The Brown Bulletin* Published Monthly by the Brown Bulletin Publishing Association Vol
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
THE BROWN BULLETIN* PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE BROWN BULLETIN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION VOL. III. BERLIN, N. H., DECEMBER 1, 1921 No. 6 Page Two THE BROWN BULLETIN SAFETY WORK THE BROWN BULLETIN UPPER PLANTS COMMITTEE Geo. Lovett, Chairman J. T Cox A. E. Watson Vol. III. DECEMBER, 1921 No. 6 John Quinn Harry Philbrick Jos. Napert Leon Bartlett Editor—W. E. Taft Cartoons—Stark Wilson SULPHITE MILL Associate Editors—G. L. Cave, H. A. Athletics—G. Lovett, Jos. Hennessey, BLEACHERY, MACHINE ROOM Chase, W. L. Bennett H. T. Raeburn AND SCREEN ROOM Photographs—John Graff, Howard Smith Business Manager—J. H. Briggs D. Campbell E. Hayes CHEMICAL AND CAUSTIC PLANTS C. G. Johnson E. Obert WOOD ROOM, YARDS AND BARKER PLANT BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. A. Arseneau A. Gonya DIGESTER HOUSE, SO2 AND ACID PLANT UPPER PLANTS SULPHITE MILL CASCADE MILL BROWN CORP. P. Mclntyre P. Ellis G. A. Richter J. H. Briggs O. P. Cole H. S. Gregory MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRICAL P. W. Churchill A. L. Laferriere Jos. Hennessey W. L. Bennett H. Page V. Lacombe HEINE AND MANNING BOILER PLANTS Ray Smith W. E. Taft H. A. Chase W. L. Oilman John Mainguy Thos. Kenney PORTLAND OFFICE John C. Sherman CASCADE MILL J. T. Hennessey, Sec. STEAM DEPARTMENT Wm. Richardson ELECTRICAL DEPARTMERT REPORTERS I. C. Morse UPPER PLANTS SULPHITE MILL CASCADE MILL BROWN CORP. PAPER DEPARTMENT H. E. Malloy Theo. Belanger Wm. Foren H. B. Curran L. A. Morse M. H. Griffin Guy Fortier Geo. Snow F. E. Howell GROUND WOOD DEPARTMENT H. D. Bevins Fred Snyder E. Byrd J. C. Corbett H. Gosselin Wm. Roach A. E. Michaud D. Fogg W. L. Gilman BARKER MILL Flora Howell B. Covieo J. Toohey John Carter Otis Sanborn Elizabeth McLellan M. C. Frost L. Hughes L. P. Jutras M. McCarthy Harold Moreau R. Cox F. J. Smith DIGESTER HOUSE W. E. Haynes Amie Lavoie A. H. Eastman V. A. Beede Peter St. Clair J. J. Tellington Archie Belanger H. Hayden A. S. Meland Peter Beaudoin Elphage Charest F X. McNally R. Guimont Henry Holland Elsie Porter Dionysius Gillis J. S. Cassidy C. E. Thayer Edwin E. Howe John Heck FIRE DEPARTMENT John Powers UPPER PLAINTS Jos. Therrien, Chief PORTLAND OFFICE CASCADE MILL P. G. Peterson F, Studd, Chief J. Greenan, Asst. Chief F. Laflamme SERVICE DIRECTORY SULPHITE MILL F. Snyder, Chief BROWN COMPANY DISTRICT NURSING DEPARTMENT (Established 1903) .. J. Marois. Asst. Chief (Affiliated with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1916) J. McDougall, Shift "A" Asst. Chief Miss E. A. Uhlschoeffer, Supervising Nurse ; Miss Laura Swetland, Mrs. Florence Keenan, Miss W Plummer, Shift " B " Asst. Chief Gladys Blasland. Office, 226 High street; telephone 85; office hours. 8-8.30 a. m. and 12.30-1.30 p. m. M. Myler, Shift " C " Asst. Chief Calls for a nurse may be sent to above office, to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office, 153 HOSEMEN "A" SHIFT Main street, telephone 283-2, or to any Brown Company time office. Working hours (except for HOSEMEN "B" SHIFT emergencies) 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. A nurse answers all first calls from any source, but may not con- Digester House Digester House tinue upon a case except a doctor is in charge. G. Adams C. Holmstead P. Mclntyre E. McKee Machine Room Machine Room ' W. Church P. Hayes METROPOLITAN NURSING SERVICE J. Clouthier C. Bergeron Available to all employees of one or more years service E. Cadorette C. Locke E. Perron F. Francour CHIEF NURSE, Miss Uhlschoeffer F. King A. Dion FIRST AID STATIONS OFFICE HOURS W. Rosseau F. Thebarge NURSE IN CHARGE, Miss Gladys Blasland UPPER PLANTS. Afternoons, except Sat., 1.30-5; Wood Room CONSULTING PHYSICIAN FOR DECEMBER, Sat., 9-10.30. Wood Room Dr. Marcou SULPHITE MILL, Afternoons, except Sat., 2-5 • J. Violett D. McNichol Sat. 10.30-12. H. Mader A. Labelle CASCADE MILL, Mornings, 9-12. A. Holt C. Picard B. Dillon C. Murphy HOSEMEN "C" SHIFT Digester House BROWN COMPANY RELIEF ASSOCIATION W. Berryman J. Keating Open to all employees except those eligible to Burgess Relief Association Machine Room PRES., L. A. Morse, Cascade SEC., P. L. Murphy, Cascade L. Stewart W. Baker VICE-PRES., A. H. Hull, Riverside TREAS., E. F. Bailey, Main Office N. Couture P. Grondin EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE M. Frost F. Gagne Irving Teare, Riverside Alec. Martell, Cascade Wood Room J. B. Morneau, Riverside C. J Oleson, Upper Plants T. Belanger A. Croteau B. L. Barrett, Cascade Olaf M. Nelson. Saw Mill F. Dupuis F. Biladeau T. D. Walsh, Cascade Walter E. Haines, Box Mill Peter Landers, Cascade EXTRA HOSEMEN A. Hamilton F. White BURGESS RELIEF ASSOCIATION A. Nadeau J. Dickey PRES., J. J. McKinnon SEC., M. C. Frost L. Frechette J. Moody ViCE-PRES., James Moody TREAS., J. H. Briggs P. Thomas INVESTIGATORS J. Brunelle, Heine Fire Pump, Shift " A " A. E. Michaud, Maintenance John Powers, Yards, Electrical, SO2 J. Caie, Heine Fire Pump, Shift " B " Fred Hayes, Wood and Barker Plant P. Hayes, Acid, Dig., Steam, Office F. Donahue Heine Fire Pump, Shift " C " W. C. Thomas, Machines, Screens, Bleachery A. W. O'Connell, Chemical Plants P. Larochelle, Repair Inspector THE BROWN BULLETIN Page Three NOTICE 192,0 NURSING SERVICE InAClass By Himself The Annual Meeting of the This service was started with nurses Brown Bulletin Publishing Asso- and no satisfactory first aid room. It seems to us to be running down hill ra- ciation will be held at the Y. M. pidly. We now have first aid rooms in C. A. at 5 p. m., on December the different mills, but very little nurse 13th, for the purpose of electing service. Canvassing the situation the directors for the next year. The following is found: following directors' terms of office OFFICIAL HOURS expire: H. S. Gregory, Jos. Hen- Cascade 9 to 12 Upper Plants 1.30 to 4.30 nessey, A. L. Laferriere, John C. Sulphite 3 to 5 Sherman. At the same time an This shows a nurse to be available for editor is to be elected by the the three mills for a total of eight hours. board of directors. As a matter of fact they are not at mills for even this length of time. Complaint at all mills is the same, the SUGGESTION FOR hours of duty are too short, they are not THE BULLETIN 1921 in on time, nor do they stay the appointed Viewing the Ruins time. It is seldom that one is available The Brown Bulletin has now been pub- for an injury, most of the work performed lished for some time, and many good consisting of redressing wounds. jokes and stories have been told and Accidents are bound to occur during everybody looks forward to the first of any of the twenty-four hours and we are the month so that they can get the Bulletin certainly not getting nurse service of and read some new jokes about someone more than a two-hour daily average per they know. Now that is all right in its mill. place and we all like to enjoy ourselves, but could we not also have some articles The general sentiment seems to be that pertaining to the manufacture of the the present service is hardly worth the different products of the company, such expense. as caustic, chloroform, sulphite pulp, Are we asking too much to request the paper, etc. ? Department heads could management to provide a nurse for each take a few minutes and write articles ex- mill for at least the day shift ? Twenty- plaining the manufacture of products in four hours' service would require nine which they are interested. A description nurses. of the manufacture of the various pro- A death or long sickness from injury ducts should prove of value and interest per month, saved by such service might to the readers of the Bulletin. prove a cheaper proposition than the amount necessary to pay insurance claims. (ihttitarg CHEMICAL MILL James Morgan was born in Canada on November 10, 1869. He has worked for this company continuously since October 15, 1918. At the time of his death, which occured November 11, 1921, he was em- ployed at the Caustic Plant yard. SAW MILL George Murray was born December 28, 1843, in Prince Edward Island. He has worked continuously for the company since 1894. At the time of his death he was employed as a watchman at the Grand Trunk gate. He died October 12, 1921. OLD TIME PHOTO OF BROWN HOUSE I Page Four THE BROWN BULLETIN n PORTLAND OFFICE m Your Portland office reporter received The boys of Portland office have ex- and Mr. McGlauflin's mother suddenly a letter recently from Leon Cole, formerly tended congratulations to John Kelsey, of passed away on November 19th. with the pulp sales division, in which he the President's office, upon the arrival of wished to be remembered to his former a ten pound boy on November 18th. An eastern college graduate applied business associates. for work in a Michigan lumber camp and Wanted—A ticket to the Harvard-Yale was assigned to one end of a cross cut L. I. Perry of Niles and Niles, New game, any year. Will pay a large pre- saw, the other end being in charge of an York, has joined the auditing force here mium. Phone 1921 L. P. W. old and experienced lumberman. At the on the annual audit and will remain until end of an hour the veteran stopped saw- completed. Archie Hawthorne, our heating plant ing and regarded his weary partner with engineer, has of late been wearing an ex- pitying eyes.