CLEVELAND'S
PETE FELGER Technique on the telephone. January 1954 The
Sohio News Page 9
Honor Roll
Service Pin Awards
January 1954
50 YEARS
Edward C. Binder ... Annuitant
45 YEARS
Samuel Coyne . Sohio Pipe Line Co.
Clement A. Hahn ............ Youngstown Sales
40 YEARS
Clarence R. Rice. .... Litho Can Factory
Edgar W. Slaght. ................. Home Office
Albert R. Workman Lima Refinery
35 YEARS
Noble 0. Drake.... .. Akron Sales
Russell D. Staffer........ Akron Sales
30 YEARS
Arthur E. Baker................ Cincinnati Sales
Loran P. Hensley........... Sohio Pipe Line Co.
Ora H. Livingston.............. Toledo Refinery
Ralph P. Lytle..................... Annuitant
25 YEARS
Daniel L. Ault .... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Ercil G. Baughman............. Cleveland Sales
John E. Ekensten........Youngstown Sales
Albert H. Fessler.............. Latonia Refinery
Jay C. Glenn..................... Canton Sales
Charles L. Cravens............ Latonia Refinery
Arthur C. Grinnell.................Home Office
Irma M. Hart....................... Annuitant
George C. Hoffman......... Toledo Refinery
Peter J. Jadgchew............... No. 1 Refinery
Stephen A. Kruszynski....... No. 2 Refinery
Theodore E. LaBounty ........ Toledo Refinery
George A. Lewis................. No. 2 Refinery
William J. Loufman........... Fleet-Wing Corp.
Grace M. Meyer.............. Fleet-Wing Corp.
Francis E. Neff.... Columbus Sales
Harry E. Pratt. .... Toledo Sales
Rollin T. Robison....... Columbus Sales
Herbert G. Rumschlag........ .Toledo Sales
Herman R. Steiger............... Lima Refinery
20 YEARS
Romaine W. Helfrich ............ Toledo Sales
15 YEARS
Atlee A. Gray.................. Canton Sales
Ernest G. Mazo............ Sohio Petroleum Co.
Ralph M. McKenna .......... Zanesville Sales
Welmer R. Milleville Sohio Pipe Line Co.
10 YEARS
Charles W. Ahrens.............. No. 1 Refinery
Helen C. Condon........... Sohio Pipe Line Co.
Merrell T. Davis................ No. 2 Refinery
Paul E. Diezman.................. Akron Sales
Harold H. Eby.................. No. 1 Refinery
Emma A. Edelbrock............... Home Office
Raymond J. Eppele. ... Cleveland Sales
Stuart W. Feils................ Cleveland Sales
Orville P. Genre........... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Helen B. Heath................. No. 1 Refinery
J. Walter Johnson. Sohio Petroleum Co.
Stanford Jones.................. No. 2 Refinery
Jack F. Kelso, Jr............... Cincinnati Sales
Genevieve M. Koch. ..............Home Office
Flora H. Kuehn................... Home Office
Bette C. Mowery................. Toledo
Sales
Patsy R. Murphy.................. Home Office
William E. Nolan...... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Don W. Pittaway................ No. 1 Refinery
Avery A. Reed.... No. 1 Refinery
Raymond A. Rosenlieb .. Sohio Petroleum Co.
Clarence G. Terrell.............. No. 1 Refinery
Daniel B. VonFeldt......... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Lloyd B. Whitney................ No. 1 Refinery
Charles H. Youngman ...... No. 1 Refinery
5 YEARS
Gayle M. Banning..... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Dale L. Barrett............ Youngstown Sales
Eugene G. Bodiford..... Sohio Petroleum Co.
James E. Clark............ Sohio Petroleum Co.
Howard B. Ellis............. Cincinnati Sales
John T. Gallagher.................Toledo Sales
Gene C. Hanley.................. Marion Sales
Henry H. Happel, Jr..... .Sohio Petroleum Co.
Daniel E. Hayes...... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Milan R. Hermon.................. Lima Sales
Lyle G. Higgins................... Home Office
Bernard V. Hirsch............... Lima Refinery
Richard G. Holt.............. Columbus Sales
Anthony R. Krupar............ No. 1 Refinery
Robert J. Lawson................ Lima Refinery
Charles A. Lenke.......... Toledo Sales
Robert C. Little...... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Evelyn C. McNulty................ Home Office
Richard T. Morrow......... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Carl E. Newbold....... Youngstown Sales
Karl R. Nothacker, Jr Cleveland Sales
Harold E. Oen..... Lima Refinery
Edward Pacula.................. No. 1 Refinery
Viola A. Pergl..................... Home Office
Albert W. Pfeuffer........ Sohio Petroleum Co.
Lloyd G. Pickering ..... Lima Refinery
Margaret J. Plevniak...... Youngstown Sales
Robert W. Porter.............. Latonia Refinery
Henry L. Portman........ Cleveland Sales
Richard D. Powell................Toledo Sales
Louis R. Records........ Sohio Petroleum Co.
Edwin C. Reynolds. .... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Frances K. Sedlak................. Home Office
John W. Shaw..... Zanesville Sales
Ted E. Sinclair............ Sohio Petroleum Co.
John A. Steele.......... Columbus Sales
Richard B. Stout................ No. 1 Refinery
Michael Szabo.............Cleveland Sales
Frank R. Tomaselli.............. No. 1 Refinery
Leo B. Thorbecke ........ Sohio Petroleum Co.
Quentin G. Wells................ No. 1 Refinery
Lloyd J. West, Jr.............. Cleveland Sales
Dick J. Wilkins ...... Sohio Petroleum Co.
Men and Jobs
Duties Vary for Cleveland Retail Sales Assistant
By BOB ALLYN
CLEVELAND — Compiling the sales records of the Cleveland Division's 71 salaried service stations is Pete Fel-ger's job as retail sales assistant in the division office.
In detail, Pete records the stations' 15-day and 30-day sales figures, takes station orders, computes contest figures, and assembles Guaranteed Starting and Guaranteed Radiator Protection data. He also handles maintenance calls from service stations, initial shipments of new products, and — one of the most tactful tasks of all—public complaints.
CLEVELAND'S
PETE FELGER Technique on the telephone.
Recalls Tire Sales
Pete advanced to his present post after
several years as a service station salesman. He joined Sohio in the summer of
1946 as a part-time salesman at the Main and Washington Servicenter in Chagrin
Falls, Ohio. From that period he cherishes memories of the month in which his
tire sales totaled $1200.
Following graduation from Chagrin Falls High School in 1948, he continued with Sohio on a full-time basis. He commenced a military leave of absence in August 1950, and two years later returned to Sohio, a veteran of service in the Korean war. In January 1953 he transferred to the Cleveland Division's Retail Sales Department as a sales assistant.
Pete and his wife Evelyn make their home in Chagrin Falls. His favorite pastimes are hunting on a relative's farm, and attending the Chagrin Falls High School football games.
Akron Police Lose No Time Regaining Stolen Sohio Cash
AKRON—Fast work and keen observation on the part of two Akron policemen brought about the recovery of cash stolen from a Sohio service station here within 13 minutes after the robbery.
The action began early on Dec. 22 when a man drove up to a gas pump at the West Market and Sand Run Rd. Servicenter and, without bothering to get out of the car, informed Salesman John E. Baucher, "This is a holdup!"
Baucher handed over silver and a roll of bills totaling $71, waited until the man drove away, and then informed police.
Thirteen minutes later the two policemen, William Haye.s and John Royka, cruising near the junction of state routes 176 and 18, overtook the suspect when he stopped to uncover his license plate and conceal his loot in the car trunk.
Mannie A. Arvin, Owensboro District Superintendent,
Dies
Mannie A. Arvin, for the past ten years superintendent of the Owensboro Production District, died suddenly Dec. 30 from a heart attack. He was 65.
M. A. Arvin
Widely known in the oil business, Mr.
Arvin began his career nearly 48 years ago as a pipe-liner for the Carter Oil
Co. In February 1908 he transferred to the Ohio Oil Co. at Bridgeport, Ill.,
and in January 1913 to Snowden Me-Sweeney.
There, during the next 32 years, he rose from clerk to supervisor of the warehouse and office, to foreman, to assistant superintendent, and then-in April of 1927-to superintendent of Kentucky production, having all of Kentucky, southern Indiana, Tennessee, and southeastern Illinois in his territory.
In September 1944—when Sohio purchased old production in Kentucky, much of it familiar to him—Arvin joined the company and became district superintendent.
Often referred to by fellow Sohioans as "Mr. Kentucky," Mannie was actually a Hoosier, born and reared in Loogootee, Ind.
In his lifetime he devoted a good part
of his leisure to civic interests. At Bridgeport, Ill., where for four years
he was mayor, he also served on the city council and school board, as city park
commissioner, and as secretary-treasurer for the Lawrence County Red Cross.
After moving to Kentucky he became a
member of the Independent Oil and Gas Associa tion, the Kentucky Oil and Gas
Association, the Committee on Flood Relief, the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce,
and the Rationing Board.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Elks, the Owrensboro Country Club, and had been serving on the city's Planning and Zoning Board.
He is survived by a son. Joseph C.; a daughter, Mrs. John (Betty Lou) Primrose; a brother, C. T. Arvin; a sister, Mrs. William D. Granan; and seven grandchildren. His wife, the former Lela Mae Clark, succeeded him in death Jan. 16.
F. P. Lively
Frank P. Lively
Frank P. Lively, 83, for more than half a century associated with Sohio, died Dec. 22 following a long illness.
Mr. Lively, an annuitant of the Dayton
Sales Division, was first employed in March 1898 as a helper on a tank wagon.
On New Year's Day, 1916, he transferred to a motor truck, a White
No. III, the first of its kind
in Dayton. He was then promoted to tank wagon solicitor, to combination salesman,
and in August 1925 became a warehouseman — the position he had when retired
in March 1930.
A native Ohioan, Frank was born in Jackson. During retirement he enjoyed bowling and hunting, and — in later years — such spectator sports as baseball and football.
Two sons, Raymond F. and John R., survive. His home was at 2521 Revere Ave. in Dayton.
R. E. McCown
Roger E. McCown
On Christmas Day, 1949, Roger E. McCown, Home Office receptionist, celebrated his 65th birthday. On New Year's he began his retirement, following more than 32 years' active service.
Mr. McCown, 68, died Dec. 13 in Lakewood Hospital, Cleveland, after a long illness. Born in Brunswick, Ga., he had been a Cleveland resident since 1913.
First employed as a collector in December of 1918, he later held positions as general drum man for the old Northern Ohio District, salesman, clerk, station examiner, and senior checking clerk in General Auditing.
Roger's home was at 615 Elm-wood Rd., Rocky River. He was a member of the Rocky River Methodist Church.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Maude Warberton McCown; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Howard, Mrs. Emma Russell, and Miss Winifred Sheehy: and six grandchildren.
John Wish
Retired two years ago from his job as
watchman at No. 1 Refinery, John Wish died Dec. 9. He was buried from Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church.
Mr. Wish, a native Clevelander and single,
had for the past year resided at the Alvernia Rest Home in Parma.
He started work for Sohio in
August, 1942 as a patrol guard. A veteran of World War I, he had previously
served in the army from 1929-31 and had been employed by Parker Appliance and
Dill Manufacturing companies.
John was a member of VFW Post No. 2361.
His survivors include two brothers, Anthony and Michael; and three sisters — Jennie Leg-manowski, Mary Rajecki, and Julia Turton.
Income Tax Down, Social Security Up
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For wage-earners in certain income brackets — for example, a married couple with two children whose gross annual wages are less than $3570-the decline in income taxes will be more than offset by the increase in old age and survivors' insurance (Social Security) taxes.
The Social Security tax—which is computed
on a wage-earner's gross income up to $3600 without exemptions — rose from the
1/2 per cent level to 2 per cent on Jan. 1.
Whereas last year each wage-earner paid a total of $54 in Social Security taxes if he earned $3600 or more, this year he will pay a total of $72. Employers' rates went up a similar amount, since they also must contribute Social Security taxes toward the account of each employee.
Take Masonic Posts
Robert Niehits Photo
On December 14 Virginia Kelley, credit
clerk in the Dayton Sales Division Office, and her husband Harold were inaugurated
as worthy matron and worthy patron of Aero Chapter No. 536, Order of the Eastern
Star, Fairborn, Ohio. The installing officer was Lyle Stibbs, Mrs. Kelley's
father and Dayton construction superintendent.
Virginia's family is three generations Sohio. Her grandfather. Clyde "Cappie" Stibbs, now deceased, was a driver for Dayton when he retired in 1932.
Engineers' Group Picks Pforzheimer
CLEVELAND - Members of the Cleveland Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will install Harry Pforzheimer, head of the Capital Research Section in Home Office Finance, as chairman-elect for 1954 at their monthly meeting Jan. 26 at Fenn College.
Pforzheimer will automatically sufwed to chairmanship of the group next year.
The A.I.Ch.E. Cleveland Section, with 133 members, is one of approximately 50 organizations in various localities making up the chemical engineers' professional society. Thirty-two Cleveland area Sohioans hold membership in the national organization, and 15 of these are members of the Cleveland Section.
Membership in the society, Pforzheimer points out, is open to all graduate chemical engineers and affords opportunities to broaden each member's point of view and widen the scope of his professional acquaintances.
SEIP Issues New Regulation
A new regulation drawn up for the Sohio Employees' Investment Plan prescribes the method of determining the gain or loss to the account of a member selling less than his entire holdings of a class of stock.
Formulated and designated as Regulation No. 5 by the Investment Plan Committee, it specifies that gain or loss is determined by comparing the sale price of the shares sold with the average purchase price of all shares of the same class of stock in the individual's account.
For example, an Investment Plan member may order the purchase of three shares of Sohio common stock at different times, paying $37 for one share, $36 for another, and $35 for the third. Later he may desire to dispose of one share. His gain or loss on the sale of the single share will be determined by the difference between the sale price of the one share, and the average purchase price of all three shares—in this case, $36.