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PWPli rAAgxip|R I' ETbb~fe^sf VL L73N BOARD 1949 ETC 12158 JANUARY, 1949 ETC 12159 FOUR SCORE AND TEN FOR TEN PACE 7 WATCH YOUR STEP/ PAGE IO m r* r#t G,*ls pAcg /3 behind the whl for BETTER fl)ELS PAGE 18 VACATION ON WINGS vM PAGE 70 verses:'' PAGE 25 JINGLE BELLS PACE 26 " --s*-1. *:rA* ETC 12160 As salt cake pours into this warehouse from a conveyor above and piles up into a small-sized mountain, David Kimberly--with the help of a bulldozer--pushes it aside for convenient loading. New Sales for New Year With the New Year, Ethyl Corpora tion began a new sales program--the marketing .of chemical products other than "Ethyl" antiknock compound. Harry Kuhe, who came to the New York office last Fall as manager of the new chemical sales division, this month launches the sale of salt cake to the paper industry. Of great importance in the manu facture of kraft paper, salt cake (chemically speaking -- sodium sul phate), until now has been sold for us by a sales agent. It now becomes the chief product being marketed by our new sales division. Salt cake is used in large quantities in the manufacture of sulphate woodpulp--from which kraft paper and board are made. The paper is the strong, tough kind used for bags, wrappers for coins, automobile tires and countless other things. The board goes into containers, boxes and car tons--both as corrugated board and as solid fibre board. Our Baton Rouge plant, strategi cally located in the South, where most of the kraft paper is produced, is near many of the mills. Since salt cake is turned out as a by-product of the plant's ethyl chloride operations, our Company provides a continuous and steady source of supply. This month's Ethyl News will tell you more about kraft paper, what it is used for, how it is made, in a story which is titled "Ethyl Serves the Paper Industry." 3 BULLETIN BOARD --JANUARY ETC 12161 George Rose (seated) and Wally Oistler examine some burnt valves and damaged pistons and get ready to do a little trouble shooting for one of Ethyl's customers. George is an account representative and Wally is senior sales service engineer. Chicago--pride of the great Middle West--was built in the traditional American way--on ambition and drive, courage and optimism. From a frontier outpost in 1803 it has become today the busiest crossroad in Amer ica, our second largest city, fourth largest in the world. Nerve center of the nation's railway network, 45,000 freight cars are hand led daily on the steel web of tracks that bind the city. Passenger trains speed in and out at the rate of more than one a minute. Ethyl's offices are located in the city's front yard overlooking Lake Michigan, its yacht clubs and sandy beaches, its sailboats and cargo ships. Behind the beauty of the Lake shore's parks and roadways, sky scrapers and white sails on the hori zon, lies a sprawling, industrial giant that annually produces billions of dol lars worth of iron and steel, food, pe troleum, chemicals, machinery and clothing. The Chicago industrial area leads all other industrial areas in the production of meat and packing house products; soaps, perfumes, cosmetics and toilet preparations; machinery; petroleum products and many others. In or near this center of commerce and industry, a large percentage of the Midwest's oil men and refineries are concentrated. Chicago is the home of the largest customer in Ethyl's Central region--the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. And Chicago is, logically, the home of Ethyl's Central regional office--just a night's jaunt from almost any point in the region. Wearing that five o'clock smile, Pat Kelly, Ruth Gallaway and Mae Kelly head for home. Pat handles the teletype, and turns out letters and reports for sales staff mem bers. Ruth is secretary to Len Huxtable and Mae is Girl Friday for lim Boudreau. ETC 12163 Ham Greenup, chief safety engineer, ex J plains the Central re gion's control chart for i unloading and blend i ing observations and quarterly inspections. 6 BULLETIN BOARD-- JANUARY J ETC 121 department in 1942, a few months before he went on military leave to join the Navy. In service for more than three years, Gerry was a chief specialist (aviation free gunnery). He spent two years and nine months in the Asiatic-Pacific area with a combat aircrew training unit. It was a happy day in September of 1945 when he returned to Ethyl and his work as a Three New Yorkers round out their safety engineer. first decade and a half of Ethyl service A Pennsylvanian by birth, Gerry this month and share the spotlight as was born in Hazleton but spent most they join the 15-Year Club. of his school years in Connecticut. Gerald Forsdick, of the Safety For several years after his graduation : department, joined the Company following his graduation from Green wich High in Connecticut. Originally a member of the Mail Room staff, he from Greenwich High he belonged to the Riverside Yacht Club, and is still a sailing enthusiast. He also goes in for fishing, and ties his own flies. A good shot, Gerry likes to hunt, enjoys later became head office boy, and in skeet and trap shooting too. He's a ! 1937 was made assistant to Russ member of the American Society of ) Weston, who at that time was man- Safety Engineers, lives on Staten r ager of the Jobber department. Island with his wife and daughters { Gerry transferred to the Safety Arden and Lynn. ' Gerald Forsdick W. Cary Harris as office manager in New York is responsible for the many services so important to the smooth operation of any organiza tion--telephone, mail and messenger, stenographic, to mention a few. Before stepping into this job in 1937, he was in charge of publicity, and was the first editor of the Ethyl News. He recalls with a gleam its unpretentious debut as a black and white, 10 page "news sheet" back in October, 1934. He had come with Ethyl the previous year from Wall Street. Before that he had been office and credit manager for the American Book Company-- and in the dim past with the Wash ington Trust Company which later merged with the Com Exchange Bank and Trust Company. 7 BULLETIN BOARD --JANUARY ETC 12165 1 l I i I 1II j I I l I 1 1 I I I I I I !i W. Cary Harris Cary was born in Brooklyn, edu cated at private schools and attended Williams College in the class of 1906. One of the pioneers of golf in America, he is an honorary life member of the famous St. Andrews Golf Club at Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., where golf was first played in this country. During the curling season--December to March--he pursues that sport on the rinks of the St. Andrews Club. The Harris home is in Yonkers, where Cary and his wife reared two sons, Edward Saltonstall and Allen Hol brook, who are now bringing up their children in Rome and Watertown, N. Y. -- two grandsons and two granddaughters. E. O. Jones began his Ethyl career in January 1932 as a field representa tive in the old New York division. That means he was a field-fleettractor-and-safety engineer. We had no specialists in those days. But when 8 BULLETIN BOARD-JANUARY the Safety department was organized in 1936, he began to specialize as a full-time safety engineer. The follow ing year he went out to California as No. 1 safety man for the Los Angeles division. He later spent a year at the Kettering lab in Cincinnati, returning to New York in 1941 as a staff safety engineer. Ollie was called to Washington in 1943 by the Petroleum Administra tion for War. He served as a petroleum engineer and later was appointed special assistant to the director of refining. Upon his return to Ethyl two years later, Ollie became special assistant to General Sales Manager Julian Frey. Since 1947, when the Sales department was reorganized, Ollie has been manager of customer services, including safety. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Ollie attended Cornell University and was graduated from Massachusetts Insti- j j E. O. Jones ETC 12166 tute of Technology. He is a member of the Atlantic Beach Club, Cornell Club, and Delta Phi fraternity, and is a trustee of the Cornell Delta Phi Association. Ollie and Marion (Mrs. J.) live in Rockville Centre, L. I. Ollie has a 21-year-old son who will graduate from Yale in June, and a stepson, John Gates Martin, nine. Celebrating 10 years of Ethyl serv ice this month are Arthur Acken, Eastern region field engineer, and an other New Yorker, Edythe Kimball, secretary to Harry Kuhe. It's five for five as the first new members for 1949 are added to the roster of the Five-Year Club. They are Detroiter Dorothy Rhoades, and four New Yorkers: Harry Camp bell, John Finck and James Galla gher, of Finance, and Betty White, of Industrial Relations department. Amvets Raise Money on White Clover Day lor Needy Veterans The Christ-Dickerson Amvet Post Baton Rouge. Pretty high school girls No. 30, whose members are World urged pedestrians to buy, and were so War II veterans at Ethyl's plant in successful that the Amvets cleared a j Baton Rouge, has established a serv net profit of $508. Part of the money ice fund to aid needy veterans and was set aside for Christmas gifts and i their families. a Christmas party for World War II / j The Amvets set December 4 as veteran patients at Carrville. White Clover Day to raise money for The Amvet Post is named in honor the project. White clovers, a form of of Johnny Christ and Ordell Dicker- forget-me-not commemorating the son, the first two Ethyl employes December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, from the Baton Rouge plant to be were sold on the business streets of reported missing in action in the war. Red Feather in Their Caps Through the generosity of Ethyl's Research. laboratories and their em ployes in Detroit, the 1948 Commun ity Chest in Southern Oakland County added $4,014.50 to its coffers. The average contribution per person was higher than in 1947--the highest, in fact, in the history of the labs. The grand total probably would have been much greater if the employes had not been solicited at their homes, as well. Many decided to contribute to their local chests, instead of through the Company. Jack Bailie of Tech Service, chair man of the labs' drive, called the response "overwhelmingly gratifying." Serving on the able committee who helped him to collect for the Chest were Maxine Acre, George Betker, Jimmy Boag, Chuck Denzler, Idan Flaa, George Hall, Louise Hennessey, Helen Peckham, Mike Rometti, Chick. Sortman and Art Zeitz. 9 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 12167 Home/ the record reads, is filled with Use a rubber mat or towel in the hazards. But it need not be, if you bathtub to prevent slipping. take care, if you give thought to elim Keep stairways and floors free of arti inating unsafe conditions, and avoid cles, such as toys, brooms, and mops ing unsafe practices. over which people might fall. During the first eight months of Outside The House 1948 there were 23,300 deaths from home accidents. Deaths from home See that hoes and rakes are never left fi l accidents, which rank fourth as a cause of death, take more lives in the with the sharp edges up, and that nails are removed from broken boxes home than in industry or on the high and boards. way. Injuries from home accidents Leave the garage doors open whenever cause thousands of disabilities, some the automobile engine is running. temporary (one every seven seconds), Proceed slowly in and out of the some permanent (one every four driveway to make sure no one is in minutes). the way, and sound your horn. The beginning of the New Year is Keep garage and cellar doors closed a good time to check up and see if when not in use. you have any unsafe conditions in Be sure the clothesline is strung high your home, if you have any habits enough to prevent anyone from run which invite accidents. Here is a quick ning into it. check list to help you get off on your Streets And Sidewalks safe foot to a safe 1949. See that the whole family crosses only Inside The House at intersections and with the light. Keep all medicines, poisons, insecti Don't jaywalk; never cross the street cides, and cleaning fluids in a safe from behind a parked car or truck. place--out of the reach of children. Keep your car in safe condition. See that all rugs are secure and are Obey all traffic rules, signs, and signals padded to keep them from slipping. and stay within safe speeds. Read labels carefully and the direc Keep your mind on your driving-- tions twice when using medicine. watch the road! 10 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 12168 Ethyl's fuel technologists, latest group formed to increase our service to customer com* pames, met with Sales, Research and Technical Service representatives at the laboratories in Detroit recently to discuss their future activities. Clockwise around the conference table are Herb Peters, fuel technologist in Western region; Martin Alspaugh, Automotive Products engineer; Jack Macauley, director of research; Oscar Lewis, assistant sales manager; Tom Risk, research coordinator, Automotive Products; Jack Fuller, fuel technologist in Central region; Dick Scales, director of Technical Service; Bill Ball, Sales department, New York; Russ MeGuiney, fuel technologist in Eastern region; Len Huxtable, Central region operations manager; and Rollie Barnes, fuel technologist in Southern region. Others who attended the three-day meeting were Earl Bartholomew, general manager of the laboratories; Hal Beatty, assistant di rector of research; and John Wintringham, associate director of research. Automotive Products. Unwelcome Mat for Snow Just a stone's throw from Ethyl's Research labs in the Detroit suburb of Femdale is a 500-ft. strip of snowproof, ice-proof road, the first heated highway in America. Ethylites at the lab have a ring-side seat to watch an experiment that may retire the snow plow to ..a museum and help to re duce the hazards of winter driving. The Michigan State Highway de partment is trying out a new means of snow removal on portions of two lanes, one on each side of West Eight Mile Road. Heating elements, imbed ded one and a half inches beneath the road surface, work on the same princi ple as an electric toaster. Grids were made by welding electrodes to the ends of standard two-inch sidewalk reinforcing mesh, 18 inches wide. Two grids, one under each wheel track, produce enough heat to melt snow or ice on- one lane. Pavement tempera ture is controlled by a thermostat which turns on the current when the thermometer drops to 34, and cuts it off when the mercury rises to 40. The heated highway passed its first test on the Monday before Christmas. Michigan roads were icy, but the 500-foot test strip was clear. By Spring the department expects to know how well the system works under severe weather conditions and whether it is economical enough for use on highways throughout the state. 11 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY Credit Union Reports The New Year promises to be a good one for the Baton Rouge Credit Union, if the record it chalked up during 1948 is any indication. Membership jumped more than 25% between April and October of last year, accord ing to a report by H. D. Crook, the Union's president, covering the sixmonth period. Coupled with this was an increase in assets of more than 40% with the total listed at $75,186.50. The 251 Ethylites who joined the Credit Union during those six months brought the membership up to 916. A total of 342 loans, amounting to $62,226, were made during that time, bringing the grand total to $317,154. Shirley DeGrass, of Automotive Re search at the Detroit labs, became the bride of Andrew Kolan, Jr. on Wed nesday, November 24. A reception followed the 7:30 p.m. ceremony in the St. James Methodist Church. The newlyweds went to the Smoky Moun tains on their honeymoon, are now at home on Prest Avenue in Detroit. Hope Petroff, of Statistical Re search in New York, is now Mrs. R.W. Morano. She and Roy exchanged vows on Saturday, November 20, at a five o'clock ceremony in Glad Tidings Tabernacle, New York. The bride and groom motored through New England and Canada on their wedding trip. 12 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY Bound to Please Would you like to look back on your life with Ethyl during 1948-- recall the fun of parties and the his toric events of Company progress? Copies of the Bulletin Board will keep your memory fresh. Would you like an informative and entertaining vol ume covering everything from Ethyl's road testing operation to jungle air lines? You may have either or both, by ordering bound volumes of the Bulletin Board and or Ethyl News. To make the books personally yours, your name will be imprinted in gold letters on the cover. Price for the News is $2.65, and for the Bulletin Board, $2.30. Make checks payable to Ethyl Corporation, and send with your order to Publicity Office, Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lex ington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. All orders must be in by Friday, Jan uary 28. ETC 121 Food Savers Use leftover mashed sweet potatoes as the crust for a pie. Line a baking dish with the sweets seasoned with salt and a little fat. Fill the center with vegetables and leftover bits of cooked meat moistened with gravy, or with firm cooked dried fruit or drained canned fruit. Cover with more mashed sweet potato. Bake in a hot oven (425) until hot through. If you have just a little sweet potato, make only the upper crust. Odd pieces of cheese may be grated and used up in potato soup. Add about ?4,' cup of grated cheese to a quart or more of the soup before you are ready to serve. Keep the soup over the fire just long enough to melt the cheese. The peel of an orange, like the pulp and juice, contains vitamin C. Add slivers or gratings of peel to sauces, spreads and desserts to give orange flavor and some added vitamin C. Popular Pastime Crocheting is such an established hobby in America that it has found its way onto the calendar of events for 1949. January 22 to 29 has been designated as National Crochet Week. More than 14 million Americans find fun and relaxation in crocheting. 'It's a pleasant and productive hobby, and an inexpensive one, too. The rose filet dinner cloth pictured here is' the stuff that heirlooms are made of, and only one of many lovely and useful articles that you can make in your spare time. Why not try a buffet set in the popular pineapple design? A note to the BB will bring you the free, illustrated directions. Anyone who crochets can make this beautiful dinner cloth. Three wide bands of filet cro chet are inserted between lengths of linen, and the cloth is edged with a dainty border. It's less work than crocheting an entire cloth, but still has that handmade look. The directions are free and yours for the ask ing--just drop a line to the Bulletin Board. 13 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 1217 About People Charlie Gambrill, head of the Analytical section of Chem Products Research at Ethyl's labs, has been elected secretary of the Detroit District Council of the ASTM. Ollie Jones, manager of customer services, has been elected to membership in the Veterans of Safety. The organization is restricted to men with 15 years of service in safety work. A1 Gassman, assistant head of the analytical section at the Research laboratories, has been elected treas urer of the Detroit section of the American Chemical Society. Harold Gibson, motor fuels and lubricants coordinator at Ethyl's Re search labs, presented a paper titled "Factors Affecting Octane Number Requirements" on January 13 at the SAE meeting in Detroit. Carroll Hebert, supervisor of safety and plant protection in Baton Rouge, has been elected president of the Peli can Safety association for 1949. The election of officers was held at the December 20 meeting. Carroll Hebert Robert Palmer Robert Palmer, of Baton Rouge, has been elected a member of the American Society of Safety Engin eers. He is one of less than a score in the State of Louisiana to gain full membership in the organization, which requires 10 years of active safety participation with experience and background in all industrial phases. Bob' is the second Ethylite at our plant to become a member--only he and Mike Porch meet the length of service qualification. John Schaefer, vice president in charge of manufacturing, took office on the first of January as a member of the board of directors of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. He was one of nine new directors elected on November 30 to serve for two years. 14 BULLETIN BOARD --JANUARY ETC 121 Max Roensch, of the Detroit Re search labs, has been elected vice president of the Society of Automotive Engineers for the diesel engine activity for 1949. The SAE met in Detroit the week of January 9, and Max presided at the afternoon session of the truck and bus activity on Tuesday, the 11th. Max is engine development coordi nator on the Automotive Products Re search staff at Ethyl's laboratories. Max Roensch Dick Sneed, roving engineer for the Southern region, spoke at a meeting of the American Legion in Romeo, Mich, on December 2. His topic was "Petroleum--Today and Tomorrow." Baton Rouge Cagers Open Season The 1949 basketball season got under Carville Shift, S. W. Dixon; Couey's i i way in Baton Rouge on January 5, Shift, J. S. Day; Development Lab, I 1I i with 10 teams from Ethyl's plant entered in the Industrial Intramural Harry Demouy, Jr.; Epps Shift, H. W. Clement; Ethyl Chloride Mainte Basketball League. A total of 20 nance, Shorty Yarbrough; Ethyl Chlor teams have entered the league and ide Operations, John Sharkey; Office, the Ethyl fives will vie with squads Marshall C. Milton; Sodium, Bill from Stone & Webster, Kaiser, Esso Morris; TEL Maintenance, Robert and Louisiana Creamery. J. Wickers. The plant teams and their managers Complete uniforms are provided for are: Brown Shift, Emmett Falconer; the players, according to Ben Burge. Safety session--Thirty Ohio-Michigan group members of the National Petroleum Association's fire and accident prevention department visited Ethyl's Research labs in Detroit on the third of December. Dolly Dollahan (second from right), Central region account representative, was in charge of arrangements and escorted the men on a tour of the labs that was followed by luncheon in the cafeteria. The Ohio-Michigan group is visiting member companies in its ter ritory to exchange ideas on safety and fire prevention. They are shown here outside the lab. The tall, distinguished looking gray-haired man in front of the door is lack Fuller, one of our fuel technologists, and in front of him is Ham Greenup, Central region's safety chief. ETC 12173 . CAI**#1*1 .tA.^UU , Yea* 'W Top HonorsGo To Lou Slack in Photo Contest ^jw v **>*?2*?V the snow Or '47 %*itt. Ethyl Men Aid Oil Industry Information Program KUDU] Ar teth I "E-vW / A*ivetS Tulsa Says So Long To Len Huxtable tains New AssocciiaatteeODitisrfee.c*tco*r- l*oii Detroit Research Staff V.N World's L Will A` id/ Go* W to Chic*9 A*. *'*j** Jtl New Drumming Plant Starts Operations at Baton Rouge i New Managerjii Currier and Merx Promoted **ArT4**f a, '`AT* JUnited States As " IRI Elect A BIC DAY ri Tc *2*74 West Coast Terminal Starts Operations *`,'s,00 S OF i the Test et Refrigerator Production '48 C^oV^ FIRE POWER New Plant At Baton R> Doubles Nitrp'- ***** -'ArJ**, ^/> e* "^e .e* I , * * TARTS i PLANT Ge*et* ?0q j, *T^r*' 0Ui ia Over 5200 Oil Men Rally Under API's Progressive Banner Regional Meetings Wind Up on West Coast CCIl<?*.?***<X!** .hW** ` ed for Test Labs Ho*601 **** Ben Brewster Promoted Han As Mach Oil World X,**tty X.** fT? 4*.- lV \>e I**s'V* LSal*s CbeffviS He*1ds .Schaefer Tt PROGRESS ***** ^ec/0. ***<> n Cori!0^ Southern Region Salesmen Visit Baton Rouge Plant ** A. **r Test drivers pass through some picturesque countryside as they roll up mileage. This unusual formation of white rocks, part of San Andreas Fault, is less than 25 miles from Ethyl's laboratory in San Bernardino. A Half Millioif The long highway stretching across the des ert to Mojave makes the second lap of the trip hot and dreary. One of our drivers covered 64 miles without meeting anyone along the way. Test driving at our San Berdu lab is one of the loneliest jobs that Ethyl can offer a man, but it's a mighty important one. During the long, monotonous hours behind the wheel of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer unit, the driver piles up mileage that helps laboratory engineers learn more about engine durability and the effects of experimental fuel blends and anti knock additives. Ethyl's laboratory in San Bernar dino is headquarters for a fleet of six trucks that traveled more than 400,000 miles during 1948. That's an annual average of almost 45,000 miles for each of our nine test drivers there. Their normal daily run is the 214mile round trip between San Bernar dino and Mojave, over a route that winds through mountains and across the desert, exposing the truck to wide In the Road Test garage at the lab, drivers check over a truck. Hariy Perdew (right), shift foreman, makes a note as Virg Allred 'puts water in the battery and Jim Bay refuels. With the first leg of its test run completed, this truck stops at the summit of Cajon Pass, almost a mile above sea level. Grades vary up to six per cent during the 22.5 mile climb. Leaving the lab on his daily run, Slim Allen stops a moment to chat with Jack Webster, shift foreman, and Earl (Tiny) Ellis. Our fleet of six truck-tractor and semi-trailer units piled up some 400,000 miles last year. Miles To Nowhere ranges of temperature, altitudes and road grades. Crossing the desert you can drive for hours without meeting a stop sign or traffic light. Since that seldom happens to commercial trucks in regu lar cross-country service, Ethyl drivers simulate actual conditions by making stops for imaginary traffic lights at the 54-, 80- and 92-mile posts on the trip to Mojave. Here rise lovely mythical cities out of the ether-- Ethylville, Ethylburg, and Ethyltown--visible only to the Ethyl test drivers. A monotonous job? Yes. But, as these men sit at the wheel day after day and week after week, rolling up miles on cars and trucks, they have the satisfaction of knowing they are accumulating valuable information that will lead to better and more eco nomical operation of gasoline engines. Ethyl's drivers often lend a helping hand to stranded motorists. Here Ray Seymour looks over a stalled car on the highway across the desert, where the temperature may reach 115. Resting his foot on the running board, Shorty Guinn puts gas in one of Ethyl's test trucks. At right, Whitey Gruwell, shift foreman, watches as Ellis Ringwald puts in some oil. Twenty-four hours a day, five days a week, our trucks are on the move, rolling up-mileage, for research study. As the shift below returns to the lab, another is ready to start its run. ETC 12177 Flight Into Alaska Stories about the Alcan Highway and government propaganda encour aging homesteaders to settle in Alaska have painted a fascinating picture of the land beyond the Yukon--a picture which lured Ethyl's Leon Chrzan to the great north country on his vaca tion. Now he has first-hand informa tion about this wonderland and many treasured memories of beautiful scenes and thrilling experiences. A chemist at our Research labora tories in Detroit, Leon bought a Stinson Voyager last summer and began, with his brother Henry, mak ing plans for a flight to the top of the world. They collected camping gear-- everything from sleeping bags to waterproof matches--and outfitted the plane for the trip. On Sunday, the first of August, they called the Detroit City Airport tower by radio-phone and obtained clearance for take-off at 9:15 a. m. The first day they ran into head winds, rough weather and radio trou ble. In Fargo, N. Dak., the radio was repaired, an emergency receiver was connected, and they were off again. By the second night they had reached Lewistown, Mont, and the next morn ing crossed over into Canada. Customs clearance was no problem, and after signing a variety of waivers relieving King George VI of any responsibility, they were off to Dawson Creek, B. C. On the next hop they reached Fort Nelson, arriving at nightfall in a heavy rainstorm. Static interference made radio reception almost impos sible, and the plane was cleared to land by green signal flares. Next morning 20 BULLETIN BOARD --JANUARY Leon Chnan and his Stinson Voyager stand in the shadow of a DC-6 at Northway, Alaska. the mountain tops were lost in a layer of heavy clouds, but the weather was passable so Leon and his brother de cided to take off with only 10 gallons of gasoline. By nightfall they had reached White Horse, Yukon Terri tory--the last stop in Canada. They spent the night at famous White Horse Inn, and next morning were off for Northway, Alaska. Pre dictions of bad weather forced them to follow the Alaska Highway. This part of the trip took them over one of the most beautiful sections, but rain and low clouds blotted out much of the scenery. On the sixth day of their trip, after 37 hours and 28 minutes in the air, Leon and Henry were officially inside the territory of Alaska. ETC 1217 At Northway, they learned that Fairbanks, only 225 miles away, was completely closed in, but late in the morning they were able to get through. Landing in Fairbanks in the rain, under a 1000-ft. ceiling, they dodged ! mud puddles on the one runway. | The changeable weather finally gave them a break. Friday night, the only clear night during their entire stay in Alaska, they saw the Northern Lights. Fairbanks, heart of the gold coun try, has only about five blocks of paved streets, but has sidewalks through most of the town. Fairbanks is a typical frontier town, with more than its share of saloons and liquor stores. It is the home of the University of Alaska, which is conducting exten sive agricultural experiments to help local farmers plan and grow their crops. On Sunday, the eighth day of their trip, Leon and Henry set out to get some aerial photographs of a local farm, taking the owner along with them. When the picture taking was completed, the trio flew up to Chena Hot Springs, where they had hoped to bathe in the 160 mineral water. The condition of the one short dirt runway discouraged any attempt to land, so they went on for a bird's eye view of the gold mines. Bush Flying It was then that they found out what "bush flying" meant. To stay below the cloud ceiling, they had to fly in valleys around the mountains because there are no radio navigation aids in the locality. Getting lost would ; have meant a forced landing in wild country, and although Fairbanks was scarcely 60 miles away, few people could survive in the bush. Sunday afternoon, after dropping their farmer friend in Fairbanks, they went on through Windy Pass, the narrowest one they had encountered. At Summit, highest point on the rail road, the Civil Aeronautics Associa tion operates a radio range, weather station and emergency landing strip. Next morning the flying tourists, with one of the men from the weather station, set out in a rubber boat for a day of fishing in the pouring rain. Above the Clouds It wasn't until the following after noon that the weather cleared enough for the flight to Anchorage. On the way they climbed to 12,000 ft., barely above the cloud layer, for a view of Mt. McKinley which towered above the surrounding jagged, snow-covered peaks and the blue ice of the glaciers. Leon and Henry found Anchorage similar to Fairbanks, except that prices were generally higher. There is little work to be found in either town, and most of it is government-sup ported building and maintenance of roads and Army airfields. Fishing is seasonal, and there is little lumbering. Automobiles in Alaska are a luxury and there are few roads other than dog sled trails. Most travel is by foot or air. In the wintertime, most planes are equipped with skis. The following Sunday the boys defied heavy rain and took off for Northway on the first lap of the trip home. A little more than three days from Northway, after 31 hours in the air, they landed at Detroit. Leon took off his seven league boots to return to the Chem Research lab from a thrillpacked vacation that makes him the envy of everyone at Ethyl's labs. 21 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 12179 We Greet Beverly Grant. . . secretary in N. Y. Stenographic . . . born in Jacluon, Mich. . . . attended Michigan State College and the Washington (D. C.) School lor Secretaries . . . commutes to the Chrysler Bldg, from Scarsdale. Therese Hemmer . . . teletype operator in the Chrysler Building offices . . . native New Yorker . . . graduate of Queens Vocational High . . . bowls on Ethyl's Mello Rollers team . . . roller skates, and collects coins. Caroline Long . . . typewriter tapper in N. Y. Stenographic . . . her home state is North Carolina . . . graduate of St. Mary's Jr. College in Raleigh . . . A.B. from University of North Carolina . . . member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Carle Mathis . . . lab assistant in Aeronautical Re search at the Detroit labs . . . born and educated in the Motor City ... graduate of Eastern High . . . 21 months in U.S. Navy Air Corps... works on radios and en gines during after-Ethyl hours. Maxine Mendum . . . member of the Finance office staff at the labs . . . born in Des Moines, edu cated in Chicago . . . teachers degree from American Conserva tory of Music . . . twin brother is an Army Medical Corps major. Fame* Moran . . . internal auditor in N. Y. Finance . . . graduate of College of the City of New York . . . during the war was special agent of the F.B.I. . . . certified public accountant .. . amateur astronomer . . . mar ried, has two sons and a daughter. Lillian Rsuestine . . . whips up pies, cakes, and super salads for Detroit folk . . . captained high school swimming team . . . past councilor in Daughters of Amer ica .. . married, has a son and a daughter... hobby is setting hair. Foies Zeph . . . messenger in N. Y. Mail Room ... born in Yonkers . . . daily com muter from Hastings-on-Hudson . . . June graduate of high school there . . . received letters for cross country and music . . . sports enthusiast, likes bowling. West Coast meeting--The San Bernardino lab held its first top overhaul demonstration on December lr with Fred Ramin, of the Tulsa Test lab, explaining the fine points of the care and maintenance of CFR knock engines. This is another in the series of meetings held from time to time for chemists and engineers from customer companies in the Gasoline Testing labs through out the country. Here Messrs. Barta, Lindsay and Berka of the Los Angeles County Bureau of Weights and Measures watch with interest as Mr. Frizell of Macmillan Petroleum Corp. asks Fred a question. In the background are Messrs. Meredith and Hale of the Wilshire Oil Co. Our Sports Forecasters Make Grand Slam | Redg Bushell and Don Flynn, of ( the Eastern regional office in N. Y., are f right on the ball--crystal that is, and * pigskin, too. Last Fall'the two football fans en tered a contest run by The News, based on the scores of 15 major grid clashes. With what seemed like psy chic insight they picked the 15 win- ners for November 20, wound up with a perfect score. Late last month Redg and Don re ceived printed cards from The News to certify their accomplishment. Reg modestly says it was nothing--there were no upsets that week. He and Don guessed right but they weren't the only ones--so did 19,998 others! Stork Club The ew tenant at 2526 South Evans ton, Tulsa is Charles Edward Rankin, who arrived on November 30 to make his home with Mabelle and Charlie Rankin. Young Charles weighed in at 6 lbs. 2 oz., and received a hearty welcome from sister Rosalind who will be eight on February 19. Their pop is manager of the Tulsa Test laboratory. Elaine Emery With deep sorrow we report the death of three-year-old Elaine Emery, only child of Gertrude and Wallace Emery, Southern region safety engi neer. She died at Texas Children's Hospital on December 10, following an illness of about a year. We at Ethyl extend to Gertrude and Wallace our sincere and heartfelt sympathy. 23 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 12181 Hello, Detroiters Arthur Hawke* . . . research chemist . . . University of British Columbia graduate . . . Ph.D. from McGill University, Mont real . . . member of Sigma Xi and ACS . . . golfer and shutterbug . . . married, has a son, David. Bobby Jackson . . . technician in Chem Research ... attended Michigan College of Mines & Technology and South ern Illinois University ... 15 months in Army following high school . . . sports enthusiast. Irena Larson . . . technical assistant in Chem Research . . . B.S. in chemistry from Wheaton CoLlege in Illinois ... a member of the choir and Script Club there . . . likes to fish and swim, is learning to ski . . . after five keeps house for husband Joe. Herman Miller . . . physicist. . . University of Michi gan graduate . . . served more than three years with Army, was I a first lieutenant in the Aleutians . . . member of Armed Forces i Communications Association . . . i likes to ski, hunt, build radios. Leslie Motson... member of the Maintenance department . . . born in Ontario, Canada . . . attended Cass Tech in Detroit.. . three and a half years in RCAF, served in India and Burma . . . married and has two youngsters. Mary Rows* .. . steno in Tech Service ... bom in the Motor City, graduate of Immaculata High . . . B.S. from Northwestern University . . . member of Alpha Xi Delta soror ity . . . before Ethyl worked for a law firm . . . likes to swim. Roy Sugimoto . .. chemist. . . bom in Los Angeles . . . B.A. and M.A. from University of Cali fornia, Ph.D. from Purdue . . . former second lieutenant in In fantry, served two years in Ger many ... member of the ACS and Sigma Xi . . enthusiastic golfer. Margaret Welp ... chemist. . . June graduate of the University of Detroit. . . member of Sigma Deita, professional science sorority . . . lab techni cian with Chrysler Corporation before entering college . . . handicraiter, all-around athlete. ETC 12182 Here7! the pitch that won Idan Flaa (second from left) the class B singles crown in the annual horseshoe pitching contest at the Detroit labs, after a close match with Chick Sortman, right. Nearby onlookers lending a little moral support from the side lines are Bill Wood and Bed Welsh. It's a ringer for Ed Goller, winner of the Class A singles for 1948. Ed defended his title for the third year in suc cession by nosing out Harold Faucher in the pitching finals. With winning form the top pair of pitchers, George Betker (left) and Merrill Anderson show how they won the doubles title. They teamed up to take over defending cham pions Ed Goller and Bob Mescher. George, who is sports chairman of the Detroit Ethyl Society steering committee, was in charge of the tournament, arranged the matches. ETC 12183 Judy Schaub (foreground) has an interested audience--Bob Adams (back to camera), Doug Baker, Art and Anna Sortman. At the right is Mrs. Bob Adams, and left rear is Eadie Guinn. J NOEL Enjoying a delicious dinner at the San Berdu Ethyl Society party, held on December 3, are Gil Way, Margaret Adams, Art and Anna Sortman. In the right' hand corner, backs to camera, are Bess Way and Doug Baker. More San Berdu merrymakers, in a happy holiday mood, are Jim and Mrs. Bay, Virg Allred and his wife. At the next table on the left are Jim and Mrs. Terrell. Watching the fun from the side* lines at the San Bernardino party are EUis and Mrs. Ringwald, Mrs. Harry Perdew and Shorty Guinn. ETC 12184 Detroiters dance to the strains of Bill Raleigh's orchestra at the Ethyl Society's Christmas party. More than 200 filled the Bonnie Brook Country Club on December 4, enjoyed sinling steaks, danced away the hours. Having a good laugh at the San Berdu party are Marv Russell (left), his wife, and their guests. 1 r i A "Ladies Only" sign was out on December 14 when the girls at the Detroit labs had their annual Christmas party in the library (below). Turkey and trimmings for 32 were followed by* games and gifts. The girls closed their party on a cheery Christmas note by singing carols. Gathered around the punch bowl above are three of the arrange ment committee's pretty planners -- Margaret Dullinger, chairman, Juanita Smith and Nita Eskuri. Fourth member of the committee, not caught by the cam era, was Betty Grant. ETC 12185 More Detroiters, this time topping oii their steak dinners with des sert. At the head of the table is Mrs. George Betker, on her right is husband George, and opposite him are the A1 Tandrups, Gordon Millar and Betty Malvern. The smiling trio at the next table are Tommy Roberts, Chick Sortman and Mrs. John Capinjola. New Yorkers strike a merry note singing carols during the party at the Hotel Biltmore. Seated around the table are Helen Furey, Jack Lis ter, Thelma Elsasser, Ernie Lange, Virginia Atamian, Muriel Homer, Grace Gregna, Margie Smith and Harold Woods. Jim Southwick, Frank McCahill, Edith Wilson and Bill Lankenau harmonize in the background. Jack Lawrence (standing) stops to chat with a circle of N. Y. Payiollers. Clock wise, from lower left, they are A1 Warring ton (dark-framed glasses), Gertrude Melloh, Ronnie Wiegman, Loretta Hog&n, Ellen Svendsen, BiU Meyer, John Robertson, John Finck, Ruth Hall and Angelo Pascucci. ETC 12186 -w Yorkers played Santa Claus, brought toys Ithich were distributed by the Salvation Army. pn;,n Campbell presents a doll to committee members John Robertson, Walter Cosgrove and Betty Beach as Ellis Locher and Irma Harris, also of the committee, admire a drum. * Lucky door prise winners at the Christmas party in New York, Terry Nolan and J. P. Weeks, show off the $15 gift certificates they received. [ More Manhattanites enjoy the festivities in [New York. From left are Jim Wilkin, Arnold [Nelson, Trudy Horstmann, Wilma Hansa, I. P. [Weeks, Edith Mahoney [white feather on hat), Al^Merx, Eleanor Dunlop and Ed Nieser. All decked out as Santa, A. S. ''Scoop" Barton presents a gift to Joseph Brown at the Main tenance office Christmas party in Baton Rouge. r.51* Glee club sang Christmas carols in i cafeteria at the Baton Rouge plant during lunch period on the 23rd of December. ETC 12187 Seven Come Eleven Elmer Ory and Ray Sanders of Baton Rouge entered seven walker hounds in the - Fox Hunters' Field Trial in November, and went home with eleven prizes between them. Competition was supplied by some 160 dogs that are among the best in the state of Louisiana. Elmer, a member of the patrol force at the plant entered four winners, Paint, Miss Ethyl, Tutsie and Buz zard. When it was all over, Elmer had added two cups and five ribbons to the collection his pack of hounds has : already received. Ray Sanders, of TEL Operating, , entered three of his registered dogs, Hi-Rock Stride, Frosty Stride and Kilroy. Ray went home from the show with two cups and two ribbons. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Fred Green, Louise Hennessey, Claude Hoffman, Nan Horning, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photogra pher), Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New York: Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell: Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gaso line Testing: Chris Bruhl; Ethyl-Dow: Jim Donohue. 30 BULLETIN BOARD--JANUARY ETC 12188 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employes PuAJisAed by lAe Ethyl Corporation. 40S Lexington Avenue. New York. New fork; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossiaad, Vice-president and Treasurer; Richard Af. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor Looking Forward Everybody is asking what will 1949 bring? How will I fare? There are prophecies of depression on one hand and of boom on the other. So, let us look at the record. The fact is that 1949 looks pretty good to the Ethyl Corporation. And it looks good to the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. Here is what the Advo cate said: "The Ethyl Corporation, like the city ofBaton Rouge, looks to the future with hope and confidence. A company planning to spend $40,000,000 expand ing its production facilities is not looking forward to recession, depres sion, and shrinking markets, or any such disasters. Neither is it embarking on a policy of low production and high prices. It aims to grow with America, and its officials evidently believe that America still has a good bit of growing to do. "We can think of no better guar antee against future economic troubles than maintenance of a similar attitude by all business and industry. There is a good bit of truth in the famous statement by the late President Roose velt that all we have to fear is fear itself. He made this statement during the worst of the depression. Although the exact causes of both depressions and periods of great prosperity are not clearly known, it is certain that the mental attitude of business, in dustry and the public plays a large part in creating periods of prosperity or periods of depression. "That is, at least, true when artifi cial economic stimuli such as wartime spending are not present on a very large scale. In what we think of as `normal' times, the confidence or lack of confidence on the part of business and industrial leaders and the public has a tremendous influence on eco nomic activity of all kinds. While all are confident and hopeful, credit is available, business and industry ex pand their production, the consumer continues to buy. When all are fear ful, credit vanishes, expansion and construction plans are halted, and consumers, fearful of the future, stop or reduce their buying. Unemploy ment quickly appears, plants are closed, merchants fail, and panic spreads. "Recent studies in the fields of med icine and psychiatry have revealed that he who thinks he is ill may in fact become ill. Might not the same thing be true in the field of econom ics? Whether it is or not, Baton Rouge and the nation have nothing to fear, economically speaking, so long as we continue to look to the future and build for the future with confi dencethat it will be betterthan today." in U. S. A. ETC 12189 ETC 12190 m Bsssm m m ETC 12192 Looking forward to more production and more sales during 1949, sales management met in New York last month to map out the sales program for this year and next. Sales Manager Julian Frey (center) presided over the meeting, aided by assistants Mac Murdock (left) and Oscar Lewis. i Planning for Increased Sales } | With Sales Manager Julian Frey at lead plants now under construction i i | the helm, regional and operations at our Manufacturing plant in Baton j managers met in New York last Rouge are completed, they made plans I month to discuss sales efforts based to market the increased production. I on future increased supplies of "Ethyl" President Edward L. Shea sat in on antiknock compound and the com several sessions to take part in the petitive market. Looking forward to major discussions which centered ; the time when the two new tetraethyl around the challenging days ahead. Center of attention here U Southern Operations Manager Lou. Shank. Interested listeners are Russ Weston, advertising manager, at left, and San Wagner, western regional manager at right. ETC 12193 5 Review of the safety policies, study Cincinnati to speak before the Sales of the supply and demand situation, group for the first time since 1941. presentation of the 1949 advertising Dr. Kehoe, who has been primarily program, and open forum discussions responsible for the safety policy on sales problems and promotional governing the manufacture and dis | plans kept the men busy throughout tribution of "Ethyl" fluid, reviewed 4 the four-day meeting January 18--21. the safety activities of the Company. Highlight of the conclave was a He also stressed the importance of talk by Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, medical maintaining Ethyl's safety services I director, who came to New York from at a high level. i ETC 12194 A preview of 1949 advertising was enthusiastically received. Featuring the "Ethyl" trade-mark our 1949 ads will continue the Trade-marks of Nature series, which has been so popular. This series, one of the most successful campaigns in Ethyl's ad vertising history, has brought many fine comments from the public. Projected sales promotional plans focus on customer services as a prime factor in solidifying relationships with old customers and friends as well as gaining new ones. New services and ways of improving old ones were discussed. Preliminary plans were laid for meetings for all the men in the Sales department. They will be held in the various regions during the Spring. Flanked by Mat Taylor, eastern operations manager, left, and Ray Wyrick, western operations manager, right, Julian Frey enthusiastically discusses the sales prospects for 1949 and 1950. ETC 12195 Randolph Charlton Heads New Section in New York Randolph Charlton Randolph Charlton, office super visor at our Baton Rouge plant for the past three years, moved to New York last month to take over a similar post in the Chrysler Building offices. He heads a .new section combining Purchasing, Stenographic, Files, Telephone and Teletype, Mailroom, Receptionists, Duplicating, and other services. The new New Yorker is no new comer to Ethyl, for he has been wear ing a 20-Year pin since 1946. His business career began at Esso Stand ard in Baton Rouge where he started as an office boy 23 years ago. He later became shipping clerk, then lab assist ant and secretary. Randolph trans ferred to Ethyl in 1939 as purchasing agent, and for the next three years looked after the Company's buying at our manufacturing plant in Baton Rouge. By that time the country was at war, and he enlisted in the Navy, served for three-and-a-half years, saw action in the European and Pacific theaters. He stepped out of a lieu tenant commander's uniform to return _ to Ethyl in December of 1945 and from that time until his recent trans fer to New York was office supervisor at the plant. A native of Louisiana, Randolph was born in Lottie and educated at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He and his wife, Patricia, have two children--Randolph Seville II. age four and one-year-old Patricia. Randolph Charlton happily accepts a farewell gift from friends on his last day in Baton Rouge before leav ing for New York. Julia Mae Heil presents him with a 21 jewel Wal tham wrist watch as Doris D'Aquin and Pearl Mann wait their turn to add their good wishes. ETC 12196 Frank McNally Named Tax Counsel if Frank McNally has been appointed i u tax counsel for Ethyl Corporation to % succeed David Mitchell who resigned on January 1st, to take a position with the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road. Frank came with us three years ago and since last July has been acting as assistant head of the division. Frank graduated with first honors from Manhattan College and also attended New York University's Grad uate School of Business Administra tion specializing in accounting. He received his L.L.B. from Columbia Law School where he was president of the senior class and a finalist in the Harlan Fiske Stone Competition. After his admission to the bar, Frank worked as an attorney for the Securi ties and Exchange Commission. During the war, Frank was a naval aviator engaged in piloting single engine Scout planes on anti-sub marine patrol in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas. For his efforts, Frank received a letter of commendation from the Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet. Working with him in the Tax dh Frank McNally vision are two able tax accountants, Bruce Douglass and Jim Brierley and three girl Fridays, Anne Daul, Dorothy Callahan and Vally Tujague. Frank and his wife live in Yonkers, where they are rearing a family of four--Jud, five, Mary Anne, three, Paula, two and Peter who is three months old. Three of a Kind * The stork flew low over Greenwich, Conn, on December 29 to express a brand new son and heir to Kay and Don Forsdick. Donald Jeffrey, who arrived at 2:26 a.m., weighed in at five lbs. 12% oz. His dad is on the staff of the Eastern regional office in New York. A blue-wrapped bundle, tipping the scales at five lbs. 13 oz. was delivered to Shirley and Art Jennings on 9 December 11. Thomas Raymond is the Jennings' first son. He won't lack for playmates, with two sisters to amuse him--Barbara Jean, four and a half, and Mary Ellen, 15 months old. Their dad is personnel assistant at the Research labs in Detroit. The new star boarder at the home of Bill and Marge Quinn is young William Patrick, who arrived on the third of January. Marge is on leave of absence from the Tax division in Ethyl's Chrysler Building offices. 7 BULLETIN BOARD --FEBRUARY ETC 12197 About People Acy Adams (right) receives the Bronze Star with Oak Leai Cluster from Capt. R. H. Piehl. A. C. Adams, of the Maintenance section at the Baton Rouge plant, has received the Bronze Star award with Oak Leaf Cluster in recognition of his outstanding service in the Pacific and Asiatic theaters during the war. The medal was presented to Acy at a meeting of the Christ-Dickerson Amvet Post on December 8. Ea*l Bartholomew, general man ager of Ethyl's Research laboratories, has received the Army-Navy Certifi cate of Appreciation for his services to the office of Scientific Research and Development. The award was made in connection with one of the war-time projects carried on at our labs, and 8 BULLETIN BOARD--FEBRUARY was presented during an Industrial and Economic Mobilization Confer ence held recently in Rackham Memo rial Hall, Detroit. General John P. Lucas and Rear Admiral Lucian M. Grant made the presentations for the Army and Navy, respectively. Two Baton Rouge Ethylites were honored by the Boy Scouts at the annual leaders' dinner of the Istrouma Area Council held at Louisiana State University on December 7. Ardee Causey, supervisor in TEL opera tions, received the scoutmaster train ing award in recognition of his com pletion of the training course. Edwin B. Smith, of TEL maintenance, was awarded the scoutmaster's key for completing all of the required courses offered by the Boy Scouts in its fiveyear leadership training program. Jim Hinkamp, of Chem Research at the Detroit labs, spoke at a meet- Frances Lamb ETC 12198 pr ing of-the Wayne University Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society on January 17. His subject was, "Chemistry of Petroleum." fraction. Titled "Studies in the Lead Chloride--Lead Bromide System," the paper was prepared by Frances Lamb and Fred Meyer, who is also on our Detroit labs staff. Gus Ligett, another member of Chem Research in Detroit, addressed the Student Group of the Detroit sec tion of the ACS on January 18. The title of his talk was "Approach to Research Problems." Thom Yates, public relations rep resentative at the Detroit labs, has been appointed chairman of the Oil Industry Information Committee for the metropolitan Detroit area. He will head the committee's public rela tions program in Michigan's Wayne and Oakland Counties for this year. { Don Jennings 1 ) i i Don Jennings, accountant in charge at the Research labs in Detroit, has Thom Yates been elected a director of the Fern- dale (Mich.) Exchange Club for 1949. Edythe Kimball, who has been handling exports in the Order & Shipping department for the past 10 years, is now secretary to Harry Kuhe, man ager of chemical sales. Edythe's departure from O & S was preceded by a send-off (complete with corsage) at lunch with Barbara Landers, Joyce \ Ringquist, Winifred Boos, Lillian Jf Campbell, and Betty Hench at the 1 Pompeiian Room of the Shelton 2 Hotel in New York. 1 cj Frances Lamb, of the Chemical i Research lab in Detroit, read a paper at the Sixth Annual Pittsburgh Con;4 ference on X-ray and Electron Dif- I * 9 BULLETIN BOARD--FEBRUARY ETC 12199 ) < ! f I i i t Coleman Davidson Two members of the Research staff in Detroit--Coleman Davidson and Richard Scales--have completed a score of years with Ethyl and this month received 20-year pins in recog nition of their faithful service. Coleman Davidson, manager of automotive research operations in De troit, joined Ethyl as an engineer at the old New Orleans Gasoline Testing laboratory back in 1929. In those days the lab was located in a stable, and was staffed by two people--Dave and Andy Anderson, who is now in New York. They had to take care of every thing--accounting, shipping, testing, and even clean-up duties on the work ing end of a broom. When the new Test lab was opened in Baton Rouge in 1931, Dave went along, and five years later became manager. In 1938 he moved to Detroit to take charge of the Gas Test lab there, and has 10 BULLETIN BOATID-FEBRUARY been in the Motor City ever since. Dave was made head of the Fuel Re search section in 1946, and since August of the following year has been manager of Automotive Research operations. Not even his Michigan address can make Dave a Yankee. Born in Wartrace, Tenn., he was graduated from Georgia Tech in Atlanta with a B.S. in engineering. He later attended Lou isiana State University in Baton Rouge and received his M.S. in me chanical engineering in 1935. Before Ethyl he was a service engineer for Chevrolet Motor Company in Colum bia, S. C., and prior to that spent two years as branch service manager for White Motor Company in Chatta nooga, Tenn. The Davidsons live in Romeo. Mich., a 30-mile jaunt from the labs. Dave is president of the Romeo Ro tary Club, and a member of SAE. He and his wife, Helen, have a 21year-old son, Philip. Dick Scales, director of technical service, began his career as a chemist at our Detroit laboratories doing research work on chemical antiknock compounds. His next assignment took him to Dayton (on loan to the Frigidaire Division of General Motors' to work with Tom Midgley on the ETC 12200 f development of Freon. After about . I a year he returned to Detroit and ; was put in charge of the manufacture c of a carbon remover compound which ; he had helped to develop. In 1932 ' he was transferred to the Sales de partment and represented Ethyl in ; Michigan for the next year and a half. In 1934 Dick traveled half way around the world to represent Ethyl Export Corporation in Australia, and spent the next three years Down Under. On his return to Detroit in ; 1937 he joined the Technical Sales group as head of its Passenger Car division to help maintain Ethyl's con tacts with passenger car manufac turers and accessory companies. When the Technical Service di vision was organized in 1942, Dick was appointed assistant director of the division. In 1944 he became di rector of technical service, succeeding Julian Frey, who went to New York as general sales manager. As director of technical service, Dick is respon sible for liaison between the Research laboratories and the manufacturers of passenger cars, buses, trucks and farm tractors, as well as for liaison with technical personnel in our cus tomer companies. By keeping them posted on new developments. Tech Service promotes cooperation between the manufacturer and the refiner so that ever better efficiency may be obtained from fuels and engines. The s Tech Service department's findings ` *1* serve as a guide for Ethyl's . research programs. 1 Dick spent his early life in the ? East. He was bom in New Jersey, attended Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y., and joined Ethyl's Research ; staff following his graduation in 1929 b A Richard Scales with a bachelor of chemistry degree. Dick lists among his memberships the ACS, SAE, API, Engineering Society of Detroit and Recess Club. The Scales--Dick, Melissa and daugh ter Beverly, who will be 13 this year --live in suburban Birmingham. Rounding the Ten-Year turn this month are Walter Cosgrove of Industrial Relations in New York, and four members of the Sales staff: Franklin DeVore, Southern region fleet engineer, Frank Hayes, Eastern region field engineer, Gerald LofQUIST, Western region safety engineer, and Monroe Weill, Western region sales coordinator. Five-Year pins are gleaming on two Detroiters--Lincoln Cole and Albert Breuleux, and three New Yorkers--Charles Finney and Andrew Schmitt, of the Finance department, and Geraldine Linder, of the Public Relations department. 11 BULLETIN BOARD--FEBRUARY ETC 12201 *> etc 12202 Ethyl's manufacturing plant in Baton Rouge is situated on a plot of ground covering: (a) 50 acres (b) 100 acres (c) 200 acres oration md ten- midlhattan where 1 offices It is itate uilding uilding 7. In New York City, Chicago, Tulsa and Los Angeles, Ethyl has: (a) Storage terminals (b) Research laboratories (c) Regional sales offices 6. This complex ar rangement of hose at the Detroit Re search labs: (a) Feeds the sprink lers (b) Supplies fuel to the dynamometers (c) Supplies water for drinking ETC 12203 Courtesy Botany Mills, Inc. Pattern for Spring Nothing would please the man in your life more than a hand made sweater, especially one you've knitted for him. The sleeveless slipover above is a useful addition to any wardrobe and will get a lot of wear in the changeable Spring weather ahead. Make it for your husband, brother, boy friend, son or father--it's good looks have no age limit. Directions for sizes 36 to 42 are available free. A note to the BB will bring them to you. On Your Toes If the thought of breaking in a new pair of shoes makes you shudder, try the scientific approach next time you buy. Here are 10 tips on shoe shopping that will help you to select good fit as well as good style. 1. Heel seat of shoe should ac commodate the broad base of your heel. 2. Counter of shoe heel should fit snugly around top of your heel. 3. Shoe should fit smoothly and snugly under your arch. 4. Select high or low instep pat tern to give comfortable fit. 5. Ball joint should rest in widest area of fore part of the shoe. 6. Vamp seam should not be over ball joint. 7. Allow width across ball for spread of your foot in motion. 8. Have shape of last conform to shape of fore part of your foot. 9. Have toe shape conform to shape of your toes with great toe lying out straight. 10. Allow plenty of space for elon gation of your foot in motion. Remember--there are as many as 166 sizes of one shoe style, so you can surely find the perfect size for you! A good idea when you're baking a cake is to have the eggs, like the other ingredients, at room tempera ture, so that they will combine well. 14 BULLETIN BOARD --FEBRUARY Pep up creamed potatoes by grat ing a little onion or cheese into the sauce. Or vary them by stirring in chopped parsley just before serving. ETC 12204 At Your Service to Help You Save the Easy Way Impatiently waiting in line to deposit your savings at the bank is out, when you save the easy way. All you do is tell the Payroll division how much you wish to save each month and they will de duct the amount from your pay-check, buy and deliver your Savings Bonds. problems, why not do it the easy, con venient way--U. S. Savings Bonds. You don't have to take cash out of your pocket. You don't have to take time out of your day. You don't have to tie a string around your finger to remind you that a savings deposit should be made. All you do is sign a card, indicating how much you wish to save each month and the Payroll division does the rest. The money is deducted from your pay-check and the bonds are bought and delivered to you. Ethyl Corporation started this ser vice for employees in 1942 when most of us were buying War Bonds to send planes, tanks and guns overseas. After the war was over and the victory won, the Company continued the service for all those who wished to keep on buying bonds to build a nest-egg for themselves. It is a painless, automatic way to save--and in 10 years your money starts coming back to you-- well-fattened! For every $3 invested you get back $4. Here's how it works. Suppose you invest $18.75 a month. In five years you'll have $1,159.44 and in 10 years, $2,498.94. If you invest $37.50, you'll get back $2,319.00 in five years, and $4,998.00 at the end of 10. On a $75 monthly investment you would have $4,638.00 after five years, and $9,996.00 in 10. That's how your money grows when you invest it in U. S. Savings Bonds. That money may spell a home for you, college for your chil dren, or comfort and travel for the ripe days of your future retirement. 15 BULLETIN BOARD -FEBRUARY ETC 12205 Animal party--These kids are getting a last-minute preview of the January 18th meetinq of the Detroit Ethyl Society. Ross Rife, social chairman of the Society, set up the event as a "bring the children" meeting, and the response was a packed house of ISO Laboratories em ployees and their families and friends. Speaker at the meeting was Frank Mclnnes, director of the Detroit Zoo. Illustrating his talk with colored slides, Mr. Mclnnes told all about who's who at the 200. He bared the private life of many of the animals, particularly that of a naughty chimpanzee. Here, Mr. Mclnnes is shown talking to some of the children just before the meet ing. Grouped around him, left to right, are: Judy Clixby, daughter of George; Beverlee Rife, daughter of Ross; David Chalk, son of Harold; John VanCamp, Harold Chalk's nephew; Alan Tandrup, son of Al; Ross Hafferkamp, friend of Tommy Yates; Tommy Yates, son of Thom; Cookie Sewell, daughter of Jim; Louise Jackson, child of Jim. Indoors or out the zoo's tops. Impressed--A group of Pan-Am men who visited Ethyl's Manufacturing plant in Baton Rouge recently to see just what is being done in the way of expansion expressed themselves as "much impressed with the development." Here Tom Smiley (left), of Process Engineers, acts as guide for Pan-Am's J. D. Tufts, refinery superintendent; H. A. Read, vice-president; Ed Dorgan, Louisiana division sales manager; Robert Argus, assistant superintendent of refinery; and J. B. Hamblen, general manager of manufacturing. At far right is Ethyl's Bill Mundinger, account representative in the Southern region, who headquarters in Baton Rouge and arranged the tour. This Smells A new safety device for detecting leaks in gas lines has been installed at our Baton Rouge plant. An odorant called "Captan," injected into the gas lines, gives the natural gas a dis tinctive smell that makes any leak noticeable at once. Odorizing units feed "Captan" into the lines in a continuous operation in proportion to the flow of natural gas, which the plant uses at the rate of approximately 3,500,000 cubic feet a day. One pound of "Captan," which costs only $1.00, odorizes 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas, so this protection costs only about $3.50 a day. The first gas odorizing unit was installed on September 20, and two others followed soon afterward. They cover the TEL, Sodium, Ethyl Chlor ide and HCL areas. Since the new Set-up fox xafety--This odorizing unit feeds "Captan" into the natural gas lines at the Baton Rouge plant. Its smell gives immediate warning of any gas that may be escaping. odorizing units have gone into oper ation, even the smallest leak in a gas line has been detected immediately. **fc Answers to Picture Quiz 1. (c) 519,000. During 1948 approx imately 39,000 meals were served in the cafeteria at the Detroit labs and 480,000 at the plant in Baton Rouge.* 2. (a) Fire Power. The show, put on by members of Ethyl's Sales staff, is designed for people engaged in the marketing and distribution branches of the oil industry, and is available to customer companies as one of Ethyl's many services. 3. (a) February 2, 1923 ; j* the historic date when Mike Redelle ^purchased the first gallon of "Ethyl" Igasoline in Dayton, Ohio. 4. (b) -Chrysler Building. Ethyl's executive .'..offices were originally located in the Cunard Building on lower Broadway. 5. (c'l 200 acres. Already the world's largest anti-knock compound produc tion center. Ethyl's plant has plenty of acreage for the expansion program now under way to increase production still further. $. (b) Supplies fuel to .the dynamometers. At each dynamo meter stand, fuel from either of two lines may be selected by the turn of a valve. Flexible couplings at the central distribution station pictured permit connections of the lines to 24 underground tanks and eight drums. 7. (c) Regional sales offices. In addi tion to these regional offices, Ethyl also has sub-offices in a number of cities throughout the United States. 17 BULLETIN BOARD --FEBRUARY t I .I I / t ( 1 i I I Franklin Baldwin . . . Chem Researcher at the Detroit labs . . . graduate of Hobart College where he edited the year book, played in the band . . . chemist with Naval Research lab in Washington during the war, commissioned an ensign . . . later taught at Cornell while work* ing for M.S. degree . . . with Shell Chemical Corporation in Houston before Ethyl . . . mar* ried and has a two-year-old son, Billy . . . likes carpentry, photography and traveling. Janet Chamberlain . . . keeps busy with typing and shorthand in Automotive Research at the labs . . . June graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor . . . member of Kappa Alpha Theta and U. of M. Alumni Asso ciation . . . born in Oak Park, 111. and while living in her home state belonged to the Chi-cago Figure Skating club for four years . . . now lives in Ferndale with husband Cal who attends school . . . enjoys playing the piano. WE WELCOME . . . Lucille DeView. . . makes typewriter keys fly at her desk in the Chem lab office at De troit . . . born in the Motor City, has lived there all her life . . . attended Wayne University ... came to Ethyl from Berry Door Corporation in Birmingham . . . before that was a secretary at Christ Church in Cranbrook . . . one of seven children, has three sisters and three broth ers . . . she and her husband. Harden, live in Birmingham, have a son, Harden, Jr., five. PatriciaHenxy ... crystallographer in Chem Research . . . another native Detroiter . . . B.S from University of Michigan, where she was president of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority ... at tended graduate school there before joining Ethyl. . . while in college was a lab instructor and tutor . . . member of the Mineralogies*. Society of America ... spends after-Ethyl hours (weather permitting) swimming, playing ten nis, riding or skating, also enjoys music. ETC 12208 r, ^Ife* .. -,.^^'*^-v-*`^r;*... ''*S*r:o-.:-.--/.-'''-',;''' ' , wv*..-I First Story--Hot Stuff! i>*`j Art Zeitz, one of the new 1949 Bulletin Board correspondents at the laboratories in Detroit, didn't have to wait long for his first story. It blazed up right under his nose. Art and Larry Warzell, a fellow Automotive Products research engi neer, were burned out of their bach elor quarters on the morning of Jan uary 6 while both were at work at the labs. Their apartment was in a house on North Woodward Avenue in sub urban Birmingham. They had moved in a little more than a month before. Both rushed out to Birmingham as soon as a telephone call put them on the trail of the flames. They arrived just in time to jerk a few pairs of socks and other small items from dresser drawers, and gaze gloomily at the ashes of their suits, coats, jackets, luggage and all the rest of their belongings. George Robinson, also of Automo tive Products, took the homeless Ethylites in until they could find temporary living quarters in Detroit. The fire was the second in two months to strike the home of an Ethyl research employee. In midNovember, a new home that was a-building on Detroit's west side for Ruth Simons, of Technical Data, was badly burned by flames that at times reached a height of 30 feet. Ruth had expected to move in at Christmas, but there was nothing to do but tear down the charred ruins and start over again. Ruth had gone out to see how things were coming along and left the premises only 30 minutes before flames engulfed it. She hopes to move into her rebuilt home by Valentine's Day. Bulletin Board Correspondents v Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Rcnfroc, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi. eago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Fred Green, Louise Hennessey, Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photogra- _ pher). Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. i;- Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead: Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New S' York: Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther fe Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Guo s'line Testing: Chris Bruhl; Ethyl-Dow: Jim Donohue. 19 BULLETIN BOARD--FEBRUARY ETC 12209 Cupid's Corner Anne Anderson, of Mimeographing in New York, is wearing a new ring and a new name. She was married on the 18th of December to James O'Neill, in Elkton, Md. They are now at home in their new apartment in Flushing, Long Island. $25 for a Buck They went gunning in Baton Rouge and no unwary buck with a fine head of antlers could call his life his own during the deer hunting season from November 15 to January 10. Ethyl's marksmen were aiming for the S25 prize offered to the Ethyl Recreation Association member who bagged the buck with the most points. When Paula Stogner and Frederick Guillory brought back a 10-point set of antlers on November 23, they thought they had a winner. But Carey Vickers topped their mark on Thanks giving Day by taking an 11-point buck which still headed the list when the season closed. So Carey, a mechanic in TEL Maintenance, was declared the winner, and was awarded the $25 prize for his prowess. Frances Ward Frances Ward, of Payroll in N. Y., has joined the third-finger-left-hand club. Her engagement to Benjamin Norz was announced on the 24th of December. Fran met Ben, who used to work in Ethyl's Cost division, at the Christmas party in 1947. They plan to be married this coming Fall. VV Helen O'Leary, of Statistical Re search in New York, has also sched uled a Fall wedding and change of name to Mrs. Francis X. Dowd. She and Frank decided on the 22nd of December to make it a date forever. 20 BULLETIN BOARD-FEBRUARY Reports from Ethyl Sharpshooters There were bulls-eyes by the dozen and the targets were well peppered when the Ethyl Athletic Association pistol team competed in a shooting meet at state police headquarters on i December 12. They matched marks manship with the deputy sheriffs of I East Baton Rouge Parish and the | Marine Corps league. The Ethyl team, undefeated in four | such matches, came out on top with! 1065 points. The Marines chalked up I 1006 and the deputy sheriffs camej in third with 947. The individual high score of 284 out j of a possible 300 went to one of the I Marines. Second and third places went I to Ethylmen J. T. Bridges, with aj 272, and Dan McDonald with 270.1 ETC 12210 THE YOUNGER SET Jeanne Sauls is counting the weeks until vacation time when she will return to Quannacut Camp in Pine Bush, N. Y., where this picture was snapped last year. Jeanne's mother, Eunice Sauls, is secretary to Paul Monahan, assistant treasurer, in N.Y. ETC 12211 ffrso/wc CHAMBER IS ,,USED TODAY M THE SEARCH FOR OIL UNDER WATER. The oil industry is constantly stepping up its exploration each year, drilling more wells and finding more oil. The known volume of oil underground is a the highest point in history. Last year, alone, the industry drilled a record a about 37,000 wells, of which 6,000 were exploratory, or "wildcat", wells 22 BULLETIN BOARD--FEBRUARY ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexinqtoa Avenue, New York, New York; Edwerd L, Shea, President; Stanley T. CrosaJaaef. Vice-president and Treasurer; Richard M. Pege. Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor Where Else? ' You and I and 148,000,000 like us *are the uncrowned rulers of this land. I Speaking for myself, I like it that : way. Seems to me our system has . done pretty well by us. Where else does the average man --the plain Joe Doaks--do so well? Where else can the average man live in such luxury--own a home, auto mobile, washing machine, electric refrigerator, radio, television set, and whatever other modern convenience he happens to fancy? The answer, of course, is--nowhere. It is the great, free economy won by the blood and bravery of our fore fathers that has brought us the high est standard of living known to man. =The staggering production record of industry, the marvels of scientific discovery are the result of this economic system, where men have in centive to work, to create, to produce. | But now Americans who once roared ilike lions for liberty are yelling even douder for government aid, which in |the end may cost them that liberty. 1Whenever we are faced with any difjjficulties, the first and only thing some Jf our modem leaders think of is controls--controls over prices, controls <over commodities. If they would re duce government spending, make it ^possible for industry to plow back earn- 1 Printed in U. S. A. ings and increase output, and not remove the incentive of reward for enterprise, this country could con tinue its tradition of outdistancing the world in production, in scientific achievement, in living standards. Good men and women working in good jobs could go on producing more and more to build a stronger America and help keep the fires of freedom burning throughout the world. Economic freedom and political freedom go hand in hand. When you lose one, you wind up by losing the other. This truth was clearly stated recently by General Eisenhower. Said he: "I am convinced that once eco nomic freedom is lost, all others go by the board. We can achieve success in protecting these only as each of us does his part to resist depending on the uncertain mercies of an all-power ful bureaucracy." What happens in America affects every free man in the world. Suc cinctly and significantly, Abraham Lincoln, nearly 100 years ago, said: "This is the last best hope of earth." Today the world stands at the crossroads with all eyes turned on America. If our economy goes down it will carry all humanity with it. We in America, who value freedom, should do our utmost to preserve it. ETC 12213 ETC 12214 etc 12215 ETC 12216 Specialists in Safety--To these members of the Safety department goes much of the credit for reducing accidents at Baton Rouge. They are, front row from left, E. J. Lorio, safety engineer, Ethyl Chloride area; Alyce Wilbert, typist; Delores (Petite) Brignac, stenographer; Carroll Hebert, supervisor of safety and plant protection; standing in back are R. R. Palmer, E. B. Loudon, D. W. Read, W. S. Smith, F. M. (Mike) Porch and W. B. Heck, safety engineers. Baton Rouge Employees Honored for Safety Achievement Employees at the Baton Rouge plant chalked up a safety record dur ing 1948 that has brought awards, honors and laurels to them and to Ethyl, culminating with the National Safety Council's Distinguished Serv ice to Safety Award. Highest honor the Safety Council can bestow, it was presented at a special ceremony held in the new Medical and Personnel building square on March 9 for all plant employees. This is the third safety award won by the plant within the past six months. At the National Safety Con gress last Fall, our plant placed third in Division III, Group A, of the Chemical Safety contest. The plant also received the American Petroleum Institute's "Accident Prevention" award for operating 1,016,983 safe Baton Rouge folk believe in signs-- They heed this one on their way to the Mannheim plant. BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12217 Graphic reminder* of safety rules attract attention, keep all the'people on the plant alert. hours during the period from Septem ber 9 through November 7. This fine safety record is the result of a well-planned program that called for the cooperation of everybody at the plant. It started at the end of 1947 when Resident Manager Clint Bond outlined for members of top management specific responsibilities and duties. They picked up the ball, and, backed by good team play on the part of all workers, carried it through for a smashing victory over accidents. The score shows that dur ing 1948 time-losing injuries decreased 4 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH 33 per cent and frequency dropped 40 per cent. Last summer the Ethyl Chloride Operating department won special laurels by chalking up 466 days with out a time-losing injury. In recogni tion of this outstanding safety achieve ment the Company honored some 22: Ethyl Chloride employees at a dinnei on August 12. Defying the law of averages, oui safety record at the plant has improved with increasing numbers of employees. As each of the plant's new units begini production, more accident exposure hours are added. Based on the opera- Foremen always help employees get off to a sale start. Here W. W. Mills (right) checks saJety instructions on the hand ling of this machine with W. H. Britton, iron work er first class. At work in the Development laboratory, Carroll Forbes protects himself with face shield, rubber apron and gloves. He is a senior laboratory assistant. In certain parts of the Sodium area everyone is required to carry gas masks. Checking these masks is one of the duties of Benjamin Rogers, who is a fireman inspector first class at the plant. tion of the law of averages, the number Decentralization of the work of the j . of accidents should therefore increase. plant safety staff was also devised I Carroll Hebert, plant safety super- as a means of aiding the safety pro | ; visor, is justifiably proud of the fact gram. The seven plant safety engineers that the exact opposite is true. assigned to Carroll Hebert's office were Today, with almost twice as many reassigned to specific areas. This employees at the plant as in 1945, facilitated the job of the safety engi accident frequency has dropped about neers by enabling them to work more 57 per cent. During the last quarter closely with the area superintendents ,, of 1945 there'were about 1800 people and act as technical advisors to them employed and accident frequency in accident prevention. (number of accidents per million man- A special bulletin from Resident 1 hours worked) was 10.08. Now there Manager Bond went to all employees . are more than 3200 employees and at the plant congratulating them on - accident frequency has dropped to | 4.32. their achievement. He said: "This outstanding safety perform \ The safety program that brought ance could not have been accomplished | about such gratifying results included without your cooperation, and as long 1 a contest, motion pictures, lectures as each of us maintains a real interest by specialists in the safety field, and in accident prevention our plant will a course in "accident prevention." continue to be a safe place in which The course, part of the training pro- to work. i gram directed by John Furr, training "Please consider this my personal - supervisor, was given to all members thanks for a job well done in safety of management during the summer. during 1948." 5 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12219 Advertising Campail if you are one of the many people who have enjoyed Ethyl's "Trade-Marks" of Nature ads, you will be glad to ) hear that you can go right on enjoying them. The series, which from the start has been an unusually successful advertising campaign, is growing more popular and more effective every day. This month the 29th and 30th ads in the series are appearing in seven leading national magazines. The full color ad features nine different dogs with their rich coats and distinguish ing markings. The black and white ad features strange flying creatures including a flying snake and a flying frog. If you haven't already seen these ads, you probably will since they are, as always, near the front of the mag azine where you can't miss them. Only change in the general style of the 1949 series is the treatment of the selling message under the "Ethyl" trade-mark. In the new ads, a cartoon drawing, based on one of the animals in the ad, has been added to attract attention to the selling message. It contains fast-moving, reason-why copy, that has new interest with every ad. This series of ads, which is reaching 50 million readers every month, has been proved to have far better readership than the average ad in the mag azines in which they appear. They have brought to us, to our advertising agency, Batton, Barton, Durstine 8s Osborn, and to the various publica tions, an ever-mounting flood of com plimentary letters and requests for reprints. In answer to these requests, reprints have been supplied to hun dreds of schools, parents and cus- ETC 12220 itinues To Win Friends For Ethyl tomers, in addition to the reprints to answer the various types of mail m supplied to our own field men for received on the campaign.) use in their contacts with customers. So far more than 225 different It's quite the usual thing for our nature subjects have appeared in the Advertising Manager Russ Weston "Trade-Marks" of Nature ads, which and other Ethyl people to receive cost us something less than lii per frequent compliments on the " Trade - magazine reader. The magazines in Marks" of Nature series from business which the ads appear have a reading } associates and friends who identify audience from coast to coast, from : them with Ethyl. That's always top level executives to average wage i pleasant, but it's even better when | the Ethyl connection is not known. earners, farmers and small business men. The publications used are selected } For example, Mac Murdock was in order to get the most effective pleasantly surprised one night, when results for the advertising dollar. he walked into a parent teacher's Speaking of effectiveness, the com meeting in New Rochelle and found mercial in these ads is nearly three reprints of some Ethyl ads on the times better read than the average bulletin board. After the meeting, advertisement commercial, according assuming the air of an innocent by to national readership studies. Other stander, Mac inquired of the teacher studies show that readers retain the I where she got them. "Why, I just idea that "Ethyl" is a trade-mark to wrote to the Ethyl Corporation," she look for when buying gasoline. replied, "and they sent me a very nice When you look for the "Trade- letter and these prints." (For your Marks" of Nature you'll find them in information, it was one of 24 form such magazines as Life, Look, Time, letters that Frank Howard, assistant Country Gentleman, Holiday, Sat advertising manager, has drawn up urday Evening Post and Collier's. ETC 12221 Old Staff in New Home l> i February was moving month in aid, and minor surgery rooms, and Baton Rouge as 150 members of the booths for eye, nose, throat, and foot Personnel group, Medical and Finance work. Dr. Roy Bock, head plant departments and top management physician and his staff. Dr. George set up shop in the new Medical and D. Dicks, Dr. Carlton L. Harris, and Personnel building. The office forces Dr. John William Lane are now settled moved in on February 5 and 6, and in these fine new quarters. the Medical department on the 26th. The move into the Medical and Much of the building's exterior is Personnel building makes expanded devoted to window space and the facilities available in the Administra walls are of red face brick to match tion building for Production Planning. the adjoining Ethyl buildings. The TEL operations, Plant and Employee l ! height of its modern design is reached Services and Purchasing people. in the main lobby, which is finished The following management men are in marble, contains a curved balcony now at home in the Medical and Per and is fronted by a large glass wall. sonnel building: John Schaefer, vice Air conditioned throughout its 100 president, Clint Bond, resident man rooms, equipped with acoustical walls ager, Bynum Turner, assistant resident and ceilings, the building is one of the manager, Roy Clothier, operations most complete and modern of its type manager, Bill Henry, engineering and in the United States. Designed by maintenance manager, George Kirby, Bodman and Murrell, plans allow for process engineering manager, and Art the addition of another (third) floor. Stover, labor relations manager. On Equipment of the Medical depart the second floor along with Vice Pres ment includes: physiotherapy, drug, ident Schaefer are members of the x-ray, x-ray reading, and dark rooms, Finance staff, headed by Bob Cowli- laboratory, library and conference shaw, assistant treasurer, and Ed room, electrocardiograph, oxygen, first Acker, resident controller. 8 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12222 Above: View irom the front windows of the San Berdu Lab. Unaccustomed as they are to sculping in snow, these San Bernardino men } turn out a statue in the white stuff. In front, left to right, are Virg Allred, Shorty i Guinn, Jim Bay and Harry Petdew. In back: Earl Ellis, Art Stahlheber, Ed Lindsay, Ernie Goodman, Buford Mil* lard and Miner Gamble. I Below left: The unusual tracks in the unusual snow were made in front of Charlie White's home t in Pasadena, California. Ri9ht: Bay Wyrick, also preserved in celluloid the unusual decorative | effect that winter's artistic hand made on his Pasadena home and surrounding grounds. Ray | is operations manager in Los Angeles and Charlie is a safety engineer in the Western region. ETC 12223 V. ***. - New foremen are welcomed to the management team, brought up to date on Company policies and procedures. Several members oi the Development staff also sat in on the sessions. First row, from left are I. B. Furr, Training; Harry Butler, Development; Sam Boudinot, TEL Maintenance, Cal Spiller, TEL Operations; Bill Walsworth, Stores; Steve Henry, manager, personnel and employee services; Clint Bond, resident manager. Second row, bom left are H. R. Faller, Industrial Relations, New York, Allen Guerin, TEL Operations; Bob Blom, TEL Maintenance; Pure Gilmore, TEL Operations; John Willard of the Development department. Training Program for New Foremen at Baton Rouge A training program for newly ap pointed foremen was inaugurated at the Baton Rouge plant last month. Two groups of men recently promoted to jobs as foremen were indoctrinated at meetings held in the cafeteria con ference room. First group met Feb ruary 16, 17 and 18, and the second, February 23, 24 and 25. Company policies, principles of su pervision and accident prevention were discussed by men of manage ment. In the opening sessions, Vice President John Schaefer and Resident Manager Clint Bond explained that the program is designed to help the new foremen meet their increased re sponsibilities with assurance and ease and fit smoothly into their jobs. As members of the management team 10 BULLETIN BOARD--MARCH most closely associated with the em ployees, it is of prime importance, they said, that the foremen be informed on all matters pertaining to Company policy and procedure. The subjects covered and the men who discussed them included: Apti tude Testing, Bill Edwards; Ethyl History and Background, Ray Faller, head of training activities of the Industrial Relations department; Principles of Supervision, John Furr, supervisor of training; Accident Pre vention, Carroll Hebert, supervisor of safety and plant protection; Com pany Policies, Steve Henry, manager of personnel and employee services: Labor Relations, Art Stover, manager, labor relations; Employee Relations, John Ward, supervisor of personnel. ETC 12224 1 Second Group to 90 through the training program recently set up for new foremen pose for t their picture with Steve Henry, head of the Plant Employee Services Section. Front row, from f left are Tom Taylor, Development; J. D. French, Ethyl Chloride; Ted Crawford, Ethyl Chloride; I j "Ham" Hamby, TEL. Standing are "Cleve" Womack, TEL; John Furr, Supervisor of Training; I "Dick" Dickerson, TEL; "Sid" Cowart, TEL and S. G. Henry. ] ;F ? On the cover: Baton Rouge lovelies leaving the new Medical and Personnel building. They are, from left, Lou Knighton, of Personnel; Rosemary Moore, secretary to John Schaefer; Audrey Rogers, of Medical; and Eula Mae Brad ford, Roy Clothier's secretary. Steering Sewion in Sen Berdu--On the last Thursday of each month the officers of the San Bernardino Ethyl Society meet to plan a varied program of sports and social events for afterhour fun. First one of the year, a Valentine Square Dance (see page 26), brought out a lot of Ethyl folk and friends for a rollicking good time. Seated around the table, clockwise, are: HarTy Perdew, publicity chairman,Carol Simcock, secretary and treasurer, Dean Painter, general chairman, Judy Schaub, social chairman and Claude Guinn, sports chairman. I ETC 12225 Lew Barnum receives the Silver Beaver Award irom E. B. Doran, a vice president oi the Istrouma Area Council oi Boy Scouts. The award, the highest that can be given by a local council, is lor "service to boyhood." Lew Barnum was presented with the Silver Beaver Award of the Boy Scouts at the annual meeting of the Istrouma Area Council in Baton Rouge on January 25. Lew is assistant to the manager of the plant and em ployee services section. George Calingaert, associate direc tor of the Research laboratories, gave a talk for the Ann Arbor chemical engineering students on January 6. His subject was "The Practice of Scientific Research." Idan Flaa, of the Research labora tories, spoke on "Trends in Passenger Car Design" before a divisional sales meeting of the Continental Oil Com pany on February 2. Territory repre sentatives from seven states attended the meeting, which was held in Chicago. Clarence Harvey, of the Develop ment section in Baton Rouge, was elected president of the Baton Rouge 12 BULLETIN BOARD--MARCH Industrial Forum on January 22. The group comprises 120 members repre senting nearlyevery phase of industrial supervision. Casey Jones, head of the Passenger Car section of Tech Service, gave a talk before the Technical club of Dallas on "Trends in Passenger Car Design" on February 1. He also ad dressed representatives of several oil companies on this subject while in the Southwest. W. B. Ligett, new products research coordinator at Detroit, spoke at an American Chemical Society meeting for student associates on January 18. He discussed "The Approach to Re search Problems." Wheeler Lovell spoke in the nation's capital on "Chemistry of Engine Com bustion" before the Washington sec tion of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, February 10. He is an associate director of re search at the Detroit laboratories. Fred Naylor, sales coordinator in our Western region, Seattle office, ETC 12226 V ,* 4 .4 4 -v- i been elected president of the Seattle General Motors Club. Fred served as vice president of the club last year. Ed Paige, head of the Commercial Engine and Fleet section, Detroit, spoke in New York, January 27, and Toronto, February 10, on "Factors Affecting Valve Life in Commercial Engines." After his main talk before the Metropolitan Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Ed joined a panel of experts for a round table discussion of valve problems. Also on the panel was Max Roensch, national SAE vice president and a research coordinator at the Ethyl labs in Detroit. P. M. Porch, safety engineer in Baton Rouge, gave a series of safety talks to some 61 industrial engineering students at Louisiana State Univer sity the week of January 10. Vice President John Schaefer presiding as toastmaster at Industrial Research Institute dinner. lames Killian, president of Massachu setts Institute of Technology, seated at the right, was the principal speaker. Ross Rife, purchasing agent at the Detroit labs, has been elected a director of the Femdale Community Building Association, Inc. The duty of this 14-man Board of Directors is to maintain and pay for the com munity building where social, civic, educational and philanthropic activi ties fot teenagers are sponsored. Ross will serve for three years. Max Roensch gave a talk on "Engine Design for Past, Present, and Future Fuels" before a joint meeting of the SAE and the Central Pennsylvania section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Williams port, on February 17. John Schaefer, vice president in charge of manufacturing and traffic, played a prominent part in the Indus trial Research Institute's Winter meet ing held in Rye, N. Y., February 2, 3 and 4. The Institute's vice president, he served as toastmaster at the initial dinner and as chairman of three of the scheduled sessions at which various phases of research were discussed by leading industrialists and scientists. Gil Way, one of our roving engineers, was a speaker at the January 17th meeting of the Salt Lake City Section of SAE. He discussed vapor lock. Earle Webb was reelected to the board of the National Industrial Con ference Board on February 17. He was one of 24 New York executives who were reelected at the 302nd regular meeting held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Thom Yates, public relations repre sentative at the Detroit labs, spoke before the Gratiot Lions club on February 15. His topic was "Ethyl-- A Romance in Industry." 13 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH i1 ETC 12227 The EBAX Fleet Is Growing Ethyl's fleet of tank cars keeps grow handled by vacuum through the dome, 1 ing in pace with increasing production, in which there are two sets of stand to provide ample facilities to meet our pipes and vents (an extra set in case customers' needs even during unusual one doesn't work I, and a safety valve. periods of peak demand. These cars The fluid tank is built to withstand are constructed to specifications which up to 300 pounds of pressure and the will give maximum insurance for the safety valves are set for 225 pounds. safe delivery of "Ethyl" antiknock Just to give you an idea about how compound and are not interchange special these specifications are, the able, but used solely for this purpose. average gasoline tank car is made of The shell, or bottle, as the fluid tank riveted steel about half-an-inch thick is called, is made of steel seven-eighths with no insulation and tested for 60 of an inch thick, fusion-welded and pounds of pressure. stress-relieved. Around this practically Reviewing and approving the spe invulnerable casing is four inches of cifications for these antiknock cars insulation, and around that is another is the headache of Bill Henry, engineer layer of steel, one-quarter of an inch ing and maintenance manager at thick, which serves as a weather shield Baton Rouge. Happily and with pride to protect the insulation. As a further we report that the cars have with safety measure, the tank has no bot stood the test of time in accomplishing tom outlets. Loading and unloading is the job of protecting our product and 14 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12228 ; giving speedy delivery to our cus tomers. Although they have taken i severe beatings in various derailments, I wrecks and mishaps, they have come | through them all without loss of prodi uct. For a shining example, take a f look at EBAX 6047 shown above. I Looking ahead to the future, when expansion facilities under construc tion at the plant will be operating in full swing, Traffic Manager Ed Gresslin is now making plans to add still more cars to the EBAX fleet. In addition to the tank cars, we also have a fleet of tank trucks to serve our customers who are not equipped to use "Ethyl" fluid in larger quanti ties, or do not have rail facilities. Old Time Transportation The first oil was carried on flatboats which were rushed down Oil Creek, in Pennsylvania, by "pond freshets" made when dams along the stream were opened at just the right time. The entire cargo of a flatboat fleet of the 1860's could be carried in one of today's 10,000-barrel steel petroleum barges operating on the Ohio-Mississippi River system. Because of wastage from wells and leakage from tanks and barges, Oil Creek was covered with floating oil. People stood along the banks with buckets, skimmed the oil off the top of the water, and poured it into bar rels for sale. 15 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH II ETC 12229 Some of Louie's first efforts to con vert the world to the use of "Ethyl" gasoline were wasted on the desert air of Kansas. Oh, no, not entirely. He had one listener--Harold Berg, but then he wasn't a listener, exactly. He was teacher, and was coaching from a reclining position in the middle of a wheat field. This pillar of strength telephoned ! "These past 20 years seem more like just before Lou was to stage his first i| 20 months," writes Lou Wilson, as he meeting. Harold had to leave for i recalls that on March 16, 1929 he Hutchinson right away, but reassur j started a new period in his life-- ingly said: "You'll be all right. Just | one filled with varied and unusual make some notes on the back of one ; experiences, such as only old-time of your business cards so if you get ! Ethyl field representatives can fully stuck you can look at them." Lou appreciate. ! followed the advice, but got through j' He got off to what can be referred without having to use the notes. It I, to without reservation, as a quick was just as well. When he opened his jl start. His phone in Dayton rang at hand at the end of the meeting all he li 8:35 on Saturday night and Bob had was a wad of wet paper. Said Lou: il Jordan was on the line. "There's a "I really sweat that one out." j! train out of there at 9:45," said he. j "Pack a bag, get $100 and I'll meet One of Lou's most vivid memories j you in Chicago in the morning." is an unhappy encounter with the j It's been like that ever since for Missouri State Troopers. They closed i Louie. "That was the beginning and in on him at a restaurant on U. S. ; now 20 years later the phone still rings Highway 50. It didn't take Lou's and you are off to distant parts, with companion, the sales manager for the I just about the same amount of warn St. Louis division of Standard Oil, ing. Never a dull^moment." long to convince the troopers that 16 | BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12230 Lou wasn't their man, but he sprouted a cropful of gray hairs. After all, it is a nerve-wracking experience to be mistaken for Public Enemy No. 1, even for a few seconds. It was some ' weeks later when Dillinger was actually spotted and shot in Chicago. Lou, now busy putting on the Fire Power show for Ethyl customers, finds it smooth going. No stage fright now, and no trouble with the old red j "demo" engine. "When I look at the fine equipment j we have today," said Lou, "and comj pare it with what we had in the early I days to carry the word to the unbe liever I marvel at the job Ethyl has done. That word Ethyl is no longer a girl's name. Just mention it to any one and they think not of women but of gasoline--the best." A native of Ohio, Lou attended Ohio Wesleyan and St. Mary's College. He was co-owner of the Dixie Express Company in Dayton, an aeronautical designer for the U. S. Army Air Ser vice at McCook Field, on the sales and construction staff of the Permutitt Company of New York, and owner of the Film Service Company Motor Truck Line before coming to Ethyl. That last move, he thinks, was a good one. In Lou's book, "anyone who has worked with Ethyl has been associated with the finest people and the best company, bar none." Looking back he says: "If my next 20 years go as did the past, it will be a swell world. I only hope they don't go quite as fast." John A. Fischer, of Sales, Central Region, receives his 10-year service pin this month. Rounding the five-year milestone are: Maxine Acre, Research, Detroit; Betty Beach, Finance, New York; Mary Dumville, Publicity, New York; Ruth MacDonald, Manufacturing, New York; Newt McClanahan, Gas Testing, Tulsa; and Gertrude Melloh, Finance, New York. 17 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC 12231 ETC 12232 Above: Bill Burt, chairman of the Society's Steering Committee, admires Roy Sugimoto's prize. Below: Mrs. Dale Thompson happily holds up to view the reward for her prowess. Above: Mrs. Bill Leitch shows off the pair of horses she's talcing home, while husband, Bill, of Chem Research, is "agaping." Below: Bob Mescher gets his prize from Barney. iwwmmwiv ETC 12233 SNOW, SI Margaret Sakayan Einarsen had a date with a slope, now has a broken ankle and is on leave from her job in N. Y. Statistical. Relaxing outside the Otsego Ski club, 250 miles north oi Detroit are Ethyiites Jim Hinkamp, the A1 Kolkas and C. A. (Cap) Hall. Anne Coyne, of N. Y. Financi has been a ski enthusiast for thf past two years. Here she is od her way down a Pocono slopei Posing with his skis is J. P. Weeks, N. Y. Finance. He's been skiing all his life and is starting his grandson, 4, in the sport. It looks as if Gerry Harms, of the Eastern region takes her skiing lying down. This picture was made at Lake Placid, N. Y. during her first day of skiing. Also her last day. ETC 12234 slope at the Otsego Ski club in Michigan. With the Green Mountains of Ver mont forming a backdrop, Helene Barclay, of N. Y. Finance, casts her shadow on the drifting snow. Ben Brewster, of Tech Service, Detroit labs, takes a look at yon hills and plots a course. He and Harold Soroos had some smooth skiing up in the Laurentians a couple of years ago. Soyne Mountain, 25 miles inland from Lake Michigan, is a favorite winter resort for Max Roensch and his family. Max is a coordinator et the Detroit Research laboratories. ETC ]2235 /.1 in Weehawken with his wife, Adele. He has a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Rider College in Trenton, N. J., was credit and collection manager for Chevrolet in North Tarrytown, N. Y. before coming to Ethyl. After Ethyl hours he enjoys bridge and swimming. Ralph Hutchinson at work on his new job in the Industrial Relations department in N. Y. New Job lor Ralph Hutchinson New secretary to Tech Service Di rector Dick Scales is Lucille de View. Lucille had been working in the Chem lab and was promoted to this position when Evelyn Stewart left to go to Denver. All dressed up lor the Covered Wagon Days celebration in San Bernardino, Bill and Zoe Schulze pose lor a picture. He is head oi our Engineering Research lab at San Berdu. Ralph Hutchinson, New York, has been transferred from Finance to the Industrial Relations department. He replaces Jack Lawrence, who resigned the first of the year to go with a man agement consultant firm. In his new job, Ralph will handle employment and procedures. He inter views all applicants for jobs with the Company, whether they come through an agency or off the street. If a person wanders in and asks a receptionist about work, he is not told, "Sorry, no jobs today," but sent to the 43rd floor of the Chrysler building, where Ralph invites him into his office for an interview. Until now Ralph has specialized in credits and collections, having handled them for most of the 10 years that he has been with us. He likes his new work, finds people interesting and the job challenging. Ralph is a native of New Jersey. Born in New Brunswick, he now lives 22 BULLET FN BOARD --MARCH ETC 1223 For a Gay St. Patrick's Party } It's bound to be a | top o' the mornin' | gala green day, so | why not give a ; party in honor of | dear old St. Pat? i Whether or not you j hail from Ireland, * here's a wonderful .i chance to get that f old gang of yours i together for what| ever kind of highl jinx they most ? enjoy. If you wish to l have favors, just * remember that superstitions prevail ( on the Emerald Isle. Wood to knock on, pins to pick up, wishbones, black cats, and, of course, shamrocks--the list is practically endless. Your decora tions can be beautiful yet simple to make. Materials for a table as pretty as the one in the picture are: paper plates, green tissue paper, green cel lophane tape, clear cellophane tape, a few pieces of stiff cardboard, a gay bit of green ribbon and some carnations. For the top-hat centerpiece, cover a vase and a paper plate with green paper. Tie the base of the vase with ribbon, and stand it on the plate. The little hats to hold nuts or candies are made of cardboard 3" by 9", rolled and taped together then wound with green tape over the entire surface. A circular cardboard base is covered with green tape and attached to the top with clear tape. To make the shamrock plates, draw the shamrock outline on the paper plates, cut, and bind the edges with green tape. "Out, D ... Spot!" Lady Macbeth had nothing on most of us who often find ourselves not only on the spot, but with the spot on us. Write the BB for spot removal hints on everything from egg to ink. 23 BULLETIN BOARD --MARCH ETC William J. Cleary, new assistant to the wage and salary coordinator in the Indus trial Relations department, commutes irom Elmhurst, Long Island. He is a graduate ot Fordham University, and comes to Ethyl from the Federal Telephone and Radio Corp. in New Jersey. Bill is the proud owner of two model railway setups, which he claims are for the amusement of his two sons. He also has a good-sized record col lection, likes softball, fishing, bowling and golf. He says he took up golf to develop his patience, no comment on the results. EAST AND WEST WE WELCOME ... Martha Casein, newcomer to Ethyl's Sta tistical department, is an honest-to-goodness native New Yorker. M&rtie's interests include basketball, roller skating, bowl ing, dancing and Broadway productions. Lillian McCarthy, born on Long Island, travels irom Forest Hills to the Chrysler Building's 43rd floor to her new position as secretary in the Traffic department After hours, keeps house for husband, Joe. ETC ] 2 2 3 8 Kth Madcap Maxch xmes the first day of Spring and National Hobby Week, a good time to add tomething new to that list rf your favorite doings. Could be the cure for whatever brand of Spring {lever you call your own. E. J. Enoch, Jr., who spends bis 9 to 5 hours in our *N. Y. Advertising Dept., (polishes with care his first .attempt at fumiture-mak|ing, a mahogany, cedar* `lined. Queen Anne chest. This shining modern kitchen is another ex* ample of Ed's creative ability. His wife Lillian proudly demonstrates the tailored*just*for*her qualities of her combination cabinet work table. Ed modestly told us he did not do the hanging cabinets, but little else here is not his work. An unusual feature is the recessed foot room under the cabinets and sink. The cab inets are made of "/%" and */%" five-ply wood, with linoleum top and stainless steel trim. Each cupboard contains a shelf, and the drawers are partitioned. The valanced ceiling effect comes from the same type of linoleum used on the work table. Two coats of flat white paint and one of high gloss finished the job, which took jus't four months to complete. You might not think that a man who goes in for cabinet-making and car pentry would also be able to turn out this sailing picture, but apparently nothing daunts this hobby ist. It took Ed only a couple of weeks to produce this spare time art project. It is done in pastels on suede paper and is a scene fa miliar to all who know Long Island Sound. Can't you almost feel-the wind on your face and the tangy taste of salt in the air? ETC 12239 Celebrating St. Valentine's Day with an old-fashioned square dance at the San Berdu lab, Anna and Art Sortman, really enjoy themselves as they balance off with Rollin and Florence Gish (back to camera). That's Florence Remondino and Jim Terrell watching; at right, Judy Schaub demonstrates how the "Suzanna" is done with the caller, Mr. Lemay. Irene and Ray Shelley are in the background. Lower left, Bess Way and Juanita Halsey get into the spirit of the dance and swing Gil high, wide and handsome. SWING YOUR PARTNER! BALANCE ALL At right/ a couple of '49ers---in plaid waistcoat, badge and sun bonne!--"Sheriff" Jim Terrell and his Missus look as though they followed the covered wagon trail. ETC 12240 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edwerd L. Shea, President: Stanley T. Crossiand. Vice-president and Treasurer; Richard M. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor Looking Up At Opportunity had a most enlightening conversa- get to be executives? Why does she ion with a cleaning woman the other think they bother to come in on Satur flight. Working late to get some copy day if they don't do any work? *eady for the printer, I was banging Perhaps she thinks that executive Sioisily away at my typewriter when jobs are inherited, handed down from ?down the hallway floated a familiar ? father to son, like land in feudal times fsound heralding the arrival of the and crowns in the days of rule by the .cleaning detail dragging the instru- divine right of kings. Nothing could ments of tidiness behind. Soon a be further from the truth. All of slightly-stooped, gray-haired woman Ethyl's top executives worked their -appeared in the doorway with a sur way up from small or ordinary jobs as prised "Still here?" have so many American business men. f That seemed fairly obvious, but Now that I think of it, this woman I .taking the query as a friendly over spoke with an accent. Perhaps she has ture, I verbally verified my presence. not been in this country long, and does (The office was in a somewhat cluttered not know that in America a man can /condition, galleys, engravers' proofs, start any place on "the ladder" and pictures, layout pages were piled reach the top if he has ability, stick-to- about, and wads of paper ripped from itiveness and is willing to work harder the typewriter and tossed in the direc than average. tion of the wastebasket were kneedeep. And as I thought about it, I realized The visitor quickly decided to dis that the children of the woman who charge her duties later in the evening. speaks broken English will soon learn Since it was Friday and I was coming from experience, if they do not al in the next day, I asked why she ready know how the principles of didn't skip it and clean Saturday. She democracy work--in school, in team replied that they only clean Mondays play on the athletic field and in busi through Fridays, since nobody comes ness. If they have what it takes, they m on Saturday. After a short pause may, themselves, rise to the top. *he qualified this statement with, There's a long list of other first gen `That is, not anybody who works. eration Americans who have--men Just xecutives, vice presidents and like Beardsley Ruml, board chairman people like that." of Macy's; Maurice Tobin, Secretary Her observation intrigued me. of Labor; A. P. Giannini, the Cali What, I wonder, does she think execu fornia banker; and Herbert H. Leh tives do? And how does she think they man, former governor of New York. Printed in U. S. A. ETC 1224] ETC 12242 ETC 12243 ETC 12244 ' ' 'n Flying A "Ethyl" Premium Gasoline Launched on West Coast Associated division's new premium gasoline. Representing Ethyl at the meeting were President Edward L. Shea, who for many years was an executive of Tide Water, San Wagner, Western regional manager, and Ted Littlefield, Western region sales coordinator. William F. Humphrey, president of . Tide Water, predicting a bright future for the new product, stressed the im portant part trade names and trade marks play in American marketing and merchandising today. He said: "The Flying A is the symbol--the trade-mark of our company and . . . the public at large recognize it as identifying a business establishment i where quality petroleum products and courteous service are always available. i "Similarly the familiar yellow and Among top officials of Tide Water and Ethyl who were on hand to launch Flying A "Ethyl" gasoline were W. A. Reamer, domestic sales manager of Tide Water, Edward L. Shea, president of Ethyl, San Wagner, Western regional manager, Ethyl, and H. Y. Hyde, Tide Water VP. black triangle--the trade-mark of the Ethyl Corporation--has a distinct meaning to the buyer of gasoline. American advertising and merchan dising methods have taught the buyer Hying A "Ethyl", Tide Water Associated Oil Company's new prem ium gasoline, was introduced to mo of gasoline that this trade-mark means quality, that he can buy with confi dence where he sees the familiar torists last month at service stations in Ethyl insignia." seven western states, where pumps Introduction of Flying A "Ethyl" , displaying Ethyl's yellow and black was timed, said W. A. Reanier, domes . trade-mark dispensed the new product. tic sales manager of Tide Water, to C On February 25, just a few days the appearance of the 1949 automobile before Flying A "Ethyl" was launched models. It has an octane rating of 91 *on the West Coast, 26 executives of (Research), considerably higher than s/Tide Water and Ethyl held a luncheon the minimum requirements of the new ^meeting in San Francisco to 1) cele- Oldsmobile and Cadillac and is, he jlbrate a 22 year association between said, the scientifically achieved answer ae two companies and 2) announce to the fuel needs of the higher com fcthe introduction on March 1 of the pression engines of the cars of today. 3 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL ETC 12245 Facts and Figu If you're looking for a sure way to compare current models of passenger cars, consult the Brief Passenger Car Data booklet for 1949. Compiled by Ethyl, this handy booklet has listed within its pages engine specifications and vital statistics for every late make and model automobile of all established manufacturers in this country. Cov ered in these listings are 40 different features of each car--from AMA horsepower to wheelbase, including such essentials as compression ratio, | ignition timing, and valve material. I When the original booklet was first brought out in 1931, it was to be a guide for the sales staff of Ethyl Corp. Only 500 copies a year were printed to keep company representatives posted on the engine specifications and characteristics of cars then being put on the market. This was to help them render better and more prompt on-the-spot service in the field. The 1949 edition reflects tremend ous enthusiasm for the booklet--some 175,000 copies will be printed--350 times the number printed in 1931. Of this total Ethyl's customer companies will distribute approximately one half. Although the Brief Passenger Car Data booklet started as an aid to automotive company personnel, it is useful to sales, service, marketing and research staffs. It has proved of interest to engineers around the world Quick reference for answering questions about new model cars the Brief Passenger Car Dat4 booklet helps both service sta tion operator and motorist will latest information on car specif* cations, direct from the factory They enable him to get mas mum benefits from the high quality fuels provided by thi progressive petroleum industry Ji ETC 12246 New Models who want information on U. S. auto motive development. Copies are also distributed to libraries and engineer ing students. Idan Flaa, of the Passenger Car section of Tech Service, has compiled most of the data for the current 1949 edition soon to be published. All data : is furnished by the manufacturers of automobiles, spark plugs, engine parts : . . . none by the Ethyl labs. Thus, the booklet is a direct report from the car . manufacturer to the reader. As the booklet has progressed in circulation, it has changed its title and its coverage. "Passenger Car Specifications and Adjustments'' of *1931 became in 1937 "Brief Passenger | Car Data" and has continued as such Still today. From 70 models from 32 'manufacturers, it was condensed to 54 J models by 20 established makers of today. The Cord, Dusenberg, Marmon, and others have all passed into oblivion. Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, Ford, Hud son, Lincoln, Nash, Oldsmobile, Pack ard, Plymouth. Pontiac, Studebaker, and Willys have appeared every year, with Mercury, Crosley, Frazer, and Kaiser making more recent debuts. To the average motorist, the most important information in the new edition is that engine compression ratio is continuing its constant in crease. 1949 presents an average of 6.80, compared to 6.73 for 1948. This average was determined from figures supplied by all 20 manufacturers, who contribute to the high degree of ac curacy of the booklet by their coop eration in giving latest facts available. Thus, this booklet reflects the his tory of the American automobile Industry. Back in 1931, the average standard compression ratio was 5.23. Availability of superior motor fuel has made possible an average standard compression ratio more than a full ratio higher. "Ethyl" gasoline, which aver aged 73 octane (.Motor method) 18 years ago, now has an average octane number of 8C-plus. Thus, this booklet reflects the history of the American automobile industry and the contri bution of the Ethyl Corporation. i When it's tune-up time for new models, the 1949 edition of Ethyl's car data booklet proves helpful both to the mechanic *nd the interested car owner who wants to know precisely what is under the shiny hood. Here, Redg Bushell, Eastern re gion account representative, discusses pertinent tune-up data with a dynamometer operator. ETC 12247 Round table talk--First in a series of conferences on human relations was held at Yonkers c March 23 for supervisors of the Central and Yonkers Test labs with Ray Faller, of Industri Relations, N. Y., leading the discussions. Here are, clockwise, Harold Mehler, Hudson Kellog Ev Garnsey, Chris Bruhl, Ray Faller, Fred Ramin, Elmer Mahlke, CliffPope and George Carpenti Gassing on Good Relations Good relations are good busint That, of course, everybody kno But just how to go about 11 achil ing and 2) keeping good relations ii subject currently open for discussi at Yonkers. The first in a series of conferences on human relations v held there March 23 for supervis of the Yonkers and Central Testi laboratories. Seven basic principles of sue vision were brought up for discuss by Ray Faller, of Industrial Relatii N. Y., who leads the conferen Through an exchange of ideas experiences, the best practices! dealing with people are brought c By following these practices the suf visors hope to make the best use each person's abilities, increase enjoyment of his work and productivity. JHudson Kellogg, Chris Bruhl, Fred Rob Ev Garnsey and (seated) Merritt Collins attention to one of the visual presented ETC 12248 | Catherine Klein, New York Pay- 11%, while the amount of monthly i 1 roll, is a great deal busier these days payroll deductions for bond purchases j as the result of the two-month cam- has increased 13%. * paign for increased purchases of U.S. Greatest increase was at the De ; Savings Bonds held throughout the troit laboratories where the number , Company during January and Feb- of employees participating increased ? ruary. In cooperation with the U.S. about 25% and payroll dollars going - Treasury Department, Ethyl joined a to the purchase of bonds increased i nation-wide campaign to promote the | sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through more than 21%. You may always obtain literature a the Payroll Savings Plan. and signature cards for authorization The overall number of Ethyl em of payroll deductions for purchasing ployees participating has increased by U.S. Savings Bonds through Payroll. New Tax Exemptions Boys are in style with Rosamund and John P. Farnham of New Can aan, Connecticut. Second son, George Dryden, was born at 6:52 p.m. on March 19, and weighed in at six lbs. 4 oz. Brother Johnny was five on February 23. Their dad is on the staff of the Law department in New York. It was an eight-pound boy for Linda and Art Hawkes on January 15. Art, a research chemist at the Detroit laboratories, has one other son. Russ McGuiney, fuel technologist for the Eastern region, has a new son .Donald Edward. Born on February 15, he weighed in at 6 lbs., 15 oz. He has a little brother, Russell H., Jr., who is now four-and-a-half years old. 7 BULLETIN BOARD--APRIL ETC 12249 By Art Zeitz The thundering crescendo of 33 cars roaring off to a crowded start around the red brick oval of the Indianapolis Speedway on May 30 might have special meaning for two Ethyl em ployees, Leonard Smith and John Koehnle. They hope to have a car of their own make and design speeding around the 2H-mile oval- and will if their entry qualifies. Len, Detroit Automotive Products, has spent all of his spare time since last August in a converted four-car garage, building the 250-horsepower speedster. John, Western regional area field engineer, is a partner in the design and production of the racer. Both men have been keenly inter ested in racing for years. Len has been associated with almost every kind of racing. He has owned and driven bicycles, motorcycles, boats, and cars in many competitions during the past 25 years. At one time, Len raced for Indian Motorcycle Company of Springfield, Mass. Just before World War II, he was a partner in Northey and Smith, manufacturers of midget racing cars and racing equipment in Detroit. When war broke out, Northey and Smith was dissolved. Len, now garage foreman, came to work at Ethyl's Research labs in Detroit. 8 BULLETIN BOARD- APRIL While still in the 1947-1948 engineers-intraining class at Detroit, John Koehnle now Western regional area field engineer, started work on plans for the racing car he and Len Smith have entered in the 500mile race at Indianapolis on Memorial Day ETC 12250 The Northey brothers, Charles and Les, are helping Len build the racer. Through the years, Len has given technical and mechanical assistance to many entrants in the historic 500-mile Indianapolis classic, but it has always been his ambition to enter his own car. John has had a hobbyist's interest in ; racing for many years. He was grad uated from the University of San Francisco in 1943 with the degree of j bachelor of science. After serving three years as an officer in the U. S. ' Navy, he studied for a year at Stan ford University. During 1947-1948, he was a member of Ethyl's engineersin-training class. While John was in Detroit last year, he and Len attended the preliminar ies of the Indianapolis 500-mile race together. That was the start of their plans--pursued in spite of John's transfer to California at the end of his Detroit training--for a speedway car to enter the internationally famous classic this year. Leonard G. Smith, Detroit Automotive Prod ucts, seated on the retaining wall in the main pits at Indianapolis Speedway in 1939. The fastest cars in the history of the race will roar around the speedway on May 30. Leading them across the starting line, Wilbur Shaw, veteran race driver and president of the Indianapolis Speedway Corporation, will drive the pace car, a Series "88" Oldsmobile. "The new Rocket engine suggested by Mr. Kettering and developed by Oldsmobile," says Shaw, "is designed to take full advantage of the in creased power and economy made possible by modem high-octane fuels." The entire field of contestants will 9 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL ETC 12251 1 The Smith and Koehnle car is hand-built to meet the exacting requirements oi high-speed operation. It is powered with a 6-cylinder, in-line, nonsupercharged, overhead cam type engine constructed oi aluminum with the exception of shafts and cylinder sleeves. The compression ratio is 12.5 to 1. Shown here examining the engine are, standing from left to right, Chuck Northey, Bulletin Board Correspondent Art Zeitx, Chuck's brother, Les, and Leonard Smith. race down the track at 90 mph for the traditional "flying start" at 10 a.m. (CST). After lapping the track Wilbur Shaw will pull the pace car over to the track apron and let the world's finest racers fight it out for the 1949 title. Last year's winner, Mauri Rose, set the record of 119.81 for 500 miles, bettering the mark held by Floyd Roberts for 10 years with his 117.20 set in 1938. The first 500-mile race held in 1911, was won by Ray Harroun, who achieved the then-fantastic speed of 74.59 mph in his Marmon. The Indianapolis Speedway was built especially to be a proving ground for automotive vehicles. Today it is the scene of America's best attended single sports event, but many an im provement and refinement of cars, trucks, and buses (such as 4-wheel brakes, safety glass and the rear-view 10 BULLETIN BOAR-D -- APRIL mirror) has had its initial test during a Memorial Day race. Indianapolis racing cars first tried "Ethyl" gasoline in 1923 on an experi mental basis. The 1924 contest proved conclusively the superiority of gaso line containing "Ethyl" antiknock compound. Out of 21 cars entered, seven used "Ethyl" gasoline--and won the first seven places! The intro duction of leaded gasoline permitted an increase in compression pressures and also lowered engine temperatures by controlling knock. Sometimes racers are powered by alcohol fuels, but their low mileage per gallon makes the use of gasoline with varying per centages of "Ethyl" antiknock a fa vorite with most race drivers. Under existing Indianapolis track rules, there can be a maximum of only 33 starters. A few days before ETC 12252 the race, the driver must qualify his car in a 10-mile pre-race spin with an average speed of at least 115 mph. Len and John plan to run their car on a Cocktail Special--a blend of gasolines which will contain at least 8 ml. of tetraethyl lead per gallon. The car, following the European 3 trend of body design, is extremely ? underslung. Charles Voelker, manager | of the Harmsworth Challenger racing boat, Miss Canada, designed and built the special engine which will j power the speedster. ? The engine is of a 6-cylinder, in-line, f naturally aspirated, double overhead cam design constructed of aluminum J except for shafts and cylinder bore .`sleeves. It has a 260 cubic inch disj placement with a 12.5 to 1 compres: sion ratio and is equipped with three side-draft carburetors and a special magneto. One of only six in existence today, the engine is valued at $4,500. Other unique features of the car are a double over-and-under frame and a quick change rear axle designed and fabricated by Len. Expected to make at least 140 mph on the straight aways, the car would cost approxim ately $15,000 to duplicate. Drivers in the Indianapolis Memor ial Day Race must travel a fast 500 (approximately 260 minutes from starting time) to win fame and fortune on the speedway. When asked if he would drive during the race, Len laughed and said he'd be content to manage from the pits and let a younger professional do the driving. Len may be content not to drive, but one thing is certain. If their car qualifies, he and John will be mighty anxious for about four hours on May 30, when they and their Ethyl friends hope they have a date to make the fastest 500 miles ever driven on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. One of Len Smith's early attempts at race-car building was this midget speedster in which he is sitting. He built the car in 1937 and like most cars in this class, it is equipped with twowheel brakes to promote skidding on the turns and is geared to make a jack-rabbit getaway. li ,;l i } i I King Tetra I and Queen Ethyl I hold court at the Ethyl Management club costume ball. Under the masks are Joe Marrs and Mrs. Julian Bennett. Carnival Time in Ethxnaclu Joining the city-wide spirit of gaiety, the Baton Rouge Management club held its first annual costume ball at the Skyline Roof on February 25. Joe Marrs was crowned King Tetra I and reigned with Queen Ethyl I, Mrs. Julian Bennett, over the assembled Mystic Krewe of Ethmaclu. Carnival season has long been a cause for great festivities in Louisiana. Parties, masked costume balls and parades all lead up to the biggest cele bration of all--Mardi Gras--the day before Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lent. For the first time, Baton Rouge decided to have its own parade of floats and a Mardi Gras ball, featuring the crowning of a king and queen selected by complicated nomi nation process. Ethylites simplified the matter of choosing a king and queen for their costume ball by a drawing of tickets 12 BULLETIN BOARD--APRIL included in the invitations. Memben of the royal court were selected in thi same way. The six dukes of the reig! were Joe Tinney, Norm Fogg, Elm< Dixon, Feltus Wade, R. N. Smith ani John Clark. The queen's maids weri the Mesdames L. C. Dixon, Gleiu Hayes, R. C. Bloodwell, John Ward G. E. Montes, and Joe Melancon Among the 350 costumed memben attending the ball, Dan Read, of thi Safety department, won first prize ii the men's costumes for his interprets tion of Miss Ponchatrain Beach a 1904. Mrs. Morgan Many, who cam complete with wig and blacked-ou teeth as "Sis" Hopkins, was vote! best dressed woman. Serving on the arrangements com1 mittee for the dance were the follow ing Ethyl men: John Graziano, chair* man and E. L. Crunk, H. B. Hunt R. J. Laporte and F. M. Porch. ETC 12254 spring May s just around the corner so it's not too early to begin to think about your beach impression in June. If you're inclined to be a bit too plump, start now to streamline your self for summer days ahead. If you are really serious about losing a ' few pounds but do not want to lose vitality while you are reducing, be careful to: 1. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, milk and meat, eggs and cereal, but cut down on fats, starches and sugar. 2. Use lemon juice instead of salad i dressings made with mayonnaise j and oil. 1 3. Broil and roast your meat in| stead of frying it. I 4. Avoid extras such as nuts, candy or between meal snacks. 5. At the comer drug store when the rest of the crowd has ice cream sodas, order a fruit drink. 6. Cut down on salt because salt makes you thirsty and also drives the liquids into fatty tissues of the body, thus creating excess fat. 7. Start your day right with a good breakfast . . . one that includes citrus juice, cereal, toast (you can have butter) and black coffee. Sew for Sunny Summer Days . . . While April showers tap at your win dow and you are wishing for the sun, why not make your time count, pull out your sewing machine and start your summer wardrobe. Below are two vacation-time suggestions--a dirndl in solid color, highlighted by bands of eyelet, and a trim, tailored dress. We'll be glad to send you either or both patterns; just send us your size and 25c for each pattern that you wish. Courtesy oi Simplicity Patterns 13 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL ETC 12255 H. B. Harelson, Jr. Ed Armistead, Finance; L. J. Savage, Industrial Engineers; and Ross Womack, Ethyl Chloride, are among 25 local citizens recently se lected as members of the Baton Rouge Infantile Paralysis Foundation Board of Directors. Ed and Ross are also members of the 7-man Executive com mittee for the local Foundation. Harold Gibson, a research coor dinator at Detroit, spoke at the SAE Passenger Car Body and Production meeting on March 10. Harold dis cussed the paper entitled "The New Cadillac Engine," which was pre sented by two Cadillac engineers. On April 22, Harold will give a paper titled "Factors Affecting Octane Num ber Requirements" at a meeting of the Canadian section of SAE in Windsor, Ontario. Glen Grant, held representative in the Seattle division, discussed 14 BULLETIN BOAJtD -- APRIL engine and gasoline improvements and trends toward higher-compression engines at the recent meeting of the Seattle Service Managers club. H. B. Harelson, Jr., an electrical inspector in the Baton Rouge Ethyl Chloride Area, was selected by the City-Parish council as a member of the City-Parish Planning Commission. Following this appointment, he was named council representative on the Recreation and Parks Commission. Stephen G. Henry, Major Gen eral, U.S.A., retired, has been pre sented with the C.B.E., a citation as honorary commander of the military division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The presenta tion was made by British Consul General D. MacDermot, of Newt Orleans, aboard HMS Bigbury Bay on March 6. Steve is manager of the plant and employee services section in Baton Rouge. Casey Jones, head of the passen ger car section at the Detroit labs, spoke on March 11 at the closing ses sion of the annual convention of the Indiana Independent Petroleum As sociation in Indianapolis. Charlie Kass, roving engineer for the Central sales region, is head man for the annual fund-raising drive of the Birmingham (Michigan) Com munity House. This is Charlie's! second straight year in the post, and he and his committee hope to raise ETC 12256 F. M. Porch, safety engineer in Baton Rouge, has been named by the City-Parish council to be a member of the 7-man committee to investigate public transportation in Baton Rouge. The committee will hold a public hearing on rates and service of local transportation facilities. Max Roensch, Detroit Research labs, has been busy speaking at vari- | ous SAE meetings around the country. ] As national SAE vice president, Max ! gave a paper on "Thermal Efficiency and Mechanical Losses of Automotive Casey lones Engines" at the March 10 SAE Pas senger Car Body and Production meeting. He also spoke at Milwaukee on March 4. Alan C. Tolly, sales coordinator for the Southern region, became a United States citizen on March 13. Bom in Levenshulme, England, Alan was educated in England and the United States. He came to work with Ethyl in November, 1929, as field representative with Chicago Sales. While manager of the Australian Sales division of Ethyl Export Cor poration in Melbourne, Australia, Alan met Mrs. Tully. After his return to Dayton in 1940, Alan became act ing assistant division manager, and in 1941 moved down to Atlanta as division manager. He is now' sales coordinator for the Southern region. 15 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL ETC 12257 At ceremonies held in the{ cafeteria! on March 9, and attended by hun dreds of employees, the Ethyl manu facturing plant at Baton Rouge was presented with the Distinguished Reginald W. Woest, Sr. (standing at left), a maintenance foreman representing the man agement group, accepts the National Safety Council pennant on behalf of Ethyl and its employees. The presentation is being made by Arthur ]. Naquin (standing at right), of New Orleans Public Service and an executive committeeman of the National Safety Council. Service to Safety Award of the Na tional Safety Council. This award, the highest honor of the Council, was given to Ethyl as recognition for "completing on Nov. 7,1948,1,016,983 man-hours worked without a time losing injury and for the over-all 1948 safety program." j i ETC 12258 t&e SfootUafit Presentation of the award and pen nant was made by Arthur J. Naquin, of New Orleans, executive committee man of the National Safety Council. Accepting the pennant for Ethyl and its employees was Reginald W. Woest, Sr., a maintenance foreman, representing the management group. The award was accepted by Harry Zachary, an employee in TEL Mainte nance. Harry has one of the out standing plant safety records. The Distinguished Service to Safety Award is the third safety honor the Ethyl Manufacturing department has received during the past six months. In November, 1948, the plant won third place in the NSC Chemical Section, Group III, and the American Petroleum Institute accident preven tion award for the record of one million safe man-hours worked. The 57 % drop in accident frequency since 1945 with a 77% increase in the number of workers is conclusive proof of the worth of safety precautions. i 1 i j! ETC 12259 Charles Smith Joins Product Development Staff Charles L. Smith, an entomolo gist, has been appointed to the staff of the Product Development depart ment in New York to assist in the development and application of vari ous chemical products. For the past four years, "Doc" has been Technical Advisor of the Na tional Agricultural Chemicals associa tion, formerly the Agricultural Insecti cide and Fungicide association, which has just moved its offices to Washing ton, D. C. He has also served as research entomologist at Rutgers Uni versity, manager of the Doggett-Pfeil Co., Springfield, N. J., and chemist for Interstate Chemical Manufactur ing Co., Jersey City, N. J. He is a graduate of Rutgers University where he received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. "Doc" is the father of a family of four. He has three sons--Loren How ard, 10; Richard James (Dubby j, 7; and Kenneth William (Bill), 4-- plus one daughter, Diane Patricia, 6. "Doc" lists his family first among his hobbies, with home repairing and decorating coming as close seconds. He is particularly interested in Cub Scouts and serves as a pack commit teeman. His wife is a den mother. As far as sports are concerned, "Doc" counts himself as "mostly a spectator now," but he probably makes a good coach for that lively family when summer vacation time rolls around. Howard Speaks Research personnel at the labora tories in Detroit recently heard Frank A. Howard discuss synthetic fuels, particularly those derived from coal, natural gas, and shale. The guest speaker at the labs has been an Ethyl director since our Company was formed almost 25 years ago, and is a former president of the Standard Oil Development Co. He is now a con sultant to Standard Oil of New Jersey. 18 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL The Shift Key Fred Ramin is now deputy man ager of the Yonkers testing laboratory. For the past three years, Fred has been deputy manager of the Tulsa lab. Deane Birices has taken over as deputy manager of the Tulsa lab after two years in the same job at the North Kansas City Test lab. Ed Otto has become deputy man ager at North Kansas City. Ed started with Ethyl in 1946 as a chemist. ETC 12260 Ethyl Labs on Video Ethyl's Detroit Research labora tories took a bow over WWJ-TV on February 18 as part of a Ferndale Day program. Photographs of the buildings and grounds were flashed on the tele vision screen as the voice of Mayor Carl Forsythe of Ferndale, supplied a running commentary about the community's modern and progressive industries. Two views of the labs were shown: an aerial shot and a closeup of the entrance and east wing. On March 24 WJBK-TV in Detroit beamed to their audience Ethyl's film, The Long Road. First movie made by Ethyl Corporation, it por trays the long search and discovery of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock agent. An estimated 60,000 people saw these two television programs. This is how the pictures of the Detroit Re search laboratories should have looked to the WWJ-TV audience who got perfect recep tion of the Ferndale Day program, February 18. ETC J226J Ethyl Contributes to Medical Center >0 HCNOf THOU WHO HAVE UNSU/IV4.T CONTtllUTtD ro The ESTAiUSHMENT Of THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY-BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTER 6thyl Corporation has lllN OESIONAUO A -ATRON ANC U' i SAME WIU K PUMANENUr MSCKKO IN IX OUNWS AND PATRONS COURT Of THI MEDICAL CENTER rt--)l=^l-yCk^.--?Srg, .Ol. . A':( rL(. - .. Business leaders and industrial firms throughout the country are ac cepting the responsibility for helping to give the average family access to the full benefits of modern medical science by contributing to hospitals, research institutes and foundations. At a luncheon in New York last month, Ethyl Corporation received a certificate as a patron of the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. Curt Holton, industrial rela tions director, accepted the certificate, presented by Winthrop Rockefeller, chairman of the board of trustees. The Medical Center, largest project of its kind ever undertaken, will cost an estimated $32,744,000. The Cen ter's comprehensive program of re search, training and care in all phases of medical science seeks to raise the health level of each adult and child. To honor those who have given sub stantial sums to aid in the establish ment of the Center, a Founders and Patrons Court will be included in the grounds of the Medical Center. There the names of those who have contrib uted $1,000 or more will be inscribed. Detroit Drive Combined contributions for the Red Cross and United Foundation totaled $1,926 in the March fund-raising drive in Detroit. This total figure represents both employee and Com pany contributions. March was national Red Cross month and Ethyl employees were given the opportunity to support the United Foundation as well as the Red Cross in one drive. The United Foundation is the Metropolitan De troit Branch of the Health and Wel fare Fund of Michigan, which has 20 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL coordinated the fund-raising efforts of 23 agencies into one major campaign. The Ethyl contribution to the Wayne County Red Cross was almost 18% of Ferndale's $7,200 quota. Thom Yates served as chairman of the committee of employees who assisted in the handling of contribu tions. His group included: Margaret Dullinger, Betty Grant, Fred Green, Evelyn Harworth, Howard Hesselberg, Emerson Ide, A1 Sechrist, A1 Tandrup, Margaret Welp, Late Willans, and Dorothy Wilson. ETC 12262 Ambassador of Good Will The Ethyl Corporation, like every other company, is judged by the people who represent it. You are a walking, talking advertisement. It is I a good thing, therefore, for both you | and the Company, when the impres| sion you create is good. | Ed Darragh, of Production Plan; ning in Baton Rouge, has apparently been doing his share toward keeping | the public opinion meter registering favorably for Ethyl. This was brought out recently by a letter to President Shea from the executive head of W. R. Zanes & Company, customs brokers in New Orleans. The letter revealed that in an annual poll among their employees to determine the nicest person they deal with, several votes were cast for Ethyl's Ed Darragh, who contacts the Zanes Company in connection with our export shipments for Associated Ethyl. Of him one said: "My vote goes to Ed Darragh, a player's player if there ever was one; shines on tough assign ments and they don't come more likeable.'' Practically a newcomer to the South, Ed--with his wife and three children--moved to Baton Rouge a little more than a year ago. He is a native of Wilmington, Del., started to work for Ethyl in the Traffic de partment at Deepwater in 1936. Promotions for Eleven There has been good news in the pay envelope lately for 11 Baton Rouge employees. Resident Manager C. W. Bond has announced the following reassignments and promotions of per sonnel. In the operations section of the Ethyl Chloride area, W. E. Crawford was promoted to the position of salaried foreman. He has been with Ethyl for 10 years. In the engineering and maintenance section, several changes have been made. Gustav H. Larson has been assigned the duties of supervisor in the TEL area. An Ethyl employee for 19 years, Gus was formerly temporarily as signed as supervisor in the plant expansion construction program. Newcomer John C. Klock, who joined Ethyl last summer, is now an assistant supervisor in the TEL area. Another 10-year-man, Stanley A. 21 BULLETIN BOARD--APRIL D'Armond has been promoted from assistant to supervisor in the plant expansion construction program. Joseph F. Tinney has been reas signed from supervisor, Ethyl Chlor ide area, to assistant supervisor, plant expansion construction. Joe has three years' Ethyl service. New supervisor in the Ethyl Chlor ide area is Alan S. "Scoop" Barton, who has been with Ethyl two years. Scoop was formerly supervisor in the TEL-sodium shops area. Joseph A. Brown has stepped up from principal foreman in'the TELsodium shops area to supervisor in that area. Joe has been with the Company for 11 years. Formerly pipe-fitter foreman in the Ethyl Chloride area, Floyd L. Smith has been made assistant supervisor in that area. This is Floyd's 10th year of service with Ethyl. John H. Black has been promoted to principal foreman in the TELsodium shops. John has worked for Ethyl for 12 years and has been sheet metal foreman in the TEL-sodium shop. After 11 years with Ethyl, Jim Stanfill has been made sheet metal foreman. John B. Heard has become pipe fitter foreman. Formerly shift foreman in the Ethyl Chloride area, John joined Ethyl nine years ago. Visual aid to education. Ethyl's Trade-marks ol Nature ads are proving to be a great boon to teachers throughout the country. More than 500 teachers and schools have requested and received reprints of many of them. Students of Mrs. Dorothy Haven in the third grade at Adams School in Birmingham (Mich.) spend many of their after-school hours thumbing through maga zines looking for Ethyl advertisements. The ads are then placed on a large bulletin board at the rear of the classroom for constant use by the pupils in their studies. Special tie-ins are arranged, such as this sea shell display, made to tie in with the Ethyl ad on starfish and crusta ceans. With Mrs. Haven at his side, David Chalk points to the appropriate Ethyl ad while a classmate looks on. David is the son of Harold Chalk, of Automotive Research, Detroit labs, t ETC 12264 Diane Gulick, 10-year-old daughter of Howard Gulick, of Industrial Relations, N. Y., made her debut on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera on March 18. She is a member of the dancing class sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Association, and was chosen along with one other girl to appear in Parsifal. The Gulicks, who live in Baldwin, Long Island, have another daughter, Dawn, who is eight years old and, like her sister, is an enthusiastic student of the dance. lee Costello has a stand ing date with his horse. Buck, every afternoon when school is out. The 16-year old son of I. A. Costello, assistant general manager of manufacturing, New York, Joe goes to the Friends' Academy in Lo cust Valley, L. I., boards his horse near the Costello home in Roslyn Heights. Mary Jean Palmer, trimly uniformed in the blue and white of Hemp stead High's band, is all ready ior a performance. She plays the flute and piccolo and brother, Bob, is a trumpeter in the band. Young John, Jr. is develop ing his lungs in the Junior band--also on the brass. Pop helps run N.Y. Payroll, The radiant entile belongs to Barbara, 5-year-old daugh ter of Bob Cleveland, N. Y. Statistical, and the big floppy ears to her friend, Taffy. ETC 12265 To give Ethyl employees and visit ors to the Research laboratories in Detroit a better understanding of the impressive photomurals in the lobby and on the second floor landing, a booklet has been written explaining their significance. When the present modern labora tories were built, careful consideration was given to the selection of scenes to 24 BULLETIN BOARfi-APRIL be represented in the photomurals. They were chosen and arranged to tell a step-by-step story of the manufac ture of "Ethyl" antiknock compound at our plant in Baton Rouge, and the activities of the Research laboratories in Detroit and San Bernardino. Titled, The Walls About You, the booklet is a guide to identifying the 68 pictures included in the murals. ETC 12266 New Personnel Aide in Detroit Art Jennings is the new personnel assistant at the Detroit labs. He joined Ethyl after a two-and-onehalf-year tenure as administrative officer for the War Assets Administra tion in Detroit, during which time he won the Regional Director's Award for outstanding performance in his job. During the war. Art served in the Detroit office of the War department as assistant chief of classification and wage administration for--Ordnance and as chief in this capacity for the Air Force. Art was born and reared in the Motor City. He attended Wayne University for a year, and was grad uated from Detroit Institute of Tech nology with a B.C.S. degree in 1942. The Jennings--Art, wife Shirley, and offspring Barbara Jean, Mary Ellen, and Thomas Raymond--live in Grosse Pointe. Art is a power boating, fishing and baseball enthusiast. Lou Slack, Ethyl's No. 1 photographer, in front of the lens for a change, is shown here (center) explaining the intricacies of blending plant operations to a group of Ashland Oil Company men. Len Huxtable, Central region operations manager, who sent the picture to the BB, doesn't want you to miss the fascinated expression of our own lack Pruitt (second from left), account representative for Ashland. Lou recently held a safety meeting for 14 of their blenders and supervisors. At the far left is Ken Davis; at Lou's right are Wayne Harrison and Frank Sluze. I Ii ' ETC 12267 Edwin F. Rehwoldt That pencil Ed Rehwoldt holds is equally capable of quick figuring and clever cartooning. At Christmas time, holidays, and whenever someone on the 34th floor of the Chrysler building has a birthday, Ed can always be counted on to whip off a card specially for the person and the occasion. Ed has been with Ethyl 20 years this April, and is now working in the Sales Statistics section of General Accounting in New York Finance. He was bom in Brooklyn, went to school there, and married a Brooklyn girl. Now he and his wife Hattie live in Bayside, Long Island, with their two children. Son Robert is 13 and daugh ter Marie is 18. His family and home repairing are among Ed's major interests. "It was all over in a few hours," said Steve Droege, recalling the day 26 BULLETIN BOARD--APRIL back in 1930 when Ethyl Corporation moved its offices from 25 Broadway to the Chrysler building, newly-built midtown skyscraper. That was the first of many moves that have marked the growth and expansion of this Company, and is one of Steve's most vivid memories about his first years with Ethyl. Twenty years ago this month, Stephen H. Droege came to work as an office boy for the late Russ Wells, who was office manager. Shortly after the move to the famous skyscraper, Steve was sent over to Bayway, N. J. to take a year's training course at Standard's refinery. When that was completed, Steve went down among the Razorbacks with a large chunk of the state of Arkansas assigned to him as a field representative. The following year he was trans ferred to the Gasoline Testing labora tory at Yonkers. Knock-test engines have been his love ever since. In 1939 Steve was shifted to the Gasoline Testing laboratory then located in Detroit. Although the Test lab is no more, Steve is still working with his knock-test engines as a laboratory technician in the Analytical section. Both Steve and his wife, Mildred, are upstate New Yorkers by birth. Steve is a native of Dunkirk and Mil- ETC 12268 dred of Fredonia. They now live in , Farmington, Mich, and have one 4 child, four-year-old Wendy Jacqueline. | Steve attended Peddie School in I Hightstown, N. J., and the University | of Pennsylvania. An active fraternity j man in those days, Steve is now an j active bowler. He is secretary of the ' Detroit Ethyl Bowling league, a job j he has held since 1947. J His hobbies are collecting stamps j and coins, and hunting with his two I prize English setters. | Receiving their five-year pin and I certificate of award are: James T. ? Beckwith, New York Sales; Edward 1 J. Cunningham, New York Finance; j Erma W. Harris, New York General; Paul R. Harris, New York Sales; Waldo B. Ligett, Detroit Research; Florence B. McMahon, Detroit Research; and Walter J. Sherman, Detroit Research. Small independent oil operators and individuals account for 60 per cent of oil discoveries. Progress in oil refining techniques has brought motorists an improved quality of gasoline which together with engine improvements, gives them about 25% more efficiency as com pared with the product of 20 years ago. 27 BULLETIN BOARD--APRIL ETC 12269 It's a good-bye party for Louise Hennessey, iormer chief correspondent for the Bulletin Board at the Detroit labs. Louise was guest of honor at a luncheon on Thursday, March 17, when 30 of her fellow workers gathered at the Alamo Dining Room in Detroit. Here Louise (standing) pauses to chat for a minute with Ann Capian, jerry Maisel, and Lorraine Tackels, all of Chemical Research. Joyce Rmgquist, formerly a switchboard operator, New York, was surrounded by wellwishing friends at a party at the Hotel Shelburne on March 31. Among those present to wish Joyce a pleasant trip to California were, clockwise from back left, Grace Fergu son, Terry Himmer, Barbara Landers, Joyce, Mary Staun ton, Agnes Bowe, Carolyn Sikora, Edythe Kimball, Mar gie Orzio, Jessie Halton, Kathy Staunton, Betty Metz ger, Bernadette Curtin, Norma Frazier, Eleanor Schreyer, and (hidden) Eileen Charman. Farewell party--When Jacqueline Juge Hoover de cided to go in full-time for homemaking, the Publicity department, where she had worked for three years, had a party for her at Stan Nicker son's Manhattan apartment, gave her a Mlxmaster and lots of good wishes. Jerry Westerfield brought along his camera to get the above shot. Seated and smiling are Jerry Linder, Mary Dumville, Jackie and Chris Vogel. On their feet and smiling are, from left, Ralph Clark, Stan, Marce* line Marquis, Alice Heck, Dave Donovan, Edwin J. Enoch, Jr. and Bobbie Maffie. ETC 12270 Cupid's Calendar fim Donohue, accountant analyst n New York, married Cecile Neary jn February 19. A private reception followed the wedding at Holy Cross Church in Brooklyn. After a honey moon in Washington, D. C. and the surrounding countryside, Cecile and Jim are now at home in Stuyvesant Village, New York. Mrs. Katherine Wood Mittnacht was married to Arthur T. Ormsby on February 22 in St. Peter's and Paul Church in Miami, Florida. Wedding plans were made while she was visiting her sister Mrs. Florence Friedrich, who was an attendant at the wedding. The bride is the widow of Arthur E. Mittnacht, Ethyl Corporation's first secretary and treasurer. Their three I sons are scattered across the country | from California to Pennsylvania -- 1 Richard and Stewart are both in the ' insurance business, Dick in San Fran cisco and Stew in Philadelphia; Ar thur who took his medical degree , from the College of Physicians and ] Surgeons, New York, now has a resi] dency in the Baptist State Hospital, i. in Little Rock, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Ormsby will live in Boston and are now looking for an apartment in the Hub City. Marjorie Mouron was married to William Brown on December 31 and the bride and groom are now at home in Berkley, Mich. Marge is secretary to Ken Swartwood, patent attorney at the Detroit labs. , Bessie Anne Sherwin was married to Robert W. Stevenson at Ann Arbor, Mich, on February 12. Bob is an engineer in Automotive Products Research at the Detroit labs, and Anne is a former Ethylite, having worked in the Engineering lab. Art Huffman, of Automotive Products, was best man. Dorry Whitman became Mrs. William H. Rodenhouse on December 31. The couple eloped to Maumee, Ohio and have now set up housekeep ing in Birmingham, Mich. Dorry is a secretary in the Analytical section of Chem Research. i II On the cover: Among the joys of Springtime in Manhattan are the beautiful flowers that bloom in the gardens at Rockefeller Center. On April 1 more than 5,000 early red and white double-flowering tulips, which were imported from Holland last October, made their appearance in the gardens. Here three Ethyl belles with a touch of Spring fever pause by a fountain to enjoy the view and the April sunshine. They are Alice Wygand, who handles passenger transportation; Hazel Anderson, secretary to C. W. Wasserman, and Dorothy Watson, secretary to R. C. Champlin. i 29 BULLETIN BOARD --APRIL 1 d ETC 12271 A1 Giraitii (standing far left), Baton Rouge Development, working out plans with other mem* bets of the radio committee of the Baton Rouge section of the American Chemical Society for the series of programs entitled "Headlines in Chemistry." Committee members are J. P. McKenzie, Copolymer Corp.; Margaret Kramer, Esso Standard Oil Co.; Henry G. Allen, Allied Chemical & Dye Corp.; Al; Robert Stobaugh, Esso Standard Oil Co.; Louis J. Russoff, L. S. U. Chemistry on the Air "Headlines in Chemistry" is a new presentation of the Baton Rouge section of the American Chemical Society over radio stations WJBO and WLSU. Ethyl work in chemistry and chemical research was the subject of part of the first two broadcasts. The program will give weekly news bulletins on developments in chemical science combined with information about different chemical activities in the Baton Rouge area. The underlying object is to give to listeners a survey of the role of local industries in chem istry, and to show the progress of chemistry both nationally and locally. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green, Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photogra pher), Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New York: Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster: Central Office, Gaso line Testing; Chris Bruhl; Ethyl-Dow: Jim Donohue. 30 BULLETIN ..BOA R"D -- APRIL ETC 12272 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president and Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary >1 j Printed in U.S.A. ETC 12273 ETC 12274 Play Ball! (See page 24) ->> j.^3',*,^**,'-^x ---V-^*;^rnj_-'''* -- v / '' ^.,j^j -'*^-5.-r ETC 12276 'Although the joke is on : Hairy Mack, he takes it ;'with a hearty laugh. In the circle are, clockwise. Dr. Leslie Schradin (point ing), Jack Pruitt, Jim Bou dreau, Harry Mack, Dick Sneed and Dr. Earl Doty. Regional Meetings the Best Yet With management leading the dis cussions on all phases of the sales program, the men who are on the line selling the Company, its products and its services to our customers are meeting in regional groups to chart a sales course. At the meetings already held, the men of the Eastern region who met in Atlantic City early in March, and of the Central region who met in Cincinnati late in April, unanimously agreed that this year's meeting was the best yet. The presentation of the 1949 sales, research and service programs, safety policy, and promotion and advertising material by management, coupled with the discussions introduced by the men about key problems in cus tomer relations and services shed light on all phases of sales activities. In his discussion of the 1949 plans Sales Manager Julian Frey stressed the importance of the present period as we move from a position of alloca tion and short supply to one of bal anced supply and eventually long supply. He pointed out that all activities must fit into the general Sales Policy, which is divided into four basic parts: 1) Maintain a reasonable sale of Premium gasoline, 2) Expand the use of our trade-mark, 3) Maintain our service program, 4) Develop and expand customer programs in order to retain present 100% accounts and increase our share of business now split between Ethyl and our competitor. Emphasis was placed on the Com pany's safety program, which was reviewed by Dr. Robert Kehoe (see page 6), who answered any questions pertaining to safety policies and pro cedures the men wished to raise. Other subjects discussed were "Technical Service," "The Farm Market," "Eco nomics of TEL," "Supply and De mand," "Advertising and Sales Pro motion," "Promotion of 'Ethyl' Trade mark," "Employee. Relations and Training," "Research Laboratory Activities," "Refinery Technology Program," and "Test Lab Service." Members of management and special ists who led these discussions were R. K. Scales, D. M. Guy, M. L. Alspaugh, M. P. Murdock, O. B. Lewis, R. B. Weston, W. K. Mc Culloch, C. R. Holton, R. R. Faller, 3 BULLETIN BOARD --MAV I ETC 12277 Relaxing after a serious session, Bob Douglass and Bob Smith have a long, tall one. Don't miss Bob Doug lass' tie. It's a stopper in bright red and green. Intent on the speaker's words are Alan Tully, C. D. (Nickj Carter and Ham Greenup at the table on the right, and a: the left table Norm Linstromberg and Charlie Welch. Bill Polachek looks over to see what the photographer is doing, Earl Bartholomew, J. B. Macauley, Russ McGuiney, J. D. Fuller, M. E. Collins, and W. C. Ludt. The Atlantic City meeting was run by Eastern Regional Manager R. C. Murphy with the help of Operations Manager M. A. Taylor. In Cincinnati, Central Regional Manager J. E. Boudreau was at the helm while Operations Manager L. L. Huxtable was first mate. These men discussed regional sales policies and operating procedures. Special feature at the Cincinnati meeting was a preview of the new And sow it's a tall tale from Dolly Dollahan (cen ter) with A1 Ryan prov ing a very good audience. BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC 12278 jfshow for customer personnel develfoped and built by the men of the . Central region. A dramatic and effec,tive presentation of the operating principles of the internal combustion engine, the show offers great possi bilities as a future sales tool. Another special feature of the Cen tral regional meeting was the presence of the Company doctors. A welcome addition, they came over from the Kettering lab to sit in on various busi ness sessions and luncheon meetings. Shirt sleeve session with George Hose and Jack Fuller at the left. Across from them is Bob Douglass. In the background from left are John Fischer, Lou Wilson, Bill Ludt, Russ Weston, Mac McCulloch, Herb Nixon and Dan Guy. Nick Carter and Norm Linstromberg watch Bill Wilson compose a telegram for the homefolk. I J This meeting of nundsjbrings together, clock wise, from left, A1 Bingham, Lou Wilson, Julian Frey, Len Huxtable, Jim Boudreau, Mac Ma caulay and Wally Distler. That is Charlie Welch standing over at the extreme right. Cooperating with Lou Slack, who took all of these pictures, A1 Basye and Jack Maynard look into the lens while he pushes the button. BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC 12279 Medical Director Wins Highest Honor Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, medical director of Ethyl Corporation, receives the William S. Knudsen award "for the most outstanding contribution to industrial medicine 1948-1949." Making the presentation, right, is Dr. T. Lyle Hazlett, medical director, Westinghouse Electric Corp. Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, medical director of Ethyl Corporation, has received the 1948-49 William S. Knud sen award for outstanding service and achievements in industrial medicine. The award was presented at the Amer ican Association of Industrial Physi cians and Surgeons banquet, on April 7, at the Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit. Highest honor of the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, the Knudsen award was given Dr. Kehoe in recognition of his achievements in research on medi cal problems relating to the manufac ture and use of tetraethyl lead and in the development of the Institute of Industrial Health. Dr. T. Lyle Haz lett, who is medical director of West inghouse Electric and was last year's winner of the Knudsen award, said, in making the presentation to Dr. Kehoe: 6 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY "This individual deserves special recognition for his broad vision in the field of industrial health, and es pecially in sensing the importance of the various sciences which have a part in this all-out endeavor." This vision and this scientific ap proach resulted in the outstanding record of safety in the manufacture and distribution of TEL. Dr. Kehoe, who has been director of Ethyl') Medical Department since 1925, when it was founded, is the guiding light behind the Company's safety policy covering the manufacture and use oi "Ethyl" antiknock fluid. He is prl marily responsible for the safety standards and methods which havi been maintained over the years ai such a high level. Known as one of the country ! outstanding authorities on problem) of industrial toxicology and industrial health, Dr. Kehoe has been called ;.i a consultant to many parts of th< world, including Great Britain, mar.i European countries, and South Amen ica, but remains a loyal citizen ug Ohio. Born in Georgetown, Ohio anc educated in public schools there, hi received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1920. Upon his graduation, he remainei to teach at the College of Medicin of the University of Cincinnati an) conduct medical research in pathology and physiology. Since 1930 he hai been director of the Kettering Labora tory of Applied Physiology, one a the national centers for research is industrial toxicology and relates ETC 12280  fields. He is head of the department of Preventive Medicine and Industrial Health of the University of Cincinnati. * Among his many activities in the 1 scientific and medical fields, Dr. fl Kehoe is a fellow in the American X Medical Association rand a member of i its Council on Industrial Health, was I president of the American Industrial | Hygiene Association in 1945, a direcj tor of the American Association of I Industrial Physicians and Surgeons from 1941 to 1944, and is currently president of the American Academy of Occupational Medicine. He is also a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha (hono rary medical) and Sigma Xi frater nities. His principal social clubs are the University and Literary clubs, both of Cincinnati. He married Lucile Marshall, a Georgetown girl, in 1920. They have one daughter, Kathleen. | Price Reduction Reflects 1 Company Policy When Ethyl Corporation reduced the price of "Ethyl" antiknock com pound on March 14 and again on April 5, the Company was following a long-standing policy of furnishing our product to customer companies at the lowest possible cost. The new price, which became effec tive on April 5, is fifty-seven and seven-tenths cents (57.7c) per pound of tetraethyl lead content for Motor Mix and sixty-three and two-tenths cents (63.2c) per pound of TEL con tent for Aviation Mix. This is approximately twenty-one hundredths of a cent (.21c) per cubic centimeter of tetraethyl lead for Mo tor Mix and twenty-three hundredths of a cent (.23c) per cubic centimeter of tetraethyl lead for Aviation Mix. i t New Safety Manual Bill Newman holds some of the material that was submitted by safety engineers throughout the Company for the revised safety manual. Bill, Ethyl veteran of more than 20 years' standing, coordinated the information and supervised the re vision of the manual, which is just off the press. The new safety manual has been distributed to Ethyl personnel and will be used as a standard guide and ready reference in all Ethyl safety work. 7 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY '"fg I 73 ETC 12281 Dr. Willard Dow Dies in Plane Crash Dr. Willard Henry Dow The death of Willard H. Dow, 52, president and chairman of the Dow Chemical Company and former presi dent of Ethyl-Dow Chemical Com pany, brought an untimely end to a brilliant and distinguished career. Dr. Dow and his wife, and Mrs. Calvin Campbell and two pilots were killed on March 31, 1949, when their private plane crashed and burned just outside London, Ontario, during a sleet storm. Sole survivor was Calvin Campbell, head of the legal department of Dow Chemical, newly elected secretary of the Company. Bom in Midland, Mich., Willard Dow was educated in Midland public schools and was graduated in 1919 from the University of Michigan with the degree of bachelor of science in chemical engineering. He then joined his father, Dr. Herbert Henry Dow, in the Dow Chemical Company, and 8 BULLETIN BOARD-MAY became a director in 1922. At the age I of 33, upon the death of his father, he 1 became president and general manager | of the company. In 1941, he assumed I the added position of chairman of the 1 board. 1 Soon after "Ethyl" antiknock com- I pound had been put on the market, I "Boss" Kettering and the late Tom I Midgley had gone to Midland with 1 H. G. M. Fischer of Standard Oil to l see Dr. Herbert Dow about an assured I supply of bromine for "Ethyl" anti-1 knock compound. Dow Chemical was I then producing practically all the I bromine in this country from Mich-1 igan salt wells. All agreed that they would not be able to supply enough bromine to meet Ethyl Corporation's needs for long. Ethyl and Dow research chemists went to work on the problem and developed a process for extracting 40 to 50 of the 67 pounds of bromine contained in every million pounds of sea water. The first sea water chem ical plant was built by Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company at Kure Beach. N. C. and began its business of mining the sea for bromine in 1934. President of the company, organized the year before by Ethyl and Dow. was Dr. Willard Dow, who continued as head of the firm until 1946 when h< resigned and was succeeded by Ivan F. Harlow. Dr. Dow was also a director ol Midland Ammonia Company, Dowell Incorporated, Dow Magnesium Cor poration, Dow Chemical of Canada. Ltd., Dow Coming Corporation, and The Saran Yams Company. The tremendous scope of Dr. Dow's ETC 12282 activities included membership on the Chemical Advisory Committee, Na tional Military Establishment Muni tions Board, Chemical Corps Advisory Board, Director-at-large of Chemical Corps Association, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Chemists, Society of Chemical Industry, American Asso ciation for Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society. His clubs included the Midland Country, Rockefeller Center and Chemists' of New York, Bohemian of San Francisco, York of Toronto, and Newcomen Society. He was a 33d degree Mason and a member of Theta Delta Chi, Alpha Chi Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. Dr. Dow is survived by .a son Herbert H. Dow, 2nd, a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, and a daughter Mrs. Maeauley Whiting, who lives in Midland, Mich. Arch Maxwell Dies t Arch M. Maxwell, former officer of Ethyl Corporation, died on April 18, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, just four days before his 54th birthday. At the Bom in Knoxville, Tenn., Arch Maxwell received his bachelor of arts degree in 1918 from Cornell Univer sity. After serving in the U. S. Navy time of his death, he was vice presi dent and director of the Standard Oil for two years, he started to work with Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Company of Ohio, having joined the He was later transferred to the fuel Jersey affiliate in 1932. When the Ethyl Gasoline Corpora oil and asphalt division and was assistant manager until he joined the tion was organized in 1924, Arch infant Ethyl Gasoline Corporation. Maxwell was named vice president in Mr. Maxwell has been a director of charge of sales, and a member of the the Latonia Refining Corporation, board of directors. To a large extent, Fleetwing Corporation, Fordsville he was responsible for introducing "Ethyl" gasoline to the United States and Canada and signed many of the Gathering Line, Inc., Great Lakes Transport Corporation, Fuel Oil Cor poration and Atlas Supply Company. original contracts with oil companies for the sale of "Ethyl" antiknock fluid. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruby Maxwell, and a stepson, Robert Hupp. This nation's annual oil output can do the work of four and a half billion men toiling eight hours a day, six days a week. This is the equivalent of 32 able-bodied servants for each man, woman and child in the U. S. Our country produces about 60% of the world's oil supply from over 424,000 producing wells. The record-breaking year of 1948 marked the drilling of a total of 38,650 wells with 24,620 completed as producers. The combined depth of these wells would penetrate the depth of the earth three times. 9 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC From Dancing to Dominoes There'll be many a good time in the old town with a new ERA recreation center at the Harding Field in Baton Rouge. Opening ceremonies for the Center, formerly an officer's club, were held on Sunday, April 3, from 2-7 p.m. About 1000 employees, their wives, families, and friends attended the festivities. Acting as hosts and hostesses were members of the Ethyl Recreation Association board of directors and their wives, headed by Joe Marrs. Ben Burge, recreation director of the ERA recreation center (left), and Joe Marrs, president of ERA, were among the official greeters when the new Center opened. Here they welcome Miss Christine Mizell and Floyd Carbo, of the Baton Rouge TEL area. Taking time out between supper and installation ceremonies at Pallud's recently, old and new members of the Ethyl Recreation Association Board of directors at Baton Rouge pose for / a photograph. In the usual order are Dan Walsh, retiring board member; Ben Burge, recrea t. tional director; Emmett Falconer, new member; Bill Morris, re-elected; E. R. Haddox, new member; Jules J. Beysselance, re-elected; L. C. Dixon, re-elected; Bob Moles, re-elected; Rhaumann Browning, new member; Hallie Boles, re-elected; Wallace Mixon, retiring; Joe Marrs, re-elected; J. D. French, re-elected; Willard Landry, new member; L. D. Pendergrass, new member; Harry Demouy, Jr., retiring: Thad Bridges, re-elected; Harry Demouy, Sr., re-elected; and Mary Walsh, new member. New board members not present include Ernest Aucoin, A. B. Calmes, J. E. Christy, A. J. Broussard, J. G. Cheilc, and John Fonte, re-elected. ETC 12284 president of ERA, and Mrs. Marrs, and Ben Burge, ERA director of rec reation, and Mrs. Burge. Refresh ments were served and recorded music was played throughout the afternoon. The clubhouse was decorated with signal flags and flowers donated by employees and local firms. Among features of the Center are a television room with full equipment, coffee shop, ballroom, lounge, and reading room. Several smaller rooms are available for parties, bridge clubs, committee meetings and board meet ings. In addition to serving regular customers, banquet and special facili ties will be handled by the coffee shop. The ERA spring dance on April 29 was one of the first activities held in the ballroom, which can also be used for large meetings and banquets, glee clubs, amateur theatricals, ping pong and bingo. Later it is planned to con vert one room into a dark room for a camera club. Nearby facilities, avail able to members at a small charge by the Harding Field Recreation Com mission, include a picnic grove with barbecue pits, athletic fields, large gym with full equipment, swimming and wading pools and a skeet and pistol range. The ERA board plans to organize a club for the Ethyl wives, a boys club and a girls group so that not only the employees but their families and friends may enjoy the facilities to the fullest extent. Members who just want to "sit around" are invited to make use of the comfortable lounge and reading rooms. This applies to the youngsters, too. Games are provided for all and dominoes and checkers are favorites with the younger set. 11 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY ETC 12285 I The last of a series of meetings held throughout the West to introduce Flying-A "Ethyl" prem ium gasoline was in Honolulu. This picture shows a group of the 350 dealers and wives who attended the meeting given by Tide Water Associated, and the equipment used to demonstrate their new high octane (91 Research) gasoline, sold from pumps displaying Ethyl's trade-mark. Getting Associated Across the Sea Bedecked with leis, the guests of honor here are Mrs. W. A. Reanier and Mr. Reanier, domestic J sales manager for Tide Water, Ethyl's Ted Littlefield and Frank Elliott, both of the Western region. They were greeted by these three girls from the Tide Water office, who presented the / i i leis. Helping to launch Flying-A "Ethyl" was just part of the overseas assignment for Frank and Ted, who participated in programs put on by Associated, Standard, Shell and Union, as well i as SAE. Frank stayed on, at the request of customers, to work with large fleet accounts. i Li ETC 12286 Have You Seen the Dragon? What color is a unicorn? What special talent does a mermaid possess? Who entertained with music from his pipes long before bebop? Just in case a quizmaster asks you about these mythical creatures, you'll know the answer if you have read Ethyl's ad in the April 16 Saturday Evening Post or the April 30 Collier's. The ad is unusual in many respects. * It's the first in the "Trade-marks" of f Nature series to portray purely imag i inative beings. With but one exception--recently extinct creatures--it is the only "Trade-marks" of Nature advertisment presenting animals not living in some part of the world today. Florian Kraner, noted Viennese artist, did the original painting for the ad. His inspiration was an exhibit entitled "Animals That Never Ex isted," shown recently at the Metro politan Museum of Art in New York. Florian worked closely with authori ties of the Museum and every detail was carefully researched. For exam ple, a pair of griffins on a Venetian * tomb were studied for background on this fantastic creature. Traditions connected with all these weird beings were carefully observed. Original sketches showed a green unicorn. Because the unicorn symbol izes purity, Metropolitan authorities pointed out that it must be white. A unicorn also has cloven hoofs, a detail often overlooked in contemporary art. At first, the centaur was sketched with a smooth-shaven face. However, a centaur is a creature of the wild and had to have a full beard. Even the dragon had to be the right kind. Chinese dragons symbolize be nevolence, but the fire-belching dragon of the Middle Ages meant only evil. The accuracy in this interpretation is backed by reference to the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Pan and the fabulous pipes he used to entertain shepherds and their flocks were sketched from a small antique Greek sculpture. The mermaid is adapted from a fountain figure on the Place de la Concorde in Paris and an engraving on a Renaissance spoon. Should you happen to meet a mer maid, she will, according to legend, tell you all about your future in ex change for a gift. Whether Junior has to brush up on his mythical creatures for a school assignment, or you want to check the kind of dog you just saw run down the street, the "Trade-marks" of Nature ads come in handy. Many students, teachers and nature lovers are clipping them for ready reference. 13 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY - . ETHYL P Knowing the answers to these Ethyl Quiz questions won't necessarily hit the jackpot on a quiz show and put you into a higher income tax bracket. o 0 1. The flag waves over the entrance of the Ethyl Corporation: (a) Medical and Personnel Build ing in Baton Rouge. (b) Gasoline Testing labs in North Kansas City. (c) Research labs in Detroit. 2. C. P. (Spike) Speaker stows away typical equipment: (a) For a weekend of fishing in Northern Michigan. (b) Carried by Ethyl safety en gineers. (c) For towing a car out of a deep mud rut. 3. Early in 1948, a delivery of "Ethyl" antiknock compound was made by the first tank truck to roll out of: (a) West Coast field terminal at Wilmington, Calif. (b) Baton Rouge plant. (c) Tulsa Gas Testing lab. 4. Researcher George Thomson at the Detroit labs uses these models to: (a) Calculate molecular moments of inertia in fundamental re search studies. (b) Portray graphically molecular structure of lead oxide. (c) Plan toys for children. For answers to < ETC 12288 :E QUIZ However, if you can identify six or more pictures, you may count your self "in the know" about your Com pany and its different operations. 5. With this simple apparatus, it is possible to: (a) Test valve spring stiffness. (b) Stamp out small engine parts. (c) Measure amount of weight automobile seat springs can support. 6. This portable analyzer is new and easy to use for: (a) Measuring minute quantities i. ) of lead in the atmosphere. ] (b) Determining alcoholic content j ? | of perfumes. (c) Testing purity of drinking water. 7. The glow of heat reflects on the face of this Detroit "girl in white" as she: (a) Puts an egg on the stove to poach in the cafeteria. (b) Sterilizes delicate surgical in struments. (c) Tests gum content of fuels. 8. When you see these huge fans, you know they are: (a) Used for air-conditioning the New York offices. (b) Cooling towers at the Baton Rouge plant. (c) Part of a system for removing cooking odors from cafeteria kitchens. 'ns, see page 24. Tucker Dawson Congratulations go in all directions as four Ethyl men celebrate 20 years of service with the Company. There were few Saturdays off for fishing when Tucker Dawson began his career with Ethyl in the Gasoline Testing laboratory back in 1929. The lab was then located in an old garage building on Burgundy Street in New Orleans. E. R. (Andy) Anderson, now in New York Manufacturing, was laboratory manager. There were two technicians--Tucker and Dave David son, now of Automotive Research, Detroit. Working hours were most uncertain, and it wasn't at all unusual for everyone to work on Saturdays and Sundays. In 1931, the lab was moved to Baton Rouge and Andy, Tucker, and Dave carried on their work in an up-to-date laboratory. Tucker is a Mississippian born and 16 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY tended Tulane for a year, then was graduated from Mississippi State in 1927 with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Before joining Ethyl, he did two years of analytical work with the Department of Agriculture's Bu reau of Entomology at Tallulah, La. Tucker started with Ethyl as a chem ist and in 1937 was appointed labora tory manager of the Gasoline Testing lab at Baton Rouge. When he and wife Evelyn were helping to organize the first square dancing club in Baton Rouge, Tucker volunteered to pinch-hit till a caller could be found. He's been in popular demand ever since and has called at dances for the U.S.O., Baton Rouge Recreation Center, and LSU Faculty club. He's a member of the Ethyl Management club, and the Stardusters, Entre Nous, Quadrille and Swing-Your-Partner dance clubs. He also belongs to the American Chem ical Society and the Rotary club. On Saturdays and Sundays, Tucker can usually be found with his three children wandering around City Park Lake catching crawfish or angling for perch. The fishing ability of his off spring--Teddy, 13, Tally, 11 and Levin, 7--offers tough competition. In his 20 years with Ethyl, Richard C. Murphy has seen a lot of country. When Dick first started with the Company in 1929, he was assigned to Baltimore to conduct meetings for Standard Oil of New Jersey. Later Standard of New York began market ing "Ethyl" gasoline and Dick was shifted to New England to hold meet ings for their sales personnel. He moved to the old Atlanta divi sion to assist in a Pan American Oil ^Company campaign and, upon its Completion, returned to the New York territory. He was appointed assistant manager of the former New York division in 1935 and manager in ?June, 1936. Bonaventure and Cornell. Before join ing Ethyl, he spent a year in Wall Street with the National City Bank. Dick now lives in Bedford Village, N. Y., with wife Mary and the three youngMurphys--Shelby, 13,and twins Dick and Meredith, 11. He is a mem ber of the Cornell club and the New York Oil Trades association. Matthew A. Taylor celebrates his 20th year with Ethyl back in his native New York. Mat started with In 1941, he became western regional manager in charge of the Chicago, Kansas City, Tulsa, Los Angeles and Seattle divisions. When the sales de partment was reorganized in 1945, he became eastern area sales manager, and in 1947 eastern regional manager. ) A native New Yorker, Dick was bom in Olean. He graduated from Olean High school and attended St. Richard C. Murphy Matthew A. Taylor the Company as a field representative in St. Louis in 1929 and was then transferred to Chicago. For 14 years-- 1931 to 1945--he ran the Boston divi sion office and when that was closed, went down to manage the newly 17 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY ETC 12291 opened Philadelphia office. Two years ago he was brought to New York as Eastern regional operations manager. Born in New York, Mat attended Brooklyn College and Stevens Insti tute of Technology in Hoboken, re ceiving his degree as a mechanical engineer in 1922. He worked in the public utility field as a mechanical engineer and field engineer for seven years before joining Ethyl. While in Boston, Mat was section chairman of the local Society of Auto motive Engineers. During his Phila delphia stay he was a member of the world-famed Poor Richard club. Whenever the weather is good on weekends, Mat keeps busy with his camera. He specializes in color pho tography and has some beautiful movies to show as a result of his efforts--Taylormade and tops. His family of four--Carol, 16, Mary Elizabeth, 15, Patsy, 10, and Butch (Matthew) 9--provide the action. Mat, his wife Gertrude and family James M. Terrell now live in New Rochelle, New York. Bulletin Board salutes one of its own correspondents this month as James M. Terrell, of San Bernardino, celebrates his 20th anniversary with Ethyl. When asked about his Ethyl career, Jim said he "started as a school boy out of chemistry class at 16 and grew up with Ethyl Corp." Jim was born in Aberdeen, S. Dak., and later moved to Omaha, Nebr. While attending Omaha Technical High School, he worked part-time as general handy man at the Ethyl Test ing lab, then located in Omaha. After graduating in 1929, he continued as a helper until the lab was moved to North Kansas City. He then became swing man between the GDS room and the engine room. In 1936, he took over the entire duties of the GDS room. Chemistry classes at the Uni versity of Kansas City kept Jim busy evenings and helped him in his work. Jim is now a technician at the San Berdu Testing labs. Traveling is Jim's favorite spare time occupation. This year he's look ing forward to trying out his new house trailer on an extended vacation tour all along the Pacific Coast to Canada. Jim is also keenly interested in music--even makes his own record ings. Baseball is his favorite sport. Jim married a Kansas City girl, and he and Bernice now live in San Ber nardino with their four daughters-- Janice, 15, Carolyn, 12, Phyllis (Jill), 7, and Andrea (Suzy Q), almost 2. Four more Ethylites marked their fifth year with Ethyl in May. They are: Dorothy Callahan and Ger trude Schrader, New York Finance; William O. Van Wyck, Jr., Los Angeles Sales; and Jack H. Webster, San Bernardino Engineering Research. ETC 12292 A Creamy Favorite Luscious angel cream pie makes ' wonderful spring eating when appe tites crave something new and extra good. Flaky pastry, custard-like fill- j ing, smooth with whipped cream, is topped with grated sweet chocolate. 1 teaspoon gelatine 1 tablespoon cold water ]4 cup suqar 2 tablespoons cornstarch teaspoon salt 1 cup milk, scalded 3 egg yolks, well beaten 1 tablespoon butter 1H teaspoons vanilla 1 cup heavy cream, whipped 1 baked pie shell 1 ounce sweet chocolate, grated Soak gelatine in cold water. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Add to scalded milk in double boiler, cook until thick and smooth, then cook 15 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Stir small amount of mixture into egg yolks, return to double boiler, cook a few minutes longer. Add gelatine. Add butter. Cool thoroughly. Add vanilla. Courtesy Spry Kitchens Fold in whipped cream. Pour into baked pie shell. Sprinkle with choco late. Chill until serving time. Both glamorous and nourishing, this pie is sure to make a hit with special company as well as the family. Quick Clean-up It's May and the out-of-doors is beckoning. To save steps and time when doing household chores which absolutely have to be done, keep cleaning equipment in one cupboard or closet ready for immediate action. Can-packaged items are easily stored, non-breakable and keep their contents from deterioration. It's a good idea to convert an old shopping or picnic basket into a cleaning basket. In it, small brushes, dust cloths and clean ing and polishing preparations may be easily carried from room to room. Use special cleaning aids such as glass wax preparations, self-polishing floor wax and Venetian blind cleaning solu tion to save elbow work and gain hours for working in the garden or taking a leisurely walk in the park. 19 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC 12293 r )! / ( l! i; k Ruby Ferial Stephanie Ciul, nurse at the Detroit labs, was co-chairman of the Publicity and Program Printing com mittee for the conference of the Amer ican Association of Industrial Nurses. The conference was held April 5 through April 9 in conjunction with the convention of the American Asso ciation of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, at the Book Cadillac Hotel, in Detroit. John P. Dooher, assistant secre tary of Ethyl-Dow Chemical Com pany, has been appointed chairman of the Federal Tax committee of the Controllers' Institute of America. Jack has been a member of the Federal Tax committee for almost a year and is also a member of the Admissions committee of the Controllers' Insti tute. On May 3, he participated in a panel discussion of the Institute. 20 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY Ruby Fertal, cafeteria manager! at the Detroit labs, was chosen onej of the delegates to attend the 31st; conference of the midwestern region i of the American Federation of Sorop-i timist clubs in Lima, Ohio, on April1 23 and 24. Ruby is a member of the Soroptimist club in Femdale. Dan Guy, head of the Agricul tural section of Tech Service, was one of the featured speakers at the April 12 meeting of state secretaries of the National Retail Farm Equipment Association in New Orleans. Dan spoke on "Mechanization of Agricul ture." Earlier in the month, Dan told the Howell (Mich.) Rotary Club all about chemurgy. Stephen G. Henry, manager of the plant and employee services sec tion at Baton Rouge, was among the alumni receiving special recognition at the annual LSU Honors Day con vocation held on April 27. Steve is a Major General, U.S.A., retired. He was cited for his work in organizing and establishing the Armored Forces school at Fort Knox, Ky., where he was former commandant, and "as a great soldier, humanist, officer, admin istrator and educator." Frank Roe, of Baton Rouge De velopment, spoke on the subject of "Infra Red Gas Analyzers for Process Control" at a meeting of the Baton Rouge Instrument Society held at LouisianaStateUniversityonMarch 2 5. ETC 12294 John Schaefer, vice president in charge of manufacturing and traffic, was unanimously re-elected a member of the board of directors of the Lead Industries association at the annual meeting in Chicago. During the twoday meeting held April 8 and 9, he took part in a panel discussion on the outlook for some of the more im portant lead products. Paul Thompson and George Thomson, Detroit Chem labs' nature experts, are spending some busy Spring days making public appear ances. On April 9, Paul gave a talk in Dan M. Guy ^3 Paul Thompson and George Thomson the WWJ auditorium (Detroit) on "Leelanau--the Little Finger of Mich igan." He illustrated his talk with kodachrome slides he had taken of the picturesque Glen Lake area. George recently gave members of the Michigan Association for Native Plant Protection a glimpse of other vistas when he showed colored slides with his lecture on "The Rockies in July." He has also been asked to be a judge at the Michigan Salon of Nature Photography in Detroit. Paul and George spend lunch hours looking for nature specimens and have discovered 336 species of flowers in the grove in back of the labs. Cal Worrel, of the Chemical Re search labs, Detroit, has been named to serve as the vice-chairman of the Hos pitality committee for the Detroit sec tion of the American Chemical Society. 21 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC 12295 Joe Weaver, Detroit Dynamometer, is giving wile Jerry some keen competition with the needle. He's been spending the winter doing needlepoint chair covers for their dining room in a soft shade of green. The needle* point bag he made for Jerry was, much to Joe's surprise, given a valuation of $150. "Argyles? They're nothing," says knitting expert Edith Bryant, Detroit Dynamometer. Edith finds it hard to keep up with requests of her friends for the fluffy little dogs she crochets in her spare time. She also knits sweaters like this one with patterns which she adapts from Appalachian designs. Hobnobbing With Hobbies Nita Eskuri, Detroit Dynamometer, shows some of the china she has painted. The plates are from the tea set which she has almost com* pleted. Nita holds one of the exquisite fig* urines she has done, and the pin she is wear* ing is one of the many pieces of dainty jew elry she has decorated with her clever brush. While her husband studies to finish college, Stella Shafer, secretary to Frank Fricker, Detroit, spends her time painting china and fashioning Chinese gardens. Stella also dec* orates small figurines like the Chinese man and woman shown here. The covered dish and lamp are among her other decorating projects. | j ETC 12296 Seven New Citizens It's a boy for Helen and Jim Bell, :hemical operator in Detroit Chem Research. The newcomer, Karl Owen, weighed seven lbs. 14 oz. when he arrived on February 24. Ernie Clinton, technician at the Detroit Chem lab, is hearing about some different formulas these days. On April 3, Ernie's wife Catherine gave birth to their first child Kathleen Ann, Iweight 7 lbs. 14i/2 oz. There's a pink blanket on the crib at the Al Gassmans. A1 and Mary welcomed daughter Ann Marie on February 11. Brother John, age 3, is pretty pleased, too. Al is a chemist at I the Detroit Chem labs. ? When she gets a little older, Pamela ; Ruth, newest member of the family of Corona and Wilson Hancock can make a fourth at bridge with her two brothers, W. MacKenzie (Mac), age . 8, and BOrucnee, agae n7,danOd sniseter Susan, I aMgeo4t.lePyameMlaowragsabnoarn, oansMsisatracnht 1to8 patent attorney Ken Swartwood at the Detroit labs, married Margaret Smart, of Detroit, on March 5 at Colorado Springs, Colo. After honey mooning at Cripple Creek, Morley and Peggy are now at home in Farmington, Mich. Kitty Weiss and Rex Closson, both chemists at the Detroit labs, prove there's romance in chemistry. On April 2, they announced their engagement at a party for a small group of relatives at Kitty's home in Detroit. Wedding plans are indefinite . and no date has yet been set. at Women's Hospital in Detroit. Wils is head of the fuel handling section at the Detroit labs. Jim and Theodora Hinkamp now have potential talent for a brother and sister duet. On March 15, they became parents of their first daughter, Joan. Little Jim, Jr. is 3. Big Jim is a re search chemist in the Detroit Chem laboratories. Steven Reimold made his first appearance on April 7 at the Florence Crittenton Hospital in Detroit, weigh ing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. Papa Andy and wife Mary also have two daughters-- Ellen, 5, and Lee, 3. Andy is employee relations manager at the Detroit labs. The Guerden Ludlows became par ents of a baby girl on February 16, whom they have named Claire Reis. Her mother is the former Marjorie Reis, who left Ethyl last April after seven years with us at the Yonkers lab and in the Eastern Region Sales office. The Shift Key George A. Brum has been trans ferred from the Hudson Street ware house in New York to the Chrysler Building' offices, where he is now in charge of the stationery stock room. Bulletin Board correspondent Jim Donohue makes news himself this month. He has been transferred from Ethyl-Dow Finance to the Ethyl Tax department. New York. Formerly with the Tax department, Margy Quinn is now working with Emily Whitfield in New York Mimeo graph. Margy recently took time out for the arrival of her first son, William Patrick, who is now 4 months old. 23 BULLETIN BOARD --MAY ETC 12297 -I i i i J .J Answers to Picture Quiz 1. (c) Research labs in Detroit. The Motor City was selected for the site of the principal Ethyl Research labo ratories as it not only offered the best possible opportunity for contact and cooperative effort with the automo bile industry, but also the greatest advantage to the customer companies because of the liaison which labora tories so located would provide be tween the oil and automobile indus tries. 2. (b) Carried by Ethyl safety engineers. In order to protect the employees of Ethyl customers as well as Ethyl's own employees, Ethyl safety engineers travel about to refin eries and storage plants to give in struction and to supervise blending operations and cleaning of tanks in which gasoline containing Ethyl Anti knock compound has been stored. 3. (a) West Coast field terminal at Wil mington, Calif. Part of a program by which Ethyl Corp. is increasing its distribution and storage facilities in order to speed its service to customer companies, the Wilmington terminal is almost an exact duplicate of the East Coast terminal at Edge Moor, Del. 4. (a) Calculate molecular mo ments of inertia in fundamental re search studies. Atomic models such as these help in probing into the innum erable complex combinations of hy drocarbons for gasolines and th various types of lubricants. 5. (a) Test valve spring stiffness. One of the many pieces of equipment for routine inspec tion of small engine parts, this valve testing device is used in furthering engineering research. 6. (a) Measuring minute quantities of lead in the atmosphere. A recent contribution by the Development section, in coopera tion with the Ethyl Safety division, is this lead analyzer which satisfactorily answers the basic question, "Is it safe to work in a particular atmosphere without protective equipment?" 7. (c) Tests gum content of fuels. To main tain the high standards of "Ethyl" gasoline, the amount of gummy mate rials contained in gasoline is carefully checked. 8. (b) Cooling towers at the Baton Rouge plant. These towers are required in Ethyl Chloride area opera tions and form part of the water system used all throughout the plant. On the cover: Steve Henry (see page 20) starts oft the ERA intramural softball season at Baton Rouge on April 11 with a beautiful hit--right back to the pitcher! It was a one-twc-three play with Clint Bond, resident manager, throwing a strike, Steve hitting a fast one back to the pitcher, and a quick catch that put the batter out. There are 15 teams participating in the two leagues--American and National. Each of the teams has been allotted complete uniforms and playing equipment. Both diamonds-- Weller Avenue and 23d Street--are in top condition with well-marked fields, excellent backstops and good bleachers for the fans. Thad Bridges, president of the ERA softball committee, says that he expects this to be the biggest year yet for ERA intramural softball. 24 BULLETIN BOARD-- MAY ETC 12298 Paul Cahill is new tax assistant in N. Y. Finance. He received his A.B. from Fordham, L.L.B. from NYU in Feb. 1948. It took the Army to move Paul away from his native Brooklyn--he spent 3 years in the Pacific with the field artillery. Tops among his favorite recreations are swimming, dancing, sports and music. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi, N. Y. Young Republican, N. Y. Ath letic, and Mermaid Tavern Literary clubs. Marguerite Smith, clerk-typist in New York Public Relations, is an inveterate collector of souvenirs from the various states she visits, theater programs, and menus from in teresting restaurants. Peggy was born in Brooklyn, attended school in East Cleveland, Ohio, then returned to Brooklyn to graduate from Ft. Hamilton high school. She enjoys all kinds of sports--particularly horseback riding, playing tennis, bowling and swimming. l i New New Yorkers i Thomas Prendergast is the newest member Clare Lewis, editorial assistant on the BB, of the internal auditing section of New York hails from Mass. After 2 years of college, Finance. Born in Paola, Kans., he attended she worked in Boston till the war. Then she Trinity College at Hartford, Conn., and re joined the Navy to see the world and saw ceived the degree of bachelor of naval sci Washington, D.C. as a yeoman and spare-time ence in mechanical engineering from Tufts assistant editor of the WAVES paper. Clare College in Feb. 1946. Before joining Ethyl returned to Boston U. and received her B.S. he worked for Burroughs Adding Machine Co. in 1948. She won honorable mention in a Tom is now studying for his M.B.A. degree VOGUE contest and came to N. Y. to write at NYU business administration school. publicity. Hobbies include sewing and music. 25 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY J j ETC 12299 Glen Grant Trains Future Farmers Cooperating with educators and oil and tractor men, Ethyl Corporation helped put on a three-day tractormaintenance course for the 4-H Club of Idaho early in March. Jeff Bessire, field engineer and account representa tive of the Seattle sub-office, worked with representatives of the Utah Oil Refining Company, the University of Idaho and several tractor companies in making arrangements for the school. Glen Grant, Ethyl fleet engineer, was one of the professors. Leaders of 4-H clubs throughout southern Idaho attended the school, which was held in Boise on March 2, 3 and 4. The 34 leaders who came, went back home to their own 4-H county headquarters and passed along what they had learned to the members of their various clubs. The Boise school was headed by D. E. Warren, Idaho State 4-H Club leader of the University of Idaho, and E. M. Hubbard, of the Utah Oil Re fining Company. Our Glen Grant was scheduled to present films and talks explaining carburetion and engine maintenance difficulties which might cause valve failures. This he did, and also, pinch-hitting for a man from Champion Spark Plug who was in the hospital, he presented material on the ignition system and spark plugs. Classes were held in the Idaho Power Company building and demonstra tions were given at the local Interna tional Harvester Company dealer shop. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas'Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green, Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photogra pher), Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips: New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapiey, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing: Chris Bruhl. r 26 BULLETIN BOARD--MAY ETC 12300 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president and Treasurer Richard Si. Page, Secretary, Marceline Marquis, Editor \ THE UNCOMMON MAN by Herbert Hoover i i ecently, in my opinion, there has been too much talk about R the Common Man. It has been dinned into us that this is the Century of the Common Man. The idea seems to be that the Common Man has come into his own at last. Thus we are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity. But there is at least one hopeful sign: I have never been able to find out who this Common Man is. In fact, most Americans, and especially women, will get mad and fight if you try calling them common. This is hopeful because it shows that most people are holding fast to an essential fact in American life. We believe in equal opportunity for all, but we know that this includes the opportunity to rise to leadership--in other words, to be uncommon. Let us remember that the great human advances have not been brought about by mediocre men and women. They were brought about by distinctly uncommon people with vital sparks of leader ship. Many of the great leaders were, it is true, of humble origin, but that alone was not their greatness. It is a curious fact that when you get sick you want an uncommon doctor; if your car breaks down you want an uncommonly good mechanic; when we get into war we want dreadfully an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. I have never met a father and mother who did not want their children to grow up to be uncommon men and women. May it always be so. For the future of America rests not in mediocrity, but in the constant renewal of leadership in every phase of our national life. Reprinted (rota THIS WEEK M9xina, Copyright 1949 by the United Newepepere Magazine Corporation. Printed in U.S.A. ETC 12301 tlOt' 12302 etc Ethyl BULLETIN BOARD JUNE, 1949 Forever and Ever (See page 36) --~xl ETC 12303 J THE BEST BUY BY THEY PAGE 8 LEISURE UNLIMITED PAGE lO *r**?**-p*'y*?w?. S^ORs p4rs*Tl*AM Zfl>VTC m OUT IN fRONT PAGE 18 yOUR VACATION PAGE 14 *T ^TNYL** f*Ate> airways ro* A** p'?ADwA ys -// wrEi happy// PAGE 37 *5 ETC 12304 Medical Director Robert A. Kehoe and Vice President Graham Edgar received high tribute for their contiibution to the growth and devel opment of the Company on the occasion of their 25th Ethyl anniversaries celebrated this month. They were honored guests at a luncheon given by the President at the River club in New York on June 10. Here President Shea (stand ing) presents a certificate of service and 25-year pin to Dr. Kehoe (center). Looking on (right) are Graham Edgar and J. A. Costello. Other guests included representa tives of the Medical depart } ment and New York office. i Jane brings six important milestones of benzene hexachloride, new agricul to Ethyl people throughout the Com tural chemical for insect pests, to pany. Two--Graham Edgar and Dr. Ethyl's list of products. Still others will Robert A. Kehoe--this month join be added as a result of the continuing our 25-year club, bringing the total search for new petroleum additives (in membership to five. (Other members addition to tetraethyl lead) and other are Pat Harding, Bob Jordan and chemicals on the part of the Prod Harry Mack.) Walter Bauer, Harold ' uct Development staff and their Chalk and Ethel Dieckman round mentor. out 20 years of loyal service and Graham Edgar was born in Fa Rudy Williams, 15. yetteville, Ark. After taking a B.S. Vice President Graham Edgar, from the University of Kentucky and : whose memories go back to the days a Ph.D. from Yale, he undertook the 1 of General Motors Chemical (pre job of teaching chemistry to students decessor to Ethyl) in Dayton, is at the University of Virginia, and | chiefly concerned these days with the later at California Institute of Tech development of new products and nology. While in California, at the long-range planning for the Company. height of World War I, he was called As manager of the Product Develop to Washington to serve on the staff of ment department, he was largely the National Research Council and responsible for the addition last Fall also as consulting chemist with the 3 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12305 Graham Edgar Ordnance Department of the Army. At war's end Graham Edgar re turned to the University of Virginia and his teaching career, which he pursued until 1924. He then joined the research staff of General Motors Chemical Company in Dayton, Ohio. When the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation was formed in August 1924, he be came director of research. During the early days of premium gasoline, there was no consistently accurate method of measuring the antiknock quality of fuels. To solve this problem, Research Director Ed gar originated the octane scale which is now used throughout the world as a measure of antiknock value in fuels. Graham Edgar was elected vice president of Ethyl Corporation in 1932 and the following year he became a vice-president of Ethyl-Dow Chem ical Company. When the New Prod ucts committee was reorganized in early 1946, he was appointed chairman 4 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE and took over his present job as head of the Product Development depart ment in November, 1947. The Edgars--Dr. and Mrs.--live in Bronxville, N. Y. Their only daughter Nancy became the bride of Warren Fales on May 7 and has just returned from a honeymoon in Sea Island, Ga. Dr. Robert A. Kehoe's 25th anni versary with Ethyl follows close upon the heels of his winning the William S. Knudsen award for outstanding serv ice and achievements in industrial medicine (see May BB, p. 6). The broad vision and scientific approach that won for him this highest award of the American. Association of Indus trial Physicians and Surgeons is largely responsible for Ethyl Corpora tion's outstanding record of safety in the manufacture and distribution of tetraethyl lead. When Ethyl's Medical department was founded, Dr. Kehoe became its first director and has continued in that post ever since. Under his direction, the Company's safety policy was es tablished and has been maintained with an enviable record. j Ohio-born, Dr. Kehoe has traveled to many parts of the world as a con sultant on industrial health problems, but has always kept his roots close to his native state. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, he is now head of the University's department of Preventive Medicine and Indus trial Health. He is also director of the Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology, internationally famous for its research in industrial toxicology. In 1920, just after he received his M.D., he married Lucile Marshall, from his home town of Georgetown, Ohio. The Kehoes have one daughter. 1 ETC 12306 ! \ Walter Bauer 20 Years Walter Bauer's special talents as a machinist have been put to good use : for Ethyl ever since he joined the staff at our Yonkers lab in 1929. Under the direction of Graham Edgar and George Calingaert, he turned out much of the tailor-made equipment for Chem Re search before that department moved ^ to Detroit. In recent years, he has i been building and repairing equip ment for the Gasoline Testing division.1 j When the first safety show went on j the road several years ago, Walter j made many of the ingenious, eye| appealing props used. He also worked i on the fittings for the trunks in which the equipment was carried. A native of Yonkers, Walter worked as a machinist for the Otis Elevator Company and other local firms before starting with Ethyl. He also played trombone in several orchestras at RKO and Publix theaters and in bands of the 22nd N. Y. Engineers, < the 10th N. Y. Regiment of Mount Vernon and the naval training ship Granite State. Music still tops his spare-time in terests, along with gardening and civic affairs. For many years he has been a vestryman at St. John's Episcopal church in Yonkers. He is active in Boy Scout work and since 1945 has served on a troop committee. Walter and his wife Lillian live in Yonkers and have two daughters, Irma and Audrey, and one grandson. Grandson Gary shares Walter's inter est in finding out what things are made of--he just loves to take grandpa's gadgets apart. Since the day after he received his master's degree in engineering from the University of Michigan 20 years ago, Harold Chalk has been an Ethyl research engineer. After working sev eral months with Graham Edgar in the old Yonkers lab, he moved to De- Harold Chalk 5 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE troit, where he' has been in the Re search labs for the past 19 years. Harold was bom in Marlette, Mich, and was graduated from Northwestern High School in Detroit. After attend ing Wayne University for one year, he transferred to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and received his B.S. and M.S.E. in 1929. Last year Harold attended sailing classes to learn the technicalities of tacking and reaching. He spent the summer of 1948 putting his book learning into practice and looks for ward to more sailing days on sunny weekends this summer. When he's not coaxing sailing power out of each passing breeze, Harold works in his garden. During the winter months, he likes to go skiing. Harold, his wife Margaret and their family--Julian, IS, Sylvia, 13 and David, 9--live in Birmingham, Mich. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Detroit Engineering Society. Ethel Dieckman, who celebrates her 20th anniversary with Ethyl Cor poration this month, is supervisor of statistical typists in the N. Y. Finance department. Located on the 34th floor of the Chrysler building, her office overlooks the East River and the site where the future home of the United Nations will be built. After receiving her high school edu cation from St. Patrick's Cathedral High in midtown Manhattan, Ethel graduated from Bankers Business School. She came to Ethyl Corpora tion from Standard Oil of New Jersey, now Esso Standard. A bowling enthusiast during the Fall and Winter, she switches to gar dening and golf in the warmer months. Ethel and her husband have just moved from Flushing to a new home in New Hyde Park, Long Island, and are now very busy landscaping the yard. They have planted lots of rose bushes--Ethel's favorite flower-- and also have a vegetable garden. 6 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE IS Years Although his headquarters are at Edge Moor, Del., R. F. Williams has a transcontinental job. Rudy, as superintendent of terminals, directs the operations of Ethyl's Wilmington, Calif, and Edge Moor, Del. terminals from which shipments of "Ethyl" antiknock compound are made to our customers in their respective areas. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Rudy started his Ethyl career 15 years ago as a chemist in the Manufacturing department of the Deepwater, N. J. plant. In November 1939, he became assistant resident manager and continued in that posi tion until Ethyl's manufacturing oper- ETC 12308 Pa., Rudy married a Delaware girl. He and his wife Kathryn and their son, George (Butch), who is almost 9, live in Wilmington, Del. Rudy is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. A track man in his school days, Rudy is now a spectator sports fan. 5 & 10 Years Two Ethylites rounded the 10-year milestone this month. They are Vir ginia A. McGuire, Law Department, N. Y. and Gordon W. Wilcox, Engineering, Detroit. Black and gold 5-year pins were Rudy Williams presented to Ralph S. Clark, N. Y. Public Relations; Elizabeth S. ations were concentrated at the Baton Mergner, N. Y. General Files; Rouge plant. On January 1. 1948, James C. Hughes, Detroit Engineer r Rudy took over his present job. ing; and Carol E. Simcock, San ) Born and reared in Minersville, Bernardino Engineering Research lab. I !*vtST m us s*whs Mfvrsr m us. SAwm$ toms /#vtsr m us SAmtts toms Gas Tax Protest Louisiana service station operators observed "Black Tuesday" on June 7 in protest against the nation's highest state gasoline tax. This day of mourn ing in behalf of gasoline customers marked the end of a full year under total state and federal taxes of 10 He a gallon. Customers were greeted with crepe-draped gas pumps, posters and black-edged "condolence" cards on which they could sign a protest against the high tax. Customer re sponse was enthusiastic and service station men said this day of mourning will be observed annually until the tax is lowered. New Tax Exemptions The cards are chemically stacked in the case of little Ann Elizabeth Burt, born May 10, weighing seven lbs. 1 oz. Her parents, Bill and Janet (Terry) Burt were both research chemists at the Ethyl labs in Detroit. From now on, however, Janet is going to concentrate on baby formulas and home making. Jimmy Hughes, a research engineer at the Detroit labs, and his wife Barbara, are parents of a baby girl, bom May 11, weighing seven lbs. 5 oz. Little Patricia is number two for the Hugheses--their first, a son, Har old, is now one-and-a-half years old. 7 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE ETC 12309 API Marketers Hear Julian Frey: The Plus in Premium Gasoline Julian J. Frey The average motorist who spends $1.07 extra during a month for pre mium gasoline obtains many more benefits than he may realize, Sales Manager Julian Frey toldi members of the American Petroleum Institute Marketing Division in St. Louis on May 10. - "This additional cost of $1.07 for the average premium gasoline user," he said, "is not so much an expense as a wise investment." Discussing the need for premium gasoline our sales manager said that about half of all the cars on the road require premium gasoline for knockfree performance. This estimate, he said, is based upon recent investiga- 8 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE tions into the fuel requirements of the car population as well as research studies of the various factors that determine these requirements. "We all know, in general," Julian declared, "the importance of pre mium gasoline to cars. The compres sion ratios of present-day automobile engines are such that gains in power can be realized in most cases, provided engines are adjusted to take advan tage of premium gasoline." But, Julian continued, the motorist receives a number of additional bene fits. "For one thing," he said, "he gets some increase in mileage. How much of an increase will depend on the fuel requirements of his car and the type of driving. "Furthermore, his car will start easier and warm up faster in cold weather. This may save a towing charge or put off the purchase of a new battery. "Then, too, he has a better running engine which will produce more power and is protected against knock. "Finally, the premium gasoline user gets satisfaction out of it. His $2,500 automobile may be exactly the same as his neighbor's--but with premium gasoline, it runs better, has a faster pickup, produces more power, and even represents a safety factor when he's passing another car on the highway. "These are some of the benefits the motorist buys with the small addi tional charge for premium gasoline," Julian declared. Discussing the cost of gasoline, he said, "It is sometimes argued that ETC 12310 K two cents a gallon extra the motor ist pays increases his fuel bill by as much as 10%. This is not a valid comparison, because the motorist's fuel bill, it has been estimated, ac counts for only about one-fifth of the total cost of operating an automobile. On this basis, it costs the motorist only 2% more to operate a car on premium gasoline. "The millions of car owners who buy J` premium gasoline, day in and day * out,'' he continued, "do so because X of the assurance of quality they re| ceive. Gasoline quality is as important i to them as the quality of everything they buy. They can buy a cheaper and equally nutritious piece of meat, ` a cheap pair of shoes, an inexpensive ' suit--all of these things serve their basic function. Yet, people want quality in gasoline, as in everything else, because of the personal satisfac tion they derive from its use. This preference for quality has been re peatedly borne out in surveys of motorists' buying habits.'' gasoline is much larger than had been popularly supposed." Explaining this broad need for premium gasoline, Julian pointed to three basic factors: 1) the increasing number of cars which are being de signed specifically for operation on premium gasoline; 2) the wide varia tion in octane requirements among automobiles of the same make and model; and 3) the higher octane requirements of the average car as it accumulates mileage. Looking ahead, Julian said that premium gasoline, which in recent years has accounted for between 31 % and 39% of all gasoline sales, would continue to play an essential role in automotive transportation. "We ap pear to be entering upon a new cycle of engine improvement," he said, "as a result of which a continuing demand for gasoline of high antiknock quality may be foreseen." Plaque for Armed Forces Aid Analyzing three independent sur Ethyl Corporation was recently hon veys conducted by Socony-Vacuum, ored by the Armed Forces Chemical l Shell and Ethyl, Julian said that, Association with a plaque awarded to ; when the results of these surveys are the Company "as an outstanding j applied to present-day gasolines, member of the organization." Vice l "these data indicate that only 30% President John Schaefer received the > to 50% of the present car population plaque on behalf of Ethyl. i will be free of knock on the current Col. Harry A. Kuhn, president of J regular grades of motor fuels." A the association, stated in a letter of more recent survey, he added, con- presentation that the plaque was a . ducted under the auspices of the "token of appreciation for your IS{ Coordinating Research Council, shows (Ethyl Corporation's) support and that the road octane requirements of cooperation." cars are in general even higher than The Armed Forces Chemical Asso had been previously reported. ciation is made up of chemical indus ^ "All of these surveys," he declared, j "demonstrate that the number of ' cars which can benefit from premium tries which cooperate with the armed forces to further development and improvement of chemistry in warfare. l9 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12311 Detroit "Retirees" were honored at a dinner in the Canterbury House on March 22. At the left foreground is Earl Bartholomew, general manager of the laboratories; three of the guests of honor are seated at the right---Mrs. Maude Wesley, loe (Pop) Mescher and Mike McGrath, and the fourth, Charles Mummert is across from them, flanked on the left by Frank Fricker and on the right by Mrs. Bartholomew and Ross Rife, social chairman of the Ethyl Society. At the end of the table is Chuck Hawley and next to him is Bill Burt, chairman of the Ethyl Society steering committee. The four guests were honored further at the meeting of the Ethyl Society which followed the dinner, and each was formally presented with a life membership in the club. j 4 Ii i First Group ol Employees t Retires Under New Pension Plan Farewell parties were held in De troit, San Bernardino, Kansas City and_ New York the end of March in honor of employees who were retiring. The new "Retirees" include four from Detroit, three from New York, one from Kansas City and one from San Bernardino. In the Detroit group were: Michael G. McGrath, guard, with about seven years of Ethyl service; Joseph E. Mescher, head of the Machine shop, who had been with us almost 25 years; Charles C. Mum mert, guard, just shy of 20 years' service; and Mrs. Maude Wesley, cafeteria cook, with nearly six years of service. The three New Yorkers who cast aside the routine of regular duties 10 BULLETIN BOARD-- JUNE were Robert O. Brown, of Finance, who celebrated his 20th Ethyl anni versary in 1946; Charles Finney, of Finance, with five years' service: and W. Cary Harris, office manager, with .15 years' service. In North Kansas City Jesse B. Marshall closed his Ethyl chapter after eight years as custodian of the Gasoline Testing laboratory and turned the page to new activities. First on his list is building a house. Still very active, he plans to build the house practically single-handed. From the San Bernardino Gasoline Testing laboratory, Charles R. Knight retired to his home on the Lazy K ranch in Badger Canyon, overlooking the San Bernardino valley. His own ------------ ETC 12312 atch of paradise contains a private Swimming pool, hunting grounds, xoves of citrus and other fruit trees, vith some good trout streams close by. Ethyl folk bid their associates good bye and happy days of leisure at farewell parties of various kinds. Pictures which were taken at some of the celebrations are shown be low and on the preceding page. Research laboratories "Retirees" received honorary life memberships in the Detroit Ethyl Society. Here is the one that was presented to Pop Mescher. DETROIT ETHYL SOCIETY HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP JOSEPH E. MESCHER, HAVING FULFILLED ThE QUALIFICATIONS FOR RETIREMENT FROM REGULAR MEMBERSHIP, IS HEREBY OESlGNATEO A LIFE MEMBER OF THE OETROIT ETHYL SOCIETY WITH The FULL PRIVILEGE of PARTICIPATING in all the social ACTIVITIES OF THIS SOCIETY ro* Tc STCCAIN6 COMMITTEE UOtU*r MARCH 22, 1949 Marshall wants to make sure it runs. This cket watch was given to him by associates the Test lab and Sales office in North msas City at a farewell party in his honor jJB's last day at the Testing laboratory. Charlie Knight cuts the cake at his farewell party in San Bernardino, while Dean Whitehead, Walter Rantanen, Dean Painter and Judy Schaub look on. Associates presented him with an automatic fishing rod and reel. ETC 12313 Announcing The Winnahs! Hollywood in Detroit--Andrews Sisters (Bill Hancock, Merrill Anderson and Ross Rife), and Bing Crosby (lack Bailie) sing a complicated arrangement of South America Take ItAway. Hollywood celebrities (Ethyl ver sion) provided surprise entertainment at the Detroit Ethyl Society's annual sports banquet and spring dance held on May 14 at the Forest Lake Coun try Club in Pontiac, Mich. Bing Crosby (in the person of Jack Bailie) and the Andrews Sisters (more fre quently identified as Bill Hancock, Merrill Anderson, and Ross Rife) sang two of their popular favorites. Recordings furnished the music while the Ethylites fitted actions to the words of South America Take It Away and Along the Navajo Trail. Thom Yates was master of cere monies. After reading the Roll Call of Champions--Ethyl people who had won various sports competitions at the Detroit labs during the past year--Thom presented the following trophies: Individual trophies to Hal Bean, Harold Faucher, George Clixby, Chuck Denzler and Late Willans as members of the winning men's bowling team; 12 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE to Wally Sherman for Class A high game and high series; to Ted Carron for Class B high game; and to Dick Bothwell for Class B high series. Manager Harry Prince accepted the trophy awarded to the Ethyl softball team for top honors in the 1948 Ferndale Old Timers League. Other names on the Roll Call of Champions include: Merrill Anderson. Class A high average bowler; Laurel Wilkinson, Class B high average bowler; Florence Held, high average, high series and high game female bowler; Veronica Grum, Kitty Weiss and Mary Carol Almen, members of winning Ethyl Girls' League bowling team. Ed Goller, Class A singles horseshoe champion; Idan Flaa, Class B singles horseshoe champion; Merrill Ander son and George Betker, horseshoe doubles champions; Dorry Rodenhouse, women's singles ping pong champion; Angie Colosimo and Ruth Simons, women's doubles ping pong champions; Merrill Anderson, men's singles ping pong champion; Bill D'Arcy and Roy Sugimoto, men's doubles ping pong champions; Kitty Weiss, champion female golfer; and Rollie Ostrander, champion male golfer. Others who took bows were Len Smith, who built a car to enter in this year's Indianapolis race (see page 38); George Betker, for staging the sports tournaments during the past year; and Ross Rife, 1948-49 Social Chairman, for arranging the Ethyl Society's meetings and events during the year. All aboard--"Pee Wee" Corteloni, of Plant and Employee Services, loads the electric train. More Than a Mile of Hot Dogs Refreshment stands had a busy day when almost 5000 Baton Rouge employees and their guests gathered for the annual Company picnic on Saturday, May 21, at Harding Field. Some 16,700 hot dogs, 400 gallons of punch, 10,80.0 cups of ice cream and 500 cases of coke were consumed by the record-breaking crowd. Young and old, there was fun for everyone--stage shows, pistol shoot ing contests, a hobby show, swimming, softball, train rides, contests, prizes, refreshments and dancing. Contests for children started at 10 a.m. and were held throughout the morning. At noon, the first stage show went on with a balancing act by three LSU students and Assistant Recreation Director Hewitt Gomez. Ventrilo quists and clowns were also on hand to add to the fun. Field and track events were held during the afternoon with everyone taking part and prizes for all win ners. Most exciting were the 50-yard dash for women, men's water-balloon throwing competition and the baby bottle contest for men and women. An all-star softball game, another stage show and, in the evening, danc ing in the Recreation Center to the music of Tommy Crews and his orches tra rounded out the day's activities. Contests for men drew a big audience. Water- balloon throwing proved especially popular. ETC 12315 In the top pictuie, President Shea presents Mr. Webb with a tribute irom his former associates-- a bound volume of more than 100 letters from men and women of the Ethyl Corporation. Below some of the men who attended the dinner in his honor are shown listening to Mr. Webb. They are clockwise from left: R. R. Faller, W. H. Hubner, R. M. Page, J. P. Farnham, C. W. Bond. C. R. Holton, H. W. Kaley, (E. W. Webb), E. L. Shea, W. M. Turnley, C. L. Smith, L. A. Monroe Graham Edgar, and S. T. Crossland. On the inside of the table, clockwise from left are the fol- lowing: Earl Bartholomew, Harry Kuhe, R. B. Weston, J. B. Macauley, R. C. Champlin, H. A. Savage, B. B. Turner, R. S. Charlton, F. I. McNally, M. P. Murdock. A number of other Ethy: men who are not shown in the picture attended the dinner at the invitation of Mr. Shea. Wednesday evening, May 4, marked a very sentimental journey into the past and future of Earle W. Webb, retired chairman of the Ethyl Board, and a group of his former associates who gathered at the River club in New York City. President Edward L. Shea paid tribute to Mr. Webb after a social hour and dinner, by pointing to two outstanding Webb attributes: 1) the tremendous, permanent impression of personal magnetism and ability that he left with all his business contacts, and 2) the able team of assistants which he gathered about him, traineJ and left to carry on. Mr. Shea com pleted his remarks by presenting tc Mr. Webb a bound volume of th< letters written to him at the time ol his retirement by men and women in the Ethyl Corporation. The volume is bound in oasis leather, hand tooled and appropriately titled. Mr. Webb was visibly affected by the tribute and gift, but as always, he arose to the occasion with a short speech of acceptance and greeting. 14 BULLETIN BOAJ^D -- JUNE ETC 12316 Dick and Mat Honored By Staff On May 15 back in 1929 two young Vice President Harry Kaley was there' men started to work as field engineers to present their Ethyl pins, emble for Ethyl Corporation in Baltimore. matic of their 20 years of faithful' Today these men--Dick Murphy and service. Mat Taylor--have adjoining offices in Other invited guests on hand for the Chrysler Building from which the party included Joe Costello, once they run the Eastern region, Dick as head of the old New York division, regional manager and Mat as opera now assistant general manager of tions manager (see May BB, p. 17). manufacturing; Art Acken, who was All the local members of the Eastern a field representative with the Eastern region gave a party to celebrate their region until a few months ago when he anniversary on May 16 I the 15 th fell took over a Lincoln-Mercury agency; on Sunday) at the Barclay hotel. and the wives of the honored guests. Portraits of Ethyl Colorful and appropriate art decorat Continental, Sinclair, Gulf, Phillips ing the walls behind the bar of the and Frontier. Denver Petroleum club includes the In addition, large photographs of insignias and trade-marks of various Ethyl installations are very much in oil companies and supply firms oper evidence on the walls of the club. Set I ating in the Rocky Mountain region. off by shadow-box frames, the pictures ) Prominently displayed in the center show an aerial view of the Baton / l panel is the black-and-gold "Ethyl" Rouge plant and two Ethyl employees trade-mark, surrounded by the trade in the main dynamometer room at marks of such good customers as the Detroit Research laboratories. Soon after the Ethyl pictures were hung at the Denver Petroleum club, Bob Douglass (r.) our account representative in the Denver area, was snapped discussing the equipment in the main dynamometer room of the Detroit Research labs (shown here) with H. Leslie Parker. An independent oil producer, Mr. Parker was one of the founders of the Denver Petroleum club. i ii ETC 12317 / i I i i Our doctors are photographed around the reception desk with members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Association, honor guests at Open House. From left: Drs. R. I. Robert; W. A. Dial; R. C. A. Bock, chief plant physician; D. Miller; J. W. Lane and C. L. Harris, Ethyl staff. Medical and Personnel Building Open House in Baton Rouge Nearly 1,000 Ethyl employees, their families and guests visited the Medical and Personnel building in Baton Rouge during the two-day Open House on April 23-24. One of the finest structures of its type in the country, the new building is designed to provide improved serv ices and facilities for the health and well-being of the more than 3,000 employees at the plant. Started two years ago, it was completed in Feb ruary and is now occupied by top Management, the Personnel group, the Finance department and the Medical department. The red-faced brick and hollow-tile exterior of this latest addition har monizes with the other new buildings nearby. Interior walls are pastel and floors are of asphalt tile or terrazo. All of its 100 rooms are air-condi tioned, have acoustical walls and ceilings and fluorescent lighting. Med ical offices and facilities include rooms for physiotherapy and electrocardio graph; taking and reading X-rays, first-aid and minor surgery; booths for eye, nose, throat and foot care; and a medical library and conference room. Offering free service 24 hours a day, with three wards for temporary hospitalization, the Medical depart ment is prepared to give complete or emergency treatment for occupational conditions and to assist in some other cases where medical care is needed. Now headquarters for approxi mately 150 employees, the building may be enlarged later. Provision was made during construction for future addition of a third story if needed. Mrs. A. H. Bingham Mrs.Marguerite Potter Bingham, wife of A. H. Bingham, account repre sentative in the Central region, died at their home in Cleveland, Ohio on May 13 of cancer. Burial services were held at Nashville, Mich, on May 16. Active pallbearers were Jim Boudreau, Wally Distler, Len Huxtable, Norm Linstromberg, Harry Mack and Lou Slack, all of the Central region. His friends at the Ethyl Corporation ex tend to A1 their sincere sympathy. 16 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE ETC 12318 ' Making its annual field trip to the Ethyl labs in Detroit on April 29, the Chemistry club of Hope College in Holland, Mich, is shown on tour with Jim Hinkamp (nearest the camera in the striped suit). Here he explains a piece of chemical research apparatus to the group..The students include Jim's brother Paul, standing far right (behind Jim's head). Jim received his A.B, from Hope College in 1940 and is now a research coordinator in the Chem laboratories. j On May 3, automotive engineering students from Michigan State College in East Lansing made a tour of our Detroit labs. Guide Jerry Stanke (extreme right), of Ethyl Road Test section, shows the students the labs' new General Motors high compression fuel test engine, which is one of about 30 or so such engines produced by GM to enable petroleum companies to conduct research on the fuels that will be required by the higher compression engines now being de veloped. This engine in the Ethyl labs can be operated at compression ratios up to 12 to 1, quite a jump over the average standard compression ratio of 6.8 to 1 for 1949 model cars. ETC 12319 Jim Bridges, Thad Bridges, Earl Johnson and Dan McDonald shot it out and won first place in the Baton Rouge city-wide pistol shooting competition held on April 9. Members of the Ethyl Recreation Association pistol team, the four men chalked up a total of 1096 points out of a possible 1200 to win over such competition as the Marine Corps League and the Sheriff's office. Firing will continue throughout the summer and Jim is in charge of scheduling dates for any teams who want to try outshooting our champs. Jim is an operator in the Ethyl Chloride Mannheim plant, Thad is a pipefitter in TEL, Earl and Dan are both in the TEL area. Harold Gibson, coordinator at the Detroit Research laboratories, was on the program at the summer meeting of the Society of Automotive Engi neers held June 5 to 10. Harold was on the panel which discussed "Mechan ical versus Chemical Octane Numbers and High Compression Engines" on the afternoon of June 7. Dan Gay, head of the Agricultural section of Tech Service, spoke at the Agricultural Engineering club's an nual banquet at Mich. State College, East Lansing. He discussed the industrialoutlook ofagricultural engineering. 18 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE Stephen G. Henry, manager of plant and employee services at Baton Rouge, and a member of the Honor able Order of Kentucky Colonels, was co-master of ceremonies at the Col onels' 13th annual Derby-Eve dinner held on May 6 in Louisville, Ky. Bill Corum, sports broadcaster and columnist for the N. Y. Journal Ameri can shared the emcee spot with Steve. Don Jennings, accountant in charge at the Detroit labs, has been named instructor of the American Speakers club's newest chapter in the Motor City. The Speakers club, which trains business and professional men and women in public speaking, now has Harold Gibson five chapters in Detroit. Professor Jennings is also secretary of the club and a member of the board. Fritz Mercer, one of our Eastern region field engineers, discussed pre mium grade motor fuels at May meetings of Esso sales personnel held at Asheville, Winston-Salem, Fayette ville and Charlotte, N. C. The four meetings were called to acquaint the ETC 12320 more than 1500 Esso' personnel in N. C. with the new Esso-Extra motor oil which was introduced on June 1. Bob O'Meara, of the Detroit Pur chasing section--with the traditional luck of the Irish--held the winning ticket in a recent fund-raising raffle sponsored by the University of De troit Student Council. As a result Bob now owns an Admiral-Ebony tele vision set. Robert R. Palmer, of the Baton Rouge Safety department, is so con vinced of the value of the film, "Miracle of Paradise Valley," that he has shown it to 33 groups outside the plant--all on his own time and at no expense to Ethyl. Although the film stresses safety on the farm, it tells in an interesting way the basic rules of safety. Over 4,500 people, including Ethyl employees, veterans' organiza tions, Parent-Teacher Associations, Baptists, Lions, high school students, foresters and others have seen the film in the past four months. F. M. Porch, a Baton Rouge safety engineer, is working with Patrolman J. H. Smith, Jr., supervisor of the school patrols, on a plan to show free movies to school safety patrol mem bers as an award for their accomplish ments of duty. Eight local theaters are cooperating in the plan. John H. Schaefer, vice president and general manager of manufactur ing, was elected to serve as 1949-50 president of the Industrial Research Institute at the annual Spring meet ing held May 23, 24 and 25 at Asbury Park, N. J. A member of the board of I.R.I. since 1946, he served last year as vice president and chair man of the program committee. Dick Sneed Dick Sneed, one of Ethyl's roving engineers, spoke to the Ferndale (Mich.) Rotary club on May 5. His subject was "Petroleum Around the World." San Wagner, Western regional man ager, has been elected a director of the Jonathan club of Los Angeles. Tops in men's clubs, the tycoons of the West Coast are listed on the Jonathan roster. Gilbert Way, technical represen tative for the Western region, spoke at the April 25 meeting of the Northern California section of the Society of Automotive Engineers in San Fran cisco. Gil was featured speaker of the evening and discussed "Factors Affect ing Octane Number Requirements." Thom Yates, public relations rep resentative at the Detroit Research laboratories, spoke at the All-Ethyl Day meeting of the Boulevard Shrine club. The meeting was held on May 13 in Detroit's Fisher building and, after a brief talk by Thom, the Ethyl film "The Long Road" was shown. 19 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE Harry Cottrell, Southern account represent** tive, John Rollins, safety engineer, Russ Schell, account representative, and Don Phipps, safety engineer, put their heads together to discuss this blueprint of a blending plant. Shirt sleeves were the style at the Dallas meeting.. Attentive and interested listeners here ore lack Macauley, John Watt, Clarence Kautx, Ray Falier, Carl Bartholomew (horn rims) Dick Sneed and Harry Hollingsworth. One of the most interesting features of the California meeting was the staging of a board meeting with the Ethylmen pictured here acting as officers and department heads of a dreamed* up oil company. Main topic of discussion at the meeting was where to buy their antiknock compound. It was pointed out that when buying "Ethyl'' fluid the company gets more than the product--it gets a package that includes all the services that only Ethyl Corporation with California Coni Series of Re With the regional meetings gaining momentum as they progressed, the third and fourth weer held last month in the Southern and Western regions to discuss the sales plans for 1949-50 map ped out by the regional managers at their February meeting in N. Y. Keen interest spurred by the challenge of sell ing the increased supplies of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds that will be available when the plant expansion program is completed, set a high tone of accomplishment at all meetings. The men of the Southern region met at the Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas May 10-13 and the Western region staff met the next week at the Arrow head Hot Springs Hotel in Calif. Sales Manager Julian Frey pre sented the sales plans and policy at both meetings and stressed the- im portance of current sales efforts in building for the future. ETC 12322 i 26 years oi experience is able to give. The sn oi the Western region who provided the Sion and the arguments in this fast-moving act at presented a summing up of the extras a cusoner gets when buying from Ethyl are, clockwise om left, Frank Elliott, Bill Van Wyck, Jeff Bessire, bn Chapman, Bob Mead, Jerry Lofquist, Ben enrose, Bo Weill, Ted Littlefield, Harry Maning, Scotty DuBose, Bill Sievert, Paul Harris, ick Cole, John Kcehnle and Glen Grant. \ nds Successful il Meetings ; Other members of management and specialists from New York, Detroit and Cincinnati presented the latest information on available supplies based on increased manufacturing : facilities at the Baton Rouge plant; ! predicted demands based on the upj ward trend in antiknock quality and i an increase of between 4% and 9%"| in gasoline demand; developments in ] high compression engine design; and trends in gasoline quality. The pro gram was similar to that of the two previous regional meetings held earlier in the Spring (see May BB p. 3). The Southern meeting was led by Regional Manager Harold Berg and Operations Manager Lou Shank and the Western meeting by Regional Manager San Wagner and Operations Manager Ray Wyrick. Both meetings closed on a high note of enthusiasm and all felt they were a great success. Jack Warner (standing), Southern account representative, Ed Muller, safety engineer, Tucker Dawson, manager oi the Baton Rouge Test lab, and Bill Newman, veteran safety engineer, collaborate on some calculations. Clarence Kaut'x, Central region held engineer, and Larry Reis, Southern account representa tive, enjoy a laugh. Clarence, who stayed in Chicago and held down the fort while the Central stall met, takes in the Southern session. ETC -V- . .y- Southern region sales session was held at the Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas, Tex., from May 10 to 13. Seated outside the tables, clockwise from left, are Clarence Kautz, Ray Faller, Roll Barnes, Jack Macauley, Don Phipps, Frank DeVore, Cliff Lenington, Frank Jobes, Bill Mundinger, Alan Tully, Mac Murdock, Harold Berg, Julian Frey, Lou Shank, Bob Jordan, Ed Muller, Hank Ball, Bruce Crane, Jake Balzer, Doug Jeppe, Grant Scott, Bill Newman, Tucker Dawson. Ed Hendrick, Harry Cottrell, Ellis Locher and Martin Alspaugh. Seated inside the tables, clockwise from left, Carl Bartholomew, Dick Sneed, Larry Reis, Jimmy Zars, Jack Laubach. Dale Miller, John Rollins, Jack Warner, John Watt, Harry Hollingsworth, Lynn Phillips George Hopkins, Russ Schell, Pres Barry, Charlie Rankin, Howard Gerber and Wallace Emery. % -:M .V.'vfv ` Ults AMAirsft J Mac Murdock, star Ethyl salesman, now turns his talents to the Mineral Bath Department. In view oi the unusual rain in Calil. he suggests health-giving baths as a substitute lor sun. Alan Tully, Southern region sales cooidinal talks over a customer's sales analysis ch with Frank Jobes (iar left), fleet engine and Bill Mundinger, account represented Earl Bartholomew, general manager of the Research laboratories, discussed new developments in high compression engine design at the regional meetings. Here he is shown speaking at the West Coast conclave flanked by Bo Weill, sales coordinator, and Ray Wyrick, operations manager, left, and San Wagner, regional manager, and Julian Frey, genera] sales manager, right. ETC 12324 faatta fish that was!" Jeff Bessire, West* i region field engineer, ling the fish story to ice Bemondino, of the a Berdu lab, while Larry 5on (left) also of the Gil Way (standing), foring engineer and Bob ^fead, Western region ac* ount representative, form - interested audience. 4 iHume Chenault (standing), Jchief saiety engineer of <the Western region, leans 'over for a word with Paul ; Harris, safety engineer. {Others at the table are 5 Glen Grant, fleet engi1 neer, Bob Adams, manager ' of the San Berdu Testing i lab, and Fred Naylor, who f is Western sales coordi* nator in the Seattle office. Following the meeting, San Wagner, Western regional - manager, entertained at | his home in Covina. Here C at the head oi the table I is Mrs. Wagner and clock! wise around the table are ; Dorothy Lolquist, Rollin S Gish, of the San Berdu lab, > Bud Johnson, supervisor of ^ the West Coast terminal, $ Florence Gish, Bill Sievert i and Jerry Lofquist, Westi ernregionsaietyengineers. Enjoying the party, clock wise from left are Polly White, Charlie White, saiety engineer, Harry Manning, fleet engineer, Mae Manning, Ruth Van Wyck, Bill Van Wyck, saiety engineer, Zoe and Bill Schulze, manager of the San Bernardino Engi neering Research lab. ETC 12325 TIME OUT FOR VACATION! This is the time of year to break out that old song, "Where do we go from here?" Even psychiatrists support the grand old American tradition of twoweeks-with-pay, that wonderful vaca tion period when it is possible to relax and enjoy a change from everyday routine. What, actually, is a vacation? Webster's dictionary says: "intermis sion or rest ... a period of rest and recreation: a holiday." Everyone knows what an inter mission is. You pause for a time, then go back to what you were doing. In order to rest, you have to do some thing to get tired. Two weeks of doing nothing can be exhausting because you can't quit and rest. To make your vacation a holiday, you should have fun. The best way is to pick the kind of vacation you'd like. Then consider the amount of money you can spend. You won't have a good time if you're worrying every minute about the cost. The length of time you can be away--one, two, three weeks--makes a great difference. Regardless of how you travel, you can cover just so many miles in the time available. Even if fortified with vitamins and liver pills, no amount of super energy will make it possible for you to be constantly active 24 hours a day. In getting the most out of any vaca tion, consider whether what you plan will be refreshing. Office workers who go hiking or fishing will be exhausted. However, it will be physical fatigue, 24 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE ETC 12326 ercome by rest, rather than itigue which leads to tension, Be to enrich your interests-- >ks, do handwork, see new ake a once-in-a-life-time trip distant place. Whatever you away from monotony. The the family may think it's laze around home for two ut what about a vacation for the kids and his wife, who finds him always in the way when the house work must be done? Experts suggest these preparations for a successful vacation: Collect all the information you can about the I place you select. Ask friends who've been there . . . write for circulars, i Plan a budget which will allow | enough leeway for an extra hot dog t or steak dinner or a side trip to a special point of interest. Be sure to write ahead for reservations--and take your confirmation with you. Unexpected arrivals receive less than a welcome reception at crowded re sorts and camp sites. Since a vacation is for fun, don't stick grimly to one plan, watching every fence post to be sure you have covered the plotted number of miles on the exact minute. Stop occasionally to watch a seaplane land on a blue lake or to read inscriptions on a i j monument. For added pleasure along your way, familiarize yourself with the facilities in and near federal and state recreation areas. You'll find everything from picnic grounds under shady trees to trailer parks with electricity and water. Needless to say, no vacation is fun if you or your family get sick. Don't stay in the sun too long or swim for an hour after eating. Don't eat strange berries or drink impure water. Don't stand up in small boats or spill gaso line when filling an outboard motor. To protect your home while you're gone, cancel milk deliveries and papers and have a neighbor keep watch lest piles of advertising folders on your doormat spell welcome to prowlers. Put a first aid kit in the glove com partment of your car for scratches and insect bites and include a repair kit for tires among your car tools. Have your car checked and be sure lights, brakes, tires, steering and windshield wipers are all in A-l condition. Then you're off . . . the world is yours . . . you're strictly in the leisure class and it's your turn to relax, rest, have fun and get set for another year. The picture on the opposite page is courtesy of the RIB service. lantzen bathing suit. 25 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12327 flouge; and Laurel Wilkinson, who is Detroit's Class B champion with a high average ol 149. Keglers Wind Up Season With the last pin down, final scores show that Ethyl's champions are well distributed. Merrill Anderson of De troit tied Art Stahlheber of San Berdu with a high average of 174. High game honors are held by Chuck Colvin of Baton Rouge with 272. Wally Sherman of Detroit tied John Willard of Baton Rouge for high series with 661. Baton Rouge In the Baton Rouge men's league, top-notch team members and alter nates J. D. Adams, Zachary Brous sard, Harold Madden, Harry O'Con nell, Doug Price, Lou Snyder (captain), Gilbert Waldron and John Willard rolled the Dodgers into first place. Individual honors went to Percy Trotter for a 168 high average, John Willard for a 241 high scratch game and Chuck Colvin for a 592 high scratch series. Chuck also came up with high handicap game--272, and John Willard knocked down a 661 handicap series. Prize money was awarded to the winners at a dinner party on May 13 at the ERA Center. Detroit At Detroit, the Bean Bags nosed out the Swifties by two points. In mid-season the Bean Bags were in 14th place, but won 51 out of a pos sible 68 points after that to roll to victory. Winning team members were Hal Bean, captain; George Clixby, Chuck Denzler, Harold Faucher and Late Willans. In the Class A division, Merrill Anderson successfully defended his 26 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE ETC 12328 ; # fe m .fcr* k4hAi^ \ ! Helen Krueger, lett, president of the DeItroit Girls' Bowling League, presents chamipionship award to Florence Held while Kitty * Weiss looks on. Veronica Grum receives her ;award Irom Mari Lynn (Koelsch) Zeitz, right. Winners of top honors in the Baton Rouge girls' bowling league received wallets as prizes. Seated are Wanda Garrott and Ruth David; standing, Hallie Boles and Audrey Rogers, "most improved bowler" with plus 12. 'laurels as the Laboratories' best indi vidual average bowler, finishing the season with a 174. Wally Sherman bowled a high game of 268 and high series with 661. In Class B, Laurel Wilkinson's 149 average was tops. Ted Caroon, retiring president of the league, had the high game--227. Dick Bothwell won high series with a 551. New York There were four New York teams-- two in the Beach Club and two in the Mello Rollers. Wayne Newman and A1 Warrington captained the Mello Rollers and A1 Merz and Bill Kanavy headed the Beach Bowlers. For the third straight year, A1 Merz came up with high average--157. Bill Kanavy took two firsts with a 222 single and a 576 series. San Bernardino In San Bernardino, the Industrial Handicap Bowling League, which has been running since last September, wound up their season on March 29. The league is comprised of 10 teams, all of which represent different busi nesses. One of the teams is made up of Ethyl Corporation personnel, and this year they finished in fifth place. Celebrating N. Y. keglers include, clockwise from left, Dave Donovan, Barbara Landers, Danny O'Dougherty, Betty Bleach, Bill Kanavy, Jules Zeph, Edith Mahoney, A1 Merz and Margie Smith. li ETC 12329 Evelyn Ryan, of the Detroit Girls' Bowling League, sends one straight down the alley to score during the Motor City competition. Comparing Detroit scores are Shirley Trapp (standing), Nancy Beauchamp, Pauline Metz, Ann Hefiler, Lydia Hurn and Claire Olsen. Team line-up included Claude Guinn, Dick Rice, Marv Russell, Ray Sey mour and Larry Stinson with Mike Remondino and Art Stahlheber as substitutes. Art nosed out Claude Guinn to take high average honors with 174. Claude however, took top place with his 252 singles and Art bowled 597 to take high series. Distaff Top feminine honors are tied in two directions. Wanda Garrott of Baton Rouge and Florence Held of Detroit both have a 145 average. In the singles, two New Yorkers--Betty Beach and Barbara Landers--both rolled a high 211. A 507 put Florence Held way ahead of any competition for high series. First place in the Baton Rouge women's league went to the Sugars-- Mary Walsh, captain; Wanda Gar rott, May Morgan, Nellie Prewitt and Mary Read. Wanda had high season average of 145. Ruth David took 28 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE singles honors with 202 and Hallie Boles joined the champions with a high series of 480. For the second successive year, Florence Held captured all the indi vidual honors in the Ethyl Girls' Bowling league at Detroit with high average, 145; high game, 201; and high series, 507. Following close be hind Florence were Veronica Grum with 499 for high series and a 138 average and Marge Kammann whose high game was 190. Veronica Grum, Kitty Weiss and Mary Carol Almen were the winning team. At a post season banquet, each kegler was pre sented with a key chain and prize money was distributed. In New York, Betty Beach won high average honors for the third year with 132, topping her own previ ous record of 126. Betty and Barbara Landers tied at 211 for high game and Edith Mahoney took high series with 465. New York teams celebrated sea son's end with dinner at Central Park's famed Tavern on the Green. ETC 12330 Mrs. Lorraine Koehler holds some of the scrip books for the 1000 gallons of Flying-A "Ethyl" which she won as a jackpot prize on Stop The Music. Mr. Koehler is standing by as Associated station manager Redge Perryman fills up the tank of Mrs. Koehler's new Executive Green Kaiser. The Pay-Off A musical memory paid off for On April 30, Mr. and Mrs. Koehler Mrs. Lorraine Koehler, of San Fran cisco, who won 1000 gallons of "Ethyl" gasoline and other prizes when she recently named the Stop drove the Kaiser to their Associated station at Scott and Fell Streets in San Francisco and Ted Littlefield, Western region sales coordinator, pre The Music mystery melody. sented Mrs. Koehler with scrip for The "Ethyl" gasoline received top billing in the announcement of prizes. 1000 gallons of Flying-A "Ethyl" gasoline, fuel of her choice. For the lucky winner . , . "one thous and gallons of `Ethyl' gasoline! More than a year's supply of your service station's highest quality gasoline . . . and you'll put that `Ethyl' gasoline into a beautiful brand-new 1949 Kaiser deluxe sedan." The offer of "Ethyl" gasoline as a Stop The Music jackpot prize was heard by more than 6,125,000 fam ilies over 241 stations for three Sun days preceding the pay-off. All this for 1000 gallons of "Ethyl" gasoline-- not a bad payoff for Ethyl. Lower Prices for Ethyl Customers The price of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds was reduced on May 27 for the fourth time this year. New prices are fifty-five and threequarters cents (55?4c) per pound of tetraethyl lead content for Motor Mix and sixty-one and one-quarter cents (61^4?) per pound of tetraethyl lead content for Aviation Mix. This is approximately ,2028c per cubic cent imeter of TEL for Motor Mix, and .2228c per cc of TEL for Aviation. The previous prices, in effect since May 9, were fifty-seven cents (57c) a pound tetraethyl lead content for Motor Mix and sixty-two and onehalf cents (62j^c) per pound of tetra ethyl lead content for Aviation Mix. 29 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12331 The spur Mike Rometti holds is one of the unique pieces of leather and silver work he has I made. He also designed the special tools his wife, Lillian, used in hooking the rugs shown. Masters of Many Crafts Lillian and Mike Rometti (see page 38) have revived an old American craft in their hobby of rug-making which they pursue together. Mike makes the tools they use and Lillian does the hooking. She is now working pioneer women. A fine hook with a shank set into a short handle pulls loops of material through to the top side. Mike has designed special hooks and gadgets to speed the work and make it easier. on the 50th rug in seven years. Patterns for the rugs are stamped on India jute burlap. Designed in Materials used are old woolens of any kind, with blankets preferred. The woolens are dyed to the desired New England, many are copies of colors needed for various elements of early American rugs now in museums. the pattern. Sometimes as many as No color scheme is printed on the 13 different shades are used in making pattern. Each hooker uses her own one rose. To eliminate the tedious job color schemes and ideas, thus making every rug different even though the of cutting by hand, Mike has made a machine to cut several strips at a time. same pattern is used. Lillian hopes some day to design all her own patterns as she has done both painting When worked into the rug, the fine strips have the appearance of yarn. Although she considers rug-making and art work. Rugs are worked on a frame in the same method used by American primarily a hobby, Lillian has given some private lessons and has sold some of the rugs. The first rug, which 30 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12332 I measured 5' x 6', was sold in New | York for $350. She has made rugs in i all sizes up to 6' x 9' and her ambition | is to make a 9' x 12', for which a special frame is needed. Mike is also a silversmith and t leather craftsman. He makes all kinds I of silver jewelry, buckles, and parts : for belts. Creator of his own designs, I he also makes his own dies. He buys ; the sterling silver in sheets of various thicknesses, and the turquoises, petri fied wood and other stones, ready cut ' and polished. The leather bags shown are Mike's handiwork from start to finish. He does all his own tooling and completes the bags with pig-skin lining, double lacing and zipper pockets. The shoulder bag next to his arm in the picture required 50 yards of lacing. "We have a wide variety of other hobbies and the picture shows only a small portion of our work," writes Lillian Rometti. Their 22-year-old daughter, Jean Marie, studies com mercial art, specializing in cartooning. Both Lillian and Mike stress the great satisfaction there is in creating such beautiful, colorful things, and the enjoyment the family derives from relaxing with their hobbies. Edgar Guest Draws Large Ethyl Crowd in Detroit I i Eleanor Ott and Bill Burt (right) welcome nationally known poet and lecturer Edgar A. Guest to the rostrum. Mr. Guest spoke at the meeting of the Detroit Ethyl society on April 20 and recited many of his better-known verses. Eleanor, a member of the society's steering commit tee, introduced Mr. Guest to the capacity crowd. Bill is chairman of the steering committee. I L 31 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE a ETC 12333 9H.ttoduci*Uf... Jane Kxoll id the receptionist who greets you in the lobby of the Detroit labs. A graduate of Albion College, lane has worked at Saks Fifth Avenue in Detroit and General Motors. Both Jane and her husband Bob are Detroiters and enjoy goli and playing tennis together. Mary A. Kane/ secretary to F. JMcNally, N. Y. Finance, was born and educated in New York City. After receiving her B.A. from Mount St. Vincent College, she studied at Washington Secretar* ial School. Mary is a photog raphy fan. Her favorite sports are swimming and badminton. Azlyn Shiplett/ stenographer in Detroit Research labs Personnel section, was born in Rockland, Mich. Arlyn was graduated with I honors both from Rockland High School and Suomi Business Col Il lege. She and husband Charles i live in Royal Oak, where she sings in the local Choral club. Lorraine Tackels has joined the > Chemical Research staff of the Detroit labs as a stenographer. A Motor City native, she was graduated from St. Philip Neri High School and Detroit Busi ness U. She and her husband Charles live in Ferndaie. Both are enthusiastic about golfing. 4 Ellis Rilldii/ Detroit research chemist, was formerly with the Ohio State U. Research Founda tion. Interested in astronomy, photography and music, he be longs to the American Chemical and American Meteor Societies, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau. He and wife Rita live in Detroit. Ellen E. Saloniu*, new stenog-^ rapher in New York Finance, is Brooklyn-born. Ellen attended Miller Business School in N. Y. and has studied advance design at Pratt Institute. She is a boxing fan and likes bowling, designing hats, reading good mysteries and crossword puzzles. Losers in men's doubles final, Harold Faucher and Joe Cipolla (left) offer hands across the table congratulations to winners Roy Sugimoto and Bill D'Arcy. Merrill Anderson, the new men's singles champion, keeps his eye on that fast trav* eling ball as he wins the title by defeat* ing defending 1948 champ George Betker. New Ping Pong Champs In Detroit Tournament New champions in all divisions were and Roy's first Ethyl tournament ! crowned in the Detroit labs' annual since joining the labs last year. ping pong tournament, held in March Women's singles winner was Dorry j and April. Rodenhouse. She won the title by I Merrill Anderson, one of the labs' downing Angie Colosimo, who, in last top all-round athletes, won the men's year's tournament, was nosed out by singles title by downing defending the 1948 defending champion Helen champ George Betker. As sports Donovan Zane. chairman of the Detroit Ethyl society, Angie teamed with Ruth Simons to George staged the tournament. take the women's doubles champion In the men's doubles. Bill D'Arcy ship. The fast-hitting Colosimo-Simons and Roy Sugimoto teamed to defeat twosome won the crown by defeating Harold Faucher and Joe Cipolla. This Helen Krueger and Kitty Weiss, who is the third successive year that last year bowed to Ruth Simons and D'Arcy has been a doubles' champ Helen Donovan Zane in the finals. Angie Colosimo (white blouse) smiles approv al as Ruth Simons makes a return. Angie and Ruth are the new women's doubles champions. Dorry Rodenhouse shows her winning form in the women's singles final match. Dorry suc ceeds Helen Zane, three-time title holder. ETC 12335 Courtesy National Needlework Bureau Summertime Gloves To give your vacation wardrobe a plus in attractiveness, wear ruffled crocheted gloves. Choose a pretty pastel that will complement your suits and dark dresses. You can make these gloves yourself with some pearl cotton and a crochet hook. If you like a plainer sport glove, try this same pattern in white or beige without the ruffled cuff. In case you don't have time to finish these gloves before you start off on your travels, take your crochet hook with you. In between more exciting holiday excursions, you may want something to do as you relax and chat with friends. The pleasure of creating such pretty gloves will last long after your vacation is over. Write BB for free directions. Handy Packing Tips 1. Sweaters take up less space and get less wrinkled if they're rolled instead of folded. 2. Shoes should be placed in special bags so they don't get clothes dirty. If you don't have shoe bags, use your husband's or brother's old socks. 3. Put breakables or spillables like perfume or cold cream in the rubber compartment of your suitcase. If your suitcase doesn't have one, borrow plastic food bags from the refrigerator. 4. Jewelry cases come in all sizes so you should be able to find one that will accommodate the amount of jewelry you plan to take with you. If the budget doesn't allow for this, however, you can- use a soap box. 5. Laying tissue paper into folds of garments is important to avoid wrin kles and creases. Some people like to leave dresses on hangers and pack them right in the bags in which they came back from the cleaners. 6. A must on every packer's list is a traveling iron (for both AC-DC) with an extra long cord. 7. Check to be sure all buttons are on shirts, hems in dresses, and pack a mending kit--just in case! 34 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE ETC 12336 We Cfteet... Emelie Jean Brooks is new secretary to Don Jennings at the Detroit Research labs. Just returned from working in Hollywood, Em is a bowl ing enthusiast and a begin ner at tennis and goli. She attends Detroit U. evenings. \ Etfi G. DeWitt joins Chem. 11 Research in Detroit with a Ph.D. from Ohio State U., where he has been teaching. A *43 Hope graduate--with honors--Earl has done re search at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge. Michigan-born, he is a goll and music fan. He and wife Lucy live in Royal Oak. I } Samuel J. Hassel is now a machinist in the Detroit Re search labs. A native of Franklin, Tenn., Sam attend ed school in Detroit. Prior to joining Ethyl, he was for 10 years a tool maker for Ford Motor Company. Sam is k married and has two chil dren--Patricia, 7; Bobby, 3. Jack F. Travis, lab techni cian at Yonkers, worked in a Bloomington, Ql. lab lor 12 years, with time out for the Army, before coming to N. Y. He attended 111. Wes leyan College and Delehanty Institute, lack married a Yonkers girt and they have one son, Freddy, almost two. Dean Whitehead has taken over as general handyman for the San Berdu Gasoline Test ing lab. As a 20-year San Berdu resident, Dean con siders himself a real Cali fornian. Whenever he gets a chance, he likes to go lishing. Dean is married and has one son, Dean, lr., 17. Marie Joan Pettit is a new member of the office staff at the Yonkers Gasoline Testing lab. When she was graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers, she won a medal for excellence in history. In her spare time, Marie enjoys collect ing souvenirs for scrapbooks. ETE 12337 Spring Gertrude (Chris) A. Jennings be came the bride of James T. Gunset on April 23 at Our Lady of the Angels Church in the Bronx. After the cere mony a reception was held at the Hotel Olcott for friends and relatives. The couple are now living in New Rochelle, N. Y., where Jim attends Iona College. Chris is a receptionist and file clerk in New York. Mari Lynn Koelsch and Art Zeitz, of the Detroit labs, were married on April 23 at All Saints Church in De troit. The newlyweds toured the Eastern states following the wed ding--the trip routed through Ohio, Brides Ruth MacDonald Razetti Chris Jennings Gunset walks up the steps to the church with her uncle, Paul J. Jennings. the Virginias, Washington, D. C., Maryland, Delaware and Pennsyl vania--and are now at home in De troit. Mari Lynn was formerly Chuck Hawley's secretary and was active in Ethyl Society activities. Art, one of BB's Detroit correspondents, is in Automotive Research. Ruth MacDonald, secretary to E. R. Anderson and J. D. Biehle of N. Y. Manufacturing, is now Mrs. Lawrence J. Razetti. Ruth and Law rence were married on April 28 at the Parsonage of the Central Avenue Reformed Church in Jersey City, N. J. On the cover: Smiling Wanda Rozmus Kahn and her husband, Lester Kahn, leave the church after their wedding. Wanda and Lester were married at St. Margaret Mary's Church in the Bronx on May 21. Fol lowing the ceremony, a reception was held at the Concourse Plaza. After a motor trip down the Eastern seaboard to Florida, the new lyweds are now at home in their New York apartment. Ethyl friends gave Wanda a pre-wedding cocktail party at Schrafft's on May 19. 36 BULLETIN BOARD--JUNE Are (4,<HC A Smart Driver? t'a a bird . . t's a plane . . . it's motorist! With due apologies to uperman, the average American citien takes on an entirely new personility when he drives an automobile. Many drivers think of the green |go" light as a starter's gun. They ipeed across an intersection, eyes staring blindly ahead, throttle wide 3pen, hunched menacingly behind the wheel. Trusting souls, they seem to feel that the red "stop" light halting traffic coming in the other direction is fully equipped to repair the other fellow's faulty brakes ... is perfectly capable of rousing the sleep ing or drunken driver. To them, the horn is a magic trumpet announcing their presence. One blast. . . and they expect the world to move to the side for them. The smart driver, on the other {hand, takes nothing for granted. He learned long ago that he can't depend on the other fellow. Even though he has the right, by law, to proceed on a green light, he looks both ways to be doubly sure. Furthermore, he watches parked cars because he realizes that little boys often dash from behind them to recover baseballs. He knows that a blinker light cautions him, as well as the other driver. He uses his horn intelligently. He makes it a practice to use hand signals. He knows his car--he keeps it in tip-top shape to guarantee its safe performance. He practices courtesy at all times. Accidents result from inattention-- from thoughtlessness. So to preserve your life, limb and health be alert, obey traffic laws, use common sense, and keep your car in good condition. You'll be a smart driver if you do . . . and you'll probably live a lot longer. Sam Scatback makes the trip home Isom the shop every day in 18Vi minutes flat . . . and what doe* our heto do with the minute and a kali he eaves? Give a look. 37 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE ETC 12339 Indianapolis in 1950 Len Smith and John Koehnle with their racer. Ethyimen Len Smith and John Koehnle experienced the same heart break that so many aspirants for the Indianapolis 500-mile race crown have gone through during the 38 years the race has been in existence. Len, who is road test garage fore man at the Detroit labs, had put in hundreds of after-Ethyl hours since last August to build, in a Detroit garage, a racing car that would be equal to the tremendous grind of the India'napolis whirl. Meanwhile, John, a field engineer in the Western region, was in on the planning and1' building of the racer by remote control. All went well until a few days before the Smith-Koehnle racer was to be shipped to Indianapolis for its attempt to be one of the maximum 33 cars allowed in the big Memorial Day classic. Castings for the rear wheel assembly arrived from the manufac turer early the week of May 22. With these put in place, the car would be ready for shipment to run its qualify ing trial on the Indianapolis Speedway on Saturday, May 28. But when Len 38 BULLETIN BOARD --JUNE and the mechanics who were helping him build the racer put the castings under the X-ray for a last minute check, they found them to be faulty and defective. That was the end of Len and John's dream of trying for Indianapolis honors this year. There just wasn't time to get new castings made and installed on the racing car. Len and John are philosophical about their bit of tough luck. They know it has happened to many before, and that such unfortunate incidents will bedevil others as long as the Indianapolis race is run. Len and John already are making plans for their entry in next year's Indianapolis race. Shift Key Maxine Acre is new secretary to Chuck Hawley, manager of adminis tration and financial control at the Detroit labs. She took over after the resignation of Mari Lynn Koelsch, who was recently married. Previously, Maxine was secretary to Don Jen nings, accountant in charge at the labs. B. O. Couvillon, formerly of the En gineering and Maintenance depart ment at Baton Rouge, has been trans ferred to the Machine Shop at Detroit. Eugene Lenahan has been pro moted to take charge of the N. Y. mailroom. Gene has been with Ethyl two years and replaces Phil King, who recently resigned. Art Myers, former maintenance man in the Detroit Machine Shop, has transferred to the Guard force. Mike Rometti has been promoted to head of the Detroit Machine Shop section. Mike succeeds Joe (.Pop) Mescher, who has retired (see p. 30). ETC 12 f 1 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea. President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president o nd Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary. m Marceline Marquis, Editor A Word Much Maligned outine deserves a better reputation tan the one it has acquired. To many le word smacks of something unleasant or of little consequence. "A latter of routine," "routine opera,on," "routine investigation," cornton expressions all, have about them hint of the humdrum. Two men .leet on the street; one salutes the ther with the ungrammatical but ibiquitous query, "How's things?" o which the reply is, "Same old outine"--meaning "here I am doing he same thing today I did yesterday ind probably will do tomorrow, and [ wish something exciting would tappen but I don't think it will." Man likes to speak disparagingly of routine as something from which it would be good to escape, but he does not really mean what he says. Each Day Has Its Sameness A man goes to work each day by the same route, on the same train, bus or subway and may see, on the way, doing just what he is doing, many of the same people; he arrives at his assigned working place at the [same time each day and no matter j what his job may be there are a certain ; number of operations connected with j it that he will perform in the same way from day to day. He will, if he | can, arrange to eat lunch in the same place today as yesterday. Over his pie , a la mode he confides to his fellow\ Printtd in U.S.A. L workers that his routine is getting on his nerves--same old thing day in and day out. He pictures himself as a fellow to whom Adventure need but crook a finger and he will be ready to take off on the instant for the Anti podes. On his way home he takes the same path to subway, train or bus, and arrives at his front door within a minute or two of the time he reached it yesterday and the day before that. But when he discovers that his supper will be delayed fifteen minutes beyond its customary time he demands to know why it is not ready and why the household cannot be run on schedule. No Friend of the Young Routine, like plumbing, attracts little attention until something goes wrong with it. The young fight against it because it may interfere with what they think is their freedom;' the old have a choice of making it their serv ant or of becoming its slaves. There are those to whom routine is repug nant and they take great pains to keep out of its way. It will be noted, how ever, that these persons usually are in positions to thumb their noses at routine and therefore their ranks are thin. To most of us routine is a con stant companion, permitting the com pletion each day of a number of neces sary actions with the minimum of effort. Reprinted by special permission of The New York Times. ETC ETC 12342 ETC 12343 ETC 12344 r.Slice of Everybody's Business i .here are many recipes for the sucess of a business enterprise, but no latter what the recipe, people are the iost important ingredient. Capital nd tools are necessary, but without ieople to use them intelligently no msiness can prosper. The success of a arge corporation particularly depends >n the efficiency and enthusiasm of he employees as a whole. On this score Ethyl is especially forunate according to no less an authorty than President Shea, who said: `I have met and worked with lots of ieople in the course of my business tareer, but never before have I seen such a spirit as the people here at Ethyl have. It's wonderful." To serve the interests of the people and the Company, the Industrial Relations department acts as a kind of nerve center receiving ideas from all directions--from the various de partments, locations and employees as well as outside sources-- studying and weighing them and making recom mendations to management. In the department are a picked group of The Employee Relations Committee settles all interpretations of benefit plans and establishes rules (or departmental action where Company-wide rules are needed, In session here are (clock wise from left) Ralph C. Champlin, director of public relations; Heyward L. Kinard, head of ,the payroll section; Graham Edgar, vice president and manager of the product development .department; Curtis R. Holton, director of industrial relations (chairman); Julian J. Frey, general Jsales manager; Walter A. Cosgrove, supervisor of employee benefits and services (committee secretary); and Charles D. Hawley, manager of administration and financial control at the (Detroit laboratories. loseph A. Costello, assistant general manager of manufacturing, also a 'member of the Employee Relations Committee, was not present when this picture was taken. ETC 12345 Part of Ethyl's employee policy is to pay each employee in each job as well as similar jobs pay in any other company. Making sure that our pay rate is in line is the job of Charlie Wasserman (left), wage and salary coordinator, and his assistant, Bill Cleary, shown here discussing some pertinent statistics. Howard Gulick and Ralph Hutchinson discuss procedures. Howard researches trends and de velopments in the field of industrial rela tions, prepares manuals on policies, plans & procedures. Ralph, who handles employment in New York, interviews, screens and tests applicants, and induction of new employees. competent men, trained and organized into an efficient team to work closely with all other departments. Industrial Relations has become an integral part of the Company's operations, closely coordinated with Administration, Fi nance, Manufacturing, Research, Sales and Public Relations. The central office of the Industrial Relations department is in New York, where our executive offices are, but men active in this work are located in all parts of the country. While the Administrative group are concerned with Company-wide policy, planning and management, the Finance staff with budgets and control, the Manu facturing staff with making and dis tributing our products efficiently and economically, the Research staff with setting the pace for progress in motors and fuels, and the Sales staff in getting Promoting people within the Company to better jobs whenever their experience and ability qualify them is an established Ethyl policy. Ray Faller (who, himself, was recently promoted from the Detroit laboratories to take charge of training for the entire Company) is shown at the head of the table, holding a training session with a group at the Yonkers Testing labs. ETC 12346 Walter Cosgrove (center) shows Don B Flynn what he will have to retire on at 65, in a discussion with Tom Ronan, who handles Sales personnel. Walter handles all notices regarding the benefit plans and any questions either from employees or supervisors. Ithyi cafeterias served approximatey 480,000 meals in Baton Rouge and 19,000 in Detroit during 1948. Pro dding hot, well-balanced meals is a part of the service managed by em ployee relations groups. Here Stephen 3. Henry, manager of plant and em ployee services, Baton Rouge plant, *nd George McfCenney, cafeteria su pervisor, discuss the menu for the day *ith 2nd Cook Frank Gillespie, right. 3ehind them, busy with preparations, ireClyde Museand Wilford Bordelon. ifety first is always the motto in all phases of anufacturing and handling our products, reryone receives instruction in proper use of ifety equipment. Here John Norwood, left, ad Emmitt Nolan get some expert advice from odium Safety Engineer Dan Read, at the right. To be sure each employee is physically fit for his job, Ethyl's Medical department gives him a complete pre-employment physical and pro vides facilities for annual check-ups and emergency care. Below,B.R. Technician Oreta Buquet starts to take an X-ray of Joe Langlois. I ETC 12347 and keeping satisfied customers, the Industrial Relations staff is concerned with getting and keeping efficient and satisfied employees. Head of the Industrial Relations staff is Curtis R. Holton, and working with him in New York are a group of specialists in the various fields of em ployee relations. They set up wage and salary standards, employment procedures, handle the benefit plans, the training programs and keep up with trends. Their special interests and efforts are concentrated on your job, your working conditions, your pay, your opportunity for advancement, your The Labor Relations section at the Baton Rouge plant handles problems related to the mutual interests ol employees and the Company, sc that questions can be settled through coopera tive understanding and accepted procedures. Conierring above are Art Stover (right), laboi relations manager and assistant Dave Kennedy In Baton Rouge a balanced recre ational program gives all employ ees a chance to take part in some activity they enjoy. At leit, making plans for the plant-wide picnic are, in the usual order: Joe Marrs, ERA president; Ben Burge, the recreational director. Pud Marix, of Finance, and Danny Walsh, of the TEL Operations. An important part of employe Relations but assisted by thi by employees for recreation.! and horseshoe pitching con dances, banquets and picj all the most popular gamj ETC 12348 thn L. Ward, personnel Aipervisor, and his staff Jandle employment, the raining program and em* jloyee benefit plans in 3aton Rouge. Clockwise 70m left, they are: John, &lvin D. Hubbs, supervisor j employee benefits and personnel records; John Furr, training supervisor; and William T. Edwards, supervisor of employment. Each new employee is now given an indoctrination in the Company's history and safety rules for his job. In Detroit, Andy Reimold, personnel manager, and Art Jennings, personnel assistant, carry on this im* portant work. Here Andy (center) and Art (right) ex* plain an aerial view of the labs to a new employee. ervised by Industrial rganized and managed cial events as fishing d bridge tournaments, jrts activities include ^all, bowling and golf. ETC 12349 Employees who belong to the National Guard or to reserve units ol the armed services are given two weeks' leave with pay each year in addition to their vacations, so they may at tend training courses. Fred Robinson, left, manager ol the Yonkers Test lab, is shown with an instructor at the Armed Forces Indus trial College held May 9 to 20 in Radio City. security, your health and general well being. They study job requirements and rates of pay in the light of these requirements, benefit plans and em ployee policies throughout industry as a whole. Personnel and labor relations staffs in Baton Rouge and Detroit cooperate with the Industrial Relations depart ment in carrying out the Company wide employee policies. The work of Industrial Relations represents a service to ail employees, to all departments and to manage ment, a service based on the Com pany's desire that all employees re ceive fair treatment and fair wages, ) f and find satisfaction in their work. i ! Vacations with pay bring smiles like Wally Distler's. Employees with 15 years' service get three weeks, those with 1 to 14 two weeks. Below: Headed home at the end ol the day, men and women ol the Detroit labs make smiling exit. Ethyl working hours and holidays with pay are examples of the Company's lead ership 'in good Industrial Relations policies. ETC 12350 Best by Test `esf National Advertising of the 'ear 1948-1949 just published inudes an Ethyl advertisement chosen y a panel of experts as one of the best the year. Judged on the basis of impaign idea, public relations ap:al, merchandising, layout, copy, ilor and design, illustration and lOgraphy, the ad came through a de field of competition for publica tion along with 152 others which were Sated "best of the year." j The ad chosen for this distinction was the one which appeared last sumper about shellfish titled, "When you're at the beach the `Trade-Marks of Nature' identify what you see by the sea." First selected by the public through readership surveys the ads were screened by the panel, then checked with company sales managers for selling ability. Having met all these tests, they were compiled and published in book form as a reference volume of the best ads of the year. High in public relations value, the advertisements, according to the P.R. expert on the panel of judges, "are not only successful in their quality, but highly commendable in their longrange institutional value to their advertisers and agencies." Moving Up Douglas Baker, who recently com pleted his year as an engineer-in training, has joined the staff of the Central region as a field engineer. After four months in Chicago, he will be assigned to Indianapolis. Osborne Fremd has been assigned to the Southern region as a safety engineer. He has just completed a year's training course. Marge Quinn, formerly of N. Y. Duplicating, is now a receptionist on the 43rd floor of the Chrysler building. Eva Weissleder has been trans ferred to the Eastern region after working a year in N. Y. Stenographic. Margaret Dolan is new secretary to J. A. Costello, assistant general manager of manufacturing. Formerly secretary to Chief Accountant John Smith, Margaret moved up to the 35th floor when Marie Dragonette Diehl resigned (see page 33). Gertrude Horstman has stepped up to become secretary to John Smith. Frances Ward of Payroll, moved up to Trudy's former job as secretary to A1 Merz of N. Y. Accounts Payable. 9 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 12351 Our sixth TEL building, right, and its adjoining wash house will be among the major new unit completed at the Baton Rouge plant this month. Here workmen are painting a ventilating stack Three Major Units Completed at Baton Rouge Plant During July The $40,000,000 expansion program voted by the Board of Directors to strengthen even further Ethyl Cor poration's position as the world's lead ing manufacturer of antiknock com pounds is nearing completion. July will see the end of construction work on three more of the large units. Scheduled to be ready for testing this month are the sixth tetraethyl lead unit ("F" building), the Number 4 Ethyl Chloride unit and the Ethyl ene Dichloride unit. The new Development laboratory 10 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY will be ready in August and constru tion work to expand our sodium pn duction will be completed in Novemb Already completed and in use a the Drumming plant, the Medical ai Personnel building, TEL Chanj house No. 3, new Alloy facilities, tl new Benzene Hexachloride plant, at the Jet Refrigeration unit, as well 1 numerous improvements in genen facilities, lighting, heating and ven' lating equipment, and improved safe' devices. Further improvements ai new change houses in Ethyl Chloric \ ETC 12352 r i and Sodium areas, are scheduled soon. Stone 8s Webster Engineering Cor poration and their sub-contractors, who handled the major portion of the construction work, employed at peak work periods some 2500 workers. All units will be developed to maxi mum capacity so that Ethyl Corpora tion will stand ready not only to supply the predicted requirements of the oil industry for the coming year, but will have a reserve capacity. This will enable us to take care of our ; customers' needs even if they should exceed present expectations, which, with the many variable factors in volved, might easily happen. The Ethyl News will tell a more . complete story of the plant expan sion program in a forthcoming issue. The new No. 4 Ethyl Chloride plant, with its engineering improvements, will double our yield oi the chemical. It is to be fin ished in July, along with an Ethylene Di chloride plant shown in the picture below. ETC 12353 teams. After playing college baseball, he hit a few for various semi-pro teams before deciding against a professional baseball career. Now A1 confines his sports talents to rooting for the home team. He likes baseball, football, hockey and basket ball. For his own participation, he prefers fishing--and not many get away! From coast to coast, seven Ethylmen this month celebrate their 20th anni versary, rounding out two decades of service with the Company. Our con gratulations go to A1 Bingham and Clarence Kautz, of the Central region; A native of Newark, N. J., A1 is pretty much of a Clevelander after all these years and lives in the Shaker Heights section. His son Bob is a student at Shaker Heights High School. A1 is a member of the Cham- Harry Cottrell, of the Southern re gion; Ted Littlefield, of the Western region; George Gier, of the Yonkers Testing lab; Charlie Remsburg, of Manufacturing and Cliff Wilson, of I the Detroit laboratories. I I Albert H. Bingham began his t Ethyl career on July 1, 1929, just after graduating as a chemical engineer from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He started off by going right back to school--as the first Ethyl representa tive to attend Standard Oil's training school at Bayway, N. J. During his training period A1 was assigned for three months to the Ethyl demonstra tion unit at Atlantic City with Pat Albert H. Bingham Harding and Hume Chenault. After finishing the course at Bay way,- A1 joined Ethyl's old Dayton division on January 1, 1930. Ever since he has been selling Ethyl--our services and our product--to cus tomers in the Cleveland area, first as a field man and later as a Central region account representative. A1 has always been a sports en thusiast. In prep school he was on the baseball, basketball and football ber of Commerce, is chairman of the Hospitality committee of the Cham ber's Petroleum club and is a member of the General Motors club. When Harry Cottrell started to work for Ethyl 20 years ago, he was assigned in quick succession to Balti more, Dayton, Bayway (Standard Oil's training school) and Fort Worth. He settled down in Texas and, with the exception of his tour with Ethyl's 12 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 12354 years at engineering jobs in and around New York. During that time he also managed to work in a nine- months' jaunt through Panama, the Philippines, China, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. While in Fort Worth, Harry be came enthusiastic about the Texas beauties--and was married in Feb ruary 1935. He and his wife Mary Elizabeth have one daughter, Lee, who celebrated her fourth birthday in March. Harry is well known for his garden ing accomplishments; also likes to Henry E. Cottrell spend some of his spare hours fishing 4otor Clinic and his overseas travels uring the war, has been there ever and hunting. He is a member of the Dallas General Motors club. ince. When Ethyl, through its Motor George Gier, veteran knock test engineer at the Yonkers Gasoline Clinics, set out to tell the motoring Testing lab, came to Ethyl from tublic about tune-up, Harry took Standard Oil Company of New York, harge of the Tulsa division clinic. where he was a technician working on Ifter it closed in 1941, he returned to the development of oil burners. His Texas and the busy rounds of a field Ethyl career has been primarily de ingineer. At first he headquartered in voted to knock testing in the Tulsa Houston, later moving to Dallas, and Yonkers laboratories. where he is now an account represen- A true New Yorker, George was :ative for the Southern region. born and grew up in the Bronx. He During the war years, Harry was attended Stuyvesant High School then ane of the four Ethyl men chosen to went on to Mercersburg Academy in give instructions in the safe handling Pennsylvania. Transferring to Penn of gasoline to the Air Transport Com State College, he finished his schooling mand. After a training period in New in 1926. Between classes, George York, Harry and Sgt. Eddie Weiss found time to star on the football, went up the North Atlantic route via baseball and track teams, receiving preenland and Iceland to the British several medals and cups for his out ^sles, France and Italy, giving demon standing sports record. After leaving strations to ATC groups along the way. Harry was bom and reared in New- school, he played some semi-pro baseball. rt, R. I. and after graduating from In 1934, George married a home Lthigh school, set out to see something town girl, and he and Josephine and jof the rest of the world. He graduated their two children--Janet, 13 and jfrom Bliss Electrical School in Wash George, 11--live in the Bronx. ington, D. C. and spent the next five Recent recipient of an award from 13 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 123 the Boy Scouts of America for his meritorious service to the Cub Scouts, George is Cubmaster for a group of George H. Gier 120 boys in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. This is the largest active Cub Pack in the world, and George has five assistant Cubmasters and 12 committeemen working with him to coordinate activities of the Pack's 20 dens. Keeping up with the program of training the young Cub Scouts gives George plenty of opportunity to keep up with sports. He coaches the boys and takes many trips with the young sters. Among his special interests are shuffleboard and handicraft work. When son George graduates to Scouting this fall, George, Sr. plans to give up his position as a Cubmaster to have time for Boy Scout activities. During his 20 years of service, Clarence Kautz has shown the ver satility typical of so many Ethyl men. He joined the Company in his native Chicago and after a year was sent down to help start the Kansas City 14 BULLETIN BOARD-- .JULY division. For the next six years, he was field representative in Iowa and northeastern Missouri. In 1936, he went to Houston, Tex., to work with the Manufacturing department on safety in handling marine shipments of "Ethyl" fluid drums. Assigned in 1937 to the old Tulsa division as a safety engineer, he head quartered in Ft. Worth, Wichita Falls and finally in Houston, before heading back to Chicago in February 1947, when he was transferred to the Central region as a field engineer. On July 1, he resumed his duties as a safety engineer in the Chicago terri tory. Clarence received his early educa tion in Chicago and was graduated from the Armour Institute of Tech nology in 1924 with a degree of B.S. in chemical engineering. After working Clarence F. Kautz two years with Underwriters Labora tories, Inc., as a chemical engineer doing research on inflammable gases and liquids and the causes of gas ex plosions, he returned to school for further study. He received his M.S. ETC 12356 r~ !degree in. chemistry and physics at ; the University of Pittsburgh in June : 1927, then did another year's graduate 'work at the University of Chicago, j Both Clarence and his wife Ger. trude--who hails from Minnesota-- are glad to be back in Chicago. They have one daughter, Norma Gertrude, who is almost 17. For relaxation, Clarence enjoys listening to his collection of symphonic recordings. He can also turn out a very creditable performance at the piano himself and is an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Meredith Littlefield * Meredith Littlefield has had a varied and widely-traveled career with Ethyl! Starting as a field repre sentative with the old New York ! division, he first worked in New York and Pennsylvania. i In 1935, he went down to Mexico and South America on a special assigni ment which kept him busy for the | next year. Upon returning to the States, he resumed his duties in the New York division and later became manager of the division's Motor Clinic, extolling the values of tune-up until April 1940 when he went to the West Coast as a field representative. He set up headquarters in San Fran cisco and has been looking after the interests of Ethyl and Ethyl's cus tomers out there ever since. In August 1947, he was named a sales coordi nator for the Western region. His most recent business tour took him to Hawaii where he helped introduce Flying A "Ethyl" on the islands. Although born in Wells, Maine, Ted received his education in Massa chusetts. He attended Cambridge High School and studied at Berkeley Preparatory before entering Massa chusetts Institute of Technology in 1923. Four years later, armed with his degree in civil engineering from MIT, he went to work for the New York, New Haven 8s Hartford Railroad in Boston. Just prior to joining Ethyl, he worked with the John Hancock Life Insurance Company as a group sales engineer. Ted and his wife Dorothy also from New England--live in San Mateo, Calif. They have four daugh ters--Barbara Ann, 19; Sarah Jane, 16; Susan Ellen, 12; and Mary Lee, 6. He has the distinction of- being the only grandfather in the Western region. Active in many organizations, Ted is a member of several San Francisco clubs, including the Commonwealth, Olympic Athletic, Fraternity and Tractor and Implement, of which he was formerly a director. In college, he was a Sigma Nu. Whenever there's a gathering of the Western region, Ted is almost certain to be leading the singing or playing the piano. During after-Ethyl hours 15 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 12357 he is quite a gardener. When that Charles D., Jr. (Brub), age 12--live in proves too confining, he likes to go Carney's Point, N. J. Charlie is a 32d hiking through the beautiful Cali degree Mason and has recently retired fornia countryside. from the Penns Grove Board of Edu On July 8, Charles D. Remsburg cation after serving on it for three years. celebrated his 20th anniversary with One of Edge Moor's star bowlers, Ethyl Corporation. After five years Charlie also has a reputation for his low scores on the golf course and has several trophies to prove it. His new est hobby is coin collecting. It's a rare person who isn't interested in coins these days, but Charlie is a real numis matist and is building up a sizable collection of rare monies. Clifford E. Wilson, whose skill as a mechanic is put to good use at the Detroit laboratories, helps to set up the many engines in the dynamometer section and maintain them in smooth running order for research projects. He came to Ethyl in July 1929 from .1 General Motors, where he had worked in the Delco and Frigidaire divisions ( Charles D. Remsburg I with DuPont, Charlie joined Ethyl as a blender operator at the Deepwater manufacturing plant. Promoted to shipping supervisor in 1938, he was largely responsible for seeing that our war contracts moved out on time. In August 1947, he took over his present job as supervisor of the Edge Moor terminal in Delaware. One of a family of ten, Charlie was born in Washington, D. C. His family moved'to New Jersey when he was still a schoolboy, and he graduated from Penns Grove High School with a full quota of letters in football, basket ball and baseball. He continued his schooling for two years at the Univer servicing their products throughout sity of Pennsylvania night school in southern Michigan. Philadelphia. Bom just after the turn of the cen Charlie and his two children-- tury not far from Detroit in Armada,. Dorothy Ann (Sis), age 14, and Mich., Cliff was graduated from the 16 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 12358 Armada High School. So completely sold on Michigan is Cliff that he can see no good reason for crossing its borders and never has. His wife, Mae, is also a native of Michigan and was bom in the town of Clair on the St. Clair River. Cliff is an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and has acquired an ideal place to follow these sports. Located between two lakes in the heart of northern Michigan, he has a camp of the log cabin type surrounded with pine and birch trees. Cliff and his wife have for several years spent every possible week-end and all their vacations at their 120-acre north woods camp, which they consider their real home. Six Detroiters joined the 10-year club on July 1. They are Merrill J. Anderson, John D. Bailie, Edwin A. Desmond, Jr., Arthur E. Huff man, James M. Mason, Jr. and Elmer L. Tandrup. Chalking up five years of Ethyl service in July are Dorothy B. Klein, of N. Y. Public Relations, and Leonard G. Smith, of Detroit Re search laboratories. Safety Paid Off OUen A. Clay, a nurse in the Baton Rouge Medical department, displays the Mine Saiety Appliance Pneophore recently purchased by the plant hospital. Considered one oi the most effective portable artificial respira tion units available, the resusritator is valuable in spots that cannot be reached by larger, more bulky machines and is adaptable to any oxygen supply. It will also distrib ute penicillin and streptomycin directly into the respiratory tract to treat infections. George Ramsey, a Baton Rouge storeroom clerk, holds the remains of the safety shoe he was wearing when a 10B lb. pig of lead crashed down on his foot. While he was counting an incoming shipment, one of the lead bars--ap parently off balance--fell and struck him. Although he was saved from severe injury, the steel toe cap was bent so badly that his shoe had to be cut off. George says that he's always been "sold on safety shoes"--now he's convinced they are a "paying proposition." On the cover: Eoating on a peaceful lake at one of the many dude ranches high in the Adirondacks. Picture courtesy NYSPIX-Commerce. 17 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY KA -WSI'T.tAulasCZOTA.EScTuC^eA.sHUo.sotNtAl acoatDtansko. mc sac cst cCNTAivia to another, maintain a WITAl TO METAl CONTACT. Fire Power Comic Book Wins Praise The new comic book, Fire Power, was hardly off the press when Ethyl Corporation began to receive high praise from industrial firms through out the country for "the fine public service" we are rendering by publish ing it. Promoting the oil industry's campaign for greater safety wherever petroleum products are handled, the booklet highlights some of the causes of gasoline fires and suggests precau tions people can take to avoid them. Originally, the Fire Power booklet was prepared to distribute at the Fire Power shows which are being put on by Ethyl men throughout the country for our customer companies. But dis tribution has become much more widespread since last May when the National Fire Protective Association sent a copy to each member along with their monthly bulletin. As a result, requests started rolling in not only from customer companies, but other large industrial firms. We have distributed a quarter of a million copies, and Fire Power is now going into another printing to fill ad-, ditional requests for nearly 100,000. ETC 12360 The biggest came from Phillips Peroleum Company--we shipped them 12,500. Various branches of the armed lervices in this country, England and Germany, the Boston Public Library and trade journals are among those who have asked for Fire Power. Mac McCulloch, sales promotion manager, has been busy answering letters and taking care of requests. Here are a few comments from letters he has received: "The Fire Power safety comic pamphlet is an excellent approach to a complex problem." "It is indeed commendable that your corporation is sufficiently inter ested in the safety of the American public to produce such a pamphlet. The method of presenting the problem will surely cause this pamphlet to be read by all children, as well as a large number of adults who may have access to it." "Reams of never-read copy have been prepared on this subject: how ever, your presentation in cartoon form is particularly attractive to the average workman and we are sure will maintain his interest." "This is a most exemplary public service and should do much to educate the public to the proper and safe handling of gasoline." Cunently on display in the lobby of the Ferndale National Bank is this exhibit by the Ethyl Research labs in Detroit. Prepared at the invitation of the bank as one of a series by local in dustry and retailers, this pictorial presentation shows how Ethyl research benefits the motor ist by helping to bring about better engine performance and increased gasoline mileage. Also depicted are ways in which our Company serves the community by paying taxes to support local government and schools and by employing local residents. Ed Kurt, technical assistant to the general manager of the labs (right), discusses a photograph with Bank Vice President Earle Steele. An estimated 20,000 people will see the exhibit during the six weeks it will be shown. s ETC 12361 Enjoying a hearty steak after an afternoon of golf are from left: W. S. Zehrung, Penmoil, Samuel Messer, Quaker State, Ethyl Sales Manager Julian Frey, Guy B. Hunter, Quaker State, H. W. Schmidt, United Refining, and Gel Howell, Eastern region. In the foreground, left, is Charlie Kass, technical representative of the Eastern region, with Joe Hinman, of Pennzoil. I Inset shows Eastern Regional Manager Dick Murphy (center) as he sets a grinning example for J Bob Hunter, of Pennzoil (right) while Harry Mack gives the cameraman a retrained smile. i > i Western Pennsylvania i Refiners' Pow-Wow Ethyl's annual party for the inde pendent oil companies and refiners of western Pennsylvania was held at the Wanango Country club near Oil City on June 8. This affair has become a tradition since its inception in 1937 and all of our customers look forward to it each year. The party started with a luncheon followed by golf and a dinner in the evening. More than one hundred guests representing management, re finery, sales and all other departments attended. Prizes were awarded to the more proficient golfers. Following the banquet, Harry Kaley and Julian Frey welcomed the group on behalf of Ethyl, and Guy Hunter of Quaker State responded for the customers. Bill Rusher then gave his inimitable presentation of the Fire Power Show which was enthusiastically received. Vice President Harry Kaley (left) looks on while Guy B. Hunter, of Quaker State Re fining, takes careful aim for his next shot. ETC 12362 Science Teachers Tour Labs he Metropolitan Detroit Science ub held their annual meeting at the thyl Research laboratories on June 2, :ard George Calingaert (associate .rector of research on manufacturing id chemical products) speak on Will the Atom Turn the Wheels of ldustry" and toured the labs. ! Guides and greeters for the 75 high chool science teachers who attended fere Coleman Davidson, Fritz Schroe$r, Harry Toulmin and Jerry Stanke [f Automotive Research: and Harold joroos, Jim Hinkamp, Ted Carron uid George Thomson of Chemical Research. Thom Yates, who was in charge of Frances Lamb, of Chem Research, shows the visiting teachers how a spectrogram may be utilised to Identify chemical constituents. I die program, extended the official were Ruby Fertal, cafeteria manager, welcome. His right and left bowers in and Karl Kuhn, assistant business i naking preparations for the meeting manager of the laboratories. i News Executives Visit Plant These live buses are filled with members of he Newspaper Advertising Executives Associ ation leaving the Baton Rouge plant after a pur of Ethyl's manufacturing area. Follow* &g the group's semi-annual meeting in New Orleans, the executives and their wives spent June 29 sightseeing in Baton Rouge. Back to camera is Antiknock editor Doug Price walking to meet Lew Barnum, assistant to the manager of plant and employee services. ETC 12363 Chatting by the registration desk are (left to right): Ralph Wahrenbrock, Mrs. Wahrenbrock, Mrs. Joe Cipolla, Mrs. Merrill Anderson, Mrs. Thom Yates, Sandy Yates, Thom Yates, Joe Cipolla and Ross Riie (face partially hidden). Youngster in foreground is Merrill Anderson's boy, Bruce. Behind the counter, registering Ethylites and giving out caps is Florence McMahoo. Big Crowd Enjoys Detroit Picnic Clear skies and a hot sun greeted some 250 Ethyl employees and their i families who gathered at Walled Lake Amusement park for the Detroit Ethyl Society's annual picnic on June 11. The park, situated, on a large inland lake about 25 miles northwest of Detroit, provided rides for the chil dren as well as facilities for picnicking, softball, and special races and other events. Ross Rife, retiring social chairman of the society, made arrangements for Left, above: Sports champ Kitty Weiss is up at bat and that's Harold Faucher catching. Below: Waiting for the next ride are Steve Droege (at left, all in white), retiring Ethyl Society social chairman Ross. Rifs (lighting his pipe), Late and Mrs. Willans. ETC 12364 the picnic. Aiding Ross in planning and running the event were the following committee members: Florence McMahon and Eleanor Ott registered guests and passed out special Ethyl overseas caps and free tickets for the merry-go-round and other rides. At the refreshment stand, Evelyn Ryan and Maxine Acre reported that they handed out 632 bottles of soda pop and 288 ice cream sticks during the day. To start off the day's activities, George Betker and Harry Prince organized a softball game. Harold Faucher was in charge of Enjoying the picnic in the park are (1. to r.) Mrs. George Boyle, Mrs. George Vaughn, George Boyle, a guest and George_Vaughn. special events and games. Judges were Merrill Anderson, Rex Closson and Johnny Zawadski. Evelyn Harworth, Kitty Weiss and Helen Krueger took charge of prizes. 1 So numerous and spirited were the / 1 races that two masters-of-ceremonies were needed. Barney Jones and Thom Yates split the honors for their fast talking in announcing races and win ners while A1 Tandrup operated the public address system. Fred Green handled all publicity for the picnic and, in addition, took the pictures on these pages. On the midway are (left to right): Beverlee Rife; Sharon Bouwman, a friend of Beverlee's; Sharon and Bonnie Jeanne Green and their mother Mrs. Fred Green; Boberta Rife and Mrs. Boss Rife. ETC 12365 Ethyl Man Helps Save Boy's Life There's time to smile now as Tom Aguillard holds Bill Gremillion, Jr., whom he and Mrs. Roy Turner (right) saved by artilical res piration after the child had lost conscious ness in a bathtub filled with water. At left is Bill's mother, Mrs. W. K. Gremillion, Sr. Training in artificial respiration he had received as an Ethyl employee helped Tom Aguillard, Baton Rouge TEL operator, and Mrs. Roy Turner save the life of year-old Bill Gre million, Jr. when he fell into a bathtub filled with water. On June 9, Mrs. Gremillion had left her two children--Susan, 2, and Bill, 1--alone for a few minutes around 11 a.m. while she returned a baby bottle borrowed from a neighbor. Although she had closed the bath room door before leaving, the two children opened it, stopped up the drain of the tub with a washcloth and turned on the water full force. Susan apparently pulled Bill into the tub and he was unconscious under the water when Mrs. Gremillion returned. Responding quickly to screams for help, Tom and Mrs. Turner, both neighbors of the Gremillions, gave artificial respiration for several min utes before the child showed signs of breathing. The Weller Avenue Fire department rushed oxygen inhalation equipment to the scene and, when Bill was sufficiently revived, he was taken to Our Lady of the Lake Sani tarium. Overnight observation indi cated he had suffered no permanent injury from his close call. Mrs. Gremillion praised the first aid training which had enabled Tom and Mrs. Turner to save her son. New Tax Exemptions in Detroit Loren and Betty Knowles--a son, Loren Michell, II (Mike), born June 15. Weight: 8 lb. One sister, Carol Ann, 2. Loren is a research chemist group leader. Ed and Mary Johnson--a daughter, Ann Kristine, bom June 22. Weight: 6 lb. 9 oz. Three brothers: Edlen, 11; Roger, 7 and Mark, 1 A . Ed is head of the Chemical Engineering section. Gordon and Margaret Wilcox--a daughter, Jean Marie, born June 21. Weight: 6 lb. 11 oz. One sister, Julie, 1. Gordon is a chemist. /Hvtsr t* us. 24 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY /#**sr m us. utmss law /*us.s*v*h& touts ETC ! When It's Hay Fever Time Sneezing? Sniffling? Eyes watering? jThen perhaps you are allergic (sensi tive) to pollen and have hay fever. Plant pollen is only one of many usually harmless substances which may make your life miserable. Various foods, house dust, animal danders, drugs, dyes, fungi and the bite or sting of insects I bees or wasps) are some of the other things to which 'persons may be allergic. In fact the substance may be almost anything which can get into your body by eat ing or drinking, by inhaling, by ordinary contact or by injection. Relief If you have symptoms of hay fever, it is best to see your physician prompt ly. He will make a thorough study to find out what kind of pollen is causing your trouble. Your living habits, the time of year when your attacks begin and the pollens common to your vicinity furnish important clues. Dif ferent tests--such as skin tests- may ; also be helpful in determining what pollens should be avoided. Injections which build up resist ance--called desensitization treat ments--and several new drugs are available for treating hay fever. Re moving pollen from the air of a room with various- mechanical devices or wearing a filter in the nose may help. How Do Yon Teel? How do you feel most of the time-- happy, hopeful, friendly, unruffled-- or tense, worried, afraid, irritable? The emotions have a strong influence on allergic persons. Under emotional pressure, your symptoms may become more severe. If you are suffering from hay fever, it may be a factor in the development of asthma. Try not to get discouraged, or upset by petty things. Sparing Yourself If you have hay fever, help yourself by taking a few precautions: 1. Try to build up your resistance to respiratory infections by healthful living habits. Your physician may prescribe a diet or other treatment. 2. Have early treatment- it may prevent complications. 3. Stay indoors as much as possible, there's less pollen indoors. 4. Keep your bedroom windows closed during hay fever season. At night open a window in an adjoining room, or cover open window with pollen filter or heavy dampened fabric. 5. Avoid drafts, wind and long exposure to cold, raw air. 6. Don't travel in the country. 7. Avoid inhaling dust, smoke or strong fumes--anything irritating to the nose, throat and lungs. 8. Try to avoid emotional stress-- your symptoms may become worse. 25 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC ABOUT PEOPLE Charles Averill, of Baton Rouge Purchasing, was installed as president of the Port Allen Lions' club at the annual ladies' night banquet on July 8. Charlie recently represented his group at the annual state Lions' convention. Lew Barnum, of Baton Rouge Plant and Employee Services, was host to about 25 members of the Y Men's club and their wives at a hamburger supper on June 13. The Men's club is the service organization of the Baton Rouge Y.M.C.A. Frank Frtcker, business manager of the Detroit labs, has been named to a 20-member board of trustees that will Charlie Averill The boys enjoyed a full day's outing starting with a parade to Victory park where Mike emceed a program at which various city leaders spoke. From the park, the boys were taken in special buses with police escort to Camp Istrouma for swimming, games and picnicking. \ Art Roberts, safety engineer in the 4 Eastern region, has been elected chair J} man of the Atlantic division. Petrol / l eum section, of the National Safety Council. One of the foremost petrol eum safety groups in the country, many top safety directors of major East Coast oil companies are active members. Max Roensch, of the Detroit Re search labs, is the author of the lead article in the June issue of the SAE Journal. Entitled "High Compres Art Roberts arrange for the construction of a multi-million dollar hospital in Oak land County, Mich. The board will select a site for the hospital, determine staff policy and administer the hos pital after it is built. F. M. Porch, a Baton Rouge safety engineer, was master of ceremonies at a special celebration on June 4 to honor school safety patrol leaders. sion Engine Performance," the feature is based on a paper given by Max at the SAE National Passenger Car, Body and Production meeting held in Detroit last March. James W. Weller, 33, a technician in Chemical Research at the Detroit labs, died on May 23 after a brief illness. Jim joined the Company in 1946 after 33 months' service with the Army Air Forces. 26 BULLETIN BOARD --1ULY ETC 12368 New Detroiters -^Paul Kemp ... of Chem Re* search . . . Minnesota-born . . . B. Ch. from U. of Minn. . . . now attending Wayne U. nights . . . Detroit Boy Scout committeeman . . . member Nat'l Model R.R. Assoc. . . . married, one son. Anne Harmon . . . analytical^, chemist . . . born in Terre Haute, [nd. . . . B.S. from Detroit U. . . . former biochemist in Edsei B. Ford Memorial Research . . . member ACS and Sigma Delta scientific sorority . . . pianist. -^Marjorie Kammann . . . sten ographer in Automotive Research . . . native Detroiter .. . graduated from Nativity of Our Lord High School . . . before Ethyl, secre tary at Tom Boyd, Inc.... bowled in two leagues this past year. Henry Reeber ... accountant in^> Finance . . . Detroiter . . . B.B.A. from U. of Michigan magna cum laude . . . three years in Army intelligence corps . . . member Alpha Kappa Psi, Beta Gamma Sig ma (honorary), American Legion. ^Carl Poehlman . . . design en gineer . . . Detroiter . . . BChE. from U. of Detroit . . . joins Ethyl from Wyandotte Chemical Corp. .... member of Detroit Engineer ing Society and ACS . - . hobby: silhouette photography. Madelyn Hardy . . . secretary^ to Thom Yates, replacing Phyllis Bonenberger, who resigned ... attended Wayne U., Mich. U. .. . joined Ethyl from Graham Manu- facturing Corp. in Ferndale . . . plays the piano . . . likes to sew. ^Charles Murray ... chemist... began work just after receiving his A.B. from Michigan U. in February . . . born in Detroit . . . two years in the Army . . . mem ber of college softball, football and basketball teams ... Zeta Psi. Thomas Smith... engine oper-^ ator . . . formerly shipping clerk with Automobile Equipment Com pany ... born in Detroit... grad uated from Pershing High School . football player . . . likes to take pictures of his wife, Gloria. Ethyl-Dow employees prove that it is possible to do two things at once. Scene in the lunch room of the Freeport plant shows the men concentrating deeply--both on dominoes and lunch. The Domino Demons of Freeport When the noon whistle blows at the Ethyl-Dow plant in Freeport, Texas, there is a mad scramble for the lunch room. But lunch is only secondary-- it's the dominoes that count, and the rattle of the black and white "rocks" mingles with the rattling of paper lunch bags. About eight years ago, a few men started playing dominoes during lunch hours, and now everyone at the plant plays. The game is so popular that some eager enthusiasts arrive two hours early in the morning to get in a few games before work. Some of the partners have been playing together for years and a number of very smooth players have developed. To overcome the inevitable lunch time difficulty of calling to the scorekeeper for a count without interfering with mastication, players have devised a sign language. It's all in the way a 28 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY man pounds the table whether he's made a count or has to pass. And the game goes on. Nor is dominoes only a working-day recreation. It's not uncommon for some of the foursomes to get together for a little "bone game" on Saturday afternoons just to keep in practice. Annual domino tournaments create more enthusiasm than a bathing beauty contest. A playing schedule is placed on the bulletin board and, before the tournament ends, linoleum on the floor around the playing tables is worn out, but the players never! Each farm worker in the U. S. is producing, on the average, 46 per cent more than he did in 1935, while at the same time his work has been made easier and more profitable, largely through the increased use of petrol eum-fueled mechanized equipment. ETC 12370 QOOQ Oil (Companies are constantly applying new scientific, methods of DISCOVERING CLUES TO OIL FIELDS/ TO I Because of the increased use of oil- INCREASE AMERICA'S OIL RESERVES. towered MACHINERY BARM PRODUCTION TODAY THIS DEVICE/ USED IN OIL EXPLORATION. l IS WHAT PERCENT GREATER.THAN PREWAR* (A) Zcf (B)S^e (c)l5*/o (p)2? V IS CALLED ? (A) AIRBORNE MAGNETOMETER (B)FLYING BOMB (C)PENDUL05IS(D)AIRATEP OILOMETER Oil (omranies own and operate MANY MILES OF PIPELINES IN ORDER TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST. THERE ARE HOW MANY MILES OF OIL PIPELINES IN THIS COUNTRY* (A) \0,000 MILES(B)5}00O MILES (C) 98,000 MILES (0)150/000 MILES `ijHERE ARE MORE THAN 41 MILLION MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS WORKS OUT TO HOW many per SERVICE STATION * (A) W4 (B) 1/800 (C) 20/ ooo CD) 230/000 29 BULLETIN BOARD---JULY ETC 12371 Ann Selfridge, (at right) SB's Dallas correspondent, enjoyed a real Western vaca tion at a dude ranch close to New Brauniels, Texas. Ann writes in glowing terms of horseback riding over beau tiful trails and food so won derful "one could commit a gastronomical suicide." Vacation smile -- Gladys Key put lots of distance be tween her and her work when she vacationed in Boyds, Wash. It was a back home jaunt for Gladys who now lives in Texas, and works in the Purchasing department at the Ethyl-Dow plant in Freeport, Texas. I Howard Kugler, a Baton \ Rouge laundry leader, built 'this brick home in just 18 i i months of spare time work. He estimates that by doing his own work he saved $8,000 on the cost of the structure, which is valued at $15,000. The house has 1350 square feet of floor space, five rooms and two porches. Howard has had building experience and did all the job except the plastering and the roofing. i Good neighbor--lim Bald win, chief safety engineer for the Eastern region, deserted his own painting job at home to help his next door neighbor, Ted Vogeler. That's Jim at the left doing his bit' toward getting the copper flashing in place between the shingles and the gutter. Scene of this community project is Westfield, New Jersey. s ] i i j ! etc 12372 Your ironing needn't increase in sum mer, even though the family washing does. Here are ways you can keep clothes off your ironing board, or at least cut their ironing time in half. Put cotton clothes through the wringer flat--in straight, lengthwise folds to keep their shape. Wringing tightly or twisting adds wrinkles and strains material. Before you hang cotton garments, give them a good shake to remove folds. After hanging, straighten collars and smooth out wrinkles. If ironing is necessary, take gar ments from line or dryer when they are damp dry. If you can't iron them right away, fold them flat in an oil cloth-lined basket and cover with a damp towel or sheet. Put pieces that must stand longer than overnight in the refrigerator. Dry thoroughly all items that don't require ironing. The ones you dry on hangers are ready for the closet. Fold others neatly into a basket, ready for drawers or shelves. Do not wring rayon. If rayons re quire ironing, roll in a Turkish towel, squeeze gently and iron right away on the wrong side. Hang nylon garments while very wet on a hanger or stretcher with a towel between front and back. The weight of the moisture pulls wrinkles out. Blot the lower edges now and then as water runs down. Usually you won't need to iron nylon, but you may smooth out any slight wrinkles with a warm but not hot iron. Cool Salads for Hot Days Undecided what to have tor a special cool ing lunch? Settle for a salad plate for nutri tion and goed appetite. Try this combination: chilled canned shrimp on romaine with French dressing, devilled eggs, toasted nuts, finger sandwiches with minc ed ham and jelly fillings, grapefruit and avocado salad and lettuce cup with mayonnaise. Serve with frosty iced tea. For variety, combine shrimp with potato sal ad and sliced tomatoes. Third Finger Left Hand Bill Brinn, N. Y. Mailroom, married Jean Barbara Anderson on June 18. After the ceremony, a reception was given for the family and friends at the bride's home. Bruce Pemberton, also of the Mailroom, was best man. Eleanor Helmrich, ` secretary to Mike Maroldy of N. Y. Finance, be came the bride of Peter lasillo on June 4. After a small reception at the bride's home, Eleanor and Peter Hew to Mexico for their honeymoon. weds are spending the summer at Camp Dudley on Lake Champlain. Lena Kosko, of the N. Y. Statistical Research department, received her engagement ring from Michael Moska on her birthday, May 26. No wedding date has been set. E. O. Jones, III, son of Ollie Jones, manager of customer services, married Anna Mary Miles at New Haven, Conn, on June 22. The ceremony cli maxed a weekend of several coinci dental events for three generations of Joneses all bearing the same name. Ollie's father, E. O. Jones, Sr., was a member of the Yale class of 1899, which celebrated its 50th reunion on June 18, and Ollie was the "Class Baby of '99." On June 20, Ollie III received his A.B. degree for pre medical studies at Yale. The newly- Bill and Jean Brinn Eleanor Ott Eskola Eleanor Ott became the bride of Robert O. Eskola at a double-ring ceremony at the First Methodist Church, Royal Oak, Mich, on June 25. Eleanor was attended by her sister, Mrs. Jack Lenox, and Mary Jane Lundeen of Detroit. Assisting at the reception in the church parlors follow ing the ceremony were Florence Held, Florence McMahon and Rose Ferrara, all of the Detroit labs. Eleanor and Bob toured northern Michigan for two weeks and are now at home in Ferndale. Eleanor is a technical clerk at the Detroit labs and Bob is an administrative assistant at Wayne University in Detroit. Careers: Homeward Bound Flowers for milady as Nita Eskuri and Betty Grant are feted at lunch* eon in Detroit on June 30. About 25 girls attended the farewell for Nita and Betty, who are leaving their Ethyl careers in favor of home making. Here Marion Mecoli (left) and Irene Wilhammer present Nita with a gardenia corsage while Marge Kammann decorates Betty. That's Jean Cameron and Helen Krueger looking on. They also received gold earrings from their Ethyl friends. Both girls were stenographers at the labs--Nita in Automotive Re search and Betty in Lab Services. fj; l \ On Hand with all good wishes for Marie Dragonette Diehl as she retired from Ethyl are mem* \ bers of the N. Y. office. Formerly secretary to ]. A. Costello, assistant general manager of i manufacturing, Marie plans to make a full time job of homemaking. She and husband Richard hope to find a small place to live up in the Connecticut countryside. Her friends presented her with an electric broiler and a set of nylon lingerie. At a cocktail party held on June 29 at the Hotel Shelburne are: far right, Marie; clockwise from the corner, Erma Harris. 35th floor receptionist; Estelle Caldwell. Manufacturing; Miriam Dickman, Public Relations; Dot Locke. 34th floor receptionist; Corinne Hill, secretary to President Shea; Loretta Hogan Me* Entegart and Gertrude Melloh, Payroll; Marie Burch Anderson, chief telephone operator; Mary O'Hern, secretary to R. R. Failer; Ruth MacDonald Raietti, Manufacturing; Mary Dumville, Publicity; Jessie Haiton, head of N. Y. Stenographic; Margaret Dolan, who succeeds Marie as sec retary to J. A. Costello; Eva Pavelchek Weissleder, Eastern region; Dot Taylor, Product Develop ment; Genevieve Corcoran Murphy, secretary to H. W. Kaley; Dot Grainger, secretary to J. J. Frey; Laura Day, Product Development; Emmie Koster Brown, secretary to M. P. Murdock; Lillian Johnson, secretary to Graham Edgar; and Hasel Anderson, secretary to C. W. Wasserman. ETC 12375 I At a joint Ethyl-Tide Water technical meeting, Max Roensch, oi our Research labs, (standing) discusses factors affecting exhaust valve life. Present and listening are Ethyl's lack Macauley, Dick Scales, Roy Goltz, Charlie Kass and Harold Gibson. Russ McGuiney, of the Eastern re* gion, and Tom Risk and John Wintringham, of Detroit, attended but were absent for the photo. Ethyl Joins Tide Water in J Technical Research Meeting i Ethyl's E-26, always available to of Tide Water's manufacturing, re i customer companies for projects or search and development departments problems related to fuels, engines and to review data on various phases lubricants, was put to work for Tide of gasoline research investigations. Water Associated Oil Company at a The subjects they discussed in technical conference held in Bayonne, cluded : 1) a history of the composition N. J. on May 25. The meeting is of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds 2' another example of the way Ethyl engine cleanliness factors 3) exhaust cooperates with the oil industry to set valve life factors 4) octane require the pace for progress in fuels and ments of high compression cars 5) ef engines. fective utilization of tetraethyl lead Technical men from our Research antiknock compounds 6) studies of laboratories and representatives of the distribution of fuel-air on tetraethyl Eastern region joined with members lead and 7) various dual fuel systems. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green, Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson I photogra pher), Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick. Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing: Chris Bruhl. 34 BULLETIN BOARD --JULY ETC 12376 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president and Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary, Marceline Marquis, Editor Ever Try to Push a Calf? lalph Waldo Emerson tells a story bout trying to get a calf into the arn. While Emerson pushed the calf rom behind, his son pulled on the alf's head from the front. The calf tiffened his legs and bleated like a ;oat. The more they pushed and >ulled, the more the animal resisted ind the louder he bawled. Then along came a farm girl. She Dut her finger into the calf's mouth for it to suck and led it slowly and :asily into the barn. Emerson says that he and his son were both making the same mistake. They were thinking only about what they wanted. They forgot what the calf wanted. j The human animal reacts just like jthe calf. We all think about what we jwant and, as a result, often have a lot of trouble getting it. We do with people just what Emerson did with the calf--try to get them to do what we want them to just because we want them to. Take the case of Bob Buttin. He worked hard, brought imagination, ideas and enthusiasm to his job, stud ied after hours to broaden his knowl edge and sharpen his efficiency. He was a pleasant chap, good-humored most of the time and cheerful. Seemed as though he should go right to the top. He did move up at first, but then his progress stopped. When Bob had an idea, a problem or a question to take up with anyone, he charged in like a spirited stallion, and no matter who was present or what was going on blurted out what was on his mind. He failed in one small but important thing: he com pletely overlooked the fact that the people he worked with were just as much interested in their jobs as he was in his. Bob wondered why his ideas were usually cold-shouldered, why his in structions were carried out so slowly, why nobody seemed interested in doing a job he wanted done. At last he concluded there was no use trying to get any cooperation from the stub born kind of people he was supposed to work with, so he decided to do the best he could on.his own. And that was the end of Bob Buttin's progress. Printed in U.S.A. ETC 12378 ETC 12379 etc 12380 In 1932, when this Chevrolet convertible was the latest model, the Coordinating Fuel Research Committee ran its first road tests and developed the Motor method of laboratory octane number determination. The beakers indicate how knockless iso-octane and heavy-knock normal heptane are blended to give pre-determined octane number refer ence fuels. The octane number of any gaso line is determined by matching a sample with varying proportions of iso-octane and heptane. New Standard Set for "Ethyl" Gasoline Even greater performance from prem ium gasolines sold under the "Ethyl" trade-mark can be expected by motor ists as a result of an increase in the minimum antiknock rating to 86 oc tane number by the Research test method, effective September 19. The new standard, which has been established by the Company, will be come effective on September 19 by notice mailed to 189 oil companies using the "Ethyl" trade-mark. Actu ally most of these companies are al;ready meeting the new specifications as a result of recent improvements in .the quality of premium gasoline. '% An exemption of three octane num bers is to be made for certain areas in the Rocky Mountain plateau. This sets Ethyl's minimum standard for these areas at 83 octane number by Research test method. Higher alti tudes have an appreciable effect upon octane requirements. The previous peacetime standard for "Ethyl" gasoline--of 80 octane num ber by the Motor method of test--was revised during the war when shortages compelled a sacrifice in civilian motor fuel quality. Now, however, ample supplies of "Ethyl" fluid and the end of general industry-wide shortages per mit this improvement in gasoline qual ity to become effective. Ever since the end of the war, the motoring public has had the benefit of new and additional motor fuel com ponents made by improved refining processes. As a result, postwar motor fuels exhibit a substantial improve ment in road performance. Change by Ethyl from ratings ac cording to the Motor test method to ratings by the Research test method 3 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST ETC 12381 In determining octane number of fuel, the standard CFR singie-cy inder test engine is used. Knoc intensity of the fuel sample standard. Various mixtures of isi octane and normal heptane are use as reference fuels until a mixtui is found that will produce the san knock intensity as the gasoline sag pie. From the readings obtains the octane number of the test sampl is determined. Here Knock Test Eng neer Herb Green operates one of tfc machines at the Detroit laboratorie recognizes present industry acceptance of the Research method as superior for predicting the performance of cars on the road, particularly in the case of the new model engines. These engine incidentally, are being designed to tal full advantage of premium gasolii quality. Petroleum Industry Trains Reserve Officers The first peace-time school in pe troleum engineering for Reserve Offi cers of the Armed Forces was held in New York City June 13-24. Research and educational heads of leading oil companies presided over the training sessions which included lectures by specialists in the industry covering every phase of petroleum operations. - Among the specialists on the faculty were Ethyl's Redg Bushell and Art Roberts. Sales Coordinator Don Flynn served on the committee which planned the course. These three members of the Eastern Region received commen dation for "their enthusiastic and valu able assistance" from Rear Admiral W. S. DeLany, Commandant of the Third Naval District, in a letter to President Shea. 4 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST Redg discussed "Gasoline Qualii and Its Relation to Engine Perfd mance." Art's talk, "The Safe Ha dling ofGasoline and Tetraethyl Lead was accompanied by dramatic demo strations. Ethyl Corporation was one of companies which cooperated in putti: on the petroleum training course f the 105 select officer-students of t Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Cor and Coast Guard Reserves who i tended. ** * The first oil company drive-in servi station was opened in 1903. Tod: there are 250,000 and 95 per cent them are independently owned, operated. There are more service st tions than post offices or grocery store ETC 12382 Dan Guy, (left) head of the Agricultural section of Tech Service, and Prof. A. W. Farrell, head of Agricultural Engineering at Michigan State College, demonstrate some of the college's mod em farm machinery during the 42d annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural En gineers held the week of June 20 at East Lansing. Ethyl Corporation was among 25 Detroit ( industries which were host to 400 ASAE members who visited the Motor City on June 23-24. 4 Tours of sponsoring companies gave ASAE members a chance to become acquainted with the imj ; portance of Detroit industries in agricultural engineering and the industrialists benefited ) < horn discussions of today's agricultural problems. Dan was a member of the entertainment ! | committee and helped plan the reception and banquet at the Hotel Tuller which climaxed the { ! meeting. Charles F. Kettering, of the Ethyl board, was one of the main banquet speakers. ETC 12383 Yearling a Success With 462 performances to its credit present the program throughout the at the end of June, the Ethyl Fire Western region. Power show ranks among all-time Designed primarily as a service to hits. Since its premiere on June 24, customers, the Fire Power show 1948, over 37,000 people in 30 different emphasizes safety to their employees states have seen the 45-minute demon arid dealers. As a reminder that some stration. The theme of the show is that characteristics of gasoline must be gasoline is perfectly safe when handled controlled, everyone attending the correctly. show is given a copy of the Fire The original cast of four has grown Power comic book (see July BB). to nine. In the Eastern region Bill With several months' solid booking Rusher does the honors. Lou Wilson, ahead, the Fire Power show has first Central region performer, has been applauded everywhere it has ap been joined by Bob Smith. Veteran peared. The show has been publicized showmen Doug Jeppe and Dale Miller in the National Petroleum News, Popu share the spotlight in the Southern lar Science, Safety Engineering, the region with Joe Hopkins and R. G. Milwaukee Commerce, and several (Scotty) Scott. Bill Van Wyck, an customer publications--Ashland' Oil other show pioneer, and John Koehnle Log, Aetna Oval and Utoco Torch. I 6 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST ETC 12384 r ! Oil's 90th Birthday Party I It all started with a bottle of medicine labeled "Kier's Petroleum or Rock Oil, Celebrated for its Wonderful Curative Powers." A by-product of one of the many brine wells which furnished Americans with salt, the medicine (petroleum) was advertised by sketches of drilling equipment. George Bissell, looking at the label with a derrick ; on it, decided to. try boring for oil. He hired Edwin L. Drake to do the j job. After months of discouragement, ihe struck oil at Titusville, Pa. On , August 27, 1859, the first commercial j oil well was brought in at 69 Vi feet, i Since 1859 oil men have drilled more than 1,250,000 wells to try to find oil in the United States. Of these, about 861,000 were successful oil wells; 88.000 found natural gas only and 288.000 were dusters--unsuccessful i dry wells. Today oil men are going down nearly four miles in their un ceasing effort to find oil, and they are still finding new fields. Thanks to Drake and the persistence and inge nuity of the millions of oil men who have followed, Americans today live better in a nation heated, powered and lubricated for the most part by oil and oil products. Drake and his work crew of three have grown into approximately two million persons in the oil industry, which now numbers 34,000 companies. Motor tank trucks, specially con structed steel barges, railroad tank cars, ocean-going tankers and pipe lines, 24 to 30 inches in diameter, speed petroleum and its products all over this country and to the world market. Oil products are both the cause and result of thousands of inventions. With an inexpensive source of coal oil for illumination, a man no longer had to stop all work at the close of day--he had light for reading and study. By the light of the oil lamp the automo bile, the tractor, the airplane and the diesel engine were invented. The impact of the discovery of oil upon transportation is only one part of the story of petroleum's progress. Early wasteful distillation which pro duced only kerosene has been replaced by a 100 per cent utilization of the crude oil. 1200 useful products, rang ing from asphalt to wax are made from petroleum. They include plastics, in dustrial chemicals, synthetic rubbers, paints, alcohols, fertilizers, medicines, cosmetics, insecticides and preserva tives. Our whole industrial system owes its existence to a film of oil. Without oil there could be no great cities, for there would be no oil-lubricated ma- 7 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST I i I l! * ETC 12385 The original Drake well looked like a ramshackle cabin with an abnormally large chimney. In the above photograph taken in 1861, two years after the dis covery of oil at Titusville, Pa., Col. Edwin Drake (wearing top hat, right) and a friend, Peter Wilson, are stand ing in front of the nation's first com mercial oil well. The Drake well is being re-serviced to pump oil on the 90th anniversary date. The original drilling tools will be presented to the Drake Well Museum as part of the col lection embracing the early days of oil. Also scheduled are a program at the well itself and dedication of a new wing of the museum at Drake Weil Memorial Park. Far different from the first gasoline motor car invented by C. E. Duryea in 1892 is this streamlined 1949 model. Plastics on the dashboard, lacquer in the paint job, some rubber in the tires plus the gasoline, lubricating oil and grease to run it come from petroleum. In 1948 U. S. motorists consumed an all time record of 35,532,000 gal. of gas. Drake's discovery started a wild oil rush. Typical of the boom days is this derrickcovered hillside overlooking Pioneer Run :n 1865. Refineries kept pace with the wells. All a refiner needed was an iron drum and a condenser to produce a distillate or kerosene. In sis years 100 refineries were built but fire and explosion put many out of business. chines to power their Vast water and sanitation plants. Without oil there would be little light, for modem elec trical engineering could not have been born. And without light, there would be no comparable public school system no movies, and no subways. Almost all of whatis called "modern* in our lives has been made possible by Drake's discovery. Oil has giver Improved power-farming equipment and bet ter petroleum-based insecticides now enable the potato growers of this country to produce 25 per cent more potatoes on the same acre age that was devoted to potato growing be fore the war. With oil-powered machinery one farmer can grow as much today as 30 farmers in 1830. In the Great Plains, heavy duty tractors plow at a rate of 45 acres an hour. ETC 12386 Transportation was a tough problem in oil's tarly days. No railroads went through that iart of Pa. Flat-bottomed barges like these seing loaded at Funkville were the first mass rarriers since they could float the barrels jf oil downstream. Much oil and many lives were lost in the often turbulent Allegheny. Today pipe lines, tankers and trucks move oil. us mass production in place of piece work. Oil-lubricated machines cut I dresses and suits by the hundreds, i turn out dozens of tables and chairs, i make toys for children, radio and tele vision sets for the whole family. Through 90 years of the oil industry, Americans have come to know com fort, security and pleasures undreamed of in August 1859. I (Thanks to the power and efficiency of modern fuels created from oil, Americans now travel faster, farther, with more comfort and less expense. Scheduled U.S.-owned commercial lirlines flew almost 8 billion passenger miles luring 1948 and carried 13,002,000 domestic and 1,324,000 international passengers. Every lay Uncle Sam's flying mail men cover a country-wide route of almost 132,000 miles. Railroad tank cars first appeared in 1865. Makeshift affairs mounted on a flat car, they were merely two round iron or wooden tanks holding a total of 40 to 45 barrels of crude oil--roughly 1,700 to 1,900 gallons. Around 1870 the forerunner of the present car was introduced. In these cars a horizontal cylindrical tank replaced the two smal ler upright ones and held from 80 to 90 barrels. Tank cars today are designed for special purposes and range in ca pacity from 4,000 to 12,000 gallons. Of 140,000 tank cars in the U.S., prob ably 110,000 carry petroleum or petro leum products. Unlike most freight cars tank cars are usually privately owned. In 1859 more interest was aroused by the Great Eastern, a coal-burning steamship than by the discovery of oil. The following year she made the Atlan tic crossing in UJ~> days. Today oil burning liners make the trip in 4J4 days, and fast schedules are maintained to all world ports. Three-quarters of the world's shipping is fueled by oil. ETC 12387 Research On Road Ratings Sixty representatives of oil com At the Ethyl labs they witnessed a panies, automotive manufacturers and demonstration of road rating and eval the U. S. Department of Agriculture uation of knock intensity on the cold attended the meeting of the Detona room chassis dynamometer. Giving tion Road Test group in Detroit from the demonstration were Ethylmen Wes July 11 to 23. The group, which is Price, Dale Thompson and Larry part of the Motor Fuels Division of Warzel. Jack McCullough, of the In the Coordinating Fuel and Equipment strument section, discussed the instru Research Committee, held a number of mentation used in road testing. sessions at the Ethyl laboratories. Tom The second week was devoted to Risk, refinery technology coordinator actual practice of testing methods. A at the labs, is chairman of the group Summer Road Rating Exchange Panel and presided at most of the meetings. was conducted with headquarters at Road Rating Exchange Panel data the Ethyl labs. Vehicles used wer for 1948 indicated that about 70 per from our Detroit road test fleet ancl cent of the road ratings of motor fuels test fleets of cooperating companies! made by individual company labora Ethyl's Marty Alspaugh was on thi j tories were within plus or minus two committee which met the week o } octane numbers of the average. The August 7 to analyze data gathere< primary purpose of this meeting was during this road test project. / to investigate ways to increase the Another Ethylite participating ii percentage within this range through the discussions was John Wintring a reduction in the variables of person ham, associate director of research oi nel, instrumentation and test technic. automotive products. John also super During the first week, delegates re vised making of arrangements for th viewed data, deviations and causes. group's stay in Detroit. On the Cover During the chassis dynamometer demonstration at the Ethyl labora tories, members of the Detonation Road Test group take a close look at Ethyl's arrangement of the ve hicle's spark advance control mech anism and auxiliary fuel line. Dale Thompson (extreme left) and Tom Risk (wearing coat) are the Ethyl men explaining it to onlookers E. H. Scott of Sohio and J. C. Porter of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 10 BULLETIN BOARD--AUGUST W. Ray Leonard W. Ray Leonard, an employee c the Fuel House at the Detroit lab: died of a heart attack on July 20. . native Detroiter, Ray received h B.S. in chemical engineering froi Lawrence Institute of Technology After working as a chemist with tt Howard Flint Ink Company, he joine Ethyl in 1942. Ray was buried in Farmingtoi Mich. Wils Hancock and Fred Cireei of the Detroit laboratories, wei among the pallbearers. "-------- 1 ETC 12388 PHOTO NEWS FROM BATON ROUGE 1 l| !: Pups and more pups! On her first try, Joe Louviere's dog "Skipper" gave birth to six pups (usual size of a Boston Terrier litter is three or four). Joe, who raises dogs as a hobby, is a sodium operator at Baton Rouge. V-,>'y R*3teSX t ] Leam-to-swim classes for children of Baton Rouge em ployees are being offered by the ERA at the Harding Field pool. Free instruction for youngsters S to 14 is given under the direction of As sistant Recreation Director Hewitt Gomes and Millard Hannaman, of the plant guard force. Students receive in dividual attention. Here Hewitt teaches Michael Hol ley, son oi Lloyd Holley, of the TEL area, how to float. When someone asks where's grandmother, Robert L. Lea, Jr., 4, and his brother, John Dale, 2, have to ask which grandmother. The boys are sons of Robert L. Lea, Sr., TEL operations furnace relief foreman at Baton Rouge, and both of their grandmothers and three great-grandmothers are living. Here Robert and John are flanked by great-grandmothers Mrs. Carrie Browning (left) and Mrs. O. E. Townsend. Standing behind in the middle is the third- great-grandmother, Mrs. N. C. Black with grandmothers Mrs. Alma Lea at left and Mrs. J. L. Townsend, right. 11 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST ji I ! \ ) ! ; s i ETC 12389 Harold Chalk and Max Roensch, of the Detroit Research labs, co authored a paper given at the annual meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials in Atlantic City on June 28. Presented at a symposium of Technical Committee B on Valve Burning, the paper was titled "Ex haust Valve Burning in Dynamometer and Road Tests." Nathan Fay, Kansas City knock test ing engineer, and his family have set a record for the local Audubon Society. Taking part in the Society's annual nesting census, they found 84 different species of birds nesting in Clay County --an all-time record for them and for the locality. Van Fleck, of N. Y. Safety, is the author of an article titled, "Mixing Leaded Gasolines" in the July issue of Petroleum Refiner. Soon after it appeared he left town. A major on the-staff of the 305th AAA Group, Van spent two weeks on military leave at Camp Edwards in Massachusetts. Charlie Kass, one of Ethyl's Rover Boys, spoke to the Pontiac, Mich. Rotary club on July 7 on "Current Trends in the Petroleum Industry." Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, medical di rector, and George Kirby, manager of Process Engineering, spoke at the Ethyl Management club's monthly 12 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST meeting in Baton Rouge on July 19. Nearly 200 foremen, supervisors and staff members attended the meeting. Hudson Kellogg, assistant man ager of the Gasoline Testing division, was appointed secretary of the A. S. T. M. Division on Combustion Char acteristics on July 1. This division is responsible for the standardization, promulgation and improvement of methods for determining the combus tion characteristics of engine fuels. Joe Mans, a plant patrol foreman at Baton Rouge and president of the Recreation Association, attended a ten-day school for criminal deputies of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's office in July. Held under the super vision of the Federal Bureau of Crimi nal Investigation, the course included all phases of crime and its detection. Joe received the third highest mark in a class of 40. Viola Wells, of the N. Y. office ol Ethyl-Dow, has recently become a member of the Federation of Women Shareholders in American Business. The FWSAB is the "national organiz ation of the women's economic suffrage movement." It stands for qualified women on boards of directors and in top executive positions to represent the women shareholders who own 70% of all privately held wealth in the U. S. -- --ri ETC 12390 r- ,ung Power Plus i his glass-blowing feats at the Derit labs, Vince Hnizda has adapted i ancient art to meet the needs of day's experimental science. The art glassmaking, which dates back to te ancient Egyptians 3500 to 7000 Tars ago, is especially valuable to Modern research. Glass not only afords the transparency that metal acks, but can be handled more easily ind quickly than iron or steel in mak ng special equipment. : Standard flasks, vials and tubing jften prove inadequate. Ethyl research r ingineers request unique glass equip ment ranging in size from a test tube i 1 feet long and 4 inches in diameter to a "cup" no bigger than a green pea. J As an example, one time when re- I searchers were using a laboratory- J sized motor to investigate a phase of the production of tetraethyl lead, Vince was called upon for a bit of fast fabri cation. Fumes from constituents that make ethyl chloride had to be sealed in to protect metal parts against cor rosion. Within a week Vince and his staff had constructed a complete glass enclosure for the electric motor plus glass ball bearings to help its operation. Vince learned the technique of glass blowing when he was a teaching as sistant at Brown University. The lab required some special equipment and Vince practiced until he was able to produce what was needed. A naturally keen eye, ability to judge size and shape, and hints from other glass blowers have helped de velop his skill, but Vince attributes it mostly to practice and patience. As a sideline to his Ethyl work, he teaches night classes in elementary and ad- A low-temperature condensing trap in process oi construction. Here the bottom is closed. vanced glass blowing at Wayne Uni versity. However, most of his students are chemists rather than aspiring pro fessional glass blowers. *** Since 1910 U. S. manufacturing indus tries have cut 11 hours from the aver age work week and actual average hourly earnings have increased 585%. 13 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST etc 12391 It may teem like a. lot oi bull to you, but George McKenney, Baton Rouge caieteria superviso: is thinking in terms oi steaks and hamburgers when he looks at this line Angus beef. Geor congratulates 4-H Clubber Edna Woods oi West Feliciana Parish, who raised this beef and played it at the recent livestock show. Ethyl Corporation bought the calf at 42 c a pouni a total oi S354.48, which will be used to help support 4-H club activities in Louisian "Win 30 MllUoifim wu burn this year - T'i'- ;3W**-0nly you con PREVENT FOREST FIRES!: hhmh 14 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST Rural Drivers Beware More travel makes vacation tin danger time, the National Safety Coui cil cautions. When you're out in tl country, be especially careful. Abot a third of the 1948 motor vehic deaths--9,600--were from acciden in cities or towns; two-thirds--22.4C --from accidents in rural areas. Avoi trying to cover too much distance one day, which leads to speeding an fatigue. You'll have a safer holida; In addition to the 32,000 fatalitiei total injuries resulting from mote vehicle accidents reached 1,100,001 ETC 12392 r- ' Milestones !axl Bartholomew joins the 20-year club, orn in Norman, Olda., Carl attended Olda. U. hen worked with Builders Exchange Co. and louthwestern Bell Telephone in Oklahoma City geiore joining Ethyl in Detroit as an engiteer. He helped develop a one cylinder air ;ooled engine to test aviation luels and worked >n the Series 30 knock test engine, a laboraory engine which was the forerunner of the official CFR model. In 1930 he went to Tulsa lo help set up the Gas Testing lab and managed it until 1945, when he switched to the sales staff. Now a Southern region field engineer, Carl still headquarters in Tulsa. He and wife Kathleen have a son, Carl, Ir., 17, and a daugh ter, Carol, now married. Carl, Sr., is a member of SAE and a sports fan. Hudson Kellogg started with Ethyl at the Yonkers lab 20 years ago after working with Mack Truck and Packard Motor Co. In 1930 he became manager of the Detroit Gas Test lab. Eight years later he returned to manage the Yonkers Test lab and played an important role / in planning the present building and its / equipment (built in 1939). During 1941 he f arranged knock testing forums for customers' employees throughout the U. S. and Canada. He was then assigned to coordinate knock testing activities in the six Ethyl labs and is now assistant manager of the Gasoline Testing division with headquarters at Yonkers. He was recently appointed secretary of the A. S. T. M. Division on Combustion Character istics. Keeping up with his responsibility as a parent, (he and wife Beth have five chil dren, aged 5 to 14) Hudson is a member of the Board of Education in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Harry Prince is a new 20-year veteran. Originally hires! as a test driver at Detroit, Harry today is a popular member of the guard force. From the gatehouse, his native Geor gia drawl greets many who come and go at the labs. Star athlete at LaGrange High, Harry also attended Georgia Tech for a year-and-ahalf--won recognition for football. Still in terested in sports, he's a charter member of the Detroit Ethyl Bowling League and has helped several teams knock down a winning score. He manages Ethyl's entry in the Ferndale Old Timers' Softball League, last year guiding the team to its first championship. Harry also plays golf, swims and takes in as many baseball, football and hockey games as he can. He and his wife Jay and their four sons live near the laboratories and a welcome aign is always out for all their Ethyl friends. ETC 12393 Ii i I1 Gladys Roney celebrates 15 Ethyl years. Gladys' first job with Ethyl was as a sten ographer at the Tulsa Gasoline Testing lab. During the war, Gladys was one of the many girls who stepped into a man's job. She went back in the laboratory as a technician and worked among the beakers and test tubes running standard tests on thousands of gaso line samples from customer companies. Last year, she hung up her lab coat and returned to the front office, where she is now recep tionist and right hand to Lab Manager Char lie Rankin. Born in Carl Junction, Mo., Gladys left the Show-me state when she was still a schoolgirl and attended Central High School in Tulsa. Since the beginning of the year, Gladys has been one of BB's newshounds. Harold Sozoos is a new 15-year-clubber a Detroit. A former school teacher, Harold re ceived his B.A. from N. Dak. Teachers Collegi in his home town of Valley City. After re ceiving his PhD. from Iowa U., he joinei Ethyl as an organic research chemist. I 1947 he became manager of Chem Researcl Operations at Detroit. Whenever possible Harold spends his vacations skiing. The thre Soroos youngsters--Peter, 9; Kathy, 7; am Ronnie, 4--already have skis--and two-whee bikes. Harold is also an enthusiastic bicyclii and on fair days often pedals to work. He is member of Alpha Chi Sigma, the ACS and th American Assn, for the Advancement of Sc ence. He is active in the home owners associe tion of northwest Detroit, where he livei August five-year pins went to John D. Lister and John J. McGuinness, both of N. Y. Finance. September awards for five years of Ethyl service will go to Howard B. Gulick, N. Y. Industrial Relations Hope P. Morano, N. Y. Statistics Research; Genevieve G. Morgaj and Helen Reed, both of N. Y. F nance; and Nell Schaub, San Berdt Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe. J. T. Stephenson (photographer): Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green 1 photographer), Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen. Alyce Peterson (photographer). Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R-. Mead: Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick. Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Marjorie Poindexter, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing: Chris Bruhl. 16 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST ETC 12394 Tailored for Y oung-Timers foungsters have definite tastes in Nothing--just like their elders. Since weaters are a part of their basic vardrobe, let them choose the style hey like best. Their vote will go to hese classic types every time. Made if knitted worsted, both styles feature :able stitch panels on front and sleeves. The girl's cardigan buttons up to the oeck with shiny silver buttons. The coy's model is a V-neck slip-on with :nough ribbing at the bottom for a turned-up cuff. As a boost for the home team, knit the sweaters in school colors. Write BB for free directions. Courtesy National Needlecraft Bureau Humpty Dumpty Delights Shell color may affect the price of eggs, but it does not affect the food value, flavor or interior quality. ! To check the interior quality of an egg, break it into a flat saucer or plate and note these points: | An egg of AA or A quality has a large proportion of firm white, standjmg up well around the yolk. The yolk itself is round and upstanding. Eggs of lower quality, B and C grades, just as good for many uses, have a smaller proportion of thick white, or no thick white at all. When broken out, the egg white spreads out thinly over a large area. The yolk is somewhat flattened, may break easily. Cooking eggs at high heat toughens the protein. For hard-cooked eggs at their best, simmer--don't boil--25 to 30 minutes. For a variation to the perennial favorite, scrambled eggs, add grated cheese just before the egg and milk mixture goes into the pan. Cook very slowly so the cheese melts as the eggs cook. Omelets have innumerable virtues. They can be offered with a variety of different sauces--try mushroom or tomato, or the traditional Spanish sauce. Jelly or citrus marmalade may be added just before rolling--or top an omelet base with creamed meat. 17 BULLETIN BOARD--AUGUST ETC Adeline Edwards ... 36th floor receptionist, Chrysler building ... born in Pa.... graduated from Textile High in N. Y. C... . chair man of the Carroll club social and military hospital committees . . . likes dancing, swimming. George Grayson . . . maintenance and handy man . . . Gas Test lab, North Kansas City... joined Ethyl from Quartermaster Depot in Kansas City... attended Biggs (Okla.) high school ... is married... enjoys baseball, fishing. Eileen Smith .. . of N. Y. Steno graphic . . . born in Brooklyn . . . attended Prospect Heights Hall and Packard Secretarial... presi dent of Alpha Nu chapter, Iotta Kappa . . . likes to sew but her main interest is daughter Kathie. John Sieberth . . . chemist at Detroit labs . . . B.S. in chemistry from Wayne U. . . ., j native of Jamaica, N. Y. . . . mar -4 ried ... 3 years with Army Signal ) Corps in Pacific . . . hobbies I! include carpentry, music, sports. I Bill Lynch . . . regional office assistant at Chicago . . . native Chicagoan ... attended 111. U.... letter man in school swimming ... member Phi Sigma Gamma... bowler and miniature railroad builder... married ... son Terry. Ed Mulligan . . . technician at Gas Testing lab, No. Kansas City . . . B.S. in chemistry from Rockhurst College . . . worked with Kansas City Police dept, on poisons . . . Army Ground Forces . . . hobby is photography. Ken Blomeyer... technician at Gas Test lab. No. Kansas City .. . graduated from U. of Missouri with A.B. degree in chemistry ... radio technician in U. S. Navy for three years... married ... en joys all kinds of outdoor sports. Deena Clements . . . secretary at the Tulsa regional sales office . . . formerly with Sunray Oil . . . native Tulsan . . . attended Okla. A & M . . . married . . . enthusi astic fisherwoman . . . her largest catch--a 4J/ lb. baas. ETC 12396 leiroit Wedding itty Weiss and Rex Closson, both emists at the Detroit labs, were arried on July 30 at the Bushnell jngregational Church n Detroit, allowing the ceremony, a reception as held at Plum Hollow Golf club, surprise pantry shower at Frances amb's home was given for Kitty on jly 19 by girls of Chem Research. At party held at work before Kitty rered to new duties in the kitchen, thyl friends gave the couple a bridge able and silver creamer and sugar. +** Two New Tax Exemptions 3ill and Lois Jean Fangert--a Daughter, Pamela Ann, born July 27 fit Deaconess hospital in Detroit. JVeight: 7 lb. 15 oz. One sister, Linda, a}4. Bill is a dynamometer operator at the Detroit labs. Charlie and Mrs. Welch--a son, Kerry, bom June 1. Weight: 8 lbs. 13 oz. Two brothers and a sister. Charlie is a Central region tractor mgineer and account representative with headquarters in Hutchinson, Kansas. Ethyl friends made it Christmas on ]uly 15 for Helen Peckham. Helen, former secretary to Harold Soroos, Detroit Chem Research, has left the labs to live in Bad Axe, Mich. She plans to devote her time to raising her young son, Gary, and helping her husband in his new business. On behalf of her many friends, George Calingaert presented Helen with a sterling silver cream pitcher, sugar bowl and candlesticks. Among guests at a fare well party held during the afternoon coke and coffee period are (from left): Eleanor Penfield, Nora Altman, George Calingaert, Lorraine Tackels, Helen, Harold Soroos and Ann Caplan, all of Chemical Research lab. * * * Shift Key Btty Beach las been transferred to N, Y. office General Facilities. Form erly with N. Y. Finance, Betty will be a roving receptionist in the Chrys ler Building. Future baseball stars Donald Reis, 13, and brother Bobby, 10, are sons of Larry Reis, Southern region account representative. Don plays center field on-the team sponsored by Vemor's Ginger Ale in the National League, Pee Wee division. Larry is team coach and manager. Bobby acts as bat boy and also plays catcher for the Little Oilers, Midget League. 19 BULLETIN BOARD --AUGUST ( 4 ; t. Daughters of Emerson Ide, of De troit's Chem lab. Sally, r., at tends Taft School;. Pattie is 3. etc 12398 Detroiter Herb Green's son Frankie will attend Pierce School with sister Francelia. Jeep-driver Jimmy, son of Wes Price, Detroit Road Test, starts Milford, Mich. Elementary School. 1 I { l Louise Jackson, 6, goes to Southfield School No. 10. Father Jim is at Detroit labs. Carol Grant, 6l/, whose father Glen is a fleet engineer, enters BriarcHff School, Seattle, Wash. Sarah, the daughter of Fred Meyer, Detroit chem labs, attends Isaac Crary School. Roberta, the daughter of Rosa Rife, Detroit Purchasing, enters Wilson School, Femdale, Mich, Cowboy Roddy Hardy begins in Highland Park. Son of Madelyn Hardy, of Detroit. Lynne, daughter of the Detroit labs* Merrill Anderson, starts Pierce School, Birmingham, Mich. ETC 12399 HOLIDAY FUN Vacationing Jerrie Linder (below), of N. Y. Public Relations, chats outside the palace of the Prince of Monaco with Huber Griffin, formerly of Ethyl, and a friend during a recent trip to Europe. 1 i Above, Bea Salisbury lilts the lid as Detroit ers Walter Osip, Peggy Welp, Lucy Glaser, Stephanie Ciul and Ronald Tweedie form a chow line. Below Evelyn Harworth heaps Bob lackson's plate as Jim Boag and Frank Long stand by. 26 Ethylites and friends of Chem Research spent the weekend of luly 23 at Ipperwash, Canada. The Salisburys directed activities and set up beach kitchens. The hit of the weekend was yarn-spinning Bill O'Neil. 17 more Detroiters joined in the fun on Sunday. Relaxing before breakfast are Glenis Dickerson (left below), one of BB'a Tulsa correspondents, with shipboard friends. Glenis cruised to Panama and Guatemala aboard the SS Antigua. Disguised so even a mosquito wouldn't recognise them, Herb Neal and his son James prepare breakfast in comfort at Brimley State Park. On vacation from the Detroit Chem Research laboratories, Herb found this war surplus jungle head* gear most effective in combating armies of insects in Michigan's upper peninsula. -j ETC 12400 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president and Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor You Can/t Buy It , well-dressed man with determined ride entered the Registrar's office of i eastern college the other day. ehind him, also well-dressed but not > determined, was his son. "I want to talk to you about my on," the father boomed. "You said he m't be admitted to your school, low . . ." Before he could go on, the Registrar iterrupted: "That is correct," he aid, "As we explained in our letter, :'s because of his grades. They are so >w that we can't take him and I oubt if any other college will either." "Nonsense," shouted the father. I've got plenty of money and I'll uy him an education." Sounds ridiculous, but that's reorted to be a true story. We all know hat money cannot buy an education. Here in America an education is pen to all--to those who have money : is a little easier to get perhaps, but ften those who get their education he hard way gain a great deal more rom it. Eugene Holman, president of Itandard Oil Company lNew Jersey), worked on the railroad during the ummers when he was earning his way hrough college down in Texas. Benamin Fairless, president of U.S. Steel Corporation, was the son of a coal miner and worked as janitor at the high school he attended out in Ohio dusted the desks, kept the school rooms clean, fired the furnace and did many other menial tasks for the sum of $65 a year. Then he taught school in order to save enough money to go to college. These are but two of count less examples of great American indus trialists who have risen to the top from poor beginnings. It can happen here in America, where education is a part of our herit age of freedom and democracy. Next month we see that democracy in action as the youths of America, of all races and creeds and economic levels, troop back to classrooms to pursue the three R's. September and the return to school reminds us that edu cation is a never-ending process. Now's a good time to take stock and see if our education stopped when we tossed our books through the school house door and rushed out to meet life. Daily study leading to self-im provement keeps our education up to date, develops discipline of mind and character. And, nine times out of ten this habit makes us more valuable on our jobs, too. So, it pays! rinled in U.S.A, ETC ETC 12402 r- ETC 12403 I I i ^This question will probably be on the lips of thousands of motorists during the week of October 16 to 22 as they drive into their favorite service sta. tions and say, "Fill 'er up, please." That week service station operators throughout the country will be wear ing eye-catching yellow and black "90 YOOP" buttons furnished by Ethyl Corporation to help publicize Oil Progress Week. Through ads and news articles in national trade publica tions, the Company offered the but tons free to all service station opera tors who wrote in and asked for them. In addition. Ethyl representatives have been working with oil company people for the past month in order that as many service station men as possible may- have the "90 YOOP" buttons. Distributed as a contribution from Ethyl toward the success of Oil Progress Week, the buttons were designed as a conversation starter. The answer to the motorists' ques tion, "What is 90 YOOP?" is, as you know, 90 years of oil progress. Along with the buttons, the Company sent a leaflet which points out that Amer ica has benefited in a thousand dif ferent ways from that progress. Today's premium gasolines which are stepped up with "Ethyl" anti knock compound are cited as an example. The leaflet then points out that "these higher quality gasolines not only make most any car run better, but they have made possible the high compression motor, you find in the newest cars." The "90 YOOP" button, it is hoped, will give the service station operator a perfect opening for a good sales talk about his industry and the products he sells. For more about his industry and yours see page 14. Fuels of the future ere being developed in laboratories throughout the country as research en gineers and chemists pave the way for engine progress. Here lim Hughes of Ethyl's Detroit Re search laboratories is putting a General Motors high compression test engine through its paces. From data he obtains in the course of these performance tests conducted on our dyna mometers, Jim will be able to construct standard performance curves on the high compression engine. This test engine is furnished by GM with three different cylinder heads so that engi neers may set up the engine with three different compression ratios: 8:1; 10:1; and 12:1. Average compression ratios in American passenger cars have increased about 50% since 1925 and the work done by a gallon of gasoline has increased nearly one-third. To bring motorists improved fuels at lower costs the petroleum industry spends $100 million a year on research. 3 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER J ETC 12405 Ethyl Sponsors LSU Football Broadcasts To bring millions of football fans topnotch broadcasts of Louisiana State University games this season, Ethyl Corporation is sponsoring a weekly radio program throughout the 10-game slate. First game was aired on September 24 over one of the most far-reaching network ever as sembled in the South. Play-by-play descriptions of the Tiger games are given by famed John Fulton, sportscaster of Atlanta, Ga., who is regarded as one of the finest football aircasters in the country. LSU alumni and Tiger fans can hear this broadcast throughout the South east, and may even be clearly heard in Washington, D. C. The two 50,000 watt clear channel stations, which form a part of the LSU broadcast network for the first time, make this wide listening range possible. The seven basic stations on the hook-up, in case you wish to tune in, are: WWL, New Orleans; KWKH, Shreveport: KVOL, Lafayette; KMLB, Monroe; KALB; Alexandria; KLOU, Lake Charles; and WJBO, the originating station in Baton Roug Tiger games, for the most part, w be on Saturday nights after most the country's major networks ha' completed their descriptions of aft< noon events. Plans for reaching wh will be the largest audience in 11 years of broadcasting LSU gam were worked out by our advertisii agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine ai Osborn, of New York City. Cooperation is spelled with two letters . . . W-E. . On the cover: Carrying the ball through for a touchdown is Jack Stahlheber, son of Art Stahlheber, maintenance superintendent at San Berdu. Jack received the trophy for outstanding player of 1948 at San Bernardino Valley College and was three times voted "player of the week" by the Citizens National Bank Sports board. Jack, who was slated to play fullback on the San Jose State College team this fall, may be riding the bench due to a severe break of his right thumb which he sus tained during a recent practice skirmish. 4 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER ETC 12406 fohn Wintringham explains use of Ethyl's cold room in re* search work on vehicle operation it sub-zero temperatures. Group includes (from Left): Roy Larsen, president of Time Inc.; Mrs. Mary Withers, president, Ferndale Board of Education; Roy Robinson, Ferndale superinten dent of schools; .Otto Brown, president, Rotary club of Ferndale and Gerald P. Kent, mayor of Oak Park, Michigan. Prominent Publisher Visits Labs ' Ethyl's Research laboratories, show Chuck Hawley, manager of adminis place of the Detroit area with their tration and financial control; Frank modern design, beautifully landscaped Fricker, business manager; Thom grounds and unique facilities, have Yates and Bill Adams, public rela served as host to many eminent visi tions. Chem Researcher Herb Neal, tors to the Motor City. Most recent father of five children, three of whom was Roy Larsen, president of Time attend Ferndale schools, was on hand Inc., who, with 20 civic leaders of the as an interested parent. Ferndale area, was a luncheon guest on September 7. * They came to the labs after attend ing a parent-teacher conference that Shift Key morning, at_which Mr. Larsen was Fred Naylor, sales coordinator in the principal speaker. Hal Beatty, assist Western region, has been transferred ant director of research, welcomed from Seattle to Los Angeles. the group as official host in the ab sence of Earl Bartholomew. Following the luncheon the guests toured the laboratories with Jack Taylor, executive engineer, and John Wintringham, associate research di Bill Newman, formerly with N. Y. General Sales, has been transferred to the Southern region. Bill is now doing safety work in the Gulf Coast area with headquarters in Houston. rector, acting as guides. Alan Tully, former Southern region Other Ethyl hosts were Wheeler sales coordinator, has been transferred Lovell, associate director of research; to the Central region. 5 BULLETIN BOARD--OCTOBER ETC 12407 I 84 It ; i Field Day for KPMA Down in the state that's famous for colonels, bourbon and horses, the oil marketers band together under the banner of the Kentucky Petroleum Marketers Association. Big event on their calendar is the annual golf tournament, held this year on August 25. On hand to win friends and spread goodwill for Ethyl were Jack Pruitt, Lou Slack and Bill Wilson. Although Jack was on two committees, he and Bill were not among the winners. Non-golfing Lou Slack, who took these pictures, re ports that they "had neither the poorest nor the best scores." Bill Wilson decides trophies would look line on his mantle . . . ETC 12408 "Get in the Guard" An old organization with a new pur pose, the National Guard launched its annual recruiting campaign on Sep tember 19. Already at a strength greater than that which it took into World War II, the Guard's goal within the two months from Septem ber to November is to enlist 45,000 men to fill up its ranks and reach a total enrollment of 400,000 --its 1949 objective. Older than the nation itself, Guard units were organized in Puerto Rico in 1510 and in Massachusetts in 1636. Guardsmen have fought in every major battle from Lexington and Concord to Leyte and Cologne. Under the reorganization plan, in effect since 1946, General George C. Marshall stated, "The National Guard . . . must be ready ... to take its place in the first line of defense in the first weeks of emergency." To meet this greater responsibility, the present Guard is a balanced force strategic ally located in more than 2,000 com munities in all 48 states, Hawaii, First line of defense -- our National Guard Puerto Rico and the District of Co lumbia. Eventual strength will be 684,000 men forming a trained M-day force of civilian soldiers and airmen. In peacetime. Guard units work in their communities during emergencies such as floods, fires, hurricanes and blizzards. Not only will a Guardsman help his country -- he will help himself with added income, credit towards retire ment and promotions as earned. Now is the time to "Get in the Guard." High Compression Cussing Fired by the Indianapolis Glove Co. at Marion, Ind. for voicing loud and profane opinions about her glove machine, Edna Ruggles and her union protested. Louis Plost, Chicago trial examiner of the National Labor Rela tions Board, decided she should get her job back as her "vulgar expres sions . . . were not in any sense real blasphemy." Plost further said: "Time was when , even the use of such `swear words' i ( L devoid of blasphemous intent or meaning had a proper and respected place in our language. Their use was a great art, reaching its noblest . . . among men whose lives were bound to beasts of burden. . . . "But, alas, the coming of the gaso line engine has removed the living spur to expressive, non-blasphemous profanity until now only a pale substi tute survives--the words are remem bered but the music has been lost." 7 BULLETIN BOARD--OCTOBER ll ETC 12409 *wn m !#* >#*,- Mi*:'t-r>.- j-pm,.'* , 9 . Milestones Corinne Hill has the honor of being the first woman to join Ethyl's 25-year club. When she started with us the Company offices were down town at 25 Broadway and she was one of six girls who did the typing, filing and steno graphic work. Later she became Mr. Webb's secretary and is now secretary to Mr. Shea. Her shoulders carry well the responsibilities involved in working for the president, as she performs her duties with the poise, diplomacy and stability so important to the job. Born in New York City, Corinne attended Evander Childs High School in the Bronx and Greenwich High in Connecticut. She took her business training at Packard Commercial School in NYC. Corinne is a daily commuter from Rockville Center, L.I., where she lives with her father. Harold Mehler joined Ethyl 20 years ago as a chemist. His first assignments included work ing in Gasoline Testing labs at Omaha, Tulsa and Yonkers. In 1943 he was made assistant manager of the Yonkers Test lab. When Ethyl was organizing the safety show to go on the road in 1947, special eye-catching equipment was needed for the dramatic demonstrations that highlighted the show. Harold, because of previous experience and ability, was called upon to design and build the neces sary props and has since specialized in developing equipment for Sales department presentations. Born in Brooklyn, Harold graduated from Technical High School. He attended Pratt Institute in N. Y. C. then worked as a control and research chemist for Charles Pfizer & Co. before coming to Ethyl. A bachelor, Harold enjoys bridge and gardening. yj Miles McGtaw celebrates his 20th anniver sary with Ethyl's Detroit laboratories. "Mose" has seen many changes since 1929 when he join ed the staff of the Gasoline Testing lab which had just been established in the Motor City. "Mose" helped move the lab from Milwaukee Avenue to the modern, new quarters on Eight Mile Road, where his job included taking care of the lab and equipment, checking in and tag ging samples, running errands and occasionally chauffeuring staff members to train or plane. After the Gas Test lab was discontinued, he was transferred to the chemistry laboratory. There he continues to help keep the equipment shiny and clean and make himself generally useful whenever anyone needs a hand. One of a family of nine, "Mose" was born in Alabama, went to school in Ohio and settled in Michigan. Before joining Ethyl, he worked as a radiator painter and chipper. He has one daughter. Herbert Nixon started his Ethyl career 20 years ago in New York and has since migrated !o the Middle West. His duties and responsibilities have been numerous including various assignments in field, tractor and safety work in the former Chicago and Kansas City divi. sions. He did much of the early high compression tractor work in the latter and is now specializing as a safety engineer in the Cen tral region. Nick has always managed to do plenty of traveling. Before going to college, he worked about four years in Mexico with the Atlantic Refining Co. and the Compania Trans continental de Petroleum, former subsidiary of Standard of New Jersey. Returning to the U.S., he received his B.S. from Lafayette College in his home state of Pennsylvania. Nick is married and his particular hobby is furniture and cabinet making which has re sulted in many beautiful pieces of furniture in his home at 6937 Locust Street, Kansas City. P Dr. Leslie Schradin joins the 20-year club. During his Ethyl career he has worked closely with Medical Director Robert Kehoe. In carry ing out the work of the Medical department, Les has traveled thousands of miles on regu lar visits to refineries and to Ethyl offices and labs throughout the country. Native Ohioan, Les was born in Shandon and attended Ohio public schools. He was graduated from Miami University with an A.B. degree and received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. Af ter a year of residency at the Cincinnati Gen eral hospital, he joined our Company's medi cal staff. He is a member of the American Medical Assn., Academy of Medicine of Cincin nati, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Kappa Kappa and the Kiwanis club. Les is married and has a daughter, Lynne, eight, and son, Buddy, five. Benjamin Brewster celebrateslSEthyl years. On again, off again Brewster helped establish the labs in Detroit, then went off on a jaunt to England in a 56*foot ketch, and upon his return took a job in Boston as a sales engi neer. He rejoined Ethyl in 1936 and is now the manager of technical service operations. Born in Dedham, Mass., Ben received his S.B. from Harvard Engineering School. Current prexy of Harvard club of Eastern Michigan, he belongs to SAE, Harvard Engineering Society, Birmingham Sea Scouts. Married, has 2 girls. 10 year celebrants are William Hubner, N. Y. Product Development, and John Wallis, N. Y. Sales. Five year pins went to Deane Birkes, Tulsa Gas Test; William Howard, Kansas City Gas Test; and Marceline Marquis, BB Editor. L. ETC 12411 That book may have a hot ending if you have your last smoke in bed. Sit up before you light up and stay alive to enjoy your smoke. Spots aren't all inflammable liquids can re* move if used inside the home. Send clothes to cleaners or use non*inflammable fluids. ONE EVERY 20 SECONDS--FIRE! Take care of that burner! Without annual overhaul and cleaning it may ignite more than oil. Too many cords may burn the house down.; Call an electrician to extend or repair wiring.) No matches needed for spontaneous combustion of oily cleaning or paint rags. Keep them covered in metal containers when not in use. 10 BULLETIN BOARD--OCTOBER Never use an over-size fuse or replace blown j fuses with copper pennies. You invite fire when you do not use correct fuse replacements. ETC You Can Shoo the "Flu" Away With the winter season again approaching, influenza looms as a source of sickness and misery among Ethyl employees. Years ago no pre ventive measures were available and you could merely hope that you would not contract the disease. Now, modern medicine has developed a specific vaccine which can protect you from this illness. The majority of reported observations indicate that during "flu" epidemics the number of people who contract the disease is approx imately from 3 to 25 times higher among unprotected people than among those who have been vaccinated. In one study it was observed, that, in addition to the low incidence of influ enza among those who had been vac cinated, there was also a significant reduction in other respiratory infec tions in this group as compared to an unvaccinated group. Another study reported the development of infec tions of mild degree in a large percent age of unvaccinated persons, whereas such infections were almost entirely absent in the vaccinated group. The Medical department, through, its facilities in Baton Rouge, Detroit, New York and in the field, is offering the vaccine again this year to Ethyl employees. This is the third year that the vaccine has been given to em ployees and our doctors report that results tend to conform with the results obtained by other observers. The vaccination itself is a simple one, consisting of a single injection under the skin of the arm. Slight ten derness and redness occasionally de velop where the injection is made. Less frequently there may be chilli ness and aching or headache, but no reaction lasts longer than from 24 to 48 hours. The immunization produced does not persist longer than one season. Persons who are allergic to egg or chicken protein should not be vaccinated (this applies to the rela tively few people who cannot eat eggs or chicken without unfavorable reac tions). Vaccination should be carried out in the early fall so that full im munity will be present during late fall and winter. If you would like to have more information, go to your local Medical department, or see your own doctor about the advisability of your taking the vaccine for protection against influenza during the coming season. Mrs. W. R. Barnes Mrs. Evelyn Marie Barnes, 40, wife of W. R. Barnes, Southern region fuel technologist, died on August 25 in Dallas, Tex. after a three months' illness. Funeral services were held in Dallas on August 27. Pallbearers were Harry Cottrell, Ed Muller, Ed Hen drick, Jake Balzer, Dale Miller and , Larry Reis, all of the Southern region. j ! L 11 BULLETIN BOARD--OCTOBER ETC jtua&autcin , Kathiyn Broderick . - . secre tary to Leu Huxtable, Central re gion operations manager, in Chi cago . . . born and grew up in the Windy City . . . attended DePaul U., Gregg College, Loyola U. .. . formerly a stenographer with Lane Bryant. Donald MacDonald . . . engineer-in-training at Detroit labs... native of New York City... B.E. in A.E. from U. of Southern Calif. ... 3 years with Eighth Air Force ... member Alpha Eta Rho, the Caterpillar club and I.A.S. Les Garringer . . . test driver at San Berdu . . . Oklahoman ... at tended Westville (Olda.) High School... 6 years U.S. Navy . . . played football, softball . . . now prefers billiards, bowling and woodwork . . . married, one daughter Patricia. Hexshel Askey . . . San Bernardino test driver . . . born in Texas ... graduate of San I BerduHS__ CoastGuard veteran .. . now active in National Guard 1 . . . hobbies: prospecting, fish ing . . . married; daughter, Janet. Dale Caster . . . test driver at San Berdu... comes from Missouri . . . attended San Berdu High . . . sheet metal journeyman for Santa Fe RR. ... 3 years U.S. Navy . . . Mason . . . Senior Deacon in Christian Church . . . married, two children. Albert Bailey . . . San Berdu test driver . . . native Californian . . . graduated S.B. High School . . . ex-driver-hoseman with Fire Dept., now an auxiliary fireman . . . National Guardsman . . . baseball fan . . . married, 2 children. Alice Griesmer...stenographer in Detroit Automotive Research ... came to Ethyl from the Detroit Edison Co. . . . really likes Hazel Park, Mich.... born and educated there, married a native and they have settled in the home town. Lillian Whitman . . . stenographer, Detroit Lab Serv ices . . . born in Indiana ... at tended high school, business col lege and worked as a secretary in Indianapolis . . . enjoys bowl ing and ice skating with her hus band, Paul. ETC 12414 f j Harold Gibson, coordinator at the Detroit Research labs, is co-author of a paper on "Antiknock Requirements of Commercial Vehicles" presented before the National West Coast meet ing of the Society of Automotive En gineers in Portland, Ore. in midAugust. The paper, based on a survey made jointly by Shell Oil, SoconyVacuum and Ethyl, shows that the maximum antiknock requirements of commercial vehicles and passenger cars are nearly identical on the basis of knock-free operation. Oscar Lewis, assistant sales man ager, returned late in August from a trip to Europe. He was accompanied by his wife and two children, Jill, 14, and Barney, 18. Dick Scales, director of technical service at the Detroit labs, will be on the program as a representative of the oil industry,at the Golden Jubilee convention of the National Retail Farm Equipment Association in Wash ington, D. C. on October 19. He will speak on "Lubricating the March of Progress." John Schaefer, vice president in charge of manufacturing and traffic, spoke at a meeting of the Baton Rouge Rotary dub on August 10. He discussed Ethyl's reasons for estab L lishing its manufacturing activities in Baton Rouge and the advantages to our Company, our employees and the city itself. Harry Toulmin, project engineer in Detroit Automotive Research, won second place in the Detroit Yacht Club Sweepstakes Regatta. Harry sailed as a one man crew aboard the 23-foot Star owned by Dr. Bob Riethmiller, fiance ofjoanne Hoffman, also of the Detroit labs. Oscar Lewis aboard the Mauretania Grover Wilson, diesel engine prod ucts coordinator at Detroit, presided at a panel discussion on "Fuels and Lubricating the Diesel Engine" at the recent University of Wisconsin Diesel Engine Symposium. Held on the campus at Madison, Wis., during the week of August 29 to September 3, the symposium was sponsored by the University in cooperation with the Diesel Engine Manufacturers Assn. 13 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER I I -------- Il ETC 12415 J! \t i $3.3 billion is oaid in federal, state and local taxes by the 34 million people who are dependent on petroleum for a living. They spend annually $3 billion for housing YOUR INDUSTRY AND MINE "Sammy, you run like the devil to town . . . and get Mr. Drake," the driller called as he ran out of the derrick. "You tell him, Sammy, that there is oil in the well." The news that Sammy Smith car ried into Titusville that blistering August day in 1859 brought people from all over the world flocking to the little Pennsylvania town. From then on everything was different for the people of Titusville. Their village hummed with the buzzing of saws, the banging of hammers and the murmur of people. Banks and hotels were built, ma chine and blacksmith shops were set up, merchants did more and more business, and farmers found a ready market for their products at un dreamed of prices. The village mush roomed into a city and the city flourished and its people prospered. The impact of oil on the lives of the people of Titusville was dramatic and vivid. Almost overnight their whole world changed. Since the big day when Drake's well came in, the drama, the romance and the excitement of Titusville have been repeated over and over. Cities have sprung up on windswept plains and marshy swamplands. Millions of people have found jobs, many have made great fortunes. All have spent generously to the good of the mer chant and the tradesmen whose pockets bulge with money from black I gold. j Today, 26 states throughout Amer- 1 ica are producing oil, oil that creates ! jobs for 9,795,000 people who work either in the petroleum industry or in i industries that are directly related to ! it. Tool pushers and roustabouts, stenographers and scientists, salesmen : and engineers--these workers and their families make up over 23 per 1 cent of the nation's population. We. of the Ethyl Corporation, are part of this group that accounts for S27 billion of the country's income, form ing a great army of men and women whose buying power benefits prac tically everyone living in the United States. Picture captions on these pages tell you where the money goes, how the oil workers' billions are spent to boost the business of the nation. You can't begin to measure the im- 14 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER '_______________________ ~ ETC 12416 $3 billion for clothing . . . $10.4 billion for food . . . portance of petroleum to the nation's economy by such statistics. The power of oil has put the world on wheels, made neighbors out of distant continents, brought countless com forts and luxuries to all of us. Today more than 1200 products that are used by manufacturers and merchants, farmers and bookkeepers, housewives and career girls, are made from pe troleum. In the process of producing the oil, manufacturing and distribut ing the products, incomes are provided for nearly a fourth of the people in the U. S., people who are directly dependent on oil for a living. A great, industry--your industry and mine. $6.5 billion lor insurance, savings, etc... Own 7,300,000 automobiles; drive over 75 billion miles a year . . . spend $1:2 billion for fuel and lighting. iI i T i ETC 12417 Charlie Gambriil took this picture of his model train set-up, complete with railroad station, water tower and storage sheds. Movement of all trains can be controlled from one switch panel. They've Been Working on the R. R. Model railroading fans Beverly Couvillon, Charlie Gambriil, Paul Kemp and John Wintringham, of the Detroit labs, are masters of the minia ture. For the job of constructing an engine to a scale of 3 mm. to a foot combines skill, precision and patience. Each model builder uses tools sim ilar to a watchmaker's instruments, and some of the nuts and bolts require 110 threads to the inch. Even the spikes used to anchor track to the roadbed must be handled with tweez ers and driven into position with the aid of a magnifying glass. Every piece is fashioned by hand. The finished trains not only run, but stay on the track, making a noise like a tiny echo of a full-sized train. Inspired by a model railroading exposition, Paul has followed this hobby since 1938. Charlie has been railroading, off and on, since 1914. Paul Kemp adjusts a faithful replica of an old-type engine. In the foreground is a modern road engine. Although of steam design, these hand-made engines are motor powered. Paul also makes all the tracks and accessories as well as the engines, freight and tank cars in the photo at left. ETC 12418 Hat off in farewell, Retiree Bill Spence re ceives a gift certificate for a set of tailored nylon auto seat covers. Harold Faucher makes I the presentation on behalf of Bill's friends in the Maintenance department. Born and edu J cated in Scotland, Bill has been carpentering for 42 years. He worked for General Motors Sales Corporation in Detroit before joining i Ethyl in 1941 as a cabinet maker and car penter. His future plans include building a house to sell within the next few years. At his retirement luncheon on August 30, Bill Bill and his wife (a Detroiter) have one son. Spence called the meeting to order with a tool Above from left are: Bill Trewhella, Tony of his trade--a carpenter's mallet. Ross Rife, Krempa, Frank Fricker, Harold Faucher, Dale general chairman of the Detroit Ethyl Society, Chrysler, Frank Bellinger (behind hat), Bill. presented Bill with a life membership in the Maurie Granger (behind Bill), Carl Michael, society. At the far side of the table are (l. to r.) Bill Griffith, Tommy Matthews, Johnny Lewis Frank Fricker, Earl Bartholomew, Bill, Karl (behind Tommy), Harold McMenemy, Hal Bean, Kuhn and Ross Rife. Backs to camera are: Harold Wally Spring, Laurel Wilkinson, Kenny McKil- McMenemy, Harold Faucher, Andy Reimold.; lop, Harry Prince, Jake Boss and Karl Kuhn. You're Right It's always nice to know that you have readers, even if it takes an error to prove it. So we appreciated hearing from you eagle-eyed Ethylites about the mistake you found on page eight of the August-September issue of the Bulletin Board, and congratulate you on catching it. For want of three zeros .. It's Wrong the total gasoline consumption figure for 1948 was off a few billions. Accord ing to American Petroleum Institute statistics, total consumption of the United States amounted to 35 billion, 532 million gallons (we won't fool with zeros this time) instead of 35,532,000 gallons as reported. 17 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER Ji ETC 124 Getting an early start with lots of ideas for fall activities, members of the Steering Com mittee of the Detroit Ethyl Society held their first meeting on August 15. In back row (from left) are: Eleanor Eskola; Rex Closson, sports chairman; Claire Olsen; Phil Savage; Don Rent ier; Evelyn Harworth; Elwood Sechrist; John Murphy, social chairman and lack McCullough. Front row: Stella Shafer; Ross Rife, general chairman; George Betker, publicity chairman; Al Tandrup, Art lennings and Fred Green. Secretary-treasurer Florence McMahon was not present. Detroit Doings At the end of the 1949 Detroit links season, lack Feiten is holing out as Neal Hepner looks on and George Betker holds the Hag. Close to 30 Ethyl labs employees tired rounds during the course of the summer's play. Rollie Ostrander was consist* ent as season's low man with an aver* age of 37 for 9 holes and 78 for 18. Most improved golfer: Bob Jackson? Watching Marty Alspaugh's open ing drive are (from left) Rollie Ostrander, Punch Pfundstein and Bill Wanderer. Even with his eyes closed, Marty sent the ball flying 180 yards straightaway. Photos were taken at Bonnie Brook golf club dur ing the final round of their season. ETC 12420 inde Hoffman, Detroit chemical operator, 4rs activities of the Chem Workshop build1. Here's photographic evidence that his Jstories are so. Ohio-born, he hopes some ^to retire on a farm--with no crab grass! married, has a daughter, 14, a son, 12. Ann Selfridge reports news of Dallas folk. After joining Ethyl at Tulsa, Ann was transferred from her native Oklahoma and is now the only distaff member of the Dallas office. She's corresponding secretary for the Rambouillet lecture club and a canasta fan. Hobbies are golf, collecting first edition magazines. Know Your BB Reporter ^Esther Stapley Lyman, N.Y. reporter for the 35th floor, is shown here with her 6-year-old Edith. Esther, graduate of Vassar and Kath arine Gibbs Secretarial, handles the work of the corporate secretary. j She and her husband, a N.Y. ad-man, commute from Stratford, Conn. J Emily Whitfield, head of N.Y. duplicating department, keeps BB posted about Ethylites on the 43d floor of the Chrysler build ing. Born in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Emily went to school in Brooklyn, was on the stage for two years, then settled down to homemaking. She joined Ethyl 11 years ago. Emily likes to sew, cook, clean house, go to movies and the opera. Also teaches Sunday School. Daughterleanetteisinhighschool. hxt Zeitz, n automotive engileer at the Detroit labs, covers he fuel house, road research ;arage and machine shop. Art vas born in Missouri. He joined Ethyl in 1946 as a student engi neer after receiving his B.S. n M.E. from Missouri University. Veteran of Pacific service with the U.S. Navy, Art is a sailing and swimming enthusiast. Will celebrate his six-month wedding anniversary the 23d of October. Claire Olsen, technical librarian at the Detroit labs, rounds up news about people in the Analytical section and Chemical Products Research. Born in Milwaukee, she received her B.S. in chemistry from Wisconsin U. She belongs to ACS, the YWCA and Red Cross. Her hobby is sailing. Claire likes strawberry sundaes, hates ragweed. ETC 12421 Ethyl fans cheer our team as they clinched second place in the Ferndale Oidtimers' League. Front row center are Paul and Lillian Whitman, Margaret Dul* linger, Evelyn Ryan and Evelyn Harworth. In second row are George and Alice Vaughn, Kenny McKillop, 1 Dean Porter and Stephanie Ciul. Len Smith and Roy Sugimoto are standing top left. At left. Ethyl 4 i} t\ batter Ed Goller connects with a home run over the Catalpa center fielder's head. Below, defending the championship won last year, are the 1949 players. Front: Batboy Dave Goller (Ed's son), Bill Burt, Har old Faucher, Lacy Guthrie, Ernie Clinton. Back row: George Clixby, Joe Laethem, George Betker, Laurel Wilkinson (fan), A! Pauls, Batboy Gerald Prince (Har ry's son), Ed Goller, Harry Prince and Frank Baldwin. Other Ethyl players not in this picture are: Merr::l Anderson, Tom Smith, Frank Long, Merlyn Beane. Don Cavanaugh, Chuck Denzler, Clyde Shepparc Jim Boag, Jim Sewell and Les Motson. ETC 12422 UNDER A SAN BERDU SUN It was a hot afternoon in California when some 80 members of the San Berdu Ethyl Society and their families gathered on July 31 for their an* nual picnic. Here Whitey Gruwell makes short work of an ear of corn. Wife Alpha is looking over his shoulder at cameraman Mike Remon* dino. That's Dale Caster sitting opposite Whitey. Main diversion was miniature golf with honors for the day's play going to Whitey and Alpha Gruwell. Shown here teeing off is Muriel Stin* son. Smiling spectators are, from left, Shorty Guinn, Jean Gamble and her pop, Minor. Members of the younger set enjoyed a variety of free rides at Kiddie Land. Mildred Way, daughter of Gil, tests the water as she shoves off. Behind her, getting set for their sail are Mike Remondino's Neal and young Mike. Herschei Askey, left, A1 Bailey, behind the smoke screen, and Jim Bay were the hamburger kings. They turned out stacks of hamburgers which were consumed by hungry Ethylites along with corn-on*the-cob, watermelon and cold pop. All of which arrived on the scene as a result of the work of Judy Schaub, chairman and the arrangements committee -- Dean Painter, Carol Simcock and Claude Guinn. ETC 12423 The whole Jordan family is taking tol South despite their Illinois beginninggss,. sends this picture from their home in DDaa; J Beach to show how the climate agre;es them. Son Jerry, on Bob's left, is oonnbM but is already taller than his mother. Ro Jr. finished his first college year with he at Marion Military Academy in Alabama plans eventually to become a doctor, now a Southern region field engineer, "one of Dr. Midgley's boys" and in 1948 celebrated his hthyl anniver tynant the fyanuhf. /Wui4ft She's a big girl now! Lee Cottrell dressed up for the cameraman and put on her favor ite bonnet. Daughter of Harry Cottrell, account representative in the Southern re gion, Lee is now four-and-a-half years old. Two in one--the Smith twins, Beverly Anj and Nancy Claire, are enjoying their back yar< bath. Daughters of Chief Accountant Johj Smith, N. Y.r they were one year old October A Kerry Welch is a new model for an old fash ioned costume. Son of Charlie Welch, Central region tractor engineer and account repre sentative, Kerry was born on June 1 and was one week old when he posed for this picture. 22 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER ETC 12424 Confetti and Rice Paul Cahill, tax attorney in N. Y. Finance, married Florence Rosemary Earls on August 27 at St. Joseph's Church in New York City. Following the ceremony a family reception was held at the Stonewall Inn on Sheridan Square. Paul and his bride spent their j honeymoon in Maine, and are now j at home in Flushing, L. I. Barbara Kelly, receptionist in the Chrysler building, N. Y., became the bride of Donald Sullivan on August 20 at St. Joan of Arc Church, Jackson Barbara Kelly Sullivan Paul and Florence Cahill Heights, L. I. The nuptial mass was celebrated by Barbara's uncle. Rev. Francis J. Kelly, assisted by her cousin. Rev. Harrington O'Neill, and the Rev. F. Leo Cunningham. Follow ing the ceremony a reception was held at Elizabeth Flynn's in Great Neck. Marjorie Poindexter, former secre tary to Bill Schulze, at San Berdu, became the bride of Edward G. Allen on September 24. Marg has left Ethyl to join her husband, who is a for ester at Stanislaus National Forest. Larry Sibson, mechanic in Auto motive Research at the Detroit labs, married Doris Thompson on Septem ber 10 at the Episcopal Church in Femdale, Mich. New Tax Exemptions Ed and Irene Betchaver--a son, Mark Andrew, bom September 3. Weight: 7 lb. 2 oz. Ed is with N. Y. Traffic. Bob and Margaret O'Meara a son, Mike, bom August 5 at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit. Weight: 8 lb. One sister, Sharon Ann, almost 2. Bob is in Purchasing at Detroit. Jean and Barbara Vincent--a son, Scott Renaud, bom August 8 at New Grace Hospital, Detroit. Weight: 8 lb. Jean is Detroit labs photographer. Red and Barbara Welch--a daugh ter, Laurene Barbara, born August 19 at Florence Crittendon Hospital in Detroit. One sister, Kathy Jo, 3! Red is a boiler operator at Detroit. 23 BULLETIN BOARD--OCTOBER ETC 12425 Hello, Detroiters JerryBrown ... research chem ist ... B.S. from W. Va. Wesleyan I in his home town of Buckhannon, W. Va. ... 2 years U.S.N.. .. lab assistant at U. oi 01. while work ing ior Ph.D. . . . enjoys singing { ... plays bass horn, bass viol. Fred Marshall . . . chemist. . . joined Ethyl alter re ceiving A.B. from Wayne U. . . . native Detroiter . . . formerly with General Electric X-Ray Corp . . . 3 years in Army . . . member City Recreational League softball team. Ruth Ellison... stenographer in Tech Service... born and reared in Michigan... attended Bad Axe H.S., won honors in botany and scholarship to U. of Mich___ mar ried ... painting, plants and pets (2 cats and a dog) keep her busy. I Joanne Hoffman . . . secretary, FuelResearchsection... I native of Motor City... graduated i from Immaculate High School and 4 studied secretarial science at A University of Detroit . . . hob bies include sailing, swimming. t i bene DeVore. . . stenographer ... came to Detroit from her birth place in Wigan, England and graduated from Western High School . . . enjoys sewing, knit ting, music, sports . . . H.S. swim ming team ... husband Dwight is from Illinois. Jean Cameron . . . typist. Engine Durability section . . . formerly with Detroit Edison I Co___ ex-prexy Edison Girls' club ... native Detroiter... graduated Lincoln H. S.... member Birming ham Business Women's club . . . married. \ Colvin Wolf... research chem ist . . . Chicagoan . . . holds de grees from U. oi 111., U. of Ind. and Ph.D. from State U. of Iowa . . . worked as a chemist at U.S. Rubber Co. . . . member Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, ACS . . . hobby: photography. Leonard NiebylsM . . . chemist . . . B.S. from Wayne U. . . . native Detroiter . . . won city title in 1943 for 200 meter swim ... 26 months Army Air Force... collects items of scientific histori cal interest... married, son Davey. ETC 12426 For plenty of energy all day long, eat a balanced breakfast like this: fruit, cereal, milk, toast and butter. The soft-cooked egg and marmalade add extra calories. To make butterscotch muffets shown here dip shredded wheat biscuits quickly in milk. Place in baking dish; sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake 10 minutes in moderately hot oven (400 F)- While bak ing, you can prepare cof fee, eggs and toast, put marmalade, milk and but ter on the table. As soon as cereal is done, serve with cooked dried apricots or prunes and milk. (Photo courtesy of Quaker Oats.) Breakfast is Ready! First call to breakfast will be all that's needed when you treat your family to daily variations of the basic five menu. A breakfast of fruit, cereal, milk, bread and butter or margarine wilfc supply }i to H of the day's food needs. Milk is a must for children. Most adults prefer coffee or tea. Eggs, breakfast meats, jellies, etc. supply additional calories for growing young sters and working men and women. Breakfast is the easiest and quick est meal to prepare--you can plan a different menu each day. Set the table the night before and squeeze fruit juices. (Vitamin C is not lost if juices are tightly covered and stored in re frigerator.) Include citrus fruit at least once in a day's meals, but for break fast variety substitute other fresh or cooked dried fruits. Serve plain or in combination with ready-to-eat or cooked cereals. Your bread may be anything from waffles to toast. Dietitians and doctors say you can't start a good day without a good breakfast. The breakfast skipper or skimper who gets that 10 o'clock slump is just plain hungry. If you neglect breakfast you deprive the body of essential nutrients which can not be made up in the other two meals of the day. Housewives as well as men and women who work in offices, labs and plants need to start the day with a hearty breakfast. 25 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER i 1 j j ; j 1 I 1 t ! I & . V- :V 'U: i j. At the Southern region automotive meeting in late July at the Broadwater Beach Hotel in Biloxi, Miss, are (clockwise from extreme right): Dan Guy, head of the agricultural section; Dick Sneed, Tech Service; Jack Laubach and Frank Jobes, fleet engineers; Bruce Crane, field engineer; Jimmy Zars, fleet engineer; Lou Shank, regional operations manager; Pres Berry and Ed Hendrick, tractor engineers; Dick Scales, director of tech service; Bill Mundinger, account representative; Heinie Mueller, head of engine development; Jack Bailie, Tech Service; Ed Paige, head of fleet section; Carl Bartholomew and Scotty Scott, field engineers; Frank DeVore, fleet engineer; Casey Jones, head of passenger car section and Bill Ball, of New York General Sales. Regional Automotive Conferences in Mississippi and Michigan Commercial and tractor engines were the main topic on the agenda when key men of Detroit Technical Service met with automotive, fleet and tractor engineers of the Central and Southern regions late in July. The Central region meeting was held in St. Clair, Mich, and the Southern group met in Biloxi, Miss. Purpose of the meetings was to exchange ideas and technical informa tion for increasing the acceptance and use of "Ethyl" antiknock compound in the agricultural and commercial fleet market, which consumes about one-third of all motor gasoline. Also discussed were means for increasing our sales by showing oil companies that it is economically advantageous for them to use more TEL in each gallon of gasoline. The cooperative research and field work of the regional engineers and the Technical Service staff is a part of their continuing effort to make our prod uct of even greater value to customers. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer); Chi cago: Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green (photographer), Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photographer). Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips; New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick. Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Bernardino: Carol Simcock, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing: Chris Bruhl. r 26 BULLETIN BOARD --OCTOBER ETC 12428 Full Speed Ahead to a Red Light? en of courage don't always have sh. Christopher Columbus spent feears seeking capital for a venture across uncharted seas. Finally Queen Isabella put up the money that paid for men, ships and stores for the expe dition that opened a new continent, fl Bom of faith, courage and a little ^capital, America went on to build the 'greatest civilization known to man. -Fired by an adventurous spirit, and the desire for a better life, Americans pushed back the frontiers. They cuitif-vated the land, built factories, in vested their profits and savings, in vented new things and new ways to produce more goods than any other country in the world. It took brains. It took drive. It took capital. Today there are plenty of men with vision and courage who are ready to keep up the American tradition of seeking new heights of achievement. But many of them are in the same predicament that Columbus was. Their problem is raising the money to back their ventures--ventures that of course may fail--or may carry Amer ica forward. When industry is expanding, about *1-2 million American workers make their living producing such things as new buildings, new factories, new machinery; new railroads, etc. When these millions are not working, and not spending, every- one else is affected. Here's what happens. Take a new manufacturingplant, /orexamp/e. Wher^ someone who has the money decides to put up a plant in hope of making a prof- it, the construction workers who build it are getting full pay envelopes. The workers who make the steel, the bricks, the cement,'the pipes, the plumbing, the electric wires and equipment, the elevators and thousands of other things, are busy in their plants. That makes two I groups of workers who have incomes to ** spend, save, or invest. Earning they buy more, and employment money, in other businesses such as oil, automobiles, home furnishings and appliances goes up. When the money to build the plant is lacking, these things don't happen. Somebody has to put "risk capital" to work to start the spiral. One reason .America has had so many jobs since the war is that many "new investment in- dustries" have been going full tilt. Our stockholders have just put $40 million into new plants which they believe will earn good pro/its in the years ahead. There are other companies that would like to expand, but in many cases they can't raise the money. New "risk capi ta/'' is being offered little or no incentive to embark on new ventures. The reasons for this are several: 1) some people with ood-sized incomes can make only a little profit after paying taxes, and they would rather keep their savings than take a chance on losing them; 2) people with modest incomes pay so much in taxes, direct and hidden in the cost of every thing they buy, that they don't have much left for savings to invest. Conse quently, a number of enterprises that might be started and provide more jobs are being deferred if not thwarted com pletely. Already, the average American works one week every month to sup ply the money government spends. Many people think rich people will pay the new taxes needed for new government spending programs. They don't and they won't, because they can't. If all the people making over $8000 a year paid everything over that in taxes, it would cover less than 10 per cent of actual and proposed govern ment spending. England followed the road of spend and tax until there was no one left who was willing or able to venture any new capital for anything. Unless the road we are traveling takes a different direction soon, we too can reach the red light that says stop the expanding spiral that means pros perity, and sit in the stalled line of business traffic that means austerity. ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Sibyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-President and Treasurer, Richard M. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor Prinitd in U.S A. 221 ETC 12429 ETC 12430 ETC 12431 ETC 12432 r i I training program for rep; ntatives of Ethyl Antiknock, 1 ' is discuwed under the shad- >f the American and Canadian s. From left are Bill Tum- i * [ who is in charge of the ] ladian operation, Ray Faller, jiing director, Oscar Lewis, riant sales manager and Tom i kn, who handles Sales per* ] pel. They are conferring in i .'Hunt Room of the Hotel Lexj jon, where the first week's ning sessions were held. i 4<f Ethyl Antiknock, Ltd. Formed to Serve Canada Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Ethyl Corporation I To give Canadian customers more of take over sales of "Ethyl" antiknock ' the services supplied by Ethyl to its compounds in Canada. From an or j customers in the United States, a ganization standpoint its activities Toronto office is being opened this will be similar to those of a regional month. The Canadian business will be office. handled by Ethyl Antiknock, Ltd. Officers of the newly-organized i (wholly-owned subsidiary of Ethyl Company are Edward L. Shea, presi Corporation), which was organized to dent; S. T. Crossland, H. W. Kaley, | Idvice on the handling oi | ales accounts was given by Dick j jiurphy (Mated center), East: Ira region manager. Mat Tay| pr (standing left), operations t nanager for the Eastern region, - lave the men practical tips on . (heir day-today operations in ihe field. Lending an ear are ; Mac MacEwen, seated, left. Hap ! . Phiip, seated, right, and stand- j . Ing, Jimmy Main, center, and I Stirling Henry, right. i ETC 12433 Technical aspect* of automotive engineering and fuel utilisation were discussed at session) held in our Detroit Research laboratories. Here Heinie Mueller, head of the engine develop ment section, takes up the utilisation of higher antiknock fuels. From left are Ben Penrose Mac MacEwen, Jimmy Main,Heinie and Hap Philp. At right: Bill Turnley, Ben Penrose and Frank Huyler take a breather between technical talks and enjoy a conversation on the lighter side J. H. Schaefer and W. M. Turnley, vice presidents; R. M. Page, secretary and S. T. Crossland, treasurer. Bill Turnley has moved to Toronto to organize the new Canadian set-up. The office is located at 67 Richmond Street, West, and he has chosen a staff of six men, who, after a four weeks' training period in New York, Detroit and in the field, will give Ethyl services to customers north of border. Two veteran Ethyl men--F. G. Huyler, fleet engineer of the Eastern region, and B. F. Penrose, safety engineer of the Western region--have joined the staff of the new Company. P. B. MacEwen, who was formerly with Ethyl in Canada, has also joined the newly-formed organization. Others chosen to represent Ethyl Antiknock, Ltd. are: G. R. S. Henry, formerly with the British American Oil Company in Montreal; J. H. Main, former manager of Boulton Motors, Ltd. in Winnipeg; and H. J. Philp, 4 BULLETIN BOARD--NOVEMBER who was assistant manager of Easter Steel Products, Ltd. in Toronto, an< before the war was industrial am wholesale sales manager for Sun O in Toronto. This group of men, under the direc tion of Bill Turnley, will serve cus tomers throughout the 10 province of Canada. Mac MacEwen, Bei Penrose, and Hap Philp will hav headquarters in Toronto. Stirlini Henry will work out of Montreal am cover Quebec, New Brunswick, Novi Scotia, Prince Edward Island am Newfoundland (including Labrador) Jimmy Main will cover Northwes Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Frank Huyler has been assigned t< Alberta, British Columbia, Yukor Territory and the Northwest Territory Bill Turnley is well equipped for the job of directing the Canadian opera tions, as he had 21 years of business experience in Canada before joining Ethyl. He was a division sales man ager for Western Electric's subsidiary j ETC 12434 nd later organized his own company /hich manufactured and sold bateries in Canada and many foreign ountries. After coming with Ethyl n 1932 he represented the Company n Canada until the division office here was closed (1939) and has since )een handling Canadian business from he New York office. The training program for the staff which was held in October, was under the direction of Ray Faller, training director. First meetings were held in New York where the men learned about Ethyl's background and policy, sales objectives and methods, safety practices and policies and gasoline testing. They spent a day at the Yonkers Gasoline Testing lab before going to Detroit where they heard talks on technical aspects of automo tive engineering and fuel utilization. By the end of this period they had met and heard talks by most of the key men in the organization. The new men wound up their training program with two weeks in the field getting practical experience under the guidance of Ethyl safety, fleet and tractor and field engineers. I1 President Presents Award To First 25-Year Woman Corinae Hill made Ethyl history on October 20 when she celebrated her 25th anniversary with the Company to become the first woman on the roster of our 25-year club. Here she is shown receiving her service award from President Edward L Shea and wearing in her lapel the Ethyl pin with three diamonds, emblematic of her 25 years of service. On hand when the presentation was made were some of her coworkers and long-time friends. From left are Mar guerite McDonald, secretary to George Krieger, Lillian Johnson, secretary to Graham Edgar, Genevieve Corcoran Murphy, secretary to Harry Kaley, President Shea, Corinne, Mabel Gerster, of Finance, Anne Daui and Lynn Grella, of the President's office. ETC 12435 Future home of Ethyl's New York offices, this midtown Manhattan skyscraper is going up at the corner of 41st and Park, one block south of Grand Central station. We will have all of the 17th, 18th and 19th floors, which are expected to be ready for us to move into early next spring. Karl Kuhn, staff architect, and Randolph Charlton, N.Y. office manager, discuss floor plans. Karl was called to N.Y. from the Detroit labs to de sign the layout for the new offices under the direction of Curt Holton, industrial relations director, who is responsible for all arrange* ments in connection with the forthcoming move. New York Offices Will Move To New 100 Park Avenue Building New York offices were humming last month with plans for moving to the new office building now nearing com pletion at 100 Park Avenue. In a letter to all New York employees, President Edward L. Shea announced that three floors had been leased for occupancy in the spring of 1950. Located on the site of the old Murray Hill Hotel, the new building is one block south of Grand Central 6. BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER station. Modern throughout, the building is one of the first airconditioned buildings to be erected in N.Y.C. Ethyl will occupy the 17th, 18th and 19th floors, which will be serviced by express elevators. One of the largest office building projects under way in the United States, 100 Park Avenue is the first skyscraper to be erected in the Grand Central zone since the early 1930's. ETC 12436 I Construction is progressing months ahead of schedule and it is expected that we can move into our new quar ters in the early spring. The 40,600 square feet of usable space, which the Company has leased for 20 years, is a great contrast to the original three-room suite at 25 Broadway, and indicates the steady growth that has marked the Com pany's progress over the years. By 1930 when the Company moved to the Chrysler building, the entire 35th floor was required to accommo date the staff. The building was then just being completed and Ethyl was the second tenant in the famous sky scraper. Continual expansion has made us an ever-growing tenant. By the end of the first year Ethyl offices had been added on the 36th floor. In due course, we expanded beyond the limits of space available in the Chrysler building, and the Accounting and Statistical departments moved across the street to the Graybar building. When Ethyl took over the 34th floor of the Chrysler building in 1941, they rejoined the executive, sales and manufacturing offices. Later (1945) further growth made it necessary for the Eastern region and Publicity and Publications de partment to set up shop across town in the Salmon Tower. When space became available in the Chrysler building last year, they moved back. Now all offices are under one roof but scattered from the 7th to the 43 rd floors. The four all-Ethyl floors-- 34th, 35th, 36th and 43rd--are sup plemented by space on the 31st, 39th and 7th. In the new quarters all the New York and Eastern region offices will be consolidated in one efficient working unit. The lease was negotiated through the realty firm of Cushman 8s Wake field, Inc. The architects for the build ing are Kahn & Jacobs, and George A. Fuller is the general contractor. First home of Ethyl's executive offices was the Cuuard building, left. One of the largest office buildings constructed in the early 1920's, its Great Hall is famous for its decorative maps and ceiling paintings which picture the voyages of celebrated explorers. In 1930 the offices were moved to the Chrysler building (right), then the world's tallest office building. i I ETC 12437 Moving Up In Baton Rouge With the new operating units com pleted in Baton Rouge, 17 promotions have been announced, including eight in Ethyl Chloride: Arthur Haas was promoted from operations supervisor to chief super visor. Grant Brummett advanced from operations foreman to supervisor. Harry Hinnershitz moved up from personnel and special assignments supervisor to chief supervisor. Hollis Jacobs, Dick McCraine, Fred O'Rourke, R. B. Phillips and Frank Richardson, formerly wage roll production foremen, were made salaried foremen. There were seven promotions in TEL Operations: Frank McCoy stepped up from supervisor to chief supervisor. Herb Hobgood, who was a technical supervisor, is now a chief supervisor. Sid Cowart, L. T. Dickerson, Charlie Hamby, Callie Spiller and Cleve Womack, ex-wage roll production foremen, moved up to jobs as salaried foremen. In TEL Maintenance, two men re ceived promotions: Bob Blom, former wage roll shift mechanical foreman, became a sal aried mechanical foreman. Sam Boudinot advanced from wage roll area mechanical foreman to salaried area mechanical foreman. In Detroit Dale Chrysler, previously a painter, took over Bill Spence's job as a carpenter in the Maintenance depart ment when Bill retired recently. 8 BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER Milestones Rose E. Lipsitz, secretary is Aeronautical Re search at the Detroit laboratories, happily joins Ethyl Corporation's three-weeks' vacation club this month. Rose came with the Company in the old days when the labs were located on East Milwaukee Avenue in midtown Detroit. November 28 marks the day 15 years ago when she started rolling up Ethyl service there. *** Two Ethylettes, both New Yorkers, received 10-year service emblems; Marjory Smith and DOROTHY Rogan, ol Finance. In New York Betty Beach, formerly of N.Y. General Facilities, has joined the N.Y. Statistical staff. Mildred Cooney has moved from N.Y. General Accounting to become secretary to Budget Director Bill Sterrett. Frances Ward Nors, former secre tary to A1 Merz, has moved from Accounts Payable to replace Mildred. Helen Furey, formerly a typist in Financial Control, succeeds Frances as secretary to A1 Merz. ETC 12438 A lot of effort and a lot of first class teamwork on the part of many people brought the expansion program to a successful conclusion ahead of the scheduled time. Four of the Ethyl men who helped carry out various phases of the program are shown at the right. They are, from left: James B. Rhorer, field force coordinator; J. Norman Fogg, power superintendent; A. Clarke Burdick, Jr., engineer ing superintendent; and George F. Kirby, manager of Process Engineering section. $40 Million Plant Expansion Program Completed The completion of our $40 million expansion program this month marks a major milestone in the Company's growth and progress. As we embark on a new and higher level of manufac I turing operations, our productive capacity and distribution facilities enable us to serve the oil industry more efficiently than ever before. Ethyl Corporation's investment in enlarged facilities prepares us to meet America's fuel needs today--and tomorrow. A demonstration of foresight and faith, this long-range planning anticipates the expanding demands for high- B. Bynum Turner, above, who is assistant resident manager of the plant, is coordinator for the gen eral expansion program. Norman Weaver, second from right, the principal plant conirtruction fore man, points out a project of special interest to Melvin Hudgins, mainte nance superintendent, at right, Leslie Price, as sistant maintenance su perintendent, at the far left, and Stanley D'Armond, plant expansion con struction supervisor, who is second from the left. ETC 12439 A third wing was added to the sodium area, above, to pro vide the plant's requirements ior sodium & chlorine. They are produced by electrolysis of molten salt heated to high temperatures in an improved type of sodium cell. quality gasoline which have been j forecast, and expresses faith in the fu ture of gasoline as a continuing eco i /i i nomical and efficient fuel. The successful conclusion of the ex pansion program in less than the scheduled time has been due to the efforts of many people. At least 5 million man-hours were put in on the job by some 5,000 Ethyl men and women and employees of our con tractors. At least another 5 million man-hours were spent by material and equipment manufacturers and sup pliers. All those who helped plan, de sign, build and equip our enlarged plant had a part in strengthening Ethyl Corporation's ability to con tribute to the progress of motorized transportation. A coordinated engineering and con- Swinging from the crane, at left above, is a 24-ton compressor on its way into a newly enlarged compressor house in the ethyl chlbride area. There are two com pressor houses in the area. At far right is the ethylene dichloride plant.. Pictured left is a section of the'' new chlorine drying towers in the sodium area. 1 ETC 12440 Ethyl's manufacturing processes require more than twice as much electricity a day as the rest of Baton Rouge combined. New substation, above, was built to handle increased requirements. One of the salt evaporators in the sodium area. Used to evaporate water from brine, total capacity of these facilities since expansion is 400 tons of salt per day. struction plan facilitated the general program. One of the first steps was the allocation of various designing, engineering and construction projects among our own groups at the plant, and among the various contractors employed on the over-all job. This work involved extensive and coor dinated efforts on the part of our research and -development labora tories, our process engineers and in spection group, our engineering and maintenance section, operations sec tion representatives and other plant groups. Because not only tetraethyl lead but virtually all of the intermediate chemicals required for the production of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds are made at the Baton Rouge plant, the size, scope and complexity of the ex pansion program was tremendous. The New development laboratory and pilot plant building has ceilings of acoustic tile in most areas with suspended plaster and structural con crete features in others. Flush-mounted fluorescent fixtures provide the light. Main entrance doors are of Herculite glass and all other exterior doors are of flush metal with glased panels. ETC 12441 This over-all view of the tetraethyl lead area ahows the aix separate manufacturing units with the new one in the foreground. Other major additions in the area besides this unit include: a new lead recovery oper ation, a new wing to the lead-sodium alloy building, additional electric power and water cooling installations, and an enlarged plant which is used for recovering ethyl chloride. three major operating areas--tetra ethyl lead, sodium, and ethyl chlor ide--all concerned with important phases of the manufacture of "Ethyl" fluid, were enlarged. In addition, ex isting facilities and equipment were I improved. i Many installations at the plant are i unusual in size and type. Tetraethyl Below, jet refrigeration unit which, by using steam, is capable of cooling 24,000,000 gal lons of water per day for special plant use. lead operations require custom-built autoclaves, stills and other equipment, and unique types of buildings. The manufacture of metallic sodium by the electrolysis of salt calls for some of the most interesting installations in the field of industrial chemistry. In the manufacture of ethyl chloride by Close-up of the 6th TEL building. Like the others, it has an efficient ventilating system. The intake tower is shown at the right. ETC 12442 Lee Dunn tests a still in the new TEL building. Photo at right above shows the underside of the stills, where the tetraethyl lead is distilled with steam to separate it from lead-sodium alloy. Below, huge manufacturing pot in the al loy building. In it lead & sodium are com bined in exact proportions to make the alloy. the hydrochlorination of ethylene, the plant operates not only the first re finery-type structures of their kind, but the largest and most modem ones. With our enlarged "three plants in one," Ethyl Corporation maintains its position out in front as the world's largest producer of three important chemicals--tetraethyl lead, sodium and ethyl chloride, and stands ready as a reliable source of supply for the refiners' requirements of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds. Three new hydrogen chloride burners will turn out 70,000 lbs. of the chemical a day for use in making ethyl chloride. Top of the new unit for making ethylene dichloride, which is blended with tetraethyl lead in the manufacture of "Ethyl'' fluid. ETC 12443 Services Show On Tour To tell our customers about some of the important ways we serve them, a Services Show with graphic demoastrations, charts and other eyeappealing props, is being pre sented to customer company executives. After completing 17 presentations before 283 top oil company executives in 'the Western region, the show was sent to the Southern re gion. Here San Wagner, right, Western regional manager, turns over the show and list of equipment to Lou Shank, oper ations manager for the South ern region, following its last performance in Salt Lake City. Looking on is Oscar Lewis, as sistant general sales manager. Technical Service Staff Changes Announced Dan Guy, head of the Agricultural section, has assumed new responsibili ties as assistant director of the Tech nical Service division. Tech Service Director Dick Scales announced his appointment along with two other changes on his staff, effective as of November 1. Mike Remondino, research en gineer, has transferred to the Com mercial Engine and Fleet section in Detroit from the San Bernardino Road Test laboratory. He replaces Jack Bailie, who has been assigned to the Agricultural section. Dan, who joined Ethyl in 1931 as afield engineer, was brought into the Research labs in 1942 after pioneer tractor field work as an agricultural engineer in Louisiana and Texas. In 1945 he was appointed head of the 14 BULLETIN BO ARD --NOVEMBER Agricultural section and is today one of the country's leading authorities i on the proper utilization of fuels in j tractors and other gasoline-powered! farm equipment. Mike Remondino began his Ethyl j career 16 years ago as a research I engineer in Detroit. In 1935 he went I to California with the "Caravan" that i set up operations at the San Berdu lab. j During the war Mike was brought j back to Detroit for a three-year hitch but returned to San Berdu in 1945. He was instrumental in starting an Ethyl Society there similar to Detroit's. Jack Bailie came to Ethyl as a stu dent engineer in the class of 1939. After time out for military service, he resumed his work at the Detroit labs in 1945. He has been working in the Commercial Engine and Fleet section for the past two years. ETC 1244 lames Melton, radio singer St president oi the Melton Antique Automobile Museum, & Mayor Louis Lohrey lead Dayton's parade oi antique automobiles in a 1906 International Harvester model. Oil Men Tell the People of Progress and Service Last month thousands of oil men throughout the country told the people of the nation how a free in dustry has contributed to U. S. prog ress and welfare when governors and mayors from East to West set aside October 16-22 as Oil Progress Week. Through newspapers, radio, televi sion, speeches, parades, exhibits and movies, the oil men laid a solid foun dation for general understanding of what the oil industry is trying to do-- and how it benefits the people. Ethyl took an active part in sup porting the industry-wide program. The "90 YOOP" buttons which the Company furnished to customers and to service station operators who re sponded to our ads in trade magazines proved a popular means of publicizing the industry-wide program. In addi- tion, many Ethyl men helped plan oil progress programs in their local communities. A parade of antique automobiles assembled by Radio Singer James Melton started activities rolling in Dayton, Ohio on Monday, October 17. Following the parade, 800 leaders of local commerce and industry attended a dinner meeting sponsored by the Miami Valley Petroleum club and the Dayton area of the Oil Industry In formation Committee. Charles F. Kettering, General Motors Research consultant and principal speaker at the dinner, discussed the rapid rise of the oil industry in the past three decades and utilization of the indus try's products. Other speakers were Sidney A. Swensrud, president of Gulf Oil Corporation, and Charles Z. 15 BULLETIN BOARD--NOVEMBER ETC 12445 Al left: Harry Mack, Cen tral region sales coor dinator, on the rostrum. As general chairman for the dinner which followed the Dayton parade, Harry in troduced Charles Ketter ing (seated left), G. M. Research consultant and one of the speakers of the evening. "Boss Ket" wears the pin which lames Mel ton presented to him as a token of honorary mem bership in the Ass' n of An tique Automobile Owners. Hardwick, vice president of the Ohio Oil Co. and Ohio state chairman of OIIC. Several Ethyl men helped plan the Dayton celebration. Ralph Clark, publicity manager, helped to organize the dinner meeting and parade and handled the publicity; and Harry Mack, Central region sales coordin ator, was general chairman for the dinner. Ralph Champlin, public re lations director, arranged for James Melton's appearance and assisted in the radio broadcasts. Others who assisted with arrangements were Al Bingham, Norm Linstromberg and Jack Pruitt, of the Central region. Jim Boudreau, regional manager, was host at one of the Ethyl tables. In Louisville, Ky., where he makes his headquarters. Jack Pruitt served on the Oil Progress Week committee, and early in September, he went on the air over Station WFTM in Maysville, Ky. to broadcast on "Petroleum on the Farm." In New York City, 1400 metropol itan business leaders attended an Oil Progress Week luncheon at the Wal- 16 BULLETIN BOARD--NOVEMBER dorf-Astoria on October 18. Sponsored by the Oil Trades Council as part of the 90th anniversary celebration, the luncheon was the high-spot of the week's observance. Dick Murphy, Eastern region manager, was chair man of the promotion committee and escorted Mayor O'Dwyer to the head table. President Edward L. Shea was among the other guests at the head table. Don Flynn, Eastern region sales coordinator, was regional vice chair man of the New York State committee for the OIIC, which sponsored Oil Progress Week. Field Engineer Frank Hayes appeared before the Glens Falls Kiwanis club and the Lions clubs at Kingston and Fort Edward to tell upstate New Yorkers about "Oil and Its Place in Your Everyday Lives." Bill Rusher, Eastern region, put on two Fire Power shows. On October 18 a thousand members of OIIC at tended a performance at Petersburg, Va. and two days later the show was given at the West Virginia Petroleum Association convention in Charleston, W. Va. Heading the industry participation committee for Tulsa's observance of Oil Progress Week was Lou Shank, Southern region operations manager. ETC 12446 Chicago's "90 YOOP Girl," Carol Rilchell, 3, watches Mayor Martin Kennelly sign proclamation designating Oil Progress Week. She is displaying a few samples of the buttons that Ethyl distributed to customer oil com panies and service station operators--95,000 in all. Oil men lending the Mayor moral support from behind, are, standing left to right: Philip Crippen, Jr., chairman, information committee; Gerald LePine, president, Chicago Oil Men's club; Robert McElroy, vice president, Pure Oil Co.; A. W. Peake, president, Standard Oil Co. (Indiana); and William Gerwe, chairman of Great Lakes district information committee. ( To acquaint people of Tulsa with a true picture of petroleum progress, Lou's committee arranged for various open houses and industry programs. Ethyl's labs were among those opened to the public during the week's celebration. In Jacksonville, Fla., Bob Jordan, a Southern region field engineer, told the story of oil progress to the Kiwanis club and the Southside Business Men's club on October 19. Bob was also present for the ceremonies when Mayor Haydon Bums issued the proc lamation setting aside the week of October 16 in observance of Jackson ville Oil Progress week. Two members of Ethyl's manage ment group carried the message of Oil Progress to civic clubs on October 19. Lew Barnum, of Plant and Employee Services, spoke to the Rotarians and Harry Wheeler, TEL superintend ent, was guest speaker at the East Baton Rouge Lions club. Charlie Kass, one of Ethyl's tech nical representatives, holds the De troit record for speech-making on behalf of Oil Progress Week. Charlie addressed the members of five Mich igan service groups; the Brightmoor Exchange club, Clawson Lions club and Flat Rock, Lake Orion and Cen ter Line Rotary clubs. Thom Yates, chairman of the Metropolitan Detroit OIIC (see page 22), spoke at a meeting of the Grosse Pointe Optimists club. Other Detroiters participating in Oil Progress programs sponsored by Mich igan Lions clubs were Idan Flaa and Al Tandrup, both of Tech Service. Idan spoke to the Highland Park club, and Al at Pontiac. From the lead car of a parade of shiny, new 1949 models, Harry Mack points to jet planes flying over head. A number of the city officials of Dayton and dinner guests rode in the long parade of new cars. ETC 1244 Ethyl's 1949-1950 Fellowship Awards Announced Fellowship committee composed of Earl Bartholomew, George Calin- gaert and Ed Kurt. As secretary of the committee, Ed talked with the administrative heads of 20 leading educational institutions to determine which schools could make best use of the fellowships. Final selection was made by the com mittee after consultation with other Detroit laboratories staff members who were most familiar with the types of work to be carried on under the grants. Graduate fellowships made avail able by Ethyl were awarded by the respective universities to: Robert P. Smith, in the Chemistry division of i the California Institute of Technol ogy; Lloyd G. Blosser, in the Depart ment of Chemistry, University of Illinois; Wendell E. Bergren, in the College of Engineering, University of In the shadow oi the Petroleum Engineering building, students at Tulsa University have an opportunity to get first-hand experience at drilling an oil well right on the campus. Oklahoma; Patrick L. McGeer, in the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University; William H. Nichols, Jr., in the College of Petroleum Sciences When college classrooms opened across the nation this fall, eight grad uate students resumed their courses of study aided by Ethyl Corporation fellowship grants totaling $12,000. and Engineering, University of Tulsa; Thomas H. Coffield, in the Depart ment of Chemistry, Wayne Univer sity; and Gordon Millar, in the College of Engineering, Wisconsin University. A post-doctorate fellowship was The awards for the 1949-50 school received by Dr. Ralph Haswell, in year are a continuation of Ethyl's the College of Medicine, University 12-year-old program for encouraging of Cincinnati. In continuing his work graduate training and promoting basic in the field of industrial medicine. Dr. research. Haswell will be studying under the Names of students selected by their direction of Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, universities to receive the fellowships Ethyl's medical director. have been announced by the Ethyl The fellowships are sponsored in 18 BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER ETC 12448 idds of interest to the petroleum, lUtomotive and chemical industries, ill of which Ethyl serves. Basic reearch is encouraged in the hope that undamental knowledge will result which some day may prove of prac:ical value. Ethyl fellowships carry no mplication of future employment ob ligations on the part of the recipient. Typical of the work which has been done under past Ethyl grants is that of a University of Oklahoma graduate mechanical engineer who received an award last year. This particular engi neer studied the knocking character istics of four different hydrocarbon types over a range of fuel-air ratios. It is believed that his findings will be of value to refiners in pointing the way toward gasolines of the future. "The fellowships made available by Ethyl and other American corpora tions," Ed Kurt points out, "help provide properly-trained personnel to carry on research and engineering activities in the years just ahead." Freeport Plant Suffers Slight Damage From Hurricane The Freeport plant of Ethyl-Dow, which supplies ethylene dibromide for use in the manufacture of "Ethyl" antiknock compounds, wasonly slightly damaged by the hurricane that What was left of hurricane warning dags in Freeport, Tex. after the October 3 hurricane. Vincent Thorpe, Ethyl-Dow plant manager, photographed these shredded remains outside the Freeport station. Originally red with square black centers, these flags are the kind they don't take down--they blow down. T 1 hit the Texas coast early last month. Small sections of the roof and sign posts flew through the air on wings of the tropical hurricane which lashed the Gulf on the night of October 3. Most serious damage was done to the spray catchers and walkways, some of which were blown from the top of the absorber towers. Repairs were started as soon as possible after the winds subsided and will soon be completed. Although the hurricane was not so destructive as originally predicted, many Freeport people were evacuated inland to Angleton to escape the rising tides which threatened to over flow the levees. The Red Cross dis aster committee, headed by A. T. Deere, supervisor of plant protection for the Dow plants, cared for more than 1100 refugees in the Angleton courthouses and high school. Power and telephone communication were cut off and the refugees spent the night huddled in blankets along the dark corridors. 19 BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER ETC 1244 Jack Cole, a safety engineer in the Western region, last month was elected chairman of the Permanent General Refining Committee of the Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Associa tion. The group, formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Refiners' Asso ciation, held its second annual meeting in Casper, Wyo. October 11-12. Jack was a member of the program com mittee which planned the meeting. Ollie Jones, manager of customer services, was one of the principal speakers at the meeting. He presented a paper titled "Recent Trends in Tank Cleaning." Printed copies of this paper were distributed and several members took more than one copy. A1 Gassman, Fred Meyer and Cal Worrel, of Detroit Chem Re search, acted as hosts for six college students who were Ethyl's dinner guests at the September meeting of the American Chemical Society. Stu dents selected from local colleges and universities are invited to ACS meet ings as part of a program sponsored by Detroit chemical industries to interest undergraduates in the So ciety's activities. A1 is treasurer of the Detroit ACS and Cal is vice-chairman of the hos- 20 BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER pitality committee. Other Ethylites holding local ACS offices are Associate Research Director George Calingaert, counselor, and Chem Researcher Thelma McDyer, vice-chairman of the membership committee. A1 Gassman presented a paper en titled "The Determination of Bromine and Chlorine in Gasoline" by Ethyl's Charlie Gambrill and Gordon Wilcox and Ben Pecherer (formerly of Ethyl) at the September 19-23 convention of the American Chemical Society in Atlantic City. Clarence Harvey, of the Develop ment section in Baton Rouge, spoke at a meeting of the National Associa tion of Corrosion Engineers held in Dallas on October 4. More than 300 scientists representing the oil, gas, pipeline, heavy chemical and utility industries heard Clarence discuss "Se lection of Protective Coatings for Fume Resistance." Steve Henry, manager of plant and employee services at Baton Rouge, was one of the speakers at the first annual state-wide industrial manage ment conference held in the Pelican State. Jointly sponsored by the Louis iana Manufacturers- Association and the School of Business Administration and Economics at Louisiana Tech, the meeting was held November 4 on the college campus at Ruston, La. Steve spoke during the morning session on "Industrial Relations Are Human Relations" and was also principal speaker at the banquet which wound up the one-day conference. Ed Kurt; technical assistant to the general manager of the Detroit Re search labs, presented a camera's-eye view of life in Latin America at the ETC 12450 October 6 meeting of the Detroit Illini dub. Ed showed colored slides of scenes he shot in Argentina and Mexico several years ago. Dan Read/ a Baton Rouge safety engineer, acted as coordinator of the programs organized by various labor groups in observance of Fire Preven tion Week, October 9-15. Groups from several Baton Rouge industries par ticipated in the annual observance. Raoul Brister, of the Production section, was appointed head of the program planned by the Co-operative Bargaining Agency of Ethyl Cor poration. Andy Reimold/ Detroit labs em Court**? oi Atlanta Constitution ployee relations manager, discussed Max Roensch (left) presents Randolph Whit industrial personnel and employment field, chairman of the Atlanta SAE group, matters at the October 11 meeting of with its charter from the national, organiza tion. Whitfield is superintendent of auto the Romeo, Mich. Rotary club. i motive equipment for the Georgia Power Co., with which Ethyl has conducted cooperative Ii i Max Roensch/ a coordinator at the Detroit Research labs, and vice presi fleet surveys in the past. John Rogers (cen ter) is chairman-elect of the Atlanta group. dent of SAE, presented an official charter to the newly-formed Atlanta, Ga. Society of Automotive Engineers on September 21. Excerpts from Max's paper "Engine Design for Past, Present and Future Fuels" appeared in the October issue of the SAE Harry's second article, which ap peared in August, was entitled "Good Picking Pays Off." It describes the methods Ethyl uses in choosing foremen. Journal under the title of "Which Way to More Engineer Power?" Max delivered this paper at Atlanta and, later (October 11) at a meeting of the Kansas City, Mo. section of SAE. Shift Key Harry Wheeler, superintendent of TEL operations at Baton Rouge, has had two articles published in recent issues of the magazine Manage. The first, "An Old Timer Looks at Train ing Programs," appeared in April. While explaining the evolution of our plant program, Harry tells how he, as an old timer, was converted to belief in modem training methods. Rudy Williams, superintendent of the manufacturing department termi nals located at Edge Moor, Del. and Wilmington, Calif., has transferred his headquarters from Edge Moor to Baton Rouge. In addition to his duties as terminal superintendent, he will assume other supervisory duties within the Production Planning de partment at Baton Rouge. 21 BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER ETc 12451 .I 1 \ f i Detroit Ethylites gathered 55strong for a farewell luncheon for Thom Yates on-October 11. Thom, who has been public relations representative in Detroit for the past two years, has been trans ferred to the Public Relations office in New York. "For busi ness" back in the N.Y. office, Thom received a desk pen set and "for pleasure" a briar pipe. Ed Paige and Harold Chalk made the presentations on behalf of Thom's Detroit friends. Here, left to right are: Jack Feiten, Dick Taylor, A1 Gassman, Harold Chalk, Sig Rue, Ross Rife, Thom and Rollie Ostrander. Before Bill Turnley moved to Toronto to take over his new responsibilities for Ethyl Antiknock, Ltd., he was honored by Ethyl friends at several parties and presented with a double pen set and a Mark Cross wallet. Shown here, during a luncheon in the Hunt Suite of New York's Hotel Lexington are, clockwise from the left: seated--Bill Ball, Ed Enoch, Tom Ronan, Bill Turnley, Julian Frey, Oscar Lewis, Mac Murdock, Dick Murphy, John Wallis, Roy Goltx; and standing-- Mat Taylor, Van Fleck, Russ Weston, Russ McGuiney, Bayard Browne, Ollie Jones, Gerald and Don Forsdick, Elli Locher, Ed Downs, Joe Costello d Mac McCulloch. Tor several months Cliff Wilson, shown at left with Jim Foote, has been putting in effort over and above the call of duty assembling this new high speed engine for fuel research. The project finished, Cliff and Jim thought it would be a desecration to put the engine into operation without proper christen ing. They discovered that their views were shared by another when they arrived one morning to find a bottle of champagne (carrying Wheeler Lovell's fin gerprints, it is rumored) tied to the engine. Cliff was given the honor of breaking open the bottle. ETC 12452 PINS AND PEGS Ethyl keglers have swung into their annual bowling competitions with teams in Baton Rouge, Detroit, New York and San Bernardino participat ing in local league play. Starting off the week, one of San Berdu's teams bowls on Monday eve nings with the Foursome Handicap League at the Gate City alleys. On Tuesdays at the S. B. Recreation Center, Ethylites roll for strikes in the Industrial Handicap League. New Yorkers show their skill on the mapleways every Wednesday at the Fritz Schxoetes speeds one down the alley as Hal Faucher, George Clixby, George Robinson, Herb Sumner & Punch Pfundstein cheer him on. Radio City alleys. Four mixed teams started the season on September 7. Out in Detroit, bowling activities began on September 8 when 16 men's Winding up the Detroit horseshoe tournament, Bill Burt defeated George Betker lor Class A singles honors and Ernie Clinton (below left) outpitched Jim Bell (r.) for Class B title. teams and 10 women's teams stepped up to the foul line. Both men and > women bowl every Thursday at the WY-7 Recreation alleys. t On Friday evenings, Baton Rouge keglers knock down the pins at the Highland Bowling Center. There are eight members on a team and low bowlers of each team bowl on alter nate Fridays. ERA Bowling League officers for the year are: John Willard, of Development, president; George Woest, Sodium, vice president; and Harry Bridgeman, Development, secretary-treasurer. i Playing off doubles finals are Sid Barker, left; Bill Burt, pitching; Bob Mescher and Ed Goller, far right. Ed and Bill won 3 out of 5 games to clinch top place. 12 con testants tossed for Class A singles honors and 20 tried to put a ringer around the Class B crown. 13 teams en tered the doubles contest. The tournament was sponsored by the Detroit Ethyl Society and Sports Chairman Rez Closson scheduled the play-offs. ETC 12453 Ruth Callaway/ B8 cones* Nan Horning covers activi Bob Mescher of Detroit cov pondent for the Central region, ties of Finance, Purchasing, ers Automotive Products Re is secretary to Jim Boudreau, Central region manager. Ruth Tech Service and the File Room at the Detroit labs. search. Veteran of 22 yean of Ethyl service, Bob helpe< is a native oi Michigan; she Bora in Michigan, Nan went move the lab from Yonkers t< was bora in Adrian, gradu ated from the Tecumseh High , School and attended Cleary to high school in Detroit then attended Purdue. She joined Ethyl two years ago Detroit Since 1935 he's been setting up special equipment in the dynamometer section. College in Ypsilanti. During the wax, she worked for the Higgins Engine Co. in New and works in Tech Service En gine Development. Nan and her husband and daughter, 5, An expert at pitching horse* shoes, Bob's special hobby is helping the veterinarian for i Orleans, La. After two years have just moved into their Detroit's Mounted Police. Ha she traveled north again and own new home and she's still also likes to sit in on Crim- in 1945 joined Ethyl's Chicago ! Sales office as a secretary. unpacldng. When she has time she Ukes to play bridge. inal Court proceedings. Boh is married, has two daughters. i Know Your BB Reporter JimDonohue reports on news of the N.Y. Tax office. He's a native New Yorker 6 attended City College of N.Y. and Fordham U. After 5 years in the Sth Air Force, he joined Ethyl-Dow and worked for a year at the Kura Beach, N. C. plant before coming to N.Y. as an account analyst. In May he was transferred to the Ethyl Tax department. He's now taking graduate courses in accounting at NYU nights. Jim & his wife live in N.Y.C. Carol Stmcock, a Detroiter who went West, sends in the news from the San Berdu En gineering Research lab. Born in New Boston, Mich., Carol received her B.S. from Mich igan State and worked at the G.M. Proving Grounds before joining the Dynamometer sec tion, of the Detroit labs. In 1946 she was transferred to San Berdu. She is now sec retary-treasurer of the S.B. Ethyl Society. For a hobby she does leather carving. Alice Lahn keeps BB posted on news of Ethylites on the 36th floor of the Chrysler building. Before coming to Ethyl in 1946, she was cred it manager at Harcourt, Brace & Co. She is now secretary to Ollie Jones, manager of customer services. Bora and educated in New York, Alice has always wanted to travel, but not by subway! She oc casionally helps the New York Consumptive Relief League d enjoys swimming & the theater. ETC 12454 Loren Knowles sets his camera for action. Right: Part of his collection of press passes. Photo Finish Eves strained to see the kick-off from taking movies and still photographs a seat on the 5-yard line, or tried to of sports since 1938. He sees more watch a basketball game from behind games that way and finds his lens-eye the backboard? Loren Knowles, of the view especially interesting. Recently, ; Detroit Chem lab, figured out a way he has specialized in taking motion i to avoid those seatholders' problems-- pictures of sports events for various ! he's made a hobby of sports pho athletic teams and clubs to use in tography. reaction-timing of players, self-criti A former athlete, Loren has been cism and play analysis. Loren's camera caught this track star in mid air. Below: action on the basketball court. % ETC 12455 We Qneet... Marjorie Frascella . . . statis tical typist, N.Y. Finance . . . the framework she's looking at is the United Nations building now under construction on the East River . . . Brooklyn-born and educated, Marjorie has a son, 5. John Jones . . . mechanical engineer at the Yon kers lab . . . B.S. in M.E. from Columbia U ... formerly with The Texas Co.. . . plays the violin . . . he & wife Ruth celebrated their 4-months' anniversary on Nov. 2. Gilbert de Malvilain . . . ma chinist at Yonkers ... born in San Juan, P.R----- graduated from high school in N.Y. . . . Air Forces award for designing & building special tools . . . hobby: plastic fabrication . . . married; son, 2. Margie Stinson . . . Accounting typist, at Detroit labs . . . attended Miami U. in Fla. and Frances Shimer Jr. College in 111. . . . returned to her native Detroit & worked for the Red Cross... hobby: collecting china. \ i i Clara Mara... accounting clerk at the Detroit labs . . . native of Toronto, Canada, where she at tended Jarvis High School . . . formerly with Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, . Mich. . . . Clara and husband Murray live in Detroit. Georgs Ecke . . . Detroit labs chemist. . . received his B.S. from Carnegie Tech in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa. & his PhD. from Penn. State . . . worked in Calif, for Shell De velopment Co___ hobby: fishing. Wallace Lane . . . Yonkers lab technician ... native New Yorker ... received his mechanical engi neering degree fromNYU... Army Air Force veteran . . . belongs to A.S.M.E., Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma . . . likes tennis, golf. Edgar Ersldne . . . Central region Held engineer ... Iowan by birth ... ex-Marine avi ator . . . played football for Pur due . . . B.S. from Indiana U . . . memberSigmaAlphaEpsilon, Am erican Legion, Indianapolis AC. ETC 12456 On Wings of Mendelssohn Patricia Henry, a crystallographer in the Analytical department at the Detroit labs, became Mrs. Jay Bunker on September 17 at 11 a.m. in the St. Catherine Chapel of SS. Peter and Paul Church in Detroit. After the ceremony, a wedding breakfast and reception were held at the Whittier hotel. The couple took a wedding trip to New York and Boston. Marjorie Lyons, a switchboard operator in the N.Y. office, became the bride of Emanuel See on Septem ber 2 at Armonk, N.Y. Dot Campion, who works with Marjorie, was maid of honor. Marjorie's Ethyl friends presented her with a toaster for her : new home in White Plains, j Marion Mecoli, who is in Automo\ tive Research at the Detroit labora- Marion Mecoli Pheister i tones, was married to Harold Pheister ical Engineering, married Barbara at Our Lady of LaSalette Church in Lenox on October IS, 1949. Ross and Detroit on September 24. For their Barbara took a wedding trip through wedding trip, Marion and Harold the New England States. travelled through northern Michigan. Frances Ward, secretary to Assist Ross Stevenson, of Detroit Chem- ant Chief Accountant Earl Currier, Sea Berda's recent bride, Marjorie Poindex ter Allen, was guest of honor at a coffee hour party on September 20. Lab Manager Bill Schulxe presented Marjorie with a set of four of her dishes as a gift from her Ethyl friends. Around the table from left are: Ernie Goodman, Claude Guinn, Bill Schulxe, Marjorie and Adeline Nugent. Standing in back are lim Bay and Virgil Allred. Bride and groom, Marjorie and Manny See (on the right) with Frederick See and Dot Campion ETC 12457 Frances and Ben Non and Ben Norz, formerly of N.Y. Accounting, were married on Sep tember 24 at the Holy Name Church, Brooklyn. Following the ceremony about 100 guests attended a reception held at the Chanticleer. Fran and Ben spent their honeymoon in the Poconos. On September 22, Fran was honor guest at a luncheon at Chandler's restaurant. On hand with best wishes were: Helene Barclay, Ethel Dieckman, Helen Furey, Trudy Horstmann, Genevieve Morgan, Peggy Quinn, Dorothy Rogan and Vally Tujague. The couple received an electric roaster from their Ethyl friends. mr-. Recent Arrivals Dick and Mrs. Bothwell--a son, ) Charles Nicholas, bom September 29 i at New Grace Hospital in Detroit. i Weight: 9 lb. 14 oz. One sister, Nancy; two brothers, Michael and Richard. Dick is a dynamometer operator at the Detroit labs. David and Persis DePree--a daugh ter, Kathryn Joy, bom September 15. Weight: 8 lb. 9 oz. A sister, Susan. Dave is a Detroit research chemist. Glen and Helen Grant--a son, Glen Douglas, bom September 14. Weight: 8 lb. 5 oz. A sister, Carol, 63/._ Glen is a Western region fleet engineer with headquarters in Seattle. Undisturbed by pop's Clash bulbs, Jean Pruitt doesn't mind having her picture taken one bit. Herb and Caroline Green -- a daughter, Carolyn Elizabeth, bom September 30. Weight: 8 lb. A sister Francelia, 7 and a brother Herbert, 5. Pop is in the Detroit Analytical section. Jack and Jean Pruitt--a daughter, Jean, bom September 28 at the Ken tucky Baptist Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Weight: 9 lb. 7J4 oz. A sister, Louise, 5; a brother, Richard, 2. Jack is a Central region representative. Laurel, and Phyllis Wilkinson--a son, Douglas Albert, bom September 21 at Florence Crittendon Hospital in Detroit. Weight: 6 lb. Wilkie is chief boiler operator at Detroit. 28 - BULLETIN BOARD --NOVEMBER ETC 12458 Fringed burlap substitutes for table linen in this place mat embroidered with herringbone and running stitches in red, green and blue. Christmas is coming soon, and your family and friends will be especially pleased with gilts you make yourself. Just write to BB for free directions for these easyto-make gifts. For friends who like to entertain, crochet these six-inch doilies (above). GIFTS TO MAKE Unusual cookies can serve as decorations or gifts. Make these with cut-out parchment pat terns whichcanbe washed and used many times. Printed plastic makes a practical and at tractive set of~ lingerie cases tor pajamas or nightgowns, slips, and hosiery and gloves. Knit matching socks for the couple who like to go hiking or golfing together. Both pairs have diamond patterns in three tones of yarn. Photogtapha courte*7 of Brat Rabbit Cookiaa A National Naodlocraft Bureau ETC 12459 John Schaefer Announces IRI Award John Schaefer, president of the In dustrial Research Institute and Ethyl vice president, presided at the Insti tute's annual fall meeting held at the Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago on October 10, 11 and 12. The Institute, organized in 1938, has a membership of more than 100 companies with research staffs total ing over 25,000 persons. It strives to l) promote improved management of industrial research 2) develop an understanding of research as a force in the life of the nation and 3) pro mote high standards in the field of industrial research. To help accom plish these goals the IRI makes an annual award for "outstanding ac complishment in leadership or man agement of industrial research which contributes broadly to the develop ment of industry or the public welfare." This year's award goes to Dr. Frank B. Jewett, for many years vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and former president of the National Academy of Sciences. Announcement of the award was made by John Schaefer at the closing session of the meeting. Formal presentation of the medal will be made at an Institute dinner in April. Ethyl Men Attend Safety Congress Safety leaders from all over the country spoke at the 37th National Safety Congress and Exposition held in Chicago on October 24-28. Keynote of the meetings was the National Safety Council's slogan: "Be careful . . . the life you save may be your own." NSC consultants were on hand to give suggestions on supervisory training, employee training, use of technical data and selection of safety material and training aids. Films and exhibitions gave information on the latest equipment for health, hygiene and safety. Ethyl men attending the sessions included OUie Jones, manager of customer services, and Ellis Locher, assistant safety manager, both of the N.Y. office, and a seven-man dele gation from Baton Rouge. In the group were: Jim Bergin, TEL Oper ations department; Carroll Hebert, safety supervisor; Ripley Hol combe, Ethyl Chloride Operations department; Henry Houdart, TEL Operations department; John Klock, TEL-Sodium Maintenance depart ment; Ossie Marrs, Ethyl Chloride Maintenance department and Dan Read, safety engineer. Be careful. . . the life you save may be your own. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer!; Chi cago; Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: George Betker, Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green (photographer), Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photographer), Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-CentralAmerica: Lynn Phillips; New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Ber nardino: Carol .Simcock, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing: Chris Bruhl. ETC 12460 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, Sew York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vice-president and Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor No Free Lunch There is a fable about an ancient King, who, troubled by the economic woes of his people, called upon the economists of his kingdom for advice. Confused by their conflicting theories and counsel, he commanded them to prepare a short and simple text on economics for him. After many months, they brought him many volumes replete with charts and graphs. In fury, the King banished half the economists and commanded the other half to produce a text which he could understand. One after another they made reports that went over his head, and one after another they went into exile. Finally, all but one economist was gone. In fear and trembling, this last economist appeared before the King. "Your Majesty," he quavered, "I have reduced this subject of economics to a single sentence. In nine words, I will reveal to you all the wisdom to be distilled from all the economists who once practiced in your realm: `There is no such thing as a free lunch.' " Those nine words are still sound economics. They can be applied to many more things than lunch. In our complicated world, it is sometimes difficult to see how we pay the bill. But none of us ever gets anything for nothing. If we allow ourselves to forget that simple fact, we are likely to be confronted with the bill just when we are least prepared to pay. And the bill may be made out in such unexpected and unpleasant terms as higher taxes, higher prices, or even fewer jobs. Reprinted courtesy of Steelways, publish ed by American Iron and Steel Institute. Printed in U.S.A. * - f ; ; i > wr a . *. -i . i`>"/(u lJ! S; 1 -; * : i &t t#$%! *.`4 ; *i - ; -i i * kk^v ** -' . * - v 4 v4 4Cv. ! * . * * \4tl -'` 1i .1,. ' ; V^ ' ` ' /> ;V . *. v ,. J1] } *** > i-* / . M/.*J. (.v ^ l;.;k j '. * ii a;Cd*M* .iv^-V55 ti* 115 ^ ^i': 4 V" ? t:M-i.Vi;;M V:; v ^'.H^'i`VV?^ < !; V,3 ' i ; j :* '0 -* * - } 't i} \ i 1 * , ...'` ` ' *J { *; * V rf >4 ,i% u i4v it' / ;^; ' J ;; j }:.J? ?.}? .Ki/i'.'-*.1 " i * { i-l ? 1 ..< J.':.* :t * i: 'V'-v. ii: J4 ' s . * f ,' .. > i .o':1 i,ri x .. ` h * y i- - . z -. i* 4' 4 it-yva '.V'.a? ^ v r. - *m . < * *1 ' u ':! * J : \> i 1J ( < V{ ? t. '- i . I : : ` f.w ; . _ ` V '<' ! .; .'* * < * ' . - 4 1 . i ;.! i :i ... - * 0 H ; iv* : f; .. . ; ;;/. , v * ; ;.i ? . ... < >. .i. 'J . < % -i - . -r 3i . , * ** i i. j: , * * ; 1 - kk i ' *; 5* tt i -i <4 ? */' t * ^ : i. < i . e t. , .V . *.* . A1 <- ,* 'V i - : P, <: 1 : : * , < > I i-'4i *f> - -t ' * i ; < ii. / f- J . - . i : i' V '*: ^> ;r *- ;- Ir ^r^ r. ' ' '' j ; ETC 12462 DECEMBER, 1949 etc 12463 Jim Boudreau, Central regional manager, explains the value of high compression during a demonstration of the Product Sales Clinic. This unique clinic, which was designed and built by the Central region, shows in detail all the essential parts of an automotive engine. Through the use of a black spotlight in a darkened room, and cutaway engines with luminous moving parts the action of the various parts is clearly and dramatically shown. Four Ethyl engineers take part in the presentation of the show, explain the demonstrations, and tell how cer tain parts of the engine affect fuel consumption and engine performance. Highly interesting and informative, the clinic was planned as a service to customer companies to give them a better understanding of the complexity and variety of engine problems and theix causes. 12464 ETC j i i i The election of Joe Costello as a vice president of the Company was announced by Mr. Shea at a luncheon in New York on December 13. Former President Earle W. Webb was present and said a few words in honor of Joe's elec tion and his 20th Ethyl anniversary. Vice President John Schaefer presented Joe with a certificate of award and service emblem. Pictured clockwise from left are Russ Weston, Bill Turnley, Herb Savage, Ed Gresslin, Jud Biehle, Tom Ronan, By-Turner, Julian Frey, Stan Crossland, John Schaefer, Mr. Webb, Mr. Shea, Joe Costello, San Wagner, Dick Page, Mac Murdock, Graham Edgar, Jim Boudreau, Dick Murphy, Andy Anderson, Harry Kuhe and Curt Holton (back to camera). Joseph A. Costello Elected Vice President With the election of Joe Costello as vice president by the board of direc tors on December 12th, Mr. Shea has announced other organization changes in the Manufacturing depart ment, where Joe formerly held the post of assistant general manager. John Schaefer, vice president in charge of manufacturing, is returning to the New York office. B. Bynum Turner has been appointed general manager of manufacturing in charge 3 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER ETC 12465 of all Ethyl activities in Baton Rouge. Clint Bond will continue as resident manager, in direct charge of plant operations. Joe Costello, newly-elected vice president, will direct coordinating and planning activities for the entire com pany, a post for which he is eminently qualified because of his long experi ence in positions of responsibility in the Sales and Manufacturing depart ments. Starting with Ethyl in 1928 as a field representative in the state of Pennsylvania, Joe became assistant division manager in the Baltimore office inl935, manager of the Atlanta division in 1937 and manager of the New York division in 1941. During the war he served as a technical expert with the Petroleum Administration for War and received high praise for the contribution he made to the success of the Petroleum Industry in meeting wartime fuel requirements. Upon his return to Ethyl in the Spring of 1944, Joe was named to the position of assistant general manager of manufacturing and traffic, which he held up to the time of his new appoint ment. Joe was born in Scranton, Penna., was graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in engineering in 1925. His preEthyl jobs, he says, were "too long ago to mention.'' John Schaefer moved his head quarters from New York to Baton Rouge in 1947 to take charge of all Company operations there and now returns to New York, where as a vice president and director he will continue to direct all manufacturing opera tions. John, who was elected a vice president of the Company in 1943, 4 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER joined Ethyl in June of 1926 and be came manager of manufacturing and traffic the following year. A native of Buffalo, N. Y., he received his B.S. from the University of Delaware in 1925 and a Master of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology in 1926. He is on the executive committee of the Company and is a member of the board of directors. He is also a director of the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Com pany, president of the Industrial Re search Institute, and a director of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, The Lead Industries Association, and of the Louisiana Safety Association. By Turner joined Ethyl in Baton Rouge in February 1946, and has served during the past two years as coordinator of the expansion program. He entered the petroleum business in 1933 at Humble Oil Company's Re finery at Ingleside, Texas. In 1936 he was transferred to Humble's refinery in Baytown, Texas and six years later was placed in charge of the technical staff of the refinery's butadiene plant. In 1945 he was on leave of absence in Washington, D. C. where he was associated with the Rubber Reserve Company as head of the butadienefrom-petroleum section. After his re turn to the Baytown refinery, he served as assistant head of the techni cal service division until coming with Ethyl. A native of Texas, he was graduated from Rice Institute with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. Clint Bond came to Ethyl as manager of the ethyl chloride division and was appointed Ethyl resident manager in 1943. A native of Tangi pahoa Parish, he was graduated from L.S.U. in 1931 with a B.S. degree in ..A etc 12466 chemical' engineering and for the fol lowing seven years was a chemical engineer for the Standard Oil Com pany of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. He is a member of the board of trus tees of the Baton Rouge General Hospital and is also on the board of directors of the Baton Rouge Port Development Association. He for merly served as vice president and director of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and also as vice presi dent and director of the Baton Rouge Country Club. You Can't Beat Nature An eager hunter recently added his comments to the more than 2800 letters received from readers of the "Trade-Marks of Nature" advertise ments. He had a simple request: all he wanted to know was the location of the filling station where all the ducks and geese fly around the gas pump. He had seen the Ethyl ad (right) in the November 26 issue of the Saturday Everting Post and reasoned that'the birds must fly around every day be cause the service station attendant wasn't even noticing them. If we would please let him know where this hunter's heaven was. he wanted to take along his shotgun and plenty of shells. Unfortunately, the Advertising de partment could not reveal this choice hunting spot, but it's no secret that these nature pages are currently at tracting 30 per cent more readers than when the campaign started in January 1948. By the end of the year, a total of 50 advertisements will have ap peared in the "Trade-Marks of Na ture" series. Magazines now carrying Ethyl advertising have a combined total circulation of more than 21 million per month. Included among these publications are the Saturday Evening Post, Look, Life, Time, Country Gentleman and Collier's. We're glad to hear from our friend the hunter, but sorry we can't tell him where to set up his blind. However, if you're good at piecing together clues for photo mysteries, why not try your skill when you see this waterfowl page again in the January 7 issue of Collier's magazine. 5 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER ETC 12467 Welcome--Steve Henry, far left, manager of plant and employee services at the Baton Rouge plant, and Cecil Morgan, on the right, vice president of Esso Standard Oil Company, welcome directors F. A. Howard, R. T. Haslam, W. R. Carlisle, and Mrs. Carlisle at the local airport. Special Board Meeting in Baton Rouge Shea and Kettering Speak At a special meeting of Ethyl's board of directors held in Baton Rouge October 27 and 28, the board mem bers surveyed the results of the $40,000,000 plant expansion program just completed, and considered plans for the addition of a few more facilities and equipment needed to put the plant in tip-top shape. It is the first time the board has ever held a meeting at the plant, al though, of course, various members of the board have visited there from time to time. During their stay, Presi dent Edward L. Shea and Charles F. Kettering, Ethyl's first president, and other directors were heard by plant management in informal "off-the-cuff" talks. 6 BULLETIN BOARD -DECEMBER Over 300 attended the regular meet ing of the Management club on Oc tober 25, when Mr. Shea discussed the place of foremen in Ethyl's future business. He thanked them for the excellent job they are doing, empha sized the importance of their jobs as key men in the organization, and pointed out the value of sound human relationships between supervision and employees. When you develop good human relations, he said, you get effective team work. A basic responsibility of supervisors and foremen is to get people "to work with you rather than (or you. In the first case," said Mr. Shea, "you ask a person to do some thing. In the other you merely tell ETC 12468 lim to do it. You can see how the ipproach makes all the difference in he world. "You know, I am the foreman or iupervisor of a group, too. In my case, is in yours, the most important job issignment is to bring out the best in :he men who report to me. That job s more difficult today, no matter what iize group you have charge of, than it was when I first went to work in a refinery just before the first World War. "In more recent years, we have learned a lot about supervision. We have learned to pay greater respect to the dignity of the individual. We have learned that if we treat him as we would like to be treated we will have a much better man on our team than if we just tell him what to do." There is not the great difference that some people may think, Mr. Shea said, between the job of Ethyl's presi dent and the job of foremen. The main difference between a foreman's problems and the president's prob lems is just a matter of timing, he stated. "The farther you get away from the immediate operation of a plant the fewer day-to-day problems you get, and the more year-to-year problems you have to settle," he pointed out. "You, as a foreman, have to consider what your organization is going to do tomorrow and the day after and next week, and I am forced to consider what the organization is going to do over the next several years. And if some of you want to really stick your neck out, just try to agree on a few of the basic assumptions that one has to make to look at any business for a number of years ahead." At a dinner and reception given for the board at the Heidelberg hotel in Baton Rouge on October 27, Mr. Kettering told members of the Manu facturing staff that the youth of today has unlimited opportunities in busi ness and industry. Vice President John Schaefer, who presided at this dinner, paid highest tribute to all the men and women throughout the plant who helped make the early completion of the expansion program possible. He emphasized the importance of the fine teamwork that was shown in the face of many difficulties, and said the directors, in their tour of the plant, had achieved a real appreciation of Bynum Turner, newly-appointed general manager ol the manufacturing department, Hubert Wax, oi the Industrial Engineering section, Ashiord Simes, oi Development and Mel Hudgins, main tenance superintendent, enjoy the humor of President Shea's remarks. The picture was taken during the special session ol Ethyl's Board of Directors held in Baton Rouge late in October. ] ETC 12469 1 the size of the job and the responsi been an important factor in conserv bilities involved on the part of the ing the nation's petroleum resources. plant personnel. Forecasting further progress, Mr. "Boss Ket" hailed the November Kettering said: "At Ethyl and in the completion of the plant expansion oil industry, and in the automotive program as a typical example of initia industry, we have not reached our I tive and enterprise shown by Amer ultimate expansion by any means at j ican business and industry. Predicting all. There are all kinds of opportuni- I unlimited opportunities in this coun ties ahead of us, and ahead of the : try in all fields, he said:' young men of today. There is no limit "There are no fixed destinations for to where this country can go." business and industry. There is no end Frank A. Howard, Ethyl director, in sight if we only look ahead and retired Standard Oil executive and move ahead. The human animal is the first to serve as a vice president of only animal in history which has never Ethyl Corporation in its early years, been satisfied with the world as he described the Company as "an out finds it. I see no reason to conclude standing example of a modern chem that human nature is going to change." ical industry." In the case of Ethyl Corporation, Other board members who attended he said the Company has given more the special meeting in Baton Rouge to the public than motorists have paid are: Stanley T. Crossland, Ethyl vice for premium gasoline. He estimated president and treasurer: R. T. Haslam i/> i that motorists have saved at "least a billion dollars" in added car power by the use of premium fuels, which have and W. R. Carlisle, of Standard Oil Company; and C. L. McCuen of General Motors. Ethyl Wins Americanism Honor Award of an honor medal to Ethyl Corporation for its Americanism train ing program was announced on No vember 25 by the Freedoms Founda tion. In a telegram to Baton Rouge, Kenneth D. Wells, executive vice president of the Foundation, informed Vice President John Schaefer that the 1949 official awards jury had selected our Company from nation-wide entries in the special awards category. Pre sentation ceremonies will be arranged in Baton Rouge during February. The Freedoms Foundation is de signed to build and create an under standing of the spirit and philosophy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 8 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER With headquarters appropriately lo cated in Valley Forge, Pa., the organi zation seeks to inspire love of freedom and to inform and enlighten the American people toward a better un derstanding of their individual respon sibility in this republic. Credo of the Foundation is the monument to "The American Way of Life," which ap peared in the April Bulletin Board. Heading the 1949 Judging Commit tee was Dr. Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania. He was assisted by an award jury of 21 men and women representing leading service clubs, patriotic societies and state judiciaries. ETC 12470 Football and Fulton Win Friends for Ethyl When Ethyl Corporation decided to sponsor the Louisiana State Univer sity football broadcasts during the 1949 season just ended', the Company had two goals in mind. Vice President John Schaefer explained them in his kick-off speech on the first broadcast September 24. "In addition to bringing the radio audience an enjoyable word-picture of LSU games," said he, "it is Ethyl's goal to give listeners a better under standing of the things Ethyl and its employees are doing to earn their place in the community, the state and the nation." A letter recently received by Presi dent Edward L. Shea from the presi dent of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, J. W. C. Wright, Jr. indicates that the broadcasts were a success and our aims were accom plished. Reading the letter made us right proud of Ethyl and we are reprinting it here because we feel that you'll be interested to know how highly the people of Baton Rouge regard the Company we work for. " `Made of Louisiana products, made by over 3300 citizens of Baton Rouge, made for the people of Amer ica. . . .' This statement so proudly presented by Ethyl's LSU football announcer, still rings in the ears of America. "This theme so oft-repeated and supplemented with factually sound commercials could not have been more complimentary of Baton Rouge and its people, had the Chamber of Com merce, itself, written the script. "We want you to know that Baton Kendall May, oi the TEL area, and Wallace Armstrong, of Baton Rouge Manufacturing, discuss broadcasting techniques for LSU games with Sportscaster John Fulton and Announcer Bob Scearce at a Management club meeting. Rouge is not proud of Ethyl only because of the important economic role it plays in our capital city. Baton Rouge is just as proud of Ethyl's expressed and demonstrated leader ship in our community's development. "In Baton Rouge, your officers are receiving eloquent praise for their wise public relations program in giving such nationwide publicity to the cap ital city of our state as well as to Ethyl, in these football broadcasts. "We are proud to claim the Ethyl Corporation as a citizen of Baton Rouge and want this partnership to continue for a long, long time." The statements about Ethyl and our products which Mr. Wright refers to were made by Sportscaster John Fulton between his description of the 10 LSU games played this season. Mr. Wright's letter is one of the hundreds of complimentary letters received from listeners throughout 40 states. 9 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER ETC 12471 2 5-Year People To Be Given Watches Under Revised Service Award Plan Pictured above are the Hamilton watches that will be given to all 2S-year employees in recog nition of long and loyal Service. Men may have their choice of the Bruce pocket model, or the Brock, wrist model, and women may choose either white or yellow gold in the Greta model. With the presentation of Hamilton watches this month to employees who have 25 years of service credit with Ethyl, the Company will inaugurate a change in the Service Award Plan. The'change was made upon the rec ommendation of the Employee Rela tions Committee and the approval of President Edward L. Shea. Ethyl's Service Award Plan was established in June of 1936, as a means of giving recognition to em ployees in appreciation of long and loyal service. The Company presents to each employee who has completed five years of service credit a Certifi- 10 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER cate of Award and a Service Award Emblem. The Service Awards are in the form of a gold emblem with the word "Ethyl" in a black triangle in the lower comer of which is the nu meral "5" against a yellow back ground. Around the lower border of the Emblem appear the words "Ethyl Corporation." At each successive fiveyear milestone, another Certificate of Award and Service Emblem are given. The basic design of the Emblem is varied by the color pattern: "10" years against a green background; "15" against orange; "20" against blue; and "25" against red. ETC 12472 In addition to the Emblem, 2 5-year people will now receive an inscribed gold Hamilton watch--"the watch of railroad accuracy." The men will have a choice of the Bruce and the Brock models (one is pocket and one wrist style), while Ethyl women may choose between white or yellow gold in the Greta model wrist watch. Under the revised plan, a diamond will be added to the center of the Emblem's top border at 30 years and "30" will be inscribed in the lower corner of the triangle against a red background. For each additional five years, an extra diamond will be added in the top border and the numeral will be increased appropriately. Employees who have already chalked up 25 years of Ethyl service credit and comprise the first group to receive watches are: L. W. Armstrong and Harry A. Demouy, of Baton Rouge; Vice President Graham Edgar, of New York; William C. Goode, of Baton Rouge; Charles "Pat" Hard ing, of Detroit; Corinne Hill, of New York; H. B. Hunt, of Baton Rouge; Robert L. Jordan, of the Southern region; Medical Director Robert A. Kehoe, of Cincinnati; William King, of Baton Rouge; Harry Mack, of the Central region; Victor W. Mertes, Charlie E. Phillips, John V. Schmitt, Leonard H. Tomlin and Marvin L. Westbrook, all of Baton Rouge. Seven Years Later And Ads Still Pulling Who says the reader forgets what he sees in a magazine as soon as the next issue appears? Our mailbox proves that the public often has a long memory. Take our "What's in a Name?" advertising campaign. Way back in September 1941 the first ad told a. nation-wide reader audience what the name "Ethyl" meant in the way of quality and performance, and offered the "What's in a Name?" booklet upon request. The last ad in the series appeared in February 1943, almost seven years ago. Yet we are still receiving requests for the booklet. A New England motorist recently asked us for a copy, then told us about her "old, old, very old Oldsmobile." This venerable vehicle, she tells us, runs at its best "only when using `Ethyl'." She reports that once, in a pinch, when she had to use an inferior gas, she suffered as much as the car from listening to its knocking motor. To the gracious and intelligent lady, we sent a copy of the booklet with our thanks for remembering and always using "Ethyl" gasoline. Remember all the 1949 Ethyl activities? You can be sure to have the whole story by ordering bound volumes of the Ethyl News and Bulletin Board. The price is still only $2.30 for the B. B. and $2.65 for the News -- with your name imprinted in gold on the cover. Just write a check to Ethyl Corporation, and send it to our Publicity Office, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, before January 30. 11 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER ETC 12473 Cap Hall, an assistant coordinator in Detroit, was co-author of a paper "Oil Ring Plugging--A Missing Link in Laboratory Tests," which was pre sented at the November 3-4 National SAE Fuels and Lubricants meeting in St. Louis. Mo. L. J. Test, of Atlantic Refining Company, was the other half of the writing team. At the same meeting, Harold Gibson, a Detroit labs coordinator, presented a CRC Committee report on "Engine Sludge and Varnish." Carroll Hebert and Dan Read dis cussed safety problems in the home during a radio broadcast over Station WIBR-on October 12. Carroll, safety director at Baton Rouge and president of the Pelican Safety Association, in terviewed Dan, a plant safety engi neer, on ``Child Protection in the Home." Dan pointed out that there were 35,000 home accidents last year, and 1600 of these were injuries to children under four years of age from burns, scalds or explosions. Joe Hopkins, Southern region field engineer, was one of the three clinic leaders at the fourth annual Okla homa Petroleum Marketers clinic. Held in Oklahoma City on October 19, the clinic concentrated on training personnel, salesmanship and safety. 12 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER Members of the Refining Committee of the Rocky Mountain Oil St Gas Association discuss safety procedures during an October conven tion held at Casper, Wyo. From left to right are: lack Cole, Western region safety engineer, who is the chairman of the committee; Howard Masters, of Skelly Oil Company; R. W. Bainter, of Frontier Refining Company; and Ollie Jones, manager of customer services, includ ing safety. lack also serves as a member ot the Executive committee of the RMOGA. Handling the latter phase of the pro gram, Joe presented Ethyl's Fire Power Show. Don Jennings, of Detroit Account ing, has been named treasurer and a member of the board of directors of the Femdale Community Building Association. The Association has charge of the operation and mainte nance of the city's club and recreation building. Ollie Jones, manager of customer services including safety, is the author of an article "The Antiknock in Your Gasoline" which appeared in the November news letter of the New Jersey chapter of the American So ciety of Safety Engineers. The article tells how Ethyl Corporation has com bined good safety engineering prac tice with the application of industrial and public hygiene principles in the manufacture and distribution of anti knock compounds. ETC 12474 Jasper Kobler, a supervisor in the dinner meeting held at the YMCA sodium area at the Baton Rouge Boys' club building on November 21. plant, was general chairman of the recent Garden Show given by the Men's Garden club in Baton Rouge. Entering the show for the first time last year, Jasper submitted several entries, won some prizes, worked long and hard helping to set up the show and take it down. As a result of his interest and varied experience, he was selected by the Garden club to plan and manage the 1949 show, and was featured in an article in the Baton Rouge Advocate titled "From Novice to Boss in Span of One Year." Larry Sibson, a mechanic in De troit Engineering, recently completed a course including lectures, movies and laboratory work on the latest methods of Diesel engine maintenance. Larry attended the Service School sponsored by the Detroit Diesel En gine Division of General Motors Cor poration from October 3-14. Gil Way, technical representative, has been busy speechmaking on the West Coast. On October 25, he spoke to the Engineering Group at West Coast University in Los Angeles. Ellis Locher, assistant safety man During the year he spoke at SAE ager, was recently elected chairman meetings in Salt Lake City, Los of the Atlantic division of the Na Angeles and San Francisco and gave tional Safety Council's Petroleum a talk at a seminar for graduate Section. Ellis took over his new duties engineering students at California ) at the NSC's annual meeting held in Institute of Technology. Chicago late in October during the National Safety Congress. Virginia McGuire, secretary to Corporate Secretary R. M. Page in New York, is an enthusiastic sailor and active in the Westchester Power Squadron Women's Auxiliary. A branch of the U. S. Power Squadron, the Westchester group was organized* to promote safety on the sea among small boat owners. Virginia's coworkers heard about it last month when she was selling tickets to an armchair tour on November 18 with Mary Booth showing colored movies of her round-the-world cruise on the Brigantine Yankee. The Auxiliary sponsored the fund-raising program to support its sea safety classes for juniors. Douglas Price, editor of the Baton Rouge Antiknock, was installed as president of the Y's Men's club at a Shift Key John Fischer, Central region field engineer, has moved his headquarters from North Kansas City, Mo. to Toledo, Ohio. Wilson Hancock, formerly in charge of Fuel Blending and Handling at Detroit, has taken over that job in San Bernardino. In addition, Wils will evaluate road performance of ve hicles, make road octane number de terminations and determine vehicular octane requirements. Art Roberts, a safety engineer for merly with the Eastern region, has been transferred to the Central region. Art will continue his safety work with headquarters in Denver, Colo. 13 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER FTC 12475 Ethyl Men j When the nation's oil men met last 1 month in Chicago for the 29th annual meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, Ethyl was represented by members of the administrative, manu facturing and traffic, public relations, sales and research staffs. At the general sessions they heard Relaxing between sessions are Jack Fuller, fuel technologist tor the Central region, John Wintringham, associate director at the Detroit labs, and Charlie Kass, a rover boy. Below: Bo Weill, Western region sales coordina tor and San Wagner, Western region manager, talk with David Day, of Richfield Oil Co. statesmen, economists and top-flight military and petroleum leaders discuss i the broader aspects of the oil indus try--its problems and its prospects. Forecasts of future demand for petrol eum products were optimistic with a three per cent annual increase in petroleum operations predicted over the next decade--1950 to 1960. In committee meetings and group sessions they heard and took part in discussions of various phases of the 1 oil industry's operations in which our / l Company is particularly interested. The committee work was carried on in 105 scheduled meetings from which stems ever greater progress, efficiency and safety in oil industry operations Charlie Gambrill, head of the Analytical sec tion, and Wheeler Lovell, associate director at the Detroit labs, talk with friends from the Bureau of Mines: Harold Smith, of Bartles ville, Okla. & John Ball, of Laramie, Wyo. and methods. Ethyl men who take an active part in the work of some of these com mittees are: ETC 12476 PI Program George Calingaert. associate di rector of research on manufacturing and chemical products -- advisory committee on fundamental research on composition and properties of petroleum; Ralph Champlin, public relations director--Oil Industry Information Committee, chairman z: the subcom mittee on employee materials; Ray Faller, manager of training-- committee on training. Refining Di vision; Julian Frey, genera i sales manager nominating committee for the Mar keting Division: Charlie Gambrill. head of the analytical section at Detroit--com mittee on analytical research. Bill Henry, engineering and main tenance manager at the Baton Rouge plant--committee on refinery equip ment, Refining Division: Ollie Jones, manager of customer services--chairman of the committee on tank cleaning, member of the cen tral committee on accident preven tion, the committee :n disposal of refinery wastes, and the subcommit tee on tank accessories and cleanouts; ~ Mac Murdock, assistant sales manager, and Jake Baber, Southern region account repre sentative, photographed with a part oi the Ethyl exhibit. As a special side feature of the API meeting, the Central region's new Product Sales Clinic was set up in an exhibi tion room in a Loop office building and the show was presented for many customers who took advantage of the opportunity to see it. Also on display were some panels from the Customer Services show which has been tour ing the country for two years. The model blend ing plant shown here is part of that display. Ethyl men from north, south, east and west get together for an exchange of ideas. They are Ted Littlefield, sales coordinator. West ern region, Don Flynn, sales coordinator, Eastern region, Bob Mead, account representa tive, Western region, Larry Reis, account representative. Southern region, and Dolly Dollahan, account man in the Central region. ETC 12477 Ellis Locher, assistant safety manager--tank cleaning committee: George Krieger, manager of the sales of agricultural products--com mittee on agriculture; Wheeler Lovell, an associate director of research at the Detroit labs--chairman of the committee di recting API Research Project No. 45 (see page 18) and an ex-officio mem ber of the executive committee and advisory committee on fundamental research on composition and proper ties of petroleum; Jack Macauley, research director --automotive research committee: Edward L. Shea, president--Board of Directors, the safety and public relations committees of the Board, and the general committee of the Division of Refining. Serving on district, state and local committees of the Oil Industry In formation Committee are: Harold Berg, Southern regional manager: Jim Boudreau, Central regional man ager; Ralph Clark, manager of pub licity and publications; Jack Cole, Western region safety engineer; Don Flynn, Eastern region sales coordina tor; Bob Jordan, Southern region field engineer; Harry Mack, Central re gion sales coordinator; Jack Pruitt, Central region account representative: and Jack Warner, Southern region account representative. ; i ! Off Duty Tulsa folk gathered for a picnic in Mohawk Park on October 8. Highlight of the day was a softball game which lasted almost a full in ning "with scores in the hundreds." A homer hit by Lou Shank went into a neighboring barbeque pit & ended the game. Olive Huxtable, visiting from Chicago, used her Girl Scout know-how in building a barbeque fire over a five gas well. Top right: Softball players loan Hendrick, Bill Childers, Irene Gray, Berta Lee Bixkes and Glenis Dickerson await their turn at bat Below: Charlie and Maybelle Rankin, Lou & Lillian Shank huddle. Howard Hawkins (left) and Ed Hendrick keep their distance as Deane Birkes & Bill Cowley barbeque "burgers" from a Vigo Dogfood bos (much to the consternation of guests). Bill & Vemice Childers coach from the sidelines (r.). ETC 12478 1 Hazd sauce takes on a holiday air when it's formed into little snow men ready to be served on top of steaming fig or plum puddings. While you're busy with the turkey and fixings, the youngsters will have fun making these amusing snowmen. Here is the recipe: ! ;t cup butter 1 cup confectioners' sugar teaspoon vanilla 18 whole cloves 6 round, flat, colored candies Blend butter, sugar and vanilla. Form into 12 balls-- six of which are in diameter and six lj.4" in diameter. For each snowman, place small ball on top of large one. Press three cloves into each small ball for faces and three cloves Courtesy H. I. Heins Co. into each base for vest buttons. Make gay caps with the round, flat, colored candies. Chill until ready to serve the pudding, then place a snowman on each individual serving. High in Flavor, Low in Cost 1 At the holiday season it's especially hard to balance the food budget and every penny counts. Use extra egg whites to make meringues for pud dings or pies; or a fruit whip with such fruits as apricots, prunes or apples: or boiled frosting. Because peanut butter is so high in fat, it can take over part of the shortening duties in breads, cakes, pastries and main dishes. For tasty drop cookies with peanut flavor, use peanut butter entirely in place of other fat. For a substantial scalloped dish, use cooked dried beans. Scallop the beans with tomato juice and bits of bacon, sausage links, or frankfurters. Combine peas with left-over vege tables and cooked or canned tomatoes. Bring the combination to a boil. Then pour it into a baking dish and cover with biscuit rounds. Bake in a hot oven (425) until biscuits are brown. 17 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER ETC 12479 API Researchers Meet at Ethyl's Detroit Laboratories Harold Gibson, research coordinator of motor fuels and lubricants, discusses the GM high compression engine with members of API Re search Project 45. To Harold's right are: P. L. Cramer of General Motors; Prof. C. E. Boord, B. A. D'AUeva of General Motors, R. W. Walker, W. H. Bolinger and Dr. I. M. Derfer. Members of the Ohio State Univer sity staff of API Research Project 45 visited the Detroit laboratories on October 17. Established to investigate gasoline hydrocarbons, the Ohio State group synthesizes these compounds and sends them to various research laboratories, including General Motors and Ethyl, to be tested for knocking characteristics. Sponsoring the Ohio Researchers' tour of the labs were Wheeler Lovell, associate research director and chairman of the Amer ican Petroleum Institute committee which directs Project 45, and Harold Hesselberg, of Engineering. After Hal Beatty, assistant director of research, welcomed the guests and told them about our research activi ties, the group toured the labs. Fol lowing lunch, the Ohio staff left for a similar tour of the General Motors Research laboratories. Guides for the Automotive Prod ucts division were John Wintringham, associate research director, and Harold Gibson, research coordinator. Bob Kerley, associate research director, and Art Felt, head of the reciprocating engine section, described the work of the Aviation Products division; and Jim Hinkamp, research coordinator, and Ted Carron, of Chemical En gineering, explained the facilities of the Chemical Products division. Baton Rouge Blood Bank Recognizing the peace-time need for plasma and whole blood, members of the United Mine Workers local 12900 at the Baton Rouge plant are supplying blood to fellow members and their families through their own blood bank. In a recent description of its opera tion, Union President Joe Stewart, 18 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER who works in the TEL area, said that the bank, established in 1947, now averages 15 to 20 donations a month. At a market price of $25 a pint, this means that the bank is supplying, free of charge, from $275 to $500 worth of blood a month. Employees are reim bursed by the union for time off the job while giving blood to the bank. TC 12480 Know Your BB Reporter Ed Otto, deputy lab manager, reports news of the North Kansas City Gas Test lab. A Navy veteran, Ed is active in the Naval Petroleum Reserve. Present hobby: he and wife Dixie are redecorating their house in Liberty, Mo. John Renfroe, CFR engine operator at Ba ton Rouge, covers news of the Gas Test lab. He and daughter Linda, 13, are football fans from way back. Linda's grandfather, "Doc Fen ton," was one of LSU's greatest players and John played half- and quarterback from 1927-1930. Nowadays he plays golf and works around his home which he designed. Helen Sinclair keeps BB posted on news of the 39th floor, Chrysler building. Secre tary to Ed Enoch, Helen was born in Brook lyn, went to school in Queens. She likes to cook, crochet and see Broadway shows. Blanche Ash, BB reporter for Kansas City Sales, stopped for a picture during a vaca tion at Niagara Falls. Missouri-born and ed ucated, Blanche joined Ethyl 16 years ago. Son Harold, 17, attends K.C. lunior College. Ruth Moore sends in news of thfe 31st floor, Chrysler building. A native New Yorker, she worked for the government before coming to Ethyl in 1946. She and husband George live in the Bronx. Hobbies: knitting and fishing. ETC 12481 Milestones Harry Kuhe celebrates his 20th Ethyl anni versary back in his native New York. After re ceiving his B.S. in Ch.E. from Wisconsin U., Harry studied in Europe, was a papermill chem ist at Oconto Falls, Wis. and a hall bearing design engineer in Chicago. He joined Ethyl as a field representative in Indianapolis in 1929 and three years later was made assistant manager of the Tulsa division. During 193B he was our sales representative in Mexico City. Returning to the States, he covered special assignments until 1940 when he became Seattle division manager. In 1946 he was appointed manager of the Chicago division, and later Central region operations manager. A year ago Harry established headquarters in New York as manager of the Chemical Sales division which handles salt cake, benzene hexachloride, and metallic sodium. He belongs to TAPPI, SAE, API and the Illinois Athletic club. Harry lives in Rye, N.Y. with his wife and son, 6. Marguerite V. McDonald, one of the three Ethyl secretaries whose memories go back to the days when Ethyl's office was at 25 Broad* way, celebrates her 20th anniversary with the ! Company. Starting in payroll work she pro* gressed in 1937 to the position of secretary ; to Jay Goux, who, before he retired, was Assis* tant Secretary of the Company and in charge of the Order and Shipping department. As sales increased. Marguerite's responsibilities j grew--she followed through on all orders, i from receipt to delivery. Now as secretary to I George Krieger, she is specializing in office ! administrative duties on the sales of benzene hexachloride. In addition, she gathers infor* : mation on agricultural chemicals as reported \ in farm, financial and trade journals, for i use in product and sales development activi! ties. A native New Yorker, Marguerite gradu* Iated from the Wood Secretarial School. Her favorite extra-curricular activities include bridge, golf, swimming and the theatre. Walter Rantanen, who is a chemist at the San Bernardino Gasoline Testing laboratory, joins the 20-year club. Born in Negaunee, Mich., he was graduated from Michigan U. After a year with General Motors Research Corporation in Detroit, he came to Ethyl. Start ing at the Yonkers Testing laboratory, he later worked at our labs in Kansas City, Tulsa and Baton Rouge then went into the Army. After his discharge in 1943, Walter joined the staff of our San Berdu Test lab. His main hobby is traveling--each weekend he climbs into a bus or train and heads for some new place. He's also a collector of post cards, stamps and travel books and belongs to several exchange clubs. Walter has acquired special skill in figuring postal rates for sending post cards, packages and magazines to practically all parts of the globe. A bachelor, he lives in San Bernardino. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Philatelic Society. ETC 12482 !_(- - Russell SctieU, aoutnern account represen tative, celebrates his 20th Ethyl anniversary this month. A native of Wisconsin, Russ was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1925 and started his business career with the Marmon Motor Co. His first Ethyl job was as a field representative in the Tulsa division. In 1936, he was brought to New York as as sistant manager of safety. During the war, Russ served as a lieutenant colonel in the Army. For the last two years of his service he was in charge of the maintenance of all Army gasoline storage and dispensing systems in the continental U. S. In 1947, Russ was transferred from N. Y. to the Southern region as an account representative with headquar ters in Shreveport. The Schells will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary Feb. 1, 1950. For pastimes Russ enjoys "gin rummy and bridge . . . golf. . . and gardening, when ever my wife finds me at home not working on reports." He belongs to the Shreveport Country club, Naval Academy Athletic Assn., American Legion and the Reserve Officers Association. Rounding out a decade of service are Andrew PALLAY, of Detroit Research, and William POLACHEK, Chicago fleet engineer. William Rasmussen, Jr., of Detroit Research, received his five-year award. Detroit Ethylites Lead In Ferndale Fund Drive In the November drive of the Detroit United Foundation, Ethyl employees took the lead in the Ferndale indus trial division with a contribution of $2,776.50. This total represents an in crease of 54 per cent over the dona tions they made in two separate drives last year. Organized to coordinate the fund raising efforts of Metropolitan De troit health and welfare agencies, the United Foundation apportions all funds collected to 143 participating groups, including the Boy and Girl Scouts, the YWCA and YMCA, the Michigan Heart Association and Can cer Foundation - and Sister Kenney Foundation. Herb Neal was chairman of the drive at the Detroit laboratories. His committee members included: Bill Adams, who handled publicity; Mary Carol Almen, Dick Beaubier, Edith Bryant, George Emery, Eleanor Eskola, Doug Ewen, Madelyn Hardy, secretary; Art Jennings, Andy Pallay, Bea Salisbury, Phil Savage, Chick Sortman, Herb Sumner, Lillian Whit man and Laurel Wilkinson. Bulletin Board Correspondents Baton Rouge: Douglas Price, John C. Renfroe, J. T. Stephenson (photographer): Chi cago; Ruth Gallaway; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Detroit: George Betker, Margaret Dullinger, Fred Green (photographer), Claude Hoffman, Nan Homing, Bob Mescher, Claire Olsen, Alyce Peterson (photographer). Art Zeitz; Houston: Kathleen Finen; Kansas City: Blanche Ash, Edward J. Otto, Jr.; Los Angeles: Robert R. Mead; Mexico-Central America: Lynn Phillips: New York: Jim Donohue, Don Forsdick, Wilma Hansa, Alice Lahn, Ruth Moore, Helen Sinclair, Esther Stapley, Emily Whitfield; San Ber nardino: Carol Simcock, James Terrell; Tulsa: Glenis Dickerson, Gladys Roney; Yonkers: Catherine Foster; Central Office, Gasoline Testing; Chris Bruhl. 21 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER ETC 12483 *** Ralph Walters ... a painter on the maintenance stall at Detroit . . . born in Valier, Dl. . . . gradu ate of Northwestern High School in Detroit.. . Army Air Force vet eran . . . favorite recreations are hunting and fishing . . . married. Wallace Lesnick . . . chemist who does multiple auto clave work at Detroit. . . won his B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan U.. .. Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity . . . Navy veteran . . . hobbies are fishing, boating and swimming. YvonneSmith... read the Cali fornia Chamber of Commerce Lit erature, left her native Seattle and is now a stenographer at San Bernardino . . . attended Wash. State College . . . ambition: take i a tramp steamer to So. America. Beverly Kimmel . . . stenographer at the Tulsa office . . . native Oklahoman . . . candi date for Engineers Queen during J her senior year at Oklahoma U. member AAUW .. . amateur hor ticulturist & painter . . . married. i Elena Covellone... receptionist and PBX operator at Los Angeles . . . born in Providence, R.I. . . . attended UCLA . . . served three years as a yeoman with the Coast Guard... worked for the Santa Fe RR . . . enjoys tennis & swimming. Adeline Nugent . . . stenographer-clerk at San Berdu . . . worked in Illinois, then Ore gon . . . has just arrived in Cali fornia . . . member of the YWCA and San Bernardino Business, Professional and Industrial club. Marian Clarke... of N.Y. Steno graphic . . . attended Domini can Academy & Katharine Gibbs School . . . worked for Esquire, Inc. and F. X. Clarke & Co. before joining Ethyl . . . member Ad vertising club ... likes dramatics. William Adame . . . Detroit Public Relations . . . for mer editor Kaiser-Fraxer Corp. employee publication. . . Michi gan-born . . . A.B. in Journalism from Mich. State... Army veteran ... his hobby is fishing... married, became father of six pound, 14 ounce Mary Lynn on December 6. ETC 12484 ETHYL'S YOUNGER GENERATION With such leaders as Ron Seymoux, at the right, guiding the activities of the coming generation, we can take an optimistic view of what lies ahead for America and its people. Ron is pres* ident of the student body at San Bernardino Valley College, and also president of the governing body of all California junior Colleges. At their statewide student government conference held at Arrowhead Springs October 27*29, Ron was presiding officer. His pop is a mechanic at Ethyl's San Bernardino Research lab. Joy Madeline Dixon, daughter of L. C. Dixon of the plant patrol force at Baton Rouge, won first prize in the junior high school divi* sion fire and accident prevention essay con* test. An eighth grade student at Hollywood School, Joy Madeline listed in her prize es< say many causes of home fires and gave rules for safety on the highway. Ed & Eddie--A Great Team Although the season is over, Ed Lindsay, a mechanic at San Berdu, is still talking baseball. Ed, who man aged the 1949 Lions club team for boys 12-14 and helped with the 14-19 group, is assisting the Optimist club this winter in their baseball clinic. During the three-months' clinic, major league players will give the boys pro fessional advice on how to play each position. Young Eddie played on the Lions club 12-14 team last year and even substituted on the older team. He wants to be either a big league ball player or an engineer. Ed, Sr. is also active in Cub and Boy Scout work. Eddie Lindsay, youngest member of (he Lions 1949 team, played short-stop and catcher. The team, managed by Ed, Sr., won the co championship of the city Junior High league, and is brushing up on the fine points of the game this winter at the Optimist club clinic. A NATURAL! Charlie Kass, one of Ethyl's tech nical representatives, came into the Detroit labs on Monday, November 28 with that proud father gleam in his eye. Seems he had taken his 12-yearold son, Pete, bowling over the week end and, on the third try, the lad bowled 180! With a score like that Pete could give stiff competition to many of his seniors! ETC Of Hearts and Darts Lena Kosko, of the N. Y. Statistical Research department, was married, to Michael Moskal on October 22 at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York City. Following the ceremony, a fam ily reception was held at the bride's home. After a honeymoon at Hillside Lodge in the Poconos, the couple are now at home in Manhattan. Ed Reeber, an accountant at De troit, married Therese Anne Davitt on October 8 at St. Clare de Montefalco Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich. A wedding breakfast and reception were held at the Detroit Yacht club. Ed and Therese took a. wedding trip through New York, Atlantic City, I Lena and Michael Moskal Washington, D. C. and the Smokey Mountains. They are now living in Dearborn, Mich. Recent Arrivals Bright-eyed Linda Susan Robertson watches the well-known birdie closely. Linda will blow out her first birthday candle next January 30. She was 7 * 2 months old when her father, Johnny Robertson, N. Y. Payroll, took this picture. Exclusive from N.Y, Correspondent Jim Donohue: It's a boy! Born No vember 29 ... 7 lbs. 12 oz. . . . blue eyes . . . dimpled chin . . . pink com plexion . . . pretty . . . named James Dennis Donohue . . . daily appear ances at glass window New York Hospital... Mother, fine: father - thud! Bill and Dorothy Polachek--a son, John Joseph, bom October 26 at St. Anne's Hospital in Chicago. Weight: 6 lb. 12 oz. Bill is a Central region fleet engineer with headquarters in Chicago. Karl and Eleanor Schmid--a son, Lawrence Karl, bom October 12 at the Saratoga General Hospital in De troit. Weight: 7 lb. 12 oz. A sister, Sandra, 3/4. Karl works in the Fuel House at the Detroit laboratories. 24 BULLETIN BOARD--DECEMBER etc 1 When Mike Remondino was transferred to Detroit in November, San Bernar dino Ethylites gave a party & presented him with an overnight bag for his trip. Mike is now with the Com mercial Engine and Fleet section in Detroit. Left, seated are Jim Bay & Bob Adams. Standing around the table are Mike, Whitey Gruwell, Bill Schulze (who is making the presenta tion) and Carol Simcock. In back, their faces part ly hidden, are Virg Allred, Marv Russell & Ed Lindsay. GOOD-BYES AND GOOD WISHES Before Dorothea Held left for Toronto, friends from the Chrysler building gave her a farewell cocktail party on November 16 at the Hotel Shelburne. Secretary to BUI Turnley, who has charge of the Canadian office, Dorothea is the only distaff member of the N.Y. office to join the staff of Ethyl Antiknock, Ltd. She / left Manhattan on the 17th and took a few days' trip by way of Boston to Toronto. Among other gifts. Ethyl friends presented / her (right) with a nylon nightgown. Around the table below are: f Erma Harris, 35th floor receptionist; Yvonne Guertin, secretary to Mat Taylor; Gertrude Anthony, of Stenographic; Wanda Rozmus Kahn, secretary to d Downs; Mabel Gerster, of Finance; Trudy Horstmann, secretary to John Smith; Louise Jensen, of Finance; Alice Wygand, who handles passenger transportation; Dorothea; Marie Burch Anderson, chief telephone operator; Dot Locke, 34th floor receptionist; Margie Orzio, telephone operator; Jessie Halton, head of stenographic; Edythe Kimball, secretary to Harry Kuhe; Lillian Campbell, teletype; Agnes Bowe, of Order & Ship ping; and Eve Pavelchek Weissleder, secretary, Eastern region. ETC 12487 Whether you were born under the sign of Taurus the Bull or Leo the Lion, you may be a dead duck if you walk carelessly during the evening hours in fall and winter months. Re gardless of what your stars say, National Safety Council statistics point out that almost one-fourth of all pedestrian deaths occur between 5 and 8 p.m. from October through March. ' These hours are the most hazardous because dusk and darkness fall during peak traffic hours. In the home-going rush you may forget that conditions of poorer visibility make jay-walking and crossing against traffic lights doubly dangerous. Any time you're walking, remember that you can see cars much easier than drivers can see you. When you're behind the wheel, your safety horoscope still predicts danger. You'll have to contend with two major hazards during the winter: 1) inade quate traction caused by snow and ice and, on certain road surfaces, by rain and 21 reduced visibility because of long hours of darkness, fog, snow, rain and the clouding or frosting of windshields. To survive these hazards without accident, get ready for the weather-- winterize your car by checking 1) brakes 2) windshield wipers 3) the exhaust system 4) headlights and 5) tires. Carry an ice scraper and cloth for the windows just in case, and a shovel and cinders to use if you get stuck. You don't have to know the signs of the zodiac to predict that you'll be smart to observe the following safety precautions: 1. Keep speed to between 10 and 20 26 BULLETIN BOARD --DECEMBER m.p.h. when driving on smooth io without chains. 2. Use gentle, pumping action whei applying brakes. Never jam then down as wheels may lock and you'l lose control of the car. 3. Use tire chains- they will reduci braking distances on ice and snow a: much as 40 to 50%. 4. Use defrosters, frost shields, anc fog lights as needed. 5. Keep a safe distance between yot and the fellow in front. And remem ber it takes from 3 to 12 times longei to come to a full stop on snow or ict than on dry concrete. Take your time in wintertime, for in all sections of the country the motor vehicle death rate per millions of miles traveled is highest in the winter. Death rates are from 24 to 53% higher than summer rates in the northern half of the country and from 5 to 33% higher in the southern half. etc 12488  1 ETHYL BULLETIN BOARD by and for Ethyl employees Published by the Ethyl Corporation, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York; Edward L. Shea, President; Stanley T. Crossland, Vf'ce*priident and Treasurer Richard M. Page, Secretary. Marceline Marquis, Editor Printed in U.S.A. eason s reetings ETC 12489 \ ETC 12490