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A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING CO.DECATUR, ILLINOIS

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THE TESTHy T. J. (rogertv. Shipping Inspector.

\Vhen Rul l i Cade siave me this assignmentI asked. "Just what do you want me to say?"She replied, "Now, Tommy, don't at tempt anyflights of fancy. Don't try to imi ta te the thingsyou have read, just he yourself and write whatis really in you." So, Ruth, "I ain't goin' toattempt no M i t e of fancy. I'm just goin' towri te what's in me."

Ready men? All right, let's go. From wher-ever you are now. let's circle the loading plat-forms and see whal's going on th is afternoon,l l 's 3 o'clock -just about the best time of theday to make the trip—most of the day's loadingis completed. Just 10 or 15 cars to finish before3:30 at which lime cars are sealed for deliveryto the railroads.

If it's O.K. wi th you, we'll make each plat-form in order to give you an idea how our carslook after the stowing and bracing is finished.Just a bird's eye view for the present. After wehave finished the t r ip we will give you thedetails of the care taken in the selection ofcars, the packaging, slowing and bracing ofshipments.

• oilThat's the new oil refinery over to the right.

Notice the five tank cars spotted over there toload: not much to see, just 5 pipe lines into thedome of cars through which as many differentkinds of oil is being pumped into ihe cars.When the loading is completed those cars willmove to Chicago. Philadelphia, Memphis, Ta-coma. or some other land port. Not much tothat kind of loading, "eh, what?" Well, thereis; later on I'll give you the details in preparingthose cars for loading.

• starchThis is the north platform of the starch pack-

ing house—holds 6 cars. On the other side ofthe building are two more tracks, each holdingf> cars: they are all full t h i s afternoon, 18 fin-ished cars—seme loaded with ju te bags con-

t a i n i n g 140 pounds of starch, others w i th 225pounds and 280 pounds of starch. Here's a carof starch in paper bags, another in cotton bags.There's a straight load of different kinds ofstarch in barrels; there's a mixed load of cases,barrels, 25, 50 and 100 pound drums of starchwi th a couple of hundred bags of starch thrownin for good measure. The five sealed cars wejiM passed were all loaded wi th cases of Cubeand Cream Starch.

Did you notice the chalk mark "O.K." on theloads that were completed? That mark meansthat cars have been checked against the cus-tomer's order and that they contain the cor-rect count by actual check of load and areproperly loaded and braced for shipment.

That portly looking gentleman climbing outof that case car is Eddie Lonergan. Mr. Loner-gan's father trained race horses in the oldcountry—horses that went to the post on someof the greatest tracks in England. Ed used toride for him. From the trouble he's havinggetting out of that car, his 225 pounds wouldsurely look funny on a horse today.

Mr. Lonergan checks and inspects all starchloading; he has been with the company formore than 20 years—for the past 15 years inthe inspection department. Ed knows starchloading and is honest, fearless, and gentle-manly in his work.

Tonight the cars we just saw will be on theirway to Salt Lake City, New York. Nashville.Dallas and other points throughout the country.

• modified starchOn this platform the 5 cars you see are being

loaded wi th special starches going to the south-ern and eastern cotton mills, also Paper Maker'sStarch. Mr. Lonergan also watches this plat-form and O.K.'s the cars if he finds them r ight .

• syrup, sugar and glucoseThere are four platforms here tha t hold 20

cars spotted for loading. Into these cars arcloaded block sugar, bag sugar, barrels, half

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Mixed shipments arc packed in lined curs.

barrels, 10-gal. kegs, 25 and 50 pound drumsand large sleel drums of unmixed syrup; jellyin glass jars and tubs, four different kinds oftable syrup packed into five different size cansand shipping cases. The four tank cars wepassed as we came onto the platform are beingloaded with unmixed corn syrup.

Clark Gidel is the inspector at this building.Clark was in the analytical laboratory beforehe came to the inspection department; he knowsthe game from corn to car—conscientious as theday is long—and his O.K. on a car gives youconfidence. Clark has been wi th the company12 years.

The loadings on these platforms are themost complicated and require more differentforms of loading and types of bracing than anyother place in the plant. Tonight all of thesealed cars will also be on their way to thefour corners of the country and also to differentparts in South America and Europe.

• feedThe platform at the feed elevator is the

smallest of all: will only hold 3 cars set for

loading, 2 for bags and 1 at the bulk spout,bul they spot 15 cars west of the platform andwith a car puller bring new empties up as theones at platform and spout are finished. Fromhere they load bag and bulk gluten feed andbags of corn oil meal.

• soybean mealOn the south platform of this building yon

wi l l find 8 cars spotted for bag soybean meal,bag pea size meal, and pellets; on the northside there are 3 cars spotted for bulk soybeanmeal loading. These products move mostlyinto the eastern, western, northern, and southerncattle and hog feeding parts of the country.

Walter Grant is the inspector of both feedand soybean products. Before coming to thiscountry some 18 years ago. Walter was a rail-road man, having filled the positions of switch-man, switch foreman, and yardmaster for anumber of years. As Walter expresses it, "1should know how to build a load that will travelsafely, because I know how they are handledon the railroads." He means by this that therailroads have the right to expect their shippers

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to deliver to them shipments that will arriveat destination safely under good handling bythem.

• cor inspectionLook down that string of empties; see that

man opening that car door—that's Charlie Ram-sey. Charlie's marking that cut of cars as totheir fitness for loading so the night switchcrews can replace the loads they take awayfrom the platforms with the kind of cars theshipping clerks have ordered in. Charlie hasfive different classification marks that he chalkson the side of the car, according to the condi-tion in which he finds it. He has been with thecompany 11 years and was an experiencedrailroad man before then. Charlie also looksafter the mechanical inspection and repairingof our tank cars.

• scalesWe dread short weight complaints and guard

against them more carefully than any otherpart of our work. You know the miserablefeeling you have if in a crowd where somevaluable object is lost. If the condition of mindand nervous action of each member of thatgroup were any indication you would cer-tainly be judged guilty. When we receive shortweight complaints we feel as miserable.

Henry Potrafka is the shipping inspector incharge of scales. It is his duty to make a con-tinuous tour of all the scales over which fin-ished products are weighed to see that they arein good condition, clean, and balanced, and alsoto checkweigh products ready for shipment.

There are 123 scales of all types in our plant;58 of them are used by the many differentdepartments for the weighing of materials thatgo into the process for manufacturing products,the other 65 scales are used exclusively forweighing content and containers of finishedproducts as they are being made ready oralready in condition to ship.

At the feed elevator there is a 60 thousandpound capacity hopper scale used for weighingdrafts in the bulk car, one platform scale forpacking corn meal in bags, two automaticbagging hopper scales to pack bag feed, andone platform scale used only by the shippinginspector for check weighing purposes.

At the modified starch building there arethree platform scales used for weighing bag-packed starch ready for shipment.

In the syrup house there are two platformscales for weighing barrels, drums, and smallpackages of unmixed corn syrup. These scalesare also used for weighing barrel sugar. Twoplatform scales are used for packing bag sugar,one for tub jelly and a check weighing scale inuse for the checking of can syrup and glassjelly.

There are two platform scales used at thesoy flour department for weighing bag andbarrel flour.

The oil refinery has three scales used forweighing the many different size cases of cook-ing oil, also for the larger drums and barrels.

Over in the soybean building there is a 45thousand pound capacity hopper scale used forloading bulk soybean meal; two automaticbagging scales for bag packing; two platformscales for pea and pellet size meal, also twoplatform scales used by inspectors to check-weigh packed products and other scales there.

We now come to the big brother of them all,insofar as the use of scales is concerned, thestarch packing house. They put out so manydifferent sizes and types of packages from thisdepartment that they even make an inspectordizzy. One scale for wood box packed starch,20 platform scales used for barrels, drums,35, 50, and 100 pound paper bags, 140, 225, and280 pound bags of starch, 15 small scales thatare so sensitive that they will weigh the smileyou give the pretty girls who work in the de-partment where the scales are. These scalesare used for weighing and checkweighing allpackage starch. On the loading platforms, oneach side of this building, is a platform scaleused by the inspectors for checking the weightson packages as they go into cars for shipment.

• inspection of scalesAll inspectors are sworn weighmasters; their

certificates are filed with the Western and Cen-tral Weighing & Inspection Bureau, also theAssociation of Commerce Weights and MeasureBureaus. In addition to the three oaths toweigh and report-weights correctly by thesethree bodies, they are also under bond. Allscales are inspected many times daily by theentire group and, in addition to the tests theymake, a representative of a scale company inChicago, comes to the plant each month, spendssix days going over the scales, and makes areport to Mr. Galloway, plant superintendent,

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Charles Ellis tests the scales before he ireighs the cars, for he must be sure that theis correct.

as t» his findings. He is a scale expert and whenhe finds a had scale or one needing repairs,out they go.

• inspection oi carsThe selection of the right type of box car is

the first step we take in shipping a carload offinished product. From some 150 empty boxcars received from the four railroads servingus, to care for a day's loading, Charlie Ramseyinspects and classifies I hem for the loading theybest fit. We use five classifications. "A Case,""A," "B," "C," and "D." "A Case" classifica-t i o n is the highest and is used for case goodsloading. The car must he 40 foot 6 inches longand 8 ft. 9 inches wide inside; there must beno protruding door post to interfere w i t h freesh i f t of cases and it must be free from the fo l -lowing defects: leaky roof, defective doors,broken ends, loose siding, floor or sides soiledwi th oil. grease, or any odors likely to dam-age lading. The "A" car used for bu lk feedloading must pass the same general inspectionexcepting the car may have nail ing strips at thedoorway and the floor must be perfectly l igh tso that it wi l l not leak feed. The "B" car usedfor bag loading is in practically the same classexcepting the inside measurements are of noimportance and the floor may show slight open-ings. The "C" car is used for barrel syrupgoods and any fair car wi th a good floor init will do. The "D" car is one tha t does not

meet our requirements and back to the railroadit goes.

• second inspection oi carsThe cars are then set at the platform they

are ordered to by the shipping department.Again they are inspected by the platformshipping inspector as a check against any over-sight by the yard inspector. If he O.K.'s thecar to load it is then prepared for loading.I'nder his supervision, sides, ends, ceiling andfloor of car are swept clean, boll heads or nai lsare pulled, and any other defects in car thatm i g h t damage lading are covered with pads ofheavy paper. The floor and sides are lined toheight of loading w i t h heavy mani la paper toprotect packages from being soiled or torn.

• company policyOur products speak for themselves insofar

as the exactness of the operating departmentand the careful step by step tests made byour ana ly t i ca l laboratory as the change is madefrom a grain of corn, or a soybean, into thefinished product. The standards of quali ty de-manded by these two departments are as nearperfection as is possible lo obtain.

Shipping inspection commences to f u n c t i o nwhere the process department leaves nlT. Itis our duly to examine careful ly and c r i t i ca l lyall shipments, and lo correct faul ls against

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good practice in packing, loading and bracing;also to see that exact weights are shipped.

We are all interested in following the custo-mer sat is fact ion policy established by this com-pany.

• technical and purchasingdepartments

The technical, purchasing and inspection de-partments work closely together in ma in t a in ingthe proper package to carry our products safely.This is a most important mutual operationbecause after all the best of products couldeasily be destroyed by improper containers.We have been assisted in this work by our goodfriends Mr. Dietrich and Mr. Green of the As-sociation of American Railroads, who havekept in close touch w i t h the Freight ContainerBureau's findings. This Bureau, organized in1921 by the A. A. R., has done a fine piece ofwork in its tireless investigations, securingknowledge of the best type of containers tobe used.

When we have trouble wi th cartons, bags,barrels, cans or shipping cases, we take ourproblems to Howard File, chief chemist, andassistant purchasing agent, Bob I'rfer. W i t hthe aid of these gentlemen our problems aresoon solved.

• planning of loadsThe loading foreman at each bui lding re-

ceives a copy of the customer's order. Theshipping inspector makes a book record foranother copy. These two men then plan theentire loading of car, how it shall be stowedand the bracing it wil l require. Before apackage has entered the car they can te l l youwhere every package will be when load is com-pleted and how it wi l l be braced.

• class "A" case carsThe number of cases on order naturally reg*i-

lates the height of slowing. Cases are length-wise and flat so that contents wil l ride upright.Cases of the same size are always kept together.When the w i d t h of the car is greater than therow of cases, the space is alternated from oneside to the other. The above method is con-t inued un t i l load is completed. All odd casesare placed in loose rows on top of main loadabout ha l f way from the end of car; thesecases are not braced but loaded so they wi l ls h i f t w i thou t interference.

In speaking of case cars, we mean casesconta ining carton starch, cans of oil, glass jarsof jelly, and cans of syrup.

• compact loadsExperience gained by switching tests anil

constructive advice received from our customershave taught us it is essential to good loadingthat loads be made as compact as possible inorder to cut sh i f t ing to a min imum. By thesimple method of using a home-made blocktha t fits snugly over the face of case to beused, and a strong steel bar for leverage,cases are barred back every third row whichpractically cuts spaces between rows to noth-ing. From the time the first case comes intothe car u n t i l the load is completed, inspectionis cont inuously being made on the conditionsof cases and stowing.

• class "A", bulk carsThe cars are now set at the hulk feed or bu lk

soybean meal spout. The grain doors are nailedacross each door high enough so that feedcannot leak over the top whi le in transit. Thegrain doors are well padded wi th heavy manilapaper to the floor, between each door and attheir sides, to prevent leaks. The stream offinished feed or meal is routed into the scalehopper which is filled to about one-half theweight the car is to contain. The slide of lineleading in to scale is then closed and the firstd ra f t to go into car is weighed on hopper scale.If the car is to contain 50,000 pounds ofproduct, the first draf t u - u a l l y weighs 25,000pounds. A f t e r it is weighed it is dropped bygravity through a spout into the car by a crewwho, as the feed or meal enters car, shovel itback making room for the balance of the load.When the scale balances empty, the rilling,weighing, and dropping into car is repeatedand loading is completed according to the infor-ma t ion the loading foremen have received fromshipping department as to contents the car isto receive.

The foreman, as each draft is made, fills outa scale ticket which shows the registered amountof each <I ra f l - - the registered numeral beingpr in ted on the ticket by type on the scale beamwhich can only show the amount at the loca-tion of the scale beam poise. These scale ticketsare picked up by the shipping inspector andchecked against the shipping order to makesure a 40,000 pound load is not being shipped

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Classifying cars is the job Charley Reynolds has been on so long that no flaws escape hiseye. This one happened to make A class.

against a 50,000 pound order, or a car of sackedfeed or meal when the order calls for bulk.

• class "B", bag carsWhen packing bag feed or meal the stream

is routed into automatic scales which weigh100 pounds of product, dropping this amountdirectly in bags which are then placed on aconveyor by the man packing. They are thensewed and conveyed to loading crews, truckedand loaded into cars. The packing, sewing, and

loading are under constant supervision by ashipping inspector. The automatic scales arechecked every fifteenth bag. All other productsshipped in bags, barrels and other types ofpackaged starch are handled in exactly thesame manner excepting they are weighed onplatform scales instead of automatic scales.

• class "C" carsThis type of car is loaded with barrels, large

drums, half barrels and small drums of glucose.

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The packages are filled from six spouts thenweighed and rolled to storage space with bungsdown. They remain in that position for twohours and are then rolled to outside platformwhere they stand with bungs up for two hours.This method permits all defects in the barrelto show, permitting all leaks to be cooperedbefore loading into car.

• tank carsWe operate 118 tank cars in our service, 61

of which are assigned to unmixed corn syrupservice, 31 in crude oil service, 4 in soap stock,2 in soy sauce, and 20 in salad oil service. Thesyrup cars carry loads of 96,000 pounds andthe crude oil, salad oil and soap stock carsaverage 61,000 pounds. These cars are on thego continuously, traveling between Decatur andthe four corners of our country.

The entire maintenance of these cars is takencare of here. All minor and major repairs (ex-cepting those while in transit) are made onour own repair tracks. Also the painting, bothinside and outside, is done here. The syruptanks are sandblasted and repainted inside on

an average of every 15 trips. This is in orderthat cars be kept perfectly clean and free fromrust and scale. The salad oil cars are coatedinside with shellac, the crude oil and soapstock acting as a preservative to the steel,making it unnecessary to coat the inside of thisclass of car.

• preparation for loading syrupIn preparing tank cars for loading, the fol-

lowing methods are strictly adhered to. Thesyrup cars are set at cleaning rack wherethey are first steamed for two hours to softenthe returned syrup. They are then drained andan inspection is made of the safety valves, un-loading valve, dome cap and outlet leg. Whilethis is being done the pipefitters make a hydro-static test of the steam coils; if leaks developthe coils are repaired. The cars are then givena complete flushing with water, drained againand wiped with soft cloths until they are per-fectly clean and dry. After these operationsare completed, an inspection is made of thecondition of the cars—if O.K. they are loaded

The final O.K. must be marked on each loaded car by Clark Gidel be/ore it can leavethe Staley loading platform.

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Hum-Is innl ilmnix .s'» /mckftl hare no chance to shift ton much.

for sh ipment , i f nul. cut n u t for nccr—ar> cor-rectione.

• salad oil tank carsNo water or steam is permitted inside the

Salad Oil cars for fear of souring the steelwhich would change the flavor or cause dis-colored oil. These cars are set to loading rackwhere they are flushed clean with the samekind of oil they are to be loaded with. This oilis then drained and the cars are wiped cleanwi th soft cloths. They then go through thesame tests and inspections as the syrup cars.

• crude tank carsThe crude oil cars are switched to t h e i r clean-

ing rack several times a year where they aresteamed u n t i l clean. Hushed, and permi t ted todry, going back into service again.

• generalSome of the features of our tank cars are

welded coils, positive valves, steam jacketedor steam box unloading legs, f r i c t i o n trucksprings, inside ladder, bolted dome caps, agita-t ion air line through side of the dome, and

pressure l ine through t he dome cap to speed upthe unloading.

The syrup cars are a luminum painted on theinside and outside. It is an interesting fact thata car containing 96,000 pounds of corn syrup,if shipped in barrels, would take 140 containersor two and one-third box cars to transport; acar of oil w i th a content of 61,000 poundswould take 145 barrels and two box cars tohandle.

• mixed loadsStraight loads of the same type of container

are a cinch for us—the mixed loads pre thelough ones. Remember we pack our productsin 110 dif ferent sizes and types of containersand at times an order wil l call for many oft l i c n i in the same car. They may be startedat one b u i l d i n g and see two others before theyare completed. Who shall start the load? Whowill complete i t ? How wi l l it be stowed? Whatkind of bracing wi l l it need? The inspector wil lchart out the load wi th ins t ruct ions to all con-cerned as to where it shall start and how itwi l l be braced.

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Cars arc lined n'ith paper and boxes arc braced.

• types of bracingOn all floating uni ts we use the Girard \ ire

Tie System. For instance, say on a 60 barrel,30 half barrel and 30 small drum car, or a70 large drum car of syrup, we divide the totalnumber of large packages and load them in twounits , one in each end of car; on top of oneuni t we will load the half barrels, on the otherthe small drums; all packages will be tiedtogether, each wi th two Girard wires pul ledtight and held up by what we call jockeysticks, or 2 x 4's, from the floor t» the height ofpackage. They act like fence posts, keepingthe wires in the original position if slack doeslake place while in transit. The floating un i t stied in th is manner are permitted to shi f t acrossthe car floor, as the car is b i t , without inter-ference.

On t ight ties, that is, a tie of packages to beheld in one place wi thout movement in transit,we use the Stanley Band System. This type ofbracing is used mostly on mixed cars for tyingpackages that could damage themselves or be

damaged by other parts of the load if theywere not braced in th is manner.

There are some types of small bracing onwhich only wood wi l l do the work and, of course,on the wire and band bracing there is also somewood used.

The above methods have proved extremelysatisfactory and their use are the result of manyyears of experience, switching tests, and trac-ing of sh ipments to destination.

• inspector's O. K.In a d d i t i o n to the careful watchfulness the

shipping inspector makes as cars are beingloaded, be also makes a physical inspection ofeach completed load. A diagram of the finishedload is made in the inspector's book record,showing exactly where each package is in carand also how it is braced. This diagram ischecked against the customer's order in thesh ipping office and if the load checks againstt h e order the inspector marks the car wi thwh i l e chalk "O.K." The shipping department

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will not close or seal a car unt i l an inspectorhas O.K.'d it for movement to customer.

• resultsIn 1920 the railroads of the United States paid

out in loss and damage claims $119,833,127.00.Now get that figure right. Practically onehundred and twenty millions of dollars, mostof which was preventable, shameful waste. In1937 the approximate figure will be aroundtwenty millions of dollars paid in loss anddamage. Yes, I know the cars loaded in 1920amounted to 45,118,742 in comparison with31,518,372 in 1935, and that the revenue wassix and one-half billions of dollars againstthree and one-half billions in 1935. It is truewe did more business, handled more cars, butthere was also greater waste in proportion.And the fault was no more the railroads thanthe shippers. The shippers were doing badloading in poor packages and the railroadswere handling freight in wooden silled carsbetween the new steel underframed cars.

You know what the word "telescope" means.Well, in 1920 that was a common word on therailroads. If you kicked a cut of 7 cars veryhard and 6 outside cars were steel underframe,and if the ear in the center of the cut was ofwooden underframe and if they hit another cut,about all that would be left of the wooden carwould be the first initial and the last number,and that wasn't altogether the railroad's faul teither. They were improving their equipmentand you cannot do that in a day; also carswere handled a little carelessly in 1920.

Well, in 1920 the railroads and shippersstarted to use their heads instead of their feet.One sent their investigators out to find thecauses, the other called mto his industry ex-perts who corrected his weakness, and so be-tween the two they have reduced the waste of1920 to the figure of 1936, a difference of onehundred million dollars, and that's real moneyin any man's business. In 1937, with the com-bined efforts of the shipper and the carrier, itis possible to cut the cost of waste down tothe point where our pride will be pardonableand we may even be permitted to brag a little.

• supervisionThe inspection department reports directly

to Mr. Galloway, plant superintendent, andis responsible to him for all of its activities.

• to the customerIn a way, we are a group of crystal gazers

looking into the future, attempting to see in itthe condition of our shipments upon arrival atyour unloading platform. Our feet may be onthe platforms all day long as the loading goeson, but as we ship 50 loaded cars a day ourminds travel from Boston to Miami, Portland,Oregon to San Francisco, and all points be-tween. In other words, the selection of cars,their stowing and bracing, the type of packageswe ship are not only governed by the goodcondition they show here—we try to visualizetheir condition at destination and place theminto your hands as fit as they leave here. WhatI am trying to say is that our bodies may be-long to the Staley Company but our souls belongto the customer.

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We wish to thank the Staley watchmen forthe flowers sent at the time of the death of ourmother.

VIRGIL WILKIEMRS. ADOLF ERNSTMRS. RUSSELL MILLERMRS. FLOYD SKEELS

When Jack Davidson impersonated Bobburns in a dance revue recently he more thisoutfit. Jack is the six-year old son of JohnDavidson, assistant paint shop foreman.

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From the Journal for April. 1922.Edna Coyle. Editor.

An article told the history of the branch officeof the company in Baltimore. It was illustratedwith photographs of the men in charge and thefifteen salesmen working out of that office.

•The company marked its tenth anniversary in

Decatur. Charts used in the Journal showedthat the grind had increased from less than1,000,000 bushels the first year, 1912, to almost8,000,000 in 1921. .

The Transportation Club of Decatur, with anumber of outside guests, was entertained atthe Staley club house. Pan-cakes and Staleysyrup were served. G. E. Chamberlain wastoast-master. T. C. Burwell was president ofthe club. •

Miriam Eldredge, sales stenographer, andWalter Kent were married.

•A new clerk in the order department was

Javais Cochran. •A group from the general office had a party

in the club house. Among those present wereMeryl Moore, Lucile Schulz, Roxie Poland,Blanch Scrivner, Miriam Eldredge, MildredHodgins, Grace Wollerman, Mr. and Mrs. RoyIves, Vernelle March, Paul Rollins, John War-ren, Hank Mann and Maurice Jones.

COLLEGE HONORSVione Kester, formerly employed in both the

office and the packing house, was recently namedto represent the students of Findlay College atan Ohio Student Volunteer conference. Vioneentered Findlay last fall, and is taking the fouryear general college course.

The Student Volunteer conference which sheattended was held at Muskegon College, in Ohio.She was one of four students to represent Find-lay. Findlay College is a Church of God school,offering a regular four year course in additionto a teachers' training course.

Vione Kester is the daughter of Dave Kester,soybean plant.

From the Journal for April. 1927.Ruth Cade, Editor.

Rodney S. Thomas, recently returned from along trip for the company through the NearEast, gave an interesting story of his travelsto the Journal.

•The group insurance plan to be voted on by

Fellowship Club members was explained in anarticle written by A. E. Staley, Jr., generalsuperintendent.

•E. P. Imboden was coming to the company

as educational director.•

Otto Sutler, then in starch sales, returned tothe office from a month's trip through the southand was warmly greeted, particularly by thegirls.

•

lone Staley Cowell and H. P. Dunlap, starchsales manager, were married.

•The Staley basketball team won the City

Industrial League championship.•

Bernice Scott, telephone operator, and HomerMartin were married.

•Daughters were born to the A. J. Percivals '

and the H. L. Chastains.

Bridge Playing BowlersSome bridge playing chemists have decided

recently that they should confine all their out-side activity to that game, and not try bowl-ing. This decision was reached after a groupof chemical engineers were defeated in a bowl-ing match by a group from sales service andresearch. The chemical engineers were de-feated hi the face of the fact that cheeringwas led by one of their own group—Lynn Het-tinger.

In the winning group were Paul Shildneck,Don Hansen, Allen Fuller, Paul Torre andJohn McDonald. Chemical engineers who playgood bridge were Bill Bishop, Neil Young,Roscoe Long, Frank Rogier and Harold Baker.

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lie is getting ready to tell one of his famous stories.

H E C A M E T O L O O K U S

• O V E R A N DA Y

Some day J. II. Galloway hopes to see anew starch plant for the first time on a br ight ,sunny day. For the last 34 years he has workedin just two corn products plants, s tart ing inat each one when it was jus t b r ing b u i l t , andhis first view of each was in rainy, muddyweather. When he started his corn productscareer, in 1903, it was at the Granite City plantwhile the mud and much of a big Mississippiflood was still oozing through walls. Whenhe came to the new Staley plant in Decatnrin April 1912 it was raining and thawing andmud was ankle deep.

The Slaley plant had been grinding just amonth when Mr. Galloway came twenty-fiveyears ago. He had worked for nine years irtvarious capacities in the Granite City plantand knew the corn products industry. Whenhe had first gone to that plant to work G. E.Chamberlain had been the general superin-tendent in charge, and the plant was just beingbuilt

• started upThe t a l l si lent young Scot w i t h the keen blue

eyes soon attracted the a t tent ion of the bossand before long "Jimmy" was being trans-

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ferret! about from one b u i l d i n g lo anol l i r r .learning llie business from all angles. WhenI lie general superintendent lef t the youngScotchman stayed on but the f r iendship be-tween the two continued.

It was natural , then, tha t s i a f t e r Mr.Chamberlain took charge of the new plant inDecatW he should t h i n k of t h i s good fr iendand dependable workman in Gran i te C i ty . II •wrote asking him to come to Decalur for aninterview, and on a gloomy, mucky SundayJ i m m y came to look the ground oxer , l i eadmi t s now, glancing down the l eng th of hiscigar, t h a t he was not over-enthusiast ic aboutthe job, but Mr. Chamberlain, oxer breakfastin the St. Nick hotel, painted a br ight p ic tu reof the fu ture for Staley's. and J i m m y decidedto come.

• all tradesHe was engaged to start as paymaster, but

that t i t l e was rather expansive, i nc lud ing t ime-keeping and employment office work, whichmeant tha t the new man worked practically allhours at a great deal of every th ing , l i e hadto come early to hire any new men needed forthe day s h i f t , and he had to stay late to hiremen for the n igh t s h i f t , and there was a prob-a b i l i t y tha t he might be called out in the night.

He may have hesitated about coming toStaley's in the first place, bu t af ter he got herehe was evidently satisfied for when, in 191-1.the plant closed down for an inde f in i t e period,which later proved to be 18 months. J i m m y wasone of the few men who stayed on. l ie carrieda clock, as he puts it—was a plant watchmanand never missed a day making his f a i t h f u lrounds. Because he did stay du r ing the longshut-down, he is the only man now working inthe plant who has seen 2.) years of continuousservice with the company.

•• carried a clock

That 18 months, which seemed such a blackperiod for the Slaley company at the t ime,was the point from which the company's for-tunes made an upward tu rn , and w i t h them thefortunes of J. I I . Galloway. Af t e r the plant wasre-opened he went to work in a supervisoryposition, and in a short t ime was made assist-ant to the general superintendent . A numberof years ago he was made plant superintendent,a position which he now holds.

I 'irgil Graily, Elevator C. and Erelyn Atchesonirere married early in the winter. The pictureit'ds taken just after the wedding.

I n those twenty-five years Jim Galloway hasbecome more i n t i m a t e l y acqua in ted w i t h agreater number of Staley workers than perhapsany other man in a supervisory capacity. Hisda i ly meetings w i t h the foremen are t radi t ional ,and his solemn l i t t l e nod. ending a conferencewi th one of the men is characteristic. He isquiet, but w i t t y , anil s t i l l is hopefu l of edu-ca t ing us a l l to love Hobby Burns' poems, andl l i e game of foo tba l l as much as he does.

Bob I ' a l ton . store keeper, may have mixedsymbols s l igh t ly , but the spi r i t was there j u s tthe same. He wore a sprig (or whatever theu n i t is I of spinacl), in his coat lapel on St.Patrick's Day. He explained it by saying tha the was doing honor to Pop-eye as well as thefamous sa in t .

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Oueer how environment changes one's in-terests. For instance, all t ha t Dizzy Wills talksabout now is pigs, the twenty he has on his newf a r m , looking l ike the world's pork supply tohim. And on the other hand. Roy Hartmanhas slopped reading pou l t ry magazines, and isblossoming ou t in the latest t h i n g in color shirts. m i l snappy suits.

APRIL. 1937

25 Y E A R S AGOI N D U S T R Y E X P E C T E D

ACCIDENTSOur company celebrated its twen ty - f i f t h year

in the corn products industry during the monthof March just past. It occurred to us whilereading the account in the last Staley Journalthat another organization was completing itstwenty-f i f th year of service to the nation duringthis year. The National Safety Council is thatconcern and we should join in celebratingtwenty-five years of safety service to the Ameri-can people.

Approximately 25 years ago the Council wasfounded for the purpose of preventing the greatnumber of fatal i t ies occurring annually. In theyear of 1913, accidents in industry were re-sponsible for 35.000 deaths each year.

• founded in 1913The man responsible for the founding of the

Council was Robert J. Young who had suchunhappy and nerve wracking experiences as aclaim attorney for a large steel company thathe persuaded his management to try to preventthe numerous deaths and serious injuries. Hisone-man safety campaign produced such a re-duction of these accidents that a number ofother industries and railroads took up the move-ment. These industries soon found that a co-ordinating agency was needed and the NationalSafety Council was formed in 1913.

This organization has grown through supportof its industrial members so that it now employs125 persons. These include statisticians, artistsand eight travelling secretaries who act as"trouble-shooters" wherever an industry or civicgroup needs help in solving safety problems.Its annual budget is nearly a half million dol-lars, it being a non-profit concern, all of thismoney is spent for safety service for the memberindustries, civic groups, state highway com-missions, etc.

• reduced deathsThe continuous drive for safety in the United

States has resulted in the accidental deaths

occurring in indus t ry being reduced to half theto ta l of 1913. Many companies have establishedoutstanding safety records of 8, 9 and 11 millionman hours of work without a disabling injury.

Most of this life saving work has been ac-complished by the use of protective devicessuch as special guards for machinery, protectivegoggles for the eyes, and respirators as pro-tection from dusts, fumes and gases. Bettermethods of safe operation of machinery havebeen taught. The employees of many companieshave been sold on the safety movement and theold fantastic idea that "accidents are bound tohappen" is gradually disappearing.

Each year the N. S. C. conducts a NationalSafety Congress in one of the larger cities. ThisCongress brings together safety workers fromhundreds of industries to study safety and learnnew methods of accident prevention. Thesessions are well attended, five to seven thousandpeople each year.

• how it worksThe National Safety Council is incorporated

under the laws of the state of Illinois as a non-profit association and uses all of its income eachyear in promoting safety. Its service includesthe collection of information about accidentsand how to prevent them. The accident reportsobtained from members and other organizationsare tabulated and published frequently. Theseaccident facts show where, when, how and whypersons are injured and serve as a measuringstick to show whether accidents are decreasingin number. The Council jnvestigates and com-pares, 1—methods of making mechanical equip-ment safer and of protecting those who use it;2—Precautions in using hazardous devices, ma-terials and processes; 3—means of trainingpersons in safe habits; 4—programs for stimu-lating interest in safety. The Safety Councildoes not manufacture, sell, test or approvesafety devices nor does it inspect factories orwrite insurance.

The salaried staff of the Council is directedand assisted by nearly a thousand officers and

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committeemen who serve without pay; formingthe Council's Executive Committee, Directorateand numerous sectional committees. These vol-unteer workers form a great safety network overthe entire country and make possible directcontacts with nearly every trade and profession.

• broadens scopeThe service of the National Safety Council

has been broadened as it has grown and nowincludes accident prevention service for indus-trial injuries, street and highway injuries andinjuries in the schools and homes. These latterservices are of benefit to the industrial memberindirectly but also of very definite value.

The effectiveness of the work of the NationalSafety Council is shown by the reduction inaccident rates which has taken place in memberindustries. A great many cities have been ableto reduce their traffic accidents by followingdefinite programs suggested by the Council. Ithas been estimated that over 250,000 lives havebeen saved by the work of this organization.These persons are a living proof that "UniversalSafety" is a necessary part of our daily life.

Have you seen Bert Muthersbaugh's newcar? If not, be prepared for the bluest thing,excepting the sky, that you ever saw. Appro-priately he appeared in it for the first time onEaster.

The next time Eloise Rice wants some coughmedicine she is going to take a quarter, walkdown to the drug store and buy it. One Marchmorning she gave a quarter to Norvel with therequest that someone get her some cold medi-cine. At 4 o'clock that afternoon she still hadthe cold, but that was all. Norvel had giventhe quarter to Dick, he had instructed Majeto get the medicine, and Maje hadn't comeback from town. When he did he had themedicine but Dick hadn't given him the quarteryet. By that time Eloise was on her way tothe hospital and didn't care.

B I G Y E A R I N B A S K E T .

BALLWhen the Staley basketball team finally came

to the end of the Industrial League year thisspring it had a record of having lost just onegame in two seasons and of holding the cham-pionship two years in succession. With plansalready under way for next year the teamelected Jimmy Cozad as the 1937-38 captain.He was elected at the dinner given by the teamfor Marty Peters, who had played in all out-side games and who left in March to take theposition as head coach at St. Benedict's college.

The team, with Lester Ruthrauff as coach,had played a number of outside games thisseason in addition to the League games. Inthese games the team was generally assisted byMarty Peters, former Notre Dame star, andRalph Parmenter, former Purdue ace.

No small part of the success of the teamaccording to the coach, is due to the heartysupport of the men in the plant. He alsoexpressed sincerest thanks to Ed Smith, Fellow-ship club secretary, for his help.

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Katherine Ball, packing house, insists shewas not trying out a new dance on the stairs,and neither was she awkward when she tookthat tumble.

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Jimmy Carter, relief elevator operator in theoffice building, wishes us to make plain thatCager is his brother's name instead of his ownnick-name, and that it is Cager and not he whohas the new baby. The Journal erred last monthin reporting the child's birth.

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All winter Mark Ackerman lives for justone thing—the opening of the fishing season.Which may be all the more disappointing thefact that on his first trip to the lake this springall that he got was back.

Harry Walmsley and J. H. Galloway havebeen ganging on Walter, their janitor, and hehas begun to suspect, giving him some pooradvice on raising chickens.

We wish to thank the boiler room, the yarddepartment, the cafeterias and all the manyother Staley friends for the flowers sent atthe t ime of the death of our husband and father.

—Mrs. J. W. Bell and children.

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A N D Y P E R C I V A LP L A N S T O

LEAVE

/ /c /fines tin- Slaley com/iany the first nj May.

\ l i l n . u g h il is not to become effective un t i lMay first, resignation of Andrew J. Percival.director of personnel, was announced late inMarch. Mr. Percival is resigning from theStaley company to take a posit ion as personneldirector of all the p lants of General '1 inie In s t ru -men t s Corporation. This inc ludes \ \es lc lux. inLa Salle. 111., a plant in Canada and two plantsin New England. Mr. IVrcival 's headquarter*wi l l he in La Salle.

Mr. Percival came to the Staley company in1925. soon a f t e r his graduation from law schoolin Denver, l i e worked in the Indus t r ia l depart-ment u n t i l t h e crea t ion of the personnel de-partment in 1932. lie was made director of t h a tdepartment at the l ime il was organized andin those five years has developed an efficient andh i g h l y workable department. In the reorganiza-tion l l ie personnel department was enlarged tohr ing into one group nol only llie employmentoffice, but the Firsl Aid . the cafeterias, garden

and educational projects and supervision of theCredit I n i o n .

H i s work in organizing and developing theSlaley Credi t I nion has been one of Mr.Percival's outs tanding pieces of work. One ofthe largest for the number of employees, in theI n i ted States, it has grown in size and useful-ness even beyond the dreams of the man who<>rgun i / e i l it. Mr. Percival has also been adirector of the Slaley Fellowship club.

l ie has also taken an active part in civicaffairs, being on the city's fire and police board.I he mayor's committee on law education andenforcement, the Decatur area Boy Scout Coun-ci l , the Tuberculosis and \g Nurses boardand the Fami ly Wel fa re board.

W. G. Reynolds has been named acting per-sonnel manager. Mr. Reynolds has been wi thl l i e company since 1928, also coming to workfirst in the indus t r ia l department. He has heldl l i e post of assistant personnel manager anddirector of safety, and is well acquainted notonly wi th the work of the depar tment , but w i thevery man in the p lan t .

W. G. Reynolds lias been named acting per-sonnel manager. Mr, Reynolds has been assist-ant to the personnel manager, anil ilirertor ofsajet\ the plant.

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Parents ElectIn their annual meeting, parents of B<}y

Scouts of Slaley Troops 9 and 21 elected offi-cers recently. Mrs. Verne Lippincott waselected president, Frank Bower, vice president,Grace Bales, secretary, and J. W. Ramsey,treasurer. iMrs. Lippincott is llie wi fe of aSlaley tinner. Mrs. Bales is in our accountingdepartment.

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L I K E S O U R

RECIPESLetters like th is make the sales department

smile, and the man who sponsored the recipebooks feels lhat lie must have done a good job:Staley Sales Corporation,

Decatnr, 111.Gentlemen: This is a letter of grat i tude to

the Staley company. Al though the Staley namewas familiar to me, I had never used yourproducts. When 1 saw your at t ract ive recipebook, it i n s t an t ly caught my a t tent ion . Thecolored i l lustrat ions are the most i n t r i gu ing Ihave ever seen. Curiosity made me try therecipes to find out if they taste as deliciousas they look. Much to my surprise your recipjsare accurately proportioned and very good.This is the first adver t i s ing book which isthoroughly dependable tha t I have ever seen.Your products and recipes have mater ia l ly cutmy food costs.

Yours truly.LILY K . M A K M A N ( M i t s . I I . J . IPeoria, 111.March 1, 1937.

Incidentally the manufacturing departmentcan come in for its share of satisfaction be-cause, even with good recipes, accuratelyworked out, one needs good dependable prod-ucts. Mrs. Harman found tha t by using notonly Staley recipes but Staley's Cream CornStarch, Table Syrups, and Salad and CookingOil, that her food was good, and the costswere surprisingly lower.

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Staley people who are devoted to Bob Burns,of radio fame, may hear E. C. Ragsdale. ofour oil house, quoted niogt any evening. Boband Rags come from the same part of Arkansasand Rags insists Bob never stretches the t r u t hnor draws on his imag ina t ion , l i e says thateverything Bob tells about is l ike ly to happenin Arkansas.

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We have wondered a number of times ifanyone has ever told Wallace Belton how muchhe resembles Frederic March, of movie fame.Since we all have our doubles in th is worldone might as well have a famous one if possible.

Mrs. Daisy Other, of the packing house, andNcl$on AU'nuxiler iccre married in (Chicagoin March. Mr. Alenaxder icorks in the Wabashshops, and they arc making their home at2226 East North street.

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PLAN VACATIONS1'lans are being completed for the vacation

schedule for employees working on an hourlybasis. The plan is for vacations for employeesworking in the plant, and others on an hourlybasis, to start May 1. and run through the nextsix months, all being completed by the last ofOctober. For employees who have been w i t hthe company one year or more, vacations willbe two weeks long. For those who have beenw i t h the company six monJ »- to one year, aweek's vacation w i l l be granted. During hisvacation each employee wil l be paid on a forty-hour weekly bass for each week.

Several vacation schedules were discussedbut the plan finally decided upon as being mostsatisfactory to all concerned was to stagger iheholiday periods in each department. As far asi t is possible to do so, each employee is being

• scheduled for the t ime which suits him best.Employees who have two weeks' vacation aretak ing them consecutively.

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I wish to thank the M. & L. department andother Staley friends who remembered us at thet ime of the death of my father.

Kldo Jacobs.

APRIL, 1937

FELLOWSHIPPURPOSE THROUGH TWEN

About the time the Fellowship club was organized the first Safety ininmitti'f ifas namedto get safety work started in the plant. A man was named to represent each department, andthis committee met regularly with Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Murphy. Only three men in thispicture are still with the company. They are Bill Ooton, feed house foreman, Harvey Thompson,west gate, and Dudley Boren, electrician.

In the group, top row, are G, E. Chamberlain, unidentified, Bert Knisley, unidentified, C. E.Murphy, Safety Director, Bill Ooton.

Second row—Harry Treadway, deceased, Hal Sherman, unidentified, Jim Highley, deceased,Cart Sutler, Harvey Thompson, Jake Snoski.

Front row—Dudley Boren, Ray Lake and Dick Kenvin.

This picture was taken in April, 1917.

One of the open secrets of the success ofthe Staley company has always been its for-ward looking policies. Five years after theplant started operations, when organized safetywork was almost an untried novelty and em-ployees benefit organizations few and far be-tween, the Staley company started both. TheSafety Council had been in existence onlyslightly more than four years when the Staleycompany hired a man who devoted his entiretime to safety work. One of his first sugges-

tions was that an employees benefit club beorganized.

It was from this suggestion that the StaleyFellowship club, now one of the most powerfulorganizations of its kind, came into being. Thesafety director, still a vivid memory to mostStaley people who were with the companytwenty years ago, was C. E. Murphy. He wasoutspoken and determined, and his one pur-pose was to enforce his safety ideas. Hissuggestion that a club of employees be organ-

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UB HOLDS TO ORIGINALFY YEARS OF EXISTENCE •

ized met with the hearty approval of Mr.Staley.

• mr. Staley helpsAs plans for the club worked out Mr. Staley

showed that he not only approved, but hepledged one dollar from the company for everydollar put in by the members. With the assur-ance that the boss was behind them and wasnot only in favor of what they were doing, butbacking them with hard cash, the companyemployees lost no time in getting their organi-zation started.

On April 21, 1917 all employees interestedmet in the foremen's room and there the StaleyFellowship club was organized. The object ofthe organization was at least four-fold. Sucha group, it was felt, could hold the employeestogether with a closer bond, and it was plannedto give parties for all members, at leastmonthly.

• sick benefitSecondly, from the dues members were to

be paid a weekly allowance during illness whichmade it necessary for them to be away fromwork. At the time of the organization thissick benefit was $5.00 a week to all members.Third—the club was to pay a death benefit atthe time of the death of any member. Thisamount was placed at $100.00. The fourthpurpose was to look after the general welfareof members and their families who might bein need or in trouble.

Through the years the purposes of ' the clubhave not changed but some of the originalplans have been altered to suit conditions. Forinstance the club is far too large—with morethan 1200 members—to have parties for allmembers, but it does sponsor dances and bigChristmas parties. The sick benefit is stillpaid, but has been increased.

• hospital ieesSeveral years ago when a group insurance

plan was adopted here, the club ceased paying

a death benefit. In the mean time it has addeda hospital fee. Any club member who mustenter a hospital for treatment is entitled to acertain amount for hospital fees.

The club has broadened and systematized itswelfare work among members, as the member-ship has increased and the need has arisen.A benefit committee is named each year now,and it is the work of this group to see that noclub member's family needs food or clothing.The work done by this committee is seldomgiven much publicity, but it is much morefar-reaching, and does much more good then agreat many club members realize.

• keck electedTwenty years ago the club members thought

C. A. "Bob" Keck, pipe shop foreman, wasthe man for president, and they have beenth ink ing that several times since. He servedas president the first nine years of the club'slife, was out of office four years, went back fortwo, was out two, and then went back for twomore. At present he is vice-president. Thefirst vice-president was James Highley.

Ed Smith, time keeper, was elected secre-tary in that first meeting in 1917, has held thatoffice almost every term since. He knows theclub history and has made of the club recordsworks of art, with his smooth, flowing script.R. O. Augur was the first treasurer and heldthat office for years.

The first governors of the club were W. H.Broadbear, Henry Dubes, Gale Garrett, J. H.Galloway, A. H. Keeling, Fred Klumpp, J. B.Fletcher, Thomas Pudney, Frank Moore andG. E. Chamberlain. Initiation fee was set at50 cents w'ith dues of 50 cents a month.

At the first meeting the only business trans-acted was the appointing of J. B. Fletcher asmanager and John Kruse as captain, of theclub basketball team. Club members havenever lost their interest in sponsoring athleticsof various sorts and can look back on manywinning teams during the twenty years.

APRIL, 1837

T H E S T A L E Y J O U R N A LPublished 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

Editor: Ruth E. Cade • Cartoonist: W. R. Van Hook

Volume XX O Number 10

Consider the PassengersWe think no comment is necessary on

the following which recently appearedin L. R.'s column "Let's Talk It Over,"in the Decatur Herald:

Possibly a few automobile accidentsare unavoidable, but not many. Mostof them could have been prevented bycare on the part of someone who did notexercise it.

What we cannot understand is thecarelessness of drivers who have smallchildren in their cars. Lately there havebeen a sickening number of accidents inwhich small children were the victimsof bad driving on the part of adults.Some of the children have been killed,others horribly frightened, and stillothers have been gashed and crushed sothey will bear the marks on their facesfor life.

Our sympathies go in a measure to theadults who were at the wheel and who, ifthey were not killed themselves, must besick with remorse. But they ought to havebeen careful beforehand and avoid re-morse afterward.

Time and again one sees drivers gorushing into an intersection and slam onbrakes to avoid a collision, while thechildren in the car are scrambled in aheap on the floor or the seat by the im-pact. Sometimes the children laugh,sometimes they cry in terror. But whoknows whether, the next time, they wil l

be able to cry or will lie silent andawful ?

If drivers want to kill themselves, thatis their privilege. But why must theydo dreadful things to children or otherpersons in the car with them, or in the"other car"? That is the unforgivablecrime.

•

Law of CompensationAll of us frequently hear men kicking

because they are required to do taskswhich are not included in their regularduties, tasks for which they think othersare getting the credit.

This is a mistake.Don't be afraid of any one taking

credit that belongs to you. In the firstplace they can't do it for long, and inthe second place unearned credit is dan-gerous.

A man may win a promotion for do-ing things which he can't do, but hewon't hold the job very long. This iswhere you will come in and get boththe job and the credit.

Always remember that theve is a lawof compensation which operates just asfaithfully as gravitation, and that vic-tory goes at last where it ought to, andthat this is just as true of individualsas of nations.

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Our Church MannersEvery Easter Sunday we have a recur-

ring thought about American audiences

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in general, and congregations in particu-lar. It is an accepted fact that Americannon-Catholics flock to church on that oneSunday as they do no other day in theyear. Churches are filled on Easter withpeople who never think of attending serv-ice at any other time. And how they doenjoy themselves!

It is just here that we always have thisthought. Why doesn't someone teach usin our youth why we go to church andhow to act after we get there? On thewhole, in the church where I worshipwith more or less regularity, the mem-bers of the congregation take their seatswith as little confusion as possible, andif they do not take part in the service,at least do not take the occasion forcatching up on the village news withtheir neighbors.

But the ones who appear on Easterevidently have come for two reasons, tosee who else is there and to talk thewhole thing over while it is fresh. Gen-erally they get there late, and as theyrustle to their pews, they gaze brightlyabout to see who is there this year—andif she is still wearing her old winter hat.Seated at last, the feminine members ofthe party generally soon feel moved tolean over and talk to the woman at theend of the pew, and what with their gen-eral rustling and whispering the churchnever does get settled to the quiet whichshould attend this, of all services duringthe Christian year.

Half-Done

So often we hear people complain ofthe service they get—in shops, in restau-rants, in garages, etc., and just when webegin to think that we have a crabby lotof friends we run into some careless serv-

ive too. It is to be expected that everyhuman w i l l make mistakes, but why is itthat so many people make so many mis-takes, or turn out so much slip-shod workmost of the time? Is it that they are nottrained for their jobs, are they not prop-erly supervised, or are they round pegsin square holes?

For several years we took our familycar to the same garage for minor repairs,and almost without fail we had to takeit back the second time for each repair.If we took it in to have the brakes tight-ened and the body greased, we were sureto find, on driving it away that if thebrakes had been worked on, the bodyhad received no grease. We finally gottired of that and now we go to a garagewhere there is a system of checking.When we get our car we also get a cardtelling what was done and who did it.Then if we want to kick, which we findwe do not, we know to whom to com-plain.

A supposedly first-class tailor in townhas lost a good customer because thisman, who just wants to feel right in hisclothes, got tired of taking suits back tohave the sleeves made the right lengthand the coats refitted so they wouldn't"hitch" up in back.

Twice we have tried to buy rugs at alocal department store. Both times wehave asked the clerk to get prices andcall us, and both times he has said hewould. Neither time have we received acall—and we are still longing for some-one to sell us a rug.

It all just makes us wonder if the mansupposedly greasing cars is wishing hewere a rug salesman, and the rug sales-man maybe would be better in the tailorshop.

APRIL, 1937

DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE

March 29, 1937

Standings

Team Won Lost Pet.M. & L 58 29 667Sheetmetal 51 36 586Millwrights 46 41 529Office 46 41 529Ramblers 46 41 529Electricians 41 40 506Pipefitters 43 44 494Laboratory 43 44 494Tinners 41 46 471Welders 39 48 448Print Shop 32 55 368Painters . 30 51 370

Avg.801823816804788825844787807786774767

Hi-Game

9731049932933925978994930937942949928

10 High Men

Name TeamR. Koshinski Tinn.W. Koshinski Mill.Coulson S.M.E. Koshinski Elec.Brix Off.T. Grant Pipe.Schikowski Elec.Talbott Mill.Hanson Weld.Leipski Pipe.

Men Hi-GomesBrix 266R. Koshinski ....257W. Koshinski ....256Winings 255

Men Hi-SeriesR. Koshinski 663James; Brix 639W. Koshinski 637

Games

75426984306978718078

Pins140297754

12742154375476

1247513970124881403413353

Team Hi-GamesS. M 1049Pipe 994Elec 978M. L. . 973

Avg.

187185-16185-23184—19183-14181179176175171

Hi-Game257256235224266235225221243227

Team Hi-SeriesPipe 2812S. M 2724Pipe 2721Mill. ..2715

SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUE

Team Won Lost Pet. Avg. H.G.Executives 48 36 571 864 1019Machinists 44 40 524 846 981Laboratory 43 41 512 842 954Yard Dept 42 42 500 853 1036Syrup Shipping 42 42 500 845 980Print Shop 41 43 488 846 990Starch Shipping 41 43 488 841 971Millwrights 35 49 417 848 956

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TEN HIGH BOWLERSName Team Games Pins Avg. H.G.

R. Woodworth Yard 84 16101 192 267H.Lents Exec. 51 9695 190 278A. Trierweiler Starch-S. 81 15264 188 255W.Stewart Lab. 77 14246 185 237H. Litz Exec. 81 14930 184 256N. Smith Print-S. 80 14626 183 253G. Garret t Starch-S. 72 13077 182 235L. Davis Mill-W. 57 10286 180 232A. Lukey Exec. 75 13496 180 255J. Hanson Mach. 75 13496 180 237

High Team SeriesStarch Shipping 2817Millwrights 2807Executives 2782Print Shop 2766Machinists . ..2721

High Team GameYardDept 1036Executives 1019Print Shop 990Machinists 981Syrup Ship 980

High Team AverageExecutives 864YardDept 853Millwrights 848Machinists 846Print Shop 846

High Individual SeriesR. Woodworth 698A. Trierweiler 671A. Lukey 655C. Koshinski .. ..647

High Individual GameH. Lents 278R. Woodworth 267H. Litz 256A. Trierweiler 255A. Lukey 255

BRIDGE BATTLEWith the telephone ringing practically in-

cessantly, the famous laboratory bridge battlewas fought through to a finish one March eve-ning, with the Chemical Engineers as winners.The telephone calls were from interested well-wishers ( ? ) who were perhaps anxious to knowhow things were coming, but certainly anxiousto put all possible hazards in the way of theplayers.

On the winning team were Bill Bishop, NeilYoung, Frank Rogier and Lynn Hettinger. Thedefeated Research team was made up of W. W.Moyer, Paul Shildneck, David Langlois andDon Hansen. Scene of the battle was theShildneck home, and duplicate contract wasplayed, and the players all insist that so greatare their powers of concentration that nothingbothered them. (Maybe)

I wish to express my deepest appreciation tothe Staley Fellowship club, and other Staleyfriends, for flowers and cars furnished at thetime of my sorrow.

—Mrs. Perry Lewis.

As Printers BowlFive printers and Russell Dash repaired to

Hill's bowling alley on Saturday in March andtried out their skill, in pairs. Frank Despresand Gerry Ellegood were high with a total of985. Next in rank were Henry Schultz andWalt McClure with 900. In third place wereNed Bowers and Emil Novak with 899, whileRussell Dash and Dan Buzzard came at theend of the line with 880. They were bowlingfrom scratch, however.

Although his neighbors, and the gang in thestore room protested that it was too early, LarryYunker planted his potatoes early in March.He insisted that he was right, that the correcttime had arrived, that he had positive proof.When pressed for proof he said that the policechief in his home town, Raymond, 111., had cuthis hair, and every one in Raymond knew thatwas the time for potato planting.

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Another news source blocked. Wayne Michelhas bought a house and moved into it—to stay.

APRIL, 1937

Martin Stahl, Staley's representative in the Philippines, lives in this attractive tropicalbungalow. He anil tiro other young men keep bachelor hall there and, from the picture, ireshould say they live comfortably. In the picture at the left Mr. Stahl, le/t, is shoirn while on avisit to our representatives in Hong Kong. With Mr. Stahl is shoirn Mr. Read, of the firm ojDavie lioag & Co., Staley Hong Kong representatives. In the other picture Mr. Read is shoirnii ith Mr. Drtiiiiinontl, o/ the same firm.

While Mr. Stahl spends most oj his time spreading the gospel oj Staley's in the Philippinegroup, he recently made a quick business trip through China and Japan. He has not been backto the States /or 5 years.

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CREDIT UNIONS OF STATE

MEETWhen the I l l inois Credit I nion League had

its annual meeting in Chicago in March theStaley union was honored hy having one ofits directors asked to serve as toastmaster atthe big banquet. Each year the most outstand-ing un i t in the state is so honored. This t imeAndrew J. Percival, organizer and treasurer ofour Credit Union, served in that capacity.There were 850 persons at the dinner in theMedinah club.

At this meeting the Staley un i t was repre-sented hy eight of i ts directors and EugeneKhodes, clerk in our Credit Union office. Thedirectors a t t end ing were H. J. Casley, presi-dent. R u t h Sexson, secretary. Andrew J.Percival, treasurer, R. S. Bass, Luther Hiser,L. R. Brown, R. A. West and Relph W h i t s i t t .Wives of directors who attended were Mrs.Percival, Mrs. Bass, Mrs. Hiser, Mrs. Brown,Mrs. West and Mrs. Whits i t t . Mr. Percivalwas the official delegate, w i th Mr. Bass asalternate.

As Mr. Percival is also a state director heattended the directors meeting on Friday night,preceding the Saturday sessions. Saturdaymorning the t ime was given over to sectionalsessions, chiefly for instruction to credit com-mittees, supervisory committees, social securitycommittees and similar groups.

At the general session in the afternoon theI l l ino i s managing director, Joseph DeRamus,read a report fu l l of interesting and encour-aging facts. In the state, w h i c h has 300Credit Unions now, 64,000 loans t o t a l l i n g$11,300.000.00 were made during 1936. Duringthe year 82 new credit unions were added tothe state league, and the league s t i l l leads theUni ted States in size of membership.

Decatur has been a leader in credit unionwork in the state. Recently the 23rd uni t wasformed here when the Standard Oil companyemployees in the city formed the StanolindCredit Union.

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Born to Mr. and Mrs. A r t h u r Mil ls . Jan. 31.in Decatur and Macon County hospital, adaughter. Mr. M i l l s works at Elevator C.

It icas a big day in the Seibert anil W illjaniilifs ichen Dorothy Jean Witt, 4, appearedin her first dance revue. She is shown here inher costume. Her grandfather is Sam Seibert.starch ship/ting foreman, and is he proud!

Pie the Keck WayIt is no news to most Staley people that Booh

Keck always wants a big t h i c k slice of onionon his apple pie. Most of us have watched, andshuddered, many times while he ate that colla-tion. But it was an eye-opener to a waitress inChicago's famous riallo restaurant . Old Heidel-berg, recently.

When he ordered the onion—sliced t h i c k andraw—to be served w i t h his pie, she so far forgother professional calm as to goggle and say,"huh?" He repeated it adding. "It's an oldGerman custom, sister, and you should try itsome day." She was wil l ing to admit the firstpart, but firmly shook her head over the last—and then watched while he ac tua l ly ale it. wi thseeming relish.

The boys in the store room have been t r y i n gto help Brother W i l l i a m Russell Van Hookdecide what to do. It seems be is torn betweenretiring on bis old age pension, or going intothe real estate business, dea l ing exclusively infarms. It is quite a problem, but be assured,I lie boys are talking it over.

APRIL, 1937

When Marilyn Fenton ruled as Queen of theBabies. She was graded 98 in a physical con-test and 94 in beauty. Her small brother wasgraded 100 in the physical contest. The kingstanding beside her is Gerald Folk. Marilynis the daughter oj Rill Fenton, accounting.

STALEY CREDIT UNIONBelow is the trial balance of the Credit Union

for February 1937:

Debits

Cash $ 3,599.23Prepaid expense 20.26Bonds 7,034.16Personal loans 189,376.78SharesNotes payableAccounts payable . . . .Entrance feesReserve fundUndivided earnings ..Interest on loans . . . .Interest on bonds 4.79Operating expenses . . 474.13Interest expense 75.00Bad loans collected...

Credits

$177,475.279,000.00

75.0010.00

6,591.374,281.622,780.08

11.01

8200,584.35 $200,584.35

Members—1,535. Borrowers—1,108.

ANDREW J. PERCIVAL,

Treasurer.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSHere are some of the questions sent into the

Credit Union office to be answered in theJournal:

Q.—How much money must one have in theCredit Union before he can borrow?

A.—A person may borrow money upon pay-ment of an entrance fee and the initialpayment of one dollar on a $5.00 share.

Q.—Is there a discount for paying a loan offin fu l l before date of maturity?

A.—Complete interest on a loan is not set upagainst it at the first, but is chargedmonthly at the rate of % of one per centper month on the unpaid balance. There-fore, there is no reduction for payment infull before date of maturity. «

Q.—Do I have to be formally asked to join theCredit Union?

A.—Any person employed by the A. E. StaleyManufacturing Company or the StaleySales Corporation is eligible to join theCredit Union and may so do by applyingfor membership at the Credit Union officeor by asking Ralph Whitsitt, foreman atthe packing house, for a membership slip.

Q.—May I withdraw my own money insteadof making a loan where there is no loanalready standing?

A.—Yes, you may make a withdrawal of yourshares any time you wish, providing thereis no loan outstanding.

Q.—How lo.ng may a person after leaving theemploy of the Staley Company leave hismoney in the Credit Union?

A.—He is entitled to leave his shares standunti l after the "beginning of the next yearand receive his dividends, then he mustwithdraw from the Credit Union.

Q.—In case of death what happens to my shareholdings?

A.—If there is a loan existing at the time ofdeath then the shares are automaticallycancelled against the loan balance. If thereis no loan a check is issued to the legalrepresentative of the deceased.

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LEARN DANGER SIGNALSDecatur Tuberculosis and Visiting Nurses

Association is sponsoring a local publicity cam-paign during April for an early diagnosis oftuberculosis. Because it is not accompanied bypain, tuberculosis, according to authorities, isoften not diagnosed in its early, and moreeasily controlled stages.

A physician can discover tuberculosis andstart treatments while it is still easy to curethe patient, if the patient reports for a diag-nosis. Authorities estimate that hundreds ofpersons who have the disease in its earlystages are not even aware of the fact. To edu-cate the general public to recognize the earlysymptoms, and to report for an examinationwhen they apepar, is the big task the healthauthorities have set.

Each spring Decatur High school studentsare given the tuberculin test and any youngpeople even suspected of having the diseaseare sent for further examination. Parents arebeing urged to co-operate with school andhealth authorities in this campaign.

At this time, too, the Association is seekingto educate the American public on the propera t t i t ude in the home toward this disease.Emphasized is the fact that tuberculosis "runsin families" because children catch the di-sease from an older member of the householdwho has it. The modern doctor, for that reason,advises that every member of the family inwhich there is, or has been, a case of tubercu-losis, be examined.

Doctors warn that the danger signals aretiring easily, loss of weight and appetite ora cough that hangs on.

If you want to entertain at dinner, but arenot sure of your cooking ability, here is yoursolution. Get in Ted Threllfall, yards fore-man. He recently cooked an entire dinner for16 guests in his home—does it every year—and everyone says the food is good.

Matt Wolfe icas thoroughly disguised whenTed Threllfall took this picture of him. Need-less to say Matt is a welder and this interest-ing picture mas taken while he was very muchon the job. Ted has made a number of difficultsnaps about the plant.

OFFICERS RE-ELECTED

All officers and directors of the A. E. StaleyManufactur ing company were re-elected in theannual meeting of stockholders March 15, inDecatur. A. E. Staley, Jr., president, and R. S.Bass, treasurer, gave their annual reports andother routine business was transacted.

Officers of the company are:A. E. Staley, chairman of the board of direc-

tors.A. E. Staley, Jr., president.E. K. Scheiter, vice-president.T. C. Burwell, vice-president.H. P. Dunlap, vice-president.F. Eakin, vice-president and comptroller.R. C. Scherer, secretary and assistant treas-

urer.R. S. Bass, treasurer and assistant secretary.Directors are A. E. Staley, A. E. Staley, Jr.,

E. K. Scheiter, T. C. Burwell, H. P. Dunlap,F. Eakin, R. C. Scherer, J. H. Galloway, H. J.Kapp, W. A. Kutsch, Arnold Stifel and John W.Cutler, Jr.

These have been exciting days in the DavidThompson household. Dave, who works in Ele-vator C, bought a new home in Calhoun street inMarch and the family is moving soon.

Lynn Davis, mechanical superintendent, is avictim of his pet sport—bowling. At the bowl-ing alley he twisted and tore the ligamentsin one ankle and spent the next few weeks athome, with his foot in a cast.

APRIL, 1937

This live young chap is Eugene EdwinSwinford, 4 years old. He has eight grand-parents, one of whom is Hill Swinford. of theyards.

More Visiting FiremenHugh II. Mace, our Si. Louis broker, brought

his bodyguard wi th him when lie visited theoffice in March. He was accompanied by hisfather-in-law, C. A. Grossart, and Ray Flem-ing. Mr. Fleming has just joined the MaceBrokerage company's forces. Before t ak ing t h i >position he was advertising manager of thesouthwestern divis ion of the Kroger Groceryand Baking company.

Guests Almost StarveThe next l ime the girls in llie plant cafeteria

plan a b i r thday party for Mrs. M i n n i e Sturgeon,pastry cook, they are going to notify her in ad-vance. On her b i r thday in March they planneda lovely surprise supper for her. They went outto the house when they knew she was away,assembled a table f u l l of grand food—and thenwaited for her to come home.

But she had decided, what w i th it being herb i r thday and all, she wouldn't come home u n t i llater , and stayed at her son's for supper. When-he f i n a l l y did arrive she was greeted by onlyfeeble smiles for her guests were weak withhunger and were s i t t ing wi th their eyes gluedto the good food on the table.

•Jack: "Poor Bill! He swallowed a teaspoon."Harry: "Is he sick in bed?"Jack: "Yes, he can't stir."

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''When I get a cold I buy a bottle of whiskeyfor it, and wi th in a few hours it's gone."

"My that's a short t ime to get rid of a cold.""Rid of the cold! It's the whiskey that goes."

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Society Lady (at tea) : "Did you ever engagethe enemy, Admiral:1"

Admiral : "Yes, and then married her, andhad a real fight."

LOOK.IN'AN Hoore A.CSD i

JOST NOWVVIFE ^ROOGHT <v>e.

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GOLFERS —GET READY!( n t l f e r - t h e world's most o p t i m i s t i c grouparc licrchy not i f ied t h a t Staley golf play wil l

begin t h e first of May. Wayne Michel andLynn Hettinger, who are in general charge ofall Fellowship c l n l ) gu l f play d u r i n g the year,are announc ing tha t the play, which startsMay 1, will be the usual handicap tournament .

The play, also as usual, wil l be over the Nel-son Park course. At least one golf event willbe planned for each month dur ing the summer.

•One of our literary friends was at a very

formal dinner party in Hollywood some daysago. Not less than a f u l l half -dozen of the mostdis t inguished ladies of the screen were present.

The meal hadn't progressed far when one ofthem was handed a telegram. She read it. andwas visibly touched, "tsn't that sweet," she ex-claimed, "Now, isn't that sweet?"

The wire was passed all around the table."We know you will he the most beau t i fu l womanthere tonight."' and was signed "Hair-dressingDept.—Studios." Ntw Yorker.

•"What do you th ink of our two candidates

for mayor?""Well. I'm glad only one can be elected."

Toronto Globe.

Patty Mortin. I \ear old, was calling "Sur-prise" when this teas taken, for the picture ispublished as a surprise to her adoring dad.Tom. accounting. Patty has all the earmarksoj an up and cdtning young lady.

Mace Office MovesMace Brokerage Co.. St. Louis, has recently

announced its removal into new quarters. Theoffice is now located in the Mart Building. 12thand Spruce streets, the new modernistic sky-scraper where a large number of brokers havethei r offices.

MANVSUCCESSFUL- CHICKENFWR.COKNG- RABBIT RAISING

" T^COPAGATIONHAS MOVED "To -THE.

E.D -TOPOI2CM-

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APRIL, 1937

Public ForumsThe last two Sunday afternoons in April

Nicholas L. Hubbard will discuss "Money" inthe public forum which has been conductedeach Sunday during the winter months in theY.W.C.A. These meetings are free, are opento the public and are always worth while.

Mr. Hubbard, who speaks each time at 3o'clock, will speak April 18 on "The Role ofMoney," and April 25 on "Our Money Sys-tem; What We Have vs. What We ShouldHave." There is always time for discussionafter the talks.

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Rep. Fuey: "Have you decided what youwill do if you are re-elected?"

Rep. Pilcher: "Yes; but I haven't the leastidea about what I am going to do if I amnot."

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The henpecked-appearing gentleman wasgazing rapturously at a huge oil painting of ashapely girl dressed in only a few strategically-arranged leaves. The title of the picture was"Spring."

Suddenly the voice of his wife snapped:"Well, what are you waiting for? Autumn?"—U.S.S. Pennsylvania Keystone.

Taxi Driver: "I take the next turn, don't I?"Muffled male voice from rear seat: "Oh,

yeah?"•

Boatswain's Son: "My Dad is a whole headtaller than yours."

Gunner's Son: "Yes, but my Dad is a wholestomach larger."

"But, darling, didn't that ceremony makeus man and wife?"

"No, you worm! It made a wife of me, butit would take more than that to make youa man."

MARCH 15For two days preceding the dead line for

filing income tax returns Claude Fletcher andHeinie Broadbear retired from public view, tak-ing lots of scratch pads and well sharpenedpencils with them.

And while we are on the subject, KathrynSheehy and Lucile Schulz, remembering anincident of a few years ago, carefully filedreturns this year. They find it easier to filereturns than to pay fines for neglecting to do so.

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Tired after a long day of calling on the flinty-hearted merchants of Calgary, J. B. McWarts,the commercial traveler, had just fallen asleep,when he was awakened by a figure that lurchedup to the side of his bed. Switching on thelight, J. B. saw a man in a sad state of intoxi-cation.

"Beg pard'n," mumbled the intruder;"thought it was m' room."

Dropping off to sleep, the tired traveler wasagain awakened by the self-same drunk. Againthe refreshed one apologized and reeled out ofthe door.

When the occurrence was again repeated,J. B. was prepared to give the soak a piece ofhis mind, but the drunk was in a rage.

"Look here!" he roared, "do you sleep inevery darned room in the house?"

What's worse than raining cats and dogs?Hailing taxis.

—Lord Jeff.

One of the men spoke: "I dug this hole whereI was told to and began to put the dirt backlike I was supposed to. But all the dirt won'tgo back in. What'll I do?"

For a long while the supervisor ponderedthe problem. Then: "I have it. There's onlyone thing to do. You'll have to dig the holedeeper."

The proud father of twins was exhibitingthem to his shipmates.

"But how do you tell them apart?" queriedone.

"Easy. Put your finger in one's mouth, andif he bites, it's Joe."

American Tourist (to Canadian NorthwestIndian) : "White man glad to see red man.White man hopes big chief is feeling tip-topthis morning."

Indian (calling) : "Hey Jake come here andlisten to this bozo. He's great."

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Not in the Mellon GroupAmong the things we should like to see are

the pictures three of our traveling representa-tives had taken in St. Louis not long ago. Thethree men involved are Hugh Mace, our St.Louis broker, Ivan Wieland, southern divisionsales manager, and Lisle York, bulk salesman.The pictures were taken by one of these auto-matic cameras in the Union Station and areevidently rare pieces of art. According to oneof the group Hugh looks like Convict No.96954, Lisle resembles nothing so much asMr. Pig-in-a-hat, and Ivan looks like nothinganyone has ever seen before. We promise toshare the pictures with our readers in generalif we ever get them.

Bride: "Dear, what is the true definition ofa groom?"

Hubby: "Why, a groom is a man who takescare of dumb animals."

There was what they call snow in Texasone day so C. A. Moore, left, our bulk sales-man, rushed out with M. L. Lowenthal to havethis "winter" picture taken. Mr. Lowenthal ismanager for the Hughes Brothers Manufactur-ing company, in Dallas.

Dorothy lleene Martin is looking quite theyoung lady in this picture. She is the daughterof H. M. Martin, oil refinery.yoo.

IT'S GRAND-PA NOWWhen a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Van Hook March 21, it was a big eventin the family. The young lady is the first girlto appear in the Van Hook family for manyyears, and in addition to that is the first grand-child of our cartoonist and his wife, Mr. andMrs. W. R. Van Hook.

The club bore was relating one of his long-winded stories that everybody knew by heart.

He was describing what happened to himwhen he went on a trip to the Grand Canyonin America during a world tour.

"The soft curtain of night was just falling,"he orated. "There I stood drinking in thescene, with the giant abyss yawning beforeme."

One of the listeners interrupted at this point."I say, old chap," he asked, "was that abyss

yawning before you got there?"—Answers.

""I suppose," said the lady to the street carconductor, "if I pay the fare of my dog hewill be treated the same as other passengersand be allowed to occupy a seat?"

"Of course, madam," the conductor replied,politely, "he will be treated the same as otherpassengers and can occupy a seat provided hedoes not put his feet on it!"

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/ DAVE UNCRATINGI X

S~/ YOU BETTER LET ME Do

THAT DAVE-YOO MIGHT G-ET

To Big Cityl ingo Brix. paymaster's office, and Harold

"Monk" Lents, credits, are to bowl with a localteam at the American Bowling Congress inNew York in April. The fact that they are tohowl in this big event is almost over-shadowedby the fact that it is their first trip to the BigTown and the boys are natura l ly thrilled. O t t oSuiter and Ross Apverson, of our New Yorkoffice, have been properly warned of their im-pending visit, and write that they are preparingto t u r n the city over to them for a couple ofdays.

When word got about that Hugo was goinga number of the fairer sex offered to share thetrip with him, what with him being a bachelor,hut he is also wary, and has gracefully, bu ts k i l l f u l l y , declined all such offers.

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A hick town is a place where you can drivei n t o a filling stat ion and ask for two gallonsof gas and the attendant w i l l smile at youins tead of sneeringly inquiring: "S'matter,mister, are ya tryin' to wean *er?"

"The sul tan 's M H I i- apt to be a bit wild."'"llanim scarum. eh'.'""Oh, no, he's used to them."

LILLIAN CHANDLER RUECKERTDIES

Mrs. Lillian Chandler Rueckerl, for twenty-five years private secretary to A. E. Staley, diedin Decalur and Macon County hospital March 7.She had been in poor health for more than ayear, and had been in the hospital in Decatursix or seven months.

Born in Baltimore, she took a position assecretary to Mr. Staley while the Staley com-pany was st i l l located in that city, and beforethe Decatur property was purchased. Whenhe moved the plant to Decatur Mr. Staleybrought Miss Chandler here too, and she con-tinued as his secretary until she resigned aboutseven years ago. Soon after she resigned MissChandler and W. W. Rueckert, a friend sincechildhood, were married. They moved to

Youngstown, Ohio, and that was their homeu n t i l she returned to the hospital for treatmentlast autumn. Her husband, who accompaniedher to Decatur, remained wi th her during herlong illness.

In addi t ion to her husband she leaves herbrother, Leroy Chandler, of Dallas, and twonephews. Funeral services were conducted inDecatur wi th burial in Fairlawn cemetery.

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MAftSHMALLOWSYou are assured of success

when you use HOSTESS orPURITAN Marshmallows inyour favorite recipe.

They're Tops! - - - for allcooking purposes - - - for taste

for nutrition and food value.

Each tender HOSTESS orPURITAN Marshmallow is pro-tected in at t ract ive, modern" c e l l o p h a n e " p a c k a g e s .Reaches you soft, tender, de-licious.

MARSHMALLOWS

SHOTWELL'SCHICAGO

Mr. Jobber: Make sure your customers will be supplied with theirfavorite Marshmallows . . . Place your order for PURITAN or HOSTESS

Marshmallows . . . TODAY!

APRIL, 1937

Mrs. Lulu HedrickMrs. Lulu Hedrick, wife of Joe Hedrick, soy-

bean plant, died in the family home, 1741 EastWhitmer street, March 24. She had been inpoor health for the last thir teen years and hadbeen ill for eight weeks. Born in 1885 Mrs.Hedrick was married in 1920 and had madeher home in Decatur since that time.

She leaves her husband, two children, Wil-liam Aukrum, and Stella Lou Hedrick, fourstep-children, Ralph and Josie Bell Hedrickof Decatur, Mrs. Marjorie Maples and Mrs.Louise Miller, of Chapin, her father and onesister. Josie Bell Hedrick works in our pack-ing house.

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Russell Trowbridge, one hears, has novel ideason milking methods. It has been suggested thathe go to Dizzy Wills or Bill Lowen for lessons.

He: "You're always asking me to tell youa lodge secret. Well, I could tell you one, butyou wouldn't like it."

She: "Oh, George! I will too! Tell me!"He: "O.K. Here's the secret. I just paid

my lodge dues, so you won't get a Christmaspresent this year."

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William Ronald Fenton was named for hisfather, Bill, of our accounting department. Atthree months young William looks pleaseduith life, and healthy.

RANDOLPHS CELEBRATEThe W. H. Randolphs, Jr., celebrated their

silver wedding. April 3. Invitations were sentout to a large number of their friends throughthe south to the reception in their home inDecatur, Ga., that evening. Ivan Wieland,southern bulk sales manager, was the only De-catur friend able to attend.

THE LACK OF CO-ORDINATIONOF THE CAL.F (V>OSC1~E-S INDICATEVOO HAV& PLAYED BASKE.T

13AI-L. MR

-GETTING, CIDOF A CHRONICOLD CHARLEY HoR5£-

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REG U. S. PAT. OFFICE

MARCHES ON!Startex continues to march on toward the thousands of American

kitchens. American merchants know Startex as a steady daily seller.American housewives know Startex as their favorite kitchen towel.

Startex sales are now being handled by Pacific Mills, an organizationwhich has served three generations. With sales offices in the principalcities of the country, Startex will be even easier to buy.

Startex is part linen in both warp and weft—a fabric that leaves nolint! With its smart new borders and packages, Startex continues to bethe season's "best seller" • — season after season. Truly, Startexmarches on!

Manufactured by STARTEX MILLS, Inc. Spartanburq, S. C.

Sold by PACIFIC MILLS 214 Church StreetNew York, New York

SOME PUBLICITYClif Carroll, truck driver, was one of the

men pictured in a special page in a recentissue of Internat ion Trail, a magazine pub-lished by the manufacturers of In terna t ionaltrucks. With Clif's picture was a story abouthis 14 years driving record with the Staleycompany. Both the picture and the story wereused in the Journal several months ago when,on taking over a new truck, it was estimatedthat Clif had driven the old one 200.000 mileswith never so much as banging a fender.

FEED BROKERA. J. Thompson, Staley feed representative

from Schenectady, N. Y.. was in Decatur for ashort time in March. The t ime in Decalur wasall right, he said, hut the t r ip into the city fromCincinnat i was terrible, since some unin-formed ticket agent routed him over a localtrain.

Intriguing CurvesThe curves on the state hard roads may mean

nothing to most of us, except that they are easyto round at a good speed, but they recentlymeant two th ings to Dr. Paul Shildneck. chem-ist. If they were laid out one way it meantthat Dr. Shildneck was right and won a bet. Ifthey were laid out another way it meant thathe was wrong and lost the bet. We understandthat Dr. Shildneck was wrong and did lose.Which gave some of the engineers a chance tosay a few things about chemists, in general.

TO WEDDING IN EASTDlo Dorsey left the last week in March for

Washington. D. C. where she was married laterin the month to M. W. Rittenhouse. She andher mother drove east with Mr. and Mrs. JackI lo t ) , who also attended the wedding. Dlo hasbeen secretary to F. Eakin, comptroller, andMrs. Hott is in our accounting department.

The bride is resigning her position with thecompany for she expects to make her home in

the east.

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The Quality Car inthe Low-price FieldTHERE'S a quality look in every line of the 1937 FordV-8. Its curves are clean and right. Headlamps arerecessed in fender aprons. The smart, slanting wind-shield opens in closed body types. The top is one smoothsweep of steel.

And quality has been built into the rest of the carjust as carefully . . . into quick-stopping, Easy-ActionSafety Brakes that give you "the safety of steel frompedal to wheel"'. . . into all-steel bodies, with top, sides,floor and frame welded to form a single steel unit . . .into trimly tailored interiors that provide extra legroom and cradle you near the center of the car.

But best proof of Ford quality is the famous V- type8-cylinder engine—offered for 1937 in two sizes . . . 85horsepower for maximum performance . . . 60 horse-power for maximum economy. The "60" engine, optionalin several body types, makes possible lower operatingcosts and the lowest Ford price in years!

You can see the 1937 Ford V- 8 at any Ford dealer'sshowroom. When you do, you'll want to jump in and GO!

APRIL. 1937PAGE 39

GosK I WISH II C00l_0 SEEJ

BARCYOUT ON THE

SIGN OF

Father DiesJ. W. Bell, who died in his home near Cerro

Gordo March 11, leaves his widow and ninechildren. A daughter, Mrs. Margaret Girl,works in our plant cafeteria and a son, OrvalBell, works in the plant. Sons-in-law are HenryDuhes, night superintendent, and Homer Stuart,who works in the yards.

EDDIE VVXV& SEEN

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Mother DiesMrs. Johanna Hines died in the family home

Feb. 26 after an illness of several years. Sheleaves eight daughters, and one son. Paul. Onedaughter, Frances, works in our accounting de-partment. Another daughter, Grace, formerlyworked in our purchasing office.

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• Convincing ads like this will interest and sell more American

women the advantage of Staley's Cube Starch. Each month during

1937 they will see a Staley message in their favorite magazines. No

type of starch user will be overlooked . . . small towns, farms, cities

. . . low income group, upper bracket buyers . . . all will be reached

and convinced that in Staley's Cube Starch is a perfect, economical,

no-waste starch.

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