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ETHYL CORPORATION JANUARY 1961 ETC 34176 ETHYL bu * b Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Pull Together 2 Full Sales .................................. 4 Regional Realignment..................12 Sellless Citizen ................. 16 Heads Upl .... 18 Highlights of '60........................... 20 Electronic Event ..................... 22 For Your Entertainment................24 Milestones .............................. 26 Ethyl Welcomes ...........................27 Personals ........................................ 28 People and Places....................... 30 Leonhard Dowty ................................Editor Edward Metcalf..................Associate Editor Stella Sideris....................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by S.P.M. Studios Cootributiog editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Bea Hodge, Joe Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann SeJfridge; Detroit: Marge Bayierian, Jim Boag, Chris Bongero, Joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rite, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, jane HudJemeyer; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Maxico: Mike Espinosa; Sew Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sew York: Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Gertrude Melloh, Dorothy Locke, Madee Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Philadelphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Poruer; Salt Lake City: John Morton; San Bernardino: Judy Schaub; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Howard Hamaker; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yon kers Central: Al Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON Ol'R COVER; During a respite from the busy round of meetings at the annual Sales conference, a quintet of tourists visits the famed Alamo. In front of the historic site are, left to right, George L'nzelman, Chuck Gordon, Ed Watson. Doug King and Kerney Hurst. The story of the conference begins on page 4. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in U.S.A. 9 Though we are stronglv in favor of originality of expression and freshness of phrase, there are times when we bow to the cliche, particular!'' when a muchused axiom can convey clearlv and concisely what would take considerable more footage if it were spelled out with everv "i" dotted and every "t" crossed. In this case, the adage that serves our purpose is an old one: In units' there is strength. It applies to innumerable situations in life, but for our express purposes it has to do with the interlinking of all of our individual efforts in making Ethyl Cor poration the successful, reputable and respected compam that it is. As \ on will note on the pages that follow, this issue has been largely devoted to the recent Sales confer ence held in San Antonio, Texas. The Sales confer ence. in addition to regional and district meetings throughout the vear, is a regular part of the conduct ot our business wherein the entire Sales department gets an opportunity to express its view's and exchange ideas, to pull together as a single, purposeful unit with a planned central aim. 01 course, all of us at Ethvl. regardless of the spe cifics of our respective jobs, have a central aim. N'o matter what phase of Ethvl operations we are engaged in. we are all pulling on the same rope and each hand is essential in tugging it out with the hot world of competition. In essence, we are all members of the Sales department, all part of the team that creates the corporate image and offers our customers the best products and sendees that our joint efforts can pro duce, be thev our basic antiknock fluid, a skillfully conceived technical paper, a safetv film or a neatly typed, well-worded letter. Our voices on the tele phone represent Ethvl. and so do our positions in our community. You mav feel that the special job you do is far from associated with the Sales department, but if you stop to think that all Ethvl salaries come from the sale of our products vou can certainly see that we are all working simultaneously for our individual and coiporate welfare. There is no doubt that the majority ot us have never seen a customer face to face, but even one of us is instrumental in selling him by contributing to the interior mechanism of a well-organized, unified cor poration. It takes a lot of hands to pull the rope, and it takes just as many to braid it tightly. 3 TC 34 178 SS? G'S-'r'-'w-tf 'X . tmxsm .?* rU. *! ? . - ^E '. -* ^ r; ' .*. -V->: n* \ ' * l~ h.jk ' v ' ^r' Growth through diversification was the main theme at the recent "full Sales" sales efforts, a total of 210 Ethyl people attended. In his address to the opening session, Ethyl President B. B. Turner stressed the Company's emphasis on di conference held in San Antonio versification and the greater opportunities that will thereby be afforded all employees from these broaden ing horizons. After a welcome bv Fred Naylor who was in charge For the first time since 1936 an Ethv] Sales Meeting of truly national proportions was held in San An of meeting arrangements, Stu Forbes outlined the three dav meeting agenda. The first day was dev oted tonio, Texas from November 28 through 30. Includ to sales planning, the second to product information ing personnel from departments who actively support and the third dav to customer services. ETC 34179 f 210 Ethyl people attended. In pening session, Ethyl President the Companv's emphasis on di- greater opportunities that will 11 employees from these broaden- Fred Xaylor who was in charge nents, Stu Forbes outlined the ;enda. The first dav was devoted e second to product information ustomer services. Moving quickly to the business at hand, Mac Mur dock was introduced to discuss the changing sales pic ture. Mac noted that new people in oil company ex ecutive positions indicated a continuing need for the Ethy l storv to be told; often in areas not previously considered significant. Too, he emphasized the new job opportunities inherent as our products expand. Mac was followed on the podium bv Dr. George Kirby, who delivered an assessment of the Company's prospects for growth and the planning now being un dertaken in that direction. After a coffee break. Jack Pruitt announced changes in the regional sales setup (see Bulletin Boabd pages 12 to 15) prompted by organizational shifts within the oil industry. Jack added, however, that Ethyl's basic services and selling methods would remain un changed. Then, Mr. Turner's talk brought to a close the first day's general meeting. Product oriented talks commenced promptly at nine o'clock the following morning. Tom Wilkinson, scratched from Monday's program by a grounded air plane, spoke on new sales to the petroleum industry. 5 FULL SALES (continued) Each morning of the meeting, representative speakers addressed assembled Sales department personnel Next. Jack Bailie discussed the expandin'! familv of antiknock products and detailed die sound economic advantages that can accrue to our customers through their use. Mac McCulloch furnished a look at the rapidlv ex pandin'! petroleum additive sales picture--a business which attained an almost 100V dollar volume increase for Ethel in 1960. Product advertisin'! support planned for both antiknocks and additives was then outlined for the audience bv Jim Lonergan. The final morning session of the Sales Meeting be gan with Russ Weston and Young and Rubicam's Bill Rindtuss. Thev revealed Ethel's 1961 advertising pro gram. Matt Tavlor then itemized the sales depart ments budget for the coming vear--a substantial sum and added proof of the Coinpanvs faith in the maxim of sales through service. Finallv regional managers Don Elynn. Dick Murphv. Bob Douglass and Len Huxtuble each presented case histories of helpful support services for sales m the field. This panel ended the 1960 program. It remained but for Stu Forbes, sounding a note of the Companv's confidence in each representative, to ad journ the annual meeting. R-. __ Final session of three-day program featured Regional Managers, left to right, Murphy, Flynn, Douglass and Huxtable. Enlist ing the aid of staff members, Dick discussed automotive services, Don held forth on refinery technology. Bob went into product services and gasoline testing, and len treated the advertising and sales promotion work for Western Region. ETC 34181 Shown obove in order of fheir oppearonce ot I960 Soles Meeting ore: top row, Fred Noylor, Stu Forbes ond Mac Murdock; second row, George Kirby, Jock Pruitt ond B. B. Turner; third row, Tom Wilkinson, Jock Bailie and Jim lonergon, bottom row, Mac McCulloch, Russ Weston and Matt Taylor. Along with the panel at left, these men mode up the formal program. ETC 34182 FULL SALES (continued) Support services and larger customer accounts were discussed by smaller groups in afternoon sessions Inasmuch as those people who perlorin the impor tant supporting services attended the 1960 Sales Meet ing, a chance was afforded these specialists to meet and on over common problems. The afternoon of the first dav was held open for this purpose. Product Service and Safetv men met with Hank Ball: Jack Bailie's Tech Service people convened and the Petro leum Additive Sales group got together with Mac McCulloch. Later, after the general sessions were over, Frank Howard assembled a merchandisers meeting. Durian the same afternoon in the main meeting room, 10 separate areas were marked off where those men interested in discussing 10 of the larger customer compilin' accounts had an opportunitv to do so. Ideas were exchanged and questions were asked of those most intimntelv associated with these accounts, and in the prevailing informal atmosphere, manv helpful suggestions were passed along. For those Ethyl peo ple who participated, these account conferences were rewarding and another productive facet of a co ordinated program. Above, a typical area assigned for discussions of the 10 larger customer company accounts, in this cose Tidewater. Service for all companies who operate in more than one region is co ordinated for maximum sales effect. Supporting services, on integral port of the Ethyl sales program, were represented at the I960 Sales meeting and met between the formal sessions. Above, Hank Ball makes a point to the Product Service and Safety engineers. i i I Visitors were welcome as the Petroleum Additive Sales men conferred. In the picture above, Mac McCulloch is shown lead- ing the discussion while the conferees take notes on the after noon of the first day's meeting-packed schedule. 9 ;i ETC 34184 FULL SALES (continued) Ethyl men got a chance to meet old friends and talk over new ideas in the less formal meeting moments One ot tile valuable b\-products ti'oiu such gather ings as the 196i) Sales Meeting is the opportunity tor each man present to renew acquaintances and discuss common problems with other EthvI personnel--a chance for exchanges between men whose |obs mas be similar but whose paths do not often cross. Nat urally the regular meeting hours consumed most ot the available time but provisions were made tor peo ple to get together on a more informal basis despite the tight schedule. Moreover, the oil-hours afforded an opportunitv for sales personnel to meet represent atives of other departments as well as to mingle with sales people from different regions. These informal sessions liav e produced many a use ful idea and much helpful information--a practical supplement to set proceedings. For Ethyl sales people especially a chance word or theory gleaned from a shop talk circle might well mean the edge in our increasinglv competitive business. There is little ques tion that informalitv can make an atmosphere from which important dividends tor each man may well be the result, dividends for the man and the Company. Caught in the center of the crowd during a coffee break were, left to right, Bob Fisher, Dick Courtney, George Henning and Jim Hodges. Breaks were made at mid-morning during formal sessions as a relief from strenuous note-taking on talks. ( ! 10 Stu Forbes, left, ond Chuck Colvin had chance to discuss some business problems during an intermission time. Responsible for a myriad of details, Carl Bartholomew, left. Bob Mead and Fred Naylor, right, ran the meeting schedule. Left to right, Tony Woska, Howard Gerber, Don Connell, Norm Gerber and Hank Godbey chat between scheduled program talks. Doug Baker, Harold Mehfer and Bob Marks, here examining a slide, helped with presentations behind the scenes. Heading out on a guided tour of San Antonio and environs, this happy Ethyl group used their free time to see what they could see in the historic old Texas town. The Company provided the bus but the men all brought their own broad smiles. 11 ETC 34186 Ill ;i move designed to H'l'i u more cffcctixch Ethxl oil cninpanv customers. Mac Mmdock. \ icc presi dent in charge ol Salt's. rcccnlK' announced tlic cre ation ol a filtli icginual ollicc in Houston. I esas. hirst word ol the change was revealed to Ethxl personnel at tile Sales Conlcrence in San Antonio where |ack I'rnitt. General Sales manager, explained that the inoxe was prompted 1 >\ an increasing eoneenti ation of oil conipanv actix itv in the Cull Coast area. To lie stafied with experienced serx'iee and tech nical personnel promoted cspeciallv for this challeng in'' assignment, the new Cult Coast Region still take in the Houston and New Orleans Districts and will have its offices in Houston. To date, the partiallv formed regional staff alone comprises well oxer 100 venrs of cumulative Ethvl experience. The formation of this staff is vet another example ol expandin'; fu tures possible within the Companv. Tile forniei Southern Region has been renamed the Mid-Continent Region. It will maintain headquarters in Tulsa and will now take under its win" the Denier District along with Dallas and Tulsa. Effective date lor these changes was [anuarv 1. 1001. although the Cull Coast Regional office will probable not he lulls rolling until sometime in Eebniurv. Tile regional realignment makes possible a step np the ladder for mam men in the Sales department. Ellis Loclicr has been named Gulf Coast Region man ager and his assistant regional manager will be lake IJalzer. Stan Eskridge will be operations manager. Don Hornbeck moves in as chief refincrv technologist and Ken |ost assumes the duties of chief product serv ice engineer. Additional staff appointments will be made sliortb. District Managers Ed Hendrick in Houston and Doug Jeppe in Xew Orleans remain at their respective posts. Topped for the title of Notional Account manager were, left to right seated, Dale Miller and Marshall McDorman; standing, Paul Harris, Don Chapman and Dolly Dollohan. Gel Howell, the sixth appointee, was unable to be present for the picture. ;j |i :* :f ,! fL Bob DcmuLus. Mid-Continent Region maiuicev. will have L.irrv Keis as assistant manager as well as a new district manager. Idau Kina in Tulsa. Tile creation ot the new region has also prompted stait changes elsewhere. Norm Linstvomberg succeeds Ellis Locher as assistant manager of Central Region and Norm's shoes as Cleveland District manager will be filled bv Al Bingham. Merrill Anderson moves into the field spot in Cleveland made vacant bv Ai's pro motion. Al Basse takes over as Kansas Citv District manager as Dolls Dollahan muses on to Tulsa. In deference to the nature of their work, which often transcends regional lines, six men have received the newlv-ereated title of National Account manager. Don Chapman and Gel Howell in New York, Paul Harris in Chicago. Dale Miller and Dolh Dollahan in Tulsa and Marshall MeDonnan in Houston will each sen e major accounts on a nationwide basis. In order to better balance the work load in Eastern Region, nheie there are now two assistant regional managers, the Philadelphia District staff will be hence forth reporting to George Rosser, Eastern Region as sistant manager, who makes his headquarters in the Pittsburgh offices. All these moves reflect the Compauv's awareness of the shiftin'; geographical emphasis in petroleum companv operations and will enable Ethvl sales peisonnel to do a better selling job. Thev indicate, as well, the abilitv of Ethvl Corporation to meet new challenges in a chamiiiu! industrial world. Western Region management and staff are unchanged. Shown here seated left to right are Messrs. Du Bose, Weill, Huxtable Muller and Cole. Behind them stand Messrs. Chenault, Man ning, Carleton, Koehnle, Unzelman, Wyriek and Ellerbe. Mid-Continent Region boasts a new name and, seated left to right, Messrs. Flaa, Reis, Scott and DeVore. Standing behind are their colleagues Messrs. N. Gerber, Douglass, Alspaugh, Bartholomew, Schell, Ryan and Rollins. M r, / * f f ft % v-1 . * r T * W tIl'll ll I ETC 34189 I Regional Office . . . Chicago Gulf Coast Region Regional Office . . . Houston Eastern Region Regional Office . . . New York City The Central Region team includes Messrs. Bingham, Linstrom berg, Flynn, Rose and Basye, shown seated, and Messrs. Greenup, Baker, Anderson, Maynard, Sabin, Harris ad Rob inson standing behind them. Eastern Region sales are sparked by Messrs. Warner, Rosser, Murphy, Bushell and Richardson, seated. The rest of the force, Messrs. Hoyes, Hogan, Baldwin, Cole, Hopkins, Maassen and Rusher, are standing. 15 !L ETC 34190 One of the founders of the William Beaumont Hospital, Frank Fricker, at left, walks on the grounds. A ii axiom of Franklin Flicker's life is that good --"X citizenship carries with it a mandate to sene one's communitv. Not onl\ does he belies e this, lie acts on that belief. In mans' uiiobtrnsis e but impor tant wavs Frank Fricker has seised and continues to sers e the area where he works and lives. That is whv he was honored reccntlv In the Exchange Club of F'erndalc. Michigan, who chose his name to be in scribed in their Book of Golden Deeds for outstand ing sers ices rendered the cominunits. It is tvpical of Frank Fricker that he was surprised when the honor was bestowed on him. Ethvl s Research Labora tories are in Fcrndalc on the outskirts of Detroit. There. Frank FTickcr works as assistant to the Direc tor of Allministration and Services and there, in that area. Frank FTickcr li\es. A part of him lives, too. in the William Beaumont Hospital, the Fcrndalc Commnnitv Building, the towns pla\grounds or in the spirit of the manv social agencies' he either helped to create or now works cliligentlv to maintain. Merclv to go on listing all Mr. Flickers commu nitv services does not bespeak the ipiahtv ot his good works. It is bettei to sav that vvheie there was a need -- there, more oiten than not. was FTank FTickcr: lending a hand, spending his spare time, sen mg. Frank FTickcr is inclined to dismiss his ellorts with a wave of the hand and the comment that social agenev work demands merclv a constructive integra tion ol personalities. What he does not talk about, but manv others will, are the countless hours and the endless patience required to produce a useful and en during communitv service. The Compilin', too. can claim a share of credit for Frank Flickers achievements. It encouraged Frank in his work and therein' set an example of sound corporate citizenship. In accepting the Golden Deeds Award Mr. Fricker said it best: "I can speak with a feeling of gratitude that mv Companv has nlwavs given me its 1007 support in the development of mv communitv interests. ' Mr. Fricker lives in nearby Birmingham. The Golden Deeds Award, below, was the first to a non-Ferndale resident. 11 spite of ;i snowstorm all out of proportion to the 1 MMMiii, emplovees ol the New Voik nlhee cele brated the Ynletidc at .111 ainm.il luncheon. While the cold winds of winter Hew outside, the warmth of the Christmas season was a^low at the Ethv! parte, wheie old friends welcomed new emplovees. and ^a 1 et\ filled the alternoon with that special brightness that is the jovous spirit of Christmas. '60HIGHLIGHTS OF UNZELMAN MADE CHIEF REFINERY TECHNOLOGIST, WESTERN REGION "rEBS TOUR HOUSTON PL TEACH ww* "** "" " SUGIMOTO APPOINTED PROJECTGROUND BROKEN FOR LONG B: Ev ACH LAB CTMTuu "MWGEIi FOR AN Compounds " TOVEY HEADS HOUSTON EMC ^ B. B. TURNER 'V NEW YORKERS STUDY FIRST AID ETHYL PROMINENT AT ' SOUTHWEST ACS MEET TRAINING MEN CONVENE IN ^fGGU JOINS PXPOHT SALES f * Vim t DARRAUGH COPS BIGGEST HOUSTC , SARNIA PLAI NCCIDW ANO SlCKNtK BEHEFin MPROVEO COMPa - . .* , ,Tj. *... t- r- * SALES CONFERENCE. - HELD IN SAN ANTON ' ' - -".Ta* - ETHYL AGRICULTURAL BOOK PROVES OUTSTANDING ^eA^r, . , : V ETHH. HOUSTON ANNOUNCES VINYL ` HOGAN FETED BY CHL0RIDE MONOMER PLANT SAFETY TV INSTALLED AT BA' NEW YORK ACS - BIG BROTHER SCIKNCK PROGRAM A & olNEB C0W0RW'W H0H^ cops iiockut'cup MAGIC CIRCLE AD GIFT TO TRUMAN LIBRARY ^ Though the days of a year seem to slip away too quickly, they leave their indelible marks upon the pages of our corporate history and add up to something considerably more than nostalgia NT IaRNIA'S first five-year men feted sp0AW ret** ;ed flNMA SWEENEY HONORED BY QUARTERMASTER school 11 ADDRESS ACS CONVENTION FLVnN NAMED MANAGER, CENTRAL REGION f|- p. *nt cops softball pennant sales PACIFIC COAST PLANT COPS 90* nv* >, _ ^ Z0G named director of planning .. ..cTOOOO^ SCOOT* main and huyler head CANADA SALES DIVISION ON SUGGESTION AWARD _ S,STC^"oiccmcLE NT celebrates fourth year DORA PEPt HEiDS Oaton rouge D*D ,NYMEIHS meet CHICAGO SEOVICEHTER opfbc 10 S rnMMlTTEE HOLDS HUNDREDTH MEETING SUGGESTION COMMITTEE w 25-YEAR MEN MEET STEVE HENRY RETIRES * ERS Tl SARAU PLANT TON ROUGE tm?-- PLANT LZLERAnNfAKHn DBELCUOuMmEcSd mMA/iNnAMGiiEcRn DBAHTiOunN sf, n,.vrs R0UGE C0MMUNITY "EUTIONS tds :d TCTVlA 'pany BOUNCES ICC 4 and TML ETC 341 96 IiO EMC HOUR GLASS REVUE A HIT AT DETROIT'S GIRLS' PARTY | !|| Anew electronic Multi-Component Blending Svstem is now undergoing performance tests at Ethel s Houston i hint. A Compilin' development, the svstein will he readih' adaptable for use in oil com pilin' refineries. Not onlv will it give the refiner a precise blend but it also can be the means of effecting substantial economies in future refinerv operations. Seeking a first hand look at this important instal lation, Hank Ball, Product Sen ice and Safetv man ager, led a group of engineers down to Houston for a thorough briefing in December. Plank's men will explain the advantages of this Ethvl development to oil compilin' customers. So as to leave no stone un turned in preparing the Product Service and Safetv team for this assignment, a two-dav schedule of in tensive studv was laid out. Instrument Group leader Warren Creen and Instrument engineers Lewis Decker and William Fulglunn. nil of the Baton Rouge Engineering Department, planned and conducted the training and demonstrations with the assistance of Houston personnel. Later, the group adjourned to thrash out the customer service aspects of what thev had learned. The Ethvl developed svstem will be able to blend am number of gasoline stocks and additives. Ex pected accuracy of the system is plus or minus oneluilf of one percent or better. It is designed for in-line blending operations at a refinerv and uses digital computer techniques especiallv designed for the pur pose. The blender is activated bv a card reader, simple to operate and pinpoint in precision. Main tenance costs will not be excessive and built-in controls insure that the svstem will he cut back proportionatelv should the flow of am component he incapable of maintaining the required rate. Control center of the Multi-Component Blending System is shown above. The card reader which transmits impulses by electronic means is in second panel from top on the left. When a blending operation is to take place, a card is punched with coded information to electronically dictate blend composition. The punched curd is put in the card reader, the master control is switched on and blending starts. When indicated quantity is reached, the master control stops automatic-idle. The punch card is removed and another blend may he started almost immcdiatelv In inserting another coded card. Responsibilitv for making and serv icing the svstem lies with the manufacturer. Ethel's iunction is to acquaint customers with its benefits, benefits reach ing to a vital area of customer concern -- the pocketbook. This development is additional evidence that Ethvl identifies its customers' best interests with its own. Thus, the Multi-Component Blending Svstem is a svmbol of customer service in the best and most effective sense. Above, being briefed ore, left to right, Chock Gordon, Jim Baldwin, Matt Taylor, Sam Crowther, Ken Jost, Hume Chenault and Som Roberts Below, Lew Decker, John Watt, Bill Ludt, Herb Nixon, Will Hancock, Mac McCooley, Jack Maynard and Doug King walk out to see blender in oction. Instrument Group leader Warren Green was the lecturer on system's components. ETC 34198 FOR BOOKS YOUR ENTERTAINMENT SuuJfv Gum's The World o? Musical Comedy, a 7_:fr D.ivis lunik, is a voluim' ut nostalgic delight that the hi',- torv ut musical comcdv m America tlmntgh the compo>ei' and lyricists who miturec! the form during the last half century. Sigmund Romberg, Jerome kern. Cole Pm ter. living Berlin. Rodgcis and Halt. Leonard Bernstein. Rodgeis and Hammer- stein. Lerner and Loue and others who have aihitdcd innumer- able hours of gaiety are represented in test and photographs alone with some of the most shining stais of the musical sta^e -- the beautiful Malibu Miller, the ineompaiable Geoigc M. Cohan, the electrifying Ethel Merman, the ebullient Mary Martin. All seats are dead center for this all-star attraction. A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a Donbleday release, is a compilation of the best stones to appear m the magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction dining the last 10 sears. Selected l>v the editor. Robert R. Mills, the stories are out standing e\amples of tire popular fiction form, and some of them are written by people whose names mac surprise ym -- Ogden Nash. Howard Fast, Oliver La Fargo. Graham Greene. John Collier and Horace Walpole. There are plenty ut shud ders in this incredible imaginary splieie. and the level of writ ing is consistently high. Mr. Mills Iras assembled a chilling anthology sute to raise its (uofa of goose pimples. A slim volume worth a good deal more than its weight in gold. The Lk.HT In THE Piazza is .I sensitive and pmvoc.itive novelette bv Elizabeth Spencer, a \ouiig woman of commons talent and compassion. The new McCiaw-ilill hook tells the store of a wealths Ametiean woman on a tour nt Italy vyith her daughter, now grown and the yictun of a childhood ac cident that has left her with the mind of a Ul-vear old. In Floience, she falls ut love and finds her one chance at hap piness with a young Italian. Her mothers decision i> the core of the stoic, ami Miss Spencer tells it heautitullv. nc\ei maud lin. never sentimental. Austria after the end of World War If is the setting of the new Donbleday novel. The Mozart' Leaves At Nine. It is the wmk of Harris Greene. y\ho obviously kno\ys the couutiv and the people of whom he yvutes. The ccntiai rh.it.ic ier is an American major who must deal with post-war prob lems m Sal/bmg. There is. as you might suspect, some fas cinating intrigue with the Russians and an assiatment of dich.ii<1 Nazis. The cite that the author has iccrcatcd c.iptuies the spoil of what it must h.ue been like lm its beaten pop ulace and the men who compos'd the aimv ol occupation. The Moz.ii t of the title, incidentally, is a tiain Simon and Schuster's America's Taste, 1851-1959 deserves the highest accolades, for here is a ttuh superb book of words and pictures that reflects everything America was and is. Sub titled rhe Ctdtural Events o/ a Century Reported hj Contcmporanj Ohscrci'rs in the /k/gc's of The Seic York Times. it is a delectable potpourri of an era compiled b\ Marjorie I.onglev, ETC 34199 {..mii> SiK'n:'trih .im! Samuel A. Tower. and vou .ire never iikeh to lead .1 innie eiijov.iblc chtonicle nf those or am othet wars. TuiuiK lemembeied personalities. some of them still going strong, fill llie pages -- Bennv Goodman. Katherine Cor nell. Sarah Reriihault. |enn\ Lind. Ethel Bnfivmote. Ale\aiidei Onlder. Norman \incenl Pe.de and hosts of others. living his hand at the nos el ioi the fiist tune, plavwtight Noel (inward has proved hmiscll \i-t a master of another art. His Pomp and CIRCUMSTANCE, a Doubledav entrv, is delightful and it fade hoists with tv picul Coward urbanite. What he lias to tell is a bitteisweel talc- of an aging plavbnv and a beautiful but dumb soeial Indie. Though wit sparkles on everv page. tlie author has treated his people tenderlv and \oii are sure In be touched h\ their predicament. As usual, the cieatuu-s of Cowards world are social snobs who live in a cnckcved world of cocktails and formal dicss. but they arc enchanting. delicious folks beneath their polished surfaces. Pate Is The Hunter is a bin book, stout of pages and crammed with excitement. It is the work of Ernest K. Cant), who has given us 77ir //igh and the Mi'dih/. Bhtzc of Noon. Islam! in the Skif and Ticilight for the Cods. Mr. Gunn's ref old is up a '.mod notch or two with his latest cnti\, a book that also concerns itself with the met) who flv the wild blue \ under. Their battle according to the author is a battle with Pale, the constant battle of all beings to outwit, out-maneuver, out-tun the inevitable. The chase is superb as the author pilots his uirborn characters through some piettv rough going. A Simon and Schuster hook and book of the Month selection. Mr. Gunns newest is bv lur his best as lie soars into the clouds with aulhoiitv and conviction. Tins Was Your War, a Douhledas book, is an anthologv oi some of the best writings on the subject of World War 11. Collected bv Frank brnnkhouser. the material tanges from fiction to newspaper articles, and all of it is excellent. Irwin Shaw, author of The )oi/n^ Lions as well as other sueeesslul novels, is the must tepiesented. and he is followed bv such spokesmen ol the times as |olm Steinbeck. Norman Mailer. Ernie Pvlc. MaeKinlav Kautor. lames A. Michencr. Marion Hargrove. Herman Wnnk. Mever betger. Merle Miller and others who chronicled those disastrous duvs. Hurdiv piettv. the mure than one hundred selections depict war realisticalb. as it could be seen onh bv the sharpest and the most sensitive eves. the film was shot on location. In addition to these skilled performers, there is an abundance of livestock to make any child envious of the shipwrecked Robinsons, hor good meas ure. throw in a pirate attack that is the liveliest thing since Mack Sennctt's Kevstonc cops were turned loose. I he small irv ate sure to be enchanted, and it is a woild-weaiy adult who won't find himself having a piettv good time. too. EXODUS, Leon Elis's bestseller, has been filmed by Otto Pieminger. who never was one to spate expenses. 1 be Lmted Arti't release runs a little more* titan three and half hours, but for the most part it moves along biiskb with some superb actors depicting the familiar characters of the novel and some stunning scenerv of Israel to illuminate the proceedings. The cast is headed bv Paul Newman. Eva Marie Saint. Ralph Richardson. Peter Lawford. Lee f. Cobb, Sal Minco. Hugh Griffith. |olm Derek and the late Gregorv Ratoff. to give von an idea of the talent assembled to tell this tale of the both of a nation. Some of it is shocking and tcrrifving. much of it is touching, portions nf it arc tremendouslv exciting. Cnfortunatelv. it is a verv long trip, hard on the haunches but well worth the journev. The Grass Is Always Greener, a Universal-JiUcrnahunal release, is a light-hearted, light-headed comcdv about n merry marital mixup that is as thin as nvlon stockings but which has a definite asset in the performances of its principal plavers. At the helm arc such accomplished film stars as Carv Giant. Deborah Kerr, lean Simmons and Roboit Mitchum. all cavort ing around England as though thev knew what thev were doing. Some of it gets veddy. veddv silly indeed, but it's a pleasure to watch the (juartet make something out of nothing. Aside from that, there aic some snappv retorts that get batted back and forth like a shuttlecock. TELEVISION MOVIES Walt Di'Uev. whose major purpose in life seems to be to de light the voung. has dug into his unlimited bag of tricks and pulled out a live-actor version of Johann \\ v ss s children s v!.i>>ie. Swiss Family Robinson, lolm Mills. Domthv McGulic. James MucArthtir. Cecil P.nkct and Sessile H.ivaw ,:k.i Iii.k! die c.i-:. and thev all seem lo be bav mg a niarv! h m< time on .an! .`.round the beautiful id.md nf Tabago. vvbeic On the last dav of Jamtarv. jack Pnar will be seen in an NRC special in addition to the regular late night show. Look for it under the title The Square Woild of Jack Faar. Absent from TV screens for over a vear. faekie Gleason gets back into action with a vengeance. He starts a panel show called You're in the Picture in Januarv and will be twice featured on CBS-TY's Sunday Sports Spectacular. Lovers nf the drama should set aside the night nf Februarv 7 for television watching. NBC has a 90-minute production of Anouilh's romantic comedv Time Remembered starting at y.3() i EST' and followed immediatelv bv an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's A String of Beads, starring jane Fonda. .-Wrmv Turn*, first seen la<t September, will be repeated on NBC-TV the night of Februarv 20. For those wlio missed reading the reviews, this 'bow is (.verv bit as good a* the two pi evi< ms Fled Astaire productions. ETHYL WELCOMES W fi.LMM Bock, a janitor at the Detioit Labs, raises ebinebilias and also is an amateur w oocKvnrker. Gi.ady Djnger. a steno^raplne-eleik ior Public Rela tions. X e w York, enjnvs pl.ivin^ eliess and bowling. Dakrei.i. Henslev, a tech nician in tbc Kansas City Laboratnrv. cnjo\ s hunting, fishing and su imming. Raywakd Lynch, a main tenance foreman at the Pacific Coast plant, is married and has a teenage son. Larry Plonsker is a chemist at the Detroit Labs. He holds his Ph.D. from Florida State I'niversitv. Hans Wolfe, a graduate of the I'niversitv of Minnesota, is a chemical engineer at the Detroit Laboratorv. I i i fI "i ETC 34202 1 Automotive Engineer. Larky Bl.AlCH- FORI) of the New York distiict office par ticipated in a Mobil Oil training school dealer meeting in M'est Newton. Massa- chusctt.s. He discussed "Fuels and En gines and showed two of our automotive kit films "Gasoline--\ olatihtv and "Gasoline--Knocking and Pteignitinu. Tom Hanlon, field engineer m the Pittsburgh district, made a two-hour "Fuel-Engine Relationship'' presentation to GuU dealers at their Pittsbmgli train ing school. He followed this with a "Rumble" tape recording and a oOminute question and answer period. Chief Automotive Engineer Bob Hoc an of the Eastern Regional olfice gave a talk on "L96L Passenger Cars' and answered the ijuestions ol a group of sales person nel of Mobil Oil in Springfield. Mass. Fritz Mercer, Atlanta district field en gineer, held "Modern Fuels and Engines" meetings with our gasoline demonstrat ing engine at Esso Standaid Division of Humble district dealer training schools in both Southfield and Raleigh, North Carolina. frit/ also held two "Modern Fuels and Engines meetings for Cult Oil Cmpuratiou tank wagon salesmen anti dealers m Smithfield. North Carolina. Marshall McDor.ma.n, account repre sentative in the New York district, ar ranged for and pmtieipated in a "Signi ficance oi Motor Fuels Tests" presenta tion and a Yonkers Laboraturv tour con ducted bv our gasoline testing laboratory personnel for Esso Standard's Liiidhurst, New Jeisev retail training school man ager. lor the assistant manager, for the home office manufacturing representative anti a group of Esso dealers. Lewis Ro'MPH, Atlanta distuet automo tive engineer, held six meetings in Nfis>issippi for Phillip,'. Petroleum Company Atlanta division jobbers and dealers dur ing which he used the -J-cvele engine. "Store of Gasoline. Knock and Preigni tion. Dvnapowvr Engine, and answered various questions. Norman Linstromberd. manager ot the Cleveland district otfite. acted a* gvoeia! chaumaii ot tile seventh annual Cleveland Petroleum Club C ini.-tmas P.iitv tor some hid eiippied and cardiac enildten of the Socictv tor Crippled Children. The paitv was heM at Camp ( heerful in the Rock River Reservation ot the Cleveland Metropolitan P.uks m Strnngsv illo. The Tulsa Chapter of the Ameiieau Societv of Safetv Engineers will trv for the Albert D. Caddell Memorial Award. JOHN Rollins, chief engineer of Piodilot Seivice and Safetv in the Southern Region, will head up the committee to ride herd on the various activities of tucmbeis for "points. The award goes annually to the ASSE Chapter that gets the highest number ot credits tor the advancement of the sci ence of safety engineering. Ardis Hopper of the Houston plant gave a talk on Communism at the com bined dinner meeting artauged bv the Southern Region tor oil computiv repre sentatives of Texaco, GuU, Atlantic, Pure and Mobil. Six high school teachers were entertained bv Etlivl on Business-Education Dav. Thev were received at the Southern Re gional office, where thev were given a brief review of the business operations in general and the Tulsa activities m par ticular. Thev were also given a tour of the Tulsa Gasoline Testing Lahoratorv with general information on the signifi cance of gasoline tests. ON THE ROSTRUM John Wintrinc.ham of the lX-tmit Labs has been active presenting the technical paper entitled "Potential Automotive Powcrplants" before local members of the Society of Automotive Engineers in the following West Coast cities: Los Angeles. San Diego. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. Spokane and Wmcouv er. I wo technical chemical papers, picpared by six Baton Rouge plant Research and Development employees, were presented at tile S*H'.::;we>t Region.'.; Meeting >t die American Chemical S-Aietv held m Oklahoma Citv Bcu Parker prewnted the paper en titled "Detei munition or Mixed Lead Mkv K in Caroline wnicn ue. Gerald Smith and Russ Hudson piep.uvd. FRED tREY presented the paper "bime tallic Ethv l Compounds a*. Reagent-, tor the SvntheMS of Tetiaedivl Lend hum Lead Metal Fred's co-.uithois were Paul Kobeiz, Gene Robinson and To.vf SlSlRL'NK. JohN Hill, Commercial Development. Baton Rouge, presented the technical paper "Orgai 10-.'Me tallies -Coinmerciali /.a tiou Approaches and Opportunities" at the eonfeienee of the Chemical Market Research Association in Pittsburgh. lYnusvlvania. John's eo-author> were Merle Gould and Bin. Hubner, who are also in Commercial Development. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing employees: Detroit: H. Dittmak. Sl-5.00 i Post color codes for cvlmder gases); Ray Goodwin and fin Carson, STA.on S Pipeline to permit tiansports tu unload from roadwav); NORMAN \Yh MOSEY, S2A.IH) i Improve air liuvv to combustible gas alarm panel). New York Office, Sales and Medi cal Departments: Howard A. Acnew, $ >5.00 ( Sprav all cards used on flannclboard pieseutatious with a clear plastic sprav }, John A. Fischer, Si A.00 i Make available through unr Blending Plant parts department chain giiatds lor the valves in our blending which are op erated with chains i; J. Y. HaNLON and A. D. Smith, Jk., S2i>.un (,\ demonstiatioii be added to the Fire Power Show to bring it in line with nil com pany intei cMs). Pacific Coast: Ronald Album.ht, S1A.00 i Modification to Drain on Ditch Treater Sample Booth'. F. BeCK and R. Musokove. SlOOO t Impiov etnetits to Sandblast Operation); Roy J. Brown, 2S $!5 (HI i i-it>iic-r l'ube H: ii ': ROY j. Bkown. $10.mu i Kli'.ii on EDB Tank>. Robfri H. Crawford. -V1 <ijn> i Writing Shelf .U Telepi i< >i :r* : R. I" LK<. U SON, $!o no i Mftiitm.: ol ( bailing Bubble: Tu!h v : R. Fekduson. $ioon , Batten ['tiir!': Hlm i:k F. Glassek. $100(1 (i.igr pl'oiecloi 0:1 piewme tl aiisnni tei oil I)ou lin tm : Bin. Heduino. $35.00 i M11 \ i Receiving Dept. i.lc. i: James LOUCKS. $10.00 , Removable wells mi .odium .iiinK'/cr bnlbv`>. Henry Paul, $70.00 { Bin' sludge crane cubic in bulks: Henry Pali.. $10.00 (Wooden blocks to ;i;d in changing kitbc chucks); Henry Paul, $jooo i Metbod ol dunging Dow therm Oil'1: Henry Paul, $10.00 (Rollcts on pans used in cleaning drier): Henry Paul. $15.00 (Move bearing on diive side of drum fhikei): |an PROPER. $10.on (Relocate soap rotameter regulatoi:: Dale J. SPENCER, $10.00 (Shell in blender du- scale booth): Willie H. Walker, $10.00 (Crease gun adapter1: W. H. WaLKER, $10.00 (Weight on blender hoist); W. H. Walker, $10 OO {Hose on castor oil strainers); Wayne West. $10.00 [Chain oi, dour to sludge pit cram-); WaYNE West. $10.00 i Change conneitois mi (ire door cables'1. Richard and Elizabeth Harding--a daughter. WENDY Jo. Dick is a dyna mometer operatin' at the Labs. Ai.mkd and Nancy Pauls--a son. Mi chael Ieffry. Algiid is a foieman m tin.- Lab's D\ naniometei section. Kansas City Ray and |oAnn GieSEI.man--a daugh ter. Diane Agnes. Ra\ is a labnratnrv technician. Bill and Pat Griffith--a son. Mark EaKL. Bill is a i.ib.-raturv technician. Pacific Coast Richard .md Bobbie Pierce--sun. Harry Mack. Duk is wit!, the I'nlm group ut the pk,nt. EXTRACURRICULAR James Gill, manager oi the Pacific Oust plant, attended the National f'onletenee on W". it cl Pollution in Washing ton. 1) C. Hi* p.uticipated in a panel winch dheus-ed the needs and obliga tions of pihale indusln m the contml nl w utri pollotiou. Tile cnnleicnce. the fiist of scu i.il in this field, was spnnsou-d bv (be I'nited States Public Health Sciviec i if the Department of Health. Education and Wclluic. 1:1) Lee of the* New York Law depart ment was uted bv the Westchester Rugb\ Club as the outstanding contnbutoi to the game of rugbv in America. The aw aril was piescnlcd at the first annual banquet of the Club, at which time it was announced that during Ed s six terms as president, the Eastern Rugb\ I'ninn has grown ironi four teams in 1955 to eighteen in I960. Two Ethel officials from the Houston plant were present for the `'Executive Night" aetivitv of the "Etlnco Compane." Resident Manager Melvin Hudgins piesetited the Eth\ 1 sponsored luuior Achievement conipanv their char ter and congratulated the conipanv on their excellent woik; and AkDIS HOPPER, superintendent of Emplovce and Com* munitv Relations, presented a brief talk coinpming the American Free Enterprise Sv stein as opposed to the jilanned eeonoun of certain other countries. Huc.h BOURQUE of Power in Baton Rouge served as panel moderator at a svmpnsiuin lor student engineers in the Electrical Engineering Building at Lou isiana State Limersitv. The svmposinm was sponsored bv the LSI* Engineering faculty and bv the Student and Baton Rouge Sections of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. A scroll in lecognition of his two \cars of service on the National Management Associations hoard ol dncetois was pre vented recentb at the Etlnl Management Club meeting to Joe CuLMONE of En gineering in Baton Rouge, who is out going area director. GeORC.E McKenney of Stores at the plant, who is suc ceeding |oe as aiea dilector, made the presentation. Dan McDonald, emergence planning coordinator at the Baton Rouge plant, participated in the program ol the 11th Annual Louisiana Safetv Confluence in New Oileans. He wav a member of the panel which divciivsed the Mutual Aid $\ vtnn IN MEMORIAM Walter E. Babcock. Operations super visor at the Houston plant, died of a heart condition on December 1 at the home of Ins daughter. Mrs. Durothv Pnivn. in Raton Rouge. He was in his sixtieth vear. Emploved bv Etlnl in September. 1927. 13 vcai.s of his 33-vcai* Etlnl career were spent in Sodium Operations at the Raton Rouge plant. He is survived bv his widow. Romaine'l- Babcock; Jjj.s daughter: a broth er. and three grandchildren. His pawing is sadlv noted. It was with deepest regiet that her manv friends at Ethvl Corporation learned of the death of Genevieve CorCORAN Murphy, wlui died at Memorial Hospital in New Mirk Cit\ on December 5. after a long illness Genevieve, who was emploved bv Etlnl Coiporution since November 1926. last held a position as secret.ir\ to Mac Murdock, vice pu-sident in change of Sales. Site is survived bv her widower, lames ]. Murpbv ol Bronx. New 'l nrk I I I i ! .ij 29 ETC 34204 %: FATHER'S DAY im Johnston, Baton Rouge R&D, explains the elec J tron microscope to his wife and children during a recent open house tour of Chemical Research and Development, Chemical Engineering and Patent Sec tion at the Louisiana plant. The Johnstons and other families got a dads eve view of just what the familv breadwinner docs during his working daw STARRED SPEAKER "Delow right, Lt. Col. Dale Miller, Tulsa District field representative, welcomes Brig. Gen. C. \V. Clark to Tulsa where he addressed the SAE National Fuels and Lubricants Meeting on The Influence of Petroleum on the Future Army. At left is Mr. R. E. Streets, Chief, Fuels and Lubricants Section in Arms Ordnance, who accompanied the General on the trip. . .| 1 il ^1 % M bv\._ ; THS YLOWS*. -Vrv % OJlV9 _.__________________ t\- A c\v: "HAP" HAPPY FAREWELL IN FINANCE An enthusiastic curler for 23 vears, Hap Philp, Ethel -1 of Canada \ ice president, recentlv achieved an eight end on the second end of his game at the To ronto Cricket Club Rink. The feat is comparable to a hole-in-one for a golfer and received a write-up in the local press. Above, I lap proudlv displavs the tropinlie got commemorating his accomplishment. tVJilma Hansa, left, and Helen Furev, both of the New York Finance department, were feted at a luncheon given for them on the occasion of their re tirement from the Companv bv some od vvonieu of the New York office. Wilma has been with Ethvl since [une S, 193S, and Helen has been emploved bv the Corporation since August 16, 1943. more people, more places SAE SAILORS Standing on the deck of the aircraft carrier Wasp is Larrv Blatchford, fourth from the right in dark glasses. Larrv. New York District field representative working in New England, participated in a recent SAE-sponsored one-dav cruise aboard the historic Nave vessel. A Navv photographer snapped the auto motive engineers on the Wasp's flight deck. COACH QUIZZED SU's Head Football Coach Paul Diet/el, center, L answers sports experts questions on the Ethelsponsored LSU Quarterback Club Show over WBRZTY in Baton Rouge. Starting in September, the 30minute show ran each Mondav night for 12 weeks. Charlev Zeanah, Baton Rouge Plant Communitv Rela tions director, was Companv host on the program. X h. J. V ETC 34207 PRES PRESIDES /"'inc of Ethel's Philadelphia District held representatives. Pres Berrv. has reccntlv been in charge of a series of meetings conducted for the Southern States Cooperative. Inc. Arranging for and holding discussions in three states--Maryland. Virginia and Kentucky--Pres talked about Southern States' new "Topaz" and "Bnbv" gasolines. Pres journeyed to Baltimore. Richmond and Louisville and held dis cussions with plant and regional personnel on the qualities that are now contained in these latest South ern States' gasoline products. In the photograph above Pres, shown sitting on the right facing the camera, holds the floor at the Louisville, Kentucky gathering while an attentive audience listens. CHAIRMAN JACK A tlanta District manager [nek Warner, left, presents a plaque to Everett Millican, new Southern Re gion v ice president for C.ulf Oil Corporation, jack was chairman of the surprise luncheon held to honor Mr. Millican's recent appointment. Many notables at tended the affair, including Georgia Gov ernor Vandi ver. Senator Tahnadge and many oil executives. JOE ON JOB oe Hopkins. Eastern Region merchandiser, is shown J above making a Creative Thinking presentation to a meeting of Texaco salesmen in the Boston Divi sion. foe then proceeded to hold a brainstorming ses sion with the Texaco personnel which resulted in their coming up with 300 possible solutions for four of the divisions' pertinent problems--all in 40 minutes. I i i i f'-sr,/ _I Mr* *J* fi-rM.fe*** -n {. \5 DIXON ON DECK "Dill Dixon, Dallas District field representative, is pictured above as lie answers a question posed during a class sponsored bv the Field Sales Manage ment Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana. Another Dallas field man. Jack Laubuch, attended the weeklong studs course, which attracted 56 sales personnel from various companies in 10 surrounding states. nittro people, mnre plncrs MODEL WIVES "Dosing at Etlnl Employees Recreation Association fashion show-luncheon are, left to right, Mar guerite Bloomfield, Jo Ann Armstrong, Margaret Met calf, lues Winkle, Rosemarie Albright, Joan Paul, Betts- Morgan, Dottie Ferguson, Janet Castleman and Bernice Enni. All these prettv ladies are wives of Pittsburg plant emplovees with the exception of MORE POWER A hosvet , gn ing the Fire Power Show to a crowd of -d -7n0 Esso Standard sales personnel at a recent meeting in Charleston, South Carolina is Vince Han lon, Atlanta District field representative. The popular Ethvi presentation was received with enthusiasm bcthe Esso group, who work at the local sales terminal and other nearbv installations. Margaret Metcalf, who works in the Purchasing De partment. The EERA-sponsored occasion was held at the Concord Inn in Concord, California, where the picture below was taken. Given for distaff members and the wises of EERA members, the fashion showluncheon drew a happv cross'd of ladies svho svarmlv applauded the amateur models' efforts. I ^I ETC 34209 he picture above was not taken at the North Pole, Tit just looks that wav. New Yorkers were greeted one dav last month bv a heaw 14 inch blanket of snow which disrupted Ethvl's commuting contingent. Un daunted. mail hovs Bart Regazzi and Bob Castle donned heavv clothes and went about their work. ETC 34210 ETC 34212 ETHYL Published monthly by Eth\l Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration ot Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE The Line Is Busy 2 The Shape of Things to Come 4 Busman's Holiday Nimble Neighbors 3 10 Something to Sink Your Teeth Into 14 Where Are You? 16 For Your Entertainment 18 Milestones 20 Ethyl Welcomes 21 Personals 22 People and Places 24 Leonhard Dowty ................................... Editor Edward Metcalf......................`issociate Editor Stella Sideris...................... Editorial Assistant I.avout and art work bv S.P.M. Studios Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Msdfett; Billon Rouge: Ben Hodge, Joe Martin, A. J. Robkluux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; (.lerel.tuil: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Bongero, Joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motion, fd Msron, trie Owen. Alsce Peterson, Ross Rife, Fd Simon, Neva Yanaketf: Houston: Dase Agnew, Don Connell. Fluabeth Dodson; Kama* City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudleme>er: Lor Angeles: Harrs Manning; Ale.vico: Mike INpinosa; Sett Orleans: Maxine Blue; Setc York: Jim Donohue, Frna Harris, Dorothy Locke, Macke Lofthouse, Marilsn Sax, Mariam Wallace: Pacifn Const Plant: Gene Hailieid: Philailelphia: Mary Levering: Pittsburgh: Mefedeno Port/er: Salt Late Cits: John Morton; Han Iser. nanlino: juJv Schauh; San liancisco: Jetf HvSsire; 'l nl*a: Carl Bartholomew, Howard Hamjkcr; Vo>/ten Tutiug: Catherine Henderson; Youters Cenhat. A1 Morschauser: Centtnl 0/lhe: Lthsl Cor poration of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C.. G. Manure; 1'nonto. Alan Thomas. OX OCR COVFR. 'IhcLtictactii CCxcv teams j Dc:'`>l: [.:P":'Unr:o .iinijlm Ctlivl i.t j :.i't rc::r:>'ti >>n the S.irm.i rink 1 he Published hs l thsl Corporation. IUO Park Ascnue, Ness \ ork, Ness York. B. B. Turner, President: William R. Perdue. Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Sasage, Secretary. Printed in U.S.A. the line is bySy What did thev do before it was known-- The wonderful, wonderful Hell telephone. In business todav--no one could doubt it-- We'd bas e a hard time if we were without it. I'sod to it now. the phone is a habit. With hardlv a thought. we reach out and grab it. We rotate the dial, number hv number. Ease as pie. as cool as cucumber. So simple to use. efficient and ijuiek. We use it to telephone flairs' and Dick. With never a thought, with ne' er a qualm. We round out the trio hv callin'.; up Tom. Our use of the phone is swift and adroit. It puts us in touch with men in Detroit. We telephone those who work at the plants To ask them their views and give them our slants. A wonderful thing the telephone is: New York to L. A. as quick as a whiz. Person to person or station to station. The telephone links the breadth of a nation. We re greatlv indebted to Alex Graham Bell. His mightv invention has served us all well. We have to admit it right down to the wire, The phone is a helpmate we trulv admire. The thing, of course, that wc don't have to do Is stick to the phone as though it were glue. Whv run the risk of hoarse larvngitis. Which often results from telcphonitis? There are other wavs to communicate At considerable less than the telephone rate. No question that we re all in accord: Costs are high and waste is abhorred. Manv times it is certainlv better To state the case in a well-worded letter. At other times when a thought strikes us ripe. It's better convevod bv the fast tcletvpe. No need to shut up as tight as a clam. There's also the use of the short telegram. The phone is there and we all should use it. The thing to beware is not to abuse it. c V -*IUH Earl Bartholomew delivers a paper at a symposium at which Gil Way, center, was chairman and Bill Adams, left, was secretary. Personnel of the Detroit Labs turn out in large number for the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers This umi's annual meeting <il the Societv ot Auto motive Engineers. held in Detroit.s Coho Hall, Two of the technical sessions held special laths I significance. Gil Was' was chairman and Bill Adams was. for the first time, a trulv interuational affair. Bet secretary of an afternoon svmposuun on '"Improved ter than 1-5 percent ot the papers presented were In Knock-Testin'.; Methods.'' which leatured a paper lr. loreiun authors and neurlv e\ m automohile .societv Earl Bartholomew called "New Kiiock-Testinu Meth in the free world was represented. Over 20.0(10 micsts ods Needed to Match Engine and Fuel Progress. registered for the five-dav deliherations which, as in Ilarrv Toulmiu also served as secretary tor afternoon the past, were helpful in pointin'.; the wav of the fu and evenin'.; sessions on the subject New Engines for ture in automotive progress. 1961 Passenger Cars. ETC 34215 Al ri"ht. a "roup primarily composed ol men Irom Products Application at the Labs disciisses the Corvair engine of aluminum. From left to ri"ht are Geor"e Robinson. Cerrv Stanke. R. B. Holmes (Reynolds Metal > and Dennis Lenane. M At lelt. a "roup ol SAE men join in a discussion of tin's ASTM-CFR Fuel Coker. From left to ri"ht. thev are Ed Tavlor of Gulf Research and Development. Harold Gibson of the Labs and Bill Fennev of Texaco. ETC 34216 At ri"ht. Casev [ones, supervisor of the PassenUcr Car and Accessory Section ol Technical Services at the Labs, points out an observation to Barnev [ones, supervisor of services in the Automotive Products section. At left, wh.it would seem a complicated mesh ot machinerv to the lav nun rates the attention ot two Etlnl spectators--on the left. Harold Chalk ot Chemical Research and. on the rinht. Ow en Russell ot Products Application. In the photograph at rialit. lour visitors to the science displavs stake olt a small corner of the 20.000 square feet exhibit atea. The man on the rialit is Joel Warren. Chemical Research. Others are from Texaco. At left, a swarm of would-be nuviaators make a heave crew for this C. S. Armv Larc 1-5-I-X, an amphibious design that pioved to be one of the most popular exhibits in enormous new Cobo flail. At rialit. a new liiiick enuine acts the concen trated attention of an interested ti io. Prom left to riaht. the\ are Dennis Lenauc, Products Ap plication. Norm Cooper. Cmon Carbide: and (ierrv Stanke. Products .Application. To the right. 11 sales representative explains the use and mechanism of a testing dc\ ice to two Detroit Laboratory visitors--Carl Alsterherg. In strumentation. and Ed Zelda who is employed in the same section. A look to the left reseals three Ethvl men during one ol the formal sessions. From left to right, thev are John Wintringhani. senior re search ad\ isor: Casev [ones; and Boh Hogan, automotive engineer in Eastern Region. ETC 34218 The photograph at riclit depicts a common occurrence followin'' the larger technical sessions when huddled croups discuss moot points. The end man on the far right is Jack McCullough of Instrunientation. On his job and at his leisure, Owen Russell can't keep away from automobiles Owen Russell is assigned. In Products Application in Detroit, to a cooperative fleet test program in San Antonio. Texas. The licet s lud and lubricant requirements arc under Ethel control on a round-theclock schedule, while the cooperating company supervises the rest of the operation. With this arrangement. Ethel I1M5 men get valuable data on the ellcct of fuel additives in terms of engine durability, octane require ments. and spark plug life. Owen Russell s job i.s to collect the data and oversee the fuel and lubricants aspects of the program. Sometimes, too, he fills in as relief driver which, considering his hobbv, i.s not at all strange. The old saw about the bus driver who went for a drive on his dav olf has it's counterpart in Owen. When not on the job working with the cars in the Armstrong Elect, he spends nights and weekends preparing his own sports cars for amateur racing competition. Built from the ground up with his own bands. Owens sports car has raced all over Texas and Louisiana. He and his Air Force lieutenant partner have, to date, managed to garner 7 firsts and 4 seconds, competing against custom-built cars costing thousands of dollars. With know-how and hard work. Owen manages to make np for what he lacks in expensive equipment. He is proudest of a second place finish achieved in Owen tunes up his homemade sports car, which hits 105 on the straightaway. Car is powered by a modified Crosley plant. Louisiana against two Italian custom sports models which cost more than six thousand dollars apiece. Proof of the partners expertness line the walls of the garage where the car is kept. A growing collection of trophies are displaced there, intermingled with the nccc.xsarv wrenches, hoists, and racing gear. Proud as he is of these svmbols of success. Owen s real satisfaction comes from the sound of a finelv tuned engine: from the adjustments, be it to tires or tail pipe, which improve the car's performance. On the track, driving skill and mechanical ability must com bine for the pav-off. Winning takes racing experience matched with long hours in the shop. Sports car racing is no soft touch. Ask Owen Russell about it. however, and lie'll tell von it's worth it. A light but strong plastic shell is fitted over chassis when the cor is ready for the track. ETC 34220 Detroit defense men move out to break up a Sarnia sortie at their nets. luit has become in its wav an annual Ethvl sports classic again took place last month when De troit's hockcv team faced the Sarnia sextet on the manufactured ice in the Canadians' home territory. Some SO odd Detroiters, including the cheering sec tion of wives and offspring, made the journev across the northern border for the event, which was'followed lw family skating and a good neighbor get-together. From the face-olf to the final whistle, the two teams (ought it out hot and heavy for possession of the puck. Although it was an amiable rivalry, the stalwart deleuse that each team threw against the opposition made the goals seem a longer wav down the rink. . J The silver blades Hashed and scraped and the ice flew as Sarnia skated its war to a close win over the Lab six. Despite the fact that Detroit's Al Pnhnbv pulled the hat trick (scored three goals in a single game), the Canadians pulled out ahead lw a score of T to 4. Detroit's other goal was scored lw Paid Elsev. 10 Sarnia's seven goals were racked up bv Jim Allen (2), Clavton Fav (2) and one each bv John Slohodnik. Jerrv Beauchamp and George Mills. Following the game, wives' and children got a chance to show what thev could do on the ice during a non-competitive hour on the rink while tired fathers sank into spectator chairs. Not onlv did the occasion afford a challenge to the teams, it gave emplovees from both locations another opportunitv to meet with their counterparts in the spirit of friendship that exists between the two Ethyl companies as well as between the two North Ameri can countries. In the best tradition of sports, the win ners and the losers joined for an evening of good fel lowship. made all the more enjovnble bv slices of roast beef and apple pie. The Detroiters are alreadv looking forward to next vear s game, when thev threaten to be tougher and stronger than their friendlv foe. Above, the rival sixes prepare for the opening face*of at center ice. Referee Smyth, center, put the puck into play. 11 ETC 34222 NIMBLE NEIGHBORS 'cant'd The Oetroit hockey squad poses on the ice. Kneeling, left to right, are Bob Aiken, Les Motson, Al Palmby, goalie Duane Hargis, Bill Wells, Paul Elsey, and Chester Kelly. Standing in back are referee Bill Smyth, Bob Isanhart, Chuck Follis, Don Cunningham, Mike Bothwell, Ross Rife, A( Tandrup, and Ed Zaweski, coach of the Motor City sextet. The winning Sarnia skaters are, bottom row, left to right, Jim Allen, Frank Selinger, Bob Parent, John Slobodnik, Bill Hoad and John Mumford. Top row shows referee Bill Smyth, Bill Pritchard, Bob Hardy, John Shirriff, goalie Joe Jones, George Mills, Harold Dows* well, Ralph Lawton and linesman Bill Fowler, who assisted referee Smyth. A* 12 ETC 34223 Al Palmby, left, tells his wife Joanne and loyt Willons how to score "hat trick." ETC 34224 Though the manners of Henry the Eighth would hardly have won friends and influenced people, there can be no doubt that he had a good, sharp set of choppers. We cannot guarantee you the same, but we can offer some sound advice on the care of your teeth "T)id them wash their faces, and keep their teeth JD clean." The quote is from Shakespeare and the advice is as Hood todav as it was in the Bard's time. What mod ern mother lias not paraphrased these words to her own children? What health expert todav would not mark these precepts sound? Clean teeth, particularlv. are a part of good sense in modern life, for researchers have prosed that the more advanced the civilization, the more prevalent tooth deenv seems to become. Ninetv-five percent of all Americans, for example, suffer from tooth deeav at one time or another. Bight now, it is estimated, there are one Billion unfilled cavities in American mouths. These figures mar help to prose the advanced state of our societv, hut thev are a sad comment indeed on the state of American's dental hvgiene. Our teeth, during life, tend to deeav faster than almost anv other organ in our Bodies--and thev have to last a lifetime. So. sink sour teeth into a few facts about sound dental care. Once deeav has started, it's too late. The tooth it self is not self-healing and cannot he restored. The progress of decaw once Begun, is irreversible. When a dentist fills a ca\ itv. he merelv removes that part of the tooth which has Been attacked and substitutes artificial material--not new tooth substance. Around the turn of the centurv scientists discovered that the outer cover of enamel on teeth was not dead But partlv organic. Much of the research todav is still being Based on that finding. All reasons for deeav are not vet known. But conclusive evidence points to in fection and improper diet as having a permanent, un desirable eflect. This is especiallv true during the growth period Before maturitv. Hercditv. too. does seem to Be another factor in individual susceptihilitv to deeav. Presentlv there is no complete guarantee against deeav with anv single treatment or procedure. What we do know is that Bacteria in the mouth produce acids which eat into the tooth enamel and start the decar- process. These Bacteria are most often intro duced into the mouth through the process of eating. The acids formed are neutralized in part Bv saliva, for research has shown that the alxsense of salivary glands lead to rampant deeav. Another thing to Be taken into account is the length of time the acids are in contact with the teeth. The dentist who urges vou to Brush after everv meal is not just repeating an advertising slogan: he knows what he is talking about. Brushing Breaks the acid s contact with the enamel and the sooner this can Be done after eating, the Better. Where it is not possible to Brush vour teeth after a meal, a vigorous rinsing of the mouth with water will vield some benefit. We are alreadv aware that without Bacteria in the mouth, deeav cannot exist. We know, too, that this condition is nearlv impossible to attain--even under laboratorv conditions. Realtistic precautionary meas ures against deeav proceed on the assumption that Bacteria will always Be present. It just isn't in the cards for people to live out their lives germ-free. Medical men all agree that decaving teeth present a health hazard of serious proportions which often far transcend the immediate jaw and mouth area. What. then, to do? Much of what can Be done has Been indicated earlier. For one thing, a well-balanced diet should Be maintained. For another, the habit of frequent, regular and vigorous Brushing is a must. A third item--regular checkups--rounds out the list. Rules, ves. But simple and sound ones to produce important health dividends for all who follow them-- rules for that ounce of prevention which can save the pound of cure. 15 ETC 34226 Pi 5 ome months ago we van our first "Where Are You?" S quiz, which met with such favorable response from our readers that a good manv of them have re quested us to do a repeat performance and present a similar two pages of fun with words. Here it is, an other quiz that takes vou to a varictv of places. Your ticket of admission is simple a certain amount of pa tience, a certain amount of knowledge, a certain amount of skill and a hit of imagination. Just to refresh vour memorv on how to plav, all vou har e to do is fill in the blanks in each categorv. Skip about if vou find vou are missing a few. After vou have gotten several, vou will get a mental picture of the place vou are in. When vou have spotted the locale, fill in the last, unlettered blank in that section, then go back to the blank spaces, keeping in mv mind the location vou have determined. All of the words in each section have to do with the particular place vou have discovered. For example, if vou find out after filling in several blanks that vou are on a train, the words will be appropriate, like "porter" or "berth." Upon completion turn to page 2o. a i Fdward ------------. noted phvsicist h i ------------ risk c l The late wagonmaster. Ward------ d ! "purelv as a matter of------------" e 1 to------------a phrase f) "poor Johnnv One vour coat, sir: h ) pole a dance j' -- to doughnuts ki mineral from Heaven dodger - of pou cr o) Buffalo " McCall" ------------ at first "game called on -- . of rain s) "A Bird in a Gilded " You are in a------------ a) Harold------------of Chcm Kescarch b) -----------and Derrick c) ----------- Lick Springs dl " Miss" el "Shes a-------.-- from Manhattan 1 ) "The Jungle" gl ------------ measles in -- Cadillac 1 Intel, Detroit i) __ repeats itself j) the acid k) the------------of the eve 11 Xthe spot m ) "Book and Candle ' n 1 a complete phvsical------------ o 1 the universal------------of lov e % ip. ETC 34227 p i with ------------ in hand (| ' Snil'tV ill ------------------- r ________soup Von an.' in a------------ 3. a i in check 1) i tioi] to his mother s------------strings <_! -------------in thi' hack il i "in 1 lis Bosom c i Dickol Detroit Labs f i _______ pic hat gt miller the-----------h ! penile wise anil------------foolish i I theof the ei cniug j i A11 a n l s_______ k ) "------------ sticks I i theof tile land in 1 wagon n l Skull anil Cross-----------of Sir Francis-----------You are in a------------ 4. a 1 ________ a felons b' "best lie ------------ c) hip ------------ il I a snappv ------------ el ------------lor success f! cooking on the front a) ------------ indigestion 111 park it the of power i < The ki Palace ol surprise 1 i a simpleto the problem m i a real show________ n > ------------ol the earth \ on are in a------------ 5. a i "I Get a Out ol 'l on h i ________ lor cm cl I c i Kvber_______ d 1 ________ pumps e' genuine wallet f) "The Bounce gt "Getting there isthe Inn. 111 Attornee for the________ i ) Bachelor Officers ________ j 1 pith _______ kl all wool and a wide 1 ' "Till theof Time" in) to nature nt "Three for the red. white and blue" 0 I smoke p) fishing q) seecn come r ) theof attraction s 1 ________ in numbers t) hot off the You are at a. 6. at "How_______ Was Me Valiev? b) Queen of-----------e ) a diamond in the-----------d) "The Man in the------------Mask e! "A------------in the Head f t Watch theI g) ------------ and aft lit Hank------------. Product Sen ices and Safetv 1 i ________and baggage j t ________. line and sinker k l no matter how von------------it 1) "Shut vour bigI You are on a------------- ;: ' . .' ' !, *j . ; j; :j ; 1 I , j; : !J : - !' j '; -| _j Yi ? 'j 'I -j j j BOOKS T. A. Bovd, his long time friend and associate. has edited a col lection ot the speeches ot the late Charles F. Kettering, famed inventor and fust president of Ethyl Corporation. Entitled Prophet of Progress, the new Dutton release is full of wit and wisdom. "Boss KetY' way with words is nothing new to those of us who had the opportunity to hear him speak. He had a marvelous philosophv ot life and he could create a shin ing metaphor with the best of them. His speeches spoke for hu manity, for progress, fur a was of lilt* indigenous to our shores. "Boss Kct" was an important spokesman of an age. His speeches, like his spirit, deserve to live. Ezra Goodman, columnist and publicist, lias written a serums book about the movie imlustrv in America. The Fifty-Year Decline and Fall of Hollywood. A Simon ami Schuster publication, the new \oiume is far from a nostalgic history; it is instead an expose of the people and ideas that brought Hollywood to its knees, for it is the author's contention that the cinema cits itself, not television, did the flickers in. Such per sonalities as D. \V. Griffith. Louella Parsons. Munis n Monroe, ami a host of notables from the gilded age aie pierced lw the authors quill, lleie is a real look inside Hollwsood. and a look at 1 lolls wood s insides Yogi, The Antnhioeraphtj of a Professional Baseball Plajcr, is the celebrated Yogi Berras account of his life as told to spin ts editor and ss riter Ed Fitzgerald. Although it is tvpical (11 this kind of nostalgic reminiscence, the Doubledns' issue is nonetheless a veiv ss arm and frequenth engrossing book as it tells of a poor bos \ rise to lame and recieates some of the most e.v.itiug games Yogi ever played tor the Yankees. 'The picture of the subject as painted here is vastly different from the impiessnm that sports fans base of a clownish man with fess serious thoughts in his head. A President's Odyssey, a new Harper publication, is a thoughtful and important hook. The work ot Merritnan Smith, distinguished White House correspondent, it is a recount, not an appraisal, of Picsident Dwight D. Eisenhoweis muchpublicized good will tour abroad. Mr. Smith made the journev with the former Chief Executive and he has icported it with stv !e and accuracy. Few diaries of travels have had quite as much to oiler. Nut onlv are there fascinating [daces to visit, but theie are tensions and dangers, mishaps and con quests. In the final chapters. Mr. Eisenhower makes an esti mate of the project himself and sums up his opinion of presi dential tours. Saul Steinberg can do without words what most men cannot accomplish in a shelf of volumes His uittv. urbane drawings ot eontempor.uv hfe are shatteringlv hums and pamtullv tine. In The Labyrinth, a recent Harper product, he is at h:s marvelous best as lie lampoons everv thing within his perceptive gaze. What goes on in the pen and ink heads of Steinberg creatures is as wild as an untamed bronc. but his disciplined pen captuies it with frightening realitv as he demonstrates modern foibles and frustrations. In one section, the master car toonist \ if that's a fair description) simple looks thiough win dows and the looms that he sees bevoud are entire little worlds Hubert Carson, although he is no newcomer to the literary scene, is a vvritei who bears watching, who has matured con siderably from book to book. Hts latest novel My Hero, a McGraw-Hill entry, is a fast-paced ami provocative book of vesterdav's fallen heroes, men who were honored for their com age in Woild War U. William Clav was one ot them, and he icturned to civilian life and Washington to meet with smash ing defeats for his over/.ealous ideas to alter the world as he would have it. Onlv in Europe is he able to pick up the threads of his life and prove himself a hero once again. Mr. Carson has something vital to sav about our times, and he savs it with dramatic conviction that makes it engrossing as well as important. Eile Stanlev Catchier, whose tvpewriter knows no rest, has taken a vacation from Ferrv Mason and other of his fictional sleuths to write a fascinating chronicle of HUNTING THE Desert Whale. L'ulikelv as it mas seem. Mr. Gardner knows .in much about his subject as he does about producing a mvsteiv novel ami his is a first-hand report of an expedition off the coast of Baja California. Released under the William Morrow label, it is full of the sounds and smells of the whale hunt, written in Mr. Gardner's simple declarative stvle and enhanced hv a collection of photographs taken during the nutmg. With the world getting smaller, it is time tiavel got cheapei. In Fl'KOPE ON $5 A Day, 1961-62, Crown pieseuts an excel lent little Baedeker o! how to make the most of vom Ameiican dollar abio.ul. Aithur Fiomtner has compiled his guide hook with a cautious eve on the pursesti ings and he has eome up with a pocketful of good advice loi the European traveler who wants to see the most he can for the maximum cost. Ihought up to date and tested tor the new vcai s traveler, the book in cludes exact costs of hotels, theateis, restaurants, tours and othei areas of tourist interest. Eclwaid Jabouski lias done a first-rate job in his biography of composer Hamid Aden. Happy With The Blues. A Doubledav book, it is amplv illustrated with pietmes from Allen's childhood tight through his celebrated career ns com poser of such favorite hits as Over the Bainhow. Sformv Weather, I Loir a Tannic, lot's Tail in Love, That Old Black A/t/gfe. /k/atrn the Deeil and the Deep Blue Sea, to name but a lew of the tunes that Hamid Aden has supplied to the nation's musical voeabulaiv. In telling of the composers rise to fame, the author has also introduced us to such Aden contemporaries and friends as Ethel Merman, Fled Astaire, |mi\' C.ul.md. !s\ 1:iii Beilin. Moss H.irt. Cult* Poiter and bich.nc! H<dgcis. all ol whom hu\e duticd with the subject the ji r.i* i ie>s t*! tiie Ament.Hi musical theater. Here, as well .1' a man. is .in et.i. Paul I. Wellman, wlm.se pnit:a\ah ui the West ate a tai ti\ i rum the meloiltamahcs ui television. lias written a lumutup that is as li\el\ as mdeu. A DYNASTY OF WESTERN OnLAWS. A Doublcdax iclease fur February. the stunt volume is a collection ui pieces about the most infamous outlaws who ever terrorized the plains, unglumourizcd and brutal as thc\ existed. Mine than 20 veurs ui icseaieh ha\e none into the pioduet that traces the satin of the Western outlaw right on up to Piettv bo\ Flovd. Among those whom the author puts to task arc Onautnll s Kaideis. Belle Starr, jesse and Flunk James, the notorious Dalluns and the succession of gunmen who as sailed the West lor itmic than a century. Along about now. The BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES iannual as the ehrvsanlhemum and every bit as welcome. F.ditcd hv Martha Folcv and David Burnett, the Houghton MilHin publication is equally as good as its distinguished prede cessors. There mav have been bi tter stnnes printed during I960, but ihosc anthologized in this collection ccrtainlv do not lag be hind. Most of them come ftom the "little magazines" and "college reviews." Of the big publications. The .Ycic Yorker and Estjuite lead the race. Beadcrs of good short fiction will find manv of tlieir favorite authors represented: Mavis Gallant. Peter Tavlor. Hnward Past. Bernard Malainud. Arthur Miller and others bent to create something memorable. Though humor is conspicuously absent, each storv is pci feet within its sphere. MOVIES With Operation Petticoat a box office bonanza. Columbia Pic tures has latched on to similar fare for its new htoad enmedv. The Wackiest Ship in the Army, in which there are plenty of laughs at sea. jack Lemmon and Riekv Nelson are at the helm of the U.S.S. Echo, a broken-down sailing ship manned bv a view that barelv knows stem from stern. Their escapades in baffling the Japanese are highly farcical, par ticularly when the crew masquerades as South Sea Islanders and disguises the ship as a fishing schooner for an important maneuver that helps win the war. Where the Boys Are is where the girls are. according to this Mctro-Goklwvn-May er photo-fable, a flimsv hit of fluff about a group of \oung homo sapiens yvho think that the chances of romance have better odds on the glistening white beaches of Florida than on the snowy campuses up East As it is pioented heie. \ou wont find \ourself too mud) con cerned with tlie thcM-u but there is no question that the surinumlmg'' are very tempting m the midst of a bitter yvinter. There .ue quite a few attractive people tarrvmg the beach ball in this one. among them Doloies Halt. George Hamilton. Ywtte Mmicux. |im Hutton and B.ubnra Nichols. As engaging as ihe\ aie. they t.iii't hell') but fumble frecpienth . Thete ])iubab!\ won't be anv inoie publicr/.ed or talked about motion pic tine during 1961 than The MiSFiIS. a Seven Aits pioduclmn \s t ittei i cspecialh lor the scieen by playwright Arthm Miller for his cx-wife MariKn Monioc. not to mention the fact that it co-stars the late Cl.uk C-able and was directed l)\ the mciedible john Houston, just to round out an all enilv topnutch grouj). the other major inles are placed bv such thoiough professionals as Montgomeiv Clift. Eli Wallacli and Thelma Hitter. With everybody tbut eycrvbodv) in then* pitching, it is a superior film no all counts. Miss .Monroe foi the first time icieals dimensions other than physical, and "the King turns in a performance that is {lawless. Clift, Wallaeh and Bitter have never been better, and Millers screenplay about a gioup of non-conformists is touching, often humorous and thoroughly evocative. TELEVISION An especially recommended public allairs series of four hourlong shows starts over CBS-TY on Sunday. February 19. Galled The Cheat Challenge, the programs will have as their theme a discussion of United States strategy in the light of our posi tion as a world power. Focal point of the first show will be the l\ S. Mission to the United Nations. Subsequent programs stiessing ihfleient highlights ol the same theme will appeal on March 5. 12. and 26. Something new in the wav ol format will be tiled on the PERRY Como Show beginning February 22. A thiee-part "book show" with a love story theme will be tried with dif ferent guests on each program. The February 22 segment will guest-star Anne Bancroft and |immv Durante: the second show boasts Janet Blair and Mike Nichols and Elaine Mas: the thiid stanza features George Sanders and Judv Holiday . The Silver Anniversary of Life Magazine will be celebrated on television March 2. Heading a star-filled arrnv of talent will be Sid Caesar and Peggv Cass in a unique salute to one of the country 's most popular publications. An oft postponed 90-mimite special starring Ingrid Beigman has finally been set for Monday. March 20 on CBS-TV. The plav. Tin'j)/i/-Fni/r Hours in a Woman's Life, was selected for the glamourous star in an effort to duplicate last year's award-winning triumph in The Turn of the Srrnr. The Bertram Mills Circus will be featmed via tlie use of tape on XBC-TV screens Saturday. March 25. The show will origi nate from the home grounds of the citcus. London's OKmpi.i Joe E. Brown will preside over this first exposure t<- American .mdiencPs of the English performers, and the shov\ will be on the T\ screens tor an hour. 19 ETC 34230 ETHYL WELCOMES Marilyn Beettam. vccictan iu the Administration depattnu*nt <>l tin1 'I'oionto office, ei.jm s howling .mil ^olfin^. Dominick Giovanniello is .t m.iili oom-clerk in NcwYoik. Mr enjovs in.inv 'ports .mil also likes pholographv . Rosamond Harris. a *.ecrctan lur Sales in the Southern Regional nifice. is marrieil and has a onc-vcar old son. i: ; FLSIE KieNE. tvpist-clerk for Sales in the Yonkers Gasoline Testing division, enjovs semielassieal nuisie. Constance Tamburro R a secrctan for the Finance de partment in the New York of fice. She enjovs \\ aterskimg. Patricia Testu. famiharlv called Pat. is working as a secretarv in the Western Re gional office. She is married. i 21 ETC 34232 met. direct r\ ice Mange >u "ue end \ M A L 'Kir t;<n salesmen.. bulk plant management ] ain.1 s. raised tace Hang |. HlRST. xollljo <: . Kerne*: \;1 E:'v. ! >a'.e> in Dick Courtney, New York district automotive engineer, gave a LCJC>L Pas'enovr Cai Tiends ptesentatmu before tfio New Ynik district sales personnel of Sinclair Refining Cumpauv in Long Island Citv, New York. Dick also made a "Multi-Purpose Ad ditive" presentation tor Texaco research engmers at Beacon, New \oik. Tom Hanlon, Pittsburgh district field engineer, made a 2l: hour "Fuel-en gine Relationship" presentation including A " Weathe: mg Method >;u-:ge DisP< orc'entatiou was given bv GeoKuE O Con X ELI mud net 'er\ tee and Suietx engineer m New \u>k. Detore the Mobil Oil C oinpauv tchuerv management and staff at East PiovideiKC. Rliode Island. Ceoige also gave the storage tank s.iletv llnnuelboaici presentation entitled A\'liat s Cluing On Here: to Esso stand ard division enguieeix of Humble Oil at Elizabeth. New fersev. CiEORoE ROSSER, assistant Eastern Region mnnugei. and Ken JoST, Gulf Coast Region product service and satetv engi neer. held a meeting tor one home ot fice and four Port Arthur representatives ot Cult' Oil Cmporation to see the Hous ton Multi-Component Blending S\ stem m operation. Warren Green, instru ment group leader, Batuti Rouge, con ducted the presentation. sound be sent simple >-U'e vqn.i- t.ous or formulas that will ever a.; phases ot A k-b 3\. eU . oienumg It pnn ides oui men with . u:i;h>:m method ut deteimuung blend quantities ot new products1. R. W. Richardson. Certifi cate >A xx allot-size caid be furnished to all held petsuunel stating the "cst per barrel totieat gasoline ot our products'; J. George Rick, >25 U') a tool t >r eas- ih removing the ball m the new HilL- McCanna Rail Valve when seats are in need ot replacement'. JOHN C. Wait, S45.00 i A special flange clamp desigiie.l and made available to eu-tomeis tor use in connecting tank cai.% to tank car un loading line m mixing plants l. BIRTHS "Rumble" tape recurding and question and answer session tor Esso Standard dealers attending training school in Pitts burgh. Bill Rusher, New \ork district man ager. has completed the first of a tourweek management training couise con ducted l>\ the Ameiican Management 4% Cl El. HOWELL, national accounts man ager m New York, ai ranged loi and Association at the Astnr Hotel m New Yoik Citv. acted as master ol ceremonies (or a presentation made bv AlON COLE, East ern Region duet refinerx technologist, betoie the home otfice management ot Sinclair Refining Compam and Sinclair Research Laboratories, Inc., in New Y>ik (htv. A Ion gaxe a complex ot new Lthvl papets on "Mixed-lead Alkvls," "Bleudu eg With High-Octane A Ike kites/* 'TML," "-4th ML ot TEL." and "TEL Road The Product Sales Clinic Miow i> covet ing o.OIM) miles on ,i tour through the West Coast of Mexico, traveling north and conducting meetings at all the important cities such as Guadalajara. Ma/atlan, Guuvma.s anil Culiacau. In April the Product Sales Clinic w ill com plete five veais in Mexico. Detroit James and Makcakei Burns--a sou, Stephen Gerald Chrisiophek. Jim is a chemist in the Labs Anulvtical section. Don and Lvla Cunningham--u son. DON 111. Don IS a loteman m the Labs Chemical Reseaieh section Bonus." Ainu also, together with CLEM Maas- SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Robert and Dolores Mack-.: mm. THOMAS AN ! HONY. li..h i> with Chem SEN, lefiuetx technologist in the Eastern Region, made a "Lead Alkvls" piesentatiou lor kev policv-makmg pioeess and evaluation etigineeis at Texaco s iiead tcsearch Iab< n atm ics in Beacon. New -1, ULe- s'X ical Reseat d i at the Laboratoi v. Vincent and Janice Mazzkm.a--.4 daughter. CaTHLEEN. \'iuce is in the Lab's Pioducts Application section. Yf >rk Joe and I-OIS Ol)ENWEI.LF.K-a son. JaCK KaLEY, Philadelphia district field ettgineei. made the "Pliosphuiuus Store Charles Daniel. Joe is with Chemical Research at the I.aboraturv. presentation to Cult Oil's Philadelphia Suggestion nwuids weie made to the fol Robert and Beihel Reeder-u daugh die iMoii training and merchandising man lowing emplovees: ter. BRYNN I-OUISE. Bob is an electrician ii agement. Jack showed the phosphorus additive version film entitled "Slow Mo New York Office and Salks Depaki- m the Lab's Lngme Resc.uch Fajuipment section. tion Studv nt Combustion.' and gave menis: Claude S. Harkins, S2u imi the hot plate demonstration and scupt. t. Mixing installations, equipped with flex Eastern Region Bob KimPION, automotive engineer in the Pittsburgh district, made a presenta ible hose unloading lines with ammonia flanges, present a problem when our im proved smooth hoie teflon lined unload Howard and Lois Bacon-.i sou. Jon vl HON I.RIC. Fd is an automotive eng.- neei in the Philadelpiiia district. tion on "U iiv High Ouahtv Gasoline:'* ing line is installed due to the tact at the sales conference ot Cnited Refin that this line is equipped vvith A.S.A. Tom and Joan Hanlon -- daughter ing Compnnv in Warren. Peuusv |v auia. 150- raised lace flanges on each end. Joyce Madeleine. Tom is a field engi His audience included refiueiv and labo- Gse a special elbow with an ammonia neer bn the Pittsburgh district office ETC 34233 New York Howard and Doucmn Gluck- a gialiddanghtcr. CHRISTINE BROOKE. Howard i.s wit!) Emplovce Relation' ON THE ROSTRUM Joseph Mitchen of Chemical Rcsenich aiul Development in Baton Rouge pies*iitetl two lectures at the 14th animal international svmposium on Modern Methods nf Analvtit.nl Chemistry held at the Louisiana State I'niversitv. 11 is lec ture. entitled "Analysis of Organometallic Compounds." covered conventional spec tiophntomet lie and iiistruinental methods of auah siv "J he Competition for Water Qualitv" w.ts the title of the technical paper delivoied by Jim Gill of the Pacific Coast plant at the Cnivcpdtv of California Conierenee on Water Police. Chester Holmes of Technical Opera tions in baton Rouge was the piincipal speaker at a meeting ol the North baton Rouge Lions Club. His subject was the "big Brother" piogram and other work with the Schools hv the baton Rouge Section of the American Chemical Societv. EXTRACURRICULAR Jun Bjehle. Administration. New York, was the moderator of a panel on Indus trial Emergencv Planning and Mutual Aid at the annual meeting in New York of the Chlorine Institute. Another fea ture of the piogram was the slide-tape presentation of the Houston Plant Emer gency Program, which explains who does what in an emergency to protect all per sonnel and property. Harold Cunningham, supervisor of Safety ami Pile Protection at the Hous ton plant, recenth was m New Mirk paiticiputing in the planning of a seminar mi mutual aid in caw* of db.oter. which is to be held .it Houston in April Spon'<it> uf the seminar aie The Houston whip Channel Indu'tHeS Mutual Aid. nf w hit It Hamid i> Ci.uiman. and The Nn::"n.d Institute f<>: DN.i'ter Mobil;/..iti< n Art Huffman, assistant directm of Administiatioii and Services. Dctioit Laborntorv. was notified that "hv ap pointment of the President of the l uited States lie is now a member uf Selective Scivice boaid No. fib. Oakland Counts. Mr htg.ui. Several niembcis of the Pacific Coast plants management gmup have been elected to offit.es in the various sub groups of the Industiial Association-- Pittsbuig-Ahtioch-Xiehols. This is an association of IT companies which repicscnts about S.UOO cmplmees in the area. The association provides the npportunitv for management cmplovees in vari ous inteiest gtoups to meet periodically lo exchange ideas. 'Hr- cmplovees elected for 1961 were: James Giu., manager of the Pacific Coast plant, who was appointed chair man of the Plant Managers group: Eu gene Hatfield, manager of Employee Relations, who was elected chairman of the Personnel group: CiEORGE James, engineer inspector, appointed secretary ol the Safetv Committee: and FeltUS WaDE, superintendent of Maintenance, chairman of the Maintenance committee. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS John R. Hill has been transferred Irmn the Commercial Development divi sion of Research and Development to the Chemical Sales department and will report to Ham Kuhe. manager of Chem ical Sales. He will continue to work in baton Rouge on aluminum alkvls. Dr. Charles Kingrea has been ap pointed head of the Engineering and Mathematical Sciences section at the Ba ton Rouge plant. He was formerly the acting head of the section. Kenneth Swart* ood, general man ager. Research and Development depart ment in Baton Rouge, announced that the Commercial Development division has been organized functionally into five sections under Clarence Xeher, direc tor. The two sections which continue their pi evi( ms functions are Commercial De velopment Planning, under Superintend ent Earl DeWitt, and Business Infor mation. under Superintendent Burke Grand.? ean. The new sections formed aie Maiket Research, under Superintend ent Clarence Harvey. Product Devel opment. undei Superintendent Charles MONTGOMERY, and Market Develop ment. under DERRICK GRAHAM. All the 'iipennlendent.' will report to Merle CtOL LI). us-mtant director. IN MEMORIAM His mam friends at Ellul wcie saddened to learn of the death of James Hyland. retired secretarv and assistant treasmer of Ethvl-Dow. who died at his home Newtown. Conn. Jim joined Ethvl in 1931 as an auditor in the Accounting department and re tired in 1951. Answers to "Where Are You"? 1 [ w) Teller, tb1* securitv: (o bond: (d,1 interest: i'e1 coin: (f) Note; (g) cheek. (Ill vault: (it dime: fj) dollars; ik) deposits; (l1 Pennies: (m) draft; S_nj balance: m) Rill: (pi Cash; fqi safe: fr) account: (s) cage. You aie in a bank. 2. Chalk; (b) Desk; (c) French; (d) Junior: (e) Latin; (f) blackboard; (gl German: (h) Book; (i) history; (j) test; (ki pupil; (1) marks; (m) Bell (n) examination; to) language; (p) pen; (q) numbers; (r) al phabet. You are in a schoolroom. 3. (a1 tongue: (b) apion. (c) knife: (cl) Lamb: fc) Scales; (f) pork: (g) counter; (h) pound; (i) shank: (j' rib: ik> Chop; (Ti fat: iml chuck; iiM bones, (o) Ba con. You are in a butcher's shop. 4. ta'i compound; (b1 test: ic flask: (d,' re tort; (e) formula: (fi burner! (g) acid, (h* bench: (i'1 balance: ij) Crystal: i k element: (1) solution; (m) stopper; (n) salt. You are in a laboratory. 5. (a'1 Kick; (b> run: ic1 Pass: id1 spectator: tei pigskin: if'1 Jersev; tg> half; (h) Defense: (fi Quarters: (]i helmet: (k; vard: il) End: inu back: (,n) cheers; m signals: ip; tackle: iq' eleven: ; r center, is' s.dvtv: 't1 gndiion. You arc at .1 football game. 6. `a1 Green. ib` Club'': ci nuigh: -.'d' Iron, ic'1 Hole: ,1 bivdun tg iove: th- Bab. i ' bag. ] hook. <k 'luc. 1 > Dap. bm are mi g"]i course ETC 34234 LvitL'iuifc; ?s\*S' '> V /i ,,sflK*rL iia m^CIk.*'- .i- | r-V? i&rfiS A'l'tt- Yorks Franeine Fountain. secretarv to the administrative assistant to tile vice president in charge i - ' Sales, presents a eredit card for the purchase of gasoline. Franeine is tvpicnl of the a"e "roup of marne women who drive most. That and other facts about women drivers were determined in a recent Ftlnl sur\e called "Woman on Wheels." which has met with wide approval of our customer companies. ETC 34235 efore lt ;i\ imi to take up his duties as new Central B Region assist,mt manager, Norm Linstrombcru %\as gisen a silver trav h\' his former Cleveland Dis trict colleagues. Cleveland District Manager Al HinLtham, left, saw to the presentation at the sear end meeting. Norm s e;i11 was inscribed with the names of all the Cleveland District men and their wises. PHILLIPS I'OKl'M i recent Phillips Petroleum Farm Sales Meeting in -Ci Decatur. Alabama featured a presentation by Lesv Humph. Atlanta District field representative. Lew, below second left, talked on "Ness- Opportuni ties in the Farm Market. The meeting ssas one of a series in which Less- participated throughout Phillips Petroleums entire Atlanta Disision territors-. ETC 34236 y- 1", SONS OF SARNIA he vounj men pictured above are sons of Ethyl Tof Canada einplovees who plav on a Company- sponsored "Mite" League hockey team of the Sarnia Minor Athletic Association. Sponsored jointly bv Ethvl of Canada and the Ethvl Recreation Club, the "Mites" are six and seven rears old and are coached bv John Slobodnik, Sarnia Plant chemical engineer. Shown, more people, more places ETHVL ON STAGE One of the highlights of a recent managers' meeting held bv the Farmers Union Central Exchange in Billings, Montana was a skit with some Ethvl thespians in the cast. Doug Baker, Central Region mer chandiser. rewrote his "Talking Tractor" script for the occasion while Jim Crugmile. Denver District field representative, plared the role of a psychiatrist whose left to right, are Duncan Crowdis. Douglas Fairbuirn, Ralph Munore. Andv Shirriff. Robert Shirrilf and bob bin Dorev. These six along with nine other boys make up the Ethvl team, which is now in first place in its division. League games are pluved everv Saturday from eaiir November to eurlv April as a part of a program which has 1-100 hors of all ages placing. farmer patient complains that his tractor ( Baker's voice) talks hack to him. Mel Olson. Chicago District field man. also helped prepare the show. Jim. second left, Doug, second right, and Mel, far right next to Doug, are shown below taking their bows with the rest of the cast. The skit and performers were vvarmlv applauded bv the audience of 500. i#j f v\ ETC 34231 "hfii tin- Util Cross Mobile Blood Bunk Unit called for volunteers in Ecrndale. Michigan recently. Ethyl per W sonnel I roin the Detroit Lahoraton responded with a record donation of 26 pints. Below, all But tw o of the 'I '1 ETC 34238 ! ETHYL o l P- p\-- |. 1' i It U U. Si *V I ETHYL !. !' !1 ri Published tvumthlv by Ethyl Corporation and hthsl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE The Decline of the Dollar Big Day at the Office . The Wit and Wisdom of Charles F. Kettering All About Additives Footnotes............................... For Your Entertainment Milestones . . .... Ethyl Welcomes ... Personals ..................... People and Places .. PAGE I Leonhard Dowtv .......................................... Lilitur Edward Metcalf ..........................{bstnuHe Lilitor Stella Siderii........................ liditorinl Assistant Layout and arc work by S.P.M. Studios Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Molten: [Salon Rouge: Ben Hodge, Joe Martin, A. J. Kobichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; (Jet eland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Seltridge; Detroit: Marge Bavarian, Jim Boag, Chris Bongcro, Joe Forster, Uuss Frank, Les Motson. Ed Myron. Eric Owen, Alvce Peterson, Koss tide, E'd Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemcyer; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Hexho: Mike Espinosa: Sen Orleans: Maxine Blue; Seti' York: Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilvn Sax. Mariam Wallace: Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Elatticld; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Purt/er; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Bon.ntlino: Judy Schauh; San i'ram i>co: Jctf Bessire; Carl Bartholomew. Howard Hanukcr; Yon kers Toting: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers C.entul: Al Morschauser: Central Ofjtce: Ethvl Corpuration of Canada Limited: Sjn/Lt: C. G. Manure: Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OCR COVER Claude H.ttkms. field r.p resen ta! ie "n r* c.11: <'n.11 assignment with I'rmi m.: and Sat;.:', in Now York, wets dubious .1'sistar.vC . : !us sun S.unnn >>u a S.iturJ.iv vaU'h-i::\ '1 hc rx >: a Juld s new .if D.nl's woik begins i>n ;\u;e \ Published by Eth>l Corporation, Kin Park Avenue, New 'j ork, New- \ ork. B. B. Turner. President; William R. Perdue, Jr.. Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in C S.A. ETC 34241 Dollars and sense are our number One economic problem, resulting from two costly Wars that have created inflation and increased the National debt in enormous proportions. Dollars don't buy nearly the doughnuts they Once purchased back in the days When pennies went a long way toward buying what Now costs nickels, dimes and quarters. Dutiful citizens recognize the Onus that is created by the Watered-down dollar on our National economy. Unchecked, inflation can Paralyze the limbs of a nation. U rge your family and friends to Prevent the further decline of the dollar. Use credit wisely and Practice sound spending. Utilize your free voice to help stop the Price-wage spiral that breeds inflation. Understand the subject and help Preserve the value of the dollar. mi ETC 34242 big day at the office 'Getting there is half the fun.' crimps not as enchantin'.; as a tov stoi c or a circus, P the adult world of offices is nonetheless a place ut main wondrous delights to the vomit;. Here, lather provides lor the faniilv in an atmosphere that is filled with machines and papers and numerous awe inspiring "adtiets. One recent Saturdav. Claude Harkins, who is a field representative on rotational assignment with Product Sen ices and Safetv. brought his two children. Debhie and Sammv. into the quiet halls of 100 Park while his wile cau"ht up on faniilv shopping. Both Debbie and Sammv were filled with a sense of im portance. delighted to see where Dad spent his davs and carter to hear something of what he did in that Ion" span between breakfast and dinner. To them, tvpewriters were exciting tors and paper was to draw pictures upon. In desk drawers and files, thev found adventure in rubber bands, paper clips and the cvervdav paraphernalia of the office. Most of all. however, thev found a delitlht in sharin" what was their impression of Dads husv dav. 4 "Now, let's see, there must be an 'A' here someplace." "Now that our coats are off, why don't we tackle the problem together?" ETC 34244 Office (cont'd.J Day At The 6 1 7YT ETC 34246 Wisdom of Charles F. Kettering C harles F. Kettering, the first president of Ethvl Corporation, was not oulv a fitted inventor |,e had a wav with words. Although it is true that w.njj are lardelv the result of experience and that a o.jod voculnilarv is onlv as useful as the knowledge and wisdom behind it, few men can express themselves with such claritv as the late "Boss Ket. In a new book ol his speeches i. Prophet of Progress, H P. Dutton and Co., Inc.. So.00 i his lone-tune friend and associate T. A. Bovd has put Ethel's founder on record with a collection that reveals his width and breadth in words that are as tinielv todav as when thev were first delivered. Here are some of Boss Ket s maxims selected bv Mr. Bovd. maxims that convex the mind of a man who never lost sitlht of the bountiful future. Co long as wc have younger generations ice will ^ have changes. Their dews are new. their tastes tire new. their likes are new--and emphatic. A II human ilecelopntent must he outside the rules. ~ Otherwise, we would neccr hace anything new. t is hard to j)ivk out the balance wheel and the I hairspring of a problem. A problem is not solccd in a laboratory. It is solced in some fellow's head, and all the apparatus is for is to get his head turned around so he can see the thing right. ou have to be "sold'' on research before you can Yhope to get anywhere in it. rpicre is nothing permanent but change. r I Vic price of progress is trouble, and I don t think the price is too high. A dcancing wares of other people v progress sweep A*- oeer the unchanging man and wash him out. 1TT ngineering is a combination of brains and material, the more brains the less material. rP/ie best engines are always the paper engines--the i v S -A ones that hare not yet been built. ETC 34247 1 I Vic opportunitU s of man tiro limited cult/ by hi.s imagination. But so few lane imagination that there arc ten thousand hddlcn to one coin poser. nil caul have a lutter tomorrow if i/oil me tlnnk*" in" about ijesh r/lm/ all the time. jjfiii t think some fellow is hying to pull t/ou doicn. You can always get a good sight of t/nur enemy in the morning when i/ou shave. Tt doesn't matter if i/ou In/ and In/ and try again. A anti fail. It does mailer if you try and fail, and fail to try again. Y'mi must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. Ti you do not climb on top of your failures you will never get up to where you can have success. worn/' technical repoits are so dry anil dusty that if you put a pile of them in a hydraulic press and apply millions of pounds of pressure to it. not a drop /' juice will run out. r I Vir only incurable diseases arc those the doctors don't know how to cure. There are lots of folks with oxcart minds riding around in automobiles. f I ''/if Wright brothers flew right through that smoke screen of impossibility. TDit;i/iY/' and precedent are the two watchdogs at the door of progress. can concede ot nmotthing mine foolish thaw to say I the world is ynisiuid, . Y our world, young men and young women, will be the kind of win Id you want it to be hat 1 believe is that, by piopt i mfnit. we ran W make the futuie almost anything we leant to make it. 'V/ ou can go ahead mid solve that difficulty if you don t get tired too yuiekly. Most pi opie the out after they try a thing the first time. I is the "follow-through that makes the gieat dif I ference between ultimate success and failure, be- cause it is so easy to stoji. T^/ii/i/rev. icpcutcd failures, me finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails fen ward toward rp/if only time you don t want to fail is the last A time you try. TY7 c think we are further along the path of knowl- '' edge than we actually me. e have only begun to knock a fete chips from Wthe great iptmry of knowledge that has been given us to dig out and use. J list in proportion as you recognize your ignorance, the road for greater knowledge will be ojiened. \\7 c find in research that a certain amount of intcHigcnt ignorance is essential to human prog ress. because if you know too much you won t try the thing. Y/ ou can he sincere and still he .stupid. X) esenreh is something which if you don t untlertake until you have to. it is too late. Jur/iis'/rin- are like some watches--they have to be shaken hard every so often to keep them going. L uginceriug must jjartake as much ot i eonomic horse si use as it dins of scientific principles. w/ c should not he cither ashamed or afraid to make intelligent mistakes. The eate^t mistake of (dl is to do nothing. \ rgument ahear/.s the indication of a lack of ~ knoiehdge. and ichen two ti How< argue either one of them is right and the other i< wrong, or then arc both part right and part wrong. (>r both cf tin m arc wrong--and it is usualh/ the latter. hi ;i 'I :! i i l 9 ETC 34248 Ethyl's first Product Sales Conference meets to discuss additives other than antiknock compound \V ith the broadening ol the ltli\] product line. " more and more data concernin'.; new products must Ire put in the hands of our people in the field. To this end a Product Sales Conference dealing with all Ethyl additiv es other than antiknocks was rccentlv held at the Detroit Laboratory. It was. in effect, a training school for product managers to cover in de tail all basic information on these additiv es--chem istry. manufacture, application, and testing. All Product managers and regional managements were represented at the five-day meeting along with men from Ethv 1 of Canada. Export Sales, and Adver tising. Mac McCulloch. Petroleum Additive Sales manager, presided. The school's faculty consisted of technical men from the Labs whose teaching assign ments were coordinated In Ed Paige. Technical Serv ices special assistant. The purpose behind the conclave, first of this tvpc ever held, was to accelerate a continuous and up-todate additive information program within the indi vidual regions. Not only were these prospective re gional instructors thoroughly briefed, but thev also got an elaborately prepared manual to serve as a guide lor regional instruction. This loose-leaf textbook will quite soon be distributed to all Etlivl field representa tives. With such a mound of technical data to be accu rately presented and catalogued, preparations for the meeting were unusually painstaking. Sessions ran from S:oO to 5:00 each dav and a great deal of ground was covered. As these meetings were a starting point for a far reaching network of additive information, careful planning was imperative and Ed Paiges fac ulty met the requirements impressively. That the meetings fulfilled their promise is clear. As EthvTs product line expands, this pilot project will have set the pattern for future sessions--a useful device to meet the ever present challenges of change. -! i -i 11 ETC 34250 All About Additives Ed Morckwordt, Detroit Products Application, explains the spark plug rating equipment. It helps to evaluate each additive and rate the effect on spark plug life. :I 12 Product Application's Ralph Wahrenbrock, stand ing far right, and Ai Tandrup, second right, explain carburetor detergency test procedures. Joel Warren, Product Application, points out cylinder head deposits developed in testing. Above, Jim Hinkamp, Detroit Chemical Research, gives a talk on MPA. Display on Jim's right is one example of special exhibits widely used to illustrate talks. , 1I 13 ETC 34252 f I 7% Xost of us treat our feet much the same way we i'A treat footnotes--shoddily. Because they are at the bottom we are not inclined to pay much attention to them. But like footnotes, our feet are essential to the total structure and considerably pertinent to what's above. There can be no doubt about that when we have even such a small ailment as a corn. Probably because thev are the furthest away from the primary sensory centers in the head, our feet (pardon the pun) are looked down upon--at least until that big toe begins to throb. Even in an age of automobiles, airplanes and esca lators. our pedal extremities still do most of the work in getting us from place to place. They still, so to speak, bear the burden. That thev do not require as much care as some parts of our bodies is true enough, but thev certainly deserve some attention in order to function at the tough job of transporting us during our everyday lives. If one had to reduce all of the maxims of sound health to their simplest form, it might well be done in two words--common sense. Common sense implies, however, not just doing the right, practical thing in matters of health but. equally important, doing it at the proper time--before rather than after an injurs- or an illness. As with the other parts of the body, so with the feet. The sins of omission and commission visited upon them bv the rigors of modern life are all too often ignored until a serious nialadv arises. Given "common sense" care and the foresight which this implies, most serious health problems would never appear in the first place. But be it life's busy i [ ^ ! 3 1 ' I I l: r f ( i s t T 14 pace. indifference nr laziness, most preventative health measures lie idle upon the dustv shelves of our minds. Blowing awav the dust is onlv part of the remedy; vou must, as well, watch vour step and take foot care in vour stride. Foot trouble can come from many sources. Sore feet, for instance, can indicate a nervous disorder, an infection, a growth exposed to constant irritation, or just tender skin. Localized pain in am foot area mav indicate other maladies in the realm of muscle strain or infection from an ingrown toenail. The "where of the trouble is the first step and the "wliv" is the second. It goes without saving that the ravages of inattention mav well be responsible for a visit to the doctor, but the use of proper precaution, sound safeguards and healthv practices can frequently prevent and often minimize what could be painful results. Even measures that seem minor and take little time or effort can pav off immeasurably. Infections run rampant when the feet get wet. Thus, drv feet and clean socks greatly lessen the chances of foot infection. Muscle strain can often be traced to a pair of ill-fitted shoes--so only if the shoe fits, wear it. A proper fit will lighten the odds of ligament tear. People are horn with tender skin but a good soaking in brine from time to time will toughen the skin of the feet. Keeping the toenails trimmed regularly is another sound preventive meas ure. Bv cutting the nails squarelv. vou will be pro tecting \ ourself against ingrown toenails. These are simple measures, but important foot notes. ETC 34254 FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS living Stone, whose fictionalized biographies have been among the best of their kind, has turned to Mieluelangelo tor his latest inspiration in The Agony and the Ecstasy, a new Doubledav release. Not since Lust for Life lias Mr. Stone recreated such a liveK rendition of times that blazed with color and people of tasemating personalities, llis fifteenth Century Florence is aglow in this big volume as he tells oi Michaelangelo's bent to release the enormous creativity that made him one ot the world s foremost geniuses. His work, his loves, his character are all represented with lively credibility and en twined with the cross-currents ot the fascinating de Medici familv. Mr. Stone has picked a remarkable subject and he has given it a good deal of the vitalitv that most have been essential to so remarkable a man ot the ages. The excitement runs high in Meeting At A Far Meridian, the current novel of Mitchell Wilson, hi the new Doubleday volume the author lias more than a tale to tell, although he makes the most of dramatic situations and plays his people in couHict one against the other and each against hunselh Mr. Wilson is saving something pertinent about peace and he has chosen to tell it in fictional loan In putting two top scien tists. one Russian and one American, at work together in the Soviet Lnion. N'uturallv . their different backgrounds come into plav and their personalities clash as thev begin to become dis trustful of one another. Their private lives and their private loves are interwoven into the scheme of things, and all of it blends into a thoruughlv enjovable and pertinent novel with a major insight into the world behind the iron Curtain. Rizpah is a whale ot a historical novel, one of those epic vol umes that come along everv now and then to engross readers of historical fiction with a lavishness that practicallv dazzles from the printed page. This one is set in biblical times and it concerns the beautiful young captive of the Philistines, who joins forces with Saul when she is set free. Her lust tor [lower motivates her actions and her beautv is her weapon. The canvas is broad and it is threaded with scenes ot grandeur that conjure up to mind the opulent settings of a deMiIle film David, too. is an impoitant character in this dramatic biblical saga, one that will prove a lull cup tor those who like to look back through spangled glasses. Sir Cednc Hardwicke. who has long been a favorite on the international stage and screen, has written his memoirs with 'die aid of James Brough. Auiusinglv titled A VICTORIAN i\ ORBIT, the new Dou'nledav book proves that Sir Cedric is more than just a talented actor. He is a man ot tremendou.s wit. His enormous vitalitv shines on everv page ot the reac count ot a life in which manv notables ot the coutemporarv scene figure Among the personages that appear m the sup porting cast aie such people as George Bernard Shaw. Leslie Howard. Katherine Cornell. Ceoige |e.m Nathan, Sir Laurence Olivier and scores ot others. Sir Cedric recalls with delight a number of humorous anecdotes anti tells the stoiy ot his jnv in liv mg and acting. Never understimate the power of the biain. \<>u certauih won't after reading Duttons new ielea.se Man's PRESUMPTU OUS Brain bv A. T. W. Simeons, a doctoi of world renown enneutlv on the staff of Salvator Muiidi Intel national Hospital. His studv ot the brain is scholarlv. but he writes with a clear stvle as he leveals some of the depths ot psvchosomatic illness and the strange maladies that grow out of tension and fear. Seldom has a more provocative and or incredible book come along to enlighten us on human conditions ot the mind. Much of it will be higblv controversial and more ot it will seem amazing, but there can be no doubt tiiat all ot it will fascinate the lavinuu. Dr. Simeons, from his base in Rome, mav well be throwing a grenade, but his theories certainly are intriguing. Henri Perruchot s biographv of Toulouse-Lautrec is a fascinat ing piece of work that could not be more astonishing it it were fanciful fiction. Toulouse-Lautrec, a World release, is not onlv a depiction of one of the worlds foremost painters, it is a levei.itiun ot character and the recreation ot an era in which Paris was the most abandoned citv in the world. Yeais of re search and familv interviews have gone into the piepuration. and what emerges is a first-rate result. In addition to doeumentarv evidence, there are assorted photographs ot the artist and environment, the seamv side of Paris, the Paris ot the Can Can and the Moulin Rouge. A tortuicd mao who tiled at 17, Lnutree deleated himself but left the world the beautv he could never find m his personal life. His storv i> both weird and wonderful. Fun is all too i.ire a (jualitv in current fiction, but it is the major ingredient in Th E 1:UN Couple, a new novel tiom Simon and Schuster. John Haase, the author, ot this delightlul hook looks at contempoiarv societv with a gleam in Ins eve and he is not about to prove that it is full of sore spots. His California couple are happilv married, gav people who live umtinc lives and have a marvelous time ot it with plentv of sun and air, a sports ear. a hi-fi and other "status indicators'' of otir times. A low-budget l.umlv. tbev get all thev can out ol lile ami indulge themselves in the jnv of living. Thev aie tiesh. vigorous voung people who are not content to sit mound and watch the world go bv. Ativone who cares about animals will have a rewarding arm chair safari with Sekexgeti Shall Not Die, a new Dutton 16 publication. It i' tin.- wo;-. Bcrnh.ud ('.r/.:mek. ti:tc-c.>i ol the 1` i at iki< ii t h: \ ete.-in.ev SCente .it thc lliiv e) si`\ ni Giessen. .tub. !.!' kite son Michael. wIm was killed \.\ lu'ii ttirii plane cashed K.i"t Aiiic.t wink- galheimg ma terial t<r the Sco-ngi-t, o the- kuUf'.t ol tin.- parks to: Airu.m game. mu- oi tin- Lot g-i-.-.t .Mintu.n'k'' w!k-k- tin* w ikl .nnin.t'h tan migrate. liu C:/:mcks h.oi. studied tin- migiation .oil captured it m rxei'.ng t'U !'igraphs. lhe\ have .ihn ob served tin- collict |h'Huc:i ::.i- i in: it l-: " and their opposition who ii-.:!,: h>: till- pu-M-o .it:' 'll ot >1-11 ngetl, Wh-It thev have seen oi A Ink.i o .1 in: i::nn tndav s headline'. ^ t r.u \ hi-anlii ill .imi pi tin it iv i.-. low ..nothei pi.mot aw .-.ko: hug to hie in tlu- ioicst piinu-v.il. Tin.1 Yukon is tin- setting o' Irwm K blacker'' Days OF GOLD, a novel that is leminiwent o* [ack Londons works. combining both high udventuie anti revelations of ih.uacte: that send men .seeking tlu- elusive wc.iilh or the- catth A Woild publication, the new bonk is mul* to please rc.uleis wlio dote on action, for Mr. Blacker is an excellent teller oi tales and he keeps his action movin': with a gicat deal oi excitement lie sees Imth ti.e beautv and tin- underside of lile in the Ninth, and ins people aie lull oi the fne o{ pioneers Basie.ilk . it is the store ot a partneiship. n| three people uhnn- lives aie enmeshed and who seek, ior diverse le.isons, the same goal. The autlmi will make wm leel it all -- the gusto ol the m.ning town, the hot tempers and the indomitable w ills. For those- Western bulls who can turn oil theii television sets lent; enough to leae'juaint themselves with the printed wmd. Luke Shokt AMI His Era Will prove a bonanza. In this new. slim volume iroin Doubled.t\. William ]\ Cox has told, with documentation. the stnrv o{ one oi the West's most colorful person.iSities -- Luke Shoit, the honest gambler who decided e.trlv in lile tli.it he was going to make a ic-putation as a iuio dealer. Devoid ol hokum, here is an accurate account ol the West he lived in. the real W i-'t ol Wvatt Earp and Bat Mastersnn. Mix ( u\ has made oi his material somethin': nianv. m.inv notches above tiie dramatized, versions available on tile home scicen. lie lias ucieated. the turnons towns ot the times and shown their duel citizens as thev must have been, besmudged and. notorious. MOVIES alt Disnev. who ranks high c>n the list of the voung. has returned to native territory with hi< newest release. One Hu ndred and 0\e Dalmatians, a fall-length color cartoon that mav not be as enticing as tl'ie master's earlv works hut vvhich. nonetheless, is filled with delights for the junior set. Eased on Dodie Smith's book. the new film tells of tire at tempt tu rescue ninety nine Dalmatian pups from the clutches f 'me Cruella de Yille. a dognapper <i" few scruples He > lhv ...-ted bv Twilight Bark, a canine version of Scotland: Yard, "b-wrc .ue several meh><.nous s.>:,gs .iIk:1: ti.e trackdiown. I'nited Aitists Stands behind The Facts of Life, imm which vou aie not likeK to learn verv much s.oe. that talented perlonneix can do <j11ite a lot to make something occasionally aimi'ing hum claptrap. The twosome most icspnnsible tor giving the film a lilt is composed ol Lucille Ball and Bolt Hope, who plav respectable married, folks who suddenh develop an ..ttaeiiinent ioi each other, a lact l.u inoie acceptable than the script bv Norman Panama and Melvin Funk In the best tradition ot such movie laie. thev loitunateb see the e:;o; ot then wavs iii time. Some be.mtitul scene:'. o( Acapulco gives them a hand, as do ti.e pei humanecs o: Kutii llusse'. and Don Do Fore F.obcrt (inchtoiis lecent best wild FhE GkEaI ImpoSTOK has been put on celluloid with Tom Curtis pnitraving herd;nand Duin.ii.i, the man who pulled the wool over evcrvbiKiv > eves bv assuming am number ol identities Imm prison super visor to naval doctor. The film N even 'hit as inti iguiug as the book, and its success j> clue in no small part to the ad vancement of it> star as an actoi. Like Demara. he pulls oil his assorted iuh-5 with complete Ct'cihbilitv and give- a v i i: u osn pcilorm.iucc that is as surprising as the events ot the film. Then.- is >t wood bit of humor along the mute as the -t.uv chionieli-v one of the -'tiaiige'd deceptions of out times. TELEVISION Si LENTS PLEASE, a summer u-piacenu-nt oi last war. w il: again appear on the ABC roster. beginning M.ucii do. Tlu* pro'^i.un. which features old-time movies, will bow m with Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Vira1<. Ernie Kmaks is scheduled as the host ol the series. On March 26. Tammv Grimes, who i> currently sterling in the Broadway musical The l'n.siukahic Molhf Bioicn. will be the main attraction on O-MNIBU'S. She will star in a satirical program entitled The Hundred Ymos of War ftctu\<.n the Sexes. Project 20. line of the better documentaries, will picseiit The Retd W( st on March 29. Backgrounds have beer: filmed in Helena. Montana, and pictures from the p.ot will be med to authenticate the wav tilings weie. Events in the life of Abraham Lincoln leading up to The Gettysburg Address will be the subject of OUR AMERICAN Heritage on April 1. Tire most famous Lincoln of <u:r times. Bavmotid Mas<ev will poitrav the Civil War Pu-sident. jack W'arden. who rose to fame in Tu t h e Angn/ Mo,, will be the star of a new- series to be labeled ASPHALT lUNGLE. which will bow in on ABC on April 16 Concentration, which is among tlu- most popular daytime shows, will aNo be Seen on Monday evenings commenting April 17. Hugh. Downs ,< tlu- ln-st of the .mdieiue p.oucipatr >n show. ETHYL WELCOMES Teresa Giardino is a .statisti cal clerk lur Mai hctimi Analvsis and IMamiiml in the New Yoik (`(rue. Donald Hoi.mer is a chemist at the li.itcn 1 Hou"e plant, lie holds his Ph.D. fiom Oklahoma Slate k 'nix ei sit\ . Chemical Research anil Devel opment in Detroit. Robert Shannon joins Ethvl of Canada as manager oi Chemical Products with head quarters in Toionto. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Bryan Day. fomuiiv of lloi^tons Entlinccniiti Stivn.cs. is now siipcrvisiw m the Raton Romic pl.iut s Mat iuh:c tu; nej !%laiir 1 <] 1 o and ( noidinatum section Donai i) Hutchinson, fonnetlv ui M.mnfactuiinu I ethnical Scivitcs in Baton Ron He. i" now Mipenntendent of Eng'.neei imi Sei sites. Pacific Coast plant Dun i eplaeetl ROBERT SlNNEK who ieturneil to Raton Ron^e on a rotational assignment as Mipeivisor in Pioci,i>s De sign. James McElderky was promoted fiom senior Technical Ser\ iee engineer to Teelime.il Sen ices supervisor, i'or tire.iter consisli'iiev ol titles within the Chemi cal Entlinccriutl di\isjon. the title ol as sistant snpei inteiident. "Ieehnie.il Senices, in which )un has heen seizing in an acting capacitv. has been replaced bv the title1 Technical Sen ices snpei visor with no change in respoiisihilitv and rank. Rollin Galloway and Owen Rus sell both have been transierred fiom the Detroit Labor,itorv N Products Appli cation to the Technical Service division. Thcv will join the stall of the Entinicciing Services section. 1'iank McNalb. director ni Finance. New Voik. has announced the following personnel changes: Brink Vaughn, formcrlv of the New York Contiol division, has heen trans ferred to Data Research in Raton Humic as a pin^iam anahst: and Thomas Prenuerc.aST is now supervisor of the Financial Analvsis and Reportimi section in New iork. Promotion lor thice einplovccs 111 General Engineeimo at the Baton Romir plant have been announced. HnDlE Klein* PETEK is now senior Eleetue.il Entimeeiini associate and has assumed general supervision of the Entiiiieenntl Repay ment's electrical projects; Jarvis Michie became civil engineer. moving op from assistant engined: and HENRY SKEBO has translciied from estim.itimi eutijnce: in Cost Control to assistant supervisor in Construction Coordination. Two Baton Rouclc plant nun weie ti.m>- ferred to Emimcering Services at the Houston plant. Lee BRIGGS. lomu-rlv o: Process i< now a Teehmeal Serv ice emiineel. .md WlLLlAM MORGAN N now an ee*nhiinii an.dvMs emlmeer 19 ETC 34258 tv / i; i f IN THE FIELD Two ::;t. :i .-t Research s\ Developmeiit at t>.f Detroit Labs h.ni' hern given imv assignments in the Sales department. GEORGE PORTH has transferred to the Houston district ot the Cult Coast Region an automotive engineer; and Arthur Zeitz. Jr., utter the comple tion at certain research activities. will transfer tu the Cult Coast Region. Hous ton. Texas, as ehiet automotive engineer. Chief automotive engineer Bob Hogan, New York, made a "L%1 Passenger Car Develonments and Trends piesentatiou to the regional staff ot the Soutlieru States Coop in Richmond. Virginia. The presentation wa> ..rranged bv field engi neer Pres Berkv, Philadelphia office, who also showed the film entitled "En gineering ot Agreement. Pittsburgh district engineer Tom HanLON gave a "Fuel-Engine Relationship' talk to the division merchandising man ager. district training manager, and serv ice station dealers of the Cult Oil Cor poration in Pittsburgh. Peiinsv Iv ania. Jack Fuller and Marvin Russell, both or the Los Angeles district office, held an all-dav trainin'.: session for new sales Personnel ot the W il.shire Oil Compaiiv m Calitornia. Marv also presented several MultiPurpose Additive meetings for personnel oi Richfield Oil in Arizona. In addition. Marv has been verv ac tive at the Impound where the lb61 Mobiigas Ecnnninv Run is being set up. Mure than (SO cars haw been euterevl in tins largest ever run. Marv is an of ficial of the event and is pninatilv con cerned with technical aspects Howard Gerber and. Howard Smith, both or the Houston office, were 111 . Companv s vepresentativ es attending the Gulf C oast Regional NCAA meeting held. rwentiv in Corpus C.lm'sti. *1 ecus. VlXCE Hanlon, field engineer in tlie Atlanta dastiic-t. made a "Know Muir Casoiine piesentatiou using a single cvlinder dcinonxti ation engine betoie a division manager, a district Raining laiita. Georgia Pittdmrgh district ..u: uu-'f.ve -.t.ga.vcr Robert Kimpton -.rude a three-hour "Diagnosis ot Engine Failures presenta tion in Philadelphia, to some "f ::.e At lantic Refining Companv home "tr.ee technical men and all their ant 'mo tive engineers from their entire p.u.rkct- ing terntorv The meeting w.i> arranged thiough En Michael, account represen tative in Philadelphia. Bob also made the "Diagnosis o: En gine Failures and "Fuel Sv.stem De posits presentations at a meeting in Cincinnati to Cult Oil district managers from Ohio. Indiana, and Kentuckv and Cincinnati sales personnel. Harry Manning, regum.d merchan diser. Los Angeles district, was a kev speaker at the Spring Convention ot lutennountam Oil Marketers Association m Las Vegas. Background material tor Ins speed), entitled "Taking the Fog Out nt Writing, was supplied bv |OHN LaNE, superintendent of Information Service at the Detroit Labs. Field engineer FRITZ MERCER of the Atlanta district held meetings on "Mod ern Fuels and Engines at Esso Standard. Division of Humble Oil dealer-trainee schools m Charlotte. North Carolina, and Columbia. South Carolina. Al Ryan, Deliver district, and Bill SaBin, Chicago office, were speakers at the Frontier Refining Companv sales meeting held in Denver. The subject of their talk was "Nomenclature factors af fecting Octane Requirements. ARCHIE Smith, Atlanta district field en gineer. was vei v active receiitlv giving demonstrations anil presentations before the dealers and companv personnel of several oil companies. Archie held a four-hour meeting at Esso s Nashville. Tennessee, dealer train ing school at which he presented material from "File Storv ot Gasoline. "Gasoline Power Clime, and "Know 'lour Gaso line. He also participated in a training session in Knowille. I ctincs'ie. bv mak ing a three-hour presentation entitled "Gasolines and Their Effects n:i Engine Operation to E'so dealei >. a district man ager and a division sclioui supervisor. In Alabama he made the last three of i Ic ven "Casoiine Power Clinic presen tations which he held throughout the South for Continental Oil Companv > aiea siipeivisors. division managers, and seivice statmn manageis The same piesentatiou was also given to Shell 0:1 dealt r> thiouglmut Tennessee. He I'rt-'C :.ted the "Fhe Povw-r" A .. : Shell 0.1 dealers m Knoxville C nattauoog.s. Tennessee. Pius a:\. r >r.ow tor a large Es-" consumer account Chattanooga. am: .. piesentation m Aimi'ton. Alahama. mr Pure Oil dealers rr'in Oxford. Anniston, and (amter-vii!^ New \urk .;Uto:iio;;v e engineer DlCK COURTNEY gave the "bactois Affectin'' Engine Pern Tinance presentation 3 dealers nt Esso Standard in Albanv and Gulf Oil m Sehenectadv. He used the single ev under demonstrating engine, sf.owed slides from "Combustion Phe nomena m Automotive Engines and trie film entitled "For Better Perlurmum.-; " SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing emplovees: Dei KOI t: Russell A. Fargo, 520.00 i Eliminate door latch on hot box room in F building'. Cassie A. Miller, 515.00 i Omit lines on mailing labels). New York Office and Sales Depart ments: Patricia Bkiddell. S 10.00 Travel itinerarv form be made up especiallv for secretaries;: ELIZABETH T. DODSON. 51-5.00 I.\ sand Ill'll fur cigar ette disposal fie located in the entrance haii o| our Casnliue Testing Laboratorv building m Houston), MlLUKED Lewis, 510.00 ' propose redesign of Additive Sales Record Form1. Sydney MaLLET, Jk.. SI 5.00 . When field sample forms are printed the vvuuls "Research and "Motor' aj)pear m the spaces at the bottom of the form, also that the dividing hue ha made a double one to emphasize the separation '. David I.. Meine, 520.00 ,A metal awning he placed over tiie "Receiving dour on the north side of the Houston Labor.itoiv building1. Pacific Coast': Roy J. Brown. 52ono Oil knock out put no vacuum puma ; W'alier A. Hckhart, 515.00 i Guards on signal light switches'. ROBERT FekGUSON. 55(1.Oil . Photo-electric: cell': Elmer F. Giassek, 5lo.oo : Cover over exposed wiring .it line feeder'; BlLL HeDOING. 5o5.IM> > M ov e Receiving de- 20 ETc 34259 pa: tincnt. elc.'. James Loucks. $4(100 (Removable wells on i::m ,nui\ /.v: ImiliM: Mvki.ami Mkzena. $10 (HI {.\111 (>clave vokc': RaY Ml'SGKO'E, $10.00 ; Meicun ia'cb p<4 iw cIits'; Henry Pali.. $15.on .Move l m-.u ii i*_i on diivv ode n! dinm iiakei : Henry Pall. $70,(in . Bm sludge ci.uu iVole in bulk . Jan Pkopek. $15.00 < Device to keep "l" deaeiatoi drvi: BkVON SU'l'I ON, $15.00 1 W.itet pi on! cover on simile drici switch'. W II.LIE H. W'aLKEK, $10.00 (Alt' hose contict- lion at slag door'. EXTRACURRICULAR B. B. Turner. proi<JcMt of EfJnJ. was again ic-elected In a onc-\car term as board member of the National Inclustiial Conference Board for 1901. As a result of attending night classes lor two and a half vears at LSI . Jarvis MlCHlE of Ihoject Engineering in Baton Rouge was awarded his masters degice in civil cogineei ing. Syi. Lange, Industrial Engincciing in Baton Rouge, has Been appointed a nicmhei of the hoard of the Baton Rouge Kitls Baseball Clinic, which is suppoiled l>v Ethvl and other businesses and industiies. JESS Tovey of the Houston plant was appointed to the Board of Directors ol the National Management Association. Jess .served as the 19G0 piesident of the Ethv) Management Chib. Carroll Hebert of Safetv in Baton Rouge was elected piesident o| the Greater Baton Rouge Safet' Council. Mrs. Armstrong, wile of Wallace Armstrong, resident manager of the Baton Rouge plant, was elected vice president lor home safetv and also to a three-war term on the board: and Mrs. Harvey, wife of Clarence Harw\. was named vice piesident ol schools and colleges. T! ie Council, of winch the Companv Is also a member, lias been granted a charter In the National Safetv Council. George Simmons. NSC distnet diiector. hi piesenting the chaitei to Carroll He bert. stated that the charter was granted after a full appiaisal of council piograms. leadership and general operation. Two Baton Rouge plant men and a wiie f another weie imiMKed b\ the Camp Fire Ciils Council. John McCornack f Purchasing was named a member o: `l-'.* Council > board. JOHN Ft'RR ot Ti -nning .mil Mrs. CaTHEY. Wife of Bill C'athev ol Sodium Opeiatioiis. wete among those who leieived special C.okleu (ubdee Awaids in leeogmtiou of their conti il ml lorn to the Camp l'i:e ( .!rl> pi ogr.im. five Baton Rouge plant emplovcc'. he.tiled bv h. 0. JONES ol Puicliasjiig and 'Iiaffic. have been named to nnpoitant posts in the Louisiana IVtioleum C oimuls Si\th Distuct oiganiz.ition. 1111K's moves up to distuct piesident fiom pieMilcnt of Last Baton Rouge Parish: Shelby Lowe of EtCl Maintenance continues as district school chaiunan: Doka Pe'PE ol Stores is assistant district secretaiv: lil.BEKT MOORE. Purchasing, heads the East Baton Rouge Parish Civic Affairs Committee; and ARCADE PahKER, Maintenance, is school chairman foi West Baton Rouge Parish. The following Baton Rouge plant men were appointed to important posts during the Istiouma Area Annual Coun cil meeting of the Bov Scouts of America: Chuck Colvin of Purchasing and Traffic was re-elected president: and William Strader of Technical Opera tion was elected a new member of the Executive Board. Re-elected to the executive hoard were Wallace Armstrong. Lew Barnum, Henry Bradford, H. F. Bradford, Gerry Giraitis, John Ki.ock, Sam Roberts ami Dick Schneider. Two Houston plant men. Clarence Lowe, maintenance gcneial superin tendent. and Harold Cunningham. safetv supcrvisoi. attended the Regional Civic Defense meeting held in Dallas. Harold served as a panelist on industrial safetv. BIRTHS New York John and Barbara Gatto Laurenzi-- a daughter. Janet Eugenia. Barbara was cmplovcd in the Tax section. Sid and Joan Chassy Turk--a son. Rob ert Ira. loan is a former member of the Maiket Research group. ON THE ROSTRUM Claude Arceneaux, Clieimc.il Re search Development in the Baton Rouge plant, presented a paper at the wmtci meeting of the Louisiana Societv for Electron Microscope at Louisiana State Lniversitv. The title of his paper was "Special Applications of Replication and Related Methods in Electron Mieios- eopv. Hugh Bourque of Power in Baton Rouge was moderator of a svmposium for student engineers at the Lniversitv of Southwestern Louisiana. Hugh, a graduate of LSL, and other indu.slrv leaders discussed "W'lmt Jndnstrv Ex pects of the New Engineer." Ben Brewster of the Detroit Labs gave an address on antiknock compounds to the Petroleum Section of the Chemi cal Institute of Canada. The talk presented bv Malcolm MiltJKJCK, vice president ol Sales, New York, to the API on market expansion was reprinted in the Humble Sales Lubri cator. While actual title of the talk was "Motorists Will Drive More." the introduetorv note to the concluding install ment in the Humble paper read as fol lows: "Editor's Note: This is the conelusion of Ethvl Corporation YP M. P. Murdocks talk to API about what is being done to stimulate car travel. ' The talk appeared in two successive install ments on the front page of the publi cation. Six members of the Ethvl Management Club. Baton Rouge plant, have been chosen to present the program "Selling America" to the club and to other civic organizations in the Baton Rouge aiea. The speakers now participating in an orientation program are Claude Ar ceneaux. Larry Dallam. Dick Eiswirth. Svl Lange. Dick Phillips and Bill Roi.STON. "Selling America' consists of three phases. "Know Your Freedoms." "Laws of Abundance." and "Inflation." The piogram was obtained bv the club through the National Man agement Association. 21 ETC 34260 av Daughertv. San Francisco District field repre R sentative. reeentlv was asked to appear before the Committee on Manufacturing. Oil. and Mining ol the California State Legislature. Rav took a Dynaprover along to gi\e background information on fuels and engines. Above, lie gives a demonstration for Bruce Allen. Committee Chairman. STAKK GAZEK ar\' Starr. New York District field representative. G helped give Ethvl's Dvnatrack demonstration at GLF's annual stockholder's meeting in Ithaca, Xew York. Despite some obv ious distractions. Garv. left, and Ed Bacon of the Philadelphia District were able to make demonstrations everv half hour illustrating the qualitv of GLF's Power Champ Gasoline. AT JtXJjA. f\. .1 h b JiTt 'k :tt. ?v & m$, IA SCIENCE YOUTH DAY A group of hi>;h school students from the Detroit Metropolitan area recentlv marked Science Youth Dav bv visiting Ethel's Detroit Labs. The dav was chosen to coincide with the birthdav of Thomas Edison. After touring the Labs, the youngsters met with Ted Carron. assistant director of Administiauon and Services, to discuss what thev had seen. Ted. third from right, is shown above with the group while boss Kite, standing, looks on. boss later escorted the students out to Greenfield Village to join nearly .'350 other guests and their sponsors at lunch. In the after noon the entire parts toured the Henrv Ford Museum and took special note of the original laboratory of Thomas Edison, one of the Museum s major exhibits. more people, more pltiees ETHYL EXPEKT ohn Wintringham, Senior Kcsearch Advisor for Ke- J search and Development, was the featured speaker at a recent Fuels and Lubricants Activity Meeting of SAE's Metropolitan Section in New York. Johns sub ject was "Potential Passenger Car Powerplautx." He discussed the suitability of \arious kinds of powerplants to compete in direct competition with the con ventional reciprocating gasoline engine, (n addition he went into the expected passenger car population growth in the next five rears and the corresponding gasoline demand. Below, john is pictured, second left, with a group of SAE notables including Bob Hogan, second right. Automotive Engineer and past chairman of SAE's Metropolitan Section. lo It] .'S.-aS ETC 34263 BETTEK METHOD MEN wo groups who have rccentlv been graduated Tfrom the .second series of the Better Methods train- in" sessions in the Baton Rouge plant are shown above. In the "roup top left are. seated left to right: Harrv 1 liners'nit/.. Bill Rolston. Tom Barfield. Pat Harris. A. (. Parker and Chester Holmes. Standing, left to right. are: L. M. Davis. Anlircv Chanev. W. f. McFarland. Llovd Stephens, and Bnddv Brvant. Not shown: |olm Ward. In the class pictured above are. seated left to right: f. D. French. [. B. Norwood. Res Conrad. Bob McGill, and Don Kirk. Standin". left to right. are: |oe Thompson. |oe Chanev. W. |. Tracev. and [ack Hague. Owing to the success of the course, a similar program is planned for Houston. EKSKINE ON STAGE elow, setting up for one of the customer eompanv B training programs held at Ethvl's Los Angeles Auditorium. Ed. Erskine. Los Angeles District field place. The control panel in Ed's left hand controls, among other things, the fuel selection for the four cvlinder Dvnaprovcr Engine resting on the table. The representative, checks out the Companv developed engine is an easilv portable demonstration unit which Dvnaprovcr Engine. Ed and his colleagues are often graphicallv records performance for any one of four called on to assist with oil eompanv dealer training elcetricallv selected fuels. The car rests on the chassis programs which keep the Ethvl Auditorium a busv dvnamometer used at the Auditorium. V! ETC 34264 rtH * // 5^4 more I: SIB SITED TMiie miniature' submarines in the picture aho\ e are nll ot a new secret weapon but part of an unusual Heet that takes voungsters down to the sea in ships at California's famed Disnevland. The man in the dark suit is Mavv Uussell. automotive engineer in Western Region, whose diversified job includes such activities as working with oil people to build customer satisfac- tion. His broad experience has made him a trouble shooter in the field of fuel-engine consultation, and he is likelv to find himself in the most unusual places. As a former designer and builder of race cars, Marv is familiar with small engines and has been called on several occasions to cope with problems that confront customers who supple fuel to the amusement park. more [flares THEY WHO SEKVE he Ethvl Management Club at the Baton Rouge Tplant, which has been cited as one of the best organizations of its kind in industrv, iccentlv installed Metternich, secretarv. Thev are hv Joe Culmoue. outgoing area tional Management Association. being congratulated director ol the Na Ethvl Management its officials for the present term of office. The four Clubs t there is also one at the Houston manutactuv- men on the right have been elected to sene. They ing plant) base proved both a social and industrial are, in order, Elmo Dixon, president; Dave Johnson, asset and have contributed their services to a number rice president; Walt Janczvs, treasurer; and Bay of important conuuunitv enterprises. vv4i \ETC 34265 TT'ilm fans will recognize the vounc: lad\ above as Audrey Hephurn. who is shown m n scene from her l1 forthcoming motion picture Breakfast 'at Tiffany, which recently completed shooting in New York. \\ hat thev won't recognize is that Ethyl, in a sense, is in the picture. The decorntne sleep-mask worn by the actress is tf,e handiwork of Dorothv Locke, receptionist at the New 7 oik Offices. 27 ETC 34266 button, button, who's got the button /*W h - V ETC 34268 ETHYL Published tuunchly by Ethyl Corporation and Echvl Corporaciun ot Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Spring Song .. . What to Wear . . . ... Open for Business................... Something in the Air New York in a Nutshell . . . . Medical Promotions . . . How to Pick a Family Doctor . For Your Entertainment Milestones Ethyl Welcomes . . .. Personals . People and Places ................... . . 2 4 8 10 12 13 14 16 18 19 19 22 Leonhard Dow tv .......................................... Editor Edward Metcalf........................Associate Editor Stella Sideris...........................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work bv Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atluuf.i: Louise Moffett; Bj/oh Rouge: Hen Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Kobkh.iux; Chiugo: Ham Greenup; C/erWum/; Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Hoag, Chris Bongero, Joe Forster, lluss Frank, Lcs Motion, lid Mvron, 1 rie Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Kite, lid Simon, Xevj Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agncw, Don Connell, Eliiabeth Dodson: Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Ale.\ico: Mike Fspinusa: Sew Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sew York: Jim Donohue, lirna Harris. Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, MuriUn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Comt Plant: Gene Hatticld; Philadelf>hia: Mary Levering: Pittsburgh: Mefcdene Port/vf. Salt Labe City: J. S. Cole: San lianeiito: Jett Hessire: lufsa: Carl Bartholomew. Harold Lee: honkers lest/ug: Catherine Hender son; > oiffm (.entral: Al Morsch.tuser: Central Oflice: lithvl Corporation ot Canada Limited. S-nuta: C. G. Manure: 7 otouio: Alan Thomas. Spring is the '.rannt that's golden. The reason nobody yets cold in. Of eat) flowered hats And sunny cravats And weather you cannot feel old in. Spiine is tlw' season we thrice in. The season we all feel alive in. The time of the year To be a pioneer With all of the country to ib ice in. Spring i.y the .season that's joyous. The season for men to feel hoyou.s. The season for girls To fluff up their curls. When nothing on earth can annoy us. Spring is the season for wishing. The time when we wan/ to go fishing. The season icc dream Of finding a stream fust made for our feet to go swishing. Spring is the country in flower. The time when we use our horsejiower To take to the road With a family load. Delighted to drive by the hour. Spring is the soft end of winter. Spring is the countryside Hater. The lark's on the wing. 'The world's on a string. The heart is a huiutrcd-ynid sprinter. Spring is the voice of the turtle. The time when the earth is- most fertile. The saf> in oar veins Hubbles refrains And there isn't a fence tee can't hurdle. Spring is' the season we priile on As well as the gas we ve iclied on. The purr of a motor For driver and boater. The wondnful highways we ride on. \ L TO WEAR On the road or when you get there, color and comfort are featured in this spring's dress parade for the American traveling woman prim; is mure than a season; its a delightful statu of mind, particularly tor the female of the species. Though the call of the open mad bids us all to head out for the wide countrv, the Manic Circle in which the t;irls travel--be it North. South, East 01 West-- becomes a circle of fashion manic. Tresses Lire topped with nav and niddv hats from the sublime to the ridiculous. Color blooms strikingly bright and the cool fabrics of the season are a delight to the most jaded eve. As the nirls no, so noes the nation. Takim; to the wheel, we hie to spring's smniv places where a week end or a lull vacation is suspended in time and we enjov the pri\ denes of our Camillas and the freedom of our leisme. No small pait ol our cnjovment is the American woman, a confection of stele in her sprint; wardrobe, tailored especially' lor her feminine tastes. She is an addition to anr sprint; scene. l'o [nine our point, sevei.il Ethvl employees from Detroit. New York and baton Rout;e showed us their pietcrencc in spiin>;tiine wear. Some of the steles are simple: some are elaboiate. All of them, however, reflect the w xul taste* ot our homegrown <j;irls. who dress tor comtort and still maintain yin cnvialde vjiim' ! ;I lI i f ii $ i Chriif.no Boduro, New York Generol Soles, has a difficult time choosing between three dramatic spring hots also from the Young Elite deportment ot SEA. i o ETC 34272 ; I I I| ,[ iI I Anne Doul, New York Finonce, wecrs bold black and white polka dot dress IS39.95) and big, floppy block straw ($24.95) from Saks' Young Elite shop. Top, Betty Kunz is casual in a brown and white day time dress. Bottom, Judy Potvin likes the comfort of a three-piece "town and country". Both from Jacobson's. ETC 34274 J I1 OPEN FOR BUSINESS T atest addition to the familx of Ethvl installations around the eountrv is the new gasoline testing laboratory in Lon;; Beach, California. Put in the heart of the Los Angeles Basin area to more easilv and quickly seise a larger number of refineries, the Long Beach Laboratory has been equipped with the latest and finest modern devices for the precise measure ment of gasoline characteristics. With the new, more conxenient location, Ethx l can make available to its customer companies a more com plete and advanced assistance program. Maintenance on refiners' knock-testing engines, quick part replace ment on knock-test equipment and cooperation with oil companies' training and educational programs -- these and more areas of customer support will be greatlx aided hv the moxe. At the same time, serx ices provided refineries anvwhere xxest of the Rockies and in western Canada xvill in no wav be interrupted or impaired. Much equipment from the discontinued San Ber nardino Lab had to be moved before Long Beach opened. Manager Bob Adams. Assistant Manager Dean Painter and their staff spent a busy week-end transferring materials and machinery to get the job done without a loss of time. Now. the new brick buildin" is open for business and readx- to serve. So new that it has not yet been landscaped, the new Long Beach gasoline testing laboratory is already serving our customers west of ihe Rockies. Other scenes depict West Coast personnel on moving day. I I t' 9 ETC 34276 jj r. Vincent llni/.da. Detroit Clicnuenl Kesc; ireli. has D worked in and around liquid air for most of his adult life. Liquid air. an intensely cold liquid slighth blue in color, is such a subject of interest to Vince that he has taken to telling other people about it. In the past 10 \ cars he has lectured to literallv hundreds of groups on the remarkable qualities of liquid air in particular and the principles of science in general. He does this because he believes that much of the world of science is misunderstood and that people, especially young people, need a broader understanding of it to make decisions in a modern democratic society. As Vince llnizda's use of liquid air lends itself to an interesting and dramatic presentation, his services as a speaker are much in demand. Over the last two years lie estimates that he has talked before 3S high school groups besides numerous church, scout, and service organizations. The aim. however, is not pri marily' to entertain: it is to trv to remove the veil of black magic which surrounds the world of .science in the minds of so manv lavmcn. Vince does this bv ex plaining some basic scientific laws in a wav that his audience can see and understand. For this, he doesn't use tricks. There is fascination aplentv in the real tiling. Using the basic laws of heat transfer as a point of departure and showing changes of state induced b\ addition or removal of beat on an element. Vince reveals the mam sales oi science. He discusses its laws and its vagaries. In low tcmpcratuic experiments, liquid mercurv is frozen into a hammer head: chlorine is com cited from gas to liquid and solid, powdered rubber is made: a lead hell with a rubber clapper is cooled and made to ring. Altogether it is a venture into science which for the audience is both informative and fun. Vince is a veteran ol 2-f vear.s service with the Com pilin'. As a researcher his work has ranged over a broad area of Mctalorganics. 1'hvsieal Chemistry. While working tor his doctorate at brown Vniv cr.sitv', Vince first heard of EtlivI from one of his professors. Dr. Kraus. It was this same scientist whose reseatdies uncovered the wav to produce tctracthvllcad in com mercial quantities--basically- the same method being used today. It was fitting that Vince join Ltlivl as his old mentor contributed so much to its hegimiings. The Engineering Society of Detroit arranges for Vince's talks. He is hut one of manv EtlivI people at the Labs who give of their spare time to lecture outside on their specialties. Their contributions en rich manv community programs. That thev do it is a good wav of telling others of Ethel's community spirit. 11 TC 34278 n .1 i ------- JL fc. ^-- --------- lit i-fees -- ` i ? * 111' \ \ K ." ' v^.'^saS Fleet Engineer Don Williams explains the importance of instruments in engine maintenance to the New York group. new york in a nutshell he men ot the New York district recentlv met at Ttiie Sales Auditorium for a compressed two-dav program that enabled them to take a collective view of their operations. The meeting was conducted !>v Hill Rusher. New York district manager, who de livered the openin'.' remarks along with Dick Murphv, manager ol Eastern Region. * On the first dav, Alou Cole, chief refiners' tech nologist, and Roll Hogan, chief automotive engineer, conducted a product conference, lhe following dav was devoted to Product Service and Sal'ctv, Sales Promotions and Presentations, Automotive Services, n and the future of EthvI Corporation. The subjects Bill Rusher, New York district manager, is were respcctivelv covered bv fun Baldwin, foe Hop flanked by Dick Murphy, manager of Eastern Region, and Redge Bushell, assistant manager. kins, Dick Courtnev and Hedge Bushcll. ETC 34279 MEDICAL PROMOTIONS r. ["'rank Princi. who has served as associate medi D cal director ot the Company since 1959. has been promoted to the position of medical director, .succeed ing Dr. Karl Y. Kit/unillcr. who will seise as stall medical advisor. Dr. Lester \Y. Sanders, who has been associated with Ethel Corporation since 1925. succeeds Dr. Princi as associate medical director. Dr. Princi. professor of industrial medicine and as sistant director of the Institute of Industrial Health at the L'niversitv of Cincinnati as well as associate di rector of the Kettering Laboratory, has been associ ated with the medical activities of Ethvl Corporation for the past 12 vears. lie was awarded his BA and MA degrees from the University of Colorado. Further graduate training ensued as a Rockefeller Fellow in Industrial llvgienc and general medicine, and in the Department of Clinical Physiology at the Trudeau Sanitorium. Dr. Princi is a member of numerous pro fessional societies, among them the American Public Health Association, the American College of Physi cians. the American College of Occupational Medicine and the American Medical Association, of which he is vice chairman of the Section on Preventive Medicine. He is also a consultant to the Air Force, to the sur geon general of the Annv, the Los Alamos Medical Center and Scientific Laboratory, the National Re search Council, the American Public Health Assoeiation and other distinguished agencies. Dr. Sanders received his MB and MD degrees from tile University of Cincinnati, where he has been as sistant professor of industrial medicine in the De partment of Preventive Medicine. He is a member f the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Occupational Medicine and a fellow in file Industrial Medical Association. Dr. Kitzmiller has been on Ethel's medical staff for 33 years. His BS and MD degrees were received nt the University of Cincinnati, where he lias been ussociate professor in the Institute of Industrial Health. He is a member of the American Medical Association. Ifie American College of Physicians and is a diplo- mate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and of the section in Occupational Medicine of the Americ;m Board of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Frank Princi Dr. Lester W. Sanders tj i |1; I Dr. Karl V. Kitimiller 13 I/ ETC 34280 HOW TO PICK A FAMILY DOCTOR ome people go about the business oi selecting their S famiK doctor with no more eare than thev would give to the purchase of a postcard. To be ^ure. nvanv families luve used the ser\ ices of the same phvsician over the rears lie dint ot eireumstanee or tradition hut in an increasinglv mobile Amerieun population, such instances have become more raie. decent figures reveal that one out of three families in the United States move each veur. and this surprising figure sug. nests that a great number at people are having to select all kinds of goods and essential services within a completed- new environment. Choosing a famiKdoctor must hold a high prioritv in any such selection. Wherever and whenever a familv moves, the means of communicating with competent medical help must, of necessitv, be alwavs at hand. hi main cases a particular medical rei|uirement must be met, which influences selection, but all too often people attempt to fill the void on a recommenda tion from a new-found friend or chance acquaintance. Despite the frieiidlv intent of such volunteer informa tion, a complete reliance on it might inadvertentlv lead to harmful results. Bevond the particular medical skills required, a cordial personalitv alignment be tween the doctor and his prospective patient is an their ould nany -ician ition, ition, gures nited sug- >g t0 ithin imily .tion. leans must, ment II too ndaance. irmaentlv dical t beis an ingredient not to be overlooked. That doctor who is amenable to one family group may, through the fault of no one, not be so congenial to another family. Generally speaking the doctor best suited for treat ing the entire family is usually a general practitioner or an internist. Such a man can successfully handle about 85 percent of the illnesses that are likely to crop up in vour home. Bv putting all medical care in the hands of one such man, several advantages accrue to family and doctor alike. The family gets a one-stop medical service which is convenient and the doctor gains a familiarity with medical histories and family environment which aid him considerably with diag nosis and treatment. Too, knowledge of the whole family health history can not but be helpful when a decision for more specialized care may be warranted. It is much easier for the medical quarterback to call the plavs when he has access to all pertinent facts. After it has been determined what kind of doctor can best meet the family needs, you can next proceed to actual selection. When this is being done in an un familiar community, the best possible means of getting proper information is to contact the local county medical society. Thev will be delighted to supply a list of qualified men in the vicinity. To further buttress your decision before calling a man on the list, you may want to check over the names you have gotten in an American Medical Directory, which can be found in most libraries and hospitals. This book tells you the age of the physician, the medical school he attended, his specialty, his length of practice and his professional associations. When this material has been gone over, call the doctor who seems most likely to fit your needs and ask for an appointment. Tell him why you have come and, above all, be frank. Ask about fees, night calls, hospital connections and anything else on your mind. You will find that the doctor is most appreciative of your candor. Look around the offices and take a longer look at the doctor himself. If you like him on sight as an individual--he's probably vour man. If you decide definitely, see to it that all the medical data on your family is promptly put in his hands. This will get you both off on the right foot. These few, simple steps have the merit of reason. If you need to find a doctor, give these suggestions a trv. Y'ou'll know you've done the best for your familv and you'll find, in the process, that picking a doctor is a rewarding investment for the future. Figures Courtesy of Sc/ioemg 4* Co., Inc., S. V. BOOKS Anita Loos is back in form, kicking up her heels with all the verve that made Gentlemen Prefer Blondes a classic of its kind. Her new novel No Mother to Guide Her (a McGraw-Hill publication) is the story of a film star of yesterday and the Hollywood that was. What Miss Loos does with both of them --Viola Lake and the gilded film capitol--is devastating and delicious. Her pen is dipped in brine, but it's a feather pen with a breezv plume. Miss Loos trots her characters out from the stable like friskv colts, but watch out for their kick. A mur der case is the reason for getting the characters together and it serves just perfectly. Suburbia is again the topic of a new novel, one that is heads and shoulders above the usual fare that attempts to depict life within commuting distance of Manhattan. A Little, Brown book. Revolutionary Road, is the work of Richard Yates, whose theories vou may not be in sympathy with, but whose prose is extremelv accomplished. In setting forth his story of a voung married couple in Connecticut, the author has also looked in on their friends and neighbors, a group of people who are riddled with human foibles. Mr. Yates treats them kindlv though he reveals every chink in the armor. His mate rial offers nothing new, but his penetrating pen has eyes in the back of its head. In lesser hands the results would have been disastrous but Mr. Yates' marvelous command of words and situations elevates his novel immensely. V. Sackville-West's No Signposts in the Sea is a love story that is both tender and mature. In a very few pages, the noted British authoress has conveyed her command of char acter as she tells of unrequited love aboard a liner. A Doubledav book, the new novelette is told from the point of view of a famous journalist with a short time to live. His love for a widow is the cause of his perplexity. Sparing with words, Mrs. Sackville-West writes simply and to the point, pulling out emotion without wallowing in sentimentality. Her tre mendous technical skill is apparent and her story is quite appealing. Readers of short fiction will again find a smorgasbord of liter ary quality in Prize Stories 1961: The O. Henry Awards. A Doubleday annual, the latest volume is edited by Richard Poirier, who has done a commendable job. The selections are uniformly excellent and they run a wide range. The first prize winner, Tell Me a Riddle, fully deserves the recognition. Others in the anthology run it a close second. For the most part, the stories are the work of newcomers, though Arthur Miller is represented with a remarkable contribution. / Dont Seed You Any More. The stories are largely from "the little magazines" but The Sew Yorker and Esquire are also among those represented. An Only Child, Frank O'Connor s autobiography of his childhood and early manhood, is a wonderfully warm and wise chronicle that transcends mere autobiography The Knopf pub lication not only depicts what it was like to grow up in Ire land in the beginnings of the centurv, it evaluates a heritage and looks at a life influenced by all that touches it. It is gav and sad. beautiful and ugly, touching and repelling. Most of all. it is masterly. Mr. O'Connor's words are simple and lyrical and what he does with them has a kind of special magic that makes his recollections both entertaining and penetrating. He has some marvelous things to relate, but most of all it is his skill in relating them that sets his book apart. Nora Johnson, whose stones are familiar to readers of The Sew Yorker, has turned to the college campus for her second novel, A Step Beyond Innocence. Published b\ the Atlan tic Monthly Press, it is a distinguished entn on the spring roster. To say that it is the storv of a modem college girl would not do it justice . . . and justice is a value that con cerns Miss Johnson and the voung people of whom she writes. In a quiet, direct style that is never mannered or arti ficial, the author weaves a storv that grows out of the char acters and has a consistent point of view toward their emo tional and intellectual lives. No great explosions rip the pages, but a deep insight brings them to life. Robert S. Kane, one of the nation's leading travel writers, has concentrated on The Dark Continent in his latest volume Africa A to Z, a Doubledav book. Not concerned nearly so much with the political scene, Mr. Kane has compiled a book for the traveler, whether it be in reality or from the armchair. He has collected information on all of the 56 countries and depicted each in concise portraiture. He de scribes the gleaming modem cities and the dense jungles, the ancient ruins and the game preserves. There are illustrations to accompany the text. Mr. Kane must have had an enviable journey that could hardly' have been more complete. David Low. one of Britain's top cartoonist, is familiar as well to readers of The Sew York Times Magazine. Under the title The Fearful Fifties, Simon and Schuster has collected some of his most brilliant drawings from the last decade and the anthology is an explosive group of words and pictures that tells the history of the decade with savage humor. MrLow's pen is loaded with dynamite and he uses it with aban don to kid the pants off such personalities as Khrushchev, de Gaulle, McCarthy, Churchill. MacArthur, Eden and just about anyone who happens to leave an imprint upon the international scene. The Walls of Heaven, a Simon and Schuster novel, is a thoroughly exciting book that takes place in Phyrgia, a country of sharp ancient and modern contrasts. A Harvard professor finds himself up to his ears in the intrigues of a group of exotic 16 ETC 34283 f Don t the little > among of his tnd wise r>pf pubi in Ireheritage It is ga\ Most of d lyrical igie that ring. He it is his - of The r second le Allanie spring iiege girl :hat coniom she ! or arti:he charieir emoie pages. iters, has . volume d nearly mpiled a from the ; the 56 He deigles. the nstrations enviable ir as well r the title collected cade ami i pictures mor. Mr. . ith abanhchev, de just about ernational :oveI. >s a a country professor of exotic people caught in the struggle for power in the Middle East. There is a dictator who believes to be divinelv descended, a diplomat of extreme power, assassins, amorous women and hordes ot warring Christians and Moslems. Told on a big stale, it is both a remarkably entertaining book and an ex tremely provocative document of our troubed times. Satire is a difficult literarv form and its masters are few and far between. Satirical writers have usually in mind to treat a serious subject in a humorous wav. No contemporary author can match Peter DeVries in the art of writing satire and if proof were needed, one could find convincing proof in Little, Browns publication of Through the Fields of Clover. Scattering puns and outrageous characters like grass seed through the narrative. DeVries manages to be funnv while making some trenchant comments on modern mores. If satire js \our dish, count this one as a main course not an appetizer. MOVIES For sheer hilarity, fasten vour seat belt, load the whole family in the car and head for The Absent Minded Professor, as delicious a spoof of modern times as vou are likely to laugh at this season. A Walt Disnev Production, the new film has the farcical quality of the davs of the Keystone cops and cus tard pies as it tells the story of a small town chemist who in vents "flubber," a substance that defies gravity. As you may suspect, there are plenty of sight gags as just about every thing that isn't nailed down takes to the air. In there pitch ing for the homo sapiens are such adroit performers as Fred MacMurrav, Nancv Olson, Keenan Wynn and Ed Wynn, all of w'hom seem to be enjoying themselves enormously. Hoodlum Priest, based on the biographs- of Rev. Charles Dismas Clark, a Jesuit priest who devoted his life to rehabili tating ex-convicts in St. Louis, is an honest and moving film from United Artists. Don Murrav plavs Rev. Clark and he does one of his best portrayals to date as a man bent toward a cause with an obstacle at everv crossroad. There are some verv realistic prison scenes that are powerfully depicted with out capitalizing on sensationalism. Though the message is occasionally pounded a little too heavily, the story moves at a good clip and a cast of capable supporting placers is to be heartilv congratulated. TELEVISION Mildred Savage's highlv successful novel Parrish has been brought to the screen bv Warner Brothers, and no expense has been spared. Although it is something of a disappoint ment. there is still a good deal to recommend it. For one thing, the scenery of the Connecticut tobacco lands is lush in Tech nicolor. For another, there is Claudette Colbert giving the scenery a run for its monev and looking younger than spring time. On the plus side, add an excellent performance by Karl Malden as a tobacco tycoon. The rest of the major players are a group of voung people lead by Troy Donahue in the title role. Thev are all attractive youngsters with varying degrees of unspectacular talent. As for the plot, just about everything under the Connecticut sun happens. All in a Night's Work, a Paramount picture, is one of those lightweight comedies based on a mistaken supposition that compromises its star, Shirlev MacLaine. A Ha! Wallis pro* duction. it has verv little, if anything, to sav, but there is some delightfully wittv dialogue, directed to a crackle by Joseph Anthony. Dean Martin costars, and Cliff Robertson and Norma Crane lend a helping hand. All in a night's entertainment, it adds up to enough laughs to keep you happy, most of them thanks to the gusto and perkiness of Miss MacLaine. One-Eyed Jacks hits the jackpot. Paramount's greatly publi cized film, which Marlon Brando directs and also stars in, is that Mestem in a million and it bids fair to stand alongside High \oan. StQgecoach and Shane. Brando gives one of his best |>erformances to date, and Karl Malden is equally impressive as his arch enemy. The Monterey peninsula has been caught magnificently bv the camera. Though the tale of a young man ''ho swears to get revenge on a man responsible for sending him to prison mav sound trite, Director Brando has made it all seem as fresh and new as dawn. A long film, it cracks like a wlnp. Everybody involved has done himself proud. CBS television will present Jackie Gleason in The Million Dol lar Incident on April 21. The star will appear as himself in a drama in which a TV comic is kidnapped and held for ran som. The star-studded cast will include such home-screen personalities as Ed Sullivan, George Jessel, Everett Sloan, Jack Klugman and Harvev Lembeck. Our American Heritage, an NBC regular and one of tele vision's finest hours, will present an episode in the life of Robert E. Lee on April 22. Under the title of Main Event, a series of outstanding fight films will bow in as regular Wednesday evening feature on NBC beginning April 26. Rocky Marciano will be the host. Starting on April 27, CBS will present Summer Sports Spec tacular, an hour feature that will cover the world of sports, both spectator and participation. Shows are planned on fish ing, vachting, rodeos, horse racing--you name it. Also on April 27, Sally Ann Howes will star in the title role of Jane Eyre on CBS's Family Classics. Larrv Blvden, who has created many notable comic charac ters on Broadway as well as the home screen, will star in a comedv on the April 30 installment of The Loretta Young Show. On May 5, The Hallmark Hall of Fame will present the first of three award-winning dramas in their recent scriptwriting contest. The initial entry is Jem- C. McNeely's The Joke and the Valley. It will be seen on NBC. 1! Nr 30 YEARS Charles E. Colmn Purchasing & Traffic. Baton Rouge 20 YEARS Auben L. Almond Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Alfred Beck Research & Development, Detroit Christopher E. Brlhl General Sales, New York Thomas L. Cooper Manufacturing, Baton Rouge James D. French Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Charles B. Kass Research & Development, Detroit Lillian F. Kraker Advertising, New York Henry Miller Manufacturing, Baton Rouge George E. Ory Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Robert C. Sharbaugh Research & Development, Baton Rouge I IN vD I KR k UCH inent. METHYL ^WELCOMES Shirley Emmett is a stenoclerk for Finance in the New York office. Among her many hobbies is photography. George Lappin, engineer for Technical Services in Baton Rouge, is a graduate of the Universitv of Illinois. Fredric Newton, a gradu ate of Purdue University, is a Chemical Engineer for Process Design in Baton Rouge. Lesley Storey, a steno-clerk for General Services in New York, enjoys music, riding and home decorating. flEWS BRIEFS Ethvl Corporation and Richard Cook, editor of Ethyl News, the company's bi-monthiv external magazine, have been awarded George Washington Honor Medals for the second consecutive vear bv Freedoms Foundation at Valiev Forge, Pa. The awards in the companv publi cation category are for Ethyl News' "outstanding achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life." The Advertising and Sales Promotion department and Bulletin Board were both honored with an award at the 19th Exhibition of Printing of the New Y'ork Employing Printers Association. The Advertising and Sales Promotion group received its certificate for To Ex pand Your Market, a color brochure merchandising the 1960 marketing ex pansion program to customers. Second classman Barry Horton, son of Frank Horton at the Houston plant, represented West Point as a "delegate" in a model United Nations assembly held at McGill Universitv' in Montreal. Gordon Jenkins, son of Bailey Jenkins of Production and Planning in Baton Rouge, has been named outstanding "member of the week" of Companv D-6 of LSU's Pershing Rifles. He has been promoted to corporal and selected as this year's freshman member of the Per shing Rifle Color Guard. In the Central U. S. Ski Association's Ju nior Championships at Walloon Lake Ski Area. Ron Soroos, son of Harold Soroos at the Detroit Labs, took second place over-all in Bovs' Class II (ages 14 and 15). He finished first in the slalom and sixth in the downhill run. Emilie Steffek, daughter of Carl Steffek of Purchasing in Baton Rouge, has been chosen one of two outstanding ju niors at Baton Rouge High School. Among Emilies activities are cheer leader, president of Y-Teens, and mem ber of the Future Nurses, Latin and Phvsics Clubs. Emilie has maintained a "B" average throughout high school. For the second consecutive year, the Houston plant is sponsoring a Future Farmers of America calf in the Pasadena School District. The Company purchased a voung White Face calf for high school student Jimmy Medearis and he will keep the calf until next October at which time he will show it in the Pasadena Livestock Show. WEDDINGS Toronto Iris Pearrett and Hugh Fiddaman were married February 11 at St. Thomas Church. Iris is a member of the Sales department. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Jack Sieberth has been promoted from manager of the Baton Rouge section of the Patent division to associate patent counsel, reporting to Don L. Johnson, patent counsel. He is succeeded by Rick Geaman. John Barksdale, supervisor of So dium Maintenance at the Baton Rouge manufacturing plant, has been assigned to the position of supervisor of Main tenance Methods and Standards in In dustrial Engineering. Rotational assignments for several em ployees in the Manufacturing Depart ment at the Baton Rouge plant have been announced. H. F. Bradford is now superintendent, EtCl-VCl Maintenance; Roy Clothier has assumed the position of manager of Maintenance and On-Plant Construc tion; Fred Hamilton is now superin tendent, TEL Maintenance; John KloCK is manager of Operations; Shelby Lowe is now superintendent. Sodium Maintenance; and Vernon Smythe is superintendent. Industrial Engineering. Roland McKenzie, assistant superin tendent, TEL Operations, Baton Rouge, started a special assignment of several months duration in Manufacturing Plan ning and Coordination. Don Everson, supervisor in Sodium Operations, is now acting assistant superintendent, TEL Op erations. Three employees of Research and De velopment in Baton Rouge have assumed new assignments. Charles Colvin, III, was transferred to Manufacturing Tech nical Services as process engineer; Gene Croxton is now in Process Design as a process design engineer; and Tom LeePer was transferred on a rotational assignment to Economic Evaluation as acting supervisor. John Thibaut of Engineering has suc ceeded Henry Wall of Process Design as head of the Methvl Chloride team in the Baton Rouge plant. John, who is continuing as project coordinator, is also maintaining communications with all de partments involved in matters concern ing the project. Several organizational changes in Chem ical Research and Development at the Baton Rouge manufacturing plant have been announced. Hymin Shapiro, formerly assistant director, is now research advisor; and Jim Johnston moved from acting su pervisor to senior research associate. Their new assignments will permit them to devote greater attention to the genera tion and evaluation of new research programs. Other new assignments are: Walt Foster as assistant director; Don E. Johnson, Louis Menville and Dick Zietz as supervisors; Fred Frey, acting supervisor; Gene Ashby as research as sociate; and Ken Lindsay, development associate. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing employees: Detroit: James S. Jackson, $70.00 (Automatic starting of knock test engines in Dan 13); Russell S. Unangst, $25.00 (Hoist pole for moving heavy objects to roofs). New York Office and Sales Depart ments: W. R. Barnes, $25.00 (A looseleaf Product Service Manual be made up for customer operators); Elsie H. Cope land, $10.00 (Lower two bottom signa ture lines to provide space on Activity Report form); E.R, Erskine and C. P. Michel, $40.00 (Make available prod uct merchandising and carrying kits for use by the Field) (Two separate sugges tions covering two separate phases of the same problem); R. W. Kjmpton, $65.00 (Sample cases be made up in cluding representative deposits which may occur in fuel s\ stems'' (This idea was not used, but it motivated an im portant Tech .Vote), Rom ana Kull, $10.00 (Price and Product Information cards for Sales department personnel not to exceed 2%" x 3!i", if and when possible, for easy insertion in a plastic window wallet); W. C, Sterrett, $25.00 (Slogan for use on match book cover). Pacific Coast: Ronald Albright, $10.00 (Wrench for valves on EtCl cars); Henry Paul, S20.00 (Substitu tion of Lewis Pump Bearings); Ken G. Scott, S10.00 (Trouble call for boiler area); Bryan Sutton. S 15.00 (Safety belt at melt pot). EXTRACURRICULAR James Boudreau, director of Public Re lations, New York, was reappointed a member on the CPA's Advisor)' Commit tee on Public Relations of the American Petroleum Institute for 1961. Bob Downey of Data Research in Ba ton Rouge assisted as a consultant in the preparation of the book Louisiana State Accounting, which was recentlv released bv the Public Affairs Research Council. Edward Steimel. PAR executive director, expressed appreciation for Bob's contri bution to the state financing studv in a letter to Ethyl. Edd Miller, Houston plant Protection supervisor, served on an interview board in Pasadena upon the request of the Texas Department of Public Safetv. The board interviewed a number of appli cants interested in becoming members of the Law Enforcement Services of the Department of Public Service. Eleven Baton Rouge plant employees and one Detroit Laboratorv man partici pated in the 44th annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engi neers in New Orleans. Participating in the preparation were Frank Cheely, Chemical Engineer ing, as chairman of the Plant Trips Com mittee, and Tom Allen, Technical Serv ices. Eric Breidenbach. Process Design, was vice chairman of the Executive Committee. B. M. Gautreaux, Process Develop ment, was chairman of Technical Paper Judging. Merlin Koenecke,chairman.George Daniels, Charles Hunt and Al Smith were on the Registration Com mittee. They are all in Technical Serv ices. 20 ETC 34287 his idea ! an imV Kull. ormation ersoimel id when a plastic terrett. tch book I.BXJGHT. EtCl SubstituKen G. -r boiler (Safety ublic Reointed a Commit* American h in Bu rnt in the ina State released Council, director, s eontriudv in a 'roteetion ew board -t of the :etv. The of appli* members rvices of ice. mployees .n partici ng of the cal Engi- tion were Engineertips Com ical Sen- ' Design. Executive Develop:cal Paper i.George and Al ion Comiical Serx- Mary Ann Martin. Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, was on the La dies Committee. Appealing on the program were Baton Rouge men Paul McKim, Research and Development, and Merle Gould, Com mercial Development: and Tom Locker bie of Research and Development in Detroit. Richard Scales of the Detroit Labs was jppointed a trustee of the Traffic Safety Association of Detroit. This organiza tion. which is celebrating its 20th year, has helped Detroit win more top traffic sifet\ awards than am other in the country. \ mimhei of Baton Rouge plant emplmees seized as judges at regional high school science fairs. Julian Honeycutt of Chemical Re search and Development was a judge for the chemistry exhibits during the local Baton Rouge regional fair at University High School. Shelby Love, Sodium Maintenance, and George Bass, Chemical Research and Development, were judges at the regional fair at Southeastern Louisiana College in Hammond. Martin Smith of Chemical Research and Development was a member of the planning committee for the local Baton Rouse fair. Bernard Sobel and Jimmie Ward, both of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, were judges at the Lee High School Science fair. Bemie judged the mathematical division papers, and Jim mie was the judge on the student science exhibits. HSONKTHE ROSTRUM During the 44th national meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engi neers held in New Orleans. Tom Lock erbie of the Detroit Labs, presented a research report on how refiners can pro duce todav's gasolines most economically -and produce higher octane gasolines as needed with no major changes in equip ment. Co-authors of the piece were Jim Sewell, also of the Detroit Labs; and A. R. Johnson and J. A. Knaus of the M. W. Kellogg Company. At a recent Ethyl Management Club meeting. Dr. Richard Green, Baton Rouge Medical, was a member of a doc tors' panel discussion on detection and treatment of earlv stages of heart dis eases. BIRTHS Detroit Allen and Dora BozuNG-a daughter. Ann Marie. Allen is a mechanic in the Lab's Dynamometer section. Houston Frank and Mary Zycha--a daughter. Jennifer Zycha. Frankie is a labora tory technician. Sarnia Gordon and Daphne Armstrong--a daughter, Gillian Margaret. Gordon is supervisor of Financial Control at the plant. Clayton and Roma Fay--a son, Dan iel Steven. Clayton is an operating technician in Manufacturing. Toronto Dave and Carol WiLSON-a daughter, Leslie Ann. Dave is with the Eastern Sales division office. SS.IN THE FIELD Dick Courtney, New York district au tomotive engineer, made a presentation entitled "Operating Variables Affecting Knock and Engine Performance" to the Parts and Service Managers Council of American Motors in Hempstead, Long Island. He used the demonstration en gine slides from "Combustion Phenomena in Automotive Engines" and the movie entitled "For Better Performance." New York district field engineer Don FoRSDICK presented the safety- film on the hazard of air in refinery- operations, entitled "Danger! Air!" to 320 employ ees of Humble Oil and Refining Com pany in Everett, Massachusetts. Whit Sweeney, Pittsburgh district rep resentative. gave a talk on "Modern Au tomobile Engines and Their Fuels" to members of the Virginia Military Insti tute Branch of the American Chemical Society. Atlanta district representative Vince Hanlon has been supplying the Atlanta region office of the American Oil Com pany w ith various maps and writeups on the Magic Circle Travel Clinic for their monthly newsletter, Southeasterner. which recently devoted considerable space to a resume of Ethyl's studv of the importance of women in the gaso line market entitled "Women on Wheels." Mac McCooley, Philadelphia district representative, showed the "Danger! .Air!" film to employ ees of the Culf Oil Corpora tion Refinery- at Girard Point, Philadel phia. The film was viewed by a group of operators in training to operate their new oxo plant. IN MEMORIAM It is with the deepest regret that we note the deaths of three Ethvl employees and an engineering contractor's em ployee as a result of the accident at the Baton Rouge plant on March 2. The three Ethvl fatalities were Charles R. Johnson. Nelson O. Denham and Urban A. Callais. To their families we extend our sincere sympathy in their time of grief. Charles R. Johnson, supervisor in TEL Operations, died on March 2. He had been with the Company since Mav, 1929. and at the Baton Rouge plant since April, 1938. He is survived bv his widow, Jennie B. Johnson, and his mother. Mrs. Adah T. Oatman, both of Baton Rouge. Urban A. Callais, operator first class in TEL Operations, died on March 2. He was employed by Ethyl in De cember. 1938. He is survived bv his widow, Hazel D. Callais of Baton Rouge; his mother. Mrs. Albert Callais of Plaquemine, La.; two sons. Urban A., Jr. and Dale; a daughter, Mrs. Brenda C. Schmidt; two sisters and five brothers. Nelson O. Denham, production foreman in TEL Operations, died on March 8. He was employed by the Company in April, 1937 as an operator helper second class in the sodium area. He is survived by his widow, Fave Y. Denham; two daughters, Mrs. Darlvn D. Kopcso and Mrs. Ellen D. Jordon; two grandchildren; two brothers and a sister. 21 t :V * lic-K mm* 1 Xm'lfa* uV Both Ethyl Corporation and Thom Yates, New York Public Relations, were honored by The American Her itage Foundation for outstanding citizenship in connection with last year's election. The Company award, accepted by B. B. Turner, honored Ethyl's industrial statesmanship and Thom was singled out for his "Know Your Congress" presentation and two editorials on voting which ran in The Saturday Evening Post last fall. Foundation president John Cornelius, left, made the presentations. 22 ETC 34289 an Herompany t for his nost last fs .. CAGE STAR An outstanding star with the Mt. Diablo High School basketball team in Concord, California, Merrill Downing has helped to keep "the Devils" near the top of the league this season. Merrill is the son of Jack Downing in the Finance section of the Pacific Coast Plant. A crucial basket scored in overtime bv Merrill put Mt. Diablo in first place. PAUL'S PRIZE /"Officials of the Michigan Horticultural Society re- centlv bestowed a special award upon Ethyl's Paul Thompson, Detroit Chemical Research, at the annual Detroit Flower Show. Paul was responsible for the exhibit of the Michigan Botanical Club, which featured 50 flowering plants and for which he re ceived the special citation. ETC 34290 TRAINEE TRAVELS Four new members of the New York office of the Finance department get a tour of the Baton Rouge manufacturing plant as a part of an extensive indoc trination course that took them to Baton Rouge dur ing the final four-week stage. From left to right, the trainees are Lowell Swaidner, Bill Powell, Tom Bodeman and Joe McGurk, shown as they were being es- corted through the plant's Central Stores. Their guide was Lester Mire, Stores foreman, who is explaining how jitneys are used to move heavy equipment. Pud Marix, Baton Rouge Finance, was in charge of the comprehensive schedule, while Ray Metternich, Baton Rouge Employee Relations, was responsible for setting up the plant tour. more people, more places F.S.M.I. FACTION ' I 'hree brand-new Ethyl graduates of a recent Field Sales Management Institute Course held in Cleveland, Ohio, are shown below along with an Ethvl alumnus of the course and two F.S.M.I. officials, right. From left to right are Doug Baker, Central Re gion merchandiser; Merrill Anderson, Cleveland Dis trict account representative; Dick Husta, Cleveland District account representative; and Al Bingham, Cleveland District manager. Al had taken the course previouslv but was on hand to congratulate the new graduates. George Rosser, Eastern Region assistant manager, was another graduate, but was unable to attend the ceremonies. Doug, Merrill, Dick and George were all presented with diplomas. * if it ,|n W ET1 E1 OT W # !***'1 8 M ETC 34291 leir guide xplaining ent. Pud ,,re of the ch, Baton or settinc Bingham, he course the new assistant mable to )ick and ETHYL ' DES "Child's regional merchandisers and representatie es from Ethvl of Canada and Export Sales met recently with Advertising and Sales Promotion staff members and Frank Howard, Merchandising manager. The New York meeting was held to put finishing touches on the new Ethyl AIDS Catalog, which each of those present had a hand in preparing. Shown left to right are: Harr\' Manning, Western Region merchandiser; Doug Baker, Central Region merchandiser; Bob Marks, New York; Ed McDonald, Export Sales; Frank Howard; Kearney Hurst, New Y'ork; Hal Thomas, Ethyl of Canada; Joe Hopkins, Eastern Region merchandiser; and Grant Scott, MidContinent Region merchandiser. O'CONNELL'S 52ND George O'Connell, Eastern Region Product Service and Safety engineer, is pictured above, sec presentation, "What's Going on Here?" was initiated by George, who has been asked to present it at re ond right, with three members of the Mobil Oil fineries, home offices and other sales installations Refiners staff in East Providence, Rhode Island. throughout the Eastern Region. The response by oil This was the fiftv-second occasion at which George companies has been so favorable that 16 kits have presented his flannel-board talk on storage tank been assembled with the necessary materials for giv safety before a customer company audience. The ing the presentation in other of the Sales Regions. fti / r BILL'S BOARD B`l ill Purcell, field representative in the Tulsa dis trict, recently presented Ethyl's "Know Your Gasoline" at a jobber meeting of Derby Refining in Republic, Kansas. Jobbers were invited to bring along their offspring, manv of whom attended the illus trated talk and learned some of the basic facts about their dads' business. more people, more places RUSSELL RECHOSEN ]YyT arv Russell, Los Angeles District field representative, is being congratulated on his reappoint ment to the Technical Committee for the Mobilgas Economy Run bv Mildred DeRose, Western Region Office secretary. Marx' was gixen that new Buick to drive during the event, which was conducted over roads from Los Angeles to Chicago. MURPHY ON MARATHON TRAINING TALKS \ Y 7"indham College's Dick Murphy, Jr., left, son of J* athered for the fourth annual meeting of train- '' Ethyl's Eastern Region manager, decided with ing personnel in New York are: (seated) Hylton some of his classmates to refute the notion that Webb, Houston; Howard Gulick, New York; Fred American vouth had gone soft by walking from Put- Navlor, New York Sales; Rax Metternich, Baton nev, Vermont to New York City during Easter vaca Rouge; and Gene Hatfield. Pittsburg. Standing are: tion. Their trek drew praise from the press and a Rav Faller, manager of Training; Ben Hodge. Baton i congratulatory letter from President Kennedy. Rouge R&D; and Ted Carron, Detroit Labs. r. ui i'V-.-t ETC 34293 J I hese metalwork figures were exhibited at the 15th Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen. Made of stainless steel and called "The Eggheads", the figures are the work of Mike Rometti, Detroit Laboratory Services. Observer Eric Owen, Lab Services, was one of many Ethvl people to visit the exhibition area. 61ETHYL D Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Train of Thought ... All Kinds oi Cars Highways to History Body Guard Salty Spree .................. For Your Entertainment Milestones........................... Ethyl Welcomes ... Personals ... People and Places . . .. . .. 2 4 8 10 12 16 18 19 19 22 Leonhard Dowry ........................................Editor Edward Metcalf...................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris......................... Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Bongero, Joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Mike Espi nosa; Seu Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sew York: Jim Donohue, Ema Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire: Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew. Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson: Yo::kers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethjl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OUR COVER: Wesley and Lorina Stark (he's in Maintenance and Construction Plan ning at the Baton Rouge plant) get a close look at the face of salt 1.000 feet below ground. Wes made arrangements for the recent EMC trip to Jefferson Island salt mines. Story be gins on page 12. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue. New York, New York. B. B. Turner, Prc>iidem: William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in U-S.A 2 ^Through the rain. Through the sleet, Ethvl guarantees receipt As those tank cars go rolling along. Through the mud. Through the snow, Antiknock is on the go As those tank cars go rolling along. For it's hi-hi-hee When it conies to quality. Ethvl has always rung the gong. For vears and years Ethvl s had no peers As those tank cars go rolling along. ETC 34297 ; atom;. i2 alon". jong. g along Over land, Over sea. To the windward and the lee, Watch those tank cars go rolling along. Through the muck, Through the mire, Hear those wheels sing out in choir As those tank cars go rolling along. For it's hi-hi-hee Customers agree Ethvl is in there going strong. From shore to shore Ethyl's in the fore As those tank cars go rolling along. On the track Hear them clack. EthvTs wheels are never slack As those tank cars go rolling along. Through the night, Through the day, Antiknock is on its way As those tank cars go rolling along. For it's hi-hi-hee In cities A to Z, Never a ping, a pung or pong. Around the clock We re shipping antiknock As those tank cars go rolling along. l' vement oi ashboord. ALL KINDS OF CARS At the International Automobile Show in New York's Coliseum last month, car manufacturers put their best feat forward. Vehicles ranging from motor scooters to limousines were attractively displayed, complete with price tags reading anywhere from $300 to over S20,000. Tens of thousands, including manv Ethyl people, flocked to see the show during the nine-dav run, and these record-breaking throngs looked at cars made in nearly every comer of the free world and engineered for nearly every taste. At its inception five years ago, foreign car makers had the International Automobile Show pretty much to themselves. This is not so today, particularly in the sports car and compact car markets. American man ufacturers have come into the field with vigor, and a glance around the three floors of exhibits at the 1961 show certainly indicates that they are giving as good as thev get in this highly competitive area. Ethyl personnel attending the show were attracted not only bv the cars but also bv some of our customer company displays. Oil company exhibits were in spired bv a theme of flexibility through researchinforming the driving public that the oil industry is ready to meet increasingly demanding fuel specifica tions as new engine designs require them. With such a variety of cars on display, it was a rare visitor who could not picture himself Magic Cir cling in one or another of these shiny models. If all "ho attended the International Auto Show were not moved to buv, at least the price of the ticket pro vided the stimulus to dream a little. '} 1 i Bill and Bob are drawn to an exhibit that it designed to show off engineering innovations. ETC 34300 ALL KINDS OF CARS (cont'd) Gordon, loft, goto a briofing from Sun Oil roprosontativo on thoir now Custom Blond Pumps. Right, Koarny Hurst and Gordon Saxon moot at oxhibit that shows automobilo from tho insido out. N o w a d a y s , it 's e a s ie r to e x p lo re y o u r M a g ic C irc le . ETHYL Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Best Face Forward . .2 Toward Greener Fields . .4 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous ... 8 Summer Summary Supplement 14 Pleasure of the Company , 16 For Your Entertainment .. 18 Milestones..................... 20 Ethyl Welcomes .. . 21 Personals .22 People and Places . 24 Leonhard Dowtv .................................... Editor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris.......................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedrtdge; Dallas: Ann SeJfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motson, Bd Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Lot Angeles: Harry Manning; Ale.v/Vo.' Mike Espi nosa; Seu Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sett Yor.* Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Labe City: ]. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; honkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON' OCR COVER- Grace Nicoll. New York General Sales, scans the view from The Cloisters, a reproduction of a medieval castle that houses art treasures of the Renaissance. The store begins on page 8. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Aveouc, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in U.S.A. 0 I i Can you find yourself here in the crowd? Are vou one of the smiling or gloomils-browed? Are vou of the sort whose mouth droops and sags? Are vour eves merelv porters to carry the bags? Do vou look like a cherub? Do you look like a crow? Are vou something right out of the stories of Poe? Do s ou look like a sinner or more like a saint? Do vou look like vourself or someone you ain't? Do people around sou feel gay when you're there Or are s ou the kind who gets in their hair? Are vour troubles revealed bv the lines on your map? Is there nothing but woe when you open your trap? Do vou hide in a cloud continually dark? Do \ou find that s our bite is far worse than vour bark? Are there stars in sour eyes that light up a room? Does the blush in vour cheeks make red roses bloom? Do vou scowl? Do s ou sneer? Do s ou constantly gripe? Or are sou the lovable, good-natured type? Is interest reseated by the look on vour face Or ss'hile someone's talking are you off in space? Do people run svhen sou drass' near? Or do thes' beam from ear to ear? Look in the mirror. What do you see? Someone reflected as you svish to be? Vour face is sour fortune, believe it or not. You mas like another, but this one you'se got. You can't change its features, sou can't swap it off. And onls a fool would dare chop it off. There in that mirror the whole story lies. The solution's quite simply for folks who are svise: Don't svear a puss that's vinegar sour. Present to the world a smiling sunflower. 3 Above, Ethyl and Oliver engineers follow their brain-child down a road at the 1954 field trial* where the OX-121 was first put through its paces. With the successful completion of these tests, any fears that the gasoline tractor might have outlived its Ethyl Corporation's part in gasoline tractor devel opment over the past 30 years has been, and Progress, in the last analysis, comes about through people. In the case of the gasoline tractor it's a lot of continues to be, a proud one. Twentieth Century people--Ethvl people and others. In reaching the pres America has been witness to no greater phenomenon ent peak of gasoline tractor performance and economy, than the astronomical rise in agricultural productivity a lot of work, a lot of skill, and a lot of faith and and in large measure the gasoline tractor has con patience were needed. Over the vears, no man has tributed to this rise. As yields per farm acre and yield had a more important part in this Ethvl effort than per man hour have zoomed upward to meet the de Heinie Mueller of Technical Service in Detroit. mands of an expanding population, farm equipment Although his work as Supervisor of the Engineering manufacturers have pressed continually to improve Services Section encompasses a great deal more now their products. adays than gasoline tractors, Heinie. from almost the For nearly 30 vears now, the gasoline tractor has verv beginning of his employment with Ethyl in 1930. played a significant role in this technological revolu has been close to the tractor program. Talk to Dan tion on the nation's farms. As a major contributor Guy, Punch Pfundstein, George Krieger, Rollie Gish to gasoline tractor development, the Company has and countless others who worked with Heinie on reason for pride. With the agricultural market for Ethvl tractor projects. These men will tell vou to a petroleum products now three and a half billion dol man that Heinie Mueller's quiet skill and unceasing lars annuallv, Ethvl's interest is not academic. None labors have contributed more than any other man's to theless it is safe to say that without the vision and the Ethyl share in the success story. From the hot, research dollars of companies like Ethyl, no such hard sands of Muroc Dry Lake in California where miracle of food productivity could have been achieved. he and Rollie Gish sweated out early experimental 34307 through < a lot of the presconomv, aith and man has ort than Detroit, ^ineering )re nowinost the in 1930, . to Dan ftie Gish einie on \ou to a neeasing man's to the hot, ia where rimental In 1935, Heinie Mueller lived in an abandoned store at Muroc Dry Lake and ran tests on experimental models like the above. models in the mid-Thirties, right down to the present with the new Oliver 1800 high compression tractor being put on the market, Heinie Mueller has had a hand in almost all gasoline tractor improvements. Starting in 1934 when George Krieger converted a distillate-burning unit into the first high compression tractor on an Illinois farm, the Company has been striving to assist in developing better, more efficient fuels for the farm. Heinie and the Ethyl agricultural engineering team hav e trained their wits on this prob lem and in the process, cooperating with other engi neers, have produced notable advances. Bv the end of World War II, many people felt that perhaps the gasoline tractor had had its day. Certainly the emphasis was pointing to other directions. Even proponents of the gasoline tractor were admitting the then current models were about at optimum perform ance levels. It remained for Ethyl's founder, Charles F. Kettering, to provide the push and the imagination to broaden the thinking. As with the automobile, Boss Ket felt that the answer to better performance lay in 5 1 a dramatic increase in compression ratio. He urged a departure from accepted norms to prose his theory. With this impetus, Ethyl entered into a joint research project with Oliver Corporation and the XO-121, an experimental tractor with a 12-to-l compression ratio, was horn in 1954. Heinie Mueller was a prominent member of the Ethvl task force assigned to the XO-121 project. With his colleagues and in the face of many disappoint ments, he built the engine Boss Ket envisioned. There is no question but that the XO-121 and its remarkable engine are the basis for mans- recent farm power ad vances. It is a certainty that Oliver's latest high com pression beautv, the 1800 production model, is a direct descendant of the XO-121. Heinie and other Ethyl Engineers worked closely with Oliver engineers on the 1800. Standard tests at the University of Nebraska have proved it to be the most efficient gasoline tractor now on the market. It converts more fuel energy into useful work and marks a new high in economv. Fea turing an 8.5-to-l compression ratio, the 1800 promises to be the bellweather in gasoline tractor advancement for a long time to come. Heinie Mueller is such a genuinely modest man that one must look elsewhere to learn of his accom plishments. Within the Company and beyond it, elo quent testimony to his abilities can be found for the asking. A recent incident serves to illustrate the high regard in which Heinie's colleagues hold him. Just last vear Oliver Corporation presented a plaque to the Company. It read: "In recognition of 25 years of invaluable cooperation given the Oliver Cor poration bv Ethvl engineers, in research dedicated to the improvement of high compression tractor engines". Bv unanimous consent of all concerned, that plaque now hangs in Heinie Mueller's office. V 17 Bom Kot was on hand at tho demonstration in 1954 to soo Hoinio start up OX*121 and watch the tests. Two minds with one thought: A bet* ter, more efficient tractor for the farm. ETC 34309 0 promises ' ancement >dest man lis accomnd it, elond for the e the high i. sented a ition of 25 liver Cordicated to engines", at plaque Heinie and Rollie Gish on that happy day in 1954 whan tha OX-121 proved it* mettle. Where research pays off: Heinie tells an Oliver dealer how 1800 performed in the Nebraska tests. I i Your car is a magic carpet to take you ... from the to the Sublime / Ridiculous In essence, selecting a destination for Magic Circle adventuring is a product of individual mind and mood. Each person or family group has tastes, atti tudes, and needs which suit their own purposes, and these, in the last analysis, are what point the family car's direction when the time comes for sightseeing and travel. Within the confines of New York City alone are enough places of varied interest to occupy a lifetime. It presents a problem in selection to be resolved in dividually--each to his or her tastes. Thus, recently, two voung ladies from Ethyl's New York Offices chose to visit the cool, quiet confines of The Cloisters in New York's Fort Trvon Park while, at almost the same time, an Ethyl father decided to drive the wife and kids to Conev Island. This is not to say that at some other time, under other circumstances, their destina tions might not be reversed. The atmosphere that pervades The Cloisters is nearlv sublime. Its medieval sculptures, restored edifices, and ancient tapestries have an enduring fasci nation to the visitor. Certainly Edith Kuslansky, Employee Relations, and Grace Nicoll, General Sales, found it so. They spent hours wandering among the works and architectural wonders from another, far off medieval time. It was, for them, a unique experi ence filled with interest and quiet satisfaction. In contrast to The Cloisters, the circus-like tempo of Coney Island might tend to seem ridiculous. It's not. For the family of Bob Marks, Advertising and At left, Edith Ktulantky and Groca Nicoll eland in tho courtyard at The Cloisters, guidebooks in hand. Right, Caroline Marks's hand is also proving a useful appendage. She's trying to keep her hat in place while strolling on the Coney Island boardwalk. FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS (cant'd.) Sales Promotion, it turned out to be just plain fun. Thev practice what thev preach in Bob's department, where the Magic Circle was born. When the oppor tunity presented itself, Bob packed his lively brood in the family car and drove off to Coney for a happy dav in the sun. In this grand-daddv of all amusement parks, there were rides and thrills for all from Bob and his wife, Madelvn right down to little two-vear-old Pam. With a side trip to the neighboring Aquarium thrown in, the Marks family spent a dav they will not soon forget. Well, that's the story: from the sublime to the I ridiculous. Moreover, what is true of New York City l is equally true anywhere. There is a Magic Circle to suit everv taste and your passport to adventure is the family car. Groce ponder* the view which overlooks the Hudson River, while Edith keeps on reading. 10 ETC 34313 jetton of a hyl visitor*. Below, towards mid-afternoon, the Markses were still smiling -- but some were tired. Above, Madelyn Marks followed children on the Oiant Slide greatly to their delight. istor, above, Ifth Century. Two-year-old Pommy Marks needed refreshment to be reedy for Merry-Go-Round. 13 ETC 34316 In the last issue of Bulletin Board we printed a short list of health and safety reminders particularly applicable to the summer vacation season. Since the piece was put into type, we have been reminded of so mans' other items that might equally well have been included that we have been moved to set down some additions. As we said before, a complete catalogue of health and safety hints is not possible. Our sole aim is to remind people--by means of a cursors- outline-- of possible areas for concern. We merely want to call up health and safety thinking in the minds of Ethyl people in order that their season in the sun not be marred by untoward difficulty. What follows, then, is our supplement to the Summer Summary. ss'ild flosvehs and murrs. In communing with nature, some--not all--of the flora and fauna growing on the landscape ought to be approached with caution. The wise course is to identifs' positively all apparently edible fruits beforehand--then wash thoroughly. With mushrooms and toadstools found in their native habitat, it is well to avoid them com pletely. Some varieties have such a lethal effect, it is better to be sure and buv them at a store. boating. If you are of a mind to seek vacation pleasures afloat, go over that part of the craft's gear that does not come into constant use. Two items, for instance, should be pertinent in this regard: inventory the number and condition of the life preservers aboard and inspect to make sure the chemical ex tinguisher is full and workable. This last is not only a sound safety measure but is also a legal requirement for power boats. One tip more: Buy a Marine First Aid Kit with all the basic first aid materials. food quality. When you're on the road, it is wise to be wary of the condition of the kitchen in places where you stop to feed the family. Most road side refreshment places observe high standards of cleanliness--but not all of them. Since, when travel ling, you and vour family are at the mercv of other cooks in other kitchens, it makes sense to satisfy your self as to sanitary conditions. A quick look in the kitchen, the recommendation of friends, or reference to a reliable eating guide are all good wavs to avoid difficulty. Eating guides, too, often indicate the price range in acceptable places. insect bites and stings. Two sound home rem edies, an ammonia compress or a paste made of ordinary baking soda, are a ready answer to this sometimes annoying problem. With a sting, remove the stinger bv scraping or plucking it out. That's the SUMR smm SUPPLEMENT a\ I % -J ,, *. r' J best way of getting rid of the offending irritant and draining the poison sac. Should you have plans for visiting an area where there are some insects, a bottle or two of repellant will come in handy. hay fester. People who suffer from hay fever or similar allergies are well advised to take their malady into account when picking a vacation spot. Children, especially, could have an undetected allergy which could put a damper on the vacation for the whole family. In any case, it is sound practice to have the family doctor run an allergy test series where one is suspected. By doing this before leaving on a trip, a great deal of unpleasantness may be avoided. Those who do have such an affliction have a number of places to inquire about a suitable pollen-free vacation spot. The major oil companies all have excellent travel sendees where you can inquire about the pollen count in various resort areas and where, too, much helpful and up-to-the-minute highway information can be obtained. behind the wheel. No matter how anxious you may be to reach the destination of your vacation dreams, too long a time behind the wheel in your zeal to get there is not advisable. After all, part of the purpose of a good vacation is to relax. Too long a driving stint doesn't fulfill that purpose. By keeping a leisurely but steady pace, vou can get where you're going in ample time--and safety'. Take a look at the scenery on the wav, make frequent stops, and, above all, don't try to drive with an urgency which belies caution. Take it easy and arrive relaxed and happy. No health hint or safetv tip serves the travelling vacationer half so well as an ample supply of plain old common sense. You can't buv it at anv store but almost everybody owrns some. Were the formula for an Ethvl vacationer's trip to be written as a recipe, it might read like this: VACATION DELIGHT 1 Ethyl Family 1 Family Car 2 Weeks Vacation (or more) With Pay 1 Vacation Area A pinch of moderation A dash of common sense Put Ethyl family into family car. Add check for two weeks vacation with pay. Roll to vacation area adding a pinch of moderation. Mix family thoroughly with vacation area and add common sense as needed. Enjoy, enjoy. i p~ Jki* 34318 Emplosees with 25 or more r ears of service were again honored b\ the Companv at annual dinners, and the men and ssomen who svere Ethyl Corpo ration in those davs proved themselses--and that, in a held across the countrv. At each, a spirit of camara sense, is svhat was being celebrated' The combined derie prevailed as old friends met and recalled the total of the sears of experience represented would class of the Companv's south svhen the going was span scores of centuries and place our products long rough, svhen the growing pains could only be licked before the coming of the automobile. Those years are bs perseverance and performance. Both our product invaluable to our future. 1 FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT Joseph Coogan's To The Rear March, a Doubledav publi cation, will help immeasurably to cheer the long, hot summer davs. Not since So Time for Sergeants had us laughing at the foibles of the enlisted man has there been a book about life in the Armv as funny as this one, in which a young Phila delphian finds himself stationed at an Army hospital seven blocks from home. His dreams of glory to get up and at the enemy are short lived, but he manages to create a private battleground of his own, and we are lucky that we still own Philadelphia. The adventures are madcap and swift as we follow Private Steven Lean- from one hilarious catastrophe to another. Steven winds up plaving in the GI version of Hamlet at a plushv Honolulu hotel, which mav not have con tributed much to the winning of the war but certainlv will contribute to several hours of enjoyable reading. Shirley Ann Grau. who ascended to the literary heights in meteoric splendor, is the author of a new novel, The House on Colliseum Street. A Knopf release, the authoress's sec ond novel again proves that she is among the best voting writers of the day, with a gift for words that are simple and musical and describe precisely what she means them to. Her latest entry has to do with the inhabitants of an old Southern home in a rundown district of New Orleans, and primarily with the loves of a voung woman who is so cool and level-headed that you feel nothing can touch her. She is not, however, that imperturbable and when she finally does fall in love it is with dire consequences that lead her to act far differently from the pattern of her life. Miss Grau's characters are superb--a mother wed just about as often as the law allows and two grown daughters whose lives also seem to be going in all directions. Despite her eloquent style. Miss Grau lays the cards on the table and faces these lives head on. Since the Chinese are credited with the discovery of printing, it is only natural that they should have a literary past, well proven in Arthur Walev's Ballads and Stories from TunHuang. In the new Macmillan book the ancient stories and legends are told with a brightness and perception that brings Aesop to mind, and attest to the vitality of man's imagina tion. They are touching and humorous, wise and wittv and thoroughly delightful to the Western mind. Manv of them have given root to Occidental mvths and folklore and vou will recognize characters that have become well-known in our legends. The source of the book was a manuscript found in a cave, supposedly from a private library. The owner was unquestionably a man of taste. If, like us. vou are frequently baffled by what makes things tick, you will find vourself having a wonderful time with the new Doubledav book How Does It Work?, Richard M. KofFs amazing collection of revelations about some of the gadgets and machines that make our daily lives easier. Some 300 illustrations make it all the more understandable. Among the things that the author explains are air conditioners, pens, hi-fi. guns, remote control, light bulbs and a vast assortment of mechanisms in and around the modem home. The text is simple and adroit. You may not want to run right out to re pair the washing machine, but vou'll have a far better under standing of its operation. The sixteenth annual collection of Best Detective Stories of the Year, a Dutton release, will keep amateur sleuths on their toes with some of the best murder and mavhem yams to be published during 1960. Edited bv Brett Halhdav, the latest in the series is one of the best in recent \ears. Of the twenty stories included, nine are from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; others come trom The Saturday Evening Post, This Week. Manhunt and The Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine. Our favorites were Talmage Powell's Murder Method; Borden Deal's The Secret Box: and Bryce Walton's Suit of Armor. Size 36. Sentimentality fairly drips on the pages of Where the Red Fern Grows, a short novel about an Ozark bov and his two dogs, but if you're inclined toward canines and or small bovs. you won t mind a bit. The work of Wilson Rawls, the new Doubledav entry combines all of the ingredients of familiar dog stories, and the relationship between Billv and his pets is sure to soften even the hardest heart among us. There is a rousing good coon hunt that is sure to be appreciated and the Cherokee country is vividly described. The climax is touching, though sophisticates may find it a little tough to take. Most of the book appeared in The Saturday Evening Post under the title The Hounds of Youth. Evan Hunter, who has to his credit The Blackboard Jungle and Strangers When We Meet, has also gone in for pound age with his latest Simon and Schuster novel. Mothers and Daughters, a big volume that spans two decades of the cur rent American scene beginning with the approach to World War II. The search for love, the ends toward which women will go to attain it, nurture it and stabilize it. is again the subject put under the microscope. Through four women-- Amanda, Gillian, Julia and Kate--Mr. Hunter has depicted a quartet of lively variations on a theme. His four foremost characters are all interesting females, shaded in different tones and illustrating his points dramatically and realistically. The American Presidency has undergone manv changes since George Washington first held the position (in preference to "king") and some of the most important alterations are dis cussed in Richard L. Tobin's Decisions of Destiny, a 18 ETC 34321 T things tick, h the new M. Kofi's he gadgets Some 300 \mong the pens, hi-fi. rtment of he text is out to reter under- e Stories ur sleuths ' mavhem rett Hallient vears. pages of from The The Mike Talmage Box; and the Red d his two nail bovs. the new : familiar ns pets is here is u .1 and the touching, ike. Most >st under d Jungle v pound! ERS AND the cur:o World h women :gain the women-- picted a foremost ent tones ges since rence to are dis'TINY, a World publication. Our most forceful Presidents have all left their imprint upon the highest office in our land, initiating changes and making decisions that changed our political des tine. Andrew Jackson, for example, set a precedent with "the spoils system"; Thomas Jefferson made the monumental pur chase of the Louisiana Territory; and others have, practically single-handed, taken dramatic steps that have changed the course of history. Mt. Tobin, who has been a reporter as well as a Presidential publicist, knows his politics and writes of it with skill and authority. According to Al Bloemker, author of 500 Miles To Go: The Story of the Indianapolis Speedway, racing is still a vital force in testing automobiles, as was the original purpose of the now famous course. A Coward-McCann book, the new volume is a history of the Indiana races and the famous track as well as a drama of some of its best known figures--Carl Fisher, Eddie Richenbacker, Wilbur Shaw. Mr. Bloemker writes with the pace of the race and depicts in vivid detail what goes on both behind the scenes and during the fight to the finish line. Of course, the Memorial Dav Race is right up front with the driver and it occupies a good many pages of the book. For many years the publicity director for the Speedwav, the author knows his subject and he writes of it with affection and esteem. He has not neglected the color and the pageantry, the en thusiastic crowd nor any of the elements of muscle, heartache and strain that have gone into making the course one of the world's foremost. The Great Brink's Holdup reads a lot like a movie script: bold, fantastic, exciting and suspenseful. Sid Feder's account of the most astounding robberv of our times will surelv be put on film, but until some enterprising producer sets about de picting the characters and events in the new Doubelday book, you can be guaranteed a remarkable crime story between the covers of this volume. The Brink's robbery, you mav recall, was the incredible 1950 Boston stickup in which seven men made off with over two and a half million dollars, the biggest cash robbery ever. From that fateful night on, the crime is reconstructed in the courtroom -- a crime that was six years in the solving and which had so many turns of events that even now not all of them have been brought to light. Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Quayle are four of the stalwarts who man The Guns of Navarone in Columbia Pictures' celluloid depiction of Alastair MacLean's notable novel about a group of Allies who are assigned the suicidal task of holding off the Axis forces from entry' to a vital Greek channel. Their noble plight makes for an extremely exciting movie with plenty of action and several praiseworthy performances. The battle scenes are stun ning. having been filmed on location with a great deal of authenticity. To break the rigorous strain of war, Gia Scala and Irene Papas play a couple of comely Greek partisans. As war films go, this one is up with some of the best of them. The Young Savages comes from United Artists. A study of juvenile delinquency filmed in the slums of New York, it stars Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters and Dina Merrill. Far from pretty stuff, it is so realistic in its approach that there are times when it makes you shudder. There is none of the humor of the Dead End Kids in this one and the focus is never soft. All in all, however, it offers a dynamic look at one of the sorest spots in a verv spottv world. Lancaster, playing an assistant district attorney who made his wav up from the slums, does a convincing job, as does Shelley Winters in the role of a troubled mother. Excitement is the primary ingredient in Ring of Fire, a Merio release produced bv Andrew and Virginia Stone, who have done verv well with such spectacular action-suspense films as The Last Voyage and The Decks Ran Red. They are up to their old tricks again, this time leading up to a gigantic forest fire that makes Nero's pvromania look like a low flame on the kitchen stove. As for the rest of the plot, it's a crooked course that runs ragged as it twists and turns and doubles back on itself. David Janssen has the lead as an Oregon po lice officer out to apprehend an unsavory' young trio. He seems to be having fun, and it's high likely that you'll be equally diverted. TELEVISION Prospects for good, fresh entertainment on television for the summer months are not bright. Bleak as the prospect of re runs and other warmed-over fare is, some special event tele casts and a few repeat shows in the public affairs area can be marked as worthwhile. As for most of what will be shown on home screens this summer . . . well, a recent week listed 47 re-runs of shows that had little, if any, distinction the flrst time around. Starting this month, however, the CBS Reports series will be shown again. Among those scheduled during July will be Rescue: With Yul Brynner; The Secret Life of Danny Kaye; The Trials of Charles deGaulle; and Britain--Blood, Sweat and Tears Plus 20. Summer, too, has been chosen by ABC as the time to launch a Sunday news roundup. To be called This Week Around The World, the show will sum up the most important as pects of the news week in review. On August 9, comedian Hennv Youngman essays a drama tic role in an hour-long Theatre Guild production. The Golden Thirty. It will be his first dramatic part on television. 19 ETC 34322 ETHYL WELCOMES . Johnson turing, Terminal URL V. Kitzmiller, M.D. Medical, Cincinnati Alma Birdwell, a stenoreceptionist in the Gulf Coast Regional office, devotes some of her time to civic work. Jack Davis, a technician for the Gasoline Testing Labora tory in Long Beach, enjoys fishing and plaving golf. . Martin turing. Terminal Charles C. Shepherd Research & Development, Detroit Holmes Baton Rouge Bernard A. Jones Research fit Development, Detroit rOENLING incinnati Carl J. Steffek Purchasing fit Traffic, Baton Rouge Donald Gray has joined the Finance department at the Sarnia plant and is with the Financial Control section. Elouise Hall, a stenogra pher for the Sales department in Houston, is married and has three sons. I I Calvin Laiche, assistant pat ent agent in Baton Rouge, is a graduate of George Wash ington University Law School. Nancy Zipper is a stenoclerk for Export Sales in New York. Among her many hob bies is playing the piano. 21 ETC 34324 Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing employees: Mid-Continent Region James and Jo Anne Craigmile--a son, Timothy Jay. Jim is with the Denver John and Colleen Wingfield--a son, Richard Oven. John is an operations technician at the plant. Sarnia Robert and Patricia Knowles--a son, Geoffrey Ernest. Bob is an operating technician in the Manufacturing depart ment at the plant. Maurice and Betty SivERNs-a son, David John. Maurice is operations su perintendent for the Manufacturing de partment at the plant. Chief Automotive Engineer Bob Hogan of the Eastern Region presented a "Ma rine Fuel and Engine Talk" with slides to a group of Marina operators and Texaco dealers at Wildwood, New Jersey. The meeting was arranged bv Jack Kaley, field engineer in the Philadel phia district, for the Grace Oil Company. Texaco distributor, the dav before the boating season officially opened. Joe Hopkins, Eastern Region merchan diser, gave a Creative Thinking presenta tion in Philadelphia to Tidewater Oil Company's Middle Atlantic division staff, area managers and several field sales supervisors. "Dealer Dazzlers" was the presentation given before a group of training man agers of the Atlantic Refining Company in Philadelphia bv Tom Hanlon of the Pittsburgh office, and Ed Michael of the Philadelphia district office. WEDDINGS st Detroit: Florence Bowman, $20.00 (Mail savings bonds in same envelope as salary checks); Martin Perkins, $25.00 (Use print shop metering equip ment to count out mailing quantities of technical bulletins, etc.). New York Office and Sales Depart ments: Elsie H. Copeland. $10.00 (Review of activity reports be made); J. V. Hanlon, 825.00 (Publish an in dexing svstem for technical bulletins); Patricia James, $15.00 (Date and bul letin number on technical service bul letins be printed in upper right-hand corner under title to speed filing, etc.); Patricia James, $10.00 (Liability re lease forms sent to companies who order aluminum alkvl compounds have a line for their company name); J. S. Krick, $75.00 (Blending chart for additives in gasoline %vhich provides several alterna tive answers); Ann Selfridge, $20.00 ("Notes On Mixing and Handling `Ethyl' Fluid" be printed on both sides of the paper); Archie D. Smith, $15.00 (Heavyweight sheet with dimensions corresponding to those of the full leaf found in a safetv calendar refill be pre punched to fit calendar bases currently in use in field); J. C. Watt, S75.00 (New and improved laboratory blending facility suitable for adding antiknock compounds to an ever widening variety of laboratory research fuels). IN THE FIELD Fritz Mercer, field representative in the Atlanta office, participated in Sin clair's dealer and distributor meetings in Columbia and Florence, South Carolina, using the Ethyl demonstrating engine to show performance of their new "Dino" gasoline. John Rollins, chief product service engineer in the Mid-Continent Region, presented the flannel board tank clean- ' /Married/ *.,/ New York Kathleen Hagan and Emilio MaCARaEG were married in New York City on June 17. The couple will reside in Manhattan after Emilio's discharge from the U. S. Navy. Kathleen is a member of the Employee Relations department. Pacific Coast: Elbert S. Isham, $10.00 (Bevel gears to replace hinge joints); Elbert S. Isham, $10.00 (New type wire rope for sludge crane). Bob C. Morrison, $10.00 (Modification to autoclave instrument air supply lines): Richard Pierce, $15.00 (Platform on rear of forklifts for weight balance), Wayne W. West, $15.00 (Use of pyrovane temperature indicator); Wayne W. West, S10.00 (Valve arrangement for flushing pH cells); Bill Zenk, S10.00 (Make up allov chute thermo couples with stores stock). ETC 34325 M Si tr ol le K d, D T( di h; h, th C. c L. ti< th A; ta Fi* th. vii Pa d( Cl tic el mi Ci At tit ESTERS ;sv to the fol- vn. $20.00 envelope Perkins, mg equipuintities of s Depart ed, SI0.00 be made); lish an inbulletins); e and bulrvice bulright-hand Sing, etc.); :ability revvho order .ave a line S. Krick, dditives in al altema;,E. $20.00 iing 'Ethyl' des of the h, SIS.00 dimensions e full leaf fill be pre. currently it, S75.00 v blending antiknock :ng variety S. ISHAM, lace hinge TOO (New ane); Bob ification to plv lines); latform on balance): se of pvro* : Wayne rangement LL ZENK, it thermo- Several Ethvl men participated at meetinss of the American Petroleum Institute held in various parts of the nation. At the midvear meeting in Miami, Malcolm Murdock, vice president of Sales, gave an address before the Divi sion of Marketing entitled "How to Mo tivate Motorists" which included many of the highlights of Ethel's nationwide survev of drivers' attitudes. "Trends in Agriculture Affecting Petro leum" was the talk presented bv George Krieger, Public Relations, New York, during the Lubrication committee's ses sion held in Hollywood, Florida. During the meeting of the Travel De velopment Committee of the Marketing Division held in Chicago, Russell Wes ton, advertising director. New' York, outlined highlights from the survev con ducted for the Companv on driving habits and attitudes of motorists and how motorists might be motivated to use the family car more for pleasurable activities. Ray Faller, Emplovee Relations in New' York, was a panel member discuss ing certain phases of supervisory train ing at API's Eastern District Training Committee meeting held in New York City. Larry Dallam of Employee Rela tions at the Baton Rouge plant presented the Ethvl Management Club's "Selling America" program to the Port Allen Rotarv Club. As a result of their quest for further knowledge, three Ethvl employees have been awarded college degrees. At the Baton Rouge plant. Bob Bab cock of Engineering and Mack Ingle of Technical Services were awarded their masters degrees after three and a half vears of night courses at Louisiana State University. Bob received his in Electrical Engineering and Mack received one in Chemical Engineering. After attending night classes almost eight vears. Karl Schmid of Product Application at the Detroit Labs was awarded his bachelor of science degree from the Lawrence Institute of Tech nology. At the Baton Rouge plant, the Companv honored the four advisers of the 1960-61 KEMCO. the Ethvl-sponsored Junior Achievement companv, as well as those elected to serve during the new term. Bill Axtell of Technical Services, chief adviser, was awarded the runner-up Industry Award trophy by Karl Cast, superintendent of Technical Services. Resident Manager Wallace Arm strong presented plaques on behalf of the JA to Bill Axtell, Billy Grady of Industrial Engineering, Bernard Manuel of Production Planning, and Homer Sanders of Engineering. The advisers for next year are: Billy Grady, chief adviser; Howard Wier of EtCl Maintenance, Art Decker of En gineering. and Bernard Sob el of En gineering and Mathematical Sciences. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Jim McElderry, Manufacturing Tech nical Services Supervisor in Research & Development at Baton Rouge, is on a rotational assignment in Manufacturing as supervisor in Sodium Operations Reassignments for the following em ployees at the Baton Rouge plant were announced. Don Everson and Carroll Smith were promoted to chief supervisors in TEL Operations; and Don Fitzgerald is now supervisor in Sodium Operations. Dick Pastorek is now resident proj ect engineer at the Orangeburg plant, replacing Leon Calvit, who has re turned to Baton Rouge. Kerney HuRST of Advertising and Sales Promotion, New York, was elected chair man of the New York committee of the Ethvl Suggestion System for the vear 1961-62. Ray Faller of Employee Re lations, New York, who is companv-wide ESS manager, will coordinate activities with the other committees. In addition, Rav was appointed to the board of directors of the New York Citv Chapter, National Association of Sug gestion Systems. IN MEMORIAM h EXTRACURRICULAR Richard M. Page Frank McNally, director of the It is with the deepest regret that we note Fabio Halphen, Jr. of Engineering at Finance department in New York, has the death of Richard M. Page, retired, the Baton Rouge plant, recently elected announced the following new assign who died on May 31 in New Rochelle. vice president of the West Baton Rouge ments: New York. Parish Farm Bureau, was named voting In the Treasury division, Thomas Dick, who came to Ethyl in 1940, was delegate to the state convention. Myrick has become assistant super Senior Counsel and Secretary at the time Charles Zeanah, Community Rela tions at the Baton Rouge plant, has been elected a member of the executive com visor--Budgets, Financial Analysis and Reporting section; and John Lister is now supervisor--Credit and Accounts Re ceivable, General Accounting section. of his retirement. A graduate of the Harvard Law School cum lattde, he was a member of manv legal societies. mittee of the Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc. Wallace Armstrong, resident manager, con tinues as a member of the board. In the Control division, George Sex ton has become supervisor of a New York tabulating group now being or ganized. He is succeeded bv his wife, Man-; two sons, Gerald and Richard, Jr.; and three grandsons. .k i 23 ETC 34326 vssi i 'H, r-V r. Albert P. Giraitis, who is Assistant Director for Planning in Chemical Research and Development at D Baton Rouge, was honored recently by his alma mater, Washington College in Chesterton, Maryland, at commencement ceremonies. Al was presented with an alumni citation for "distinguished achievement in the field of chemistry" by the college's president, Daniel Z. Gibson. 24 ETC 34327 pment at viand, at nt in the s; > V OURSO ON TOP udson Ourso, Jr., Baton Rouge Purchasing, was re J cently installed as governor-elect of the Louisiana District (Southeast) of Civitan International. He will assume his post in July, at which time he becomes head of the district's 41 local Civitan Clubs. Civitan has local clubs in the United States and Canada. JIM'S KIN "D onnie Beckwith, daughter of Jim Beckwith, Seattle District field representative, has been named "Girl of the Year" by her classmates at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. Bonnie, who enters the Uni versity of Washington in the Fall, was voted the honor for her outstanding services to the school. <V'i tl vfV-'L ETC 34328 KLOCK ELECTED SARNIA SAFETY ohn Klock, Operations manager at Baton Rouge, J has been elected head of the Baton Rouge Communitv Services Council. John, shown above left with his predecessor, was serving his second three-sear term on the council's board at the time of his election. CSC is a social planning agency which coordinates existing services and plans future community needs. o mark the Sarnia plant's 500,000 manhours with Tout a time-losing injury, a certificate has been awarded bv the Industrial Accident Prevention Asso ciation. Above at the presentation are, left to right: Al Fraser, Terry Hungle, George Underhav of IAPA, Assistant Plant Manager George Mills, Maurice Siverns, Lome Robb and Ernest Carter. people, more places MARV ON MIKE AD ACCOLADE ulsa District Office Field Representative Marv TSmith is shown, below, at work during a recent thvl's combined local television and newspaper E adv ertising program in Baton Rouge was singled Spring Sales Meeting of Apco Oil Corporation. The out recentlv for commendation bv the Advertising meeting was one of a series put on by Apco for their Club of Baton Rouge as first prize winner in company jobbers and dealers. Marv's part in the sessions was to public relations advertising class. The Company's show fuel and engine relationships by using a single- award was accepted bv Baton Rouge Communitv Re cvlinder, air-cooled gasoline demonstration engine. lations Manager Charlev Zeanah, below right. \ Bfjf ill n ill I it hours with has been ntion Assoft to right: iv of IAPA, s, Maurice newspaper was singlet! Advertising n company Company's immitv Re lit. r A I a. 4- Q L'4 4 `* D ollv Dollahan, left, National Account representative, and Dean Birkes, right, Tulsa District account repre sentative, were featured at a recent Desk & Derrick meeting in Duncan, Oklahoma. Dean and Dolly S' put on the Ethvl "Fire Power Show" for the ladies, who were so impressed that the program was written up in the Association scrapbook. The two spectators are D-X Sunrays Melba Warren and Joyce Glover. etc 34330 ETHYL in b Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE A Field of Green . 2 A Sunny Day Rained Out 4 Bits and Pieces.................. 8 Eyes Right? . . 12 Something New Has Been Added 14 For Your Entertainment 18 Milestones . 20 Ethyl Welcomes . 21 Personals . 22 People and Places 24 Leonhard Dowty .................................... Editor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris...................... Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Bavlerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, Joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva YanakeJF; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemever; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Mike Espi nosa; Seu- Orleans: Maxine Blue; Seu York: Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; S'onkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Eth>l Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OUR COVER. Boys from the ages of seven through nine make a human pyramid of the monkey bars 3t the ERA day camp in Baton Rouge. A story of one day (A Sunny Day Rained Out) in the lives of the young sters begins on page 4. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary, Primed in U S.A t ... i i k r**- ' Once a horse was clearly seen Crazing in a field of green Where tender grass grew thick and sweet And all of it was his to eat. |ij So much he had, his eyes grew wide, s "Mine, all mine," he proudly cried. S "111 eat my way from hill to hill .3 Until I get my chlorophyl." . 8 "Oh, blessed am I," he often said, a "To be a well-fed quadruped." . "All this," he thought, "and heaven, too. What a treat, Kentucky Blue." - . 4 No other horse would he be. j He thanked his stars that he was he 1 And not the puller of a hack `J Or forced to run around a track. J ETC 34333 k and sweet ! r wide. tied. . / . aven, too. j - at when he saw the horse next door ad fields that offered even more, is gratitude became laments, ntil one day he jumped the fence. he world was his oyster, so to say. ffien there was clover, why eat hay? ffien greener fields were his for a jump, ffiy should he be a chump? 11 day he ate and into night. le ate so much his skin grew tight. le ate through sun, he ate through rain. e ate his way up to Maine. e cut through Kansas, rich with wheat, nd almost ate the county seat. Be ate Nebraska's golden grains Lnd clear across Dakota's plains. California's fields he cropped. He ate until he almost popped. This was living, this was grand. He darn near ate Disneyland. Down he went to Tia Juana, Eating flora, eating fauna. When all was gone and naught was left. He found himself a horse bereft. Forlorn, he stood beside the sea. Sorry now that he was he. If only he'd had good horse sense And never jumped the neighbor's fence! If only he had stopped and thought. He wouldn't now be overwrought! Which proves our moral plain as ink: You can lead a horse to "water but you can't make him think. Spirit* are high as boys in the seven to nine year old group arrive by bus at the ERA camp for a day of fun in the sun. Tf vou have ever wondered how the old lady who lived in the shoe felt, Ben Burge and Hardv Wells can tell you. As director and assistant director, respectivelv, of the ERA dav camp in Baton Rouge, Ben and Hardv have had their hands full--full of children. During the four one-week periods that the camp was in operation, the weather did not always cooperate and the rains dampened spirits as well as the outdoors. When the camp was open to boys from seven to nine vears old, several sunnv davs were rained out and the 190 voungsters took to the shelter for substitute activitv in place of the scheduled program of swimming, fishing, hiking, archery and the like. When vou think of a rainv dav at home with only one or two offspring to keep amused, multiply it by nearly 200, vou'll get a picture you may find harrow ing, but Ben and Hardv--a little the worse for wear and tear--guided their charges in a day of indoor games and handicraft that kept them entertained most of the time. As you might expect with boys that age, there were a few grumbles and tears, a few bored looks and some anxious observations of the dark sky. On the whole, however, the boys seemed to be having a good time as thev braided lanyards and played o\ erhead vollev ball. Fortunatelv for all. the rain stopped toward the end of the afternoon and, though the ground was soggv underfoot, the bovs ran toward the plavground in a surging mass. Nearly two hundred boss base twice as mans' arms and tsvice as mans legs, and thev all seemed to be in motion at once as the thundering horde ran to recapture what svas left of the dav. No victors' was ever sweeter as thes- swung their svav up into a maze of monkev bars and spun around on whirli gigs. Though the clouds hung low. spirits were high and the exuberance of south made itself heard. When the bus finally arrived to take them back to the plant, where they were to be handed over to their fathers, Ben mopped his brosv and Hardv sat down on a bench with his chin in his hand. 4 ETC 34335 Driven intide by rain, a breed of beys gather around camp director, Ben Burge. Even on a rainy day a snowball can help to brighten things immeasurably. un in the sun. a few bored the dark sky. d to be having d plaved over- d toward the e ground was lie plavground red bovs have legs, and they the thundering if the day. No g their way up ound on whirliirits were high If heard. ,ke them back landed over to and Hardv sat nd. An excited team strives hard to defeat the opposition at a rousing game of volley ball relay. ETC 34336 6 ETC 34337 '.fM * n the Photographic Section at the Detroit Labora I tories. it is decidedly the little things that count-- the bits and pieces. But they add up to a considerably large job. To photograph small, often minute, objects in detail and capture the subtle shadings is one of the most important tasks performed by Supervisor Eric Owen and his assistants, Ed Simon and Alvce Peter son. That, for example, carbon deposits on a cylinder head can be permanently recorded for study is an ex tremely valuable asset to our researchers. Carefully photographed subjects too small to be detected by the human eve are magnified and even intensified by the Detroit photographers, who are no mere camera bugs out to film a golden moment or catch a breathtaking vista. This part of their work, as vou might suspect, re quires precision and practice and an eye nearly as sharp as the camera's. As training for this part of her job, Alvce has often set out about the Labs to photo graph some of the small objects she saw lving about. Some of the things she found and took pictures of are shown here and on the following two pages. They not only have about them an interesting quality of pattern and design, thev are as well sharply defined, and thev take on an entirely different aspect in clearlv delineaL ing close-ups. The ability to photograph such small objects with sharpness and clarity is not easy to come by and Eric, Ed and Alvce har e patiently developed this skill bv moving in on a pin-sized world. At left, half-inch pyrex glass balls usad in wear and friction studies are the subject of Alyce Peterson's striking photograph. Bolow, Alyce collect* bit* and piece* to photograph from Gene Baida in the Chemical Research Laboratory. Ford engineer* foresee the use of gyroscopes for the cars of tAmncfnw A rnn^nl libi thi 1 1 '* "J'1 ! |j 7 ETC 34341 l  too** fatH*: W rt*-t if Boot Hill in Tombstone, Ari zona, is a lot closer to history than television romanticism. The Air Force Museum in Dayton will enthrall any boy with its collection of airplanes. ust as all roads once theoretically J led to Rome, the asphalt highways that lace our broad country frequently lead to the exciting and colorful past. Throughout the nation, history still lives vividly in many preserved and restored areas that offer motorists a chance to see America as it was in its active youth. A Magic Circle tour, whether it be for a day's outing, a week-end jaunt or a full-scale vacation, will delight and instruct the entire familv. And history is much closer than you think. History is in vour own backyard when you travel bv car and come face to face with the sights of yesteryear. At left, the old silver town of Calico attracts tourist to sunny Southern California. The Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, reflects another facet of early American history. In New Salem, Illinois, the world of Abraham Lincoln has been preserved for sightseers. ETC 34343 n guard 24 hours of everv dav as a vital health O protection and warning svstem, the human skin is one of the toughest and least understood organs of the bodv. Unlike the book whose contents ought not be judged bv its cover, the covering over the human bodv is often an excellent means of determining just what is going on underneath. Skin literally acts as a mantle against the assaults of temperature change and infection from without while, at the same time, acting as an efficient barometer for reading the state of one s health from within. Possessed of a multitude of properties, the skin senes as a convevor of sensation and as a thermostat bv helping the bods- keep a constant temperature. In six separate, microscopic las ers are contained a myriad of electric circuits, antennae, cables, switches, glands, tissues, and alarm mechanisms--a strong first line of defense against disease. Despite the skin's importance to the overall health pattern, most people are unaware of these functions. Indeed, the average person harbors a number of misconceptions about proper skin care. It is impossible to have good health without a healths' skin--the two go together. The litmus-like reactions which appear on the skin's surface as a result of internal disorder or imbalance have long provided diagnostic kevs. Most of us can spot the more common ones. Bluish lips are sometimes a sign of heart trouble, measles and other childhood diseases are usuallv recognizable, and perspiration combined with pallor are a good general indication of trouble. It is in the area of diseases of the skin themselves where lack of familiaritv and misconceptions lead to hannful abuses. By all odds acne is the most common skin complaint. This is especiallv true during the teen years. It is caused bv a hormonal change which induces an im balance within the body and causes the pores to be blocked. The best antidote for this condition in most eases is also the simplest--frequent scrubbing with plain old soap and water. This helps unblock the pores. A doctor will sometimes try to hasten the unblocking process by using chemicals but the use of any potion is not advised without consultation with a phvsician. This last is advisedly said, for skin specialists all agree that the root of many skin ail ments can be found in the patient's use of some miracle remedy or other. That women have more skin trouble than men is a case in point, probably because the ladies apply cos metics to their faces and their hands are exposed to washing agents and water more often. Sometimes, however, a rash which seems to have no immediately apparent cause w'ill crop up on either a man or woman. When this happens, an allergy is immediately suspect, for the skin more than any other area of the bodv is affected bv allergy. This fact is used to advan tage bv doctors who relv on skin reactions to deter mine the allergy's source. It is now known that skin responds to the v agaries of emotion--even as do the stomach and heart. This being so, not all skin ailments can be tagged as com ing from a purely- physical source. Those unhealthyreactions on the skin which are due to emotional upset must be treated differently. They require that the emotional problem be located and solved before the skin condition will go awav. If dermatologists were called on to agree on two rules for proper skin care, there would be no argument among them. The first axiom would be that people tend to wash too much--rather than too little. Wash ing tends to dissolve body oils which protect the skin from disease. The second point to follow- on skin care is this: if vou have a skin problem, go to a doctor and not to a drug store. Many medications and potions which are alleged to be helpful to healthy skin can, in fact, be extremely harmful if not applied under proper supervision. There is little question that the application of these two rules will help to avoid most skin trouble. Try- them. They'll help protect your body guard. 11 ETC 3434 On a Saturday tour of southwestern Louisiana, culminating in a trip to the crystaline caverns of an operating salt mine, members of the Baton Rouge Ethyl Management Club and their wives visit the Longfellow-Evangeline State Park and Museum, the famed Evangeline Oak, the estate of Joseph Jefferson and the Jim Bowie Museum Spree T ured by the invitation of the southern springtime, members of the Ethyl Management Club at the Baton Rouge manufacturing plant recentlv set out with their wives for a Saturday visit to Jefferson Island, one of Louisiana's historic and most beautiful natural settings. Some 40 couples took the trip, which was the first in a planned series of excursions to be sponsored by EMC. For a total tab of five dollars, the Saturday sojourners received transportation to and from the Island and a hot lunch that included Southern fried chicken, salad, baked au gratin po tatoes and dirty rice, a Louisiana favorite that dates back to the old Creole days. (There is reallv nothing dirty about it; it is simply rice thickened with a dark roux into which has been chopped chicken livers and giblets, and which delights the palate with its ample seasoning of onion, garlic, bacon and peppers. Starting at eight o'clock in the morning, the group made its way through the famed Evangeline country immortalized bv Longfellow, stopping off at the house where Evangeline is supposed to have lived, and lunching in the shade of enormous oaks. Then on to Jefferson Island, singing merrilv as the bus wound its way through the bavou country. Jefferson Island, in southwestern Louisiana, is be lieved to be where the pirate Jean Lafitte buried his stolen treasure. Be that as it may, there lies beneath the earth another surer treasure: salt. It was first discovered by Captain Lucas of Spindletop oil fame when drilling for water on the estate of Joseph Jeffer son, the most celebrated of all Rip Van Winkles as well as a noted artist. The Ethvl group literally made a journey to the center of the earth, some one thousand feet into tire crvstal chambers of the Diamond Salt Company's mine, where the operation was explained to them in detail. Gifts of refined and unrefined salt were given to the visitors, who despite the long day are already talking of another EMC outing. Time-ravaged red bricks at the Evangeline house claim the at tention of John and Ruth Klock. Above, left, Power Group's Ed Coxe and his wife Chris lean against ancient oak while lunching. At right, John and Jean Furr (he's training director in Employee Relations at the plant) also tackle their lusty Louisiana midday meal. before descending into the salt mines, Jefferson Island guide explains mining operations to the visitors, who were later divided into small groups for cavern tours. 4 a * Svbille Bedford is among the most accomplished writers of our generation, and she is unquestionably one of the most versatile, producing books of distinctly varying types with the same accomplished performance. Her latest volume, a Simon and Schuster book, is The Faces of Justice - a far ciy from heT gentle and brilliant A Legacy. Though crime concerned her in The Trial of Dr. Adams, it concerned her in a quite different wav. In her current book she has chosen to study justice in manv countries, reporting on courtrooms and their variations across the face of Europe. Much of what she has seen and reflected upon is astounding; all of it is fascinating. Justice wears as manv guises as Lon Chaney, and Miss Bed ford sees them closelv and vividly. She is far more than a court reporter; she is an author who observes, interprets and anatvzes with a fine sense of the dramatic. The stories of John Cheever are always eagerly read by readers of The Sew Yorker who like their fiction undiluted by tricks and unhampered by plots that fit a pat formula. In his fourth collection of short stories. Some People, Places and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel, Mr. Cheever is at his urbane best as he depicts suburbia with the eye of an eagle and the touch of a surgeon. He can with chilling per ception see the chaos in a minute situation, and at the same time see the humor in human foible. He has never been better than in two of the current crop: The Death of Justina and the strange, delightful Brimmer. Harold Robbins, author of A Stone for Danny Fisher and Sever Love a Stranger, has taken some nearly 700 pages to tell his latest story, The Carpetbaggers, which in this in stance has nothing to do with the originators of the name. Mr. Robbins' big cast of characters is composed of people from the twentieth centurv, high-powered tvpes of the movie indus try and associated worlds. Mainlv he holds responsible for the aggressiveness that drives his people a search for love that makes them, like the insinuation of the title, a group of plunderers who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. There is a movie mogul who has his fingers in all kinds of pies and a blonde bombshell, both of whom will remind you of a couple of celebrated figures of the Thirties. A Simon and Schuster entry, the new novel is brisk and thoroughly enter taining despite its length. Richard Gordon (Doctor at Sea, Doctor at Large, Doctor in the House, etc.) has added another amusing volume to his delightful series about young Doctor Grimsdvke, Doctor on Toast. In his current encounter with the human race, the trouble-prone medico finds himself up to his stethoscope m the familv of one Sir Lancelot Spratt, a friend to whom he owes a debt of gratitude. Much of the action takes place on a cruise to South America and the major source of the commotion is over a beautiful voung swimsuit model. It's all very light and fluffv, but those who are familiar with the previous adventures of Gaston Grimsdvke in book or film form will find a sure pre scription for laughter. Quake, Quake, Quake, a small volume of verses not to found in anv child's garden, is the work of Paul Dehn. an Englishman who goes all out in parodying the masters of poetry in as horrifving and wittv a collection of anti-war coupiets, odes and sonnets as anybody is likely to produce with a pen. The drawings of Edward Gorev are also loaded with shrapnel. Ghoulish, devastating, explosive and brilliantly comic, the new Simon and Schuster book is a devilish combination of the eerie and the humorous. The majority of the collective verses originally appeared in Punch, The Sew Statesman and Time and Tide. The Hawaii Book is a lavish, big volume that tells the "story of our island paradise" with more than 250 illustrations. A Doubledav product, it is both informative and entertaining as it tells of the fiftieth state's histon and charm. As compre hensive a book vet to appear on the fabulous Island that has delighted tourists for generations, the current volume has sections on native- arts and crafts, island botanv, the remark able hula, sports, customs, legends, cuisine and portraits of famous people in Hawaii's past. It's the next best thing to hopping the next plane across the country and heading out over the open Pacific. (Most of the text comes from Hawaii's leading magazines and newspapers.) The Age of Reason is the first volume in a new series of histories from Doubleday to be known as The Mainstream of the Modern World, under the guidance of John Gunther, and judging from the first entry bv Harold Nicholson as well as anticipated volumes bv Kay Bovle, William L. Shirer, Bamaby Conrad, Emily Hahn and Alec Waugh, the project promises outstanding adventures in reading. Sir Harold's contribution concerns itself with the eighteenth centurv. an era that produced Voltaire, Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Frank lin, Catherine the Great, Thomas Paine and Casanova, to name but a few. Both the French and the American resolu tions were indicative of the century's big push to overcome tyranny and fight for the freedoms. Through the most influ ential people of the times, Sir Harold has told a fascinating history' of one of the most important spans in world history. He is definitely on stream. Elegy in Manhattan is a collection of "free verse" that, surprisingly enough, came from the pen of George Jessel. whose fame as a showman can onlv be enhanced bv his affec tionate look at Broadway and the leading show folks of the century'. Just how good a poet Mr. Jessel mav be is debatable (or even if what he writes can be termed poetrv), but there ETC 34350 race, the >pe in the lie owes a i a cruise smotion is light and dventures sure pre- not to b? Dehn. an asters of anti-war Juce with .ded with tlv comic, ination of collective 'men and tells the istrations. tertaining compreand that lume has remarkrtraits of thing to ding out Hawaii's series of (ream of :her. and ' well as Shirer, i project Harold's .turv, an n Franknova, to i rexoluvercome st influ>cinating historv. 'e" that, e Jessel, is affecs of the ebatable ut there j can be no question that what he has produced is an affec- 1 tionate tribute to the Great White Wav and the scores of en- I tertainers who made it glitter so splendidly. Where else could f vou find upon a single stage such personages as A1 Jolson, I Helen Morgan. Florenz Ziegfeld, Lillian Russell, Fanny Brice, las, Dorothv Malone, Joseph Cotten and Carol Lynley, all of whom appear to be having a livelv time in a plot as thick as vesterdav's gumbo. The ingredients of the story are all fa miliar, but what makes them add up to such a rousing good time is that there are so many of them--a cattle drive, murder, j Will Rogers and all of the immortals who made midtown kidnapping, quicksand, the promise of a showdown and even j Manhattan the greatest source of entertainment in the world? j You'll be delighted to meet Suzuki Beane, a beatnik moppet a tuneful melodv called The Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress. created bv Sandra Scoppettone. In this slim Doubleday vol A Columbia release. Greengage Summer is the celluloid (ume, Suzuki and her friends are drawn by Louise Fitzhugh version of Rumer Godden's successful novel, and it is sure to i and the drawings, like the text, are both amusing and touch- please the distaff side. Brought to the screen with taste and J mg. The product of a bearded father and an unkempt mother, style, the gentle story of a girl growing into womanhood is I Suzuki finds herself involved with the conformists, a perplex- tender and touching and not without its moments of excite | ing group that she simply doesn't dig. Her young friend Henry ment. As the young woman who finds maturity in the French 1 is the exception, despite his square parents. Together the two f youngsters rebel against their respect environments and champagne country, newcomer Susannah York is superb. Ken neth More and Danielle Danrieux share the top spots, and find vouthful delight in each other. Brief, sharply satirical thev are both extremely convincing. Mr. More as a jewel thief and poignant, the new little book decidedly swings. Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Lewis Tavlor has been compared to Mark Twain and the comparison will again be obvious in his latest novel, A Journey to Matecumbe. A McGrawHill publication, the new book is somewhat reminiscent of the author's successful The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, but that in no wav detracts from its quality. Davey Bumie's joumev down the Mississippi is an action-packed voyage that would turn Huck Finn green with envy. His adventures and the characters he meets along the way are packed in and vacuum sealed, readv to pop in one exciting chapter after an other. Mr. Tavlor s stvle is delicious, succulent, and his flair for sheer entertainment is as glorious as a three-ring circus. This is one trip vou don't want to miss. and Mile. Darrieux as the object of his affections. The script is brisk, honest and preceptive and the French countryside in color is enough to give you wanderlust. Susan Strasberg is the star of Taste of Fear, a Columbia release that has a rather ordinary' plot but which is so capablv performed bv such players as Miss Strasberg, Ann Todd and Ronald Lewis that it becomes exciting to watch. The Riviera is the scene of these dirtv-doings that involve a young woman, her stepmother and a handsome chauffeur. Miss Strasberg is being robbed of her inheritance and driven halfmad before the culprits are found out. There are some sharp twists and a floating body to keep things active. Despite the familiarity of it all, you'll have a good time guessing who done it. There is, according to Daniel G. Hoffman, nothing new under the sun. At least that seemed to us a large part of what he has to say in Form and Fable in American Fiction, an Oxford publication. A professor at Swarthmore College, Mr. Hoffman has analyzed in the works of some of our country's foremost men of letters the use of existing myths, legends and allegories, and he has fitted them into the general American character as seen bv Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. What Mr. Hoffman has also done, in a sense, is to trace the emergence of a culture as it was seen and interpreted (and to some extent molded) bv our earlv literarv talents. TELEVISION MOVIES Universal-International's The Last Sunset is a western opus that includes just about everything but the kitchen stove. (Come to think of it, even that seems to crop up somewhere.) At anv rate, it is a lavish color affair that delights the eye with some handsome scenery as it hits the trail from Mexico up to Texas. It is also lavish in its casting, with top box-office star Rock Hudson heading a roster that includes Kirk Doug- ABC will conclude its series of programs on Winston Churchill on Mav 14 when it presents Final Christmas, the storv of the allied forces gathering for the drive on Germany that ended World War II. Also on Mav 14, The Impresario, a little-known opera of Wolfgang Mozart will be presented on CBS. On Mav 17, Sally Ann Howes, late of My Fair Lady, will star on the United States Steel Hour in The Leonardi Code. Tongues of Fire, a CBS highlight of last season, will be re peated on May 21. It is a program of Whitsuntide music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centurv. Circle Theatre will present on Mav 24 another in its series on semi-documentary programs. This episode will be based on college admissions. TV Guide's annual award show will again present a host of television personalities. Nanette Fabrav and Jackie Cooper are among those scheduled to appear on the June 13 show. MILESTONES 20 YEARS Madge Loftholse Sales, Eastern Region 25 YEARS Robert C. Burns Finance, New York M.Homer Tanner Research & Development, Baton Rouge 18 ETC 34352 II Lillian Jensen, stenogra pher in the Houston office, is married and has two children. Frances Lockhart, a typistclerk at the new Long Beach Laboratory, enjoys dancing. Donald Stallings, a Geor gia Tech grad, is in Industrial Engineering in Baton Bouge. EXTRACURRICULAR McConico Gay of Maintenance at the Houston plant was recently elected presi dent of the Mae Smvthe Parents-Teachers Association. The Baton Rouge Family Counseling Service has elected John Hogan, Em ployee Relations in Baton Rouge, to a three-vear term on the board of directors. The North Oakland Planning Division of United Community Services turned one of its regular meetings into a sur prise testimonial dinner for Charley Kass of the Detroit Labs, honoring him for eight years of service as its president. Fabio Halphen, Engineering, Baton Rouge plant, was appointed a national action leader for the Louisiana Farm Bu reau Federation to study and recommend national farm legislation. He received his appointment from L. L. Lovell, presi dent of the state bureau. Doug King of Safety in New York was program chairman for the petroleum section meeting of the 31st Annual Safetv Convention and Exposition re cently held in New York. The conven tion was sponsored by the Greater New York Safety Council along with the American Society of Safety Engineers and cooperating agencies. Baton Rouge plant employees H. F. Bradford, EtCl Maintenance, and Leo Kjngrea, Engineering and Mathemati cal Sciences, served as members of the study committee on East Baton Rouge Parish school operations for the Chamber of Commerce. Two Baton Rouge plant men were pre sented awards in Lafayette, Louisiana, for their accomplishments -in Louisiana Petroleum Council activities. Ollie Jones of Purchasing and Traffic was given a special award for his leadership in the gasoline tax education program; and Shelby Lowe, Sodium Mainte nance, received the LPC's Silver Award for his work as chairman of the Sixth District Educational Committee. This was the first district in the state to have 100 percent participation of the schools in the use of LPC materials. A group of Baton Rouge employees were active in the annual Boy Scout Circus. They participated as pack and den lead ers, as parents, and on committees. John Klock, Operations, was chairman; and Jimmy Vernon and Harry Butler, both of Maintenance, were members of the Facilities Committee. Billy Grady, Industrial Engineering, was one of the event directors. The circus came under the Camping and Activity Committee headed by Dick Schneider, Mainte nance Planning. Two men from the Baton Rouge plant were judges at the State Science Fair held at Alexandria, Louisiana. Robert Babcock of Engineering judged in the electronic division, and Walter Law rence of Chemical R & D was a judge in the phvsics division. Three men from the Detroit Laboratories were elected to important posts in the Detroit section of the American Chemical Society. Tom Coffield was appointed the new' chairman-elect, Gordon Wil cox was elected secretary, and AlGassmann is an alternate councilor. Dr. Jesse Burdick, Medical, Houston plant, was elected "President Elect" of the Texas Industrial Medical Association. During the last two years, he served as the secretary-treasurer. As a result of attending night-school for 12 years. Norm Wright, Detroit Labs, received his bachelor of science degree in biologv, w'ith a minor in chemistry, from Wavne State University. Detroit Donald and Linda Blevins -- a son, Andrew Ross. Don is a technician in the Labs' Chemical Research division. Robert and Margaret O'Meara -- a daughter, Lucy Marie. Bob is a pur chasing agent in the Laboratory's Pur chasing and Traffic department. Bill and Miyo O'NEiLL-a daughter, Ann Elizabeth. Bill is an assistant su pervisor in the Analytical section of Chemical Research at the Laboratory. New York Pat and Grace Fitzpatrick -- a son, Kevin Michael. Pat is an accountant in Financial Analysis and Reporting. 19 i i ETC 34353 THE ROSTRUM During a state-wide emplovee communi cations conference held in Baton Rouge, Charles Zeanah, Community Rela tions. Baton Rouge, was moderator of a panel discussion on emplovee indoctrina tion, emplovee meetings and materials for distribution to employees. The con ference was sponsored bs- the Louisiana Petroleum Council. Hugh Bourque of Power at the Baton Rouge plant was a speaker at a confer ence held recently in New Orleans by the American Institute of Electrical En gineers. He presented a technical paper, accompanied bv color slides, on "A Su pervisory Control and Telemetering In stallation in an Industrial Plant." The technical paper titlec Economics of Antiknock Selection" was presented bv William Sabin of the Central Region at the annual meeting of the Western Petroleum Refiners Association held in San Antonio. Texas. The paper was coauthored by Bill and Charles Wolf of the Detroit Labs. Chuck Colvin of Purchasing and Traf fic in Baton Rouge was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Purchasing Agents Association in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His subject was "The Development of Ethvl's Purchase Analysis Program." Ray Faller, Employee Relations, New York, was a guest speaker during a meet ing of the Federal Incentive Awards Association held in New York. His talk combined training and suggestion sys tem aspects which might have applica tion in the federal program. Woody Merritt of Safety in Baton Rouge spoke at a meeting of the Port Allen Rotary Club, at which he also showed the movie on the "Direct Method of Artificial Respiration." Ben Brewster of the Detroit Labora tory gave a talk entitled "Meaning of Octane Numbers" before a meeting of the Toronto section of the American So ciety of Lubrication Engineers held in Toronto. John Wintringham of Research and Development in Detroit presented the technical paper entitled "Potential Powerplants for Passenger Cars" at a meeting of the Societv of Automotive Engineers in Lafayette. Indiana. NEWS BRIEFS E. O. Jones, III, a state department for eign service officer, has been assigned by the State Department to Nigeria to direct the formation of a Peace Corps there under President Kennedy's re cently announced program. He is the son of Ollie Jones of Purchasing and Traffic at the Baton Rouge plant. Lillian Crook, wife of Hubert Crook of Finance in Baton Rouge, is instructing an adult YWCA class in the art of china painting. Mrs. Crook is a well-known teacher of china painting as well as the author of the book A Fresh Approach to China Painting. Melissa Neal, daughter of Herb Neal at the Detroit Labs, has been elected to Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor ary sororitv requiring a 3.5 average out of 4.0. Melissa is a freshman at Michi gan State University. A number of children of Baton Rouge plant employees have been awarded with scholastic honors. Three were presented with academv honors. Frank Roberts, son of Sam Roberts of Engineering in Baton Rouge, was elected vice president of the Loui siana Junior Science Academy at the an nual meeting in Lafayette. Louisiana; Curtis Holmes, son of Chester Holmes of Technical Operations, won third place in physics; and Lewis Gulick, son of Walter Gulick of Industrial Engi neering, won fourth place in physics, in the state competition. Frank and Curtis attend Baton Rouge High School, and Lewis is a student at University' High School. Kathleen Kyle, daughter of Charlie Kvle of the Legal department, and Winston Day, son of Dick Day of Em plovee Relations, have been chosen bv fellow students as the outstanding soph omore girl and boy at Baton Rouge High School. Stanley Forbes, son of Carroll Forbes of Chemical Research and De velopment, has been chosen one of the six outstanding seniors of East Baton Rouge Parish to receive awards from the Baton Rouge Junior Chamber of Com merce. Stanley is a senior at Istrouma Hi^h School and plans to studv medicine in college. Mary Gilbert, daughter of Joe Gil bert of TEL Operations, has been named to the dean's list for scholarship at South eastern Louisiana College. Nlar\- is a student at Baton Rouge High School. Paul SiGREST, a senior at Zachary High School, has been awarded a fourvear Naval ROTC scholarship. He plans to major in mathematics and phvsics. Paul is the son of James Sigrest of Chem ical Research and Development. In response to rapidly growing demands from oil refiners and other industrial users, Ethvl Corporation announces com pletion of a major expansion in produc tion facilities for its ortho-alkylated "Ethvl" antioxidants. The expansion will almost double the capacity for its principal antioxidants, the Company said. In addition, the en larged facilities will enable Ethyl to pro duce, in commercial quantities, other ortho-alkylated chemicals with poten tially important industrial applications. Eth\Ts antioxidants are the result of an ortho-alkylation process discovered in the Ethyl laboratories, and subsequently patented by the Company. Since their introduction a few years ago, these addi tives have become widely known in the United States and abroad as highlv effec tive, low-cost antioxidants for a broad range of uses. At the request of the Police Academy of the City of New York, the Training sec tion in New York has supplied them with Ethyl's instructor's guides on "Confer ence Leadership" and "Human Rela tions." Ethyl has used these courses effectively with its own supervisors at all major Company locations. The Police Academy will use the material in train ing its superior officers who, in turn, will train other officers. -WEDDINGS * Detroit Christine Bongero and Ray Boyle were married on March 31 in Ferndale, Michigan. Chris is with Products Appli cation at the Laboratorv. 20 ETC 34354 edicine |oe Gil. named t Southy is a :tool. Zacharv a fourle plans phvsics. : Chem- emands dustrial es comproducIkvlated ible the ddants, the ento pro. other potencations. 'suit of ered in quentlv e their -e addi- in the v effec- broad iemv of ng sec* m with Confer- Relacourses :sors at Police i traini turn, ./ Boylh rndale, Appli- IN THE FIELD Frank Howard will act on a temporary basis as the regional merchandiser in the new Gulf Coast Region. This is in the nature of a rotational assignment. A permanent decision for this region will be announced at a future date. While in the Gulf Coast Region, Frank will organize the merchandising work and take over the duties that Grant Scott formerly handled when this area was part of the Southern Region. During Frank's absence, Kerney Hurst, who has worked closelv with Frank for nearlv two vears, will be in charge of the merchandising group in New York. Ed Bacon, field representative in the Philadelphia office, arranged for Penn sylvania Farm Bureau to have the film "Engineering of Agreement" shown to all department heads. Tom Hanlon, Pittsburgh district rep resentative, made two one-hour "FuelEngine Relationship" talks centered around a true-false questionnaire that he composed for merchandising mana gers. training managers, salesmen, and dealers of Gulf Oil and Esso Standard (division of Humble) in Pittsburgh, and for Esso men at the installation in Rochester, Pennsylvania. Robert Jordan, Atlanta field representa tive. made a presentation on the Tank Cleaning Turn-over Chart to American Oil terminal personnel at Tampa, Florida. Don Chapman, New York district na tional accounts manager, arranged for the magazine The Texaco Dealer to quote in their "Dateline Detroit" column of a recent issue from Bob Kimpton's talks on "Fuel System Deposits" and "Filter Clogging," and also to use pic tures of the Pontiac Tempest gasoline fill-pipe cover area which shows how dirt gets into gasoline. Lewis Rumph, Atlanta district auto motive engineer, held 13 "Diagnosis of Engine Failures" meetings for 300 Gulf Oil Corporation personnel in Georgia. Tennessee, Florida and Alabama. Marvin Smith, Tulsa district auto motive engineer, acted as a "substitute teacher" in a Tulsa high school during the conference of the National Science Teachers Association. During this one dav Marv demonstrated the power of gasoline knocking and non-knocking com bustion with the use of a glass tube, and showed the "Fire Power" movie to all the science students of Webster High School. Bob Douglass, manager of the MidContinent Region, was appointed bv the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to the 1961 Petroleum Industry Committee. Ed Ellerbe, chief automotive engineer in the Western Region, gave the presen tation on "Stop and Go Problems and How to Overcome Them" at two sepa rate meetings of the Society of Auto motive Engineers Sections. The first was in Portland. Oregon for the Willamette Valley Section; and the second was at Spokane, Washington for the Inter mountain Section. Archie Smith, Atlanta district field rep resentative, made a "Gasoline Power Clinic" presentation before dealers and sales trainees currently enrolled in Esso's training school in Nashville, Tennessee. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS .PRESS Edward Jones and Phillip Mentz were promoted from process engineers to technical services engineers at the Baton Rouge plant. They will both continue their assignments in the TEL Area of Technical Services. Henry Thomas has been promoted to mechanical engineering associate in Gen eral Engineering at the Baton Rouge plant. In his new position, he will serve as engineering development specialist in a wider area than in his previous assign ment. Development Engineering person nel, formerly reporting to Henry, will now report to Jim Carlisle. Four Baton Rouge plant employees have assumed new assignments. In Manufacturing. Dewey Fournet is supervisor in Cost Engineering: Herb Collier moved to chief supervisor in Stores: and Bill Rolston is an area cost engineer in Industrial Engineering. In Engineering, Dick Pastorek is now an engineer in the Off-Plant and New Products Area. Three Houston plant management per sonnel moved to new assignments. Dean Goates is now Stores super visor; James Kelly has been placed on special Maintenance assignment in the TEL area; and John Roper has been appointed Maintenance area supervisor. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS sN'V Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing emplovees: Detroit: Merlyn J. Beane, $25.00 (Remote control for pump at R building); L. Dale Chrysler, $20.00 (Vestibule at north entrance in C-w'ing); Oscar O. Cloven, $20.00 (Door control at fuel pumps in garage); Estaleta Dale and Constance Martin, $15.00 (Supports for unbound periodicals in library); Andrew L. Pallay, $15.00 (Alternate safety openings at 100 gal. kettle). Pacific Coast: Jackie J. Ball, $10.00 (Call in logs for ditch treater area); Anton Baumgartner, S10.00 (Lift bar for hot w'ell gate); Roy J. Brown, $10.00 (Bleed-off petcock steam line to burner gun heads); Harold B. Dobbitis, $15.00 (Modification to method of changing still condensers); Dennis B. Marchand and Harold B. Dobbins, $10.00 (Crane car winding drum guard); Walter A. Eckhart, $10.00 (Raise air and water lines in furnace area); Elbert S. Isham, $15.00 Modi fication to sodium vacuum pumps); Cloyd A. Jones, $15.00 (Additional blow down timer); Rayward Lynch, $10.00 (Method of forcing grease to pump suction); Jan Propet, $10.00 (Change of location of ground connec tion on allov analyzer bulb); Kenneth L. Walker, $10.00 (Revised table in boiler control room). 21 ETC 34355 Both the Company and Dick Cook, Public Relations, were cited recently by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for contributions toward bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life. The presentations were made in the Board Room of the New York Stock Exchange. Above, Foundation President Kenneth Wells congratulates Dick, left, while Ethvl's Bill Ball and Admiral Felix Stump watch the proceedings. 43 56 t K. Dr f Valiev . wav of 'resident eedings. .1 73" \0. liWj I lit II llm ~ ~ii BINGO BARKER Detroit Lab's Laurel Wilkinson, Plant Operations and Maintenance, is shown above calling out the numbers at a recent Ethyl Society Bingo Party held at the VFW Hall in Royal Oak, Michigan. Helping Wil kie to manage the game was Barbara Rowland, Prod ucts Application, who verified scores and passed out the prizes to the winning players. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS sale of household gift items made by the blind A` craftsmen of the Lighthouse Industries was recently held in the New York Offices. Lillian Kraker, left, of Advertising and Sales Promotion, and Gwen Eyland, Export Sales, were two of the Ethyl cus tomers. The sale, which was conducted bv a repre sentative of The Lighthouse, netted nearly $200. HT ETC 34357 rch Smith, Atlanta District field representative, A recently gave the "Know Your Gasoline" presen tation for Gulf Oil training personnel in the Atlanta District. Arch, at right, helped with the instruction which resulted in Gulf using the Ethyl presentation in their Birmingham, Charlotte, and Atlanta divisions as a feature in the dealer training program. he Pittsburg plant's basketball team won the Tchampionship of the Antioch Industrial League this year. Front row are: Manual Gonsalves and Tom Winkle. Second row: Ken Scott, George Bravton, Rov Brown, Henry Rooney, Ronald Albright. Back row: Tony Baumgartner, Rav Musgrove, Richard Pierce, Martin Enni, Robert Armstrong. more people, more placet i DON'S GONE ART DEPARTS ew Gulf Coast Region appointee, Don Hornbeck, N was feted by the men from Central Region Staff reparatory to taking over his new' Gulf Coast P Region assignment, Art Zeitz, below, cleans out and Chicago District before leaving to become Gulf his desk at the Detroit Laboratory. Art worked in Coast Region's Chief Refinery Technologist. Don was Technical Services at Detroit before being tapped for given two pieces of luggage as a going-awav present. the Chief Automotive Engineer spot in Gulf Coast The presentation was made by Don Flynn, Central Region. Art, who will work out of the Houston head Region manager, in behalf of Don's former colleagues. quarters, leaves a host of friends in Detroit. o C F si L  H ' TtTTt v*. ft I x\ on the League id Tom on, Rov k row: Pierce, KIMPTON'S CLASSES Tn eight separate presentations. Bob Kimpton, Pitts-l burgh District field representative, lectured to over 200 customer company home office personnel recently. Bob's talks were given at Ethyl's 39th Street SalesService Center in New York City to groups represent ing Tidewater, Sinclair, Shell, Esso, Cities Service, Texaco, Mobil, and California Oil. The program fea- tured a number of graphic demonstrations and ex hibits which served to enhance the three-part agenda. Specifically Bob combined his talks on "Diagnosis of Engine Failure", "Fuel System Deposits" and "Filter Clogging" into one presentation for these occasions. Bob's command of his subject and the extensive use of visual aids produced an enthusiastic response. Coast ms out ked in |ied for Coast i head- LABEL BY LOCHER An Monday morning April 17, Ethyl Corporation's V newest Regional Sales Offices were declared open for business in Houston, Texas. Designated the Gulf Coast Region, the Region takes in the present Houston and New Orleans Districts and is the fifth such operation now running in this country. Ellis Locher, Gulf Coast Region manager, put the sign on the door the first dav to signify the opening. The offices are located at 1312 First City National Bank Building, Houston 2, Texas. There, Ellis and his Ethvl-experienced staff were on hand to receive mes sages of encouragement and congratulations on start up dav and then got down to the business of launching the operation. Ethyl Gulf Coast ' rYin - ` '----------- - ETC 34359 6 > PHYSICS WHIZZES he six men standing above are Maintenance fore Tmen at Ethel's Baton Rouge plant who have re Training Department, served as the instructors for the course. Sam, seated at left, and Bill, seated center, cently completed a 60-hour training course in basic are shown above at the graduation ceremony where industrial physics. They are, left to right: J. D. Tom Coerver, Maintenance superintendent, seated on Joseph, J. D. Cockerham, J. C. Marionneaux, Kenneth the right, passed out graduation certificates to the Rollins, Robert Blom, and T. L. Davis. Sam Boudi- men and added his congratulations to those of their not and Bill Edwards, both from the Baton Rouge instructors for completing the difficult course. more people, more placet COUNCIL BUFFS ach of the Baton Rouge Plant employees shown E below are active in the district and parish organi sistant secretary for the Sixth District; and Elbert Moore Jr., right, is Civic Affairs Chairman for East zations of the Louisiana Petroleum Council. Shelbv Baton Rouge Parish. The Council is concerned with Lowe, left, is school chairman for the Sixth District; keeping the public informed about the facts and the A. J. Parker, second left, is school chairman for West viewpoint of the oil industry on issues of public con Baton Rouge Parish; Ollie Jones, center, is president cern. In effect, the Council acts as a public relations of the Sixth District; Dora Pepe, second right, is as agency for the oil industry. ETC 34360 nterested spectators on an extensive tour of the Baton Rouge plant recently were several customer company repre I sentatives. A portion of the group is shown above listening to Supervisor Arthur Fentriss, left, expound on Sodium Operations. The others are, left to right: J. L. Laird, Suntide Refining; John Klock, Baton Rouge plant; J. W. Bate man, Continental Oil; Larry Reis, Mid-Continent Region; and Jack Pruitt, General Sales manager from New York. ETC 34362 ETHYL m yii.'ii Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE Russian Roulette . What in the World? .... Boys* Night Out................ They've Got What it Takes Significant Survey Summer Summary Good Showl ............ For Your Entertainment . Milestones....................... Ethyl Welcomes .. Personals............................. People and Places PAGE 2 4 8 10 12 . 14 . 16 18 20 21 22 24 Leonhard Dowty .................................... Editor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris.......................Editorial Assistant Layout and an work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, Joe Forster, Russ Frank, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Mike Espi nosa; Seu Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sew York: Jim Doaohue, Ema Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON* OUR COVER: Fred Hamilton, super intendent of TEL Maintenance at the Baton Rouge Manufacturing plant, directs the Rebel forces in mock Battle of Port Hudson, one of the pageants at the recent Boy Scout Circus. The story is on page 8 Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in LULA. o e are playing a dangerous game and the stakes Ware extremely high. Even1 play counts in our "play off" with the Soviet Union. We cannot afford to take foolish chances, particularly when we know that the "house" has made up its own set of rules for the game and has been known to stoop repeatedly to less than fair play. We are not participating by choice, but since we have been forced up to the table, we we must have a system. We cannot let the chips fall where the)' may, nor can we afford to let them ride on the precarious whims of fate. Just as all of us as individuals and the United States as a nation are concerned with the strenuous battles of the cold war, American business is vitally interested in maintaining our strong economic front and proving, as we hav e continually in the past, the virtues of our system of free enterprise. Those virtues need not be extolled; they speak for themselves in our high stand ard of living and our remarkable record of productivity. E thei gre. are tici. whi stai raU ear; and ma' of .` siai froi \ we I bus ant RU55MI1 ROULETTE stakes in our ford to iw that for the to less choice, >le, we ips fall m ride I States battles erested roving, of our not be standctivity. Everyone knows that the Russians have increased their output and that the Soviet economy has risen greatlv, risen at a rate twice that of ours. But there are extenuating circumstances. For one thing, statis ticians know that Russia had greater depths from which to rise and that if it ever reaches our level or standards, there will be a drastic decline in Russia's rate of growth. There are other factors: our individual earnings are vastly higher; our money is worth more; and the qualitv of our products is far better. (You may be interested in reading The Real Productivity of Soviet Russia, which shows the fallacy of the Rus sian economic growth and can be purchased for 20c from the U. S. Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C.) Nevertheless, we must think clearly and wisely, and we must act accordingly. Here are a few of the things that concern American business at large. We strongly urge vou to consider and evaluate them. One of the most urgent problems is that while the federal government fights inflation on the one hand, it continues deficit spending, one of the major causes of the bloated dollar. What do you think about it? Do vou make your views known? Another concern of American business is that the government has urged it to speed up its rate of growth but has not permitted it to set aside depreciation needed to replace and modernize equipment. It allows only the cost of the initial equipment, which by no means covers the cost of the same equipment today. Further, the United States has given away billions in modem tools to help friendly foreign countries. These tools, however, create products that compete in our domestic market, products that can be priced consid erably lower because of lower standards of living. What fair and sensible measures can be taken? These are important issues. They deserve your con sideration and respect. ETC 34366 WHAT IN THE WORLD (confirmed; n the first Wednesday of nearly every month, the O Ethyl Society at the Detroit Laboratories spon exceed five times the entry fee and what monev that is left is used for refreshments and necessary materials. sors an evening of duplicate bridge. The people As the Ethyl Duplicate Bridge group is sanctioned shown on these and the preceding two pages are some by the American Contract Bridge League, Master of those who attended a recent session. All of them Points are awarded on specified occasions. Everv are on the horns of a different, yet similar dilemma. bridge player, one who is serious about the game and It is, simply: what card to play next? stays with it any length of time, seeks the goal of 300 Duplicate bridge competition is a good way to Master Points. When earned in authorized competi assess a plaver's skill. When the same two people tions, this distinction carries with it the title of Life play from 20 to 30 pre-dealt hands a night, the abler Master -- an honor much prized among ardent bridge tactician's game is soon evident on the score pad. The players. merely lucky or "hot streak" entrant's chances are Ernie Clinton, Chemical Research, is the present minimized by this method and the result is a fair test. major domo of the Ethyl card playing fraternity. He It's fun, too, as the attendance at these sessions and his wife both play as often as possible, as do manv attests. Attendance averages six tables (24 people) other couples in the group, including some Ethvl an for a normal night and for the various championships nuitants. Despite the serious visages on some of the and special tournaments many, many more show up. faces shown here, the good companionship, the sharp One of the available meeting rooms at the Labs is competition, and the game itself have a strong attrac taken over for the evening and modest entrv fees are tion. Can anvone think of a better way to bide, and levied so that prizes may be given. Prizes may not bid, away the time? Emit Clinton, whose projects in Chemical Research are often perplexing, goes through an equally rough time of it in figuring out the proper play to make in bridge. The bovs made a night of it--some 4,500 of them who performed in the annual Istrouma Area wire. "Fantasy Land" was a depiction of practically every character to appear in the world's best known Council's Boy Scout Circus. Recently held in Baton children's tales--Robin Hood, King Arthur, Cinder Rouge's big Memorial Stadium, the colorful event ella, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, hordes of Indians and brought out thousands of proud parents and friends, Mother Goose unabridged. In honor of the Civil War who got more than their money's worth from the nine Centennial, the scouts recreated the Battle of Port dazzling acts. From the gigantic opening march, in Hudson, in which a miniature army of grev-clad Yan which all of the boys participated, to the final Eagle kees laid seige to the Rebel-held site. Scout ceremony, the big show was as spectacular as No small part of the success was due to the time a Hollywood extravaganza. and effort of the men who aided the youngsters in In addition to segments featuring Scouting skills and preparing the program, many of them from Ethyl. activities, the program included an exhibition of cy Among the Company participants were Chuck Colvin, cling, in which a field-full of boys on bikes performed Billy J. Grady, Dick Schneider, John Klock, Jim Ver precision maneuvers that were brilliantly executed and non, Harry Butler, Dick Eller, Roy Fugler, Joe Harris, as exciting to watch as a professional on the high Fred Hamilton and Ralph Baker. ETC 34370 cticallv known Cinderms and vil War of Port id Yan- le time -ters in Ethyl. Colvin, m VerHarris, V hen people who work in offices think of a stock W room, they think in terms of paper clips and blotting paper. Not so the research chemists at Ethyl's Detroit Laboratories. Their stock room is an uncom mon one: at least it appears to be in the eyes of the layman. Whereas the office worker might look in the stock room for carbon paper, the Ethyl chemist looks for a carbov (a particular type of flask). Where one would want pencils, the other needs plastic tubing. In fact, the only point of similarity is that in either stock room are kept the materials needed for doing a job. Chemical research is a road of unknown destination. No researcher can predict with accuracy just where his investigations will end. To follow that road and see where it leads, a myriad of materials has to be on hand. When the research men in Detroit need sup plies, the chemical stock room has usually got what it takes. Research supervisors are authorized to purchase any materials up to $200 but to save them paper work and trouble, an inventory of basic glassware, hardware and solvents is maintained. Such things as tvgon tubing, fitted funnels, stoppers and BB shot are readily at hand as well as such basic chemicals as benzene and sodium hydroxide. With such a stock, little time is lost waiting for supplies to be ordered. Ernie Clinton, Chemical Research, has charge of the stock room and other chemical storage areas. Be ing a chemist of 15 years experience, Ernie knows how to anticipate researchers' needs. With Emie and his staff on the job, the chemist's work proceeds apace. 10 Chemical Slock Room custodian, Manny Till, totes a load of plostic bottles to the proper bin. ETC 34372 5 ICANT SURVEY f *--rc As part of its continuous program of service to the oil industry, Ethvl Corporation recently made available to its customer companies and other inter ested parties the results of a comprehensive survey of attitudes toward driving. The survey, which was con ducted for the Company by the Philadelphia firm of Alderson Associates, was based upon findings from over 3,000 interviews with heads of households who had driver's licenses. Interviews were made in 100 counties across the country, and particular emphasis was put on those phases of automobile travel that are associated with ``driving for pleasure." Some of the information ascertained was hardlv astounding, but other facts revealed by the survey were found to be illuminating and will undoubtedly be of considerable value to our customers in planning their promotional programs. For your own information and interest, here are some of statistics accumulated: More than half of all drivers drive less than 6,000 miles a year, and only 10 percent drive over 18,000 miles a year. Men drivers are responsible for four times as much annual mileage as women drivers. The men average 10,000 miles a year as compared to the women's 2,500 12 ETC 34374 miles. Part of the reason for this is that the males are responsible for most of the pleasure driving, while the women tally up their total from short trips to school, shopping centers and neighborhood social activities. Seasons also have a good deal to do with driving habits. Women decidedly prefer to drive in the spring, while men favor both spring and summer. Very few drivers like winter driving, and over 70 percent of them do not like to drive in the rain. When driving on trips, more than three-quarters of the drivers prefer to travel between dawn and noon. Most drivers do not like night driving, but thev prefer night driving in the illuminated city to night driving in the country. Seventy percent of the drivers prefer to drive on two-lane highways in preference to turnpikes and back roads. Turnpike driving is enjoyed more bv younger drivers. Scenic places are the favorite for week-end driv ing, and a small majority of drivers prefer to head out without a known destination. About seventy-five per cent of all drivers have taken at least one one-dav trip within the last year. Families with from one to three children take the most trips, while those with no chil dren or four or more children seem to travel least. One-day trips range from a distance of 100 miles to a maximum of 175 miles. The overwhelming majority (about 71 percent) feels that driving is a pleasant pastime and view' it as a relaxing state, provided the conditions are favor able. Behind the wheel, thev admit to a feeling of power and derive distinct enjoyment from the sense of control as well as the rhvthm and motion. i ii i of the ng, but id to be iderable notional tere are .n 6,000 18,000 is much average .'s 2,500 i: 1 ETC 34375 For the days of sunshine and increasing out-of-doors activity now about to be upon us, each person has some special summer pleasure he particularly looks forward to-be it the smell of the sea, a soft mountain breeze or a motor trip. Most Ethyl people, as a mat ter of record, take their vacations in the summer months and, travel or not, spend a lot more time in the open air awav from home. Such changes in daily routines bring a renewed zest to living, but changes in the climate and ordinary' patterns produce a need to stress different habits of health. If the summer months are to be enjoyed to the fullest, health considerations peculiar to the season have, once again, to be brought to the fore. Here, then, is a summer summary of some health tips for the season--a sort of beginning glossary to refresh the memory. To wit: polio. The new polio vaccines will not be available in quantity until the summer of 1962. Bv no means does this mean that getting a series of conventional Salk shots should be put off this year. With children particularly, an innoculation series ought to be ar ranged and, if that has been done, a booster shot with the onset of the summer polio season is surely advis able. There is one other point. If there happens to be a new babv in vour midst, be sure he gets a polio shot immediately. It's a must at such a critical age. exercising. Certainly one of the pleasures for the outdoor months is being able to participate in any one of a number of sports. Manv of us look forward to correcting a slice or winning a local tournament. It cannot be denied that exercise in moderation is health ful, but it is well to point out too that anything, in cluding exercise, is not good in the excess. Hold the thought somewhere that heart disease does occur and that people, especially those who lead a sedentary life the rest of the year, ought not suddenly to over-exer cise in the summer. poison ivy. Should your favorite summer retreat be tainted with a bush or two of poison ivy, you might like to ask your doctor about some new pills which are said to provide immunity from this unpleasant rash. In most cases these tablets taken orally give immunity for the full season. sunburn. Nobodv has to be told that staying out in the sun for too long a time can be harmful. Science, however, has come up with a medication which min imizes the effects of over-exposure and painful sun burns. If vou need such a remedy, be sure to ask vour doctor to recommend one of the new drugs that would best suit your individual complexion. It may well save many a painful and sleepless summer night. first aid. A useful addition to the family first aid kit this year would be one of the new plastic resuscitators for use in emergency artificial respiration. New techniques in artificial respiration have inspired the introducion of these useful items. Along the same line, a short course covering the latest methods of reviving a stricken person could literally prove to be a lifesaver this year. If a course is not available in vour area, it would be wise to purchase a booklet on first aid that will tell you in simple text and show you in pictures how to perform artificial respiration. There are several available in inexpensive, pocket-size editions. Depending on where you plan to go, another addi tion to your traveling medicine chest might be an anti dote for snake bite. Here, too, is a safeguard to save a possible sorrow. As these two additions are made, check to see if the other basic supplies are adequate and, if not, replenish them at the same time. If the nature of the accident or illness requires medical attention, it is best secured while on vacation bv calling the nearest county medical association. The local telephone operator will be of assistance. before you go. Just a reminder as the final item. By alerting the neighbors and the local police to your departure, they can keep an eye on things for you while you are gone. This is not only a sound practical step but it pays dividends in your own peace of mind in the bargain. The eventual homecoming will be hap pier if you have remembered to shut off all the services --milk, newspaper, and mail. Who wants to come back to a porch full of milk bottles? There are many other items that might well have been included in this short listing. From these few, however, vou get the idea and can cany on to check those things that fit you especially. It is not intended here to throw cold water on the manv pleasures of summer. We are merely hopeful of reminding you of some of the things that can--and we hope do not--occur. Being aware of some of the hazards and being prepared for them will serve to make the 1961 vacation that much more of a pleasure for all. With that in mind we have set down this sum mer summarv for a sunnv, and carefree, summer. The rest, of course, is up to you. GOOD SHOW! Franco lamb, lift, was hostess for many Ethyl visitors lilt* Rsfl Broquet, right. O parked largely by the interest and efforts of Dr. hJ Frances Lamb, Chemical Research at the Detroit Laboratories, the recent Senior Citizens Hobby and Crafts Show held in Royal Oak not only drew steady crowds but won as well the plaudits of the local citi zenry. The three-day show, which featured several Ethyl employees, was open to the public free of charge both afternoons and evenings. In addition to hobby displays and instructions, there was a planned pro gram of entertainment. It was the first show of its kind in the area. The project was sponsored by Zonta International, a world-wide organization of professional men and women dedicated to the general betterment of man kind. It has over 400 clubs in 18 countries, and its multiple services are far too numerous to name. Frances heads the local chapter. Though Frances guided the show, she had the capable assistance of Ethyl's Charlie Kass, Technical Staff, and Carl Wolfe, Commercial Development. Charlie demonstrated the techniques of copper enam eling, a pastime that has filled his idle hours for years. Carl, using the pseudonym of "Merris the Magician," entertained and instructed the visitors in the black art of magic, assisted by his wife Judy. In addition to those who participated in the show, a large segment of Laboratory' personnel composed the audience. Though the event was designed mainly to interest Senior Citizens in the pursuit of a hobby, the vounger generation found the project equally of interest, and the enthusiastic response has already led to plans for another show of its kind. Local mer chants and other service organizations have pledged their full support. 16 ETC 34378 As an expert practitioner of the art, Charlie Kass lectured on copper enameling os a hobby. had the Technical lopment. er enamlor years, agician," he black he show, omposed d mainly ,i hobby, juallv of already' cal merpledged Eleanor Walker, General Managers Office, saw the exhibit area together with her husband. Interested questioners gathered about after Charlie Kass had explained basic technique. 17 ETC 34379 FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS A Short History of Technology, an Oxford publication, is a fascinating book which traces man's conquest of his en vironment from earliest times to the twentieth century. The stout volume is the work of T. K. Derry and Trevor I. Wil liams, two Englishmen who have had a long and distinguished association with the field. Their compendium is not only a concise and literate rendition, it is a highlv readable volume and a reference book to stand vou in good stead. All of the subjects of man s inventiveness are vividly told, their roots carefully traced. Much of what we consider to be extreme!}' modern you will find had its source in primitive societies. For sheer summer reading fun, you'll be hard put to find any thing more breezv than the delightful new Dutton release. Straw in My Camel's Hair, the adventures of two secreta ries in the emplov of an Arabian king, vacationing with his retinue in Geneva. Naida Buckingham and Ingrid Etter re count it all with high style, planting laughs all over the place. The girls have a busy time of it. filling the odd requests of the entourage, which range from the improbable to the impossible. No Girl Fridav could have had a merrier romp anywhere, nor retold her experiences more amusingly. Simon and Schuster's The First 100 Days of the Kennedy Administration is a valuable edition to the current scene. The work of several people, among them Martin Agronskv, Eric F. Goldman. Sidney Hvman, Barbara Ward and Ira Wolfert, the new book takes a look at the state of the nation under the new President and comments upon his policies and opinions. No small part of the book's appeal lies in the stun ning photographs -- the book is largely pictorial -- of such ac complished photographers as Cornell Capa, Henri CartierBresson, Elliot Erwitt, Burt Glinn, Constantine Manos, Marc Riboud, Dennis Stock and Nocholas Tikhomiroff. The pictures have been taken in all parts of the world and depict our times magnificently. Abram Kardiner, a student of Sigmund Freud during the Twenties, and Edward Preble, professor of anthropology at the New York School of Psvchiatrv, have joined forces to produce They Studied Man, an evaluation of the contribu tions of the men whose works produced the science of anthro pology. Among those who are discussed are Darwin, Spencer, Malinowski and Freud, to name a few whose reputations are familiar. The authors also elucidate on how man came to be what he is as a result of living in society and how he can better his civilized lot. Studies of modern societies, of course, differ sharplv from the ancient, and there are interesting chap ters on dealing with such a studv in our psvcho-dynamie age. The lavman will find the book thoroughh readable and ex tremely evocative. What it was like to grow up m an orphanage is the subject of Arthur j. Roth's latest novel. The Shame of Our Wounds. A Crowell publication, it is a sensitive and bitter little book that is packed with truth and compassion. Young Jem- Callum is a pitiful, frightened creature struggling for survival in the stifling atmosphere of the institution, seeking to find someone somewhere who will care. He runs awav continuously, for which he receives beatings, but there is no question that he will run awav again, still searching to find a place of his own. His friends are equally well drawn, shocking little figures each fighting his wav to find an identity. Quiet and persuasive, it is a small book that is far bigger in its insight than many volumes triple its size. Anvone interested in medicine will find unlimited value in Mary Rislev's The House of Healing, a current Doubleday entry that traces the history of the hospital, beginning in the ancient land of Sumer. How our marvelous contemporary hospitals were born through a long and arduous period of growing pains makes exciting and enlightening reading. The story of the early doctors, the Egyptian hospitals. Rome's con tributions. Florence Nightingale and the nurse's role -- all of the elements that combined over the centuries to bring us to present standards are vividlv detailed. Some of it is quite surprising and more of it is amazing, particularly some of the remedies of the ancients. Miss Rislev also has a fascinating look at tomorrow. Lloyd W. Dalv has translated the life and fables of Aesop from a first-centurv biography and labeled it Aesop Without Morals. A scholarly work, the new book is anything but dull, for Dr. Daly has endowed it with contemporary language and given it the tone of a novel. Aesop's life was as fascinating as his fables and equally embroidered with the stuff of dreams. Like Homer, he was a legend and what supposedly happened to him is more like a myth than a biographv. For one thing, he was reputed to be the ugliest of men and was also be lieved to be mute. Many, if not all. of the famous fables are included, and they bear re-reading as parables of our times. Aesop may or may not have actually been pushed off a cliff by an angrv mob and he may have borrowed shamelessly from other sources, but the wit was his and the lively fables are now immortal. Leon Uris, whose Battle Cry and Exodus were among the most read books of the past decade, has written a new novel that is sure to make the best-seller list. Mila 18, a Doubleday book, is the dramatic story of the Warsaw Uprising, and Mr. Uris has told it, if not brilliantly, actively. Aside from being a first-rate researcher, Mr. Uris is a good teller of tales, ma nipulating characters with the ease of a puppetmaster and selecting events that have dramatic impact. If the majority of his characters are a bit thin and inclined toward prototypes, he can certainly be forgiven, for he compensates with liveli- 18 ETC 34380 T ting chapuamic age. ie and ex subject of Wounds. little book rv Callum val in the 1 someone ouslv, for n that he t his own. :ures each luasive. it lan many ness and a selectivity of material that not onh keeps the reader going at a brisk pace but involves him in the happenings. His latest novel is far from a cheerful book, as vou might suppose, but it is full of hope and tTemendouslv enlightening. The thousands of readers who enjoyed The Last Hurrah need no introduction to author Edwin O'Conner. His latest book, The Edge of Sadness (Atlantic-Little, Brown), again takes for its setting the world of the Boston Irish. To sav just that, however, is not to give the book its due. Confined though it is to a particular place and a particular people, the story is so artfullv told as to be universal in interest -- whoever the reader mav be. O'Conner carefulllv, deepiv probes his central characters. He does it with insight, humor, and above all, compassion. Mark the newest O'Conner on the edge of great ness and smack on the target of entertainment. The story of Charley Parker, fictional and fact, will no doubt get as much literary attention from jazzophiles in the modem era as did the Bix Beiderbecke legend in the 30's. For a starter, E. P. Dutton has brought out a novel called The Sound by i Ross Russell. Parker exerted, still exerts, unquestioned influence on modem jazz music. The drives and talents of such a (man can probablv be best told in the novel form. This, then, * is the first fiction piece. There will surely be others. Peter Ustinov has done the hat trick with the screen version of his international stage success Romanoff and Juliet, As writer, director and actor, he has hit the bull's eye with all three arrows. His satire on the political doings of our times is very, very funny, and Mr. Ustinov himself, playing the head of a mvthical country being wooed bv the bigger nations, is highly comic with his own witty lines. Sandra Dee and John Gavin are, respectively, the daughter of an American diplomat and the son of the Russian representative. Shakespeare's im mortal feud serves them all very nicelv and it fits verv snuglv into the surroundings of the mvthical Concordia, which has the quality of a dainty Swiss clock. Akim Tamiroff, as the Russian dignitary, has himself a ball. Spinster, Sylvia Ashton-Wamer's novel about a New Zealand schoolteacher, has been transplanted to the screen under the title Two Loves. The new Metro release has a brilliant cast: Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey and Jack Hawkins, ail of whom do a remarkable job in recreating the difficult characters. Filmed in a naturalistic style, it offers some interesting details on New' Zealand life, with a group of children winning a fair share of the plaudits. A woman's picture, it is inclined to be a bit sluggish at times, but it has several inspired moments and its penetrating study of character is keen. value in ^oubleday ng in the emporary period of ling. The me's cone -- all of ing us to is quite ne of the :scinating uf Aesop VlTHOUT but dull, uage and nating as dreams, lappened ne thing, also benbles are ur times, a cliff by slv from ibles are the most jvel that jubleday and Mr. m being lies, ma ster and ijoritv of >totypes, th hveli- i i j Danny Kaye's latest film. On the Double, may not offer With the summer slump about to hit the home screen. TV anything verv new bv way of plot, but if vou're among the will again turn to re-runs. Among the best of the scheduled i avid fans of the popular clown you'll find an ample share of twice-around programs is a re-issue of hour-and-a-half shows his particular brand of buffoonery'. In this one, he plays an from Playhouse 90, which left the channels last season. American soldier who happens to look like an important British Richard Boone will be host of the summer repeats. general, for whom he is asked to double. The mix-up, of course, is merry. On hand to lend capable assistance are such pleasant fixtures as Dana Wvnter and Diana Dors, and for good meas ure--verv good measure, indeed--there are Margaret Ruther ford and Wilfrid Hyde White, a couple of pretty good comedians on their own. Two new songs, both sung by the On June 27, over NBC stations, Burgess Meredith will be the host of a special program about medical practice as seen through the eves of a New' Jersey physician. To be entitled Doctor B, the program will be televised from the American Medical Association's annual meeting. star, add to the fun, one a pleasant ballad, the other a typical Kave tongue-twister. The Burma Surgeon Today, a special on Dr. Gordon Seagrave, will be telecast on July 6. The hour-long show will depict The Pleasure of His Company, which kept Broadway play goers laughing for several seasons, has been made into an engaging screen comedv bv Paramount, thanks in no small events in the life of the doctor who has been serving as a private Peace Corps for the past 38 years. It will be produced by the award-winning Twentieth Century staff. measure to a cast that, for the most part, knows exactly what Pulchritude will be the order of the evening on July 15, when they are about. Fred Astaire as a middle-aged wanderer and John Daly will be CBS anchorman for the Miss Untumc Con- plavbov who just can't keep his feet on the ground is debonair test. The program, originating from Miami, will be telecast and droll, and Lilli Palmer as his ex-wife is positively enchant for 90 minutes. ing. displaying her usual charm and a magnificent sense of comedy. Charlie Ruggles is also splendid as a chipper grand On July 17, Glenn Miller Time will bow in on CBS. Singer i father. Debbie Revnolds and Tab Hunter handle the young folks satisfactorily and can hardly be blamed for looking Johnny Desmond and orchestra leader Ray McKinley will be co-hosts on the new show, which will feature the style of } somewhat pale in such illustrious company. The story takes music that made the late Glenn Miller an all-time favorite. place in San Francisco, which has been beautifully photo On the same evening, an hour earlier. Spike Jones and his graphed in Technicolor. orchestra will initiate a new summer program, also on CBS. 19 'sir ETHYL WELCOMES Alice H. VCycand Purchasing & Traffic, New York Samuel Bedrick. engineer in Chemical Research & Develop ment. Baton Rouge, is a Universitv of Illinois graduate. Alice Brown is with the Finance department at the Sarnia plant. Married, she en jovs gardening and swimming. LA.NCHARD uring, luge Henry L. Burkholder, Jr. Research 6t Development, Houston fi Frances Granfield, stenog rapher in Western Region, enjovs bridge. She and her husband live in Denver. Genevieve Kornbacher, a nurse at the Detroit Labs, is married and the mother of two children, both girls. Charles Lynch, nicknamed "Chuck" is a janitor at the Detroit Labs. He is married and has three children. . Lea uring, uuge Norman J. Linstromberg Sales, Central Region I Barbara McLaren is a new member of Finance at the Sarnia plant. A native of Ren frew, Ontario, she enjoys golf. Paul Saumur, a technican at the new Long Beach Labor atory, is a graduate of the University of North Dakota. Howard Stolz, a toolmaker for R&D at the Detroit Labs, lives in Milford with his wife and four children. 21 ETC 34383 WEDDINGS New York Marjory Smith and Charles Reid were married on April 29 at Christ Epis copal Church in East Orange, New jer sey. The couple are now residing in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Marjory is a member of the Finance department. IN THE FIELD Mac McCooley, Philadelphia district product service engineer, showed the "Danger Air" film before two groups of management of the Texaco Refiner)' at Eagle Point, New Jersev. He also ar ranged for 11 other showings to be given to a total of 530 men. Ed Michael, account representative in the Philadelphia district, has been ap pointed manager of the Levittown. Pennsvlvania Babe Ruth League Baseball Team. The team won the local cham pionship the past two years. Bob Richardson, Philadelphia district manager, has been appointed a member of the Special Gifts Committee of the Franklin Institute Development Fund Campaign. The program is slanted to advance science education. Bob is part of a local businessmen's team working hard to make this drive a big success. Deane Birkes, account representative in the Tulsa district, and Gene Gal lagher, field engineer in the Dallas dis trict, presented the "Fire Power" show to 65 officers and members of the Fire Prevention Bureau, City of Dallas Fire Department. Russell Schell, Dallas district manager, sponsored the show as a Public Service presentation. Deane also held a "Fire Power" show for Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. em ployees, their families and guests, and all senior high school students in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Tom Hanlon, Pittsburgh district field engineer, developed a new 75-minute sales promotion presentation entitled "Dealer Dazziers" which answers ten controversial questions (put on a card in true and false quiz form) asked about gasoline bv customers at service stations. Tom has made this presentation to mar keting, training, and advertising manage ment in addition to salesmen and dealers of the following Companv customers in Pittsburgh: Cities Service, Atlantic Re fining, Sun Oil and Gulf Oil Corporation. Joe Hopkins, Eastern Region merchan diser, gave a l3* hour Creative Think ing presentation arranged by Larry Blatchford, New York district auto motive engineer, for the district and area managers of the New- England Tide water Oil Company in Brookline, Mas sachusetts. In the brainstorming session, three teams totaling 12 men gave 245 possible solutions to their district's five most important sales problems in a total of 25 minutes. Jack Kaley, field engineer in the Phila delphia district, gave the "Fire Power" show to personnel of three oil refineries in Pennsylvania. The show was present ed to maintenance foremen at the Sin clair Marcus Hook refiner)- and before supervisor)' men at Gulf Oil's Girard Point refiner)-. At the Sun Oil Marcus Hook refinery, Jack made four presenta tions before a large group of supervisorymen and two showings before a group of Research and Development personnel. Mac McCooley, product sen-ice engi neer in Philadelphia, arranged for the shows given at the two refineries in Mar cus Hook. Jack also presented the "Gasoline Power Clinic" to the management and sales force of the California Oil Com pany's California Petroleum Distributors in Westbury, Long Island, New York. In addition, he participated in two Texaco dealer training schools in Fords and Audabori, New jersev, bv giving a hour presentation on "Fuels and Engines." Bob Kimpton, Pittsburgh district auto motive engineer, presented "Diagnosis of Engine Failure" at a meeting of Esso Research and Engineering men at the company's Linden, New Jersey Research Center. The presentation was arranged by Marshall McDorman, national ac count manager. Bob also gave the same presentation to Gulf Oil's sales and automotive per sonnel in Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock. Arkansas; Tulsa. Oklahoma; and Amarillo, Midland and Fort Worth, Texas. Fritz Mercer, field engineer in the At lanta district, gave three "Modem Fuels and Engines" presentations with the Ethvl demonstrating engine and cut away engine panel to an Esso Standard division of Humble Oil & Refining Com pany dealer training class m Charlotte and Raleigh. North Carolina, and Co lumbia, South Carolina. BIRTHS Canada Art and Harice Parkinson-q daugh ter, Amy. Art is a field representative in the Montreal office. Detroit Duane and Jacquelyn Hargis-o son, Michael Duane. Duane is a chemist in the Lab s Analytical section. Mid-Continent Region Marvin and Delores Smith-a son, Daniel Lee. Marvin is an automotive engineer in the Tulsa district. New York Robert and Cathy (Croll) FERRis-a son. Robert William. Cath\ was a former member of Safety. Edward and Mary Metcalf - a son. Harold Langmore. Ed is a member of the Bulletin Board staff. Ronald and Martha Roche-a son. Ronald Mathew. Ronnie works in the General Services department. ON THE ROSTRUM "A Statistical Analysis of Nucleate Pool Boiling Data" and "Design of Thermosiphone Heboiler'' are the titles of the papers presented by Gordon Hughmark, Engineering & Mathematical Sciences in Baton Rouge, at a meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Cleveland, Ohio. Lew Barnum, Community Relations, Baton Rouge plant, served as moderator for a panel discussion on education at the annual meeting of the Association of Louisiana Chambers of Commerce. Lew. who is chairman of the Free Enterprise Sub-Committee of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Education Com mittee. moderated a panel presentation 22 ETC 34384 ling CornCharlotte and Co- / -a daughntative in ilS--a son, a chemist >n i -- a son, otomotive FtRRis-a iv was a -- a son. member of e -- a son, rks in the JM leate Pool Thermo- es of the V Hughchematical i meeting Chemical Relations, moderator tcation at ciation of rce. Lew, Enterprise -n Rouge non Comesentation i on "What Educational Institutions Are Doing" in meeting the challenges of Communism and Socialism. Frank Cheely of Chemical Engineer ing in Baton Rouge spoke at the Louisiana Industry-College Engineering Council in Alexandria, Louisiana. He subject was "What Is Industry Looking for m the 196 L Engineering Graduate." John Wintringham of the Detroit Labs gave an address at a meeting of the Chicago section of the Society of Automotive Engineers- He spoke on how space and military needs for electricity have sparked development of new gen erating methods that show promise for these and other specialized uses. He also added that steam turbine power plants will continue to supply the bulk of electricitv for conventional domestic and in dustrial purposes. Levis Rumph, automotive engineer in the Atlanta district office, gave a talk entitled `The Importance of Air-Fuel Ratio" at the annual convention of the Automotive Engine Rebuilders Associa tion held in Miami. Florida. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS rule on use of fire water for wash down); Willie H. Walker, $10.00 (Union in lube line on Lewis pump); Wayne West, $10.00 (Modification to water valves on stills); Wayne W. West, $10.00 (Device for checking autoclave integrator); Ray Musgrove, $10.00 (Valves on instrument air lines); Bill Zenk, $10.00 (Valve in instrument air line at ditch treater). PEOPLE IN THE NEWS John Jones, formerly assistant manager of the Kansas City Casoline Testing Lab oratory, has been transferred to Yonkers Central to take up new duties as senior project engineer for the Gasoline Testing Division. Ed Weatherford, formerly a labora tory technician at Kansas City, has been promoted to assistant laboratory mana ger, taking up John's former duties. Two men at the Baton Rouge plant have received new assignments; Merlin Koenecke, formerly assist ant superintendent of EtCl Operations who has been on loan to the Research & Development department, has been named assistant superintendent of TEL Operations. Don Everson has returned to his for mer position of supervisor in Sodium Operations after a temporary assignment in TEL Operations. Sam Boudinot, Maintenance & Con struction foreman on special assignment in Training at Baton Rouge, has received the highest degree in the York Rite of Freemasonry--the Knight of the York Cross of Honor. This honor is conferred only on those who have held the high est office in each of the four bodies of the rite. Alma Birdwell, stenographer and switchboard operator in the Houston office, was elected president of the 120strong PBX Club of Houston. Carroll Hebert and Dan McDonald of the Baton Rouge plant participated in the seventh annual Traffic Safety Con ference in Baton Rouge. CanroU was a speaker at the meeting. Approximately 100 prominent Masonic leaders of Louisiana and other states at tended a dinner honoring Mac McFar land, Maintenance in Baton Rouge, who is grand master of the Grand Coun cil of Louisiana Masons. Mary Levering, secretary in the Phila delphia district office, has been elected by the Board of Directors of the William Penn Desk and Derrick Club as vice president for the remainder of the Club year. IN MEMORIAL Suggestion awards were made to the fol lowing emplovees at the Pacific Coast plant: Ronald Albright, $15.00 (Hinged still agitator shaft guards); Ronald Al bright, $1000 (Modify 4" vent plugcock handles on stills); Jackie J. Ball, $15.00 (Valve in steam line to blower on #1 boiler); Bobby G. Cozart, $10.00 (Install union in line to furnace dryer condenser); Kenneth A. Curry, $60.00 (Use solid or cured stock for Hopper Jack front wheels); Harold B. Dobbins, $15.00 (Modification to meth od of changing still condensers); Elbert S. Isham. S20.00 (Countersink jack screws in exhaust valves of N2 compres sor); Elbert S. Isham, $15.00 (Modifi cation to sodium vacuum pumps); Roger Kreischer, $10.00 (Revision of form PM 3-6); Rayward Lynch, $10.00 (Method of forcing grease to pump suction); Clell L. Wagner, $10.00 (Change in oil lines on sodium cars); Kenneth L. Walker, $10.00 (Safety EXTRACURRICULAR John Furr, training director at the Baton Rouge plant, has been elected vice chairman of the Gulf Coast District Committee on Training of the American Petroleum Institute at the semi-annual meeting held in Shreveport, Louisiana. John also served as discussion leader at the 1961 annual meeting of the American Society of Training Directors in Philadelphia. His topic was on super visory training. Charles Zeanah, director of Commu nity Relations at the Baton Rouge plant, was among the officers elected to the new Baton Rouge chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Purpose of the new organization, according to its charter, is "to advance the art and science of public relations in the public interest." In addition, Charley was elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Baton Rouge Civic Symphony As sociation, and on the board of trustees of the Baton Rouge Arts and Science Cen ter Inc. It is with deep regret that we note the recent death of Clinton T. Leacock, who was employed in Chemical Research at the Detroit Laboratories. Stricken while at work on April 24, he died the following day. Clinton joined Ethyl Corporation at Yonkers in 1927 and subsequently went to Detroit in 1935. Bom in 1901 in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, he received a BS degree in Chemistry from Valparaiso University. He is survived by his wife Elsie. 23 i 1. 1 L J'-'-r. .J. ..... / T mployees at the Detroit Lab recently held their annual Spring Dinner Dance at the Glen Oaks Country Club, at which the above pictures were taken. At top left, left to right, Howard and Cassie Miller join the Charles Talbots at the buffet. Top right, the Bob Cunninghams and the Bob Kantors choose a salad. Bottom left, Libbv Sneed and the Jack Taylors sit one out, while at right the Ralph Silvers dine. The spring gala, along with another fall evening of dinner and dancing, is sponsored yearly bv the Ethvl Society. 24 ETC 34386 Rouge club; Doris D'Aquin, treasurer; Martha Mon roe; Maxine Blue, New Orleans district office; Oreta Buquet; Virginia Chaney, Ruth Borland and Thelma Boudreaux. At right, Charley Zeanah, director of Community Relations at Baton Rouge, receives a gift from Kenny Toups, president of the local club, fol lowing his address on "The Corporate Image." EI ven as the human body gets most of its nourish it is. Then, on the basis of what is seen, the process of ment through the mouth, so the brain of man is reasoning takes place and emotions are stimulated. All sustained and broadened through the eyes. Increas in all it is a complex chain of natural phenomena work ingly, modern life makes more and more demands on ing nearly every waking moment of our lives. Each in the eyes. As horizons expand, distances narrow and dividual's mental, physical and emotional state affect life itself becomes more complicated, the need to ab the process and so do whatever defects that may exist sorb greater amounts of information becomes neces in the eves themselves. sary. Thus, the eves of modem man have had to carry This last, in the light of present day living needs, a greater burden. Not only do books, magazines, news is of crucial importance. The consequences of faulty papers, television and movies compete for the eye's or fading vision need not be belabored to make the attention, but also much of the work performed in point. Its crucial importance is self evident but the our industrial society asks more of the eye and con rub comes with the realization that man)-, many tributes to its attrition. The fact is that 85 per cent people are not aware that they suffer from some kind of all we learn comes through the sight function and of visual problem or other. They see well enough to the world of 1961 is a lot harder to grasp than ever get along but, because of defects, thev exert them before if for no other reason than there is so much selves to compensate. The result is irritation, fatigue, I; more of it. restlessness, plus eyestrain. Even perfect exes feel One of the greatest partnerships found in all nature the strain from time to time -- and only two per cent of is that between the eye and the brain. The eye, of the human population is bom with perfect vision. course, is useless without the brain but as it is the Thus, many people spend their whole lives not ever means through which information passes to the brain, having really seen the true color and form of a fine it is a vital organ in and of itself. The first link in the painting or the fine detail in a flower. process is the optic nerve, the special nerve of the Originally the human eye was engineered for seeing sense of sight. Then, the retina sends the message at a distance. This was fine as long as eyes were used to the brain. The brain then turns two separate chiefly in hunting for food. It was onlv when man images into one, right side up, and tells us what it became more civilized, learned to read and write, that 12 e process of nulated. All arena work 's. Each in state affect it may exist s ing needs, es of faulty > make the nt but the anv, rnanv some kind enough to xert thern >n, fatigue, t eyes feel per cent of :ect vision. _>s not ever n of a fine 1 for seeing - were used when man write, that most eves began to prove unequal to the burdens put upon them. As western cultures became industrial ized, eves had to be trained on machines in the factory or were required to do close work in an office. All this was a far cry from spotting game in the wilder ness, which was primitive man's sole concern. All this raises a question in our day and age. Are human eves really up to the job that modem life puts upon them? Most, to be frank about it, are not -- not without help. Advances, however, have been achieved so that most defects which occur can be easily cor rected. It is estimated that some 70 to 80 per cent of all visual defects can be corrected with some kind of glasses. Periodic examinations for people of all ages can be most helpful. Although eyes do not wear out, as is popularly supposed, the ability to see clearly and without strain does change throughout life. As people get older, the eve muscles lose flexibility and become less efficient. Children, too, ought to be examined every year or so because it is during the formative years of childhood that eye behavior patterns are established. Young or old, the most common eye defects come about through a malformation of the eyeball or its contents or the malfunctioning of certain eye muscles. Most commonly such defects produce what an eye specialist calls a "refractive error." This means, simply, that the light entering the eye is not bent in quite the way it should be for clear, unstrained vision. Symptoms common to eye trouble are difficulty in focusing, spots before the eyes, colored halos around lights, or flashes. Consistent headaches after doing close work may well indicate eyestrain. Any of these symptoms or inflammation around the eve should be the sign to consult professional assistance. Symptoms or no, the art of making glasses has progressed to such an extent nowadavs that nearlv everyone could be helped immeasurably bv professional advice regard ing the sight requirements suited to individual needs. At work or at play, perfect eyesight is a tremendous asset and adjustments have to be made from time to time in order that this condition be maintained. In a world so complex and complicated as ours, the needless imposition of a sight handicap upon our selves is foolish indeed. With an endless number of wonders to explore, good eyesight is a necessarv in gredient to fulfillment. No matter the stage of life you attain, your eyes are the channel through which constant stimulus and excitement are possible. With good eves, you will never be bored or lacking some thing interesting to do. The cost of a check-up peri odically is a small price to pay for such a prospect. 13 ETC 34392 Rom Mono Modeller), New York Genera) Sales, ponders options of the new Savings Plan best suited to her needs. SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED Ethyl's new Savings Plan, which wen* into effect on the first of September, joins an impressive list of employee benefits When is a dollar worth a dollar and a half? To Ethyl people employed in the United States, the the Savings Plan has been designed to provide maxi mum tax advantages under the current law. This last answer is simple. A dollar is worth a dollar and a halpf oint is important because these tax features permit when it is invested in the Company's new Savings investment returns to pyramid at an accelerated rate Plan. With over 85 per cent of all eligible personnel not possible with an independent investment program. already signed up, there is no doubt that Ethyl people The Savings Plan in its final form represented not know a bargain when they see one. onlv prodigious effort on the part of mam people, but And what a bargain! Besides matching employee it is also one of the most flexible plans of its type ever designated savings to the tune of fiftv cents on the offered to employees anywhere. That this is so and dollar, the money is put to work by the Plan Trustee that the Ethvl Savings Plan is now a reality is the at the direction of each employee. Further, adminis result of long and hard hours put in bv many Ethyl trative expenses of the Plan are absorbed bv the Com people. Other plans had to be examined, Ethyl's par pany so that a maximum tax advantage return will ticular corporate structure had to be taken into ac accrue to the employee. All this, plus the fact that count, details of administering the Plan had to be gone 14 ETC 34393 i# ! over and assessed, and a thousand and one other de tails had to be worked out with care. All in all it was a job which took not months but years to accomplish. That the work has been done well is reflected in the results which show that the vast majority of Ethvl employees who are eligible want to participate. Getting the necessary information to all eligible employees was a tremendous job in itself. Evers' nook and crannv of Ethyl activity in the United States had to be covered. At our larger installations--Baton Rouge, Detroit, Houston, Pittsburg--employee rela tions men had to be informed down to the last detail in order that thev could accurately communicate the full story. Booklets and application forms had to be supplied in quantity. Charts, slides and other pres entation materials had to be shipped to the right place at the right time. Working against a September 1 deadline, Savings Plan specialists were sent out from New York to explain the Plan at Sales Offices and Terminals. Thus, at employee meetings all over the country, Ethvl people were given the facts. The meetings produced similar reactions on one point: it's a good deal. Naturally, each person has his own idea as to how best to use the Savings Plan-- which of the options best suit his needs. The optional features--the flexibility--is definitely one of the Plan's strong points. Indeed, few if any such plans allow as much leeway to the individual. It's all part of the Company's effort to not only stimulate savings for security, but also to tailor the savings program of the Ethvl employee, as far as is practically possible, to his or her individual needs. Throughout the Company in recent weeks, coffeebreak and lunch-time conversations have been pretty much dominated by talk about the Savings Plan. With so large a number of eligible employees already signed up, this is understandable. Some questions have re curred often enough to bear repeating. On the fol lowing two pages we are printing some of them-- along with the answers. Gleaned from the experience of those in charge of Savings Plan meetings, thev are reprinted here in the hope that they will be helpful. instrumental in getting the Savings Plan into operation, the group below discusses its structure and administration. Prom left to right, the assembly consists of Bill Meyer, Employee Relations; Steve Rodi, director of Employee Relations; Watt Cosgrove, Employee Relations; Paul Cahill, Finance; and Ralph Hutchinson, Employee Relations; all in New York. ri ETC 34394 Art Jennings, Supervisor of Personnel at the Detroit Laboratories, was one of three Ethyl Savings Plan experts to hold meetings there. <p. Why can't employees allocate more than 50q of their own contributions to long term option C? A. It is hoped that the funds invested in option C will appreciate in value. However, the stock market goes through cvcles when security values drop and the Company felt that it would be a mistake to permit the emplovee to have all of his savings plan funds invested in option C. Q. Will unit values of the short term fund and the various options under the long term fund be published monthly? A. A report on units and their value will be given yearly to each member. Monthly information on unit value will be available upon request. (p. Why is membership in the savings plan contingent on participation in the Retirement Income Plan? A. Membership in the savings plan is intended to provide an extra cash reserve when emplovees re tire. This cash reserve is intended to supplement not replace the insured annuity income provided under the Retirement Income Plan. Q. Will savings plan deductions be made from each paycheck or only once a month? A. From each regular paycheck. Q. Is payroll deduction the only method for con tributing to the savings plan? A. Yes. Failure to participate during anv payperiod cannot be adjusted at any later date. Q. Why isn't the distribution in Option C also in shares of stock? A. Because the option C fund contains manv stocks of many different companies. It is not practical to attempt to distribute individual interests in such a variety of securities. (), Can a member's accumulated equities in the sav ings plan be used as collateral for a loan? A. No, because vour interest in the savings plan is not assignable. Q. What is the basis for determining the cost fat the time of distribution) of stocks purchased under long term options A and B? A. The average cost of these stocks during the period vou allocated funds to these options. <p. Why can't withdrawals from the long term fund be made against the Company's contributions and the earnings on the fund? A. Because this would defeat one of the Plan's purposes-the creation of a cash reserve to be available at retirement, termination or death. ETc 34395 ian 50S of a C? i option C ick market - drop and mistake to vings plan d and the published I be given nation on st. ontingent 'lan? .tended to .loyees reipplement provided from each for con- any pay late. C also in tny stocks actical to in such a i the sav ings plan >st (at the ader long uring the ons. crm fund s and the Ian's puravailable Q. When do l pay Federal Income Tax on distribu tions from the short term fund and the long term fund? A. When your accumulated distributions under the short term fund exceed vour accumulated contribu tions to that fund vou will owe Federal Income Tax at the normal rate for vour earnings bracket. Fed eral Income Tax for distribution of the Ions term fund will be due for the taxable vear in which this fund is distributed to you. Q. Why doesn't the Company allow more than Iff? of its contributions to be allocated to the short term fund? A. The Company decided that at least 9011 of its contribution should go to the long term fund to provide a cash reserve when the employee leaves the Company and to provide the employee with maximum tax advantage on Company contributions. Q. What happens to an employee's balance in the short and long term funds if he stops contributing to the Plan but continues as an employee of the Com pany? A. He will still qualify for the annual distribution under the short term fund until such balance is exhausted and his account in the long term fund will be held to his credit until retirement, termina tion or death. However, the employee's own con tributions that have been in the long term fund for more than two vears bevond the vear of contribu tion will be subject to his withdrawal. >. Can the annual distribution under the short term fund be refused and left in the short term fund or transferred to the long term fund? A. No. The distribution will be automatic. Q. How soon after the end of the Plan year will the Trustee pay off? A. Within two or three weeks, it is anticipated. Q. Who pays the brokers fees? A. You do. Brokerage will be deducted from the contributions to be invested. Q. Who is on the savings plan committee? A. W. R. Perdue, Jr. will be chairman of the com mittee composed of Messrs. F. J. MacNallv, Robert Herzog and Stephen B. Rodi. Q. Upon termination or retirement will the plan be distributed in cash or securities? A. Anv distribution due from options A and B in the long term fund will be distributed in whole shares of stock with cash equal to any fractional shares. Distribution of your balance in the short term fund and vour interest in options C and D of the long term fund will be made in cash. FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT Kaj Birket-Smith. a noted anthropolgist who has traveled most of the globe in pursuit of his studies, has produced a fascinat ing volume in Primitive Man and His Ways, a World publication. He has explored the customs and habits of some of the primitive people who still maintain an ancient way of life in modern times. Among those that he holds up for scrutiny are the Aborigines of Australia, the desert Taureg, the Maori, the Lapps and the North American Indian. Though their customs vary, there are amazing likenesses in their way of life, despite the fact that they are often oceans and conti nents apart. The author answers innumerable questions about man and his environment as well as his needs and goals. There are ample illustrations to aid the commentary. Add to Norah Lofts' impressive list of historical novels The House at Old Vine, a work that stands with the best of that lady's immensely readable volumes. Miss Lofts writes delicately and is not given to swashbuckling and derring-do. Her aim is not sensationalism but a recreation of past times and characters as they may well have been in her chosen era, in this case sixteenth century England. She is primarily concerned with the rise of a young man from serfdom to become a man of property and the struggles of his heirs to retain what he has won. The pagaentry of it all is brilliant vet never overly elaborate, and the story is neatlv threaded through the tapestiy of the times. Translated from the original work of Arnold Dresden by B. L. van der Waerden, Professor at the University of Zurich, Science Awakening is a scholarly presentation to be studied and enjoyed bv anvone with an interest in science and mathematics. An Oxford book, it deals with the mathe maticians of ancient Greece, Egvpt and Babylon and the brilliance of their contributions. There is as well the brilliance of the times, splendid in culture. Panoramic scenes of Greek cities unfold like a movie spectacular in the telling of the evolution of mathematics, and what might seem to manv a dull subject is far from it. The language is simple enough for the layman and there are abundant illustrations. No one needs to be told how much we owe to the ancients, but regardless it is always fascinating to discover and redis cover the roots that sprang to life in antiquity. In A History of Medicine, Dr. Henry E. Sigerist, who before his death was Professor and Director of the Institute of the Historv of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, has written a notable work that traces the birth of medicine from the earlv Greeks, Hindus and Persians. Using literature for some of the archaic conceptions, he has practically told the history and culture of the people with regard for their individual contribu tions bv wav of their separate approachs--the Hindus with their leaning toward the mystical, the Greeks with their logic and reason. Some of the discoveries are astoundingly modern and manv of them a part of modern medical practice. A Man in a Mirror is by far Richard Llewellyn's best novel since How Green Was .My V alley. A Doubleday book, it is concerned with the trial of a Masai for murder and it is a penetrating studv of tribal customs on The Dark Continent, where the author lived among the people and studied their wavs. It is also an exciting work of fiction in which Mr. Llewellvn is at the top of his form. His courtroom is an active place and his people are notably real. Asked to review his life lor the court, Jim Nterenke presents a picture of Africa that is superb and his storv helps to depict facets that no reportial work can show. Mr. Llewellyn has created something power ful and readable. Like the tali Masai warriors, his latest work has stature. Several vears ago William Nickerson, a retired millionaire at the age of 42, wrote a best seller entitled How / Turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate--in .My Spare Time. Now Mr. Nickerson, in My Odyssey Around Three Worlds, tells us of the events leading up to that enterprise. His book, a Simon and Schuster release, is a bright and sparkling chronicle that takes him hither and yon and shows the initiative that was ever present in his financial success. Mr. Nickerson went a long wav from Fresno and an even longer way with three dollars in his pocket. He saw the world and conquered it, and he has recounted his adventures in most of the coun tries on our planet with gusto. Nathaniel Benchlev is a chip off the old block, and while he mav not have quite the remarkable sense of humor that made his father, the late Robert Benchlev, someone very special in the field of satire, he nonetheless has a sharp wit and a cool eye. In his latest novel, The Off-Islanders, he is clearly having a ball, and so will his readers when thev meet the cast of characters from an island on the coast of Cape Cod and from the crew of a Russian submarine that has gone aground thereabouts. As you might imagine, the Communists get quite a going over, and Mr. Benchlev is just as harsh on the natives. Nothing much funnier has yet to come out of the sea. But laughter is never forced; it is the result of insight into the funny foibles of human beings. There is an enchanting joumev in store for readers of Sacheverell Sitwell's Golden Wall and Mirador (Travels and Observations in Peru). The author is no mere reporter of a sojourn; he is a poet at heart and he sees with more than the eye in this new volume from World. His depictions of the people and places of South America are full of color and feeling and reflect his own excitement at meeting men and women in different cultures, at seeing the wonders of the land and discovering unique and remote villages and towns. As though the author's eve were not keen enough--and to be 18 ETC 34397 IT (. historv and dual contribu- Hindus with ith their logic lingly modern ractice. n's best novel ay book, it is r and it is a .rk Continent, studied their n which Mr. :n is an active review his life of Africa that it no reportial ething power* rs, his latest millionaire at ou: I Turned c Time. Now ree Worlds, se. His book, md sparkling ^ the initiative \lr. Nickerson 2er wav with nd conquered of the coun- and while he tor that made erv special in it and a cool he is clearly meet the cast ape Cod and gone aground lists get quite n the natives, the sea. But i2ht into the i readers of \dor (Travels re reporter of nore than the ctions of the of color and ing men and nders of the s and towns, ^h--and to be sure it is!--there are some 60 beautiful photographs to enchance the armchair journey. Just to give you a notion of what's included, there are ancient skull racks, Spanish cathe drals. tribal dances. Indian markets, Aztec ruins, floating islands, flora and fauna, carnivals, all written about by one of the most fluid pens in the world. Readers of The Setc Yorker magazine need no introduction to J. D. Salinger, whose Catcher in the Rye has become a modern classic and whose short stories are among the best in con temporary literature. Mr. Salinger is happily back between the hard covers of Little, Brown's Franny and ZoOY. Frannv and Zooev are brother and sister and they appear in two separate novelettes that originally appeared in The New Yorker. To tell vou what the stories are about would be next to impossible, except to say that they are about people, marvelous people whom Mr. Salinger has treated with the care of an artist. Thev are wild, whackv and wonderful, a little sad and pitiful, and they glow with life like the sun at high noon. It will be a cold day in August when a better storv than Zooey comes along, and Franny doesn't stand far apart. You'll be hard put to find a more fascinating historical novel than Fire in the Ice, Dorothy James Roberts' unusual new book about a woman of Iceland in the tenth centurv. A Little, Brown release, this new work is steeped in folklore and rich in history', and Miss Roberts is to be commended for a most remarkable job of research. She hasn't, however, stopped there: her characters are rich and noble and her story is woven tightlv as it traces the ambitious undertakings of Hallgerda Hoskuldsdaughter, who is determined to marry a king. Her quest leads to all sorts of incidents--murder among them. Miss Roberts has created a background that is far superior to most of what vou'll find in historical novels and her writing is pure and imaginative. Warner Brothers' screen version of Fanny bids fair to be one of the season's best films. Based on the French film trilogy of Marcel Pagnol and, to some extent, on the Broad way musical, it is a thoroughly delightful film that is humorous, touching and idvllic. Leslie Caron, in the title role, is en chanting, and Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer are superb. Horst Buchholz. a relative newcomer to American audiences, is the love interest and he promises to be one of the brightest stars of the future. The tale unfolds around the waterfront of Marseilles, which has been beautifully photo graphed in Technicolor. Director Joshua Logan has treated it all with loving care and produced a product that ranks with his finest Hollywood work. TELEVISION The promise of things to come is hopeful for the new' season on television and viewers can look forward to a variety of shows on the home screen. Opening The Hallmark Hall of Fame, Julie Harris will appear in Victoria Regina on a date vet to be announced. Also scheduled for fall showing is a new series starring Ger trude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke, who were so successfully teamed on Broadway in A Majority of One. The new show is entitled Mrs. G. Goes to College. Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory promises to be one of the highlights of the Fall season. The two-hour special will star Sir Laurence Olivier. On September 17 NBC will start a new cycles of Wisdom, originally televised nine years ago. The show features con versations among men and women of intellectual stature. Another anxiously awaited special promising wide appeal is Carnegie Hall Salutes Jack Benny to be televised on CBS on the evening of September 27. The ladies will be pleased to know that ABC will present Arlene Dahl in a series of 65 shows on beaut)' and fashion. Robert Young gives up Father Knows Best for a new series to be entitled Window on Main Street. Constance Moore is his co-star. NBC will present Thresh hold, a series of three ninetyminute programs about America's scientific plans, objectives and accomplishments in the space age. Academy Award winner Shirley Booth will star in a new series based on The Saturday Evening Post character Hazel. Don DeFore co-stars. On October 1, Adlai Stevenson will begin a series to be labeled Adlai Stevenson Reports. The chief United States delegate to the United Nations will report on the U.N. and discuss topical subjects with international figures. On October 4 on NBC, Lillian Gish, Eddie Albert and Gig Young will star in The Spiral Staircase, the opening show on the Theatre *6i. Discovery, one of the season's most promising shows for youngsters, will debut on October 2. The new series is designed to answer the questions of the curious child and will also contain current news with special treatment for the small fry. The children will also benefit from 1, 2, 3--Go!, a new series in which Jack Lescoulie will tour interesting places such as Cape Canaveral and Barrow Point, Alaska, with a 10-year old bov. The show bows in on October 8. 1, i 35 YEARS MILESTONES 30 YEARS Earl Bartholomew Research & Development, Detroit Raymond R. Faller Employee Relations, New York 20 YEARS Harry L. Butler Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Claude B. Ezell Manufacturing. Baton Rouge Harrington B.Harelson Jr. Manufacturing. Baton Rouge C. George Polk Research & Development, Detroit Charles W. Wascom Manufacturing, Baton Rouge 20 etc 3439 ETHYL WELCOMES > R. Faller Relations, York J. George Rick General Sales, New York Larn Anglin, Jr., a graduate of Louisiana State University, is a chemical engineer at the Baton Rouge plant. Currie Berry, Jr., a chemi cal engineer in Baton Rouge, holds his B.S. from Missis sippi State Universitv. Robert Linn, a graduate of the Universitv of Detroit with an LL.B., is a patent attorney at the Detroit Laboratory. 'I. Slack tral Region h Vi'. Whitney Sweeney, Jr. Sales, Eastern Region :GE Polk Development, :roit James B. Rhorer Engineering, Baton Rouge Frank Martin is a mainte nance-operations clerk for the Finance Department at the Pacific Coast plant. Calvin Moore, a graduate of Georgia Tech, is a chemical engineer for Process Design at the Baton Rouge plant. William Schuette is a chem ical engineer at the Baton Rouge plant. He is a graduate of the Universitv of Wisconsin. \v. Wascom during. Rouge Fred E. Wilson Manufacturing. Baton Rouge Henry Taratucky is a tech nician at the Yonkers Gasoline Testing Laboratory. He enjoys playing tennis and golf. William Taylor, a chemi cal engineer at the Baton Rouge plant, holds his B.S. from L. S. U. Richard Winter, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, is a chemical engineer at the Baton Rouge plant. 21 ETC 34400 ON THE ROSTRUM Dick Eiswirth of TEL Operations in Baton Rouge presented the Ethvl Man agement Club's Selling America Program "The Economic Freedoms" to the Educa tional Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and also at a meeting of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 4032 in Baton Rouge. The same program was presented at a meeting of the Audubon Kiwanis Club in Baton Rouge by Claude Arceneaux of Chemical Research and Development at the plant. "Waste Water Treating Facilities at Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited" was the title of the paper given at the Eighth Ontario Industrial Waste Confer ence at Honey Harbour, Ontario, by Lorne Robb, chemist at the Sarnia plant. BIRTHS Detroit Frank and Gladys Forest--a daughter, Laura Marie. Frank is with the Lab's Receiving and Shipping section. Roy and Norma Gealer -- a son, Charles Alan. Rov is with Chemical Research at the Laboratory. Arthur and Lorraine Zielinski-a son, David Mathew. Arthur is a chem ist for the Lab's Analytical section. Pacific Coast Roy and Mary Lou BROWN-a daugh ter Lynnette Ann. Rov is an opera tions technician at the plant. Jan and Virginia Proper--a daughter, Shereen Monica. Jan is a maintenance technician at the plant. NEWS BRIEFS For the second consecutive vear the Pub lic Relations Department in New York has supplied the American Automobile Association with 2,000 reprints of an Ethyl News article on gasoline prices and taxes. The reprints which will be distributed to high school driver train ing instructors throughout the country', tell what a bargain gasoline is and point out that it is the tax that is high. Eight children of Baton Rouge plant employees won sport honors during the summer. David Beste, son of George Beste of Research and Development, won the Louisiana Javeee Junior Tennis title at New Orleans, and also won the Alabama State Tennis Tournament for boys 15 years old and under which was held in Mobile. Butch Mixon, son of Wallace Mixon of Maintenance and Construction, was pictured in a feature column of a Baton Rouge newspaper as the outstanding pitcher of the Jacksonville, Florida, Class "A" professional baseball team. Sons of Bob Percy, Engineering, won nine medals at the Baton Rouge swim ming meet at Howell Park. Each of the five boys, Ryland, 12; Jimmy, 10, Hereford, 9; Adrian, 8 and Gene, 4, took gold medals in diving. Jimmy, Here ford. and Gene won gold medals in the swimming events and Adrian won third place in swimming. Mary Camille Traweek, daughter of Henry Traweek of Chemical Research and Development, won the one-meter diving event at the Junior Southern Am ateur Athletic Union swimming meet at Howell Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. John Wascom, son of Whitfield Wascom, Maintenance and Construction, Baton Rouge, received his Boy Scout Eagle Award at the Houma District Court of Honor. John is a member of Troup 231, for which his father serves as scoutmaster. Kathy Clinton, 12-year-old daugh ter of Ernie Clinton of the Detroit Labo ratory, recently won the intermediate girls class championship in the Free Press Junior Golf School playoffs. Kathy has been golfing since she was eight years old. The Companv was one of the support ers of the ninth annual conference of the Louisiana Youth Safety Council which was open to all high school stu dents and others interested in safety'. Among the sessions planned for the con ference was safet\ in boating, use of guns, automobile driving, farm actiuties. and use of power mowers. The photograph of the Alamo from a recent Magic Circle advertisement was reproduced on the cover of the roto sec tion of The Houston Chronicle of }ulv 30. The newspaper selected the picture (the work of jerry Cooke) because of its unusual lighting effects. Ci edit was given to Ethvl for permission to reprint. IN THE FIELD Larry Blatchford, automotive engi neer in the New York district, held a gasoline and engine meeting for Mobil Oil sales trainees at Manchester. New Hampshire. He gave the "Fire Power" presentation, showed the movie titled "There is a Difference" and also dis tributed the "Story of Gasoline" and "Facts about Gasoline'' booklets. Don Connell and Jack Laubach, both of the Houston office, presented three of Eth\Ts motor oil demonstrations to the technical service group of the Continental Oil Company. Harold Mhhler's new cold oil viscosity demon stration was one of the shows presented. Harold is with Advertising and Sales Promotion in New York. The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce has appointed Bob Douglass, manager of the Mid-Continent Region, to serve on the Petroleum Executives Council for 1961. During the Fifth Annual Council on Eco nomic Education at Tulane University in New Orleans. Bud Harris of the New Orleans district office presented "A New Concept of Gasoline Progress." More than 100 economic teachers from high schools throughout the state of Louisiana attended the three-week workshop. Tom Hanlon, Pittsburgh district office, gave three "Dealer Dazzlers" presenta tions before the dealer training classes and district training managers of Esso Standard Oil, Gulf Oil, and Mobil Oil, located in Pittsburgh. 22 ETC 34401  for the eon;ting. use of .rm activities. Alamo from tisement was the roto sec lude of July cl the picture because of its Credit was m to reprint. LD ' tl*-. motive engi'trict, held a ng for Mobil vhester. New "Fire Power" movie titled .nd also dis asoline" and .lets. K Laubach, e. presented emonstrations iroup of the Harold ositv demonvs presented, t and Sales immeree has manager of ,i serve on the icil for 1961. uncil on EcoUniversitv in of the Xew ited "A Xew j;ress." More rs from high of Louisiana orkshop. district office, rs" presentauning classes gers of Esso d Mobil Oil, | > { | Jack Kaley, Philadelphia district field representative, presented the "Fire Pow er" show before two groups of refiners' maintenance men of Gulf Oil at Girard Point. Pennsvlvania. The meetings were arranged bv Mac McCooley, product service and safetv engineer. Philadelphia office. Fritz Mercer, Atlanta district field rep resentative. presented the Modem Fuels and Engines storv, illustrated with the demonstrating engine and cut-away en gine panel, to Esso dealers studying tuneup in Columbia, South Carolina, and a dealer-trainee class in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also gave the same presen tation to Phillips dealer trainees in Ra leigh, North Carolina. Lewis Rumph, fleet engineer in the At lanta district office, was recently made chairman of the Placement Committee for the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and gave a paper entitled "The Importance of AirFuel Ratio" at the annual convention of the Automotive Engine Rebuilders Asso ciation held in Miami, Florida. In addition. Lew presented "Diagnosis of Engine Failures" to Phillips Petroleum Company's Atlanta division manager and his entire staff, and also presented "Deal er Dazzlers" to personnel at the Atlanta division offices of American and Gulf Oil Companies. Bob Kimpton and Herb Moseley of the Pittsburgh district office gave the presentation "A New Venture -- a New Gasoline" at a meeting of South Penn Oil Company sales personnel in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Also present were sales personnel of Slesnick Brothers Oil Com pany. who are dealers of Pennzoil. The presentation covered octane number and knock, different octane ratings and their meanings, and a discussion of Pennzoil gasolines. In addition. Bob presented the "Story of Gasoline." "Fuel System Deposits" and "Dealer Dazzlers" before a group of tuneup specialists and an oil company dealer of United Motors in Parkersburgh, West Virginia. Art Zietz, Houston Region office, and George Porth, Houston district, both gave the Ignition-Control-Compound-attache-case demonstration to a group of Texstar Petroleum people. Whit Sweeney of the Pittsburgh office presented the Fuel-Engine story to a training supervisor and a group of deal ers for the Gulf Oil Company in Charles ton. West Virginia. Norm Gerber, refinery technologist, was transferred to the Gulf Coast Re gional office. He was formerly with the Mid-Continent Region. WEDDINGS Detroit Judy Atto, daughter of Hugh Atto of Administration and Services at the Lab oratory, was married to William El kins on July 13 in Los Angeles. New York Arlene Defossey and Edward Fedak were married on September 3 at the Immaculate Conception Church in New York City. After a honeymoon trip along the Eastern Coast, the couple will reside in Brooklyn. Arlene is a member of Gen eral Sales. EXTRACURRICULAR Elmer Mahlke, Sales. Yonkers Labo ratory, was presented with the Bov Scouts' Silver Beaver Award. Elmer, a scout leader for 10 years and former Crestwood District chairman of the Siwanoy-Bronx Valiev Bov Scout Coun cil, was among four council leaders to receive the award. Thom Yates, Public Relations, New York, attended the dedication and formal presentation of a $25,000 electric terrain model at the Drake Well Park Museum in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The model is intended to acquaint visitors with the oil industry's birthplace as it existed a centurv ago. The model was purchased with funds left over from the 1959 Oil Cen tennial, for which Thom was coordinator and public relations consultant. Tom Allen of Research and Develop ment in Baton Rouge, who spends most of his summer weekends racing sailboats, was recently elected commodore of the Lightning Class Association's southern district, composed of Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alabama. Ray Metternich of Training at the Baton Rouge plant was the Company's representative at a two-dav meeting of the Southern States Apprenticeship Coun cil in Jackson, Mississippi. The object of the meeting was to inform the confer ence representatives of the progress be ing made in apprentice training and other programs. Six Baton Rouge plant employees partici pated at the ninth annual Occupational Safety Conference held at the Louisiana State University. Robert Blom of TEL Maintenance and Construction, Wilson Devall of EtCl Operations, and Charles HustMYRe of TEL Operations were selected by the Central Safetv Committee to at tend a four-day course on occupational safetv. Safety engineers. Bill Heck, Bob Palmer and Carroll Hebert partici pated as staff members during the con ference. Bill headed a session on con ducting safetv meetings; Bob was in charge of a session on maintenance and safetv; and Carroll was a member of a panel on occupational safetv. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the following employees: Detroit: R. C. Beaubier and W. E. Rasmussen, $290.00 (Revise unit for conditioning engine air (Award to W. E. Rasmussen only; R. C. Beaubier was in eligible for monetary award) ). New York: R. Roche, S45.00 (Buy a new- set of addressograph plates which are to be used for price changes only and kept separate from other plates); Irene Rowan, $10.00 (When sending our Ethyl News survey envelopes, include P. O. box number on the street address line). Pacific Coast: Anton Baumgartner, $10.00 (Scoop for blender dye booth); Martin P. Enni, S10.00 (MEA sample bottle holder); Jan Proper, $10.00 (Cases for calibration of nitrogen ana lyzer); Lawrence J. Reilly, $10.00 (Hook for valve chain at hopper booths); Howard C. Thompson, $800.00 (Pur chase of two lots of government surplus sodium thiosulfate at auction). 23 I ETC 34402 In the June issues of "Outdoor Life", "Sports Afield" and "Field & Stream", the Company ran an ad offering The Camping Blue Book, retail value of a dollar, for fifty cents. The offer was made with an eye to promoting camping vacations, at the peak vacation season. So far over 17,000 responses have come in. Above, left to right, Frances McLaughlin, Gertrude Hortsmann and Eileen King, all of the Finance department in New York, are shown going about the processing work necessary to meet the heavy response to the offer. ETC 34403 A suggestion svstem award which topped all pre vious awards at the Pittsburg plant was presented to Howard Thompson, Data Clerk in the Finance Section. Howie, center, received a check for S800.00 from Plant Manager Jim Gill, right, as his supervisor, W. J. Splaine, looked on. The suggestion urged pur chasing two lots of surplus sodium thiosulfate. George Unzelman, Western Region Chief Refinery Technologist, has good reason to be proud of his daughter Jane, shown below. She took first prize honors at her Malaga Cove School graduation in Palos Verdes Estates, California, and just before school ended she won a four year scholarship to Marymount's Southern California High. All this and pretty too. PLACES ig The noting right, k, are xl ii '*** sKl *< An* .5 yt V\ *'\'.^%:.Vaj a tl rs- I V1. SERVICE MAN m * lift MEETING OF MINDS At the recent West Coast dinner honoring em ployees with 25 or more years of service, 10 men Dave Bartelson, antioxidant product manager from the Detroit Labs, was one of several featured from the area joined the ranks and were presented speakers at a recent meeting on Product Sales in the with plaques. The presentations were made by Len Central Region, held in Chicago. Technical informa Huxtable, Western Region manager, who is shown tion and sales promotional material were completely above honoring Merritt Martin, left, who is employed reviewed at the two-day session with a view toward at the terminal in Wilmington, California. increasing the sales volume of all products. more people, more places i NEW REGION ROLLING r 11he first full meeting of Gulf Coast Region Personnel since its establishment was convened re cently in Houston by Ellis Locher, Gulf Coast Region manager. Including men from the Houston and New Orleans districts, the group was briefed on organiza tional plans worked out for the Region's operation and then heard a presentation on Ethyl's new Savings Plan. Each specialist on Gulf Coast Region's staff gave a summary of services to be provided in his area of re sponsibility. Methods and means were gone over so that the people on the district level can get maximum advantage from available services in effectively selling Company products. Jack Pruitt, General Sales manager from New York, came down to sit in on the proceedings. T ETC 34405 manager from eral featured t Sales in the nical informare completelv view toward ts. >n's staff gave iis area of regone ox er so .let maximum tivelv selling ales manager proceedings. SARNIA SCENE r | to add to the festivities at a recent Ethyl Recrea- A tion Club picnic at the Sarnia plant, Dave Man ning appeared in the clown costume, above. Dave, who is a former president of the Ethyl Recreation Club, helped set the mood for fun with his colorful get-up. Sarnia plant emplovees, their wis es and chil dren attended the all-dav picnic. BY GEORGE! /~1 eorge Porth, Gulf Coast Region field representavT tive, was the featured speaker at a recent meeting of Mobil employees. George, shown above during his talk, gave the "Diagnosis of Engine Failures" presen tation to an interested audience and he made effective use of demonstration equipment he had brought along and set up to illustrate his points. ADVISORS HONORED Tlaton Rouge Plant Manager Wallace Armstrong, AJ center, presented plaques recently to honor the advisors for the 1960-61 Ethvl-sponsored Junior Achievement companv. Shown with Wallace, from the left, are Homer Sanders, Billy Grady, Bernard Manuel and Chief Adviser Bill Axtell. The awards were presented in behalf of Junior Achievement. INDUSTRY AWARD r I 'he Ethyl-sponsored Junior Achievement Company A was named runner-up Industry Award winner recently. Below, Bill Axtell shows off the trophv to Karl Cast, Tech Services superintendent, and Ken Swartwood, Research and Development general man ager, on the right. 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SUGGEST)! RT THE 1 SUPPORT ETHYL OCTOBER 1961 ETHYL Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor* poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE The Wheels ol Fortune ............... 2 Night Game................................... 4 Grass-Roots Candidate............... 8 The Men Who Blend................... 12 Catskill Safari................................. 16 Milestones ............... 20 Ethyl Welcomes................................21 Personals ............................................ 22 People and Places............................ 24 Leonhard Dowty .................................... Edifor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris.......................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, Russ Frank, Carol Hotchkiss, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chino, Jane Hudlemever; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Maiming; Mexico: Mike Espi nosa; New Orleans: Maxine Blue; Sew York: Jim Donohue, Ema Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Dorothy Locke, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Phila delphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OUR COVER. On a family outing to the Catskill Game Farm, Chris Holland of Export Sales and his two young daughters look into a cage of birds from all o\er the world. The story of their safari is on page 16 Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York- B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Printed in U.S.A. 2 Let us look upon an all-too-tvpical domestic scene. Our man Monday is seated, pen in hand, at the dining room table, where the monthly bills are neatly stacked before him. He signs the check for the grocer and shakes his head at the amount. The bill from the local department store gives him cause for further despair. In disheartened succession he opens the en velopes from the cleaner, the repairman, the gardener and on down the line, and he calls to his wife in a state of besetment. Something sirnplv must be done! Somewhere, somehow the bills must be reduced. But where? On the surface even' cost seems to be a necessitv and, baffled bv the high cost of living, our cou ple merely shrug and hope that the next time around the bills will not be so staggering. But come next month, the scene is repeated and the aggravation grows. True, the cost of living is high but the fault often lies in the lack of planning, in an inabilitv or reluc tance to evaluate and assess the importance of each and even- item. Nobody enjoys living in a state of deprivation, ol having to think twice before spending even dollar, but wise spending and cost reduction, be it domestic or industrial, is something quite different. We have always been a land of plenty, hut that does not afford etc 34409 OF FORTUNE i mestic scene, hand, at the ills are neatly `or the grocer bill from the .* for further >pens the enthe gardener liis wife in a mst be done! educed. But - to be a neing, our contime around epeated and e fault often litv or relucince of each privation, of even- dollar, it domestic it. We have es not afford us the foolish right of waste. (And which of us has not been guilty of throwing out unused food, bought simply in a moment of extravagance?) In business, where there can be no question that competition is keen, waste is the devil's handmaiden. What mav seem a trivial indulgence becomes enor mous when multiplied by the number of employees it takes to operate a modem business. The influx of foreign goods must also be considered. More and more foreign products (and many of them are excellent ones) are appearing in our domestic markets, and thev are selling at prices a great deal cheaper than our own goods. In order to compete, what must our manufacturers do? Would you have them cut salaries? Obviously, that would be the last drastic measure. The first and most important depends upon vou, and it is simplv a matter of careful cost reduction. If you do not look, naturally, you cannot see. But if vou look with a steady eye there lies beneath the surface anv number of ways in which vou can help the Company to reduce its costs. Many wavs have already been suggested through your Sug gestion Svstem, and they have not only helped the Companv to reduce its costs, they have been profitable for employees who took the time to suggest them. It is a two-wav street, and it runs limitlessly. Naturally, the manufacturers in many foreign coun tries--principally in the Communist nations--can pro duce products much cheaper than we can in the United States. Their workers work much longer hours and thev are paid far less. Their entire standard of living is scaled down, whereas our level continues to be the highest in the world. Unfortunately, we are inclined to be careless about it, all of us, both at home and on the job. There was a time when it seemed not to matter, but in todav's angrv world it is of considerable importance. It cannot be taken lightly, not when our enemies are using every muscle to best us. Cutting costs is one of our most essental weapons and it is strong in the cause of peace. When there are places where many are starving, where living conditions are appalling, where invention is barely known, we cannot afford to show ourselves as a nation of unwise extravagance. We live, and hope always to live, well. We work under the most favorable conditions ever known. We have more of everything. Because we have all this, because we cherish it and have won it through years of enterprise in a health}- climate of competition, we owe it to ourselves to guard it carefully and use it wisely. The most valuable machines we have are the wheels in our heads. The}- are the wheels of fortune. 3 ETC 34410 i i There was plenty of action at Tiger Stadium when the Tigers took on the Yankees and 110 Ethyl fans cheered the home team on at a recent... 4 ETC 34411 I Right off the bat--to use the apt phrase--it should be said that when the people from Ethyl's Lab in Detroit get together for a partv after work, thev manage to wring the last ounce of fun out of the occa sion. Never was this fact more apparent than on a re cent Friday night in September when a party of 110 Ethvlites had themselves a ball at the ball game. Twice in the last two seasons a stag group from the Labs had gone to a night game together. Thev re ported such a good time that the ladies asked to go along. Yielding to distaff pressures, it was decided in July to buv a block of tickets for a night game in September, and that everyone--men and women--be invited. Seated together in the upper deck along the right field line at Tiger Stadium, the Ethyl group registers varying degrees of excitement. Popcorn in megaphone-like container* was old in the stands. Red Welsh, above, put his to good use rooting for the Tigers. Boarding the busses for the ball park. Ethyl baseball fans were in an "out to win" frame of mind. i; :t, the Tiger* eet. ETC 34412 NIGHT GAME (cant'd.) What with the Yankees and their home run twins, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, providing the op position, the tickets were soon snapped up. Red Welsh, Plant Operation and Maintenance, along with Joe Kieninger and Will Zutaut from Chemical Re search divided up the chores to get the trek to Tiger Stadium rolling. They hired two buses, distributed tickets (all they had), and collected the money. The Ethyl baseball bugs were in good hands; the excur sion came off without a hitch. Ed Zaweskv, Chemical Research, had a tough time at the ball park making his cheers for the Yankees heard over the voices of all those loyal Detroit Tiger fans--but that just added to the fun. Who won? Well, on this particular night the Yanks and Tigers split a twi-night double header. So, there was some consolation all around. A panel of experts from the Detroit Labs (who isn't an ex pert at a ball game?) reveals an assortment of emotion ranging from unruffled calm to standing exuberance. 7 etc 34414 IJ GHASS-HOOTS CANDIDATE !; When a citizen is dissatisfied with the wav his community is being governed, he can do one or two things. He can either continue to complain and do nothing or he can stir himself and others into ac tion in an effort to bring about a change. Thom Yates, of Public Relations, has chosen the latter course. Never before a candidate for public office, Thom is running for mavor of Ho-Ho-Kus, a pleasant north west New Jersey residential community of 4,000 pop ulation, located about one hour's commuting time from the Ethvl offices in New York Citv. "I realize that serving as mavor, if elected, will consume virtually all of mv free time, both evenings and weekends," he acknowledges. "But office-holding is a responsibility that no qualified citizen interested in strengthening democracy at the grass-roots lev el can shirk or shun." On the November 7 ballot, Thom is teamed with two fellow-townspeople who are seeking seats on the borough Council, the community's governing body. If she is elected, Louise M. Strype would be--in a community where women outnumber men--the first ladv member in the council's history. If he is elected, Gene Macchi, sales manager for a New York corpora tion, would be the first councilman from a large geo graphical segment of Ho-Ho-Kus that has never been j represented on the council. The Yates-Strype-Macchi triumverate thus would immediately achieve one of its goals: To give the community a more representa tive government than it has known in the past. Without being melodramatic, Thom and his run- 1 ning mates consider their candidacy a "crusade.'' Ho- Ho-Kus has never had--at least in modem times--a contested election for local offices. One political party has such a decided superiority in registered voters that the other party doesn't even bother to list any candi- Construction progress of a new firehouse is checked by Thom and Gene Mocchi, one of his running motes. Both men were members of a citizens group that helped to effect a large saving in the cost of the firehouse. TC 34415 GRASS-ROOTS CANDIDATE (continued) Thom polos at the historic Ho-Ho-Kus borough hall with running matos Gene Macchi and Louis* Stryp*. Local nowspapor editor Livingston* Goodman gives Thom information about deadlines for campaign press releases. dates. "The result is," Thom points out, "elections lo cally are as empty and as meaningless as thev are in Communist lands. Understandably so, manv of our residents are politically apathetic and indifferent. But if this same situation existed all across the United States, democracy might have been dead long ago." "Until very recently, I, too, sat back and let others carry the ball. Then I analyzed the situation and came to the conclusion that the government of HoHo-Kus was weak on manv points. Among other things, it was not representative, it was not responsive to the wishes of the people, and little attention was being paid to community betterment." Whatever stimulus Thom needed he received last April 18, which was primary election dav in New Jer sey. When the ballots were counted that night, more than 100 citizens (almost 105 of all who voted) had written in Thom's name and those of the man and woman who are now his running mates, indicating, the candidates feel, a high degree of citizen discontent with the incumbent town officials. Mans' of the writein votes were on the Democratic side of the ballot where no candidate for mavor and borough council were listed. Thom and the others had the choice of accepting the nominations or declining them. After a careful appraisal of the situation, thev accepted as an expedient means of creating political competition --another of their goals. Thom is a lifelong Republican and expects to re main so. "I am by no means changing mv political affiliation," he explains. "The distinction is that while my running mate and I will be listed in the Demo cratic column of the November ballot, ours is a do-ityourself campaign and is being conducted without the help or support of any party professionals." In a com munity where registered Republican voters hold a 16 to 1 edge, their chances of victory might appear less than bright. "Not at all," Thom contends. "The aver age voter has maturity and integrity and we are con fident that all who believe as we do that Ho-Ho-Kus needs a change of administrations will vote for the best qualified candidates regardless of party label." Regardless of how he fares in the Election Dav bal loting, Thom considers that his candidacy and that of his teammates already has had many beneficial effects. "Among other things, we have aroused the citizenry and given them reason to take a renewed interest in the government and management of their community, we have instituted healthy, clean political rivalry and we are helping to create a new sense of civic pride and community spirit." elections lothey are in lany of our fferent. But the United ong ago." d let others tuation and lent of Honong other t responsive tention was eceived last in New Jernight. more voted) had ie man and indicating, i discontent if the writef the ballot ugh council ie choice of hem. After accepted as competition pects to reiiv political s that while the Demo ns is a do-itwithout the In a corn 's hold a 16 appear less "The aver\ve are conHo-Ho-Kus ote for the tv label." on Day baland that of ncial effects, he citizenry 1 interest in community, rivalrs- and civic pride Thom greets future voters ocross Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, which runs through center of town. A mirror refleets Thom os he addresses a group of women at a neighborhood "coffee hour." Incoming and outgoing campaign calls keep the Yates' telephone in use at any and all hours. I f 11 ETC 34418 \ iiilillll ere it not for the ready availability of accurately W blended fuels, much of the testing and research have to be carefully recorded. These and other duties keep Wes Price and his crew on the jump. All of them being advanced each dav at Ethyl's Detroit Labs --Wes, Ed Carson, Merlvn Beane, Clem Morrill, Dan could not be done. So, it's up to the men in the Fuel LaPoint, and Ray Goodwin--do their work with a pur House there to supplv precisely blended gasoline and pose and result which reflect long experience and oil stocks to keep the work going without interruption. great care. Be it a mix of one gallon or ten thousand, Wes Price's Each gasoline blend made at the Labs has been men have the tools and know-how to deliver any blend carefully noted and filed for more vears than vou'd ordered to the most rigid specifications. care to count. Long years of pin-point blending ac Wes, supervisor for Fuel Blending and Handling, curacy are on file for all to see and studv. is a veteran of 27 vears with the Company. The past 10 of those years have been spent in charge of the Fuel House. He and his five-man crew continually produce blends which would be the envy of even the most modern refinery's blending techniques. Reg Bro- quet, superintendent for Laboratory Services, opines: "These men mix up fuels just like a pharmacist mixes up medicines." Of course, it takes equipment to do such a job- modem, precise, safe equipment--and they have it. In the last analysis, however, it's the men who do the work, maintain the equipment and produce the re sults. As an independent check on accuracy before delivery, each blend batch is sent over for a chemical analysis. In Wes Price's memory' they haven't had a kick-back vet. Quite a record. Fuel Blending and Handling's scope of operation encompasses more than the Fuel House. There, small quantity blends are made to order and gas and oils mixed for use in test engines and chassis dynamometer runs are hooked up for delivery through underground pipes. In addition to the Fuel House, however, the men who blend have a drum rack and covered storage area to look after, a so-called fleet blending installation for large quantity blend orders and 58 underground storage tanks, the largest of which have a maximum capacity of 10,000 gallons. These tanks are kept stocked with basic gasolines. Fuel drams from customer companies sent in for analysis and research at the Labs have to be stored and noted. Additives required for blending have to be available and the amount and kinds of blends used loft, Dan LaPoint umi fork-lift truck to transport drums to Fuel Houso blond aroa. Wos Prico carofully notos fuol transfers from underground storage tank. He stands before main control panel in Fuel House. 13 4* FT' Ray Goodwin, above, works EthyWesigned Volumetric Mixing Burette. A new device, it's been adopted by many Ethyl customers. *i }! ,{1 i! Merlyn Beane keeps his eye glued to needle on scale of weigh*tank while fleet blending process is going on. ,i i 15 ETC 34422 Ml, and Colby- right, or* Intont at th* Holland family oxamintt bird sanctuary aroa from a mtchaniztd train. ETC 34423 Black lambs don't come from Africa but thoy'ro fun to food. Chris Holland, New York Export Sales, has to spend a good deal of time away from home. An account man for the Company in the Caribbean area, Chris sometimes has to be away for weeks at a time. This being the case, he likes to spend as much time as possible with his family when he is home. Often Chris, his wife Shug (short for Sugar), Cathy (8), and Patti (5) all climb into the family car and drive off into the country. That way they're all in one place and can enjov their adventures together. Most of the time Shug packs a lunch and they set out for a full das' of family fun. A while back Chris heard about the Catskill Game Farm some 95 miles from their Norwalk, Connecticut home. A wildlife preserve with nearly 3000 animals and birds, the Game Farm features areas where the tamer specimens are allowed to wander at will and the kids feed and pet them. You can buy food to feed the animals there on the grounds and -- this almost goes without saving--children love it. They usually like it better than the conventional zoo because there is more to see and do. While parents-HolIands and others--mav get a bit weary towards the end of the dav, it's a wonderful place for a family excursion. Undaunted bv intermittent rains, the Holland family spent most of one day exploring the Game Farm and then enjoved a picnic supper together on the road back home. For all of them, it was a day re plete with interest, action, and laughs. Giraffes, kangaroos, and vaks, too. 17 ETC 34424 Kudus btcouM ii notiv* land. ETHYL WELCOMES RSEN, a Duke l. is a junior >ce. New York. William Butler, field repre sentative. Central Region, is a Cornell Universitv graduate. Donald Combee, a graduate of Lehigh Universitv. is an auditor in Finance, New York. Albert DeFrance, Jr., as sistant patent attorney. Baton Rouge is an L.S.U. graduate. Y, who is martan' for Sales office. Catherine Fedirka works as a typist for Sales at the Yonkers Central office. Jene Gravley, a mother of three, is a stenographer in the Gulf Coast Region. Larry Holloway, chem en gineer, Baton Rouge, graduated from Missouri School of Mines. graduate of ty. is a chemi)etroit. Kathleen Macaraeg is a steno-clerk for Employee Rela tions in the New York office. Daniel McGandy works as an accounting analyst for Fi nance in the New York office. Helen Miller, who is mar ried, is a tvpist for Sales at the Yonkers Central office. iu, a technioit Labs, atte University. Ronald Rosenhagen, stand ards engineer in Baton Rouge, is a Wichita Universitv grad. Virginia Trentino is with Finance in New York. She enjovs collecting records. Betty Wolinsky works as a steno-clerk for Manufacturing in the New York office. 21 ETC 34428 Larry Dallam of Employee Relations in Baton Rouge gave the Ethyl Manage ment Club's Selling America Program before a section of the Esso Booster Club and also made three presentations before the Kiwanis Clubs of Metropoli tan, Capital Citv and Denham Springs. Larrv also participated as one of the speakers at the first of a series of orien tation meetings of the 1961-62 Junior Achievement advisers. His topic was on "Economic Education and the JA Com pany.'' Attending the JA orientation meetings were the four advisers who will work with the Ethyl-sponsored company dur ing the current school year. They are Baton Rouge plant's Art Decker of Engineering, Billy Grady of Industrial Engineering, Bernard Sobel of Engi neering and Mathematical Sciences and Howard Wier of Maintenance. Malcolm Murdock, vice president of Sales, New York, participated in the 9th Annual Marketing Conference of the National Industrial Conference Board held in New York. Mac participated in the session on "The Sales Outlook for 1962" which discussed the outlook for the oil industry. Employee Relations functions at the De troit Laboratories have transferred to the jurisdiction of the Employee Relations Department. Ted Carron is manager at Detroit and assisting him are Philip Dennis and Tom Murray. Promotions, reassignments, and transfers of nine Baton Rouge plant men have re cently taken effect. In General Engineering Bennie Dake has been named group leader of Stand ards in Mechanical Development; Carl Hillman and Robert Waltman were promoted to development engineers in Mechanical Development; and Ray mond Brady was made assistant engi neer in Inspection. Tom White has returned to the plant to resume his former duties as supervisor of the Cost and Budget sec tion in Finance. He is continuing to act as coordinator of Finance matters at the Orangeburg plant. Percy Templet, who was acting supervisor in Tom's ab sence, resumes his former position of assistant supervisor of Cost and Budget. Harry Dittmar, formerly of Chemi cal Research, has been transferred to Commerical Development. His duties are in the technical service field, in con nection with new chemicals. In Research and Development, Charles Hunt, formerly senior engi neer in Process Design, is now senior Automotive Engineer Larry BlatchFORD of the New York district pre sented the training course on "Casoline" to the Mobil Oil Boston division engi neer trainees. He used the automotive kit movies on "Gasoline"--"Volatility" and "Knocking and Preignition." He also showed the "Fire Power" movie and dis tributed "The Storv of Gasoline" and "Facts About Gasoline" booklets. Tom Hanlon, Pittsburgh district rep resentative, made three presentations of the "Fire Power" show to a large group of safetv department men and employees in the Processing Department of the Gulf Research and Development Companv at Harmarville. Pennsvlvania. Tom also made two hour "Dealer Dazzlers" presentations to Gulf dealer trainees in Charleston. West Virginia, and Pitts burgh, and also a 1U hour presentation to an area manager and his retail sales men in Charleston. Bob Hogan, New York chief automo tive engineer, gave the "Passenger Car Trend--1962" talk and slides to all the Gulf Oil New England district managers and the division manager and his staff at Boston, Massachusetts. Bob Kimpton, automotive engineer in the Pittsburgh district, presented the shows on "Storv of Gasoline," "Fuel Svstem Deposits." and "Dealer Dazzlers" to United Motors tune-up specialists and oil companv dealers in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Gary Starr, field representative in the New York district, presented the "Fire Power" show to a large group of 4-H tractor operator competition winners, be fore the Cornell agricultural extension group, and to the John Deere Depart ment heads of the New York State Fair. The show was sponsored bv American Oil. 34429 Services; and Iv a chemical rvices. is now ELD vRRY BLATCH. district pre- on "Gasoline" division engihe automotive e"--"Volatility" lition." He also movie and disGasoline" and oklets. h district rep resentations of a large group and employees tment of the iopment Comisylvania. Tom aler Dazzlers" ler trainees in ia, and Pittsir presentation iis retail sales- chief automoPassenger Car des to all the trict managers and his staff e engineer in presented the soline," "Fuel aler Dazzlers" specialists and Parkersburg, ntative in the :ted the "Fire group of 4-H n winners, beural extension >eere Depart>rk State Fair, bv American Gan- also presented the show at the request of G.L.F. (Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc.) to approximately 100 New York county highway superintendents. Robert Fisher, field representative in the Seattle district, has started a twovear rotational assignment with Product Service and Safety in New York. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the following employees: New York: Margaret Furman, $25.00 (That Mr. J. A. Hopkins demon strate the technique of Creative Think ing for employees of the New \ork office). Pacific Coast: Ronald Albright, $20.00 (Install trap in clarifier trench to clearwell storage tank); Martin P. Enni, $10.00 (Boiler control room heater moisture trap); Elmer F. GlasSER, $10.00 (Use of sodium analyzer rotax and relav at column); Elmer F. Glasser, $10.00 (Purchase bourdon pressure tubes for spare parts); Elmer F. Glasser, $15.00 (Test board for chart drives); James W. Loucks, $10.00 (Method of calibrating tempera ture instrumentsh Bob C. Morrison, S10.00 (Method of testing pressure gauges); Ray Musgrove, $90.00 (Revi sion of bubbler tubes); Jan Proper, $15.00 (Dampening system for reflux oil pressure indicator). EXTRACURRICULAR Three Baton Rouge plant employees, who will serve on the Sixth District School Committee of the Louisiana Pe troleum Council this school year, at tended a training seminar held in New Orleans. They are John Barksdale of Industrial Engineering; Shelby Lowe of Sodium Maintenance, who is district chairman; and Johnny Gujllot of Maintenance, who has replaced A. J. Parker, also of Maintenance, on the school committee. The Louisiana Petroleum Council also has announced that Ollie Jones, presi dent of the Sixth District, has succeeded Resident Manager Wallace Arm strong on the council's executive com mittee. Ollie is with Purchasing and Traffic at the plant. Pud Marix of Finance in Baton Rouge has been named vice-chairman of the Louisiana Red Cross National Fund. He will head the 1962 fund campaigns of the Red Cross in Louisiana. He will appoint regional chairmen to work di rectly with local chapters in planning annua! fund campaigns in March '62 and with United Fund groups in cam paigns this fall. He is a member of the board of directors of the East Baton Rouge Parish Red Cross Chapter. Charles Zeanah, Community Rela tions Baton Rouge, is once again host for Ethyl on the eleven Companysponsored telecasts of the Louisiana State University's Quarterback Club, which will be televised each Sunday night through November 26. The leadership of Don Cockerham, Maintenance, Baton Rouge plant, in the Civil Defense program at Baker, Loui siana, has received praise from two sources. Mayor Henry Smith of So dium Operations commended Don on outstanding efforts in readying emer gency equipment and alerting personnel during Hurricane Carla. The ;econd was that the Baker Civil Defense program received commendation at a meeting of parish and citv Civil Defense represen tatives for its written C.D. plan, the regular meetings of C.D. personnel and the development of a warning system for residents of Baker. Don was appointed director about a vear ago. Ten Baton Rouge plant employees par ticipated in the Greater Baton Rouge Safety Council's one-day "On-the-job Safety Conference." Appearing on program panels were Carroll Hebert as council president and Bill Heck. Both men are with Safety at the plant. Attending the conference were Roy Broussard of TEL Maint., Hodgie Frederick of VC1 Op., Jim Gilbert of TEL Op., Sam Lambert of Sodium Op., Morgan Many of Sodium Maint., Richard McCraine of EtCl Op., Walter Vincent of the Elect. & Inst, group, and Arnold White of Power. John McCornack of Purchasing in Ba ton Rouge began a temporary assign ment at the United Givers Fund head quarters. He is on loan from the Com pany for the Fund Drive. A considerable number of Baton Rouge plant employees helped the Baton Rouge section of the American Chemical So ciety win its second consecutive ACS Public Relations Award this year. .Among the employees were Frank Conrad, 1960 section chairman, and Dave Campbell, chairman-elect for 1962. Frank and Dave are both in Chemical Research & Development. In addition, Chester Holmes, Quality Control, was a mem ber of the educational committee and chairman of the high school subcommit tee which coordinated high school edu cational work featuring the Big Brother program; Clarence Harvey of Com mercial Development, Gene Ashby and Julian Honeycutt, both of Chemical Research & Development, were members of the educational committee, and ap proximately 25 others in CR&D worked with high school students in the Big Brother program. BIRTHS Central Region William and Sandra Jo BuTLER-a son, Brian Douglas. Bill is a Sales Trainee in the Chicago district. Detroit Herb and Ida Neal--a grandaughter, Rebecca Kathleen Neal. Herb is with Chemical Research at the Labs. Eastern Region Jack and Adrienne KALEY-a son. Kenneth Brian. Jack is a field engi neer in the Philadelphia district. New York George and Augusta RiCK-a grand daughter, Lynn Marie Reed. George is in Sales-Product Service and Safety. Pacific Coast King and Cathy CLEMENTS-a son, Timothy Glenn. King is with the Utility group in the Maintenance De partment at the plant. 23 ETC 34430 k K A i PEOPLE * , 3t:1 ALL HALLS Randv Hall, son of Cap Hall of Products Applica tion in Detroit, is the subject of the sketch being shown, above. The artist is Caroline Hall, Randy's mother, who exhibited this and other works at the Birmingham, Michigan Arts Festival this summer. Rands' here seems quite apprehensive about the whole project while his sister, Claudia, approves. PLACES MILLERS MEET t. Col. Leo Miller, left, and Lt. Col. Dale Miller, LJ right, met for the first time recently at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Though not related, both have over 20 vears service with the Company and both were in structors at Fort Sill this summer. Leo works for Manufacturing at the Baton Rouge plant while Dale is in the Tulsa District Office. ETC 34431 r lucts Applicasketch being Hall, Randy's works at the this summer. >out the whole es. . Dale Miller, iv at Fort Sill, have over 20 troth were ineo works for nt while Dale BUREAU CHAT T) ecent visitors to the Ethyl laboratories in Detroit Al were personnel from the Indiana Farm Bureau. The group, consisting mainly of Indiana Farm Bureau Bulk Plant Managers, made a complete tour of the Labs and then sat down to discuss their particular needs with Ethvl specialists. Ed Agnew, Cleveland District account representative, made the arrangements for the visit. The various phases of the tour were con ducted by Technical Services' Ed Paige, Ed Desmond and Heinie Mueller, shown above with the group. Customer companv visits such as this one are helpful not onlv in the establishment of closer relationships, but thev also serve to acquaint key customer company personnel with the wide range of Ethyl services. SARNIA CEREMONY T) ecently 35 members of the Manufacturing DepartAl ment at Samia reached their five years service anniversaries together and the Samia plant celebrated its fifth s ear of operations. Below, five members of "B" shift are presented with pins and five-year certificates in behalf of Ethvl of Canada by Maurice Sivems, Oper ations superintendent. Reading from left to right are: Jim Lambert, Gerrv O'Neil, Bruce Carruthers, Bob Hard)', Ralph Vokes and Maurice Sivems. Presenta tion ceremonies like this one were arranged for each shift in turn. The men are standing behind a model of the new Ethyl Chloride-Ethylene Dichloride unit at the Samia Plant. By the end of the year, 41 employees will have received similar awards. \ l lit ANNUAL AFFAIR !! E1-ach year men from Ohio Oil Company and Aurora rangements for the trip which featured technical Gasoline Company joumev to Ethyl's Detroit presentations for discussion by Ethyl specialists. Speak Laboratories for a day-long series of technical con ers for the occasion were: Ed Desmond, Heinie Mueller, ferences. Personnel from these two customer com Rollie Gish, Casev Jones, John Wintringham, Roger panies are shown here, above, along with their Ethvl Bascom and Rollin Gallowav, who were commended hosts during the most recent visit. Merrill Anderson, for the program bv \V. E. MacDonald, Ohio's Tech Cleveland District account representative, made ar- Services supervisor. more people, more placet ROAD SHOW im Beckwith, Seattle District field representative, J was "on the road" recently with the 1961 edition of the Shell "Dealerama" put on by that company's northwest division. The tour lasted for six weeks and covered the whole territory. Jim, who worked along with Shell's promotional men, gave over 200 perform ances. The programs were directed toward Shell dealers and designed to keep the service station op erators up to date on the latest techniques in the care and service of modern automobiles. Jim is shown, below left, while conducting his part of the program. He also aided Shell's representatives in setting up the show, which was adjudged by Shell's local man agement to be the best of its kind ever undertaken. viL WTC P ETC 34433 ~Si ured technical cialists. Speakileinie Mueller, :ngham, Roger re commended I, Ohio's Tech ce station oples in the care Jim is shown, ; the program, in setting up ll's local manr undertaken. TRAILER TREK Four Baton Rouge Plant employees and their wis es made their own Magic Circle caravan for a three Boudinot, and J. D. and Mary Daigre. Wu.h a camp ing trailer for each couple, the Ethyl travelers camped weeks vacation trip through the western part of the together at each stop along the wav. The group's United States this summer. The picture, above, shows western swing included stops at mans' of the national the four families with the cars and trailers used during parks and famous tourist spots. Sam and J. D. work the adventure. Left to right are: Rudv and Francis in the Training Office at the Baton Rouge Plant while White, Velma and Elmer Dutsch, Sam and Ruth Elmer and Rudv work for TEL-Sod. M&C Group. ED HEAD RAY'S DAY Below left, Ed Ellerbe, Chief Automotive Engineer for the Western Region, is shown as he accepted Ray Daugherty, San Francisco District automotive engineer, recently developed a presentation con the General Chairmanship for SAE's National West sidered so outstanding by Standard Oil of California Coast Meeting for 1962. With Ed is the 1961 West that they showed it to their Marketing Management Coast Chairman, Art Dillinger. This picture was personnel throughout the entire West Coast. Rav, taken in Portland, Oregon, scene of this year's meeting. second left, is shown below with Standard's manage The 1962 SAE meeting will be held in Los Angeles. ment who participated in the meetings. ETHYL efm board Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE Tee Time ....................... Better in Bunches Sideline Coaches.......... The Big Gambol ... A Means to an End Milestones..................... Ethyl Welcomes............ Personals......................... People and Places PAGE ....... 4 ............ 8 . 10 ............ u 16 18 19 . 20 22 Leonhard Dowty .................................... Editor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris.......................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, Russ Frank, Carol Hotchkiss, Les Motion, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Mike Espi* nosa; Nett Orleans: Maxine Blue; New York: Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Philadelphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Port2er; Salt Lake City; J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire: Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manure; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OUR COVER: Assisting the football coach at St. Thomas More elementary school in Baton Rouge. Ken Leglue typifies Ethyl fathers who devote their leisure time in help* ing the team on which their sons play. The story begins on page 10. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. Primed in U.S.A 2 X Detroit's golf tourney wound up ffie season as Ethyl's divot digging devotees assembled for . . . Good weather, keen competition and plentv of prizes produced a record turnout of 52 players for the Ethvl Societv Golf Tournament in Detroit this vear. At the all-dav Saturday function held at the Bald Mountain Golf Club, the Ethvl par busters teed off in foursomes in an eighteen hole quest for a bug full of prizes. Handicaps were determined on the basis of past performance in the Ethyl Golf League, which operated during the summer on the same course. These carefully calculated handicaps gave evervbodv a fair shot at a prize. <**? VV - Vv '. 5 \** 1 etc 34439 lenty of prizes layers for the oit this vear. at the Bald rs teed off in a bag full of the basis of ague, which same course. > e everybody After the divots had been replaced and the strokes counted, Bill Healv, Refinery Technologs', came out the winner with a low net score of 80. Low gross honors were split between Al Grenier, Chemical Re search, and Pat Traynor, Products Application, with 72's. Each of these three winners got a trophy and an umbrella for their plav. The record list of entries were divided into three separate flights and the winner of each flight was awarded a prize of nine golf balls. Dale Buerstetta, Refiners' Technology; Pete Immethun, Chemical Re search; and Al Pauls, Products Application, were top men in their respectise flights. Art Hawkes, Chemical Research, copped the prize for the longest drive of the dav and Wavne Warren, Refinery Technologs-, won a prize for being closest to the pin on a par three hole. Bob Aiken of Products Application had charge of the arrangements for the Ethyl Society. As for the rest of the Eths'l Golf contingent, they didn't svin ap prizes but were rewarded with a dav of fresh air and fun, prize enough for ansone. wotclm hit ihot aw ta araan Harold Fauchar't axprattion, abova, Would tO indicate oil IS Wll. ETC 34442 better in bunches At the suggestion of Margaret Furman. New York Finance department, who received an award from the Suggestion System committee for her idea, Joe Hopkins, Sales Promotion manager for Eastern Re gion, recentlv conducted a series of Creativ e Thinking demonstrations at the Sales Auditorium. The popular program, which Ethvl has presented in all parts of the countrv for customer companies, was among the best-attended meetings to be sched uled by Ray Faller, director of training. Box lunches were served on the three successive davs of the presen tation, and the New York group seemed eager to put their heads together and applv the techniques that Joe demonstrated on a flannel board. After the brief in troduction, in which he explained Creative Thinking, i 31 With the use of o flannel board, Joe Hopkins demonstrates an aspeet of Creative Thinking, stressing that all ideas must get the green light and none must be squelched by killer phrases. ETC 34443 lan, New York : an award from her idea, Joe ir Eastern Reative Thinking has presented ier companies, s to be sched- Box lunches - of the presend eager to put liques that Joe r the brief intive Thinking, the audience was formed into groups of eight and asked to "brainstorm" several ideas. To begin with, they were to caption, collectively, several animal pho tographs in the manner of White Collar Zoo. The re sults were highly comic. Two more serious problems were then presented. The first was to list wavs in which operating costs might be reduced in the New' York office. The second was to come up with ideas that would increase par ticipation in the Suggestion System. Seven minutes were allotted for each problem, and the respective groups came up with between 15 and 20 answers each. The answ'er sheets were collected and are to be evalu ated for possible use. Not only a livelv bunch, the Ethvl group displayed their ability to think jointly. Abovt, Charlio Wildarmuth hastily records ideas toned out by hit brainstorming group. Below, as recording secretory of The Tragic Circle, Jean Schneemann compiles notes. I i Chris Vogel, Jack Bailie and Erna Harris are amused by an idea from a teammate. I I Joe Hopkins itive Thinking, `he green light killer phrases. Joe looks in on one of the six teems as they brainstorm ways to cut down operating costs. 9 ETC 34444 When the first nip of autumn bites the atmosphere in Baton Rouge and frosts' fingers beckon to those who like their weather brisk, one of the most infectuous symptoms thereabouts is football fever, a seasonal maladv that hits hard in the Louisiana capitol. Home of the LSU Tigers, a team always to be reckoned with, Baton Rouge is a football town where Monday morning quarterbacks outnumber by far the Saturday plavers. It is also a town where Ethyl's weekly Sundas' evening television show. The LSU Quarterback Club, is high among video favorites and competes successfully with two of the most popular network shows. (The Ethyl presentation, with Charlev Zeanah as host, features Paul Dietzel, coach of the Tiger team, and special guests.) For several men at the Baton Rouge plant, interest isn't confined to the armchair. Far from it. In fact, long before the frost is on the sugar cane, such foot ball fans as Carlo Polito, A. C. Adams, Glen Adams, Sid Cowart, Leo Miller, Ken Leglue, Buck Kimmitt and Don Garrot are assisting local high school, prep school and elementary school coaches in shaping up their youthful teams for the rugged season ahead. These and other football fathers give freely of their leisure time to help out in anv capacity in which thev can be of service to the team. Most of them are former football plavers themselves and, in some cases, thev act as sideline coaches, observing plavs carefully and huddling w'ith the coaching squad on wav s and means of strengthening apparent weaknesses. Some of them work out individually with the bovs, toss them long (perhaps not as long as once they did) passes down the side of the field. Others hold blocking dummies, tape a sprained ankle, design plays or help maintain equipment, as well as functioning as an audience to encourage the team. All of their sons are prospective All-Americans, youngsters who, so to speak, already har e their eye on the ball and are playing their hearts out in the spirit of good sportsmanship. Naturally, all of the teams cannot win, manv of them are in competition with one another. But if effort on the part of all con cerned is any indication of a winner, the football sea son in Baton Rouge promises local spectators a series of rousing contests in which Ethvl fathers har e con tributed some of the brainwork and a great deal of the freely of their in which thev iem are former ne cases, thev carefully and ivs and means Some of them iss them long passes down ing dummies, help maintain ii audience to \1I-Americans, ave their eve ts out in the iv, all of the i competition art of all con football sea:ators a series rs have conat deal of the inspiration to their offspring and their teammates. In a town where evervbodv gets a kick out of foot ball, the Ethvl fathers who attend the scrimmages and help guide the junior teams are helping their com munities as well by further encour aging the bovs to spend their leisure time in healthful pursuits. Carlo Polito, Buck Kimmitt and Ken Leglue go from work to St. Thomas More elementary school to help shape up the team on which their three sons plav. Leo Miller, a Little All-American, and Glen Ad ams sit on the sidelines at Robert E. Lee High School, observing the daily workout. At Broadmore High, Don Garrot and A. C. Adams assist at the newest Baton Rouge school, while Sid Cowart offers his services to the Green and Gold of Baton Rouge High School. UCHES Leo Miller, who was a Little All-American, observes scrimmage from the sidelines with some of the boys on the team of Rob* ert E. Lee High School, for which his teen-age son plays. The Robert E. Lee team, which has previously won statewide recognition, also has the support of Ethyl's Glen Adams. Youngsters of St. Thomas More elementary school get assistance from Carlo Polito. a rouiatt* tabk ousand dollar*. buffet dinner, prizes and a cool million dollars -- A that was the bargain the Detroit Ethyl Society offered for a dollar to those who attended the recent Millionaires Party. Of course, the million wasn't genu ine, but the rest of the inducements were real enough, and nearly 200 Detroit Lab employees and their spouses took advantage of the sensational offer. The second Millionaires Party proved to be an ex citing evening of fun and games, games of chance plaved with the make-believe money. There were dice One of the dealers players tried to beat was Carl Michael, above, eyeshade and all. Pretty cigarette girts Pat Schultheis and Judy Potvin were costumed to fit the gambling scene. tables, chuck-a-luck cages, roulette wheels, Black Jack and other games borrowed from Las Vegas and Monte Carlo. Members of the Ethyl Society Com mittee worked the tables under Joe Kieninger's direc tion. Eleanor Walker was Social Chairman. A MEANS TO AN END tt \V/"here there's a will, there's a way" is far from " an inspiring new thought, but its application is not to be sneered at or frowned upon. There's plenty of life in the old idea yet. Too often we are inclined to take a pessimistic point of view, accept a bad situation as it appears rather than to look at the optimistic side of things, analyze a problem and seek an efficient solution. The year-old Better Methods Plan at the Baton Rouge plant was designed for just this purpose, a means to an end. Unlike money, problems seem to grow on trees. They are easy to come by. What is difficult is to see a problem clearly, define it and eval uate it, then to set about finding ways to eliminate it. It takes an optimistic point of view, and that's the key to the Better Methods Plan. A little more than a year ago a pilot group was trained along these lines, to look for problems at the plant and to explore ways of eradicating them. It wasn't a slipshod process; it was an integrated ap Gtorgt McKtnnay, Iaft, proposed vta of polyothyltno bags for garbag* disposal, saving $1,300 a yaar. His projects ars astimatad to savs $40,700 annually. proach to solving problems systematically. All manner of wavs were studied and the important thing was that no problem was tossed out as unsolvable. Each was clearly assessed and reports were made, answer ing such questions as "What is the present method?'', "Whv is it used?", "What are the bad features?", "What solutions are there?" and "Which solution is best, and why?" The economics of a situation were studied carefully and a considerable amount of inves tigation was done to make sure that all facets of a problem had been explored as fully as possible. As a result of the efficiency of the first group, eight training series were conducted with 175 supervisory personnel from the Manufacturing, Purchasing and Traffic, and Employee Relations departments partici pating. (Eighteen series are planned to train super vision from all participating departments at the plant.) Two groups of 12 members each are trained con currently, and an entire series consists of 10 sessions of two hours each. Sessions are built around a step by step approach to solving the problem that has been selected for study, a problem that the trainee himself has chosen to work on, one that actually exists in his area of operations. Trainees present their problems to the group for brainstorming, which is done with the aid of problem analysis charts. The class ideas are recorded and the trainee uses them in preparing a project report in which he has selected those ideas that best suit the purpose and will aid in improving operations, cutting costs, saving time and, in general, better the total efficiency. The results have shown that the Better Methods Plan is worth its weight in gold. The first vear the methods recommended and put into operation showed an annual savings of over $150,000. The Stores group, which has a hundred percent supervisory participation, has led the way, with all 13 members working on Better Method projects. They have submitted a total of 41 reports, 25 of which have already been adopted and put into use, with an an ticipated savings of $50,175 annually. The Steering Committee, the group which directs the training of personnel in Better Methods, hopes and sees every reason for the second year to be even more productive. ETC 34451 2ND V. All manner nt thing was livable. Each nade, answerant method?", id features?", -h solution is ituation were >unt of inves11 facets of a ossible. group, eight 5 supervisory rchasing and nents partici train super.it the plant.) trained conf 10 sessions round a step hat has been dnee himself exists in his eir problems s done with ass ideas are preparing a those ideas n improving '. in general, ter Methods rst year the tion showed red percent ay, with all ojects. Thev which have with an an- Inch directs hods, hopes to be even At o recent Better Methods session, Eori LeFeoux explains his problem with the aid of a chart to classmates Jim Starnes and Floyd Smith, who helped him brain* storm the idea. Threesome has already come up with ways to save approximately $14,275 annually. Systematised approach to Better Meth ods is strong on use of prepared mate rials such as analysis charts, which are employed at right by Francis Henchy, John Houghton and J. D. French. The reports of this group are expected to save nearly $12,000 a year. From left to right, Lee Owens, Harry Row, Rudy Williams, Lester Mire and Pete Almond -- they are all in Stores -- put their heads together to lick a prob lem by Better Methods techniques. Rudy, who is Stores foreman, holds frequent Better Methods review session. 35 YEARS ETHYL WELCOMES Anderson H. Chenault Sales, Western Region John C. Cunard Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Charles Gaeke, Jr., chemist for Chemical RfitD in Baton Rouge, holds his M.S. from Louisiana State University. G. Lowrance Hodge, a grad uate of the University of Ar kansas, has joined Industrial Engineering in Baton Rouge. r Y. Mercer istem Region O' Leroy E. Morrison Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Hymin Shapiro Research fit Development, Baton Rouge Leslie Johnston joins Ex port Sales, New York, as a steno-clerk. She enjoys hunt ing. reading and dancing. Joan Levetro is a key punch operator for Finance in the New York office. Joan and her husband live in Queens. 1 I I V. Goldeau factoring, n Rouge Raymond E. Hodckinson Research & Development, Houston Laurel C. Wilkinson Research fit Development, Detroit Fred Smith, a technician at the Tulsa Gasoline Testing Laboratory, is a graduate of Northeastern State College. Ronald Woolley joins the Toronto office as a sales rep resentative. Ron is a Univer sity of Toronto graduate. 19 ETC 34454 SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the following employees: Detroit: Douglas G. Cobb, S20.00 (Escape exit in G-9); M. Dubeck, $15.00 (Stops to prevent opening win dows in D-VVing beyond safety limit); Phyllis J. Hipkiss, $75.00 (Improved handling of outgoing mail); Fred Impastato (Certificate) and Claude Hoffman, $35.00 (Use automatic tim ers on autoclaves); Calvin L. Neu mann, $20.00 (Mercury seal on KOH titrometer); Alexander J. Wilson, $115.00 (Print krome kote covers in Detroit). New York: J. T. Beckwith, $20.00 (The "U" bolts which hold the blind flange to No. 5 valve be permanently attached to this flange); Anne O'Neill, $20.00 (Canadian office be listed in yel low Ethyl Directory); Patricia Stan ton, $30.00 (That Ethvl list its prod ucts on the inside of our match book covers); J. F. Wallis and H. J. Ander sen, $125.00 (That Ethyl include in its "Ethyl" mixing plants specifications and requirements a specification for a trailer mounted portable mixing plant); J. F. Wallis, $445.00 (That Ethyl include as part of "Standard TEL Mixing Plants" a portable drum mixing plant). WEDDINGS New York Catherine Diez and John Cleary were married on October 14 at the Church of St. Elizabeth in Manhattan. The couple expect to make their resi dence on the West Coast. Kitty is a former member of the Advertising and Sales Promotion department. ON THE ROSTRUM "Some Aspects of the Corporate Image" was the title of a speech given before the Beaumont Desk and Derrick Club bv Charley Zeanah director of Commu nity Relations in Baton Rouge. Several Baton Rouge plant employees representing all areas of the plant at tended the annual Baton Rouge Fire Prevention banquet held in Baton Rouge. Woody Merritt of Safety, Baton Rouge, participated as a banquet speaker giving a talk on "Blueprint for Human Relations." In addition, Woodv was the safety speaker at a series of vocational training sessions for sugar cane growing and re fining supervisors sponsored bv the State Department of Education. Dewey Fournet of Industrial Engi neering in Baton Rouge gave a talk en titled "Standard Cost Systems" before the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Ameri can Institute of Industrial Engineers. Carroll Hebert of Safety, Baton Rouge, conducted a panel discussion on industrial safety at the second annual Adult Safety Conference of the Missis sippi Safety Council. Mike Remondino, Detroit Labs, was the principal speaker at the first dinner meeting of the Metropolitan Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Mikes topic, "Diagnosing Some Fuel System Ailments--Causes and Cures," covered wavs of eliminating the effect of gasoline contaminants on carburetor performance. During the United States Atomic Energy Commission Sodium Components De velopment Conference held in San Jose, California, Russ Hudson of Chemical Research and Development, Baton Rouge, presented a paper entitled "So dium Specifications from a Manufactur er's Point of View." Two Chemical Research and Develop ment employees at the Baton Rouge plant conducted one of a series of semi nars for faculty and seniors in the de partment of chemistry at Louisiana State University. Fred IM pastato spoke on "Some Aspects of Cyclopropane Chem istry" and Tom Mungall's talk was on "Application of Vapor Phase Chromotography and Other Techniques to Some Unique Analytical Problems." Al Gassmann, Detroit Labs, was gen eral chairman of the Ninth Detroit Anachem Conference at which Manuel Brandt and Mitch Kapron, also of the Labs, gave the paper "Determination of Oxygen in Organometallie Compounds by a Modified Unterzaucher Method." The meeting was held at Wavne State's McGregor Memorial Conference Center. "The Oil Industry' of Australia" was the title of a speech presented bv Deryck Graham to the Baton Rouge Desk and Derrick Club. Deryck, who is with Commercial Development at the plant, is a native of Brisbane, Australia and a graduate of the University of Queensland. Virgil Mitchell of Engineering in Baton Rouge presented a paper at a meeting of the California Natural Gaso line Association. His talk, entitled "A Pioneer Installation of Electronic MultiComponent Blending Facilities." de scribes the electronic blending unit de veloped at the plant. Co-authors of the paper were Lewis Decker and War ren Green, also of Baton Rouge. John Furr of Training in Baton Rouge was a member of a panel on `Employee Development" at the Ninth Annua] Pub lic Personnel Management Conference held in Baton Rouge. Punch PfunDSTEIN, Detroit Labora tory-, was chairman at the presentation of two papers--"John Deere Sleeve and Deck Engines" and "Development of Oliver's New Gasoline Engines" during a recent SAE "Heavy Duty" Vehicle Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition--Rollin Gish, also of Detroit, gave a prepared discussion on the "Development of Oliver's New Gaso line Engines." Two Detroit Laboratory men gave sev eral "1962 Passenger Car Trend" pres entations to various oil companies. Casey Jones, manager of the Passenger Car section, Technical Service, gave the presentation to Tidewater and Califor nia Oil personnel; and Harry Toulmin, staff-assistant to the associate direc tor of the Labs, made the presentation to the eastern region home office man agement groups at Shell, Sinclair, Hum ble, Socony Mobil, Cities Service, Atlan tic, Sun and Texaco. The presentations were arranged by account representatives of the Eastern Region. 20 ETC 34455 lopropane Chem\LL`s talk was on Phase Chromo.hniques to Some Jems." t Labs, was gennth Detroit Anawhich Manuel \apron, also of r "Determination Gallic Compounds mcher Method." tt Wayne State's nference Center. istralia" was the ted by Deryck Rouge Desk and . who is with it at the plant, Australia and a v of Queensland. Engineering in a paper at a i Natural GasoIk. entitled "A lectronic MultiFacilities." dending unit de-authors of the ker and War>n Rouge. n Baton Rouge on "Employee `h Annual Pubnt Conference Detroit Laborae presentation ere Sleeve and evelopment of ngines" during Duty" Vehicle isconsin. Gish, also of discussion on r's New Gaso- *nen gave sevTrend" pres- il companies, the Passenger vice, gave the and Califor-Iarry Toutissociate direce presentation ie office man 's inclair, Humservice, Atlanpresentations epresentatives PEOPLE IX THE NEWS IN THE FIELD New York has become Sales Promotion Manager. The Regional Merchandiser has become Regional Sales Promotion Manager. At the same time, an Assistant Sales Promotion Manager position has been created with Kerney Hurst officially filling this new position. Also in Advertising-Sales Promotion. Gordon Saxon has been appointed Assistant Advertising Manager. With the appointment of Ted Carron to the position of Manager of Employee Relations at the Detroit Laboratories, John Lane, superintendent of Informa tion Services, and F. J. ScHROETER, safety engineer, are now reporting to Dr. Harold Sorros. New assignments of six Baton Rouge plant men have recently been announced. Bill Axtell transferred to Economic Evaluation on a rotational basis; Earl Brown moved to a special assignment in Industrial Engineering; Roland Mc Kenzie, who has been on special assign ment in Manufacturing Planning and Coordination, has assumed the position of assistant superintendent. Sodium Op erations; Louis Reynolds is now in charge of Technical Services in the EtCl, YC1 and Sodium Areas; and in the Fi nance Department, Percy Richard moved to assistant supervisor in Cost and Budget, and Pat Harris was trans ferred to intermediate auditor. EXTRACURRICULAR Baton Rouge plant's Ron Marston of Chemical Research and Development and Ray Metternich of Training have been elected to the board of the Cedarcrest-Southmoor Civic Corporation. Charlie Kyle of Legal, Baton Rouge, has been elected a member of the Execu tive Committee of the Louisiana-Arkansas Division, Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association for 1962. Fred O'Rourke, EtCl Operations in Baton Rouge, has been awarded the Ma sonic 33rd degree, one of the highest honors bestowed bv the Masons. Quentin Hall, EtCl Operations, Baton Rouge, has been named chairman of the Citizenship Development Commit tee, a group of local citizens who have joined together to bring to Baton Rouge a series of lectures to help develop a better understanding of the American way of life. Deane Birkes and Marvin Smith of the Tulsa district office assisted with in stalling the equipment and acted as judges for one day during the contest of the Oklahoma Junior Tractor Operators at the Tulsa State Fair. The contest was sponsored by the Petroleum Industry Committee of the Chamber of Com merce. Refinen- Technologists Alon Cole and Clem Maassen of the Eastern Region gave slide presentations of "Analyzing Octane Costs and Antiknock Effective ness" to the manufacturing, technical service, research and economic groups of Tidewater in Delaware City. The same presentation was given before Sinclair's home office manufacturing and computer personnel, and also before Gulf's Harmarville Research and Development employees. As a result of presentations and discus sions by John Watt, New York dis trict product service and safety engineer, with customers about the "Ethyl" Microflex Blender he designed, Soconv Mobil Oil Company, Inc. is constructing the blending system at their refinery in Paulsboro, New Jersev. The Texaco Re search Center also has approved the im proved blending system and they are in the planning stage of constructing the system at their research laboratory in Beacon, New York. Ethyl Corporation was well represented at the tenth annual Desk and Derrick convention held in Houston. Attending as official delegates were: Mary Lever ing, secretary- in the Philadelphia dis trict; Maxine Gilberti, secretary in the New Orleans district; and Lucy John son, secretary in the San Francisco dis trict. Maxine is currently president of the New Orleans Chapter; and Lucy, who is now serving as first vice-presi dent, was elected president of the San Francisco Chapter for 1962. Position titles have been changed in the merchandising group in New York Ad vertising and Sales Promotion and in the regions. The Merchandising Manager in BIRTHS Detroit Paul and Elizabeth ELSEY-a daugh ter, Barbara Louise. Paul is a chemist for Chemical Research. Joseph and Shirley Ann FoRSTER-a daughter, Susan Gail. Joe is a lab technician in Chemical Research. Lloyd and Barbara Grieve--a son. James Edward. Lloyd is with the Prod ucts Application division. Jim and Muriel SEWELL-a daughter, Carole Jean. Jim is with the Refinerv Technology- section. Manny and Jeanette TiLL-a daugh ter, Catherine Renee. Manny is with the Chemical Research division. New York John and Glady Dinger--a son, John, Jr. Gladv is a former member of Pub lic Relations. Betty MERGNER-a grandson, Ken neth, bom to her daughter and son-inlaw Louise and Albert DePierro. Bettv is with General Services. Tom and Dorothy Prendergast-3 son, John Francis. Tom is supervisor of Financial Analysis and Reporting. Sarnia David and Shirley HYDE-a son, Rob ert Pernell. Dave is an area techni cian in Manufacturing. Jim and Evelyn LAMBERT-a daugh ter, Joan. Jim is an operating technician in the Manufacturing department. Frank and Eleanor Selinger--a daughter, Leslie Maria. Frank is an operating technician in Manufacturing. * 1 i f 21 ETC 34456 OKLAHOMA PETROLEUM COUNCIL *5r' j I School Proj [NIOC & SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN )0LS PARTICIPATING fc ,'.wS is " --r. s' >>'' / A t left, Deane Birkes, Tulsa District field representative, chats with Don Dillman of Gulf and Ralph Myers C*- of DX Sunrav at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Petroleum Council in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All three men were among those honored by the Council for their work in behalf of the Council's School Program and other activities. The men were presented with initialed penknives in appreciation of their efforts. Bob Douglass. Mid Continent Region manager, serves on the Council's Board. 22 ETC 34457 PEOPLE V TANGIBLE REWARD Don Shaw, left above, is shown getting his half of a $350 suggestion system award from Sarnia Operations superintendent Maurice Sivems, center. Ernie Carter, right, happily awaits the other half of the award monev. The suggestion resulted in a tangi ble saving to the Companv and was the first made bv Ethvl of Canada in this category. PLACES COMPANY HONORED Ethyl Vice President in charge of Sales, Mac Mur dock, left, admires the award given the Companv by the National Association of Travel Organizations. Russ Weston, director of Advertising and Sales Pro motion, is holding the award, which was given to Ethyl in recognition of its advertising campaign de signed to stimulate travel via automobile. Ralph Mvers ma. All three Program and Bob Douglass, j !^ |i !, 1[ i TT'thyl of Canada's Frank Huvler (division manager, J_J Western Sales Division, Calgary) and Jimmv Main (division manager, Eastern Sales Division, Toronto) were the joint hosts to oil company executives from across the border on a tour of the Samia manufacturing plant and the Detroit research laboratories. As a part of the customer service program, the tour was designed to acquaint the Canadian customers with our diversity in regard to products and research. Among those who served as guides and lecturers at the Labs were Ed Desmond, Mike Remondino, Chuck Shepherd, Dan Gin', Charlie Kass, Joel Warren, Wavne Warren, Dave Bartleson, Jim Retzloff, John Wintringham and Ben Brewster. more people, more places TEAM SPIRIT They start in young at the great American pastime in Tulsa, where this team of youthful ballplayers below at far right.) Harold's son Steve, kneeling in the front row, first from left, is left fielder and alter took top honors in their league and went on to the nate second baseman for the Oilers, who are classed finals, where they lost the play-off by one heart as Midget "A" twelve-vear olds. There were some breaking run. Ethyl's Harold Lee, technician in the 8,000 boys playing ball in the Tulsa youth program gasoline testing lab, has helped coach the team for and about 200 from the school at which Harold the past four seasons. (He appears in the photograph served as vice-chairman of the program. f i f T anadian cusiroducts and guides and like Remonie Kass, Joel i, Jim Retz- kneeling in r and alteri are classed were some ith program iich Harold AT THE FAIR At the recent Kansas State Fair, which was held in Hutchinson, Ethvl presented an exhibit on the progress of gasoline in the last 35 years. The display was on loan from the American Petroleum Institute and featured the old automobile in which Bill Purcell is at the wheel. Bill is an account representative in the Mid Continent Region. MAHLKE HONORED Elmer Mahlke, business manager at the Yonkers lab, was among those who recently received the high est honor to be awarded by the Bov Scouts of Amer ica. Elmer, third from left, was presented with the Silver Beaver for his outstanding contributions to the group. The others are, left to right, Dr. Rulon Rawson, Joseph Strilowich and Ira Binder. GEORGIA BOY ack Warner, Atlanta district manager, was the mas J ter of ceremonies for the Georgia Petrolum Coun cil convention at Jekyll Island, which was attended bv some 300 oil men and their wives. Jack, at left, pre sented the annual award to the Dealer of the Year, Charles Doe. The others are Harry' Moir, Vice Presi dent of Pure Oil, and Mrs. Doe. TRAVELING MAN uss Weston, director of Advertising and Sales Pro R motion, recently addressed the Texas Travel Counselors Conference, which held a three-das- meet ing in Brackettville, Texas. Russ, who spoke on the first morning of the gathering, presented statistics on travel promotion to the meeting of people who wish to develop and promote further travel in the state. > m. n <* TORCH TOUR Tn connection with the opening of the 1961 Torch Drive at the Detroit Laboratories, the Lab per sonnel who are to act as solicitors were privileged to tour the Lutheran School for the Deaf recentlv. Shown, left to right, in the first grade class are: Betty Kunz, Marianne Van Vurst, Marie Springer, Al Palmbv (partly hidden), Doug Cobb, Merlvn Beane, Will more people, more places a TEL TANK TRUCK "Delow, Charles Harshfield, president of Sioux Oil Company, left, and Chuck Michel, Denver Dis trict, stand before the first tank truck load of TEL to be delivered in Wyoming. The truck was on the road from Houston for 37 hours to reach its destina tion 330 miles north of Denver. Sioux Oil is a fullv integrated company operating in Wyoming. Zutaut, Bill Adams, Gladys Cuff and Bob Aiken. The group observed classroom procedures on the tour to help them in the fund raising campaign which is now in progress. Under the General Chairmanship of Bob Adams, 27 Ethvl people are now soliciting support for the Torch Drive at the Labs. The Lutheran School is just one of many charities receiving support. OFFICIAL FARE Recently city officials of Ferndale, Michigan, were invited to tour the Ethyl Labs located there. The City Commissioners, School Board Members, the Police and Fire Chiefs and other officials responded to this Ethyl gesture towards good community rela tions. Below, some of the group are served refresh ments after having made a tour of the Labs. 4f I Hu fiL P? ETC 34461 .-5? : n v r,'SsJP; i :*- b Aiken. The m the tour to which is now unship of Bob -iting support itheran School upport. ichigan, were ed there. The lembers, the ils responded imunitv relarved refresh.abs. 'h ___ . Per:', Tnterested in the culture of the Orient, Ruth and Frank Hayes--he's Operations manager. Eastern Region-- spent their vacation in Japan, Hong Kong and Hawaii. Picture was taken in their room in Kyoto, where they slept on the floor with rice pillows. Traditional kimonos were supplied by inn. One of the pictures Frank took in Hawaii won honorable mention in regional finals of the World Telegram photo contest. 27 ETC 34462 ETHYL Published monthly by Ethyl Corporation and Ethyl Cor poration of Canada Limited IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Christmas Stockings ................... 2 Lessons in Leadership ............ 4 The Charge oi the Light Brigade 8 Ethyl on Camera . 12 180 Acres oi Christmas..................14 Milestones..................... 16 Ethyl Welcomes................................ 17 Personals .......................................... 18 People and Places........................... 20 Leonhard Dowry .................................... Editor Edward Metcalf.................... Associate Editor Stella Sideris.......................Editorial Assistant Layout and art work by Stringfellow Agency Contributing editors -- Atlanta: Louise Moffett; Baton Rouge: Ben Hodge, Ivan Martin, A. J. Robichaux; Chicago: Ham Greenup; Cleveland: Janice Gedridge; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Marge Baylerian, Jim Boag, Chris Boyle, Russ Frank, Carol Hotchkiss, Les Motson, Ed Myron, Eric Owen, Alyce Peterson, Ross Rife, Ed Simon, Neva Yanakeff; Houston: Dave Agnew, Don Connell, Elizabeth Dodson; Kansas City: Lola Chinn, Jane Hudlemeyer; Long Beach Testing: Dean Painter; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Mike Espi nosa; Sew Orleans: Maxine Blue; Nett- York: Jim Donohue, Erna Harris, Joseph Hopkins, Madge Lofthouse, Marilyn Sax, Miriam Wallace; Pacific Coast Plant: Gene Hatfield; Philadelphia: Mary Levering; Pittsburgh: Meredene Portzer; Salt Lake City: J. S. Cole; San Francisco: Jeff Bessire; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Harold Lee; Yonkers Testing: Catherine Henderson; Yonkers Central: A1 Morschauser; Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Sarnia: C. G. Manore; Toronto: Alan Thomas. ON OUR COVER: Bob Kerley, director of Products Application at the Detroit Lab*, strolls through his own forest of Christmas trees on the 180-acre tract he planted. The story of his hobby is on page 14. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. B. B. Turner, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary, Printed in U.S.A. 2 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS Oh, hang up the holly and hoist up the tree. Go shopping for presents on the Q.T. Get out the mugs and mix up the nog. Now is the time to live high off the hog. Christmas is here. The world is your clam, To paraphrase an old epigram. The postman delivers mail by the stack: Greetings to Mary, greetings to Jack. Add to those, herewith penned, The hearty wishes we extend By striking up this verbal chord For all who read Bulletin Board. Wishes warm go out today To Charlie Kyle and Cathy Fay, Wilma Loudon, James M. Gill, Alan Tully, John R. Hill, . up the tree, e Q.T. he nog. the hog. your clam, he stack: jack. Ed McDonald, John C. Klock, Norma Brooks and Dorothy Locke, Harry Manning, Gary Starr, Johnny Howard, Ernest Carr. While we're at it, cheers as well To Eastern Region's Redge and Gel, To Lillian Campbell, Maurice Booth, Clayton Hall and also Ruth, Dolton Brown, Amos Black, Ellis Locher, Louis Slack, Agnes Morgan, Marie Lynn, Bart Ragazzi, Big Bill Brinn. Happy days to Irene Rowan, Hudson Kellog, Eric Owen, Bill Trelease, Harold Mehler, Ashford Sims, Dotty Taylor, George McKenney, Robert Payne, Sonja Huestis, Johnny Lane, Betty Beach, J. B. LeRay, Peggy Smith and Charlie, too, Walter Cosgrove, Bill Perdue, Layton Willians, Betty White, George O'Connell, Norman Wright. Baskets full of Christmas joy To Harold Chalk and Frank McCoy, Arthur Schiller, Robert Werner, E. L. Shea and B. B. Turner, Gordon Saxon, Nolan Sparks, All the Joneses, all the Clarks, Tom Maloney, Edward Cox, Roy and all the other Bocks. Sing we, too, in festive choir To Agnes Ryan, Emil Beyer, Harold Amos, Ralph S. Braun, Margaret Furman, Alice Lahn, All the days of '62. LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP Jn the wake of research comes progress: progress, change, new concepts, a better life. Ethyl's re search programs seek this end as our researchers and technicians keep working to improve and expand Company products. But what of the people doing this work, the others who support their efforts and employees who make, sell and serv ice Ethyl's growing list of commercial chemicals? Can these men and women--the human equation in our particular indus trial complex--be helped to perform more effectively through research? The answer, of course, is "yes." Between that simple answer however, and the "how" and the "whv" lies a storv; a continuing storv that goes on as the results from research into the prob lems of human behavior are applied to improv ing human relationships; a storv of how techniques dev el oped through this research have now: come to be ap plied in modern industry. Some time ago Ted Carron, manager of Employee Relations at the Detroit Labs, took a look at the "be havioral sciences" with an eve to putting them to good Ethyl use. Ted's inquiry was to take him down a long academic road. Already the holder of a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univer sity of Michigan, Ted went back to his alma mater for courses in Industrial Psychology. He monitored courses at the Harvard Business School, and he en rolled at the University of Detroit, where he is now well on his wav towards a Masters Degree in Psy chology. It belalvors the obvious to sav that Ted did not lightly approach his task. What he learned in these classes, combined with a knowledge of EthvTs particular needs, produced a course for supervisory personnel at the Labs which came to be called the Leadership Development Pro gram. To date, four 40-session programs have been completed at Detroit with classes averaging 23 per sons. Classes met over a nine to twelve month span and each of the sessions was for a period of two hours. Last May a similar course was arranged for a super visory group of 30 at the Baton Rouge Plant. These sessions wound up in mid-October. To call the Leadership Development Program a course or series of classes and let it go at that, would not do it justice. The means used to teach the phi losophy of human behavior it seeks to implant are not conventional teacher-pupil concepts. Now based on three three-inch-thick manuals compiled bv Ted Car ron, this outline allows for enough flexibility to reflect the needs of each participating group. Basic tools for instruction used are: case discussion, role placing and laboratory experiments. These meth ods seek to place the supervisor in given situations involving work relationships to a degree not possible with more conventional teaching methods. With this involvement, a much greater understanding of human action develops. The technique, in essence, is a kind of guided practice in human relations with a chance for self-criticism and evaluation afterwards. Mean ingful strains and stresses that occur in people oil the job become, thus, more apparent to the supervisor. A person's outward actions are not often prompted bv what appears on the surface nor can they be al tered significantly except by someone who is aware that his own personality mav well have some bearing on them. Once this principle becomes clear in the eves of the men taking the course, a whole new ap proach to human behavior opens up. It leads to a broader, more realistic understanding of one's own behav ior and that of others. A prerequisite of the Leadership Development Pro gram is to obtain what Ted calls a "learning situation" during the opening phases of the course. This means, for one thing, getting the class awav from the usual work and home environment long enough to absorb those facets of the human relations philosophv un familiar to the lavman. So, some 30 hours of instruc tion at the start are held in surroundings which lend themselves to complete concentration. Subsequent meetings--usually approaching 20 or more in num ber--ideally are held in off-plant sites but do not re quire the isolation needed in the beginning stages. Measured results--though precise--cannot indicate the full effect of such a program. While favorable evaluations have been made, the lasting effect sought does not lend itself to reduction on chart or graph. It is better to sav what has been done--and whv. At the blackboard, Ted shews what the course tries to do. Note that change, once brought about, induces desire for more change. Under Ted Carron'* hands, loft, art the manuals ho compilad for Leadership Development course. ETC 34468 LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP (continued) Those supervisors who have taken the Leadership Development Program have been exposed to the idea that each man and woman who works for them will do a better job if thev, the supervisors, are always aware of the employee's desire for individual growth. Moreover, a soundly based knowledge of human mo tivations--in themselves and others--helps to inspire that need. It plants the seeds of positive rather than negative motivation. The whole program is rooted in the premise that that which helps the individual, in the last analysis, helps the Company. It's no small goal. But based, as the Leadership De velopment Program is, on the fruit of years of study, applying these modem techniques at Ethvl is a solid achievement. What is being done is a sound step to- wards progress: just as research progresses from the laboratory out into an area of wider application. The unique part of the Ethyl program is that it fits Com pany needs and, at the same time, breaks new ground for others. As stated, fully meaningful results cannot be graphed. A better indication of what the Leadership Develop ment program has done can be gleaned from a quote from one of the men who took the course in Detroit. Listen: "Not a week goes by that I don't see some evidence of it, either in mvself or one of mv supervisors. There is more listening among mv people. Less telling and selling." In a nutshell, that's a good summation. Graduates of leadership Development Course in Detroit, below, meet for a re*evaluation session on applying what they learned. Dick Zietz, Bob Skinner ond Jerry Giraitis, above, discuss an actual case history gleaned from industrial researches. 1 i6 ETC 34469 resses from the iplication. The hat it fits Comiks new ground not be graphed, rship Developd from a quote nrse in Detroit. some evidence ervisors. There .ess telling and -i Detroit, below, ot they learned. Divided into workable groups, rol*playing ports are assigned to some while others observe. Above, a Baton Rouge session ot work. I At Baton Rouge meeting, Walt Foster, left, expounds a theory to Jack Sieberth, center, and Al Haefner, right. r ETC 34470 gade rl Mie ball was not quite regulation size, none of the plat ers weighed over 115 pounds and thev all wore canvas-topped shoes, but the name of the game was the same: football. Yes, football complete with T-formation quarterbacks, excited parents in the stands and a bevy of sub-teen girl cheer leaders thrown in for good measure. Frank McNally, director of Finance in New York, had a double stake in this recent Sundav gridiron doubleheader played between the Westport, Con necticut PAL and the Colts Bovs Club of Yonkers, New York. Two of Frank's sons played in the first game, 75 pound player limit and eight minute quar ters, and two more of his box's plaved in the second contest, 115 pound limit and ten minute quarters. Frank also helped to coach the second game. And what games thev were! These voungsters ran, tackled and blocked w'ith all the spirit and drive worths' of their heavier counterparts in high school and college games. The Colts Bovs Club is a neighborhood organization which sponsors year-round sports activitv for 220 young boys. Fathers, like Frank McXallv, and other men who are interested supervise the activities and support the club. With sound coaching and first class equipment, the boys are active all vear round. A Colt rule is that even- bov gets to plav and inter club leagues are set up to this end. Basicallv, how'ever, enthusiasm is the kev to their success. Enthusi asm from the boys and the men who run the club. That, really, is what makes the Colts go, go, go. Frank McNally presents a classic picture of an anxious coach as he kneels on sidelines and observes the Colts in aetion. '(! CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (continued) Coach** from both teams watched over weighing-in for players could not exceed the agreed on pound limits. A Colt halfback skirts his own left end for a first down as Westport linemen close in, below. r L loft, Coach McNally holds forth at half timo for the benefit of his young squad. They also serve who only stand end wait. Below, Eleanor McNally holds her youngest, Regina, and roots with daughter, Mary Anne. n left end for a i (Iom in, boiow. Colts team was All-Star squad picked from the regulor league teams. Below, Frank picks subs during the 115-pound encounter. Below, nearly the whole dan. Left to right: James, Matthew, Frank, Peter, Regina, Paula, Eleanor Jr. with Mother end Mary Anne behind. ETHYL ON CAMERA hm For the second consecutive season, Etlivl Corpora tion sponsored The LSU Quarterback Club on WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge. The discussions of the tactics of the winning Tiger team in the preceding Saturday's game had wide audience appeal when Coach Paul Dietzel and his guests rev iewed the LSU games every Sunday evening at 9:30, competing fa vorably with network shows of infinitely higher budget. Lift to right in panol above, behind-the-scenes photographs depict: Ethyl's host, Charley Zeanah, being made up prior to appear ance on camera; Charley introducing the show; and Coach Pout Oietxel, center, discussing plays with local sports directors. gCIENC FCENTEH IKf M ETC 34475 J Ethyl Corpora.rback Club on -missions of the i tlie preceding e appeal when viewed the LSU k competing fav higher budget. With Charlev Zeanah, director of Community Rela tions in Baton Rouge and himself a former sportscaster, as host for the series, the program not only let local viewers in on the behind-the-scenes activities of the LSU team it also took them behind the scenes at Ethvl and both showed and told them of the Com pany's diversity, of its role in the community, of the part it played in the local economy. In commercials that made no attempt to sell the public anything, Ethvl simply sketched its continued desire to be a good industrial citizen operating in the treasured at mosphere of free enterprise and contributing, where and when it could, to the betterment of the locale. On each of the telecasts one of the commercials was de voted to community service or some civic enterprise. Like the Tigers, Ethyl had a winning season. ? :-J, ETHYL CORPORATION. TTHYL s*-* prior to appearsports directors. In the panel below, Charley devotes a segment of the program to the new Baton Rouge Arts and Science Center; Coach Paul Dietzel re runs a play on o special camera that permits him to stop action while describing tactics; and a cameraman pans in on a commercial spot. 180 <iAcres of Christmas Christmas, as the saying goes, comes but once a vear. but to Bob Kerley, director of Products Applica tion at the Detroit Laboratories, something of the Yuletide spirit is present throughout the vear. On week ends, more often than not, Bob literallv finds himself up to his ears (and sometimes over his head} in Christ mas trees, which he grows on a 180-acre tract of land some 45 minutes bv car from the Kerlev home in Birmingham, Michigan. Bob started the hobby some 10 years ago. For the first five years that he owned Kerley s Headacres, he put from 10,000 to 20,000 seedlings into the ground. Now, the result is a towering harvest of Christmas, a conical, green forest of Austrian, Scotch, red and white pine, and Norway spruce. Walking around hit place, Bob koopt up on the progress of (he various stands. There are also streams and two man-made ponds on the property. s but once a year, `roducts Applicaomething of the le vear. On weekally finds himself s head) in Christacre tract of land Kerlev home in ars ago. For the s Headacres, he into the ground, t of Christmas, a .h, red and white Left, Bob uses a brush sow which can cut a thousand trees in a day. Above, he stands on the porch of the house on the grounds. 15 ETHYL WELCOMES Rosemary Larson, a data clerk in the New York office, holds her B.A. from Dickinson College. She enjovs tennis. Peter Peropoulos is a chem ical engineer at the Houston plant. He holds his M.S. from the University of Iowa. Burton Rendall, a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic In stitute, is a design engineer in the New York office. H.John Black Manufacturing. Baton Rouge L.John Sharkey Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Arthur S. Townley Manufacturing, Baton Rouge Ross E. Rife Research & Development, Detroit John C. Watt Sales, Eastern Region 17 iETC 34480 ON THE ROSTRUM Our Company was well represented at the 41st annual meeting of die American Petroleum Institute held in Chicago. The men attending were President B. B. Turner, Vice Presidents Malcolm Murdock, Bill Perdue, and George Kirby, and Director of Finance Frank McNally. Others attending were Director of Public Relations Jim Boudreau and Bill Ball, assistant director of Public Relations. Both Jim and Bill presented Ethyl's "A Study of Gasoline Prices and Gasoline Value" to a group of oil indus try- public relations executives. Ted Carron, manager of Employee Re lations, Detroit Labs, gave a talk entitled "Training the Professional-Technical Em ployee" at a meeting held in Texas bv the A.P.l. Division of Refining's Gulf Coast District Committee. The following two technical papers were presented and authored by Detroit Lab oratory men during the National Fuels and Lubricants meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers recently held in Houston, Texas. Bob Kerley presented "The indicated Performance of Otto Cycle Engines" which was co-authored by Kelly Thurston; and Arthur Felt gave the speech entitled "Combustion Control in. Dual-Fuel Engines," co-authored by Bill Steele. Charley Zeanah, director of Com munity Relations in Baton Rouge, re cendy spoke on "Some Aspects of the Corporate Image" to approximately 400 members of the Memphis Rotary Club. Charley presented the same talk at a meeting of the Desk and Derrick Club of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Two Baton Rouge plant men made pres entations of the Ethyl Management Club's Selling America Program, featur ing the four economic freedoms. Dick Eiswirth of TEL Operations spoke before the Red Stick Kiwanis Club; and Larry Dallam of Employee Relations presented the program to the Tallv Up Club. Eugene Ashby of Chemical Research and Development in Baton Rouge con ducted a seminar for students and fac ulty of the Chemistry department at Notre Dame University in South Bend. Indiana. His subject was on "Recent Developments in Organometallic Chem istry." Fred Frey of Chemical Research and Development, Baton Rouge, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Pe troleum Division of the Philadelphia Sec tion, American Chemical Society-. Fred spoke on "Recent Developments in Organometallic Chemistry- of Boron and Aluminum." "What Have You to Sell" was the speech presented by Harry Wheeler, Med ical. Baton Rouge, to supervisory and technical personnel of Petroleum Chemi cals Inc. in Lake Charles, Louisiana. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS The Detroit Labs announced the transfer of Dr. Margaret Griffing from the Hvdrocarbon Oxidation group to the Analytical section, reporting to Dr. Sigurd Rue, as senior research associate. Margaret's immediate assignment will be the overall responsibility for develop ing a group of analytical methods re quired for the AN compounds. It is also intended that she be available for con sultation on anv analytical problems aris ing within the Detroit Laboratories. It is further anticipated that she will under take. as time permits, special research assignments, not necessarily limited to analytical research. The Baton Rouge plant has announced new assignments for six plant employees. Karl Cast has been promoted to gen eral superintendent of Engineering Serv ices in the Research and Development Department, with responsibility for co ordinating the activities of Manufactur ing Technical Services in Baton Rouge, and the Houston and Pittsburgh Engi neering Services. He is continuing to serve as superintendent of Manufactur ing Technical Services in addition to his new duties. Also m Research and Development, Bob Agee was transferred on rotation to Process Design: Gene Travis has re turned to Process Development: and Chuck Watson, Jr.. Manufacturing Technical Services on rotation In Maintenance and Construction, Hugh Bourque is now superintendent of General Maintenance, and Gus Lar son is superintendent of Power. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the following employees: New York: C. G. DeMalvilajn, $35.00 (Suggest that all gasoline testing labs using the Phillips detonation meter be advised that erratic, unstable or insen sitive knockmeter operation can be due to improper power supply filtration and consequent AC ripple, and that the use ful life of the filter condenser involved is usually about four or five years). Pacific Coast: Freddie G. Beck, $20.00 (Modifications to still droplights); George M. Brayton, $10.00 (Signal light for aerator agitator syvitch): Rob ert L. Ferguson, $15.00 (Method of calibrating Horton sphere); Albert J. Krul, $15.00 (Removable yvalkway sec tion at sludge drver); Jan Proper, $25.00 (Method of calibrating Horton sphere level indicator); Lawrence J. Reilly, S20 00 (Install guard over draft bloyver switch on No. 1 boiler): Ken neth G. Scott, S10.00 (Install water line on first deck betyveen ditch treaters); Stanley R. Weinberg, $15.00 (Device for rodding sodium lines). Notice Bound volumes of the Ethyl News and Bulletin Board will be available at cost to Ethvl employees again this year. The price for the 1961 edition, including the cost of imprinting vour name in gold on the cover, will be $2.85 for the E.N. and $3.20 for the B.B. Orders should be sent to Public Relations Dept.. Room 1726, Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Ave nue, N.Y.C. not later than January 19. Be sure to include your check made pay able to Ethyl Corporation. 18 ETC 34481 Also in Research and Development, Bob Agee was transferred on rotation to Process Design; Gene Travis has re turned to Process Development; and Chuck Watson, Jr., Manufacturing Technical Sen-ices on rotation. In Maintenance and Construction, Hugh Bourque is now superintendent of Genera] Maintenance; and Gus Lar son is superintendent of Power. SUCCESSFUL SUGGESTERS Suggestion awards were made to the following employees: New York; C. G. DeMaivilain, $3-5.00 (Suggest that all gasoline testing labs using the Phillips detonation meter be advised that erratic, unstable or insen sitive knockmeter operation can be due to improper power supply filtration and consequent AC ripple, and that the use ful life of the filter condenser involved is usuallv about four or five years). Pacific Coast: Freddie G. Beck, $20.00 (Modifications to stilldroplights); George M. Brayton, $10.00 (Signal light for aerator agitator switch); Rob ert L, Ferguson, $15.00 (Method of calibrating Horton sphere); Albert J. Krul, $15.00 (Removable walkway sec tion at sludge dryer): Jan Proper, $25.00 (Method of calibrating Horton sphere level indicator); Lawrence J. Reilly, $20.00 (Install guard over draft blower switch on No. 1 boiler); Ken neth G. Scott, $10.00 (Install water line on first deck between ditch treaters); Stanley R. Weinberg, $15.00 (Device for rodding sodium lines). Notice Bound volumes of the Ethyl News and Bulletin Board will be available at cost to Ethyl employees again this year. The price for the 1961 edition, including the cost of imprinting your name in gold on the cover, will be $2.85 for the E.N. and $3.20 for the B.B. Orders should be sent to Public Relations Dept., Room 1726. Ethvl Corporation, 100 Park Ave nue. N.Y.C. not later than January 19. Be sure to include vour check made pay* able to Ethvl Corporation. BIRTHS Central Region Vince and Cecile HANLON-a son Bruce Clark. Vince is a refinery tech nologist in the regional office. Detroit Andy and Ruth Pallay--a daughter, Cynthia Ann. Andy is with Chemical Research at the Laboratory. Mid-Continent Region Gene and Betty Ann Gallaghers daughter, Sheila. Gene is a field repre sentative in the Dallas office. New York Anne O'Neill -- a granddaughter, Tracy Lynn, born to her daughter and son-in-law Joan and Warren Valero. Anne is with Public Relations. Leonard and Amelia Stern-3 daugh ter, Barbara. Amelia is a former mem ber of the Public Relations department. Lowell and Marilyn Swaidner -- a daughter, Krista Eileen. Lowell is with the Economic Evaluation section of Finance. Sarnia Lorne and Mary RoBB-a son. An drew Joseph. Lorne is a plant chemist. EXTRACURRICULAR Jud Biehle of Administration in New York has been elected vice president of the Association of Records Executives and Administrators for 1962. John Furr of Training in Baton Rouge was elected chairman of the Gulf Coast District Committee on Training of the American Petroleum Institute. He was named to a one-year term at the group's meeting in Beaumont, Louisiana. Doug King, Product Service and Safety' in New York, has been elected to serve as chairman on the Atlantic division of the National Safety Council's Petroleum Section. Election to the Petroleum Ex ecutive Committee, representing one of the important industrial sections of the Council, was in recognition of Doug's abilities as a safety specialist in die industry'. Three Baton Rouge plant employees, Henry Bradford of Production Sched uling and Distribution, Bob Percy of Engineering, and Bill Croissant of Traffic, served in key positions in this year's annual Cub Scout Pow Wow held at the lstrouma High School in Baton Rouge. Henry' was general chairman; Bob was head of exhibits; and Bill was in charge of handicrafts. In addition, Ed Coxe, Power, Baton Rouge, conducted a special Pow Wow Program on his regular scout afternoon television show. IN THE FIELD Bob Hogan, chief automotive engineer in the Eastern Region, made a number of presentations on "Passenger Car De velopment and Trends" and "Fuel Filter Clogging" at several Atlantic coast areas. In Boston, he spoke to a group of Cali fornia Oil salesmen and lube engineers, before the division staff and salesmen of Cities Service, to the regional manage ment and salesmen of Sun Oil, and be fore the entire district sales force of Adantic Refining. He also gave the pres entations to Mobil Oil district men in Providence, Rhode Island, and another was made in Philadelphia before the manufacturing, research, sales, and pur chasing executives of Sun Oil. Dale Miller of the Tulsa district of fice was one of the honor guests and the presiding officer at the annual Public Affairs "Oil Forum" held recently salut ing Tulsa's huge petroleum industry. The Houston Chapter of the PBX Club, an international organization, has pledged its support to the Muscular Dystrophy National Foundation. Alma Birdwell, stenographer-receptionist in the Gulf Coast Region, who is president of the Houston Chapter, along with civic lead ers from the Lions Club and representa tives of the medical field, were busy taping TV and radio spot announcements which were being used extensively on a local basis prior to the national cam paign which officially opened in midNovember. Eastern Region Sales Promotion Mana ger Joe Hopkins made a "Creative Thinking" presentation in Houston, Tex as, to the entire sales department of the Plymouth Oil Company and obtained some good solutions to their two most pertinent sales problems in a brain storming session. Joe trained a Plymouth man to cany on brainstorming through out their company. In addition, Joe presented "A New Concept of Gasoline Progress" scriptslide presentation at a regional workshop conference of the New York State Pe troleum Council. He also obtained ap proval of the speaker-film program com mittee to have all Council speakers use this store with civic groups. NEWS BRIEFS The average individual contribution made by employees at the Detroit Labs to the 1961 Torch Drive was $28.30, which exceeded last years $26.00. The amount collected was S 15.067.00, of which $4,-125.00 was contributed by the Company. Bill Adams, Products Ap plication, was chairman of the drive and 26 employees served as area solicitors. Three sons and a daughter of Baton Rouge plant employees are among the 29 Baton Rouge and Hammond high school seniors who have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Schol arship competition. Thev are Bobby Edvards of University High School, who is the son v\ Bill Edvards of Em ployee Relations; Douglas Harvey of Lee High, son of Clarence Harvey of Commercial Development; Phyllis Johnson of Glen Oaks High, who is the daughter of Buddy Johnson, In dustrial Engineering; and Frank Rob erts of Baton Rouge High, son of Sam Roberts of Engineering. The semifinalists were chosen on the basis of outstanding performance in the National Merit Scholarship qualifying tests that were taken last March. The finalists will be named next spring. In Memoriam Robert L. Jordan, Jr., son of Robert Jordan of the Eastern Region, died last month following a lengthv illness. We wish to ex press our deepest sympathy to Bob and his family. 19 ETC 34482 PLACES ROLLIE SPEAKS Rollie Gish of Technical Services in Ethyl's Detroit Labs recently presented a prepared discussion on a paper given at an SAE Heavy Duty V'ehicle Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The talk concerned the en gine in Oliver's new 1800 Tractor which Ethyl engi neers helped to develop. Punch Pfundstein of Detroit was chairman of session where Rollie spoke. rable amount of time in :>anies. Above, Barney real live version prowl. 1 X. "jPVf.S. ffiighi.* 'nisup. VIV V> *r ` -* tr Tf' f'TT '! [OP Sttr- ---- ? lVj: ARCH AT WORK Archie Smith, Atlanta District field representative, - has put together a full-dav Ethyl program called "American Facts Clinic" for American Oil Company. Presented to all sales personnel in American's regional and district offices throughout the South, the program involved the use of audio-visual props, a number of Ethyl presentations and reference material for the use more people, more placet HAROLD ON HAND Btelow, Minnesota's Governor Elmer Anderson is shown flanked by Ethyl's Harold Berg, left, and A. W. Winter, vice president of Great Northern Oil Company. The occasion was the presentation to the Governor of a picture from the Ethyl advertisement featured in national magazines on Minnesota's Magic Circle. Ad showed Mesabi Range in Hibbing. of the men attending the meeting. Arch, above hold ing aloft glass tubing used to demonstrate knock, has given the program seven times and shortly will be covering American's Baltimore and New Orleans re gions. One of the reasons for the success of these meet ings was the inclusion of an active and lively question and answer period afterwards. CIVIC HONOR HF. Bradford, superintendent of EtCl Mainte nance in Baton Rouge, was honored recently with the first annual Civic Service Award by the Baton Rouge Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies. Bradford, right, was picked for the award on the basis of his professional accomplishments, ex perience and his many community activ ities. ETC 34485 ting. Arch, above holddemonstrate knock, has ies and shortly will be e and New Orleans rele success of these meettive and hvelv question ident of EtCl Maintewas honored recently Service Award by the ;ineering and Scientific s picked for the award d accomplishments, ex unitv activities. PELICAN STATERS Bovs and Girls State programs have been supported by Ethyl for the past 10 vears. These citizenship Guidry, Betty Gayle and Emilie Steffek. Boys, from left to right, are: John Pisa, David Loudon, Danny training programs are conducted bv the American Crochet, Gerald Hubenak and Rav Lamonica. A simi Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary. Above are lar program under Company sponsorship called Bavou the two groups who attended the meetings on the Bovs' and Girls' States, is held each year on the campus of LSU under Company sponsorship. Girls, campus of Southern University. Youngsters are selec from left to right are: Kay Long, Joyce Foy, Ginger ted for scholastic and leadership achievements. CARD PARTY The Annual EERA Luncheon and Card Party for ladies drew a goodly crowd this year. For wives and/or women employees of the Pittsburgh Plant, the festivities took place at the Concord Inn in Concord, California. Below left is the Committee in charge of the party. Members were, seated left to right: Joan Bell, Gerry Linn and Carol Elder while standing, are: Audrey Erickson, Louise Glasser, Katherine Isham, Colette Goettsch and Dona Krul. The picture, below at right, shows some of the lucky prize winners from the afternoon's bridge tournament. Winners included: Betty Morgan, Door Prize; Carol Elder, First Prize; Dona Krul, Second Prize; Theresa Reilly, Third Prize; and Ines Winkle, Fourth Prize.