July 1950 The Sohio News Paqe 3

Personnel

H. D. Henderson Named Manager Land, Exploration

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Born in the Ozark country of Missouri. Howard D. Henderson's first job in the oil industry began in 1926 as secretary to the secretary-treasurer of a petroleum company in Oklahoma.

By the time he joined Sohio in February, 1946. as district landman, Houston, Mr. Henderson had accumulated four years' experience in the geological and land departments of two large oil companies and a total of 16 years' experience with the Continental Oil Company. With them his duties included being a scout, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of the land department in a number of different localities.

His Sohio service has included assignments as Gull Coast Division landman, assistant manager, Land Department. Gulf Coast Division, and superintendent of the Land Department, Sohio Petroleum Company.

In January, 1949, he was appointed assistant vice president, Sohio Petroleum Company.

"All the sports I can get around to," is the way he described his hobbies. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have two teenage daughters.

Additional organizational changes in the Land and Exploration Department as announced by Mr. Wallace include:

W. W. Brown, formerly district geologist for the Abilene District, was appointed staff geologist, with headquarters in Abilene, and reporting to Walter Johnson, chief geologist.

W. M. Wilkinson, formerly geologist in the Abilene District, was appointed district geologist for that district, with headquarters in Abilene. He now reports to M. W. Sherwin, division geologist.

Frank Johnson, formerly district landman in the Houston District, was appointed district landman, Abilene District. With headquarters in Abilene he reports to C. W. Day, Jr., division landman.

W. F. Kissling, formerly supervisor of rentals and records in the Southern Division, was appointed district landman for the Houston District. With headquarters at Houston, he also reports to C. W. Day, Jr.

R. O. Vates, formerly super visor of the Land Rental Section in the Cleveland office, has been appointed supervisor of Rentals and Records for the Southern Division, with headquarters in Houston, where he now reports to George R. Bixler, Jr., assistant division landman.

Appointments have also been made to fill two newly created posts in the Production Department's Industrial Relations section.

Walter Findley, formerly attached to the Industrial Relations Supervisor's Office at Oklahoma City, has been named Western representative for J. T. Reynolds, industrial relations supervisor, with headquarters at Oklahoma City, and Harry Manes, formerly district clerk at Abilene, Texas, has been assigned to Houston as Southern representative for Mr. Reynolds.

Both have been made available on an area basis to help administrate industrial relations activities including personnel, claim work, and departmental and company informational services.

Sales

J. J. Adams, general manager of Division Sales, has announced several changes in Home Office Merchandising units.

Henry J. Coleman, advertising manager, now heads an expanded unit. Named Advertising and General Promotion, this staff will manage all advertising and publicity.

To assist Mr. Coleman, Mr. Adams has announced the appointment of J. Otto Nausbaum., formerly assistant advertising manager for Fleet-Wing, to a newly created post of assistant advertising manager.

Sohio's film activities, formerly in Sales Engineering, have been transferred to the new Advertising and Promotion Unit, where along with growing television activities, they will be directed by E. W. Plumb, film director, formerly in Sales Engineering.

Transfer of film activities from Sales Engineering to the new unit will enable Sales Engineering, headed by Harry Gil.-left, to render greater service on product problems, product applications, and technical advice.

Responsibilities for the merchandising of specialty products at service stations, dealer rented stations, and dealers, formerly managed by R. O. Cowin, Specialty Sales head, have been transferred to E. L. Arnold, head of Accessory Sales. Mr. Cowin retains the responsibility of specialty product supply and of specialty sales through all other outlets.

J. Otto Nausbaum

J. Otto Nausbaum, who was employed by Sohio less than ten years ago as an artist and designer in Fleet-Wing, was appointed to the new position of assistant advertising manager June 16.

Mr. Nausbaum, employed January 20, 1941, was assigned to sales promo lion work in Fleet-Wing on September 1 , 19 4 1. From March 27, 1943, to March 11, 1946, he was on military leave and received two bronze stars for his service as a staff sergeant in Army Intelligence, ETO. He returned to Sohio as assistant advertising manager for Fleet-

Thirty-seven years old and married, Otto attended Cleveland Institute of Art and John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. A member of the Cleveland Advertising Club and the Cleveland Film Council, he finds time for landscaping, decorating and antique refinishing at his home. 4075 Elmwood Road, South Euclid.

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Woodford as Emperor Jones.

Karamu Theater Charter Member Looks Backward

By GLEN PINKERTON

Fitzhugh L. Woodford, mechanic in the Cleveland Division Auto Shop, has the unusual distinction of being a charter member of one of America's best known cultural organizations, the Karamu Theater of Cleveland.

Woodford started out to be a minister, but somewhere along the way he realized that his talents and inclinations were more closely allied to the theater. In 1920 he helped form the Karamu Theater and has been active in it ever since. Karamu is known all over the world as a leading Negro drama group.

Over the years Woodford has played many of the famous roles in the theater. His scrapbook bulges with playbills from theaters all over the world and contains names like Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, and many others of equal fame.

Of all the plays he has appeared in, Woodford favors Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" in which he played the title role. In the Cleveland Plain Dealer review of the Karamu presentation Woodford's portrayal was called "as polished a piece of acting as has been seen in the whole Theater of the Nations series."

In 1945 Fitzhugh Woodford came to Sohio as a laborer in the Recap Plant. Now he is a mechanic in the Auto Shop at the Cleveland Division. He is married with no children.

"Woody" says that 30 years of acting are about enough. He intends now to confine his talents to guiding young actors along the paths he traveled so successfully.

Six-year-old Norman William Slack was graduated this June from the kindergarten school at Our Lady of the Elms, Akron. Norman is the grandson of Norman White, painter and carpenter at Akron Division.

Tire Survey Reveals Improved Conditions

Conditions of tires in use by Ohio motorists have improved slightly according to results of Sohio's third annual tire survey, concluded recently by dealer and company station personnel.

The survey, based on facts obtained from cars entering all Sohio stations for a two day period, revealed that 38 per cent of the tires checked had one-quarter or less of the tread design remaining, or 4 per cent less than last year. In 1918 the survey showed 55 per cent of tires checked in this condition. In that first survey of 1948, 21 per cent of the tires checked were completely smooth. In 1949 it was 16 per cent, and this year slightly more than 11 per cent of the tires checked were completely smooth.

Facts revealed by the Sohio survey help promote safer driving.

Lube Oil Plant Put on Stream

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who will operate it, is a Graphic Control Panel. All the instruments controlling the operation of the plant are located on a multi-colored flow sheet arranged in the form of a U-shaped console. The operator in charge has a graphic multi-colored picture of all the variables in the process spread out before him, along with finger-tip control of everything in process. Sohio has been one of the pioneers in the development of the unusual method of instrumentation. Additionally a huge picture window has been built into the control room so that besides watching the process on the console panel, the operator can also view all the various units by glancing out the window.

Godfrey Ladd is in charge of the new lube plant to which approximately 50 Sohioans have been assigned.

Design and construction details were managed by the Manufacturing Department's Technical Service and General Engineering Divisions headed by Don Stevens and Howard West, respectively.

E. B. McConnell, vice president in charge of Manufacturing, stated, "Lima's new lube oil plant is another major Sohio effort planned to help meet and surpass competition by producing more and better products for Ohio's needs."

H. P. Ferguson

Ferguson Wins Award of Merit

ATLANTIC CITY - Howard

P. Ferguson, chief of the Refinery Control Division in the Manufacturing Department, an authority on standards and tests for petroleum products, was one of nine outstanding scientists to receive the first Awards of Merit presented here June 29 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials.

Mr. Ferguson, who has been very active in the work of A.S.T.M. Committee D-2 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants, has done outstanding work for the Society in developing specifications and tests for petroleum and in stimulating a wider interest in the importance of adequate standards.

In addition to his technical work, Mr. Ferguson has been secretary of the Cleveland District of A.S.T.M.

These new Awards of Merit were established by the A.S.T.M., a national technical group concerned with the field of engineering materials, in order to recognize meritorious technical activities.

H. L. Ward didn't even wait to get out of the boat before he had this photo taken of his prize catch. Mr. Ward, who is a Toledo Division salesman, caught the fish during his recent vacation.

Births

Stork Club Group Has New Members

Akron — Kathleen Marie for T. J. Barrett, Retail Sales manager; and Terry Ray for J. R. Menefee, Service Station Department. Terry's maternal grandfather is R. E. Robenstine. personnel interviewer.

Sohio Petroleum, Houston— Patricia Anne, six. pounds and four ounces, for Geophysicist E. J. Larguier.

Lima Refinery—Jeffy Scott for G. M. Clark, Cracking Coil; David Edward for W. V. Bucher, assistant foreman. Machine Shop: Steven Richard for Charles Wells, Cat Cracker; Elizabeth Ann for L. M. Petenburg, Laboratory; and Craig Allen for Engineer James Clapper.

Sohio Petroleum, Oklahoma City—Donald Oran, eight pounds and three ounces, for Oran "Ruck" Murphy, Accounting Department.

Canton — Linda Ann for Raymond Mapes, operator at West Tuscarawas and Bedford.

Toledo- Boys for Richard Smith, station attendant; Robert Sellers. State TBA Warehouse, and Fred Ries, tank truck driver; and a girl, Carol, seven and one-hall pounds, for Verle Buchler, Construction Department. Carol's uncle, James Wyper, manages the State Maintenance Warehouse here.

Latonia Refinery — Kathy Sue. six pounds and thirteen ounces, for Laborer J. E. Michael.

Cincinnati—A boy for Ed Veid; and a girl for Ed Reichert. The new fathers are senior operators at Ravine and McMillan.

No. Two Refinery —William Patrick, five pounds and eleven ounces, for Ralph Juergens. assistant grease maker.

Zanesville— Jeffrey Lee for Delbert Brooks, van loader.

Home Office — John Merrick, Jr., four pounds and five ounces, for J. M. Studevant, No. One Tech Service Lab; Brian Scott, seven pounds and seven ounces, for Tech Service Engineer Gordon Good; and Sandra Lee for the E. L. Andersons—Ed is in Supply and Distribution; Mary was formerly employed in Sales Accounting. At the Chemical and Physical Research Lab Joan to A. R. Klingel and Susan Joanne to G. A. Shively.

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