;C1IIILJ. BBllIIIIS lOBIlII. OIL ~8I1PI.IY i - January 10, 1870 - purpose of "manufacturing and dealing in CLEVELAN~A new corporation was formed petroleum products under the corporate name The Company." here today when the nation's largest petroleum ~ The corporation concept is a relatively new business refining company, bucking a severe depression Flashback to 1870 device. Real operating corporations are rare. The Cleve­ in the oil industry, reorganized. The new firm I land city directory lists only 32. will be known as The Standard Oil Company. secretary-treasurer; Samuel Andrews, superintendent John Rockefeller explained that incorporation seemed It takes over the business and property of the firm of works; and Stephen V. Harkness, 49, a wealthy wise for his company because "kerosine manufacturing of Rockefeller, Andrews, and Flagler, which operated liquor merchant. is becoming an industry in which only large establish­ two refineries and a huge barrelmaking plant here, Oliver B. Jennings, 45, who made a fortune selling ments have any certainty of survivaL" plus related shipping and warehousing facilities in supplies to gold rush prospectors in California, is the Last year 26 refining companies went bankrupt Northeastern and New York City. sixth stockholder and director. He is a brother-in-law because of inadequate facilities and lack of capital. Incorporators of The Standard Oil Company are of William Rockefeller. Asked who conceived the idea of incorporating John D. Rockefeller, 30, president; his brother William, The 200-word articles of incorporation, filed in Cuy­ Standard Oil, Rockefeller replied, "I wish I'd had the 28, vice-president and manager of the company's ex­ ahoga Common Pleas Court before Justice of the Peace brains to think of it. It was Henry M. Flagler." port operations in New York; Henry M. Flagler, 37, Frederick A. Brand, declare the corporation is for the (Turn to Page 2, Column 1) Sohio lie",. JANUARY 1970

Closing Finalizes Merger - It's official. shares from 20 million to 40 Dec. 1 in Federal District Court Sohio and BP Oil Corporation million. They also authorized an at Cleveland. merged Jan. 1 when closing increase in the number of Sohio The decree requires Sohio to WILLIAM FRASER MONTY PENNELL papers were signed by repre­ directors from 12 to 14 to per­ divest itself of facilities repre­ sentatives of Sohio and The mit election of two British senting sales in of 400 mil­ B l' i tis h Petroleum Company Petroleum representatives. lion gallons annually of taxable Limited, parent firm of BP Oil. The meeting originally was motor fuel. Also, Sohio must Sohio Board Adds The formality, held in Lon­ scheduled for Oct. 9, but was divest itself of competing So­ don, came seven months after adjourned several times, pend­ hio or BP Oil service stations the proposed merger was pub­ ing resolution of U.S. Justice in Western Pennsylvania. Two New Directors licly announced and about a Department antitrust objec­ When the decree became final CLEVELAND - Two new directors, nominees of The year after officials of the two tions to the merger. 30 days after it was filed, the companies began negotiations. British Petroleum Company Limited, are expected to be The objections were resolved, way was cleared for closing of The merger gives Sohio im­ and a COll3ent decree was filed the merger. elected to Sohio's board of directors when it meets mense underground crude oil Jan. 22. reserves in Alaska's Prudhoe Tbey are 'William Fra er, 1959 he became managing direc- Bay oil field. It doubles refin­ managing irector for Eri' tor f r 'r.' . " '0 ea- Petroleum, and Monty M. Pen­ MONTY PENl'ELL began his sets, expands marketing capa­ nell, managing director of BP present assignment in 1967. He bility from 6 to 21 states, and Exploration Company Limited, is a 1938 Liverpool University includes interests in an exten­ both headquartered in London. graduate. During World War sive transportation system. Sohio shareholders authorized II he served with the British Initially, British Petroleum an increase in the number of Army in the Mediterranean, receives special, nondividend­ board members from 12 to 14 attaining the rank of major. bearing stock equal to a 25 per­ at a special meeting Dec. 9 as He joined British Petroleum cent common stock interest in a result of the merger agree­ in 1946 and, over the next ten Sohio. This will be converted ment between Sohio and BP years, held engineering and ex­ later to regular common stock. Oil Corporation. ecutive assignments in Iran, British Petroleum has oppor­ WILLIAM FRASER has been a Sicily, and East Africa. In 1956 tunity to earn up to 54 percent managing director for British he was assigned to New York, interest in Sohio, based on suc­ Petroleum since 1962. He was leaving there in 1958 to return cess of Alaskan oil production. educated at Loretto School, to the United Kingdom. The merger overwhelmingly near Edinburgh, and at Clare Mr. Pennell completed opera­ was approved by Sohio share­ College, Cambridge. holders at a special meeting tions assignments in Iran and EARL UNRUH Rising to the rank of lieu­ Libya, then in 1963 became Dec. 9. ROBERT GRIFFIN tenant colonel in the British deputy general managing direc­ Shareholders also approved Army during World War II, he tor for BP Exploration. increasing the common stock was awarded the Order of the British Empire and the U.S. Unruh, Griffin Head Army's Bronze Star. After the war Mr. Fraser practiced law until 1950, when T~o Merged Groups he joined British Petroleum's exploration staff. From 1956 CLEVELAND - The merger of Sohio and BP Oil Corpo­ to 1958 he represented British ration results in naming of two additional Sohio vice­ Petroleum in New York. In presidents and in organizational changes within Sohio. Robert G. Griffin, former BP Oil vice-president for Market­ Griffin. The BP brand name Two Receive ing Operations, is vice-presi­ will be used, and BP Oil's ser­ Reward dent for Marketing-BP. vice station modernization and Highest Earl W. Unruh, who headed (Turn to Page 8, Column 1) PUT RIVER• NUMBER Logistics for BP Oil Corpora­ For Convictions tion, is vic e-p l' e sid en t for YOUNGSTOWN -A record BP OIL CORPORlTl( Transportation, now a separate $5,000 reward has gone to two PERMIT NUMBER 68· department within Sobio. Formalities Brief Youngstown men for their part Sohio's former Supply and LONDON - The New in the conviction of the gun­ 5.11. SECT. 27 Til" I Transportation Department be­ man in a holdup-slaying at a comes Supply and Distribution Year's Day formalities, ~_ signifying the merger of Sohio dealer station here. j-..., . UOP.M. .... Department. ~'''L-=- Sohio and BP Oil Corpo­ The money was paid under Mr. Griffin and Mr. Unruh ration, were completed the Sohio Shield Program, report to Sohio Executive Vice­ in less than three hours. which rewards persons who President Joseph D. Harnett. contribute information leading The exchange of docu­ Other departments experienc­ ments - corporate stock, to an arrest or conviction in ing organizational changes as cases of burglary, assault, or opinions of counsel, and a result of the merger include other papers - took place property damage at Sohio ser­ Accounting, Employee Rela­ at Britannic House, 35­ vice stations. tions, Finance and Planning, story home office of The Management Systems, Natural The $5,000 was the most British Petroleum Com­ granted in the program's 12­ Resources, and Refining. pany Limited. year history and was its max­ Changes line up this way: imum payment at the time. George J. Dunn, attor­ Marketing ney in the Corporate Since then, the top award Legal Department, repre­ under the shield program has BP Marketing will operate as sented Sobio. been raised to $10,000, depend­ PARKA·CLAD WORKMEN VIEW PUT RIVER 1 WELL a separate entity, headquarter­ ing upon gravity of the crime. Site of British Petroleum discovery at Prudhoe Bay. ed in Atlanta, and headed by Page 2 SOHIO NEWS January 1970

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Editor, F. M. Paulson; Assistant Editor, June Eppink; Editorial Sta Clyde Wimer, Jack Ott, Joe Franko, and Marjorie Loucks. Published every month for employees of The Standard Oil Co pany (Ohio) and these subsidiaries: BP Oil Corporation, Fleet·Wing Corporation, Old Ben Coal Corporation, Sohio·lran Trading, Inc., Sohio Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipe Line Company, Sohio Vene· zuela Company, and Vistron Corporation. Address correspondence to F. M. Paulson, Public Relations Depart· ment, The Standard Oil Company (Ohio), 1702 Midland Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. These trademarks and service marks are the property of The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) and its subsidiaries: Boron, Canfield, Cardinal, Extron, Farmex, Filon, Filon-Stripes, Fleet-Wing, Frostex, Gas and Go, Golden Duron, Hospitality Motor Inn, Ice-gard, Loma, Lubri-Chart, Lubri-Check, Oxco, Parowax, Piston Seal, Plastex, Pre· mex, Pro, Profile, Prolon, Pro-phy-Iac-tic, QVO, Ree-Juve, So-clear, Sohigro, Sohio, Solar, Trolkote, Trolumen, Valve Ease, Vistron, and Wm. Penn.

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Home Office .'.June Eppink Natural Resources Fleet·Wing " Norene Johns Alice Daisy Hamilton . Lima Refinery Mary Bowler Houston .Joan Funderburk NO.2 Refinery. Hedy Sumkowski Toledo Refinery .. Fred Gressler Lafayette ...Willa Mae deYoung Midland .. George Ludwig Marketing Oklahoma City Johnnye Stephens Okmulgee Elizabeth Smith AKRON REGION: Pauls Valley Marie Smith STANDARD OIL REFINERY ABOUT 1870. NOTE COW IN FOREGROUND. Office ...... Eleanor Dietz Russell Dot Schmidt Akron ... Frances Conry WEHLU .. Barbara Kelley Canton .Gladys Zernechel Youngstown .... Elaine Henry FLASHBACK TO 1870 Research CLEVELAND REGION: Broadway .. Myrtle Stajcar Office .....Catherine Grubbs Warrensville Sharon Zolan CINCINNATI REGION: Ex-Merchant Heads New Oil Firm Office Norma Wessendorf Transportation Dayton Evelyn Shepherd Gathering Lines . Russ Moore (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) $10 a barrel. Profit margins on worth twice that. This makes COLUMBUS REGION: Trunk Lines ... Lena Strong The new company traces its refined kerosine have been cut it one of the biggest companies to about a third of what they in the nation. Office Maude Martin roots to 1863 when John Rocke­ Columbus Hobart Heath Vistron were just five years ago and feller, Andrews, and Maurice The property it takes over Portsmouth .. Ruth March Champion .. Lee Nonnamaker are still falling. B. Clark built a small refinery from the predecessor firm of Zanesville Helen Wright Filon-Silmar .. Harold Hartman called The Excelsior Works at Despite this depression, in­ Rockefeller, Andrews, and Flag­ Lima . . Peter Conidaris Kingsbury Run, near the Cuy­ dustry observers give the new ler is valued at 450,000. In TOLEDO REGION: Office Madeline Nelson Loma . . Elaine Rister ahoga River here, to distill pe­ Standard Oil Company a good addition, Standard Oil assumes Oxco Brush ... Maxine Hogg troleum into kerosine. Clark Lima " Evelyn Sarber chance to survive. They say a mortgage of nearly $78,000. Mansfield ..Jane Reiner Plastex .Saundra Law and Rockefeller had been part­ Standard is "possessed of the Of the 10,000 shares issued Toledo Regina Lehman Pro Brush . . Bob Ulm ners in a successful commission requisites found in business es­ in the new company, John merchant house here since 1859, tablishments of the highest Rockefeller -r e c e i v e s 2,667 just'before the recent Civil War. order." shares; William Rockefeller, The Excelsior Works was With its second refinery, The Flagler, and Andrews - 1,333 EDITORIAL built just four years after Ed­ Standard Works, built in 1865, each; Harkness - 1,334; and win .Drake, a retired railroad the new company has capacity Jennings - 1,000. The remain­ conductor, drilled the world's for processing 3,000 barrels of ing 1,000 shares go to the firm first commercially successful crude oil per day. This repre­ of Rockefeller and Andrews oil well, 69 feet deep, at Titus­ sents 10 percent of the entire for resale in the near future. Welcome, BP ville, Penna. refining capacity of the coun­ While there is a firm known The industry has struggled try. as the Standard Oil Company This new year, 1970, heralds a challenging era for the in the 11 years since Drake's The new company is capital­ of Pittsburgh, it is believed the growing Sohio family, which now includes some 4,700 well, and prices of crude oil ized at $1 million, but the fi­ new company takes its name former BP Oil Corporation employees. have fluctuated between $1 and nancial community considers it from its refinery. The name also proclaims the company's Never before have employees of The Standard Oil objective to standardize qual­ Company and its subsidiaries enjoyed such doorstep ity and product specifications opportunity. in an industry noticeably lack­ Before us lies the exciting challenge of developing ing in standards. newly acquired assets into the profitable enterprise characterized by Sohio in Ohio. There promises to be Stanek Moves new and greater opportunity for personal advancement and development throughout the organization. To Zanesville The Sohio News has welcomed quite a few new em­ ployees and corporations in recent years as a result of mergers. But, of course, the BP Oil Corporation merger Division Post tops them all. ZANESVILLE George A. It is with pleasure that, for all Sohioans, we welcome Stanek leaves Boron Oil Com­ BP Oil employees to our ranks and look forward to keep­ pany's Detroit Region to be­ ing them informed about BP and corporate-wide ac i,i­ come manager of Marketing's sales division here. ties through the pages of the Sohio News. Mr. Stanek, retail sales man­ ager, had been on the Boron­ Dutch-Style Menu Detroit staff since 1968. He Includes Lasagna succeeds Ni­ SEIP Notes cholas T. Gior­ CLEVELAND-A revised menu As of Nov. 30, 1969 expands the customary Pennsyl­ gianni, now Ad­ Total fund to date: 36,..3-; 122 ministrative vania Dutch-style fare of all man a ge l' for Dutch Pantry restaurants. Securities held by tru_·ee for Achievers Sell Eagerly Hom e Office Now included are lasagna, member accounts: Marketing. spaghetti, and a meatball sand­ Common Stock 640,2­ CLEVELAND - Eager salesmen, these three youngsters practice A native of wich. Also new are Dutch oven­ Preferred Stock 30.• , selling their wares - products of three Junior Achievement com­ Winona, Minn., George baked Swiss steak and a chicken Stanek Savings Bonds 235,- panies - on Gary D. Smalley (left), senior systems analyst in and a Univer­ salad sandwich. The changes Avel'age price of co Home Office Information Systems. sity of Minnesota graduate, are part of Dutch Pantry's pol­ icy to add new ideas to its menu (including commi ,,'0 _ Students at inner-city high schools here, the trio and other George began his Sohio career in 1957 as a junior engineer for every six months. chased by trustee 'n a members of their JA companies sold their products to Sohioans with members' in-r c in the Home Office cafeteria. They are (from left) Frank Barnett, Home Office Refining. In 1962 Many popular dishes remain: Carolyn Anderson, and Willie Tisdel. he moved to Marketing's Con­ cabbage rolls, meat loaf, stuf­ November hare struction and Maintenance as fed peppers, and all of Dutch hare Frank's company at East Tech, L'EbonCie, makes and sells cig­ October bulk station engineer. Pantry's desserts and soups. September -hare arette lighters. Advisor is Griffin McDonald, Home Office Trea­ R. George left Home Office in "The new dishes proved suc­ surer's investment portfolio analyst. Company contrib f r third 1964 to become Construction cessful in customer tests and quarter of 1969­ 5 5,644 Carolyn is from Jane Addams and represents Soulco, which and Maintenance manager for offer patrons a wider selec­ Company con ri ·0 indi­ makes combs. John C. Taylor, senior project leader in Home Of­ Cincinnati Region. Early in tion," says W. David Van Sco­ fice Engineering, is counselor. vidual accoun ­ quar­ 1968 he served Boron-Detroit tel', manager of Dutch Pantry ter of 1969- percent Willie Tisdel, also at East Tech, is with Jabs Co., which makes in that capacity, then was ap­ operations for Sohio's Hospital­ and sells toy Santas. Smalley is advisor for Jabs. pointed retail sales manager. ity Motor Inns subsidiary. , January 1970 SOHI'O NEWS Page 3 Unruh, Griffin Head 2 Groups (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) Victor E. Schermerhorn is Lybarger are announced by construction program will con­ manager of Refinery Crude Oil John L. Ross, vice-president for tinue. BP's 16-state marketing Supply. He was manager of Natural Resources. network is already organized Crude Oil Supply for Sohio. Mr. Pforzheimer, assistant to into seven regions, similar to S. Stuart Myel', formerly the vice-president, bee 0 m e s Sohio's existing Ohio operation. Foreign Supply manager, is manager of Oil Shale Opera­ Transportation manager of Crude Oil Sales. tions. He will represent Sohio This new department is re­ Martin J. Cinadr is manager on the Colony Development sponsible for Sohio's expanded of Product Supply, and James management committee and di­ pipeline, marine, and joint-ven­ R. Cross is manager of Pur­ rect the activities of Sohio rep­ ture petroleum transportation chasing. Their staffs will be resentatives on various tech­ interests. enlarged by the transfer of sev­ nical subcommittees. The trans-Alaska pipeline eral employees from BP's At­ Pforzheimer also becomes re­ and the proposed trans-United lanta office. sponsible for coordinating So­ hio internal activities relating States pipeline are two projects Accounting in which the merged companies to the development of the Prud­ BP Oil's marketing and re­ have substantial interests. hoe Bay properties, including fining accounting activities are the trans-Alaska pipeline and Unruh's headquarters will be headed by Eugene A. Ulrich, terminal, tanker requirements, in Cleveland. BP Oil controller, who reports and markets for crude oil. ~()o._­ Oakley M. Turner, Sohio's to Charles W. Plum, Sohio's ",. He continues his current \U\.'( manager of Transportation, is vice-president for Accounting staff functions for Old Ben manager of Operations for the and controller. Mr. Ulrich is ~i'C:~ - \r- f Coal Corporation. ..\'tl _~ enlarged activities of the new headquartered at Atlanta. fi~:o;;'r;";"·~,!"""~- '\ ' department. Mr. Lybarger moves from Transportation accounting Oklahoma City to Home Office l" \' Kenneth E. Lundquist, Ad­ functions report to William E. as assistant to the vice-pres­ n 1~ ministration Staff manager, is McKee, manager of Supply and ident. manager of Marine Operations. Transportation Accounting at Sohio's Home Office. He will coordinate activities John Boltacz, formerly with with BP Alaska for exploration BP Oil, becomes manager of Employee Relations and development of the Prud­ Administration Staff. J. M. (Sage) Reagor con­ hoe Bay and other Alaskan Supply and Distribution tinues as manager-Personnel properties. BP Alaska is op­ Four divisions report to J. for BP activities. He reports to erator of Sohio oil and gas Rodgers McCreary, Supply and Thomas G. Shirreffs, vice-pres­ leases in Alaska. Distribution vice-president. ident for Employee Relations. In addition, Lybarger will Winter Warmer Upper provide staff assistance for oil Finance and Planning and gas exploration and produc­ CLEVELAND - Water sports enthusiast Marilyn Jirousek, Home Warren M. Denny continues tion in the and Office Marketing advertising clerk, opens Sohio's 1970 calendar as BP treasurer and will re­ Canada. He continues as Prop­ to July for a hint of things to come. BP Gets 'News' main in Atlanta. He reports to erty Acquisition manager. Around 400,000 calendars are being distributed again this year, Starting with this is­ Paul D. Phillips, Sohio vice­ most of them through Sohio and Boron Oil Company service sta­ sue, full-time BP Oil Cor­ president for Finance and Plan­ Refining tions. The theme is "Let's Explore Beautiful Ohio." ning. poration employees will The Marcus Hook, Penna., Appropriate four-color photos illustrate each month. On the regularly receive the So­ Management Systems and Port Arthur, Tex., refin­ back of every page is a map, with an inset to pinpoint the exact location of the scenic Ohio spot shown. hio N eW8, monthly cor­ James M. Baumgardner con­ eries will be organizationally porate newspaper mailed tinues as BP manager-Systems combined with Sohio's Refining to employees' homes. and Computing. He reports to Department, reporting to Ger­ The Sohio N eW8 re­ George M. Nelson, manager of ald E. King, vice-president for PRODUCT NEWS ceives much of its news Management Systems. Refining. from reporters strategi­ Frederick C. K. Cuthbert is cally spotted throughout Natural Resources manager of the Marcus Hook Vistron Introduces Prestige the organization. Assignment changes for Har­ Refinery. Jack S. Dana man­ Reporters will be named ry Pforzheimer and David D. ages the Port Arthur Refinery. Family of Wood-Like Wares soon for the new BP Oil subsidiary. Their names CLEVELAKD -A prestige line of housewares - the first to be will be announced in marketed primarily through department stores - is being in'ro­ these news columns. duced by Vistron Corporation. The Carriage Collection, a "We think our line is best," nine-piece line, features a look he explains, "because of the of hand-carved wood accented stronger molding resin we use, by decorative simulated porce­ the wood-effect designs, and TV Specials lain panels. the porcelain-like accent." It will be unveiled late this Carriage Collection items are Raise Curtain month at the National House­ injection molded out of special wares Show in Chicago, then furniture-grade polystyrene at On Centennial go on sale across the nation. Vistron's Fort Worth plant. "The Carriage Collection is The molded part simulates CLEVELAND - On Jan. 10 So­ an all-out effort to upgrade the grain and carvings of high­ hio marks its 100th birthday. our housewares products," says quality furniture wood. It is The next week a series of tel­ Daniel T. Hayes, Loma House­ . sprayed and hand-rubbed for an evision specials will begin on wares manager for Vistron. authentic antique effect. all major Ohio stations. "This new line will be sold by Six items are accented with Sponsored by Sohio and call­ the better stores throughout a lid or panel of Loma's exclu­ ed Projection 70, the half-hour the nation." sive Porcelon simulated ceramic. shows examine directions of Carriage Collection items also Three finishes are available national development over the will be the first to carry the coming decade. They will be - oakwood, cypress green, and Vistron name exclusively. "We antique white. The carved-wood shown eve l' y two m 0 nth s are putting our corporate pres­ throughout the year. effect comes in Spanish or tige behind this product," Hay­ traditional patterns. This month, too, a special, es says, adding that it has three The Carriage Collection items full-color, 48-page Centennial major competitors. Edition of The Sohioan maga­ now available and their retail zine will be distributed to em­ prices are: ployees, s toe k hoI del's, and Wilson Will Head Four-piece can i s t e l' set, friends of the company. Newest Motor Inn $19.95; cookie jar, $5.95; paper Its highlights, among other towel holder, $7.95; refuse con­ features, are a history of the CINCINNATI Victor E. tainer with lid, $16.95; small company, a digest of the Pro­ Wilson will manage the Hospi­ round wastebasket, $6.95; small jection 70 series, and an ex­ tality Motor Inn here when it rectangular wastebasket, $6.95; large was t e bas k e t, $12.95; tensive description of corporate opens later this winter. clothes hamper, $24.95; tissue operations. Mr. Wilson, a native of En­ dispenser, $6.95. Sohio employees also will re­ gland, attended the University ceive an engraved souvenir of Toronto. He comes to Hos­ plate commemorating the cen­ pitality fro m Chattanooga, tennial. Arrangements for their Tenn., where he had managed distribution are being made by a Quality motel for a year. local managers. For six years before that, This fall the Sohio Quarter Vic was with the Marriott Mo­ Century Club will plan its an­ tor Hotels organization. nual reunion around a centen­ nial theme. Fill 'er Up Board Moves to Outside the company, friends ZANESVILLE - Why is Lee Mingus, manager of this di­ of· Sohio will acknowledge the Issue Debentures vision's Interstate 70 and Ohio Route 797 Station, seemingly centennial. The spring meeting pumping gasoline into the lens of a movie camera? CLEVELAND - Sohio's board of the Ohio Petroleum Market­ of directors has authorized ers Association will honor the You won't know until you see the annual review film, the filing of a registration company as it begins its second which will be shown to employees in March, concurrent with statement with the Securities century of service. publication of the shareholders' report. The 30-minute color and. Exchange Commission re­ movie highlights 1969 corporate activities. The Ethyl Corporation will lating to a proposed issue of distribute to Sohio employees David N. Keller and Associates is producing the movie $150,000,000 of debentures. a special publication, recapping with Editorial Services of Home Office Public Relations. Board Chairman Charles E. Sohio's history, which it has Mr. Keller is in the center. Cameraman is Bob Young. Spahr says the issue has a ma­ produced. turity date of Jan. 1, 2000. CARRIAGE COOKIE JAR Page 4 SOHIO NEWS January 1970 Jacobsen Earns Vistron Job Uranium Post Cincinnati Region Backs Division Shifts Tighten In New Mexico CINCINNATI - Like its counterparts, example, free Cincinnati and Dayton this Marketing region was formed seven division Sohioans from the nonsales as­ Ties to Field CLEVELAND - Lynn C. J acob­ years ago to enable division and sales signments related to administration, con­ CLEVELAND - Vistron Corpo­ sen is named to the new post ration is realigning some of its of manager-Uranium Opera­ managers to concentrate on selling and struction, maintenance, and distribution. customer service. Fabricated Plastics functions tions, reporting to John L. Ross, Here are some of the region men and to consolidate and tighten lines Sohio's vice-president for Nat­ Efforts of region personnel here, for women who handle these tasks: of communication. ural Resources. Terrence A. Schreiner moves Mr. Jacobsen, who has been from Home Office to Vistron's assistant to Mr. Florence, Mass., plant as man­ Ross here at ager of Materials Management. Hom e Office, will move to In his new post, Mr. Schrein­ Alb u querque er reports to John T. Jacobsen, and be respon­ manager of Supply for Home sible for delin­ Office Materials Management. eating the ura­ Reporting to Schreiner at nium discovery Florence are Francis H. Shep­ on the newly pard, Production Scheduling Lynn acquired L-Bar and Inventory Control mana­ Jacobsen Ranch in New gel'; Clayton C. Craft, Traffic Mexico. Sohio is operator. supervisor; Charles V. (Mike) Jacobsen also will manage Ball, chief estimator for Brush exploration on the untested and Dinnerware; and Judith A. portion of the 120,000-acre Patterson, order entry super­ ranch. Last fall Sohio acquired visor (a new post). one-half undivided interest in "This combines all Materials the potential uranium property. Management functions at Flor­ "Hopefully," Ross says, "we ence under a single manager," will be successful in develop­ says James W. Brown, Fabri­ ing a major uranium deposit cated Plastics manager. "It re­ leading to a mining and milling duces the number of commu­ venture." nication lines from Cleveland to the plants." Development of Sohio's urani­ um interests has been among In another reorganization, Lynn's assignments since Sohi~ JO ANN D'ANGELQ has charge of JIM GROW, who has been with CAROLYN JONES, credit clerk Engineering activities of Fab­ joined in uranium exploration the switchboard and serves as Sohio for 31!z years, is a bulk for intown bulk stations, is a ricated Plastics transfer from rElceptionist. Jo Ann has been credit man with responsibility six-year Sohio employee. She early in 1968. Materials Management to Man­ with the region four years. A for Dayton area accounts. He and her husband Merwin have ufacturing. year ago she married her high and his wife Betty have three two sons-Merwin, 22, and Brad­ school sweetheart. She and boys and a girl. The Grows are ley, 19. Everyone in the fami­ Engineering Manager Frank 12 at Old Ben Ronald like to go camping. deeply involved in scout work. ly likes to fish, and they have E. Schneider reports to Manu­ Their favorite weekend and va­ Jim keeps track of records and plied their skills in waters facturing Manager William W. Finish School cation spots are ones where they dues, while Betty is a den moth­ from Maryland and Kentucky to Clark and concentrates his ac­ can fish, swim, and go boating. er for a pack of cub scouts. Northern Michigan and Canada. tivities on new process and For Mine Chiefs product development. Reporting to Mr. Schneider BENTON, ILL. - Twelve men are Clyde Morrell, manager of have completed Old Ben Coal JOANNE RinER, credit clerk Tool Design, and John A. Rude, Corporation's foreman training for Cincinnati's outlying bulk manager of Project Engineer­ program, a rigorous eight-week stations, is a 17-year Sohioan. She and her husband Clifford ing. David L. Douglass, mana­ schedule which qualifies grad­ have a son Michael, 21, who is ger of Home Office Estimating, uates as mine face bosses. now serving with the marines. continues to report to Schnei­ It was the second full-time When their vacation time rolls der. foreman t r a i n i n g program around, the Ritters take off at "We anticipate," Brown says, sponsored by Old Ben, a wholly top speed. Usually they head "that this change will enable for either or California. owned Sohio subsidiary. Eleven Fabricated Plastics to help de­ men were graduated last spring velop new products and reduce from the first class. manufacturing costs." Upon graduation the men passed written and oral exam­ inations given by the Illinois JAMES THOMPSON has devel­ Department of Mines and Min­ oped a lot of expertise as site de­ 222 in Running erals to qualify as foremen. veloper in his 36 years with the company. For recreation, Jim For 10 Sohio The men received training in likes to fish. He also enjoys first aid, mine rescue, mine remodeling his home and repair­ Study Grants fires and explosions, mine gas­ ing furniture. Jim and his wife es, mining laws, fundamentals Dorothy have two sons, one of Winners of Sohio's ten 1970 of safety, standard production whom lives near them in Middle­ college scholarships will be methods, practical coal mining town, and three grandchildren. selected from among 222 appli­ programs, and leadership- and cants, all sons and daughters management practices. of employees of Sohio and its The new graduates are designated subsidiaries. Wayne Allen, Frankie Belcher, Winners' names will be an­ Robert Dehnbostel, Bernard Bundling Billy Can Be Mistake on Cold Day nounced early in February. Dunnigan, C h est e l' Gibson, The Ohio Foundation of Inde­ Doyle Gibson, Gary Greathouse, tively light clothing, but with pendent Colleges, representing Harry Lovell, Joel Rolla, Victor By MILTON SCHULMA , M.D. 35 member institutions, selects Tasky, Paul Tepovich, and We achieve cold weather comfort partly by generating adequate protection on his hands and feet. She'll remind the winners on the basis of James Young. Scholastic Aptitude Test re­ more heat in our internal furnaces and partly by con­ him to come home for some­ serving that heat. thing warmer if he feels the sults, rank in high school class, and potential. Cleveland Police Muscular activity generates This is the first in a series cold. heat. If you don't ward off the The top five winners have a of columns by Milton Schulman, What should you do if you're choice of attending any college Thank Sohioans cold by exercising voluntarily, Sohio's medical director, on caught in subzero temperatures your muscles take over and or university in the country, topics that affect the health and reach shelter, completely including OFIC member schools. CLEVELAND - "The motto of warm themselves by shivering chilled with nipped fingers, involuntarily. of you and your family today. The second five scholarships the Cleveland Police Depart­ toes, cheeks, nose, or ears? apply only to OFIC schools. ment is 'Our Men Serve All Conserving body heat depends Forget the ancient suggestion Men.' It is apparent to us that in part on the materials with outdoors in winter. The four-year scholarships to rub the frostbitten parts with carry grants of $800 a year at our motto is also that of The which your body or clothing You're making a mistake if snow or ice. Research shows Standard Oil Company," writes make contact. state-supported schools and of you step outside for a moment that the immediate application $1,600 at private institutions. Patrolman William Gilbert. That's why the tile floor of to gauge the temperature, then of gentle warmth leaves you He refers to the eagerness of your bathroom feels colder than bundle Billy in several layers with less tissue damage and less Broadway Research Laboratory the bath mat to your feet, even of wool. The outdoor air feels likelihood of infection or gan­ Sohioans to help save the lives though both are the same tem­ much colder than it really is grene. Mansfield Division of another policeman and the perature. Heat flows more rap­ when you first step into it. Get into a warm room as mother of a man on the force. Wins Safety Honor idly from your skin to a good Remember, Billy is going to soon as possible, drink some­ Both patients at St. Vincent heat conductor like tile. run and jump, increasing his thing warm, and either wrap MANSFIELD - Marketing di­ Charity Hospital, they were in Quiet air, fortunately, is a internal heat production many yourself in a blanket or climb vision Sohioans here have been critical condition and in need poor conductor of heat - much times. Soon he'll perspire in into a tub of warm - not hot­ honored for working more than of open heart surgery. A plea poorer, for example, than water. his heavy togs. When he sits water. Just as your body loses one million man-hours without for blood donors went out over A man can die of exhaustion down to rest, his internal heat more heat from cold water, it a disabling injury. local radio stations. after 60 minutes in ice-cold production falls, while his heat absorbs heat faster from warm They received the American Two laboratory employees ­ water. He can live much longer loss increases due to the damp­ water. Petroleum Institute's Accident Myrtle Stajcar and Donald in air of the same temperature. ness of his clothing. Too much heat should be Prevention Award for compil­ Craig - gave blood. Others Wool socks and boots keep Billy will come home, his avoided. Don't use a heat lamp ing 1,272,735 man-hours be­ were at the hospital on a stand­ your feet warm at subzero tem­ teeth chattering and chilled to or hot-water bottle or expose tween Feb. 20, 1966, and Oct. by basis in case more donors peratures when they are dry. the bone. Mom mistakenly con­ frostbitten areas to a hot stove. 2, 1969, when their accident­ were needed. If water seeps in, your toes cludes she should have put an And don't rub or massage a free streak ended. The operations were success­ will soon start to feel numb. extra sweater on him. frozen finger, toe, or ear. After This is the third time Mans­ ful, and both patients are mak­ So, Mom, be careful when you A wise mother sends a child the part is warmed, exercise field Sales Division employees ing a satisfactory recovery. dress five-year-old Billy to play out for strenuous play in rela- your fingers and toes. have won the API safety award. January 1970 SOHIO NEWS Page 5 RETIREMENTS Sohio Operator Finds $30,000 Kinnis Schumacher At Pay Phone AUSTINBURG, OHIO -A Sohio Retiring to Florida service station operator here found more than $30,000 in cash BOCA RATON, FLA. - Kinnis C. Schumacher of Home Office, Walter and checks in a telephone booth his wife Edna, and daughter Kay are almost settled in their new William George Clyde Marek Goller Morgan Hamilton at his station. home here at 1926 Bonnie St. Kay will be with her parents until The sum was in a woman's her June wedding. handbag discovered by John Mr. Schumacher, 64, begins On Feb. 1 Mr. Goller retires Kranauer, consignment opera­ ear I y retire­ from his post as Home Office tor of the Interstate 90 and ment Feb. 1 Engineering senior technical Ohio Route 45 Station. after 22 years specialist. He attended Purdue Shortly after Kranauer noti­ as an Account­ and is an expert on welding and fied the Ashtabula County ing unit man­ on piping and vessel design. Sheriff's Department, the dis­ ager. He had George and his wife Nellie traught owner returned to the been head of will continue to live in their station looking for her purse. Regional Bulk home here on Battles Road, Shaken, but grateful, she ex­ and Wholesale where George gardens and Claude Peter Paul Basil plained she was carrying so Accounting makes furniture in his work­ Lawson Dailey Raffa Ridenour much money because she had Kinnis since 1963. shop. The Gollers have a daugh­ just sold two houses. Schumacher A native of ter, Mrs. Genevieve Gramines. bottles, a lapidarist, and a skil­ married in 1939, have one son Columbus, Kenny joined Sohio A member of the American ful woodworker. The Lawson Steven. Their address here is there in 1926 as a service sta­ Welding Society and of the address is 2185 Richland Ave. Box 101. tion salesman. He rose through welding subcommittee of the Claude W. Dailey Peter C. Raffa Phillips Gets various division posts, then American Society of Mechani­ NORTHAMPTON, MAss.-Peter MOORESVILLE, IND. - Garden­ went to Dayton in 1931 as dis­ cal Engineers, George received C. Raffa will have more time Van Dray Post ing and fishing head the agenda bursements auditor. In 1933 he a special ASME award for con­ to devote to his 18 grandchil­ of Transportation's Claude W. joined Home Office Accounting tributions to the welding field. dren when he retires Feb. 1. CLEVELAND Charles F. at Cleveland. (Jack) Dailey, 63, who begins Phillips becomes interstate van Mr. Raffa, a Vistron-Pro Clyde Q. Morgan early retirement Feb. 1. dray coordinator on Home Of­ Kenny is a Mason and for 30 Brush employee since 1953, is BAY VILLAGE, OHIO - Clyde A lifelong Indiana resident, fice Marketing's Distribution years was an elder at Brooklyn a serviceman for its Injection Q. Morgan begins early retire­ Mr. Dailey joined Sohio in 1939 and Automotive staff. United Presbyterian Church. He Molding facilities. and Mrs. Schumacher will con­ ment Feb. 1, leaving Home Of­ and has been on the Stoy-Lima He will supervise a transpor­ tinue church work here. They fice as manager for Account­ Trunk Line ever since. Before joining Pro, Pete was tation system being developed a tobacco packer at Hatfield, also are planning an extensive ing's Operations and Sales Au­ In 1941 Jack was promoted to provide a dry freight truck­ Mass., where he was born. He trip through the Holy Land. dits. He lives at 27879 Aberdeen from maintenance man to sta­ ing facility for dependable and attended public schools there. Rd. in Bay Village. tion engineer at Hagerstown. In economical movement of mate­ Paul Parobek In 1928 he married the former A University of Illinois grad­ 1949 he moved to Brooklyn as rials which Sohio purchases, CLEVELAND - Paul Parobek Stella Reska at South Deer­ uate, Mr. Morgan joined Sohio station engineer, a job title manufactures, or sells. concludes nearly 43 years in field, Mass. nearly 40 years ago, starting which was changed to pipeliner Mr. Phillips has 18 years of Refining when he begins early Pete and Stella, who have retirement Feb. 1. Mr. Parobek, his Accounting career as clerk specialist in 1962. This is the experience in packaged products at Home Office. By 1942, when post he now leaves. three sons and two daughters, warehousing and supply plan­ assistant operator-mechanic, is are members of St. Mary's he entered the army, he had ad­ Jack, a native of Jasonville, ning. He will be assigned to on sick leave from Sohio's Church here. They live at 3 vanced to assistant unit head and his wife Geneva were mar­ the Twinsburg, Ohio, warehouse Cleveland Asphalt Plant. Market St. for Profit and Loss Accounting. ried in 1928. They have two and will report to Van Dray Born in Youngstown, Paul Basil E. Ridenour went to Europe with his parents Separated in 1946 as captain, sons, Don Lee and Steven. The Manager Harold E. Becker. as a child. He returned to the he returned to Sohio's Home Of­ family address in Mooresville HILLIARD, OHIO - After he United States in 1926. In 1927 fice as administrative assistant is Box 253-E, Route 3. begins early retirement Feb. 1, for Research and Analytical. Basil E. Ridenour and his wife he joined the company as a Wayne E. Luther Trustees of EMBA yardman at No.1 Refinery. He He has been an Accounting sec­ Fay will move from their home held several assignments there tion manager since 1952. BROOKLYN, IND. - Wayne E. here at 2585 Walcutt Rd. to To Meet Feb. 2.6 through the years, moving to He is a member of the Ohio Luther looks forward to more Vero Beach, Fla. his present post in 1966. Society of Certified Public Ac­ time for hunting and fishing Mr. Ridenour has been a me­ CLEVELAND - Trustees of countan , the American Insti­ after he begins early retirement chanic for 'larke i g's Colum­ the Employees Mutual Benefit Paul, 62, and his wife nna Feb. 1. Association will hold their 42nd live at 2711 Wade Ave. They tute of Certified Public Ac­ bus Sales Division since he countants, and the Cleveland Since 1966 Mr. Luther has joined Sohio in 1954. He likes annual meeting at Home Office have three children - Paul, on Feb. 26. Jr., Mrs. Mary Lou Petro, and chapter of the Institute of In­ been the Brooklyn Station to fish and looks forward to Mrs. Rosemary Franzak. ternal Auditors. maintenance sup e r vis 0 r on the deep-sea variety Florida Officers will be elected at Transportation's S to y-L i m a offers. a business meeting in the con­ William E. Marek Walter F. Hamilton Trunk Line. Wayne joined So­ Basil was born in 1911 at ference room on the fifth floor CLEVELAND A 41-year CLEVELANI>-Walter F. Ham­ hio in 1939 as maintenance man Kimberly, W. Va. He attended of Guildhall. Cleveland Sales Division vet­ ilton, 63, a Home Office Sohio­ at the Jasonville (Ind.) Station. school at Montgomery, W. Va., Lunch will be served in the eran, William E. Marek retires an for 37% years, looks forward He also has served as welder where he and Fay were married Home Office cafeteria. Paul Jan. 1. Now salesman "A" at to early retirement Feb. 1. "B" at Jasonville, as Brooklyn in 1930. The Ridenours have D. Phillips, vice-president for Cedar and Green Servicenter, This summer he and his wife Station engineer, and as welder three married daughters Finance and Planning, will be he moved there in 1968 after Veronica will motor to the West leadman here and at Fountain­ Donna Vaughn, Emma Ball, the guest speaker. many years of service at the Coast. Meanwhile, he'll enjoy town, Ind. and Nancy Hankison. Sohio's EMBA protects its division's Mayfield and War­ their family and make some rensville Center Station. Wayne, who turned 62 in De­ Basil belongs to Hilliard members from loss of income furniture in his home workshop. cember, is a native of Clay City, Methodist Church and is a mem­ during periods of illness which Mr. Marek, a native Cleve­ The Hamiltons live in Parma Ind. He and his wife Vivian, ber of a Masonic lodge. are nonoccupational in nature. lander and graduate of Long­ Heights at 6352 Anita Dr. They wood High School, is married to have two sons, Walter and Rich­ the former Margaret Schmotz­ ard; two daughters, Mrs. Joan er. Their daughter, Sister Mary Plesh and Mrs. Linda Kilbane; for Cylene, teaches school in near­ and five grandchildren. Sohio Is family Affair Reicharts by North Ridgeville. Hammie started as a Budgets As yet the Mareks have no clerk. In the evenings he at­ retirement plans, but they in­ tended Fenn College, studying .tend to keep their home here at accounting and commercial law. 3292 W. 48th St. and remain active in St. Boniface Catholic In 1946 he was promoted to Church, where Bill is a member staff assistant and office super­ of the Holy Name Society. visor for what was then Mar­ keting's Sales Operations. R. George Goller Ten years later he moved to GATES MILLS, OHIO-During Marketing's Distribution and 40 years of service, R. George Automotive as Packaged Prod­ Goller has had a hand in many ucts staff assistant and con­ of the company's plant and re­ tainer coordinator. finery construction projects. Paul C. Lawson Jim Idol Heads LAKEWOOD, OHIO - Writing "finis" to a career of more Society Division than 33 years, Paul C. Lawson, SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO 55, begins early retirement on Research Sohioan James D. Feb. 1. Now a senior systems Idol of 3233 Chadbourne Rd. analyst for Home Office Man­ has been elected chairman of agement Systems, he held posts the Industrial and Chemical in Marketing's Cleveland Sales Engineering Division Qf the Division prior to 1951. American Chemical Society. Born in Greensburg, Penna., The division includes approx­ Mr. Lawson attended Greens­ COLUMBUS - Working for Sohio is a family chanic. Our paths crossed quite a bit and " imately a fourth of the ACS's burg High School and Washing­ affair for Herbert and Phyllis Reichart of this They were married in 1950. 100,000 members. Dr. Idol is ton and Jefferson College. Marketing region. Phyllis left the corr.pany after their marriage research manager for Polymer In 1939 he married the for­ Herb, manager of the Karl and Morse Servi­ and returned three years later. In 1963 both and Resin at Warrensville Re­ mer Nancy Kilgore at Cleve­ center, is a 31-year employee. Phyllis, an em­ were transferred to Columbus - Herb to the search Laboratory. land. They have three sons ­ ployee relations clerk, joined Sohio in 1953. She automotive garage, Phyllis to the region office Two years ago the ACS sin­ Paul, Scott, and Mel - and four had more than seven years' prior experience. as steno-secretary. In 1965 Herb was named gled him out, as inventor of So­ grandchildren. Mel lives at Between them, that adds up to nearly 56 years station manager. Phyllis moved to her current hio's acrylonitrile manufactur­ home and attends Michigan with the company. assignment in 1968. ing process, for its Chemical Technological University. The Reicharts, both from Zanesville, met in Off the job, the Reicharls enjoy spectator Pioneer Award. Idol has been Paul looks forward to mov­ 1947 while working at that Marketing division sports and yard work. But in one interest, Phyllis involved in the company's poly­ ing South. A man of many in­ office. "I was station and bulk clerk at the goes it alone. "I love to fish," she says, "but mer prog-ram since 1964. terests, he is a collector of old time." Phyllis recalls, "and Herb was a me- Herb doesn't." Page 6 SOHIO NEWS January 1970

MEN AND JOBS Gene McAlary Art Shovvn Across U.S. CLEVELAND - Eugene A. McAlary is an artist, but not in the usual sense. His works don't hang in galleries, and he doesn't use brush and paints. Creations by Gene McAlary dising staff at Home Office. He can be found in drug stores, and his two colleagues design, variety stores, and department prepare, and supervise produc­ stores across the nation. tion of printed materials used McAlary is the award-win- to promote Vistron products. They create sales literature, catalogues, brochures, point-of­ purchase posters and display devices, and some packaging for Pro Brush, Prolon Dinnerware, Lorna Housewares, Oxco Brush, Plastex Pipe, and Vistron's In­ dustrial Containers divisions. On Gene's staff are Publica­ tions Coordinator Russell Ed­ ALL EYES (photo at right) were on George V. described new product display to field sales­ son, who researches and pre­ Connelly, manager-Chain Store Sales, as he men. Sixty-four men attended annual session. pares editorial material such as price lists and product data sheets; and Staff Artist Robert Wagner, who creates and pre­ Pro's Pros Meet pares finished art. CLEVELAND - Described as a man of all­ A Colby College (1935) grad­ round excellence, Harry D. Grisham was named uate, Gene once eyed a banking Vistron-Pro Brush "Man of the Year" at Pro's career, then proceeded to turn national sales meeting here. Grisham's territory a "temporary" job into a dedi­ includes most of Texas and Oklahoma. A Pro cation for "making paper come salesman since 1962, he has consistently in­ to life." creased his sales 20 percent or more each year. "The average person has lit­ Another highpoint of the session was the an­ tle regard for a piece of paper," nouncement that Pro's annual preseason sales Gene says, making one of those promotion set an all-time record in 1969, nearly 1- never-thought-of-it-that-way double the preceding year's performance. The EUGENE McALARY observations. "To him paper is promotion seeks to book orders in October and Makes paper come to life. transitory, tender, brittle, and November for delivery when new products come useless when wet. ning manager of Display and out after Jan. 1. Selling Material on Vistron's "But consider the thought, Pro salesmen booked $1.3 million in preseason Product Planning and Merchan- time, effort, and money that sales this year, versus $720,000 in 1968. go into making a full-color din­ nerware brochure, for example. PRO'S "1969 Man of the Year," Harry Grisham, With all of that, a pound of listens to product introduction. The man in Couples Mark printed paper costs about the back is Charles O'Malley, who won 1968 award. same as a pound of raw mate­ rial for the product we sell." Golden Years That kind of reverence for turning a sheet of paper into Herman F. Haeni Reaches 45-Year Milestone a work of art has won Gene two Of Marriage top industry awards for his 45 YEARS 20 YEARS 15 YEARS graphics and a waIlful of hon­ Herman F. Haeni Home Office Kenneth W. Ayers Lima Refinery Daniel P. Barnard Research orable mentions. Accounting Pearl A. Bodle Home Office William J. Chinery Cleveland Sales Accounting Raymond W. Emery Grayville "The trick," he says, "is to Leonard W. Brodman ...... Mansfield Gathering Line 40 YEARS Sales Benjamin F. Gamby ..Toledo Refinery breathe life into paper, whether Richard E. Chapman Lima Refinery C. Lee Hickerson .. Home Office Food, it's a catalogue sheet, a poster, Arthur F. Catlin Home Office Edward H. Conces No.2 Refinery Lodging, & Land Development Employee Relations James L. Core Vistron James E. Hursey Columbus Sales or a package. Rollin H. Hile Lima Sales Joe R. Cotter Vistron Betty J. Monroe Vistron "You've got to make it at­ Allen H. Turner Home Office Harold L. Oowney, Jr Lima Refinery James C. Ritter Stoy·Lima Marketing Robert B. Fell Vistron Trunk Line tractive, something that will Donald l. Gabes Lima Refinery Chester E. Sanford Vistron grab a customer's attention as Walter G. Geib Lima Refinery Burton P. Shores Vistron 35 YEARS Howard B. Hall Home Office William E. Sidwell Norris City he walks down a product-packed Marketing Gathering Line aisle. Put simply, our job is to Thurman B. Jones, Jr...... Cincinnati Jozef L. Hellebrekers ....Home Office Region Marketing make it easier for our salesmen George L. Ritter ...... Cleveland Sales Pauline E. Henderson Oklahoma City Oil & Gas Accounting 10 YEARS to sell the product." Robert L. Hughes Boron Oil A nat i v e of Waterville, 30 YEARS Robert H. Jamieson, Jr Dayton Sales Gordon L. Bauer .... . Vistron Harold J. Jennings Vistron Frances E. Dempsey Vistron Maine, Gene turned down a low­ Clay Miller, Jr Lima Refinery Kendle M. Fultz Cincinnati Carlos W. Branscum Vistron Trunk Line paying, Depression-era job in May Briggs Corporate William A. Newcomer .. Lima Refinery John M. Reed Clevelarfd Sales K. Wayne Gallian ...... Vistron a bank 33 years ago for a tem­ Secretary's Staff Viola V. Huff Dayton Sales Forest Burnett Lima Refinery Robert E. Reese Lima Refinery Milton D. Sherrick Lima Refinery Mary L. McBride Vistron porary, but higher-paying, job Zack E. Gray Akron Sales Lulu M. Reed Vistron John W. Hatfield Norris City Edward F. Stepnowski Vistron in printing and lithographic Robert L. Stiner Toledo Refinery Richard C. Seppelt Vistron CLEVELAND Cutting their Gathering Line Norman W. Standish Research plants at Springfield, Mass. John M. Hirn Lima Refinery John C. Zuercher Lima Refinery golden wedding cake, to the He has been in graphic arts Elvis R. Hoagland Norris City tune of wishes for "many more Gathering Line ever since. In 1954 he joined Cecil J. Miller Norris City 5 YEARS happy years" from friends and Vistron Urea Pro Brush at Florence, Mass., Gathering Line relatives, are Gladys and Way­ Everett W. Phillips Columbus Sales John A. Carlson, Jr Vistron leaving there late last year to Helen F. Stokes Home Office Used to Battle Robert G. Cunningham Vistron mon Sherrill of 1688 E. 84th St. Accounting Knox E. Davis Oklahoma City move to Home Office. Production When he retired in 1967, Mr. George L. Tropf Cleveland Sales Ocie C. Wilkin Centralia Runway Icing Mary T. Farrell Home Office Sherrill was a No. 2 Refinery Gathering Line Supply & Transportation CLEVELAND - It may seem John E. Hartsel Mansfield Sales Rucker operator. He has been Refiner Steers Bernice A. Howes Vistron a Sohioan since 1929, the year 25 YEARS strange for airports to spread Edith Kassing Home Office he and his bride moved to a Vistron chemical fertilizer on Accounting Lost Pet Home Elbert H. Allen Cincinnati Sales Theresa A. Kroll Vistron Cleveland from Columbia, Tenn. Harvey Brake Norris City runways, but they do so every Carol J. MacFarland Home Office Gathering Line winter to eliminate ice. Engineering The Sherrills have a son For Yuletide Joseph H. Field Oklahoma City Bertha J. Marshall Vistron Waymon, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Production The fertilizer, urea - a crys­ Claire McPhee Vistron CLEVELAND - Randy's ten­ Marion A. Gentry Pauls Valley Daniel D. Oswald, Jr Alice Annie Daniels; four grand­ talline, nitrogenous compound­ Production day odyssey ended when he ran Production children; and seven great­ George K. Greenough Vistron is produced at Lima and sold Emiley M. Punska Vistron into Machinist Charles Stringer Edward C. Rodgers Vistron grandchildren. Olyn B. Hammond Toledo Refinery to civilian and military airports at No.2 Refinery. Edith M. Holich .Yistron Robert J. Teckenbrock Cincinnati Walter E. Kriss No. 2 Refinery within a 350-mile radius. Sales Randy is a pedigreed airedale Henry W. Lane Home Office Urea is noncorrosive to Richard L. Thomas Vistron Accounting Jean F. Truehart Vistron and the beloved pet of Vernon Billy Postman, Jr Pauls Valley planes and runway lights, yet H. Larry Wentz Vistron '1,';0;, Randall, a Cleveland teacher, Production it accomplishes the same end and his family. William A. St. Laurence .Yistron Mary E. Truce .Yistron as a corrosive chemical like Muddy and bedraggled, Randy Alois J. Yost Russell Production salt, says Thomas C. Roth of :- gratefully accepted a dish of Home Office, field sales man­ Two Pantries ..' . ..;;,)' milk, while Stringer leafed ager for Chemicals Marketing. ~;. - through the want ads of a Income Tax Forms Actually, the urea airports To Open Soon daily paper. A call to the Ran­ use is a chemical grade, purest dall home convinced Stringer Mailed This Month of the three grades produced. CLEVELAND Two Dutch COLUMBUS - How ar d M. that the dog he had was the one CLEVELAND Withholding Agricultural-grade urea is used Pantry restaurants will open Fawcett and his wife Naomi in their ad. statements (W-2 forms) based for fertilizer. soon, making a total of 12 now celebrated their golden wedding When Mr. Randall arrived at on 1969 earnings will be mail­ Because it is a seasonal item operated by Sohio's Hospitality anniversary with an open house the shop - well, let Stringer ed to all Sohio employees before and the volume is dependent on Motor Inns. for relatives and friends at tell it: "I've never seen a man Jan. 31, according to Carl W. weather, airport sales do not The restaurant here at Inter­ the Dr. Sloan Library in Zanes­ and dog so glad to see each Kollie, manager of Home Office account for a large share of state 71 and W. 150th Street field, Ohio. other. There wasn't a dry eye Payroll and Benefit Plans Ac­ the urea market, Roth says. opens late this month, closely Married Dec. 27, 1919, the in the place." counting. The chemical is sold in gran­ followed by the opening of a Fawcetts live here at 1590 Neil After a checkup and groom­ Each employee will receive ular form and applied by Dutch Pantry at the intersec­ Ave. Mr. Fawcett, an assistant ing in a pet hospital, Randy two copies. Copy "B" must ac­ spreaders of the type used on tion of Interstate 75 and Ohio counter sales clerk, retired in went home to the six Randall company his income tax return. farms for fertilizer. Urea is Route 47 at Sidney, Ohio. 1961 after 32 years with Co­ children - the supreme Christ­ He may retain Copy "C" for his effective as an ice preventer Six more Dutch Pantries are lumbus Sales Division. mas present. personal records. down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. under construction. January 1970 SOHIO NEWS Page 7

DEATHS Ho ard M. Bates Dies •In Lancaster at 88 LAl'CA ,OHIO - Howard stepdaughter, Mrs. Dorothy near here. Mr. Cox had lived in M. Ba e . died Nov. 24 in Wooten - children of his wife Saxman since his early retire­ his home ere at 819 Cherokee Irene, who died in 1953. He ment eight years ago. He was Dr. ai e1' a long illness. had one step-grandchild. a member of the United Pres­ en e retired in 1946, Mr. A native of Lumberton, N.C., byterian Church. Bate was a tank truck sales­ Dan came to Cleveland at 23. A native Texan, Earl worked man for this area. He'd been He began his Sohio career in for Aylward Production Co. as wi h Marketing's Columbus 1940 as a refinery still cleaner. a pumper until 1948, when he Sale Division nearly 28 years. Three years later he became joined Sohio in the same capa­ Ba esy, a native Ohioan, was Richard Lowell Paul Earl a pipefitter's helper, the post city. He was a roustabout in born in Pickaway County and Boyink Swift Roland Cox he left in 1962 to begin early the Rice County area when he a tended school in New Holland. retirement. began retirement. For 35 years he had served as order board clerk, to become was born in Sugarcreek, in an Lester M. Wells Earl's widow, the former area known as "the Switzerland deacon at Lancaster's Fifth fuel oil clerk at Home Office. WILLIAMSBURG, MASS. - On Opal McMannama, lives on of Ohio." He came to Canton Avenue Church of Christ. By 1943 he had advanced to Nov. 21, just eight days before Route 2 near Saxman. Also sur­ at the age of seven and had He leaves his widow Lorain, assistant manager-Fuel Oil. In his 66th birthday, Lester M. viving are two daughters, Mrs. been in division maintenance whom he married in 1952; son 1955 he was named assistant Wells died at the home of his Verna Curry and Mrs. Evelyn work here since 1935. Chester; stepson Robert Con­ manager for Residual and Rail­ daughter, Mrs. Nancy Hewes, DeLoney; three sons-Richard, nell; stepdaughter Mrs. Mary road Sales. He became manager Carl belonged to Calvary in Chesterfield, Mass. Aynard, and Robert; 13 grand­ Presbyterian Church and the children; and four great-grand­ LeMaster; ten grandchildren; of that staff in 1958. Mr. Wells, lifelong Williams­ Ex-Newsboys of Canton. He children. and seven great-grandchildren. Dick and the former Kather­ burg resident, lived at 41 Vil­ and his wife, the former Gladys Daniel P. Rolinson ine Lobdell were married in lage Hill with his wife Helen. Verna Mae Cannon Cole, lived at 1215 17th St., 1934 at Buffalo. Mrs. Boyink, He was a trim machine setup BURLESON, TEX.-Verna Mae LAKEWOOD, OHIO - Daniel P. N.W. Rolinson, 90, contracted pneu­ who survives, was employed by man in 1968, when he retired Cannon, 30, an assembler at monia while on a trip West and Home Office Accounting as a Mrs. Frutig survives, along after 27 years with Vistron's Vistron's Lorna Division in Fort died Dec. 8 in Simi Valley keypunch operator when she with a son John; two daugh­ Pro Brush Division. Worth, died Dec. 4 in St. Jo­ ters, Mary Lou and Mrs. Col­ seph's Hospital. (Calif.) Community Hospital. and Dick met. A daughter Ka­ Les belonged to Williamsburg leen Brendel; and three grand­ ren also survives. Congregational Church and was Born in Winnsborough, Tex., Mr. Rolinson retired in 1944 children. from No.1 Refinery, where he Lowell R. Swift a 40-year member of the local Mrs. Cannon was a graduate of Paul D. Roland was a patrol guard. Most of AKRON - Akron Sales Divi­ fire department. He also was a Reagan High School. She joined DAYTON - Lifelong resident his 24-year career was spent sion Annuitant Lowell R. Swift, former member of the Rod and Lorna nearly two years ago. as a construction mechanic for 64, died Dec. 5 of leukemia in of this city, Paul D. (Pop) Gun Club here. Verna Mae lived in Burleson Marketing's Cleveland S a I e s Akron General Hospital. He Roland, 60, suffered a fatal Surviving, besides his widow at 308 N.E. Murphy Rd. with Division and the refinery. had been ill about a month. heart attack Nov. 18 in his and Nancy, are another daugh­ her husband, Robert Cannon, home at 5374 Roxford Dr. Mr. Swift managed several ter, Mrs. Ruth Rhodes, and and their two small daughters, A member of Lakewood's Bor­ Mr. Roland had been a Day­ rowed Time Club, Dan lived area service stations during three grandchildren. Debra and Susan. ton Sales Division Sohioan for She was a member of a Bap­ here at 11825 Detroit Ave. Born the nearly 34 years he was em­ J. Dewey Cochran ployed by Sohio. He had charge more than 32 years. He joined tist church here. Fond of swim­ in Stafford County, England, he MARIETTA, OHIO - J. Dewey of the 2740 Fulton Rd. Servi­ the division in 1937 as a con­ ming and bowling, she belonged came to this country as a child. Cochran, 71, was stricken with center here when he began struction helper second-class. to the Mountain Valley Recrea­ Dan's wife Ada died 15 years a heart attack Dec. 1 and died early retirement in 1968. Since 1940 he had been a con­ tion Club and to a bowling club. ago. Surviving are a niece, struction mechanic. in Marietta Memorial Hospital. Wayne Southworth Florence Tyler, and three neph­ Lowell lived in Akron at 418 During World War II he He lived here on Kaywood Road. E. Caston Rd. and was a mem­ DUBLIN, OHIO Wayne ews - George Rolinson, Myron served in the European theater Mr. Cochran served 14 years ber of West Congregational Southworth, a service station Rolinson, and Robert Scatter­ as a technician fifth-class with on the towboats Sohio's Trans­ Church. He enjoyed boating, salesman "B" for Marketing's day. the army engineers. portation Department used to hunting, and fishing until he Columbus Sales Division, suf­ Richard J. Boyink operate on the Ohio River. became ill. In 1947 he married the for­ fered a fatal heart attack Nov. ROCKY RIVER, OHIO - Mar­ mer Hattie Gregor. Surviving, He started in 1945 as a deck­ In 1934 Lowell married the 17. He died in Grant Hospital keting veteran Richard J. Boy­ besides Mrs. Roland, are a hand on the Sohio. Between former Grace Defenbaugh, who at Columbus. ink was stricken with a fatal stepson, Melvin Ganyard, and a 1950 and 1959, when he began survives, with a son Dennis; hea attack Dec. on his way niece, Patty Roland, 14. early retirement, he served as Mr. Southworth, 63, joined a daughter, Mrs. Jeanine Sohio two years ago. He was Home ice :1' home Daniel Inman watchman on the ohio Sate. Acuff; and six grandchildren. employed at Columbus Divi­ at 2159 Wooster Rd. CLEVELAND - o. 1 Refinery Born in Ohio's Warren Town­ sion's Fissinger and Mountview Mr. Boyink, who would have Carl E. Frutig Retiree Daniel Inman, 67, died ship, near the banks of the Servicenter here. been 63 this month, was mana­ CANTON - Stricken with a Nov. 27 of cancer in his home Ohio River, Dewey followed the ger of Residual and Railroad heart attack, Carl E. Frutig, here at 2570 E. 38th St. Sur­ river all his life. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, 59, died Dec. 7. He had been Wayne attended public schools Sales. He joined the company viving is his cousin, Rose Mc­ He is survived by his widow on his job the previous day as there. He and his wife Janet in 1925 as a Cleveland Sales Pherson, who kept house and Erma, daughter Mrs. Marie Mc­ mechanic "A" at Marketing's were married here in 1952. Division station salesman. cared for him while he was ill. Kay, and one grandchild. In 1930 Dick left Cleveland Canton Terminal. Mr. Inman also leaves a In addition to his widow, he Sales, where he had risen to Mr. Frutig, of Swiss descent, stepson, Harold Lewis, and a Earl H. Cox leaves a daughter Diane, 16, SAXMAN, KANS. - Russell and two sons - Joseph, 12, Production Annuitant Earl H. and Melvin, 11. The Southworth Cox, 63, was killed Dec. 6 when family has lived at 7060 Coff­ his car was struck by a train man Rd. for 13 years.

STUDENT STAR Michele's Summer Success Leads to Full-Time Position CLEVELAND - Michele Thomas, 18, a member of Glenville High School's midyear graduating class, won't have to spend any time job-hunting. She has a full-time job awaiting her at Sohio's Home Office after commencement this month. Michele's story began last summer when she decided to break into the business world. Taking a shortcut in her job search, she visited the National Alliance of Businessmen's of­ Presto! It's a Flower Shop fice here. TOL From Sohio service station (top) changing traffic patterns make it necessary to Although her work experi­ to flower - op. That's the history of this build­ close a station, every effort will be made to sell ence was scant, Michele im­ ing at Dorr and Atwood in Toledo. Built in the the site to a business making a contribution to pressed the NAB people with mid-1950·. he station was closed when Sohio the neighborhood." her neatness and sparkle. They purchased a prime site a couple of blocks away sent her to Sohio for an inter­ Marketing's Toledo Sales set up some condi­ view. She was hired as a file and decided 0 build a new servicenter. tions prior to the Myrtle Flowers take-over. clerk in Supply and Transpor­ Dispo i 'on of the site was controlled by So­ Myrtle's had to change the red, white, and blue tation Accounting. hio's 196 pledge to all its neighbors: "When colors and modify the architecture. At the end of the summer, Michele was asked to continue on in a part-time capacity. Her classes at Glenville were ar­ ranged so that she could attend school mornings and work for Sohio nearly three hours every afternoon. In spite of her busy sched­ ule, Michele has found time to take part in school activities. She belongs to the choral and modern dance groups. She also is a cheerleader and was last fall's homecoming queen. Michele lives here at 793 E. 88th St. with her mother, Mrs. Lois Thomas, two sisters, and MICHELE THOMAS three brothers. No job-hunting for her. Page 8 SOHIO NEWS January 1970

ULTRAMODERN ATLANTA BUILDING IS BP'S MARKETING HEADQUARTERS

STATION modernization and branding conversion concern Gene BP ATLANTA Johnson (left) and Richard Arnwine, Florida District manager. • ••

ATLANTA - The minute you walk through the front door, you know the ultramodern building at 7 Executive Park is home for BP Oil Corporation's market­ ing activities. First, there's an eyecatching advertisement in the lobby. The ad tells you BP's automotive oil is effective against "acid indigestion" in your car's engine. Second, any conversations you may overhear are likely to concern marketing - from BP's massive service station program to its credit card and product branding. You may also meet some Marketing trainees, CREDIT card and key punch personnel have attractive quarters. on hand for final classroom sessions before going into the field as sales representatives. SECRETARY Janice Evans, Administrative Office About 860 employees cupy BP's six-st"'o~y~----~-:t Services, holds up current BP Oil credit card. headquarters. BP also has two floors of a neighboring Executive Park building. Executive Park has a total of 23 buildings on about 120 acres of land. The park is land­ scaped so that the buildings blend with the rolling, pine-covered Georgia countryside. BP moved into Executive Park last March when it acquired the former Sinclair Oil Corp. operation in 16 Eastern states from Atlantic Richfield. The states, ranging from Maine to Florida, are now divided into seven regions. Conversion and construction of service sta­ tions are on schedule, says Gene J dhnson, who heads BP's Marketing Operations. "We've con­ verted about 3,000 stations to BP insignia and colors," he reports. Some 60 retail BP products are being intro­ duced at the stations. Super Visco-Static, a pre­ mium multigrade motor oil, is manufactured and canned at Sohio's Marcus Hook Refinery. BP salesmen are outfitted in distinctive uni­ forms, featuring the BP colors. Cap, jacket, TIRES, batteries, and accessories concern Secretary Carol and trousers are green. Shirts are yellow. Edwards and James Renehan, TBA Sales administrative clerk. Dealer development training programs are in full swing along Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street. Dealers receive instruction in selling, business management, tuneup, and service. The corporation's credit cards are in a tran­ sitional stage. Former Sinclair credit cards are being replaced by cards displaying the BP shield and the Sinclair insignia.

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• DISTRICT Training Instructor Robert Turner shows a dealer DISPLAY on desk of Thomas Ephgrave, technical class how to service the air conditioner in an automobile. writer, shows components of Visco-Static Oil.