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The Editor's Corner
A T THIS particular time of the year, only this year he was grumbling be _f-l_ more personal snapshots are made cause PETE MOORE, Machine Shop, than at any other time. We hope our wouldn't help him drag it out of the employees will be taking pictures of woods. th eir families around the Christmas tree, or of their children at play with CLYDE HALL, Trailer Division, the toys th ey received, or perhaps the h~ s a brand new story about killing famil y around the Christmas dinner l11s deer. Rather than say he shot his table. We wi ll be most pleased to pub 8-point buck at such-and-such a dis li sh in THE FO UNDRY RO UN DUP any tance, he vows he used hi s 30-.30 on pictures of this nature. Mail or bring the 100-pound deer in self-defen se. He them to the editorial offi ces in th e says he knows th e deer would have run Personnel Building, to gether with iden over him if he hadn't felled it with on e tification of those pi ctured. All pho shot! II CLYDE HALL. Trailer Division, and his tos wi be returned. 8-point buck Employees are getting their share of T. L. VANSAU, Machine Shop, is the deer this season , as th e accompany another hunter who always gets his in g photographs tell. There's on e story, buck on opening day of - th e season, however, whi ch doesn't have a picture and this year is no exception. He kil led to prove the truth of it. JIM ODOM, a 7-pointer in the Hawkin s Hunting Maintenance Department, who always Club November 16, with a 30.06 rifle. gets his deer both in Texas and in The buck weighed about 80 pounds. Colorado each year, says that he got one again thi s year in the Rockies, but T. L. BUTLER, oilfield division that it was so large, th e weight of it service man, and his wife, HELEN, caused hi s pickup to skid coming down came from our offices in Odessa to the mountain aud turn ove r. Since that hunt for th e white-tai ls, and each got was the on ly way out, several hunters a buck. Helen kill ed an 8-point, 125- were pretty unhappy with Jim for pounder below Diboll with a 20-gauge blocking the road, and se nt him on a shotgun. Bobbie (as T. L. is known several mi le hike through a blinding here) kil led a 4-point, 100-pounder the snowstorm to get help. When he finally day befo re with a 300 rifl e. BOB BUT found a kindly soul with a jeep, th ey LER, Mach ine Shop, father of Bobbie, ri ghted the pickup and Jim and his is sti ll looking for his buck. hunting party headed back to Texas, after being in Colorado onl y three HARDY FREDREGILL, Machine days. Shop, has finished his hunting season LEFT to right: BOB BUTLER. Machine Shop, HELEN BUTLER and T. L. BUTLER. Jim got his 5-point buck on th e for dee r, for he has bagged hi s limit. Odessa Sales and Service office. Helen Johnso n Farm as he does each year, One was a large 8-point deer estimated killed this 8-point buck
T. L. VANSAU, Machine Shop, a nd his gran dson. BUBBA. with THESE two bucks end e d the sea son for HARDY FREDREGILL. a 7-pointer Machine Shop. Beside him is MRS. FREDREGILL
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fl LflRGE 10-point buck was killed by SEYMOUR CURTIS. KENNETH BURNETT. Machine Shop. stands beside the 8-pointer Foundry Department he kille d n e ar Prairie View
to weigh around 300 pounds, and the October 10, 1960, was the day of the from his Company pension plus what other was a 7-pointer which weighed occasion of the retirement of CLAUDE he gets as a Veteran of World War I a little more than 100 pounds. Both TREVATHAN, an employee of the to gether with his Social Security. AH deer were shot in the Bald Hill com Material Control Department. He had his co-workers wish him a long and munity with a .22 rifle! worked for the Company for 32 years, happy life. beginning here September 20, 1928. CHARLES E. WEEKS, Machine He started to work for the Company MARY FOSTER, daughter of A. A. Shop, dropped a 6-pointer with his 303 as a Chipper in the Cl eaning Depart FOSTER, Trailer Division, has sent us at about 55 yards in the Hawkins ment of the Foundry where he worked another poem which we are happy to Hunting Club. The buck weighed for 6Vz years. He drove what he call ed publish at this time. She is a senior about 125 pounds. a " dinky" on the yard for awhile, and at Hudson High School this year, and then was transferred to the Material has had poems published several times, SEYMOUR CURTIS, Foundry De Control. including some in this magazine and partment, got his buck on the first day He was presented an engraved watch in the local daily paper. of the season in the Chinquapin Hunt from the Company as a memento of his ing Club in Trinity County. It was a years of work here. Living on a 2-acre CHRISTMAS NIGHT beautiful 10-point deer, dropped by a plot on Highway 94, Claude says he A soft curtain of blue 30.06 rifle. doesn't plan to look for part-time work Fell across the sky, now that he has retired. He's going to And angels tiptoed about, KENNETH BURNETT, Machine fi sh and try to catch up on all the Pushing lazy stars out. Shop, killed an 8-pointer in the Prairie chores around his place which his wife View communily. He shot the 120- has set for him to do. He believes he'll The meadows were beautiful as pounder at 75 yards with a 30-30 rifle. enjoy his retirement because he feels Snowflakes drifted down . that he will have sufficient income Littl e animals snuggled together Watching them swirl around.
Suddenly a great beam of light Split th e darkness ! Choirs of angels let Their voices ring!
The curtain of night parted For a brief moment, And a holy face was seen. "Happy Birthday, my son," it whispered. Someone was born on this ni ght, Born to make a .sinner ri ght, Hundreds of years ago On Christmas night.
From THE WAR CRY, publication of CLflUDE TREVflTHflN, left, was presented the Salvation Army, we reprint here a an engraved watch by GUY CROOM. superintendent, on behalf of the Com C. E. WEEKS, Machine Shop, got a 6- portion of an editorial. pany. Mr. Trevathan retire d in October point buck in Hawkins Hunting Club "There is nothing morally wrong
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with doing a big business at this sea co uld have created the picture of a TRAILER SALES & SERVICE Emvlo.vn1ent Years son of the year, or with urging peo ple carpenter's wife g1vmg birth to a Dnte " 'ith Co. Beu.Ja l1 iU. Harris x (I\". 3, 195:~ 7 _to buy gifts. The danger lies in losing Savior on a hillside with the only on W illiam A. Gray Nov. 3, 1958 2 ight of th e core of meaning. It is like lookers her husband and the stock in J . B . A lexander l"'ov. 17, 1958 2 a man who becomes so involved with the stable. MACHINE SHOP the details of driving a car that he "The Shepherds and the Wise Men Em11lo)·m e n t Years Date " 'ith Co. loses sight of where he is going. paid their tribute. Men since that day F.C.un_.·s Dec. 19, 1916 44 "The humble beginning is perhaps have been adding to the celebration in F. 1\·f. C h astah1 D ec. 14, 1939 2 1 J . l\f. H e rrinirton Dec. 14, 1939 21 a part of God's plan. their effort to pay tribute to the birth 0. B. McCarty Dec. 15, 1941 HJ "If man had handled the production day of One who saved them from sin. J. H. Gregor-'· Dec. 17, 1941 19 Hun1e y .Nerren Dec. 30, 1941 I!) of the event, he most certainly would "The central theme of that birthday, Ro)· E. " 'n lker Dec. 7, 19'42 18 Cnh ·in L. Johnson Dec. 7, 1942 18 have done it differently. The King of this first Christmas in the age of space Dal'id J. Jones Dec. 10, 1942 18 Jnmes P. l\la,· Dec. 26, 1942 18 kings would have been born in a and all between, is that God came B. L . Cater Dec. 9, 1944 16 jeweled palace, with a myriad of an gels down from Heaven and was fl esh and Zac k Fenle.v, Jr. D ec. 12, 1944 16 1\Hltou San ders D ec. 2 i, 1944 16 hovering overhead. Expectant crowds blood, was born of a virgin to live here. Nonnan G. An1olcl Dec. 7, 1950 10 " Good will toward our fellowmen is A. J. H1mt D ec. 21, 1950 10 wo uld have waited breathlessly at the E. H. Ridg·eway D ec. 2, 1955 5 gate for news. a part of the celebration, but the heart Joe D . Holland Dec. 9, 1959 1 "As the child arrived, there would of it is the love that we show to God FOUNDRY have been a simultaneous explosion of on this birthday of His Son." En1plo.n11 e nt Years Date W ith Co . 21 atomic bombs with a fallout of 1. eell e l L ittle Dec. I, 1942 17 orange jell y beans. THE FOUNDRY ROUNDUP wishes each lziu h Johnson D ec. 20, 19H 1 :1 L . D . Turn er Dec. 1, 1950 10 " Only God, in His infinite wisdom, of you an abundant, happy New Year. Paul \\'arner Dec. 4, 1951 9 A n dre w Bogany Dec. 20, 1956 4 TRAILER DIVISION Em1>loyment Years Date With Co . Chnrles A. Thompson Dec. 17, 19.11 19 Louis J<' . Ueacl Dec. 31, 1941 19 .Marking an Anniversary Les te1· J . Read D ec. 9. 19H 17 J . J. G1mter Dec. 16, 1943 Ii Ecl\nu·d Sm jth Dec. 6, 1945 15 John Y . Short Dec. 7, l9.J5 15 Johnnie Lee Carroll Nov. 24, 1952 8 R. L. Olh,er D ec. 10, 1945 15 MACHINE SHOP Virgil lla.,1nrcl E rn11IO;\' lllent Yen rs James Hol.iday 1"'ov. 15, 195-1- 6 Dec. 10, 1952 8 Date With Co. Billy J. R h oden Ne.Hr. 8, 1955 5 Edgnr 1.-ee MJ lls Dec. 3, 1956 4 'l 'ro, ~ A. ' ' ic k )-'. V . Cooney Nov. 10, 1926 :l4 Dec. 17, 195(i 4 Fre
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ITH th e passing of E. L. Kurth, this co m Dr. Charles Herty of Georgia who had perfected in Wmunity has lost a great citizen, and Lufkin his laboratory a proce s for making newsprint out Foundry and Machine Company has lost a Lrue of Southern Pine. Although experls in th e field had friend and a member of its management staff for doomed the process to failure, Mr. Kurth beli eved almost 39 years. it co uld be done- and then proved hi s convi cti ons. It is a difficult if not impossible task to evaluate It was a mammoth task to secure the necessary th e impact upon our society of the life of a man finances for such an endeavor, but he did it. On like Mr. Kurth. He was known personally by those J anuary 17, 1940, the first roll of newsprint from in th e top echelon of industry and government, and Southern pine came off th e big machine at Southland he was intimately called "friend" by the hundreds Paper Mills, Inc., which had been constructed at of white and Negro employees who looked to him Herty. Since th en, a chemical pulp plant has been for employment in so-called "good" and " bad" built, and three more paper making machines added. times. In September of this year, one of the machines His acco mplishments ran th e gamut from musical was conve rted to the manufacture of a specialty talent to inventive genius, and whatever he put his kraft paper. mind and strength to eventually was hailed success Mr. Kurth was named Director of Lufkin Foun ful by his fellowman. dry and Machine Company February 7, 1922, and Born in 1885, Ernest Kurth built an empire by served this industry faithfully until his dea'th Octo 1936. He was successfully engaged in lumber manu ber 26, 1960. Many honors came to him including facturing, banking, railroads, and this Company. being named "Man of th e South " and "Industrialist Perhaps this would have been enough for most men, of the Year" in 1949. but the fibre of which Mr. Kurth was carved could On December 14, the City of Lufkin observed not rest upon the past. He dared th e untried, the "Ernest Kurth Day." Among the many acti vities unco nquered. Having been born in a small co m that day was an open house held by this Co mpany munity and reared among the towering pine Lrees in his honor. It gave the families of our employees of East Texas, his pioneering spirit was nudged into a chance to walk through the plant and see where acti on at an age most men would have been think their husbands and fathers worked. Also, that ing of retirement. month's issue of THE FOUN DRY RouNDUP was dedi It was in 1936, that he became acquainted with cated to Mr. Kurth, in which was an ed itorial wriLten
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"Those of us who were here in 1932 remember that we shipped only 29 pumping units during the entire year, a fraction of a week's production today. This plant was kept running two or three days a week, and we finally built up such a large stock of units that we had to store many of them in the Cotton Belt yards on leased flat cars. The company not only ran out of money, but for a while it appeared that we had run out of borrowing power, trying to give our employees enough work so that they could at least take care of the necess ities of life, and this put the company in a serious financial position. The larger stockholders could have saved a considerable amount of money by shutting the plant down for a long period of time. "Ernest Kurth gave his full support to this de pression program and has, down through the years, continued to place employees' interests first. "We are fortunate to have him connected with this company and are fortunate to have him living here in our community."
Among his business interests besides newsprint manufacturing, lumber, banking, railroads and foundries were newspapers, radio, television, and by Walter W. Trout, president, concerning the hon motion picture theaters. All these helped to trans oree. We reprint that editorial now. form the economy of Texas. And yet this business giant was as close to his "Wednesday, December 14, is Ernest Kurth Day mill hands as his beloved pine trees are to Mother in Lufkin, and we are glad to join his many friends Earth. Regardless of how many hours he had throughout the South who will be here on this day worked during any one day, he never refused entry to celebrate the occasion. to his office of an employee or for that matter, any "We are not going to attem pl to list here the many man who wanted to discuss some personal problem contributions he has made to the welfare of our with "Mr. Ernest." community down through the years, but for the bene Typical of the love and esteem in which he was fit of our younger employees we would like to re held is an often-quoted answer given by a colored mind you of the active interest he has had in this employee who chauffeured Mr. Kurth during the company during the 27 years he has served as a darkest days of the depression. member of our Board of Directors. As they were leaving from a visit to one of the "Although he has lived right here in Lufkin since lumber mills in East Texas, the chauffeur was cau boyhood, his wide business experience has been on tioned by a friend of Mr. Kurth's to drive home a national scale. He has never let anything, however, carefully. The old Negro grinned broadly and re interfere with his interests in the local problems of plied, "I'll sure drive careful, for if anything hap employees. pened to Mr. Ernest now, half the white folks and "Because of this warm interest and fine back ALL the colored folks in Angelina County would ground of experience, the management of this com starve to death!" pany probably has taken advantage of him at times, History will record for all mankind the footprints as we have leaned heavily on him for advice and of this man on whom countless friends and associ counsel. ates have labeled "Man of the Age."
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A stranger was talking to a n old Two men were sitting in the lobby i· Lim er in a small Missouri town. " I of a blood donor station . One was a n don't like th e loo ks of those clouds. Eastern Tourist, the other .a n Apache Look just like some we had back in Indian. After staring a few minutes Texas just before the tornado struck." the tourist co uld contain his curiosity l " Was it a bad one?" asked the old no longer. timer. "Are you really a full -blooded Jn . " Bad ? Why man, I didn't WANT dian ?" he asked. to come to Mi ssouri." " Well , no," the Apachie repli ed 1 thoughtfully. " I'm a pint short." Tourist (In Y e llows ton e Park) : · "Those Indians have a blood curdling The speaker was eloquent on the He trave ls fastest who has a kn ack yell." beauties of marriage. 1 of fo lding up a road map. Guide : " Yes, Ma' am ; ever y one of "And it is most significant that the 'em is a college graduate." bride wears white," h e d e clare d. A drunk was sitting at a bar busily " White is the symbol of happiness for scribbling fi gures on some paper. The A man applyin g for a job asked the her wedding day, the most joyous day 1 bartender was curious a nd asked what interviewer, " Wi ll your company pay of her life." he was doing. my hospital insurance ?" "Then just why," interrupted one of " Well. itsh like thi ~ h. " ~a id tl1e lush. his listeners, " does the groom wear " Ivly wife ish on a diet and she to!' ''No, yo u pay fo r it. It'll be de· black ?" 11 me she'sh losin g fo ur pounds a week. ducted from yo ur check." She did weigh 168 and if my fig ures " LasL place I worked they paid fo r an; correct, I'll he rid of her com it." A wife pointed to her husband pletely in 14 months." " Did they give yo u life insurance, stretched out in a hammock and ex· Loo'?" plained, "Fred's hobby is letting birds 1 Sgt. : " What's th e first thing you do watch him." when cleanin g your r iA e ?" "Sure did . . . a nd a Christmas Priva te : " Look at the number." bo nu s, coffee breaks, and " Have you read Webster's Diction Sgt.: " Wha t th e hlazes for ?" " Wh y did yo u leave?" a ry'?" 1 Private: "To make sure it's my "The compa ny fo lrl ed." "No, I'm wa iting for th e movie." gun. " H yo ur wi fe wa nts to learn to drive, Keeping a secret from some people don't stand in her way. 1 is like tryin g lo smu ggle dayli ght past a rooster. One reason why automobile drive rs The Foundry Roundup Famous last words: " Darling, th is prefer Lo hit pedestrians instead of Volume 17 Number 6 rake is simpl y delicious. Di d yo u bu y uli li ty poles is th at lh c pedestri ano, 1 it yo urse lf '?" do11'l crnmplc the fenders. Publish ed Monthly for Employees and Their Families ''This linimcuLmakcs my arm smart." The leachn had asked her pupi Is by ''\Vhy not rub some on yo ur head ?" who Lh!' nine g r ea tc ~ t Anwrit'ans wP 1T. LUFKIN FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. 1 VIRGINIA R. ALLEN, Editor JIu sband (who'd fo rgo tten) to wif!' : All of th e students had turned in their ''How do yo u l'XIJC(' l nw Lo remember pa prrs <' 'l: ce pt Johnn y. yo ur birthday wh\' 11 yu 11 11 eH'r look ''Cau· t yo u fi nish yo ur li ~ L. Jol111n y '(., any older ?" " [' 111 still 11ndeciderl ," replied John ny, "about lh c first basema 11 ." After th e dodor chec ked the patient over, th e physician askecl , "Have yo 11 A 111 a 11 ru shed excitedly into a been li vin g a norma l li fe ?" smoking car of a train. " A lady has 1 "Yes, cl oclo r." just fainted in th e next ea r," he cri ed. " Well , you 'll ha ve to cul it out for " Has anybody go t an y whi skey?" awhile." Immedi ately several Hasks appPa t-e cl. Member A nickel goes a long way today He seized one, tilted it back, took a of the yo u can carry it around for weeks drink a nd returned it sayin g, "Thanks. International Council before you find something to buy It always did make me feel sick to see of Industrial Editors with it. a lady fa in t."
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