Page 2 SOHIO NEWS April 1971

Sohio News

VOL. 25 No. 4

Editor, F. M. Paulson; Associate Editor, June Eppink; Editorial Staff: Clyde Wimer, Jack Ott, Joe Franko, Carl Japikse, Marjorie Loucks.

Published every month for employees of The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) and these subsidiaries: BP Oil Corporation, Fleet-Wing Corporation, Old Ben Coal Corporation, Sohio-Iran Trading, Inc., Sohio Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipe Line Company, Sohio Venezuela Company, and Vistron Corporation.

Address correspondence to F. M. Paulson, Public Relations Department, The Standard Oil Company (Ohio), 1702 Midland Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.

These trademarks and service marks belong to The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) and its subsidiaries: Barex, Boron, Boron Premium, Canfield, Cardinal, Cetron, Farmex, Filon, Filon-Stripes, Fleet-Wing, Frostex, Gas and Go, Golden Duron, Hospitality Motor Inn, Ice-gard, Loma, Lubri-Chart, Lubri-Check, Octron, Oxco, Parowax, Piston Seal, Premex, Pro, Profile, Prolon, Pro-phy-lac-tic, QVO, Ree-Juve, So-clear, Sohigro, Sohio, Solar, Trolkote, Trolumen, Valve Ease, Vistron, and Wm. Penn. BP, BP Shield, and Dutch Pantry are used by license.

NEWS REPORTERS

BP Oil-Atlanta . Tom Ephgrave

Fleet-Wing . Barbara Riccardi

Old Ben Coal ....... Mary Serge

Sohio Home Office June Eppink

Petroleum Marketing Regions

AKRON ........ Eleanor Dietz

Akron ...... Frances Conry

Canton . . Gladys Zernechel

Youngstown . Elaine Henry

CINCINNATI Norma Wessendorf

Dayton Evelyn Shepherd

CLEVELAND Catherine Grubbs

COLUMBUS . Maude Martin

Columbus . . .Karen Nippert

Portsmouth Ruth March

Zanesville Helen Wright

MID-ATLANTIC Lewis Jackson

Baltimore Leon Uzarowski

Washington . Joan Gayan

NORTHEASTERN Pat Neumann

Albany ........ Bob McCarthy

Metro New York Pat Neumann

Philadelphia . Eleanor Martinka

SOUTHEASTERN James Wilson

Atlanta ....... Janice Evans

Charlotte Dot Harrington

SOUTHERN .Jim Damonte

TOLEDO ... Madeline Nelson

Lima .......... Evelyn Sarber

Mansfield Jane Reiner

Toledo Regina Lehman

Natural Resources

Alice ........ Daisy Hamilton

Houston Joan Funderburk

Lafayette Willa Mae deYoung

Midland George Ludwig

Oklahoma City Johnnye Stephens

Pauls Valley ... Marie Smith

Russell .......... Dot Schmidt

WEHLU ....... Howard Gaddy

Refineries

Lima Mary Lou Bowler

Marcus Hook Reynolds Comstock

No. 2 Hedy Sumkowski

Port Arthur Dorothy Turner

Toledo ........... Fred Gressler

Research

Cleveland Labs Evelyn Jackson

Transportation

Eastern Terminals Tim Lyden

Gathering Lines Russ Moore

Southwest Region Ed Lockett

Trunk Lines ...... .Lena Strong

Vistron

Champion Lee Nonnamaker Filon-Silmar .Harold Hartman

Lima ......... Peter Conidaris

Loma ......... Kathy Holeman

Oxco Brush ....... Maxine Hogg

Pro Brush . Bob Ulm

NEW EMBA president Walter Bertram (above left) discusses plans for the coming year with Al Youngs (center), vice-president, and outgoing president Norm Schneider. Listening intently at the EMBA meeting is trustee Eleanor Dietz (see photo at right), personnel assistant for Sohio Marketing's Akron Region. Miss Dietz also serves region staff members as Sohio News reporter.

EMBA May Lower Rates

CLEVELAND — A conditional decrease in membership contributions was approved by Employees Mutual Benefit Association trustees at their 43rd annual meeting at Home Office.

The action would lower maximum payments from $2.33 to $2.04 per month beginning July 1 this year — if per capita assets of the association do not fall below the $30 mark before April 1. As of Dec. 31, 1970, per capita assets were $31.13.

Should this figure drop under $30, there will be no rate decrease.

The reduction was proposed by Lester D. Mills, Jr., project leader in Home Office Engineering and a member of the EMBA executive committee. He emphasized the lower rates would in no way decrease EMBA benefits.

Mr. Mills explained that a decrease was possible "because EMBA members have been healthier in the last six months."

In other business, Sohio Treasurer Allan J. Miller reported that "1970 was an outstanding year for EMBA, exceeding our expectations. At year's end, the association's financial position was strong."

Mr. Miller said benefit payments were up only 4 percent, while receipts increased 37 percent. He added that membership increased slightly in 1970.

Officers for the coming year were chosen at the close of the session. The new president is Walter D. Bertram, chief clerk at Transportation's Gathering Lines Headquarters. He succeeds Norman E. Schneider, assistant manager of Home Office General Credit.

Filling Mr. Bertram's former office as vice-president is Albert J. Youngs, customer sales solicitor for Marketing's Toledo Region. Continuing as permanent secretary is Robert W. Herrmann, benefit plans assistant for Home Office Employee Relations.

A new executive committee is assisting Bertram with his duties. Members, in addition to Mills, are Norm Schneider, Al Youngs, Thomas L. Kalbers, Jr., Cleveland Division retail sales assistant, and David D. Lybarger, assistant to the vice-president for Natural Resources and manager of Property Acquisition.

After the luncheon, Sohio's Vice-President for Natural Resources John L. Ross showed slides of the company's operations in Alaska.

Mr. Ross explained the unusual drilling conditions caused by the arctic cold, the reasons for constructing a pipeline across the state, and the need for Alaskan oil.

Paul Wright Joins Legal Department

Paul Wright

CLEVELAND — Paul T. Wright joins Sohio's Legal Department as tax counsel. Mr. Wright, who specializes in the area of taxation of natural resources, comes to Sohio from King Resources Co. at Denver.

He has had experience as tax counsel with the Internal Revenue Service, a private law firm, and a corporation. Paul is a 1954 graduate of the University of Florida and a 1959 graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.

He also completed a year of graduate work in taxation at Southern Methodist University under a fellowship from the Southwestern Legal Foundation.

Vistron Ranks Ag Chemicals Tops in Safety

LIMA — Vistron Corporation's Agricultural Chemicals Manufacturing Division has been cited as the safest of all Vistron operations in 1970.

Division employees won the President's Safety Award this past year for scoring the lowest disabling injury frequency rate. Their rate was a low 1.38 injuries per million man-hours worked, an 85 percent reduction from 1969.

Sohio Senior Vice-President Donald G. Stevens presented the award — a rotating trophy and a certificate.

SEIP Notes

As of Feb. 28, 1971 Total fund to date: $39,929,993

Securities held by trustee for member accounts:

Common Stock 678,132 shares

Preferred Stock 25,826 shares

Savings Bonds 228,379 bonds

Average price of common stock (including commissions) purchased by trustee in accordance with members' instructions:

February $79.67 per share

January $79.84 per share

December $78.65 per share

Company contribution for fourth quarter of 1970— $468,321

Company contribution to individual accounts for fourth quarter of 1970— 70 percent

Antifreeze for All Seasons Keeps Cooling Systems A-OK

Guaranteed Radiator Protection, formulated to prevent overheating as well as freezing, is available at reduced rates until May 15 to Sohio employees living in Ohio.

Harry B. Moore, manager of Home Office Marketing's Accessory Services, says radiator protection is just as important in summer as in winter.

"Hot summer driving — especially if a car is air conditioned — puts a tremendous strain on cooling systems," explains Moore. "A clean system is very critical."

According to Moore, the anti-foaming agencies in antifreezes tend to break down after a year. When foam builds up, more air and less water is pumped through the cooling system. The result is a hotter engine.

Until May 15, Sohioans can buy Atlas Perma-Guard antifreeze at any company-owned Sohio station for $1.80 a gallon.

Perma-Guard normally retails for $3.35 a gallon. This reduced price reflects both an employee discount of $1.35 and a 10 percent Perma-Guard discount being offered all Sohio customers through June.

Perma-Guard purchased and station-installed this spring is guaranteed until March 31, 1972. Sohio will maintain protection to 34 degrees below zero whenever a voluntary inspection shows the radiator solution is less than 50 percent Perma-Guard or has a freezing point warmer than 20 degrees below zero.

Winter-only protection will be available to Ohio Sohioans again this fall.

But, as Harry Moore adds, "It makes a lot of sense to take advantage of the spring program. It eliminates the need to worry about antifreeze on a frosty evening next fall."

EDITORIAL

Ample Opportunity

Sohio's policy is to promote employees from within the corporation to fill job vacancies as they arise. When an opening occurs in any professional, managerial, or other responsible position, there is little chance that any employee qualified to fill the job will be overlooked.

Members of the Organizational Development staff, using a computerized accumulation of employee data called a skills inventory, make a thorough search for qualified candidates among those currently employed.

Last year 11 percent of employees in professional or managerial categories were promoted. The calculation does not include the many promotions of employees not in these classifications. Neither does the figure include promotions within BP Oil Corporation, whose records have not been merged into Sohio's system.

The figure nonetheless is significant. It shows there is ample promotion opportunity for employees of Sohio and its subsidiaries. Much depends, of course, on Sohio's growth. And there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about Sohio's future as it emerges as a national firm.

Head-to-Toe Safety Gear Protects New Armadillos

Care in wearing proper safety equipment minimized injuries and merited membership in the Armadillo Club for three.

Russell Becker, crude distillation unit operator at Lima Refinery, was struck by a four-pound chunk of ice which fell from an overhead pipe alley. He suffered a cervical sprain, but his safety hat prevented worse injury.

Pipefitter First-Class William Bradley of Marcus Hook Refinery sustained severe lacerations when an eight-foot section of pipe dislodged from its support and hit his head. His hard hat absorbed much of the impact, saving his life.

A steel-capped safety shoe protected Charles Fleniken's toes at Port Arthur Refinery. Fleniken, a storekeeper trainee, was unloading steel rings when one slipped and struck his foot.

There now are 213 members of the Armadillo Club.

Travel Spending Up

WASHINGTON—Americans are expected to spend $38 billion on domestic vacation and pleasure travel in 1971 — $34.5 billion of it by car, bus, or recreation vehicles such as campers.

Over the past ten years the rate of spending for motor-related travel has increased upwards to $3 billion a year.