ETHYL i i Published monthly for the people of Ethyl Corporation In This Issue Page Goaing Up Our Ranks................. 2 What They Do in San Berdu.... 4 Education At Ethyl......................... 6 Britheis oi the Broom..................... 8 A Bedtime Story............................. 10 Saturday in Detroit....................... 12 Holiday Mood................................. 16 Headlines '55 ................................. 18 Milestones ........................................ 20 Ethyl Welcomes............................. 21 For Your Entertainment............... 22 Personal Section ........................... 24 People and Places......................... 26 Leonhard Dowry ................................. Editor Jean Nicol......................... Editorial Assistant I Contributing Editors—Baton Rouge: Guy Keller, Test Lab; Tom Stephenson, Pious; Chicago; Ham Greenup; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Denver: Ed Smith; Detroit: Helen Carrico, Margaret Casler, Andy Polity, Adele Rozek, Nora Wirick; photog­ rapher: Eric Owen; Houston: H. E. Harris, J. B. LeRay; Kansas City; Glenn Babcock; Los Angeles: Ken Freberg, Bill Van Wyck; Mexico: Lynn Phil­ lips; Netc York; Gerry Harms, Jim Donohue, Wilma Hama, Etna Harris, Mollie Houghton, Gertrude Melloh, Joan Ryan, Edna Vorwerk; San Bernardino: Adeline Furst, Judy Schaub; photographer: Fred Green; San Francisco: Wil Hancock; Tulsa: Carl Bartholomew, Howard Hamalter; Yonkers: Cath­ erine Henderson, Gasoline Testing; Gil de Malvilain. Central Office: Ethyl Corporation of Canada Limited; Toronto: Nancy Macdonald. hen a military organization holds a dress parade, one of the most visually satisfying maneuvers i that in which the marching men execute close ordc drill. Upon the green parade ground, they present. seemingly solid block of rhythmic movement Arms and legs swing back and forth in unison as they march shoulder to shoulder with brass gleaming and leather shining. The result is a spectacular lesson in show­ manship, a lesson that took a great deal of time, pa­ tience and hard work to perfect As in all satisfying endeavors, it was well worth it in the ultimate accom­ plishment and the pleasure of pleasing. We on Bulletin Board feel a little like the parad ers, especially now that we’re closing our rank too, and becoming a monthly publication. We ak want to present a solid front and, in a slightly Ie W ON OUR COVER: Oscar Lewis, vice presi­ dent of Etbyl Corporation of Canada, sweeps a stone during a recent curling match held in Sarnia. The story of the tbree-day bonspiel, in which three other Ethyl men partici­ pated, can be found on page 8. Published by Ethyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. Edward L. Shea, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas­ urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. I ETC 10749 A ■ ■; v.;'" •. ■-•' r£$P&fe y-Mr* ^ 5p«c •/v--,• ■ ...v,tv;:v . • y*v :SggawE^g^BK^sgriF8"***?^:- £-y ■> -. " ! - ■ -1 -___• A.______J. ! sense, to parade in unisimi: lie __Li__1. «-«?”• • s -~•• "••-' . «Vi • AiLA*^ — SfeV -x >'svi-jf»v-.:.T-.v»:-' v-••.-ij".< -**.v •, f: . -, -.v vr*.' r ; " m..U. . ;—.» thk^J;: *•- -!-■ us i---------*L know through your Lv^.1 k>cal P^, Rnr.rj-mj Bqahd corre- or directly. If you have specific ideas for the magazine wiH apjpiw!jtwiw M ^ftea bodi v ^:'stories or features, they may prove fun for you and ! our : to tell you as much as poeraU^m)^ y^:cdta?^^^^^e|al^tening to other of our readers less familiar with y’« activities' and subjeel ': sometimes instruct wabnre^j’ •’ ‘j%£*' Perhaps you have ideas for informative quizzes, for ides. Then, toc^ ’mQEe foegmerit isma ;adll enahle|||' ,^|*? stories about interesting personalities within the Ccrmto use more pict&^smd o^inaQdbi^ ihout you,'j«ny,' for articles about some specific job you do that • mirror better and rfoote,. fally liyour interests and it^ > not many people know about—ideas about almost anyhmnwfe' Hrri^i'am 'nnliirflift rtnrnrlnT.' '''.‘.'X’f '•^Itlvis* asmo r%( fka cfnvine an<4 arttrslne tKof unit raOll mplishments’ Werjare oidy^the.paraders; ■yovSSrt'.f’thing. C Some of the stones and articles that you read the generals befme^wboin'we paM .in review^|.^v;*; in the popular magazines and newspapers may serve BoARD-weH tgy^a^^^ywmagaxba^^^r^fiu a spring board to start you thinking about appronever been, nor was it ever meant tote, any- t^i; - « priate stories for Bulletin Boabd. j ag else. But you, collectively; are complex mech.. , Closing up our ranks is going to mean a tot more with a wide variety of tastes, and we can only'work for our staff, but if afl goes well, we hope it wil aw what those tastes are if you teH us.: You can Id vv WHAT THEY DO IN SAN BERDU . r*-wt)rS?\.~' -_ ‘Vi » - .—«-. - Stan Kukawka, an engineer who came from Detroit to Sen Bernardino finds relaxation in making furniture for himself end friends. Hers he measures e folding table he's making out of California redwood At San Bernardino, as at other Company T ike most Californians, the men and women who installations, Ethyl employees spend a lot work at Ethyl’s laboratory in San Bernardino are quicker than the flash of a six-shooter to tell you that The Golden State is just about the most perfect place in the whole wide world, including Texas. And the West Coasters mean it as positively as the San Ber­ nardino mountains rise to snow-capped peaks. of their free time at hobbies — pastimes that are distinctly related to the social and cultural climate of California Determining whet reeks contain is halt the fun of co(feetin9 them. Above, Fred Green, an engineer, observes Carol Simeoek's collection, which includes petrified wood, fool's gold and lave bearing rock. A chemist at the laboratory, Waftar Rantanen anjoys c f ing with people all ovar fha world. Ha writes them about H tha climeta of California and in turn learns what lifa is like Etc Carol Simcock, a technician at the fab, makes interesting decorations by spraying dried desert primrose bushes with gold paint. Carol, who "could be e desert rat without mueh coaxing," spent hours finding them. “Where else,” they’ll ask you, “can you spend the morning exploring under the warm desert sun and the afternoon building a snowman on a mountain top a few hours away by car?” California isn’t, as far as many of them are con­ cerned, merely a place to live—it’s a way of life, versa­ tile country to be utilized and enjoyed in itself. Pottery, though no longer unique to the West Coest, got e big revive! out by tho Pecific e few years ego. Adeline Furst, left, end Judy Seheub, right, use up free timo making end painting useful pottery. California itself is Oean Painter's hobby. The deputy manager of the testing lab collects books and papers on early W«st Coast his* tory. The ledger he*s reading above dates back to the year 1879. Relatively few of the people at the lab are native Californians. Lured there by the climate, an active Chamber of Commerce and others whose plaudits glowed like their own, they found living in the second largest state pleasantly relaxed. Whatever their pas­ times had been, they readily converted their hobbies to make the utmost of all California had to offer. Charlie Hilton, a tost driver, alto tnjoy* tho desort. Ho used spend his timo tromping around tho send, now he's turned to hun uranium. Tho burro shown with him, incidentolly, is Totrao' etc 10752 A lthough it’s not so old and time-honored as Har-£*■ vard or Yale, and though it lacks an ivy-walled campus, “Ethyl University” is an accredited institu­ tion of higher learning within the Company. Its un­ dergraduates are the employees taking one of the 17 courses given in employee development. Its gradu­ ates are the hundreds of Company men and women who have a better understanding of and aptitude for their jobs as a result of the instruction. These courses are given by the Training section of Industrial Relations department. “Professors” are Ray Faller, manager of Training, and Charlie Clark. Ray and Charlie seldom teach classes themselves. They go to Company installations where courses are scheduled and instruct personnel there in the methods of putting the course across to employees. Each course was developed to meet a specific need and to teach a skill in human relations or supervision. The basic courses don’t change, but they are modified to fit local circumstances. One of the primary func­ tions of the Training section is to determine, with the aid of the line management, where training will cor­ rect and improve a situation and, also with line man­ agement’s help, work out a training course. The first course, “Fundamentals of Supervision”, was originated in 1948. Since then courses have been added to the curriculum as the need for them arose. At present two other courses are being prepared, in the field of office supervision and another in the field of communication. Usually classes are conducted for groups of not more than 20 persons, in order to permit individual discussion and analysis of individual problems and conditions. Courses are repeated as required. Enroll­ ment is voluntary, and to show how highly the courses are valued, attendance at current courses is averaging 95 percent of enrollment. The 17 courses now on the training curriculum in­ clude: “An Analysis of the Supervisor’s Job”, which defines the varied tasks and main functions of a super­ visor; “Fundamentals of Supervision”, in which em­ phasis is placed upon the human relations problems a supervisor meets in his day-to-day work; “Organiza­ tion and Management”, giving supervisors an under standing of fundamentals of organization; “Trainin; Workers”, outlining methods of instructing others i performing a job; “Effective Communication”, outlir ing channels of communication in a large organizatic and emphasizing face-to-face discussion skills; “Pr ventive Discipline”, reviewing the necessity for dis< pline as a fundamental of sound management and t organizing of operations so that occasions for discipli 6 ETC lO-153 % are held to a minimum; “Employee Development”, in which analysis of employee performance and formula­ tion of individual plans for employee improvement t « d e i \ are taught. Other courses include; “Salary and Wage Adminis­ tration”, reviewing Ethyl’s policies and procedures in determining and administering salaries and wages; “Benefit Plans”, a supervisory training course that ex­ plains the advantages of Ethyl’s Retirement Income plan, and the Group Insurance and Accident and Sickness benefit plans; “Economics”, a discussion pro­ gram that develops an understanding of some of the important principles underlying our American Free Enterprise economic system; “Conference Leadership”, teaching the individual to lead a successful meeting or conference; “Public Speaking”, class practice in learn­ ing to speak more effectively before groups of people; “Tension Control”, lessons in the reduction of tensions that interfere with job achievement and personal effi­ ciency; “Applied Creative Thinking”, designed to in­ crease the ability of participants to think up a greater number of original ideas to solve their problems; “Effective Secretarial Practices”, teaching secretarial techniques and development of a professional attitude; ‘Telephone Courtesy”, a film and discussion empha­ sizing proper ways to use a telephone; “Salesmanship”, covering the basics of selling as applied to our par­ ticular business. In addition, the Training section arranges bimonthly luncheons for New York City employees at the Sales and Service Auditorium on 39th Street. At these lunches, where attendance is voluntary, varied perti­ nent and informative topics are discussed, subjects that pertain directly to Ethyl or to the oil and automo­ tive industries in general. For example, the luncheon held in October dealt with “Oil Progress Week,” which was then being celebrated. Both Ray and Charlie are also actively engaged in training operations outside the Company. Frequently they are called upon to assist other organizations in training matters. This fall Ray appeared before the Department of Public Works of New York City, which is initiating a supervisor training course, and spoke on “The Supervisor as a Leader.” Charlie and Ray both belong to the Society of Training Directors, of which Charlie is secretary for the New York Chapter and Ray a past president. Ray is Company represen­ tative for the Committee on Training of the Division of Refining, American Petroleum Institute. They also address meetings sponsored by the American Manage­ ment Association. In Baton Rouge, where the training department offers 4 divinity of courses, 4 group sits in session for 4 clou on management procedure Training it on* reason for our outstanding safety record. Suck cfauot as the ono «bov4, • court# for 4k# fir# cr#w, pay off in l#u accidents. Cheriie Clark of 4k# Industrial Relation* department in New York holds eUsi in creativ# thinking, which stimulates th# flow of bettor ideas. Don Janningi of Business Services at the Detroit Laboratories u flannel boerd to present his subject on our policies and pro* ETC TK* Imptriti Bonipitl w«t formally op#n*d by Fipar Norman Melted, wbe lad eurlars in a march to church*!. BRITHERS OF THE BROOM Good fellowship prevails and everybody's brothers when the players take to the ice with their brooms in the ancient game of curling curl is achieved by turning the handle of the st urling is an “auld” game — colorful, skillful and toward or away from the body during the thi dramatic as its players slide across the refrigerated rink with bright scarves flying. Played in teams of which is similar to that in bowling. Then two pla with brooms may go into action, sweeping enei four, curling is believed to have been brought to cally before the slowly moving stone in an effc Britain by the Flemings in the fourteenth century, get added distance or to change its course. and later the Scots brought it with them to Canada, where it is now among the most popular winter sports. It is the skip who is the decisive factor in ci A few weeks ago, on an appropriately icy day, some He is usually the best player on the team a of the game’s most ardent enthusiasts on the continent directs all aspects of the game. The skip sta met in Sarnia, Canada — the future home of our new the scoring area, called the “house”, and w plant — for the 27th annual Imperial bonspiel. Among position of his broom informs the curler wher them, composing a team, were four Ethyl men: Oscar to place the stone. The skip also directs the s Lewis, vice president of Ethyl Corporation of Canada; and plays the last, the most crucial, stone Russ Weston, manager of the Advertising department; team in each “end” or inning. and Ben Penrose and Hap Philp, of the Toronto office. The stone nearest the center of the house Hap was “skip” or captain of the group, which won end is completed is scored as one point an one game by the overwhelming score of 21-1 and lost any of the opponents’ stones in the house, others by only a point or two. any other stones of the winning team that Curling, as the pictures on these pages illustrate, the house are scored as one point each, is played with somewhat unusual equipment—brooms match in a bonspiel — competition betwe and heavy stones — and it’s anything but easy. Con­ clubs — consists of 10 ends and takes about siderable skill is required to "curl” a 40-pound stone half hours to play. down a long sheet of ice toward a scoring area of Drama mounts as the match progresses concentric circles, and in the process either purposely becomes slower, more deliberate, for eac hit or avoid the opponents7 stones already there. The well mean the difference between winni C 8 ETC 10’ Displaying good curling form, Bun Penrose slides a 40-pound granite itcne from tho center of on# scoring art* toward another on# 120 foot away. Ban hold* hi* broom to help maintain hi* balanca during throw. Ratling broom* aloft is tha traditional signal for tha curling of a good itona. Hart, Uft to right, '’akip** Hap Philp, Rgu Wa*ton, Ban Panroia and 0*car lewis look with eonsidarabla plaasurt at thair winning itonai. Anothtr rite occur* at tha finish of a match whan tha opposing skip* shake hands in tha tama friendly spirit that pervades tho tntiru gama. Playars wear dub and bonspial buttons on tam-o'-shanters, Glengarry caps. Tha Sarnia Curling Club boasts sis shaats of rofrigaratad lea, which wa aspociatly praparad for tha bonspial. Tha ica is "pebbled" in ordar h provide friction for tho sliding stone* and is dyad with bonspial color Behind Russ Waston. as ha tellies his team's score in tha tenth "and*', is tha crest of the Sarnia Curling Club. Tha club, which was founded in 1147, reflect* tha persistant interest in tha gama through tha yean. Those trophies, including tha big Imperial Bonspial trophy in t main award in tha three-day competition, ware tha spur of far 144 curlers who represented IB clubs from tha United States en ETC * 10 ETC 107 You don't even have to pay taxes on sleep — why not invest eight hours in it every night? nPhough the best laid plans of mice and the bravest -*■ New Year’s resolutions of men oft go astray, the resolutions at least have a distinct medical interest. As the bells rang in 1956, we may have resolved to stop smoking, eat and drink less, or worry less. Or—aware suddenly it was 1 A.M. of January 1—we may have resolved to stop burning the candle at both ends and get more sleep. The intent to “get my rest” is commonly voiced throughout the year as well as on New Year’s Eve. We all seem to know that we ought to get sufficient rest, and yet many of us do not regularly observe this sim­ plest of health rules. We can always think of good excuses to offer ourselves if we stay up too late. Per­ haps we feel we can “get by” as we have done before. Let this fundamental health rule, therefore, be re­ emphasized. True, we can get by with inadequate sleep not only for a night but for weeks and months and even years. We cannot, however, perform our work in the most efficient manner nor enjoy the full­ est measure of good health and good spirits if we con­ sistently deny ourselves the benefits of regular, ample rest and sleep. Our body is a chemical laboratory and substances accumulate during our active hours that must be eliminated during a period of sleep. Most adults should devote at least eight hours out of every twenty-four to this restorative process. It has been demonstrated time and again that we may go to bed having all the symptoms of an oncom­ ing cold only to awake in the morning without a cold. In such an instance, the period of rest has allowed the body to gain the upper hand and tip the scales against the cold bug. It is more difficult to visualize a cause and effect relationship over a period of years between consistent lack of rest and grave permanent abnor­ malities in the body structure, but evidence points to a direct connection between the two. We should form good sleeping habits in order to achieve best sleeping results. Four prime rules for sleeping include: (1) minimize outside stimuli like sound and light, (2) sleep eight hours or whatever amount is individually required, (3) go to sleep at approximately the same hour every night, (4) do not eat just before sleeping. What position we sleep in, what type of bed we sleep in and whether we have fresh air or not are mainly matters of personal requirements. There is no apparent advantage of being a deep or light sleeper. Probably a combination of the two is best. The first three hours of sleep are usually the deepest, but most physiologists agree that it is the length of sleep, not the heaviness or lightness of it, that is the decisive factor in restoring the body’s energy. Nor should we grow worried over our tossing and turning during sleep. The truth is most people toss and turn about while sleeping whether it is realized or not. The body requires this frequent change of position in order to relax more completely. However, muscular tension caused by nightmares can be as enervating as walking up a long flight of stairs. Another old wives’ tale that physiologists ridicule is the theory that we should be full of pep when we first wake up in the morning. Research has indicated that the average person reaches his peak of efficiency somewhere in the late afternoon and four to six hours later begins to get sleepy. At this peak, his body tem­ perature is highest, reaction time is shortest and steadiness is greatest. It is well to remember that even if sleep eludes us, just resting comfortably in bed is also refreshing. Poor sleepers and insomniacs should feel reassured to know that some authorities believe that resting, with the eyes closed and the muscles relaxed, has up to 80 per cent of the value of sleep itself. 11 ETC i 0758 THU old mid makes the best apple cider in the area, as Dave Bartleson of Automotive Products and HU family can testify. THa rustic grounds and mallow charm of tHa mill balia its surround* 109*. THa Bartlesons, who live naar, drop by oc­ casionally to watch tHa water wHeel in the back of the mill and to buy jugs of cider. SATURDAY IN DETROIT | ike most of us in this bustling, busy country of ours, employees at the Detroit Laboratories squeeze in a lot of living on a Saturday and waste little of the precious 720 minutes or so that tick off between breakfast and dinner. For Saturday is a day of anticipation, a chunk of time to be utilized as the user chooses — constructively, idly, recklessly, lazily or busily. It’s a day of reward for a five-day span of work. It belongs as solely to the individual as the sun belongs in the sky. It’s an exciting experience to wake up to a bright morning and suddenly realize that you’ve got the whole day to do with as you please. It holds the same kind of promise to people of all ages, the promise of a holiday from the usual. It’s a pleasant change of pace, an opportunity to develop new interests in life and to pursue old, comfortable ones that are as familiar and welcome as friends. Maybe it’s the day you’ll finish reading that book you started at the fireside a week ago and never found time to get back to. Maybe you are even looking forward to shoveling the snow on the walk, accomplishing a duty in the cold, crisp air of winter. Ot perhaps your Saturday Cute Sandy Carson, ll-yaar-old daughter of Ed Carson of th Fuel Blending section, U as accomplished a skater as she appeal to be above. Although Sandy has been roller-skating for only yaar-and-a-Half. she placed fifth in a state free-style competitio ETC 10760 is for chopping wood to cheer a dark, windy evening; for taking the children to the excitement of the zoo; for shopping the stores for the millions of things that contribute toward good living; for cleaning your rifle or waxing your skis or working in your tool room. Saturday is for anything and everything. What woman’s heart doesn't beat a little faster as she finds a “steal’ in a dress shop or on the grocer’s shelf? What man doesn’t feel a glow of pride in teaching a boy how to throw a baseball or a girl how to skate? Whose heart doesn't quicken with the smallest personal accomplishment? As for the young, Saturday is as bright as that first-earned dollar, a day bought and paid for by effort and to be enjoyed as a result. It’s leisure is ours because we live in a land that produces not only machines and paychecks, but good will and consideration in equal abundance. The only job Dele Chrysler of Maintenance contracted oat on the house he is building for himself wes the faying of outside brick. At the time of this picture he was in process of insulating and putting in the dry well. Since the Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared," these scouts came prepared to face bad weather on their Saturday hike. Soon, however, the rain stop; and the scouts, under the leadership of Oick Sneed of Automotive Products, had a lot of fun exploring the Michigan woods and hilts. The many i in the Detroit area alsck> provide scouting pleasures, including camping, swimming, fishing, boating and the assorted adventures a boy is heir A tour of the Ootroit Historic*! Museum was on the Satur­ day sgsnds for the Glenn Irish family. Glenn, who is with Automotive Products, sold his two young daughters found plenty to interest end entertein them «t the museum. How­ ever, he doubted if they appreciated the hiitoricel signifieenc* of such dispieys «s this dioreme of en early Detroit horsedrtwn streetcar. The girls were especially taken with an Indian statue whose hand was raised in peace. This Farmers' Market located in the Detroit outskirts is a favorite shopping place of people at the tabs. Produce like corn, potatoes, cabbages, apples and pumpkins, as wall as eggs and fowl, work clothes and household articles, ere dis­ played in the long, bamiike building. Shown above are John Koxikowski of Automotive Products and his wife, Adelt, as they decide which bouquet to buy from a hothouse man. A model of tho proposed Detroit Civic Center is explained by Mich. J. Macalla, maneger of the Veterans Memorial Building, to Mar! Gogates of Automotive Products and Elizabeth Robinson of Can Piles. Several of the buildings, including the Veterans Memorial, I already been constructed. The Center is located in downtown Da on the banks of the Saint Clair River, overlooking Canada. ETC 107 ot many weeks ago the people whose pictures s pear on these pages and some 200 other Etl employees in New York got together to celebr; Christmas. Some were strangers to one another a some were just familiar faces. All of them, though, 1 one thing in common—they were in a holiday mo It isn’t everywhere that people can gather to h fun. In a great many places—far too many plar fun is as rare as a blue orange and a smile is r wanted than a chest of gold. In America laughter is no further away than a genial companion, no more expensive than the of a television dial, no more suppressed than t around us. ETC 1C But there are countries where to laugh at the wrong time can mean never to laugh again. In those same places—those same too many places— two strangers can only meet with suspicion of each other and two friends can never be sure there are just the two of them. America believes in the people who have made it what it is, people who know that a world without laughter would be as dark as a world without sunlight. It wants a world of bright smiles and holiday mood. That kind of world is the kind that people make for themselves because they are a lot smarter than some self appointed supermen think they are. It’s the kind of world Americans live in. HEADLINES OF '55 As always, people played an important part in tire hen 1955 came to a close, it ended another year’s headlines, heavily contributing to the advance­ chapter in the history of the Company, a chapter that, like the others before it, was significant of prog­ment of the Company, devoting time and energy to civic causes and working together in general harmony ress. In many ways the year was one of advanced and concord. Again and over and over, Ethyl proved ideas, improved methods, new services, and general itself a good industrial citizen. betterment. In all respects it was a proud year. W FRANCES LAMB CITED BY COLLEGE; r" ftOOfly W NW '(0RK ...... — _D&tNS[ rs^sssset^a^Si fi^WARNE TAKES OVER AS GENERAL C0UNSEI nameil tiirecraivVfeeT*resident and~Triea,-. ■ .OT=^--.-. .V; ••• ‘-v. a^—. -c*. JORDON AWARDED API CITAHON ;.- 'fv/' •'■ . '' -v»- *. •• ■_■■ ^rniVt: LEWIS tjt^ ethyl of - . •v .'****c..-f «'•* - ■■ % '-■ .*w*p' i ■!J iwrnMiliTT VAN FLECK A| WASHINGTON KREMONY ..-} *k-H ’-* B^H^^XOTIVF VICE, PRESIDENT Imii ■>< i itfnii I MILESTONES Thomas E. Ronan Sales, New York V StS years Everbtt N. Garnse Gasoline Testing, Yonl Hhrbjrt F. Green Research, Detroit C. Fred Naylor Sales, New York Walter H. Sales, Nev ETC 15 years These new employees will contribute their share to the steady growth and continued prosperity of our Company J Merlyn J. Beane Research, Detroit Marshall C. McDorman Sales, Eastern Region William H, Wanderer Research, Detroit IO years Catherine £. Henderson Gasoline Testing, Yonkers Nelson L. Hough Sales, Los Angeles Mary Ann Pope, a typist at the Detroit Laboratories, was born in the Michigan city. Like many of her co-workers, she enjoys both skiing and modem jazz. William Sabin, who is Bill to friends, is a refinery technolo­ gist in Detroit. From Colo­ rado, where he attended the School of Mines, he likes photography. Charles M. Barlow of Fi­ nance department. New York, comes from Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., and took his Master’s degree from Univer­ sity of Michigan. Mario Bellizzi, a new safety engineer in Eastern Region, is single and lives in New York. He's a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti­ tute in Troy, N. Y. Rema Fowler, New York Fi­ nance, was bom in Oklahoma and is one of eleven children. She now lives in Manhattan and spends leisure at knitting, reading and tennis. Betty B. Wade is with Gen­ eral Service, New York. She was bom in Santa Monica, Calif., and now lives with her husband, John, in Mount Vernon, N. Y. Doris Foster, typist in the Sales-Gasoline Testing lab in North Kansas City, was bom in Missouri. She collects classical records and dances ballet. Roland Hargis, Jr. joined Sales in Tulsa. He lives in nearby Arizona with his wife, Edwina, and son, Roland III. His favorite hobbies are golf and hunting. Norma J. Sutter is a se tary in the Tulsa office. I in Guthrie, Okla., she member of the Bus Women's Guild and C tian Women's Fellowshi Genevieve C. LeRoy Sales, New York George A. Sexton Finance, New York 5 years William E. Andreae Sales, Southern Region Marilyn C. Barth Sales, New York William H. Chambers Research, Detroit James B. Hodges Sales, Western Region Ada Mae Nadeau Research, Detroit James B. Retzlofe Research, Detroit ETC 107* BOOKS ■, .................. ............................................................................ YOUR The Veteran Motor Car, which David Scott-Monscrieff has produced from England for Scribner's, is a pictorial and verbal roundup of early automobile history prior to 1905, and whether or not you are greatly interested in engine and chassis, you'll have a pleasant trip reading about and looking at the antique models that ancestored the big, efficient cars we ride in today. fc ■ 8K'- • £ W’’* ENTERTAINMENT '!4 - it* ***••., • ** ■ • « • V If vou’re either a woman or a mother you’ll probably be in­ spired by Dutton’s Kathy by Katherine Homer Fryer. A true story of courage and despair, it’s the chronicle of a mother's fight to help her daughter overcome a mysterious illness. ........... . George Simenon, who has written more books than anybody, has turned out, with his usual effectiveness, a suspenseful and dramatic new novel in Doubleday's The Fugitive. In a rather simple narrative he tells the clinical story of a neurotic personality driven to a brutal murder by his own nature and still manages to do it all with a velvet glove. There’s no denying that business has always been a major factor in our particular way of life in America, and as such it is the subject of two new and valuable books. Harper's Pioneering in Big Business, written by Ralph w, Hidv and Muriel E. Hidy, is a history of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) during the years 1882-1911 and it reveals the essence of our strong industrial structure, as does Herrvmoon Maurer's Great Enterprise from Macmillan. The latter, which largely came from the research files of Fortune, is a look at 50 major corporations. Last year Evan Hunter bolted a great many readers with The Blackboard Jungle, a shocking picture of juvenile delinquency. This year, in Second Ending (Simon and Schuster), he tells an equally astonishing story of dope addiction against a back­ ground of jazz. By no means a pretty picture, it’s a strong and vigorous indictment of a serious social menace. Oil, frequently the subject of books, again spouts black gold in Oil FOR the World (Harper). It’s a revised edition, amply illustrated, and it tells the whole story of the overwhelming odds, the people involved and the fuel and power produced. Absent from the literary scene for quite some years, Kenneth Roberts is back as the author of Boon Island for Doubledav. Mr. Roberts is an old hand at historical fiction and his touch is still as sure as it ever was. Never tawdry, never dull, neve> sentimentally romantic, his new novel is a swift- adventure ir Atlantic waters and in an authentic atmosphere of the 18tl century. Henriette Kish has assembled Questions Older People As. for Dutton and answers the 90 queries with intelligence ar horse sense. Her subjects range from hobbies to retiremer from income to health, and all of them should be stimulate and interesting to men and women beyond the half-centu mark. ETC 10 ♦ Dutton's Stop Dieting! Start Losing! by Ruth West pre­ sents a method of losing weight the easy way and it all sounds highly possible as she advocates that by adhering to a num­ ber of reallv tempting menus you can lose two or three pounds a week. It's all done with pork chops, sweet potatoes, apple pie and even milk. Morey Bernstein s The Search for Bridie Murphy (Double­ day) is a fascinating study of an experiment in hypnosis, both strange and true. It will sometimes give you goose pimples and it will certainly make you wonder and marvel as a woman recreates a whole new life under the spell. Doubleday's Prize Stories 1956 {The O. Henry Awards) is an anthology of the year’s best short stories by both new and familiar writers. Of the sixteen exceptional pieces, all of them of high literary merit, you’ll be most impressed by John Cheever's The Country Husband (first prize winner) and John Steinbeck's The Affair at 7 Rue de M—. Two big new children’s books are fun not only for the young but for all the young in heart. Sell and Weybright’s Buffalo Bill and the Wild West (Oxford) is full of pictures of familiar heroes of the frontier and historically accurate and The Rainbow Book of American History (World) is a compilation of colorfully illustrated vignettes on just about everybody and everything in America. Edmund Wilsons The Scrolls from the Dead Sea, which ran serially in The New Yorker some months back, is far more scholarly in book form but still a fascinating account and inter­ pretation of the religious documents recently found in a remote cave. The summation and its bearing on the roots of Chris­ tianity may not quite satisfy you but it certainly will intrigue you no end. Picnic, which Columbia Pictures releases this month, is sure to be one of the year’s outstanding pictures. A CinemaScope and Technicolor version of the successful Broadwav drama, it stars William Holden, Rosalind Russell, Kim Novak, Betty Field and Susan Strasberg in a romantic story in which all is not moonlight and roses. The substance is stout stuff, the place is Kansas, and the people are as real and human as vour next door neighbors. Originally presented as a television drama entitled Fearful Decision, M-G-M’s Ransom! is loaded with suspense. The film, which stars Glenn Ford and Donna Reed, is about a man whose only son is kidnaped and the decision that rests on his shoulders. It's the kind of thing that you might well read and shudder at in tomorrow's newspapers. Tom Ewell, who last convulsed audiences as Marilyn Monroe’s downstairs neighbor in The Seven Year Itch, stars with new­ comer Sheree North in The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, which 20th Century-Fox is currently putting on the boards. It’s an improbable farce that picks up a lot of its fun from Mr. Ewell’s elastic face. Though it goes a bit far (to Hawaii, for example), there are enough laughs to keep you amused. A Book-of-the-Month Club selecton for January, David How­ ard's We Die Alone (Macmillan) is a true account of the courageous and harrowing escape of a lone man from 50 Nazi hunters, Jan Baalsrud’s story is a terrifying experience in cold, fear and survival. Crown’s A Wife Is Many Women by Doris Fleischman Bemays is distinctly a woman’s book that will be thoroughly enjoyed and talked about by any of the feminine sex who take pride in that particular role of wife and parent. It is a thoughtful and rewarding group of observations and inter- s pretations of the woman’s role in her private domain. Drinking, its scope, cause and treatment, is intelligently and frankly discussed in Alcoholism, a new Random House book by Ruth Fox, M.D., and Peter Lyon. It’s a clinical study of a once taboo subject now recognized as a serious ill in con­ temporary society. If for no other reason than curiosity and understanding, it should prove enlightening. Murder once again—this time in Harry Carmichael’s The Screaming Rabbit, an Inner Sanctum Mystery from Simon and Schuster. The characters are a novelist, a film star, a publicity agent and that sort of crowd, and they’re all up to their ears in the whole bloody business. It’s an insurance man, though, who finds out who did it and why. Helen Riley's new thriller, Compartment K, which Random House has just issued, is a good old-fashioned mystery that takes place, largely, aboard a train streaking its way across Canada. The plot thickens nicely with murder, suspects, clues and Detective Todhunter. ETC 10770 The farce Blithe Spirit, starring Noel Coward and Claudett Colbert, will hilariously haunt viewers over Ford Star Jubilj on Januay 14. Also that day, Ralph Kramden gets sentimeni over a canine in A Dog’s Life on The Jackie Gleason Sho On the following day, the charming opera Magic Flute, Mozart, is scheduled for showing. Fight fans can look forward to a fast-paced bout when feat weight champ Sandy Saddler takes on challenger Flashy E! in a fifteen-rounder from San Francisco on January 18. M> comedy is the order of the evening on January 21, when Sherwood and Dan Dailey star in The Cat and the Fiddl Wide, Wide World takes a long, shivering look at on both January 22 and 29, with that inimitable emce Garroway declaiming upon the frosty subject/ Stardt rub off on viewers when Art Linkletter takes his TV a through the homes of the Hollywood great in Beve Story on January 29. The next day, well-known classic; and musicians will display their talents to make Fes' Music a memorable event. $15.00 (New type of fastener for vis­ itors’ badges to eliminate objections to wearing pin type and cut down loss); Anne D. Pearson, $15.00 (Reduce requisitioners paper work by having pur­ chasing handle job orders, shippers, etc. in connection with orders for repairs and processing); Charles E. Poulson, $15.00 (Tank for cleaning and rinsing pump screens in H building to provide safer and easier changing of solvents); Leonard G. Smith, $20.00 (Drop cur­ tains to protect material on receiving dock); Wilson B. Souter, $25.00 (Curb and roadway at west end of re­ ceiving dock to improve pedestrian access to receiving room, facilitate unloadings beyond dock canopy and keep water from running onto dock from lawn area); Wallace W. Spring, $20.00 (Solid glass brick wall to eliminate windows opposite a transformer station). Suggestion awards were made to the following employees in Detroit, New York, San Bernardino, the Sales depart­ ment and Regional offices: Detroit: Hubert M. Atto, $75.00 (Revision of fuel selector valves to avoid leakage and resultant dynamometer shut­ down, thus increasing total test hours); James C. Boag, $10.00 (Improve labora­ tory notebooks to facilitate removal of duplicate pages); William D. Brown, $20.00 (Motivated method for protecting fuel racks from damage by traffic in court between C and D buildings); D. Jean Davis, $10.00 (Narrow shelf attachment to bulletin boards to help in posting by providing place to set down cards and other material); Henry W. De Vries, $10.00 (Mount paint shaker on insulated pedestal to reduce noise); Russel A. Fargo and Manuel Brandt, $20.00 (Open east gate instead of south gate to parking lot at noon for greater conven­ ience. Duplicate suggestions received same day, award split); JOHN M. FUN­ DERBURG, $20.00 (Improvement in en­ gine log book); William E. Gilpin, $15.00 (Motivated method for prompt detection of trouble in flywheel strobo­ scope); Charles Hilton, $10.00 (Pro­ vide hooded lights for timing thirty-sec­ ond idling periods); Geraldine G. Majsel, $10.00 (Revise method of dis­ tribution to make hours worked reports and monthly time sheet forms more readily available); Clara Mara, $20.00 (Use Detroit purchase order forms in San Bernardino to permit uniform han­ dling in Detroit accounts payable and reduce paper work in preparation of re­ ceivers); Gilbert Matthews, $10.00 (Anti-slip mats in shower stalls to reduce accident hazard); Robert J. O’Meara, New York: William G. Ball, Jr., Certificate, (Make available for general use “Sav-A-Letter” pads); Richard F. Cook, $10.00 (Form letter to notify companies of changes in Ethyl personnel, address, etc.); Mary A. Gartland, $15.00 (Add telephone extension and number in Room 1927); Wilma E. Hansa, $20.00 (Leave more space for message on teletype forms); Alice M. Heck, $10.00 (Signs for doors of confer­ ence rooms showing meeting in progress); Bruce Pemberton, $20.00 (Postage meter machine at warehouse). Sales Department and Regional Offices; William E. Andreas, $15.00 (Promotion material list for the "Drive More” program be kept in such a way as to make changes and additions more apparent to field personnel); A. J. Bald­ win, Certificate (Brochure of TEL en­ gineering safety services for engineering contracting firms and engineering de­ partments of our customer companies); H. K. Ball, Certificate (Use radiographic method for checking fluid weigh tanks for thickness at weld, sludge level and fluid level); J. T. Bbckwith, $25.00 (Each company owned vehicle be equipped with vari-fiare); Geraldine Bordieri, $10.00 (Colors black on yellow be used on mixing installation number tags when present supply is exhausted); James R. Craigmile, $55.00 (Use of corrugated shipping containers for gaso­ line samples); Ray W. Daugherty, $10.00 (Small supply of printed trade­ marks in varying sizes be made available in sheet form to field organization); A. J. De Laune, $15.00 (Black carbon be used on all snapout forms so all copies will be legible); J. Wallace Emery, $20.00 (Gasoline mixing chart for drum installations be revised so that gasoline volumes are measured in barrels) and $25.00 (Travel-limit guide for ball check valves in mixing plants); E. R. Erskine, $10.00 (Send out limited quantities of statistical issue of “Implement & Trac­ tor"); Gelston Howell, $55.00 (Bro­ chure describing our safety films and the scope of the education program prepared by our safety department); Alice Lahn, $10.00 (Change stationery requisition form) and $10.00 (Change inter-office photostat order form); William Long­ ing, $15.00 (Orangeburg, Wilmington and, if possible, Houston issue miscella­ neous shipment summary every working day, marking “No shipments” on those days that shipment do not go forward); George F. O’Connell, $15.00 (Cor­ rect amount of glass wool needed to repack scrubber in lead-in-air kit be packaged and held in the home office for shipment to field men" upon request), $10.00 (Motivated the printing of mail­ ing directions on suggestion svstem (Sales) blanks) and $10.00 (In addition to present information requested on tank cleaning reports, space also be provided to include the name of the contractor); G. Frances Ofpenheimer, $10.00 (Mailing labels be printed in a smaller size); Walter H. Resler, $30.00 ("History of Ethyl Corporation” be in­ cluded in API's history of the American oil industry); Ann Selfridge, $10.00 (Future copies of mixing installations book be printed so as to leave space between company names for corrections and additions); Joan S. Simonsen $20.00 (Proofread mixing tables by re calculating); Marshall Srrnc, $10.0( (Motivated issuing a general office mem orandum listing individuals who d scheduling for all conference rooms) Nancy T. Visk, $10.00 (Copies of e. pense account form be arranged so tb. the regional office copy will be the thi. of the snapout for easier distribution). San Bernardino: Albert L. B. LEY, $15.00 (Bug screens on test vehic at San Bernardino to reduce necessity cleaning radiators); S. J. Kukaw (Ineligible for cash award) and E. Higgs (Eligible), Certificate and $4? (Revise spark plug misfire pickup; San Bernardino.. Provides improver, to reduce maintenance and repair these units. Delays in test observa. are practically eliminated); Elli Ringwald, $10.00 (Pouch for trans ing outgoing mail at San Bemardis 24 ETC 10771 insure against loss of small articles) and $10.00 (Corresponding numbers on ga­ rage doors and switches at San Bernar­ dino to prevent actuating wrong door). Detroit Shirley and John Crayk—a daughter, Carolynn Sue, born on November 30. John is a lab technician in the Fuel In­ spection group. Analytical Section. Mary and Al Gassmann—a daughter, Rita Therese, bom on October 27. A1 is a Research Supervisor, in Analytical Services. Eastern Region Betty and Frank Stablbin—a grand­ son, Michael Francis, bom on November 26, to Mary and their son. Bill Stablein. Frank is a Tractor Engineer in Eastern Region. New York Mabel and Joe ScHWANZER-a grand­ son, Daniel Joseph, bom on November 16, to their daughter Carol and Robert Reilly. Joe is in the Marketing Analy­ sis and Planning Section of the Sales department. Some of the ways in which Ethyl of Canada intends to be a “good industrial neighbor” were outlined by Robert T. Edgar, the company’s plant manager, in a talk to the Men’s Club of St. Paul’s United Church in Sarnia on December 12, "Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Sodium," a paper written by George Thomson and Ed Garelis of the De­ troit Laboratories, was presented on No­ vember 29 before the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Detroit. This paper was based on a chapter from Marshall Sittig’s ACS Monograph on Sodium. Early in January Joel Warren, Detroit Labs, presented “New Instrumentation for Engine Combustion Studies” before a meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Detroit. The paper was jointly authored by Joel and Jim Hinkamp. Al Gassmann and Ross Stevenson, Detroit Laboratories, recently served as counselors at the twenty-first annual En­ gineering and Science Vocational Guid­ ance Meeting held in Detroit. Al supplied information and advice relating to the chemist, while Ross covered chemical engineering. Promotions in Gasoline Testing Division Dick Husta, field representative. Cen­ tral Region, recently presented a talk on "Petroleum Tank Ventilation and Clean­ ing" before the Petroleum Division of the Greater Detroit Safety Council. A ques­ tion and answer period and a Demo Engine demonstration followed the talk. Tank ventilation equipment was used and the new Lead-in-Soil kit was displayed. Malcolm P. Murdock, vice president in charge of Sales, recently announced two promotions in the gasoline testing division. William C Ludt, who has been man­ ager of the gasoline testing laboratory at North Kansas City, Mo., for the past seven years, has been appointed assist­ ant manager of the gasoline testing divi­ sion with headquarters in Yonkers, N. Y. Charles Penningbb, Detroit Laborato­ ries, authored and presented a paper en­ titled, “Characteristics of Modem Motor Gasolines" early in December before the Society of Automotive Engineers in Kan­ sas City. Edward J. Otto has been promoted At a recent meeting of the Southern California Section of the SAE, Ed Ellerbe, Los Angeles, led the discussion concerning fuel additives and combustion deposits relative to their effects on valve performance. to the Board of Directors of the Na­ tional Industrial Conference Board. The Conference Board, founded in 1916, is an independent and nonprofit institution for business and industrial fact-finding through scientific research. from deputy manager of the North Kansas laboratory to manager. Mr. Shea Re-elected to N1CB Edward L. Shea was recently re-elected Jones' Son Appointed E. O. Jonbs, III, son of Ollie Jones, as­ sociate director of Purchasing and Traf­ fic, Baton Rouge plant, has recently been made vice consul in the American Con­ sulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Bob Downey io Baton Rouge Robert Downey recently assumed duties at the Baton Rouge plant as as­ sistant supervisor. Cost and Budget Sec­ tion, Finance after transfer from the Audit division in New York. EXTRACURRICULAR $ James Williams, Central Shops, Baton Rouge plant, was guest instructor at five Istrouma High School biology classes recently. His subject was “Orchid Raising in Relation to Other Plant Life.” “Boomer,” who has studied OTchids as a hobby for six years, now has four hun­ dred plants. C. W. Bond, general manager, and Carroll Hebert, Safety, Baton Rouge, were recently elected to offices in the Louisi­ ana Safety Association. Clint was elected vice president and Carroll will serve as a member of the Board of Di­ rectors. Recently the election of officers for the Detroit Section of the American Chem­ ical Society was held. Representatives from Ethyl voted in for the year 1956 are Al Gassmann, Chairman; Tom Coffield, Secretary, and Frances Lamb, Counselor. All are from the De­ troit Labs. Copies of Ethyl News and the Bulletin Board are available to all employees of the Company and orders for bound vol­ umes of the 1955 issues are now being taken. Bulletin Board is $3.20 for a blue cloth binding and name imprint in gold. Ethyl News with a red binding and the name printed on the oover in gold is $2.85. Send your check or money order to the Public Relations Department in New York—100 Park Avenue. Deadline for the orders is February 7. 23 ETC 10772 A delicious buffet was a princi­ pal attraction at the annual dinner dance held recently by employees at the Detroit Labs. Just beginning to fill their plates (left, above) are Phyllis and Laurel Wilkinson and Janet Burt. The food line pro­ ceeds to more solid fare, where Len Niebylski (right, at top) receives a juicy slab of beef. Janie Palmer (left, above) ac­ companied the band for danc­ ers like Fay and Fritz Schroeter. In the next two pictures above. Norman Mosev, Phoebe Guth rie, Evelyn Lilley and Edit! Livingston all pick and choose ETC 10773 y ME and— ETC 10774 MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER patent for a ‘laundry trolley” has been issued to Mrs. Lillian James, wife of Ray James of Main­ tenance at the Houston plant. The device, which slides along a clothesline while clothes are being hung up or taken down, holds about two normal wash loads. Mrs. James came up with the idea and Ray devised means of manufacturing it. The large num­ ber of diapers Mrs. James had to wash for their son, Charlie Ray, helped give her the idea six years ago. She made a crude laundry trolley of coat hangers and plastic. Now the improved item is sold locally. A LEADING LADY ver since the beginning of operetta, beautiful young heroines have sung out their hearts to win handsome princes fresh from sword play on table-tops in Vienna taverns. When pretty Sally Hopps, person­ nel clerk at the Detroit Laboratories, recently ap­ peared in the feminine lead of The Champagne Prince — an original musical comedy presented at the Art Institute in Detroit — she won the audience as well. Sally, who has wanted to sing since she “was knee high to a duck,” has studied dramatics also and par­ ticipates in local theatres whenever she gets the time. E BABY CLOTHES DRIVE omen employees and wives of employees at the Detroit Labs turned out in force to assist the Salvation Army last December. At least 50 Ethyl women participated in a baby clothes drive, buying or making the pink and blue apparel for the offspring of needy mothers in the Salvation Army Hospital. The good deed wasn’t accomplished overnight, but took six weeks of industrious knitting and sewing before the sweaters, shirts, shoes and other infant wear were piled up ready for shipment to the hospital. It is this kind of charitable activity that women have performed through the ages, often combining social pleasures with the duty they have imposed upon themselves. Chatting together about womanly interests is, of course, the usual companion to stitching and hemming, as evidenced by Barbara Madden (left) and Mary Pilon in the picture to the right above. Arranging and recording the variety of infant wear was the gratifying job of Mary Lou Comer (left, above), chairman of the drive. It was gratifying for Mary Lou because so many women had worked so long and hard to make the drive a big success. more people, more places DESK & DERRICK PLAYS SANTA Watson, Jessie Halton, Ema Harris and Mary Dumany a heart, young and old, sick and lonely, was ville. The women, who spend an evening a month with gladdened on Christmas day by gifts from the New York Chapter of Desk & Derrick Club. Fourteen the children in the ward, gave each child three presents plus a Christmas stocking. Other yule presents women in our New York office, members of the chap­ from the chapter included: two television sets for ter, contributed their share to the joy and happiness Goldwater Memorial Hospital; a loom and attachments of less fortunate people in hospitals and settlements for occupational therapy at The Lighthouse; and a throughout the city. Shown below are five of Ethyl’s t three-speed portable phonograph and records, guitar, contributors wrapping presents for children in the flute and clarinet for Union Settlement. In following orthopedic ward of Bellevue Hospital. These good the adage that it is more blessed to give than to re­ Samaritans—Santa Clauses without beards—are, left to ceive, the Desk fir Derrickers gladdened hearts. right, Peggy Smith (back turned to camera), Dot M ETC 10775 WEIGH TANK CONFERENCE OFFICIAL DEFINES OIL PROGRESS group of Sales department representatives gath­ 44 What Has Caused the Progress in the Oil Industry” was the subject of a speech delivered ered at the Baton Rouge plant this fall for a conference on weigh tanks. The tanks are used by bv Felix E. Wormser, U. S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, before a large group of oilmen and their refineries for storage of “Ethyl” fluid. In this picture, guests in San Francisco last fall. Seated to Mr. N. L. Navarre is explaining corrosion problems to Sales department men (left to right) “Mac” McCooley of Wormser’s right at the speakers’ table is John F. Eastern Region, Ken Jost of Southern Region, Ben Koehnle, an Ethyl field representative in the Western Penrose of Canada, Kemey Hurst of Southern Region, Region and chairman of the San Francisco Oil Indus­ H. K. Ball of Southern Region, G. A. Loftquist of try Information Committee, and to his left, Thomas J. Western Region, Ed Smith of Central Region and Mellon, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Hume Chenault of Western Region. Commerce. A CHUCK WAGON DINNER CHILD’S PLAY ome 55 employees at the San Bernardino Labs and their families attended a “chuck wagon” dinner sponsored by the Ethyl Society at a restaurant in Beaumont, Calif., recently. The happy faces in the picture below testify to the deliciousness of the prime ribs of beef and turkey and dressing which were the choices on the menu. In December, over 100 em­ ployees and their families enjoyed the annual Christ­ mas party held at a local club. Children were given Christmas stockings and adults worked off the drowsy effects of turkey by square dancing. gala Christmas pageant was staged by children of employees at the Baton Rouge plant at the Ethyl Recreation Association’s annual Christmas party in mid-December. A cast of over 30 youngsters per­ formed as clowns, baton twirlers, Oriental dancers, singers and acrobats—all the while keeping an eye peeled for the arrival of Santa Claus, for whom the play was given. The play, “Merry Christmas Circus”, was written, designed and directed by Mrs. Morgan Many. Below, Mrs. Many briefs some of the small­ sized actors before the first of two performances. S A FOREVER RAVEN rank McCahill, Jr. of the Finance department, New York, and his secretary, Grace Gregna, display a copy of an advertisement featuring his Forever Raven, which won one of the five $50 prizes in the RoadBird-Watchers Society contest for employees last June. Frank’s winning entry is the first to appear in national advertisements in such magazines as Life, Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post. Flapping its wings and squawking, it made its debut in a No­ vember issue of Life and will appear in full raven colors in a February issue of the Post. A definition of F the Forever Raven is: “This Road Bird hates all other motorists and will crow jarringly at them at the least provocation. He is quickly identified by a palpitating beak, a reverberating tonsil and a flapping tongue.” Frank says the name “raven” came to him because it sounds so much like “raving”, but of the “forever” part of it he’s not so sure. Maybe it’s the opposite of Poe’s raven’s “nevermore.” Other entires Frank sub­ mitted to the contest included: Full Throttle Thrush and Headlight Flicker. The Advertising department will have the ad framed for Frank. more people, more placet JUNIOR EXECUTIVES right, Chuck Wolf, Red Welsch, Lou Olsen and Bill oung “businessmen” produced and marketed the Moon, chairman. Although the youths in the group pot holders and candles these four Ethyl men are examining at a display set up in the lobby of the De­ are showing a profit on their ventures, the advisors say that success has not always come easily. Procur­ troit Research Laboratories last December. Teen­ ing materials at costs that will permit profits on the agers who belong to what are known as Junior Achieve­ finished article has frequently been a problem and ment companies actually make money from their ac­ distribution and marketing has been quite a head­ tivities, which are patterned after full-scale business ache sometimes, too. Nevertheless, the advisors are procedures and supervised by the Chamber of Com­ certain their young charges are learning the ways merce. The men in the picture are the advisors for and means of free enterprise and will grow up to be the Ethvl JAC, one of 1,100 companies in Detroit, the able and successful businessmen. biggest JAC city in the country. They are, left to Y ETC 10777 etc 10778 Of I.AMKXT FHliM I'llK CA'I.IUII EH A Barnabas Riley was born too soon— Born without a silver spoon, Born, in fact, without a dime In days before overtime. He worked, alas, around the clock. To keep himself out of hock, He toiled and slaved for fifty years In fifty dingy atmospheres. And when he reached sixty five— Still more work to keep alive. Pension plans? No such luck! Barney worked for every buck. At eighty two and on his heels. He wished he’d had your Ethyl deals. ETHYL ei Published monthly for the people of Echyl Corporation In This Issue Page Built by Business........................... 2 News By Nickerson......................... 4 Treasure Hunt ............................... S You Are a Camera......................... 10 Rate (Or Berate) Yourseli........ 12 Detroit On Skis............................... 14 For Your Entertainment............... 18 Milestones ........................................ 20 Ethyl Welcomes............................. 21 Personal Section......................... 22 People and Places ....................... 24 Newsbriefs........................................ 26 Leonhard Dowty ..................................Editor Jean Nicol......................... Editorial Assistant Contributing Editors—Chicago: Ham Greenup; Dallas: Ann Selfridge; Denver: Ed Smith; Detroit: Helen Carrico, Margaret Casler, Andy Pallay, Adele Rozek, Nora Wirick; photographer: Eric Owen; Houston: H. E. Harris, Guy Keller, J, B. LeRay; Kansas City: Glenn Babcock; Los Angeles: Harry Manning; Mexico: Lynn Phillips; Neu> York: Gerry Harms, Jim Donohue, Wilma Hansa, Ema Harris, Moliie Houghton, Gertrude Melloh, Joan Ryan, Edna Vorwerk; San Bernardino: Adeline Furst, Judy Schaub; photographer: Fred Green; San Francisco: Wil Hancock; Tulsa: Carl Bartholo­ mew, Howard Hamaker; Yonkers: Catherine Hen­ derson, Gasoline Testing; Gil de Malvilain, Central Office; Ethyl Corporation of Castada Limited; Toronto: Nancy Macdonald. ON OUR COVER: George Maher, Jr. of the Baton Rouge plant uses his unusual ground radio on a treasure bunt, a pastime that has yielded tare finds from hiding places in the earth. The story of George's expeditions is on page 6. Published by Etbyl Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York. Edward L. Shea, President; William R. Perdue, Jr., Vice President and Treas­ urer; Herbert A. Savage, Secretary. ETC 10781 there would be cities as impressive as ours all over id you ever stop to think where New York came the world. Not true in Bali, for example, or in Pago from? Aside from the historical purchase of the island from the Indians, did you ever stop to ponder Pago or in Trinidad. But then they don’t have sub­ ways in Bali, or air conditioning in Pago Pago, or tele­ how the famous skyline got there? Or, for that matter, vision in Trinidad. the skyline of San Francisco, Detroit or Chicago? Of The difference is business, and it lies at the very Houston, Baton Rouge or Seattle? Of anywhere in roots of our culture. Jack’s beanstalk had nothing on America, whether it’s a block long or a mile high? us. We grew as fast, and we grew even stronger. Men put up the buildings, of course, but business Small towns all over our country have taken on a new put up the money. and sturdier look as industry erected the buildings it Just as sure as cities are built on earth and rock, needed and sent out the call for workers, more work­ they are built on business. ers. It’s a healthy look, a secure look, built for now Certainly all of us have looked out upon a big city and the future. It says, in effect, America means busi­ and thought how ingenious it was of the builders and ness. And business is people. architects to put it there, how remarkable its height In the same way that you can look at a man and and stability, how progressive compared to former tell something of his economic status, you can look at civilizations and cultures. But seldom, if ever, have a city, any city in America, and tell a great deal about any of us thought about business footing the bill and its well being. Its brick is baked to last and its steel what the whole spectacular sight means. A city is is fired for strength. Its growing pains are over, and there and that’s all there is to it—steel, concrete, lights. it stands solidly on its own feet. But, actually, there's much more to it than that or D t s NEWS BY verv Monday evening Stan Nickerson, staff writer in our Public Relations department, trades his typewriter at 100 Park Avenue for a microphone at Goldwater Memorial Hospital. At the city institution on Welfare Island, he becomes Stan Nickerson, news­ caster, quizmaster and disc jockey to some 1,800 pa­ tients, whose bedsides and wheelchairs he visits after he has flicked off the mike. Stan has been doing the volunteer work for over a year, more than 50 pleasurable Mondays for both him and his invalid audience. He not only finds fun in presenting the broadcasts but, more importantly, de­ rives a bigger reward from knowing that he has done something to help brighten a long day of confinement for the appreciative patients. Two years ago, Stan himself recovered from a seri­ ous illness that pretty well kept him out of the swim of things, and he knows, as a result, that tedium can slow down a clock practically to a dead stop. Boredom, he remembers, is one of the worst phases of illness and a symptom the doctors can’t do much about. He hasn’t forgotten how much companionship meant to him in those days. When he was back in circulation, grateful and wiser and aware of a lot of little things that hadn’t meant too much to him before, he wanted to do something to help other people. He enrolled in a six-weeks train- E Stan Nickerson's microphone carries hit voica to every ward in the hospital as ha gives hit weekly' roundup of interesting and entertaining bits of naws, cullad from