Official Publication of the Ravenna Ordnance Plant of Ohio, Volume 2

EMPLOYEETRAINING

1 I .f> Organized to Better Prepare the Individual to Produce ~ Maximum Results in This 1-/our of Emergency p T .... R~ A V E N N A 0 R D N A N c E L A N

Volume JANUARY, 1942 ------Numb er I By F. L. Woodbridge colleges and unive rsities. 2------Supervisor, Foremen and Employee Training All those emp loyed for the Fuze and Booster Lines will be given t raining in the assembly of parts under working co nditions. This tra in Institution of an employee training program at the Ravenna Ord ing is amp lified by the showing of moving picture fiims of t he various nance Plant is now under way. A ll supervisors, foremen, and tra iners operations. A part of this progr am is d evoted to the care ful st udy of take the Job Instructor 's Training Course , as out lined by the 0. P. M. the Safe ty Manua l. Week ly foremen 's confere nces are being scheduled. In the Enginee ring Department , a series of co urses is being outlined In preparation for these conferences, a " Conference Leadership to prepare those already employed for up-grading in the various de Institute" was recentl y co nducted at the Administration Building by partm ents. These co urses will cover shop mat h, shop practice , and Dr. R. D. Bundy of Cleveland, Industrial Coord inator of the Cleveland kindred subje cts. Board of Educa tion , and Pane l Memb er of the Training Within Industry Division of the 0. P. M. Me n who attended the Institute were instructed These course s are the initial steps of a prog ram, wide in its range in the fundamentals of leadin g co nferences. Additi o nal courses in a nd organized to better prepar e the individual to produce maximum ad ul t education are being arranged through the coo pera tion of near-by results in this hour of emergency.

Men who attended the "Conference Leader Russell Shaw, Jack Branch, Marshall Popelka, Aery, Edward Sanders, and Enoch Vaughan. -Not pictured are Robert Mumm, Vaughn McCloskey, ship Institute," conducted by Dr. R. D. Bundy Dr. Bundy, Edgar Luerich, Ro bert Wynes, John Ralph Heister, Herbert Anderson, Robert are left to right , Frank Strahl, Wa lter Carr, Finch, Jack Taliaferro, Thomas Brant, Ernest Wehrung, Edward Lofberg, and Max Smart. PAGES 6·7 Charles Graeff, Pat Blamire, Robert Finn, Sentman, Charles Hirsch, Fred Verigan, Vincent FOR 'lOUR NEALTN ~ PROTECTION.• • Page 2 ROP January, 1942 January, 1942 R 0 P Page 11

is done by turning a knob at the bottom il ~ ~ of t he box. ~-RIIP~-- I I .. v I .... ~ 0 I 0 ...... ' I ' , ' .... I I The box can be used by Headquar ters to summon a guard , or sound a genera l Official publication of the Ravenna Ordnance Plant, Ravenna, Ohio emerge ncy. Ope rator in the cont rol room can set the light flicker in opera J. C. Donna! . . . Director of Industrial Relations tion and , if this is not enough to attract the attention of a nearby guard, he Paul A. Ryan ...... Editor may sound a siren concealed in the box• Mrs. Betty Rowley . . . . Assistant Signa l boxes will be installed in all areas. Division• Editors Evelyn Horne ...... -·---·-·---·--··-··-·-· .. Administrat ive John Bjorkman ____ ·····-·-·-··-----··-·-----·----·------... Sports tfJ.~UJm-(!}wz. ReaJ.eM. Miss June Bird ______~ War Departme nt ~is~ixL~is_Bo-~~-":::______~ Trinidad , B. W. I. Fred Kellogg ... ____-··--·- --·---·---·--- ...... Comm issary Dec. I I, 1941 Miss Co lette Corr iga "··------·-·---·---·-----Purchasing Mr. Paul A. Ryan Edward R. Sanders ... _____Fuze and Booster Lines Miss Bern ice Hunter ...... ····-·-·-···-Transportati on Dear Sir: Miss Elizabeth Sherrer ____..... Control Laboratory Here are a few odd ities from Trinidad, from D. S. Long ...... Pianning and Prod uction Control a former F. A. Pease Engineering emp loyee . Mrs. Ethel Besse.·-·-··-··---··--· ______M edica l I worked at the arsenal from October I 0, 1940, Miss Betty Valentine .. . .. Accounting till Sept . 23 , 1941, at wh ich time I left there Robert Stockdale ····-··- } Protection to work on t he air base in Trinidad . I hope o./ Jack you'll find some of this in teresting e nough to K~ tits KEYS Dick Loyer ______.. Industria l Relations pub lish in "R.O. P." wh ic h some of my friends A coup le of "key" men a t the Ra venna Ordna nce Pla nt James O' Lea r ...... Load Line I are thought ful enough to send me, way d own whom no o ne hears much abo ut are J ohn Bechdel a nd Miss D. M. Steel ...... Engineering here in the tro pics. Joseph Posedly, address Build ing EE-156. They a re " the

Frank Lukas .... ········--·-·- ... ·--··-·-· ~ The natives a re usually too poor to buy keepe rs of t he keys." H ube Briers----·------·----·------·---·--· Photographers a coffin to bury their de ceased , so they rent ( Bechde l, who has had five year s' experie nce in settlin g Harley Walt ers .. ······-·--·-··-·---·-- one. The rented one is used throug hout the " key" sit uat io ns, cla ims that he can open any lock on the ~2 entire ce remony but the corpse is finally re Reserva tion. He ought to , for he has I 0,000 keys of a ll moved in t he ce metery and a wooden box used sizes a nd shapes to choose from. l . for the actua burial A key to every build ing in the Plant a nd Depot can be We, The People Trinidadia ns buy their new c lot hin g for fo und at the key house. If you lose a key, a new o ne W e, the people of the United Chr istmas instea d of Easter. The day after c a n be made in a few minutes. If you're in a hurry, lnstallatton of a police and ftre o~gnalChrist mas is a bigger holiday than C hristmas, the y'l l a llow you to use the ir most ca refully-guarded treasu re, States, in order to form a more a master ke y t wil l open a ny lock. box in front of the Hospital marks an and ever yone goes to the ra ces to show off hat perfect union, establish justice, other ,tep toward providing fool- proof his new "duds", like Americans d o o n Easter. Aside from their key-keepi ng duties, Bechde l an d insure domestic tranquility, pro Posedly repa ir locks, cylinders , or use their influence on facilities to cope with any emergenc.y. When a na tive is injured he says " I am stubborn tum b lers, revolvin g p lugs, or bo lts. vide for the common defense, damaged. " When he means soon he says B l a nd Posedly ha ve no m prob le m. It's e asy promote the general welfare, Th"' signal box is for the u ,e of any "just now." "Soon" means tomorro w. The echde orale to keep "keyed up." and secure the blessings of lib one. When the door opens, a light on date is writte n with the day first t hen the erty to ourselves and our poster top of an attached aerial and anothet in month and yea r. Bankers hours are from 8:00 the office of the central control room at a. m. unti l noon eve ry da y. A ll stores close ity, do ordain and establish this at noon Saturday. Carpen ters saw away Guard Headquarters begins to flash Constitution for the United instead of towards themse lves. All traffic States of America. This is an indication that the sy~temis drives on the left side of the road . " No entry" Procurement Fuse and Booster in opera+ on and that you may converse means o ne way traffic. "Stick no b ills" means These famous words, the preamb le of Our gree tings are extended to the Mr. and Mrs. Max Smart celebrated wtth Guard Headquarters or with an post no bills. Tea is breakfas t , breakfast is ~uc:ffiKemorium o ur Constitution, were written more following newcomers in this Depart t he New Year by moving from Kent to other box. If the light does not flash, t he noon mea l and the evening meal is dinner. than 150 years ago, yet today hold full ment : L. Derrell Ake, Philip Hutchison, C. Denny, father of C. R. an attracti ve home at Twin Lakes. the telephone system is out of order One of the chief in dust ries is the manu meaning for these United States of ure rum, surely chief Charles W. Wakefield, and Roxanna Denny, railroad conductor, died but you may use radio facilities. This fact of and the pastime * * * drinking it. The native laborers are trans Zidan, a ll in the Expediting Division; in Mansfield, on December 26. America. Ed Luerich and his assistants are con ported to work in stake body trucks and look and Janice Green in the Stenographic By warring a nd conquering our self Adam Griggy , father of G. d ucting classes of Fuze Line employees provide for t he common defense. An exactly like Coca Cola bottles on a Coca Division. assert ing enemies, we will eject servi Cola truck. Can you imagine going swim ming E. Griggy, railroad foreman, through the int ricacies of fuze produc end less strea m of ammunition, guns, ,! * * * tude and once more establish justice, in Dece mber ? Well, we do here . Ha! Ha! died at his home in Kent, De tion, using motion pictures a nd t heir tanks, a nd planes, will avenge the un Carol Kandle spent the Christmas not only for t he wrongs committed in Inc ident a lly, I am working for Wa lsh -Driscoll cember 4. own ingenuity in gett ing across key provoked attacks made upo n us. Constr uction Co. as a transit man with the Holiday in the old home town- W il our W estern hemisphere but throughout points. engineers. mington. J. M. Miller, father of T. T. the world. We will insure domestic That o ur victory may be achieved * * * Cordia lly yours , ( ( * * * Miller, yard clerk, died recently tranquility. in t he shortest possible time with the Gusta v A. Rantilla. in Maple Heights. New addit ions t o the personnel a re least possible human suffering, dema nds Derrell Ake is no long er a free man Our Production Soldiers, the back - he was wed on Satuiday , December John H. Eby, Atlas inspector, Vincent Aery to t he Fuze Lines, a nd the united effort of every American bone of America, are producing un 27, to Miss Jean O 'Leary of Canton, . died at his home, December 24. Gerald Carley to the Booster Line. We believable results in their all-out aim to citizen. Rem~ Pe.cvdJ/~1 Ohio. Cong ratulations! herewith extend t he g lad hand. January, 1942 R 0 P Page 3 Accounting Personality Projectiles ... Industrial Relations ( New employee s of the Accounting Many newcomers have been recently Depa rt me nt a re James Cook , Bruce welcomed to the Industrial Relations Winters, Co st Division ; Audrey Teits, Depa rtm e nt . The Invest igation Section Charles Wyndham, Mary Blaser, Rob has the la rgest group, numbering Eliza e;t Bucher, Jack Barnett, Eugene Mc beth Krivak, Dorothy Brandes , Thelma Cready, Roy Alexander, George Bow McNamara , Gerald ine Shafer, Caroline en, Virginia Beard, Helen Ekas, Mate r Waldern, Margare t Lee, Marga ret ial C ont rol Division; Carl Gilreath, Wo mersley, Meda DeG roff, Lucy Kress Cha rles McCort, Ambrose Bocanelli, ling, Jean Mcintire, Florence Woods , Mail and St atio nery; Evelyn Vorndran, Mary Smith, and Ethel Nading . The Frances Redmond, Ruth Cra ig, Mary Record s Section has rece ived t he fol Beth Casali, Ste nograph ic a nd File Di lowing add itions: Mary Loveless, Emma Former home of Troop F, I 07th Cavalry, the vision; a nd Agnes Kraynik, Elsie Bonnell, Kehn, Ruth Baker, Dorothy Tuttle, Don Ravenna Armory has been remode led and will Tele p hono O pe r rs. ald Furrie, a nd Elmer Rinearson. New soon be put in use as a recreational center. ato memb e rs of the interviewing staff in * * * clude Mark Hollingsworth, Harold Bu Gladys Breth has been tra nsferred chanan, Charles Gilmour, Walter Wolfe , ITH establishment of the Ravenna the Kent Rec reation Committee, as fro m t he Ste nog rap hic a nd File Divisio n W James Henderson , Roy Nelson, Wayne Ordnance Plant, two prob lems sisted by the W. P. A . and U. S. 0. to t he office of W. Alsentzer. J. Jones, and K. F. Wi lson. Ralph Skeels became apparent. First was t he matter Recreational The $85,000 recreation b uilding re * * * has come to us as Rat e Co ntrol Super of housing and second , recreational ce ntly comp leted in Newton Falls was Daniel D. Huyett Velma Noel was transferred fro m the VISOr . facilities. ob ta ined through the efforts of the So Hoad of Genera l Engineering Ste nograph ic and File Division to the In the second field , Judge Blake C. Centers cial Federation of Portage Count y. Depa rtment, Ravenna Ordna nce * * * G uard Ho use. Plant-Native of Pennsylvania Abo ut t wenty persons atte nded a Cook , President of the Social Federa Judge Cook assisted Mayor Elmo -Graduate in Mechanical Eng; By John H. Farrell * * * t ion o f Portage County , obtained per Bailey in forming a Social Federat ion neering , Co rnell, 19 12-22 years farewe ll banq uet he ld at Vale Edge in Manag er, Housing and Recreation W. J. Alsentzer received a Sheaffer mission from the Adjutant General to which immediate ly endorsed a co:llmun with Atlas, desig ning plants and Ra venna on Decembe r 15, 194 1, in desk set from t he women service work equipment for making industrial honor of Findley Burns, who has taken use the armories in Kent and Ravenna wa s secured to build a wooden floor a nd ity center for that city. Arrangement s explosives and other products ers of the Admin ist ration Build ing. a posit io n with the Depa rt ment o State . without cost. make other improve me nts. The U. S. 0. were made in wh ich the Fede ral agen Likes to rough it at his cottage * * * o n the Sassafras River in Mary A nu mber of friends from the Ohio Ravenna City Council passed the the n agreed t o a ssum e the cost of main cies handling Portag e County's rec[ } land--Ma rried and has two sons, ( Gladys Breth, Kathleen Downs, Juan Stat e Employment Service we re present legislation necessary for lease of the ta ining the build ing a s a recreationa l ational activities recommended tna . · 18 and 21. ita Meikle, Betty Hepplewhite, Betty Val to wish Findley wel l. Ravenna Armory Because a troop of ce nte r for the city of Ravenna . Newton Falls be included in their sphere ~ entine, and t he g irls in the Stenographi c cavalry had occ upied the Armor y, the The W. P. A. Recreat iona l Division of act ivities. * * * and File Division, had a " pot luck" lunch floor was of necessity tanbark , similar ag reed t o a ssist the Rave nna Recre Plans are under way to schedule a Walter Wolfe sta rted t he New Year a nd a C hrist mas gift exchang e in the Load Line I to that used in a circus ring. atio n Co mmittee in pla nning social and series of social and athletic events ;n out most auspiciously, be ing presented C e ntra l File room on Dece mber 23 . AI Motz, supe rviso r on Load Line I, The Social ~ederationcontacted the athletic event s. the new centers. All activities will be a seven-po und baby boy, W illiam Ea rl, The ta ble was d ecora ted wit h a lighted wa s married to Miss Ann Lozosky on Federal Security Administration , and No building a lterations a re nece s coordinated with the recreational pro born at Peop les Hosp ita l, A kron, on Chr ist mas tree a nd small C hristma s tree Dece mber 27. with the a ssistance of Joseph Barnett , sa ry in tak ing over t he Kent A rmory. gram planned by the Atla s Powder Co. Jan uary I , at I 0:30 a. m. place ca rds were made by Marjorie * * * Local Coordinator, a grant of $5,000 Activit ies will be under the a uspices of for its employees. * * * Day. "Tommy" Leet played Sa nta S. S. Griffith, chief clerk, Load Lines, Dece mbe r 24 saw a me rry Ch ristmas C laus. has returned to work after being con party in the Wo men's Recept io n Room * * * fi ned to his home for nine day s. To be placed in operation in the near of the Industria l Relatio ns Build ing. future is the $85,000 Newton Falls Community We a re very happ y to have W. M. * * * G ifts were piled high under a Chr ist mas Center. Powell back with us a ga in. We wish to welcome Jack Courtin tree a nd Santa C laus, who had a sus and James Doak to o ur staff of cle rks picio usly acc urate knowledge of ea ch of in CB-20. Control Laboratory the rec ip ient s a s well as a fam iliar sus ceptib ilit y to feminine charm, took Boyd Sevold a nd Thomas Ramsey, the Medical charge of t he procee d ings in a very la st of our c he mists-in-tra ining at RXL, capab le manner. We wish to welcome to t he Medica l jo ined us o n Dece mber 22. Depa rtment Dr. George B. Hudock; Member s of the comm ittee we re Joe * * * Nurses Alice Tweedy , Helen Switz, Kovic, Leslie Hepplewhite, Pearl Brown, Arthur Sill, John Brenzovich, a nd Rob Helen Barnosky, Alena Makinen, Merle Mary Jane Mclaughlin, Mrs. I. Stan ert Boyd sta rted wit h us as C he mist' s Berns, Grace Platt, Olivia Deluca, Mary ton, F. Woodbridge, Kathryn Barnett , he lpe rs dur ing Dece mber. Cook , Mary Riley, He len Wan stree t, Ernestine Hinebau9h, a nd Mrs. E. Besse. * * * and Maxine Maris; and Orderly Harr y Back with us, afte r an absence of six Houseman. Radio is now being used to discover weeks be ca use of illness, is Dr. Frank (" * * * te rmites. A special microp hone picks Wilcoxon. Miss Doris Lawrence , compe nsation up the sound t hey ma ke as they chew Be lieve it o r not, the Doctor rode a secretary, came back to work the da y a nd magn ifies it so gre at ly t hat it bicycle to wo rk in the big blizzard of afte r Ch ristma s wearing an e ng ageme nt sounds like rice ratt lingp on a iece of Jan uary 2. It' s a six-mile jaunt! diamond. Best wishes! sand paper. Page 4 R 0 P January, 1942 January, 1942 R 0 p Page 9

Army sometime in Ja nuary. A farewell stag was given Jan uary 3 at the home of Inspecto r Virgil Roberts. ON THE ) ) $~ * * * War Departme nt girls sporting spark SPORT SC~N~ lers received during the holidays: Edith I By JOHN BJORKMAN I Bentz of Mail and Records (Bill Elliott of the Engineer's O ffice), June Bird of During t he past year we have seen Cap tain Van Bockern's Off ice (Lieu great strides taken toward an athletic tena nt Johnso n, Safety Officer , Raven program the arsenal. have seen at We na Ordnance Plant), and Beverly Ross a softball league organized from which of the General A ccounting Office (Jud-· the " Electr icians" emerged undisputed RS. FRANCES KLEIN, Inspection Guards Patrolman Vincent, who works in the M son Fisher of the Inspection Division). office of the Protection Department , champions. We have seen a good Plant New C. 0. Department , received serious Sergt. Ralph R. Millikin has been pro baseball team win the majority of its facial lacerations in an a utomobile ac * * * acco mplished t his unusual feat once be Our wishes for a speed y recovery for moted to the rank of lieutenant. Before fore in Buffa lo, N. Y., on January 13, games with formidable opponents from cident on December 24. She is recuper · Mrs. J. E. McGover n who was injured coming here, Millikin served in the 1938. A well-known figure in tourna the surrounding territory . We have seen at ing at her home in Akron. in an automobile accid e nt . Mrs. Mc Trumbull County Sheriff's office for four ment circles, Vincent is a former team a tennis tournament started with a * * * Govern is the wife of J. E. McGove rn and one-half yea rs. mate of Mayor Fra nk J. Lausche, of Plant team playing a team of picked Inspector James St ewart (head of of the Property Off ice. * * * C levela nd . al l-stars from Ravenna. This tournament Load Line II) recent ly spent two weeks The death of Patrolman Harry Edmon was not completed because of short in Lou isiana visiting relatives. * * * son on C hrist mas was deep ly mourned evenings and beca use the players lived * * * Recent visitors to the Plant were Co l. by the Protect ion Department. Firemen in scattered parts of the state. We have Harvey Glanzer, Production Contro l R. S. Chavin , Cap t. Car l G . Paulsen, Edmonson had been a member of and Robert Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. Warden H. Jones are seen several bowling leagues st arted and Division , is minus his upper lip ador n Corp. the force for five months. Many of the several Atlas bowling teams entered in t he pare nt s of a seven-pound daughter. ment. Harvey says he " nicked" it while * * * force atte nded his funeral and a g uard outsi leagues. have seen an in de We do ing a fancy job of trimming. Miss Doll Martin spent Ch ristmas honor was m by Patrolmen Im * * * of for ed terest aroused in basketball but a lack vacatio n in Texas. Miss Beverly Ross hoff, Dukeman, J . J. Brown, Hatcher, Victor Hoover was promoted to in of courts has impeded our progress * * * Those in the War Department who journeyed to Omaha , Neb. for t he holi Harrison, T. M. Brown, W . W. Smith, specto r of Load Line II, December 15. in this direction. W ith all the above spent e ither Christmas or New Yea r's days. Severson, Easterbrook, Brady, and Fer He is working with K. Seiler, inspector we have seen an interest aroused in at t heir homes (out of t he state) are * * * guson. O fficers who attended the archery, volley ball, badmint on, football, of Load Line I ) ) Loren Spedding, Sam Ehrenberg , Mrs. Wo rd received by this office te lls of funeral were Chief G. W. Conelly, skiing, ice skating, and fisning. It is Hazel Shorter, Henrietta Klebe, Lieut. the promotion of Ca pt . Norman E. Lieut. R. T. Shepard, and Sergt. P. K. * * * our sincere hope that the new year will R. R. Laurell, Lieut. Fred Johnson, and Gillespie to Major, O rdnance Depart Dustman. Let's practice more fire prevention prod uce an inte rest for every employee Lieut. E. C. Barbero. ment. He is now Co mmanding O fficer The force contrib uted a fund of $550 in 1942 t han ever before. Be on t he in some sport or other. The shaping of the Illinois O rdnance Plant at Ca r to Patrolma n Ed monson's widow. of t he entire at hletic program will de * * * ale rt for fire, or hazards which might Dick Ayres, crack typ ist for the In bondale , Illinois. * * * pend entirely on each and every indi lead to explosions. Col. Lucian B. Moody spection Department, leaves for t he New members of our growing or vidual. It's up to YOU. ... * * * Office of Mater ia l Chec kers have ga nization a re Thomas Bechler, Leroy For 1942 we hereby resolve to have: EW Commanding Officer of the Christy, John Connell, Kenneth Culler, N Capta in in the Ordna nce Department been increased by 30 pe r cent, making Ra venna Ordan ce Plant is Co l. Lu I. A basketball league. from May 29, 1907 to June 30, 1909, a totai of 50 checkers. Howard Davis, Howard Edinger, Rich cian B. Moody, Ordan ce Departm ent, and a Captain in the Coa st Artillery ard Force, Angus Gillis, Clyde Hender 2. A pistol ra nge if we have to who came here from Head q ua rters of The section is under the supervision Corp s until April I, 19 12. son, Peter Hofer, Albert Johnson, Jo make our own guns and bullets. the First A rmy, Governor 's Island, N.Y. of Vic Lasky, assisted by Ted Muth. The seph Lightner, Raymond McFadden, Co lonel Mood y received his Majority office is now located in Building 808. 3. ice skating if we have to use Colo nel Moody, a nat ive of South Lawrence Musgrave, Frank J . Pesta, in t he Ordnance Department, Novem artificial ice. Dakota, grad uated from the United * * * ber 24, 1914 and in the Coast Artillery Louis J. Peterka, Harold Phelps, Rus State s Military Acade my in 1904. He I. S. Leon has resigned his posit ion in 4. Skiing if we have to import snow Co rps on Ju ly I, 1920. He was t rans sell Rickeard, William Rogers, Harold is an honor grad uate of the School of the Fiscal Auditing. from Alaska. ferred bac k to the Ordnance Depart Schumaker, Nicholas Simione, Howard the Line, 1922; t he Genera l StaH ment on Septemb e r 4, 1920. * * * Stanley, Murray Webb, William Win 5. A baseball league if we have to School, 1923; and the Army War Col The employees of t he Tool and Equip lege, 1924. He served as a member The Colonel was commissioned a ters, and H. E. Wiswell. make our· own baseba lls and me nt Office are eager to lea rn the Lieut. Colonel on February 2, 1928, and chop down trees to make bat s. of the General Staff Co rps from July cause of the mysterious action of Nor 2, 1924 t o July 30, 1928. assigned to the Inspector General 's De Man Mykeng, who came into the office 6. Horseback riding if we have to part ment on July 7, 193 I. He is t he recipient of the Distinguish and passed a packag e of cigarettes to Guard of the Month build a merry-go-round. On May I, 1935, he was commis each fellow and a box of candy to each Wit h just ifiab le pride we announce ed Service Meda l and Order of the 7. Horseshoe tou rnaments if we Purple Heart. sioned a Colone l and relieved of duty girl without any explanation except that t hat the K. W. Vincent who received so wit h t he Inspector General's Depart he wasn't giving the reason. have to confiscate a ll the good The new Commanding O fficer was much publicity recently for bowling a ) ment . On Ju ly 6, 1935, he returned to luck emblems over our doors. ) commissioned a First Lieutenant in the perfect game at t he Linz alleys in se rvice in the O rdnance Department. Ordna nce Department on Ju ly I, 1905 Sugar coated steel is one of the lat 8. Fish ing partie s if we have to fish Cleveland, on December 24, is a mem· and a First Lieutenant in t he Art illery He is a former Co mmanding Officer est products of resea rch. Sugar is used ber of our guard force . from gold fi sh bowls. Corp s on July 25, 1907. He was a of Picat inny Arsenal, New Jer sey. to im prove the surface of the steel. .. . Exterior of Hospital .. . Accident Ward

FOR YOUR REA LTH ~ 'PROTECTION By James A. Seligman, M. D. Med ical Director

It is the desire of the Medical Department to be of the greatest possible service at all t imes. We have here at the Ravenna Ordnance Plant one of the finest equipped Med ical Departments in any indu stry. W e want everyo ne to understand that it is to help insure their hea lth and pro tection twenty-fo ur hours a day. From the time a person passes the physical examination . .. Single-bed Wa rd . Major Surgery in the Employment wing and enters the employ of Atlas, .. ... Section of Laboratory until he leaves the service of the Company, each employee will have at his disposal a medical unit complete within itself. This service includes both major and minor surgery as well as diagnostic 6CJuipment such as X-ray and Labora tory work, accident ward and out-patient dispensary with a physiotherapy department combined . For major work, our hosp:tal at th e present tim e is equip ped for twenty-six bed patients. In addition, each Load Line is equipped with a dispensary where there is a nurse on duty at all tim es. The full staff consists of the medical director and s1x doctors, twenty nurses, X-ray technician, laSoratory tech nician, compensation division and clerical assistants. Medi cal records are effi cientl y kept and ve ry closely guarded. These are considered strictly private and confidential. With this complete medical set-up at the disposal of each individual, one will have only himse lf to thank for any neglect of his physical welfare. . .. Section of X-Ray ... Central Supply Room . .. Four-bed Ward Page 8 R 0 P January, 1942 January, 1942 R 0 P Page 5

Here FAANSP-DRTAIII/H , n IC There • First section of the railroad C. T. C. Homes, Warren. The little girl twins with /,I signal system went into operation at are the "apples of his eye." Evelyn 8 a. m. , December 22 . It was a grea t * * * Horne relief to Train Dispatcher s Daily, Mc Bob Lyons, of the Motor Pool. ha s t) Dermott , and Showalter. The boys took re+urned from his former home in Scra n· to the new system like "ducks to water," ton, Pa., where he spent the Christmas 1942 looms up a s t he busiest year Ted Garceau, a ud itor , will marry Miss and tra in movements around the Load holiday. most of us have ever exper ienced. Of Martha Boucher of Montreal, Can., Lines have speeded up a lot si nce e lim * * * course, t he vete ran powder men such January 24 in the private dining room. ination of the " 19 Orders" in this W. A. Wade, general foreman, Lo as Messrs. Fletcher, Anderson and Wil Announcement s have been made of section . comotive Maintenance , is the proud liston could te ll you, (if they would), the engagements of Miss Mildred Flem * * * grandfather of a bouncing baby boy. what we have before us. In any event, ing, bus girl. to Private Julius Rapsak; Members of the Atla s sig na l main The recent addition to t he Reed we are sure that every o ne of us is Miss Ann Yura, bus girl, to Joseph Stu tenance department presented G. L. fam ily is a boy, announces Francis, the prepared to cheerfully " pitch in." denary of W indber, Pa .; and Miss Helen Pyle, of the Union Switch and Signal pro ud papa, of the Atla s Motor Pool. * * * Janacek, counter girl, to William Bow Company , a beautiful brief case. This F. T. "Dad" Wa shburn is handing out However, with the New Year also ser. is in appreciation of his excellent work cigars to all the boys in the Stat ions comes the Atlas Social Club, to help Miss Lillian Boothe, cashier, was mar and cooperation in connect io n with the a nd Materials Division, having recent ly keep Jack from being a dull boy. The ried to Private First Class W illiam C. installation of t he C. T. C. system . become a proud grandfather. debut of this club at the Twin Lakes Thomas at the First Church of Christ in * * * * * * Co~ntryCl ub was such a success that Augloa, Indiana, on December 15. "Bud" Hart, Chief Timekeeper 1n Office of the Transportation Depart the orga niza tio n is well o n its way to * * * Mr. Graves' office, is a busy man the se ment welcomes Clara Kovisto, ste nog·· have more a nd better affa irs. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lucha are the days shuffling daily time card s and rapher. * * * parents of a daughte r, Caro l Ann, born keeping the fellows happy. * * * We realize t hat this column is headed ( at St. Joseph 's Hospital , Warren , on De * * * Supervisor C. F. Schultz of the Loco "Behind the 8 Ba ll," but this be ing cember 7. Permanent facilities for sterilization motive Maintena nce Department sure written on the first day of the year, our * * * of drinking water container s, assuring smiled when he had the red pi ckup re New Year's Resolutio ns just won't let On Sunday, December 21, a Chr ist field crews of safe dr inking water, have assigned to him. us live up to that. Howeve r, we hope mas party was held at the home of Mrs. been set up at room 30, O ld Atla s * * * nobody thinks t hat will st ick for all Dorothy Graber on route 5, west of Building. J. W. Baker replace s Railroad Fore· ti me, becau se, like most peop le, we Charles ton. Among the guests were Melton, Vincent William * * * man E. Shamblin, who has been pro~.lotusual ly break the best of resolutions John Gold, John "Stinky" Davis, of the Motor ed to Transfer Foreman . about the 15th of January . Brown, Betty Graber , Rose Marie Pool, has recent ly sa id " I do ," t o Miss * * * Fletcher, Kay Sorocak, Rose Kuta and Joan Warner , of Edinburg. George Lantz, J . W. Cummins, a nd Mary T riscari. * * * Paul Trent, have been advanced from ~ngineering * * * C . R. a empl A. M. Lucha recently enteriained all Newcomb, former oyee Foremen to General Fo remen in the Sta Jack Craig , master mechanic, has employees who have been employed at in the Transportat ion Department, ten t ions and Materials Division. set up light hou sekeep ing with I I of his dered his resignatio n in order that he the Commissary for one year or more. R. B. "Biackie" McClelland, Steve men in an abandoned farm hou se at the might enlist in the Navy. This Depart Following a b uffet supper , guests in Uhrin, Jr., and W. P. Anderson , have south end of the reservation. ment wishes him "God Speed " in his spected the Comm issary in the new Ad been advanced from Leaders to Fore new choice of service. * * * minist ration Area. Those present were men. New additions to the force: Viola Willis Benson, Art Carney, Fred Cox, J. J. Klauer has left the Motor Pool * * * Hayes, Ralph Jones , A. J. Heilman, Clare Davis, Oliver Dodson, Roman personnel, to enlist in the U. S. Army. Tom Luther, general foreman, will Tom my Thompson, Jimmy Amrich, Fred ;, Dray, Andrew Fleeman, Ed Hoover, Bud M. A. Baird, the jovial Wilbur Wat soon become a permanent resident of Shorter, Wilbur Zoll, C . W. Suit. Huber, Paul Kelley, Fred Kellogg, Louis sor) Inspector of t he C. T. C. System, Ravenna , having purchased one of the LaPaze, Charles Lawson, Bill Madlem , spent Christmas holiday at his home in new home s in the new allotment. * * * (1 Vicki Martin, John Mendiola, Rutherford Suffern, N. Y. Who wants an additional phone? Just * * * Morgan, Mary Newman, Harry Paw ca ll Bill Ruth and it's the sa me as in * * * In order to be closer to his work, lowski, Nifty Scharff, Marie Stefansic , and ringing. Virginia Kerr enjoyed Christmas Day Fred Readshaw has moved from Lee Gene Taylor, John Wallace, Curly with her family in Grand Rapids, Mich. ton ia to Lake Milton. * * * ( ( Warder, Clifton Allen, George Fauer When stenographer Mary Halde man and Guard F. F. Leonard of the Protection De part me nt get together you have a classical example of what happ ens when you eat your * * * * * * Haydon Tuke, who took a flying trip Be bach, John Melton, Fred Newcomb, n spinach. Leonard admits that he does. Tra inmaster J. E. McNelis is a happy It is feared that the tobacco industry home wants everyone to know he is Pecora, Wilmer Radak, Marshall Rader, Miss Hald eman , who stands 4 feet II inches, has red hair, weig hs only a hu nd red pounds fellow, having spent Christmas with will suffer severe financial loss now back and ready to resume his normal George Suber, Mary Triscari , and and wears size fiv e shoes. his nieces and nephew at W est lawn that George "Pappy" Pierce has quit. duties of caring for children. Leonard, who is still experiencing difficulty in getting a uniform, we ars a 14 shoe, Mack Williams. is 6 feet S1f2 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. January, 1942 R 0 P Page 3 Accounting Personality Projectiles ... Industrial Relations ( New employee s of the Accounting Many newcomers have been recently Depa rt me nt a re James Cook , Bruce welcomed to the Industrial Relations Winters, Co st Division ; Audrey Teits, Depa rtm e nt . The Invest igation Section Charles Wyndham, Mary Blaser, Rob has the la rgest group, numbering Eliza e;t Bucher, Jack Barnett, Eugene Mc beth Krivak, Dorothy Brandes , Thelma Cready, Roy Alexander, George Bow McNamara , Gerald ine Shafer, Caroline en, Virginia Beard, Helen Ekas, Mate r Waldern, Margare t Lee, Marga ret ial C ont rol Division; Carl Gilreath, Wo mersley, Meda DeG roff, Lucy Kress Cha rles McCort, Ambrose Bocanelli, ling, Jean Mcintire, Florence Woods , Mail and St atio nery; Evelyn Vorndran, Mary Smith, and Ethel Nading . The Frances Redmond, Ruth Cra ig, Mary Record s Section has rece ived t he fol Beth Casali, Ste nograph ic a nd File Di lowing add itions: Mary Loveless, Emma Former home of Troop F, I 07th Cavalry, the vision; a nd Agnes Kraynik, Elsie Bonnell, Kehn, Ruth Baker, Dorothy Tuttle, Don Ravenna Armory has been remode led and will Tele p hono O pe r rs. ald Furrie, a nd Elmer Rinearson. New soon be put in use as a recreational center. ato memb e rs of the interviewing staff in * * * clude Mark Hollingsworth, Harold Bu Gladys Breth has been tra nsferred chanan, Charles Gilmour, Walter Wolfe , ITH establishment of the Ravenna the Kent Rec reation Committee, as fro m t he Ste nog rap hic a nd File Divisio n W James Henderson , Roy Nelson, Wayne Ordnance Plant, two prob lems sisted by the W. P. A . and U. S. 0. to t he office of W. Alsentzer. J. Jones, and K. F. Wi lson. Ralph Skeels became apparent. First was t he matter Recreational The $85,000 recreation b uilding re * * * has come to us as Rat e Co ntrol Super of housing and second , recreational ce ntly comp leted in Newton Falls was Daniel D. Huyett Velma Noel was transferred fro m the VISOr . facilities. ob ta ined through the efforts of the So Hoad of Genera l Engineering Ste nograph ic and File Division to the In the second field , Judge Blake C. Centers cial Federation of Portage Count y. Depa rtment, Ravenna Ordna nce * * * G uard Ho use. Plant-Native of Pennsylvania Abo ut t wenty persons atte nded a Cook , President of the Social Federa Judge Cook assisted Mayor Elmo -Graduate in Mechanical Eng; By John H. Farrell * * * t ion o f Portage County , obtained per Bailey in forming a Social Federat ion neering , Co rnell, 19 12-22 years farewe ll banq uet he ld at Vale Edge in Manag er, Housing and Recreation W. J. Alsentzer received a Sheaffer mission from the Adjutant General to which immediate ly endorsed a co:llmun with Atlas, desig ning plants and Ra venna on Decembe r 15, 194 1, in desk set from t he women service work equipment for making industrial honor of Findley Burns, who has taken use the armories in Kent and Ravenna wa s secured to build a wooden floor a nd ity center for that city. Arrangement s explosives and other products ers of the Admin ist ration Build ing. a posit io n with the Depa rt ment o State . without cost. make other improve me nts. The U. S. 0. were made in wh ich the Fede ral agen Likes to rough it at his cottage * * * o n the Sassafras River in Mary A nu mber of friends from the Ohio Ravenna City Council passed the the n agreed t o a ssum e the cost of main cies handling Portag e County's rec[ } land--Ma rried and has two sons, ( Gladys Breth, Kathleen Downs, Juan Stat e Employment Service we re present legislation necessary for lease of the ta ining the build ing a s a recreationa l ational activities recommended tna . · 18 and 21. ita Meikle, Betty Hepplewhite, Betty Val to wish Findley wel l. Ravenna Armory Because a troop of ce nte r for the city of Ravenna . Newton Falls be included in their sphere ~ entine, and t he g irls in the Stenographi c cavalry had occ upied the Armor y, the The W. P. A. Recreat iona l Division of act ivities. * * * and File Division, had a " pot luck" lunch floor was of necessity tanbark , similar ag reed t o a ssist the Rave nna Recre Plans are under way to schedule a Walter Wolfe sta rted t he New Year a nd a C hrist mas gift exchang e in the Load Line I to that used in a circus ring. atio n Co mmittee in pla nning social and series of social and athletic events ;n out most auspiciously, be ing presented C e ntra l File room on Dece mber 23 . AI Motz, supe rviso r on Load Line I, The Social ~ederationcontacted the athletic event s. the new centers. All activities will be a seven-po und baby boy, W illiam Ea rl, The ta ble was d ecora ted wit h a lighted wa s married to Miss Ann Lozosky on Federal Security Administration , and No building a lterations a re nece s coordinated with the recreational pro born at Peop les Hosp ita l, A kron, on Chr ist mas tree a nd small C hristma s tree Dece mber 27. with the a ssistance of Joseph Barnett , sa ry in tak ing over t he Kent A rmory. gram planned by the Atla s Powder Co. Jan uary I , at I 0:30 a. m. place ca rds were made by Marjorie * * * Local Coordinator, a grant of $5,000 Activit ies will be under the a uspices of for its employees. * * * Day. "Tommy" Leet played Sa nta S. S. Griffith, chief clerk, Load Lines, Dece mbe r 24 saw a me rry Ch ristmas C laus. has returned to work after being con party in the Wo men's Recept io n Room * * * fi ned to his home for nine day s. To be placed in operation in the near of the Industria l Relatio ns Build ing. future is the $85,000 Newton Falls Community We a re very happ y to have W. M. * * * G ifts were piled high under a Chr ist mas Center. Powell back with us a ga in. We wish to welcome Jack Courtin tree a nd Santa C laus, who had a sus and James Doak to o ur staff of cle rks picio usly acc urate knowledge of ea ch of in CB-20. Control Laboratory the rec ip ient s a s well as a fam iliar sus ceptib ilit y to feminine charm, took Boyd Sevold a nd Thomas Ramsey, the Medical charge of t he procee d ings in a very la st of our c he mists-in-tra ining at RXL, capab le manner. We wish to welcome to t he Medica l jo ined us o n Dece mber 22. Depa rtment Dr. George B. Hudock; Member s of the comm ittee we re Joe * * * Nurses Alice Tweedy , Helen Switz, Kovic, Leslie Hepplewhite, Pearl Brown, Arthur Sill, John Brenzovich, a nd Rob Helen Barnosky, Alena Makinen, Merle Mary Jane Mclaughlin, Mrs. I. Stan ert Boyd sta rted wit h us as C he mist' s Berns, Grace Platt, Olivia Deluca, Mary ton, F. Woodbridge, Kathryn Barnett , he lpe rs dur ing Dece mber. Cook , Mary Riley, He len Wan stree t, Ernestine Hinebau9h, a nd Mrs. E. Besse. * * * and Maxine Maris; and Orderly Harr y Back with us, afte r an absence of six Houseman. Radio is now being used to discover weeks be ca use of illness, is Dr. Frank (" * * * te rmites. A special microp hone picks Wilcoxon. Miss Doris Lawrence , compe nsation up the sound t hey ma ke as they chew Be lieve it o r not, the Doctor rode a secretary, came back to work the da y a nd magn ifies it so gre at ly t hat it bicycle to wo rk in the big blizzard of afte r Ch ristma s wearing an e ng ageme nt sounds like rice ratt lingp on a iece of Jan uary 2. It' s a six-mile jaunt! diamond. Best wishes! sand paper. Page 2 ROP January, 1942 January, 1942 R 0 P Page 11 is done by turning a knob at the bottom il ~ ~ of t he box. ~-RIIP~-- I I .. v I .... ~ 0 I 0 ...... ' I ' , ' .... I I The box can be used by Headquar ters to summon a guard , or sound a genera l Official publication of the Ravenna Ordnance Plant, Ravenna, Ohio emerge ncy. Ope rator in the cont rol room can set the light flicker in opera J. C. Donna! . . . Director of Industrial Relations tion and , if this is not enough to attract the attention of a nearby guard, he Paul A. Ryan ...... Editor may sound a siren concealed in the box• Mrs. Betty Rowley . . . . Assistant Signa l boxes will be installed in all areas. Division• Editors Evelyn Horne ...... -·---·-·---·--··-··-·-· .. Administrat ive John Bjorkman ____ ·····-·-·-··-----··-·-----·----·------... Sports tfJ.~UJm-(!}wz. ReaJ.eM. Miss June Bird ______~ War Departme nt ~is~ixL~is_Bo-~~-":::______~ Trinidad , B. W. I. Fred Kellogg ... ____-··--·- --·---·---·--- ...... Comm issary Dec. I I, 1941 Miss Co lette Corr iga "··------·-·---·---·-----Purchasing Mr. Paul A. Ryan Edward R. Sanders ... _____Fuze and Booster Lines Miss Bern ice Hunter ...... ····-·-·-···-Transportati on Dear Sir: Miss Elizabeth Sherrer ____..... Control Laboratory Here are a few odd ities from Trinidad, from D. S. Long ...... Pianning and Prod uction Control a former F. A. Pease Engineering emp loyee . Mrs. Ethel Besse.·-·-··-··---··--· ______M edica l I worked at the arsenal from October I 0, 1940, Miss Betty Valentine .. . .. Accounting till Sept . 23 , 1941, at wh ich time I left there Robert Stockdale ····-··- } Protection to work on t he air base in Trinidad . I hope o./ Jack you'll find some of this in teresting e nough to K~ tits KEYS Dick Loyer ______.. Industria l Relations pub lish in "R.O. P." wh ic h some of my friends A coup le of "key" men a t the Ra venna Ordna nce Pla nt James O' Lea r ...... Load Line I are thought ful enough to send me, way d own whom no o ne hears much abo ut are J ohn Bechdel a nd Miss D. M. Steel ...... Engineering here in the tro pics. Joseph Posedly, address Build ing EE-156. They a re " the

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