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A. A. Stambaugh Retires
As Sohio Board Chairman
Started as industrial and Public Relations Manager in 1928, Rose to Chairman in 1950
cleveland — Armstrong A. Stambaugh, who joined the company in 1928 and rose to become chairman of the board in 1950 and a nationally recognized authority on petroleum marketing, retired from active employment June 30, according to an announcement by Clyde T. Foster, president.
Mr. Foster stated that Mr. Stambaugh will continue to be a member of Sohio's board of directors and will serve in a consulting capacity in the fields in which his years of experience will be of great value to Sohio.
The office of chairman will not be filled at this time.
Mr. Stambaugh joined Sohio in 1928 as manager of industrial and public relations; became a director and sales vice president in 1933; was elected Sohio's first senior vice president in January and its second chairman of the board in December, both of 1950.
"It was
Mr. Stambaugh who breathed life into the Sohio sales organization. His personality
transformed salesmen into real merchandisers, and the Sohio concept of customer
service was developed under his leadership," Mr. Foster added.
Armstrong Stambaugh was born in New Germantown, Pa., on June 1, 1885, and educated at Ohio Northern University (1910) and Harvard Law School (1913); he received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Oberlin College on June 8, 1953. He engaged in the practice of law in Cleveland from 1913 to 1928 with the firm which was Sohio's legal counsel.
Mr. Stambaugh has held many important committee posts in civic and industrial groups. He was recently awarded the Cleveland Medal for Public Service by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.
An additional article covering-Mr. Stambaugh's long association with Sohio will appear in The Sohioan for August.
Youngstown Is First to Reach Safety Record
YOUNGSTOWN - Safety -minded Sohioans in this division have earned the distinction of becoming the first Sohio sales division to complete one million man-hours without a disabling injury.
This feat was accomplished when the million man-hour mark was passed during the first week in May. By this performance the division became eligible for an award from the American Petroleum Institute's Safety and Fire Protection Division. At press time, Youngstown Sohioans were working their way toward a second million man-hours. Their last lost-time injury occurred Nov. 11, 1953.
Extend Military Pension Credits
CLEVELAND-Sohio employees entering the armed forces before July 9, 1956, will continue to receive non-contributory military service pension credits, according to a recent announcement.
Sohio's board of directors voted to extend these credits, enabling Sohioans on military duty to remain members of the pension plan without making contributions to it.
Head Youngstown Rec
YOUNGSTOWN - Tom Peroni was voted president of the rec club here. Oneda Westerfield is vice president; Elaine Henry handles the secretariat; Charlie Wolbert balances the books.
lima refinery
lube plant New Premex motor oil marks milestone in lubrication
history.
Introduce New Year-Around Premium Oil
Sohio this month is making available to the Ohio motoring public an outstanding new motor oil, providing the most effective engine protection ever developed.
Formulated by Sohio researchers after years of intensive development, this new motor oil — Premex — marks a new milestone in lubrication history.
Premex is a complete motor oil, containing all the qualities needed by modern automobile engines. It gives complete lubrication at all temperatures, and under all conditions.
Premex is a 10W-30 motor oil. In layman's language, that means it exhibits flow characteristics of a 10W oil in cold weather, enabling it to lubricate engine parts instantly when the car is started. Yet in hot summer weather, Premex shows consumption characteristics of a 30 weight oil. It will not thin out, even when driven long distances at high speeds.
Because Premex is a year-around oil, there is no need for motorists to change to different weight oils from season to season.
Likewise, Premex is ideal for both long-distance driving and short stop-and-start trips. Its ability to endure over-the-road punishment, coupled with its low consumption characteristic, recommend it for long-trip driving. Yet it has been specifically engineered to cope with sludge formation at the low engine temperatures resulting from short-trip driving, when motors do not warm up sufficiently to evaporate moisture.
Differs from Detergents
Unlike ordinary detergent oils, Premex does not permit sludge to combine into thick, gummy lumps, robbing engines of power and clogging oil filters and lines.
Instead, Premex contains a newly discovered ingredient, known as a super - dispersant, which separates sludge particles and other contaminants throughout the oil and holds them harmlessly in suspension until the crankcase is drained. Then the suspended particles flow out with the oil, instead of clinging to vital engine parts.
Because of this dispersant action, new Premex keeps engines 50 per cent cleaner than ever before possible. Engine wear is reduced accordingly.
To verify conclusions of laboratory tests on Premex, Sohio conducted road tests of automobile engines in various usages. The road tests lasted one year, and covered \\/% million miles.
For the tests, Sohio procured 30 new high-compression engines, tore them down, and measured the parts. After reassembly, the engines were placed in operating vehicles and driven 50,000 miles each. At the end of this period, they were again torn down and the parts measured and inspected. For comparison, similar tests were run on engines using high-quality detergent oils.
Retail price of Premex is 60 cents a quart. It is an addition to the line of high-quality motor oils marketed by Sohio, and does not, replace any other product.
Morrill Adds Five To Growing Staff In Petrochemicals
lima—Edward F. Morrill, general manager of Sohio's Petrochemical Department, has announced the appointment of five more men to key posts in his growing organization.
STEPHEN B. SIMON, a Sohioan for the past 16 years and industrial relations assistant in Supply and Distribution since February 1954, has been named assistant to Henry J. Coleman, manager of Petrochemical's Sales Division.
VERNON A. BREITENBACH, a Manufacturing Department Sohioan since 1947, becomes assistant to Edward W, Sann, Jr., manager of Petrochemical's Market and Product Development Division.
ALFRED F. LEHMKUHL, an Ohio State University graduate, has been newly employed as a sales representative.
ALLEN E. BEHN, a Sohioan since 1947 and maintenance engineer at Lima Refinery for the past 5V2 years, has been transferred to the Petrochemical Department's Plant Division as maintenance coordinator.
JACK A. SMITH, formerly assistant chief chemist for Phillips Chemical Co. at Dumas, Texas, joins Petrochemical's technical staff as chief chemist.
Simon
Steve Simon studied agriculture at Ohio State University and market research at Cleveland College of Western Reserve University. He joined Sohio in April 1939 as a tabulating clerk in Home Office Sales Accounting. In 1942 he transferred to Supply and Distribution as a distribution clerk, then entered the navy the following year.
He returned to Supply and Distribution as a budget statistician in March 1946 after serving in charge of a navy IBM section. Subsequently he worked three years as bulk products distribution coordinator in Supply and Distribution before becoming industrial relations assistant there. Steve is a member of the Ohio Forestry Association and a 4-H Club project leader. He and his wife Arline have three children —Melinda Lou, 12; Beverly Jean, 4; and Stephen J., 21/2-
Breitenbach
Vern Breitenbach served in the navy as an electronics technician's mate and earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering at the University of Rochester before joining the Manufacturing Department's Home Office Technical Service Division as a junior engineer in September 1947. He was promoted to engineer in 1950 and senior engineer in 1952, then transferred to Process Engineering as group engineer in January this year.
Vern is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the co-author of "Petrochemicals — Glamour Girl or Problem Child?" which appeared in the November 1954 issue of Petroleum Engineer. He and his wife Patricia have a daughter Kathleen, 4, and a son William, 2.
Behn
Al Behn served in the army from 1944 to 1946, then earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at the University o f Wisconsin in 1947. He joined Manufacturing's General Engineering Division as an engineer on July 1, 1947, then transferred to Lima Refinery as maintenance engineer in November 1949. He is single and a member of the Ohio Professional Engineering Society. He resides at 765 West High St., Lima.
Alfred Lehmkuhl, a native of Minster, Ohio, served two years in the army, emerging in May 1954 as a first lieutenant. He is a 1952 graduate of Ohio State University, with a bachelor of science degree in animal nutrition and animal science. He has also done postgraduate work at Ohio State. He is single and resides on R. R. 1, Minster.
Jack Smith is a native of Wheeler, Texas, and a 1947 graduate of Abilene Christian College with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. He served in the army from 1941 to 1945, and holds the rank of first lieutenant in the reserves. Since July 1947 he has been employed in ammonia, nitric acid, and ammonium nitrate plant laboratories, most recently with Phillips Chemical Co. Jack and his wife Laura have three children—Jack Jr., 11; Michael, 8; and Aleta, 5.
Set Oct. 1 for Q. C. Reunion
Sohio Quarter Century Club members: It's reunion time again! This year's get-together is in Columbus, Saturday, Oct. 1 — a good place for a good time.
Hotel reservation cards and activity preference questionnaires are being sent to all members. Just fill them in, mail them in, and let the committee know what you would like to do.
Plenty to Do
There's a trip through the rose gardens or to Lockbourne Air Force Base. Then there are TV showings of the Ohio State-California football game or a world series baseball game. In the evening comes a floor show at the Hartman Theater. Other activities will be planned as indicated by the activity questionnaires. Headquarters is the Desh1er -Hilton Hotel.
Heading this year's reunion is General Chairman Louis F. Kaiser, aided by Co-chairmen A. D. Harlor and J. L. Phillips.