May 1950 The Sohio News Page 8
Above—Oscar Sippel stands by the front fender of what he says is the first gasoline truck owned by Sohio. With him in the picture, taken at what was then 11 Wadsworth Street, Cleveland, is Helper Andy Martin. Kelow—Here's Driver Sippel in front of the old Standard Oil machine shop on Todd Street, now East 65th Street in Cleveland. With him, from left to right, are George Hilton, now in the Cleveland Division Employment Office; Thomas Dunn, No. Two Refinery annuitant, and non-Sohioan Wally Hudson. You can just see Henry Lauer, No. Two Refinery, who died in August, 1912, after 60 years of service with Sohio.
New Annuitant
Oscar W. Sippel is Retired
O. W. Sippel
Oscar W. Sippel, who says he is Standard Oil's first truck driver, retired May 1, 1930. He had been employed at No. Two Refinery since June 26, 1911.
A native of Cleveland, Mr. Sippel was born April 23, 1885. He attended Mayf1ower School and never misses its annual reunion at Euclid Beach Park.
Back in 1911, when Oscar was hired in the Shipping Department at No. Two, his first truck, and the refinery's, was a White. In those days he worked six days a week, ten hours a day, hauling barrels of oil from the refinery to the depots.
In the years that followed he became a clerk, first in the Shipping Department and then in the Cooper Shop. At the time of his retirement he was a truck driver, having held that position since July 1, 1942.
An active member of the Sohio Quarter Century Club, Oscar also belongs to the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias, of which he has been color bearer for 36 years.
Fishing and farming are two of his hobbies, but it's the third, clambakes, which has earned him greatest renown. In the fall of the year, especially on Sunday morning, you can frequently find him putting up 350 bakes at a time.
A widower since March, 1944. Oscar has continued to live with his daughter. Mrs. Helen Rejman, at 4957 Meade Avenue since his retirement. He has one other daughter , Mrs. Irene Kempf.
Sohio Lassies Make Wedding Plans
Rita Jakubowski, left, ivill marry Dan Toronski; Janet Marie Crane is engaged to Perry Fiore; and Doris Visosky, right, is betrothed to Al Rudowicz. Rita and Doris are both employed in Home Office Mail; Janet in the Sales Accounting Unit.
In East Orange, New Jersey, on Easter Sunday, the engagement of Jane Webber to Roy Glauz, Refining Control, Manufacturing, was announced. Four other Home Office Sohioans also announced engagements recently:
An August wedding is on the calendar for Joan Brown and Robert Douglass, Marketing Research . . . Rita Kadlec, Central Stenographic, received John Kudravi's ring on her twenty-
first birthday ... In Service Station Credit Ticket, Sales Accounting, Mary Jo Kleeman will marry Jack Murphy; and Eleanor Zeznitch is betrothed to Tony Rusyniak.
Can Factory — Eleanor Buchalak, Manufacturing, and John Yuhas plan to be married in September . . . October is the month that Lois Hicks and David Bender, both in the office here, have chosen for their wedding.
Personnel Notes
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Chillicothe Bulk Station; and R. V. Woods, senior operator at Fifth and Washington, went to Portsmouth Bulk.
River Operations—Fred Hundley, who has been loaned to Mid Valley as a coating inspector, is working out of the Hebron. Kentucky, station.
Lima Refinery—The following men were transferred here from Sohio Pipe Line, Eastern: R. E. Lynn, R. B. Bayles. R. C. Steuerwald, W. C. Flick, W. N. Barrick, R. W. Snader, R. E. Ohler, C. E. Rodgers. A. M. Frick, M. B. Sindcrs, and K. D. Kayscr. In addition, these transfers were announced: W. C. Cannon, from Toledo Refinery, as senior chemist; G. V. Mcister, from Toledo Refinery, as foreman. Pumping and Blending, Lube Plant; and G. A. Paterson, from Home Office Refining Control, to Engineering as a junior engineer.
Zanesville — Curtis Sidwell moved from Main and Second, Coshocton. to Linden and Commissioner; and John Bates came here to Industrial Sales from the Home Office. George Elliott. formerly assistant merchandise manager in charge of Retail Sales, has taken both the tank truck distributorship at 479 Beverly and the dealer rented station at Fifth and Ohio, Beverly.
Mansfield—Lyn Clawson, formerly Lyn Beavden of Home Office Sales Accounting, replaced Wanda Shasteen as division office clerk: Robert Manning came from Union and Harding Way, West, Galion, to be division trainer at Park and Benson; Bob Bodycombe, Home Office trainee, is also at Park and Benson now; and Carl Bernhardt of Maintenance transferred from the Mansfield area to the Lorain area.
No. Two Refinery — Senior Tester W. K. "Bill" Crytzer transferred from the Control Laboratory here to Lima Refinery as laboratory technician.
Cincinnati—Both Walter Neu and Wilbur Herget transferred here from the Dayton Division.
Sohio Pipe Line, Eastern — Oral Haught, 12-inch mechanic, is now inspector at Mid-Valley's Hebron, Kentucky, station. John Campbell and Ted Lenning. both Maintenance foremen, are acting as line inspectors—John's headquarters are at Clarksville, Tennessee; Ted's at Hamilton, Ohio.
Sohio Petroleum, Russell — Tracey Everett, junior production engineer, was transferred here from Elmore City, Oklahoma; while Richard Johnston moved from here to Lafayette, Louisiana.
No. One Refinery—Here Harry Loose was promoted to utilities engineer.
Can Factory — These changes were recently announced: J. B. Strachan was named general foreman, Maintenance; W. A. Wiltshire, general foreman, Production; T. A. Griffiths, general foreman, Lithograph; and S. K. Mishak, foreman, Machine Shop. R. J. Uher assumed the Production Control duties formerly handled by Mr. Wiltshire. C. E. Lenhard was changed from an industrial engineer to plant engineer.
NEW LEAGUE OFFICERS
New officers of the Toledo Refinery Golf League are: Del Grant, president; John Vorhees, vice president; Bert Fisher, treasurer; and Bob Terry, secretary.
Fire Razes Cottage Home
Jessie looks at what used to be a refrigerator and washer, both hardly recognizable.
By WILL MORAN
COVINGTON — At 3:45 p.m., on April 13, Laborer Jessie Lane was in the midst of a day's work at Latonia Refinery. Two minutes later—in answer to his wife's frantic phone call—he was racing home. Their cottage was on fire.
When he rounded the turn near his home, Jessie knew there was nothing left for him to do. The frame house, a mass of flame and smoke, was burning like tinder. All their possessions were charred ruins.
Sarah Jane, his wife, barely managed to rouse Jimmy Allen, three, and Jackie, four, from their afternoon naps and take them to their grandfather's house nearby, where Tom , five, was playing.
She thinks the fire started in the children's bedroom.
News of the Lanes' tragedy was picked up by the Cincinnati Post and Station WCPO. In Eon Wright and Cincinnati the people acted. Cash gifts, as well as clothing, were offered.
One lady promised Mrs. Lane a fur coal that she'd intended to sell. a Covington merchant outfitted the whole family with new shoes; and another man told Jessie to come into his house and pick out the furniture he needed. At Latonia Refinery Sohioans collected $200 to help him get a new start. Knowing Jessie and his aggressive spirit, they say, "He's sure to come out on top again."
Jimmie, Jackie, and Tom show mixed emotions over the fire.
More than 100 friends and relatives attended the Sapphire, or 15th, wedding anniversary celebration in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lapham, shown above viewing one of their gifts. A delivery ganger for Sohio Pipe Line, Michigan, Mr. Lapham's home is in St. Johns, Mich. He was employed by Sohio on April 1, 1937.
All the comforts of home are enjoyed by
C. T. "Mist Charlie" Schell, Sohio Petroleum, Shreveport, who lives
in this houseboat, anchored on the Mississippi River, near Sohio's Sunshine
Field, about 25 miles from Baton Rouge, La. With his new home—the boat—Mist
Charlie can travel from the field and across the river to other operations with
the greatest of ease.
