Page 6 The Sohio News May 1950
Personal Viewpoints
Can You Judge a Man's Character By Appearance?
Top row. Dorothv Bell, left, and Dorothy Armstrong.
Center. Dorothy Winterich, left, and Winnie MacGillivray.
Bottom. Doris Carlsen.
Five girls in the Sales Accounting Stenographic Unit were selected by Reporter Vanessa Griffin to give their opinions on this personal viewpoints question: Do you believe that you can judge a man's character by his appearance?
Here are their answers:
Dorothy Bell, manager of the Stenographic Unit—
"To me, character is honesty, integrity, a sense of humor, politeness, and many more qualities. I don't feel that outward appearances always reveal these characteristics. I like to know a person before I form a definite opinion as to his character."
Winnie MacGillivray, stenographer—
"Yes, to a certain extent. If a man looks neat, you feel that he will think clearly and do his work correctly . A man who dresses gaudily will be conceited, self-centered and boastful."
Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong, stenographer—
"There is an old adage, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.' I feel that outward appearances are often deceiving. I've noticed that the best in a person isn't apparent until you've known him awhile."
Dorothy Winterich, stenographer—
"Some men may look very elegant but they might be wolves in sheeps' clothing if you went out with them. (I have my man so I don't have to worry about that anymore.) It is my opinion that you can't tell a man's character until you've been married to him maybe for 50 years or so."
Doris Carlsen, stenographer—
"I think appearances can be deceiving. You have to be acquainted with a man and see him more than once to judge his character. Character is more than skin deep. It is a development through the years of such traits as honesty, kindness, goodness, and affection."
Elect Officers
New officers of the Mansfield Recreational Club are: Clarence Brown, president; Bob Johnson, first vice president: Merv Grau, second vice president: Lyle Sponsler, secretary; and Elwood Kaler. treasurer.
Dutch Immigrant Joins Sohio at Columbus — Likes Life Here
By OLGA SYLVESTER
COLUMBUS—How does life in Holland compare with life here in the United States? Twenty-six-year-old Jozef Lambertus Hellebrekers can tell you.
"Joe." and that's what everyone calls him. came to this country from Holland around the first of the year. Two weeks later he was employed by Sohio as a clerk in the Columbus Division office, handling sales books and contracts.
When asked why he chose Columbus for his new home he said it was because his sister, who married an American during the war, lives here. The two are already hoping to have their parents and brother join them.
Joe doesn't have much trouble-making himself understood in Dutch, English. French, or German — he speaks all four languages fluently — but American slang is another story. Only with the utmost patience has he learned to toss expressions like "two bits" around.
A native of Heerlen, Holland, he studied at Heerlen High and St. Bernadinus College, Wageningen, where he majored in Business Administration.
American colleges, he's decided, are wonderful. "Here, if they want to, students work their way through school. We couldn't in Holland—our schedules were too heavy for part-time work, for one thing, and in
summer we only had four weeks for a vacation."
What about sports in Holland? Almost every boy and girl owns a sail boat and ice skates. The sail boats arc small affairs and inexpensive. Football, though, is Holland's biggest sport. "Rut." adds Joe, "its only
resemblance to American football is the name." Another thing about this country that amazes Joe is the amount of traffic on our city streets. In Holland cars are both scarce and expensive.
He finds American women very much like Dutch women, even in the way they dress. Most of all. he admires American women for their ability to hold down jobs and still maintain homes. Most Dutch women are
home-makers, too, but very few of them venture out into the business world.
Joe wears a wedding band. In Holland that's a symbol of being engaged, and there's a special light in his eyes when he tells you that his fiancee will be arriving in the states soon.
C. J. Preston, No. One Refinery annuitant, and Mrs. Preston are enjoying a life of ease at their home near Marblehead, Ohio.
It's the Truth, Officer
By HARRIET CRAVEN
Proceeding along a 50 m.p.h. Indiana state highway. Harold Warner, assistant 12" mechanic in Sohio Pipe Line's Eastern Division, was mystified when two state troopers halted him and asked how last he had been driving. Harold, who had been conscientiously keeping his eye on the speedometer, informed the cops of this fact.
The "law" didn't argue the matter. One of the men climbed into the truck with Harold and told him to drive ahead as before, while the other kept pace with them in the state vehicle. After a few minutes of driving Harold proved his good intentions, but was sent on his way with an order to get his speedometer repaired — as soon as possible.
Since his speedometer was 10 m.p.h. off the beam. Harold's law abiding — he thought — 50 m.p.h. had actually been 60.
Four No. 1 Refiners whose teamwork
helped avert any possible personal injury or major damage when a nipple broke
in the No. 4 Cracking Coil Pump Room are shown above. They are, left to right,
L. C. Watson, V. E. Hull, Joe Dutka, Adolph Golem, and C. R. Scott, who was
shift foreman at the time.
Teamwork Averts Danger
Oil drenched the No. Four Cracking Coil Pump Room at No. One Refinery recently when a nipple accidentally broke. The oil, under 175 pounds of pressure, sprayed all over. But clear thinking and cooperative effort by the Sohioans on duty averted major damages and possible personal injuries.
When informed of the accident by Steve Drew, Joe Dutka. still-man, quickly determined that, since hot oil vapors might back down from the exchangers and accumulator, it would be dangerous to shut down the feed pump supplying the oil without first closing a block valve at the exchanger on the top platform.
He sent Don Summerton, assistant stillman, aloft and posted Vic Hull, pumper, to relay Summerton's "valve closed" signal. When Vic Hull relayed the signal. Dutka shut down the pump.
Meanwhile, Lawrance Watson, No. One battery stillman, sent Adolph Golem, a pipefitter helper working nearby, to get a threader and pipe cap. As soon as the pressure was off the pump, the broken nipple was re-threaded, a cap installed, and the pump put back into operation within five minutes. Willard Branch, houseman, stood by to make all necessary adjustments during this period.
Impressed by their cooperative effort in meeting this emergency, F. B. McConnell. vice president in charge of Manufacturing, has since extended his personal appreciation to them for a job "well done."
CLEVELAND—Thirty management
men from the Production Department gathered in Cleveland April 11 through 21 to
attend a series of "shirtsleeves" conferences under the direction of
Earl D. Wallace, vice president in charge of Production. Financial and budget
problems, operational difficulties, and division responsibilities were among
those items discussed by the group. In addition, they visited Sohio activities
which included the Cleveland Sales Division, the Lithograph Can Factory, the
Cleveland Refineries, and the Manufacturing Department's Chemical and Physical
Research Laboratory.
Pictured above are nine of those who attended the management meetings. They are: left to right, back row, Nelson H. James, superintendent, Southern Division; H. K. Shelton, superintendent, Natural Gas and Gasoline Division; Foster M. Pyle, superintendent, Water Flood Division; R. L. McCormick, reservoir engineer; Donald Crary, superintendent of Exploration; front row, Walter Johnson, chief geologist; Berton Whiteley, chief engineer; J. T. Cooke, staff assistant; and Charles Day, landman, Southern Division.
Industry News
Holliday and Kerr Tracts Available To All Sohioans
Discussions of two current problems of vital importance to the oil industry, the depletion allowance and the Ken-Harris Bill, are now available in pamphlet form.
Depletion Allowance
W. T. Holliday, chairman of the board, Sohio, writes of the depletion allowance- currently being challenged by the Treasury Department. Any reduction of this allowance, originally established to help the industry stimulate exploration and development of oil resources "would pull the rug out from under the industry's productive capacity, immediate and future." states Mr. Holliday.
Kerr-Harris Bill
Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma, co-author of the Kerr-Harris Bill, recently vetoed by President Truman, is author of the second pamphlet. Veto of this proposed amendment, which sought to guarantee that independent producers should continue to be free to market their product, now permits the Federal Power Commission to enter individual states to regulate the prices of gas sold by individual producers, Senator Kerr explains.
Sohioans who may wish to read more about these
subjects that have a direct bearing on every oil industry employee's job may
obtain copies of both pamphlets without charge by writing to The Sohio News.
