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I Vol. 38, No. 1 January-February, 1976 Plant Employees Complimented Here 1* a portion of the head table at this year's Manairemeat Conference. From left. Is Management club President Newton Perry, standing. President Bruce Gottwald, Executive Vice President Robert Hereof, Wallace F. Armstrong, vice presi dent, Manufacturing, and George Daniels, EMC vice president. ! President Praises Attendance and Safety Improvements in 1975 Even though 1975 was not a record year, it was the second best year m Ethyl history, and Baton Rouge Plant employees were complimented for their improved attendance and safety performance in 1975. These and other subjects were included in President Bruce Gottwald's review of Company business at the annual Management Conference here in late January. Speaking to approximately 500 employees at the conference in the American Legion Hall, he said that 1975 was a "drastic" year as far as the economy goes and stated: "Baton Rouge (employees) had a much better absenteeism record and . . . the most satisfying thing to me is that in 1975 they had 35 percent less major accidents during the year and 18 percent less total accidents." Here are other excerpts from Mr. Gottwald's review of Company operations: "Ethyl's antiknock business was really a star performer for the Congressman Spends Day on Plant To Learn More About Plant Jobs As part of his program to become familiar with as many occupations of his constituents in the Sixth Congressional District as possible, Rep resentative Henson Moore spent January 15 on the Plant "in khaki.'' After "reporting in" at 5:30 a.m. at the Main Gate, he worked with employees at the receiving docks of Stores, helped load a Stores de livery train, visited the Pump and Gear Shop in Central Shops, toured the PVC Plant, helped empty trays in the Cafeteria and observed chem ists at work in the R&D Lab. The visit here was part of his program of learning about the various occupations in the Sixth District which has included work on a dairy farm in Washington Parish, bagging groceries at grocery stores and other job activities in the various parishes. He was highly complimentary of the Plant employees with whom he came in contact and thanked Resident Manager Bill Strader for the opportunity of being an unpaid "Employee for a Day." Below are some of the activities in which he participated while on the Plant. year and . . . each division in the antiknock business made more money than it did in 1974. How ever. unmistakably, as catalytic automobiles and economy cars get on the road, it affects gasoiine us age and affects the Company's lead business. "We've enjoyed good business out of this product (antiknock compound) and I think we can look forward to more to come. It does mean, though, particu larly to the Manufacturing peo ple here in Baton Rouge that you are going to have to get used to these flexible scheduling situations we have been having and you are going to have to do everythingfyou can possibly do and imagine doing to keep this product competitive and get the cost to absolutely rock bottom." The expenditures the Company is having to make in the environ mental and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) areas are getting to be a very major prob lem. Last year Ethyl spent a little over $20 million in this area and this year it will cost around $25 million. "And that's just an awful lot of money, even when we think we're getting to be a substantial size, for us to have to put in non productive facilities." A big success story this year is the Ethyl car with the Company's Turbulent Flow System, which has completed 50,000 miles and comes well under the T975-76 California standards, which are the most strict antipollution standards. It not only comes under the stan dards, but it also had the best fuel economy of any engine in its class tested by the EPA. Ethyl's TFS uses leaded gasoline, a high com pression engine can be used with it and it proves "what we set out to prove all along and that is you can clean up an automobile engine by using good engineering rather than a bunch of gimmicks hung on it." Ethyl's employees now number 17.000 or a little over, and it is ex pected to be some higher by the end of this year. The good news in the business outlook of the coming year is that the recession is ending and almost universally across the company things are looking bet ter by the month. The general economic forecast is that '76 and '77 will both be good years. "I'm awfully proud of the fact that the team we've had has handled every problem that has come our way and I want to give you my heartfelt thanks ... for a very fine job in a very trying year." Clint Chenevert Adds To Many Honors Honan continue to come to Clint, son of Houston Chenevert (TEL-Sod. MAC). and grandson of Annuitant Henry Harang. Hsranf worked In Quality Control until his re tirement in Janu ary. In early De cember Clint was awarded his Earle Scout Badge. ScoutLug's highest rank. A member of Troop 231 and a student at Istrouma High, he Is 15 and is a junior varsity football player. In January Clint was installed as 95th Master Councilor of the Istrouma Chapter, Or der of Demolay. Cafeteria Attendant Stephen Dubon, Mechanic Alton Anderson, right, in left. shows Congressman Moore bow to struct* the Congressman In the repair of clear trays In Cafeteria. an air hoist. He learns about chemical research from Chemist Janet Jones and Research Associate Don Imboff. PVC Operator Johnny Wages, left, Instruct! the Congressman in putting on a face mask. Among approximately 500 employees attending the Management Conference at the American Legion Hall In late January were these five annuitants. All former Plant employees, they are. from left, William Heck, Charles E. "Chuck" Colvin, Ben Harrison. Lew Bornuni and Jerry Monahan. Colvin was headquartered at the Tower when he retired und Harrison was in Richmond. The others retired at the Plant. ETC 27504 Page 2, The Antiknock, January-February, 1976 Two New Employees Join Company Here For Sale AUTOMOBILE--1971 Pinto two-door with automatic transmission, air con dition and radio; $200 under N.A.D.A. average retaiJ price. Phone 275-8639 after 5 p.m. and Saturdays. BOAT OUTFIT -- 1973 Terry Bass boat with 65 hp. Evinrude motor, two gas tanks, wo batteries, a supermotor guide, also galvanired trailer with spare wheel. Phone 775-4238 after 4 p.m. Two new employees have joined the Company here since the first of the year. Johnny Street, a chem ical engineering graduate of Mis sissippi State, is a new chemical engineer in Process Design. Patri cia Wilson, who resides at Sun shine, reported for work as a typist in the Steno Pool. She is a grad uate of Southern University in business education. MOTORCYCLE--1975 Suzuki TM-100 m perfect condition and at good price. Contact Carrol Flatau, Credit Union. Phone 2416. MISCELLANEOUS--Four 4-hole 13inch rims with practically new tires (for Mustangs and other similar size cars! $75 for all: Hot water heater--30 gal lons. $10. Phone 357-7960. MOBILE HOME---12 ft. x 60 ft. two bedrooms, Hi bath, living room, kitchen, added den 12 ft. x 24 ft. Fully carpeted and furnished with 10 ft. by 30 ft. patio awning. In excellent condition. Phono 261-4173. Wanted DUCK STAMPS--Any year. Please send to Herb Olson, H-C Operations. sljW Peter Badeaux Uses Safety Meeting Knowledge to Save Choking Relative Peter Badeaux, H-C M&C, put the knowledge he gained in a plant safety meeting on emer gency treatment for a person chok ing on food to good use recently and possibly saved the life of a relative in doing so! Badeaux, who lives at Plaquemine, had a group of relatives at his home for fried fish. Shortly after eating some fish, a cousin, who had experienced some esoph agus difficulty previously, coughed and immediately began to choke when he apparently lodged a small piece of fish in his windpipe. Badeaux noted that other rel atives were not succeeding in helping the stricken man by striking him on the back. (This is the wrong thing to do since it could drive the food particle further into the throat passage.) He remembered the safety meet ing conducted by Safety Engineer Woody Merritt on the "Cafe Coronary" emergency treatment for persons who are choking on food. He immediately grabbed his cousin around the waist and squeezed forcibly. The food par ticle was quickly forced out of the man's windpipe, giving him immediate relief. Merritt had demonstrated this method of squeezing the dia phragm to force air out of the lungs, which causes the food par ticle to literally "pop out" in most instances. Under the "Cafe Coronary" first aid method, when it is obvious that a person is choking, stand behind him or her, circle the vic tim's waist iust below the belt line. Then firmly grasp one of your wrists with the other hand and squeeze hard. This forces out trapped air from the victim's dia phragm and also the food particle usually. The "Cafe Coronary" first aid, or "Heimlich Maneuver," for chok ing victims was featured in an article in The Antiknock last year. Peter Badeaux. left, and Safety Engineer Woody Merritt are photographed with the July-August 1975 Uaue of The Antiknock which feature* an article on Arst aid for cftoklnir victims. Badeaux credits information gained in a safety meeting, conducted by Merritt, on this choking Arst aid for helping him give possible life saving relief to a choking relative recently. Slmpton Several Employees Move Up the Ladder Promotions and reassignments involving a number of employees in Manufacturing, R&D and Traf fic have been announced in recent weeks. In R&D, Dr. Don Imhoff was pro moted to research associate in R&D Services and Samuel Agnew and Michael Gaudet were promoted to process engineer in Process De sign. Also, Kenneth Lesher trans ferred from Process Development to Process Design and joined the Engineering Services Group at Magnolia as assistant project engi neer. In Manufacturing several Opera tions employees were promoted and others in Maintenance moved up. In Sodium Operations, Riley Olinde was promoted to general* foreman of the "A" Shift Group, and four others -- Johnny Bow man, Clarence Hazlip, John Ivy and Theodore Zeringue -- were promoted to salaried foremen. Effective February 1, Earl Rachal was promoted from assistant su pervisor to supervisor of Cost, Budget and Operations Data in Finance. In Maintenance, Ernie Feiera- bend was promoted from Mainte nance engineer to supervisor. Cen tral Shops, and Wayne Skipper from Standards engineer in Indus trial Engineering to Maintenance engineer. Also, Ronnie Simpson ad vanced to salaried mechanical fore man in General Maintenance. A number of reassignments in Manufacturing became effective in late December and early Janu ary. In the reassignments, Quentin Hall moved from superintendent, H-C Operations, to acting superin tendent, Stores and Services: Harry Loflin from superintendent. So dium Operations, to superinten dent, H-C Operations, and Gene Ponti from superintendent. Stores and Services, to acting superinten dent, Sodium Operations. In Maintenance and Construc tion, Rex Conrad was assigned to the newly-created position of su perintendent of M&C Administra tion, with responsibility for Plant I Construction. Maintenance Engi-5 neering and the Maintenance Ad ministration Group. John Guillot moved from chief supervisor, Con struction, to acting superintendent, H-C Maintenance, and Joe Thomp son moved from Shops supervisor to acting chief supervisor, Con struction. In Traffic reassignments, effec tive February 1, William Bryan was reassigned from superinten dent, Traffic, on the Plant to as sistant manager, Rates, at the Tower, and Harry Roethe moved from the Tower to the Plant to succeed Bryan. In February, Lynn Alessi, Eng., was promoted to mechanical engi neer. and Jacqueline Brown to medical secretary in Medical. Ef fective February 16, Ernie Feierabend began a rotational assignment in. Manufacturing Planning & Co* ordination. Tower, and William Cooke transferred from that group to the Plant as chief supervisor, PVC Operations. (Late pictures o Alessi and Cooke, not available foi this issue, will appear in the m issue.) ETC 27505 Zeringue Ladder cting superinervices: Harry '.tendent. So) superinten ds. and Gene naent. Stores :g superinten10ns. nd Construc.s assigned to isition of su- Administrality 'for Plant :nance Engintenance AdJohn Guillot oervisor, Con;perintendent, d Joe Thompps supervisor ervisor, Con- iments. effecilUam Bryan n superintenPiant to asates. at the Goethe moved the Plant to Alessi. Eng., .'hanical engie Brown to Medical. EfErnie Feieraal assignment anning & Coand William >m that group J supervisor, ze pictures of available for r in the next Many Have 'Perfect* Attendance Page 3, The Antiknock, January-February, 1976 357 Employees Are Saluted for Excellent Attendance in 1975 Congratulations to 357 employees who are being recognized on this page for being on the job when scheduled during 1975! They are doing their part to combat the ever-present problem of absenteeism at the Baton Rouge Plant. A memento in recognition of their good attendance is being presented to each of them. The employees listed below did not miss work in 1975, or had only excused absences. Many of them had Derfect attendance and did not miss anv davs at all) Furthermore, for several of them it marks the second, third or lourta consecutive year, since the attendance recognition Roosevelt Dupuy (A) began in THE ANTIKNOCK in 1972 that they had no absences or only excused absences for the en tire vear! These employees have a David Evans, Jr. (4) James Foreman Robert Qianellom Gordon Golson (2) Belmont Himel (2) 12). '(3) or (4) after their names. The excused absences include such things as jury duty, death in the family, union business or being Kenneth Hodges (3) Ralph Jacobson Brummit Jones Phillip Jones (2) James Kennerly (2) absent less than a full day for Nm Kyles emergencies, etc. Nathan Lacombe Alhe Lavigne Two employees recognized in the past for many years of out standing attendance continued to add to their record in 1975. Wil Robert Luker Daniel Major (2) Gerald Manola (2) Richard Manske Morns Melancon liam Yoes. TEL Op., ran his per fect attendance years to 22 since he was hired in February 1940. Records indicate he has missed Windom Melancon Willard Ohnde, Jr. Jesse Pearce (2) Lionel Reme (3) Kenneth Rider only 22 days in the 36 years he has worked on the Plant. Also, a day of absence (illness) in April kept Leo Devall. H-C Op., Jessie Romig Henry Rushing Clarence Sanchez (4) Lynwood Sharon (3) Hollis Simpson from achieving his 17th year of perfect attendance since he was hired in August 1941. Al Soulier Hmes Turcotte (2) Jerry Turcotte Clarence Underwood. Jr. Lynwood Sharon, who retired February 1 (see Page 4). completed his active working career with 27 Curtis Usry (2) Henry Welda (2) Terry Whittington years without a personal illness absence and with 17 years of per fect attendance. His last three years were marked by the same H-C OPERATIONS Elwm Adams (2) Clifton Addison Robert Austin perfect attendance that he,has maintained for so many years since he was hired in 1943. Jules Beysselance (4) Robert Bnster Larry Edwards Leon Evans Even with this good attendance by this large number of employ ees. however, absenteeism at the rate of 5.1 percent for the year Frank Forbes Kelly Harris, Jr. Clark King Frederick Landry James Landry continues to add considerably to the cost of operating the Plant. Everyone is urged again to do his or her part to reduce absen Roderick LeBtanc Joseph Mattrne (2) Johnnie Moore Willard Ohnde Leon Sims (3) teeism. Norman Slack (3) Wilburn Smith Again, congratulations to these Donald Spurlock employees: Warren Taylor CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES Mary Ann Hughmark (2) Mary Johnston (2) Lena Langiois (3) Ivory Lite Lucille McQueen (3) Wiiheimma Richardson Kathleen Walters (2) Ctarilyn Williams (2) Mariana Wilson EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Oora Brown (3) ENGINEERING 8etty Greenup FINANCE Steve OeBenedetto (2) Modie Harrell Doussan Rando (3) Harvey Whitfield (2) H-C AUXILIARY Robert Atkins James Barron (3) Herman Huggins (3) s>ah Lang (.) Rivers Robertson (3) Eidredge Robinson (3) Lawrence Square (3) Joseph Trusclair, Jr. (3) H-C MAINTENANCE Merrick Aucoin Michael Aucoin (2) Wayne Bertheiot (2) Glenn Brouiliette Roy Boudreaux Paul Cambre (2) Roosevelt Campbell Arthur Causey Michael Courtney INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Minnie Wales (4) MAINTENANCE PLANNING Mary Kendrick Leroy Landry Utysse Rome, Jr. (2) POWER John Allen Bobby Crawford (2) Salvador Gullotta (2) Norris Kimball (3) PUBLIC RELATIONS Roman AHord PURCHASING Edward Morgan, Jr. (3) PVC MAINTENANCE Ludovic Aucoin David Barbay Michael Hebert (2) David Humphreys (3) PVC OPERATIONS Larry Benton (2) Bruce Chustz Alcee Cifreo Clairborne Durbin Joseph Haralson Gerald Hart Allen Hunt Lorenza Hunt Gerald Kimball <2) Leiand Landry Floyd Lyons (2) Ray Palmer QUALITY CONTROL John Aydell Lawless Boudreaux, Jr. Rauhman Browning (2) Rodney Fife (2) Aubert Millet RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT John Barbay William Belding Harry Bizette Okley Broussard David Coyle (2) James Delaughter William Dominick Carolyn Dumoulin (3) Hugh Fisher Lillie Greer Walter Guerin (2) Conrad Langiois William LeBlanc (4) Joseph Martin (2) Leonard Massey Earhe Miller (3) Michael Monahan Paul Nash Frank Patton (3) Stephen Pearce Stephen Reed Edward Sanchez Jerry Sicard Willie Smith (2) Harold Torres Joe Whitehead SAFETY & FIRE INSPECTION Murphy Didier (3) James Shankm (3) SODIUM OPERATIONS Joseph Aguillard Beverly Bizette (3) Donald Blanchard (2) Joseph Blanchard D. P. Boggans (2) Sidney Bond (3) Johnny Bowman. Jr. Mack B'ooks. Jr. (2) Pearlie Broussard (3) William Cathey, Jr. Thomas Chapman (3) Ham'ett C'otweil (4) Charles Delaney Dominic Distefano Joseph Duplessis (3) Clarence Hazlip John Hendrix John Ivy (2) Nathan Johnson Hamie Kendrick Lawrence Landry Terrence Lieux Joseph Maior James Mulkey (3) WetJon Pierre Amidee Reames (2) John Schexnaider Dan Scott (2) August Segum Orville Stephens (3) Albert Sulcer (4) Bondnett Thomas (2) Eddie Whitley (2) STORES & SERVICES Lenn Alexander George Allain (4) Joseph Andre (2) Bertm Babin Fred Beard Felix Boudreaux Thomas Bourgeois (3) John Chadwick Lester David (4) Samuel Delaune Martin Greenfield Victor Harvey (2) Ray Hebert Tupie Henry George Hoyt Leo Jell (2) James Johnson David May Jack Ray (3) John Rogers Mary Ann Reed Errol Simpson (3) Paul Smith Thelma Smith (4) James Wall (4) John Yarbrough (2) TEL GENERAL SERVICES Simmie Armwood (2) Leonard Bell Henry Collins. Jr. (2) Manuel Lawrence (2) Henry Payne (2) Stanislaus Rtcard (3) Cleveland Spann, Jr. Glenn Soileau Samuel Stewart Joe Turner Colman Watson, Jr. (2) TEL OPERATIONS Davis Aguillard David Alien Simmie Armwood. Jr. (2) Isaac Betts (2) j. W. McCray Bowden, Jr. Ellis Bowie Melvin Breaux Kenneth Causey Donald Chaney Bobby Conn Joseph David (3) Charles Oavis Jessie Devall Roger Dutsch (3) Ronald Fuentes Floyd Glaze Afvm Giotz, Jr. Richard Harris (3) Robert Harvey (3) Jesse Kelly Will Kennon Joseph Langiois (2) Ronald Langiois Paul Levert Jimmie Martin Alfred Mix (2) Charles Muse (2) Lenard Payne Murphy Richardson Augustus Rogers (2) Edward Sanchez (3) Alton Thornton (2) Albert Toussant. IM (2) Roy Tucker (2) Charles Webb, Jr. William Yoes (4) TEL-SOD. M&C Lynell Alford (3) Earl Alonzo Elmer Ambrose (2) Haney Ambrose Malcolm Babm Henry Bailey (2) Weldon Bates (2) Enoch Batson (2) Forrest Benge (2) Luther Bennett Norman Bennett Roy Bennett Boyd Blount (3) Lawrence Bourg, Jr. Paul Boyle. Jr. Andrew Brazier Gwm Bnster Amos Brumfield Clarence Bueche, Jr. (2) Alfred Burns (2) Joseph Caiilouet Thomas Campbell Kenneth Causey Warren Choate (2) Roy Covington Kenneth Crawford (3) William Crotwell. Jr. (2) Wilson David Elvm Delahaye Dan DeLee Charles Devall Murphy Demoulin Gary Duncan Wilson Ouvemay J. V. Edmonston Stanley Ellis (2) Luther Feips Cecil Forbes Roy Gardner John Gaudm Wilson Gilmore Willard Green Vincent Guercio (3) Robert Gwin (2) Alex Harnson (3) Charles Harnson (3) Anthony Hebert (2) John Henley (3) John Hoth (2) Lee Hubbs (4) Donald Jacobson (3) Darrel) Jarreau James Jarreau Harold Jefferson Floyd Jensen <2) Ben Johnson Samuel Johnson Alton Juban (2) Louis Keelen Georgs Kelly. Jr. Lee Kennard (3) Dana Keowen John Lapeze, Jr. Henrv Leach. Jr. (2) Leslie LeBlanc (2) Charles Lefebvre (2) Crawford Lewis Lemuel Ligon (3) James lundberg Jerome Marquette, Jr. LaVern Mayo Horace McNeal Clinton Moore (2) Andrew Noble (3) Robert Odom Stephen Ory (Continued on Page 5) ETC 27506 Page 4, The Antiknock, January-February, 1976 Large Group Completes Careers Forty-Seven Veteran Plant Employees Begin Their Retirement i ry anc Forty-seven employees, one of the largest groups to retire during a two-month period, completed their active working' careers at the Plant in January and February. Those retiring had many years of service, some of them starting work as far back as 1937, 1938. 1939 and the early '40's. All of the 47 employees except William Atkinson, Security; Casey Hendricks. TEL Op.; Boutis Johnson. TEL-Sod. M&C. and Ray Pearce, Qual. Cont., are shown below. Three employees of the 47 retired at age 65. They are James Davis. TEL-Sod. M&C; Ova Maddox, TEL-Sod. M&C, and Lynwood Sharon, H-C M&C. All the others retired early. 37 YEARS John Delage Mechanic TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1938 380 Wilt* St. Baton Rouge /T 31 YEARS Brian Henderson Operator TEL Op. Hired 1944 109 River Rd. Denham Springs 33 YE/ Clinton Tralnni. Stores Hired l Box 56 Livings! 30 YEARS FelLx Arceneaux Pipefitter TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1945 Rt. 1. Box 441-D Pralrieville 37 YEARS fVilmar Cary Office Porter Sod. Gen. Serv. Hired 1938 836 So. lTth St. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Roger D'ffard H-C Planner H-C Malnt. Hired 1940 5844 Convention St. Baton Rouge r\ ,0w 37 YEARS Lyle Hernandez Foreman Sod. Op. Hired 1938 444 Linda Ave. Baton Rouge I ri 34 YEARS Arthur Barton Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1941 516 Camelia Ave. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Thomas Chapman Working Leader Sod. Op. Hired 1940 6742 Clinton St. Baton Rouge 38 YEARS Cheater Dunbar Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1987 2821 Sherwood Dr. Baton Rouge 1 38 YEARS Lloyd Hopkins Foreman Stores & Sen*. Hired 1937 4978 McHugh Dr. Zachary 31 YEARS Xemoure R Pipefitter H-C M&C Hired 1944 36V** Greem Baton Koug. 34 YEARS Jules 8eyetance Working Leader H-C Op. Hired 1941 11625 Glenda Dr.. Baton Rouge 37 YEARS Lloyd Conerly Laundry Leader Laundry Hired 1938 10788 Sandringham Baton Rouge 38 YEARS Richard EJswlrth Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1BS7 6739 Government St. Baton Rouge 37 YEARS Robert Lea Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1988 4060 Lee St. Zachary 30 YEARS Richard Blanchard Electrician TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1945 5831 Beechwood Dr Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Bentley Blouln Operator TEL Op. Hired 1940 3544 Lava Beds Baton Rouge 33 YEARS John Brean Mech. lnsp. H-C M&C Hired 1948 5842 Prescott Lane Baton Rouge 34 YEARS Wiley David Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1941 Jarreau AA 37 YEARS Paul Fsvrot Shift Coordinator TEL Op. Hired 1988 509 Whitehead Blvd. Port Allen 35 YEARS Earl LeFeaux Foreman Security Hired 1940 11055 Tams Dr. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS L\ mvooJ Si Pipefitter H-C M&C Hired 1943 4649 Bradh hnon Ron-. 38 YEARS James Davis Outside Machinist TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1987 8169 Sherwood Dr. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS James Fussell, Jr. Sheet Metol Layout TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1940 8028 Baja Dr. Baton Rouge 31 YEARS Ova Maddox Outride Machinist TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1944 9564 W. Tams Dr. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Rubin Davis Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1948 Walker 31 YEARS Louis Hancock Electrician TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1944 Rt. 2, Box 42 Denham Springs 36 YEARS Doneison McCollum Inst. Mechanic TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1989 1255 Stephens Ave. Baton Rouge 36 YEAS Charles S Gen. For H-C Op. Hired 195 863 Pierc Baton tu 23 YEARS Larry Burroughs Typist Clerk Prod. Plan. Hired 1952 4646 Brasilia Dr. Baton Rouge 29 YEARS William Davis Patrolman Security Hired 1946 Rt. 4, Box 886 Zachary 33 YEARS Willard Mitchell Mgr., Purch. Dev. Purch. Hired 1942 9051 Parkview DrBaton Rouge Page 5, The Antiknock, January-February, 1976 lent in and February 'Coins-in-Error Collecting Is Profitable Hobby for Employee `EARS Hernandez nan Op. I 1938 .inda Ave. i Rouge 33 YEARS Clinton Moore Trainman Stores A Sen'. Hired 1942 Bov 56 Livingston 31 YEARS Nemoure Bayne i>i|>rfitter Il-C MAC Hired 1944 3624 <ireenuell St. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Rivers Robertson Dev. Lab. Attend. II-C Aux. Hired 1943 1214 Julia SL Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Lynwood Sharon Pipefitter ll-C MAC Hired 1943 4649 Bradley St. Baton Rouge 36 YEARS Ambrose Sullivan Welder TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1939 Rt. 6. Bov 798 Denham Springs 33 YEARS Eugene Turner Working Leader TEL Op. Hired 1942 3507 Buchanan St. Baker 36 YEARS Freddie Watson lien. Foreman Sod. Op. Hired 1939 4886 Longfellow Dr. Baton Rouge ^ JiSaai .Q ATii 35 YEARS Ripley Wilkinson Electrician TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1940 Rt. 2 Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Wilbur Wilson Elect. Insp. TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1940 11623 St. Paul Ave. Baton Rouge A hobby of coins `in error" col lecting. which he started in 1966, is paying dividends to Harold Brown, a mechanic in TEL-Sod. M&C. Since he started collecting these coins that have errors from defective minting or other errors --right after he was discharged from the Marines following Viet nam service -- he has collected nearly 250 coins "in error," which is his specialty, and approximate ly 1,000 other coins. His coins are worth double, or much more than their current denomination. The coins he has collected, which have minting defects or other er rors. date as far back as 1850 and include pennies, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars, as well as various denominations of bills. Such errors as off-center coins, The Cover In our front cover picture, Harold Brown points to some of the defective coins which he has collected since he started his hobby of collecting money "in error." The display of his coins which has won for him the trophies shown on top of the display is now valued at from 33,000 to 35,000. He keeps this valuable display in private storage. Brown is Interested in be coming acquainted with other coin collectors. Credit Union Officers Re-elected for 1976 Credit Union officers, headed by President John Gooch, were re elected to serve in 1976 and five board members were reelected to two-year terms at the annual meet ing, January 26. Other officers are Joe Cornett, vice president; Robert Thornhill, treasurer, and Gordon Spurgeon, secretary. Those re elected to the board were Melvin Acosta, Kenneth Dunn, Gooch, Spurgeon and Thornhill. Brown points to some of the "coins-ln- error" which he has collected. All of these resulted from defective plancheta (the metal disk used to stamp coins). He values his collection at more than 33.000. In the foreground is a "blank" penny. double dates, clogged numbers or letters, clipped coins, and others resulting from defective planchets (the metal disk used to stamp coins), are the things he is trained to look for in his collecting. His own collection, supplemented by coins in error he has purchased at shows as far away as Jackson, Miss., is now valued at from $3,000 to $5,000. The display of coins shown in the picture is kept in private storage for protection. A 1964 half-dollar was the first coin in error he collected. It had been minted with a defective al loy. From then to the present, col lecting these coins has been his main hobby. He is now so inter ested in his hobby that he wants to help fellow employees who col lect coins in error or other types. He invites interested employees to contact him. Brown joined the Company in September 1968 as a General Ser vices employee. He advanced to mechanic in Maintenance as a Sodium Service mechanic third class in April 1974. j'EARS Maddox ..1e Machinist Sod. MAC I 1944 W. Tams Dr. i Rouge 'EARS rd Mitchell Purcb. Dev. t. ! 1942 Parkview Dr. i Kouge 32 YEARS Leon Sims Operator H-C Op. Hired 1943 5212 Wyandotte St. Baton Rouge 36 YEARS Charles Smith Gen. Foreman H-C Op. Hired 1939 563 Pierce St. Baton Rouge 37 YEARS James Spinks Sod. Op. Hired 1938 3058 Linwood St. 1YI Baton Rouge Attendance-- (Continued from Page 3) Ernest Ott (3) Valerie Patm Joseph Peans (2) Elliott Pendas (2) Marvin Price Lloyd Rachal (3) Ivy Rackley (2) Wilmer Rainey William Rhodus (2) Sam Ringo (2) Jerome Romig Earl Schexnaddre (3) Paul Schuster (2) William Sicard. II James Smelley (2} Travis Smith Ronald Sommers Wallace Soulier (3) Jimmie Spears Fredrick Spurgeon Joel Stephens (2) Charles Streat Jr. Vernon Triche Emile Troxclair, Jr. Leo Turner Elray Vellier (3) Spencer Wall Warren Walls Ivy Watts Oree Wilkinson Albert Womack (2) Gonce Attends Advanced Management Course, Late Reassignments Are Made Recent organizational changes have been announced for key man ufacturing and Research &c Devel opment employees. John Gonce, manager. Operations, is attending the Advanced Management Pro gram at Harvard University. Charles Hunt, associate director. Process Design, has transferred from R&D to Manufacturing and has been assigned as acting man ager of Operations. In R&D changes resulting from Hunt's transfer to Manufacturing, Dr. Phillip Davis, associate direc tor. Process Evaluation, becomes associate director, Process Design, and Charles ``Buddy'' Bergeron is promoted from supervisor to assis tant director, Process Evaluation. Bergeron ETC 27508 Page 6, The Antiknock, January-February, 1976 Service Anniversaries Twelve 35-Year Employees Lead in Long Company Service on the Plant Headed by 12 employees who observed their 35th anniversary of company service during January and February, a total of 85 em ployees observed service anniver saries of five years or more during the two-month period. In addition to the 12 men who have completed 35 years, there were six with 30 years, six with 25 and two with 20. In addition, there was a large group, 54 em ployees, who observed their 10- year anniversaries and five who have completed five years. Most of the employees with 20 or more years of service are pic tured on this page, and those with less years of service are listed. Those with 20 or more years of service who are not shown are listed below under "Pictures Not Available." 30 Years Wiley David Sod. Op. Sammie Forbee Sod. Op. Willie Freemen TEL Gen. Serv. Charles Genius TEL-Sod. MAC WilUe Jenkins Sod. Op. Dixie Major Fire losp. Harry Theriot RAD Lab. 25 Years Recall the $2 Bill? It's Due Back on April 13 20 Years Wil OtU** Putaldi - 10 Yean Melvin Acosta. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Barry Alexander. TEL Op. William Bateman, TEL-Sod. MAC Weldon Bates, TEL-Sod. MAC Robert Boeneke, TEL-Sod. MAC Wayne Bertheiot. H-C MAC Ronald Bordelon, RAD Lab. Felix Boudreaux. Stores A Serv. Benjamin Bourgeois, TEL Op. Ronald Causey, TEL-Sod. MAC Paul Chenevert, TEL-Sod. MAC Bobby Crawford, Power Warren Crochet, TEL Op. Manuel Decoteau, H-C MAC Raymond Delatorre, PVC MAC Charles Devall. TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Drago, PVC MAC Richard Fendley, Proc, Dev. Leo Freeman. TEL-Sod. MAC Leo Gascon, TEL-Sod. MAC Thomas Gautreaux, H-C MAC Henry Grass, Jr.^TEL-Sod. MAC Eugene Holme*. TEL Op. Jerry Hudgens, H-C MAC John Impson, TEL-Sod. MAC Lester Jenkins, Sod. Op. Donald Jones, Stores & Serv. Dana Keowen. TEL-Sod. MAC Jesse Kleinpeter, Jr.. H-C Op. Everett Lsbsove. TEL-Sod. MAC Terrence Lieux. Sod. Op. Joseph Lively, PVC Op. Gary Lott, TEL-Sod. MAC Kenneth Magee, H-C Op. Ewell Matiierne. PVC Qua). Cont. Norman Neames, TEL-Sod. MAC William Nlckens, TEL-Sod. MAC James Orr, H-C MAC James Owens, TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Peairs, Security Kenneth Relne, TEL-Sod. .MAC Richard Rice. H-C MAC Bobby Rushing, H-C MAC Eugene Schexnayder, Stores A Sei Michael Smith, Qual. Cont. Larry Stewart, H-C MAC John Van Slckel, TEL Op. Winston Vasn. TEL-Sod. MAC James ViceUio, H-C MAC Robert Wasson, H-C Op. James Whitaker. TEL-Sod. MAC Billy Williams, H-C Op. William Wilson. Stores A Serv. Harry Zachary, Jr.. H-C MAC Annuitant cember 4 at ligious servii ber 6 at Zoai burial m the is survived daughters, r and five siste July 1942 as Operations, a vice mecnan * when he accc iin Septembei Iv * David. 63. i M&C. died ? Lady of the ligious servic ber 27 at the tion Catholic with burial He is survh daughter, son joined Ethyl: nechanical H&C. Wilson Devall. 57. lied Decemb* Joating accidc sear Houma. >eld Decemb 5resbytenan R the Devall dved by his tis mother, rothers. He n October 19: Operations. Cha Annuitant ember 18 n iarv. Funer.ucted Decs unerai Horn- 5 Years Norman Audlffred. PVC Op. Kenneth Badeaux, TEL-Sod. MAC Larry Benton. PVC Op. Otis CoUlna, TEL Gen. Serv. Harmon Hall, HI, Sod. Gen. Serv. Randall Hill, TEL-Sod. MAC Calvis Leeward, Sod. Op. Charles Quatrevingt. Security James Sarradet, PVC Op. Joseph Savoy, TEL Gen. Serv. Rcyce Sides, TEL-Sod. MAC Melvin Toups, TEL Op. Donald Walton, TEL Op. The S3 bill, which originated "way back" in June 1778, is coming back on April IS. It will feature a picture of Thomas Jefferson, on whose birthday it is being reis sued. The II bill Anally went out of print for many yearn, but was relasued during the Civil War and again in 1928 and continued to be issued until May 1965. Then again It was officially discontinued, because of low public demand, In August 1966. Issuance of the S2 bill will result in a $4 to 87 million saving each year through replacement of 81 bills, which now constitute 55 to 60 percent of the total volume of currency printed. Kenith Sellers Finance Piet4*1*4 Noi AueUlaJd*, Barbara Stirrat Pictures of the following employ who observed service anniversaries January and February were not a1 able: S5 Years Joseph Chusts, Jr., Op. SO Years--Wilbert White, Stoi Serv. etc Page 7, The Antiknock, January-February, 1975 9n Memosiiam Employees Plan Ahead; 12 Complete Pattern Drafting Course on Plant Since early December, after the I Xovember-December issue of The Antiknock had gone to press, death has claimed five employees and I six annuitants.. The employees ; were Noah David, TEX-Sod. M&C; ' Wilson "Dixie" Devall, H-C Op.; Kellv Harris, H-C Op.; Joe My hand'. Fin., and Donald Thompson, TEL-Sod. M&C. The annuitants were William Carroll. Charlie Fletcher, Wesley "Red" Pickett, Jesse "Jake" Shaf fer. Acy Walker and Herbert Knothole" Woodward. William Carroll Annuitant Carroll, 76, died De cember 4 at the Medicenter. Re- 7 j. ligious services were held Decem- ber 6 at Zoar Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. He ars is survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons, one brother TEL-Sod. M&C XL Op. TEL-Sod. M&C ,-Sod. M&C EL-Sod. M&C I-C M&C and five sisters. He joined Ethyl in July 1942 as a heloer in Sodium Operations, and was a Sodium Ser vice mechanic in TEL-Sod. M&C when he accepted early retirement &D Lab. tores & Serv. in September 1959. TEL Op. *.L-Sod. M&C EX-Sod. M&C Noah David David. 63, painter. TEL-Sod, ower XL Op. H-C M&C pVC M&C !L-Sod. M&C Z M&C M&C, died December 25 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Re ligious services were held Decem ber 27 at the Immaculate Concep tion Catholic Church in Lakeland, Toe. Dev-Sod. M&C Sod. M&C . H-C M&C IXL-Sod. M&C with burial in Chenal Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, son and three sisters. He joined Ethyl in February 1946 as a ZL Op. mechanical helper in TEL-Sod. C M&C ,-Sod. M&C M&C. i. Op. es & Serv. Wilson "Dixie" Devall L-Sod. M&C Devall, 57, foreman, H-C Op., r.. H-C Op. rXL-Sod. M&C d. Op. C OP>d. M&C iied December 6 as a result of a :oating accident on Bayou Delatte sear Houma. Funeral services were idd December 8 at Broadmoor -C Od. VC Quai. Cont. rEL-Sod. M&C XL-Sod. M&C -.&C ',-Sod. M&C urity X-Sod. -M&C M&C 3resbyterian Church, with burial n the Devall Cemetery. He is sur vived by his wife, one' daughter, lis mother, six sisters and two mothers. He joined the Company n October 1938 as a helper in H-C derations. -C M&C ter. Stores & Serv Charlie Fletcher ;aJ. Cont. C M&C Annuitant Fletcher, 73, died De rEL Op .-Sod. M&C C M&C -C Op. XL-Sod. M&C ember 18 at the Clinton Infiroary. Funeral services were con tacted December 20 at Charlet funeral Home, with burial in Red- C Op. tores & Serv. H-C M&C ears . PVC Op. TEL-Sod. M&C C Op. Gen. Serv. Sod. Gen. Serv. -Sod. M&C sd. Op. igt. Security >VC Op. L Gen. Serv. Sod. M&C L Op. EL Op. it AoaiiaJU* following employee <ce anniversaries b ary were not avail eph ChusU. Jr.. Sodi ert White, Store* A wood Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a stepson, three brothers and one sister. He was hired in September 1944 as an operator helper in Sodium Op erations, and was a Sodium Ser vice mechanic when he accepted early retirement in February 1962. Kelly Harris Harris, 59, H-C Op., died Janu ary 30 at the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held January 31 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is sur vived by his wife, two daughters and two sons, one of whom is Kelly Harris, Jr.. H-C Op.; a sis ter, Lena, the wife of Elmo McMorris. H-C M&C; five brothers, including Annuitants Ewell and Berlin Harris, and a nephew, Ber lin Harris, Jr.. Plas. Aopli. He was an operator in H-C Operations with nearly 37% years of service, having joined the Company in Au gust 1938 as a helper. The 12 graduates of the 40-hour Pattern Drafting Course, shown in the picture below, completed the course in December. Another 30 employees are now enrolled in a Blueprint Reading and Sketching Course, whlich got under way on the Plant in January. These and other employees are following the advice of Mainte nance Manager Hugh Bourque and Training Supervisor John Furr -- that of starting to prepare them selves to be qualified for advance ment to take advantage of job op portunities at higher pay when they occur. Both have emphasized that training courses relating to practically every job are available to the employees, and that the Company will refund tuition costs if the advancement training is re lated to those jobs. Both Bourque and Furr stressed that employees must plan far ahead for advancement because of the time involved m getting the necessary training. In this connection, these employ ees have taken the first steps to become qualified as mechanics in order to be able to be prepared for those jobs when they become avail able. Employees not sure of the train ing program they want are urged to sit down with Furr or other Training Office staff members to discuss any training problems or questions. Joe Myhand Myhand, 65, Operations Data clerk. Finance, died December 26 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, just a few days before he was to retire. Religious services were held December 29 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly, with interment in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, four sons and a sister. He joined Ethyl in July 1942 as a helper in H-C Op erations. Wesley "Red" Pickett Annuitant Pickett, 58. died De cember 2 at the Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital. Funeral services were held December 4 at Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen, with burial in Prairieville Cemetery. The 12 employee* graduating in the Pattern Drafting Course In December were, from left, Charles Andre. Barney McAdams, Ray Zeringue, Wlncie Moak, Thomas Withers, Roland Blanchard, Darrell Jarreau, Charles Bourgeois, Giles Langloia, Joe Turner, Andrew Chatman, Kenneth David and Instructor Steve Ory. He is survived by his wife, moth er, sister and five children, includ ing Daniel who works in TEL Gen eral Services and Lee in TEL-Sod. M&C. He was hired in August 1947 and was a control clerk in Finance when he was granted per manent and total disability bene fits in September 1972. Jesse "Jake" Shaffer Annuitant Shaffer, 67. died Feb ruary 7 at the Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital. Religious services were held February 9 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, one daugh ter, three sons and two sisters. He was hired in April 1937 as an op erator helper in TEX Operations and was in M&C Planning when he was granted permanent and total disability benefits in April 1964. Donald Thompson Thompson, 39, instrument me chanic helper, TEL-Sod. M&C, died December 31 at Lane Me morial Hospital in Zachary. Re ligious services were held January 2 at Hollabaugh-Spindle Wooddale Memorial Chapel, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, parents, a daughter, three sons, two sisters and a brother. He joined the Com pany in February 1966 as a helper in TEL Operations. We regret that a picture of Donald Thompson wai not available. Acy Walker Annuitant Walker, 64, died at his home in Greenwell Springs on Tuesday, January 27. Funeral ser vices were conducted at Zoar Bap tist Church on January 29, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son and one brother. He was hired as an operator helper in November 1938 and was an operator in TEX Opera tions when he began early retire ment in January 1972. Herbert "Knothole" Woodward Annuitant Woodward, 66, died December 29 at Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital. Religious services were held December 30 at Hollabaugh-Spindle Wooddale Memo rial Chapel, with burial in Green oaks Memorial Park. He is sur vived by his wife, two daughters, two sons, three sisters, and two brothers. He was hired in August 1943 as a mechanical helper in TEL-Sod. M&C and was a me chanical inspector in TEX-Sod. M&C when he accepted early re tirement in June 1971. Thanks I'd like to express my sincere appreciation to the electricians and to many others among my former fellow employees in So dium and TEL Maintenance for their thoughtfulness, their good wishes and their retirement gift to me in late January -- Wilbur "Deacon" Wilson ETC 27510 B Capon Vol. 38, Sc Comf I JL Etht r* supp- Dr. ('!: Pa ilrnt'H Circle . Foster. teehi 1 ceremonies : I fhvjict at extreme rich xations miik. an \-ra\ sp* ^ Safei I "Safet; is each per i ated witho These , Bill Strade manual wh B The new, r ing an ear t. issued baci plovee u*nc S should con * The mar Mr. Stradt J guide to gi 1 to the Plar I used in cor f tional spec J for each ar How Mar safety boo Chief p according Committe Parker, mindful c so that u in all ph: The 32-r safety pol; Plant, whj back cove: Ethyl Corporation 2?5i i Foreman Hr Freenmn, T rule*, LO Q> <9 a. Ethyl Corporation^ Vol. 38, No. 2 March-April, 1976 Company's Donation to SLU Earns Award Elmo Dixon, right, is Stores supervisor. He coordinates the wide variety of activlties which Stores employees carry out. With him, as they discuss a Stores pro cedure, are Gladys Beckwith, steno-clerk. Catalog, and Louis Lsnglois, Stores standards analyst. Their offices are in the Shops and Stores Office Building. 'Everybody's Back-up Group' Central Stores Is Essential to Successful Operation of Plant Ethyl's support of Southeastern Louisiana University was recognized recently when Dr. ( lea Parker, president of the university, center, presented Ethyl the "Presiilenfs Circle" Award at ceremonies on the Plant. Accepting the award was Waiter {<!.jer, lech/iicat director, Chemical. RAD. second frnm right. Others shown at the ceremonies are. at left. P. D. Settoon, head of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at the University, and Resident Manager William C. Strader, and at extreme right, Bert Knesel. R&D Serx. The award goes to individuals and organi sation* making gifts of Sl.000 or more to SLU. Lust fall, the Company donated an X-ray spectrometer to Southeastern for use in its chemistry* department. Safety Manual Distributed on Plant "Safety is an important part of all activities on the Plant!" "Safety is each person's job!" `Tt is our firm belief that this Plant can be oper ated without serious injuries!" These are just three of the points emphasized by Resident Manager Bill Strader in the foreword of "The Safe Workers at Ethyl," a safety manual which has just been published and distributed to all employees. The new, revised manual is replac ing an earlier version, which was phasizes these three most impor issued back in the 1940s. Any em tant rules: ployee who has not received a copy If you don't know-ask your should contact his supervision. immediate supervisor. The manual, as pointed out by Report to the person in charge Mr. Strader, was prepared as a of the area before starting work, guide to general safety pertaining unless making relief on your reg to the Plant as a whole. It is to be ular job assignment. used m conjunction with any addi Report all injuries to your im tional specific safety rules issued mediate supervisor, if possible, for each area, and with the "Safety then go immediately to Plant How Manual." a more detailed Medical for treatment. Take safety book available in each area. medical slip back to your im Chief purpose of the manual, mediate supervisor. according to Central Safety While urging employees to apply Committee Chairman Ralph the safety they learn and follow on Parker, is to keep employees the Plant to off-the-job activities, mindful of the basic safety rules the manual's conclusion ends with so that injuries can be avoided these important pieces of advice: in all phases of plant activities. "Remember that the best safe The 32-page manual carries the ty device on the Plant is a care safety policy of the Baton Rouge ful worker. Plant, which is reproduced on the "Be careful--the life you save back cover. The manual also em may be your own!" On the Plant there is an organization that is essential to the suc cessful operation of the Plant and one that is often referred to as "everybody's back-up group!" That's Central Stores! And while the Company emphasizes its diversification of products, Central Stores has its own wide "diversification" of equipment and supplies--a 20,000-item diversification--that range in weight from machinery weighing more than a ton to cotter pins not much bigger than a human hair. Central Stores is many "stores." It is a heavy equipment store, a paint store, clothing store, shoe The Cover store, hardware store and a spe The ultimate service of Store* Is cialty store that stocks machine dropping off orders to the field de parts, pipe, pumps and thousands of other items. Furthermore, the Ethyl "store" takes telephone or livery stations in the various areas. Our cover illustrates five steps in this sequence. From top to bot tom. at left, (I)--Wilbert White, ders. gives "free" delivery and is proud of its efficiency in backing up Operations, Maintenance. Re search and Development and the Store* clerk, moves material from receiving dock; (3) Clerk William Wilson checks a load of valve* on Receiving floor: <31 Warehouse men Charles Salassi and Dan many other groups of employees on the Plant! The variety of stock in Central White receive phone orders from a plant area for specific piece of equipment, and (4) Warehouse man Carl Torina loads a valve Stores is indicated by the fact that Into a Store* "mule" train trailer more than 20.000 different stock items are carried. In many cases, several hundred of each of these for delivery to the area which ordered it. At bottom right. Ware houseman Joe Snttgga unloads material, a* ordered, at Store* items must be kept in stock, so that Delivery Station No. 10, near the the total number of individual items is many times more than just the 20.000 different stock items. Quality Control Labs. See Page 7 for Additional pictures depicting Stores service. Overall, the Company spends about $59.5 million annually in Louisiana for the purchase of raw Stores personnel, some of whom materials, equipment, and services are shown on the cover and on this for the Plant. While much of these page and on Page 7, literally get purchases are major raw materials the products "coming and going." and services with which the Stores Not only do these employees re organization is not concerned, a ceive incoming materials and sup substantial portion of this large plies and deliver them to the vari- outlay does go for products and equipment handled by Stores. (Continued on Page 7) Foreman Henry Dyer presents a copy of "The Safe Worker at Ethyl" to Donald Freeman, TEL General Services. Designed to keep employees mindful of basic safety rules, the safety manual has been distributed in all areas of the Plant. Paul Fife, warehouseman, operate* towmotor forklift to store a pallet of valves In the proper storage area In Central Stores. His job Is indicative of the wide variety of activities which must be coordinated to make sure that the operating and main tenance areas are provided with materials and equipment when they are needed. ETC 27512 Page 2, The Antiknock, March-April, 1976 Forty-five New Employees Report for Work on the Plant During Recent Weeks Since the first of February 45 new employees have been hired for work in various areas of the Plant. All of these are in wageroll or cler ical jobs in Manufacturing except one who was assigned to work in the R&D Lab. Included in the 45 new employees were 14 who were assigned to the H-C Auxiliary, 6 in PVC Opera tions, 3 in Sodium Operations, 9 in TEL Operations, 7 in Sodium Gen eral Services and 4 in TEL General Services. One was in clerical and one in the R&D Lab. Pictures of the new employees are shown on this page. "Alt set to go" on another of his trips is Annuitant Harry Bridgeman. shown here with his station wagon and travel trailer. By earlier this year, Bridgeman had covered more than 119.000 miles in the V. S. and Canada since he began early re tirement in February 1920. Lt. G< This group of new employees reported for work on March 29. They are, from left, Kuvm*H lierotine, L:irry Broun. Paul (antwell, Eddie Williams, Jr., Melvin Sulli van. Jr., Michael Zito. Richard Erwin. Tommy Augustus. Donald Wall. James DeMouy, Carl Pierce, Lane Bouquet. Martin Magruder and I&iah Gaines. Another group of new employees reported for work In late February. They are, from left. Johnny Miletello, Gary Smellev, Bohie Barnes, Maurice Sanaalone, Jesse James, Leon McManus, who has since resigned. Eugene Pitts, Jr.. James Woods. Alfred Batiste. Albert Dexendorf, Gregory Chapman. Richard Henley, who has since resigned. David Aldridge, William Foulks, and Randall Conentino. These new employees are. from left. Randall Barrow, Jr., Andrew Lamotte, Jr., Curtis Jackson. Michael Haralson. A1 Johnson. Marshall Smith. Jr., John Dore, 111, Reginald Hollins, Lester Dupuy, Charle* Hutson and Edward Martin. Charles Milton, Dantes Keller, 111, Alvin Armwood and Roosev e 11 Hamilton, above, came to work early In March. Jody Lynn Needham, right, came to wor 1c in Febru ary. Annuitant Bridgeman Likes To Travel; ; He Covered 20,000 Miles in 1975- Visiting the Lt. Governor of the Comn ter's staff. ' rapturing, le session with tour of the i Annuitant Harry Bridgeman, who was a "first degree'1 travel enthusiast himself as well as a travel adviser to many fellow em ployees prior to his early retire ment in February 1970, hasn't changed a bit! While visiting the Plant earlier this year he was still talking travel and produced records to prove that he and his wife have been "practicing his preaching" since his retirement. Just the mention of travel was all that was needed for him to bring out his "travel card," which documented his five years of travel since he completed his active work ing career as a laboratory assistant in R&D Lab. Listed in one column of figures by years from 1971 to 1975 are the miles he traveled, ranging from 29,489 in 1971 to a "low" of 16.511 in 1974 and 20,434 in 1975. Altogether, he has covered a total of 119,327 miles during the five years and has visited 48 states, all except Alaska and Hawaii, and also both Canada and Mexico. In one column he has jotted down the miles he pulled his travel trailer--78.205 of the total of 119.327 miles. Another one shows that he bought 13.242 gallons of gas at an average cost of 36.3 cents per gallon. Altogether, he paid $4,812.78 for all of the gasoline on which he roughly figures he got 9.01 miles per gallon. Harry also says his record in dicates' he slept 'in the trailer 888 nights and paid for his and his Gautreaux to Receive Charles E. Coates wife's lodging on 504 nights, at a ; total cost of $1,051. * "In all of our travels. I'm happy I to report that nearly every one of * those 13,242 gallons of gasoline we used were leaded gasoline!" he re-; ported. Sei Ora "Pa. nred on F louring me want to sa; For Sato AUTOMOBILE--1966 Lemans. with a 326 engine and power steering and air conditioning and standard transmission. $375. Phone 293-5589 after 4:30 p.m. BAYOU CAMPER SHELL -- For a short wheel base truck. S150. Phone 275-6599. DESK--54 in. x 32 in. solid oak desk with collapsible center section for type writer. In excellent condition. $40. Phone 275-7538 after 5 p.m. HOUSE--Three bedrooms, two baths, living room, kitchen, dining room and den. Lot 75 ft. x 150 ft. In Denham Springs. Can be shown by appointment on weekends. Phone 275-3176 after 5 p.m. MOBILE HOME--In Baton Rouge at Broadmoor Mobile Home Park. 1974 Hilton mobile home. 60 x 14 ft. with two bedrooms and two baths. Also Jiv ing room couch, chair, desk, table and chairs, washer and dryer, refrigerator with ice maker, steps with rails, 10 ft x 10 ft. storage building, and miscel laneous tools. Robert Marshall, Hous ton Plant, Phone 1-713-7678. SAILBOAT -- Sunflower, used very little. Less than half price at $150. Phone 272-3752. SAILBOAT-- Southcoast 22 sailboat fully equipped family cruiser, three sails, bowpulpit, lifelines, motor, galvanized trailer and etc. Phone 275-4433. Allain, 5M&C, died dence on V services we John's Cat! with bur:? Park in Pla by his wif one son. fc plant in Ap I Annuitan ary 24 at Bz pital. Relig February Home with Memorial I his wife, fc two brothe Brock, w'r M&C. and hired in JTEL Opera when gran-. December ! Memorial Award A distinctive honor has been ac corded Dr. M. F. "Bim" Gautreaux, senior vice president--R&D, by his selection to receive the 1976 Charles E. Coates Memorial Award. The award is in recognition of his achievements in the chemical and chemical engineering fields and is awarded jointly by the Baton Rouge Sections of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The award honors the memory of the late Dr. Charles E. Coates, prominent in chemistry and chemi cal engineering, who headed the LSU Chemistry Department and was dean of the LSU College of Chemistry and Physics for many years. The award will be presented to Dr. Gautreaux at a joint ACS- AIChE meeting in May. Antiknock Publish?*! for Employ??* at the Baton Rouge Manufacturing. Research A Development Center The purposes of THE ANTI' KNOCK are to communicate . . The acroinpll*hi*enli and ac tivities of Ethyl people. t The performance and progress of our Company. The vulue and results of team work at our Baton Rouge ..' Plant. The continuing anil increasing need for a greater apprecia tion of our American way of life. Annuitan Creek Feb: vices, unde: We regret th and two a Evelyn Broc were not aav etc Page 3, The Antiknock, March-April, 1976 Lt. Governor Jimmy Fitzmorris Visits Plant Promotions and Transfers for 75 Employees Are Announced Recently ;*eman. shown here * ar, Bridgeman had ( he began early re- ' Travel; s in 1975 504 nights, at a 1. avels, I'm happy riy every one of .s of gasoline we gasoline:" he re- ED ADS Visiting the Plant on April 1 to become better acquainted with Its operation were Lt. Governor Jimmy Fitzmorris, second from left, Stanley Passman, right, director the Commerce and Industry Department of the state, and members of the lat ter's staff. They are shown with Wallace F. Armstrong, vice president of Manu facturing, left, and Resident Manager William C. Strader. Following an orientation session with Company and plant management, the group was conducted on a riding tour of the Plant. Sends Thanks for Retirement Gift Oua "Pappy" Maddox who re tired on February 1 sent the fol lowing message for this issue; "l u-ant to say a sincere thanks to all my /riends for the retirement gift and good uitshes at my retirement February 1. / will always treasure the memory of your kindness." Sale 966 Lemans, with a er steering and air ndard transmission. 39 after 4:30 p.m. ; SHELL -- For a Truck. 5150. Phone 2 in. solid oak desk er section for type11 condition. $40. r 5 p.m. ?drooms, two baths, dimne room and 150 ft. In Denham wn fcv appointment ne 275-3176 after -In Baton Rouge at Home Park. 1974 . 60 \ 14 ft. with wo baths. Also livtir. desk, table and dryer, refrigerator is with rails, 10 ft. hiding, and miscelrt Marshall. Hous-13-7678. :nflower. used very :alf price at $150. thcoast 22 sailboat - cruiser, three sails, motor, galvanized ne 275-4433. - 9*t MemosUam Millard Allain Allain, 53, sign painter in H-C M&C, died March 14 at his resi dence on Victoria Drive. Religious services were held March 16 at St. John's Catholic Church in Brusly, with burial in Grace Memorial Park in Plaquemine. He is survived -y his wife, three daughters and Tne son. He began work on the plant in April 1967. Evelyn Brock Annuitant Brock. 59. died Febru ary 24 at Baton Rouge General Hos pital. Religious services were held February 26 at Welsh Funeral Home with interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, two sons, two brothers, one of whom is Jesse Brock, who works in TEL-Sod. M&C, and three sisters. He was mred in July 1944 as a helper in TEL Operations and was a painter when granted disability benefits in December 1967. let Funeral Home, were held Feb ruary 26 at Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Pride, with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by three sons, one of whom is Jesse Kelly who works in TEL Opera tions, two brothers, and two sisters. He joined the Company in Novem ber 1942 and was a mechanic in TEL-Sod. M&C when he retired in September 1959. Oscar Lasseigne, Sr. Annuitant Lasseigne, 73, died March 27 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Religious services were held March 29 at Our Lady of Mercy Church with entombment in Resthaven Mausoleums. He is sur vived by his wife, a daughter, a son, six sisters, two brothers and his stepfather. He began work here in Construction and was a TEL Opera tions foreman when he was granted permanent and total disability benefits in December 1963. Charles "C.C." Long Haley Kelly Annuitant Kelly, 78, died at Bluff Creek February 25. Funeral ser vices, under the direction of Char- W> regret that pictures of an employee aiui two annuitant*--Millard Allain, Evelyn Brock and Oscar Lasseigne-- were not aavilable for use in this issue. ( i Annuitant Long, 68. died March 5 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Religious services were held March 8 at Welsh Funeral Home with bur ial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daugh ter, two brothers and four sisters. His career at Ethyl began in Au gust 1940 as a helper in H-C Opera tions and he was a first-class opera tor when he retired in June 1972. Promotions for 10 employees and transfers involving five others have become effective recently. Included in the promotions is that of Lynn Alessi who was promoted to me chanical engineer in Engineering in early March, but whose picture was not used in the January-February issue. In R&D promotions, Jack Griffin and Jack Mueller both advanced to technical services associate in Tech. Services, and James Kao advanced to development associate in Process Development. Also, in R&D promotions, Joseph Bossier. Aaron Dunaway and Rob ert Ellis were promoted to process development engineers in Process Development. Adam Nugent to plastics development engineer in Polymer Research, and Layne Sum mers to process engineer in Process Design. In Manufacturing, Clarence Bueche was promoted to salaried paint foreman in General Mainte nance. In transfers and reassignments, Robert Mack transferred from Ap plications and Customer Services in Industrial Chemicals Research, R&D, to Manufacturing and moved to the Houston Plant as safety su pervisor. Transferring from the Houston Plant to Baton Rouge was Billy Adcock, who will be a chem ist in Applications and Customer Services, Ind. Chem. Res. Adcock was a chemist in the Control Lab at the Houston Plant until his recent transfer. In other transfers Tom Leeper re turned to the Plant from an assign- Cooke Dunaway Kao Leeper ment in Consumer Automotive Products at the Tower and re assumed the position of director, Economic Evaluation. Richard Zietz returned from the Interna tional Division-Tower and has been named assistant director. Applica tion and Customer Services, suc ceeding Robert Johnson, who be came assistant director. R&D Ser vices. Johnson replaced Russell Hudson who will be responsible for special assignments in the R&D Services Section. Also, in February, William Cooke transferred from Manufacturing Planning & Coordination at the Tower, to the Plant as chief super visor in PVC Operations. Salute to Scholars The next issue of The Anti knock will again -- for the fifteenth consecutive year -- salute sons and daughters of employees who are honor graduates at their respective high schools. The principals of area public, parochial and private high schools have been contacted for the names of those students who are grad uating in the top 10 percent of their classes. We will be con tacting the parents of Ethyl sons and daughters in this category soon for pictures and a list of school honors. We will appreciate the same prompt assistance given by parents during past years. Bossier Bueche ElUs Griffin fci Mack Mueller Long Page 4, The Antiknock, March-April, 1976 Twenty-Eight Long Service Employees Wind Up Active Careers Fire ( Retirement by employees continues at a high rate on the Plant. Effective March 1. there were 17 employees who completed their active working careers. On April 1 an additional 11 employees completed their active service on the Plant. Those retiring had many years of service, several of them beginning work as far back as 1937 and 1938, when the construction of the Plant was under way. Five of the 28 new annuitants retired at age 65 while the remainder accepted earlv retirement. Those retiring at age 65 were Henry Bailey, TEL-Sod. M&C; Jake Baker. TEL Gen. Serv.: Theodore Leake, TELSod. M&C: Ernest LeBlanc, TEL Op., and Samuel Oaklev, TEL-Sod. M&C. Shown on this page are pictures of all the retiring employees except Roy Covington, Sod. Op., John Henderson. TEL Op., Oakley, Lawrence Ritter. TEL Op., and Drury Snyder. H-C M&C. We regret that pictures of these five were not available. The career history of each veteran employee is shown next to his picture. ? * 33 YEARS Clarence Aguiilard Foreman TEL Maint. Hired 1942 Box 1348 Jarreau 34 YEARS Russel Andre Fire Inspector Safety Hired 1941 3221 Hollywood Dr. Baton Route 32 YEARS Henry Bailer Painter Helper TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1943 211 E. Cornervlew Rd. Gonzales 36 YEARS Jake Baker Utility Driver TEL Gen. Serv Hired 1939 708 S. 15h St. Baton Route 30 YEARS Harvey Gautreau Warehouseman Stores & Serv. Hired 1945 921 X. Janioe St. Gonzales av -- 30 YEARS George Kornrumpt Operator H-C Op. Hired 1945 13925 Plank Road Baker 35 YEARS Ernest LeBlanc Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1940 302 Faye Ave. Port Alien 31 YEARS Davis Rayborn Stores Leader Stores & Serv. Hired 1944 663? Silverleaf Ave. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Walton Baker Electrician TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1943 10349 Oiiph.-mt Rd. Baton Rouge C> trl 33 YEARS Samson Baum Operator H-C Op. Hired 1942 712 Avenue "C" Port Allen 38 YEARS Walter Thomas Utility Driver Leader TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 193? 2525 Dayton Dr. Baton Rouge 38 YEARS EminJtt Bourgeois Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1937 Emmitt Bourgeois Dr. Baton Rouge 31 YEARS Dominick Bova Operator TEL Op. Hired 1944 1433 Carolyn Sue Dr. Baton Rouge 31 YEARS Edwin Humble Outside Machinist TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1944 1616 N. Harco Dr. Apt. A-5 Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Theodore Leake Sheet Metal Layout TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1943 5718 Herutgen Ave. Baton Rouge 28 YEARS Johp Murray Inside Machinist TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1941 Box ISO Frisco I Earlier this Antiknock cai rebuilt. Posin Guidry, John ) > I Plant. %vaa ret ' making possih f- fire control et on the Plant. 1 Group's activit 34 YEARS Homer Tanner Chemist AppU. & Cust. Serv. Hired 1941 1963 Cedardale Ave. Baton Rouge i Ub< 22 YEARS Tom White Special Assignment Finance Hired 1953 2124 M.vrtledaJe Baton Rouge 31 YEARS Leon VVunsch Painter TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1944 1835 Oak SL Baton Rouge IT Get ajs a ciofor the jrom the a rcpu6l States; i tabCishc justice, sacrifici 31 YEARS James Carr Dev. Lah. Assistant R&D Lab. Hired 1944 347 Courthouse St. Port Allen 29 YEARS Woodrow Dominick Sheet Metal Lavout TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1948 2952 Huron St. Baton Rouge 34 YEARS Joseph Chuatz, Jr. Operator Sod. OpHired 1941 Box 901 Jarreau 38 YEARS Edward Finley Utility Driver TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 193? 8130 Wilbur St. Baton Rouge Employee's Emergency Action Brings Quick Relief to Choking Daughter Another rescue of a choking vic tim, using knowledge gained in plant safety meetings was reported recently. Crawford Lewis, a pipe fitter in TEL-Sod. M&C, credits the use of emergency techniques, which he remembered from a safety meet ing. for the quick relief of his chok ing seven-year-old daughter, Robin, m early March. The top of a plastic candy con tainer Robin had in her mouth while she was studying came off and lodged in her throat. When she began choking and was unable to breathe, Lewis grabbed her around: the waist and squeezed sharply on the diaphragm and also struck her sharply on her back. The plastic cap was immediately forced out of her throat, giving her relief and pos sibly saving her life. The sharp squeeze of the dia phragm, sometimes called the Heimlich Maneuver, a technique named after Dr. Henry Heimlich director of surgery of Jewish Ho* pital in Cincinnati, was featured if The Antiknock last year. ETC 27515 Page 5, The Antiknock, March-April, 1976 Careers Fire Group Proud of Rebuilt Extinguisher Display Technical Knowledge Sixteen R&D Employees Accorded Recognition Thru Receipt of Patents 32 YEARS Theodore Leake sheet Metal Layout PEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1943 *>713 Henagen Ave. Baton Rouge Earlier this year members of the Fire Inspection Group proudly displayed /or The Antiknock camera a 2.000*pound chemical fire extinguisher they had completely rebuilt. Posing with the extinguisher are James Shankllu. DLvie Major. Charles Guidry, John Dupuy and James Chidester. The unit, which is used throughout the Plant, was rebuilt on the Plant in about one-half the normal expected repair time, making possible a considerable saving in expense. It Is one of the many pieces of fire control equipment that has been updated to assure adequate fire protection on the Plant. BUI Cromwell, safety engineer, coordinates the Fire Inspection Group's activities. 34 YEARS Homer Tanner Chemist ApplL A Cust. Serv. Hired 1941 1962 Cedardale Ave. Baton Rouge Gbe Hmerican's Greek Sixteen R&D employees have been accorded patent recognition recently with the receipt of domes tic and foreign patents on their dis coveries. A total of 16 U. S. patents and two foreign patents have been awarded. Edward O'Neal and G. C. Gaeke, both of R&D Services, shared a do mestic patent on a gas sample sys tem console design. Gaeke also re ceived a patent in his name alone on a method of introducing low pressure gas sample into a chro matograph. James Kao, Proc. Dev., received a patent on producing phosphazene compounds useful as fire retardants, and shared a Belgian patent with Carroll Lanier, also of Process De velopment, on a process for making phosphonitrilate polymers useful as fire retardants. Lanier also had a patent issued to him alone on improved nitrilotri- acetonitrile synthesis by use of con trolled reaction conditions. Albert Haefner and Michael Kucsma. both of Plastics Research and Application, shared a patent on recyclable plastic containers. In ad dition. Kucsma shared another pat ent on glass reinforced injection molding compounds. Karl Wiegand. Pion. Res., was awarded two U. S. patents--one on the synthesis of a substituted ace tonitrile useful as an intermediate and another on intermediates for the synthesis of citric acid. Melvin Tuvell and William DeWitt, both of Applications and Cus tomer Services, shared a foreign patent (Japan) on detergent com positions. Another employee who received two U. S. patents was Charles Ber geron. Proc. Eval. One was on con verting nitrilotriacetatonitrile (NTN) into particulate trisodium nitrilotriacetate (NTA) and another o n a method for preparing fatty acid amides at a high reaction rate. The NTA in the first patent finds use in detergent compositions. Among those awarded single pat ents was M. F. "Bim" Gautreaux, senior vice president--R&D, who received a U. S. patent on gasoline compositions containing manganese antiknock compounds and carboxymethoxy succinic acid, its salts, or esters as antiplugging agents for exhaust gas catalysts. Also, Ken neth Lindsay. R&D Plan., was recognized with a patent for cata lyst free dibromomethane synthe sis. Others receiving patents were Dale Hornbaker, Plas. Res. and Appli., on vinyl bromide cooolymer with improved color stability; Thomas Lee. Non-Div. Res., on fiber reinforced foamed metal; Larry Shepherd, Jr., Ind. Chem. Res., on complex cyclic olefins, and Louts Snyder, R&D Serv.. a patent on a method for determination of lead as alkyllead in gasoline. 31 YEARS Leon Wunsch Painter TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1944 1835 Oak St. Baton Rouge Brings U 6e Iteve in tfje Ulniteb States of America 1 as a government of the people, 6y the people, for the people: whose just powers are beriveb jrom the consent of the governeb; a bemocracy in a republic: a sovereign Elation of many sovereign States: a perfect Union, one anb inseparable; es tablish upon the principles offreeborn, equality, justice, anb humanity for which ilmerican patriots sacrificcb their lives anb fortunes. 3 therefore believe it is my buty to my country to love it. to support its (Constitution: to obey its laws: to respect its flag anb to befenb it against all enemies. ____________________ cWi[fiam Ogtcr 'page Daughter Gautreaux Kucsma id was unable to abbed her around leezed sharply on \d also struck her ;k. The plastic cap forced out of her r relief and pos- life. eeze of the dia- mes called the ver. a technique Henry Heimlich, -y of Jewish Hosi. was featured in ist year. Wiegand Page 6, The Antiknock, March-April, 1976 Service Anniversaries Ten 35-Year Employees Lead Large Group with Long Service Ten employees who reached the 35-year mark in Ethyl service dur ing March and April headed a large group of men and women with long service at the Plant. Included in a total of 64 employees with service ranging from 35 to 5 years were 21 with 30 years of service, 8 with 25 vears. 1 with 20 years, 17 with 10 years and 7 with 5 years of service. Most of those with 20 or more years of service are pictured on this page and those with less than 20 years are listed below. Those who have been on the Plant 20 years or longer who are not shown are listed under "Pictures Not Available." 35 Years fc Auben Almond Stores St Serv. Samuel Delaune Security Gordie Deloach TEL-Sod. MAC VrT&} Wilson Gilmore TEL-Sod. MAC Charles Guidry Fire Insp. Berlin Mack TEL-Sod. MAC 25 Years David Humphreys Inf. & Lib. Serv. Tim Rushing Chosen For Navy's Nuclear Propulsion School Tim, son of Edward Rushing, TEL Maint.. haa been honored by his selec- _____ . tlon to attend the U. S. Navy's Nu clear Propulsion School, which will provide for one year of advanced techni cal training In nu clear propulsion. He la a senior in elec trical engineering at LSU and will grad ate in May. He will also receive hla commission aa an ensign in the Naval Reserve since he haa participated through a crosa enrollment agreement In the U. S. Naval ROTC at Southern Uni versity. After the one year of study Tim will be assigned to s U. S. Navy nuclear- powered vessel i / V. Mars* Kendrick MAC Plan. Thomas Leeper Econ. Eval. Pictutoi Not AoailatU* Pictures of the following employees who observed sendee anniversaries In March and April were not available. SO Years--Sarah Wallace, Cafeteria; Et hridge Charlton. Qual. Cont.; Alfred Mix and Tommy Dickerson, both of TEL Op.; James Mulkey. Sod. Op. and Bill Stewart. Ben Wicker, Jr., and Percy Lorto, all of TEL-Sod. MAC. Dale Motainger TEL Op. Earl Thompson Lab. Serv. 20 Years jual. Cont. Jesse Gouedy, TEL-Sod. M&C Charles Jarreau. Stores & Serv. Floyd Johnson. PVC Op. Joseph LaVslley, TEL-Sod. MAC Floyd LeBlanc. PVC Qual. Cont. John Lee. Jr., PVC M&C Jerry Maxwell, PVC M&C Dudley Marchand. TEL-Sod. M&C Davis Mohr. Proc. Design Eugene PontU Sod. Op. Harold Prejean, TEL-Sod. M&C Emmett Rodrigues, Jr., TEL-Sfl M&C Albert St. Pierre. TEL-Sod. M&C Richard Segttin. PVC Op. Francis Stewart, Maint. 5 Years Gary Ambrose, TEL-Sod. M&C Gary Barrick, TEL Gen. Serv. Andrew Chatman. TEL Gen. Serv. Garv Griggs, TEL-Sod. M&C Daniel McKeel. Jr., TEL Op. Gerald Rice, TEL-Sod. M&C Matthews Turner, Jr., TEL Op. ETC 27517 Page 7, The Antiknock, March-April, 1978 Centra! Stores Is Essential -- (Continued bom Page 1) Record keeping li one of the key requirements for good Stores service. Here Lenn Alexander and Errol Simpson. Stores clerks, are shown in the office as they check purchase orders and delivery documents, prepare receivers to show that material has been received on the Plant and delivered to the ordering area, and maintain other records. Stores clerk Walter Babin demonstrates t key activity in Stores. He is shown `checking in" spare parts after they have been received by off-plant ship ments. This Is to assure that the order has been properly filled. Practically every size pipe imaginable is carried in Stores stock to fill plant orders. Here Warehouseman George Dler (s identifying the various size pipe available In Pipe Storage. Spare piping for many process lines and many others must be carried In stock. Thelma Smith TEL Gen. Serv. ous area stations. They also handle or assist in the shipping from the Plant of many materials and prod ucts, other than those that leave the Plant in tank cars. Every item carried by Stores has an assigned stock number and can be found readily in the storage area when needed. A carefully devel oped inventory system provides an up-to-date record of the stock num ber and quantity on hand of any item in Stores. Many other employees, some of whom are not shown in these pic tures, have contributed, and are continuing to do so, to the efficient effort that provides that good ser vice "coming and going" at Cen tral Stores. After all. handling the many thousands dollars worth of supplies and equipment is a big undertaking any way you look at it! In conclusion, Stores employees, in receiving and delivering equip ment and spare parts, provide a good example of the teamwork that goes into operating the Plant. They back up, as stated previously, the Operations employees who operate the facilities to manufacture our Plant products. They back up Maintenance employees, who are also a key group because they keep our buildings, instruments, equipment and other facilities in good operating condition. Stores employees also play a key role in supporting Research and Develop ment and Engineering efforts in developing new products and pro cesses. They also support employ ees in Employee Relations, Produc tion Planning, Purchasing and Traffic, Safety and other groups-- all of which provide their own vital and necessary services at the Plant. Without a doubt. Stores employeoes in their everyday work make the Plant teamwork really work! yourHOW'S ATTENDANCE? Another Stores warehouseman. Harris Lemoine, is doing his job in providing service to the field. He is Ailing an order received from a plant area that included filter screens. He has placed them In the "order filling buggy" prior to load ing the contents on the delivery train. Four Students Are Scholarship Winners On April 8 the National Merit Scholarship Corporation an nounced that three sons and one daughter of Ethyl em ployees have qualified for Ethyl Merit Scholarships. They are John, son of John Earle, Eng..I Am. Place, a se nior at LSU University High; Nancy, daughter of William Jacobson, R&D Serv., a senior at Broadmoor High; Dana, son of Roger Mangham, Appii. Sc Cust. Serv.. a senior at Lee High, and Michael, son of Barry Maxwell, Int. DivisionTower, who will also graduate at Broadmoor High School. Pictures of these scholarshipwinning students will appear in the next issue, as will pic tures made at a Company dinner honoring these students, their parents and representa tives of their schools, which was held on April 26 at the Camelot Club. Autabdi Communication is a key to the service hat Stores provides on tho Plant. In tddltion to receiving orders from the (eld. Stores personnel must be prepared o answer a wide variety of questions, Clerk Harold Gill is doing here. Orders for equipment and supplies re ceived by Stores vary from "truck loads'* to "hands fulL" Here Eugene Schexnayder. warehouseman, is shown as he takes a small valve from the storage bln to fill an order, which has been received from an operating area. Four Employees' Sons Are Eagle Scouts Years ' Op. C Qual. Cont. JL-Sod. MAC Stores & Serv. VC Op. TEL-Sod. MAC 'VC Qual. Cont. C MAC 'VC MAC l. TEL-Sod. MAC ; Design i. Op. TEL-Sod. MAC ;uez, Jr., TEL-Sod . TEL-Sod. MAC ?VC Op. Mamt. Years "EL-Sod. MAC EL Gen. Serv. .i. TEL Gen. Serv. L-Sod. MAC fr.. TEL Op. :.-Sod. MAC r, Jr., TEL Op. forks Tuple Henry and George AUain are shown at the beginning of the "service Hytuw" in Central Stores. Here they check on a shipment that has Just arrived tae Receiving Dock and moved Into the Receiving Area. From here the supplies M equipment go to storage areas, from which they will be dispatched to the "lag area" when orders are received tor them. Four eons of Ethyl employees at Baton Rouge recently received their Eagle Scoot Badges, the highest rank a Scout can achieve. The fathers of two of the Scouts work on the Plant, another I* in the International Division at the Tower and the fourth's rather Is an annuitant. From left are Barry, son of Edward "Monty" Sell ers, Int. Div.-Tower; Brian, son of Walter Lawrence. Proc. Dev.; Douglas son of Neel Garland, Proc. Des., and Bradley, son of Annuitant Homer Sanders, formerly of Englneertng-Tower. but who also was one of the first employees hired in the Hvdrocarbon Area at the Plant in 1938. Barry. Broadmoor High, and Brian, Woodlawn High, are members of Troop 278, sponsored by Broadmoor Methodist Church. Douglas snd Bradley, both students at Belalre High School, are members of Troop 128, sponsored by Broadmoor Presbyterian Church. Ethyl Corporation |3o* g5 * I a. | B T3 - T a 9a o OoVJ ao. 3 3' O >- co 10 "D C 0a 0 Q Jo ^<6 uo v-m* i6r.s SSU, -s-g &.: " " 8 &' fsffi, lp^ ai -S, = 3"8| I S5 joi.2m2.23.1a*1 ** aS e ! _*2zSi, Eo9c**'' tsoiao-^9.2& ' .S*c' eg : tszii%l6&=:: o5 4a3 wM> : .j5 5 V c c , c 2 ra v So1 < 3s cJe": -I|b^ Slii,-: 33 o g-o; S-cS "3 2;.2J2 bs."|- ? 3 * < 1 32C j ^ sa|.a V >sO.-g ^ ** *-ras = s>peafl 3 o10o* aS2 1C2 '5*jC2S ^lA5 L Dr. >1. P. -B ffi\fn the Ch the LSI' Sch> of the late C the Houston research ,u*lu ( oales. nott r 1976 C Dr. M. ment. was s eted Charle the Baton : gineers and Dr. Gautre^ neering fiek r.v.ic-n U'ui: imocl of C *i* a fcanc Motor Hote The Coalished in 1 Dr Charier nent leader ical engine* vious reciD former Eth Kirov and E&MS. In accept treaux dere dustrv an;, ur.der a;ta. croups He > ears ago '.vas an unc ccntributior tides, bette.' thet ic rub'o licals and rr being term ! Among h tance speec "iVow it is endange: ooliution f engines. by the man seen many of tr. :rm produ austrv." He defen easoline. po accepts sele uation or i trarv data He men: generated garded as am incense The Cover In this Issue The Antiknock salutes honor graduates among sons and daugh ters of Ethyl employees for the fifteenth consecutive year. This year was one of the "big1' years with 40 sous and daughters of Baton Rouge Ethyl employees. Including sll four 1976 Ethyl Merit Scholarship recipients, among honor graduates of area high schools. At Broadmoor High School's gradua tion Ethvl really "hit the jackpot.'* with 10 honor graduates whose parents work for the Company here. Shown on the front cover with Principal Fred Bankston are four of the 10--Lin. daughter of Ralph Parker, PVC and Sod. Matnt.; Virginia, daughter of Jack Mueller. Tech. Serv.; Michelle, daughter of Michael Kucsma, Plastics Res., and Nancy, daughter of William Jacobson. RAD Serv.. who was an Ethyl Merit Scholarship winner. Other Broadmoor graduates not shown are Daniel, son of David Zumalt, Eng., now stationed at Magnolia. Ark- and five others whose parents work downtown--Kevin, son of Robert Monahan. Russell, son of Kenneth Schmlt, and Laura, daughter of Carl Wolf, all of the Industrial Chemicals Divtsion--Tower; Michael. Merit Scholar, son of Barry Maxwell, Int, Div.--Tower, and Michael, son of Harry Triche, Eng. (We tried, but we were unable to get all 10 Ethyl graduates together for our cover picture.) For pictures and names of 1978 Ethyl honor graduates, turn to Pages 4 and 5. First Time Since 1972 Employees Work Million Man-hours Without Any Time-Losing Injuries Dr. M. F. "Bim" Gautreaux. senior vice president. RAO. second from right, re ceives the Charles E. Coates Memorial Award from Dr. Hulen Williams, dean of the LSI) School of Chemistry and Physics. Shown at left is Dr. Jesse Coates, son of the late Charles E. Coates and at right. Andrew Wikman. resident manager of the Houston Plant, who was Involved with Vice President Gautreaux Jn much of the research achievements credited for his selection to receive the award. Dr. Jesae Coates, now retired, was one of Gautreaux'* professors while he was at LSU. 1976 Coates Award Honors Gautreaux Dr. M. F. Gautreaux, senior vice president, Research and Develop ment, was signally honored on May 20 when he was presented the cov eted Charles E. Coates Memorial Award, awarded annually jointly by the Baton Rouge Sections of the American Institute of Chemical En gineers and the American Chemical Society. The award, which honored Dr. Gautreaux for achievements and leadership in the chemical engi neering field, was presented by Dr. Hulen Williams, dean of the LSU School of Chemistry and Physics, at a banquet at the Bellemont Motor Hotel. The Coates award was estab lished in 1957 to honor the late Dr. Charles E. Coates, a promi nent leader in chemistry and chem ical engineering in the state. Pre vious recipients of the award are former Ethyl president George F. Kirbv and Dr. Gordon Hughmark, E&MS. In accepting the award Dr. Gau treaux defended the chemical in dustry and the Company, both under attack from environmental .roups. He said that just a few . ears ago the chemical industry was an unquestioned hero for its contributions of fertilizers, pesti you, whether in industry or the university, should be so. I didn't sell my soul to my company. Fur ther, if my company thought lead in gasoline was a hazard to health, it would voluntarily stop its pro duction." He defended many other phases of the chemical industry and urged his listeners to get involved through education and communi cation with family, friends and legislators to defend the chemical industry. Dr. Gautreaux paid particular tribute to Dr. Jesse Coates, son of the late Dr. Charles Coates, and one of his instructors at LSU who is now retired, and others of his professors while he was at LSU. cides. better refining methods, syn thetic rubber, plastics, pharmaceu ticals and many others, but is "now being termed a villain." Among highlights of his accep tance speech are: "Now it is said that our health is endangered by insecticides, by He referred to a so-called toxic substances control bill which Con gress is currently considering. He said there were no benefits to the public health in the bill not al ready available and that it would give tremendous powers to the federal administrator of the law, pollution from gasoline - burning adding that the extreme exercise engines, by detergent pollution and of these powers could amount to by the manufacture of plastics. We the creation of an appointed bu seem to have a crisis a week-- reaucratic czar over the entire many of them said to be coming chemical sector of the economy. :rom products of the chemical in In reference to the inaccurate dustry." information about profits, in his He defended the use of lead in talk he mentioned surveys that gasoline, pointing out that the EPA show people believe corporate accepts selected data without eval profits range from 28 cents to 61 uation or critique, and that con cents on the dollar. He said the trary data is ignored or rejected. truth is, however, that corporate He mentioned that "industry- profits after taxes amounted to generated data is routinely re only a little over 7 percent in 1974 garded as suspect and tainted. I and to an even smaller percentage am incensed by this--and each of in 1975. Two time-losing injuries on June 15 terminated one of the best safety performances by plant employees since 1972. From March 11 to June 15 the entire plant had gone 95 days and employees had worked 1.260.000 manhours without a time-losing injury. The two injuries were the sixth and seventh time-losing injuries of 1976. While our next goal of 1,500,000 man-hours by July 3 was not reached. Resident Manager William Strader and others immediately called on employees to begin a re newed effort toward completion of another 1 million man-hours, and to even exceed that, in the months ahead. In praising employees for the new 1,260,000 man-hours achieve ment, he stated, "After our per formances in recent years, the achieving of and exceeding one million man-hours is an excellent achievement of its own. 1 hope we can take a new attempt at ex panding on our improved safety performance and not let the two major injuries that terminated the good achievement in June discourage us in our efforts. Be cause, let's not forget that the real achievement in our safety performance should not be set ting records. It is preventing plant people from getting hurt! We should always keep this in mind as the real purpose of all of our plant safety efforts. individual personal dedication to working safely by a great many employees. Reaching new goals will be possible only if this personal dedication by each employee to his own safety, as well as to helping prevent injuries to his fellow em ployees, continues." In addition to Resident Manager Strader's commendation. Safety Su perintendent Stan D'Armond said, "Our 95 days and 1,260.000 man hours is an excellent achievement in which every person on the Plant has contributed. Carelessness or lack of attention to safety by just one person could have terminated our good performance at any time. Let's each resolve to do each job safely to accomplish more safety achievements." In 1972 a performance of 134 days and 1.641,831 man-hours was ter minated on September 7 of that year. The all-time record of 211 days and 4,356,035 man-hours with out a major was achieved 20 years ago in late 1957 and early 1958. fi "As I have emphasized in the nally ending on March 26 of 1958. past, any safety achievement is due Other achievements were 187 days to cooperation and teamwork by all and' 2,129,349 man-hours in 1964, employees. However, I am con 140 days and 1,911,000 man-hours in vinced that, more particularly, this 1966 and 123 days and 1,540,513 recent achievement came from the man-hours in 1963. USW Officers Reelected to Three-Year Terms Milton "Mft-Ma" Soulier, center, heads officers of Local 12,900, United Steel Work ers of America, who were reelected to a three-year term in a recent election. Serving with President Soulier, will be. from left, Treasurer Joseph Cornett. Vice President Percy Lorlo. Recording Secretary A. P. Landry. Jr., and Financial Secre tary Larry Tarver, Others chosen were Roy Tucker, chief Plant steward: Com mitteemen Mitchell David--TEL Op,; Alvte Higgins--Sod. Op.; Martin Johnson-- PVC Op.; Mehl Smih--TEL Gen. Serv.. and John Ware--Maint.; Alfred Mix. ser geant-at-arms and John Dupuy, Norwood Richardson and Horace McNeal. board of trustees. ETC 27520 Page 2, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 Eighty-Six New Employees Are Hired on Plant in April and May An intensive hiring program in April and May brought 86 new em ployees to work on the Plant. Three of the 86 were engineers as signed to Manufacturing and to Research and Development and one was a new confidential secretary. The remainder were wageroll em ployees. Because of space limitations, only the 86 new employees who re ported for work during April and May are included In this Issue. The heavy hiring program con tinued into dune with approximate ly 58 employees hired during early June. Included were 4 new engi neers, 10 new employees in TEL Operations, 9 In Sodium Opera tions. 15 In TEL General Services, 9 in PVC Operations, 5 in TELSod. MAC. 3 clerical employees In Stores and Services, and 1 each In Cafeteria and H-C Auxiliary. These new employees will be pic tured In the next Issue of The Antiknock. Sills, who holds a BS degree in math & physics from Northwest ern State University and a BS in chemical engineering from LSU, is a new process engineer in Tech Services. Chiao is a native of China and Sills of New Orleans. Jackson Ritchie, a native of Parkersburg, W. Va., is a methods and standards engineer in Indus trial Engineering. He holds a BS in industrial engineering and an op< Georgia Tech. Kathy Schittone, a native of Jackson and an LSU graduate, is a new confidential secretary. She had previously worked on the Plant as a "Kelly girl." She is serv ing as relief secretary. Twenty-five of the new employ ees were assigned to TEL Opera tions, 17 to PVC Operations, 15 to TEL General Services, 14 to H-C Auxiliary, 6 to H-C M&C, 3 to H-C Operations and 1 each to Sodium General Services and R&D Lab. Joining Process Development as a development engineer was Mi chael Chiao. who holds a BS degree from Taiwan University and an MS from Auburn University. John Eighte Their etc Page 3, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 d May secretary. She irked on the 1." She is serv.ry. Eighteen Long-Service Employees Begin New Officers of Management Club Installed Their Retirement During May and June Eighteen employees, some with service dating back to the early davs of the Plant, began their retirement in May and June. Four of the new annuitants retired at age 65 and the others accepted early retire ment. Those retiring at age 65 were Jack Alderman. TEL-Sod. M&tC; William Rogillio, TEL-Sod. M&C; Epheriam Rudison, H-C Aux., and Colman Watson, TEL Gen. Serv. Those retiring early were Lawrence Arledge, TEL Op.; Julian Ben nett. H-C M&C; Alfred Carville, TEL Op.; Willie Davis, TEL Op.; Dan DeLee, TEL-Sod. M&C; Luther Dickerson, Sod. Op.; Benj Felder, Laundry: Leon Hamilton. H-C Aux.; Johnny Linder, Sod. Op.; William Marks, H-C Op.; Henry McBunch, Sod. Op.; Robert Rich. R&D Lab.; Robert Simpson. TEL Op., and Lloyd Winborn, H-C M&C. A brief history of each of the long-service employees appears with his picture below. .melinais, Darrell Alton Brown, I Page 4, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 Forty Sons and Daughters of Company Employees /prior For the fifteenth consecutive year THE ANTIKNOCK is saluting honor students among employees' graduating sons and daughters at area high schools. This year there is another large group of these students with 40--of which 26 are sons and daughters of Plant employees--and 14 whose parents work at other Ethyl locations in Baton Rouge. Four of the honor students--two in the Plant group and two whose parents work downtown--were awarded Ethyl Merit Scholarships at a scholar ship dinner held in their honor in April. Nancy Jacobson and Dana Mangham are the daughter and son of William Jacobson, R&D Serv., and Roger Mangham, Aopli. & Cust. Serv., respectively. John, son of John Earle, Eng-1 Am. PI., and Michael, son of Barry Maxwell, Int. Div.Tower, are the other two Ethyl Merit Scholarship recipients. Congratulations to these honor graduates! They rank among the top 10 percent of their graduating classes and, as a reward for their good grades, many of them have been awarded scholarships as well as qualifying for other scholastic honors. Because of the large number of honor students and limited space we are not able to list in detail all of the many honors that this year's honor students have received. However, we are happy that we can present their pictures along with a few of their honors. We are again indebted to the school superintendents, principals and guidance counselors of East Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes, to the superintendent and staff of the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge School Board, to the staffs of several private schools and, last but not least, to the parents and honor students themselves for their assistance in making it possible for us to continue our annual salute to these honor students. Samuel, son of Robert Agee, Proc. Dev. Honor graduate of Baker High School. Received LSU Freshman Honor Scholar ship. Elected most tal ented in senior class. Member of National Hon or Society, Beta Club, and Mu Sigma. Mas fouryear letterman on golf team. Was active in School Hi-Y Club. Will at tend LSU, with major course yet to be selected. Mark Wayne Bergeron, son of Mary Ann and Gordon Hughmark. RAD. Honor graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. Re ceived LSI-' Freshman Honor Award and C. G. McGehee Scholarship. Member of French Na tional Honor Society, Na tional Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta. Lambda Al pha and Distinguished American Students. Was yearbook editor and on Student Government Ex ecutive Board. Will attend LSU and major in chemi cal engineering. Susan Kay, daughter of fMnrvin Victor Brumfield. TEL k , Op. Honor graduate of .u-hur\ Denham Springs High Lrcixed School. Received State feeder;! - Literary Merit and South- 1 Rotary eastern University Scho- i presi- iastlc Scholarships. Had {||> und 3.5 grade average. Re- tar-Ath- reived American Legion nher of Citizenship Award. Scot- | Sigma tish Rite Patriotism Award t Placed and Betty Crocker Future iScience Family Leader of Tomor- |r rally, row Award. Will attend fc school Southeastern Louisiana hnation. University and major In fch Uni home economics merchan- in bio dising. |g. Suxe: ( ror grad i Lee dent Lead her Mini" recej or* i LSI' nesa These are the four 1676 Ethyl Merit Scholarship winners, all sons and daughter of Baton Rouge employees! They are Michael, son of Barry Maxwell, Int. Div.Tower--Broadmoor High School; Dana, son of Roger Mangham. Appll. A Cust. Serv__ Lee High; Nancy, daughter of William Jacobson, RAO Serv.--Broadmoor High, and John, son of John Earle, Eng.--1 Am. PI.--University High. The Com* pany honored these scholars, their parents and representatives of the students' respective schools at a scholarship dinner in late April. Downtown Honor Graduates In addition to the 26 sons and daughters of plant employees who, as honor graduates of their respective schools, are pictured on these pages, there were 14 additional honor students In the top 10 percent of their graduating classes whose parents work elsewhere In Baton Rouge. They are John Earle and Michael Maxwell, two of the four 1976 Ethyl Merit Scholarship winners pic tured above; George and Margaret, son and daughter of John Balhoff. Com. Dev.; Lisa Ann. daughter of Jane Fulks, Int. Div.; Jane, daughter of Merlin Koenecke, Mfg. Staff; Kevin, son of Robert Monahan. Ind. Chein. Div.: Martha, daughter of Ed Otto, Pet. Chem. Div.; Russell, son of Kenneth Schmlt, Ind. Chem. Div., and Margaret, daughter of L. M. Thompson, Plastics Div., all of whom work In the Tower; Michael, son of Harry Trlche, Eng.-l Am. Pl,, and Nancy, daughter of Eugene Weir. Real Estate; Michael, son of Ralph Werllng. Pet. Chem. Div.. and Laura, daughter of Carl Wolf, Ind. Chem. Div., all three of whom work In the Tower also. Andre, son of Betty Greenup. Eng. Honor graduate of McKinley High School. Received Southern University En gineering and Beta Slgma-Aipha Phi Alpha Fra ternity Scholarships. Was chairman of Student Council: member of Who's Who, National Honor So ciety and Mu Theta Math Cluh. Received Certificate of Merit in organic chem istry and Spanish II. Will attend Southern Univer sity and major in electri cal engineering. Christopher, son of James Guerin, TEL Op. Honor graduate and sulutatorian of Port Allen High Schooi. Received West Baton Rouge Bicentennial Com mission Special Recogni tion Award, and Port Al len Lions Club Outstand ing Citizens Award. Was outstanding senior in class of '76. Member of Who's Who Among Amer ican High School Stu dents. Will attend LSU and major in physical ed ucation. Charles, son of Quentin Hall. Stores A Serv. Re ceived Wyly Alumni Scholarship and LSU Freshman Scholarship Award. Member of Kcv Club, Alpha Theta and Math Society. Received first place award in ge ometry division of Lafay ette Invitational Math Tournament, outstanding student awards in English II. chemistry and ad vancer! math. Will attend Louisiana Tech University and major in chemical en gineering. Nsnr liain Mono moor ner o nrshi Alma en f Outs: and Amer Stud* ciety Anin Studat R LSU riur Jerry, son of John Marsh, H-C MAC. Honor gradu ate of Shady Grove High School. Member of Jour nalism class and staff member on school annual staff and photographer for school newspaper. He was a member of Beta Club. Undecided at end of school year as to which university he will attend but does intend.to enroll. Virginia, daughter of John Mueller, Tech. Serv. Hon or graduate of Broadmoor High Schooi. Received Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Uni versities Scholarship. Member of Who's Who Among American High Schooi Students and mem ber of East Baton Rouge Parish Youth Council. Will attend Southeastern Louisiana University and major In music. Lin. daughter of Ralph Parker, PVC A Sod. Maint. Honor graduate of Broadmoor High School. (See cover picture.) She completed the require ments for graduation at Broadmoor in three years. Received State Science Award. Chosen Buccaneer Belle Beauty. Lin's pres ent plans are to enroll in the Nursing Schooi of Our Lady of the Lake Hospi tal. Joanne Helen, daughter of John Sieberth. Patents. Honor graduate of Epis copal High School. Mem ber of Demoiselle Club. Ecology Club and Fatmos Society. Member of AllCity and All-State volley ball teams and most valu able player. Member of tennis team. Will attend East Texas State Univer sity and major In special education. Pauline Sue Spracklen. step-daughter of Richard Browning, TEL-Sod. MAC, Honor graduate of Baker High School. Received Baker Pilot Club and Marshall Bund Awards Member of Mu Sigma, Beta, National Honor So ciety and Acappeila Choir. Will attend Northeastern Stute University and will major in nursing. Donna Taylor, step-daugh ter of John Ware, TELSod. MAC. Honor grad uate of Pride High Schooi. Graduated fifth in senior class with a high 3.8 grade average. Received American Legion Leader ship Award at graduation. VV'u awarded Certificate of Outstanding Achieve ment at school's annual Honors Day. Was band member for five years. Plans to take a secretar ial course at the Baton Rouge Vocational Tech nical School. T Of H-C He of She grail- LSU tolarIshed aigns Li&a ttend i an in litec- John. Medic: >t B. School Freshi Daugh can K. Zen A the \\ tory . En'fj Aware Club. Execu nior c attend politic ETC 27523 fees /prior Graduates at Area High Schools Page 5, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 Teachers for a Day v. daughter of rumfield. TEL >r graduate of Springs High deceived State terit and South* nlversity Scho larship*. Had e average. Re* uerican Legion Award. Scot.ttriotism Award Crocker Future ader of Tomor* rd. Will attend rn Louisiana and major in toniics merchan ts irvin L MAC. Unitary I i'resill> and ar-Ath|her of I Sigma Placed Science t rally, i school ination. eh Uniin bk>* K Suzette. daughter of James Cromwell. Safety. Honor graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. Presi dent of Future Music Leaders of America. Memher of Laml>du Alpha, Student Government and received Gnsernor's Hon ors in Music. Will attend LSI' and major in busi ness administration. Kay. daughter of George Dier. Stores Si Serv. Hon or graduate of Baker High School. Member of Beta Club, National Hon or Society, Mu Sigma and Outstanding High School Students. At graduation time she was undecided on which university she will attend and course she will take. Mary Beth, daughter of Annuitant Richard Elswirth. Jr. Honor graduate of Hardwicke-McMasters Private School. Received Herb Price Scholarship Award and highest aver age in shorthand. Most cooperative and school spirited In physical edu cation. Participated in District Literary Rallystenography I. Plana to attend Paramedical Ca reer Academy. Terry Anne, daughter of Clyde Geddes. Proc. Eval. Honor graduate of Glen Oaks High School. Re ceived first Glen Oaks Backers' Scholarship, LSL* Freshman Honor Award. State Literary Rally Award for solo, girl's trio and mixed quartet sing ing. Member of Beta Club, French Club, Acappella Choir. 1915 All - State Choir, Who's Who Among High School Music Stu dents in America, and National Honor Society. Will attend LSU and ma jor in a pre-medical course. -on of Quentin i Alvin -es A Serv. Re- fi.v of Wjly Alumni I >n-- ip and LSU 0 '"r an Scholarship l ->ish dember of Key li-.ncr ha Theta and Wation ciety. Received tvhoi- award in ge- a Tech vision of Lafav- 1 Had itational Math t avernt. outstanding It for turds in English er of i-trv and ad- ktional uth. Will attend Parish Tech University (Alpha in chemical en- *r So. tny of Id La. jchent- Nancy, daughter of Wil liam Jacobson. R&D Sen'. Honor graduate of Broad moor High School. Win ner of Eth\l Merit Schol arship and LSI* "Top 100" Alumni Scholarship. Chos en for Optimist Club's Outstanding Senior Award and Who's Who Among American High School Students. Member of So ciety of Distinguished American High School Students and Who's Who at Broadmoor. Will attend LSL* and major in inte rior design. Michelle, daughter of Mi chael Kucsma. Plastics Res. Honor graduate of Broadmoor High School. Received University of North Carolina four-year women's gymnastics ath letic cholarshlp. Received Art Merit Award. Member of National Honor Socie ty. Placed in Junior Olym pic and regional gymnas tics meets. Spent two weeks In Europe in gym nastics competition with Baton Rouge Gym Club. Will major in art and physical education at North Carolina. Dwayne, son of Ezekiel Lockman, in, H-C Op, Honor graduate of Shady Grove High School. Dwayne is planning to at tend Nlcholls State Uni versity at Thlbodaux and will major in a business management course. Dana, son of Roger Mangham, Ind. Chem. Res. Honor student of Robert E. Lee High School. Ethyl Merit Scholarship winner. Member of National Hon or Society, Mu Alpha Theta. Who's Who. 1916; JROTC officer and chosen outstanding cadet for out standing leadership. Will attend LSU and major In history. y One of nine plant employees participat ing in the Sixth Annual Business-Profes sion Teaching Day on April 28 In parish high schools as instructors in civics and history classes was Quentin Hall. Stores & Serv.. shown as he instructs a class at Tara High School. Others participating were Roger Banks, Power; William Bauch. Fin.; James Bozeman, Proc. Des.; Gar,- Ethridge. Bruce Lee and John Murray, all of Ind. Eng., Rodnev Guillot, Emp. ReU and Wilbur Paulk. PYC Op. 9*t MemotUam - Death has claimed one employee and eight annuitants. They are Kermit Wicker, TEL Op and An nuitants Delbert Atkinson. Guy Fontenot. Charles Golson, Thomas Lee. William Martin. George Mayo, Henry Sartwell and Homer Tanner. Delbert Atkinson Annuitant Atkinson, 67. died April 22 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Religious services were held April 24 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, broth er and six sisters. He was hired in March 1 9 4 2 as a mechanical helper and was an insulator in H-C M&C when he retired in April 1971. Guy Fontenot Annuitant Fontenot, 77. died April 29. Religious services were held May 1 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons and two sisters. He began work here as a helper in Sodium Opera tions in June 1945 and was an op erator when he began early retire ment in February 1962. Charles Golson Annuitant Charles Golson, 75, died May 26 at Hillhaven Nursing Home. Religious services were held (Continued on Page 7) ior. step-daughii Ware. TEL- Honor gradle High School. fifth in senior a high 3.8 raee. Received Legion Leader. at graduation. led Certificate iding Achieve. -chool's annual >y. Was band r five years. >ke a secretarat the Baton cations! Tech- kr of lll-c hit- of ^ >h? hr.ui. B sr. Lsf knlar- Ushed tagn \ Lisu Rtend tn an jn hitecI j John, son of Ernest Webb, Medical. Honor graduate of Baton Rouge High School. Received LSU Freshman Honor Award, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution Good Citi zen Award. Woodmen of the World American His tory Award. Outstanding English IV Student Award. Member of Beta Club. Student Council Executive Board and se nior class secretary. Will attend LSU and major In political science. Theresa, daugher of Theo dore Zeringue. Sod. Op. Honor graduate of Glen Oaks High SchooL Re ceived a Home Economics Scholarship. Was fifth in class of 445. Member of Beta Club. F.H.A. presi dent, Captain of Pantherettes; member of Student Council and Spirit Com mittee. W'as Glen Oaks beauty finalist. Member of Glen Oaks honor fra ternity, National Honor Society and Who's Who. Will attend LSU and ma jor in home economics. Daniel, son of David Zuraalt, Eng. Honor grad uate of Broadmoor High School. Member of Na tional Honor Society. He will attend Louisiana State University and ma jor in electrical engineer ing. The Zumalt family has lived in several places in connection with David's engineering work. Daniel has attended several schools which has limited his school activities. Zu malt Is now assigned to Magnolia Plant. Atkinson Mayo Fontenot Martin Golson Sartwell Tanner Page 6, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 Service An niversaries Nearly 100 Employees Observe Service Anniversaries of Five or More Years Seven employees with 35 years of service led employees observing May-June Company service anni versaries. The list includes nearly 100 employees with five or more years with the Company. In addi tion to the 35-year men, there were 7 with 30 years of service, 16 with 25 years, 2 with 20 years, 45 with 10 years and 22 with 5 years of service. All of those with 20 or more years of service are pictured on this page, except Daniel Comeaux and Lawrence Landry, both of Sodium Operations--both with 30 years of service--and Gene Horns by, M&C Adm., a 25 - year em ployee. We regret that pictures of these three were not available for this issue. ra 25 Years 35 Years 30 Years Many Promote ees on the P.: employees ai Heading from acting Plant and of superintends neenng, to Performance In other J hons Mike P ing superint Engineering vanced to Op TEL Operati was named c Chloride anc Couvillon wi pervisor, Vir vents, and V advanced to I Chloride, in J tions orgam which was ft Jessie Brock TEL-Sod. MAC Also in M? were promot in TEL Oper laid Bonaven IRichard Har fElon Smelle? * R&D pron ments inciudwho transfe: Plant--Alvin director, a n supervisor, o: Services, anc senior Elconc neer, who v. svaiuation sc Victor Harvey Railroad Robert Krieg Patents Al Joseph Peairs TEL-Sod. MAC Richard Murphy H-C MAC James Walker TEL Op. a Dewitt Franklin TEL Gen. Serv. Leon Johnson TEL Gen. Serv. Clyde Johnston TEL Op. QtUa* AwatdU 10 Years Melvin Adams, H-C Op. Louis Allen, TEL Op. Ronald Allen. H-C M&C Sam Anseimo, TEL Op. Ray Bankston, TEL Op. Robert Behrnes, TEL-Sod. M&C Richard Bergen, R&D Serv. Thomas Bourgeois, Railroad Kenneth Brown. TEL-Sod. M&C Roland Buquoi. H-C M&C Henry Carney, Sod. Op, William Clements. TEL-Sod. M&C Delvln Darbonne. TEL-Sod. M&C Robert Derrick, Emp. Rel. Jack Fairchild. H-C M&C Frank Hardison. TEL-Sod. M&C Gary Heidebrecht, Proc. Des. Norris Hood. H-C M&C Alfred Housewrfght, H-C M&C William Hutchinson. TEL-Sod. M&C Donald Imhoft, R&D Serv. Thomas Lee. Non-Div. Res. Harris Lemoine. Stores & Serv Bert Lorio. TEL-Sod. M&C Raymond Louque. TEL-Sod. M&C Camile Macaluso. TEL-Sod. M&C Richard Manske. H-C M&C LaVern Mayo. TEL-Sod. M&C Janies Milton. TEL-Sod. M&C Clinton Moore, TEL-Sod M&C ieil Donald Robertson Pub. ReL Robert Sinner RAD Staff Tommy Patrick. H-C M&C Joseph Price, TEL Op. John Rains, Ind. Chem. Res. Donald Richard. H-C M&C Jerry Sicard, R&D Lab. Ronald Sommers. TEL-Sod. M&C Kenneth Steele, Sod. Op. James Stott, TEL-Sod. M&C Gerald Suiter. Proc. Eval. Clarence Thibodeaux. H-C M&C Vance Thomas, Jr.. TEL-Sod. M&C Charles Vlverata, TEL-Sod. M&C Robert Whitehead. Plas. Res. & Appli. Terry Whittington. H-C M&C Thomas Withers. TEL-Sod. M&C 5 Years Melvin Braud, TEL Op. Alphonse Brown. TEL-Sod. M&C Charles Brown. TEL-Sod. M&C Daniel Brown. Jr.. TEL Op. McArthur Griffin. TEL Op. Conrad Guillot, TEL Gen. Serv. Albert Haynes. TEL Op. Lawrence Jagneaux, Jr., Sod. Op. John LeBl&nc. TEL Op. Abbott Metz. PVC Op. William Parks, Jr.. Sod. Op. Henry Pellchet, TEL Gen. Serv. James Pierre. TEL Op. Charles Raddtff, TEL-Sod. M&C Charles Roberts. PVC Op. Tommy Shaffett, Security William Sicard. II. TEL-Sod. M&C Richard Taylor. TEL Op. Guy Terry, Jr.. TEL Gen. Serv. Burl Turner. Jr,, TEL Op. Akemon Welch. TEL Op. Charles Williams, TEL Op. Etoyl Stevens MAC Adm. Years 4-- Richard K moted to sup sign, succeei Agnew to su Evaluation, supervisor ir ment, John ! rations che ind Custome las Barona * ind Math & In other lames Grave ess Design -owski was Evaluation e _Jmith to de\ Process Dev? ham Cook. ] Ragan and r JP to procr Services. Jack Jone[ ?ss Develo ogn as pro oined the "froup at th A. J. Robichaux RAD Adm. Hollis Simpson H-C MAC Completes Course In mid-May John Gonce completed th< Harvard Businesa School's Advance Management Pro gram, an intensive three-month course for business execu tives. Formerly manager of Opera tions, be was placed on temporary spe cial assignment fol lowing his return to the Plant. 27525 Page 7, The Antiknock, May-June, 1976 Many Plant Employees Get Promotions Promotions and reassignments affecting a large number of employ- - 9h Memosiiam - : -3 on the Plant have been announced recently. Twelve Manufacturing .pioyees and 16 in R&D were involved. Heading up promotions in Manufacturing are those of Charles Hunt, from acting manager of Operations to assistant manager of the Houston Plant and of Tony Honosky, from superintendent of Industrial Engi neering. to director, Operations Performance Control at Richmond. In other Manufacturing promo tions Mike Peters was named acti ing superintendent of Industrial i Engineering and Wayne Lotz ad- (Continued from Page 5) May 28 at Hollabaugh - Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel, with interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. He is survived by a daugh ter and three grandchildren. He joined the Company in December 1942 and was working in the Laun dry when he accepted early retire ment in July 1963. pital. Funeral services were held May 25 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, son and two brothers. He was hired in 1937 and was granted permanent and total disability benefits in Novem ber 1959. l vanced to Operations supervisor in jTEL Operations. Also Herb Olson i was named chief supervisor, Ethyl 1 Chloride and Outside Area, David uvillon was appointed chief su- I rvisor, Vinyl Chloride and Sol- onts, and W. E. "Ted" Crawford ; advanced to area supervisor, Ethyl ; Chloride, in a new H-C Opera tions organizational arrangement which was effective in mid-May. Also in Manufacturing five men were promoted to salaried foreman in TEL Operations. They are Ron ald Bonaventure, Alvin Glotz, Jr., Richard Harris, Fred Reeves and Elon Smelley, III. Thomas Lee Annuitant Lee, 68, died May 5 at the Baton Rouge General Hos pital. Religious services were con ducted May 6 at HollabaughSpindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel, with burial in Port Hud son National Cemetery. He is sur vived by one brother, two sisters and a daughter-in-law. He joined Ethyl in 2929 at Deepwater, trans ferring to Baton Rouge in April 1937 during the construction of "A" Building. He moved from Construction Into Maintenance in late 1937, and was an electrician when he began early retirement Three additional death*--that of an emplovee and two annuitant*-- occurred too late for thi* issue. Ozell Alford. TEL-Sod. M&C. died at Lane Memorial Hospital on June 5. Annuitant Burgess "Buddy" Slneletnry died on June 2. and An nuitant Davis Knyborn on June 8, both at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Pictures and obituaries on these men will be carried in the next issue. Henry Sartwell Annuitant Sartwell, 72. died May 17. Funeral services were conducted May 18 at Seale Fu neral Home in Livingston, with burial in Old Red Oaks Cemetery. R&D promotions and reassign ments included those of three men who transferred to the Houston IPlant--Alvin Harkins as assistant <:rector, and Edward Woods as .i jpervisor, of Houston Engineering in January 1970, completing a ca reer of more than 40 years service with the Company. William "Grady" Martin Annuitant Martin, 76, died April He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and one sister. He was hired as a mechanical helper in TEL-Sod. M&C in September 1942 and was in Security when he re tired in June 1968. ;Services, and Rudolph Beckmann, 'senior Economic Evaluation engiineer, who will provide economic evaluation service there. Richard Hollenshead was promoted to supervisor in Process De sign, succeeding Harkins, David Agnew to supervisor in Economic .'Evaluation, Richard Fendley to (supervisor in Process Develop ment, John Rains to senior appli cations chemist in Applications land Customer Services, and Nichoil 3 Barona to senior Engineering i{ .d Math Sciences engineer. 19 at the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted April 20 in the Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memo rial Chapel, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is sur vived by his wife, a daughter, four sons, five sisters and three broth ers. He was hired in July 1945 as a mechanical helper in TEL-Sod. M&C and was a trainman leader in the Railroad Crew when he be gan early retirement in February 1962. George Mayo Homer Tanner Annuitant Tanner, 64. died May 23 at Doctors Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Mav 25 at Welsh Funeral Home, with interment in Greenoaks Me morial Park. He is survived by bis wife, one daughter and a sister. He joined Ethyl in April 1941 and was a chemist in Industrial Chem icals Research when he retired in March of this year. Hermit Wicker Wicker, 25. an operator in TEL I In other R&D advancements !James Graves became senior Pro cess Design engineer, John Dab- ikowski was promoted to Process ^Evaluation engineer and Kent '.Smith to development engineer in IProcess Development. Also, Wynd- iham Cook, Lawrence Nalls, Gary :Ragan and David Smith all moved Rip to process engineers in Tech {Services. Jack Jones transferred from Pro cess Development to Process De ns sign as process engineer and ned the Engineering Services oup at the Magnolia Plant Fendley Annuitant Mayo, 67, died May 23 at Our Lady of the Lake Hos- Glots Harkins Operations, was killed in an auto accident on Joor Road May 20. Religious services were conducted May 26 at Turner Chapel Church in Greensburg, with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, two sons, parents, two sisters and six brothers, one of whom is Kenneth Wicker in So dium Operations. He was first hired in 1974 as an operator helper in TEL Operations, and was rehired in June of last year after being laid off in February. We regret that a late picture of Kermlt Wicker was not available. Ethyl Corporation oc 3 > to 2 J - as oc a T3 41 eaoO ao, cK3 QS jx a> <T3 OO m <D O Eo u. Q_ C 03 _0o3 CO fO 'c c 0 C 0 u CO c Corpcnt Vol. 38. No. Kickoff St Goal Is "Symbe ... for All 1976 Capita. 22. The Pis September `. I record supp* I\ Johnny i the Plant l Committee I t the campait United Waj { port agenci Baton Roug> St. James a Parishes. ! Others on tee. along w win "Zoot" "Moose" Br Leo Brown. i "Coon" Da\ Drago. PVC Eng.; Herm; Martin Johr. Lands, Sod. Qual. Cont. dent. AOWt Rel.; A. J. R Scott. Jr., 1 r TEL Gen. S Soulier, pre 4 i i Stevenson. Vince. TEL Diane Go' again serve Steering Co McGee, i ees to join rnunity en the Steerin fident that increase t! well as tl continue t < Ethyl emp ing each > Last year those on th* reached a r SI 19.000 in . resented a Plant emplc year's suppt The Capi goal is $2.4 increase ove Thank FOR, ETC 27527 Bhyl cmmIoav Vol. 08, No. 4 August-Septerober, 1976 Kickoff Set for September 27 Goal of Plant United Way Drive Is To Continue Annual Increase The Sodium Maintenance Group Safety Committee, one of the lint safety com* mltee* to start functioning, already has a new "goal1'--that is to improve on the group's accomplishments of working the entire month of July wlithout any Injuries! From left are Chairman Melvin Acosta; Richard Wont; Charles Har rison; Dennis Delatorre, secretary: Clive Bridges, vice chairman, and Ralph Parker, committee adviser. Not present for the picture was committee member Elliott Pendaa. "Symbols of the AmerICAN Spirit" and "Thanks to You It Works . . for All of Us." Those are the slogans which will help promote the 1976 Capital Area United Way Campaign, which begins on September 22. The Plant United Way Drive will get underway five days later on September 27 with a goal of increasing by at least 10 percent last year's record support of $85,824, which is an average of more than $47 per giver. Johnny McGee, Sod. Op., heads the Plant United Way Steering Committee which will coordinate the campaign on the Plant. The United Way raises funds to sup port agencies in Ascension. East Baton Rouge. Iberville. Livingston. St. James and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Annuitants Serve as Loaned Executives Others on the Steering Commit tee. along with McGee, include Elwin "Zoot" Adams, H-C Op.; Clive ".Moose" Bridges, TEL-Sod. M&C: Leo Brown, Finance; Mitchell "Coon" David, TEL Op.; Joseph Drago, PVC M&C; Ken Eiswirth. Eng.; Herman Hudgins, H-C Aux.; Martin Johnson. PVC Op.; Warren Lands, Sod. Gen. Serv.; Bill Lentz, Qual. Cont.; E. D. Mitchell, presi dent, AOWU; Don Robertson, Pub. Rel.; A. J. Robichaux. R&D; Alonzo Scott, Jr.. TEL Op.; Mehl Smith, TEL Gen. Serv.; Milton "Ma Ma" Soulier, president, USW; William Stevenson, Sod. Op., and Tommy Vince. TEL Maint. Diane Godwin, R&D Adm., will ..gain serve as secretary to the Steering Committee. McGee, in urging all employ ees to join in the annual com munity endeavor, said, "We of the Steering Committee are con fident that employees will again increase their participation, as well as their contributions* to continue the improving support Ethyl employees have been giv ing each year." Last year Ethyl employees, both those on the Plant and downtown, reached a new high of more than 119.000 in contributions. This rep resented a 12 percent increase for Plant employees over the previous year's support. The Capital Area United Way goal is S2.4 million, a 13.5 percent increase over the $2,115,000 raised Thanks to you it works... FOR All OF US Eiawlrth Fontenot For the third consecutive year, two nnnuitants are serving as Ethyl's loaned executives tor work in the United Way headquarter* during this fall's Capital Area United Wuy Campaign. V. M. Fon tenot, who retired in 197S. will be serv ing his fifth year as a loaned executive. Richard MIke" Eiswirth, who retired st the beginning of this year--and who served as loaned executive in 1962--will Join Fontenot for this year's drive. They will begin work in early September. in 1975. One of 127 United Ways that raised $1 million or more an nually, the local United Way in 1975 had the third largest percent age of increase over the amount raised over the previous year, more than doubling the national average. McGee said that solicitors will again contact each employee and will urge each to give something-- as much as he can--to make the percentage of participation as high as possible. Also, each employee will have an opportunity to give through payroll deduction and to designate the agencies to receive contributions. Also in effect will be a special arrangement to allow givers to designate contributions for Pointe Coupee agencies, even though these agencies are not in the Capital Area United Wav. In discussing the upcoming plant drive, McGee said that United Way funds are allocated to participating agencies to help provide sufficient funds to enable each agency to operate to meet minimum commu nity needs. He said that approximatelv 90 cents of each dollar raised in the Capital Area United Way is allocated to member agen cies, with campaign costs running at about three cents and yearround program and administration costs totaling about seven cents. When you give your contribution to the 1 United Way you are helping support i more than 50 community agencies in six t parishes. McGee said the Steering Com mittee is also urging all employ ees to consider Fair Share giv ing--about three minutes pay per day, one hour's pay per month or only $6 out of each $1,000 earned. Effective July I Group Safety Committees Keynote New Safety Improvement Program Everybody is talking and planning safety at the Baton Rouge Plant! Under a new Safety Improvement Program employees in work-related groups are planning their own safety programs, administering these programs, setting goals and establishing awards for achievement of those goals through their own committees! Ralph Parker, chairman of the Plant's Central Safety Commit tee, says the new safety program is a departure from previous safety programs on the Plant in that employees plan and conduct their own programs instead of it being administered by supervi sion. The Safety Improvement Pro gram replaces the "Safety Pays" Bond Program, which has been in effect on the Plant since 1972. Parker added, "It has been very rewarding to see the response from employees throughout the Plant Capable and willing lead ership has emerged and results are being shown early in the pro gram. This is illustrated by the Sodium Maintenance Group achievement in July." "Reports from other areas are encouraging and it is hoped that all groups will have safety com mittees functioning by September 1," he said. Other groups were being orga nized as The Antiknock went to press. Among the safety commit tees which are organized and functioning are AOWU Clerical, AOWU Paint Group. USWA Paint Group, Machine Shop (West), Plate Shop (East), R&D Depart ment, and Sodium Operations. In the new program everybody participates individually and/or by groups. It is based on group planning for safety in each work area. Under the program, em ployees in related work groups plan and administer their safety improvement program through group safety committees com posed of wageroll, clerical and supervision employees. may be individual and/or group goals. Examples of individual goals which could bring individual achievement awards, could be goals such as no on-the-job time-losing injuries in a year, no off-the-job injuries, no late reports to Med ical, no unsafe acts that violate safety rules or endanger a fellow employee, and others. Examples of group goals which some of the group safety commit tees have adopted could be no onthe-job or off-the-job time-losing injuries in a year, a major reduc tion in injuries of all kinds from the previous 12 months, a program for prevention of unsafe acts in volving protective equipment, housekeeping, working positions of people, and others. When the chosen safety goal is achieved, the group safety co ordinating committee decides cm the award for the individuals in its respective groups. The Com pany provides guidelines and un derwrites the expense of the safety prizes within established limits. The Safety Improvement Pro gram was developed and recom mended to plant management by the Central Safety Committee. Chairman of the CSC on-plant safety sub - committee which worked out the details was Henry Smith, superintendent of PVC Op erations. Thanks to you it works... FOR All OF US These safety coordinating com mittees will set safety goals, plan programs, investigate accidents and injuries, suggest improvements in work practices and conditions, pre pare newsletters, and otherwise promote better safety in their areas. Each committee operates inde pendently so that goals, awards, etc., will be different. These goals Give the Fair Shore Way In this year's United Way Campaign. Three minutes a day--that's all the pay an employee needs to contribute to be a Fair Share giver. That's not much! h|o |;iin ln iiii|K 'r H lr lji it ETC 27528 Page 2, The Antiknock, August-September, 1976 High Hiring Rate Continues Nearly 100 New Employees Report For Work Here in Recent Weeks Hiring of new employees for work on the Plant continued at a high rate in recent weeks, with nearly 100 new people being hired. Included in the new hires since June 1 were 79 new wageroll em ployees, 10 new technical employ ees and 5 clerical employees. Eight of the new technical em ployees are working in Research & Development, one in Manufac turing and one in Purchasing. Joining Process Development were James Boone, a graduate at North Carolina State with BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineer ing: Michael Bolmer. who holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Bucknell University, and James Gentry, a chemical engi neering graduate of LSU. Three new Tech Service engi neers are Kenneth Acker, a chemi cal engineering graduate of Clemson University; Donald Fuller, chemical engineering graduate of South Carolina, and Gary Pryor, who holds BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from Okla homa State. Other new R&D arrivals are John Cates, a new process engi neer in Process Evaluation, who holds BS and MS degrees in chem ical engineering from the Univer sity of Texas and Eugene McPher son, a Georgia Tech chemical en gineering graduate, who is work ing in Process Design. David Hunter, an industrial en gineering graduate at Oklahoma State, has joined Industrial Engi neering in Manufacturing. Carroll Clark, an industrial tech nology graduate of LSU, joined the company as a purchasing engineer in late July. New clerical employees include Debra Olinde. a stenographer in Chemical Engineering. Irma Mat- continued on Page 5) New employees reporting for work recently are, left to right, James Berferou Frank Matthews, Tab Hebert, Carl Arthur. Jr., who has since left the Company,i Dehra Olinde, James Ringgold, Mark Hebert, Shane Hebert and Clifford Boyle, 2 Promotr involving come effec eluded an tions, two Manufactc and Devei Robert I superinter tions for t sion of PI Employee In Engir was promt ity analys moved up ment anal Heading promotion Banks whr visor in P Maintenar. carbon Ma III, to co: Construct! became sa ity. Robe- salaried f tions, anc promoted foreman i Others j Beginning their careers with Ethyl are these new employees- from left, . Jackson, Eugene Andre. Jr., Virginia Patterson, Donald Devall. Cathleen Lourey St Pierre. Nellie Curry, Lurry Daigle, JrH Lessle Thymes, Jerome 1 and Timothy Barbay. Also joining the Company recently ere Johnny Hughes, Harold Sept. Edward ' ley, Anthanor Bradford, James Collins, Jr.. Ronald Barlow, Charles Dabadie, B Alonso. Douglas Richardson and Joseph Brown. CLASSIFIED ADS AUTOMOBILE -- 1972 Toyota com pact. in excellent condition. Phone 3561825. AUTOMOBILE--1971 Chrysler New port. all power. Has tape player, air conditioned, excellent condition. Price: SI.025. Phone 775-0964. AUTOMOBILE--1967 Buick LeSabre. Power steering and brakes, clean inter ior. Good running condition. Excellent work car. S800. Phone 925-0527. FOOTBALL TICKETS -- Two LSU football season tickets. Phone 925-2553 or 926-9291. These new employees are John Pourciau, Darryl Andre, Howard Butler, Nol Johnson, Eddie Addison, Claude Smith. Murphy Williams, Warren Jefferson. T Ham McCutcheon, Louis Augustus, Jr., and Arthur Robinson. Among many new employees reporting for work recently are Darrel Bacon, Milton Brown. Billy Mitchell. Larry Spann. Craig Lewis, Floyd Spencer, III, Vincent Calcagno, Joseph Centofanti. Robert Taylor, Jr,, and Jan Futch, Jr. New employees recently hired: Carrey Lee Clark. Noel Major. Joseph Gregory Behrnes, Henry Grlffen. John Levert, Charles Brooks. Michael 1 Mark Le Bourgeois, Hubert Mathews, Kenneth Harris and Roosevelt f 27529 Recent Promotions and Reassignments Announced for 18 Employees on Plant *ht. James Bergeron, tee left the Company, and Clifford Boyle. Promotions and realignments involving 18 employees have be come effective in recent weeks. In cluded are one in Employee Rela tions, two in Engineering, nine in Manufacturing and six in Research and Development. Robert Derrick has been named superintendent of Employee Rela tions for the Imco Container Divi sion of Plastics. He was formerly Employee Relations representative. In Engineering George Bienvenu was promoted to mechanical qual ity analyst and Glynn Grantham moved up to mechanical develop ment analyst. Heading up the Manufacturing promotions were those of Roger Banks who was promoted to super visor in Power, Andrew Major to Maintenance supervisor in Hydro carbon Maintenance and Earl Pond, III. to construction supervisor in Construction. Also, Joseph Andre became salaried foreman in Secur ity, Robert Austen advanced to salaried foreman in H-C Opera tions, and Robert Harrison was promoted to salaried mechanical foreman in Sodium Maintenance. Others promoted in Manufactur- from left. Jarne* vail. Cathleen Hayes ivnies. Jerome Martin id Sept. Edward Tur harles Oabadie. Barr; Support United Way Last year more than 1,800 Plant em ployees added their support to the Capi tal Area United Way Campaign, con tributing an average of more than S41 per employee. When the solicitor In >our area contacts you in the 1976 drive, *hy not help make this year's drive Major, Joseph Mart* even better--4n employee participation ooks. Michael ChanA *ad in the amount given. Roosevelt Florida. 1 ing are Ronald Rube, to salaried mechanical foreman in TEL Main tenance, Arthur Causey, to salaried mechanical foreman, and Robert Wesson, to salaried electrical fore man, both in H-C Maintenance. Advancements in R&D included those of Dennis Stallings, to pro cess engineer in Tech Services, Thomas Warner, to process engi neer in Process Design, and Doug las Weimer who advanced from economic analyst on the Plant to product manager, VCA Molded Products Division, Plastics. Dr. David Bunch, who has been on assignment as supervisor of Process Evaluation at Detroit, has returned to the Plant as supervisor, Process Design. Dr. Kenneth Wil liams, on rotational assignment in Economic Evaluation from Pioneer ing Research, has been transferred permanently to Economic Evalua tion and promoted to senior eco nomic evaluator. Effective August 1, Dr. John Hu, staff technologist in the Petroleum Chemicals Division, joined Eco nomic Evaluation as senior eco nomic evaluation engineer. The Ethyl Management Club Engles softball team won second place in Division II of the CYO League and also In the league playoff. Team members are. front row. Roland Rogers, Bill Jackson, Rick Jones, Bill Dumas. Ken Cavanaugh. Dave Foreman. Bob Smith and Bruce Lee. Back row. from left, are Grant Smith. Woody Wilson, Al King, Bruce Peters, Loo Stingo. Jim Callender (captain), Mike Parker, Sam Aghew and L. C. Dixon (roach). Not shown are Pat Mlhalik and David Watts. This Year's Savings Bonds Campaign Continues Through September 17 The 1976 Companywide U. S. Savings Bonds Campaign will be held during the period August 23 to September 17. Leo Martin, Emp. Rel., is again serving as coordina tor of the campaign on the Plant. Serving with Martin on the Plant Bond Committee are: M. H. Batte --Engineering; Darryl Chatelain-- Maintenance; Max Garretson--Op erations; William Mengert--R&D; Don Robertson -- Administration, and Bobbie Stirrat--Purchasing. As in past company bond cam paigns, President Bruce Gottwald is leading the observance and urged in a letter to all employees in late August that all employees consider the advantages of regu- HERF3 HOW YOUR MONEY GROWS IN U. S. SAVINGS BONDS SERIES E--BIWEEKLY ACCUMULATIONS* 2 7*9 3 663 i 49* un 2 606 3 262 4 3*6 6 5JO !J6M73I2 17409 15 yr*. I 2316 3090 3 621 SERIES E--MONTHLY ACCUMULATIONS 12 SO lift 25 00 37 SO 56 25 75 00 $ 596 | ION 6016 9 02* 12 033 The interest rate on U. S. Savings Bonds is subject to continuous review by the U. S. Treasury and maybe in creased or decreased because of changes in economic and financial conditions. lar savings through the purchase of bonds. Each employee will be given an opportunity to join the payroll savings plan and to start buying bonds regularly through payroll deduction, or to increase their purchases if they are already enrolled. 'There is no safer investment than the purchase of savings bonds," President Gottwald has stated. "Series `E' Bonds yield a guaranteed six percent interest if held to maturity of five years. Bonds can be cashed at full pur chase price after two months, can easily be replaced if lost or des troyed and they are not subject to state income tax and the federal tax can be deferred until the bonds are redeemed." Plant employees were provided other facts about the campaign and bond investments in The Deity Bulletin. Chairman Martin em phasized that buying bonds is the best and easiest way to start a re serve fund for emergencies, edu cation, retirement or special oc casions. Approximately a third of the em ployees on the Plant are enrolled in the Payroll Savings Plan. Vitus* 91 1 9ntat*C9U H f9*r ch!ir * m sun S37JS SttJS mm Al birth *7.125 114.249 JJ1737T I2B.499 I 6 497 12.995 19.492 25.990 2 5.906 11.813 17.719 23.626 4 4.824 9.648 14.472 19.297 6 3.863 7.725 11.588 15.450 8 3 008 6.0J6 9.024 12.033 10 2.249 4.498 6,747 8.996 12 1.575 3.149 4.724 6.299 For Retirement Method 1 -- Buy bonds during working career. At retirement, cash bonds as needed to supple ment Income, reporting the Inter est as Income on tax return. Since income is usually lower In retire ment, taxes are reduced or elimi nated. Method 2 -- Buy bonds during working career. At retirement ex change E Bonds for H Bonds which pay interest semiannually. E Bond interest is applied to H Bond purchase, thus tax liability It de ferred until H Bonds are cashed or mature, but still at the lower in come tax level of retirement. Employee Elected Baker Councilman Barry McBride, H-C MAC, was Installed In late June as a member of the newly-elected Baker city administration. He Is one of five councilmen who were elected to fouryear terms. Page 4, The Antiknock, August-September, 1978 - 9n Me*n&iiam - Five Er Wifi Recent deaths have claimed two employees and seven annuitants. The employees were Ozell Alford, a sodium service mechanic in TEL Sod. MStC and Milton Long, a pa trolman in Security. The annui tants were Dale Daniel, Joseph Marionneaux, Jerry Monahan. La fayette Neyland. Davis Ravborn. Burgess Singletary and Lloyd Winborn. Ozell Alford Alford. 51. a Sodium Service me chanic in TEL-Sod. M&C. died June 5 at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary. Funeral services were held June 6 at Charlet Funeral Home, with burial in Azalea Rest Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, daughter, brother and two sisters. He was hired in January 1947 as a Sodium Operations help er. Dale Daniel Annuitant Daniel, 69, died June 30 at Our Lady of the Lake Hos pital. Religious services were held July 1 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He began his career with Ethyl as a mechanical helper in H-C Main tenance in May 1941 and was a foreman in Hydrocarbon Opera tions when he retired in February 1971. Milton "Rosie" Long Long, 60, died at the Baton Rouge General Hospital on July 20. Fu neral services were held on July 29 at Seale Funeral Home in Den ham Springs, with burial in the Denham Springs Memorial Ceme tery. He is survived by his wife one daughter, two sons, a sister and a brother. He was hired in TEL General Services in August 1969 and had been a patrolman in Se curity since 1972. Joseph Marionneaux Lafayette Neyland Annuitant Neyland, 79, died July 20 at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary. Funeral services were held July 22 at Zoar Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, a son, daughter and sister. He joined the Company in July 1943 as an H-C Operations helper and was an operator when he re tired in September 1959. Davis Raybom Annuitant Raybom. 58, died June 6 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospi tal. Funeral services were held June 7 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, three sons and a sister. He joined the Company in March 1944 as a Sodium Opera tions helper and was a Stores lead er in Stores and Services when he accepted early retirement in April of this year. Burgess Singletary Annuitant "Buddy" Singletary, 70, died June 2 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services Five ve recent mom George Gui Sanchez, HSod. M&C. Four of plant work \ who had 32 Seven advanced university students and two professors, representing five univer sities, received practical training on the Plant through the Summer Technical Training Program. Shown, left to right, are David Ratcliff, Tech. Sen-.; Walter Ftvrmayan, Proc. Eval.; Dr, James Pruett. Ind. Eng.; James Pinner. Eng. and Math, Sciences; A. J. Robichaux. supervisor of Recruiting, RAD; Carl Fetgel. Proc. Dev.; Gerald Smith, AppIL and Cust. Sen'.; Dr. Edward McLaughlin. Eng. and Math, Sciences, and Robert Agee, Jr.. Proc. Des. Missing from picture Is Timothy Mona han, who worked In Process Development. Summer Training Program University Professors and Students 33 YEARS Clarence St Ri*ger Get Practical Training on the Plant H-C MAC Hired 194S Rt. 5. Box 2 Headed by Dr. Edward Mc Development and R&D Services, GoQzalea Laughlin, professor of chemical en respectively. gineering at LSU, who is here for The Summer Technical Trainini his fifth summer on the Plant, sev Program has been in operation c: en students and another LSU pro the Plant for several years. It pro* +s. , fessor have received practical vides practical training for college V-rOmpl&l training through the Company's and university faculty and ad-* Summer Technical Training Pro vanced students. At the same timer J*0*11 gram this summer. it provides an opportunity for the*ln Atlantic Also participating is Dr. James Company and selected advance Pruett, professor of industrial en students to become better gineering at LSU. The others are quainted. advanced students at five different universities. Dr. McLaughlin and James Pin Complete LSU Course ner, Tulane, have been working in rEngineering and Mathematical Sci ences. Robert Agee, Jr., LSU. was assigned to Process Design, David Ratcliff, LSU. to Tech. Services, and Gerald Smith. Jr., LSU. to Applications and Customer Ser tine BS :inct MS ITn'i :it RuMnyt tlcv project ofllr vices. Recontuiissaac* Dr. James Pruett worked in In dustrial Engineering, and Walter Farmayan. Texas, was assigned to Process Evaluation. Timothy Mon ahan, Michigan State, and Carl Feigel, SLU, worked in Process Annuitant Marionneaux. 67, died July 25 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held July 26 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife and two brothers. He was one of the early employees on the Plant, having been hired as a pipe fitter in Construction in Septem ber 1937. the same month that the first tank car shipment of anti knock compound was made from the Plant. He retired in April 1974. At that time he was a Central Shops planner-expediter. Roy "Jerry" Monahan Annuitant Monahan, 71, died June 11 at Baton Rouge General Hospi tal. Funeral services were held June 14 at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, a daughter two sons one of whom, Michael works in the R&D Lab., and one sister. He started with Ethyl in 1935 as a tank car inspector apd worked many years in Production Planning before transferring to Production Scheduling & Distribu tion, where he was a staff assistant when he retired in July 1969. and burial were held in Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tenn. He is survived by his sister and sisterin-law. He began work as a Stores clerk in 1942 and was a purchasing agent in Purchasing when he retired in 1970. Lloyd Winbora Annuitant Winbom, 57, died June 28 in Jackson, Miss. Funeral services were held in Poplarville, Miss. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a brother-in-law, Wilford Thomas, who works in Chemical Research. He began as a mechanical helper in August 1943 and was an electrical inspector in H-C M&C when he retired on May 1 of this year. Loflin Robtnso Four Plant employees David Bunch Proc. Des.; Donald Kirk, TEL Maint, Harry Loflin, H-C Op., and Gene Robin son. Chem. Res. --completed the LSI'] Mid-South Executive Development Pro gram in June. Ten other employees at*i tended the course, which consists of two-j week sessions each summer for three years. Thus far, 59 Ethyl employees! have completed the course. mploye LATE DEATHS Three additional death^-that of Annuitants Eli Brown and Carl Eaves and Elmo Curry, Cafeteria employee -- occurred too late for obituaries to be included In this Issue. Eaves was a 52-year TEL Operations veteran and Brown, tike Curry, waa a tone-time Cafeteria worker. Both were "on hand" for the opening of the Cafeteria In April 1944. Obituaries of these men will appear In the next issue. Thank* We would like to express ourl heartfelt appreciation to the fellow,1 employees of Milton F. Long for; the blood donations, the many ex pressions of concern and offers ol assistance during the trying hos pitalization period, as well as fot the many condolences at the time of his death and funeral in lat< July.--The Long Family "^ocnltloo or .v. plaques of mpan> nod th ** 'h July. A "on -Ma ' waa Harris Page 5, The Antiknock, August-September, 1978 Five Employees Join Annuitant Ranks Ethyl Awarded Service-to-Veterans Plaque With Retirement in July and August Five veteran employees--the smallest number to be reported in recent months--began their retirement in July and August. They were George Guilbeau, H-C M&C; T. O. Lloyd, 'tEL-Sod. M&C; Clarence Sanchez. H-C M&C; Roy Sheets, TEL-Sod. M&C, and Percy Tyler, TELSod. M&C. Four of the new annuitants are pictured below, along with their plant work history. We regret that a picture of Percy Tyler, a machinist, who had 32 years of Company service, was not available. renting five univerSunimer Technical Tech. Serv.: Walter ner. Eng. and Math. Feigel. Proc. Dev.; iln. Eng. and Math. * is Timothy Mona* 31 YEARS George Guilbeau Instrument Mech. H-C M&C Hired 1945 9592 Ventura Dr, Baton Rouge 34 YEARS T. O. Lloyd Mech. Inspector TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1942 4755 Lois Dr. Zachary For the second time In the past five years, the top sward of the Louisiana Veteran* of Foreign Wars--for "Distinguished service to veterans in Providing Job Oppor tunities"--has been awnrded to the Company. The plaque, for the 1975-76 period, wan accepted at the VFW's state convention at Baton Rouge in June by Rodney Gutllot. Emp. Rel. Ethyl waa awarded this service-to-veterans recognition previ ously In 1974. dents the Plant l R&D Services, 33 YEARS Clarence Sanches Rigger H-C M&C Hired 1945 Rt. 3. Box 259 Guruale* 29 YEARS Roy Sheets Outside Machinist TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1946 Gen. Delivery Duplessis jchnical Training i in operation on .ral years. It proaining for college Completes Duty faculty and adAt the same time portunity for the elected advanced Work involving hurricane reconnaissance in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mex ico was the threemonth active duty ome better ac- assignment for Thomas French, Proc. Evaf. He re turned to the Plant .SU Course in July after com pleting the assign ment at Keesler Air Force Field in Bi loxi. A second lieu tenant who joined the Company here In 1974 after recelv- 1 ; BS and MS degree* from Louisiana * h ;it Ruston. French served as logis- t > project officer for the 920th Weather J.'-connaissajice Group. Thanks in you it works... FOR AIL OF US united wu Give the Fair Share Way In this year's United Way Compatgn. Three minutes a day--that's all the pay an employee needs to contribute to he a Fair Share giver. As an example, if you are earning $5 an hour, a Fair Share is roughly 24 cents a day as your share in a better community. That's not much! Nearly 100 New thews and Patricia Temple, typists in the Steno Pool, and Deborah LaCour and Theresa i Gauthier, both key punch operators in Fi nance. The 79 new wageroll employees were assigned as follows: 23 in TEL Operations; 15 in TEL Gen eral Services: 10 in PVC Opera tions; 9 in Sodium Operations; 8 in H-C Auxiliary; 3 in H-C M&C; 8 in TEL-Sod. M&C. and 1 each in the Cafeteria and PVC M&C and R&D Lab. Joining the Company in early August were William McGrew, left, and Shari Bland. Employees Set March of Dimes Recognition pes^'David Bunch. Kirk. TEL MalnL; .>.. and Gene Robin- ompleted the LSU Development Pra ther employee* at- iich consists of twosummer for three Ethyl employees course. Additional new wageroll employees who reported at various time* recently are Joyce Spence, left, and Roland Rains. Joining the Company recently are Theresa Gauthier, John Slaton and Genia Franklin. iks to express our I ion to the fellow ] ton F. Long for I .s, the many ex-1 rn and offers of the trying hos- B rec<>*nltloD of the March of Dime* support by Plant emplovee* and the Com as win foT ' ny' P`*q** of appreciation were awarded to the Allied Oil Workers Union, the J" ices at tne time ^nipany and the United Steel Workers at a Ret in July. Accepting the plaque* In behalf March of Dime* of employees and Appreciation Banthe Company was funeral in late "Ma Ma" Soulier. president of USW Local 12300. Making the preeeata- amtiy Mn Wa* Harris D. Copenhaver, Jr., March of Dimes campaign director. This Is a July group of new employees. They are, from left, Joseph Catherine, Ray James. Patrick Holt, Kenneth Gallman. Jr., Marcell Collor, Willie Cornish. James Lipscomb and George McKenoey, Jr. Page 6, The Antiknock, August-September, 1976 Service Anniversaries 35 Years Claude Ezell H-C Mulnt, Leonard Mnwy RAD Lab. Wilhelnilna Richardson Emp. Rel. Henry Solar Power Heavy Post-War Hiring Program in 1946 Results In Many 30-Year Anniversaries As a result of the heavy post war hiring program on the Plant, in 1946. brought about by expan sion of plant production facilities, a large number of employees are observing 3 0 - y e a r anniversaries during this summer. Sixty-three employees on the Plant reached the 3(year mark in July and Au gust. In addition there were eight "seniors" with 35 years of service. Also observing service anniver saries during the two months were four with 25 years of service, five with 20 years, 2 with 15 years, 20 with 10 years, and one with 5 years of service. Most of those with 20 or more years of service are pictured on this page and others, with less than 20 years, are listed below. 30 Years Service Elray Vellter TEL-Sod. M 25 Fred Wilson H-C Op. Earl Alonso TEL-Sod. MAC .o o Roy Andre Gen. Maint. Willis Badeaux TEL Maint. Bryant Barlow Training David Bennett TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Browning TEL Maint. Albert Brumfield, Jr. TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Calllouet, Sr. TEL-Sod. MAC Ernest Dawson PVC MAC William Depew, Sr. H-C MAC Stanley Creotl H-C MAC BtU John Gandln TEL-Sod. MAC Jess LeBlanc TEL-Sod. MAC Goetlleb Gaek Or. Theodore Blake Ale*i Leslie Amo Guenter Br Raymond < William Ca Robert Eva Edgar Goaa Jame* Hari Eugene Hei -Nolan Hlgg John Jones, Herman Kr U-land Lam Gnell Land! John LeJeu James Low! Barney Mcr Ro>- Palmer Clinton Pet Oo> le Roehi W illiam Dnmn> Tl Herman McAndrew TEL-Sod. MAC Hiram May TEL Maint. A: Lewis Mixon Qtui. Coat. Lynwood Morales Wilson Passman H-C MAC H-C MAC Leon Paszkowski Sod. Maint. Llovd Porta TEL Op. Milton Soulier TEL-Sod. MAC ner exp; who tirei ber that 27533 Page 7, The Antiknock, August-September, 1978 Service Anniversaries (continued) EPA Regulations Lead Phasedown Threatens Gasoline 946 :versaries vice anniver months were f service, five i 15 years, 20 e with 5 years h 20 or more : pictured on with less than ielow. 25 Years Joseph Blanchard, Jr. Sod. Op. Hugh Bourque MAO Donald Jacobson TEL-Sod. MAC Stanley Creoll ' H-C MAC Henry Smith PVC Op. |Qtit&i AwanJi \ 15 Years Goetlleb Gaeke. Jr., R&D Serv Dr. Theodore Robinson, Medical | 10 Years John Gaudin TEL-Sod. MAC Blake Alexander. PVC MAC Leslie Amond. PVC MAC Guenter Bruno, Ind. Chem. Res. Raymond Cailiet. PVC MAC William Caudill. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Robert Evans, TEL Op. Edgar Goza, Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC James Harp, PVC Op. Eugene Henderson. Jr., RAD Library Nolan Higgins, PVC Op. John Jones. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Herman KraJemann, PVC Op. Leiand Landry, PVC Op. ! Oneil Landry. Jr,, TEL Malnt. ! John LeJeune, PVC Op. ' James Lowrey, TEL-Sod. MAC Barney McAdams, TEL-Sod. MAC ' Ray Palmer, PVC Op. Clinton Pettigrew. TEL-Sod. MAC Doyle Roshto. TEL-Sod. MAC 5 Years William Dumas. Proc. Des. Jess LeBlanc TEL-Sod. MAC Milton Soulier TEE*Sod. MAC Thanks Among recent retirees express ing thanks to fellow employees is Jack Alderman, outside machinist, J-L-Sod. M&C, who retired June 1 He writes, "My wife and I want 1 say thanks to the men who pre pared the delicious retirement din ner for me. We especially want to express sincere thanks to all those who made contributions at my re tirement. We will always remem ber our friends at Ethyl and hope l that all of you will find time to stop and visit with us." Robert Whittington H-C Op. Reginald Woest, Jr. MAC Adm. 20 Years Julian Honeycutt, Jr. Ind. Chem. Rea. WUllam Lewis Traffic John McCornack PVC Op. Donald Park Tech. Serv. Pietunai Mat AttailaiUa Pictures of the following employees who observed service anniversaries In July and August were not available. S3 Yean --Walter Babin, TEL-Sod. MAC; Leo Devail, H-C Op^ and Hudgens Blouln. SO Years -- Stanley Braud, Wilhelmlna Conn and George Sheridan, Sod. Op.; Walter Aocoin, Curtis Brown and Merle Shelton, H-C MAC; Harold Torres and Morton Dickerson, both of RAD Lab.; Tuple Henry, Stores A Serv.; Alfred Burns, John Hancock. Lee Hubbs, John Lefebvre, Ewell Meiancon and Leo Tur ner. all of TEL-Sod. MAC; John Dear and Mitchell David, both of TEL Op.; Floyd Carbo. TEL Malnt., and Minnie Wales, Ind. Eng. 25 Years -- Douasan Rando, Jr., Finance. IjgurHOWS ATTENDANCE? Supply and Refinery Prcducibility Editor's Note--A four-page article in the July 26 issue of "The Oil and Gas Journal" on the possible effects of the EPA's plan to start limit ing lead in gasoline to 1.4 grams per gallon in October and to 1 gram per gallon in January--bears out Ethyl's long-held position that anti knock compounds conserve vital crude oil supplies. Because of space limitations, we are unable to use more than the /olloiving key excerpts from the article by Leo Aalund, refining editor, titled, "Lead Stepdoum Threatens 77 U. S. Gasoline Crunch." "All the ingredients for a U. S. gasoline shortage next summer could be at hand if the Environmental Protection Agency sticks to its present lead phasedown schedule. "Such a rapid and stringent cutback in the amount of octane-boosting lead permitted in U. S. gasoline would reduce industry's total gasoline making capability. This, coupled with strong growth in unleaded-gaso line consumption as more new cars hit the road and the heavy demand for lower-lead regular and prem ium, could spell trouble. "Enforcement would drive nu merous small refiners out of the gasoline business and cut gasoline output of other small firms and many larger refiners. And it would force diversion into gasoline of much of the high-octane aromatics duction. One refiner's study con cludes that a lead restriction of 1.4 grams per gallon, (as pro posed by the EPA for October 1) would cut the country's gasoline `producibility' by 800.000 barrels a day. This compares to an esti mated maximum summer time availability of about 7.7 million barrels a day. now going into petrochemicals." "A drop to one gram per gal The lead phasedown was orig inally slated to begin January 1, 1975. However, court battles on the issue, ending in June when the Supreme Court refused to lon (due on January 1, 1977) would cut gasoline producibility another 800.000 barrels a day, or a total of 1.6 million barrels a day, this refiner estimates." review a controversial 5 to 4 de cision giving the EPA authority to order lead removal, have de layed the phasedown, now sched uled to begin October 1. The article points out that pre liminary returns from a survey of the refinery members of the Amer ican Petroleum Refiners Associa tion show that a lead limit of 1.5 The EPA says it will now en grams per gallon (chosen before force the lead phasedown schedule. the EPA phasedown order was However, it hinted that it rec issued) would cut gasoline produc ognizes that lead phasedown now tion by these refiners to an average could cause serious disruption in of 5.07 percent of their regular the industry. It is ironic that EPA refinery runs, or to some 21.900 bar got its final green light for the lead rels a day. One refinery said that phasedown in the summer of 1976. the lead phasedown would make it Slumping gasoline demands in 1974 difficult to find gasoline compo and in 1975 . . . dulled the razor nents and that it would probably edge of the phasedown threat. But take his company out of the gas in the summer of 1976 gasoline con oline business. Another said the sumption is running at a all-time lead phasedown could mean a cut peak, well over 7 million barrels back in crude runs because he a day. Meanwhile Detroit is selling would have to increase the severity autos at a clip 40 percent over the of his reformer. 1975 rate. And Americans, who have access to some of the cheapest gasoline in the world, are buying more large and medium-sized cars. "After analyzing the mass of data it gets from the country's refiners, large and small, EPA should be able to assess the effect of the "Once a mass of material (re phasedown on U S. gasoline pro garding lead contents, gasoline duction. Early indications are that production, EPA study, etc.) is it would be heavy -- and would boiled down it's probable it will come at a time when gasoline de show that the phasedown will mand in the U.S. is again setting cut deeply into U.S. gasoline pro new all-time records." The Dirty Harry's bowline team, winners of the ETCO Bowline Leaeue cham pionship In May, added the Baton Rouee City championship in June by wlnnlne 19th Tournament of Champions over some 7ft other city leaeue winners. Members of the team shown here are Floyd Fife. Captain "Chuck" Bruton, Georee Johnston and Cecil Loechelt. Max Garretso"- not shown, was the other member of the team. Etc 2?S34 Return Postage Guaranteed FOR ALL OF US Vol, 38, No. 5 September-October, 1976 'Mtf Jfame Auuuf jytom i dUiCyi ^ru-^CpZa. This Is the successful United Way Steering Committee. From left are Lawrence "Skipper" LeFeaux. who was representing E. D. Mitchell; Alonzo Scott; Co-Chair man Bill Lentz; Milton "Ma Ma" Soulier; Chairman Johnny .McGee; Mnrtln Johnson; Tommy Vince; Secretur.v Diane Godwin; Mitchell "Coon" David (liehind Diane); Kenneth Elswirth; Joseph Drago; Clive "Moose" Bridges; William Stevenson: Warren Land* and Hermuft Huggins. Members not shown are Elwin Adams; Leo Brown; Don Robertson; A. J. Robictuiux and Mehl Smith. Another Annual Increase -*/ OS3C& ^Zj/A* jZk. * )6Cp. jO*& aM* &t*/sCtftyQrK&a*- Employees Sef New High Mark in JcM**. .,/*** ^ ^'<*/ `^ac j&L- Contributions to the United Way %&*<***- _ 'ztjf %rt<- S*x- *Aa~ ajQjDdn y&sXtJj ^ft i*+lA. A new high mark in community service has been achieved this year a*&i ^**44, <fdaA a<x. ^*4/- ga&yg, &* c/ *0j^&uaatjid'' by employees through their contributions to the annual Capital Area United Way Campaign. As The Antiknock went to press, with a consid /wj %**& s7XM*s5 #1^4*. erable number of pledge cards still out because of vacations and other reasons, the contributions of Plant employees totalled $100,814. y^jtcfsTM^ &JkA. tp?t&.3^* This was an increase of 17 percent over the $85,824 contributed by Plant employees last year. The average contribution per giver also &4j &yznaJ*rK td&A' iO*tu. duk^ fen* *&>. increased to more than $55 from the average of around $42 per em The Cover &JM.S****- M*A Z f /OAmavz^ fU/t //PCSA Jj2d.t36t**+.- ployee last year. In the important category of Pair Share giving, em Everybody Is in the safety act on I I <&**/ y^-xr^ ^^6(0/ *?std*Yi&g'jAJL <frx.afjTci+j s*d*-, a /^>e*x. .^o4ozu a ^r*</ s*. *4^, ployees also continued to show an increase in Fair Share contribu tions with a total of 633, up from 511 in 1975. In addition to contributions by the Plant these days as group committee* develop and coordinate safety programs for their respec tive groups. On the cover and on Page $ are pictures of some of these committees which are en po'fc **/Cos*. i y^$ *A&& *JtA-<rfejtjtL4***4.- employees on the Plant, Com pany employees downtown at the thusiastically promoting our new Safety Improvement Program. In i -*/ds*-c/ %*** 'ffapo xjf ^CtA^C iP4Jt/MA*a/ I '^K. /tiZllJSItMAlA Tower and One American Place had increased their contributions to $38,560 by late October, up the cover picture Chairman Joe Savoy, third from right, goes over the display Itnard developed for *Ld4f Jj, )&rc*sxj dXUyi? c "tryzftMjZry^ &d*jC -a^Uiyd. from $33,325 last year, with con siderable additional contributions the East Side Plate Shop's Safety Program hy his committee. Other 0'Z4Wf& ye Aiy? ^Wl y6*iC s7*~j gfild/*xJL. expected. The total of the two employee groups raised Ethyl members are from left, Archie Cook, James Beachum, Larry jJU4- Ojf (fytijC &k jLift.kL.j4, &- djfau*Jtef**-/?** employees share to more than Bates, ami Floyd Smith, commit $139,000, as of October 30, al tee adviser. Turn to Page 3 for 'AiMslA ff&z2c*a. xjf tc*2d' *UdX- 4- ^fOd'/^cA 'S7*~[. - ready an increase over the $119, pictures of more group safety com ^MjukA, $****' 000 contributed by employees last year. mittees. ^yv^- C }*? ^ Backing up this improved em ployee support of more than 50 agencies in the six-parish Capital Area United Way, as well as con tributions designated for Pointe Coupee agencies, was a contribu tion of $42,000 by the Company to the Capital Area Campaign. This Company support, combined with the new high mark in employee giving, brought the October 15 total Ethyl support to more than $172,000. Johnny McGee, chairman of the Plant United Way Steering Committee, extended thanks and praise to participating employ- (Continued on Page 7) llenry McBunch, working leader in Sodium Operations, had completed SI year* <f Ethyl service when he be(ran early retirement in June of this year. He and Mrv McBunch were photographed at their home after THE ANTIKNOCK received hU (permission to reproduce a copy ot the letter he wrote to express his appreciation for his job aod the fellowship with other employees. Backing up employee support of the Capital Area United Way this fall. Resident Manager W illiam Strader, right, presents the check tor a Company contribution of $42,000 to Richard Lipsey. general campaign chairman of the 19*6 Capital Area United Way. At left are John Klock. manager of Administration, and David Harelson, campaign director, Capital Area United Way headquarters. Page 2, The Antiknock, September-October, 1976 Hiring on Plant Is Continuing; Over 900 Employees Buying Bonds Regularly Forty-Seven New Employees Report Forty-seven new employees re ported" to work on the Plant in September and early October. In cluded in the new arrivals are 43 wageroll employees, three new technical employees and one cleri cal employee. The wageroll employees have been assigned as follows: 16 to PVC Operations. 13 to TEL General Services. 5 to H-C Auxiliary, 5 to H-C Operations, 3 to the R&D Lab oratory and 1 to TEL-Sod. MficC. Gerald Smith. Jr., who was a summer employee in this year's Summer Technical Training Pro gram, has joined Applications and Customer Services of Industrial Chemicals Research as a chemist. He received his BS in chemistry from LSU. Eleanor Fieler, who received her MS degree in chemical engineer ing from LSU, is a new process en gineer in Process Design. She is from Wood River. Ill,, and received her BS degree from St. Louis Uni versity. She had previously taught in East Baton Rouge Parish schools. Fred Stolzle has joined the Pat ents Division as a patent chemist (casual) while working toward his juris doctor's degree in the LSU Law School. He holds BS and PhD degrees in chemistry from LSU. Fleler Stolzle Reporting for work in mid-Sep tember as a keypunch operator in Finance was Cynthia Landry. Hired in early October was Diana Johnson, a steno-clerk in Stores and Services. Pictures of the new employees are shown on this page. As a result of the recent U. S. Savings Bond Campaign on the Plant, 40 percent of the employees U.S. SAVINGS BONDS Good Buy! are now participating in regular purchase of bonds through the pay roll Savings Plan, reports Leo Martin, coordinator. The plant campaign was part of the annual companywide U. S. Savings Bond Campaign held under the leadership of President Bruce Gottwald. Martin said 115 new purchasers of bonds were signed up, bringing the Plant total to 991. In addition, 71 already-enrolled employees in creased their payroll deductions for bonds. Serving with Martin on the Plant Savings Bond Committee were Darryl Chateiain--M&C; Max Garretson--Operations; M. H. Batte -- Engineering; Bill Mengert -- R&D; Don Robertson--Administra tion, and Bobbie Stirrat, Purchas ing. Grot Ray Bank? Committee Ion. Victo Taylor. S* Bruhier. fBeginning their career* with Ethyl are thee new employees who are from left, Ned Scott. Terry Didier, William Grlsaom, Bobby Jarreau and Forest Pitre. James "Br mittee, go, tee. At le are Bobby ing are a!' Thev seven employer* crime to work In late September. They are. from left. Arthur Robinson. who formerly worked on the Plant. Bruce Bannerman. Charter Sloan, Letter Moore. Jerry Scott. Warren Moreau and Robert Rice. Reporting for work during thr latter part of August were Robert Dee* and Donald Turner. r Iftnotust ' aoDodioBci it Ire the la** ---.iar -- \ These new employee* are Simon Denova. Ted Hnrbourt. John Jarreau. Bertha Mima. Carlo Siltio. Royal Carroll. Gordon Johnson. Betty Whitt. Paul Halphen. Frank Olah. 111. Michael Turk. Lester Purvis, Danny Sharbono and Gary Metz. Joining the Company recently were Jume* Demoulin and Herbert White. Employee* reporting for work recently were, from left. Charley Clark, Rena Rich ardson. Theodls Jones. Timothy Quatrevingt. Willie Dotson, Sylvia Parault. Jesse Harris, Jr.. Lavelt Myles. John Rousseau. Terry Andrews, Robert Jenkins, Jr.. Edward Goutreaux. Jack Harless and Donald Moran. Two new women employees have been hired recently. They are Cynthia Lan dry. left, who came to work In Sep tember as a keypunch operator in Fi nance. and Diana Johnson who was hired In mid-October os a steno-clerk In Stores and Services. HU Antiknock Published for Employees at thr Baton Rouge Manufacturing, - Research A Development Center The purposes f THE ANTI KNOCK are to communicate . . . The accomplishments and ac tivities of Ethyl people. The performance and progress of uur Company. The value and results of team work at our Baton' Rouge Plant. The continuing- and Increasing need for a greater apprecia tion of our American way of . life. Crawford ] Safety Cot Griggs, vu secretary. Mitchell Safety O Richard, LeFeaux, are E ETC 27537 legularly g in regular ough the payreports Leo i was part of wide U. S. ipaien held of President \v purchasers up. bringing . In addition, mployees in1 deductions rtin on the Committee --M&C; Max s; M. H. Batte Mengert -- -Administrarat. Purchas- Page 3, The Antiknock, Septembec-October, 1976 Group Committees Keynote Safety Promotion on the Plant Employees Develop and Coordinate Group Programs, Achievement Awards Ray Bankston, seated In center of table. Is chairman of the TEL Operations Safety Committee. Other members are. from left. Gary Miller. Melvin Braud, James Fal lon. Victor McDearman, Jesse Hayden. Charles Park. Charles Braud. Richard Taylor. Sebastian Wilbert, and Paul Levert. Not shown Is Treasurer Robert Brashier. Everybody is talking and planning safety on the Plant these days as the new Safety Improvement Program moves into high gear. Safety com mittees in work-related groups are now functioning throughout the Plant. Under the new program, which replaced the previous Safety Pays (Bond) Program on July 1. the safety coordinating committees plan and administer safety programs in their respective groups. These safety com mittees set safety goals, plan programs, help investigate accidents, suggest improvements, issue newsletters and establish incentive awards for good safety. Starting with the Sodium Maintenance Group Committee, which was pictured in the last issue of The Antiknock, we hope to carry pictures of alt of these committees m this and succeeding issues of The Antiknock. Pictured on this page are committees in three Operations areas as well as in some of the Maintenance groups. kA are from left, rest Pitre. James "Brother** Pourdau. center, chairman of the H-C Paint Group Safety Com mittee, goes over the croup'* safety promotion plana with members of the commit tee. At left are Foreman Bov Andre and Dennis Harrell. To the right of Pourdau are Bobby Ruahinf and Joe Mitchell, co-chairman and secretary. Harrell and Rnah- inf are alternates on the Committee. Robert Hill, left. Is chairman of the General Maintenance Paint Group Safety Committee. Here he goes over plnns with member* of the Committee, who are Kenneth Brown, James Milton, alternate, Charles Andre and Foreman Clarence Bueche. Crawford Lewis, third from right, is chairman of this TEL-Sod. Minor Construction Safety Committee. Other members, from left, are Cedi Forbes, alternate, Gary Griggs, vice-chairman and awards officer. Foreman Jesse Eaves, Winds Moak. secretary, and Henry Grass, alternate member. Jimmy Whitaker Is chairman of the TEL Maintenance Committee, shown here. Members are. from left. Marion Covington. Raymond Louque, Barry McAdams, Superintendent Don Kirk, Rufus Price. Chairman Whitaker (seated at desk), Ed McGeorge, Co-chairman, Ed Goia, Bobby Wascom (seated at desk), secretary, and Ettoa Landry. Covington, Louque, Price and Landry are alternate members of the Committee. Mitchell Crowder, fourth from left, seated, Is chairman of the H-C Operations Safety Committee. Other members seated are from left, Kenneth Magee, Lionel Richard, Earl Heard, in charge of awards and publicity: Co-Chairman Charles LeFeaux, Secretary Joseph Mackey; James Stephenson and BUly Williams. Stand ing are Ernest Grant. Mike Greer and Charles HulL These are members of the Sodium Operations Safety Committee, which la made up of group representatives and alternates. Present for the picture in late Sep tember were, from left, Riley Ollnde. Henry Farthing. CalvU Lesmrd. Johnny McGee. Alva Gilchrist. John Lann, Warren Lands and Dominic Dlstefano. Members not present were Edward Fontenot, Michael King and Superintendent Gene Pontl. ETC 27538 Page 4, The Antiknock, September-October, 1976 Promotions and Reassignments Benefit Plans Prevent Financial Announced for Nine Employees Promotions for four employees on the Plant and the transfer of four others have been announced recently. Those promoted, all in R&D, arc Richard Boucher to chemical mi* croscopist and Jan Futch to cor rosion chemist, both in R&D Ser vices; David Carley to senior ap plications chemist in Applications and Customer Services, and Rich mond Starrett to senior research chemist in Pioneering Research. In transfers. Douglas Proctor moved from Plastics Applications to Economic Evaluation and Rich ard Jones from Process Design to the Engineering Services Group at the Magnolia Plant. Also in September, Clifton Kees. coordinator of Geology Studies and D. S. Kirstein. geologist, both of Engineering, transferred to R&D. Boucher Futch Curley Jones Choppin Promoted to Superintendent Post In late Octo ber Arthur Choppin, Jr., transferred from chief supervisor, TEL Op., to the Employee Rela tions Depart ment as super intendent. Em ployee Relations. Former Employees Get Manufacturing Posts Two former plant employees are involved in reassignments m the Manufacturing Department, to be effective November 15. announced, recently by Vice President Wallace F. Armstrong. Andrew Wikman, resident manager at the Houston Plant, is promoted to assistant gen eral manager of Manufacturing, with primary responsibility for production aspects of the Depart ment's operations. Charles Hunt, assistant resident manager at Hous ton since July, succeeds Wikman as resident manager there. Scrap Barrel -- A Symbol of Conservation Here is a cost reduction and energy-saving program, which has been paying dividends at Central Shops for about 10 years, that might well be adopted in other areas of the Plant. Instead of allowing valuable pieces of metal to end up "down the drain" in the Salvage Yard, metals such as aluminum, brass, bronze, stainless steel, nickel, and copper are collected in barrels in the Machine and Sheet Metal Shops. This is one of three barrels which are divided by classifications of scrap material. Foremen Harry Allen and Henry Cedotal point out that, not only does the Company realize scrap metal income that would otherwise be lost, but the program helps con serve vital energy needed in this country, since it takes much less energy to re-manufacture metals from pieces of scrap than it does from the original ore. Both Allen and Cedotal would be glad to as sist other plant groups in starting their own similar conservation project Distress for Richard Moore Family For Richard Moore. TEL Op., and his wife. Doris, the Company's Blue Cross Hospital and Surgical and Major Medical Benefit Plans not only helped save the life of their baby, Sonya, but they prevented family financial distress. Without the Blue Cross protection. Moore feels it probably would have meant the loss of his home in order to arrange for the payment of the heavy medical expense they faced, __ beginning last fall. The Moores' story began when their daughter. Sonya, was born prematurely on October 4, 1975. at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge. A six- month baby, Sonya weighed 1 pound. 41/4 ounces at birth. She had to be im mediately placed in an incubator with a mechanical respira tor, where she re Hfre U Sonya. now a vear old. nnd her parent*. Doris amt Richard Moore. She weighed one mained for three weeks of a longer pound IAV* ounce* at birth and was kept on a stay in the hospital mechanical respirator for three weeks and in the hospital for 88 day* after birth. that lasted for 88 days. When Sonya was able to leave the hospital at the end of those 88 days she had gained to a weight of 4 pounds and 4 ounces. Now a year old. Sonya weighs approximately 15V2 pounds and seems to be full of health, as shown in the picture at left. Here are the Moore expenses: Baby's & Mother's Hospital Bill Benefit Plans Paid.......... $16,877 $16,257 Beaver Frey Kirsch Moore Paid ................................. $ 620 Baby's & Mother's Doctor Bills.......... $ 1,872 Benefit Plans Paid....................... $ 1.457 Moore Paid................... $ 415 Nineh Rec Total of All Bills................................. $18,749 Benefit Plans Paid...................... $17,714 ; Nineteen ment empl Moore Paid............................... $ 1.035 Moore says he and Doris will be forever thankful that they had this benefit plan protection. He feels that it is coverage no employee can do without. His brother. Clinton H. Moore, works in TEL Main tenance. and his father is Annuitant Clinton W. Moore, who formerly worked as a trainman in Stores and Services. ' nition in 1 i have been 1 g ond quarts | these pater I and five ar 1 Karl Wie T field with all of whic synthesis, c- sis of alkyl domestic 01 Let's Help Make the Plant Profitable. Cut younHOW'S ATTENDANCE? ert Ellis, F herd, Jr., < mond Starr Dr. M. F president, . Costs! patent on panedioic ac for fuels an Carthy. Prc R&D Staff. Dev., and F Ethyl Again Supports Southern Foundation another don num from : Awarded were Philli: nitrilotnace by spray d Pion. Res., cess for a i Through the annual support given by the Company to the Southern University Foundation. Ethyl is helping provide student scholarships for worthy students and Is assisting in faculty development at Southern University. In late July Resident Manager William Strader, left, presented a 11.000 check to Foundation Director Jerry Cole to be used In the Foundation's program. At right Is John Klock. man ager of Administration. Two PI Two em added anot outstanding tobhshed o\ on the PU: Employee Services "wi with their Company < 10.000 days injury, hav increased t over 28 yea ETC 27539 al imily ompany s Plans not prevented i, Moore order to *y faced, ist fall, -es' story ?n their )nya. was turely on 1975, at DSpital in :e. A six/, Sonya pound, at birth. be imMaced in r with a respirashe rer three i longer hospital for 88 of those . Now a ns to be -.hey had mployee :t Mam* formerly MICE? dat ion 1 t'nivenlty udents and y Resident n Director vlock, mio* Page 5, The Antiknock, September-October, 1976 Retirement Time Begins for Eight Long-Service Employees on Plant Eight long-service employees, in cluding three who came to work about the time construction of the Baton Rouge Plant began, have begun their retirement. The senior man in length of ser vice was Johney Little, General Services foreman, who started work in January 1937, just as con struction was setting into full swins. Amile Iverstine. a foreman in TEL Operations, followed in June 1937. and John Thompson, male nurse m Plant Medical, ar rived in September 1937. Little and iverstine retired on October l and Thompson on September 1. Others retiring on September 1 were David Causey, working leader in TEL Operations, hired in Janu ary 1944; Judson Ourso, purchas ing agent in Purchasing, who started in December 1942; George Trueax, Sodium Service mechanic, hired in August 1943, and Louis Watkins, working leader in H-C Auxiliary, hired in April 1940. Willie Rills, a welder in TELSod. M&C. who was hired in De cember 1944. retired on October 1. Six of the new annuitants are pictured below, along with their Plant work history and address. Prey Hutchinson We regret that pictures of Rills and Thompson were not available. 32 YEARS David CuiiMy Working Leader TEL-Op. Hired 1944 Rt. 2, Bov 239 Baker 33 YEARS Judion Our*o Purch. Agent IMir*h:i*lng HI re.I 1942 H97S Trudeau Ave. Baton Rouge Nineteen R&D Employees Share in Recognition from Recent Patents Nineteen Research and Develop ment employees shared in recog nition in 17 Ethyl patents which have been awarded during the sec ond quarter of 1976. Twelve of \hese patents are domestic (U. S.) .nd five are foreign patents. Karl Wiegand, Pion. Res., led the .ield with three domestic patents, all of which related to citric acid synthesis. A patent on the synthe sis of alkyl sulfonate salts, also a domestic one, was shared by Rob ert Ellis, Proc. Dev., Larry Shep herd, Jr., Chem. Res., and Rich mond Starrett, Pion. Res. Dr. M. F. Gautreaux, senior vice president, R&D, was awarded a patent on carboxymethoxy pro- panedioic acid antiplugging agents for fuels and shared with John Mc Carthy, Proc. Eval., Walter Foster, R&D Staff, Don Hutchinson, Proc. ->ev., and Fred Frey, Chem. Res., mother domestic patent on alumilum from raw kyanite ore. Awarded individual U. S. patents were Phillip Beaver, Proc. Des., on mtrilotriacetate (NTA) recovery by spray drying; James Johnston Pion. Res., on nickel recovery pro cess for a low-grade complex nic- kel ore; Robert Sanders, also of Pion. Res., a patent on aluminum/ silicon alloy with non-metallic fil ler and Melvin Tuvell, Appli. & Cust. Serv., a patent on sulfonate detergents with high viscosity. Foreign patents -- both France and Great Britain--were issued to Tuvell, Richard Gorsich and Wil liam DeWitt. also of Applications and Customer Services, on a gel resistant liquid detergent compo sition. Dale Hornbaker, Pol. Res., was granted a Canadian patent on sub strates containing polyvinyl bro mide (flame resistant articles); Warren Kirsch. Chem. Res., re ceived a West Germany patent on an aluminum recovery process and Charles Bergeron, Proc. Eval.. and James Kao, Proc. Dev., shared a Canadian patent on a process for making phosphonitrilic chlorides. Rounding out the patent recogni tion was Karl Cooper. Proc. Eval., who received a patent granted in Great Britain on a process for puri fying effluent streams. PK-tnrc* of oth*r employee* recognized in thi* article for patent achievement have appeared in earlier ixsuea (hi* year. Two Plant Groups Add to Safety Laurels Two employee groups have added another year to an already utstanding safety achievement esnblished over many years of work "n the Plant. Employees in Sodium General Services who were honored, along with their wives, last year at a Company dinner for completing 10,000 days without a time-losing injury, have now (on October 10) increased that to 10,458 days, or over 28 years, without a time-lost accident. Three of these employee* --Augustus Clark. Albert Judso1" and Welton Williams--have been members of the group for the en tire 28 years. Employees in Quality Control who were commended last year by Resident Manager William Strader for passing the million man-hour mark without time-losing injuries, have worked nearly 17 years or 6.104 days, through October 10, without a time-losing injury. 39 YEARS Amile Iveratlne Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1937 Box 682 Riverview Dr. Baton Rouge 39 YEARS Johney Little Foreman TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 1937 1828 Oleander St. Baton Rouge Two Are Semifinalists In Merit Scholarship Two of 27 area high school stu dents who have been named semi finalists in the 1977 National Merit Scholarship Program are a son and daughter of plant employees. These students, who are in the running for 1977 Ethyl Merit Scholarships, are Lynne, daughter of Floyd Jen sen. TEL-Sod. M&C, and Mark, son of Arthur Zielinski, R&D Services. Lynne is active in a wide variety of scholastic honor groups and stu dent organizations at Broadmoor High School. Mark is a member of the Catholic High School basket ball team, president of his class and secretary of the Beta Club and the Key Club, as well as being active in other school activities. 33 YEARS George Trueex Sort. Serv. Meeh. TEL-Sim1. MAC Hired 1943 3361 Winneliago St. Baton Rouge 36 YEARS Lou!* Watkin* Working Leader H-C' Auxiliary Hired 1940 1922 Carolina St. Baton Rouge RSVP Offers Volunteer Service Opportunities The Retired Senior Volunteer Program, sponsored in Baton Rouge by Community Advancement. Inc., is designed to develop a recognized role in the community and a mean ingful life in retirement for older adults through significant volun teer service. If you are eligible and interested in becoming involved in commu nity projects and want to learn more about RSVP. please contact Cherry Siebert, director, at 9232858. Eligibility requirements are men and women over 60. retired or -emi-retired and capable of serving in a designated assignment. They must be willing to accept super vision as required. There are no income, education, or experience requirements for older adults to become senior volunteers. Mileage is paid to the volunteers, plus a $1.25 meal stipend if volunteer ac tivities go through the noon hour. ETC 27540 Page 6, The Antiknock, September-October, 1976 Service Anniversaries Manx and Shapiro Lead Large Group of Long-Service Employees Headed by two 40-year Ynen, Maurice H. "Pud" Marix, Insurance coordinator, Finance, and Hymin Shapiro, research adviser in R&D Planning, there were 132 employees who observed service anniversaries of 10 years or more during September and October. Marix is the senior employee, in point of service, who was hired at Baton Rouge for work on the Plant. He began on October 26, 1936, the same month that plant construction began, as a time checker in Con struction. Shapiro joined the Company in Detroit on October 10, 1936 as a chemist. He transferred to Baton Rouge in 1957. In addition to these two 40-year men, six others observed 35 years, 28 reached the 30-year mark, 5 completed 25 years, 2 completed 20 years, and a large group, 89 employees, observed 10-year anniversaries. Most of the employees with 20 years or more are pictured here. Ten-year employees are listed on the next page. Roy Arbour II-C MAC 30 Years Henry Cedotal TEL Malnt TEL-Sod. MAC TEL-Sod. MAC Deaths have occur: had been a Glotz. Sr., service. The an Cutrer, Cai Melvin Brown Prod. Sch. A Dial. Annuitan 18 in Baton were held Baptist Cht Greenoaks survived b; a sister a joined the and was a. TEL-Sod. ' in Februar; Albert DePhilllps TEL-Sod. MAC Annuitan gust 15 at Funeral ser 17 at St. ! with inter Memorial C by one sor. brothers. H ber 1945 ar. in the Caft in Septemb | Jos Annuitan tember 9 in XaurtM Marix Jr. Finance Hymin Shapiro RAD Staff Ethel Dube Martin' Greenfield Stores A Serv. Charles Henderson TEL-Sod. MAC Service Charles Martin H-C Op. 2 35 Years Earl Allen RAD Lab. James Barron H-CAux. PiatuAmi Mat AwulaUa Pictures of the following employees who observed service anniversaries In Sep tember and October were not available. 35 Years--Frank Hilt, H-C MAC. and Curtis Williams. H-C Aux. SO Years-- Roy Bennett and WUllam Crotwell. Jr., all of TEL-Sod. MAC; Henry Hill. RAD Lab; Robert Odom. TEL Malnt; Ernest Ott and Claude Thomas, Jr., both of TEL-Sod. MAC, and Robert Wendt. TEL Malnt. 35 Years--James Denson, Traffic. Cost Control and Doing a Good Job Go Hand-in-Hand Jesse Pearce H-C MAC Rov Riche TEL-Sod. MAC Edward Rushing TEL Malnt Woodrow Snydei H-C Malnt James Croc Security OL kJ> Marshall Talley RAD Lab. Howard Wascom TEL Malnt Dan White Stores A Sen*. 25 Years Richard Robinson TEL Malnt. Harry Stewart MAC Plan. Kathleen Walter RAD Adra. Norman Wilton. Jr. TEL Malnt Alton Watts TEL-Sod. MdC Merrick At. Billy Bullar t baric* Ba Ktwh Bat-. Yred Beard Joseph Ber-. Clyde Berll John BowelPaul Boyle Benjamin I \ almond B Donald Bo! Rhett Cart William Co Allen Craw -h'M-ph Din "IWam D; Lari Devill Gasper Dip "wph Dul teeny Oup- Claiborne 1 ' "Til Eaul Eave Mi*n Ei-pi K"hard Er Leith Feld tenlie Feld R-cul Fife. Joe Fouse. Ronald Fu. Llrphen Gi " Hlle Guei Helen Gui. Linda Hurt Richard H Alev Ham ETC 27541 - 9h MemoAiam - Page 7, The Antiknock, September-October, 1979 Melvin Brown Proil. Sch. & Albert DrPhmipft TEL-Sod. MAC Deaths of 10 Ethyl men, two active employees and eight annuitants nave occurred in recent weeks. The employees were Elmo Curry, w' o had been a Cafeteria employee since it opened in April 1946, and Alvi.i Glotz, Sr., a foreman in TEL Maintenance, with 34 years of Ethyl service. ? The annuitants were Pat Berry, Eli Brown, Joseph Cantu, Oscar Cutrer, Carl Eaves, Peter Gulla, Milburn Nickens and Collins Tillery. Pat Berry Annuitant Berry, 76. died August 18 in Baton Rouge. Funeral services were held August 21 at Istrouma Baptist Church, with interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by two daughters, a son. sister and two brothers. He oined the Company in June 1943 and was an outside machinist in TEL-Sod. M&C. when he retired in February 1962. eral Hospital. Funeral services were held September 11 in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, with interment in Greenoaks Me morial Park. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, four sons, two sisters and one brother. He was hired in April 1937 in Construction and was an electrician in TEL-Sod MitC when he was granted per manent and total disability bene fits in August 1964. In 1958 the mosaic marble plaque, which is Eli Brown above the front entrance to the Annuitant Brown. 81, died Au gust 15 at Earl K. Long Hospital. Funeral services were held August 17 at St. Mary's Baptist Church, with interment in the Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by one son, two sisters, and two brothers. He was hired in Decem ber 1945 and was a kitchen helper in the Cafeteria when he retired :n September 1959. M&P Building, and a mosaic mar ble table with an inlaid Ethyl em blem. were made by Cantu's 80year-old father, the late Heleodoro Cantu, and presented to the Com pany in "recognition of the pood employment provided here." The table was used for many years at the Ethyl Recreation Association Park on the Old Hammond High way. Joseph Cantu, Sr. Elmo Curry, Sr. Annuitant Cantu. 70. died Sep Curry. 61. kitchen helper in the tember 9 in the Baton Rouge Gen Cafeteria, died August 12 at the Service Anniversaries (continued) Charles Martin H-C Op. 20 Years \toodrow Snyder H-C Maiot. Norman Wilton. Jr. TEL Malat. Alton Watts TEL-Sod. MAC James Crook Security L*on Hagtu* Proc. De*. Awa/ufa 10 Years Merrick Aucoin. H-C MAC Billy Ballard. PVC Op. Charles Barbari. TEL-Sod. MAC Enoch Batson, TEL-Sod. MAC Fred Beard, Cafe. Joseph Bergeron. H-C MAC Clyde Berthelot. H-C Op. John Bowden, Jf- l EL Op. Paul Boyle, Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Benjamin Brooks. TEL-Sod. MAC Yalmond Brown. TETz-So-L MAC Donald BohJer. TEL-Sod. MAC Rhett Carter. TEL-SoJ. t>i4cC William Cooke. PVC Op. Allen Crawford. Sod. Op. Joseph David. TEL Op William Davi*. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Earl Desilller. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Gnsper Dlpaola. TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Duhon. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Leroy Dupuy. TEL-Sod. MAC Claiborne Durbin. PVC Op. Virgil Easley. Jr.. TEL-Sod MAC Jesse Eaves. TEL-Sod. MAC Allen Eiaenbraun. Poly Res. Richard Erwin. TEL-Sod. MAC Keith Felder. H-C MAC Leslie Felder. TEL Op. Paul Fife. Stores A Sen-. Joe Fouse. Security Ronald Fuentes. TEL Op. Stephen Greer. H-C MAC Willie Guerin. TEL-Sod. MAC Helen Guidry. RAD Adm. Linda Harris. Finance Richard Harris. TEL Op. Alex Harrison, TEL-Sod. MAC Hugh Ilaulbrook. TEL-Sod. MAC Clarence H ixlip, So*t. On. Lester Hebert, Jr., H-C MAC Ltnn lleliert. TEL-Sod. MAC Leroy Hell, H-C MAC William Holmes. PVC Op. John Hoth. TEL-Sod. MAC Norris Hull. TEL-Sod. MAC Harold Jefferson, TEL-Sod. MAC william Johnston, TEL-Sod. MAC John Jones. Security Michael Julian. TEL-Sod. MAC Gerald Kimball. PVC Op. Charles King. TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Langlols, H-C Op. Carl LeMay. TEL-Sod. MAC John Leaaurd, Qual. Cont. Carey Lowe, TEL-Sod. MAC James MeGeorge. TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Mackey. H-C Op. Daniel Major, H-C MAC Gary Miller. TEL Op. Carroll Mlllsapm H-C MAC Thomas Mlnner, H-C Op. Cecil Moore, TEL-Sod. MAC Batiste Moran, TEL-Sod. MAC Richard Morgan, H-C MAC Paul Maaseliuan. Sod. Op. Bohby Neuines, TEL-Sod. MAC Edward O'Neal. RAD Serv. Bruce Pourdau, TEL-Sod MAC James Richardson. Jr.. H-C MAC Carmello Rlngo, TEL-Sod. MAC Sam Rlngo. TEL-Sod. MAC Fabian Roberts, Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Richard Rogers. TEL Op. Jerome Romig, TEL-Sod. MAC Angelo Rotibtque. H-C MAC James Ryall. RAD Serv. George Seguln, Jr.. H-C Op. Errol Simpson. Stores & Serv. Wallace Simon. TEL-Sod. MAC Eton Smelle.v. III. TEL Op. Robert Snulier. Railroad Orville Stephens. Sod. Op. Charles Streat. Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC Arthur Stubbs. Jr.. Stores A Serv. Howard Sturges. H-C MAC Cecil Sullivan. Security Jerry Tarter. TEI.-Sod. MAC Robert Taylor. H-C Op. John Thibodeaux. RAD Lab. Claude Thomas. TEL-Sod. MAC George Tmylor. TEL-Sod. MAC Vernon Triche. TEL-Sod. MAC Joe Tucker. TEL-Sod. MAC Curtis t**ry. H-C MAC Lewis Vance. H-C MAC Oscar Vince. H-C MAC Ronald Volenttne. TEL-Sod. MAC John Wale*. Jr.. H-C MAC Alev Welch. TEL On. Kenneth Williams. Pion. Res. Theodore Zeriogue. Sod. Op. Berry Brown Canto Carry Eaves Glotx Galla Nickens We regret that a pictare of Oscar Cutrer was not available. Peter Gulla Tillery Veterans Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services were held August 16 at Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in Port Hudson National Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, two step daughters, a son, a stepson, a sister and two brothers. He was hired in April 1946 and was one of the orig inal Cafeteria employees when it opened in April 1946 and who has continued to work in the Cafeteria during his more than 30 years of service. Oscar Cutrer Annuitant Cutrer. 61, died Sep tember 4 at Spedale General Hos pital in Plaquemine. Funeral ser vices were held September 7 at St. John Catholic Church, with burial in Grace Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, three sons and a sister. He was hired in Construction in Julv 1940 and was an operator in Sodium Operations when he was granted permanent and total disability benefits in September 1962. Annuitant Gulla, 67, died Octo ber 8 at Baton Rouge General Hos pital. Funeral services were held October 11 at Sacred Heart Catho lic Church with interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. He is sur vived by his wife, two daughters, one son and one brother. He was hired as a mechanical helper in February 1945 and was a steeple jack painter in TEL-Sod. M&cC when he retired in February 1974. Milburn "Pete" Nickens Annuitant Nickens, 69, died Sep tember 1 at his residence in Bul lion. Funeral services were held September 3 at Oak Grove Baptist Church, with entombment in Gar den Crypt Mausoleum. He is sur vived by his wife, three daughters and three sons. He was employed by the Company in May 1942 and at the time of his early retirement in February 1962 he was a pump and powerhouse operator in Power. Collins Tillery Annuitant Tillery, 71, died Oc tober 4 at a Tyler. Texas, hospital. Funeral services were held October 7 at Rabenhorst Chapel, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a sister. He was a long-time Stores employee, having joined the Company in Construction in May 1938. and was a Stores leader when he retired early in September 1967. Carl Eaves Annuitant Eaves. 62, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital Au gust 15. Funeral services were `"eld August 17 at Seale Funeral Home in Denham Springs, with burial in Felders Cemetery. He is survived bv his wife, a daughter, four sons, four sisters and three brothers. He joined the Company in Aoril 1947 and was an operator in TEL Ooerations when he retired earlv in May 1975. Alvin Glotx, Sr. Glotz. 63, a foreman in TEL Maintenance died August 26 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held August 27 at Istrouma Baptist Church, with interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons, one of which is Alvin, Jr., a foreman in TEL Operations. He had 34 years of service on the Plant, having been hired as a mechanical helper in September 1942. Employees Set New - - (Continued from Page 1) ees, and especially complimented the leadership and excellent work of the many solicitors. "It is a credit to us as employees, as well as to the Company, that we are continuing to show improve ment in our support of important community agencies in the six parishes," On October 15 contributions to the Capital Area United Way were 63.8 percent of its goal of $2.4 mil lion, or a total of $1,531,668. 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SL8. ^.^SPEEn !] LIMIT iej 15 gSSSMbii 3 St't"^.JLHRISTMA5 5 skS35 n& iS-S&t f . !1 ' 1 '-^1 ' I aaafeafl ^ Antiknock rfv^v- `" J tytjp 27544 etc Hiring 50 Ac Vol. 38, No. 6 Nov.-Dee., 1976 At Jtalt - - A S&UHC6 ^04 <Jti4CfUUffU,! A new organization that win lobby for the harassed, over taxed taxpayer is seeking 10.000 members. Citizen's Choice, a new citizen's action group which is being organized under the leader ship of business leaders throughout the country, has as its goal "to recapture Washington for hard-working taxpayers!" Recently. Dr. Richard Lesher, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States who also heads Citizen's Choice, explained that every special interest group imaginable has a citi zen's lobby except the taxpayer who pays the bills. Citizen's Choice, he said, "will represent the millions of Americans who resent high taxes, inflation and increasing government interference in their lives." Jay VanAndel. chairman of the board of Citizen's Choice, said it in a different way when he pointed out, "We have reached a time in our history when it is essential to make clear to Congress that America's productive taxpayers won't tolerate further inter ference in their economy or private lives because it threatens our prosperity, our personal opportunities and our free society itself." He cautioned that American taxpayers presently send onethird of their earnings to government and will be spending more unless the present trends are stopped. He listed these goals: Enactment of laws suspending government agencies that no longer can justify their existence. Require cost benefit statements before any new bureau cratic regulations are passed. Restrict food stamps to people who truly need them. Require new federal programs to be tested before they are imposed nationally. Invitations are being mailed to approximately 10 million people within the next few months. A membership fee of $15 will be used to provide lobbying and information service to member taxpayers. Members will be polled regularly for their views on specific issues. A toll-free telephone in Washington will provide up-to-the-minute reports on key legislation. Members will also receive legislative reports on key legislation. Ethyl Plastics Used in Variety of Containers In late C Here are two key steps in the Plant's emergency procedure. Patrolman Waitl Watson show* how the emergency alarm is sounded at the Main Gate. At rlgfl are the horns on top of the Alloy Building In the TEL area on which the M-btm alarm Is sounded. As explained in the article below these horns are also used M vember 49 c for work on total of net Included in coded Are alarm signals. | Patrick C. chemist in Knowledge Needed ! Research. H a typist in S 45 wageroll Comprehensive Emergency Procedure Hu is fn three deere Yuen Colie Needs Cooperation of All Employee; from the Ur Paso and a When the plant emergency alarm sounds, do you know what to do? In fact, do you know what the emergency alarm is? Furthermore, mediately to the area involve! The shortwave radio set install* in the truck, as well as portabj "walkie-talkie" sets carried as afl sity of Sou' assigned to tomer Serv- Thirteen do you know how to report an ditional emergency equipmeil emergency? provide immediate communication A comprehensive emergency pro facilities. 1 cedure for the Plant has been de Dependent upon the nature A veloped and is covered in detail in the emergency, fire crews, first afl the Plant Emergency Manual, a crews, and emergency equipme* copy of which is available in each as needed can be rushed to ttt section. This procedure goes into scene. 1 effect to (a) rescue and provide At the same time, superviso* medical care of injured persons, (b) evacuate or provide for pro (Continued on Page 5) ^ tection of other plant personnel, (c) prevent spread of the emer gency, and (d) protect Company property from damage. Every employee needs to be The Cover familiar with the signal for Our "new look** cover tor the emergencies, how to sound the emergency signal and what to do in case of an emergency. Christmas issue this year Is the work of Roman Alford of the Pub lications Office and Ray Langhart, Barnard and Burk employee who Quick communications are vital during any emergency on the Plant. A great part of the effort to has worked on the Plant for nearly JO year*. Alford made the gate picture last December while the Christmas decorations were up. control and eliminate the condi The artwnrk was done by Lang- tions causing the emergency is di rected and coordinated bv tele phone and radio communication. hart. The process ued to get the unusual effects on the picture it called line cons endon. We hope you like It. It is for this reason that all em ployees should be familiar with the emergency signal and how to report an emergency situation as soon as they see it. Here are eight ire Bobby W Lee Comeaux. This la the Plant's emergency number to call in case of any emergency. Container* like those above for packaging a wide variety of product* are a sig nificant part of the Ethyl Plaattc Group'* buslneaa. The raw material for some of these container*. Alma and closure* originate* at the Baton Rouge Plant. Vinyl chloride monomer from the H-C Area ( converted to PVC resin* and compounds in the PVC Area and shipped to other Ethyl location* for manufacture of the containers For example. PVC resin* are shipped from the Plant to the Tiptonvllle, Tetm~ Plant to make a bottle compound that is then shipped to Itnco Con tainer Product* Division plants for bottle production. Also resin* to make Aim compound that Is used at VisQueen FUm Products Division plants for making clear Aim for food and other wrap. Any employee who discovers a potential emergency or observes an emergency in any plant area is ex pected to immediately notify the Main Gate Control Center by call ing Extension 3300. The employee making the emergency call should give his name, the exact area in volved and his appraisal of the emergency situation. This vital, important telephone call by an alert employee sets into motion the well-planned emergency procedure on the Bat on Rouge Plant Immediately the patrolman receiving the informa tion sets off the emergency gen eral alarm signal--*20 blasts on the fire alarm horns. He simul taneously rings all of the emer gency telephones throughout the Plant to inform wardens of the nature of the emergency. The information is also broadcast over the shortwave radio system. A patrol truck is dispatched im- ETC 27545 Page Two, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 Hiring Brings 321 New 'Faces' to Plant; Unique Cake Lasts Long Enough for Picture 50 Additional Employees Begin Work i trolman Walter Gate. At right ilrh the 20-blast re also used (or cedure oloyees rea involved. * set installed 11 as portable carried as ad- equipment, mmunications he nature of rews. first aid cy equipment ushed to the c, supervisors Page 5) In late October and early No vember 49 new employees reported for work on the Plant bringing the total of new hires in 1976 to 321. Included in the new people are Patrick C. Hu. a new research chemist m Industrial Chemicals Research, Helen "Cathy" Coleman, a typist in Stores and Services and 45 wageroll employees. Hu is from Taiwan and holds three degrees--a BS from ChanYuen College in Taiwan, an MS from the University of Texas at El Paso and a PhD, from the Univer sity of Southern California. He is assigned to Application and Cus tomer Services. Thirteen of the new wageroll employees were temporarily as signed to Sodium Operations as operators second class, 10 new wageroll people were temporarily assigned to TEL Operations as op erator helpers, 15 were temporarily assigned as painter helpers thirdclass in TEL-Sod. M&C. five gen eral service men joined TEL Gen eral Services and two laboratory helpers were hired in the R&D Lab. This "teddy bear4' cake didn't last long after this picture was made! Jane Tidwell, wife of Larry, left, baked the unique cake for Lynn Hebert, center, who was trans ferring at the time from Sodium Maintenance to Central Shop-.. Waiting for the "consumption" time was Richard Browning, also of Sodium Maintenance, shown at right. Two nw laboratory helpers who began work in the RAD Lab In mid-November are Terry Crockett, left, and Robert Parker. ver over for the year Is the -d of the Puh:ay Langhart, mplojee who int for nearly de the rate er while the ns were up. ne hv Lang-d to ret the he picture Is n. We hope These new employees are Julius Altazin, Stephen Bailey. Gregory Causey, Henry Smith, Jr., Leonard Kirby, James Jackson and Raymond Seneca. :!ere are eight new employees who are now working on the Plant. From left, they -.re Bobby White, Kenneth Garrett. Royal Noel, Curtis Scott, Fredy LeJeune, ..ee Comeaux, Timothy Brand and John Alexander. Beginning their careers with Ethyl are these new employees. From left, they are Edward Hayman. Michael Loreno, Timmy Hulln, Jr.. John Fort**. Ronnie Truax, James Spragts, Helen "Cathy" Coleman. David Barrow, III, Richard Dupuis, Murphy Johnson, Jr,, Michael Pool and WUliam Lang. Ethyl JA Companies Are Now in Business New employee* who reported for work In the latter part of October are, from left. Curtis Brown. Charles Smith. Garland Fenton. David Heuvel, Louis Amedee, Jr.. Dennis James, Lynn Browning. Wilbert McMurray, Charlie Thompson, John Christ. Timothy Maher and John Anders, Jr. Anders has since resigned from the Company. Members of two Company-spon sored Junior Achievement com panies have chosen names and products and have gone into busi ness. One of the companies is JA WORKERS OF AMERICA which will package and market pre addressed utility envelopes and trunk tie-down chains. Its advisers are Joe Polito, PVC Op., and Leo Broders and Jack Ritchie, both of Industrial Engineering. The other company, ETTC., will produce and sell plexiglass and polished wood wall plaques (8l/a x 10) suitable for displaying cer tificates, awards, etc. Its advisers are Gary Ragan, Tech Serv., and Charles Boudreaux, Roy Rackley, and David Stephenson, all of En gineering -1 Am. PI. itie JM Antiknock Published for Employee* at the Baton Rouge Manufacturing, Research A Development Center The pur|o*es of THE ANTI KNOCK are to communicate . . . The accomplishment* and ac tivities of Ethyl people. The performance ""> progress of our Company. The value and results uf team work at aur Baton Rouge Plant. Tim continuing und Increasing need for a greater apprecia tion of our American way of life. Page Three, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 Additional Employee Committees Are Leading Wa y to Better Safety Leadership and enthusiasm continue to keynote the organizatio: and activities of safety committees in additional work areas on th Plant. Eight of these committees were pictured in the last issue of Tb Antiknock. Several others are being presented in this issue. The new safety program, the Safety Improvement Program, fea lures group safety coordinating committees which plan and administe the programs in their respective groups. These safety committees se safety goals, plan programs, suggest improvements in work areas am practices, issue newsletters and set incentive awards for good safet; performances by individuals and by groups. Congratulations to the committees pictured on this page. Fellot employees of committee members are urged to cooperate in the safet programs developed by their respective committees and offer sugges tions for greater achievements. We will continue to use pictures of the committees until all of then have appeared in The Antiknock. Here Is the Machine Shop (West) Safety Committee, which la headed by Eugene Rogers, chairman, second from left In the picture. At left la Norman Bennett. At right is Roland Buquol, alternate. Elray Vellier and A. E. Hutchinaon, Central Shop* supervisor, who works with the Committee. ) This committee, one of several organised by Office employees. Is called The Self Starter Safety Committee. Serving as Its first chairman la Rodney Gulllot, Emp. Rel., center. Other members are Barbara Mitchell. Medical; Sara Boutte, Emp. Rel.; Ulysse Rome. MAC Adm., and Eddie Morgan, Parch. Three members of the PVC Maintenance Safety Committee ere shown at*. They are Co-Chairman ElUs Babin. MUte Hebert and Foreman Ernest Dawson A fourth member to 811 s vacancy had not been selected at the time the picture was made. la keeping wt mas Issue thh Ethyl F At L: Charles McKnlfht, third from right. Is chairman of the H-C Maintenance Safety Committee. Ho is shown going over plans with members of his committee who are Harry Zachary; Louis Vance, secretary; and Co-Chairman J. O. Aucoln, at left of McKnlght, and Rhott Marlonneoax and Superintendent Johnny Gulllot at right. This eight-man BAD Safety Improvement Committee la headed by Chairman Doyle Nolen, third from left. Others, seated, are Stephen Hall. George Mattson. George Lawrence, and Clarence Purcell. Standing are Douglas Malloy, secretary, Robert Neylaod and Louis Snyder. This Is the Stores and Services Safety Committee. From left are Quentin superintendent; Andrew Lemotte--TEL Gen. Serv.; George McKenney---coromlrt secretary; Billy Hays--TEL Gen. Serv. (publicity); Chairman Enrol Simps' Stores; Co-Chairman Harris Lerooinc Stores; Walter Watson- Security (Awai and Bay Hebert--Cafeteria A Laundry. 27547 Page Four, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 Safety organization areas on the : issue of The ;ue. 'rogram, feaid administer immittees set rk areas and good safety page. Fellow in the safety offer sugges- il all of them T G^ord, make me an instrument of your peace. cWhere there is hatred, let me sow love; cWhere there is injury, pardon; "Where there is doubt, faith; cWhere there is despair, hope; cWhcre there is darkness, light; cWhere there is sadness, ion. Ralph Baker, proc. Dee., left, did most of the process design work on two new, modern clarifiers, which are now removing lead from waste water In the TEL Area. He is shown reviewing operation of the clarifiers with Operator J. W. Bowden, Jr., and Wayne Lota, TEL Operations supervisor. In the picture at right. Bowden lists readings from the gauges in the control room of the two new cltri* Aers, one of which is shown In the background in the left picture. New Wafer Treatment Facilities Add $2-1/2 Million to Abatement Costs -H t > shown above. Ernest Dawson, ime the picture h divine master, grant that 3 may not so much seek to j$e consoled as to console; TZo be understood as to understand; U.,~J -- Jfor it is in giving that we receive; 3t is in pardoning that we are pardoned; 33nd it is in dying that toe are born to eternal life. In keeping with a tradition of several years, we are again including In this Christ mas issue this century-old prayer of St. Francis. Ethyl Participates in Career Day At LSU with Job Display and Model Mew (and expensive) pollution abatement facilities, which have added more millions to the Plant's air, water and hygiene investment, went `on stream" in late October. The new facilities, including clari- fiers in the TEL lead area as well as chemical addition equipment and a new waste water settling basin, actually cost about $2 Vs million. These new facilities remove both particulate and dissolved lead from the plant waste water before it is discharged into Monte Sano Bayou. The settling basin, shown in the pictures below, removes the last traces of lead, which are not re moved by the clarifiers and other facilities, through a method devel oped by R&D employees on the Plant. These new abatement facilities are part of the continuing major expenditures by the Company to assure clean air and water dis charges. Through 1974 almost $7 million was spent on environment al projects at the Plant. Projects completed in 1975 and this year, along with others being added, will bring the total cost of air and water pollution abatement projects past the $24 million-mark. As pointed out previously in The An tiknock, this investment in environ mental projects averages out to more than $8,000 for every em ployee on the Plant! ( ttee. At left of {. "Pud" Marts .n Robert Boo* The Company participated in the second annual High School Career Awareness Fair at the LSIT Assembly Center in mid-November. An Ethyl exhibit at the fair featured pictures of the many types of Jobs on the Plant, a plant model (at right in the picture above) which was made by Bay Langhart, model builder of Barnard and Burk, and a TV video showing of the film strip presentation, "Ethyl-- The Chain Growth Company." Representing the Company at the Fair was Martha Watson, shown In the picture above and below answering questions of the high school student*, along with Mike Stewart, both of the Training Group. Shown with Martha above Is Ana Maria, daughter of Bernard Marlstany, Econ. Eval. She Is a tenth grader at Broadmoor High. Here are pictures of the newest settling basin, which was recently pot into opera tion. The picture above shows the basiu in its final stages of construction in the area Just north of the Garage, with the bafllewalt to restrict the flow of water complete in the center of the basin. Below is the basin after water had been added. The last traces of any lead In the waste water from the TEL Area Is re moved in this basin through a special method developed by Research A Develop ment employees. i Quentin HaXL ne> ---committee rrol Simpson-' urity (Awards). Page Five, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 Promotions and Reassignments for Employees Set New Record in Eighteen Employees Are Announced Promotions and reassignments of applications research associate in 18 employees on the Plant have Industrial Chemicals Research to become effective in recent weeks. R&D Services as supervisor, re Involved are five employees in placing Johnson. Manufacturing and 13 in Research In other reassignments. Richard & Development. Fendley transferred to the Manu In Manufacturing promotions, facturing Department at the Hous Patrick Mihalik was promoted from ton Plant as a supervisor in Main area engineer to supervisor in PVC tenance. He was a supervisor in Operations. Duane Scott advanced Process Development. R&D. Robert from area engineer to area super Fanning, supervisor in Process visor in TEL Operations, and Evaluation, transferred to Detroit Donald Blanchard was promoted on a rotational assignment to be to salaried foreman in Sodium in charge of the Process Evalua Operations. Also, Richard Herrin tion Group in Detroit. advanced to mechanical foreman On the Plant, Wyndham Cook in PVC Maintenance, and Robert transferred from Tech Services, Odom to salaried foreman in TEL R&D, to area engineer in H-C Op Maintenance. erations. In R&D. James Pelton was pro moted to senior patent attorney in the Patent Division. Samuel Boggs advanced to Tech. Services engi Let's Help neer in Tech Services. Richard Smith to process design engineer Make the Plant in Process Design, and James Callender to tech services engi Profitable. Cut neer in Tech Services. Three other R&D employees -- Thomas Fiske, Costs! Crayton Hali and Marshall Nelson --were promoted on November 1 to process development engineer in Process Development. Also on November 1, William Dumas was promoted to process design engineer. In reassignments in R&D. Don ald E. Johnson transferred from supervisor. R&D Sendees, to the Department of Toxicology and In dustrial Hygiene as supervisor of Environmental Monitoring, and Richard Gorsich transferred from If Callender Cook Fendley Flake United Way Community Suppor Contributions of (101,985 by employees on the Plant to the Capital Area United Way set an historic high for plant employees and led the way for Ethyl support to exceed $182,000 in 1976. In so doing, they helped the Capital Area United Way exceed its goal of (2.4 million. Joe A Grc Final tabulations of results show that the $101,985 given by Plant employees exceeded last year's total of $85,824 by 19 percent. The average per-giver gift was at a new high of $55, up from $42 last year. Supporting the new record were 633 employees who gave Fair Share gifts, an increase of 24 percent over the 511 Fair Share gifts last year. Highlighting the outstanding record set by Plant employees were a 32 percent increase in contributions by United Steelworkers-repre?ented employees, an 18 percent increase by AOWUrepresented employees and an 11 percent increase by management employees. In addition to this new high by Plant employees, downtown A man v Plant as a the second of the Pla site had br other farm 40th anniv. Joe Ache visor in TT and been cnanges :n is now occ employees contributed about $38,511, a 16 percent increase over last Baton Rou year. This brought Ethyl employee support of the Capital Area "Pud" Ma- United Way to more than S140.000. served his Backing up this record employee support was a corporate con October, h. tribution of $42,000 by the Company. This corporate gift, up from of employ* $39,000 last year, helped push the total Ethyl support past the Rouge Plat $182,000 mark. Also obs Chairman of the Plant Steering Committee which coordinated niversaries the United Way Drive on the Plant was Johnny McGee, Sod. Op., cember we: and co-chairman was Bill Lentz, Qual. Cont 25 years of 30 years, t with 20 yet year emplc Emergency Procedure -- employee. Most of ears or rr (Continued from Page 1) The emergency area coordinate! lured here and wardens in the different areas, who have received notification of the emergency by emergency tele phone or shortwave radio, inform their floor wardens and area su pervision of the nature of the emergency so that this information can be quickly communicated to (usually area superintendent) nil 10 and 5 ye mediately takes charge and direc all activities at the scene of tl emergency. He will remain at tJ emergency area headquarters t tablished at the patrol truck direct communications and coorc nate calls for assistance. ill personnel. Employees will be In the emergency area itself, i idvised by their supervisors or tivities are directed by the ar wardens as to what measures to superintendent of Operations or take, dependent upon the nature his absence, the area general sh of the emergency. foreman. He keeps in consta contact with Main Gate Cont: Center by telephone or radio. Fire Alarm System The fire alarm system consists of air horns placed * throughout the Plant--the same horns used for the emergency alarm system. Whereas the emergency alarm system is 20 consecutive blasts of these horns, the fire alarm signals are blasts interspersed by pauses so as to give coded fire alarm box locations. For example, two blasts on the horn, a pause, and three blasts indicate that the alarm has been turned in at Fire Alarm Box 2-3, east of the TEL No. 10 storage tank. During an emergency or possible emergency, all personn< not preassigned to specif] emergency duties are to remai in, or immediately return, 1 their normal working area Should the nature of the emei gency prevent their return to no: mal working areas, they will n main with the nearest office < field group and follow instru tions from the member of supe vision in charge. Unless the have preassigned emergenc duties, employees should kee away from the emergency are Earl Carat* PS&D Page Six, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 in jppori Service Anniversaries ant to the employees n 1976. In ed its goal Joe Achord's 40 Years Leads 30 Years (continued) Group in Long Company Service given by 19 percent. > from $42 who gave Tair Share employees steelwork' AOWUmagement downtown c over last ->ital Area orate con. up from past the ordinated Sod. Op., . coordinator indent 1 imi and directs icene of the smain at the quarters es* ol truck to and coordice. ea itself. acoy the area rations or in general shift m constant rate Control >r radio, ency or a U personnel to specific * to remain return, to .ing areas. the emer* turn to oorey will re st office or iw instruc tor of super'nless they e r g enc y tould keep sency area. A man who began work on the Plant as a construction worker m the second month of construction of the Plant--before the 200-acre site had been cleared of com and other farm products--observed his 40th anniversary on November 11. Joe Achord, now an area superisor in TEL Operations, has seen nd been a part of many major tanges in the tract of land which .. now occupied by the diversified Baton Rouge Plant. He and M. H. Pud" Marix, Finance, who ob served his 40-year anniversary in October, have the longest service of employees hired at the Baton Rouge Plant. Also observing long-service an niversaries in November and De cember were seven employees with 25 years of Ethyl service. 21 with 30 years, two with 25 years, one with 20 years, two with 15. 39 ten- vear employees and one five-year mployee. Most of the employees with 20 cars or more of service are picured here. Those completing 15, 10 and 5 years of service are listed. Joseph Achord TEL Op. 35 Years \ Earl Carawav PSAD Carrol Forbes UAD Lah. Will Kennon TEL Op. 30 Years Rav Metternlctl RAD Lab. iafety Nathan Johnson, Jr. Earlie Miller RAD Lab. E. D. Mitchell QuaLCont. \elrss Nelson RAD Lab. o^ Dorothv Patton RAD Atlm. John linger** Stores A Serv. ii.Y Rnliliv T;tll>ot KAO Lab. Welton Williams Sod. Gen. Sen-. 25 Years 20 Years o m Joseph Dldler Stores A Serv. Douglas Kendrick H-C Maint. QtU&i Awa/idi. 15 Years Wendell Bark. Proc. Des. Leonard Conley, Jr., Proc. Des. 10 Years Almore Amacker, Sod. Op. Fmncis Ardoln. TEL Op. Phillip Beaver. Proc. Des. Edward Brooks. TEL-Sod. MAC James Brown. TEL Op. Barnett Carnegie. Stores A Serv. Houston Chenevert, Jr., TEL-Sod. MAC. Alcee Clfreo. PVC Op. Donald Clark. TEL-Sod. MAC Larry Dugas. TEL-Sod. MAC Kenneth Eiswlrth. Eng. Ben Folmor, Jr., H-C MAC Hoy Frazier. H-C MAC Rodney Herron. TEL-Sod. MAC Mack Hood, TEL-Sod. MAC Charles Smith H-C Maint. John Ivy. Sod. Op. James Johnson, TEL Gen. Serv. Phillip Jones. H-C MAC Pegg) Kenned), MAC Adm. Leslie LeBlanc. TEL-Sod. MAC Eugene Marks. TEL-Sod. MAC Frank Michelli. Security Gerald Morgan. Qual. Cont. James Morgan. H-C MAC James Pelton, Patents Marvin Price, TEL-Sod. MAC Norman Ross. Sod. Op. Edward Sanchez. Jr.. RAD Lab. August Seguin. Jr.. Sod. Op. Ronnie Simpson. Cert. Maint. William Spillman. PVC Op. Alford Stew*art, H-C MAC Roy Tucker. TEL Op. Milton Tvler, TEL-Sod. MAC .Marlin Wallace. TEL-Sod. MAC Warren Walls, TEL-Sod. MAC Elizabeth Weaver. Inf. A Lib. Serv. Richard Woest, TEL-Sod. MAC James W'hitehead, Jr.. Stores A Serv. 5 Years Eldon Atkinson. Jr.. Proc. Eval. i Hood Leads Production Planning Committee y Committee Piciutti N<U AuailaU* IVlures of the following employees 'bo observed service anniversaries In November and December were not availtfele. $5 Years--Glen Haaae, Stores A Serv., who has retired; Charles Nnul, H-C Op., and Olvern Thompson. TEL Op. SO Years Henry Leach, Jr., TEL- Sod. MAC: Charles Lockhart, Jr.. H-C MAC. and William LeBlanc, William Ott and Creightoo Smith, all of RAD Lab. - > 4 Nj \ Planning the safety program for Production Planning employees is this threemember committee. From left are Joe Harris, co-chairman; Charlotte Hood, chairman, and Sharon Holubar, secretary. 27550 Page Seven, The Antiknock, November-December, 1976 Nine Long-Service Employees on Plant Retire During November and December - Oh Mem&tiam - Nine employees with Jong Company service, including two who were hired in the late 1930s, have wound up their active working careers on the Plant and retired on November 1 and December 1. Five of the nine began retirement on November 1 and four retired effective December 1. Howard Denham. TEL Op., who started work in September 1938 and Lemuel Ligon. TEL-Sod. M&C, who began work in March 1939 were the senior men in point of service. Denham retired in December and Ligon in November. Others retiring on November 1 were Earl Knight. H-C M&C, Allen Peltier. TEL-Sod. M&C, Horace Redman. Poly. Res., and Ivy Rousseau. R&D Adm. Ligon and Redman began regular retirement while the others accepted early retirement. Others retiring in December are Leo "Blackie" Audiffred, TEL-Sod. M&C, Glen Haase. Stores & Serv., and Curtis Williams, H-C Aux. Denham. Haase and Williams began regular retirement and Audiffred early retirement. We regret that a picture of Haase, leader in Stores, who joined the Company 34 years ago in 1941, was not available. 34 YEARS Leo Audiffred Electrician TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1942 Rt. 2. Bn\ 49 Walker 38 YEARS Howard Denham Operator TEL Op. Hired 1938 3222 Lambert Dr. Baton Rouge 30 YEARS Earl Knight Electrician H-C M&C Hired IMS 3004 Charlotte Dr. Baton Rouge 37 YEARS Lemuel Ligon Pipefitter Layout TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1939 3238 Dalton St. Baton Rouge An automobile accident took the life of a young Process Design en gineer in mid-October and death claimed another employee and two annuitants in recent weeks. William Jackson, 25, was killed October 15 when his car was in volved in a wreck and burned on Highland Road in Baton Rouge and Operator William Stewart. H-C Op., died November 6. Annu itant William Britton died October 31 and Annuitant Nathaniel Mc Kinley on October 28. William Britton Annuitant Britton, 65, died Oc tober 31. Funeral services were held on November 1 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. .He is survived by his wife, a daughter and his mother. He began work on the Plant in Construction m Feb ruary 1937, at the time when con struction work on the Plant was just getting into full swing. He was a foreman in Construction when he began early retirement in January 1974. Nathaniel McKinley Annuitant McKinley, 62, died October 28 at Earl K. Long Hospi tal. Religious services were held at Gilbert Funeral Home on No vember 1. with burial in Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, nine daughters, three ?ons, two brothers and seven sis ters. He was hired in March 1947 snd was in TEL General Services when he was granted permanent Presid Stewart Stewart The year not without phasized by business at :r He again emj . (Occupational j praised Bator i achievements , managementIAppr 17at Bridge City, Texas, hishoi at. town. He is survived by his pal i?,8.1, urr ,, ents and one sister. Jackson joint l... the Company here in March 191 rLi^Vnnf ?nd helMqBHS degree Chem!S* bert Wilso ana an MS degree in chemical m gineerihg, both from the Univu Here are sity of Texas. President Got Willie Stewart, Jr. "It is esiirr Stewart, 36, H-C Op., died li spend about vember 6 at Our Lady of the Lab pJy _with EP Hospital. Funeral services wr held November 10 at Immaculff ALbig proLb' le Heart of Mary Catholic ChurchJ the EPA cor Maringouin, with burial in ft ulation it is the grasp of 32 YEARS Allen Peltier Sheet Metal Layout TEL-Sod. M&C Hired 1944 4075 Churchill Ave. Baton Rouge 24 YEARS Horace Redman Research Chemist Poly. Rea. Hired 19S2 1348 Stephens St. Baton Rouge 31 YEARS Ivy Rousseau Assistant Supv. RAD Adm. Hired 1045 1700 Beechgrove Dr. Baton Rouge. 35 YEARS Curtis Williams Utility Driver il-C Aux. Hired 1041 10348 Scotland Ave. Baton Rouge Babin Heads Power Group Safety Committee This is the Power Group Safety Oommittee. which la headed by Chairman Malcolm Babin, center. Other members are, from left, John Brlster. in charge of awards; Alex Ouber. secretary; Felix Dawson, publicity officer; Norris Kimball, Co-Chair man Harold "Pete" Clement and Frank Peace. I I Vol. 39. No. 1 January-February, 1977 Reviews Company Divisions Jackson President Says Local Employees Help Make 1976 Record Year The year 1976 was a record year for the Company, but it was : without its problems and "high spots." Those points were em: asized by President Bruce Gottwald in a review of Ethyl's 1976 business at the annual Management Conference here in late January. He again emphasized the tremendous Company expense in the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) and environmental fields and praised Baton Rouge employees for their contributions to Company achievements. Approximately 450 members of management attended this year's exas. his home! .d by his paij Jackson joinen in March 197S e in chemistry n chemical ew conference at the American Legion Hall under the direction of the Ethyl Management Club, headed by President Bill Strawbridge. Chairman of the conference was Robert Wilson. n the Univerj Here are brief excerpts from f esident Gottwald's talk: art, Jr. "It is estimated that Ethyl will Op., died No dy of the Laki sendees wen at Immaculatt ;olic Church ii burial in the .* is survived by * jghter. He was in H-C Auxil >erator in H-< spend about $70 million to com ply with EPA and OSHA reg ulations in the decade of the 70's. A big problem is that each time the EPA comes out with a reg ulation it is always just beyond the grasp of industries. Ethyl can usually come up to 95 percent compliance at a very economical cost generally, but getting that `little bit' extra is a backbreaker. ctures on fotx d after this is press, will V ue. They wer H. "Mutt" Me anders, 76, am is*at.e*se***at od in the of doing riendship id it's the nas is the "In safety, we have seen both o ;r OSHA* costs and our other s fetv costs as well going up. As a r suit of a fairly intensive effort, c.ta indicates that we have stabil ized. or the safety charts are going down. At the Baton Rouge Plant, the frequency basis (the number of major injuries per million man*' hours worked) was about the same. However, on a severity basis (the number of man-days lost per mil lion man-hours worked) there was a little over 500 man-days of lost time as a result of safety prob lems as opposed to the prior year of between 1.400 and 1.500 days lost. That's a remarkable improve ment! Petroleum Chemicals Division t .d a fabulous year. They came in way over budget. Manufactur ing people must have wondered Plant Severity Rate Improvement Praised While President Gottwald pointed to a decided improve ment in the severity rate of plant employee injuries in 1976--the man-days lost as a result of these injuries were about a third (574) of what they were in 1976 (1447)-- we still have a "major safety job" to do. according to Safety Superintendent Stanley D'Armond. As proof of this need, employees sustained 979 inju ries of all kinds last year, up from 851 in 1975. Also, while there were 18 major or timelosing injuries in 1976, two less than the previous year, any serious time-losing injuries are much too many, D'Armond says, in urging every one to think safety and work safely to make every day count for safety in 1977. what was going on during the year as the schedule was changed month after month and week after week. We didn't predict how much growth there was going to be in the gasoline market and neither did the oil industry. In addition, our lead business was much better in Asia. Also, without the opportunity to use lead in a lot of gasoline, the oil companies have become ex tremely interested in using man ganese. We are short on manganese production, but we are taking steps Company and Unions Reach Agreements Agreement was reached in late February on terms of new twoyear contracts between the Company and the two unions. The new contract with Local 12900, United Steelworkers of America, will extend through February 24. 1979. The contract with the Allied Oil Workers Union will extend through June 1. 1979. The terms of the agreement for wageroll employees include a wage increase of 6H percent effective January 1, 1977, and 50 cents per hour effective February 25. 1978, for Steelworkers, and February 28, 1978, for AOWU members. Also included are a cost of living clause, increased shift differential pay, and improved benefits. For AOWU clerical employees, the agreement provides for a 6V* percent salary increase on base rates, effective January 1, 1977, and $87 per month salary increase on base rates, effective February 28, 1978, plus improved benefits. Contract agreement for the Steelworkers was announced by Willie Dipaola, International staff representative, and Milton Soulier, presi dent of Local 12900. AOWU President E. D. Mitchell reported the agreement of his union with the Company. to increase that production as soon as we can. "Ethyl of Canada had a few problems in 1976, primarily because the oil industry there missed by predicting vigorous growth in the market that didn't come. Further more, the International Group as a whole, faced problems in 1976 that included British currency fluctuation, economy, problems and others. Generally, prices of gasoline in Europe are running in the $1.40 to $1.50 a gallon range. Some coun tries have gone even above that by putting a tax on the gasoline, or by using other means, to get the price up or the usage down fur ther. In Italy it's a $1.75 a gallon and in Brazil it's $2.50 a gallon. "Two divisions did what they were supposed to do--get back in (Continued on Page 8) A Different Look This issue of The Antiknock comes to you with a different look. However, it is not actu ally a new look. For many years The Antiknock was printed in this format. In early 1958 it was changed to provide for a cover picture and a back-page picture fea ture or editorial. Because of the salute to employees with excellent attendance on Page 3 and pictures of the large number of employees observ ing long service anniversaries. Page 6 and 7, the eight-page format is being used to pro vide additional space for this and other material. Credit Union Set for Another Good Year te tender . . . And nas is be- : answers rt the way ings free or all the rinted from hed by the hie Trust, Among those attending the 19T1 Management Conference are these employees '`entcd at the head table. They are. from left. Roh Buford, Pub. Rel.. Richmond; Robert Schmidt. Manager. Employee Relations: President Gottwald; Wallace F. Armstrong, vice president. Manufacturing; Resident Manager William Strader. EMC President BIJ) Strawbridge; Conference Chairman Bobby Wilson and Ken neth Elswirth. EMC vice president. Officers of the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Union were reelected, one new member of the board waa elected and four other members were reelected at the annual meeting In January. Board member*, above, are William Smith. James Ray. Kenneth Dunn. Gordon Spurgeon, John Gooch, Joe Cornett, Robert Thorn hill, Melvin Acosta and Earl Radial. Gooch waa reelected president, Cornett vicepresident, Spurgeon, secretary, and Thornhill, treasurer. Ray waa named to the board to succeed Richard Phillips. The year 1976 waa a record year for the Credit Union with assets climbing to $0.4 million, share holdings to UJ million and loan volume to $1,6 million. A fourth quarter dividend at the annual rate of 6 percent waa credited to shareholders' accounts on January 1. i ETC 27552 Page 2, The Antiknock, January-February, 1977 Many H Cong Tiitum Thibodeaux Wilhelm Plant Hiring Program Continues With 72 Additional Employees Being Added Hiring of new employees, which brought more than 300 "new faces" to the Plant m 1976. is continuing in 1977. In late December and dur ing the month of January approxi mately 79 new employees began work here. Eleven of the new peo ple were technical employees and 68 were wageroll personnel, in cluding three R&D lab helpers and one Cafeteria attendant. The largest number of the new wageroll employees went to PVC Operations and TEL General Ser vices. with 15 assigned to each. .Vine went to TEL Operations. 7 to H-C Operations. 8 to TEL-Sod. M&C. 4 to H-C Auxiliary, 4 to Sodium General Services, and 2 to H-C M&C, m addition to the three R&D Lab people and one Cafe teria employee. Of the new technical employees, four are in Manufacturing and the others are working in Research and Development. Robert Boesch, Wilbert Scott and Byron Thi bodeaux all are new mainte nance engineers in Manufacturing. Boesch. from Baton Rouge, holds a BS in electrical engineering from LSU. Scott, whose home town is Zachary, is an electrical engi neering graduate of Southern Uni versity. and Thibodeaux, a native of Ville Platte, also holds a BS in electrical engineering from LSU. James Richardson, who holds a BS in accounting from the Uni versity of Southwestern Louisi ana. has joined Finance as assis tant supervisor, Cost &c Budget. William Cox, from Youngstown, Ohio, who earned a BS degree in chemistry from Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Kan sas, is a new research chemist in (Continued on Page 8) Two new men on the Plant are Jerry Mathews, left, and Dale Allen. Here are nine of 22 new employees who reported in January. They are, from left. Robert Maxwell, Donald Pardue. Alan Hubbs, Guy Gullbeau. John Brown. Jr,, Lee Monroe. Jr.. William Moore, Thomas Jones and Ulysses Walker. A big " outstand; attendance a: cost of absent on this page. This is the recognized in These err absences. Ma any days at it is the sect fifth consecu: that they ha tendance! Th< (2). (3). (4> names. Those with during 1976 Following th* who did not except for ex The excuse such things in the famih being absent for family er Six new employees on the Plant are Iris Hillard, Edward Barbier, Marlon Galla Seth Haywood, Raymond Badeaux and Henry Jones. They were In a 7roup of 2 that reported on the same day. Four empl the past for < dance achiev add to their i Howard Mindid not miss cause of per crease his > tendance to 2 in July 1944. William Y has a (5) beh list below, ini consecutive sences, now cellent atten< days missed has worked Leo Devall record to 17 attendance s in 1941! Acti ;cnce (persoi ept him fro I'cutive year This is eight of s 16-man contingent of new employees who were hired In Janusc oance since From left they are Daniel Turner, Wayne Morales, Randy Canova. Kirkland Gla"* Neil Browning, James Womack, III, Larry Newman and Byron Vaslliauska*. engineering Sam Comgho Eight others who came to work In January are, from left. Henry Hanchett, FINANCE Callegnn. John Morgan, Willie Cooper, James Bourgeois, Edward Peters, Law Corrent and Jeffrey Audiffred. ^ Thelma Babin Steve OiBenedett Robert Thornhill Hazel Traylor -CLASSIFIED ADS- Raymond Vargo ! H C AUXIUAR> For Sale AUTOMOBILE -- 1971 Model 1110 Travel Ail with 41.000 miles. Has new all-power parts. Phone 775-0964. AUTOMOBILE -- 1968 Chrysler 300 with 58.000 miles. Ail accessories in ex cellent condition: has new tires and battery. $650. Phone 355-1336. AUTOMOBILE -- 1973 Otdsmobile 98. fully loaded with equipment: m good condition. Actual mileage 29,500. Price $3,200. Phone 292-3380. BOAT OUTFIT -- 14 ft. cypress ba teau with 4-foot bottom and 33hp Evin- mde motor and trailer. $350. f 654-2405. GARDEN PLANTS -- Tomato, peppers and eggplants. Phone 355-! TELEVISION -- 23-in. screen. American console. In good conditi$150. Phone 926-3680 after 4:30 p.mJ Feiton Bady Is an Lang (4) dredge Robmsc H C MAINTFNZ Wanted DUCK STAMPS -- Used, any y< Send to Herb Olson. H-C Operation! TAX SERVICE -- Tax preparal and bookkeeping by experience act tant. Phone 275-2927. ETC 27553 ! Many Have No Absences Page 3, The Antiknock, January-February, 1977 Congratulations to 289 Employees for Good Attendance rrt Pallle. Joha .ckson and Joai red In January.irkJand Glaaby, siliauskaa. A big "attendance salute" to the 289 employees listed below f r outstanding attendance during 1976! In recognition of their good attendance and support of the Company's program to combat the high cost of absenteeism at the Baton Rouge Plant, they are being recognized on this page, as well as by a memento being presented to each of them. This is the fifth year that good attendance of employees has been recognized in this way. These employees did not miss work in 1976, or have only excused absences. Many of them had perfect attendance--they did not miss any days at ail! Furthermore, and even better, for several of them it is the second, third, fourth or fifth consecutive year since 1972 that they have had excellent at tendance! These employees have a r2), (3), (4) or (5) after their rimes. Those with no absences at all c ring 1976 (121) are listed first. Fallowing these is a list of those wno did not miss time from work except for excused absences (165). The excused absences are for such things as jury duty, death in the family, union business, or Devall Minor being absent less than a full day for family emergencies, etc. Four employees recognized in the past for extraordinary atten dance achievements continued to add to their good records in 1976. Howard Minor, TEL Gen. Serv., did not miss a day of work be cause of personal illness to in- rease his years of perfect at tendance to 24 ince he was hired in July 1944. William Yoes, TEL Op., who Porta Yom has a (5) behind his name in the list below, indicating at least five consecutive years of no ab sences, now has 23 years of ex cellent attendance, with only 22 days missed in the 37 years he has worked on the Plant! Leo Devall, H-C Op., ran his record to 17 years of excellent attendance since he was hired in 1941! Actually, one day's ab sence (personal illness) in 1975 <ept him from having five conecutive years of perfect atten dance since 1972. Lloyd Porta, TEL Op., with no disability absences in 1976, also now has 17 years of no absences since he was hired in 1945. Even with the good attendance of the listed above employees, ab senteeism at the Plant is still high at about 5.2 percent and is con tinuing to add considerably to plant operating costs. Everyone is urged to do his or her part to maintain good health and to "be on the job" to help lower this absenteeism drain. These Had 'Perfect' Attendance CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES ivory Diiworth (2) Helen Guidry Dora Hudson Lynde!) Reeves Joyce Thibodeaux Marjorie Wilson (2) Kathleen Walter (3) FMPLOYEE RELATIONS I ora Brown (4) ENGINEERING Sam Contglio HandwIL Cert Peters, Larry FINANCE Thelma Babin Steve DiBenedetto Robert Thornhill Hazel Traylor Raymond Vargo (3) S350. Phone Tomato, bell hone 355-9371. screen, early ood conditionr 4:30 p.m. sed. any year. Operations, x preparation rience accoun- H-C AUXILIARY Felton Bady isiah Lang (4) fidredge Robinson (4) i-C MAINTENANCE Rudolph Boeneke Glenn Brouillette (2) Michael Courtney (2) Russ DeLaune James Foreman (2) Thomas Gautreaux Gordon Golson (3) Vencil Griffin Jimmie McKenzie James Morgan Paul Poche Lionel Rame (4) Everett Sanders Henry Wetda (3) H-C OPERATIONS Clifton Addison (2) Leo Devall Frank Forbes (2) Ernest Grant Clark King (2) Willard Olinde (2) George Segum Paula Stogner Billy Williams INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Minnie Wales (5) MAINTENANCE PLANNING Leroy Landry (2) Hervey McIntyre Ulysse Rome (3) POWER John Babm PRODUCTION PUNNING Shirley Genius Maree Wtlklow PVC MAINTENANCE Ludovic Aucoin (2) PVC OPERATIONS Alcee Cifreo (2) Mednc Dugas Joseph Haralson (2) James Harp Floyd Lyons (3) Ray McCoy Stephen Olinde Ray Palmer (2) Harvey Whitfield QUALITY CONTROL John Aydell (2) Rauhman Browning (3) Edward Maior RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT John Barbay (2) William Balding (2) Michael Blizzard Ronald Bordelon Conrad Langlots (2) William LeBlanc (5) Paul Nash (2) Frank Patton (4) Joe Whitehead (2) STORES & SERVICES George Allam (5) Henry Arboneaux Berlin Bebin (2) Ralph Babin Tuple Henry (2) George Hoyt (2) Leo Jell (3) H. P. Martin David May (2) Frank Michaili Jack Ray (4) Norman Sipes Paul Smith (2) SODIUM OPERATIONS Harold Battieste Beverly Bizette (4) William Cathey, Jr. (2) Hamlett Crotwell (5) Andrew Herbert Hamie Kendrick (2) Thomas Loper James Mulkey (4) Amidee Reames (3) Dan Scott (3) George Sheridan Orville Stephens (4) TEL GENERAL SERVICES Willie Freeman Manual Lawrence (3) Howard Minor Stanislaus Ricard (4) Phillip Wallace TEL OPERATIONS Ervin Andre Joseph David (4) Charles Davis (2) John Day. Jr. Lester Dupuy Maurice Franklin William Fuentes James Haney Boyd Hood Charles Muse (3) Charles Park Lloyd Porta Alton Thornton (3) John Van Sickel Robert Walker William Yoes (5) TEL-SOD MAC Alton Anderson Richard Bello Joseph Bergeron, Jr. Boyd Blount (4) Lester Boudreaux Octave Braud Warren Choate (3) Roy Covington (2) William Crotwell. Jr. (3) Murphy Demoulin (3) Jerry Gonzales Vincent Guercio (4) Robert Gwin (3) John Henley (4) John Impson Alton Juban (3) Dantes Keller John Lefebvre Robert Momotte Donald Ramirez Glynn Riffel Jerome Romig (2) Bernard Sanchez, Jr. Bill Stewart Jesse Tate TRAFFIC James Denson These Had Excused Absences Only CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES Jun. O'Abadie FINANCE Bernice Arnold Doussan Rando (4) H-C AUXILIARY Joe Fisher Arthur Harden Herman Huggins (4) Henry Johnson Tony Pitslata Joseph Trusclair, Jr. (4) H-C MAINTENANCE Michael Aucoin John Barnett James Beachum James Beachum, Jr. Eric Booksh. Jr. Fred Borne Johnny Breaux Roland Buquoi Wilbert Carroll Fred Dominick Roosevelt Dupuy. Jr, (5) Belmont Himal (3) Alfred Housewright Willard Landry Gerald Manoia (3) Richard Manska (2) Morris Melancon (2) Lynwood Morales Tommy Patrick Jesse Pearce (3) Hollis Simpson (2) Joseph Smith, Jr. Terry Whittington (2) H-C OPERATIONS Leon Evans (2) Frederick Landry (2) Norman Slack (4) MAINTENANCE PLANNING Mctegudo POWER Bobby Crawford (3) Felix Dawson PVC MAINTENANCE Michael Hebert (3) Ronald Newchurch PVC OPERATIONS Larry Benton (3) Huey Goudeeu Lorenza Hunt (2) James Hutchinson James Sarradet Lawrence Walker Jessa Weber QUALITY CONTROL E. 0. Mitchell Charles New RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Okley Broussard (2) James Delaughter (2) Carolyn Dumoulin (4) Lillie Greer (2) . Waiter "Dub" Guerin (3) Joseph Martin (3) Leonard Massey (2) Earite Miller (4) Michael Monahan (2) Roy Neyland James Ott Jerry Sicard (2) Earl Thompson SODIUM OPERATIONS Almore Amacker Pearlie Broussard (4) Bruce Chustz (Continued on Page 8) ETC 27554 I Page 4, The Antiknock. January-February, 1977 - 9n MetnosUam - Ninei An employee and 12 annuitants have died since the last issue of The Antiknock was distributed. A number of these deaths occurred in December, too late to be in cluded in the November-December issue. Albert Anderson Annuitant Anderson. 72. died De cember 7 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Religious services were held December LI at Redwood Bap tist Church, with burial in Gilbert Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, three sons, four sisters and two brothers. He was hired in July 1944 in H-C Auxiliary and began early retire ment in September 1959. Earl Brignac Brignac. 58. died January 18 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held Janu ary 20 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with interment in Greenoaks Memorial. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He joined Ethyl in 1943 as a Control Lab. chemist in Manufacturing and was a plastics development engineer in Plastics Research. James "Al" Carr Annuitant Carr, 63 died January 12 at Our Lady of the Lake Hos pital. Religious services were held January 15 at Holy Family Cath olic Church in Port Allen with burial in St. John Cemetery in Brusly. He is survived by his wife and three sisters. He joined the Company in June 1944 in H-C Op erations and was a lab assistant in the R&D Lab. when he began early retirement in March 1976. . Louis Davis Annuitant Davis. 68, died De cember 23 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held December 27 at Gilbert Fun eral Home Chapel, with burial in Gilbert Memorial Park. He is sur vived by his wife and one daugh ter. He joined Ethyl in May 1939 in TEL General Services and began his retirement in September 1972. Edward Finley Annuitant Finley, 64, died Janu ary 13 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held January 16 at True Love Bap tist Church with burial in Plank Road Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, two sons -- Thomas Fin ley. Security and Charles Finley, Sod. Op. and a brother, a sister and brother-in-law, Albert Rowley, Sod. Op. He was hired in October 1936 in Construction and is one of the first men hired locally as construction of the Plant got un der way. He was utility driver in TEL General Services when he be gan early retirement in April 1976. Frank Goudeau, Sr. Annuitant Goudeau. 70. died De cember 28 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Funeral services were held December 30 at St. Anthony Catholic Church, with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived bv his wife, and two sons--Frank. Jr., and Henrv, both in Sodium Operations--and three brothers. He joined the Company in August 1941 as a helper and retired as foreman in Sodium Op erations in August 1972. Lynn Landry Annuitant Landry. 60, died No vember 20 at Lane Memorial Hos pital in Zachary. Funeral services were held November 21 at Raben horst Funeral Home, after which the body was sent to Dennison, Texas, for burial. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, two sons and one sister. He was hired in TEL Operations in July 1943 and was a Sodium Service me chanic when he was granted per manent and total disability bene fits in November 1971. We regret that a late picture of Drury Snyder was not available. Conley Dafui Felpe Lee Overmeyer Staggi Several Employees Involved in Promotions ai Headed by the advancement of John Overmeyer to superinten dent of Power, several promotions for plant employees as well as re assignments of several others have become effective recently. Overmeyer replaces Ralph Hollaway who has elected to take early retirement. In other Manu facturing promotions, Eugene Staggs was promoted to supervisor, Ind. Eng., advancing from senior industrial engineer in Manufactur ing Cost Control at the Tower. At the same time, Bruce Lee was promoted to industrial engineer and transferred from the Plant to Manufacturing Cost Control, Tower. In Manufacturing, Wylie "Duke" Hartsfield was promoted to super visor. Security and Railroad, in the Stores and Services Group, follow ing the retirement of L. C. Dixon, principal foreman in Security. Also. Luther Felps was promoted to mechanical foreman in Sodium Maintenance. di Reassignments In R&D promotions, LeonaiJ Conley advanced to process desigi associate in Process Design, Mfr chael Dagani was promoted to re search associate in Industrial Chemicals Research, and James Stinnett moved up to process de| sign engineer in Process Design. In reassignments Wayne Birck moved to Economic Evaluation from the Polymer Division of the Plastics Group, and Bernard Berrf and James Wingate moved fron Plastics Application to Proced Evaluation on the Plant Michael Dupuy began a specii assignment in the Power Grouj transferring from Maintenance Also in Maintenance, the respoE sibilities of Maintenance superic tendents Ralph Parker and FYe Hamilton were changed. Parkei who has been superintendent c Sodium and PVC Maintenance Maintenance only. Hamilton ha assumed responsibilities of Sodiui Maintenance, in addition to Get eral Maintenance. Ninete who came ruary 1. Those David Can McKinney Security. A took early Retinr Ballard. TI Daniel Cor Claude Ezi Gladney. T and Lloyd began earb The ne history. WTEL Opera i-fi 34 YEARS Robert Atk* Process Att H-C Auxin* Hired 194* 975 Terra** Baton Kougt r t,* 'A it Finley McCullough W&inwright John McCullough Annuitant McCullough, 65, died November 20 in New York. Fun eral services were held at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a brother. He joined the Com pany in March 1937 and was a working leader in TEL Operations when he began early retirement in October 1975. Lulline Moss Annuitant Moss, 60, died Janu ary 20 at the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held January 22 at Welsh Funeral Home with interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. She is sur vived by a sister and a brother. She joined Ethyl in July 1950 as a steno clerk in the Steno Pool and was a confidential secretary in Purchasing and Traffic at the Tower when she was granted per manent and Total disability bene fits in April 1971. James Sanders Annuitant Sanders, 76, died No vember 27 at his residence in Den ham Springs. Funeral services were held November 29 at Seale Fun eral Home with burial in Denhax Springs Memorial Cemetery. He I survived by four sons and thre sisters. He began work at the Plat in September 1944 and was painter in H-C Maintenance whe he began early retirement in Sef tember 1959. Windle Sholar Annuitant Sholar. 67. died D< cember 17 at Baton Rouge Generi Hospital. Funeral services wet held December 18 at Rabenhon Funeral Home, with burial in Res< haven Gardens of Memory. H came to work on the Plant i October 1946 and was an operate in TEL Operations when he wa granted permanent and total dis ability benefits in March 1971. Drury Snyder, Sr. Annuitant Snyder, 60, died a Baton Rouge General Hospital o December 4. Funeral services wer held December 6 at Baywoo Bethany Baptist Church, with but ial in the Naul Cemetery at Bay wood. He is survived by his wifi a daughter, three sons, a sistei a brother -- Woodrow Snyder wh works in H-C Maintenance -- hi (Continued on Next Page) 33 YE Fred B Plpefitt H-C M Hired : 184 EU\ Baton I Outstar As Shetf taxes with hi. aensraaoiaisttheenddeoei on the Plant snows only o lory during alt Oanca records disability ebse fad only 21 cause of perse >6 years since member 1940* ! Page 5, The Antiknock, January-February, 1977 Stinnett in ments 5, Leonard icess design design, Mi* toted to re- industrial and James process de5 Design, ayne Birch Evaluation ision of the mard Berry \oved from to Process it n a special ver Group, aintenance. :he respon se superin- and Fred m3. Parker, tendent of aintenance. nilton has of Sodium n to Gen- n Denham tery. He is and three t the Plant id was a ance when nt in SefH died De:e General ices were tabenhorst :al in Restmory. He Plant in n operator m he was total disi 1971. 4r. \ died at hospital on vices were Baywood with bury at Bay his wife, a sister, iyder who ace -- his Page) Nineteen Employees Retire After Mitchell Again Elected AOWU President Many Years of Service on Plant Nineteen employees with long service on the Plant, including several who came to work in the late thirties, retired on January 1 and Feb ruary 1. Those retiring effective January 1 were Robert Atkins, H-C Aux.; David Cantey. H-C M&C; Ike Davis, H-C Op.; Doyle Durrett, James McKinney and L. N. Watlington, all of TEL Operations, and L. C. Dixon, Security. Atkins and Cantey began regular retirement while the others took early retirement. Retiring February 1 were Edward Armistead, Finance; Herbert Ballard. TEL Op.: Fred Borne, H-C M&C; Shed Campbell, H-C Aux.; Daniel Comeaux, Sod. Op.; Earl "Choo Choo" Dugas, TEL-Sod. M&C; Claude Ezell. H-C Maint.; DeWitt Franklin, TEL Gen. Serv.; William Gladney. TEL Op.; Joseph Langlois, TEL Op.; Henry Seitzler. Ind. Eng.; and Lloyd Williams, TEL-Sod. M&C. All except Franklin and Seitzler began early retirement. The new annuitants are pictured below, along with their plant work history. We regret that a picture of James McKinney, an operator in TEL Operations, was not available. 29 YEARS Edward Armistead Data Clerk Finance Hired 1947 Apt. 104. 7020 Lake Kenilworth New Orleans 31 YEARS David Cantey Electrician H-C MAC Hired 1945 9865 Mollyiea Dr. Baton Rouge 34 YEARS Robert Atkins Process Attendant H-C Auxiliary Hired 1942 975 Terrace Ave. Baton Rouge 30 YEARS Daniel Comeaux Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1946 694 Claiborne St. New Roads 33 YEARS Herbert Ballard Operator TEL Op. Hired 1945 lit. 2, Box 167 Walker 37 YEARS Ike Davis Working Lender H-C Op. Hired 1959 P. O. Box 25 Zachary 33 YEARS Fred Borne Pipefitter H-C Maint. Hired 1945 184 Elhrood Baton Rouge M 36 YEARS Shed Campbell Coot. Lah. Attend. H-C Auxiliary Hired 1940 2836 Kalttrah St. Baton Rouge Outstanding Record As Shed Campbell retires, he takes with him outstanding safety and attendance achievements he I established during a 36-year career on the Plant. His safety record shows only one minor (finger) in jury during all that time! His atten dance records show 26 years of no disability absences.1 In fact he has had only 21 days of absence be cause of personal illness during the 36 years since he was hired in No vember 2940.' 36 YEARS L. C. Dixon Prln. Foreman Security Hired 1940 5208 Breckinridge Baton Rouge 39 YEARS Earl "Choo Choo" Dugas Electrician TEL-Sod MAC Hired 1957 2152 Cedardale Baton Rouge 39 YEARS Doyle Durrett Working Leader TEL Op. Hired 1957 5355 N. Alton Pkwy. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Claude Ezell H-C Planner H-C Maint. Hired 1941 5590 Pasadena Dr. Baton Rouge E. D. Mitchell, Qual. Coat., second from left, was reelected to his fourth term an president of the Allied Oil Workers Union In an election in December. Also reelected vice president was Elwtn "Zoot" Adams, H-C Op^ second from riffet. Other officers chosen were Henry Wright, H-C Op., left, who was elected secretary, moving up from the treasurer's post, snd L. J. "Buddy" Vance, H-C MAC. right, who was elected treasurer. Representatives elected were Auxiliary--Herman Huggins; Office A Hospital--Rosalie Agosta snd Harvey Whitfield: Laboratory-__ Larry Phillips and Hurshall Talley; Maintenance A Stores Clarence Underwood and Tommy Vince, and Operations Lawrence "Skipper'' LeFeaux and Wilburn Smith. All were chosen for three-year terms. Foster Is Graduate Of Harvard Course D&D King Among many employees, both at the Plant and in downtown offices, who participated in Marti! Gras activities wits Don Robertson. Pub. Rel. He was chosen to serve as king of the Desk and Derrick Industry Appreciation Mardi Gras Bull, along with Queen Pauline Jobe, of Exxon U.S.A. Dr. Walter Foster, technical director, Chemicals, RAD, graduated In mid- December from the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Pro gram. an Intensive three-month course for business executives. His advanced management class was composed of ap proximately 160 management represen tatives from business and public orga nizations in the U. S. and foreign coun tries. Here he shows his certificate of completion. In Memoriam-- (Continued from Page 4) father, stepmother, and a son-inlaw. Robert Threeton, who also works in H-C Maintenance. Douglas Wainwright Annuitant Wainwright, 69. died December 10 at Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital. Funeral services were held December 11 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, mother, two sons and a brother. H^ joined the Company in September 1943 and was an operator in Sodium Opera tions when he was granted permenant and total disability bene fits in April 1969. 30 YEARS Dewitt Franklin Bldg. Attend. TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 1946 Rt. 1, Box 9 Pride 38 YEARS Henry Seitzler Analyst Ind. Eng. Hired 1938 1955 Lake Hills Baton Rouge 37 YEARS William Gladney Operator TEL Op. Hired 1939 555 Seyburn Dr. Baton Rouge 36 YEARS Leonard Watlington Area Supervisor TEL Op. Hired 1940 726 Frances Harriet Baton Rouge > _^ 38 YEARS Joseph Langlois Working Leader TEL Op. Hired 1958 6812 Ozark St Baton Rouge 33 YEARS Lloyd Williams Welder TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1945 16SS6 S. Futwar Skipwtth Road Baton Rouge ETC 27556 Page 6, The Antiknock, January-February, 1977 Service Anniversaries Two 40-Year Men Head Large Group 35 Years [Continued] Of Employees With Long Service Wallace Mixon Gen. Malnt. Marvin Owens H-C Malnt. H-C MAC Eilvtanl I James Hodges TEL-Sod. MAC Roy Broussard TEL MainL A man who lived on the prop erty now occupied by the Plant and another who started out as a helper in Maintenance in 1937, both have finished 40 years of ser vice, and lead long service em ployee observing anniversaries in January and February. Included are 14 veterans with 35 years of service, 66 with 30 years of service, 2 with 25 years and 2 with 20 years. In addition, one man completed 15 years and 22 wound up 10 years of service on the Plant. James Hodges, an instrument mechanic in TEL-Sod. MiiC has plowed land and done considerable hunting on the land now occupied by the Plant. His family lived on this property. His father, L. V. -Hodges, leased the land from the. owner. King Harding Knox from whom Ethyl purchased 200 acres. Jimmy, about 16 years old when the family moved onto the prop erty in 1931, was hired for work In mid-February, as this issue was being finalised for print ing, Hodges decided to begin early retirement on March 1. on the Plant in February 1937 a few months after construction of the Plant began in October 1936. Previously, his father had been hired in the fall of 1936 to put up the first fence around the property. Hoy "Chicken" Broussard, a foreman in TEL Maintenance, has seen many changes since he began work here, also in February 1937, as a helper just as plant construc tion was getting into full swing. He advanced to iron worker in 1938, wageroll foreman in 1954 and salaried foreman in 1955. He is a native of Clio, La. For a "young" look at both Hodges and Broussard, see pic tures below. John Schafer H-C Op. John Allen Power Jasper Boudreaux TEL Op. Joseph Slcard H-C Op. 30 Years Albert Sulcer Sod. Op. ll<-ur> It Prwr <.m At* TEL Gen. Walter Bsbia Stores A Serv. ^CV ' Xiihert >1. tjiul. C'tv Harold Clement : Power | i I r.mli p.,i HAD La Hodges 35 Years Broussard Hamlet Crotwell Sod. Op. Lester David Stores A Serv. Joseph Delaune Sod. Op. Boyd Devall TEL Malnt. ' Ron 'XHl. Op Etwtn Adams H-C Op. Felix Dawson Power Hodgte Frederick H-C Op. Charles McKnlght H-C MAC Wilson Duvernsy TEL-Sod. MAC Continued on Next Page *hn Smit' tel Op. ETC 27557 EJ,C 27558 Page 8, The Antiknock, January-February, 1977 Vol. 39. Here are more new employees who joined the Company In January. From left are Bartlmus Thymes, Jr.. Keith Zertngue, Frank Bice, Andrew Mitchell, Jr., Theodore Parker and Charles Dotson. Plant Hiring Program Continues-- (Continued from Page 1) Chemical Research. John Fieler, Jr., who holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University, has joined Process De sign as a process design engineer. Also, John Parks has joined Process Design as a chemical engi neer. Parks received a BS in chem ical engineering from the Univer sity of Arkansas. Joining Tech Services as a pro cess engineer was Abbas Shahim. He is from Iran and is a chemical engineering graduate of the Uni versity of Arkansas. Also joining R&D were David Koopman, a chemical engineering graduate of the University of Wis consin, who has joined Process Design, and Edward Tatum, who holds a chemical engineering and a MBA degree in business admin istration from the University of Alabama. He is a process engineer in Process Evaluation. A new chemical engineer in Tech Services is Michael Wilhelm, whose hometown is St. Louis. He received his BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. Attendance-- (Continued from Page 3) Joseph Dupiessis (4) Sammie Forbes Alvie Higgins Willie Jenkins Nathan Johnson (2) Lawrence Joseph Joseph Major (2) Bondnett Thomas (3) STORES & SERVICES Walter Babin Jennie Bowman John Chadwick (2) Lester David (5) Martin Greenfield (2) Victor Harvey (3) Mary Kendnck (2) Floyd LeBlane Lenard Payne Barney Shelton Carl Tonno James Wall (5) Dan White John Yarbrough (3) TEL GENERAL SERVICES Simmie Armwood (3) Leonard Bell (2) Henry Collins. Jr. (3) Thomas LeBlane Henry Payne. Jr. (3) Thelma Smith (5) TEL OPERATIONS Kenneth Causey (2) James Hills Joseph Langlois (3) John LeBlane Cecil Long George McManus, Jr. Edward Sanchez (4) Albert Toussant, III (3) SAFETY James Shanklm (4) TEL SOD M&C A. C. Adams. Jr. Lynell Alford (4) John Arnold Malcolm Babin (2) Four additional new employees hired recently are Luther Manning and Jerry Williamson, above, and Harley Gordon and David Watson. Weldon Bates (3) Roy Bennett (2) Roland Blanchard Lloyd Bourdter Paul Boyle. Jr. (2) Andrew Brazier (2) Amos Brumfield (2) Alfred Bums (3) Sam Butler Abby Campo Kenneth Causey (2) Andrew Chatman Houston Chenevert, Jr. Paul Chenevert Wilson David (2) William Davis. Jr. James Day Albert DePhillips Ellie Dixon Stanley Ellis (3) John Gautim (2) Joseph Guidroz Conrad Guillot Ellie Holden Herman Hunt Harold Jefferson (2) Ben Johnson (2) Dana Keowen (2) Jerome LaCombe A. P. Landry. Jr. John Lapeze. Jr. (2) Henry Leach, Jr. (3) Leopold Lee Larry LeJeune Leslie Lurry, ill Melton Martin Lee Monroe Batiste Moran Andrew Noble (4) Elliott Pendas (3) Marvin Pnce (2) Lloyd Rachel (4) Roy Riche Fred Roberts Frank Salemi Albert St. Pierre Earl Scheznaildre (4) Wallace Soulier (4) Jimmy Spear* (2) George Spiller Adnan Stephen* James Stott Leo Turner (2) Douglas Vass Elray Vellier (4) Alton Watts 'fdwin White Joseph White Benjamin Wicker. Jr. Oree Wilkinson (2) Albert Womack (3) Even though it's now basketball season, member* of the Ethyl Management Club i flag football team are still proud of Its BREC Financial League Champtoaehip * which they won in late 1916. Team member* shown are. front row. kneeling. Gil , Broussard, Ken Cavanaugh, Dave Foreman, Ron Gardner, Bill Dumas (offensive coach), Pat Mlhalik. and Kent Smith. Second row: George Daniels, Ken Elswtrth. Joe Stelnman, Wyndham Cook, Sam Weems and Brace Lee. Back row: Lou Stingo, Al King. Sam Agnew, (statistician). Grant Smith. Jim Callander (defensive coach), Don B&lhoft and Bob Trapani. Not shown are Grady Ferry and Roland Roger*. Four Employees Get College Degrees Emploj From 7 Alertness ar :ic received the Navy we March by Jc Four employees have completed requirements for college degrees while continuing their jobs on the Plant. Two received master's de grees and two received bacchelor's degrees. Darrow Price. TEL Gen. Serv., was awarded an MA degree in In dustrial Arts Education, and Burl Turner, Jr., TEL Op., earned an MA degree in Social Science, both at Southern University's December commencement exercises. Price completed requirements for his BS in 1973 in the same field, and Turn er was awarded his BS in Liberal Arts, also in 1973. Michael Orillion, TEL Op., and Clarence Levy, Jr., PVC Op., both received bachelor's degrees at De cember commencements. Orillion's degree was a BS in Social Studies from Southeastern Louisiana Uni versity. Levy earned a BA degree President Says-- (Continued from Page 1) a good strong, moving, growing trend! The Aluminum Group did surprisingly well in 1976 even with a poor construction market Also, the Plastics Group came out of a bad 1975 and got back on a satis factory move upwards. Imco was a star of that performance with a terrific growth in sales and earn ings. Also VCA units are good solid contributors now, especially the Molding Group and the Metals Group. "When you look at capital in vestments, 1976 was a record for us. We spent over $90 mil lion on internal projects. In 1977 it looks like we will be in the neighborhood of $140 million. That's why I have a lot of con fidence in the work you fellows are doing. It's not something you talk about that might bear fruit. It is bearing fruit. The money is going into all of the divisions. "Our Ethyl Digest, first printed in 1974, has been a real success. We got a jump on the Nation's Bi centennial in 1974 with the Digest and it continues to be a success. There were two sellout printings in 1975 and another in 1976. All told, we have distributed over 250,000 copies and they have brought almost daily letters for additional copies and commenda tion from everywhere!" Lovy OrllUoa Prtee Turner in Health and Safety Education from Southern University. All four of the employees have expressed thanks to fellow em ployees who aided them in swap ping shifts in order to complete their studies, and to the Company for making it possible for them to continue working while earning their college degrees. i* a m M n g? i a i \ ^on an< Ar Recently a Merit Scholai daughter of ! Sod. M&C. ar thur Zielinski, were honored parents and s< Ethyl scholars Lynne, a s* "-h. has bet 'Cities at t ember of socet\ and t editor of the Buccaneer." a local newspapi tonal contest. m journalism mg Mark is gra tf>gh School The Antiknock Changing: to Serve a Changing World Vol. 39. No. 2 March-April. 1977 icement Clob Championship kneeling, Gil :as (offensive \en Elswlrth, : Lou Stingo, naive coach), land Roger*. agrees Orllitoa Turner Education ty. ivees have allow emi in swap- complete Company >r them to e earning 5B 03 W : e ta ** 4 M tf Employee Rescues Elderly Couple From Their Burning Trailer Home Alertness and the safety training ie received at the Plant and in the Navy were combined in late March by Josh Smith, pipefitter- machinist in PVC Maintenance, to rescue an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Dabadie, from their burning trailer home at Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish. While driving to the Plant for overtime work about 3:25 a.m.,' he saw flames coming from the Dabadie trailer. He immediately stopped, ran to the trailer and literally jerked the door and its framing from the trailer to get to the occupants. Josh first removed Mrs. Dabadie. who has a heart condition, and then assisted her husband, Then, at their urgent bidding he returned to a trailer window to rescue the couple's dog. which had been over come by smoke. Instructor WUllam Carradine, H-C MC, center, explains the oxy-acetylene welding process to Barney McAdams, TEL-Sod. MAC, left, and Tommy Vince, H-C MAC, during one of the basic welding classes. The Dabadie's suffered no appar ent ill effects from the fire and their dog has recovered. One of the first things Mrs. Dabadie did was to call Josh's mother to ex press her heartfelt thanks for his lifesaving action. Son and Daughter of Employees Are Awarded Merit Scholarships Recently awarded 1977 Ethyl Merit Scholarships were Lynne, daughter of Floyd Jensen. TELSod. M&C. and Mark, son of Ar thur Zielinski. R&D Serv. The two were honored, along with their parents and school officials, at an Ethyl scholarship dinner in April. Lynne, a senior at Broadmoor i Ugh. has been active in many ctmties at the school. She was . member of the National Honor Society and the Beta Club, past editor* of the school paper, "The Buccaneer,'' and a finalist in a local newspaper Bi-Centennial edi torial contest. She plans to major in journalism in her college train ing. Mark is graduating at Catholic High School where he has won Jtnwn Zielinski many honors in athletics and schol astic activities. He has been awarded a "Top 100" Freshman Scholarship by the LSU Alumni Federation and has been a mem ber of the Bears' basketball team. He plans to study medicine at LSU. In addition to Baton Rouge win ners of the Ethyl Merit Scholar ship, Laura, daughter of Chief Company Pilot Richard Cavedo, of Richmond, is also a winner. Salute To Scholars The next issue of The Anti knock will again -- for the sixteenth consecutive year -- salute sons and daughters of employees who are honor graduates at their respective high schools. The principals of area public, parochial and private high schools are being contacted for the names of those students who are grad uating in the top 10 percent of their classes. We will then be contacting the parents of Ethyl sons and daughters in this category soon for pictures and a list of school honors. Variety of Employee Training Programs Are Continuing in 1977 A variety of training courses for employee advancement is now under way on the Plant, reports John Furr, supervisor of Training. These courses will continue for several weeks during 1977. A brief resume of this training is as follows: Approximately 20 employees are participating in an after-hours basic welding course. Instruction over an eight-month period is being conducted by Len Brown, TELSod. M&C; William Carradine, H-C M&C and Leopold Lee, TEL-Sod. Attesting to the value of thli employee training Is the fact that seven members of the welding classes have qualified for and have bid Into welding Jobs since the Instruction began. M&C. The classes meet on Tues day and Wednesday afternoons. The first of two Supplemental Helper Training classes began in Welding instructors for the two basic welding courses compare notes. They are Leopold Lee, TEL-Sod. MAC, left; WUliam Carradine, H-C MAC, and Len Brown, TEL-Sod. MAC. January. The instructor is Bryant Barlow, of the Training Group. An other class got under way in late March with Mike Stewart, also of Training, as instructor. Barlow's group meets two afternoons a week during working hours. An extensive supervisory train- (Continued on Page 7) Bryant Barlow, standing, Is instructing a Supplemental Helper Training class which meets two afternoons a week. He la shown here with the class at the open ing session In January. The students are, from left, John Arnold. Charles Radcllff, Royce Sides, Robert Volselle, Charles McCoy, Albert Marcotte, Joseph Geuedy, Ray Zeringue, and Francis Ardotn. ETC 27560 Page 2, The Antiknock, March-April, 1977 More New Employees Report as Hiring Program Continues on the Plant Hiring of new employees on the Plant is continuing, although at a reduced pace in recent weeks. In this issue we introduce six new technical employees, 35 wageroll and five clerical employees who have reported to work recently. The new technical employees are in Manufacturing and in R&D. The other employees are in H-C Auxil iary. H-C Operations. H-C M&C, Sodium Operations. TEL General Services. TEL-Sod. M&C and Stores and Services. Raymond Dugas joined TEL Op erations as Operations supervisor in early February. He is from New Orleans and earned a BS degree in chemistry at Loyola University. Joining the Safety Group as a safety engineer in mid-March was Leonard Guretsky. He is a native of Floral Park, N. Y.. and is a graduate of Cornell University where he received BS and MS de grees in chemical engineering. He comes to Ethyl from Hercules. Inc. of Plaquemine. Darwin Logerot was born in Alton, 111., but graduated from Redemptonst High School here and from LSU where he received a BS degree in chemical engineer ing. He is in Process Design. Joining Tech Services as a pro cess engineer in early March was Narendra Khilnani, a native of In dia who came to Ethyl from the New clerical employer* arriving re cently include Nancy Carter, left, and Paula Lumpin. both of them were hired us typists in the Steno Pool, Stores and Services. University of Kansas, where he re cently was awarded an MS degree m chemical engineering. He had previously earned a BS degree at Kansas and had also attended Georgia State University at At lanta. Yung-Fu Huang, a native of Tai wan, joins the Company as a new senior process development engi neer in Process Development. He holds a BS in chemical engineer ing from National Taiwan Univer sity, an MS from the University of North Dakota and a PhD from the University of Kentucky. Edward Zaiko, a new research New empln>ee* rr|>ortfiig for work recently were, left to right, Wiflurt Whitfield, Harry Wolf. Walter Allen. Hoy Landry. Warren Bailey, Jutiny Barrett. Charter Ricunl, Sam Butler, Jr.. Leonard Mini*, Lou I* Greenup, Jr., and Mary Bulie. Also Joining the Company earlier thi* year here, left to right. Samuel We Alan Ory. Itoltert Newton, Walter Miller. Richard Allen. John Arnold, Noel Wll klnson und Koiiert Knight. chemist in Industrial Chemicals Research, received a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts and a PhD from Georgia Tech. New clerical employees joining the Company recently were Brenda Allen. Nancy Carter. Gaynell Da- lier and Paula Lampin. all as typ ists in the Stenographic Pool in Stores and Services. Richard Payne has been hired as mailroom and posting clerk in Stores and Ser vices. PVC Maintenance Group Continues Good Safety Even though there has been at increase of about 20 percent in thi number of employees -- and mos of them new employees -- in thi past year PVC Maintenance Grou| employees continue to show excel lent achievements m safety am completed March without an in jury of any kind. It was the secom straight month with no injune: In fact, the group has had only < n< injury so far in 1977 Mike Hebtrl chairman of the PVC Maintenance Safety Committee, reports that "ic the nine months the new safety program has been in effect our em ployees have had 10 minor injuria as compared to 29 for the sami period last year. This accomplish ment is all the more noteworthy because of the many new emploj ees who have done work m whic they are not experienced." MAR' Other new employees reporting for work recently ere Alex Guxiardo, Sam Gross, Inc.. Jerry Mrndou and W'ilford Hunt. Payne Beginning their careen with Ethyl recently were, left to right, Floyd Cohn. Gary Curney, Ronald Fontenot, Everett Sanders. Jr., Johnny Pasculin and James Arceneuux. Here are six new clerical and wageroll employee*. Brenda Allen and Gaynell Duller are typists, and Richard Payne, Mail Room jwsting clerk, in Store* and Services. Vallee Alve.v is in TEL-Sod. MAC, Ricky Croft i* in H-C Operation* und Carv Hoover lias been assigned to H-C Auxiliary. JI^L Antiknock Published for- Employe** at the Baton Rouge Manufacturing, | . Research A Development Center The purpose* of THE ANTI KNOCK are to. communicate . -i - . 4 10 The accomplishment* and Jrttvlties of Ethyl people. . The performance and progr&A of our Company. f - The value and rewltl of team work at our. Baton Range Plant The continuing-and increaslnc need for a greater apprecia tion of our-American way *f I life. PAULIN! Senio ETC 27561 \ Page 3, The Antiknock, March-Apcil, 1977 t Whilfirld. -It. Charle* Buis*. iH Wmiiis Noel Wil- ce nues Safety been an nt m the and most -- in the ce Group w excel* fety and t an inie second injune-c only ore Hebert, ntenar.ce that "in .v safety our em* - injuries he same omphsh* .eworthy employ* in which ALMA CARTER Lab Assistant JANET JONES Research Chemist BOBBIE STIRRAT Purchasing Agent Perform Variety of Jobs A Salute to Our Women Employees-Important Members of the Plant Team MARY FORESTIER Secretary In this issue. The Antiknock salutes the many women employees on the Plant who are filling a wide variety of jobs. They are valuable team members who contribute much to the Plant's operation. Ranging from General Services workers to R&D chemists, and from Operations employees to Purchasing agents, the jobs women fill on the Plant include many which makes successful day by day operation possible. Space in this issue does not allow for pictures of all of the women employees. Nor are we able to include all the various types of work that these employees do. It is hoped that in a future issue real soon we can salute more of our women employees with pictures. There are approximately 137 women employees on the Plant. Some have practical training in various crafts and job assignments. Others have college and university training for their jobs. However, regardless of their training, the contributions of all are essential. Most of the women employees now working on the Plant are in familiar jobs in offices and in laboratories. These jobs continue to be important to the Company. On this page, how ever, we show women in new and different assignments on the Plant. For example, Eleanor Fieler is a process engineer in Process Design. Three other employees -- Iris Hillard, Betty Whitt and Joyce Rodriguez -- are representative of several women in "field" |obs that were traditionally held by men only. IRIS HILLARD TEL Operator ELEANOR FIELER Process Engineer IVORY DILWORTH Secretary--Operations ETHEL DUHE Engineering Stenographer JIMMIE DABADIE R&D Mathematician ETC 27562 Page 4, The Antiknock, March-April, 1977 Thirty-Five Long Service Employees Wind Up Active Careers Thirty-five employees including Joe Achord, with 40 years of ser vice, and James Hodges, also with 40 years, whose family lived on the property now occupied by the Plant when it was purchased in 1936, began retirement on March 1 and April 1. Five of the employees began regular retirement. They are Clifton Caillouet, Charles Davis, Louis Mayers, Frank Salemi and Norman Slack. The others accepted early retirement The new annuitants are pictured below, along with their plant work history. We regret that a picture of Lester Cambre. Sod. Op., and Eivin Deiahaye and Louis Mayers, both of TEL-Sod. M&C, were not available. Cambre, an operator, has 34 years of service; Deiahaye, a steeple-jack painter, has 29 years, and Mayers, a welder, has also worked 29 years. 34 YEARS Roger Outsell Working Leader TEL Op. Hired 1942 3756 Capitol Hts. Baton Rouge 1 o-zsi. 36 YEARS James Gilbert, Jr. Area Foreman PVC Op. Hired 1940 1979 Lungw*od Dr. Baton Rouge Comp. OnT Agreemer ebruary t .oar contr; panv and t The nex United Ste will extenc 1979. The c Oil Worke through Ju contracts j increase, ef and 50c pei 40 YEARS Joseph Achord Area Supervisor TEL Op. Hired 19S6 Rt. 3. Box 170 Baton Rouge \ 36 YEARS J. B. Alexander TEL Planner TEL Muint. Hired 1940 Rt. 1. Box 187 Many 32 YEARS Bert Allaln Fixed Asset Clerk Finance Hired 1945 562 Ave "D" Port Alien ; 37 YEARS Richard Bond Reclamation Mech. TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1940 14326 Royal Oak Ave. Baton Rouge fA 37 YEARS Earl Brown Supervisor Sod. Op. Hired 1939 2881 Groom Rd. Baker 32 YEARS Victor BrumheM Operator TEL Op. Hired 1944 Kt. 8. Box 359 Denham Springs 36 YEARS Guy Haydel Planner Sod. Muint. Hired 1940 942 Tramell Baton Rouge ^ <SJ 40 YEARS Janies Hodges Inst rument Mech. TEL*!stid. -MAC Hired 1937 lit. I. Box 43 Slaughter 24 YEARS Ralph Hoilaway Superintendent Power Hired 1932 Kt. 1. Box 200A St. Joseph 34 YEARS Florin LeBlanc ConAdentiul Clk. TEL Op. Hired 1942 9373 El Cajon Dr. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS William Jones Carpenter H-C MAC Hired 1944 Rt. 1. Box 556K Gonzales q: LTfe ,^ .ww! 30 YEARS leH LeBlanc Rigger TKL-Sd. MAC Hired 1946 Kill) Airline Hwy. Baton Rouge Memliers ..I -h11\> n in | he- Kmln<*\ liuill MilrhHI. |>ri - liaiu Mrader an- Hanot ' MAC: Arthui .No| hmi n Law retire ph MU'.) Mffiliofl iln, Jr., TEL International Bourque. Sla Alvie lliggin^ -'"rv.; John V 34 YEARS Clifton Caillouet Working Leader Power Hired 1948 6275 St. Ann Baton Rouge 24 YEARS Virginia Chaney Purch. Order Clk. Purchasing Hired 1958 8551 Oswego St Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Anatole Cormier. Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1944 1108 Court St. Port Allen '\ ' 37 YEARS Charles Davie Operator TEL Op. Hired 1989 Box 55, Hwy. 19 Slaughter 35 YEARS Gordie Deloach Outside Machinist TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1941 5745 Hermitage Dr. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Charles Devall Prod. Foreman Sod. Op. Hired 1941 4944 Sherwood Blvd. Apartment 141 Baton Rouge 37 YEARS George Mattson Safety Engr. Safety Hired 1989 1357 Stuart St. Baton Rouge 30 YEARS Auliert Millet Sr. Lab. Tech. Quul. Control Hired 1947 Rt. 2. Box 482 Geisinur Retirerr 35 YEARS Joseph Peairs Ironworker TEL-Sod. A MAC Hired 1941 Kt. 4. Box 65 Zuchury 29 YEARS Almetus Reeder Clerk Maint. Plan. Hired 1947 1076.1 Goodwood Blvd. Buton Kouge 30 YEARS Fred Rube Electrician TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1947 1423 So. Woodhaven Baton Kouge 32 YEARS Frank Suleml Sod. Serv. Mech. TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1944 4276 Lorraine St. Baton Rouge f 29 YEAR' Martin Si* Rev Ahkoi RAD Sen. Hired J947 1742 Carl Baton Rou Continued on Next Page I f eers Company, Unions Reach Agreement On Terms of New Two-Year Contracts Agreement was reached in late February on terms of new twoyear contracts between the Com pany and the two unions The new contract with the United Steelworkers of America will extend through February 24. 1979. The contract with the Allied Oil Workers Union will extend through June 1. 1979. Both wage contracts included a 6'z percent increase, effective January 1. 1977. and 50c per hour, effective Febru ary 28. 1978. plus a cost of living clause, increased shift differential pay and improved benefits. the AOWU clerical contract pro vides for the 6V4 per cent salary increase on base rates, effective January 1, 1977. and a $87 per month salary increase on base rates, effective February 28. 1978. plus the improved benefits. Pictures of the negotiating teams of Company and union personnel appear below. Adcock Agnew Page 5, The Antiknock, March-April, 1977 Allen Andereon EARS iiput Mwh. nil. MAC 193? m>\ 43 .It* r Brown Ethridge Fontenot Gardner M`iiIht* >! Ihe ni-gntiiitiiisr oF cnmpiiiiy uml union r*pre**ntitlvet :iri- shown in Ihrs*. pM-tur*s. At t.>p (hr AOWf m`coil;itinn ............... *mlw*r* art*, seated. Rodiwy Cuillut. Kmp. ItH.: KoshIm* Acosta. Fhiaiut*; Eluhi Adams. Il-C Op.; E. D. Mili hi-M. pn-sidi-nt; U.ilrl shmiitt. manacrr. Kmp. Ui-I.; Resilient Manager Wil- liam MradiT; -I'lltn block. .Adni.. and C larkin'** I'mlerwood. Il-C MAC. Standing are Hur\e> Whitfiekl. 1*\{ Op.; Marshall Talley, RAD Lab.; Lewis Vsince, H-C MAC: Arthur Chnppm, Eiiqi. !{!.: Hugh Bourque. MAC. and John Cxim-e, Oper. (Not shoun are Merman Huggins. M-C Au\.; Lsiurerue LeFeaux, III. M-C Op.; Laurence Phillips. Qual. < onl.; Wilburn Smith, H-C Op., surd Omar Vince, H-C MAC.) Steelworkers negotiation team members shown lieiow sire, seated. A. P. Lan dry, Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC: Klock: '`chmiilt; Milton Soulier, president: Willie Dipnoi*, international stall representative; Ntrsider: Perev Lorio, TEL-Sod. MAC. uml Bourque. Standing are Mitchell Dsn hi. TEL Op.; (iom e; Rov Tucker. TEL Op.; Alvie lliggins. Sod. Op.: Martin Johnson. PVC Op.; Mehl Smith. TEL-Sod. Gen. Serv.; John Wsire. TEL-Sod. MAC. and Choppin. Hood Kraleinan Landry McKenxie - :ars cl. MAC 1946 irline Huy. Uouge ARS > Reeder Plan. 947 ooduood Itouffe Page McQueen Parker Smith W iegand Promotions, Reassignments Are Announced for Several Employees Retirements Continued - 31 YEARS Andrew Sholnr Fixed Asset Clk. Finance Hired 1945 Rt. 6. Box 84 Baton Rouge Irl 33 YEARS Xorniun Slack Ofierator II-C Op. Hired 1943 5635 Lancaster St. Baton Rouge 29 YEARS Martin Smith Res. Associate RAD Sery. Hired 1947 1742 Carl Ave. Baton Rouge 38 YEARS Cnllle Splller Prod. F'oreman TEL Op. Hired 1938 1685 Duchess Dr. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Thomas Suea ringen Pipefitter H-C MAC Hired 1944 Box 171 Pride ' 1 *\ 37 YEARS Wilton Yicker* Gen. Serv. Foreman TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 1939 5680 Groom Road Baker Promotions for 11 employees and the reassignment of five others were effective recently. Three of those promoted are in R&D and seven are in Manufacturing. Effective March 21. Ronald Fon tenot transferred from Process Evaluation to Purchasing and Traf fic at the Tower where he will serve as manager, Fuel and Power, reporting to Bryan Landry, man ager, Corporate Energy and Feed Stock Supply. Karl Wiegand was promoted in February to senior research asso ciate in Pioneering Research, and Robert Allen advanced to super visor in Process Development. In Manufacturing. Charles Gard ner has transferred from TEL Op erations to Stores and Services as acting assistant supervisor. When James H. Starnes retires later this year. Gardner will assume the posi tion of supervisor. General Ser vices and H-C Auxiliary. Gary Ethridge, who has been acting supervisor in Industrial En gineering, was recently named su pervisor. Effective March 1. Lucille Mc Queen was promoted to the posi tion of Public Relations correspon dent and secretary. James Brown has been promoted to shift coordinator in "C" Group, TEL Operations. Also in Manufacturing, Charlotte Hood was promoted from shipping clerk typist in Production Plan ning to secretary in TEL Opera tions. Two foremen in PVC Operations --Herman Kraleman and Thomas Landry--have been promoted to area foreman, with Kraleman going to "A" Group and Landry to "D" Group. Also, Jimmie McKenzie has been promoted to painter foreman in H-C M&C. In Manufacturing reassignments. Michael Parker transferred from Engineering 1 Am. PI., to Indus trial Engineering as a standards analyst. In R&D Billy Adcock and Sam uel Agnew transferred to the In dustrial Chemicals Division at the Tower. Adcock as products super visor for aluminum alkyls, and Agnew as products supervisor for agricultural chemical intermedi ates. Also Dr. Robert Smith has trans ferred to the Department of Toxic ology and Industrial Hygiene at the Tower as environmental chemist. An incoming transfer is Larry Anderson, from Houston Engineer ing Services to Process Develop ment. ETC 27564 Page 6, The Antiknock, March-April, 1977 Service Anniversaries 30 Years An Edit Steel Unei Editor's ' `Pollution' l Corporation < that we face at the same r reaffirms whz are pleased r as to how thf Rudol|ih Bneneke II C MAC rirtfh (liler TEL Main*. Max Lea Power William Sicard TEL Oji. Max Lea and William Sicard Both Inin Head I'rial. Sch. A Dial. CharU't Pearre t TKL Maiut. Have Forty-Year Service Achievement Two long-time employees who reached the 40-vear mark m Com pany service on the Plant in April head a large contingent of em ployees observing long service an niversaries during March and April. Maxwell Lea. Power, and William Sicard. TEL Op., both have seen and been a part of many changes at the Plant since they began work here in 1937 in Con- struction. Lea is now effluent con trol supervisor in Power and Si card is a working leader in TEL Operations. Also observing anniversaries are six employees with 35 years of ser vice. 10 with 30 years, seven with 25 and four with 20 years of ser vice. In addition, one employee completed 15 years of service and 15 completed 10 years of service. 35 Years Piettt/iei /toi AuaUaJUe Dorothy Aydell Patents 25 Years Robert Cantrell TEL-Sod. )I4C Franklin Conrad Iml. Chem. Ken. Eugene Travis Fcun. Etui. S. K. Curry TEL Op. Alvin Huhbs Emp. Kei. Wilbur Paulk PVC Op. Belmont Hlmel H-C M*C Benjamin Korn*, Jr. Qiial. Cont. Arnold White Power Picture* of several employee* who ob served service anniversaries in March and April were not available. They are: SO Year*--Andy Keating and Hardin? I sey. both of TEL-Sod. MAC; Roosevelt Dupuy, H-C MAC; Oklev Broussard. Roy Uihlten* and Leroy Fortenberry, all of RAD Lib. 2<1 Yeurs--Robert Taylor. Finance and John Chapman, TEL-Sod. MAC. Employee Son Named Most Valuable Player On Basketball Teams Being named to the Top 24 AllTournament team and the predic tion that he will be a high school All-American basketball player are QUtm* Awasufa 15 Years Dora Broun, Emp. Rcl. 10 Years Rotiert Allen. Pioc. Dev. William Cathey. Jr.. Sod Op. Jaities DeLoiU'h. Sod. Op. Barbara tiraner. Safety lames Kao. Proc. Dev. Kenneth LeBianc. H-C MAC Larry LeJeune. TEL-Sod. M&C Hector Presedo, Proc. De>. Lyman Parker, PVC Qual. Cont. John Redmond. TEL-Sod. MAC Andrew Rushing. TEL-Sod. M&C Charles Salassi, Stores & Serv. Lawrence Walker. PVC Op. Julius Webb, PVC Op. Achllle Younc. PVC Op. the latest honors to come to Ho ward "Hi-C" Carter, the 15-vearold son of Howard Carter. PVC Op. "Hi-C" is 6-feet 4-inch tall, and was a Junior AAU AllAmerican when he was in the seventh grade. He is the center on the Redemptorist High School team, which won the State AAA championship in Lake Charles in early March. Only a sophomore, he was chosen most valuable player on both the All-State and District Six-AAA All-Star teams. He averaged 17 rebounds a game and shot a sizzling 66 percent from the field while averaging 25 points a game in district competition be fore the Redemptorist Wolves ad vanced to championship playoffs. His coach. Rick Huckabav. has predicted that Howard will be the school's first All-American. His mother is a practical nurse at Baton Rouge General Hospital. llani'v Whit Held PVC Op. 20 Years LX. Lyndell Reeves Patents Gordon Tuvlor, Jr. TEL-Sod. MAC ! The Beti to live in a t ,\11 of us wai cryone." It contm up a major | In an effort more project . . We to try to ren this will be ment of polh which will co resources. . The sL Environmet -ions. Chan EPA has fo the cost of that many certainly n> industries a has already "We are editorial cont some of the ai necessary--or our energy xt priorities?" The Beth .atonal in T1 water and editorial poim completed in exceed $16 nii S16 million fig mental projet plovee on the The An deserves a h ing the best charges." It to require a t>r no benefi As citizens ' payers we ? 'couldn't soi spent to bet In his recdent Manager m compliance more stringen* manpower anc if they go unc Also, in h: -inference he -nd about t the 70s. '> -?A comes ou f industry." As Beth face up to t: at the same ployment an get to Wash `rich (iilrr -L Maint. - li * Pearce L Maint. lie Trasis >n. E\l. \\ hil Held t Op. I -Johnson -ud. MAC rdon <r, Jr. >d. MAC An Editorial Steel Firm Says Pollution and Unemployment Are Dirty Words! Page 7, The Antiknock, March-Apnl, 1977 Safety Program 'Pays Off for Employees Editor's Note: Recently in an ad in "Time" Magazine entitled " 'Pollution' /s a Dirty Word -- So Is `Unemployment,' " Sefh/ehem Sfeel Corporation stated that, "We believe the national interest now requires that we face up to the dual necessity of preserving our environment while at the same time assuring economic progress." Since that advertisement reaffirms what The Antiknock has emphasized repeatedly previously, we are pleased to present excerpts from it. along with additional comments as to how this philosophy applies to our own company. Ethyl. The Bethlehem ad begins with a statement that "All of us want to live in a clean environment, as free from pollution as possible. And all of us want to live in a prosperous America, with jobs enough for everyone." It continues: "So far. Bethlehem has spent $400 million to clean up a major portion of the pollutants from the water and air we use. In an effort to meet the existing laws and regulations we have many more projects under way or anticipated in the near future. ". . . We may be faced with spending hundreds of millions more to try to remove the last traces of pollutants. We do not believe that this will be money well spent. Attempting to remove the last incre ment of pollution involves new and uncertain technology--an attempt which will consume a considerable amount of scarce energy and natural resources. . ." Safety paid off $50 each to six lucky employees of Group V' of the TEL Main tenance Safety Committee and an hour's flying time to another member. After Group V uh4 awarded $300 by the Committee for having the most Improved safety performance in the iaat' quarter of 1976, member* of the 43-man group of carpenter*. Insulator*, ironworker*, sheetmetal workers and welder* voted to conduct a drawing to award six $50 prise*. Winner* of the $50 drawings are, left to right, standing. Boyd Devall. Henry Ognibene, Cary Bayham. Charles Bour geois. und Rhett Carter. Sitting, left to right, are Barney McAdam*. chairman of Group V. and John Sumrall, The statement above certainly applies to the actions of the Environmental Protection Agency in respect to automobile emis sions. Changing and in many cases unnecessary regulations, which EPA has forced on car manufacturers and refineries have increased the cost of cars to everybody. More alarming, however, is the fact that many of these regulations have actually been unnecessary and certainly not worth their cost to the automotive and petroleum industries and the public since they have added very little to what has already been accomplished in improved auto emissions. "We are faced as a nation with troublesome alternatives," the editorial continues. "Do we continue our headlong rush to implement some of the air and water cleanup standards that have yet to be proved necessary--or even sound--or shall we give equal consideration to jobs, our energy requirements, capital needs, and other demands for social priorities?" The Bethlehem question above is very similar to one asked in an editorial in The Antiknock back in 1975. Referring to the heavy expense of water and air pollution abatement at the Baton Rouge Plant, the editorial pointed out that when projects currently in progress, or to be completed in 1977. the cost of these projects at the Plant alone will exceed S16 million. (New regulations added since then has pushed that S16 million figure past the S24 million mark. This investment in environ mental projects now averages out to more than $8,000 for every em ployee on the Plant!) The Antiknock editorial in 1975 emphasized that "Everyone deserves a healthful environment and Ethyl is committed to provid ing the best practicable methods for assuring clean air and water dis charges." It also pointed out that "the intent of the federal law is to require additional controls beyond 1977 that will provide little or no benefits beyond what will already have been accomplished. As citizens we need to decide "how clean is clean enough?* As tax payers we should ask `are we getting our money's worth?', and `couldn't some of this seemingly excessive demands for funds be spent to better advantage as job-producing capital?'" In his recent budget review with Manufacturing supervision Resi dent Manager Bill Strader pointed out that by the time the Plant is in compliance with existing regulations. EPA comes up with new and more stringent regulations that require considerable additional expense, manpower and time to meet. He felt that these increasing regulations, if they go unchecked, could threaten the very life of industry. Also, in his review of Company business at the recent Management Conference here President Bruce Gottwald pointed out that Ethyl will spend about S70 million to comply with EPA and OSHA regulations m the '70s. "However." he said, "a big problem is that each time the EPA comes out with a new regulation it is always just beyond the grasp of industry." Earlier this year, safety paid off for June Dalmdie, secretary to Resident Manager William Strader. She won $25 for the most bonus points awarded by the Self Sturter Safety Committee for home safety inspection* and Injury pre vention during the lu*t quarter of 1976. She aiao won the $15 top aw'ard In a safety Jingle contest conducted by the Committee. Here June, right, receives the nwards from Committee Chairman Barbara Mitchell. Variety of Training -- Douglas Reynold*, right, of Tlgerland Aviation, donated the plane and fuel for a two-hour flight as a safety award for the TEL Maintenance Safety Committee. Chairman James Whitaker, who piloted the plane, is shown at left, with Gary Duncan, the winner in the center. Also on the flight with Gary were his wife, Tamaru, and her mother, Mrs. Rene Bello. (Continued from Page 1) ing program is also underway. In cluded are off-plant training of superintendents and supervisors and foremen training, the latter with Joe Gilbert and Martha Wat son. both of Training, handling the instruction. This foreman training will be followed up with consider able additional training in the field through line organization. The training for superintendents and supervisors is being conducted by outside specialists working with the Training Group, Furr stated. Heads Committee Eugene Ponti, superintendent, Sod. Op., ha* been appointed __ chairman of the Plant's Central Safe ty Committee. He succeeds Ralph Par ker, superintendent, PVC MAC. who ha* held the post since 1974. V6 As Bethlehem says, our national interest does require that we face up to the dual necessity of preserving our environment while at the same time assuring economic progress. Pollution and unem ployment are both dirty words! Maybe this basic fact will eventually get to Washington! Included in the extensive training now underway, or soon to be started on the Plant, is foremen training in the field through line organisation. Here Superin tendent Ralph Parker, hack to camera, conducts a kickoff orientation training session for supervisors and foremen in PVC Maintenance. From left are John Lee, supervisor; Foremen Ernest Dawson. Edward Schafer, Donald Hughes, Richard Herrin and J. D. Joseph, and Bryon Thibodeaux, urea maintenance engineer. etc 27566 Page 8, The Antiknock, March-April, 1977 - 9h Memviiam - Ethyl-Sponsored JA Companies End Year Death has claimed two employ ees and eight annuitants in recent weeks. One of the annuitants was Clarence Levy, Sr., one of the first employees hired here when con struction began on the Plant in October 1936. Following are obitu aries on each. Arthur K. Barton Annuitant Barton, 61, died March 18 at Our Lady of the Lake Hos pital. Funeral services were held on March 19 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, mother, two sons and two sisters. He began work in Sodium Operations in June 1941 and was an operator there when he began early retirement in February of 1976 Joe Corsentino Annuitant Corsentino, 79. died at Hillhaven Nursing Home. Febru ary 10. Funeral services were held Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Surviving are a daughter, two sons, two sisters and two brothers, one of whom is Sam Corsentino. TEL Op. He was hired in November 1936 and was a pipefitter in TELSod. M&C when he began early retirement in February 1962. Gregory Holloman Holloman, 27. died on March 7 as a result of gunshot wounds. Religious services were held March 10 at New Sunlight Baptist Church, with burial in the National Ceme tery at Port Hudson on March 11. He is survived by his mother, father, two daughters, a son, two brothers and a sister. He was hired in October 1972 in TEL General Services, the group to which he was attached at his death. Edward Hulf Annuitant Huff, 68, died March 15 at Yuma. Ariz. Funeral services were held March 18 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in the Mount Vernon Methodist Church Cemetery near Gloster, Miss. Sur vivors include his wife and a son. He began work on the Plant in 1940 as a welder in Construction. He was a welder in TEL-Sod. M&C when granted P&T benefits in Au gust 1959. Lawrence Lambert Annuitant Lambert, 73, died March 31 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held April 2 at Holy Rosary Cath olic Church in St. Amant, with burial in church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, three broth ers and one sister. He began work m November 1943 and was an op erator in Sodium Operations when he began early retirement in Sep tember 1959. Clarence Levy, Sr. Annuitant Levy, 69. died Febru ary 6 at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria. Religious services were held on February 10 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, with burial in Port Hudson National Cemetery on Feb ruary 11. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, four sons, one of whom is Clarence Levy, Jr., PVC Op., and one sister. Among Levy's first jobs when he was hired in October 1936--the month that construction of the Baton Rouge Plant began--was gathering corn that remained in the field on the property now occupied by the Plant. He retired as a utility driver in TEL General Services in Janu ary 1973. Arthur Limper Limper, 54, died March 28 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted March 30 at Welsh Funeral Home, with burial in Mount Evergreen Cemetery in Millstadt, 111. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son and a brother. He began work on the Plant in July 1947 as a chemical engineer and was su perintendent, Financial Controls, R&D, at the time of his death. Arthur McDempsey Annuitant McDempsey, 76. died at Rhodes Spedale Hospital in Plaquemine on March 28. Funeral ser vices were conducted at Wilbert Funeral Home. Plaquemine. on March 30, with burial in Grace Memorial Park there. He is sur vived by his wife, five daughters, and two sons. He was working in the Laundry when he retired in February 1962. John Powell Annuitant Powell, 58, died Feb ruary 18 at the Veterans Hospital, Alexandria. Funeral services were held February 24 at Little Rock Baptist Church, with burial in Port Hudson National Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, a son, seven sisters and three brothers. He was hired in 1945 and was in TEL Gen- The two Ethyi-*|x>nnored Junior Achievement companies hu\e recently been liqu idated a/ier providing liu.tineiM training to their iiiemitcm during the school year. Alm\e. Volunteer Advisers Jack Ritchie, standing at left, and Lcn Broilers and Joe Pulito, at right, are shown with mentliers of JA WORKERS OP \M ERICA. Ritchie and Beoders are in Industrial Engineering and Polifo in PVC 4>}>er:itions. Below, Advisers David Stephenson and Roy Buckley, both of Engineering, and (jury Ragan, Tech. Kerr., are shown with memlters at the ETC company. The students learned how to form their own companies, sell stock, select, package and sell products and operate their companies lefore winding up the annual busineiw training project through liquidation. This was the 21st >ear that Kth>l has spon sored JA companies and supported the program in Baton Rouge. eral Services when he was granted permanent and total disability benefits in June 1963. Hoy Rush Annuitant Rush. 68, died Febru ary 10 at his residence on Gordon Street. Religious services were held at Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church on February 14 with burial in Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, and two children. He was hired for work in Sodium General Services in January 1947. He retired in Sep tember 1974. We regret that recent picture* of Ar thur McDempsey and John Powell were not available for their obituaries. VoL 39, No. 3 The Antil Energy r-ergy Com everyon' To Cons Editor''* N 1975, The Anti gram. The goo responding red task since in/L effort almost ; brief update on can help in his "Not enouf >nservation e That's wh? review of achi* the progress In While ene: energy probler top attention ii the Arab emi lighted not onl age, but this i on petroleum i ergy. Since tl energy conser\ been practiced The goal in lion of at >e -nergy use or vould repres million dollar ings at that saving goal a received a se* ergy inflalior going up in 1 of costs has years since. The goal no 1980. annual s. BTUs (British' ident Manager that, through "'resenting s. lion BTUs r 2 that items Barton Corsentino Hoiloman Lambert Levy Limper Huff Rush 'Chuck' Averill Dies A well-known former employee on the Plant. Charles "Chuck" Averill. 72, died in Hattiesburg, Miss., on March 22. Funeral services were conducted at Holy Family Cath olic Church in Port Allen on March 25, with entombment In St. John Mausoleum. Brusly. He Is sur vived by a daughter, son and ' brother. He worked In Pur chasing and Elec tronic Applications on the Plant and In Central Systems and Data Processing at the Tower for many years before his retirement In 1970. Here are two ex help reduce ener teaks, such as sfc op* leave faucetKelley U iUustn fear Vol. 39, No. 3 May.June, 1977 The Cover On the cover and at bottom left on this pace are examples of enerty waste on the Plant and what can be done to correct them. The top two pictures on the cover Illustrates how faucets left runnlnc needlessly can add consider* ably to water use. At richt John Dupuy, Fire Inspects turns off the faucet. In the bottom two pictures a steam leak is noted at left and at richt Abby Campo and David Bennett, pipefitters In TEL-Sod. MAC. demonstrate how proper operation and regular maintenance of steam traps is an Important part of our energy conservation program on the Plant. As noted at the bottom of this pace defective steam traps should be reported, and water faucets and hoses either turned off or reported. Remember, a steam or a running hose can. if multiplied plantwide, add considerably to our energy consumption and oosts. >e*n liqutiiml y*:ir. ><|crs and MKRIC.V Iterations, -rinc. and ..my. The kact* and I liu-anr** ha %|>on- "I H CE? n 5 < "9 so o 5f The Antiknock Spotlights Energy Conservation Becomes a New Way of Life for Everyone Energy Conservation Everyone Can Contribute to Program To Conserve Energy Use on the Plant Energy Conservation Industry Leaders, Others Comment on President Carter's U.S. Energy Program Editor's Note: In the summer of 1973 and again in the spring of 1975, The Antiknock reported on our Plant Energy Conservation Pro gram. The goal then was, and is nou?, to reduce energy use with a cor responding reduction in. energy costs. This latter goal has been a hard task since inflationary cost increases have "dogged" the cost reduction effort almost from the beginning. Jn this "energy issue" toe present a brief update on u>hat has been done on the Plant and hoio each employee can help in his everyday job. "Not enough of us are energy-minded and we do not practice energy conservation enough on the Plant." That's what Resident Manager Bill Strader indicated in a recent review of achievements in energy conservation and, equally important, the progress in energy cost reduction. While energy conservation efforts began on. the Plant earlier, the energy problem started receiving top attention in 1973--the year of the Arab embargo which spot lighted not only the energy short age, but this nation's dependence on petroleum imports for that en ergy. Since that time an active energy conservation program has been practiced on the Plant. or study represent additional sav ings of about 1,200,000 BTUs. "We must become more energy minded on this plant," he stated. "We are just not doing the things we must do to make our energy conservation efforts achieve the maximum results." The goal in 1973 was a reduc tion of at least 19 percent in energy use on the Plant, which would represent an estimated Here are things in which all of us can help: Turning off lights when not needed. million dollars or more in sav Turning off hoses and faucets ings at that time. That dollar when not in use. saving goal almost immediately received a severe jolt when en ergy inflationary costs started going up in 1974. This spiraling of costs has continued in the years since. The goal now is to achieve, by 1980, annual savings of 1.3 trillion BTUs (BritishThermal Units). Res ident Manager Strader estimated that, through last year, projects representing savings of about 350 billion BTUs had been completed, Reporting and repairing steam leaks and other utility leaks. Shutting down spare equip ment when not needed. Constantly looking for ways to reduce energy consumption. Among areas in which utility savings have been achieved in the past are in repair of steam leaks and steam traps plantwide, insula tion of piping, improved combus tion efficiency in the H-C and TEL and that items under construction (Continued on Page 5) On April 20 President Carter outlined his energy program in a na tionwide speech. In presenting the program he emphasized that, "it will demand the best of us, our vision, our dedication, our courage and our sense of common purpose. The alternative may be a national catastrophe." Since his speech, discussion c the program, and of energy in general, has been widespread and varied. Here are just a few se lected comments by oil industry leaders and others. Energy Update C. C. Garvin, Jr., board chair As this "energy" issue went man of Exxon Corporation, said to press, Congress was con the energy message is "an impor tinuing to work toward estab tant step toward more effective lishing an energy department, energy policy in the United States." the Republicans were saying He said that energy conserva tion is something every citizen can do something about How ever, he emphasized that energy conservation alone would not do the job and that new supplies are needed as a part of a total, comprehensive attack on the en ergy problem. For this reason, he would have liked more em phasis in the President's mes sage on the incentives needed to develop supplies. that the U. S. can produce plenty of energy if the gov ernment allows greater incen tive and a Gallup Poll shows that "if Americans were tak ing an examination on the energy problem, many of them would flunk." The poll showed that only half of the Americans know that we must import oil to meet demands and, of these, only a third know that our imports were Ailing 47 percent of our de John Swearingen, chairman of Standard Oil Company (Ind.), said mand in the first three months of this year. the presidential price proposal would leave the industry with The "Oil and Gas Journal" "even less money available for ex pointed out in an editorial that ploration and development than is "President Carter has finally jolted the case under current law." He Americans out of their complacen said "Standard of Indiana is con cy about the nation's energy pros vinced that there is much more pects. But having done so, he of oil and natural gas to be discovered fered an energy program that tack in the U. S." les only one side of the problem He named Alaska and the Outer --demand--while failing to ad Continental Shelf, deep drilling dress adequately the other side- onshore and new recovery methods supply." as potential contributors to a new "He expects coal to provide an oil supply, but only if "the price increased share of the future en received by producers exceeds the ergy supply. But failure to resolve cost of exploration and production. conflicts of energy and environ These supplies would be expensive, ment surely will prevent significant but less expensive than paying growth for this abundant resource. tribute to OPEC (Oil Producing The same conflict will continue to and Exporting Countries). stand in the way of a speed-up of Frank Ikard, president of the drilling in new areas of the Outer American Petroleum Institute, said Continental shelf, generally re "We commend the leadership of garded by the industry as the President Carter in bringing the brightest hope for yielding a big nation's energy situation into focus. new supply," the editorial empha 'Hie country's energy problem is sized. serious. We concur with the Presi dent that conservation is an essen tial ingredient of a sensible nation The Morning Advocate said editorially that "environmental- al policy." (Continued on Page 7) Here ere two examples of thing* that employees can keep on the lookout for to help redace energy loses and costs on the Plant. Be sore to report any steam leeks, such as shows above, or any other utility loses that you observe. Also do not leave faucets or hoses running such as the one Power Supervisor Herschell Kelley Is illustrating in the picture at right above. Space prevented the use of considerable additional prepared mate rial on energy conservation, including tips on energy-saving opera tion of vehicles, a "bird's-eye" view of the world's proven reserves of oil and gas and how Ethyl and the oil industry is helping to reduce energy conservation. We plan to include most or all of this material in future issues. ETC 27568 Page 2, The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 I Ten New Employees Join Company Retiret Ten new employees reported for work on the Plant in late April and in May. Included were a new Traffic superintendent for the Plant, three new technical employ ees in. R&D, four wageroll men and two clerical employees. The new Traffic superintendent on the Plant is Dan Meade. He at tended the School of Advanced Traffic in West Monroe and Baton Rouge. He is a native of Alexan dria and succeeded Harry Roethe, who resigned from the Company. Several additional R&D tech* nical employees reported in June. These new employees will be pictured in the next issue. Included are Paul Bauer, Jr., Dennis Blalock, William Moehle, Douglas Richards, John Street, William Street, Dustin Thomas and Robert Whiteley. Beginning work as a chemical engineer in Process Design was Robert Kenny, from Hillsdale, N. J. He received a BS degree m chemi cal engineering from the Univer sity of Massachusetts. Curtis Eng is a new development engineer in Process Development. He received a US in chemical en gineering from the University of California and an MS from the University of Massachusetts. Gary McKinnie began work as a research chemist in Chemical Research. He was bom in Farmerville and received a BS in chem istry from Northeast State Univer sity at Monroe and a Ph.D from LSU. He has done post-doctoral work at the University of Georgia and the University of Illinois. The two clerical employees are Lynda Branch, a keypunch opera- Above and below are pictures of new wageroll employees who have been hired recently. Above are John Fountain, Lionel Slnts and Spencer Robinson. Be low Is Elvln Watts who. like the other three, have been assigned to TEL-Sod. MAC. Se Thirteen j-tOs. began i-apeze, Jr., regular retin The. new history and 1 nayder. Sod. months, was Ten advanced university students and one professor, representing seven unlver* sitie, are receiving practical training on the Plant through the Summer Technical Training Program. Shown, left to right, are A. J. Robictiaux, supervisor of R^ cruiting, RAD; George Cltarron, Proc. Dev.; Harold Basdekls, Proc. Eval.; Cath* erine Holm, Appll. A Cust. Serv.; David Hokanson. Tech. Serv.; Terry Thompson, , RAD Serv.; Cecil Loechelt, III. Proc. Des.; Ellen Dial, Proc. Dev.; Richard Ulrir^ 1 Tech. Serv.; Dr. Edward McLaughlin, Proc. Dev.; Donald Johnaon, Eng., aiM Timothy Johnson, Chem. Rea 30 YEAF Welter Bab* Stores Clerk Store* A Sr Hired 1947 Box 212 Hrusiy McKlnnie Technical Training Program Continues Meade tor in Finance, and Barbara Lastrapes, a typist in the Steno Pool. Wageroll employees joining the Plant work force were John Foun tain, Spencer Robinson, Lionel Sims and Elvin Watts, all of whom are working in TEL-Sod. M&C. Safety Pays Spurlock The annual technical training program is continuing on the Plant this summer. Eleven temporary employees, headed by Dr. Edward McLaughlin, LSU professor of chemical engineering, are partici pating in the program. Dr. McLaughlin, who is assigned to Process Development for the summer, is spending his sixth sum mer on the Plant as a participant in the program. Others are ad vanced students at various univer sities. The group this summer in cludes three temporary female stu dents. Those participating, their schools and plant assignments, are Har old Basdekis,, University of Mass. --Proc. Eval.; George Charron, LSU--Proc. Dev.; Ellen Dial, Okla. State--Proc. Dev.; Catherine Holm, LSU--Ind. Chem. Res.; David Ho- Gets College Degree Donald Spurlock. H-C MAC. left, re cently won a ISO top award In a safety drawing conducted by the H-C Mainte*. nance Safety Committee. Ho won In a drawing of the names of 160 H-C em ployees who had no time-losing injuries on or off the Plant during the recentlycompleted quarter. Foreman Rudolph Boenecke presents the UO check to Spurlock. Another recent winner was Glen Dungvn. MAC Adm., who won 640 in a Self-Starter Safety Committee con test. Willie Smith, laboratory assistant In the RAD LalK, waa awarded a BS de gree In accounting by Southern Uni versity In May. He began work on the Plant In July 1912. and In September of that year started his work toward the degree by swapping shifts with hi* fol low employees in or der to go to classes. Later he began straight day work In H-C Auxiliary which allowed him to attend night classes. Seventeen Complete Welding Course kanson. Rice--Tech. Serv.; Donald R. Johnson, Southern University-- Eng.; Timothy Johnson, LSU-- Chem. Res.; Cecil Loechelt, II, LSU --Proc. Des.; Terry Thompson, Loyola--R&D Serv., and Richard Ulrich, Texas--Tech. Serv. Energy Conservation Legs vs Wheels! Would you like to burn less fuel, store less fat and have more funds left after paying the bills? Then try pushing your gas pedal les and your legs or bike pedals more A bicycle is the most energy* i efficient machine for moving peo* pie through space, says Dr. Jeffrey Milstein of the Federal Energy Administration. Driving cars, be reports, bums more fuel than any other single thing the average con sumer does. But that isn't the only way our cars can help us run out of gas They can contribute to an inactive life-style which leaves us feelinf drained and dragged out. Appropriate exercise can help bum fat while saving fuel. Evi dence indicates that weight lo* through a combination of sound diet and exercise tends to zero is on undesired excess fatty tissue in contrast to a greater loss of vital active body tissue through dietinf alone. It's wise to check with your doctor before beginning any pr gram of unaccustomed physical :activity. But most of us could be gin by walking when we can and driving when we must. 28 YEAR ElUe Holden WeMer TEL-Sod. Md Hired 1946 2516 Chantnl Ave. Denham Sprt 36 YEAR' David McNeil Operator H-C Op. Hired 1941 Rt. 2. Box 5-< (reensborg Two new clerical employee* who began work here recently are Lynda Branch, left, a keypunch operator in Finance, and Barbara Lastrapes, a typist in the Stenographic Foot Seventeen employees recently completed an eight-month Basle Welding Course on the Plant. Graduation ceremonies, at which most of the 17 were presented certifi cates, were held in May. Shown with the "graduates'* above are the three Instruc tors--Len Brown. William C&rradine and Leopold Lee. From left are John Langllnals, Michael LeBlanc, Eddie Williams, Felix Ortbuela, Wilton Lipecomb, Lee. George Ramirez, Jr., Brown, Richard Erwin. Carradlne, Barney McAdams, Marvin Price and Thomas LeBlanc. Not present were Larry Bourgeois, Leslie Depew. David Humphreys, Glen Soileau and James Stott. Mike Stewart, Training, was course coordinator. Others participating In the graduation ceremonies were Hugh Bourque, manager. MAC; Rex Conrad, superintendent, MAC Adnu, and Training Supervisor John Furr. 30 YEARS Rb.rt WMtttolti Two sons of employees have recently t* ceived the coveted top Scout honor-" their Eagle Scout Badges. They A* Robert, left, son of Gene Robins** Chem, Res^ and Eugene, Jr., son of F operator {J:c Op. Hired 1946 -*31 Alameda Dr. "*ton Rouge gene Pontl, Sod. Op. Both are membff* i of Troop 12, which is sponsored by Off Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Retirement Begins for 13 Long Service Employees on the Plant Thirteen employees, most of whom began work on the Plant in the 1940s, began their retirement May 1 and June 1. Two of the 13--John Lapeze, Jr.. TEL-Sod. M&C, and David Moses, TEL Gen. Serv., began regular retirement while the others accepted early retirement. The new annuitants are pictured below, along with their plant work history and home addresses. We regret that a picture of John Schexnayder, Sod. Op., who has been off from work on disability for several months, was not available. Where does your home energy Page 3, The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 30 YEARS Walter Babin Stores Clerk Stores & Serv. Hired 1947 Box 212 Bru&ly 34 YEARS Rudolph Brown Pipefitter Layout H-C MAC Hired 1942 Rt. 1. Box 499 Gonzales ues Donald iversity-- i, LSU-- it, II, LSU Thompson, l Richard 34 YEARS Allen Desaell Elect. Foreman H-C Muint. Hired 1943 Rt. 2. Box IB-A Independence Dallas Jones Working Leader TEL Op. Hired 1942 Rt. 1. Box 22 Livingston \ less fuel, :ore funds Us? Then iedal less ials more. . t energy- wing peo)r. Jeffrey 1 Energy cars, he than any .'rage con- way our it of gas. n inactive is feeling can help fuel. Evi.'ight lost of sound o zero in ty tissue, >s of vital, h dieting /ith your any pro* physical could be can and 28 YEARS ElUe Holden Welder TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1949 2518 Chantulane Ave. Denham Springs v 28 YEARS John Lapeze, Jr. Outside Machinist TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1948 Rt. 4. Box 137 Baton Rouge 36 YEARS David McNeil Operator H-C Op. Hired 1941 Bt. 2, Box 5-C Greensborc ts /er- 36 YEARS Frank Taylor Welder TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1940 1635 North 27th St. Baton Rouge 32 YEARS Tommie Howze Dev. Lab. Aut RAD Lab. Hired 1944 3463 Juban Ave. Baton Rouge 34 YEARS Woodrow McDonald Mech. Foreman Gen. Maint. Hired 1942 Rt. 2. Box 5-B Zachary Home vt** Mb wni types* atessd *100 raw m many para at M nance ara caong tamSiss io bi out about noma aearpy emanation Luga ana trai nouaaecto appitancaa. naannq ana coaeg tyatsma and H0itg art ta anargy uaara. but how muee awgy goaa tor nat? A* a taaia noma, lammaa mutt bacoma lanwar w Haviaw yew tamay anargy-omumngaquemaM and actmtiaa Than ratar to ma feworaq W*. eompaad tram utaay comoany laati ana>qy aatfi a coal d aacn activity. Thatyo anargy coaa vara eompuiad uam55 cana oar kwma-notf and 17 cants par twin, type* taiaa tor many pans d Tara. * you raw you toed rctaa. you ear get a oattarpidura Local idea can ba odtamad by contacong yeur ecd many oompany.Onaaaowastw 1,000 warn daiacyioty uaad tor ' hour, ana onatwmdntMd gas* acpnsi- madly tw heat arwgy prooucad by '00 cube lad d naaird dt.aai H**r rnnaradnea t Energy Conservation A Lot of Energy Can Be Saved at Home 33 YEARS David Mooes Bldg. Attend. TEL Gen. Serv. Hired 1944 1444 Oriole St Baton Rouge In calling for a major combined effort on energy conservation in his energy message to the Ameri can people, President Carter em phasized that conservation of en ergy in the home was a major re quirement What about you--can you and your family accomplish energy saving at your house? Annuitant Stays Active With Plants Most experts say a big loud "Yes!" The chart above tells where your home energy dollar goes. It's from "Texas Energy and Mineral Resources," published by Texas A&M University. Also below are some ideas and suggestions for cut ting down on those energy dollars. The cooks who keep opening the oven door to check on food are among the biggest energy wasters, according to the Na tional Bureau of Standards. Place window air condition units on shady side of the house or shade them from the sun. Keep grills and filters clean. Also, in cooling each de gree cooler than 78 degrees uses much more energy. 30 YEARS Robert Whittington Operator H-C Op. Hired 1946 7131 Alameda Dr. Baton Rouge 11 Growing garden plants has long been the hobby of Annuitant Owen "Pope" Frank lin who lives at 3560 Oswego Street here in Baton Rouge. A recent visit shows that he Is continuing, although on a reduced scale. At left he is shown with a variety of garden plants which he sold earlier In the spring. At right he Is VisQueen as a ground cover In his plant growing operation. He reported his plant hobby is helping him maintain good health. Ceramic, glass and stainless steel dishes retain heat better than other materials. When baking with these dishes, the oven can be lowered 25 de grees. Check door gaskets on refrig erators and freezers. Load dishwasher completely each time to cut down on num ber of loads. etc 27570 Page 4, The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 r Scholarship Salute Gautreai Sons and Daughters of Ethyl Employees Are Honor Graduates j Congratulations to 17 recent high school honor graduates whose parents work on the Plant This is the sixteenth consecutive year tha^ The Antiknock has saluted the outstanding scholarship of Ethyl em ployee sons and daughters. These students ranked in the top 19 per cent of their graduating classes at area high schools. We again extend our appreciation to the superintendents of Baton Rouge area parishes, to the superintendent of the Catholic Diocese and to the principals and guidance counselors and their staff at most of the high schools in the local area parishes. The parents also assisted in this annual scholarship salute by providing pictures and the school honors of these students. We regret that there may be other Ethyl honor graduates who are not included because we were unable to obtain the "top 10 percent students" from a few of the high schools, despite repeated efforts. A Almore, Jr., son of Alroore Ainacker. Sod. Op. Saiutatorian of Southern I'ai* versity Lab School. He was president of his senior class and a member of National Honor Society. Received the American Lesion Award and Out standing Community Worker Award. Will at tend the University of New Orleans and will major In medicine. Narsea, Jr., son of Narses Barana. EAMS. Honor graduate of Baton Rouge High School. Member of National Honor Society, Beta Club, Key Club, Spanish Club and Future Students of Medicine. Re ceived Baton Rouge Gen eral Hospital Escort Ser vice awards In 1915 and 1976. Will attend Louisi ana State University and major In medicine. Daniel Brett, son of An nuitant Elvin Detahaye. Honor graduate of Piaquemine High School. Member of Beta Club for three years. Was chosen delegate to Boy's State and was listed in "Who's Who Among American Students." Received Social Studies award. Will at tend the University of Southwestern Louisiana and major in architecture. In addition to the sons and daughters of plant employees who are pictured, there were six other Ethyl honor students in the top 10 percent of area graduating classes whose parents work for the Company downtown. They are William, son of David Johnson, Cent Sys. & Data Proc.--Tower; Jane, daughter of Warren Rees, Ind. Chem. Div.--Tower; Richard, son of Henry Vanbergen, Eng.-- OAP; Kelli Annette, daughter of Ray Waddelow, Com. Dev.-- Tower, and Gen Lynn, daughter of Ralph Werling, Pet. Chem. Div.--Tower. William was valedictorian, and Richard, Kelli An nette and Geri Lynn also were honor graduates of Tara High School. Jane was an honor graduate of Episcopal High and Janet graduated with honors at Zachary High. Two RAD empi< "Bint" Gautreai board of direetc dirtiest profess! Ilurhmark, ctie received the A: Sectloo of the similar to the I< and Dr. Hughm. Fire Bri William, son of Annuitant Paul Favrot, formerly of TEL Operations. Honor graduate of Port Allen Hirh SchooL He was a member of Beta Club. Catholic Youth Organi sation and played foot ball. Was awarded the Dow Chemical Corpora tion scholarship. Will at tend Louisiana State Uni versity and major in en gineering. Louise, daughter of John Gonce, manager. Opera tions. Honor graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. She received CODOFIL Scholarship to study In Quebec during July and also the LSI' Freshman Scholarship. Member of French Na tional Honor Society, Na tional Honor Society, "Who's Who" and Mu Al pha Theta. She will at tend Louisiana State Uni versity, with major course not yet chosen. Katherine, daughter of Richard Harris, TEL Op. Valedictorian of Walker High. Received LSU Freshman Honor Scholar ship. Was president of Beta and Library Clubs and reporter for Mu Alpha Theta. Received English, Math, Beta Club, Library, American His tory, General Mills "Search for Family Lead ership" and American Le gion Awards. WUl attend LSU and major in ac counting. Her grandfather Is Annuitant Lawrence Ariedge. Lynne, daughter of Floyd Jenson, TEL-Sod. MAC. Was honor graduate of Broadmoor High School and was awarded the Ethyl National Merit Scholarship. She served as editor of school paper and was member of National Honor Society. Received award In history from Woodmen of the World. Will attend the University of Missouri in Columbia and will major In jour- Kay. daughter of Hershell Kelley, Power. Vale dictorian of Broadmoor High SchooL Member d National Honor Society and chosen for "Whrt Who Among Americas High School Students.' Was awarded National Education Development Test certificate and woa first place in drafting and technical illustration at LSU Industrial Arts Fair. Will attend LSU and major In architecture. The Company a; in May at two ; of the fire brig* agement includit The brigade met their cooperatio Here An Annette, twin daughter of Ethel Landry. Finance. Honor graduate of Is- trouma High School. Held membership in "Who's Who Among American High School Students." Mo Alpha Theta, Mu Sig ma Society. Student Coun cil and Girls Athletic As sociation. Was secretary of her senior class and cheerleader. Will attend LSU and major In chem ical engineering. Her grandfather is Annuitant Eldon Sutcliffe. Geanette. twin daughter of Ethel Landry, Finance. Honor graduate of Istrauma High School. Member of Honor Society and of "Who's Who Among American High School Students." Re ceived certificate of merit for highest honors in science and mathematics for three years snd ath letic scholastic award with s 4.0 average. Will attend LSU and Northwestern State and major in radio logical technology. Scott, son of Paul Leon ard, Patent Division. Honor gradaute of Eplsoopal High School. Re ceived LSU Chancellor's Freshman Honor Award. Was elected treasurer of Beta Club and was mem ber of Key Club. Recog nized on headmaster and honor roll lists through out high school career for high grade average. Past master councilor of Deinolay. Will attend LSU and major in engineering. Nancy, daughter of Wil liam Lcwti, Traffic. She was honor graduate of Glen Oaks High School. She was awarded first place award In Spanish at Foreign Language Fes tival. She was a member of tho school's French Club. She is planning to attend Louisiana State University and major in liberal arts. Her brother, Richard, was honor grad uate in 1975. Lourdes, daughter of Ber nard Maristany, Econ. EvaL Honor graduate of Broadmoor High School. Received LSU Freshman Honor Award. President of the Spanish Club and received award for Span ish. Member of Keyettes and Beta Club. Elected most outstanding athlete as member of Broadmoor track team and volleyball team. Will attend LSU and major in speech and hearing education. Jeanene, daughter d Robert Moniotte, TEXr Sod. MAC. She was vale dictorian of Catholic Hlf* School of Polnte Coupe* Graduated with a t* grade average and re* ceived scholarship 1* Southeastern L o u I si so* University. Received cef* tlficate for achievement* In typing and won place In clerical practice at district rally. She pla** to major in office ad* ministration at SLU. Judy, daughter Rlffel. TEL-Sti Honor graduate a High School. l-M' Chancellor'll s| -u Award. Was 0 National Bon. J Mu Sigma. (''Prutive Offh t'"u Group, Fore ifuate Club and "ho." She re award* in bool shorthand. Free ''''hBadkelspseiarea.nSd lu business adminisi ates Gautreaux and Hughmarlc Receive Top Awards -- ates whose e year that Ethyl emop 10 per- s of Baton 'iocese and nost of the ;ted in this oo1 honors uates who 10 percent jrts. ees who the top for the Fohnson, an Rees, i. Eng.-- Dev.-- . Chera. elli An* ra High td Janet Two RdD employees have recently been honored for their achievements. Dr. M. F. "Biin" Guutreau\. left, senior vice president. KAD, and member of the Company's lward of directors, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest professional distinction that can be conferred on an engineer. Dr. Gordon Htighmark. chemical engineering advisor. Engineering A Mathematical Sciences, received the Andre Wilkins Memorial Award, the highest award of the Tulsa Section of the Americun Institute of Chemical Engineers. The Wilkins Award is similar to the local Charles E. Coates Memorial Award, which both Dr. Gautreaux and Dr. Huglunark have been awarded--Gautreaux in 1916 and Hughmark In 1974. Fire Brigade Members Honored at Dinner The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 Recent Promotions, Reassignments Are Announced for 16 Employees The Company again honored the members of Plant fire brigades and their wives in May at two appreciation dinners at the Sheraton Inn. Shown above are some of the fire brigade members and thetr families, along with members of plant man agement Including Resident Manager Bill Strader, at the first dinner on May 24. The brigade members were recognised for their Are prevention and protection and their cooperation in training programs. Here Are Three Additional Honor Students 'ti? Y. Vi ' , Judv, daughter of Glvnn Rlffel, TEL-Sod. MAC. Honor graduate of Istrounia High SchooL Received LSU Chancellor's Scholar ship Award. Was member f National Honor Socley. Mu Sigma. F.B.L.A., Cooperative Office Educa tion Group. Foreign Lan guage Club and "Who's Who." She received awards in bookkeeping, shorthand, French, and Shakespeare. She will at tend LSL' and major in business administration. JeanJne, daughter of Emile Trotclalr, TELSod. MAC. Honor gradu ate of White Caatle High School. She waa awarded the LSU Alumni Federa tion Freshman Honor Scholarship. Waa member of the school band and received the band direc tor's award. She was awarded a sports scholas tic award for high grade average. Also received American Auxiliary Schol arship. Will attend LSU and major in music edu cation. Mark, son of Arthur Zie linski, RAD Sen*. Vale dictorian at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge. Winner of Ethyl Merit Scholarship and the LSU Alumni Federation "Top 100 Scholar" Scholarship. Chosen Catholic High's Outstanding 1977 gradu ate and received "Golden Bear Award." Received top award in English. American Legion Award and K of C Leadership Award. Will attend LSU and major In medicine. Promotions and transfers involv ing 16 employees became effective prior to June 1. Twelve of the employees were in Research and Development, three in Manufactur ing and one in Employee Rela tions. In mid-May William Eby was promoted to supervisor in Process Design with responsibilities for ac tivities of the Magnolia Engineer ing Services. Dr. Warren Kirsch was promoted to research chemist in Chemical Research. Julius Chidester, Tom McKay and J. B. Sigrest were advanced to analytical chemists in R&D Services. In other R&D promotions, Se bastian Laurent was promoted to senior research physicist in R&D Services. Gerald Sulzer advanced to senior process development en gineer in Process Development. John Street was promoted to pro cess engineer in Process Design. Luther Wall, R&D Lab., was pro moted to assistant supervisor, Fa cilities, R&D Administration. In Manufacturing, Fred Roberts was promoted to salaried fore man in TEL Maintenance. In Employee Relations, Henry Decuir, job analyst in the Compen sation Group, Ethyl Tower, trans ferred in April to the Personnel Relations Group in Employee Re lations. In R&D reassignments, Roger Mangham transferred from Indus trial Chemicals Research to the Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene Group at the Tower as environ mental health associate. Dr. Ted Okamoto transferred from Edwin Cooper, Inc., to the Industrial Chemicals Research Section as senior research associate in the lubricant additives process re search area. Also, John Dabkowski transferred from Process De velopment to the Industrial Chem icals Division at the Tower as product supervisor for detergent and plasticizer intermediates. In Manufacturing reassignments, Arthur Stevenson returned from Capitol Products assignment at Kentland, Ohio, to become Con struction supervisor in the H-C Area. Plant Energy-- (Continued from Page 1) Areas, heat recovery from steam condensate, and the burning of vent gases for supplemental fuel in furnaces. The energy problem continues to affect the Plant as seriously as it affects the nation as a whole. As emphasized by President Carter in his April 20 energy address, "it will demand the best of us, our vision, our dedication, our courage and our sense of common purpose." This all-out effort is needed on the Plant as well! etc 27572 Page 6, The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 Service Anniversaries Attic Five Men Reach 40-Year Mark to Lead Large Group Completing Long Service A big salute goes to five employ ees who have just completed 40 years of service on the Plant! The five are Ernest Diamond, John Fleniken. Joseph Gilbert, Sr.. Ed ward Sanchez and Levi ``Dick'' Shaffett. Diamond, acting supervisor in Construction, began work in the Plant s early construction forces in 1937. Fleniken, plant controller, Fi nance. started his career as a time keeper in the Payroll Department in June 1937. Gilbert, now assigned as ar. instructor in Training, spent most of his Plant career in TEL Operations, where he is an assistant general foreman. Sanchez began work as a pipefitter helper in Con struction in May 1937. He is pres ently a working leader in TEL Operations. Shaffett was hired in June 1937, also as a pipefitter help er. He is now assistant supervisor in TEL Operations in charge of the Drumming Plant. In addition to these 40-year vet erans. a large number of other em ployees observed long service in May and June. There were two 35- year men, 15 with 30 years. 11 with 25 years and three with 20 years. Also observing anniversaries were one with 10 years and 17 with five years of service. Ernest Diamond Const. 35 Years Pictmul fiot AuailaU* Pictures of several employees who ob-! served service anniversaries In May and June were not available. They are; SO Years -- Robert Neyland. RAD Lab.; Wilburn Smith, H-C Op.; John Gooch, Finance, and Norwood Richardson, TEL. Sod. MAC. 29 Years -- Jean Bradford, Finance. Warren Many TEL-Sod. MAC 30 Years John Barbay, Jr. Chem. Enr. Staff Malcolm Glbbena TEL-Sod. MAC Quentin Hall Stores A Serv. Joseph Jarreau Cafeteria ent "attic hot I tors! Bourque, t mil an unopenr ana from the Ch. year the war wtt years, were varfc which reported o showing results > on August 9. 194. Bourque shows w Pearce. RAD Lib Industry L ists are stubbo prevent drillir. off of the east on, and Lou L-nneit Johns . rmined that t He tapped. The son, as has 1 many times, fo production not the New Eng Johnston's me preclude the c* Service Ar John Fleniken Finance Edward Sanchez TEL Op. Joseph Gilbert Training 25 Years t James Wood. Jr. Non Div. Res. 20 ^ Neel Garland Proc. Dea. James Johnston Plots. Rea. Hervey McIntyre MAC Plan. paries Harrison TEL-Sod. MAC Levi Shaffett TEL Op. Ralph Parker PVC Maint. Marvin Hoof Econ. EvaL Joseph Sanders Sod. Maint. Alfred Smith, HI Proc. Design Continued on Next Page l Attic Yields 32-Year Missing Envelope Page 7, The Antiknock, May-June, 1977 iULU - who obMay and v are: SO D Lab.; in Gooch, -on, TELBradford, Death has claimed one employee and six annuitants during recent weeks since the last issue of The Antiknock. Following are obitu aries on each of the deceased. Moran Bergeron Annuitant Bergeron, 77, died April 23 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Religious services were held April 25 at Life Tabernacle Church, with interment in Rest- haven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, three daugh ters. two sons and one sister. He was hired in 1943 in H-C Mainte nance and was a sandblast painter (ecent "attic house cleaning" at the Hugh Bourque home uncovered some SZ-year ustory! Bourque, manager of Maintenance and Construction, and his wife. Ruth, found an unopened envelope which he had mailed to himself at his home in Louisi when he began early retirement in August 1959. ana from the Charleston Navy Yard, where he was stationed in 1945. That's the year the war with Japan ended. In the envelope, which had been missing for S3 years, were various items of war memorabilia, including Charleston newspapers Harry Butler which reported on the float weeks of the Japanese conflict and carried pictures showing results of the atomic bomb which had been dropped on Nagasaki. Japan, on August 9. 1943. three days after the first atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Here Bourque shows war-ending headlines to his granddaughter, Lisa, daughter of Steve Pearce. R&D Library. Annuitant Butler, 69. died April 30 at St. Francis Hospital in Mon roe. Religious services were held on May 1 at Laird Funeral Home in Natchez, Miss. He is survived Industry Leaders, Others Comment-- (Continued from Page 1) by his wife. He joined Ethyl in July 1941 and was an area con struction supervisor in H-C Main ists are stubbornly determined to suits -- suit after suit, after suit tenance when he retired in No prevent drilling for oil and gas -- by environmentalists, as was vember 1967. off of the east coast of this na done in the case of the Alaskan tion, and Louisiana Senator J. Bennett Johnston is equally de termined that these reserves will be tapped. There is really no rea son, as has been pointed out many times, for exploration and production not to be allowed off the New England coast. What Johnston's measure will do is preclude the continuous filing of pipeline." Governor Edwin Edwards, who has constantly urged the drilling off the east coast of the United States, was quoted in Time Maga zine as stating that "northerners and midwesteraers, while using up Louisiana's natural gas, were let ting environmentalists stop any search for new energy." Augustus Clark Clark. 59, died April 27 at Tulane Medical Hospital in New Or leans. Religious services were held April 30 at Shady Grove Baptist Church, with burial in Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, his mother, three brothers and four sisters. He was a utility driver Finally, Harry Pistole, president in Sodium General Services, hav Service Anniversaries - of the Carter Oil Co., an Exxon ing joined the Company m 1940 affiliate, stated that "the era of in Construction. He was a long 25 Years abundant inexpensive energy has time leader in safety and was a ended. The United States -- and member of Sodium General Ser indeed the world -- is now consum vices during more than 28 years of ing oil and natural gas faster than work by members of that group new reserves are being discovered. without time-losing injuries--from Thompson The U. S. must more than double February 1948 to last December 28. its coal production during the next He had also been active in the 15 years to help meet the growing United Way drives on the Plant with burial in Resthaven Gardens demand for energy." of Memory. He is survived by his John Holden wife, a brother and two sisters. He began work in 1947 and was a Annuitant Holden, 82, was killed laboratory assistant in R&D Lab. April 17 in an automobile accident when granted permanent and total Otlm Autattli. near Robert in Tangipahoa Parish. disability benefits in 1970. Religious services were held April 18 at Seale Funeral Home in Den Oliver Thompson 10 Years ham Springs, with burial in Pal Annuitant Thompson, 76, died Melvin Tuvell, Ind. Chem. Res. 5 Years Joseph Bergeron. Jr., TEL-Sod. M&C Paul Chusts. PVC M&C Leslie Crockett, Jr.. TEL Gen. Serv Grady Ferry, Proc. Dev. metto Cemetery in Walker. He is survived by his wife, two sisters and three brothers. He began work in December 1938 in Construction. He was a mechanical foreman in TEL-Sod. M&C when he accepted early retirement in September April 30 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held May 1 at Hollabaugh-Spindie's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, four stepdaughters, a stepson, a David Gross, Eng. 1959. brother and two sisters. He began James Hutchinson. PVC Qual. Cont. work in April 1942 and when he Joseph Janis, TEL Op. Eddie Johnson, TEL-Sod. M&C Rickey Lee. TEL-Sod. M&C Kenneth Lesher, Proc. Des. George McManus, Sr. Annuitant McManus, 61. died April 26 at his residence. Religious retired in January 1964 he was an insulator in TEL-Sod. M&C. Kenneth Meluncon, TEL-Sod. M&C Manuel Scott, TEL Op. Gerard Singleton, PVC M&C Gene Staggs, Ind. Eng. services were held April 29 at New Galilee Baptist Church, with burial in Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, four daugh Heads JA Program Joe Turner, TEL Op Sebastian Wilbert, Power ters and four sons, one of whom is Donald Kirk, superintendent. TEL George McManus, Jr., who works Muint., has been elected president of Walter Yuncej, PVC M&C in TEL Operations. Hired in Con struction in 1940, he was in So dium Operations when he began retirement in May 1974. m Junior Achievement I of Greater Baton ' Rouie, Inc. for 1911-78. He hum in stalled as head of the JA group, uhich iljgunATTENDANCE? Walter Scholle Annuitant Scholle, 60, died April directs the business training for high school students In the Baton Rouge 30. at Baton Rouge General Hos Area each year, in pital. Funeral services were held May 4 at Welsh Funeral Home early May. He had previously served on the Board of Directors. ETC 27574 r-. h* a* ca> i3 i >* <0 5 c3 C=J la * if a a) 35 ft, s* _ o Mti o* 5ai? a!3 amo a5 3w IV O Os c 0) 3 o3 _c In Ec< A new api program of h here in early Dated in th- rst-hand lo The teachi t. -j Plant and Executive Cor ministration n research, histc They were air and Stores, the the board" pa activities. Teachers c Mrs. Gloria Be Sharon Bezdek Heirtzler--Zaci Baker; Darrel C Tice: Mrs. M t itral. Coordinatir r:chs--Tower. " teachers were a reports on the the orientation The ( A tot of lo< and walking n the Company's economic edu> conducted on 'arl.v August, "c da>a alter: i'liint and the 1 i "look and listpany Activities pervisor Johni describes salt Sodium Ares to Central High; man, Baker Hk Cer, U'oodinwi Sharon Bezdek Ahf,'e are the 11 E *,!*n''s pilot progra J'l'n Coordinator f; riclr plant tour 'ilinoor High; " > l indvill High: High; Mrs. > U'sh: Mrs. Mary H Pennington, of the I D Serv., and Mr Jurn +o Page ^nfon Presiden Kick Off Set for September 26 Goal of Plant United Way Drive Is To Set New Support Record Vol. 39, No. 4___________________ ___ __________________ July-August, 1977 Company Is Leader Eleven Parish Teachers Participate In Economic Education Pilot Program A new approach by Ethyl to promoting economic education--a pilot program of high school teacher orientation--was termed a success here in early August. Eleven East Baton Rouge Parish teachers paricipated in the pilot program, conducted to provide high school teachers . first-hand look at the real economics of the chemical business. The teachers spent a week with the Company, alternating between the Plant and the Tower. They attended a meeting of the Company's Executive Committee, and morning Operations, Maintenance and Ad ministration meetings, heard presentations on the Company's finances, research, history, manufacturing, employee benefits and many others. They were also conducted on tours of Plant Medical, Central Shops, and Stores, the R&D Lab.. Data Processing and others--in all, an "across the board'1 participation in practically all routine daily and weekly activities. Teachers chosen for the first of its kind orientation program were Mrs. Gloria Bernard--Glen Oaks: Mrs. Jerry Berger--Woodlawn; Mrs. Sharon Bezdek--Belaire; Mrs. Dorothy Futch--Broadmoor: Mrs. Mildred Heirtzler--Zachary; Mrs. Mary Horn--Tara; Mrs. Dorothy Kaufman-- Baker: Darrel McClung. Istrouma; John Pennington -- School Board Office; Mrs. Mildred Poland--Scotlandville, and Mrs. Connie Stelly-- Central. Coordinating the program were Quentin Hall--Plant and A1 Fried richs--Tower. They were assisted by many other employees. While the teachers were asked at the closing session to provide individual written reports on the value of the program, the consensus seemed to be that the orientation was extremely successful! The Cover A lot of looking and listening, and walking and sitting, marked the Company'!! pilot program on economic education orientation conducted on the Plant during early August. The teachers spent fi\e days alternating between the Plant and the Ethyl Tower getting a "look and listen" of various Com pany activities. On the cover Su pervisor Johnny McGee, center, describes salt evaporation In the Sodium Area to Mrs. Connie Stelly. Central High; Mrs. Dorothy Kaoman. Baker High: Mrs. Jerry Ber ger, Woodlawn High, and Mr*. 1 Sharon Bezdek, Belaire High. A review of the Company's research and development activities and a tour of the fttD Lab were features of the week's economic education orientation program for the 11 pariah teachers. Shown here with Tlllmon Pearson, Pton. Rea, sa he explains functions of re search equipment, are Mrs. Sharon Bex dek and Mrs. Mildred Heirtzler. Mrs. Betdek la a teacher at Belaire High and Mrs. Heirtzler at Zachary High. Increased support of the United Way agencies in the Capital Area-- through more participation and in creased contributions -- are the goals of this year's United Way campaign, according to Chairman Bill Lentz. Although last year's to tal contribution of $101,985 by plant employees set a historic high that was 19 percent over 1975 support, Lentz was confident that Ethyl em ployees would again achieve a new record in 1977. Lentz heads the Plant United Way Steering Committee which will coordinate the campaign on the Plant. The Capital Area United Way, of which the Plant drive is a part, raises funds to support agencies in Ascension, East Baton Rouge. Iberville, Livingston, St. James and West Baton Rouge par ishes. TTie Capital Area campaign will kick off on September 21 and the Plant campaign on September 26. Others on the Steering Commit tee include Co-Chairman John Overmeyer: E. D. Mitchell, presi dent, AOWU: Milton Soulier, pres ident. USW'A: Elwin Adams, H-C Op.; James Brown, H-C Maint.; Mitchell David, TEL Op.; R. V. Boyd, Eng.; Herman Huggins, H-C Aux.; John LeJeune, PvC Op.; Harvey Whitfield. AOWU clerical; J. L. Drago. PVC Maint.; Nathaniel Hickman, TEL Gen. Serv.; Don Robertson, Pub. Rel.; A. J. Robichaux, R&D; Ken Smiley, TEL- Sod. M&C; William Stevenson, Sod. Op., and Tommy Vince, H-C M&C. Lentz said that a major effort will be made by the Steering Com mittee this year to get all em ployees to join in the annual com munity endeavor "with as much support as they can afford.'' He added that "we of the Steering Committee are confident that em ployees will again increase their contributions. We hope also that the participation will go higher so that we can continue to show the improving support Ethyl employ ees have been showing each year." Lentz said that solicitors will be named later to contact each em ployee to urge "that we all give as much as we can in order to make our percentage of participation as high as possible." Also Lentz said that each employee will have an opportunity to give through payroll deduction and to designate the agencies to receive their contribu tions. Included in last year's 19 per cent increase over the $85,824 in contributions by employees in 1975 were an average per giver gift of $55, up from $42, and the 633 em ployees who gave Fair Share gifts for an increase of 24 percent over 1975. Highlighting last year's out standing record were a 32 percent increase in contributions by United Steelworkers - represented employ ees, an 18 percent increase by AOWU-represented employees and a 11 percent increase by Manage ment employees. Lentz said the Steering Commit tee and solicitors would urge all employees during this year's drive to consider Fair Share giving, which is about three minutes pay per day, or one hour's pay per month, or about $6.00 out of each $1,000 earned. 40th Anniversary Open House Set For September 17 As this issue of The Anti knock went to press a Steer ing Committee was busy plan ning for a Baton Rouge Plant Open House on September 17 in observance of the Plant's 40th Anniversary. Among ac tivities planned for the fami lies of plant employees and annuitants during the day are Plant tours, displays of spe cial equipment and others, re freshments, souvenirs and door prizes. Open House invi tations are being sent to the homes of employees and an nuitants with information on the day's activities. Other de tails will be announced in The Daily Bulletin and will be available when families regis ter for the Open House. A pictorial report on the 40th Birthday observation is plan ned for the next issue. I Above are the 11 East Baton Rouge Parish teachers who participated In the ComP my'* pilot program on economic education orientation In early August. Shown *ith Coordinator Quentin Hall, extreme right, in the Hydrocarbon Area on one 0 their plant tours are Darrell McClung, Istrouma High; Mrs. Dorothy Futch, Broadmoor High; Mrs. Gloria Bernard, Glen Oaks High; Mrs. Mildred Poland. ' utlandville High; Mrs. Sharon Bezdek. Belaire High; Mrs. Jerry Berger. Wood en n High: Mrs. Mildred Heirtzler, Zachary High; Mrs. Connie Stellv, Central j High; Mrs. Mary Horn. Tara High; Mrs. Dorothy Kaufman. Baker Hlgh^ and John > j^nnlngton, of the Parish School Board staff. Mrs. Futch Is the wife of Jan Futch, t nfcD Serv,, and Mrs. Bezdek is the daughter of Marshall Milton, M&C Adm. *Turn to Page 7 for pictures of eight of the teachers with ^Union Presidents E. D. Mitchell end Milton Soulier. Kicking off what ti hoped to be another Improving year of support by Ethyl and its employees of the Capital Area United Way, Resident Manager William Strader, second from left, presents the Company's 1977 contribution to United Way President Robert Greer. The check was presented in early August. At left is United Way Executive Director Jemes Colvin and at right Is John Klock. manager of Administration. The Company's corporate gift was for $46,000, an increase of $4,000 over last year's $42,000 contribution. ETC 27576 Page 2, The Antiknock, July-August, 1977 I Many Engineers Are Included in Large Number of New Employees Here Twenty-five sew chemists and/or engineers have recently begun work on the Plant Also reporting recently were 21 new employees who have been assigned to Opera tions, a new secretary in the Pa tents Division and a new typist in Stores and Services. Dennis Blalock from Smackover, Ark., who holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arkansas, is work ing in Tech Services. William Moehle, from New York, earned a BS degree in chemistry from Queens College and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida. He is a new analytical chemist in R&D Services. Harold Penton, Jr., who holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Florida State and a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech, is a research chemist in Plastics Research. He is from New Orleans. Joel Penton -- no relation to Harold -- who holds BS, MS and JD (juris doctor) degrees from LSU, has joined the Patent Divi sion on a part-time basis as a pa tent engineer. His home town is also New Orleans. Robert Agee, Jr., a summer em ployee on the Plant in 1974 and 1976, has joined Process Design as a process engineer. He is the son of Robert Agee, Sr.. Process Development, a graduate of Baker High and graduated in chemical engineering from LSU in May of this year. Felix Chen, from Taiwan, is a new development engineer in Pro cess Development. He received a BS in chemical engineering in Tai wan and an MS from the Univer sity of Massachusetts. John R. Street, who participated in the summer technical training program on the Plant in 1975, has joined Process Design as a process engineer. He is from Strang, Okla., and earned BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from Okla homa State. John's brother, William Street, who also received a masters de gree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State--after receiving a BS degree from Northeastern Okla homa State University--is working in Process Design as a process en gineer. Dustin Thomas has joined Pro cess Development as a chemical engineer. He is a native of Arling ton. Mass., and received a BS in chemical engineering from the Uni versity of Massachusetts. Paul Bauer, Jr., a native of Louis ville, Ky., but who calls Wilson, N. C., his hometown, is a chemical engineer in Tech Services. Robert Whitely, whose home town is Tulsa, has joined Process (Continued on Page 7) Moehle Bauer * Mfk Brandt Heller Here are ptcta Credit Union. ; Carroll Flatau <>n Innd. on Air hv the Credit taff for great* un Branch; Ulcer; Monag- ,.nd Merle Pol constructing a soon. Kolmos Livesay Patterson J. Penton For Grec Land Pu Made b Talley Beginning work on August 1 were Leaster William*, TEL Op.; Jan Lewis, Stores A Servn and David Pourdeu, Sod. Op. Randall New employees Joining the Company recently as Sodium Operations helpers, were, left to right, Walter Bradley, Michael Bourque, Perry Kirkwood, Joseph Jewell, 111, and James Salter. W. Street Whlteley CLASSIFIED ADS Joining the Company In mid-Joly as operations helpers In TEL, Sodium and PVC were, left to right. Kralg Martinex. Melvin Myers, Michael Matranga. Darryl Efferaon, Larry LeBUnc. James Stewart, Oswald Duhon. Robert Lee, Dan White, Jr, Michael Hughes, Thomas Brown, Charles Septs and Jamie Lorio. For Sale AUTOMOBILE--1973 Royal Delta 88 Oldsmobile. In good condition. 45.000 actual miles. Has power brakes and steenng, air conditioned. AM-FM Stereo radio and tape player. $2,850. Phone 924-1802. Check on Scholarship Sons or daughters of employees starting the junior year of high school, and are interested in com peting for the Ethyl Merit Schol arship, should check promptly with the principals or guidance coun selors in late August or early Sep tember to register for the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test on October 18 or October 22. Tak ing that test will be an automatic application for the 1979 Ethyl Merit Scholarship. These scholarship win ners are chosen by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (not by the Company) from among chil dren of Ethyl employees who be come NMS finalists in their senior year, so this year's juniors will be competing for 1979 Ethyl Merit Scholarship. Revamping < ees Federal C: greater service c mpleted rect r zation, anno John Gooch, sumed the pos' tor. Jerry Bat. Administration ficer, and Mei moted to Acc Teller. Stella Cran downtown bn Mona Perkins quent loan offi they had premoted. I Gooch had pr- m timbers that * tf s had autho: o 3.28 acres c K hway near t: Pians are being struction of a office building, uled to begin s Gooch report office will cont: n the Plant an ^ijl continue tc office to serve locations. "The market Economic and I me., which wa ih-5 year, confi J at the board dl cussed for se' stated. "We hav ter serve the me centrally locate* J*ential areas wa service, ecor owning our owr ofnce property 1 Page 3, The Antiknock. July-August, 1977 Former Sodium Supervisor Finding That Poultry Hobby Keeps Him Busy Idler >nton If Robert C. Smith, formerly a run as high as $300 a month and, supervisor in Sodium Maintenance, in addition, his electric bill is quite isn't about the busiest Plant an high, especially during the incu nuitant there is, it will be surpris bating season. During the height of ing. A poultry hobby he chose some his hatching season he has from years ago, since his retirement, has five to six incubators going all the been expanded to include 32 exotic time. Here ere pictures of the (and recently purchased by the Ethyl Employees Federal Credit Colon, and the Credit Colon stuff. In the picture above. Managing Director Carroll Flatau and President John Gooch are shown near the sirn recently erected >n lund. on Airline Highway near the 1-12 Interchange, which has been purchased by the Credit Union. In the picture below, taken following the revamping of the staff for greater service to members, are Stella Cranfleld. manager of the Down town Branch; Jerry Bates, recently promoted to administration and operations officer; Munagtng Director Carroll Flatau; Mona Perkins, delinquent loan officer, and Merle PoUto. recently promoted to accountant and chief teller. Plans for constructing a building on the newly purchased land are expected to be announced soon. and foreign breeds of chickens, pea cocks, pigeons, turkeys, and even registered Australian shepherd dogs. In addition to the hatching of eggs and raising of his variety of poultry breeds. Smith has numer ous grand champion and other tro phies he has won in various poul try shows in which he has entered his various breeds. Following two heart attacks since his retirement on April 1, 1971, doctors prescribed a hobby for Smith. After he chose one -- the Smith lives on Wax Road. He began work with Ethyl in March 1938 as a carpenter in Construc tion. At the time of his retirement he was a mechanical supervisor in Sodium Maintenance. At the time The Antiknock staff contacted him earlier in the spring for pictures of his activities, he reported that so far the hobby was really working -- that he was feel ing fine and staying busy. The pic tures shown here are the evidence, especially of the latter. chicken business--he has gone into it in a big way. He hatches in his incubators anywhere from 5.000 to 8,000 eggs a year. He sells the chickens, starting at one day old up to broiler size. He has many customers who want high bred chickens for a hobby or for such groups as 4-H Clubs. He raises over 1,000 chickens a year, including the various fancy special breeds. He sells the off spring of the six peacocks, as well as the offspring of four Australian dogs which he breeds during the year. i Land Purchase and Staff Promotions Are Smith says he is not in the chick en business for a profit and that sometimes he does not meet ex- nenses. He has had feed bills that One of hi* favorite poultry breed* which he raise*. exhibits at showa and sell* Is "Golden Lace Polish." Some of those prize chickens are shown here In s sepa rate enclosure. They have a combina tion of black nnd white feathers to ftve them this distinctive look Made by Ethyl Employees Credit Union left ship ployees if high n com- Scholly with counly Sepational \g test >. Tak* omatic l Merit .p winational n (not :g chilno be- senior fill be Merit Revamping of the Ethyl Employ ees Federal Credit Union staff for reater service to its members was t ompleted recently. In the reorga nization, announced by President John Gooch, Carroll Flatau as sumed the post of managing direc tor, Jerry Bates was promoted to Administration and Operations of ficer, and Merle Polito was pro moted to Accountant and Chief Teller. Stella Cranfield continues as downtown branch manager and Mona Perkins continues as delin quent loan officer, posts to which they had previously been pro moted. i, Gooch had previously reported to 1 r :embers that the board of direci )rs had authorized the purchase cf 3.28 acres of land on Airline Highway near the 1-12 Interchange. Plans are being completed for con struction of a Credit Union main office building, with work sched uled to begin soon. Gooch reported that a branch office will continue to be provided on the Plant and the Credit Union will continue to provide a branch office to serve downtown work locations. "The market study conducted by Economic and Industrial Research Ire., which was completed early tt is year, confirmed by research %'nat the board of directors have discussed for several years," Gooch stated. "We have felt that, to bet ter serve the membership, an office centrally located to serve the resi dential areas was needed. The bet ter service, economic savings from i owning our own expandable main office property and nearness to where people are now living and will be living in the future, makes this the logical progressive step to take." Gooch said that indicative of the growth of the Credit Union was a comparison with 1970. That year the Credit Union had assets of $3,903,715, made 2,559 loans to members and had five employees. In 1977, he estimated assets will reach $11,000,000, 3,732 loans will be made and 11 employees will make up the Credit Union staff. Credit Union Achieves $10 Million Milestone As of May 31, the Credit Union achieved a new historic milestone in growth and service to members when its assets passed the $10 mil lion mark. Ten years ago, in 1957, the assets were only $3,105,000. Five years ago they had climbed to only $4,494,000. The Credit Union was chartered on the Plant in February 1939. The board of directors declared a second quarter dividend in late June at an annual rate of six percent The quarterly dividend, which was credited to members' share accounts on July 1, marked the nineteenth consecutive divi dend paid at the annual six per cent rate. IjounHOWS ATTENDANCE? Smith not only latchet and raises a wide variety of chicken breeds, but wins trophies and ribbons with them at shows. Here are trophies ranging from irraad champion down to third pUce, which be has captured with his special poultry entries. Although Annuitant Smith's hobby la his varied-facet poultry raising and sales, he has added the breeding, raising and selling of Australian shepherd dogs. He is shown above with some of these dogs, from which he sells the offspring. This and other pictures on page were taken early this spring. Annuitant Smith la shown with one of his Incubator trays in the picture earlier this year. He hatches from 5,000 to 8,000 eggs a year and sells the chicks at one day old to broiler size, as well as hatching eggs from his exotic and foreign broods* i ETC 27578 Page 4, The Antiknock, July-August, 1977 Retirement Begins in July and August Large For Thirteen Long-Service Employees Mayor President Woodrow Dumas, right, presents the Lifesaver Award certificate of the Safety Council of Greater Baton Rouge to Josh Smith. PVC Maint., at ceremonies in the mayor's office on July 20. At left Is Council President Fred Hebert. Another award for Wanda Spiers, who was unable to attend, was ac cepted by a cousin. Joan Dipaola. Smith and Spiers received the awards for their emergency life-saving action earlier this year. Retirement began in July and August for 13 employees. Of these, 11 began early retirement and the other two began regular retirement On July 1 Moselle Dungan, TEL Op., began regular retirement Accepting early retirement were Gordon James, TEL Op.; Shelton MeAnelly, Patents, and Reginald Richardson, Carey Vickers and Melvin Waggenspack, all of TEL-Sod. M&C. On August 1 Willie Jenkins, Sod. Op., began regular retirement Those accepting early retirement then were Leon Hagius, Proc. Des.; Densyl Haymond, Power; Joe Iverstine, TEL Op.; Charles Mason, TEL Op.; Earl Millet, Qual. Cont., and Morgan Verbois, Sod. Op. The new annuitants are pictured below, along with their plant work history and home address. We regret that a picture of Charles Mason, who had been off from work on disability for an extended period, was not available. He was an operator in TEL Operations with 30 years of service. He lives at 2335 Rita St., Zachary. Three Employees Are Recognized For Emergency Life Saving Action Two employees have been awarded Lifesaver Awards by the Safety Council of Greater Baton Rouge and another has been rec ognized and praised for his emer gency life-saving action. The three are Josh Smith, PVC Maint.; Wanda Spiers, Medical, and Wylie "Duke" Hartsfield, Stores fit Serv. The Safety Council's Lifesaver Awards for Smith and Spiers were presented on July 20 by Mayor President Woodrow Dumas and Fred Hebert, Council president. Smith received his award at cere monies at that time, but since Spiers was unable to attend, her award was accepted by a cousin, Joan Dipaola. daughter of Annui tant Willie Dipaola and sister of Jack Dipaola. TEL-Sod. M&C. Smith was honored for his rescue of an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Dabadie, from their burn ing trailer home at Ventress in early spring. He saw flames while on his way to work early one morn ing and forced open the trailer door to rescue the couple and their dog. In accepting the award, he credited the help of God for making his deed possible. A 21-month-old child, Jeff Car penter. had fallen into False River near Wanda Spiers' camp and had been under water several minutes when rescued and brought to the surface. She quickly joined res cuers and began cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. After several minutes of resuscitation efforts the child began to revive and was rushed to Hartsfield Spiers Pointe Coupee Hospital and later to Baton Rouge General Hospital, where his recovery was completed. First aid learned on the Plant and elsewhere by Hartsfield was credited with saving the life of a local department store employee in late June by the store manager, in a report to plant management. His mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of a female employee- of the store who had suffered a severe seizure, was not breathing and was begin ning to lose color, has brought many expressions of thanks and praise from the victim's family and management of the store. Hartsfield, who with his wife, Shirley, just happened to be shop ping in the store at the time, con tinued his resuscitation efforts for several minutes before the victim resumed breathing. A fireman rescue team then took over until an ambulance arrived. She was taken to a hospital where she recovered after observation and treatment. 33 YEARS Moselle Dungan Operator TEL Op. Hired 1944 5652 Denova St. Baton Rouge 38 YEARS Densyl Haymon Foreman Power Group Hired 1939 3415 Oxark St. Baton Boage 38 YEARS Gordon Jamea Prod. Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1938 12SS Bel Air Dr. Baton Rouge 13 YEARS Shelton McAnelly Sr Patent Attorney RAD--Patents Hired 1963 1340 Monterey Blvd. Baton Rouge 20 YEARS Leon Haglus Sr. Proc. Des. Eagr. Process Design Hired 1956 4255 \V. Brookstowo Apt. 6, Baton Boage 37 YEARS Joe Iverstine Prod. Foretnsn TEL Op. Hired 1940 506 E. Morria Dr. Hammond 36 YEARS WllUe Jenkins Operator Sod. Op. Hired 1941 1314 Don Ave. Denham Springs 37 YEARS Earl MUIet Sr. Lab. Tech. QuaL Cont. Hired 1940 2435 Choctaw Road Baton Rouge Promotions for 26 employ ective in rec n the promot IcDearman v chief supervis Manufacturing ttonal Divisio sume the pos; Plant manag Greece. Effective Ai plet, control!' Plant, transfe: as assistant co Rouge Plant. * Fleniken, Batt .roller, on Jai - on's retireme Also the pr ..'hite to assi< vestment, Fm August 1. Other prom, of 9 employein Manufactui eral advancem man New sala Operations a: Civde Berthek Advancing to TEL Operat David, Robert York. Also on Augi .s were prom '.nanical forerr. and Construct! Ambrose in Co puy. Jr.. Gordc wood Morales, tenance; Cecil Here's V Ethyl Management Club Officers Installed Officers who will be directing Ethvl Management Club activities In 1977-78 are ahown above. From left are Mike Parker. Ind. Eng., secretory; Hiram May. TEL Maint. vice president; President Ken Elswtrth, Eng,, and Jamea Ray, Plas.Tower, treasurer. 29 YEARS Reginald Richardson Welder TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1947 5645 Prescott Rd. Baton Rouge 35 YEARS Corey Vickers Mech. Inspector TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1941 3345 Van Burea St Baker 38 YEARS Morgan Verbois Working Leader Sod. Op. Hired 1938 2343 Seneca St. Baton Rouge S'' , z* 0P 33 YEARS Melvin Waggenspack Heavy Dutv Mech. TEL-Sod. MAC Hired 1945 824 Longwood Dr. Baton Rouge The picture above lne the critical ne keeping h> all er `rnt clogging of affluent ditches wl *aier from the P' *n. TF.L Gen. Ser under Supervisor ? v-reen in the *1 railroad treat! 'res. AH bags. j 'h should be pi *'-ad of allowing Affluent ditches. Greens, but also aerators and othe `n the sampling, t riant waste wate ptht Johnson has *nf the clogged sc l ust es Of these, tirement. tirement. lton Mel Melvin :irement oc. Des.; ;on, TEL ant work s Mason, iod. was years of ns man rls Dr. Page 5, The Antiknock, July-August, 1977 Large Number of Employees Advance Through Promotions Promotions and reassignments for 26 employees have become ef fective in recent weeks. Included in the promotions is that of Victor McDearman who transferred from chief supervisor, TEL Operations, Manufacturing, to the Interna tional Division in August to as sume the position of Ethyl Hellas Plant manager at Thessaloniki, Greece. Effective August 1, Percy Tem plet, controller of the Houston Plant, transferred to Baton Rouge as assistant controller of the Baton Rouge Plant. He will replace John Fleniken. Baton Rouge Plant con troller. on January 1 upon Fleniken's retirement. Also the promotion of Patricia White to assistant supervisor, In vestment, Finance, was effective August 1. Other promotions include those of 9 employees in R&D and 17 in Manufacturing, including sev eral advancements to salaried fore man. New salaried foremen in H-C Operations are Melvin Adams, Clyde Berthelot. and Robert Peak. Advancing to salaried foremen in TEL Operations were Joseph David. Robert King and David York. Also on August 1. seven employ ees were promoted to salaried me chanical foreman in Maintenance and Construction. They are Haney Ambrose in Construction, Ted Dupuy, Jr.. Gordon Golson and Lyn wood Morales, all in H-C Main tenance; Cecil Moore and Vance Thomas in TEL Maintenance, and Jerome Romig in General Main tenance. In R&D, nine employees were involved in promotions or reassign ments. Richard Bergen was pro moted to senior corrosion chemist in R&D Services, Eugene McPher son and Kenneth Acker were pro moted to process engineer in Pro cess Design and Tech Services, respectively; Larry Anderson and James Gentry were promoted to development engineer in Process Development, Kenneth Lesher to project and estimating engineer, and Loren McCune to process de sign engineer. Lesher and McCune are presently assigned to the Mag nolia Plant. In late July Dr. Larry Shepherd was promoted from senior research chemist in Chemical Research to research associate. In an R&D reassignment. Gary Heidebrecht moved from Process Design on the Plant to the Orange burg Engineering Services. Gets Masters Degree Barbara Lastrapes, Store* & Serv., was uuardrd a master* of education degree In business at the summer commence ment exercises of Southern Univer sity. She joined the Company as a typist in June. Acker 1A Gentry Adams Ambrose 3^ Here's Why Help of Everyone Is Needed! k Mech. AC <1 Dr. The picture above is a graphic one show ing the critical need for improved house keeping by all employees to help pre vent clogging of protective screens in effluent ditches which carry plant waste uater from the Plant. Here Leon John son, TEL Gen. Serv., begins cleanup work under Supervisor Max Lea's direction on the screen in the PH Control Area at t te railroad trestle, west of Shops end ' tores. All bags, paper, wood and other trash should be pieced tn containers In stead of allowing it to be washed into affluent ditches. It not only clogs the screens, bat also cstuea malfunction of aerators and other equipment required tn the sampling, testing end control of 1 Plant waste water. In the picture at Hght Johnson has almost finished dean- A tag the dogged screen. Moore Shepherd York Complete LSU Course Three Plant employees--Carroll Lanier, Proc. Dev., Herb Olson, H-C Op. and Gene Ponti Sod. Op. --completed the three-year MidSouth Executive Development Pro gram at LSU this summer. Two other employees at other Company locations also completed the course and 10 others attended the firstand second-year sessions of two weeks of intensive study. Page 6, The Antiknock, July-August, 1977 Service Anniversaries Compe Halphen Reaches 40-Year Mark 20 Years QUf\ /IwatdU To Lead Long-Service Employees Fahl II:ilpheu Eng. Fabio Halphen, Eng., who earned his college degree while working at the Plant, joined the elite group of 40-year people in July. Halphen began work in July 1937 as a machinist first class in Construction --several weeks before the first antiknock compound was shipped from the Plant in September 1937. He devoted several years to study for his degree in mechanical engi neering by attending classes while working late shifts on the Plant. In addition to Halphen several other employees observed long ser vice anniversaries in July and Au gust. Headed by Ashford Simes, R&D Serv.. with 35 years of ser vice, there were nine with 30 years of service, seven with 25 years, three with 20 years, two with 15 years, three with 10 years and 15 with five years of service. 25 Years Anhford Simti RAD Serv. Robert Agee Proc. Dev. Pictn*ol Not Aoailatlo Pictures of several employees who ob served service anniversaries In July and August were not available. They are: SO }>ftr^Walter Carlton. Jr., and John Payne, both of H-C MAC, and Margue rite Mav. Prod. Plan. 20 Years Stanley Elils. TEL-Sod. MAC. 15 Yean Alfred Anderson, Proc. Dee. Lawrence Shepherd, Jr., Ind tea. 10 Years Ben Fort. Jr.. Proc. Dee. Carl Renfroe, Jr.. Proc. EvaL Robert Schmidt, Emp. Rel. 5 Years Michael Aucoln. H-C MAC James Cain, H-C MAC Jesale Cowart. H-C Op. Aaron Dunaway, Proc. Dev. Terry Jackson, H-C MAC Nin Kyles. H-C MAC Roderick LeBlanc. H-C Op. Joseph McBride, H-C MAC Ronald McConnell, H-C MAC Cylton Mitchell. H-C MAC Forrest Richardson. H-C MAC Willie Smith. RAD Lab. William Wagley. H-C MAC Branch Walton, H-C MAC Janies Williams, Jr., H-C Op. 'Don't Let the Bug Get You Is Safety Slogan in TEL Area "Don't Let the Bug Get You!" That's the safety promotion pro gram slogan of the TEL Maintenance Safety Committee. Warnings of "The Bug" are used throughout the area on bulletin boards, doorways and in other locations. It all started in earlv August when TEL Maintenance employees were met at the Main Gate with a pin-on yellow "Bug" button and a notice of a safety meeting in the Cafeteria. At the meeting, the Com mittee announced the program, which is being carried out under the direction of Chairman Barney Mc Adams and the Committee. It is designed to prevent injuries, using "The Bug" as a reminder. During the promotion, unsafe work factors that could lead to injuries will result in the admonition "Watch Out--Don't Let the Bug Get You!" Alloa Anderson TEL*Sod. MAC HovtCragg Chain. Re*. This Is Kenneth Crawford, TEL-Sod. MAC insulator, and two of the "bugs" he made for use In the promotion. At right are two of the many posters which warn "Don't Let the Bug Get You!" Beniamin Hodge RAD Adm. Clark King H-C Op. G&rLmJ Muntz TEL-Sod. MAC ty Herbert Olaon H-C Op. flUG 3 This Is the TEL WtintoMUM Safety Committee which I* coordinating the "Don't Let the Bug Get You" safety promotion. They are from left, Clyde Watkins. BUI? Nickens, Chairman Barney McAdams, Edwldge Slmonenux, Jimmy Whitaker and Ray Ramsey. Ira Woodfla. r board. Is shov 'Mlllam Stradi an. the Hosp ->n from Eth: tal's capital nospltai. now r tthyl'i suppor to approximate Many Er, (Contini Design as a p a graduate of versity and v sors as one c uates. Douglas Ri jrg, Va.. an .inia Tech., i development gineer. Audie J. 1 new chemics Services. He Kan., and is ing graduate Joining En as mechanical J. Scott Hell* Bartlesville, ( engineering f versity of Ok Two new re i work on Ju undquist ar. uist, who wa Kan., is an R&D Service, gree in cher College and . Southern Illii Sauer is fre has been ass lions chemist Customer Set BS degree Southwestern Oklahoma an* LSU. Kurt Kolmc ' igmeer assig te was born ; received a BS engineering fr Wisconsin at work on July William C Company in ical engineer ment. He is fr LSU graduate ical engineerii Thomas To town is Baltir Process Devel< r'ent enginee 1 '.emistry anc engineering fr r lorida. David Ower. Pany as a dev* Process Dev< earned a BS i ing from the ginia and an 1 Company Supports Hospital Building Drive Page 7, The Antiknock, July-August, 1971 :va!. I. 1*C C MAC Area otion proarnings of doorways Four annuitants have died in recent weeks. They are Dearis An thony, Clarke Burdick, Lurms Coats and Ralph Simmons. Obitu aries on each appear below. Ira Woodltn, right, lay member of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital governing board, is shown receiving $25,000 contribution check from Resident Manager William Strader. John Klock, manager of Administration, left, and J. B. Heroman, the Hospital's executive director, are shown at left. The $25,000 contribu tion from Ethyl Is the first installment on a $75,000 pledge to support the hos pital's capital fund campaign for building, equipping and furnishing the new hospital, now nearing completion on Essen Lane. The $25,000 contribution brings Ethyl's support of Baton Rouge area hospital facilities during the last 15 years to approximately $150,000. Many Engineers Are Included -- (Continued from Page 2) Design as a process engineer. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State Uni versity and was chosen by profes sors as one of the top 1977 grad uates. Douglas Richards, from Blacks burg, Va.. and a graduate of Vir ginia Tech., is working in Process Development as a development en gineer. Audie J. Patterson is another new chemical engineer in Tech Services. He was born in Wichita, Kan., and is a chemical engineer ing graduate of Kansas University. Joining Engineering on July 1 as mechanical quality engineer was J. Scott Heller. He is a native of Bartlesville, Okla., and a chemical engineering graduate of the Uni versity of Oklahoma. Two new research chemists came to work on July 1. They were Gary Lundquist and Joe Sauer. Lundquist, who was born in McPherson, Kan., is an analytical chemist in R&D Services. He holds a BS de-' gree in chemistry from Bethany College and a Ph.D. degree from Southern Illinois University. Sauer is from Clinton, Okla., and has been assigned as an applica tions chemist in Applications & Customer Services. He earned a BS degree in chemistry from Southwestern State College in Oklahoma and a PhD. degree at LSU. Kurt Kolmos is another chemical engineer assigned to Tech Services. He was born in Kenosha, Wis., and received a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He began work on July 1. William Constant joined the Company in July also as a chem ical engineer in Process Develops ment. He is from Bunkie and is an LSU graduate with a BS in chem ical engineering. Thomas Towles, whose home town is Baltimore. Md., has joined Process Development as a develop ment engineer. He has a BS in chemistry and an MS in chemical engineering from the University of Florida. David Owens also joins the Com pany as a development engineer in Process Development. He has earned a BS in chemical engineer ing from the University of Vir ginia and an MS from the Univer- sity of Florida. He is from Carbondale, 111. Catherine Holm, who has been working on the Plant this summer as a temporary employee in the Summer Technical Training Pro gram, joined the Company July I on a permanent basis as a chemist in Chemical Research. She is from Wisconsin and earned a BS degree at LSU in bio-chemistry. Two new chemical engineers and a new research chemist ioined the Company on July 5. They were Allen Darden. Harold Livesay and Vernon Brandt. Darden, a native of Baton Rouge, is a chemical en gineer in Process Development. He holds a BS degree in chemical en gineering from LSU. Livesay is from Scottsville, Ky., and has been assigned as a pro cess engineer in Process Design. He received a BS in chemistry from the University of Kentucky and an MS from LSU. Brandt is from Wichita, Kan., and is an analytical chemist in R&D Services. He holds a BS in chemistry from Bethany College, an MS from Wichita State Univer sity and a Ph.D. from Kansas Uni versity. In late July, Paul Randall, a na tive of Springfield. Mass., joined Tech Services as a chemical en gineer. He is a chemical engineer ing graduate of the University of Massachusetts. Joining the Patents Division in mid-June as a secretary was San dra Talley. Jan Lewis began work as a typist in the Stores and Ser vices in August. The 21 wageroll employees who have recently begun work on the Plant are assigned as follows: PVC Operations--9; Sodium Operations --7; and TEL Operations---5. Thanks to you it works... FOR AllOF US Dearis Anthony Annuitant Anthony, at 86 one of the oldest plant annuitants, passed away on July 12 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Religious services were held on July 14 at the Hollabaugh-Spindle Wooddale Memorial Chapel, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, and two sisters. He was hired in May 1944 as a mechanical helper. He was a carpenter when he re tired m March 1956. Clarke Burdick Annuitant Burdick died on June 6 in Rock Hill, S. C. Funeral ser vices were conducted on June 8 in Rock Hill. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a step-daughter and two sisters. He began work in November 1933 as an engineer. He was named chief engineer when Engineering was made a separate department in 1957. and was chief engineer when he accepted early retirement in September 1964. Lumis Coats Annuitant Coats. 69. died July 29 at Baton Rouge General Hos pital. Funeral services were held at Welsh Funeral Home on July 30. with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. He began work in February 1937 during the early plant construction days. He worked in TEL Operations most of his time with the Company un- Coati til his disability retirement in January 1963, as general shift fore man. Ralph Simmons Annuitant Simmons, 55, died June 11 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held at Oak Crest Baptist Church on June 13. with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, two daugh ters. three sons, his mother, two brothers and two sisters. He was hired as a mechanical helper m July 1946 and was an ironworker in TEL-Sod. M&C when he began disability retirement in April 1974. W> ppjrft that a lata picture of An nuitant Simmon* was not available. Teachers Meet with Union Presidents During the week of the orientation the teachers met with various groups and departments on the Plant and at the Tower. In the picture* above and below they meet with union presidents during the session on Employee Relation*. Above are Mrs. Mary Horn. Tara High; Mrs. Dorothy Futrh. Broadmoor High (wife of Jan Futch, RAD Sen-.): Milton Soulier, president, USWA; Darrell McClung, latrouma High, and Mr*. Shnron BetdeU, Beiaire High (daughter of Marshall MUton, MAC Adm.). Below, meeting with E. D. Mitchell, center, president. AOWU, are Mrs. Gloria Bernard, Glen Oaks High; Mr*. Mildred Poland, Scotlandville High: Mrs. Mildred Helrtzler, Zachary High, and Mrs. Dorothy Kaufman, Baker High. ETC 27582 2 S- 1 "l oos > |h tiP! I* SoTIf 3p08= x| S|' 3 9* 2o s- 3 s5 a? <h u 7 < s? c O ar ; 15 "2, 51* .:s i5 s? 3 I33 "< =a" a. - no3 2/3-1> B3I3"( ^<"# 3* 6 8 s O 2 0 s; -- ff|2A. Sn -a --.-=.--A-3*a$3 - 13_X3 20O*)' r o- fj Q 0a) 1A-9. .* z o<c ;so o 09 A a ! od S 3 t f 52 S "3 5. o^ 3a IsJT'S.-o L- ?<> , g -S c S 5 oo ** 2 =2 O0' o o" 1ts s 8 ^ " v. -;.s S' >88 821> gc /r_i*^At i-!y ( r"- ?5 "3>' o' 2. & ii13-* 9 3 *' < A 0^ *!' oi 2 O 3 *n > cl u* I 8 3f I. A g* !* :3?.sa Ii! Vol. 39, No. Include 40th . Highli Includ versary so the Open families or. sary of the mately 3,0 comroemor antiknock Open Hout employees, displays, d and adults chairman < Egan, Eng.. Lucv McQi Pub Rel.: Strawbridg special tha Anniversar section. Annuita Wt 3 Time does n Charles Brot he school ves tuarter of a c tie Plant in T .s now teachir untary basis, ; grade student School. Brou instruc basics of we groups of six : he can give structions. Th times a week nesdays and 1 ting instructic from Brou, th i their regular ' lorgan, who s i=o> V -liinultant Brou. dents which he l dent* nrr Burns f Houston Chenr nd Charles Ta.vl ** sn operator In an S? Tr^;^ ^ * 7 -'*-^ '. - .' ` ''/ - - - ., ^; Another Annual Increase ' r><5|- V-; ,>V Employees Achieve New High Mark - ;^f~; W* In Support of Plant United Way ' six * 5 > -9 4 a -? = ! 3? 1 X =3 EF 3 3 3 C> ZD 5= 3 3 3 ? Vol. 39, No. 5 September-October, 1977 A new achievement in community service on the part of Ethyl employees was assured as The Antiknock went to press with con tributions of $114,186 in the 1977 United Way Drive. A considerable number of pledge cards are still out because of vacations and other rea sons. so the new mark in contributions will go higher. This is an increase over the $101,985 contributed by Plant employees in last year's campaign. This year the average contribution per giver also increased to Included in This Issue 40th Anniversary Souvenir Section Highlights Open House Activities Included in this issue of The Antiknock is a special 40th Anniversary souvenir edition. It highlights some of the activities of the Open House held on the Plant for plant employees and their families on September 17, 1977. in observance of the 40th anniver sary of the start of production at the Baton Rouge Plant. Approxi mately 3,000 people participated in the day-long observance to commemorate the date of the Plant's first production of "Ethyl" antiknock compound on September 17, 1937. Coordinated by the Open House Steering Committee, with assistance of many other employees, the anniversary observance was marked by plant tours, displays, demonstrations, refreshments, souvenirs for youngsters and adults and attendance awards. Rodney Guillot, Emp. Rel., was chairman of the Steering Committee and members were William Egan, Eng.: David Humphreys. R&D; John McCornack, Operations; Lucy McQueen, Pub. Rel.; E. D. Mitchell. AOWU; Don Robertson, Pub Rel.; Wilbert Scott, Maint.; Milton Soulier, USWA, and Bill Strawbridge, Purch. The Committee and The Antiknock staff extend special thanks to all the employees who had a part in the 40th Anniversary Open House and in the preparation of this souvenir section. Annuitant Serves Without Pay as Welding Instructor at High School Time does not drag for Annuitant Charles Brou. especially during the school year. After more than a quarter of a century of service on the Plant in TEL Operations. Brou is now teaching welding, on a vol untary basis, to two groups of 10th grade students at Istrouma High School. Brou instructs in the elementary basics of welding and has two groups of six students each so that he can give them individual in structions. The groups meet three times a week on Mondays, Wed nesdays and Thursdays. After get ting instructions in basic welding from Brou, the students report to their regular instructor, James Morgan, who is in charge of the shop at the school, for more ad vanced welding instructions. Brou says he enjoys his work with the youngsters and thinks it is time well spent. He has been retired since August 1, 1973. He was hired in November, 1944 as a helper m TEL Operations and was an operator when he retired. He learned welding in wartime shipyard work, but has never fol lowed it as a livelihood, even though he has done welding at home for many years. One of his students is Clint, son of Houston Chenevert, TEL-Sod. & M&C, and grandson of Annuitant Henry Harang, who worked in Quality Con trol until his retirement in Janu ary, 1976. The Cover Raising of the American flag mad the Ethyl flag at morning ceremonies officially launched the Plant's 40th Anniversary Open House on Septem ber 17. 1977. While members of the Open House Steering Committee and Plant Management look on. Dan Smith and Dwight Hinton, both of Security, prepare to raise both flags to the top of the flag pole. It was a special day for Smith since Septem ber 17, the 40th Anniversary date, wo* his 40th birthday. For more pic tures and information on the Open Hve, see box nt left and then turn to the special 40th Aniversary Open House Souvenir Section, which Is in cluded In this issue. more than $63 from an average of about $55 last year. In the im portant category of Fair Share giv ing, employees continued to join in the "three minutes a day -- the United Way," with 690 Fair Shares received before The Antiknock went to press. In addition to contributions by employees on the Plant, Company employees downtown at the Tower and One American Place increased their contributions to $44,623 by late in October, an increase from $38,511 last year. As announced earlier, the Com pany backed up the improved employee support of the Capital Area United Way with a contri bution of $46,000. Total employee and Company support amounted to more than $200,000. Bill Lentz, chairman of the Plant United Way Steering Committee, praised participating employees for their support and expressed partic ular commendation of the solici tors for their outstanding efforts. Two annuitants, Lew Barnum and V. M. Fontenot, worked at the United Way headquarters as Ethyl's loaned executives for this year's drive. Other members of the Steering Committee were Elwtn Adams, H-C Operations; R. V. Boyd, Eng.; Unibed W^y Thanks to you it works... FOR ALL OF US Capital Area UNITED WAY James R. Brown, H-C M&C; Mit chell David, TEL Op.; Joseph Drago, PVC Maint.; Nathaniel Hickman, TEL Gen. Serv., Herman Huggins, H-C Aux.; Warren Lands, Sod. Gen. Serv.; John LeJeune, PVC Op.; E. D. Mitchell, AOWU; John Overmeyer, co-chairman; Don Robertson, Pub. Rel.; A. J. Robichaux, R&D Adm.; Alonzo Scott, TEL Op.; Ken Smiley. TEL-Sod. M&C; Milton Soulier, USWA; Wil liam Stevenson, Sod. Op.; Harvey Whitfield, PVC Op.; and Diane Godwin, secretary. Annuitant Brou. crater, is shown with one ef the two group" of 10th trade stu dents which he instructs In basic uridine at Istrouma High. From left, the stu dents are Burn* Deeker. Mark DeBate, Darr>l Camhre. Clint Chenevert (son if.1Mon Chenevert- TEL-Sod. MAC. and erandson of Annuitant Henrv Harang), and Charles Taylor. Brou retired in August, 1973 after nearly 29 years of service as an operator In TEL Operations. Fourteen members of the Plant United Way Steering Committee are shown in this picture taken at one of the committee meetings. Six members were unavoidably prevented from being included in the picture. From left, seated, are Ken Smiley. TEL-Sod. M4C; John Overmeyer, co-chairman; Diane Godwin, secretary: Blti Lents, chairman; Warren Lands. Sod. Gen. Serv., and Herman Huggins, H-C Aux Standing are William Stevenson. Sod. Op.; Don Robertson, Pub. Rei.- Alonzo Scott TEL Op.; James Brown. H-C MAC; Harvey Whitfield. AOWU Clerical; E. d! Mitchell, AOWU; John LeJeune, PVC Op., and Joseph Drago. PVC Maint. Not shown ore Edwin Adams, H-C. Op.; R. V. Boyd. Eng.; Mitchell David. TEL Op.Nathaniel Hlckntun. TEL Gen. Serv.; A. J. Robichaux, RAD, and Milton Soulier! ETC 2T584 Page Two, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 Company Honors Foremen upon Completion of Training Program Bauer Myers McDermott New Plant Medical Director In early August the Company honored approximately 55 foremen who have completed the Interaction Management training program, earlier this year. Two dinners were held at the Sheraton Hotel to ' honor the foremen and their wives. At each of the dinners Resident Manager William Strader spoke on the training program's contribution to teamwork on the Plant and to the professional advancement of the foremen. The training program was conducted during a four-month period, with Joe Gilbert and Martha Watson, both of the Training Group, as instructors. Below and on Page 7 are pictures of some of the foremen and their wives. And Other New Employees Report Dr. Carl B. Myers has been ap pointed plant medical director. A native of Roaring Spring, Pa., Dr. Myer reported in early Septem ber. He holds a BS degree from Franklin & Marshall College and earned his MD degree at Jefferson Medical College. In addition to Dr. Myers, two new chemists have joined R&D and three clerical employees have reported for work in Stores and Services. Dennis Bauer has joined Pio neering Research as a research chemist. He is a native of Pitts burgh, but calls Cincinnati his hometown. He earned BS and PhD degrees in chemistry at the Uni versity of Cincinnati and an MS in chemistry at the University of Georgia. He also has had advanced study at the University of Cali fornia. Reporting on September 1 was Darrell McDermott, a new chemist in R&D Services. He is from Biloxi and has just been awarded his masters degree in chemistry at LSU. He earned his BS degree at the University of Mississippi. All three of the new clerical employees reported in September. They are Patricia Jefferson, Corlis Stout and Bobbie Sheppard. All three are typists in Stores and Services. Fifteen additional new em ployees reported for work on October 17 for work in the Hydrocarbon Area. Still other new employees were sched uled to report in early No vember. Pictures of all of these new people will appear in the next issue. Two TEL Operations foremen and their wives were photographed at one of the dinnera honoring the foremen on completion of the training coarse. They are Richard and Mrs. Harris and -Joseph David and Mrs. David. Nine Lc WorkC Nine vett on the Plant Beginning Bennitt Pend; Henry Falcon Phillips, both Those bej Didier, John retirement. Jc The new ; tions, length r 33 YEARS Murphv Diitle S;i rely'Clerk Safel v Hired 1944 New {{mills Sheppard Three o( the foremen attending one of the two dinners are shown here with their wives. From left are Henry Dyer. TEL-Gen. Serv. ;ind his wife; Mrs. Tom Wallace and Tom, who is in H-C Auxiliary. and Roliert King, TEL Op., and Mrs. King. 39 YEARS John Jones Sr. Lab. Teel Quill. Cont, Hired 195$ P. O. Bov 23 Slaughter Instructor* Joe Gilbert and Martha Watson, right, stop to chat with Foreman Densyl Haymon and Mrs. Haymon at one of the foremen dinners. Haynion began early retirement on August 1. a Through its annual support of the Southern University Foundation, the Company is helping the Foundation to provide student scholarship for worthv students and to promote faculty development at the university. Recently Resident Manager William Strader, center, presented a check for $1,500 to Foundation Director Jerry Cole, fourth from right, in support of the Foundation's programs. Attending the ceremonies were John Klock. manager of Administration, left, and five employees who are graduates of Southern. Next to Klock are Wilbert Scott. Maint.. and Lawrence Smith. Eng.--l Am. PI. Standing next to Cole are Janet Jones, RAD Serv.; Edward Augustus, Eng.--1 Am. PI., and Roger Banks, Power. Regular Attendance Is Cost Reduction *yW ATTENDANCE? General Services foreman. Octave Brackin and his wife, are shown with Mr. and | Mrs. John Furr. Furr is supervisor of Training who coordinated the training course. For More Foremen Pictures, Turn to Page 7. 39 YEARS Robert Phillips. .. Working Leader H-C Op. Hired 193$ 5773 Leiuonwood Baton Rouge 27585 n 77 foremen program Hotel to er spoke lant and i period, roup, as foremen Page Three, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 Nine Long-Service Employees Complete Work Careers in Septemberand October Nine veteran employees completed their active working careers on the Plant and began retirement on September 1 or October 1- Beginning regular retirement on September 1 were James Barron, Bennitt Pendas and James Starnes. Retiring early at that time were Henry Falconer and Robert Phillips. "Senior" men were Starnes and Phillips, both with 39 years of service. Those beginning regular retirement on October 1 were Murphy Didier, John Jones and Wallace Soulier. Francis Stacey began early retirement. Jones was the "senior man'' with 39 years of service. The new annuitants are pictured below, along with their work sec tions, length of service and address. Plant 'Fleet' and Food Honor Two Retirees 35 YEARS lame; Barron OuUitle Chauffeur H-C Aux. Hired 1941 1678 78th St. Baton Rouge 37 YEARS Wallace Soulier Electrician TEL-Sod. .MAC Hired 1940 4187 Delaware St. Baton Rouge We regret that the functions held by employees to honor retiring fellow employee* are too numerous to be used in The Antiknock. However, two unique functions recently honored James Starnes, supervisor. General Services and H-C Auxiliary, and Bennitt Pendas, electrical foreman in TEL Maintenance. At top. Starnes stands alongside the "S. S. J. H. Starnes." the former plant "Mudcat" boat, which was re-named in his honor Just before his retirement September 1. This vessel is used to dredge and maintain various ponds and basins in our extensive plant pollution abatement program. Below, is a picture made at the "potluck" dinner, which was held for Pendas, shown at right, by his co-workers In TEL Maintenance. Each man brought a different container (pot) of food to the Plant, as shown on the table at left, for his retirement dinner. if of the t hey are 33 YEARS Murphy Didier Safety Clerk Safety Hired 1944 New llmid* 34 YEARS Francis Stacey Pilefitter H-C MAC Hired 1943 Rt. 1, Conilte Dr. Baker 4 t ith their Wallace V Kin*. oremaa i beran i I I r. and course. 39 YEARS Henry Falconer Foreman TEL Op. Hired 1938 3758 Sherwood Dr. Baton Rouge 39 YEARS Robert Phillips, Jr. Working Leader H-C Op. Hired 1938 3773 Lemonwood Dr. Baton Rouge 39 YEARS James Starnes, Jr. Su|ien*iaor Gen. Sendees A H-C Aux. Hired 1938 533 Woodhaven Dr. Baton Rouge Bergin and Voorhies Join Annuitant Ranks Two former long-time employ ees on the Plant whose offices were in the Ethyl Tower downtown have retired. James Bergin, Opera* tions Control manager, Mfg. Staff, and former resident man ager of the Plant, retired October 1 with 43 years of service, many of which were spent on the Plant. Marcel Voorhies, manager of Production Scheduling and Distribution, Mfg. Staff, was granted perma nent and total disability bene fits, effective September 1, af ter about 39 years of service, most of which were spent on the Plant- Your Responsibility Each employee should become familiar with the procedures for qualifying for benefits under the Company's Accident and Sickness Benefit Plan. Since many new employees have reported for work since these rules were carried in The Antiknock, they are being repeated in this issue. If you are ill or injured and unable to work it is your respon sibility to comply with the established procedures in order to avoid possible denial of benefits under the plan. Your responsibility includes: You must report your absence, re gardless of the reason, to the Main Gate as soon ss you know you will not be st work on your next regularly scheduled shift If you leave the Plant because of personal disability, prior to the end of shift, you must check out through Medi cal and report such absence to your su pervision and the Main Gate. If you are unable to check out at the Main Gate you may call the Main Gate aa soon at you get home. To report your absence by telephone during regular office hours, call the Main Gate at 359-3633. During nights, weekends and holidays call 359-3632. Furnish the attendant with requested Information to report your absence and the reason for It. Report in person to Plant Medical the first day your disability does not confine you to home or hospital unless otherwise instructed by Plant MedlcaJ. Reporting days are Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. If your first day up Is Saturday, Sunday or s holiday, report on Monday, or the day after the holiday. If yon change whereabouts during periods of disability, after giving the Main Gate your location st the onset of disability, you must report each such change to Plant Medical. The necessary information should be furnished either in person or by telephone the first day a dungs of whereabout* occurs. If you plan s hospital confinement or a surgical operation outside of this area, you should consult with Plant Medical in advance and develop any special arrangements that might be nec essary. Follow the recommendations as to care and treatment made by the attend ing physician and submit to such physi cal examination aa the Company may deem necessary. If you ore absent due to disability, regardless of duration, you are required to report to Plant Medical and receive a work slip prior to returning to work. If yon are absent due to disability and are able to return to work you must report In person to Plsnt Medical before going on vacation, Jury duty, etc. t It Is your responsibility to notify your supervision as much In advance as possible the day or shift on which you expect to return to work. Prearranged appointments for nonroutine medical treatments, surgical procedures, emergency dental work and diagnostic procedures where actual dis ability doe* not exist must be scheduled, whenever possible, to avoid or minimize lose of work time. Disability benefits are not paid for time lost as a result of rou tine previously arranged medical and dental appointments. If such appoint ments require you to leave the Plant during working hours, you must check with your supervision In advance. ETC 2?586 Page Four, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 - 9*t MemvUam- Death has claimed two Plant employees and five annuitants in recent weeks. The employees were Dorothy Bauman, Emp. Rel., and John Lann, Sod. Op. In addition, Earl Levy, former Plant employee, who worked at the Tower, died in mid-September. The annuitants were Lawrence Folse, Carl Harrison, Arnold Gross, Joseph Shaw and Leon Sims. Dorothy Bauman Bauman, Emp. Rel., died Sep tember 11, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Religious services were held September 14 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home and burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survivors include her parents, one brother and one sister. She joined Ethyl in 1950 and was a stenoclerk in Personnel. Lawrence Folse Annuitant Folse, 77, died Sep tember 11 at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Funeral services were held September 13 at St. Anthony Catholic Church, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, one brother and three sisters. He began work at the Plant in 1944 and was a painter in H-C M&C when he retired early in 1959. Arnold Gross Annuitant Gross, 72, died August 26 at his residence in Baton Rouge. Funeral services were held August 27 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, three sisters, and one broth er. He was hired in July. 1944 and was a welder in TEL-Sod. M&C when he began early retirement in February, 1962. Carl Harrison Annuitant Harrison, 73, died September 9 in Franklin. Religious services were held September 12 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and one brother. He began work with the Company in 1937 and was a work ing leader in TEL Operations in 1958 when he was placed on per manent and total retirement. Bauman Folse Marla Mims John Lann Lann, 59, Sod. Op., died Septem ber 10 at the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were held September 12 at Welsh Fu neral Home with burial in Green oaks Memorial Park. He is sur vived by his wife, two sons, one of whom is John W. (PVC Op.) and a sister. He has worked on the Plant since 1938 and was a fore man in Sodium Operations. William Marks Annuitant Marks, 64. died Oc tober 1 at his residence in Port Allen. Funeral services were held October 2 at Holy Family Catho lic Church with burial in the Church of the Assumption Ceme tery in Plattenville. He is sur vived by his wife, a daughter, two sons, and four sisters. He joined the Company in June, 1944 and was an operator in H-C Operations when he began early retirement in May, 1976. Here are two pictures of some of the local suppliers who were guests of Purchas ing on August 19, as they waited to view the Corporate multi-media slide presen tation, "Ethyl Changing: to Serve a Changing World." Among the emplojees shown are Quentin Hall, Stores and Services, at extreme left in the picture above, and M. H. "Pud'*' Marix, Finance, and Jim Hyatt. Purchasing, at right, fore ground, in picture below. Several other employees participated in the orientation program. Robert O'Meara, manager of Purchasing, was master of ceremonies. Elyria Mims Annuitant Mims, 70, died Octo ber 1 at the residence on Jefferson Highway. Funeral services were held October 5 at Rabenhorst Fu neral Home with entombment in Resthaven Mausoleum. She is sur vived by two sons and a brother. She was hired in September, 1942 in Production Planning and was a clerk in Finance when she re tired in December, 1971. Leon Sims Annuitant Sims, 63, died August 2 at Baton Rouge General Hospi tal. Funeral services were held August 4 at Welsh Funeral Home with burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, mother, one son, two sisters, and three brothers. He began work at the Plant in October. 1943 and was an operator in H-C Operations when he began early retirement in January of this year. . Joseph Shaw Annuitant Shaw, 75, died August 22 at Baton Rouge General Hospi tal. Funeral services were held August 24 at Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and one brother. He began work at the Plant in Shaw Sima Purchasing Does an 'About Face'; Invites Suppliers to Lunch at Plant It was a case of "about face" dur ing mid-September when Purchas ing invited local suppliers to come out to the Plant for a "look-see" and lunch. Approximately 43 sup pliers came and participated in tne plant orientation. The visit was arranged for Mon day, September 19, following the 40th Anniversary Open House. One of the highlights of the session was a showing of the multimedia slide presentation on the company "Changing to Serve a Changing World" which was produced by Corporate Public Relations under the direction of Charles H. Zeanah. formerly manager of Public Rela tions at the Plant and now director of Corporate Community Relations. Other activities included a ride around tour of the Plant and dis cussion with various Plant super visory personnel. Robert O'Meara, manager of Pur chasing, was master of ceremonies. Cost Control and Doing a Good Job Go Hand-in-Hand August 1937 in Construction and was a pipefitter layout man in TEL-Sod. M&C when he retired in 1967. Earl Levy Dies Earl Levy, former long-time Plant em ployee, until hit transfer to the down town offices. In 1970, died in mid-Septem ber, after a lengthy Illness. He began work on the Plant In March, 1938 and was assistant super visor In Production Scheduling and Dis tribution at the Tower at the time of death. He la sur vived by his wife, a daughter and a sla ter. Four Are Co-Au+hors Of Technical Paper An Ethyl technical paper, "Alpha Olefin Sulfonates--Anionic Surfac tant System -- Its Manufacture, Composition, Properties and Poten tial Application," was presented in mid-October by Melvin Tuvell, Appli. & Cust. Serv., m Montreux, Switzerland. The paper was coauthored by Tuvell; Gary Heidebrecht, Proc. Des.; Patrick Hu. Appli. & Cust. Serv., and Gerhard Kuehnhanss, Chem. Res. It was presented at the World Conference on Soap and Detergents. HOWS ATTENDANCE? 1 4otfi Jig; Anniversary Many Open House Activities Mark . 1 Steering Committee Plans Open House 2 Flag Raising Starts Activities . lant's * i Fire Contr 5 Welcome 2 Dan Smith urn! Dwight Hinton get ready to raliu> flag* to officially launch Open House activities. 3 Fifteen years ago. In 1962. Plant, union and Chamber of Commerce of ficial* at 23th Anniversary flag raising. 4 New Ethyl flag flies with Old Glory tor September I? Open House. 5 This sign at MAP Building entrance welcomed employee families to 40th Annhenuury Open House. 8 The Open House crowd starts urriv* Ing for registration and issuance of name tags. That's Hue Moreau in center. 7 More Ethyl folks arrive. That's Law* rence Dugas and his wife In center, talking with Shirley Hochenedel. 8 Larry Johnson and his wife fill In their name tags to start their Open House visit. 9 Buses Une up for plant tours. 19 Boarding point for the Plant bus tours wus at rear of MAP Building. 11 As soon as one bus was louded and began the tour, another moved to the loading point. 12 This large group of visitors has just completed the bus tour. Next Is the mobile equipment display. 13 Ethyl's extensive research requires a lot of expensive equipment, us seen by visitors touring RAD Lab. A. J. and Murie Robichnux are In front. 14 The Mike Stewart family tours the RAD Lab. That's their cousin. Aubrey Prince, In doorway at back. 15 Operator Paul Levert and his wife tour the RAD Lab. It's across Plant from his work In TEL Operations. 18 Walking tour of the RAD La_* This fire control d> popular with many of the emplof 'tteted often durli and visitors attending Open House. during their b' 17 Guide John Gaudln, left, expj** p V C Operations some of the Central Shops equips*1/^v Smith explain* for the visitors. "i.ns to large cr 18 Alex Ouber. who works with' ,'lMtor* watch as Power Group, escorts his family thr*^, /-mpound are p Central Shops. `'zed lor shipping. 19 'Guide Harry Allen points out hrse visitors are of the Central Shops equipment * and feel of large group of Open House "tor ~ und in large shi. 20 In Guide PaanuolthSemr sitehcttieonllsoof fCoetnhterar.l S* aett ^fter bus tours, ''<* equipment used ties "under the big roof.* totora. ! , Jlant's 40th Anniversary Observance. . . $oth ^ Anniversary Fire Control 22 Walking Tour-PVC 23 IRefreshments 38 More Refreshments 39 Waiting for Slides 40 R&D L*b This fin control demonstration was e mi|pter* 0lieted often duriof the day for ii House. rs during their bus tour. eft. expl*1I<^P V C Operations Superintendent tqulp^T1' Smith explains PVC compound Mions to large crowd of visitors. ks with t*Visitors watch as large sheets of mlly thr*0* ' c ompound are pressed and then l[iied for shipping. nts out ** These visitors are getting a closeipment t* lQok and feel of pelletised PVC ind in large shipping containers. entral Sb* *fter bus tours, display of varied other acti] l* equipment used on Plant awaited `itora. 26 Rigger Larry Mitchell shows family big equipment, like this autochive, that he lifts and moves with crane. Kyle and Skipper are in front. 27 Blake Alexander and wife, Peggy, daughters Debbie, Julie and Becky, and son, Kenny, visit equipment display. 28 Youngsters show that Are control foam has other uses as well! 29 tTSWA President Milton Soulier Is shown with daughter. Patricia, grand son, Chris, and son-in-law, Earl Yancey, at scooter ride station. SO This scooter-riding trio slipped away before we could get their names. 31 Joe Fouse was scooter operator for his three daughters, twins Charlotte Jo and Rebecca Jo, and Mary Jo. 32 Another family riding scooters Is that of Rigger A1 Montelsro, shown with his wife and daughters. S3 Finance computers on walking tour. Foreground, Woodrow Snyder, wife, daughter and grandchildren. 34 Historical copies of The Antiknock get much attention. 3&~Many register at Credit Union dis play for free smoke detectors. Mgr.-DIr. Carroll Flataa la In background. 36 Martha Watson gets a lot of smiles on her "candid camera" as >lsitor get to see how they look on TV. 37 Everybody gets in on the refresh ments that were served throughout the day in the Cafeteria. 38 Here Is one "shot*1 of the refresh ment crowd. A full house continued throughout most of the day. 39 There were two slide presentations --on plunt o|>erutions and a new Ethyl multimedia presentation. 40 This Is title of the new Ethyl slide presentation, which group in picture at left is waiting to see. etc 27590 qotfi Anniversary ! And Everyone Seemed to Enjoy the Da Patent recog: come to 21 emp. 29 patents, both eign. Robert Fanni: to Detroit on ro in Process Eva patent on Lmprt --use of regul; tion, and shart phase hydrogen with Joseph l Eval. James Kao, granted a U. phonitrilite poh properties. He* one on a recov. drated salts of c cinic acid fror The latter was Britain. Kao also sha patent with Ca Dev., on a proce1 phonitrilate poi trolled reactior was also awarde ing phosphazem ful as fire ret. losics. Gene Robinso: granted two U. S on a diels alder the other was or hydrofuran sequ Charles Berg* was granted a = process for pun phonitrilic chlor. a Belgian pate process. He also CLASSIF For GOLF CU BS--4 Line men's coif clui ing Elite woods. <w a pitching wedge, a bag. All in cxceUen Phone 344-4749 aft New Chi 41 Before the Open House. Plant Dally Bulletin carried 40th Anniversary insicnia and information items. 42 Plan! Employee Family Open I re|mrt in local paper. About 3.000--not 4.000--attended. 43 Merry Henderson. 5. niece of Sec retary June Dabadie. did this sketch after plant tour. 44 Former employee. Pat Lanier, and son, Mark, are shown at 25th anniver sary Open House In September 1962. 45 Fifteen years later, Pat and Mark attend 40th Anniversary Open House. 46 Young visitors. Jennifer and sixweek-old, Jamie, with parents, Tim and Connie Huiln. A four-week-old Bart Remington, came with dad. Ronald. This is last stop of Open House--the exit gate. Key chains were distributed, aloof with balloons, frlabees and booklets. There were lots of smiles leaving the Plant, indicating "a good time by everyone!" 47 Hard-working Kathy Schittone has big smile and new "Ethyl Digest" for Photographer Roman Alford at exit. 48 Another busy worker Is L. J. Welch, who also helps distribute "Ethyl Di gests" and souvenirs. 49 Every youngster--and a lot of grownups--receives an Ethyl balloon as they leave the Plant. 50 Joyce Thibodeaux hands out anotfe* popular souvenir--Ethyl frisbees. 51 Sue Moreau Is shown on Septemb* 19 drawing for attendance uwards. 52 Chairman Guillot presents Af* uvvard -- aluminum utility building --- ** winner Alvin Hubhs, right. Ten otbf** won two shures each of Ethyl stock. A new chlorine nUn Uon System for th signal and coded fir plant fire horns. Li> Is sounded at the M. followed by one shor one long blast and : and one long bloat I H-C Aren. ETC 591 Da* Twenty-One Employees in R&D Are Accorded Patent Recognition Page Five, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 Patent recognition has recently come to 21 employees here through 29 patents, both domestic and for eign. Robert Fanning, who has moved to Detroit on rotational assignment in Process Evaluation, received a patent on improved ester synthesis --use of regulated reactant addi tion, and shared another on gas phase hydrogen bromide synthesis with Joseph Bossier, III, Proc. Eval. James Kao. Proc. Dev., was granted a U. S. patent on phosphonitrilite polymer with improved properties. He also was granted one on a recovery process for hy drated salts of carboxy alkoxy suc cinic acid from water solutions. The latter was granted in Great Britain. Kao also shared another U. S. patent with Carroll Lanier. Proc. Dev., on a process for making phosphonitrilate polymers using con trolled reaction conditions. Kao was also awarded a patent on mak ing phosphazene compositions use ful as fire retardants for cellulosics. Gene Robinson. Chem. Res., was granted two U. S. patents. One was on a diels alder type process and the other was on substituted tetrahydrofuran sequesterants. Charles Bergeron. Proc. Eval.. was granted a U. S. patent on a process for purifying crude phosphonitrilic chloride polymers, and a Belgian patent on the same process. He also was granted a pa- For Sale GOLF CLUBS--Complete set of ProLine men's golf clubs. Set of four Spald ing Elite woods, set of 9 Titlist irons, a pitching wedge, a chipper and a leather bag. All in excellent condition, for $250 Phone 344-47-19 after 5 p.m. tent on phosphonitrilate polymer synthesis. Robert Sanders, Pion. Res., was awarded two U. S. patents involv ing high strength aluminum com posite containing zircon. Receiving foreign patents were Wayne Davis, Proc. Dev., who was awarded one on high temperature displacement reaction of aluminum alkyls (Holland) and Warren Becker, Econ. Eval., a Japanese patent on a process for producing pure aluminum from alkyl alumi num hydrides. Davis also received a U.S. patent on amine synthesis from mixed olefin feed. Sharing a Japanese patent on impact resistant three-component resin blend were Allen Eisenbraun and Dale Hornbaker, both of Poly mer Research. Richard Gorsich, William DeWitt and Melvin Tuvell, all of Applica tions and Customer Service, shared a patent on gel resistant liquid detergent composition -- which was granted in France and Great Britain. Gorsich and Dewitt also shared a patent on olefin sul fonate composition with superior rheological properties. Gunner Nelson, Chem. Res., was granted three U. S. patents on syn thesis of metal hydrides and a Bel gian patent on an improved process for making sodium aluminum dial kyl dihydride compounds. He re ceived another patent on improved reduction reaction. Larry Shepherd, Jr., Chem. Res., has been awarded a patent on poly cyclic compounds and shared an other on chlorobutyronitrile syn thesis with Eric Breidenbach, Proc. Des.. and Edward Woods, who has transferred to Houston Engineer ing Services. Three other U. S. patents have been received -- by Thomas Lee, Non-Div. Res. Group, on alumi num alkyl disposal process, by Kishan Seth, Proc. Dev., on iodine re covery from brines, and Karl Wiegand, Pion. Res., on mixed sulfonic and carboxylic acid anhydride pre paration. Shepherd YViegand New Chlorine Alarm Signals Now in Use Two Employee's Sons Achieve Recent Honors ut anoth* ees. ward*. ent Idlng -- " Ten otb*** i stock. A new chlorine alarm signal hu been added to the Plant Emergency Communica tion* System for the protection of employee*. A* with the ZO-blast emergency ignal mad coded Are alarm signal*, the chlorine alarm will be sounded on the plant fire horn*. Lionel Delaune, Security, demonstrates how the chlorine alarm 1* sounded at the Main Gate. The chlorine signals are ss follows: one long blast, followed by one short blast, to Indicate the chlorine source as the west or north; one long blast and three short ones Indicating the source as the Sodium Plant, and one long blast followed by five short ones wltich identifies the source as the H-C Area. Two sons of employees have recently distinguished themselves--one in sports and one in craft training. At left la Bonn, eon of Lyle Dixon, PVC MAC. and grandeon of Annuitant L. C. Dixon. He has an athletic grant-in-aid scholarship at the University of New Orleans and was picked In the summer baseball draft by the Kansas City Royal*. He Is a pitcher, but Is also an excellent hitter, averaging .506 during hi* senior season at Glen Oaks High and .444 In American Legion play last summer. At right Is Kurt, son of Clay Bourg, Security, who was recently awarded the Golden Hammer Award In recognition of his selection as the out standing carpenter apprentice in the Baton Rouge carpenter's joint apprentice ship and training program. He participated In the statewide contest in the summer and placed third In the state (only four points separated the Arst and fifth place winners). He is a graduate of Redemptorist High School. ETC 27592 Page Six, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 Service Anniversaries Plant's First Technical Employee, Jim Huguet, Completes 40 Years James Huguet, industrial conser vation coordinator, Process Design, and the first technical employee hired at the Baton Rouge Plant, leads all employees in service with 40 years which he completed on September 21. A graduate of LSU, Huguet began work in the old original Quality Control Labora tory, which was located in the old Administration Building. Huguet heads a group of 62 em ployees, including Resident Man ager W. C. Strader, who observed anniversaries of from five years of service to 35 years. There were 11 who completed 35 years of service in September and October, four with 30 years, four with 25 years, six with 20 years, one with 10 and 35 with five years of service. 35 Years limniie Dabudie William Jordan RAD Adm. 30 Years 25 Years Noland Navurre Eng. 20 Years Two 4< Sicr Street Oper. Staff if Two of the Plarr Priu\ De.--got of a*r\i*-r pmv tions. \\hi'h bol time aco. Hi* s effort, and tnrlu1 a portion of thi from fne to 40 *er\io ha* beerounded out 40 Richard Zietx, Jr. Appll. Si Gust. Serv. Ervin Andre TEL Op. l encil Griffin H-C MAC Vincent Guercfo TEL-Sod- MAC Herman Huggins H-C Aux. August Seguin Laundry Glynn Rlffel TEL-Sod. MAC Carroll Warren Mftlnt. Service to Veterans Brings New VFW Award Samuel Smith H-C MAC Pidwiei. Mot Available Pictures of two employees who observed service anniversaries in September and October were not available. They are: 33 .Years --Joseph Duplessis, Sod. Op. 23 Years--Joseph Parque, Jr., TEL-Sod. MAC. "We need to continue to emphasize cost reduction . . . in all areas." -- Resident Manager W. C. Strader The top award of the Louisiana Veterans of Foreign Wars--for "Distinguished Sendee to Veterans in Providing Job Opportunities in 1976-77"--Is added to other VFW awards received by the Company by Leo Martin. Emp. Rel. The award, which was presented to Martin at the VFW State Convention at Lake Charles in mid-June, is the third state VFW award the Company has received. In addi tion, earlier this year Ethyl waa presented the National VFW Award in recogni tion of its policy of hiring veterans whenever possible. Warren Klrsch Cheiu. Res. Leo|>oid Lee TEL-Sod. MAC QtU&t AuMiidi. 10 Years Joseph Self. Eng 5 Years Aymond Arceneuux. Jr., Sod. Op. Matthew Arniwood. TEL Op. Leonard Bell, TEL Gen Serv. Joseph Bovsier, 111. Proc. Des. Francis David, TEL-Sod. M&C Michael David, TEL Gen Serv. John DeLee. Security Robert Demouy, Power Stephen Duhon. TEL Gen Serv. Benj Felder, TEL Op. Michael Gaudet. TEL Op. Joseph Gilbert, Jr., TEL Op. Henry Goudeau. Sod. Op. Joseph Graffla, TEL Op. Jerry Goza. TEL-Sod. M&C John Hebert. Security John Hendrix. TEL Op. Nathaniel Hickman, TEL Gen. Serv. Nolan Holden, TEL Op. Nathaniel Jenkins, Jr., TEL Gen. Serv. Michael King. Sod. Op. Joseph Lefeaux, Sod. Op. Richard McClarty, TEL Gen. Serv. Reginald Montgomery. TEL-Sod. M&C Ben Norwood, Jr., TEL Op. Lon Ostergren. TEL-Sod. M&C Vincent Paola, Jr., TEL-Sod. M&C Vernon Thigpen. Sr.. TEL Gen. ServRobert Voiselle. TEL-Sod. M&C Kenneth Wicker, Sod. Op. We dc tion of pc Titled "Pc received n Industry. In Arr people ini a joint e: It ge: duiv. It 'Whygood pol: equally. Too o But : system--v to--are h individual mission--< If you you may svmb ETC 27593 Pag* Seven, The Antiknock, September-October, 1977 Two 40-Year Men Reminisce on Service Promotions and Reassignments Announced for Seven Employees treet Muff '.ietz. Jr. >. A serv. The promotions of three plant employees and the promotion and transfer of three others were effec tive recently. In addition, Andrew Welper. plant employee who has been on rotational assignment at Detroit, has been transferred from Process Evaluation to Economic Evaluation and will continue to be located at Detroit. Two of the Plant's 40-year men--Levi "Dick" ShafTett, TEL Op., and James Huguet, Proc. Dev--eot together recently to reminisce and to compare their collections of service pins, which both are holding in their hands. Typical of the two collec tions. which both prize highly, is that of ShafTett which was photographed some time ago. His starts with the "E" pin for his contribution to the World War II effort, and includes his Dupont pin for service with that company when it operated a portion of the Plant under contract from 1937 until 1945. and his Ethyl pins, from five to 40 years. Huguet's collection is very similar, except that all of his service has been with Ethyl. ShafTett completed 40 years in June and Huguet rounded out 40 yearn in September. Effective in August Melvin Acosta was promoted from me chanical foreman in TEL-Sod. M&C to field representative, Labor Rela tions, in Employee Relations. In Manufacturing, Charles Gardner was promoted to supervisor of Gen eral Services and H-C Auxiliary. Also in Manufacturing, Ronald Gardner was promoted from Op erations supervisor in H-C Opera tions to planning supervisor in Manufacturing Planning & Coor dination at the Tower. In R&D Warren Becker was ad vanced to economic evaluation as sociate in Economic Evaluation, ef fective September 1. Earlier, in August, George Bones, senior pro cess design engineer in Process De sign here, was promoted to super visor of Technical Services at the Houston Plant. Acosta Bones Becker Dominick t Lee l. MAC Welper, a process evaluation enginner in Process Evaluation, who has been on rotational assignment at the Detroit Labs, transferred to Economic Evaluation. He ' com pleted a training period here be fore being assigned to Detroit in his new position. Effective October 1, Thomas Do minick transferred from Process Development on the Plant to the Engineering Services Group at Orangeburg. C. Gardner R. Gardner Welper P- l rv. 'Politics, What Is It?' We don't know who. but the person who wrote the descrip tion of politics reproduced below hit the "nail on the head." Titled "Politics. What Is It?," but with no credit line, it was received recently from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In America, it is the distillation of the good and bad in al: people into the hands of a few to perform certain tasks through a joint effort called government. It gets rotten only when good people shirk their political duty. It gets good only when they don't. Why? Because there are more good people than bad. Sc good politics naturally results when all people participate equally. Too often they don't and the reasons are often just excuses But those who get hooked on politics in the American system--where people are not limited in what they may aspire to--are hooked for life. For politics in America offers every individual the best way to find fulfillment in carrying out life's, mission--of serving his Maker by serving his fellow men. If you haven't tried it, you've missed a lot of life . . . and you may have let down a lot of people. Company Honors Foremen (Continued from Page 2) Two H-C Maintenance foremen attending the dinner were Woodrow Snyder and Harold Kendrick. They are shown above. At left are Woodrow and Mrs. Snyder and at right are Mrs. Kendrick and Harold. c^3 QD <3 M <c=> S 33 a3 C=> a> _Q CO cno o 01 ro co o 0-O E 0) > oQ. tmam <D c00 Q. <cOO 0 co xo o^ CO <u CL C 0 O' I Vo!. 39, No. $ Employe Of Capit Contributio Area United W and led the wa Final tabul employees excc average per-giv Supporting the 693 employees Share gifts, an 633 Fair Share Highlighting plant employe' cent increase i; United Steelwi employees, a crease by A< employees am increase by i ployees. In addition tc plant employee ployees and th Technical Cente$44,623, up fro buted last year, employee suppc Area United Vk $150,000. 595 nniversary Souvenir Section Inside I Sophisticated Analyzers Maintain Environmental Controls on Plant The big investment in environmental control at the Baton Rouge Plant continues to climb. The most recently compiled costs show that the Company has invested upwards of $25 million in pollution abate ment facilities and manpower at the Baton Rouge Plant since 1970. Vol. 39, No. 6 Part of this heavy expense of environmental control is brought November-Decembcr, 1977 about by some very sophisticated and expensive equipment, which is now being used in the maintenance of good environmental controls. Employees Set New Record in Support Of Capital Area United Way Campaign Contributions of $114,186 by employees on the Plant in the Capital Area United Way Campaign set an historic high for plant employees and led the way for Ethyl support to exceed.$200,000 in 1977! Final tabulations of results show that the $114,186 given by plant employees exceeded- last year's total of $101,985 by 11 percent. The average per-giver gift was at a new high of $63, up from $55 last year. Supporting the new record were 693 employees who gave Fair Share gifts, an increase over the 633 Fair Share gifts last year. The Cover Highlighting the record set by plant employees were a 32 per* cent increase in contributions by United Steclworkers-represented employees, a nine percent in* crease by AOWU - represented employees and a four percent increase by management em ployees. The Antiknock staff again expresses appreciation to Bay Lunghart. Bar nard A Bark, Inc., who Is assigned to Engineering on the Plant, for his assistance in the preparation of our Christmas cover with its emphasis on Santa Claus. Also, we are includ ing in this issue several popular Christmas features used in previous Issues. The first of these is the century-old "Prayer of St. Francis" which appean below. In addition to this new high by plant employees, downtown em ployees and those at the Ethyl Technical Center contnbuted about $44,623, up from $38,511 contri* buted last year. This brought Ethyl employee support of the Capital Area United Way to more than $150,000. Backing up this record employee support was a corporate contribu tion of $46,000 by the Company. This corporate gift, up from $42,* 000 last year, helped push the total Ethyl support past the $200,000 mark. Chairman of the Plant Steering Committee which coordinated the United Way Drive on the Plant was Bill Lentz, Qual. Cont., and co-chairman was John Overmeyer, Power. A former plant employee, Claude Catania, Mfg.-Tower, was chairman of the downtown drive. Below are some of the analyzers in. use on the Plant. The installa tion and use of this equipment was made possible by the teamwork of Engineering, RAD and Manufacturing personnel We are indebted to Ray Summers, Engineering, who was formerly stationed on the Plant, and to Donald Park, Tech Services, for their assistance in arranging for these pictures and in developing this article. Isaac Smith, BAD Set*.; Ray Sommers, Eng.-l-Am. PL. sad Wayne Gordon, Eng., are shown with some of the technicsl nod very expensive equipment now being used on the Plant to Insure good environmental control. In the pic ture at left, Gordon and Sommers look on aa Smith adjust* the atomic absorp tion analyser used In the lead-in-air analyser system. Nineteen sample points throughout "C" Building arc analysed continuously, using the new analyser sys tem. At right the three are shown from another angle at the atomic absorption analyser. In the background Is a portion of the sampling system that permits analysing the specific locations throughout the building. Air samples are con tinually drawn from various locations in the building and analysed for lead levels This system was developed as a joint venture of the RAD Analytical Group and the Engineering Instrument Development Group. It is capable of analyzing ail sample points every six minutes and has been in operation since mld-1978. ford, make me an instrument of your peace. '"Where there is hatred, let me soul lone; 'Where there is injury, pardon; "Where there a doubt, faith; ""Where there is despair, hope; cWhere there is darkness, light; 'Where there is sadness, joy. o h divine master, grant that S may not so muck seek to Jbe consoled as to console; Iso be understood as to understand *C>o be loved as to love; Uor it is in giving that toe receive; St is in pardoning that we are pardoned; j^nd it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. ammMwniHwt- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 'Here three employees check a recording chart on one of the VCI-ln-air analysers. Eugene Broemmelsiek. left. Bay Summers and R. V. Boyd observe the chart as Boyd makes an adjustment to the analyser. The analyser unit, shown at right, la one of four units in the PVC and Vinyl Chloride Plants. Each analyzer is capable of analyzing 10 sample locations in approximately 10 minutes. The analyser, a part of the heavy investment in pollution abatement on the Plant, can detect VC1 concentrations as tow-as under one part per million and provide alarms In the operating areas If the concentration exceeds a specified level. This analyzer system haa been in operation on the Plant since last fall. The system consists of four 10-stream gas chromatographs, area alarm systems, field printers and a small computer for analyses and summary logs of the analyses for record pur poses. Broemmelsiek Is in Tech Services, Summers Is assigned to Engineering at One American Place and Boyd Is in Engineering on the Plant. ETC 27596 Page Two, The Antiknock, November-December. 1977 Forty-Four New Employees Bring 1977 Plant Total Hiring Past 200-Mark Forty-nine new employees re ported for work in late October and November to bring total em ployment to 227 at the Plant in 1977. Included in the new arrivals were an assistant supervisor in Finance, a new research chemist, a new key punch operator in Finance and new wageroll employees in H-C Opera tions, PVC Operations. Sodium Op erations and TEL Operations, as well as in H-C Auxiliary, H-C M&C and PVC Maintenance. Steven Wagner who holds a BS degree in chemistry from the Uni versity of Colorado, and an MS from the University of Nebraska, has joined Applications & Cus tomer Services in Industrial Chem icals as a research chemist. He is from Lincoln, Nebraska. Marcel Duchamp, Jr., has been appointed assistant supervisor. Cost & Budget, in Finance. He is a graduate of LSU and is a native of St. Martinville. Connie Crochett has joined Fi nance as a keypunch operator. Other new employees are photo graphed and listed below. Duchamp Wagner > - W- . Joining the Company In late November were William Sloan and Don Darbonne, both in PVC M&C. f want wa 1( for li. Among many new employees reporting for work recently are John Macus, Walter Thomas, Marc Schexnayder. Harold Meadors, Frank Thomas, Mark Clement and Thad Foreman. Charlie Van Ness, who started work in PVC Maintenance, is shown above. New employees joining the Company In late October were Connie Crocket, left, in Finance, and Robert Wilson, H-C M&C. '"`Tail Beginning their careers with Ethyl are these new employeej^Roymond Degg, James Hall, Frank Van Norman, Michael Lorio, Roger Mestepey, Eric Butler and Robert Spurlock. Joining the Company in mid-November la various area* of the Plant were Harold Bourgeois, Kerry V'allet, Morph White, Mark Hampton, Donald LaPorte and Cade Ballard, Jr. New employees joining the Company recently In H-C Auxiliary and H-C Operations were Joseph Vidrine, Rocky Nicholas. Michael Todd. William Watson, Winnie Ortego, Raymond Taylor, Gloria Huggins and Charles Harris. Thomas Nugent. Melva Cavanaugh, Robert Kelso, Brenda Hatch, David Roshto B and Samuel Creer. uccirxt ETC 27597 * or want of a ^ the wa lod\ for want of a %ff the/^me lod; for n, Daniel -telly and want of ia4 \od\ for want of ^the' me lod; for want of a" tkeJSfewa^ lo^t... and. all for the want of a P. Page Three, The Antiknock, November-December, 1977 "For Want- of a Nail" Cost Control Efforts by Employees Should Begin with Small Items The illustration at left is old--and you might call it long out of date--but the problem it spotlights is as new and as urgent as a walk any day through the Plant would prove. One doesn't need to look very hard to see evidence throughout the Plant of waste that we all can help avoid. The items that are discarded, or carelessly left scattered about after a job is completed, is a lesson for all of us. That lesson is that we must be more thrifty in the use of tools and materials and get all the useful life out of them before discarding. The items "wasted" on the Plant indicates we have become too careless with such small items as nuts, bolts, gloves and other things. All of these combined are increasing the cost of operating the Baton Rouge Plant. As the illustration points out, it all starts with "for want of a nail." There are many ways that we can practice cost control on the Plant. One way is doing everything possible to conserve energy and to combat the rising cost of energy. We must avoid waste in raw materials, in tools and in equipment. However, the best start in cost reduction on the Plant is for each of us to begin saving the "little things," some of which are pictured on this page. (The variety of useable materials shown below were noted on the Plant or in the salvage yard during a routine tour of the Plant.) Walter nent and d Deer. tier and Slip Blanks Gloves Gloves and Valves ! ETC 27598 1 Page Four, The Antiknock, November-Deeember, 1977 Plant Employees Are Moderators in High School -- Business Symposium In mid-October the Company again took an active part in the 1977 High School-Business Symposium at the Chateau Capitol Hotel. Those participating as table moderators were William Axteil, Proc. Eval.; David Humphries, Inf. & Lib. Serv.; Harold Place, Proc. Eval.; Donald Park, Tech Serv., and Earl Rachal, Fin. The Symposium is sponsored each year by the Education Committee of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce to provide high school students with a basic knowledge of business and the free enterprise system. Pictures of four of the moderators are shown below. We regret that a picture of Axteil was not available. Three V Retirem* Death has claimed four annu vived by his wife and two sons. itants in recent weeks. They were His service on the Plant began in Ayno Braud, a former operator in TEL Operations, and Johnny Ross, who succumbed from injuries sus tained in a traffic accident at the 1944 and he was an operator in Sodium Operations when he be gan regular retirement in January 1973. intersection of Evangeline Street and Foster Drive; George W. "Red" George Smith Smith, who formerly worked in TEL Operations and Philip Stew art, formerly of H-C M&C. Anniutant Smith, 65, died Octo ber 30 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were Ayno Braud Annuitant Braud, 67. died Nov. 28 at East Ascension General Hospi tal. Funeral services were held Nov. 30 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with burial in Azalea Rest Cemetery in Zachary. He is sur vived by his wife, two daughters, held November 2 at Brownsfield Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, three sons and three sis ters. Smith started work on the Plant in August 1937 and was an operator in TEL Operations when he began early retirement in Feb ruary 1975. one stepson, three sisters and three brothers, one of whom is Octave Braud in TEL-Sod. M&C. He was hired in March 1937 in Construc tion and was an operator in TEL Operations when he retired early in June 1974. Philip Stewart Stewart, 42, who was granted permanent and total disability benefits in November 1973, died October 26 at Doctors Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were Johnny Ross conducted on October 28 at St. Anthony Church, with interment Annuitant Ross, 69, died in the in Krotz Springs. He is survived afternoon of October 27`, some four by a daughter, two sons, his par hours after he was involved in an ents -- Annuitant Joseph Stewart automobile accident in which his and Mrs. Stewart--and a brother, pickup truck was struck by a . Harry, M&C Plan. He was hired cement truck at the intersection in 1965 in H-C Auxiliary and was of Foster Drive and Evangeline a pipefitter in H-C M&C when he Street. Funeral services were held began P&T retirement. on October 29 at Rabenhorst F\ineral Home, with burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is sur- We regret that a picture of Annuitant Philip Stewart wa not available for this issue. Moderator Dave Humphries Moderator Donald Park Three vett with most err with many ye: vember 1 and Evena For hundreds of er: December 1. Also leavir superintendent of others at t death m fam:l Joseph Su changes take f on November worked 17 of Cafe ( Keep Your Christmas Safe from Fire No one really knows for sure, but those knowledgeable people who write encyclopedias think it was Martin Luther who first had the bright idea of decorating Christmas trees with candles. That, without a doubt, is when we began having trouble with Christmas tree fires, reports the National Safety Council, which offers the suggestions below to help reduce the possibility of a Christmas tree fire in your home. Do not bring the tree into the house until ready for use. Keep the trunk in water to help prevent excessive dry ing out. Saw off the trunk at an angle at least one inch above the original cut and keep the trunk standing in water while the tree is in the house. Locate the tree away from sources of heat and drying and away from exits to the home. Remove the tree as soon as possible after the holiday. Do not use candles on or near the tree. Use only lighting sets that bear the Underwriters' Lab oratories, Inc. (UL) label on alt parts--not just the cords --and use them only for their intended purpose. Check the sets before string ing on the tree. Unplug the lights when not in the house or when going to bed. Don't overload electric cir cuits. . Do not decorate metallic trees with lights. Instead, use off-the-tree spot or flood lighting. Moderator Earl Rachal IF THE vict:TO HOLD lSlT ON HIS YOUR LEFT THE BACK OFORWARD I." ABOVE THE C A SECOND c PAREO TO nt FROM THE ' TlCULAflLY WITH A spoc IF YOU CHOYOU ARE 41 ON YOURSEL RAPlOlY UP > APPLY ARTIF AFTER THE AVAILABLE STI More than two article on "Cafe l the "Heimlich M is named after D appeared there h of this method ir deaths. Teach the for a member of ETC 27599 Page Five, The Antiknock, November-December, 1977 in im | the 1977 el. Those c. Eval.: ; Donald | [ J | immittee ` :h school nterprise *ret that w: I i Three Well Known Employees Begin Promotions and Reassignments Retirement in November and December Announced for Seven Employees Promotions and reassignments for seven employees have become effective recently. In mid-October, Robert Johnson was promoted from assistant di rector of R&D Services to the posi tion. of associate director. Fontenot Hubbs Sicard Three veteran employees, including two who have had "dealings" with most employees on the Plant during their long careers and one with many years of absence-free work, began their retirement on No vember 1 and December 1. Evena Fontenot, a nurse in Plant Medical, who has helped many hundreds of employees during a 34-year career at Plant Medical, retired December 1. Also leaving on December 1 was Alvin Hubbs, Personnel Relations superintendent in Employee Relations, who has aided many hundreds of others at the time of their employment, during times of illness, death in family, at retirement and at other times. Joseph Sicard. an operator in H-C Operations who saw many changes take place in his 35 years on the Plant, began his retirement on November 1. Sicard is proud of the fact that of his 35 years, he worked 17 of them with no absences of any kind! Cafe Coronary --A Repeat for Life Irvin Borne, Jr., advanced to salaried mechanical foreman in PVC Maintenance. Borne's promo tion was effective on October 1. Kishan Seth was promoted to process development associate in Process Development in Novem ber. With the retirement of Alvin Hubbs, Personnel Relations super intendent, after almost 36 years of service, reassignments in Employee Relations became effective Decem ber 1. Arthur Choppin, Jr., Em ployee Relations superintendent, will be responsible for labor rela tions with respect to wage-roll employees. Rodney Guillot, Em ployee Relations coordinator, will be responsible for Employee Bene fits and Personnel, and will also handle labor relations matters with respect to clerical and hospital bar gaining unit employees. Borne Ferry Guillot Choppin Furr Johnson "CAFE CORONARY" Both Choppin and Guillot and John Furr, Training and Testing supervisor, will report to Robert C. Schmidt, Employee Relations manager. STAND BEHIND THE VICTIM AND PUT BOTH OP YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM LET HIS HEAO. ARMS AND UPPER TORSO HANG FORWARD GRAB YOUR FIST WITH YOUR OTHER HAND ANO PLACE IT AGAINST HIS ABDOMEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NAVEL AND BE LOW THE RIB CAGE. PRESS UP RAPIDLY AGAINST HIS ABDOMEN THIS FORCES THE DIAPHRAGM UP AND COMPRESSES THE LUNGS. HOPEFULLY THE FOOO WILL POP OUT LIKE A CORK FROM A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE Also in October, Grady Ferry, who is on rotational assignment in Process Evaluation at Detroit, was promoted to process evaluation en gineer. Seth .. nr Solitary Sltfr" IF THE VICTIM is TOO HEAVY FOR YOU TO HOLD. LAY HIM ON H<$ BACK AND SIT ON HIS HIPS WITH THE HEEL OF YOUR LEFT HANO PRESSING AGAINST THE BACK OF YOUR RIGHT HANO. PUSH FORWARD INTO HIS ABDOMEN JUST ABOVE THE BELT A SECOND PERSON SHOULD BE PRE PARED TO REMOVE THE EJECTEO FOOD FROM THE VICTIM'S MOUTH -- PAR TICULARLY IF HE S ON HIS BACK -- WITH A SPOON OR FINGERS IF YOU CHOKE ON SOMETHING WHILE YOU ARE ALONE. USE THE TECHNIQUE ON YOURSELF BY PRESSING YOUR FIST RAPIDLY UP AGAINST YOUR ABOOMEN. APPLY ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IF THE VICTIM STILL HAS TROUBLE BREATHING AFTER THE FOOD IS REMOVED BEGIN ADMINISTRATION OF OXYGEN IF AVAILABLE. man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a woman who. to her peasant neighbors, was just one of them and one with them. He grew up in another village. He worked m a carpenter shop until ne was thirty, and then, for three years. He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office He never owned a home. He never had a family. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself. mh*HILE still a young man the tide of pnvate opinion turned against him His friends ran away. One of them denied him. He was turned over to his enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. As He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth, and that was His coat. When He was dead. He was taken down and laid m a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. N" centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress. STEWART OXYGEN SERVICE More than two years mao--In August 197.1--this sketch and an accompanying article on "Cate Coronary" appeared in The Antiknock. It illustrated and described the "Heimlich Maneuver," a first aid measure for choking victims. The method is named after Or. Henry Heimlich, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati. Since the article appeared there have been several report* from employees of the successful use of this method in saving the lives of children and adults from possible choking deaths. Teach the method at your home. You never know when it may be needed for a member of your family. That'a the reason it is being reprinted in this lasoe. AM far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever JJ marched, and ail the navies that were ever built, and all the parlia ments that ever sat. and all the kings that ever reigned, put together nave not affected the life of man on this earth as has that One Solitary Life!--Source Unknown. The above wim used first In The Antiknock In 1963 and conveys the thought that has real meaning at Christmas time. The author is unknown. ETC 21600 1 Page Six, The Antiknock, November-December, 1977 Service 35 Years Allen Christ Power Juanita Montegudo MAC Adm. Woodrow Wall TEL-Sod. MAC Anniversaries 30 Years Orland Brown, Jr. Tech. Serv. Warren Hotard Tech. Serv. otu*. 10 Yean Bernle Bayham, PVC Op. James Boseman. Proc. Des. James Graves, Proc. Des. 5 Yean James Andre, TEL-Sod. MAC Kenneth Aucoia, TEL-Sod. MAC Thomas Callender. Tech. Serv. Jeaee Chase, III, TEL-Sod. MAC Jerry Dsvid, TEL Gen. Serv. Harry Dixon, Jr., TEL Op. James Fallon, TEL Op. Cecil Forbes. TEL-Sod. MAC Patrick Glaser, TEL-Sod. MAC Joseph Gouedy, TEL-Sod. MAC Gordon Hebert, TEL. Gen. Serv. Dwight Hinton, Security Roland Jefferson, TEL Gen. Serv. Lawrence Joseph, Sod. Op. Howard Kidder, Jr.. TEL-Sod. MAC John Landry. TEL-Sod. MAC Charles McCoy, TEL-Sod. MAC H. P. Martin, Cafeteria Bobble Moreau, TEL-Sod. MAC Robert Morrison. TEL Gen. Serv. Leon Pierson, Security Darrow Price. TEL Gen. Serv. Calvin Reed. TEL Op. Donald Roberts. TEL Op. Mehl Smith, TEL Gen. Serv. Frederick Spurgeon, TEL-Sod. MAC Bondnett Thomas, Sod. Op. Terry Thomas, TEL Op. Each Person Is Key Recently the National Associa tion of Accountant's "Leader" car ried some unique advice to its members nationwide. Since that advice could apply to our Plant jobs, and to other organizations, we are reprinting it below. `The following piece of advice has been floating around the chapters for some time now, so we thought we would share it with you. Trie author is unknown. "Xvxn though my typxwritxr is i an old modxl, it works quitx wxll 1 xxcxpt for onx of thx kxys. I havx wishxd many timxs that it workxd , pxrfxctly. It is trux that thxrx arx 46 kxys that function wxll xnough, j but just onx kxy not working j makxs all thx diffxrxxncx. "Somxtimxs it sxxms to tnx that f many of us arx likx my typx writxr; not all of us arx working propxrly. You may say to your- sxlf, 'Wxll, I am only onx pxrson; I won't makx or bncak thx chap- txr.' But it doxs makx a diffxrxncx bxcausx a chaptxr nxxds thx ac- tivx participation of xvxry mxm- bxr. "So thx nxxt timx that you think you arx only onx pxrson and that your xfforts arx not nxxdxd, rx- mxmbxr my typxwritxr and say to yoursxlf, `I am a kxy pxrson . . . and I am nxxdxd.' " Plant Be Begt An all-volu: offer life-saving way. The trairnr Cross Multimed will be followe pulmonary-resus course by Plant Following t: 300 volunteer L When this train interested plant first aid training uled for early E year with an ad teer Life Suppc in January. Shown belo the first step of First Aid Coursi 25 Years William Axtell Proc. Eval. PiotuAei Not Auadaile Pictures of several employees who ob served service anniversaries in Novem ber and December were not available. They are: 35 Years -- Harold Patin, H-C MAC. SO Years -- Boyd Blount. TELSod. MAC. 25 Years -- John Bourke, TEL-Sod. MAC. James Walker MAC Adm. 20 Years Harnie Kendrick Sod, Op. National Authority Stresses That Major Energy Shortage is Coming Those who do not take heed to the warnings of energy prob lems ahead--one recent survey showed only 33 percent of a group contacted believed there was an energy problem--need only to listen to Dr. John McKetta, ex-chairman of both the Interior De partment's Advisory Committee on Energy and the National Acad emy of Science Committee on National Air Quality Management, who is now the E. P. Shoch professor of chemical engineering at the University of Texas. Below is what he said recently. "Unless we move immediately, there will be an energy shortage in the U. S. that we simply cannot imagine at this time. . . . We have no choice but to concentrate our efforts on hydrocarbons, especially oil and gas, until other sources of energy are able to share the load--probably around the year 2000, Among the actions needed now is to declare a moratorium on automotive catalytic converters and exhaust gas recirculation devices, except in the few cities with environmental problems, and put lead back into gasoline so that we could return to more efficient engines for automobiles." (Editor's Note: An editorial by Dr. McKetta on the energy problems facing the nation appeared in The Antiknock early last year.) I, Edwidge Simoneai improvised litter tl of a victim (Josep, i I | i j Locomotive 105 Gets 'Changing1 Paint Job Employee's Train Set Gets New Quarters Simoneaux, Eaves remove an Injur ter Is unconscious m his removal. Recently our Plant Locomotive Unit No. 105 waa riven a general maintenance overhaul, including new wheels and a paint Job. The foremen and wageroll em ployees of TEL Maintenance responsible for the various phases of maintenance work on the locomotive are shown above. Left to right on the front row, are Ed Easterly, Junior Lanier, Conrad GuiUot, Boyd Blount, Leroy Dupuy. Robert Moniotte, Bill Davis and Ronald Blanchard. Back row are Bob Wendt. Fred Routt, Jerome Dupuy. Edwidge Slmoneaux, Patrick Glaser, Robert Burns, James Stott. Ronald Barlow, Donald Arbour, Robert Major and Harold Prejean. The proud owner of the miniature trains and railroad yard above Is Charted Devall, an electrician In TEL-Sod. MAC. He has recently built a separate 20 x ff foot building In his backyard to house hia long-time hobby of miniature train* and equipment. Included In his collection are 48 engines and over 200 freight and passenger cars. He has also built over 450 foot of track which can accommodate four complete trains at one time. It takes 700 watts of electrical power to operate the trains. He estimates a value of about S6.000 for his miniature trains and equipment. Richard Browning. *nce Lew. Jr., P' tiler, RAD Serv.. blanket to imntob son's ankle. ETC 27601 I Key Associader" care to its nee that ur Plant nizations, 'W. ivice has chapters thought you. 7716 vvritxr is titx wxll s. I havx workxd nxrx arx xnough, working <. mx that -.y typxworking to your. pxrson: ix chapffxrxncx thx acy mxm- u think and that dxd. rxnd say to son . . . ing probgroup liy to >r DeAcadment, -ng at ortage . We rbons, ole to ctions alytic :e few soline biles." nergy v last Page Seven, The Antiknock, November-December, 1977 Plant Basic Life Support Program Ethyl-Sponsored JA Companies Are Begins With Instructor Training Teaching Business Training to Youth An all-volunteer Basic Life Support Program that is designed to offer life-saving trailing to all employees on the Plant is now under way. The training was launched in November with the eight-hour Red Cross Multimedia First Aid Course for 28 volunteer instructors. This will be followed by an American Heart Association CPE (Cardio pulmonary-resuscitation) Course and later by a plant related chemicals course by Plant Medical. Following the training of the instructors they will begin training 300 volunteer Life Support team members in every area of the Plant. When this training has been completed, it is planned to offer it to all interested plant employees. The instructors completed the Red Cross first aid training in November. A basic 4-6 hour CPR Course was sched uled for early December for the instructors, to be followed early next year with an additional eight hour CPR course. Training of the volun teer Life Support members by these instructors is expected to begin in January. Shown below are some of the instructors as they participated in the first step of the Life Support Program--the Red Cross Multimedia First Aid Course. Employees who volunteered their services as advisers and financial support by the Company continue to make Ethyl "partners in prog ress" with the youth of the Bat on Rouge Area through Junior Achievement. The 1977-78 JA year during which Ethyl is sponsoring two companies marks the 22nd con secutive year of Ethyl's support of this business training program for high school students. One of the company sponsored JA companies is ECHO. Their products are utility envelopes and glass mugs. The company advisers are Gary Ragan, Tech. Serv.; Kathy Schittone, Stores it Serv.; Wilbert Scott, Maint. and Michael Wil helm, Tech. Serv. The other JA Company is JAMCO and their products are bud vases, which is a wood holder with a glass insert and they also are producing utility envelopes. The advisers for JAMCO are Scott Heller, Eng.-l-Am. PI.; Lucy McQueen. Mfg. Adm., and David Smith, TEL Op. At recent "Executive Night" ceremonies held by the Ethyl-sponsored JA com panies, charters were presented to the company presidents. At left, John Klock, manager of Administration, Mfg,, presents the charter to Darlene William*, presi dent of JAMCO. At right, Thomas Lee|er. director of Economic Evuluution, HAD. congratulates Billy Bass, president of ECHO, after presenting the charter to him. This is the 22nd JA year that Ethyl has provided support to the program in Baton Rouge. Edwtdge Simoneaux, TEL-Sod. MAC, and Jesse Eaves. Const., demonstrate an improvised litter that can be made with two sticks and a blanket for quick removal of a victim (Joseph Drago, PYC Maint.). Members of ECHO and their, advisers are shown at the work table us they work on assembling bud vases, one of the products the company sells. The other product is envelopes for paying utility hills. Advisers (standing) are. from left. Wilbert Scott. Maint.; Kathy Schittone, Stores A Serv.. and Michael Wilhelm, Tech Serv. ters Simoneaux, Eaves and Drago show how to remove an Injured man when the lat ter is unconscious and unable to aaslat in his removal. Drago, Slmoneaux and Eaves demon strate the "two-man carry" of an in jured person when he is conscious and provides some assistance in his removal. Richard Browning. TEL-Sod. MAC {Clar ence Levy, Jr., PVC Op., and William Eller. RAD Serv.. demonstrate use of a blanket to immobilize an Injured per son's ankle. Conrad Guillot, TEL-Sod. MAC and Browning demonstrate how to splint a fracture of the lower leg, assuming that bleeding has been stopped and a loose tourniquet has been applied. Shown with Darlene Williams, president of JAMCO, are two of the three advisers who are working with the company during this school year. At left is Lucy Mc Queen, Mfg. Adm., and at right is David Smith, TEL Op. The other adviser who was not present for the picture is Scott Heller, Eng. 1-Ain. PI. 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