Page 2 The Sohio News June 1950
When
mileage counts!
Best in
the Nation
The Art Director's Club of
Chicago this year selected a Sohio billboard poster for first prize in the gasoline
and oil class of their 18th annual national competition.
Sohio's prizewinner, When
Mileage Counts, featured in 1949, displays the old, familiar X-70 globe.
The advertising men who
produced this "best in the nation" are still hitting hard. But their
outstanding talents are now pushing a new, better gasoline—Sohio X-Tane. This
new combination offers every Sohioan increased opportunities to follow up with
personal testimonials in favor of Sohio products.
Obviously, advertising is
doing a top-notch job. Are you in there backing up its efforts? It takes
teamwork to produce, transport, make, and sell gasoline.
No. 1 Cat-Cracker Revamp on Time
(Continued from Page I,
Col. 5) crete formerly used to support
the three-case Houdry unit, which is being replaced by the new construction.
Revamping of the refinery's
cat-cracker will cost approximately
$4,000,000. The modernization program includes incorporating two 9000 barrel
per day thermofor cracking plants into existing refinery equipment.
Additionally, the existing fractionating facilities are being revamped and
incorporated with the new unit. The control room is being modernized to meet
more modern instrumentation needs, and pumps and exchangers are being added to
meet new demands.
Contractor for this work is
The Bechtel Corporation of California. Sohioan Ralph Kilgore is currently
stationed in California as project engineer assigned to Bechtel. Project
engineers in Cleveland are Logan Ross and Eugene Goerke, who maintain liaison
with Bechtel's engineers. George R. Thompson is meeting liaison needs for No. 1
Refinery, and Frank Smartt, as field engineer is the Home Office
representative. W. M. Bennett is chief project engineer.
Although unmentioned, many men
in Sohio's General Engineering Division in charge of
H. F. West are taking part in
this new project. Project engineers in the Design and Construction section
headed by E. N. Salathe receive a great deal of special help from engineers in
E. E. Kerns's Materials and Equipment section and K. N. Thompson's Power and
Utilities section.
"C" Day alone is an
excellent example of the teamwork necessary to success. Refinery personnel,
sales division personnel, engineers, and contractor's personnel had to
completely coordinate their efforts. Trucks which brought the concrete to the
refinery from the batching plant one mile away drove in at the rate of one
truck every minute and 12 seconds. Special unloading docks had to be built, and
traffic lanes established in advance.
When completed the new
cat-cracking facilities will provide a daily increase of 6,000 barrels of
feed-stock per day.
The unit will tower 268 feel
into the air. Total weight will probably be in excess of three-quarters of a
million pounds of steel and concrete assembled into a complicated structure
that will help produce more and better products for the people of Ohio and will
help Sohio stay ahead in the highly competitive petroleum industry.
Annuitants
W. J.
Wildermuth Lima Refinery Is Now Retired
W. J. Wildermuth
After 36 years of continuous
service at Lima Refinery, William F. Wildermuth, a fireman, retired June 1,
1950.
Employed by Sohio December 7,
1914, Mr. Wildermuth was regularly assigned to the Boiler House.
Bill, as friends call hi in,
will spend most of his increased leisure on t h e 158-acre farm that he and his
wife, Rachel, own on R. R. No. 2, near Lafayette, Ohio. Two sons are helping
him grow corn, wheat, oats, and soy beans there. He also raises pigs, cattle,
and chickens.
At the present time, though,
the Wildermuths are busy planning a trailer trip through several states, with
Florida their final destination.
They have seven children, five
boys and two girls, and ten grandchildren.
N. H. Duncan
On July 1, Noel H. Duncan, a
loader-checker at Cincinnati Division's Tennessee Avenue Bulk Station, begins
living an annuitant's easy life.
Mr. Duncan was first employed
by Sohio as a driver on October 3. 1916. In the more than 33 y ears that have
elapsed since that time, he's se1dom been absent.
A member of the Quarter
Century Club. Dune, as he is known to all divisionites, has been a visitor on
the Club's Sick Committee for many years.
In excellent health himself,
he and his wife, Jessie, are planning to move from their present home at 3827
Vincent Street, Cincinnati, to Miami, Florida, where their daughter, Dorothy,
and her children live.
The Duncans also have a son,
Melbourn.
(Continued on Page 5. Col. I)
THE SOHIO NEWS
Published monthly by and for
the employees of The Standard Oil Company of Ohio, to whom it is distributed
free of charge. Address all news items, correspondence and exchange to the
Editor, The Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, 0.
Frances
Kenney.......................................Editor
F. M. Paulson.................................Associate Editor
Ann
Neubauer—June
Eppink...................Assistant Editors
Earl J. Neff......................................Staff
Artist
John
Trauger...............................Staff
Photographer
UNIT NEWS REPORTERS
Akron
Division.............................Margaret
Sullivan
Canton
Division....................................Ellis
Kile
Cincinnati
Division...........................Mildred
Wendt
Cleveland
Division...........................Glen Pinkerton
Columbus
Division.............................Olga
Sylvester
Dayton
Division..............................Virginia
Kelley
Lima
Division................................Kathryn
Lippott
Mansfield
Division.............................Helen
Drushal
Marion
Division.................................Pat
Conklin
Portsmouth
Division.............................Joan
Collins
Toledo
Division.................................F.
E. Gipson
Youngstown
Division.........................W. I.
Smith, Jr.
Zanesville
Division.............................F. T.
Lemon
Lithograph
Can Factory....................Phillip L.
Garvin
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Latonia
Refinery...........W. L. Moran
Lima
Refinery...................R. K. Jewell
and John Hogan
No. 1 Refinery.................William Smith and Joseph Pinos
No. 2 Refinery.................................Agnes Masek
Toledo
Refinery........................Frederick
E. Gressler
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Houston
District.............G. E. Tilley
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Shreveport
District..........Ruth Howell
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Oklahoma City
District.................
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Kansas
District............Louise Tisdale
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Evansville
District.......Marcella Borden
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Grayville Office.............V.
L. Clark
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Kentucky
District.....Marjorie Greenwell
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—Abilene
District........Cloenell Hoffman
Sohio
Petroleum Co.—River Operations..........J.
D. Callahan
Sohio
Pipe Line Co.—St. Louis Office.................Jane
Steis
Sohio
Pipe Line Co.—Eastern
Division...........Harriet Craven
Sohio
Pipe Line Co.—Michigan
Division...........Elwood Kisby
Sohio
Pipe Line Co.—Mt. Vernon
Division.......Walter Bertram
Sohio
Southern Pipelines, Inc.................Jewell
A. Nolan
Products
Pipe Line.............................Kathryn
Kelly
SoHio-Fleetwing,
Inc...........................Alyce
Boltach
Sales
Accounting Office....................Vanessa
D. Griffin
At the Manufacturing
Department Service Pin dinner, held in May in the Home Office Cafeteria,
girls from A'o. / and No. 2
Refineries and the Can Factory posed together. Seated, left to right: Lillian
Cameron, Sophie Gulan, Yvette Bartunek, Eleanor Fredericy, Florence
Kruggel; standing, Gizella Horvath, Margaret Horan, Bernice Schewe,
Harriet Bosenberg, Ava LaRocca, Margaret Bucko, Bette Noble, and
Florence Cox. Another photo taken at this dinner appears in this issue on Page
7.
Sohio Honor Roll
Service
Pin Awards June,1950
50 YEARS
Samuel H. Davis .......Annuitant
Belle C. Hoffman
..............Annuitant
Edson F. Moore
...............Annuitant
40 YEARS
Ray C. Binkley Lima
Refinery
35 YEARS
Charles A. Buskirk .......Home
Office
Ernest F. Weber
...............Annuitant
John C. Zahler...........Marion
Division
30 YEARS
Frank A.
Arnold.......Zanesville Division
Charles E. Ditzel Dayton
Division
Harry C. Doty.............Lima
Division
Geneva D. Higbee Home
Office
Bernard
Horn..................Annuitant
Carl E. Hull.............. Lima
Division
Edward M. Martens Home
Office
Archie M. Nichols. Cleveland
Division
Leroy
Snow.............Annuitant
Marie C. Wuellner Home
Office
25 YEARS
Jack C. Barker........Dayton
Division
George H. Black Cleveland
Division
Fred Bruce...........Toledo
Refinery
Michael J. Casey . Lithograph
Can Factory
Pertha I. Reed ..... Toledo
Refinery
Arthur S. Sheeler ......No.
1 Refinery
Helen H. Smith
.............Home Office
20 YEARS
Clayton D. Collins .......Home
Office
Everett C. Hughes........Home
Office
Thorr G. McLaughlin Mansfield
Division
Karl H.
Obermeit...........Home Office
Maurice Rumery.......Cleveland
Division
Earl J.
Strausser............Akron Division
Wilbur L.
Stump.............Home Office
15 YEARS
Herschel Arquette.......Toledo
Refinery
Harry E. Bails..........Toledo
Refinery
Delbert A. Bruggeman
Cincinnati Division
Carl E.
Frutig.............Canton Division
Robert H.
Joyce.............No. 2 Refinery
George F. Kleppel No.
1 Refinery
Aloysius J.
Schwind......Toledo Division
Albert F. Wolf.............Toledo
Refinery
Arthur E.
Young...........Toledo Refinery
Walter T. Zborowski No.
1 Refinery
10 YEARS
Wayne E. Andrews. Columbus
Division
Howard W. Beisner Marion
Division
James R.
Ecleberry.....Columbus Division
Wayne A. Goodbar Lima
Refinery
Richard W. Griggs Toledo
Division
Richard L.
Harris............Home Office
J. Francis
Jordan............Lima Division
Milton T. Lippencott
Zanesville Division
Lonnie A. Murrell. Sohio
Southern Pipelines
Michael A. Pappas.........Lima
Refinery
Henry D. Payne, Jr Sohio Pipe
Line Co.
Robert W.
Perse...........Toledo Division
Donald E.
Rader........Columbus Division
James A. Westman Sohio Pipe
Line Co.
5 YEARS
Emily Z.
Awroski.............Home Office
Elwyn M.
Axtell.......Cleveland Division
Louis H. Baker............Marion
Division
Lawrence W. Beardmore
Zanesville Division
Donald N. Bennett. Columbus
Division
Robert L.
Billips............Akron Division
Fred G. Blanck........Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Hugh Boyle................No.
1 Refinery
Donald A. Brown ......Home
Office
George S. Buchanan Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Robert A. Calder..........Home
Office
Alvin M.
Cole.........Zanesville Division
Lilian K. Dumble Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Helen E. Eckels
.....Youngstown Division
Robert L. Fair......Lithograph
Can Factory
Clifford C.
Feiler.......Cincinnati Division
Arthur M.
Frick............Lima Refinery
Henry L. Frischkorn Cleveland
Division
Fred S. Gillon . Fleet Wing
Corporation
Albert G. Graham. Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Robert B. Graham Sohio
Petroleum Co.
James R. Hamilton Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Karl E.
Hesselbein..........No. 1 Refinery
James A. Hodgkiss ...
Home Office
Ralph E.
Iverson............Akron Division
Virginia M.
Kelly...........Home Office
Hope M. Kippenbrock .
Home Office
Dorothy G. Lees.........Home
Office
Lloyd R. Leimbach Cleveland
Division
Stanley J.
Lijana......Cleveland Division
William A. Martin . Sohio
Petroleum Co. (Latonia Refinery)
Dwight E. Mauk............Lima
Refinery
John E. Might....... Dayton
Division
Merle L. Morris......Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Bette J. Noble.........No. 2
Refinery
Stanley D. Peters. Cleveland
Division
Harold S. Ratchford. Akron
Division
Raymond E. Reynolds. Columbus
Division
Margaret C. Riessler .
Home Office
Margaret A. Rock...... . . .
Home Office
Stanley P. Rostas
......Cleveland Division
Ava M. Shedron . No.
1 Refinery
Orville L. Sosh...... Sohio
Pipe Line Co.
Mildred S. Steibel Home
Office
George T.
Sterns......Cleveland Division
Charles A. Swan..........Home
Office
Richard G. Tesar........ Toledo
Division
James L. Trautman Lima
Division
Glenn A. VanderSluis Home
Office
James W. Weakley No.
2 Refinery
Frank P. Weiss, Jr. Toledo
Division
Glenn W. Woodward. Sohio
Petroleum Co.
Donald E. Wortz .
Marion Division
Patricia M. Wray......Schio
Pipe Line Co.
Martin F. Yeager No.
1 Refinery
Roy A. Younkin Cleveland
Division
Peter Yurkiw...............No.
1 Refinery