tour progresses. Employees are urged to take ad vantage of this tour opportunity when their invitations are issued. I 12:53 P. M.--The Goffs pause before the display of 12:55 P. M.*--Christine Barrow, Cafeteria attendant, The Christmas Tree safety prizes in the safety conference room. Here serves refreshments to the Goffs and other Sun It is deeply rooted in old legends. Julie learns that any one of the 22 safety prizes day visitors while they wait for a group of about 20 One is that an evergreen protected are available when Ralph's group wins. to be assembled for the tour. Joseph and Mary and the Infant Jesus from Herod's soldiers; an other is that the Lord sent heav enly messengers to earth to find a tree "as high as Faith, as eternal as Hope and as widespread as Love" to symbolize the birth of Jesus. They chose the balsam fir which, the story goes, had all these qualties and bore "many crosses on each branch." , ,i<l: i 1:00 P. M.--When the group finished their refresh 1:05 P. M.--Here the Goffs and other visitors hear I ments, they walked over to the conference room a brief introductory talk by an Ethyl employee, in the Cafeteria. The visitors look with interest at followed by a color movie that shows the various the various Plant buildings enroute. areas of the Plant in operation. 1:25 P. M.--Following the*talks and movies the 1:55 P.M.--End of the line after a 30-minute tour guests board a chartered bus for a tour through the through the 200-acre Plant. A guide aboard the bus Plant. David extends a helping hand to his mother explained the functions of the buildings in each area while Dad looks on. of the Plant. t Christmas Lunch A special Christmas lun cheon wall be served in the Cafeteria, Thursday, Dec. 24. The price, including tax, will be seventy-five cents. The tempting menu in cludes: Fresh fruit ambrosia salad Roast young tom turkey with oyster cornbread dress ing. Candied yams Cranberry sauce Creamed carrots and peas Assorted relishes Mincemeat or pumpkin pie Hot rolls or biscuits with butter. Coffee or tea Don't forget the date: Dec. 24. The price: 75 cents includ ing tax. I ETC 25902 Page 8 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 * Ignition Control Compound Announced School Queen ER< Ignition Control Compound, The noise resulting from preig On November 6 our customers Ethyl's new additive to improve nition can be overcome by fuel with were notified by telegram that gasoline, takes its place in a grow ing list of chemicals developed by the Company to make fuels for automotive use more efficient. This compound, which is de signed to suppress preignition and reduce sparkplug fouling in pas senger car engines, has been devel oped as a result of extensive research by our laboratories in antiknock quality, just as can ordi nary knock. In other words, the knocking that results from preigni tion can be quenched if a fuel of sufficiently high octane number is used. A third way is to use a chemical compound which will neutralize the effects of the deposits. This is what Ethyl has done with its new Ethyl had developed an additive for the control of preignition and the reduction of spark plug fouling which we believe will serve this purpose effectively. Samples were offered to customers for their own evaluation. During the week of November 16. teams consisting of representa tives of both the Research and En Detroit and San Bernardino. An additive. gineering and the Sales Depart organic phosphorus compound, it is different both in nature and in function from tetraethyl lead, the principal ingredient in '`Ethyl" antiknock compounds. The Problem The dual problem of spark plug fouling and preignition has come about under conditions of present day city driving, particularly at low speeds. Under these conditions, residues from the combustion pro cess build up inside the combustion chamber and on the insulators of spark plugs. As a result of these deposits, the spark plugs lose electrical resist ance as they heat up during accel eration or brief periods of heavy load on the engine. This causes the current that should fire across the spark plug gap to leak away, and the plug misfires. In the same type of city driving, the deposits in the combustion chamber may become white hot when they heat up and cause the fuel-air charge to pre ignite. Reasons for Preignition There are many different kinds of uncontrolled combustion that are called preignition, as distinguished from knock. Preignition can come from spark plugs that are too hot, from overheated valves, or from anything that ignites the charge prematurely. However, the most common type of preignition in pas senger cars comes from engine de posits. When this type of preigni tion takes place, as has been pointed out. the unburned charge Passenger Cars Tested In searching for, and developing, an additive that would effectively suppress preignition and the effects of spark plug fouling, members of the Research and Engineering De partment have been working for a long period of time. They developed a material which looked satisfactory in the laboratory. The final evalu ation criterion, of course, was how it performed on the road. Since spark plug fouling and preignition appear predominately in passenger car service, our road test program was carried out in passenger cars. Test conditions were chosen which were conducive to the accum ulation of the type of deposits which cause preignition, namely, slowspeed metropolitan area driving. Late model cars of two makes repsenting modern high-compression, V-8 design were driven by profes sional drivers on prescribed courses at Detroit and San Bernardino. The test cars were driven in traffic and limited to a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. As a result, Richard Scales, director of Research, Automotive Products, reported in October that the Research and Engineering De partment had successfully devel oped a new chemical compound that appeared on the basis of pre liminary tests to be the most effec tive of all the compounds investi gated. ments began to call upon customers to discuss the additive and its use. They report widespread interest in the product and a large number of requests from customers for sam ples to evaluate. Kids See Circus Ethyl laborers contributed a total of $50 which was used to buy Shrine Circus tickets for 104 children from the Louisiana School for the Deaf for Colored. Ernest Williams took the lead in collecting the money, and Tom Primus used his bus to transport the children to and from the cir cus. Ernest Williams, left, and Tom Primus took the lead in the drive. Doretha Atkins, 17, was chosen as "Miss McKinley High of 1953" at the homecoming celebration. Her father is Robert Atkins, EtCl la borer who has been employed by the Company 12 years. His wife is the former Irene HaQ of Port Hud son. OUR DEMOCRACY---------Wm* tveirgrs naveact*'ao*~ r.txeif* ' C. D. Hawley Dies Charles D. "Chuck" Hawley, manager of Administration at the is ignited by deposits which have become incandescent. Under these Detroit Research Laboratories, died conditions the unbumed gases may suddenly Nov. 28, ignite regardless of when the spark plug fires. When this occurs, the effect may be like a badly overadvanced spark, and combustion gets completely out of control. The B of a heart at tack. He was buried at Cranbrook, Mich., Dec. loud, iregular, sharp knocking that often results from this type of com bustion has become generally Hawley first known as wild ping, which is a joined Ethyl June form of preignition. 13,1927 as an engineer in the Com Ways to Overcome There are a number of ways to overcome this problem of de V > posits. One way is to design more compact combustion chambers that pany's Yonkers, N. Y., laboratory, and in 1952 celebrated his 25th an niversary with the Company. Bom in East Tawas, Mich., Haw ley moved to Oregon where he re will permit less deposits to form-- and this is precisely what the auto ceived his BS degree in mechani cal engineering from Oregon State mobile industry has done in its College, doing graduate work at > new engines. \ A second way is to increase the Octane number of the gasoline. Harvard University later. He was teaching at Harvard at the time of his employment at Ethyl. pr1 $ i Sofia'I gress. I Instrgrmi|>j Mr. :vi H. Mr nu:( << i Y( l V-.. \\. It' I r' 4 ! 4 ,,> I 4h !(>.' M. In'l He is survived by his wife, Bar h bara, and four children. ETC 25903 i .:>:* December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK ERA Social Dance Classes Are in Full Swing Page 9 Social dancing classes for beginners and advanced students are in pro I gress at the ERA Center on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Here it as Instructor Jim Corbett and Mrs. R. L. Blom demonstrate a step for a at group of students. They are from left, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rome, Slogans Help Keep Down Accidents II cr I la- *1 '> J* is i hul- Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gurney, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCarthy and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burch. "Swivel-chair Charley -- though his body moves forward, his head is in reverse. He's walking right into a job for the nurse." Such safety slogans as this one even so much as a precautionary injury when this story was written. Men on the job were C. E. Wil kinson, E J. Arceneaux, D. H. Mendoza, J. B. Stubbs, all steeple used on the job remind painters jacks, Gussie Ficklin, Murphy De- working under C. B. Reed to be moulin, and Herschei Burge, paint careful on the job. In fact, this ers 1/c, and J. T. Smith, painter TEL Maintenance group had work helper 1/c. ed in the Alloy six weeks without Hanging Stockings 10 We congratulate the following employees who received their serv Bolos J. Mansur, Sodium Lab. William A. Saxon, Sodium Op. ice awards during November. John K. Slmmoua, Laundry. Louis W. Delahaye, TEL Maint. Dan B. Farthing, Sodium Op. Jesse F. Kleinpeter, TEL Maint. Daniel I. McDaniel, Jr., Sodium Op. Wordy A. Normand, Sodium Op. Sara A. Dispenza, Jr., TEL Stores. John T. Arnold, TEL Maint. No one seems to know the origin of hanging up stockings on Christmas Eve, for the receipt of presents. ... In Scandinavia, fam ilies place all their shoes together before the fireplace--the legend be ing that this will cause them to live in harmony the new year. l-.uley, i.ii the j -I'iirch i s.,Hed i. I at| was t Oan-i.. Dec. | li r s t ; iJune : c'om..iiory, ih an- i Haw. Ik* rei rhani- State ; ..'I: at , Ir was ;, mu: of Bar- ! i I 15 Years Mack Hilton, TEL Labor. Acy E. Walker, TEL Op. Robert L. Lea, TEL Op. W. F. Zachariab, Gen. Eng. John S. Day, EtCl Maint. Urban A. Callals, TEL Op. Clyde L. Ward, TEL Maint Callle C. Spllier, TEL Op. Cleve A. Womack, TEL Op. Hollis H. Jacobs, EtCl Op. 10 Years L. J. Lambert Sodium Op. Maude P. Renfroe. Prod. Plan. John D. Ott, TEL Maint. S. H. Corsentlno, TEL Op. James E. Schmidt, TEL Op. Adam J. Rouyea, EtCl Maint. John J. Thompson, Jr., TEL Op. Carl M. Hudson, EtCl Maint. Frank W. Bryant, Jr., TEL Power. 5 Years Elva G. Hobgood, E. & E. J. M. Beysselance, TEL Maint. James M. Kilshaw, Gen. Eng. Edward A. Wall, Gen. Eng. William A. Caraway, TEL Maint. Osbert R. McKight, TEL Stores. MiJDreot J. Weeks, Finance. Francis C. Kelley, TEL Maint. James H. llammatt, TEL Power. Francis M. James, TEL Power. Completes 25 Years In photo at left, Bob Baker, EtCl Maintenance, receives the ERA Golf Championship trophy from Larry Burroughs, chairman of the ERA golf committee. ERA Golf Tourney Competition Was Stiff Harold W. Wheeler joined the ranks of 25-year employees, Dec. 1. He was presented his service pin and certificate by Vice President J. H. Schaefer previous to his service date at special ceremonies at the companywide Industrial Relations Conference in November. The ERA Golf Tournament trophy winners for 1954 are, front row, from left, Dale Daniel, Ralph Dupuy, S. E. Thames, Don Garrot, "Duke" Hartsfield and H. E. Redman. Same order, standing: Ed Thielman, G. R. Grimes, Champion Bob Baker, M. F. Gautreaux, George Anton and H. C, Ward. Not present were L. N. Watlington, R. G. Payne, Charles Callahan, R. L. Day, Cam Julien and Gloria Thielman. etc 25904 Ethyl Training Office 4 R. Tr? Greater Skill n f Albert De Jean, Ethyl Chloride Maintenance, talks to Raymond Metternich, assistant training supervisor, about the possibility of organizing a class in carpentry. If a sufficient number of employees are Interested, Mettemich will contact the Trade School about the matter. For those employees who wish to learn more about their fields of en deavor the training classes usually provide this knowledge. They are ar ranged by the Training Office in conjunction with the East Baton Rouge Parish Trade School. These classes are designed primarily to help craftsmen learn more about their crafts. The program includes "Basic Electricity," Fundamen tals for the Industrial Electrician," "Basic Industrial Instrumentation," and "Industrial Machine Shop Practices." A refresher course in Gregg Short hand is offered for those employees who use shorthand in their work. AU classes except the "Industrial Machine Shop Practices" group meet twice a week. The machine shop group meets once a week for four hours. How does ;m i ent number ii I Training (m i- \ lilable. If the < ' fckiy as possihlr ; What is the i rushes instnu-ii j ~in conjunction I Ises. * I Many emplcn j | You can get \ | Training Offi- j James Pflasterer teaches a class in instrumentation attended by a num ber of employees. Pflasterer, a chemist in Chemical Development, taught such things as basic instrument fundamentals, and operation of various types of instruments including those that record pressures, temperatures, and flows. The refresher course in Gregg Shorthand is a popular one with secretaries aft. Parker, (it r stenographers. It offers an opportunity to "brush up" for those who have had b Industrial Kl> little practice since their business studies. Sally Burris, Eddie Morgan, and Maed for the ck>" Cavaretta are shown taking dictation. Rex Conrad takes a projector home to prepare lesson plan, The Company Is interested in the desire for self-improvement on the part of its V. O. Mitchell, General Engineering, instrucass in "Fundin' employees and offers its help in the organization of classes. Gus Larson, Maint., is trial Electrian." At the class, which meetdays and WV<Im shown visiting one of the sessions at the trade school. ` given as much individual instruction as pog ETC 25905 ,ce h R. Trade School = n Ethyl Jobs j *n::-ui-4e ':iore i." and Short* How does an employee take advantage of these classes? When a suf?nt number of employees have expressed a desire for study of one course, Training Office contacts the Trade School to see if such a course is ilahle. If the course is not available, plans are made to introduce it as kly as possible. What is the cost for this course? The State Department of Education nishes instruction free to the student. Training Office personnel, work* An conjunction with the school, make necessary arrangements for the p meet hours. Many employees have taken advantage of this opportunity. You, can get complete information about the program by contacting Training Office of Industrial Relations. Prof. O. J. Wenzel, Trade School coordinator, and Metternich discuss the formation of a class. Factors to be considered include competent instructors, a time schedule most convenient to the class members, and a course which is both informative and practical. . -rn furies aft. Parker, General Engineering, is instructor in this class, "Fundamentals for > have had b Industrial Electrician." He is shown passing out work books which are pro.an, and Maed for the class by the Baton Rouge Trade School. Members of this class in Basic Electricity get a film strip lecture. Rex Conrad, General Engineering, is the instructor. The course is based on 12 film strip presentations. i ing, instructs in "Fundamentals for the Indnswhich meeWays and Wednesdays, members are , ti<m as po^ Instructor Jack Albritton, center, observes as Terrel A. Barrios takes a micrometer "Late, but worth it." reading on a piece of stock he is turning down. Another class member, John L. Breau, Melvin W. Phenix listens to Albritton's pointers. leaves night class. iPage 12 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 Deo`>"' ( ! This group from EtCI Operations bagged 20 geese and 15 ducks, hunting the evening of the first day of the season and the morning of the second day. Left to right are Lawrence Roubique, Virgil Ory, J. E. "Fireball" Stewart, P. N. Hotard, W. H. Murray, and L. Nelson. They hunted outside of Venice on the mouth of the Mississippi River. When R. L. Richardson, welder 1/c in Sodium Maint., made a trip to Grand Isle recently he caught 150 pounds of red snappers and one king mackerel Also on the trip were Francis Naquin, William Shark and Jack Vaughn. 'Ducks Unlimited' Help to Hunters Duck season opened Nov. 17 at noon, and many straight-day em ployees longed for the quick pass age of time so that the following weekend would find them in their favorite shooting spots discharging blasts at low-flying fowl. Hunters had looked forward to one of the finest seasons in recent years. In fact, prospects were so good that Ducks Unlimited recom mended that the bag limit be raised. Edwin Brock and Boyd Hood, both on Escue's Shift in TEL Op., killed six ducks and a goose Nov. 18 at Grand River. Hunters Bringing Them In On Nov. 19 at Old River, Bill Hagg. Sodium Lab, got his limit of mallards. Jan Futch, Chemical Develop ment. Joe Cobum, Security, and Everett Spillman, Security, killed seven at Old River. They bagged mallards, teal, and spoonbill. Ralph Hollaway and Jack Close, Tech. Service, Ralph Parker, Don Kirk, H. J. Truxillo, Carlo Polito, J. D. Russell, and Rex Conrad--all of General Engineering, brought back 22 ducks from a trip in the Atchafalaya swamps south of Krotz Springs. These are only a few of the suc cessful hunts that have been made since the opening of the season. Aid Conservation Why are ducks more plentiful this year? The Ducks Unlimited organization spends $350,000 year ly providing feeding grounds, studying duck habits, restoring breeding grounds, and exerting other efforts to preserve and en large the duck supply. During the seventeen years Ducks Unlimited has been in opera tion, conservative estimates place the increase in waterfowl popula- Rex Conrad, General Engineering, who has been active in the Ducks Unlimited organization, killed his limit the first day of the season. tion on the North American con tinent at more than 300 per cent. Among employees active in Ducks Unlimited are Rex Conrad, Mack Hardy, J. D. Russell, Bill Hagg, and Jan Futch. There are many other employees active in the organization. Any Ducks Unlimited member will gladly give information about this organization that is helping to provide good shooting for local hunters. Dance Dates Changed By popular requests of many ERA members, the ERA Dance Committee has decided to stage a New Year's Eve dance this year instead of the Christmas dance. The dance will be held at the ERA Center Dec. 31, with Buddy Boudreaux's Orchestra providing the music. Members of the dance committee include Carl Hudson, general chair man; J. L. Langlois, dance coordi nator; Carlos Bonura, Sodium "B" Shift chairman, and Gordon Smith. Coats' Shift chairman. D & D Elects Officers Formal installation of Desk and Derrick Club officers on Jan. 13 will climax a series of activities by the organization during recent weeks. In recent elections Oreta Buquet and Doris D'Aquin, both of Medi cal, were elected to the club's fivemember Board of Directors. Oreta, accompanied by Margrette Henry, Industrial Relations, were the two club members from Ethyl on a field trip to the Erath Cycling Plant at Erath. La., on Nov. 7. The club has also announced plans for their annual Christmas dance to be staged on the Heidel berg Roof Dec. 17. Desk and Der rick members are invited to bring guests for the occasion. No one has ever yet climbed the ladder of success with his hands in his pockets.--Sunshine Magazine. ERA Basketball League Gets Underway Get that ball--is one of the prime requisites of a winning basketball team. Here four players of the ERA Sodium "D" and TEL "A" try to latch on to it. Sodium "D" won 42-39. The ERA Basketball League teams swung into play in early November. The oi i asked, "\ observant The an not a sfa marizrd sentcm First, n the origin remembot the anni\ Christ. nn< been mnti throughon' must rnnt' Second. Christmn> the year look font tion, and . ed happin* finest nnearly nn>" tree. Tinwipe th<* You Cr Did : I] lint . The nth* - Ihllknnct . hithfr ('>-1 wrk Ik-i'i E" Itermiug . pea red ilurrr combined rii It tells thr . ' industry and etc 25907 I>53 .;h i $ j 5 * .ip to li'"K I kick fling .! t need Mmas t l.'hlel l l>er. Ining :,, (l the .uds in .inr. )y : .Mictlmll : v" try to Mu- teams December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 13 | Across the | 3?lant ^Manager's aThe other day a friend of mine asked, "What kind of Christmas observance do you like?" The answer to that question is not a statement that can be sum marized with one or two short with yowls of delight when they see their gifts. You sit there watch ing and join in their happiness. Third, I think that most of us, whether we realize it or not, fol low the teaching "Good Will to sentences. All Men." Christmas is a day of First, none of us should forget friendship, a day of good cheer, the origin of Christmas. We must and a day of generosity. You for remember that we are observing get hard feelings, and feel a real the anniversary of the birth of brotherhood to all men. Christ, and that His teachings have Fourth, we like the comradeship been motivating factors for good of Christmas Day gatherings. Fa throughout the centuries. That vorite relatives visit you, friends must continue to be. drop in, you linger with your fam Second, we must remember that Christmas is the greatest day of the year for our children. They look forward to it with anticipa tion, and end the day in exhaust ed happiness. Certainly one of the ily over a delicious Christmas din ner. You chat after the meal, and in a few hours Christmas is gone, but pleasant memories remain al ways. finest moments of Christmas is early morning at the Christmas MERRY CHRISTMAS! tree. The children come in and wipe the sleep from their eyes Roy N. Clothier, Plant Manager O'Connell Governale Horn Neher Dunn Miller Padgitt Grandjean Eight R&E Employees Receive Patents Eight Research and Engineering Department employees were re cently granted patents on process es or apparatus they developed during their Ethyl service. The Chemical and Process Develop ment Sections are represented by these inventors, and their patents are in the field of BHC manufac ture, TEL production, and sodium by-products utilization. In the BHC field, an improved reactor design used commercially is the subject of a patent granted to Harry E. O'Connell, and Luke J. Governale, Process Development Section, and A. B. Horn, Eco nomic Evaluation, Houston Plant. Another new patent, covering the BHC manufacturing process car ried out in the above reactor, was obtained by Clarence M. Neher, James H. Dunn, Chemical Devel opment, and Leo A. Miller, Pro cess Development. Frank L. Padgitt, Process De velopment Section, was granted a patent Nov. 24 on a new sodium consuming process. Padgitt's meth od, also applicable to other alkali metals, involves control of the den sity of various reagents for react ing with sodium to maintain the feed at a definite interface posi tion. An improved method of TEL recovery is described in U. S. Pat ent 2,661,361 obtained on Dec. 1 by W. B. Grandjean, Supervisor in the Process Development Section. An anhydrous leaching or dissolv ing method is described, which could eliminate the need for steam distillation. A wonderful Christmas gift that gives future security! A savings bond under the Christmas Tree means money in the future for a son, daughter, nephew or niece. It solves a shopping problem, too. Why is automotive progress like a man washing his hands? Did you ever try to wash a** hud? You know ifa all but impossible. As the old saying goes, "One hand washes the other." Improving transportation ts also a two-handed affair. One "hand" ia the automotive industry. The other is the petroleum industry. Again and again, progress in one has been made practical by a complementary development in the other. For example, it was the proved ability of the oil industry to provide high octane fuels, through improved refining methods and the use of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds, that prepared the way for higher compreetion engines. And to prove that it works both ways, the engineering genius of the automobile industry took full advantage of better gasolines to produce more and more efficient engine*. Ethyl people, recognizing this interdependence between engines and fuels, have made it the key note of Ethyl's research and cooperative projects for the past 30 year*. We hesitate to predict what future program will bring, but one thing is certain--that this progress will be the remit of two of America's greatest in dustries workinghand in hand. And Ethyl research people will continue to work with both industries and to aervs in a very special way as liaison between them on problems of fuels and engines. ERA Speech Classes Held Each Monday ETHYL CORPORATION, N..YMkir,N.Y. Ethyl Antikssch US., U CsttsAa Receiving considerable praise was this Ethyl advertisement which ap peared during November in "Oil Forum" and "World Petroleum" with a combined circulation of 200,000. It also appeared in "Motor" magazine. It tells the close cooperation our Company has with both the petroleum industry and the automotive industry. Driving home a point--is just one of the pointers learned in the ERA Speech Class now in progress. From left, John Elder, instructor, coaches Ivy Aucoin, Mrs. R. L Richardson, Earl LeFeaux and Roman Alford. The pJftsu meets each Monday night at the ERA Center. i ETC 25908 Page 14 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 Dr.- Dollars for Pennies at API Meet We lime a "dollar" lor \on Conic up to the Kthyl nunc .mri voo/ c.l'iilille `doll.it li* .i wonderful convervilion piece ~lini>ht huiy and actually .'>0`, bigHer than the ordtnjry silver dollar --it U'lU the luo .tjuj/a ihree story in dra in.it k' tangible term U'r van t think ot > belter w,iy to give lum.ige to the wondcrlul job the petroleum industry has done lor the muturmg publn It was dollars for pennies at the American Petroleum Institute con vention in Chicago early in Novem ber. Freshly minted Ethyl "dollars" were flowing thick and fast at the asking price of 84 cents per dozen. These Ethyl dollars were adver tised in newspapers during the con vention and were distributed to delegates by Ethyl representatives to promote Ethyl advertising and to launch a new public relations idea. Designed to tell the gasoline dol lar idea and to promote the Ethyl theme of two equals three, the Ethyl dollars actually were given away at the convention and are be ing offered to all oil company cus tomers through Sales representa tives at the cost price of seven cents each. The Wreath Most popular of Christmas decor ations is the evergreen wreath. It represents the crown of thorns which was pressed on the brow of Jesus as He hung on the cross. The red berries symbolize drops of the blood He shed for us. Tolle's daughter, Elizabeth, 3, watches her dad apply the finishing touch Million Man Hour Certificates Presented to a rocker he made in his spare time. He enjoys making children's toys and gives many of them to needy children. Tolle Makes Toys the Year Around The spirit of Christmas lasts for months at the Wilbur Tolle home. Wilbur is a helper 1/c in TEL Maint. Meter and Instrument Group. This Christmas spirit lasts for months because Wilbur uses his spare time making toys such as rocking chairs and cradles. Any profit from the sale of these toys goes for Christmas presents or outright monetary contributions to people in need at Christmas time. His 18x28-foot workshop is filled with these articles that will make many little children happy. He also makes stools, toy boxes, and wheel barrows. After the woodwork on the toys is finished, they are painted and then decorated with gay decals. Those toys that he doesn't sell, he plans to give to the children in the polio ward. Why does Tolle do this? He was stricken with polio in September of 1950 and was off of work for six months. "People were wonderful to me then. My friends saw to it that neither my family nor I were in want during that time. I want to try to do the same thing for other folks now in need. If I make a profit from my toys that profit will be used for that purpose." There's no end of toys in the Tolle home, and his two children, Eliza beth, 3, and Michael, 5, enjoy play ing with some of the products of his wood-worldng hobby. They Do Run Better If your car seems to run most quietly on rainy days, you're not being fooled. It's true. Ethyl Corporation and Standard Oil Company (Ohio) found through a cooperative test program that a car is most likely to knock in dry, hot weather with a high barometer reading. In wet, cool weather with a low barometer reading, cars ex hibited their least tendency to knock. Wind velocity was also found to affect knocking tendencies. Acting Assistant Plant Manager G. O. Hayes, second from left presents Safety Supervisor Carroll Hebert with the American Petroleum Institute's and the National Safety Council's certificates for the million-man-hour safety record recently set on the Plant. Looking on from left are M. C. Hudgins, acting Maintenance manager, and H. W. Hobgood, acting Operations manager. You'd Never Know It, But Here They Are! (See Baby Pictures on Page 5) The picture taken in Kentwood is of Glynn O. Car ter, rigger 1/c in TEL Maint. Car ter was born in Kentwood but reared and edu cated in Baton Rouge. He has been an employee here 14 years. The Sodium Maint carpenter is Ollie L. Forbes, a carpenter 1/c. He was born Sept. 3, 1902 at Deerford and stilt lives there on a 47-acre farm. He joined the Com pany on April 23, 1942. Autru-i inc lc Jum-s tor L' ; W. K 2 c in i Willi:.. erah-r ' Kirhx 2-C In I Norn. holfx-r in Limit hl'lprt i' Felton ! er to t _ Gene s to rmuci Fran, i- er;it'<r v Siuimiii f rator I . Bentri.. Group [; Vernon Group I; Group II. Fldon - 2/C to I ft-rimii- sist.'i nt > Lab. Denote freight h Robert l freight Lionel \. frcrghl !>: Denlee tomelot >: and nth-re opera tm film rli-t I; G. C. tie t to wolrh ; Curtis it to we)tl< i Willis, It worker - Robert I chinist 'J < Charles machinist Andrew to 1 c, I i Filnu I De%'. (ic HI. Tran: Stmt Tm- Group I. i> fic. f'lurem-t 1st helper Alta Vi. Ind. Ref. 1 ago r. ttha V. p*e:s. t: . mumly !! 1 Jamie I sistant . Diaries \\ Group I. i.. I.. A II..., asst In : Leopold l, to Urlil. r ; Mavis * I: to Down Why .I... down th** etc 25909 : :)33 December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 15 i lie iho i/i'H. , tni 10 ,: in i io|- ihyl i he mil i' he.-ns-nt ii- i 'I its $ . 1--or ili. It >h<<rns ...u of Tlie ..f the c presents Mitute's 1 Kin-hour n* M. C. I. u'ting { .ret [.(-liter is | Forbes, Liter 1/C. horn I at !t ;imi still ri* un a ,.irni. He ; i e Com April 23, Up the Ladder rfemme fyocuA Presents Augustus Clark, cell worker to work ing leader. Sodium Labor. <famcs P. Cook, from Sodium opera tor 2/c to 1/c, (C.R.). W. B. Fugler, from Sodium operator 2/c to 1/c. (C.R.). William F. Weldon, from Sodium op erator 1/c to working leader. Kirby Knapp*, from Sodium operator 2/c to l/'c, iC.R.). Norwood C. Richardson, from rigger helper to rigger 3'c, TEL Maint. Lloyd L. Rourdier, from insulator helper to insulator 3/e. TEL Maint. Felton E. Doughty, from rigger help er to rigger 3'C. TEL Maint. Gene S. Fleniken, from rigger helper to rigger 3/c, TEL Maint Franc!* J. Babin, from Sodium op erator 2/c to 1/c, (C.R.). Summie L. Forbes, from Sodium ope rator T'c to working leader. (C.R.t. Beatrice A. King, from typist (PoolI, Group I: to steno, Ind. Rel.. Group II. Vernon Williams, from typist (Pool), Group I; to identification clerk, P&ES, Group II. Eldon Sutcliffe, from Sodium operator 2/c to 1/c, (C.R.). Jerome V. Matheme. Jr., from lab as sistant to senior lab assistant, TEL Lab. Dennie Grayer, from TEL laborer to freight handler. Robert Hogan, from TEL laborer to freight handler. Lionel Newman, from TEL laborer to freight handler. Denlee B. Combouzou, from comp tometer operator. Group I; to voucher and microfilm clerk, Group II, Finance. Dorothy L. Green, from comptometer operator, Group I, to voucher and micro film clerk, Group II, Finance. G. C. Aucotn, from boilermaker helper to welder 2/c. EtCl Maint. Curtis W. Brown, from rigger helper to welder 2/c, EtCl Maint. Willis H. Chambers, from sheet metal worker 2/c to 1/c, TEL Maint. Robert E. Delatte, from outside ma chinist 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Charles D. Henderson, from inside machinist 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Andrew Melancon, from pipefitter 2/c to 1/c. TEL Maint. Edna L. Burnett, from steno, Proc. Dev.. Group II; to steno clerk, Group III, Traffic. Sam Trombatore, from typist (Pool), Group I; to typist-clerk Group II, Traf fic. Clarence Fogg, from outside machin ist helper to welder 1/c, TEL Maint. Alta Mae Vantado, from secretary, Ind. Rel., to secretary to the Plant Man ager. Rita M. Higginbotham, from steno, P&ES, Group II, to secretary, Com munity Relations. Jamie E. Jones, from laboratory as sistant 2/c to 1/c, TEL Lab. Charles W. Bruton, from typist, (Pool), Group I, to mail clerk. Group II, P&ES. L. A. Boudreaux, Jr., from senior lab. ass't to special lab ass't. Sodium Lab. Leopold D. Lee, from pipefitter helper to welder 1/c, TEL Maint. Mavis S. Wales, from typist, (Pool), I; to steno, Group II. Process Design. Down the Chimney Alta Mae Varnado, Administration Brother and Sister Alta Mae Varnado, secretary to Plant Manager Roy Clothier, is the second employee from Kentwood making her appearance in this feature. A distant relative, Onzia Varnado Anderson, was the first. Alta Mae was born in the nearby town on March 24, 1927. She attended Kentwood Grammar and High Schools, then came to Baton Rouge for further edu cation at Spencer Business College. Prior to her employment here in 1945 as a mem ber of the stenographic pool she had worked for the Baton Rouge Water Co. From Jan. 1, 1946 until Nov. 1 of this year, she was a secretary in Industrial Engi neering. Alta Mae is a member of the Baton Rouge Little Theater and the Baton Rouge Community Concert Association. Her deepest interest, however, is her work in the Emmanuel Baptist Church where she is associate superintendent of the Intermediate Sunday School Group, member of the choir, and a member of the Youth Planning Committee. Her hobbies include bowling, swimming, and fish ing. She held the top average in the women's sum mer bowling league and emerged last spring with the high series for the winter season. Alta Mae's brother, Leonard, works here in the Fire Inspection Group. greeting cards and in the ads? The by cleaning the chimney of soot, to Be as brave as your fathers. Have Why does Santa Claus come myth which oid-time Englishmen allow good luck to enter the house faith, and go forward.--Thomas down the chimney--at least, on favored was that Santa was there at the New Year. A. Edison. i ETC 25910 Page 16 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 __QL_ FOR SALJ (Fljp (Christmas Story Colorado Pose | WHAT HAVE YOU? Employees submitting clas sified ads are reminded that only home phone numbers will be listed. Plant phone num bers will not be used except in extreme cases where there is no home phone or phone nearby. For Sale 14" Western type saddle. Very good condition. $35. C. O. "Tinker" Harrell. Phone 2*1617. 6652 Esplanade. For Holiday pastries and candies call 4-2126 or 2-4187. 1942 WiUys In good shape. Suitable for work car. $50. Phone 3-0043. Baby bed complete with mattress. Phone 2-5962. Two three-wheel tricycles and one twowheel bike with extra beginner's wheels, one tractor with trailer attachment, one fire truck with ladders and bell. Phone 7-2842. Twelve-foot boll of lA" plywood. Good condition. $50. Ed Arnold. Phone 5-2981. Upright piano In good condition. $110 Ed Arnold. Phone 5-2981. Innersprlng roll away bed. Practically new. Cost $45. Will sell for $25. T. Melot, Phone 4-4269. 1526 Ross Ave. Boy's 26* and girl's 26' bikes. One used piano in good shape. One deepfreeze unit (motor and compressor only). Call 2-0106 for prices and details. W. F. Ford, 411 Westmoreland Drive. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Naz areth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethle hem: (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were ac complished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not for, behold, 1 bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is bom this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good uriU toward men. 1949 Studebaker Lsndcndser 4/D se dan. Blue. Heater, radio, seat covers. $695. Almetus M. Reeder. Phone 5-4721. 2445 Farrar St. Kimball Upright Piano. Light green and in good condition. May be seen at 1818 Blouin Ave. Phone 2-6849. Storkline Baby Bed with innersprlng mattress, mattress cover and two sheets. $30. Phone 5-5308. Homemade fruitcakes and candy for Christmas. Phone 7-4502. Golf Clubs, complete set of irons and two wood clubs. Phone 4-1844 after 4:30 P.M. Wood-burning set, Roy Rogers style and practically new. $4. Phone 3-0043. Girl's Bicycle, 26-incb, painted red and with basket. $10. Phone 5-4708. Boys' Bicycle, 20-lnch and in excellent condition. Ideal for Christmas. Phone 6-62348. For Sale or Trade Large 7-Up Ice box. Will sell for $10 or trade for one smaller. In excellent con dition. John Soulier. Phone 7-2595. Wanted Transportation from vicinity of New Roads to Plant. Mondays through Fri days, 8:00 A.M.--4:30 P.M. shift. James Washington. Phone 7-1997 after 5:00 P.M. One 1949 Frazer Manhattan. Wrecked or unwrecked. Will pay from $50 up. P. W. Trotter. Phone 4-3878. Ride or car poo] participation wanted at once. Can drive one day a week. Vici nity of University Acres, University Hills, Collegetown, LSU. Call 3-7742. Rosenstein is December EMC Speaker Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Bonura and their daughter, Donna Kay, were photographed at Kenosha Pass In Colorado while on vacation there. Bonura is a Sodium operator 2/e. Riders, 8 to 4:30, from vicinity of Denham Springs. Hammond Highway and Airline Highway. Phone John Copes, Gen. Eng. Boat, 14-foot pointed nose. Must be in good condition. Phone 2-9610. Browning Automatic Shotgun, If priced reasonably. Phone Denham Springs 2775. Girl's Bicycle, 20-lnch and in good condition. Phone 3-5009. Baby scales In perfect condition. $8.50. GE portable dishwasher. First class shape. $50. Lionel electric crane (c-r-a-n-e). In good shape. $20. A. D. Treloar. Phone 4-0096. 144 N. 19th St. 1946 Dodge Vi ton pickup track. Good body, good motor and good tires. $395. Fred C. Rube. Phone 5-7029. 3023 Doug herty Drive. 1949 4/D Pontiac. 43,000 miles. New motor installed last January. Body good. $1085. W. L. Acklin. Phone 5-5228. 5765 Alexander Ave. 75' x 137' lot on North 45th St close to Winborne elementary school. Fred Domi nick. Phone 5-6198. Keystone 16-mm. projector. Ideal for a gift to child. Screen and 9 assorted comic films. Hardly used. $20. Phone 5-9686. 5262 East Brookstown. Male thoroughbred Cocker Spaniel pup. Six weeks old. $25. Jack Albritton. Phone 2-5878. 2163 Femdale Ave. Dr. J. L. Rosenstein, widelyknown lecturer and psychologist, will speak at the December meet- ing of the Ethyl Management Club at the American Legion Hall on Dec. 17, V. M. Fontenot, program chairman, announced. "We believe we have one of our best speakers of the year in Dr. Rosenstein who has been praised very highly by all who have heard him," Fontenot stated. New officers of the club for the coming year will be installed at the December meeting. Taking over as president will be J. B. Nor wood; A. H. Middleton, vice-presi dent, O. W. Marrs, secretary, and Ardee Causey, treasurer. New Board of Control members to be installed are S. L. Escue, R. G. Payne, Dale Daniel, Vernon Smythe and A. R. Ramirez. Outgoing officers are L. M. Da vis, president; Ernie Carr, vicepresident; D. M. McDonald, secre tary and R. H. Moles, treasurer. Curtis Normand, Cafeteria* is using the giant spray gun which effective ly disperses insecticides there. Holiday Schedule Plant Operations, with the exception of TEL Operations, will continue on Dec. 25, Christmas, but Plant work will be arranged, to the extent possible, for observance of the holiday. TEL Operations will be shut down on "C" Shift of Dec. 24 and will be down for the "A" and "B" Shifts on Dec. 25. Operations will be re sumed on the "C" Shift of Christmas Day. AD offices will be closed. The Cafeteria will operate on the Sunday schedule on Christmas Day. ETC 25911 ii>or, 1953 December, 1953 m ose THE ANTIKNOCK Page 17 y- \ `*1 ...inira and Kay, were ini Pass in linn there, i-alor 2/c. Miinily of . I Highway : in no John Must be i 'hulKun. if Denham j i..| in good . rut, is using u h effective there. edule with the Iterations, 1 Dee. 25, work .lie extent are of the .lions will 1 Shift of I down for : Shifts on j a ill he re* | Shift of ` lo>ed. The ; if on the j, liristmas i The old Production Planning Building, top photo, finally is torn down after serving as a "temporary" structure for 17 years. In the bottom photo, the partially dismantled building in shown. Historic Plant Building Is Gone After being temporary for nearly 17 years, the office building com monly known as the old Production Planning Building, was dismantled in November. That building has been indirectly connected with the Plant's history since the early days of construc tion. Many well known plant fig ures had their offices there in the past 17 years. Was Construction Office When the construction of the Plant was first started in 1936, a temporary construction office building was erected on the pre sent site of the No. 2 TEL Change House, right inside the main gate. Later a second similar building was constructed next to it. In these two buildings William Irwin, construc tion superintendent, and his staff had their offices. When duPont and Ethyl operat ing supervision came here in early 1937, they were also provided of fice space in these two buildings un til a permanent Administration building was completed. William King, W. C. Goode, H. B. Hunt, Lew Bamum, Norm Fogg and the other members of the supervisory staffs working with them, had of fices there. and W. F. Magoon, who had their offices there during that era. During the war these offices were headquarters not only for construc tion but also for the rationing of fice which operated under the War Effort Committee. Bernard Manuel and Izzy Rills were among those who worked in that office. As a part of the post war ex pansion program, additional office space was badly needed, so the Medical and Personnel building was constructed. The T-shaped old con struction office building was turned around and moved about 150 feet northeast. It underwent a face lift ing and renovation program to pro vide offices for the Production Planning section during this period. Retains Name Although Production Planning moved to their present offices in M. L. Bourg, TEL operator 1/c, enjoys his hobby of acid etching aluminum and copper. Mrs. Bourg, the former Paula Trepani of New Orleans, is equally enthusiastic about the skillful pastime which they learned in C.Y.O. classes. Their aluminum and copper trays have won several prizes in hobby shows, and because they etch pictures of local scenes on the surfaces of trays, there has been a demand for their work. Designs or scenes are traced on precut aluminum discs. Those parts of the scene not to be etched are covered with black stove pipe enamel. An application of muriatic acid etches the exposed areas of the Administration building several years ago, their former offices have retained the name, the "Pro duction Planning Building." The continuing need for office space has made it necessary to oc cupy this temporary building until very recently.Duke Hartsfield, Bill Heck, and Ray Mettemich were the last ones to have offices there. the metal. The paint is removed with turpentine or paint remover. A similar process is used for copper trays. The Bourg's finished products in clude trays, book ends, ash trays, coasters, bowls, plaques, and candy dishes. The Christmas Card The sending of Christmas cards seems to have begun in England about the middle of the last cen tury, among members of the no bility who didn't get around much. The idea was taken up by the King and Queen; they commissioned famed artists to decorate their missives of greeting. The custom came on down to us today and we've made much of it--ask any mail-man I Bags Big Bobcat Moved to M & P Site When the project to build the third and fourth TEL buildings with all their supplementary fa cilities, was begun, the two tempor ary buildings were moved to the site of the present Medical and Per sonnel building. Here they were joined together in the shape of "T" to serve as the offices for the con struction forces. Many plant peo ple still remember such construc tion superintendents as Ray Tighe Just an empty lot now is the spot where the "Old Production Planning" building stood until recently. Eddie Fairchild, P&ES, is walking past the area, looking at the cleared space. Clarence Brown, TEL laborer 1/c, killed this bobcat while hunting on White's Bayou Nov. 7. Clarence was hunting rabbits and struck a bush to scare out a rabbit when the bobcat emerged. He brought the animal down with #6 shot after the dogs had chased him a few min utes. ETC 25912 I Page 18 THE ANTIKNOCK December, 1953 * j Donald Kirk, Engineering, W. T, "Duke" Hartsfield, supervisor of Serv ice Buildings, and Tom Allen, Process Development, coordinated the move. Here they check final arrangements on a blueprint. James Reynolds, EtCI Maint. electrical helper 1/c, and W. T. Freeman, EtCl Maint. electrician l/c, shorten the cord of an electric typewriter be fore plugging it into its new outlet. Teamwork Keynotes Move to M. & P. Forty-seven employees complet ed work Friday, Oct. 16 in old of fices; they started work Monday, Oct. 19 in new ones. They sat down to their same desks, used their same equipment, and began the day in the same or derly fashion. This was made pos sible only through planning and teamwork within Research and En gineering and between Research and Engineering and Plant and Employee Services in charge of the move. You don't move 450 items of of fice equipment for 47 employees without a step-by-step plan. Donald Kirk, Engineering, Tom Allen, Process Development, and W. T. "Duke" Hartsfield, supervis or of Service Buildings, worked to gether to coordinate the move. Kirk and Allen gave Hartsfield a blueprint for each of the new of fices in the M. & P. addition. The print showed the position of each piece of furniture that went into the office. A diagram, taped to the door of each new office, showed where the furniture was to be placed. In the old offices, from which the furniture and equipment was mov ed, each piece bore a tag showing its room destination. Laborers, electricians, and car penters were at work Friday night and Saturday moving equipment, connecting electrical machines such as typewriters and adding ma chines. Carpenters removed doors so that larger pieces of equipment could be moved into rooms. Laborers worked an approxi mate total of 850 man-hours hand ling the furniture and equipment, yet they did such an efficient job that total breakage was one glass on a small bookcase, and that glass was not securely fastened in its frame. Employees walked in Monday morning to new surroundings with cleaned and polished floors and desks. Their equipment was in place, and in working order. Their telephones were connected, and in most cases, employees were assign ed the same numbers they had pre viously. "Teamwork and cooperation made such a move possible," Harts field said. Cristes Maesse . Our name for the day, Christ mas. dates back to the 11th Cen tury when it was called Cristes Maesse -- literally, Christ Mass. The Germans call the day Weihnachtsfest--Holy Night Feast; the French call it Noel, which derives from the Latin "Natalis," meaning birthday. When doors had to be removed to get furniture into offices, Rowland Holley, EtCl Maint. carpenter l/c, and Alvin Lorio, EtCl Maint. car penter helper l/c, were on hand to do the job quickly. The top of this desk and other pieces of furniture were so clean that they clearly reflected his im age when E. 4. Rudison, EtCl la borer, finished his polishing duties. All furniture was cleaned after the move. Final authority, in the form of this unabridged dictionary, was rolled to its new office by Johnnie Carmena, Jr., EtCl laborer. EtCl laborers Manuel Hickman, Willie Miles, and James Jell, Jr., move a filing cabinet into a new office. Card of Thanks We wish to thank all of our friends of Ethyl Corporation for their kindness, sympathy, and floral offerings during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father, Henry Demouy, Sr. All have our everlasting gratitude. Mrs. Harry Demouy and Son I: 'jt !' r! ; r \ t Drmrm*i\ crirtr: Alli.it l MU and t | Plaij K.J a ivi ; 00> " - piv- mni" trihn' her** hon." dri% - At pn ^ mi`H ropr* Jr.. Wm i Wml pi Club lu be t! L'tiir Bnt-'f supp pai-n Om ani I inc ' Th* com r aqrt.i em fTlti- < of M ftnir '!! cnr'lj Cl'', i and i T.'MV. In emf ! men mrf El b\! ertvr rilin'. turn munit; ETC 25913 December, 1953 THE ANTIKNOCK Page 19 Demouy, Long-Service Employee. Dies Harry A. Demouy, Sr., 57 years old, died at Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium, Oct. 31. He succumbed from a sudden heart attack while sitting in his chair reading the morning paper. His progress fol lowing an operation had been ex cellent, and he was to have return ed to his home the following day, Funeral services were held Nov. 1 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with interment in the Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. Drive leaders and organizations participating in the UGF campaign will Demouy was known and respect ed by employees throughout the Plant. The second oldest man in length of Company service in the entire Ethyl organization, he had receive Oscars from (IGF headquarters. Elma Rogers, left, L. M. Davis, center, and Jimmie Brashiers, second from right, accepted awards for Allied Workers, Ethyl Management Club, and District 50, I^ocal 12,900, UMW, respectively. Walter Moss, second from left, Fahio Halphen, right, and C. A Aucoin, inset left, recevied Oscars for heading the drives. The "Oscar" is shown in right inset. Plant Completes Successful UGF Drive Ethyl and its employees made a record contribution of over $50,000 in the recent UGF drive. United Givers Fund officials will present a parchment scroll com memorating the efforts and con tributions of all Ethyl employees here Thursday, Dec. 10. This will honor them for an outstanding drive. At this time also, "Oscars" will be presented to the three Drive chair men and one for each group they represent. They are: C. A. Aucoin, Jr., representing the Allied Oil Workers Union; Walter Moss, Dis trict 50, Local 12,900, United Mine Workers, and Fabio Halphen, re presenting the Ethyl Management Club. because it is a picture of democ racy in action. United Givers is for the people and by the people. You have once again spread good will and happiness to the less for tunate of your neighbors. "You, the givers, captains, and solicitors, can well be proud of your record. May God bless each and every one of you for your gener osity and keen interest in human ity. Thank you for the fine cooper ation you have given us." The letter was signed by the three drive chairmen: C. A. Au coin, Allied Oil Workers; Walter Moss, Jr., Local 12900, UMW, and Fabio Halphen, Ethyl Management Club. completed 37 years of service dur ing the past July. A native of New Roads, he at tended the Poydras Academy there before coming to Baton Rouge for employment. From 1916 to 1939 he worked for Esso Standard Oil and trans ferred to Ethyl Corporation on July 1, 1939. He had broad exper ience here in both operations and personnel work. Demouy served as general supervisor in EtCl Opera tions from 1939 to 1945. From then until his death he worked in the Plant & Employee Services Sec tion on various assignments. At the time of his death he was supervisor of employment. Demouy was a strong supporter of the Ethyl Recreation Associa tion, and prior to its organization Shea Visits Areas President E. L. Shea visited a number of the areas of the Baton Rouge Plant, Oct. 30. While here on a business trip he took time out Inscribed on the parchment will be the following message: "The Ethyl Contributes $18,000 to UGF United Givers Fund of Greater Baton Rouge acknowledges the fine support given the 1953-54 cam paign by the employees of Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge Plant, and commends them for outstand ing community spirit and service." The combined total of employee contributions through the three agencies conducting the United Giv ers Fund Drive was over $32,000. The Company made a contribution of $18,000. This brought the total from Ethyl over $50,000. The drive among employees was conducted by the Allied Oil Work ers, the Ethyl Management Club, and Local 12900 of District 50, UMW. In a letter of appreciation to all employees, the three Drive chair men stated: 'The final record of over $32,000 in contributions by Ethyl employees to the 1953 United Givers Fund indicates that the great majority of our team of Gen erous Givers has faith in the fu ture and the welfare of our com munity life. That is a healthy sign Plant Manager Roy N. Clothier presents a check for $18,000 to United Givers Drive Chairman Lewis Selig. Plant employees donated over $32,000 through the United Mine Workers, the Allied Oil Workers and the Ethyl Management Club organizations. he coached and managed several Ethyl basketball teams. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and the Nicholson Post 438 of the Amer ican Legion. An expert cook, he was often called upon to prepare suppers for shift parties and other gatherings. Demouy is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Vay of this city; one son, Harry, Jr., who is an employee in Research and Engin eering; one sister, Mrs. Leslie Gautreaux. Baton Rouge; one half-sis ter, Mrs. Earl Hall, Baton Rouge; three half-brothers, Ferdinand, Louis and Robert Betz, Baton Rouge; and four grandchildren. to go through the area and talk to a number of the employees. Spots the president visited in cluded the Medical & Personnel Building addition, the Old Admin istration Building, the Engineering offices, Alloy, No. 1 Furnace, the No. 1 Shop at Sodium, the BHC and Lindane Plants, and Shops and Stores. With him on the tour were J. H. Schaefer, vice-president in charge of Manufacturing, Plant Manager Roy Clothier, and Tom Smylie, Manufacturing technical coordin ator. Herb Hobgood, acting operations manager, and Mel Hudgins, acting manager of Maintenance, joined the group in their areas. Why Santa Claus? The name of Santa Claus for the patron saint of Christmas derives from a German-Dutch corruption of the name of Saint Nicholas, who lived in the fourth century. Legend was that this good saint learned that three young women were with out suitors because their father was to poor to provide a dowry. St. Nick tossed three bags of gold into their room one night, and they all lived happily ever after. "San "Niklaus" of the Germans became "Sinteklass" of the Dutch, and those who settled New York wound up with "Santa Claus." ETC 25914 1 (imtinga It is a pleasure for us to join in extending our sincere wishes to you and your families for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your loyalty, cooperation, and effort have been essential to the successful operation of the Baton Rouge Plant during 1953. It is our hope that the same spirit will keynote our activities during 1954. As we plan our next year of operations, we count among our greatest assets the teamwork and spirit of our people. Now, as you near the holiday season, we hope that you and your families will enjoy it fully. Our sincere best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. President Vice President, Manufacturing and Traffic General Manager, V* Manufacturing Vice President, Research and Engineering Manager, Baton Rouge Plant I I ETc 25915