Published Monthly In The Interest Of The Employees Of
A . E . S T A L E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O M P A N Y
Manufacturers of Corn and Soybean Products
D E C A T U R , ILL. Editor: Ruth E. Cade
Volume XXIX • Number 7
OF MANY THINGS
"WE WANT TO GET BACK TO STALEY'S"IS THEME SONG OF OUR SERVICE MEN
All during the war years my mail, and I am sure that of otherStaley people, has been full of letters, the burden of which is "Ican hardly wait to get back to Staley's." Probably that was afeeling characteristic of all service men—maybe they all longedto get back to the company which employed them before thewar. I have no way of knowing about other firms.
Being by nature and training a curious creature I have won-dered what is the feeling behind this wish. I had my own ideasas even my newest acquaintances know. I have never made anyattempt to conceal my deep regard for the company. So I aminterested in why these men feel as they do. As close as I cancome to the reason it is this—the Staley company means a safeport, and they like Staley's.
All during the war they have felt that they were still a part ofthe company. Mr. Staley wrote them letters, the company sentChristmas checks, they got mail regularly from the Credit Union,the Fellowship club and various departments. They knew theJournal was sent to them regularly although address changessometimes delayed the arrival for months. In short, they tell methey had the feeling that the company regarded them in fact aswell as word, simply on leave.
But all that could not make them want so ardently to return.It was not the fact that they were remembered. It was the spiritthat they said they felt behind that remembering. It was thepeople. After all is said, and all plans are tried and blue printsmade, no factory will work without people. And people arefunny. They may not have words at their command to tell youhow they feel, but they can show it definitely in what they sayand how they say it, and what they do and how they do it.
When visitors say, after being shown the administration build-ing, "This must be a good place to work", I always answer—':It is, but not just because it has good buildings." I believe ourservice men have that same feeling that it is a good place towhich to belong. Probably the very fact that we feel that webelong, rather than we just work here, is the secret of the wholething. How do we get that feeling? Oh—it is just one of thosethings. I am convinced it starts with the top and just can't helpworking its way through the entire organization.
It manifests itself in many little ways. Take that matter offirst names. Visitors at the Staley plant and offices, especiallyif they come from a large company quite often blink, and if theyare a bit on the pompous side are visibly shocked when theyhear the free use Staley people make of first names. We accept
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it as a matter of course, but it probably is rather unusal to heara department head addressed by his first name by all the peopleworking under him.
Probably this custom started when the plant was very small,but as the plant has grown that friendly interest has continued.You call your boss Bill or Charlie or Ray because you are afriend of his, but it does not follow that he loses any prestigebecause of it. We do not take advantage of our friends.
All of which may sound as if this were an institute of sweet-ness and light, which it definitely is not. Staley people have theirown quarrels with one another, and their noisy disagreementswith their friends, but underneath we like each other pretty well.A family without any riffles would be an unpleasant group—toochilly and formal. Here you get treated as one of the family—and it is not chilly.
A GREETING TO ALL HER FRIENDS
COMES FROM FORMER JOURNAL EDITOR
Some of our old Staley people, who have been away for years,still want to be remembered, and send greetings at Christmas.One such who never forgets, as she is never forgotten, isDorothy Baker Suddarth. Editor of the Journal in 1920, she en-deared herself to every person at Staley's—and her marriage toFred Suddarth, which meant that she left the company, was ablow to everyone. This year, as usual, she wrote from her homein Kansas City, sending her best wishes to all her Staley friends.
"It certainly makes me feel ancient," she writes, "to browsethrough the Journal and read news of the grandchildren of themen I knew! But then my youngest is in the Xavy and my otherson, Sterling, is studying medicine in Philadelphia. My daugh-ter, Marjorie's husband does not expect to return from Europebefore spring."
COMPANY CONTINUES TO HELP
MAKE IT EASY TO SAVE MONEY
While there will be no more War Bond drives, the Treasurywill continue to sell E, F and G Bonds which will now be knownas U. S. Savings Bonds. The Staley company will continue tomake payroll deductions for these Bonds. The Treasury's deci-sion to continue with these Bonds was reached when it was foundthat the average American liked this payroll method of savingmoney. Industrial firms throughout the country have co-oper-ated by making the deductions and we the people have accu-mulated a mountain of savings with no effort.
..grow f rom IDEAS
The next time you see a new productadvertised regard it with respect. Evenif it is something in which you havenot the slightest interest, do not passover it as being of no importance. Anew product which reaches the pointof being put on the market by a repu-table manufacturing company todayarrives there after a long and intricatejourney. From the moment an idea
becomes a project until it is a finishedproduct it is the center of the interestand activity for an astonishing num-ber of people and departments.
Staley products pass through thesame stages of progression, so thatwhen our company is ready to intro-duce a new one, not only chemists andengineers are familiar with it, but me-chanics and installation men have
This particular project originated with James Lappin and Ralph Marmor in research.
Merle Royer, project engineer, andDave Mitchell, development engineer,followed it through.
L. C. Kalb, foreman, studied blueprints of unit, while Frank Penney andI. W. Swift prepared to do some weldingon a tank.
worked on various phases as havesome of the process departments. Theresearch man who had the originalidea may claim it as his baby, but bythe time it reaches maturity it hasbeen helped along the way by a varietyof trained "teachers".
Trailed By A Camera
Not long ago our photographer,guided by a project engineer, pickedup the trail of one of these ideas andfollowed it through its early stages.To be sure, one cannot photograph anidea, but we did the next best thing—we took pictures of the men workingon the equipment used in the variousstages of the development of an idea.The photographer started in the re-search laboratory, picked up the de-velopment and project engineers andthen went on through the roundhouse,the machine shop, the sheetmetal shopand in to the pilot plant, watching,and recording, the steps in moving andinstalling the equipment—and alwaysincluding the men doing the work.
All of that sounds as if from idea tofinished product was a whirlwind,time-tabled affair. It is carefully plot-ted and after a certain point it moveson a schedule, but ideas are not re-specters of time tables. One can sayto himself—"I am going to paint afence"—and walk out and paint one,but he does not say, "I am going todevelop a new product" and walk intothe laboratory and start work on it.
Where Ideas Originate
Ideas, according to research men,come from many sources. Not to dis-
illusion their public too much, they ad-mit that some of them are flashes ofgenius. But to quote one of the Staleyresearch staff:
"These ideas for new products ornew developments may come to usfrom many sources. Sometimes it maybe from an individual flash of genius.Again it may spring from exploratoryresearch, or suggestions may be gainedfrom reading of technical literature.Ideas are often gained through contactof our technical staff with the trade.They may come through salesmen call-ing on our customers, and often theycome from inquiries of the customersthemselves."
From whatever source it comes, theidea, if it seems to have merit and pos-sibilities, is turned over to an individ-ual or group of research chemists.Under the supervision of the directorof research or a project leader the ideais studied carefully for chemical reac-tions involved and the characteristicsof the resulting materials. During thisperiod no time chart can be followed.Research of this sort may extend overjust a few weeks, or it may run over aperiod of years. The time dependsupon the nature of the problem.
So far it has been a research projectonly, and there are problems whichnever get beyond that stage. Everyidea which seems worthwhile is givena fair trial, but if for some reason orother continued research fails to givesatisfactory results the p r o j e c t isdropped. If, however, developmentsseem to justify it the project advancesto the semi-plant scale study.
While a welder works, Dave Dryden, machinist foreman, looks into the tank. Atright, Paid Simroth, machinist, installing an aligning. At the bottom Clinton Childrenand Homer Shaw prepare to do a welding job in the tin shop while the foreman,Dwight James, stands by.
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Semi-Plant Scale
If the research has been reasonablysuccessful and at all encouraging, fur-ther study of the various processes ismade, this time in equipment simulat-ing larger scale units. Now the varioussteps in the process are studied separ-ately. This is done chiefly that someidea may be gained of the practicabil-ity of the processes. During this study,too, a sufficient quantity of the fin-ished product is produced so that abetter idea may be gained of the char-acteristics and quality.
Even if the product reaches thisstage with a record of successful re-sults, there is still no certainty that itwill be carried through to the placewhere it will be included in the list ofcompany products. It must prove it-self over and over again. After thesemi-plant scale study its next chanceto prove itself comes when a utility sur-vey is made.
This survey checks the possibilityof producing the product, and also ofmarketing it. At this stage a decisionis made as to whether or not a largeroutlay and investment is warrantedfor a more thorough and practicalstudy. Up to this point it has beenchiefly a scientific problem, but nowthe coldly practical side shows up.
Pilot Plant Stage
If further investment seems war-ranted a pilot plant unit is designed,and the expenditure for its installationauthorized. A pilot plant unit is asmall scale manufacturing unit wherethe various steps in the process are co-
ordinated and the efficiency of theequipment is studied. The develop-ment engineers take charge now, andcomplete in detail a process for pro-duction.
From the data which they obtainthey are able to determine the propertype of equipment needed for plantproduction. They can determine thecapacity required, the need for cor-rosion resistance, the best location,services and similar practical prob-lems. By the time they have com-pleted compiling this data they areable to give a fairly accurate economicpicture of the project.
Study Sales Possibilities
As a rule the pilot plant study pro-duces sufficient quantities of the pro-posed product to permit plant scaletests by customers. At this point thesales development department takesover its share of the project. It is theduty of this department to survey themarket possibilities, and to determinecustomer acceptance. Again the futureof the product is at stake, for the re-sults of this survey govern the magni-tude of the project. From the reportsof this survey the management can de-cide if a full scale production is to beestablished and a sales programstarted.
If the full scale production is de-cided upon the problem then goes intothe hands of engineers for designingand construction, to the process de-partment for manufacturing and tosales for distribution. That briefly isthe life story of a research project, but
Homer Hanson, in the cab, and Byron Mays standing beside the Karrykrane whichlifts and carries heavy loads. Riggers, in the center, prepare to place tank. They areJack Slover, Orville Hinton, Todd Riley and Howard Pleasant. Millwrights who fol-lowed them on the job were Walter Rinehart, foreman, Jack Thomason and DenselNixon.
J'ifcjittcrs on the job were Eddie Willis, foreman, Adolph Leipski, Wilbcr Bids,Leo Riedlingcr and Floyd Klinghammer.
it does not even hint of the long daysand months and even years, whichoften go into the working out of theseproblems. For instance, the words "apilot plant unit is designed'' most in-adequately tells just what happensthere.
Others Enter Picture
It is at that point where other de-partments rather than laboratorygroups enter the picture in any greatnumbers. When development engi-
neers take over they work with me-chanical engineers. Together they pre-pare detailed plans for equipment inconjunction with a feasible layout, allto be approved by the developmentengineers from the standpoint of func-tion, safety and convenience. Theyalso estimate the cost.
As a rule some of the needed equip-ment is purchased, and some, for va-rious reasons, is fabricated in our ownshops. When this is to be done plansfor the needed equipment are sent to
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Electricians in the two upper pictures arePaulus Jo/ins, John Guysinger, Kidwell Hintonand Harley Strohl, while Snelson and Owensfrom M. & L. complete meter installations. M.M. McEvoy arrives with steam pipe lagging.
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the mechanical department, and thework is done by Staley mechanics, oft-en being sandwiched between mainte-nance jobs. Heavy plate fabrication isdone by the boiler makers and all lightgauge metal work by the tin shop.Machinists often have a part in thiswork and the pipe-fitters install andconnect various pipe lines. The mill-wrights bolt equipment to the floor, setfilter presses and install conveyors andvarious other jobs of this kind whilethe electricians install all wiring andelectrical connections.
After all meters and gauges are inthe M. & L. department completes thelubrication and set controllers tomaintain predetermined temperaturesand pressures. The riggers, with theirKarrykrane and trucks move neces-sary equipment, and generally placethe completed units in the pilot plant.
By the time all this is clone and thepilot plant in operation, the researchman who developed the original ideais off on another scent but he checkswith the development engineers oc-casionally to see that all is right withhis little Nell. This latter group stayswith the project until it is completelyproved and ready to turn over to themanufacturing department for plantscale production.
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FEED SALES GETSMassachusetts praise
The feed sales department is ex-periencing that warm glow whichcomes when one is told he has donewell. In this case the pat on the backwas relayed to the Decatur office byRobert S. Wallace, the feed division'sBoston representative.
Robert MacLeod, of the Charles M.Cox company of Boston, reported toMr. Wallace upon returning from aMassachusetts Agriculture Planning
Board meeting in Amherst that theStaley company received special com-mendation at the meeting. Staley'swere commended first for maintaininga fair and equitable monthly quotadistribution of their feed ingredientproduction. The company was alsocommended for not engaging in themixed feed business, and third, forkeeping its customers posted on avail-ability of supplies.
Particular mention in the meetingwas made of a letter sent out by theStaley feed division in November. Inthis letter the department pointed outto customers that while it had expect-ed to supply 100 per cent of soybeanoil meal quotas through March, it wasnow apparent that it would do well tosupply 50 per cent for the balance ofthe year. With such advance noticefeed manufacturers and feeders werebetter able to plan their future oper-ations.
BRIX RETURNSTo Credit Union
Hugo Brix, recently discharged bythe Army, was elected treasurer of theCredit Union in the annual meetingJan. 14. That was the position he heldbefore his induction. While he wasaway the position was most ably heldby Audrey Winchester. In this samemeeting Mr. Brix was elected to servethe remaining two years of the threeyear directorship to which Mrs. Win-chester was elected last year.
All other officers and directors werere-elected. R. A. West, who has beenpresident since 1941, was again electedto that position. Other officers re-elected were L. R. Brown, vice presi-dent, and Claude V. Cox, secretary.Directors elected to serve three yearswere C. V. Cox, H. J. Casley, A. J.Jagusch and P. E. Wills.
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TRESSLER TELLS FOOD EDITORSOF "SWEETOSE" IN FREEZING
Food editors from newspapers andmagazines all over the country heardabout the use of "Sweetose" in freez-ing and other methods of preparingfruits, at a conference in Cincinnati inJanuary. One of the high-lights of thismeeting—the annual Food Editors-Processors conference—was the talkmade by Dr. Donald K. Tressler at thebreakfast given by the Staley companyfor the delegates.
Dr. Tressler, well known food tech-nologist, has been a consultant for theStaley company for some time, work-ing chiefly with "Sweetose" in preserv-ing fruits, particularly by the deepfreeze method. He is recognized as apioneer and leader in the scientificstudy of canning, preserving and freez-ing fruits and vegetables. He inventedthe process of freezing sliced straw-berries, frozen limes, frozen corn onthe cob, a new type of frozen egg yolkand similar products.
Recommends "Sweetose"In his talk Dr. Tressler said, in part:"In 1939 when I began to study the
use of 'Sweetose' in fruit preservation,I immediately saw the advantage ofusing a ready prepared syrup of some-what lesser sweetness than granulatedsugar. Previously, ordinary corn syruphad been tried on fruit to be frozenbut was not found to be sweet enoughto give a pleasing dessert. I was great-ly pleased when I found that 'Sweet-ose' had just the right sweetness and
also was even more effective than caneand beet sugar syrups in retarding dis-coloration and change of flavor infruits during freezing and thawing.Fruits frozen with 'Sweetose' werefound to be a little more plump thanthose frozen with granulated sugarsyrups and also had a better appear-ance because of a higher gloss.
" 'Sweetose' white syrup should beused on all fruits frozen for dessertpurposes since this syrup gives a betterprotection against discoloration thandoes syrup prepared from granulatedsugar. It also penetrates the fruitsomewhat more rapidly and gives ahigher gloss to the product."
Recognized AuthorityDr. Tressler was introduced to the
guests at the breakfast by E. K.Scheiter, vice president. Later a greatmany of the food editors mentionedto Mr. Scheiter that while they wereglad to hear him talk, introducing Dr.Tressler to a group of food specialistswas unnecessary, since he was univer-sally known, and recognized as an out-standing authority.
Other Staley-people attending theconference, and at the breakfast atthe Netherland Plaza were DorothyHeald, Staley home service director,F. W. Apperson, package sales depart-ment head, and Richard N. Nagle, ad-vertising manager. This same groupwas in Cincinnati for the entire time ofthe conference.
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Returning service men bad to work
The following men have returnedfrom service and are back at work,for the most part on the jobs theyleft. The list includes only the menwho retunred to the company duringthe month of December:
Robert Hall, discharged from theArmy and returned to his job in thegarage.
Emil Paul Schimanski dischargedfrom the Army and returned to thelaboratory.
Frederick G. Shilling dischargedfrom the Army and returned to thesoybean plant.
Clifford Mast discharged from theArmy and returned to the extra board.
Walter Cooper discharged from theArmy and returned to the yard.
Robert L. Burdick, on terminalleave from the Army, and returned tothe safety office.
Hilbert O. Bell discharged from theArmy and returned to the laboratory.
James R. Weaver discharged fromthe Army and returned to the extraboard.
Cecil Fundy discharged from theXavy and returned to work in thepipe shop.
Charles R. Britton discharged fromthe Army and now on sick leave.
Arthur Adams discharged from theNavy and returned to work in 20building.
Harold D. Gentry discharged fromthe Navy and returned to work in11 building.
James G. Layton discharged fromthe Army and returned to 20 build-ing.
Walter Ruley discharged from the
Army and returned to work in 47building.
Wayne H. Roberts discharged fromthe Army and returned to work onthe extra board.
Fontus L. Harlin discharged fromthe Navy and returned to 48 build-ing.
Emerson E. Lawhorn dischargedfrom the Navy and returned to 17building.
Edward E. Skelley discharged fromthe Army and returned to the extraboard.
Robert P. Thacker discharged fromthe Navy and returned to the labora-tory.
Virgil Collett discharged from theNavy and returned to 17 building.
Harlan W. Mallott discharged fromthe Army and returned to work in20 building.
Howard Sheets Jr., discharged fromthe Army and returned to 20 building.
Harry Morthland discharged fromthe Arm}' and returned to the feedhouse.
John H. Hanson Jr., dischargedfrom the Army and returned to thetin shop.
Edwin E. Robazek discharged fromthe Army and returned to the labor-atory.
Robert N. Roderick dischargedfrom the Marines and returning tothe messenger force.
Ferman H. Sharp discharged fromthe Army and returned to 17 building.
Ralph E. Rinehart discharged fromthe Army and returning to the extraboard.
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James F. McLaughlin dischargedfrom the Marines and returned toElevator C.
Richard C. Damery dischargedfrom the Army and returned to 17building.
Everett Conder discharged from theArmy and returning to 20 building.
John S. Brown discharged from theArmy and returning to the extra board.
John L. Carmean discharged fromthe Army and returned to chemicalengineering laboratory.
George R. Russell discharged fromthe Navy and returned to Elevator C.
Paul Morrison discharged from theNavy and returned to 20 building.
Walter Paul Artze discharged fromthe Army and returned to ElevatorC.
Roger Green discharged from theArmy and returned to extra board.
Estol M. Thompson dischargedfrom the Navy and returned to yards.
Pete M. Kelley discharged from theArmy and returned to 20 building.
Roger M. Randol discharged fromthe Marines and returned to 20 build-ing.
Arthur M. Buckley discharged fromthe Army and returned to 5 and 10building.
Edward Ecklund discharged fromthe Navy and returned to the extraboard.
William 0. Frydenger dischargedfrom the Army and returned to theextra board.
Lewis V. Owens discharged fromthe Marines and returned to the mill-wright shop.
Merle C. Blair discharged from theArmy and returned to plant protec-tion.
John R. Deal discharged from theArmy and returned to 17 building.
Leverett Early discharged from theNavy and returned to the millwrightshop.
Donald Rodgers discharged fromthe Navy and returned to 17 building.
Louis Newberry discharged fromthe Army and returned to 20 building.
Rodger Kite discharged from theNavy and returned to 20 building.
Jerry O'Riley discharged from theNavy and returned to 20 building.
Kenneth Brannon discharged fromthe Army and returned to the yards.
Ivan W. Mulvey discharged fromthe Navy and returned to 17 building.
Robert T. Rogers discharged fromthe Army and returned to extra board.
Delbert Owens discharged from theNavy and returned to 20 building.
Thomas F. Goodwin dischargedfrom the Army and returned to ele-vator C.
John Lawrence Scribner dischargedfrom the Army and returned to starchdrying.
Lynn W. Quick discharged from theArmy and returned to the extra board.
Lynden W. Etcheson dischargedfrom the Army and returned to 20building.
Leon W. Jess discharged from theArmy and returned to 17 building.
Lynn R. DeVore Jr., dischargedfrom the Army and returned to 17building.
Maurice A. Smith discharged fromthe Army and returned to the engineroom.
Kenneth M. Evans discharged fromthe Army and returned to the extraboard.
Ezra H. Welton discharged fromthe Army and returned to the feedhouse.
Harry W. Gabriel discharged fromthe Navy and returned to the pipeshop.
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Francis L. Parrill discharged fromthe Navy and returned to 20 building.
John K. Kipp discharged from theArmy and returned to the yard de-partment.
Robert L. Hopkins discharged fromthe Army and returned to the extraboard.
David J. Hopkins discharged fromthe Army and returned to 17 building.
Donald C. White discharged fromthe Army and returned to 5 and 10building.
Mitchell T. Jackson dischargedfrom the Navy and returned to theextra board.
Fred D. Lesley discharged from theNavy and returned to 17 building.
Ira F. Mclntyre discharged fromthe Army and returned to the extraboard.
Thomas W. Hen son dischargedfrom the Army and returned to M & L.
Roy E. Shay discharged from theNavy and returned to 20 building.
Kenneth Malcolm Johnson dis-charged from the Navy and returnedto 5 and 10 building.
Paul A. Seaberg discharged fromthe Army and returned to S and 10building.
Robert W. Ellis discharged fromthe Army and returned to 17 build-ing.
George N. Williams dischargedfrom the Army and returned to theextra board.
Ernest Delmar Cox discharged fromthe Army and returned to 12 building.
William W. Kearney dischargedfrom the Army and returned to hispackage sales job.
Jesse Rankin, discharged from theMarines and returned to Elevator B.
Eldon E. Scroggins, discharged fromthe Army and returned to 9 building.
Jack W. Potrafka, discharged fromthe Navy and returned to the yards.
Alden B. Foley, on terminal leaveand has returned to work as mainte-nance engineer.
Hugo E. Brix, discharged from theArmy and has returned to his positionas treasurer of the Credit Union.
James W. Moore, discharged fromthe Army and is returning to work inindustrial sales.
Chester A. Stickle, discharged fromthe Navy and has returned to 12 build-ing-
Kenneth A. Davis, discharged fromthe Army and has returned to the ac-counting department.
Fred A. Bessell, discharged from theNavy and returned to 48-49 building.
Edward Taylor, discharged from theArmy and returned to the extra board.
Ralph B. Johnson, discharged fromthe Army and returned to plant pro-tection.
Norman H. Schultz, dischargedfrom the Army and returned to Ele-vator B.
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Sgt. Tommy BullAlmost Circles Globe
Sgt. Tommy Bull, on leave from en-gineering, writes from Yokohama,Japan, to thank the company for hisChristmas check, and adds—
"It makes a fellow feel good toknow the company he worked for re-members him at Christmas.
"Since I left the States last Febru-ary I have seen a lot of places, butnone that can compare with the goodold USA. Our first stop was England,then northern France, then Belgiuminto Germany. We were there'on VEDay. Then we went to southernFrance for shipment to the Pacific.
"On the way to Japan we stoppedover in Panama, the Marshall Islands,the Caroline Islands and Okinawa. Weleft Okinawa the day before the bigtyphoon."
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COMPANY ANNOUNCESHOME SERVICE DEPARTMENTEarly in the new year the sales de-
partment announced plans for openinga new home service department andthe appointment of Dorothy L. Healdas its director. Miss Heald came to thecompany in January.
A completely modern test kitchenis being installed in the new researchlaboratory, to house the new depart-ment. It is being equipped with themost up-to-date appliances, making itpossible for Miss Heald to carry onboth development and experimentalwork. In the past all recipe testinghas been done by outside companiesspecializing in that work. Now theStaley company feels it has reached aposition where such work can best bedone in its own experimental and testkitchens.
Miss Heald will devote a great dealof time to improving old recipes al-ready developed for the company, andin testing and devising new ones, andnew and improved uses for companyproducts. Probably much of her work,for the present, will be built aroundresearch for "Sweetose" uses. She willwork directly with sales and adver-tising.
Miss Heald is well known in thehome economics world, having heldseveral responsible positions. She hasher bachelor of science degree fromOhio State university, where she ma-jored in foods. She was home econ-omist for a home appliance manufac-turer, has worked as a hospital dietitianand during the war managed an indus-trial cafeteria in Chicago.
Much of her experience has admir-ably fitted her for the work she will
Dorothy Heald took over her new po-sition as director of home service inJanuary.
do with the Staley company. She hashad charge of training classes for sales-men, and had outstanding success con-ducting cooking schools for newspa-pers. She is a member of AmericanHome Economics association, Asso-ciation of Home Economics Women inBusiness and the American Dieteticassociation.
•Named Bank Director
A. E. Staley, Jr., president of theStaley company, was elected a direc-tor of the Citizens National Bank ofDecatur in January. The bank's presi-dent, William Barnes, Jr., has been adirector of the Staley company forseveral years.
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EDUCATION LEAVE FOR VETERANSFour Staley World War II veterans
have already availed themselves of theopportunity to take an additionalleave of absence to continue their edu-cation. Through an agreement betweenthe company and the union Staley vet-erans may obtain leave, in addition totheir military leave, to continue theireducation for the same period that theG.I. Bill of Rights covers. This appliesto all veterans employed by the Staleycompany, regardless of whether theywere here before entering service, oronly since returning.
Three of the Staley men who are onthis education leave had been em-ployed by the company before goinginto the service. The other man hasbeen with the company only since hisdischarge from military service. Thethree older employees are Merl Schull,Herman Marchisello and WilliamKennel while the fourth is WayneKendall.
Merl Schull, who was employed inthe starch shipping office for severalyears before going into the Army, hasentered the University of SouthernCalifornia. He selected that schoolchiefly because it offers special workin photography in which he is inter-ested.
Herman Marchisello has been em-ployed in the plant before he was in-ducted into the Army. He had cometo the company directly following hishigh school graduation. W7hile in theArmy he decided to go on to college,and fortunately was given his dis-charge just before the opening of thefall semester at the University of Illi-nois, which he had selected. He hasentered engineering school.
William Kennel, a chemical engi-
neer, was in the Staley laboratory fora short time before he went into theArmy. He had his master's when hecame to Staley's and has decided totake his doctorate before returning.For that purpose he has enteredMassachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy, in Boston.
Wayne Kendall had been employedin 17 building from the time he re-ceived his Army discharge late thissummer, until he decided to enter theUniversity of Illinois. He had just fin-ished high school when he was in-ducted.
All four of these men had consider-able overseas service.
Record Resigns AsFeed Nutritionist
Dr. Paul R. Record resigned hisposition as feed nutritionist with thecompany in January. He goes to Se-curity Mills, Knoxville, Tenn., as di-rector of research and nutrition. Dr.Record has been in the Staley feeddivision for three years, and duringthat time has made many friends with-in the organization and among thecompany customers.
He has sold his home in Decaturand he and his wife are leaving soonfor Knoxville. Their daughter, Mar-garet, is a student in W'ooster college,in Ohio.
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John Stoutenborough, package di-vision salesman in New England, start-ed his terminal leave in November as alieutenant, but will end it as a captain.His promotion came through beforehis leave was terminated.
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Tkc Best Fed aixd Best Dressed in tkc World"
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) . E. BARZYSSKIBrigadier General, Q.VC
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CHRISTMAS party isForemen Have Annual Affair
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old STALEY CUSTOMIt is an old Staley custom, that
Foremen's Christmas club party, andeach year, according to those who at-tend, it improves. When the club wassmaller the parties were held in theStaley clubhouse. Then the member-ship increased and about the same timethe clubhouse was closed during thewar, and the parties for a few yearswere held in a hotel. This year an-other change was made. The party washeld in Lakeside club, on the eveningthat the club was closed to the public.
Regardless of where the party isheld the dinner is always planned andprepared by a committee of club mem-bers. That is one of the traditions.This year as a special treat the clubwas served pheasant. Since these par-
Everyone seemed to have a goodtime at the party. In the center pic-ture, at the right, Merl Finson is serv-ing some Christmas cheer from the bigsilver bowl. His assistants are BillLowen and Ed Monical.
The committee worked hard jor two days but none of the men complained of hav-ing to slave over a hot stove. They not only did the cooking', but they served themeal also.
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ties are large affairs the committee es-timated that 150 pheasants would berequired.
Lyman Jackson, garage, who makesannual trips to the Dakotas for pheas-ants, was asked to take charge of anexpedition which would bring backenough birds for the party. So gather-ing up his brother, Gordon, who worksin the plant, Commodore Baley, fromthe elevator, and two other men fromoutside, he led his brave hunters away.The men easily got the number ofbirds required—and then their part ofthe party was done.
The day before the party the com-mittee in charge of the dinner startedtheir work. Bob Sherman headed thisgroup which met in the kitchens of theStaley club house early that morningand worked late cleaning and dressingpheasants and preparing them for theovens. Others who worked on the com-mittee were Larry Trempel, RoscoeLong, Harold Lents, Lynn Hettinger,Jack Bowman, John McDonald andRalph Marmor. Gerry Horton wasgeneral chairman of the party.
Christmas punch this year wasserved from the very handsome silverbowl which generally stands on thesideboard at the clubhouse. This bowlbrought back other days to some ofthe old timers who remembered it asthe one which was presented the late"Iron Man" Joe McGinnity in hispalmy days of baseball.
Very little program was planned,because the committees have learnedthat most of the men would rather visitwith each other at these annual affairs.
•WIEGAND IN JAPANAs Far From Decatur As He Can Go
From Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan,T/Sgt. Lyle F. Wiegand writes:
It has been quite some time since Ihave written and much has transpired.
Four years ago today Pearl Harborwas fixed forever in our minds and weare very fortunate that today we haveseen the end of World War I I , eventhough many of us are still thousandsof miles from home.
A two weeks' voyage brought us toYokohama, a few days at the 4th Re-placement Depot north of Tokyo and atwo-day train ride found us at our finaldestination—Sapporo, Hokkaido, Ja-pan. We are just about as far awayfrom Decatur as possible. Regardlessof which direction we go from here,we'll be closer home. Sapporo is thecapital city of Hokkaido, the north-ernmost island of Japan, and a city ofapproximately 230,000. Again I havebeen very fortunate in that my unit islocated in about the best place thereis in Japan. Sapporo was nevertouched by bombing, and the generalwelfare of the people, though poor, isfar above that of the Tokyo-Yoko-hama area. It will be a very hard win-ter for the Japanese population. Thetemperature gets very low in this area,as we are on approximately the samelatitude as Minnesota and the Dako-tas. Naturally, the food supply is notgreat, nor is the fuel. The plain factsare: there is a shortage of the necessi-ties of life.
As for our own comfort, we couldask for nothing better. We are at-tached to the IX Corps, which is un-der the jurisdiction of the 8th Army inTokyo. We live in the Communica-tions building which is in the down-town section of Sapporo. We live onthe fifth floor, have our office on thefirst floor and, quite important, show-ers (hot) in the basement. There isalso a dry cleaning establishment andbarber shop in the building so as faras the necessities of life are concerned,we wouldn't have to go out of thebuilding. This building in which we
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live is as modem as any building thatwe have in the States. The floors arecomposition and the lights are of aglobular type about 14 inches in diam-eter that hang from the ceiling. Thebuilding is heated by steam. The messis a huge room on one end of the Sthfloor with tables for eight men (andchairs). Neither do we have to usemess kits, and the cups we use arewhat were probably Japanese tea cups.On the 6th floor is a sort of penthousewhich has been converted into a club—bar, etc. So you see, we certainlyhave no complaints on our living con-ditions.
As far as the work is concerned,there hasn't been much. The 105thhas not taken over officially as the36th MG Co. which was activatedfrom tactical units on Leyte and Oki-nawa has not yet moved out. How-ever, everything should be straight-ened out soon, and our own organiza-tion functioning smoothly. At presentI have been assigned to the Commerceand Industry Section, which I thinkwill be rather interesting. I typed a re-port the other day, which was a surveymade by one of the men of the agricul-tural situation in Hokkaido. He visitedthe Experiment Station of the ImperialUniversity here in Sapporo, their farm,etc. As I thought it might be of inter-est to the Feed Division, I made an ex-tra copy. I think I had better bring itback with me rather than send it. Al-though it is not too informative, theremay be some figures which will be anenlightening comparison.
This is truly going to be a great ex-perience, and a chance to learn quite alot about the customs and character-istics of the Japanese. Although Idon't have my own camera, many ofmy buddies have theirs, and I hope tobring back some interesting pictures.
The IX Corps has arranged for edu-
cational courses, and I am taking ad-vantage of the offer. My selection hasbeen two courses: Japanese and Mod-ern Banking and Monetary System,which occupy my time from 8 to 10a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-urdays. There is no objection to leav-ing the office for these classes as longas it does not interfere with duty. Infact, after once signing up for classes,attendance is compulsory. To indicatethe interest in education, out of ourgroup of 26 enlisted men, 19 are at-tending classes of one form or another.
As yet none of us have received anymail since we left the States on No-vember 1st. We are hoping that wewill get some next week at the latest.
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William H. Shamhart
William H. Shamhart, who diedXov. 30, had moved to Decatur in1926 to take a job in the Staley refin-ery. He had been in poor health forthe last year.
Born in Effingham county he hadlived there and in Jasper county muchof his life. He and Minnie Cornwellwere married in Jasper county in1903. He leaves his wife and threechildren, Claude P. and Francis Henryof Decatur and Mrs. Mary Little, ofPekin.
Funeral services were conducted atMoran and Sons chapel with burial inTrexel cemetery near Newton, 111.
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Blanche McDonald returned Jan.1S to her former position as secretaryto Mr. Staley and was warmly wel-comed by her many Staley friends.Since she left the company more thana year ago, she has had a son, now abig fellow nine months old. The youngman's father, John McDonald, is aStaley chemist.
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Ted Threlfall, Harry Walmsley and the calf. The calf was the gift of the foremanto Harry Walmsley, production superintendent, at Christmas. Although Harry Casleymade the presentation, Ted was representing the donors in this picture. The Walms-ley family is stocking a farm, so this calf was quite their most important ChristmasSift.
Corbridge-Hall
Thelma Bernice Corbridge and Donald Hall were married Jan. 6 in Oakley,111. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. Wortman in the home of Mr. andMrs. E. E. Kuns, brother-in-law and sister of the bridegroom. Attendants wereMr. and Mrs. Clay Corbridge, parents of the bride, and her sister, Mrs. RobertTrent.
The bride wore blue, and her flowers were pink carnations. Both Mrs. Cor-bridge and Mrs. Trent were in black, with white carnations and red roses astheir flowers.
Both young people have been employed by the company for some time. Thebride is in the packing house and the bridegroom is in the millwright shop.
Walter Schultz, recently returned from Army service in China, is taking anew position in the purchasing office. He will work directly with Gauger Carl-son. Before going into service, and for the first few weeks since his return,Walter was in the credit department.
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cJLocate a ^tretcner before you faint
Through the Staley plant there are14 stretcher stations. That is a fineidea BUT unless the people workingin the plant know where the neareststation is, there might just as well benone. As a rule when an accident caserequires a stretcher it requires it atonce. For that reason, Mike Paczaksuggests that every man and womanin the plant learn now the location ofthe station nearest his work.
Where are these stations? Here—Packing house—there are two, one
on the first floor, east end, and one onthe sixth floor, west end.
ter.Fire house.Feed house—first floor, east end.First Aid Room.Administration building—building
superintendent's office.Oil refinery—first floor, south side.Elevator C—office.101 building—first floor.
Using "Sweetose" Golden and Staley recipe books Ketner's supermarket in Salis-bury had this attractive display recently. R. L. Jenkins sent the picture in.
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TWO MEN RETIREMaple and Young decide tn take life easy
Two men who retired late in De-cember were William Cyrus Mapleand George Edward Young. Mr.Maple, who was born in Decatur andhas lived here his entire life, first cameto the Staley company in 1915, but leftand did not return permanently until1918. During all the years he was withthe company he worked only in thepacking house. At the time of his re-
tirement he was a sewing machine re-pairman.
Mr. Young, born in Pittsburgh,spent all of his 29 years with the com-pany in the boiler and engine rooms.Tn 1916 when he first came to Staley'she worked as a fireman in the boilerroom, but transferred to the engineroom in 1920. Since 1932 he has beenswitchboard operator there.
Otto Artze, machinist, is taking this means of thanking all the Staley peoplewho remembered him, and the Fellowship club which sent him flowers andremembrances, while he was recovering from severe burns last summer. He isnow back at work, and feeling fine.
Eddie Willis, center, assistant pipe shop foreman, had two of his sons -with him atthe Christmas party. On the left is Harold, just out of the Navy, and on the right,Herbert, recently out of the Army. Harold's twin, Gerald, is still in the Navy and atpresent in the jar east.
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McKeown Dies SuddenlyAssistant Elevator Superintendent 19 Years
William Henry McKeown, assistantsuperintendent of Elevator C, diedsuddenly in his home Dec. 29. Al-though he had taken a prolonged sickleave a year before, he had been work-ing for about a year and was seeminglyin normal health.
Born 58 years ago in Edwardsville,111., he had been employed in grainelevators most of his adult life. Hecame to the Staley company in May,1927, from the Central Illinois Graincompany in Springfield. He came toStaley's to take the position as assist-ant superintendent of Elevator C whenthat plant was just completed, and
continued in that job.Mr. McKeown and Edistina Beggs
were married in Springfield in 1913.In addition to his wife he leaves sixchildren. One son, Clinton a- chem-ist, lives in Ashland, Ohio, and theother, John, is in Decatur. He wasrecently discharged from the MarineCorps after long service in the south-west Pacific. One daughter, Mrs.Edistina Kelso lives in Chicago. Theother three, Mrs. Jessie Miller, Kath-erine and Sally live in Decatur.
Funeral services were conducted inDawson & Wikoff s chapel with burialin Fairlawn cemetery.
Floyd Lenover, development engineer, generally knows what is going on but he didnot know that this picture of his three children had found its way to the Journal. Thethree are Billy, in Roach kindergarten, Nancy Kay and Patricia Ann.
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LAPHAM RETURNSPcrinesville Veteran Returns After Long Service
Earl M. Lapham, one of the veteranemployees at the Painesville plant, re-turned November 11 to his old job offireman. Earl left for the Army Feb-ruary 2, 1942. He served with theQuartermaster's Corps in England,
Africa, Corsica, and Sicily. At the timeof his discharge he was attached to the772nd Materiel Squad of the 522ndAir Service Group. He is the fourthveteran to be welcomed back to thePainesville plant.
Fryman-Alexander
Many Staley people were interested in the marriage Dec. 30, of VirginiaFryman and Leo Alexander. The ceremony, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, wasperformed by Rev. Milo Murphy in his home. The bride is the daughter ofLily Fryman, of the sewing room, and the late Cecil Fryman who was employedby the company before his death.
The bridegroom, recently returned from service, is now employed in therefinery. His father is Nelson G. Alexander, and his step-mother is Daisy Alex-ander, of the bag room.
When the annual turkey dinner was staged at Thanksgiving in the Greensboro, N. C.,Masonic Temple, Mrs. Bessie B. Brame, Staley demonstrator was there with a displaybooth, featuring "Sweetose". The dinner, given by the White Shrine and EasternStar, raises money for charity. Mrs. Brame, who belongs to both lodges, says thatpeople attended from many neighboring towns.
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"NO MATCHES"—It means what it says
By Mike Paczak, Director of Safety
While I am new on this job I amnot at all new in the plant, so I cannotsay that I am terribly surprised whenreports come in that a stray match hasbeen found occasionally. Sure, wehave a strict rule against carryingmatches into the plant—but there arealways some people who seem to feelthat a rule is made for the other fellow.
That "no matches" rule is probablythe one, more than any other in thebook, that should interest everyone.Our plant is like your automobile—perfectly safe as long as you treat itas it should be treated, but both areallergic to lighted matches wronglyapplied. You know you shouldn't—but some people do—thrust a lightedmatch down into the gas tank of yourcar, or even stand near with a burningcigaret when the gas tank is open.Everyone knows that and most peopleremember it at all times.
For the same reason we all know weshould not carry matches, lighters ordefective flashlights into the plant. Weall know, too, that the rule against
Tlif director of safety talks of an im-portant rule.
carrying them is made to protect eachone of us—not just the other fellow.As it says in the book:
"This is Safety Rule Number Onebecause our lives depend on its strictobservance."
EAKIN SPEAKS ONManagement Relations
Once in January and again in Feb-ruary Franzy Eakin, vice president,has been selected as a speaker on thegeneral theme of management rela-tions with employees. His first talkwas in Milwaukee early in Januarywhen he was the speaker at the annualPresidents Night of the Milwaukeechapter of the Comptrollers Instituteof America. His subject that night was"Management Relations with Stock-holders and Employees."
In February he will speak in De-catur, the third in a series which the
Kiwanis club has sponsored. In thattalk his subject is "Management Rela-tions with Employees." The firstspeaker in that series, Ur. CharlesLeese, of Millikin university, gave thebackground of organized labor, andthe second spoke from organized la-bor's viewpoint. This speaker was Ab-raham Plotkin, organizer for the In-ternational Ladies Garment WorkersUnion.
In January Mr. Eakin also spoke be-fore the cost accountants of Decaturon "Income and Cost of the NationalEconomy 1939-1945."
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Big news 25 years agoWAS FOOTBALL
The thing of greatest interest toStaley people 25 years ago, if one is tojudge from Journals of that period,was football. Just before the January,1921, Journal went to press the Staleyteam had won the western professionalchampionship, and had played a score-less tie game with the Akron Indians,eastern champions. Why shouldn'tStaley fans be excited?
Chicago's Cub park was the battle-ground for the Akron-Staley game,and a large number of Staley fans ac-companied their team to Chicago. Ac-cording to the Journal story they wereas excited after the game as if Staley'shad won because the Staley team puton a good show. On that memorableteam, under the Staley banner, weresuch well known sports world figuresas Bert Ingwersen, George Halas, PardPearce, Dutch Sternaman and PaddyDriscoll. A Staley substitute was Jim-my Conzelman.
At a dinner in the St. Nicholas hotelin Decatur at the close of the footballseason that year the team trainer.Windy Lotshaw, was toastmaster.Windy had been given much of thecredit for bringing football honors toStaley's. Now, in turn, he gives Sta-ley's credit for helping him up the lad-der. For many years Windy, as trainerfor the Chicago Cubs and Bears, hasbeen a colorful and prominent sportsfigure. He always says that he got hisstart, and first training, under the lateDr. M. W. Fitzpatrick, who was Staleyphysician when football was in flowerhere, and that Howard File, then headchemist and now our technical direc-tor, mixed up the first batch of whatis now his famous body rub.
In that same January, 1921, Jour-nal there was a story, with illustra-tions, on the work being done that
winter on the site of Decatur's newlake. The Sangamon river was to beimpounded and 4,000 acres of land,much of it in timber, was to be flooded.During that winter of 1920-1921 thetimber was being cleared in true log-ging country fashion. The first taskwas to clear about 700 acres and builda temporary dam for use by the Staleycompany until the city dam could becompleted. At the time this issue of theJournal appeared work was beingrushed on this part of the job becausethe Staley company was dependingupon the heavy rains of the comingspring to fill their temporary lake.
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Back After Illness
Everett LeMarr returned to work inthe tin shop early in January after be-ing ill since the first of July. Duringthe time his Staley friends had oftenremembered him with useful gifts,and for all of these, he wants the mento know he is sincerely grateful. Hesays that one of the nicest things thatever happened to him was the warmwelcome he received from the menwhen he returned to work.
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W. D. Hedenberg DiesWilliam D. Hedenberg, who had
been employed in the table house 20years, died in Decatur and MaconCounty hospital Jan. 13. He had beenill for six months. Mr. Hedenberg wasborn in Decatur in 1885 and had livedhere his entire life.
In 1908 he and Alta Lyons weremarried and she and six children sur-vive him. There are two sons, Elmerand Marlin of Decatur and fourdaughters, Mrs. Mildred Gillim, ofVictorville, Calif., Mrs. Marie Tom-linson, Elaine and Patty of Decatur.
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This is not a group picture of the Staley company's original salesmen. It is justa bunch who happened to be having lunch in the 90's Tap, LaSalle hotel, Chicago,•where moustaches are furnished. In the group, although one would never suspect it,are John Stoutenborough, now of the Boston territory, Frank Finnegan, Chicago,J. R. "Bud" Didude, Chicago, M. G. "Morrie" Olds, Ft. Wayne, and M. A. Herro,Chicago. The man on the extreme right is John Paul, mine host who joined theparty for a while.
"MASSACREDED"Sports Pages Say Of Staley Teams
According to history Grant was afailure in business but eventually be-came president of the United States,and Lincoln was defeated for minor of-fices before being elected to the presi-dency. With these precedents the ra-ther recently organized Staley Com-mercial League basketball team shouldfeel encouraged. At least one prom-inent member of the team failed toqualify for other teams.
The team was o rgan ized afterChristmas and played, and was de-feated, in its first game early in theNew Year. In its second game, accord-ing to local newspapers, the Staleyteam was "massacreded 33-7". But onthat same night the Staley IndustrialLeague team was, according to thesame source, "blasted 50-38".
This Commercial league team ismade up of enthusiastic players, themanager insists. The manager is NatKessler, and his chief claim to basket-ball fame is that he made the only 30points the team scored in its first game.Other members of the team are BillMcEvoy, Bud Dement, Les Chancy,Roy Pritts, Ray Webb, Tom Mentis,Rus Wilbur, Ed Jordan, -and BobThacker. Two new recruits are WayneWalter and John Peek. All Commer-cial league games are played in Wood-row Wilson gym -on Mondays andThursdays.
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Two new babies in the Piedmont di-vision, package sales, made their ap-pearance in time for Christmas. Theywere the son, born to Mr. and Mrs.W. T. Threewitts, and the daughterborn to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Duff.
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WANTED—Good Used Clothing
Staley people who have good usedclothing or bedding to contribute forUNRRA will find convenient stationsat the clock house and near the officebuilding time clock where the articlesmay be left. Decatur is asking thateach person in town contribute at leastone article. Needed are dresses, suits,coats, sweaters, serviceable shoes andbedding. Not wanted are party clothes,hats or open-toed shoes, or shoes withhigh heels.
Anything that can be worn is needed—underclothing to prevent exposureand skin diseases; work clothes to en-able farmers and their families to pro-duce food; bedding to protect the sick
and keep families from freezing infuelless homes; and shoes for burlap-wrapped feet that drag over roadsstrewn with rubble.
War victims do not ask for fine newclothing; all they want is "what youcan spare"—the old coat hanging inthe hall closet, the one with the frayededges but warm lining; the patchedoveralls in the basement; the splitsheet you kept for dust cloths; or thebaby blankets that have been storedaway so long. Disease and destitutionare sapping these men, women, andchildren of energy, the will to achieve,and even of hope itself. As they try torebuild their lives and their communi-ties, they need clothes for courage, pro-tection, and survival.
When the eastern division package sales force met in Detroit recently this picturewas taken. F. W. Apperson, Charles Coble and R. N. Nagle left before the picturewas taken. Those in the group are—
Seated—Harold Hiser, Toledo and Grand Rapids territory manager; R. W. Lyhne,Cleveland manager; Lawrence Hays, Pittsburgh manager; Paul Kirkpatrick, districtsales manager; Jack Krause, Detroit manager; Jack Kreuzberg, Buffalo manager.
Standing—C. W. Conlon, D. D. McCaleb, E. C. "Slim" Kreuger, Columbus man-ager; J. W. Mahoney, George Ley, Louis Kaprin, P. H. Griffin, E. J. Gottmer, Cin-cinnati manager; Bundy, John R. Marin, 0. II". Capehart, Paul Urben and M. E.Gruber.
It was out of the Army and into anadvertising job with the Staley companyfor Henry Voile recently.
HENRY VOLLE NEWAdvertising Aide
Henry Voile came to the companyJan. 1 as assistant advertising man-ager. Mr. Voile, recently releasedfrom the Army, served as a major andfor two years was at Gen. DwightKisenhower's headquarters, first inEngland and later on the continent.
A graduate of the University of Il-linois, Mr. Voile was associated withR. H. Donnelley and Sons Companyuntil going into the Army three yearsago.
Mr. Voile is married, and to be surethat they had a home in Decatur heand his wife have bought a house.
Mrs. W. H. McKeown deeply ap-preciates the kindness of the StaleyFellowship club and other Staley in-dividuals and groups.
Mrs. Hood Dies
Mrs. Charles A. Hood died in St.Mary's hospital Dec. 29 from injuriesreceived in an automobile accidentearlier in the month. On Dec. 13 whileriding in a car with her son, R. J. Hoodand his wife, their automobile skiddedon the icy streets and collided with an-other car. She was taken immediatelyto the hospital.
Born in Kentucky in 1882 she andCharles Hood were married in 1906.She had lived in Decatur since 1912.She leaves her husband, a Staleywatchman, a daughter, Mrs. Opal Tay-lor and two sons, R. J. Hood and C. D.Hood.
Mrs. M. G. Anderson and her jour-year-old daughter, Patricia, had their picturestaken together, but Junior, a year oldhad his taken alone. The father of thefamily is employed in the millhoitse.
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RUTHRAUFF TO TWITakes Over Supervision First Of January
L. W. "Leek" Ruthrauff took overhis new duties as supervisor of thetraining-within-industry program Jan-uary 1. He succeeded Mike Paczakwho at the same time became directorof safety. Leek has been with thecompany for 14 years.
During the war years, from 1942until January 1 of this year, he wasacting manager of the Staley Fellow-ship club while the manager, John An-derson, was in the Army. He carriedthrough the duties of that office mostcapably.
Before taking over the Fellowshipclub job his work had been entirelyplay experience. He had been em-ployed in various capacities, chiefly inthe boiler room, and for a short timewith the watchmen.
Leek Ruthrauff succeeds Mike Paczakas director of training-within-industry.
Opens Filling Station
Robert Harlin's announcement re-cently that he is owner and managerof a filling station proves that he wasright when he told his friends that hewould not be the helpless invalid theyall thought he would be. For almost16 years he was employed in the Staleyoil department but six years ago wasforced to retire because of ill health.Crippling arthritis was making it im-possible for him to continue. Duringthose six years he has been unable towork, but recently he bought and hasnow started operating a filling station.
The station he has purchased is nearthe plant—at the southeast corner ofEldorado and Twentieth streets. Hesells Standard Oil company products
and hopes to add accessories as theyare available.
Mr. Harlin has a son, Prentiss, whois employed in our oil refinery. An-other son, Charles, who was employedby the company before going into theArmy, is now a commercial pilot withthe Eastern Air Lines, flying out ofXew York.
Nurse's Training
Ernestine Hale is still delightedwith the nurse's training she is taking.She resigned from her position instarch shipping office in August to en-ter the training school at Decatur andMacon County hospital. She is adaughter of George Hale, garage.
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Lillian Higgins wore white for her De-cember marriage to John Todd. Lillianis in the credit office.
DISCIPLINE
The scene was an important con-ference of very senior R.A.F. andU.S.A.A.F. officers.
The door of the conference roomburst open with an entire absence ofceremony and a hatless G.I. thrust inhis head. For a moment his jawsworked rhythmically. Then, address-ing the most senior of the Americanofficers present, he said: ''Say, general,may I have a jeep to-night?—wannatake my goil to the movies."
The American general nodded andthe vision withdrew. Turning to anair marshal sitting next to him the <jen-
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eral remarked: "You know, workingalongside the R.A.F. has made our dis-cipline like a million dollars; a whileago that guy would've just taken ajeep."
Research LaboratoryAdds Pinney To Staff
G. C. Pinney, who came to theStaley company Dec. 1, was recentlyreleased from the Army, where heserved as captain for more than threeyears. He has joined the research lab-oratory staff.
Before going into the Army Mr.Pinney took his B.S. in organic chem-istry at the University of Illinois.
•We wish to thank the Fellowship
club, the watchmen and other Staleyfriends for kindness at the time of thedeath of Mrs. Hood.
Charles A. Hood and Family.
Donald Owens, now a big boy of nine,feels that he owes his life to 15 Staleymen who gave blood for transfusions forhim a year or more ago. He was ill fortwo years, and only transfusions couldsave him. Staley friends of his fathergave the blood. Don is the son of Mr.and Mrs. Virgil Owens. His father is re-lief elevator operator in the administra-tion building.
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H. H. Kalips Dies
Harlow Hiram Kalips, who wasknown to everyone at Staley's as Pop,died after a short illness Dec. 23. Hehas been in poor health for two years,and had retired from the company in1943, but for some time had been cus-todian of Galloway park.
Born in Macon County in 1875 hehad lived in or near Decatur most ofhis life. He first came to the Staleycompany in July, 1926, to work onnew construction, but later worked asswitchman in the Staley yards. Whenthe company discontinued its ownswitching he transferred to M & L andwas employed there until his retire-ment.
He leaves his wife and one son, Leo,whose home is in Granite City. Fun-eral services were conducted from J. J.Moran & Sons chapel.
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When Ross Alverson saw this pictureof his daughter, Nancy Lynn, he realizedthat she is no longer a baby. She is nowalmost six years old. Her father is in theindustrial sales office.
The new traffic manager has been withthe Staley company most of his grown-up life.
A. S. LUKEY NAMEDTraffic Manager
Announcement was made late inDecember of the appointment of A.S. Lukey to the position of trafficmanager. T. C. Burwell, vice presi-dent who has also been traffic man-ager, will continue in general chargeof that department.
Al Lukey came to the company inSeptember 1921, as secretary to Mr.Burwell. Previously he had been astudent at James MiUikin universityand a clerk in the Wabash offices.He served as secretary to Mr. Burwellfor a few years but in 1927 he wasmade assistant to the traffic manager.A few years later he was assistant traf-fic manager and has served in thatcapacity since.
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Ernest Delmar Cox and family ex-press their sincere thanks to the StaleyFellowship club.
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Mr. Duke is a recent addition to spe-cial products sales force.
John H. Duke New InSpecial Products
A new member of the special prod-ucts sales is John H. Duke. Mr. Dukeis a native of Texas, and will continueto live in that part of the country. Hewill make his headquarters in Dallas.Under P. J. Braun, southwestern ter-ritory manager, he will assist in thedistribution of Staley's laundry starch-es in the southwestern part of theUnited States.
•Breaks Wrist
Jed Ellis, on leave from the trafficoffice, has a lot of foreign service tohis credit but fortunately he does nothave the Purple Heart. That does notmean he was not injured. He was. Re-cently he broke his wrist playing vol-leyball in Hawaii! He writes his fa-ther, Charles, of the scale house, thateven with a broken wrist he seems val-uable to the Navy. At any rate he hasnot been told to come home.
TAKES ABSENCE LEAVE
Leonard Smith Decides To TryHotel Management
After having spent his entire grown-up life with the Staley company Leon-ard B. Smith decided in December totake a leave of absence and try hishand at hotel management. He andhis wife have taken over a hotel inMomence, 111., and have already start-ed their new work.
Leonard's career with the Staleycompany started in February, 1911,when he came to assist the store andtime keeper before the grind started.The next September he left to enterMillikin university and did not returnto the company until 1919. He wasemployed first in the drafting room,but in 1921 he went into M. & L. andin 1924 was made foreman of that de-partment. It was that position he heldwhen he took his leave of absence.
Cone On Guam
Lt. Leon J. Cone, on leave from spe-cial products sales, writes from Guamthat his job just now is actually thatof office manager. Trained in a weath-er squadron he was put on this otherjob when it was discovered that histraining in civilian life had been moreof that sort. "Believe me," he writes,"the experience I gained in office pro-cedures at Staley's is proving invalu-able right now. The job is much moreto my liking than weather forecast-
Dick Ellison, personnel, was de-lighted at the arrival of his new daugh-ter, but rather startled when his wifetold him the young lady would be ona three hour feeding schedule day andNIGHT for a while. Life in the Navy,Dick remarked, was not that cruel.
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Thanks From Bannings
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Banning haveasked the Journal to thank ClaudeThornborough, George Quillen and allthe other "old timers" at Staley's, aswell as the Fellowship club, for theChristmas gifts sent them. As Mr.Banning said in his note to the Jour-nal:
''Our appreciation of the benevo-lence of our friends of former days cannever be expressed in words, so let usquote Lum and Abner—'It was mightythoughty of you.' Thank you verymuch.""
Mr. Banning, for years employed inthe time office, has been an invalid forsome time but keeps in touch with hisold Staley friends.
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Michael Murray Arrives
Bob Murray, package division mer-chandising and sales training super-visor, and his wife were a week latewith their Christmas greetings thisyear, but a note on each card explainedwhy. Michael Murray was the cause.The note said "Michael held up themailing of this card until today—ll/2
pounds—St. Mary's!"
Sandra Ann, one, and Larry Leo, jour,are the children of Mr. and Mrs. HenryUtterback. Their father has been em-ployed by the company about four years,and is now in the extraction plant.
Father and son have a visit at theChristmas party. Ted Threljall, yardsforeman, and his son, Lt. Stanley Threl-jall, enjoy a good story.
PLANT PAY INCREASENew Wage Agreement Announced
A new wage agreement between theStaley company and Local 837 U.A.W.A. (AFL) went into effect when theplant went on a 40 hour week in Janu-ary. The new agreement affects allmale hourly workers, giving them a 20per cent increase in hourly rates. Theagreement also increases the startingwage for all male hourly employees to90 cents per hour.
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Bafford Home
Lovell Bafford, extra board fore-man on leave in the Navy, got homejust before- Christmas to spend amonth with his wife, Evelyn, secre-tary to R. S. Bass, and his father,George, store room, and Mrs. Bafford.Lovell has been sailing around onthe Pacific ocean for a long time, andmost of his leaves have been too shortto allow for trips to Decatur.
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Let your HEAD take you{The average American today has a choice ofjust going where "/»s feet take him", orchoosing wisely the course to follow. Let'sskip ahead 10 years, and take a look at JohnJones—and listen to him . . .)
"^IOMETIMES I feel so good it almost scares me.k.3 "This house—I wouldn't swap a shingle off
its roof for any other house on earth. This littlevalley, with the pond down in the hollow at theback, is the spot I like best in all the world.
"And they're mine. I own 'em. Nobody can take'em away from me.
"I've got a little money coming in, regularly.Not much—but enough. And I tell you, when youcan go to bed every night with nothing on yourmind except the fun you're going to have tomor-row—that's as near Heaven as man gets on thisearth!
"It wasn't always so."Back in '46—that was right after the war and
sometimes the going wasn't too easy—I neededcash. Taxes were tough, and then Ellen got sick.
Like almost everybody else, I was buying Bondsthrough the Payroll Plan—and I figured on cash-ing some of them in. But sick as she was, it wasEllen who talked me out of it.
" 'Don't do it, John!' she said. 'Please don't!For the first time in our lives, we're really savingmoney. It's wonderful to know that every singlepayday we have more money put aside! John, ifwe can only keep up this saving, think what it canmean! Maybe some day you won't have to work.Maybe we can own a home. And oh, how good itwould feel to know that we need never worry aboutmoney when we're old!'
"Well, even nfter she got better, I stayed awayfrom the weekly poker game—quit dropping alittle cash at tiie hot spots now an4.then— gave upsome of the things a man feels he has a right to.We didn't have as much fun for a while but wepaid our taxes and the doctor and—we didn'ttouch the Bonds.
"What's more, we kept right on putting ourextra cash into U. S! Savings Bonds. And thepay-off is making the world a pretty swell placetoday!"
The Treasury Department acknowledges with appreciation the publication of this advertisement by* *
A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING CO.
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