THE STALEYJOURNAL

JUNE, 1950 DECATUR, ILL.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WE ONE

The "Corn Man" made the grade in this month's edition ofThe Staley Journal. After seven months of making friends andinfluencing people on the inside pages of this magazine, the littlecharacter wound up on the front cover. Cartoonist Hilbert O.Bell reports that drawing a corny character is not as easy as it maylook. He thought of the cover idea one night when he was bowl-ing. We hope it bowls you over.

JUNE, 1950Of Many Things 2

Many Junes Ago 4

The Pension Plan 6

Staleyite Recipes 12

Our Photographer 18

The Staley Picture Album 20

Summer Sports with "Leek" 22

A Garden Grows ___ 26

Vol. XXXIII Number 12

Editor—RUTH E. CADE

Cartoonist—Hilbert O. Bell

Of Many

THINGSEverybody Knew Everybody

We all take pride in our new buildings, new machines, new processes, newsystems and the fact that our Company provides a lot more jobs than it didten or twenty years ago.

But we lose something in growing up too. There was a time when everyoneknew everyone. Everyone in the office knew about any trouble we had in theplant and you can be sure everyone in the plant knew about it if somethingunusual happened in the office.

It's hard to say just when we quit being a one-big-family small-town sortof a company and started being big business. Maybe the war did it. Maybeit was the building program. Maybe it was when we built the office building.Maybe it started clear back when we started processing soybeans and runninga research laboratory.

But we're no longer at a size where everyone knows everyone, and it's bet-ter that we face it. Qne can't ever go back to things as they were and there'sa lot of satisfaction in knowing that we have now the kind of plant we used todream about even if we're dreaming now of a better one.

ft Ain't The BugsComes a medical authority the other day and opines that the common cold

is due to temperature changes which irritate the nose and throat rather thanto germs or viruses or other assorted bugs.

Seems almost un-American when you think of all the antibiotics and otherhard to spell drugs we've been buying all these years and all the lovely newanti-histamines the ads say we should now pin our faith upon.

But it could be so^ We've had a lurking suspicion all this time that germsand vitamins and calories might be just a new folk-lore to lure us on—unwaryfolk that we are. And it does make you wonder when said medical authorityraises the question of how one lone trapper or prospector,, far from any otherhuman, could "catch cold."

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See your Lawyer First

Couple of months ago these pages carried a little piece about not signingyour name till you'd read the fine print. Now we want to stretch that a littleway and say that there are many things you shouldn't sign until you've seenyour lawyer.

Lots of us have a sort of natural suspicion of lawyers and sometimes it isjustified. But don't get the notion that they are all bad. Pick one carefully byconsulting friends or acquaintances whose judgment you respect and thentake him on as your own personal advisor. If you worry about his fee beingtoo high, tell him what your problem is and ask him in advance how muchhe'll charge. He may not know exactly how much work will be involved buthe'll be able to make a pretty good guess.

When you have a will to make, a deed to sign, a piece of property to buy,an automobile accident or a contract to make — see your lawyer. He'll be work-ing for you and the chances are good that he'll more than earn his fee by pre-venting troubles for you at some later date.

Remember that, "he who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client."

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IT) IN ft HURRY

Many Junes Ago At Staley'sJune 1918

Our baseball team in the Com-mercial League started out with awhirlwind, but, alas, the last twogames have not been what youwould call up to standard.

Show me a man who is alwayscareless of his safety, and I willshow you a man who is always dis-abled. After the unparalleled suc-cess of the safety movement in re-ducing the number and minimizingthe seriousness of industrial acci-dents in this country, it is alwaysinconceivable that there could be atthis time any who doubt the effec-tiveness of adopting and steadfastlyadhering to a policy of "SafetyFirst."

June 1919

Along last fall, our far seeingpresident decided to build an exten-sion to the storeroom, connecting itwith the new machine shop. Afterthe work was well along and theplans for the new glucose and syrupfactories were being actively con-sidered, he decided that the store-room annex should be tentativelyfitted as headquarters for the man-ufacturing and engineering depart-ments. On moving day, May 1, thenew occupants were able to move in.

Notwithstanding the fact that ourKiln House is a nonpretentiousbuilding, it is'distinguished as beingthe largest kiln house in the world.

Harry Walmsley, the only mem-ber of the family (that we knowabout) who has gone to Russia, haswritten Supt. Chamberlain of hisexperiences since he left France."Our organization lef t FranceMarch 10 and went to Park Royal,

London, where the British have alarge camp. The camp was in finecondition and I enjoyed the shortstay there. . . . We left Park Royalon St. Patrick's Day and sailed thefollowing day from Grimsby, a porton the northeastern coast. It tookeight days to make the trip. Thetemperature when I debarked was29 degrees below . . . "

Two of the girls in the AuditingDepartment are complaining aboutChemist Gill crowding on the streetcar. They state that his legs are solong that he rests his feet on theseat opposite.

June 1920Because of his natural leadership

and eminent ability, L. B. Humis-ton has been made night superin-tendent of the Refinery.

In these days when foods are soscarce and the prices thereof sohigh, it should scarcely be necessaryto urge the making of gardens.There is even greater need todayfor each family to have its owngarden than there was in the wartime, when we so gladly did thebest we could. We no longer havethe stimulus provided by war tospur us to action, but the cold factthat we are paying about $5 a bush-el for potatoes and other things inlike proportion should be sufficientto make us get busy with the spadeand hoe. However, the Staley com-pany is offering an incentive whichshould take all the drudgery out ofworking in the garden. Three prizesare offered for the three best gar-dens made by Staley men or theirfamilies and entered in the StaleyGarden Contest before the first ofJuly.

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StaleygramsACCORDING TO CONFUCIUS —

One picture is worth 10,000words. So we made room forthe animated soybean pod atthe left. We also intend topersuade the Staley Journal'sCorn Man onto these pages. Ifyou don't like the soybean podcharacter, he'll wind up atthe extraction plant.

THE NATION'S Seems to have been the pleasant resultBEST PENSION of those long conferences between our

company and union bargaining commit-tees. At least we haven't read about anything thatsounded better. A Detroit company claims its pensionsystem can pay a top of $140 per month...presumablythe best in the land. SO WHAT! Under our revisedplan, some hourly employees can receive pensionsexceeding $150 per month. In both cases, of course,the pension includes the amount due an employee underSocial Security.

* * *THE CASE OF Will show you how an hourly employee inEMPLOYEE X our plant can collect a pension in

excess of $150 per month. Employee Xis actually one of our 144 hourly employees eligibleto retire under the new plan within the next 10 years.He'll have 30 years of service to his credit when hereaches the retirement age of 65 in 1958.

The way we figure it, Employee X can receive apension of $157.50 per month...based on his presentrate of earnings. His Social Security benefits atpresent amount to $45.39 per month, but our companymakes up the difference under our new plan.

Pensions under the revised plan are based on earn-ings since 1946...which gives an employee the advan-tage of having the pension calculated on the higherearnings which have prevailed since then. The maxi-mum earning period on which pensions will be based is10 years, or 120 months.

Employee X has nine more years to go before beingeligible to retire. His earnings in 1949 totaled$4,725.69. If he continues to earn at the 1949 rate,he'll get 40$ of that as a total pension under theplan...or $1,890 per year. That's $157.50 per month.Under the old pension system, Employee X would havereceived $112 per month.

EMPLOYEE Y Because his earnings since January 1,GETS LESS 1946 will average lower than X's. But

he won't do badly. Here is his earningrecord from 1946 on:

1946 $3,870 ^1947 $4,0981948 $3,9001949 $4,116

Assuming Employee Y continues to earn at the 1949rate during the next three years, he'll have totalearnings for the period from 1946 on of $28,332.That's a monthly average of $337. Forty per cent ofthat would be $135. Under the old system, he wouldhave received $96 per month.

A MAN WITH Service at the time of retirement will25 YEARS n<>t necessarily get less than the $100

per month minimum under the new plan.Pensions are scaled downward when an employee retireswith less than 30 years service, but take the case ofEmployee Z. He'll have only 25 years service when hereaches age 65 in 1958.

Employee Z will be eligible for a pension amount-ing to 33 1/3$ of his average monthly earnings sinceJanuary 1, 1946. If he continues to earn at his 1949rate, his average monthly pay for the period will be$327.96 at retirement time. The pension: $109 permonth.

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THE $100 Will mean a lot to Employee A. He's eli-MINIMUM gible to retire after 1951. His monthly

earnings over the base period won't aver-age more than $219. He's eligible for the full 40̂ ,of course, but in his case that won't amount to morethan $87. Under the new pension plan, our companywill make up the difference so that he can draw a $100

minimum pension. Under the old system, Employee Awould have received a pension of $73 per month.

SPEAKING OF More than 80% of our hourly employeesAVERAGES eligible for retirement under the new

plan within the next 10 years with 30years of service will collect more than the $100 mini-mum pension. For those getting more than the minimum,the average pension will be $119 per month.

THE NEW PLAN Staley employees, but we've usedCOVERS ALL hourly employee example thus far

because they were at our finger tipsafter the negotiations. It's easy to apply the newsystem to those of you on the salary roll. Let's takea salaried employee on a Class 11 job during the 10-year period before he reaches the retirement agein 1958.

For the sake of illustration, this employee willhave the maximum 30 years of service to his credit onretirement. Over the base period, he had an averagemonthly salary of $470. Take 4Q% of that and you comeout. with a pension of $188 per month.

WE THINK Our stake in Staley1 s has been in-YOU'LL AGREE creased by this new pension system.

We stand to get a fine future dividendfor the time and effort we invest in our company. Theplan will cost more, of course, and must be carried asan operating expense. The leadership of our companywould not have been smart if it had agreed to thisextra expense without feeling confident that we couldhold our own in the continuous competitive battles ofthe corn and soybeans processing industries. We'vegot another good reason for producing better andselling better than our competitors.

FOR YOUR One out of 30 corporations in the U.INFORMATION S. has a pension plan. Time Magazine

reports that 13,000 of the 400,000 U.

S. corporations have retirement programs. Only abouthalf of the 400,000 corporations show a profit in anyone year...probably the reason so many can't affordpension plans.

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OUTSIDE Our new pension plan didn't get the news-DECATUR paper headlines. The editors probably

didn't figure we were as important as JohnL. Lewis, General Motors and Chrysler. Besides, wedidn't stage one of those newsworthy cat and dogfights which editors love. The Chrysler pensionnegotiations made national headlines, but the strikecost employees about 1,000 bucks each.

WE WERE That Earl Heaton, regional director of thePLEASED UAW-AFL, described our new plan, in a

newspaper release, as one of the mostliberal in American industry today. Earl ought toknow. He also said—

"It is an inescapable fact that when negotiationsare conducted as they were between local No. 837 and

the Staley Company, the outcome is always bound to bemore than satisfactory."

THE FACT Our company appreciated the need of pen-THAT sions is illustrated by its voluntary

action in establishing a plan in 1941.That was a long time before industrial pensions becamea household word. That system has now been revisedso that our pensions will be more in line with thecost of living. Result: one of the best pension sys-tems in the entire U. S. In agreeing to the extracost of this new pension system, the leadership ofthis company is betting that we who work at Staley'scan produce better and sell better than our competi-tors can. 'We think it's a good bet on a good team.

June 1921

Jack Howley says that BuckScherer's mechanical conceptionshould have a crepe on it. Mr. Auerordered a spray nozzle the otherday and when it was delivered tohim, Buck tried it out, mistaking itfor a mouthpiece for a trombonehorn. We suppose that in the eventthat Buck finds a hairpin, that hemistakes it for a Jew's harp.

Morgan O'Brien, secretary of theStaley football and baseball teams,was given a big recognition at Ak-ron, Ohio, April 30, when he waselected vice president of the Ameri-can Assoc ia t ion of ProfessionalFootball teams in their annualmeeting in the "Rubber City." Twovery i m p o r t a n t measures wereadopted which should go a longway toward putting professionalfootball on the map and both arein keeping with the Staley policythat has been in force since westarted out in the athletic field. Thefirst one was the decision of the proleaders not to consider the signingof any college or university playeras long as he was in school or eli-

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gible to compete with his varsityteam.

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Countries And Bacon

If we must compare countries, let'sget down to brass tacks—or bacon.Here's how long you'd have to workto earn enough to bring home a poundof bacon:

In the U. S— 30 minutesIn Australia 40 minutesIn Canada 45 minutesIn Great Britain S3 minutesIn Sweden :.. 69 minutesIn Ireland 69 minutesIn Switzerland -113 minutesIn Russia 466 minutes

Ozie Owens Dies OfInjuries After Fall

Ozie Owens, a well known and wellrespected Staley veteran, died at St.Mary's Hospital on June 9, 19SO,from injuries received in a fall on the10th floor of the Syrup Refinery onJune 3rd.

Ozie first came to work at the Sta-ley Company on August 28, 1921, inthe Kiln House and had been herecontinuously since April 21, 1924. Heworked in No. 17 building from 1924until 1939 when he transferred toM & L. He was working in that de-partment as a lead oiler at the timeof his injury.

Because Ozie was alone when hewas hurt and because he was knockedunconscious from the fall we do notknow exactly how the accident oc-curred. The most reasonable theoryis that he had started to lubricate thebearings of the bone buggy on the10th floor when he came in contactwith the trolley wire which powersthe buggy and fell backward, break-ing the handrail around the platformon which he was standing, and falling14 feet to the floor. He received backand head injuries which proved fatal6 days later.

Ozie leaves his wife, Ruby; his son,Robert; his daughter, Roberta Nu-gent; his brothers, George, Luke andLee, his sister-in-law, Alice, and hiscousin, Clarence Dawes, all of whomwork in the plant. He also leaves twoother brothers and three sisters. Theoverflow crowd which attended hisfuneral left no doubt but that he alsoleft a host of friends at Staley's, in hischurch and in Decatur. He was a goodman and a good workman and hisplace will be hard to fill.

COMPANY AND UNION AGREEON REVISED PENSION PLAN

Described In Press As Nation's Best

Union pension committee looks things over. Left to right, John Querrey, RobertStroyeck, Clarence Lyons, Jr., Chairman Frank Starbody, C. A. May, T. B. Cheyne.

Clear back in 1929 our IndustrialDepartment, forerunner of the Per-sonnel Department, put together a lotof information about the ages andlength of service of Staley employeesand the costs of a pension plan forthem. Before these studies were com-pleted we were in the midst of thedepression and were working so hardto just keep the plant operating thatnothing came of them.

But, by 1936, things had looked upa bit. And the problem of employeeswho were forced, for financial reasons,to work beyond normal retirementage was even more, acute. So wepicked this puzzler up again and hireda consulting firm to make anothersurvey. Their conclusion was that we

might be able to work out somethingbut that it would have to be wellplanned and it would have to providesmall benefits.

The big reason for these conclusionswas that a great many companies hadannounced fancy pension plans in thepast with a great deal of publicity andself congratulation only to have theirplans fold up and quit during thedepression when the company foundthe going too heavy. We didn't wantto father a failure.

So, a little later, we retained Dr.Frank G. Dickinson, professor of in-surance of the University of Illinois,to help us with the planning. Dr.Dickinson spent over two years onthis project and finally, on December

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5, 1941, we announced the Staley Re-tirement Plan.

In his announcement of the plan,Mr. Staley Jr. said, "The companynow has in its employ approximatelysixty men and women who will be age65 and over on December 31, 1941.They have served the company a sub-stantial number of years. Because oftheir physical condition it is difficultfor some of them to carry the burdenof a full day's normal work. The com-pany is concerned about the status ofthese men and women, and is happyto announce a retirement programwhich will apply to these particularemployees." He emphasized that itwas not a formal pension plan anddid not constitute a precedent butwas purely a plan for paying benefitsto supplement Social Security for em-ployee aged 65 or over on December31, 1941* and said, "while the com-pany may find itself able to purchasesimilar annuities in future years foradditional employees reaching age 65,it is making no promises or intima-tions that it will do so." The plan pro-vided that the company would presenta fully paid life term annuity to eachretiring employee. Benefits payablewere to be sufficient, when added tothe employee's primary Social Secur-ity benefit, to equal 40% of his aver-age wage or salary of $250 per monthor less received from the companysince January 1, 1937, the date ofwhich the Social Security law becameeffective.

Mr. Staley's letter also said, "Thecompany does not pretend that thisretirement income will be sufficient toenable a man to live in luxury. Itshould, however, provide for the ne-cessities of life and materially assistin solving some of the problems with

which our older employees are nowfaced."

As you know, the company was ableto continue this plan in 1942 and 1943.And, in 1944, to improve it. The 1944announcement said, "We expect tokeep our p'lan in effect until such timeas the Social Security is so liberalizedthat the supplementary payments areno longer necessary. »We believe that,if necessary, we can keep the plan ineffect indefinitely, but since we can-not prophesy the future with accu-racy, we cannot make a flat guaran-tee that the plan will never be amend-ed or terminated."

Wages and salaries had been mov-ing up during the war and the earn-ings of many employees were abovethe $250 a month top limit to be con-sidered under the 1941 plan. So weadded a formula to take into consider-ation earnings above $250 per monthaccording to the number of years thatsuch amounts had been earned.

But wages and salaries continued togo up until, by early 1948, our basehourly rate was double the rate paidseven years earlier. Of course, theseearnings were taken into account infiguring retirement benefits but thatmeant only a short period of highearnings averaged out by a long pe-riod of low earnings and the resultantbenefit amounts were small when con-trasted to the great increase in livingcosts.

Both the company and the unionwere concerned with this problem and.after some discussions, they startedseparate studies to see what could bedone with it.

But studying pension plans is a bitmore, complicated than reading theevening newspaper and, as time wenton both parties called in actuaries andother experts to help.

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THE BIG MOMENT

Pension agreement signing—seated, left to right, Raymond Reinhold, Frank Star-body, E. Del-mar Cox, Franzy Eakin, Jack Hartley (holding pen), Johnny Wyant,Bob Stroyeck, Lloyd Cox, and Richard Beal. Standing, Harry Walmsley, John Quer-rey, Dr. R. E. Greenfield, Gerald Horton, Ora Fisher, Roy Rollins, Lee Lyons, Ches-ter May, and T. B. Cheyne.

The final results of all their workand study and consultation and dis-cussion is well summarized in the fol-lowing news release which went outon May 29, 1950:

"One of the nation's finest and mostliberal pension plans has been agreedupon by the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.and the United Automobile Workersof America, Local No. 837, A. F. of L.

"The plan, which is a revision ofthe one established by the companyin 1941, establishes a minimum pen-sion of $100.00 per month for employ-ees retiring at age 65 after 30 years ofservice. It is financed entirely by thecompany. The plan becomes effectiveJuly 1, 1950.

"Union members voted overwhelm-ing approval of the revised plan and

climaxed two years of pension discus-sions between the company and unionbargaining committees.

"The revised plan provides for thefollowing major improvements:

"1. The new plan will be guaran-teed for a 5-year period. The 1941plan was not guaranteed.

"2. The plan will give an employeewith 30 years service at age 65 a mini-mum pension of $100 per month. Thepresent minimum is $45 per monthafter 15 years service. Both plans in-clude Social Security.

"3. The plan will calculate benefitson the basis of earnings from Jan. 1,1946, resulting in higher benefits be-cause of the higher wage rates andfuller work weeks. Benefits under the1941 plan were calculated from Jan.

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1, 1937."4. The plan provides for retire-

ment before age 65, with a new retire-ment minimum of 55. Benefits will bescaled down in cases of early retire-ment.

"5. Employees are given the rightto select a survivorship or 10-yearcertain income plan as an alternativeto the life income plan.

"In a statement following unionacceptance of the plan Mr. Earl Heat-on, Director of UAW-AFL Region 8,who participated in the negotiationssaid:

'The tiresome, long drawn-out ne-gotiations in regard to this pensionplan have culminated in what I be-lieve to be one of the most liberal andbest such plans in American industrytoday. Both company and union nego-tiating committees did an outstandingjob throughout these lengthy negotia-tions. I, personally, want to commendthe committee members on both sides.It is an inescapable fact that whennegotiations are conducted as theywere between the representatives ofLocal No. 837 and the A. E. StaleyMfg. Co., the outcome is alwaysbound to be more than satisfactory.'

"Commenting on the agreement,Mr. A. E. Staley, Jr., president of thecompany, said:

'I am pleased to hear that the re-vised pension plan has been acceptedso enthusiastically by members of theunion. The plan is the result of manymonths of study and hard work byrepresentatives of both the union andthe company. The changing economicclimate made revision of our 1941plan advisable.

'Negotiations over this complexsubject were difficult, but always har-monious. I believe that close examina-tion of the plan will show that it com-pares favorably with any of those

which have been heavily publicized inthe daily press. Members of both theunion and company bargaining com-mittees are to be commended for theirachievement.'

"Mr. Staley estimated that applica-tion of the new plan to members ofthe union would cost the companyabout $400,000 over the next 10 years.The plan also covers company em-ployees who are not members of theunion.

"Based on present earnings, Mr.Staley estimated that more than 80%of those union members eligible to

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retire within the next 10 years willreceive more than the $100 minimum.

"Speaking in behalf of Local No.837 E. D. Cox, president, said he was"exceedingly pleased with the revisedpension plan." He pointed out thatthe new plan means, in dollars andcents terms, an increase from a mini-mum of $45 to a minimum of $100.'Some of our members will receiveeven more than $150 monthly pen-sions upon retirement,' Cox said.

'One of the clauses of importance Iwould like to mention is the 'leave ofabsence' issue,' Cox said. 'Under thisclause a man with 25 years of servicewould be allowed 5 years authorizedleave of absence without loss of pen-sion benefits. This liberal determina-tion of continuous service is practi-cally unknown in the pension field.'

"The union's pension committee,which was ably assisted by Jack Hart-ley, UAW-AFL regional economist,included Frank Starbody, chairman;Lee Lyons, John Querrey, ChesterMay and Thomas Cheyne. The un-ion's bargaining committee consists ofJohn Wyant, chairman; Lloyd Cox,Beecham Jackson, Ray and RobertReinhold, R icha rd Beal and OraSmith.

"Franzy Eakin, company vice presi-

dent in charge of labor relations, head-ed the company bargaining committeeconsisting of Dr. Greenfield, W. H.Walmsley, G. L. Horton and R. L.Rollins."

As quickly as it can be prepared, abooklet giving full details on the op-eration of the new plan will be distrib-uted to all employees.

We still feel, as we did in 1941 and1944, that the benefits payable underFederal Social Security are likely toremain too small under the improvedbill now being considered in Congress.We feel that adequate retirementpensions should be exclusively thebusiness of the government and theindividual who puts something awayregularly for his retirement. It wouldbe in the best interests of everyone tohave a fair liberal federal plan whichwould apply equally to the employeesof Company A and Company B andCompany C and to the employee whodivided his working career betweenthe three of them. But in the mean-time, we felt the same way we didabout the inadequacies of the IllinoisWorkmen's Compensation Act. Thatis, that we should help to carry thisburden until the legislature makes itunnecessary.

News stories of our new pensionwere printed in papers from NewYork to California. A United PressAssociation story stated:

"Decatur, 111., May 29 (UP) —Pensions exceeding $150 a month, be-lieved to be among the highest in anyindustry, will be paid under an agree-ment reached today with the UnitedAutomobile Workers, a union of theAmerican Federation of Labor, theA. E. Staley Manufacturing Companyannounced."

Everybody in the Staley organiza-tion has a right to feel mighty proudof this pension system.

Is It WrongTo Succeed?

That's the catchy headline on aninteresting editorial we read recently.The editorial follows:

A baseball club fights for first place,not the cellar.

An office boy doesn't want to stayan office boy—he wants to be fore-man, or manager, or president.

In America, this is natural, and ev-eryone takes it for granted.

It's natural for a business to wantto grow, too.

But business growth is not some-thing a business can confer on itself.The public decides whether a businesswill be big or little. Business mustdeserve success, but only the publiccan grant it.

Success in business is the rewardfrom the public for service in the pub-lic interest.

How is a business run in the publicinterest?

It must offer something that peoplewant, at a competitive price, or of aquality unobtainable elsewhere. Itmust have management so efficientthat, in addition to paying good wages,it earns a consistent profit, year afteryear, for investors. It must be a re-sponsible influence wherever it oper-ates.

There are searching requirements—and, over the long run, they mustbe met. That so many thousands ofAmerican business do meet them, yearafter year, is the chief reason whybusinesses keep on growing.

•After watching the squabbles that

often develop in the splitting up ofestates, we can sympathize with theold fellow whose will contained justthe following: "Being of sound mind,I spent every darned cent I had!"

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Staley Sales ForceHits Convention Trail

Members of the Staley sales forcehave hit the convention road in thepast few weeks to tell the story of ourproducts before important groups ofcustomers and potential customers.

The largest delegation was made upof IS members of the industrial salesforce who attended the 24th annualConfectionery Industries Expositionin New York City June 5 through 8.The importance of Staley's being wellrepresented at this exposition is illus-trated by the fact that confectionersbuy over 50°/o of the corn syrup sold.

Staley's SWEETOSE booth wasmanned by sales and technical expertsled by Paul Doolen, industrial salesmanager. Our other representativespresent included H. J. Reavis, PaulH. Prentiss, Lyle H. York, G. H.Batchelder, Earl H. Schrader, N. K.Hammer, Ralph Dombroski, L. D.Borden, R . D. Vanclerberg, C. A.Moore. O. D. Sutter. John Copeland,John Heyer, Burton Klatt, F. HanlyBrock, and O. H. Greiner.

Herb Rozell brought in the above pho-tograph of the Staley booth at the Insti-tute of Food Technologists conventionwhich was held at the Edgewater Beachhotel in Chicago May 21 through 25.Staley products have been displayed atbooths at a number of similar conven-tions in the past jew months.

Our paper mill field men gatheredat Decatur June 4 and S for a confer-ence with Ivan Wieland which waspreliminary to their attending the an-nual convention of the American Pulp& Paper Mill Superintendents asso-ciation at Chicago.

In addition to Wieland, those at-tending the Chicago convention wereH. L. Vanderberg, R. E. Kilty, Gor-don White, Carl C. Gehring, J. B.Homan, Leo A. Willougbby, andJames Turek, Jr.

Staley package sales representativesattended the annual show of the Na-tional Restaurant association the lastweek in May at Chicago. Our boothfeatured ZEST, CREAM Corn Starchand the new SWEETOSE hotel andrestaurant syrups. - .

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STALEY EMPLOYES SEND INTHEIR FAVORITE RECIPES

Defying the axiom that "too manycooks spoil the broth," the StaleyJournal editor is turning the recipesection over this month to seven em-ployees who think that they've gotsome concoctions which will tickleyour palates.

We didn't specify that the recipeshad to include any of our own Staleyproducts, but we're pleased to see thatthey have crept into some of the of-ferings.

Rowena Koshinski, control labora-tory, sent this one in with the nota-tion, "Here's a dessert the men gofor!"

Lemon Delight

4 eggsY?. cup sugar1 lemon3/2 can Milnot (don't use condensed

milk)12 single graham crackers3-4 tablespoons melted butter

Combine sugar with beaten eggyolks and cook to boiling in doubleboiler. Cool mixture—then add juiceof one lemon. Roll graham crackersinto fine crumbs and mix with meltedbutter. Take half of the crumbs andline two refrigerator ice cube trayslike you would do a pie crust. WhipMilnot stiff. Whip egg whites stiff.Fold egg whites into Milnot. Add eggyolk and lemon mixture gradually.Pour into trays and sprinkle the re-mainder of the graham cracker crumbson top. Freeze at least 1 hour. Serveseight.

Rowena turned in another recipe,

but she didn't state whether the mengo for it. Here it is:

French Dressing

1 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon paprika1 teaspoon dry mustard1 Y-Z teaspoon salt1 cup STALEY'S Salad Oil1 cup vinegar3 tablespoons cold waterYZ teaspoon minced onion

Mix sugar, paprika, dry mustardand salt together. Then mix oil, vine-gar, water and onion together. Putboth mixtures together and shake well—that's all.

Hilbert O. Bell, control laboratory-analyst who has gained some fame asauthor of the Journal's Corn Man,brought in a recipe for Mexican Chili.He swears his wife had nothing to dowith the mixture. Here it is:

Mexican Chili

1 tablespoon of shortening1 Ib. ground round steak1 No. 2 can red beans1 No. 2 can tomatoes1 tablespoon salt1 cup chopped onionsAdd chili pepper to taste (average 1

tablespoon)1 pinch of ZESTMelt shortening in pan. Crumble up

ground steak and sear slightly. Addsalt and onions (garlic can also beadded). Fry this mixture slowly forabout 20 minutes. Next add beans,pepper and tomatoes (tomato paste if

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desired). Mix good, put lid on panand simmer slowly for 1 hour. If to-mato paste is used, add l/z cup water.Yield: 4 servings. Oyster crackers canbe served.

The Engineer ing department'sRuth McNail has a favorite recipefor stuffed pork chops. We hope you'llnote she used three Staley products.

Stuffed Pork ChopsHave butcher slit pockets in 6 large,

thick loin pork chops, Grate together:1 large Idaho potato2 medium sized carrots1 small onion1 teaspoon soy sauce1 teaspoon CREAM Corn StarchMix ingredients. Fill pockets in

chops with grated mixture and skeweror sew openings shut. Dust lightlywith ZEST, salt and pepper. Flourchops and brown in small amount offat or cooking oil. When browned, addl/4 cup water, cover tightly, and bakein slow, 325 degree oven for 1 to 1^2hours, depending on thickness ofchops. Serves 6.

Herb Decker, also of the Engineer-ing department, came in with a recipefor coffee cake. We don't know wheth-er it's his or his wife's.

Coffee Cake1 cup sugarl/4 cup shortening1 well beaten egg1 Y± cup flour4 level teaspoons baking powder]/2 cup milkCream sugar and shortening to-

gether. Add egg. Sift dry ingredientstogether. Add dry ingredients andmilk alternately. Sprinkle brown su-gar and cinnamon on top. Bake at375 degrees for 35 minutes.

The legal department's Ruth Kolbcame up with potato refrigerator rolls,a new one on us.

Potato Refrigerator Rolls

1 yeast cakel/> cup lukewarm water2/3 cup shortening1 teaspoon saltY-2 cup sugar1 cup mashed potatoes1 cup scalded milk2 eggs6 to 8 cups flourMash potatoes, add shortening, su-

gar, salt and eggs. Cream well. Dis-solve yeast in lukewarm water, add-ing lukewarm milk and then potatomixture. Add sifted flour to make astiff dough. Toss on floured board andknead well. Put into large bowl andlet rise double in bulk (3 hours).Knead lightly. Rub over top withmelted butter. Place in tightly cov-ered bowl and put into refrigeratoruntil ready to bake. About ll/2 hoursbefore baking time, pinch off dough,shape into rolls as desired, cover andlet rise until light. Bake for 15 to 20minutes in 400 degree oven.

Doris Leake, Engineering Depart-ment, produced a glorified rice recipethat sounds delicious.

Glorified Rice

1 pkg. lemon jello1 pkg. strawberry jello1 cup rice1 small can crushed pineapple1 pt. whipping creamMarshmallowsSet jello. Cook cup of rice, highly

seasoned. Take out ^4 of rice and setin refrigerator to cool. Wash remain-ing rice and then set to cool. Whipjello slightly and to this add rice. Addpineapple, marshmallows and whippedcream, tossing lightly. Nuts may beused if desired, but if the dessert isnot to be served immediately theyshould not be used as they don't keepwell.

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Our best contributor was MargaretGirl of the sewing room. Margaretcame in with recipes for sugar cookies,noodles and date pinwheels. We'regoing to save two of these for laterpublication.

Sugar Cookies

2 cups granulated sugar1 cup shortening1 cup buttermilk2 eggsV/2 teaspoon soda1 teaspoon nutmeg or vanillaFlour to suitRoll and cut. Bake in moderate

oven, 375 degrees, for IS to 20 min-utes.

From A To ZAnd 46 Smiths

A cruise through the records in thePersonnel Department will show youthat Staley Company names run fromA to Z—Arthur Adams to Dale Zim-mer to be specific—but the well-known Smiths take up most of thespace.

As of the last count there were 46Smiths on the Staley Company pay-roll. The Jones weren't able to keepup in this instance, but they camesecond with 27. The next three mostcommon names in order were Miller,23; White, 20, and Thompson, 19.

Just to prove that we're not kid-ding, the Smiths we found were AlbertD., Carl D., Carl F., Cecil E., Claud,Jr., Claude Lee, Claude W., CliffordE., Clyde M., Daniel D.. Dean A.,Edmund, Emmett, Frank E.. George

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H., George R., Glen, Glenn A., HaroldE., Harold F.^ Harold R., Harvey L.,Imogene H., James R., James W.,John J., Jr., Jordan L., Kenneth H.,

Leonard B., Lewis M., Lloyd J., Mar-ion D., Marion F., Maurice A., Mau-rice E., Nathaniel, Norval A., RalphH., Robert E., Russell N., Vern E.,Walter H., Washington I., WilliamH., William M., and Woodrow.

Our Jones were Arthur H., CarlP., Charles H., Charles O., ChesterP., Clarence G., David N., Doris H.,George L., Jr., George L., Sr., HenryR., Herbert, John Ford, John Frank,John M., John R., Joseph A., LloydW., Martin J., Melvin S., Mildred L,Paulus E., Rachael L., Raymond. L.,Samuel E., Samuel H.; and ThomasLeon.

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Millikin Baseball StarJoins Personnel Dept.

A newcomer to the Staley Companyis Ken Schroeder, star pitcher for theJames Millikin University baseballteam the past four years, who hasjoined the Personnel Department asassistant supervisor of placement.

Ken turned his back on severalpromising baseball opportunities toenter personnel work. A native of De-catur, he had a record of 10 wins andone loss in his last season pitching forthe local university.

Another Millikin graduate joiningthe company this month is RobertHopkins, formerly on the hourly roll.Bob has gone into the standards de-partment as a time study man. He is abrother of Dave Hopkins in the graindepartment and Dick in the electricalshop.

Nightclub: Place where they havewhat it takes to take what you have.

"There was an old woman wholived in a shoe," so this shortage ofhouses is nothing new.

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New Credit Union HeadquartersDOC WEST HEADED BUILDING GROUP

Staley's was well represented atMadison, Wis., on May 14, whenCredit Union people from the fourcorners of the North American con-tinent gathered for the dedication ofthe new $400,000 CUNA headquar-ters building.

R. A. "Doc" West, president of theStaley Credit Union, took part in theprogram as chairman of the nationalbuilding committee. The building wasconstructed from voluntary contribu-tions by credit unions and credit un-ion people to memorialize Edward A.Filene, who spent more than a milliondollars of his personal fortune tofound the movement in the UnitedStates.

The dedicatory ceremonies were at-tended by some 8,000 credit unionmembers. The highlight of the pro-gram was a formal address by Pres.Truman which was carried by the Na-tional Broadcasting System.

"The common goal of credit un-ions," Fres. Truman said, "'is to solveby joint action problems which can-not be solved by acting alone."

As president of CUNA from 1943

through 1947 and chairman of thebuilding committee, Doc West hadmuch to do with furthering the build-ing program. Doc is national CUNAdirector from Illinois. The StaleyCredit Union has nearly 2.700 mem-bers.

R. A. "Doc" West

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THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 1

The above picture illustrates just how emphatically members of the Staley Fel-lowship club voted in favor of holding a vaudeville show at Kintner gymnasium thissummer in place of the individual men's stag and girls' party formerly held on thesummer program. Norma Burks, a member of the ballot counting committee, isshown behind the stacks which illustrate the 3 to 1 majority. Dmght Engle witnessedfrom the left, -with Glenn Bowman on the right. Bill Brumaster, club president,reports work has been started on the program.

Two Carloads Of SweetoseAt Boy Scout Jamboree

SWEETOSE ought to have a lot ofyouthful boosters after the nationalBoy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge,Pa., this month. Two carloads ofSWEETOSE W a f f l e Syrup wereshipped to the event which will be at-tended by some 47,000 Boy Scoutsfrom all over the U. S.

Forrest W. Apperson, our packagedivision sales manager, reports thatBoy Scout officials don't expect theyoungsters will have any trouble do-ing away with some 2,000 cases ofSWEETOSE. The sale was handledby Staley representatives in New Yorkand Philadelphia.

Beards And Derbies

Several Staley employees have beenattracting a t t en t i on of late withbearded faces and derbies. They'veassured the Journal that they are notgetting ready to try out with a Houseof David baseball team.

It all has to do with a centennialcelebration which will be observed atLovington July 20 through 22. Themale residents of that community aregrowing the beards which were infashion 100 years ago and sportingderbies.

At the latest check, the Journalfound beards a-growing on Basil Car-ter, 75 building, and Harold Schable,tin shop.

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The Cake Wasn't Baked

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One hundred twenty-six years ofStaley mechanical experience andknow-how are represented in thisbirthday party picture. Heinie Broad-bear, with almost 40 years of Staleyservice, has the most "whiskers" andTed Threlfall, with 19, has alreadybeen here long enough to get fairlywell acquainted with the place.

Just in case you're a newcomer tothe Stale}? Company, those pictured—left to right—are W. J. "Red" Thorn-borough, Threlfall, Broadbear, andCharlie Keck. Ted was 67 on May 10,Heinie was 63 on April 23, Red was63 on May 11, and Charlie was 66on May 26.

Charlie Fitch and Ed Lashinskifigured that this group, whose birth-days all fall in April or May, oughtto have a celebration. So they organ-ized a party of like minded people andhad the celebration at Threlfall's sea-side resort on Lake Decatur. Grapejuice and open faced sandwiches (or areasonable f ac s imi l e thereof) wereserved and everyone had a jolly time.

In case you are drooling at thesight of that delicious confection onthe table in front of these dignifiedgentlemen, you can stop it right now.

That is not Mary Matthews' latestcreation filled with protein-rich Staleysoyflour and Staley's best "SWEET-OSE". It really is a kinda beat-uplooking cardboard fooler that Harrv

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Seitz packs around with him andwhips out whenever anyone gets mar-ried and wants their picture taken orwhenever anyone quotes him the linesabout, "If I'd a knew you werecomin' . . ."

The reason for the comparative sol-emnity evident on the faces of thesefour usually happy characters is thatthey had just discovered that fact andwere beginning to realize that therewould be no cutting of this cake afterthe picture was taken.

After some muttering, they were allpersuaded to return to work but thereis some doubt that we will be able topersuade Mr. Seitz to bring that cakeback here for another picture.

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Seitz Finds Plenty OfPictures At Our PlantHarry Shot His First Photo Here In 1922

As near as he can figure, HarrySeitz has taken at least 5,000 picturesat the Staley Company plant—butthe cheerful photographer isn't onebit worried about running out of pic-ture material.

"I took my first picture out here inthe winter of 1922, but I see new pic-ture ideas everytime that I visit theplant," Harry said. You have to be areal Staley oldtimer to recall the timebefore Harry and his camera werecommon sights at the plant.

Harry broke in as the Staley pho-tographer back in the days when thelate G. E. Chamberlain was plant su-perintendent. Harry puts it this way:

"Mr. Chamberlain called me out tothe plant one day. He wanted to knowif I thought I could get pictures atthe plant. He asked me when I couldstart working, and I told him I hadmy camera with me."

One of the toughest phases of tak-ing pictures at the plant in the olddays, according to Harry, was the factthat no lighting could be used. All ofthe pictures had to be with naturallight for safety reasons.

From the photographic standpoint,Harry has been all in favor of themodernization program. He pointedout that the new stainless steel equip-ment is much easier to photograph.

Harry had no trouble recalling theStaley picture assignment he regardsas toughest. It involved climbing tothe top of one of the 335-foot high

The photographer gets photographed. . . Harry Seitz in a familiar pose.

smokestacks, Harry performed thefeat while toting his photo equipment.

A number of aerial photos havebeen taken of the plant, but Harrythinks he got the first one in 1926.He took it while hanging onto thewing strut of an old World War Ibiplane. It wasn't easy by present daystandards, but Harry had experiencein this line as a Signal Corps photog-rapher during the first World War.

One of the rules a plant photogra-pher had to learn is how to get hispictures without interfering with plantproduction, according to Harry.

"It helps to know what the peoplein the plant are doing and I guess I

changed around here, come down tomy studio and look at some of theO £j"Vrf—-u JL

aboffl I1611" *"? !eam S°mething Pktures l took a few Years ag^teabout that m nearly 30 years of being said 8around," he said.

Harry isn't afraid that he'll everrun out of picture material at theStaley plant.

"If you don't believe things have

We asked Harry to dig into hisdusty files for examples of what hemeant. The layout on the next pagesof this magazine is made up of pic-tures Harry has taken over the years.

LOOKING BACKWARDIN THE

STALEY ALBUMIf you recognize the people and the

scenes portrayed in the pictures onthese pages, you're definitely a Staleyold-timer. Har ry Seitz uncoveredthese pictures when he was dustingoff his files the other day. We thinkthat you'll agree that times havechanged. How many of the scenes canyou identify without looking at thecaptions?

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shovelingCheyne, t,100 pouni

The old plant cafeteria. Thesuperintendent, was responsibleThe man in white is Bob Sattley,the father of Bushrod Sattley, pr

Looking down 22nd Street in 1927 before the viaduct. That'swhat you see in the above picture. The lower picture illustrateshow ashes were removed from the boiler room before somebodygot the idea of slushing them out with water.

The above picture was takenHarry Seitz considers the climb tWe recognize Jack Howley, forecenter.

'tad to be men to liandle the starch: job in the plant years ago. Curleynow deceased, appears to be handlingids or more with a great deal of ease.

The Old Fountain gave Spud Moran, millwright shop, a propfor a good picture. We wonder if Spud can still do this trick.

e late G. E. Chamberlain, generale for the catchy slogan at the top.y, who managed the cafeteria. He ispresent Decatur city commissioner.

The old tool shop, or storeroom as it was known then. Werecognize the late Bob Patton on the extreme right, and LarryYunker on the left. We've been told the pilot of the donkeyengine below was "Clam Shell" Charlie Wyant, father of Johnny.

<;n at the top of the smokestack.,b the toughest of his Staley jobs,oreman of the storeroom, in the

SCANNING STALEYSUMMER SPORTS

" .. the best baseball team in 10 years.By LECK "Runycm" RUTHRAUFF

Hundreds of Staley employees takepart in summer sports sponsored bythe Fellowship Club. There is a lot ofwork in organizing a good sports pro-gram. For the Fellowship Club it'sthe Athletic Committee which has thisjob.

Bill Brumaster appointed a topnotch group of people on this com-mittee this year and we all owe thema vote of thanks for the work theyare doing.

The activities for which the differ-ent members are responsible are JimCozad, chairman; R. Dash, co-chair-man; H. Atkins, R. Heffington, C.Grant, fishing; R. Wilbur, baseball;J. McCollum, Ora Fisher, J. White,Softball; G. Spitzer, J. Hilberling, D.Dayton, golf; M. Wond, P. Cable,girls' bowling; R. Hornback, M.Smith, C. Richardson, basketball.

We have had baseball at Staley'sfor as many summers as most of uscan remember. Mr. Staley, Sr., is stillreferred to as the "Mr. Baseball" ofDecatur. We can't remember whenthe company or the Club was everrepresented by a poor team.

Once again we will field a ball teamthat looks as if it will be able -to holdits own. Last year Dave Hopkins ledthe Staley team to an Illini Leaguechampionship and to a play-off, in theCity League, for the City Champion-ship which was won by the DecaturBlues.

Most of the boys who played on

last year's Illini League championshipteam are back this season and withthe addition of such newcomers asKen Schroeder Staley fans expect tohave a strong team.

The team will play in the CityLeague, where all games are twilightaffairs played at local parks, and willbe back in the Illini League to defendtheir championship. This league ismade up of Mulberry Grove, Pana,Shelbyville, two teams from Vanclalia,Black's and Staley's from Decatur.All the Staley home games in thiscompetition will be played on Sundayafternoons at Johns Hill.

The team is managed by RussellWilber, veteran Staley player, and thefollowing players make up the squad:R. McLaughlin, c; B. Bauer, 3b; G.Morrison, ss; E. Bauer, 2b; B.Owens,If ; C. Richardson, cf; J. Erwin, rf andc; W. White, p; R. Hayes, p; D. Ad-cock, p; K. Schroeder, p; and R. Wil-ber, manager and utility man.

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Manager Wilber is making everyeffort to strengthen the team. As heputs it, "If I can land a fast first base-man and a hard hitting outfielder, wewill have the best team in 10 years.The boys and I are going after thechampionship of both leagues."

* * *ADDITIONAL NOTES ON BASEBALL

Did you know that Bob Rush, starof this year's Chicago Cub pitchingstaff, is the son of Harry Rush whoyears ago was a star pitcher on ourStaley team in the days when weplayed our ball games where our plantparking lot is now located? Oldtimersaround the plant will remember Harrywho worked in our Pipe Shop in 1920and who left us in 1921 to join thepitching staff of the St. Louis Browns.Harry now resides in South Bend,Indiana, and is very proud of thename his boy Bob is making in thebaseball world.

* * *What would a Staley baseball team

look like without old faithful "Red"Thornborough? Red will again act asdriver and handy man as he has forover IS years. Red is a "dyed in thewool" Staley baseball fan and doesnot know how to say "No" to some-thing for the team. All the playersare sold on him.

* * *Ralph McLaughlin, Staley catcher

who last year was the regular receiverfor the City Champion Decatur Blues,was one new face Russ Wilber wasglad to see. Russ came to work herelate last summer. With a little addi-tional experience this boy will be oneof the top semi-pro catchers in theDecatur area.

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Bob, the Staley team has two of thebest infielders in town. These boys are

sure fielders and make up one of thebest double play combinations (,hestarchworkers have had.

In Gene Morrison, shortstop, RussWilber has the boy who is consideredby many as the best hitter in CentralIllinois. This kid could definitely playminor league pro ball but Gene pre-fers a job here at Staley's. One willget you five this kid hits better than.300.

* * *Have you had a gander at those

new uniforms being sported by ourball players? They are big leaguestuff. It's a cinch that no other teamaround here is better outfitted.

GOLF

This game of "cow pasture pool",which Jim Cozad has been trying toplay for several years, has really cometo the front as far as Staley employeesare concerned these last few years.

Under the sponsorship of the Clubthis summer activity is fast becomingthe most popular sport. Just a fewyears ago very few of our peopleplayed this highly competitive andinteresting game. In those days theGolf Committee had to scratch tofind enough players for a tournament.

It is certain that the work done byGene Spitzer and Dave Mitchell,members of our golf committee, hashad a lot to do with the interest shownin this game. Gene is this year's chair-man.

This year we have approximately100 employees taking part in tourna-ments sponsored by the S. F. C. Twosuch affairs are now being staged atNelson Park. One of these is a singles,handicap affair with the handicapsrunning; from 0 to 15 and from 15 to

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Danny Dayton's score. The other isa doubles, best ball match play set up,with the same handicaps applying.

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These two tournaments will windup during the month of June andafter a short breathing spell the golfcommittee will stage a two-ball four-some tournament.

One of the most popular affairs onthe golf calendar this summer is thematch that has been arranged between12 Staley golfers and 12 from theHiram Walker Company of Peoria.On July 9 the Peoria team will appearon the local Scovill course and on July23 the Staley team will journey toPeoria where they play the returnmatch on the Bradley Park Course.

This series of matches with HiramWalker was started four years agoand the July meetings will be theirninth and tenth matches. Last yearthe Staley team won both here and atPeoria, while the year before thePeoria boys won on their home course.Staleys evened that score by winningthe match played here. More matcheswith outside industries will be sched-uled as these matches with the Peoriafirm have proved popular. Our boysdon't, object to a gallery so why notmark July 9 on your calendar and beon hand at Scovill to root for thehome team.

It just would not do to close thisso-called golf story without listing the"champs" of last year's Staley tourna-ments. We know for sure that the old"pro", Danny, Dayton, would not for-give us if we failed to mention lastyear's champs.

Two singles were staged and in oneG. Starbody. low, and Ed Crawford,high, were crowned champs while inthe other our pal, D. Dayton, washigh and B. Starbody low. In the twoball affair, B. Starbody and our golfchairman, G. Spitzer, were the best,while in the doubles, L. Schmanskiand that man Dayton were crownedkings.'

Some of the best golfers in Decaturwork here at our plant and, while wedon't believe we can name them all,the following boys always give par abattle when they get on a golf course.Bob Starbody, who is probably thetop Staley golfer at this time, has sofar this year been shooting consist-ently in the high sixties. Other Stale}'boys who give Bob a close battle fortop rating are Jim Cozad, Lyle Bau-man, Joe Hilberling, Dale O'Byranand Virgil Kahler, who they tell us, isthe most improved golfer in the gangand shooting the best game of hislife.

TENNIS

Among the summer sports that sev-eral of us take part in is tennis. Hereat Staley's tennis means Paul Shild-neck, our Research Director. "TallPaul" has won more tennis champion-ships than even he can remember.Several times he has won the Citysingles Championship and he has hadhis share of Central Illinois titles. Itwas just three years ago that heteamed with Glenn Parsons of ourResearch Lab and won the City dou-bles Championship.

Press of business in the last yearforced Paul to drop out of most tour-nament competition. Having seen himin action on the courts recently, wewill have to admit that we believethat is the reason for his withdrawing.

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Among the Staley people who canbe found occasionally on the tenniscourts this summer are Bob Boyer,Art Berger, Katherine Cottier, GeorgePinney, Sam Hay, Mary Davies,Doris Aughenbaugh, Harry Robinson,Bernard Huffer, Gerry Eubanks, Es-tol Smith, LaVeta Klein, Hugh Mc-Mullen, Hans Wolf, Bill Gallagherand Bill Eichenberger. Our advice tothese people is that if you don't wantto take a neat trimming just refuse toplay a set with "Tall Paul."

SOFTBALL

About three years ago the Fellow-ship Club stopped sponsoring a "var-sity" Softball team. This does notmean that the Club went out of theSoftball business. On the contrary,they went in in even a bigger way.

In dropping the "big" team theClub threw their full support intoIntra-Plant Softball. At the presenttime we have seven teams in the Sta-ley League. Over 100 employees takean active part in the Softball leagueand, over the past few years, an in-tense but friendly rivalry has beenbuilt up between the different plantand office teams.

The Staley League will open playduring the second week of June and,for the balance of the summer, soft-ball will be king. A schedule of eachweek's games is run in the Herald andReview each Sunday.

The following teams make up theLeague this year:

20 Bldg L. Mitchell, Mgr.Office -R. L. Bentley, Mgr.Mechanics C. Koshinski, Mgr.Yards D. Smith, Mgr.17 Bldg H. Houser, Mgr.M. & L .....C. Miller, Jr., Mgr.16 Bldg P. Tolliver, Mgr.

SOFTBALL NOTES

They tell us that Percy Tolliver,playing manager, 16 Building, holdsthe League record for "kicking" theball. In a game last season Percycame charging in from third base tofield a bunt. When he finally capturedthe ball he was behind home plateand had kicked the ball five times intrying to pick it up. The runner? Oh,he was parked on third base.

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Did you get a look at that Me-chanics line-up? They have someplayers who, 20 years ago, were ratedamong the best in town. They includeJim Cozad, M. Smith, J. Hilberling,P. Kelly, C. Helm and R. Siweck.Lots of power on this team.

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Lewis Mitchell, skipper of 20 Bldg.,gives notice that the team that winsthis year's crown will have to beatthem. 20 Bldg. is behind their boys.They have two very good pitchers inEd Boyles and Russ Atkins and arebanking on these two boys to pitchthem to the top.

It's a cinch that no manager in theLeague will be able to "holler down"Herman Houser, manager of 17 Bldg.Old Herman really has a fog hornvoice and, boy, can he use it when anump calls a bad one.

FISHING

We have a large number of peoplewho enjoy fishing. A lot of these folksare pretty good but I'm wondering ifGeorge Stern of the Millwright Shopisn't the best. George could start afish market and keep it supplied withthe ones he pulls from the lake. HarryAtkins had made several trips to thelake and was lucky to get a bite. Helanded 18 on a trip with George.

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It Takes Men And MachinesTo Make Our Garden Grow

Gardening was once so simple forus that it involved only the casualpart time attention of one man on thefew flowers around the fountain in thecourt yard east of #21 building andin front of the old "welfare house".

However, when the administrationbuilding, with its extensive gardensand lawns, was completed we neededmore and better care for them. SoKarl Simroth came over from the MillHouse in September of 1930 to do thejob. Karl was especially expert in tak-ing care of the roses that Mr. StaleySr. loved so well and he built us widegreen lawns from the acres of baremud that surrounded the new build-ing.

After Karl passed on in 1946,Charles Morenz took on the respon-sibility of caring for our lawns andtrees and they are more beautifultoday than ever. Ralph Harlin andWilliam Eschbaugh have alternatedon the gardener helper job and one ofthe two, together with Charlie, havean impressive list of things to lookout for.

Because our lawns are kept wellfertilized and well watered the grassgrows rapidly and, for at least thefirst half of the growing season, itmust be cut twice a week. We tryalways to cut it on Fridays so that itwill look nice over the week end. Inci-dentally, if Karl used to chase you offthe grass or if Charlie does so now, itisn't just because gardeners are badnatured. It is because your weightcrushes the blades of grass down into

a wet lawn which contains enoughfertilizer that it will probably "burn"the grass and leave your footprintlonger than you expected it to stay.

In addition to grass cutting, thereare shrubs to prune and to hoe around,there are seeds and bulbs and plantsto put into the ground at just theright time and to spray or weed asnecessary and there are trees to tend.We hire-an outside firm to spray thetrees twice a year but we do the fer-tilizing and cut off the suckers andwatch them for disease or damage.

Our gardeners keep the officebuildings roofs clean too and keep thecontrary little frogs in the fountainspraying water as best they can andtry to shoo the birds that nuisance upour entrances and the tower on top ofthe building.

We are a long way from the job AlBurcham used to do on the ball parkand the modern power mowers androtary hoes are not used just to makethe job easier. Their real utility isthat, without them, it would take alot more than two men to keep ourgrounds one of Decatur's show placesas they now are.

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Those style experts who keep urg-ing that men should wear brighterclothes are probably women who planto make rag rugs.

• .,A real executive is a man who can

hand back a letter for a third re-typ-ing to a red-headed stenographer.

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Fred Morenz shows the photographer how amodern gardener takes care of the cultivatingproblem with a rotary hoe.

Ralph Earlin cuts grass the easy way. Coyou think of a better way to keep jour acres <lawn looking trim?

The old Staley baseball field was Al Burcham'sand joy many long years ago, and illus-

trates how we used to do our gardening.

Members of the administration building mantenance staff are proud of the green park whicthey tend daily. The sprinklers and "occasionalrain keep things looking green.

Oldtimers at Staley's can probably recall whenthis was all the garden that we had.

Bowlers Battle BadBreaks In Sweepstakes

If you read the American LeagueSweepstakes results Chinese fashion(up from the bottom, that is) it turnsout that Wib Falk won with sparklinggames of 141, 116 and 133. Falkclaims to be the next best lookinggrey haired bowler in the league (sec-ond only to Louie Murphy). Wibgained his bowling skill by watchingsuch stalwart team mates as JumpingJoe Heeber l ing , Bean Smith andKnob Cozad perform.

Roy Finney, a dashing 136 averagebowler with the Grease Monkeys,controlled his wide breaking hooklong enough to knock off first placewith 535 natural pins.

Gerry Eubanks, whose Personnelteam yielded to no one in its fight for12th place, wound up sixth in theSweepstakes and modestly gives partof the credit to his maximum handi-cap. Only two other members of histeam (Bafford and Smith) had thecourage to show up for the event.Smith upheld the team's best tradi-tions by getting fewer natural pinsthan anybody.

The Soybeans, dominated by thehard throwing, hard talking Adcocksand anchored by Wimpy Wakefieldwind up on top of the final standingsby two games.

The National League Sweepstakeswind up with one N. Lents in front.The scratch bowler, Leo Schimanski,was fifteen places down the list whileGus Greanias was engineering a Chi-nese first with a sparkling 292.

Dick Tong, with only a IS pinhandicap, worked over the field in theInternational League Sweepstakes tobeat Dwight Engle out of first placeby 48 pins. Hilbert Bell, the Journal'sbest natured cartoonist and a guy who

takes his bowling seriously, wound upin 21st place on account he fell off to136 in his last game.o

Art Pryde, #20 Bldg., was anchorman for the league and says that thealleys seem to be getting wider whilethe head pins get narrower.

The Social League, which had only30 keglers strong enough to carry aball up to the foul line for the Sweep-stakes, had to put up with the indig-nity of Lyman Jackson's winning witha phenomenal (for him) 562 pins.The story is going around that some-one told Jackson that there were quailhidden in that tall timber and he wastrying to flush them.

Tong and Engle, who looked sofancy in the International League,could do no better than 17th and 19thin the Social League because theywere 110 and 77 pins, respectively,below the totals they shot six daysearlier. Irv Smith, the only otherSmith that Edmund Smith, our curlyheaded timekeeper, ever ran over witha Ford, was the scratch bowler in thisleague but finished a strong 23rd inthe Sweepstakes. Irv had a neat 458.Albert Wright, Credit Department,was wrong on this one and kept every-one else in the league from being last.

In the League for Ladies theScratch Bowler, Pauline Cable, didbetter than any of the men whostarted with a zero handicap and camein second to Peg Murphy's 493 byonly 13 unlucky pins. We would men-tion who came in last except thatBlanch McDonald says she doesn'twant to hear anymore about it andwe do not wish to annoy anyone.

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Would you like to have your pic-ture on a 310,000 bill?

No—just my hands!

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THE MILL HOUSE GETS PAINTED

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There's art in them thar mills. Atleast that's the opinion of a lady whoought to know. Mrs. Ted Threlfall,wife of our maintenance departmentsupervisor, is shown above with herartist's version of the Mill House asseen from the viaduct. Mrs. Threlfallmade sketches of the subject from theviaduct. She did all the work on thepainting with a pallette knife. The

painter is no beginner in the field ofart. A member of a family which in-cluded several artists, she didn't takeit up herself until she came to Deca-tur. She is president of the Barn Col-ony Artists, Inc., and has been amember since its organization 10years ago. She studied under severalartists who are now on the staff ofthe Chicago Art Institute.

Decatur BusinessIs Picking Up

Business is picking up in Decaturwhether you're speaking of payrollsor marriage licenses.

That's the gist of a report by theDecatur Association of Commerce.Comparing March of 1949 with thesame month this year, the Associationhas come up with the following en-couraging figures:

Industrial payroll index rose from269 in March of last year to 290 thisyear.

More people are working—the em-ployment index went up from 111last year to 116.

The parking meters are taking inmore dough—up from an index of123 to 127.

More telephones are in service—upfrom 27,700 last year to 28,735.

Freight car loadings are up from9,283 to 10,561.

And—last but not least—more peo-ple are getting married. Compared to69 marriage licenses issued in Marchof 1949, this years' total for Marchzoomed to 97.

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SCOUTOPICSBy HARRY G. DIEBERTAsst. District Commissioner

At a recent Troop 9 Committeemeeting, a three months program wasmade up that will cover many itemsof Scouting until the new programyear starts again. I was impressed withthe willingness of Committeemen tak-ing over added jobs to do and feel thatTroop 9 will have a topnotch programthis summer.

The Committee and their respectivejobs are Lewis Smith, Chairman ofCommittee as Leadership and Train-ing Man, Todd Riley, Secretary andTreasurer, Noel Myers, Camping andActivities Man, Thomas Kennedy,Advancement Man, Organization andExtension went to Carl Henson, ournew Explorer Advisor in the Troop,Henry Meyer and W. C. Linder willshare the Health and Safety anglewith Lonnie Wall, Scoutmaster repre-senting the Scouts.

The Troop and Explorer Post havebeen planning to move to the Campo-ree site at Shelbyville June 2nd andreturn in the afternoon of June 4th.

Troop 9 will have a Father andSon camping trip in July. Scouts cannot attend unless their fathers arewith them. Fathers will not be re-quired to spend the whole time atcamp.

Our Institutional Representative,Mr. Ecklund, visited a recent meetingof Explorer Post 2009 and is expectedto accept the Post's charter at theirMay 31st meeting from CommissionerHarry Deibert.

The Post gave a Rope and Lashingdemonstration in April at a Troop 25meeting and are scheduled for anotherengagement on June 7th at Troop 11.

Post Committeeman Bertram Burseis acting Post Advisor of 2009 until asuccessor to Irwin Moldafsky can benamed. Mr. Moldafsky resigned hiscommission because of his travels as asalesman keeping him from Post meet-ings.

Troop 9 expects to have JamesMerry, District Executive, to theirJune 6th meeting to show a picture on"Patrol Methods." Scouters and sev-eral members of Troop 12 are expect-ed to visit the Troop that night andsee the picture.

Russell Dash of the Pack Commit-tee has become Pack Chairman. FloydLenover resigned and will soon trans-fer to Troop 9 Committee as his sonwill be the first Cub of Pack 9 tograduate into Boy Scouting. It is adouble gain for Troop 9.

The May Pack meeting was held inFairview Park with a weiner roast asthe Cubs took to the air as theirtheme.

The Pack is preparing to take inthe Macon County Cub Pow-wow onJune llth in Fairview Park. At theirJune 1st business meeting final plansfor the June Pack meeting will becompleted. The June meeting will beon a Sunday and take the Pack toNew Salem Park and Springfield.

Three Staley men graduated fromAdvanced Scouter's training course inMay given by the Lincoln TrailsCouncil and they were ScoutmasterPaul Simroth of Troop 1, Post Advi-sor Art Maines of Explorer Post 2022and Commissioner Harry Deibert.

Two more Staley men recently be-come Scouters and both as Institu-tional Representatives. Welcome intoScouting, Joe Grossman of Pack 18and Troop 18 and Ray Bomball ofTroop 12.

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85 Attend Nelson Park Scout Party

The pictures on this page weretaken at a potluck supper given bythe Joint Parents club at Nelson ParkJune 6 for Girls' Troop 79, Boy ScoutTroop, Cub Pack 9, and Explorer

Troop 2009. Eighty-five youngstersand parents attended. The programincluded games and singing. Membersof the Girl Scouts troop also went ona camping trip to McCormick Creek.

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Safety Bird

Bricks Or Cathedrals?

Tues., 5/9/50—Time again forTodd Riley, Mike Duggan, Al'Ewing,et al, to call to order our Health andSafety Committee meeting. Amongother suggestions discussed by thecommittee are ideas turned in byDean Smith, Yards and Tony Ro-mano, electricians.

You've read this short short storybefore, but let us repeat it once more—it fits in with what we want to sayhere:

As a philosopher was inspecting anew construction project he askedthree construction men what theywere doing. He got three differentanswers. The first man said, "I'mmaking $1.75 an hour." The secondman said, "I'm laying bricks." Andthe third and happiest man said, "I'mbuilding a cathedral."

The story points out a thing called"Enthusiasm." It makes the differencebetween a craftsman and a workman.The third man 'in the fable WANTEDto be proud of his work—and heWOULD be.

To get to our point. We've said itbefore, and we'll keep on saying it solong as it's true. Seldom is seen acommittee with so much enthusiasmfor its purpose as Staley's Health and

Safety Committee. We're not sellinganything when we say it-—we're justtelling you. The members of this com-mittee aren't just making their wages,or marking time in a meeting—as thefirst two men were doing in the littlestory. They're trying their best to doa job for you—with a goal in mind.And they don't stop thinking of thatjob when the meeting adjourns. . . .They work at it every day.

Now—how many committees canyou think of that you could honestlysay those things about?

Stars In Your Eyes

Tues., 5/16—Today's thanks go toCharles Thorborough, Pipe Shop, fora suggestion.

We noticed that someone hit 134m.p.h. in the Indianapolis time trialslast Saturday. That's not exactly driv-ing, though. For our dough, it's justflying kinda low and spinning thewheels once in a while.

About this time of year, a lot of usare beginning to get stars in our eyes.Vacation time coming up. Lots ofplaces to go with lots of horsepoweron lots of roads to take us there—andlots of chances getting there. Travel-ling is a wonderful thing. . . . It's toobad we can't do it in a gizmo like atime machine, or a sealed tube, orsomething that gets us where we'regoing without steel and glass rubbingelbows with flesh and blood.

The National Safety Council quotesa quote from the Texas Departmentof Public Safety. A man in Texaspasted a sticker on his instrumentpanel that read: "What hasn't hap-pened to me in 10 years of drivingmay happen to me in the next 10 sec-onds."

A vacation is all too short anyway—don't make it any shorter.

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Lavender Suede

Fri., 5/19—A few paragraphs backwe said we weren't trying to sell any-thing. . . . Today we are—but we havea good advertisement.

A heavy reduction gear in the FeedHouse dropped on the steel toe of aright foot this morning. The foot be-longed to Bennett Cripe, MachineShop—and he still has it—all in onepiece. That ends our commercial—except to say that Ben (better knownas "Salty") is perfectly satisfied to bewearing shoes with the leather scuffedon one toe.

Speaking of shoes—have you no-ticed some of the loud colors they'reusing in men's shoes? The male spe-cies of the human race—in modernhistory anyway—has been more con-servative in dress than the weaker sex.. . . A man wearing lavender suedeshoes, for instance, is too new an ideato take in a hurry. They sorta have togrow on us—like olives. . . . And,brother—some of those sport shirts!

But so it is with most new ideas.All it takes is some determined peopleto push an idea—some people to tryit—and the rest of us to get used to it.If it's good—we accept it. ... Thefirst man to wear a safety shoe or apair of goggles probably felt prettyconspicuous—but now it's the com-monplace rather than the unusual.

Thanks-Giving

Thurs., 6/1—We take a look at anewly-devised hook for the starchtransfer car, Kiln House. It was de-signed by D. L. "Buck" Matthews,assistant foreman in that department.The hook automatically slips off thestarch car by itself if the operatorfails to remove the hook himself, pre-venting recurrence of an injury causedby the former hook being pulled fromits fastening by the movement of the

transfer car and striking a man's leg.We owe Buck a vote of thanks for histimely invention.

Much obliged also for suggestionsturned in by:

Murray Hiltabrand—YardsVorris Blankenship—MillwrightsBill Brumaster—MillwrightsGlen Scott—MillwrightsGlen Clark—Plant .ProtectionRay Herron—Development Engi-

neersFrank Starbody—Electricians

HM-M-M-MHe took a chanceTo save a minuteHe "made his bed"—And is he in it!

Did you know that more than amillion women in the United Statesare overweight? These, of course, areround figures.

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22 Attend Girls'Bowling Party

Competition in the Girls' BowlingLeague came to a successful conclu-sion for the season May 17 when 22of the female keglers gathered at theParkway Inn for the annual girls'bowling party.

The program featured card play-ing, gabbing about the past season,and refreshments. Door prizes werewon by Blanche McDonald, MarthaHall and Rachel Jones.

Those attending besides the prizewinners were Marge Vest, RobertaNugent, Agnes Rommel, Helen Rod-gers, Eileen Crowder, Norma Hayes,Jackie Baum, Jane Ernst, Pegg Mur-phy, Betty Roderick, Alice Black,Annamary Myers, Pauline Cable,Pauline Turner, Esther Elder, GladysMier, Tony Kalins, Marie Wond, andDorothy Albert.

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TAXE$, TAXE$,

AND MORE TAXE$

If some guy asked you to give himevery fifth dollar that you earned,would you be interested in knowingwhat he wanted the money for. TheLockheed Aircraft Co. has turned outa neat little quiz on taxes for its em-ployees.

If you think you're pretty well in-formed on taxes, try your hand atsome of these questions:

1. When you drop two dimes inthat cigaret machine or buy a pack atthe drug store, give a guess how muchyou're paying in taxes:

a. 2]/2 cents c. 8^2 centsb. S cents d. 11 cents

2. True or false. We pay more tobe governed than we pay for food.T F

3. Ten years ago a married Staleyemployee without children earning$50 a week paid no direct federal in-come tax. This year an employee withthe same earnings pays a yearly taxof $

4. Check one. Suppose the federalgovernment took the 42/4 billions it isspending this year, converted it into$10 bills and stacked them up flat ontop of each other. How high wouldthe stack be?

a As high as the Empire StateBuilding (1,250 feet)

b. As high as Mt. Wilson(5,769 feet)

c As high as Mt. Everest(29,141 feet)

d As high as the highest alti-tude ever reached by anA m e r i c a n rocket missile(about 250 miles)

5. Check one. This year the federalgovernment is spending about 42^billions of money paid in taxes or bor-rowed from U. S. citizens. Any ideahow much the federal governmentspent in 1929, just 20 years ago?

a. 3 billion c. 10 billionb. 5 billion d. 15 billion

6. Fill in sentence. This year's fed-eral government payroll is about $10,-200,000,000. This is more than thecost of federal government from itsbeginning back in 1789 through thefiscal year

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And now for the answers:1. (d) 11 cents. If you smoke a

pack a day, you're paying $40 a yeartaxes.

2. True. Combined cost of all gov-ernment last year was 56 billion dol-lars. Our national food bill came to53 billions.

3. $191 for a married man. A sin-gle man with the same income paid$50 in 1939 and S29.1 this year.

4. (d) About 250 miles.5. Three billion. Not until 1941 did

federal spending pass 10 billions.6. 1914. These 125 years of federal

government cost $9,708,205,000, andincluded the cost of four Mrars.

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Orange Tank CarsFor Eye-Stopping

Staley people jumped a little theother day when a startlingly brightorange tank car neatly lettered "A. E.STALEY MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY" came rolling into ouryards along with our usual black oiltanks and aluminum syrup tanks.They have at least one more jumpcoming because the next fancy paintjobs will be white with blue lettering.

Story is that we are attempting thatneat "two-birds-with-one-stone" trick.The big bird is a tank car that looksbetter longer. Aluminum paint looksreal fine as it comes from the paintshop but, by the time the car hasrolled over a dusty right of way fora week and lived through its firstrain, it isn't clean any more. Furthertrouble is that, even after it is washed,it doesn't look clean.

There have been many advances inthe art of manufacturing paints in thelast few years, though, and we believethat now we can buy paints that willlook clean after they are washed.

The little bird at whom this stoneis thrown is advertising. In 1935 theInterstate Commerce Commiss ionbanned the fancy advertising slogansthat private car owners used to painton their rolling stock. Reasons werethat sometimes the advertising was soo

fancy that it covered or obscured carnumbers and billing information, andsometimes shippers dogged the rail-roads to keep their cars rolling evenwhen they were empty because theywere traveling signboards. The rulingmade us a bit unhappy because wewere just then considering a fancypaint job for our own tanks. But wecarried on bravely.

Primarily, we're using Mexican or-ange and white with blue lettering

because it will be easier to keep thecars looking clean. The fact that thecolors will make the Staley tank carsstand out in a railroad train like sorethumbs is purely coincidental, ofcourse. People who spot them won'tbe able to miss the "A. E. STALEYMANUFACTURING COMPANY"lettering on their sides.

Jim Cozad is shown above presentinga plywood "dog" to Maurice "Beanie"Smith at a party the Orphans bowlingteam held recently at Cedar Knoll,Beanie got the dog because of his talentfor being the team dog during the pastseason. He beat out Wib Folk by a slimmargin. The object in the foreground isIrvin Cox's head . . . not a bowling ball.

A committee was appointed by amagazine to study the question ofhow best to hold a wife, and a selectedlist of husbands was written to. Theonly reply received was from a cer-tain place of detention. It statedbriefly: "I found the best way wasaround the neck, but it should not beoverdone. Please note change of ad-dress."

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Dime-Sized ZestFor Housewives

Staley's is asking the nation's house-wives to invest 10 cents—one thindime—in an experiment to make theirmeals more tasty. That's the theorybehind a new display card bearing adozen dime-sized packages of ZESTwhich has been developed by our ad-vertising department.

The economy package was devel-oped by members of the advertisingand package sales department in amove to add the nation's housewivesto the increasing list of ZEST users.To date, most ZEST has been sold inlarge quantities to industrial users,but it is now available in handy,shaker-type packages of four and oneounce sizes.

"We're pretty certain that mosthousewives will be glad to invest sucha small sum," Henry Voile, Staleyadvertising manager, said. "A pinchof ZEST goes a long way toward im-proving the taste of many foods, andwe're sure that many who buy the10-cent package will become regularZEST customers."

As an aid to housewives, each trialsize package of ZEST includes recipesuggestions for its use in meats, fish.

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soups and vegetables. Retailers arebeing advised to place the displaycards on meat counters or at check-out stands in their stores.

Etheridge AttendsPrinceton Reunion

Oliver Etheridge, methods superin-tendent, took a June vacation to coin-cide with the 25th reunion of his classof 1925 at Princeton University, June8 through 10. Mr. and Mrs. Etheridgemotored to Princeton, N. J., for theoccasion.

George Pace, a photographer for theCorn Industries Research Foundation,took the picture shown above last jailwhen he visited our plant. The subjectof the photograph is Emery L. Grunert,machinists, at work in the machine shop.The photographer was so pleased withthe picture that lie asked for permissionto use it in a professional exhibit.

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Ferguson Company SoldTo Construction Group

Of interest to Staley employees wasthe recent announcement of the saleof the H. K. Ferguson ConstructionCompany, which handled our modern-ization program, to the Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., Boise, Idaho.

The Morrison-Knudsen Co. is head-ed by Harry W. Morrison whosemother lives at 1435 West Forest ave.The firm is one of the largest in theconstruction bus iness with foreignsubsidiary companies in Brazil, Af-ghanistan, Mexico , Panama, andCanada.

The firm's biggest job was Hooverdam in 1931. It is now building Hun-gry Horse, Boysen, Bull Shoals andDavis dams.

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WHAT'S THAT?

Melinda Kay Roberts, 17 months, wasinterested in whatever the photographerhad to say. She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Randall Roberts. Her motheris Dorothy Darlene in the Service De-partment. Grandfather Keith Roberts isin the tin shop.

ALTAR-BOUND CAKE CUTTING

Robert M. Metzger, Syrup House, isshown above with his bride, the jormerPatricia See, shortly after they weremarried May 13 at St. Thomas Catholicchurch. The Metzgers spent their honey-moon in St. Louis.

Helen Crabtree, ediphone operator inthe stenographic division, and JamesDonald Rodgers, senior analyst in thecontrol laboratory, are shown cutting thecake after their marriage April 8 in theMaroa Methodist church.

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Dorothy Heald RecipeReceives Rave Notices.

A recipe developed by DorothyHeald, Staley's home service director,has been receiving a lot of newspaperand magazine attention in recentmonths. It is the same "weep-no-more" Lemon Meringue Pie recipewhich was published in the StaleyJournal not too long ago.

Apparently, a recipe for a meringuewhich wouldn't weep was just whatthe food editors and the housewivesof the nation were waiting for. Doro-thy's secret: Using SWEETOSE whitesyrup for sweetening instead of sugar.She worked out the answer to thisage-old problem in her experimentalkitchen.

Clementine Paddleford, food editorfor the New York Herald-Tribune,featured the "no weep" Meringuerecipe with a story and picture, andPathfinder Magazine featured the rec-ipe in its women's section. A Philadel-phia restaurant chain reports usingthe recipe with good results.

•Iowa Grows One-TenthOf World's Corn?

A report by the Corn IndustriesResearch Foundation indicates thatIowa in 1949 lived up to her reputa-tion as the "tall corn" state. TheHawkeye State came through withcorn production amounting to one-tenth of the world's supply.

Almost as significant as the Iowafeat is the fact that nearly three-fourths of the world's corn supply wasgrown in North America. Here is the'breakdown on the world's corn pro-duction last year:

North America 3,535,000,000 hEurope 660,000,000 bAsia - 595,000,000 bAfrica 245,000,000 b

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Other 150,000,000 busheSouth America.- 365,000,0001)

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Since Iowa's own native corn pick-ers threw some 553,847,000 bushelsof corn into the world's hoppers lastfall, the state must be credited withone-tenth of the total corn produc-tivity of the globe. Sidelight on thisfantastic contribution to the planet'swealth: Iowa produced 84 per cent asmuch corn as all of Europe.

Last year's Iowa performance wasno flash in the pan affair. The yearbefore last, Iowa harvested 677 mil-lion bushels on fewer acres than lastyear.

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Kettelkamp To ChicagoTransfer of Jim Kettelkamp, divi-

sion order clerk in the industrial salesdepartment, to a sales representativepost in our Chicago office was an-nounced last month. Ed Neuendorfhas taken over Jim's duties as depart-ment order clerk.

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Wanted: An InventionFor Safe Driving

In a bulletin which he gets out eachmonth to Staley drivers, Gene Rhodesrecently called attention to the factthat some 5,500 patents were grantedlast year for inventions in the auto-motive field.

According to the bulletin, a total ofabout 800,000 automotive patentshave been granted since the horselesscarriage became a popular fad.

"Just as a suggestion—in case youreally want to achieve fame and for-tune—how about coming up with abright idea for improving driversrather than the cars?" Gene wrote.

•"Oh, boy!" cried the Russian gen-

ius, who had got hold of an Americanmail-order catalogue. "Look at allthese wonderful new things to in-vent."

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Adolph H. Hansen

Adolph H. Hansen, who worked forthe Staley Company for 32 years be-fore his retirement two years ago, diedJune 7 at the Decatur and MaconCounty hospital. Mr. Hansen was amaintenance engineer at the time ofhis retirement.

A native of Carver, Minn., Mr.Hansen was 70 years old at the timeof his death. He is survived by hiswife; two sons, Donald W. and Wal-ter O., bo th Staley employees; adaughter, Mrs. Eloise Cowger, Deca-tur; two brothers, Alvin, Bremerton,Wash., and Elmer, Carver; two sis-ters, Mrs. Marie Burling and Mrs.Elsie Santache, both of Minneapolis,and six grandchildren.

Basil Underwood

Basil Underwood, 39, an expelleroperator at the Painesville plant ofthe Staley Company since 1939, diedMay 22 at his home in Painesville.

Martin J. Larus

Martin J. Larus, who first came towork for the Staley Company in 1919,died May 10 of a cerebral hemorrhage.He was 64 years old.

Mr. Larus had been employed as alead oiler since 1942. Surviving arefour children, Raymond, Henry, Elea-nor and Caroline.

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Jonas W. Orrell

Another retired Staley employee,Jonas W. Orrell, 67, died May 8 athis home in Decatur of a heart ail-ment. Mr. Orrell worked in the pack-ing department for 23 years until hisretirement three years ago.

Surviving are his wife; a daughter,Mrs. LaVange Gulliforcl, and a son,Jonas E., Decatur; a sister, Mrs. Da-vid Davis, Olney, and a brother,Henry, West Salem. Mr. Orrell was anative of West Salem.

The Staley Fellowship club receiveda note of appreciation from Mrs. Or-rell.

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Jonas W. Orrell

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REMARKS FROM THE GALLERYBy Q. SQUIGEL

Harold Baker occasional ly doesK.P. duty at the First M.E. and looksreal sharp in an apron. After all thename is Baker.

» «Clifford Rigsby, corn oil house, is

talking in his sleep these days aboutbuilding houses and buying furniture.The wedding is scheduled for late fall.

» «Now Herschel Coffman knows bet-

ter than to walk too close behind ahorse. And why not walk too closebehind a horse? Everybody knows theanswer to that one.

» «Hal Hauert put a 3600 r.p.m. mo-

tor on the ventilating fan for Geb-hardt's office and turned on the fanwhile a foremen's meeting was inprogress. To date most of the foremenhave been found. There were also afew remarks about haying suction inthe right places.

» «Harold Shable is letting his beard

grow for the Lovington Centennialcelebration. He really hasn't lost hisrazor. But some of the hunters arecomplaining that he is providing toomuch protection for some, of the wild

John Easterling's golf game is im-proving, it is _ rumored, because hetalks to himself before each shot. Itgoes like this, "Now John ole boy, youcan do it. Just take your time nowand lay it right up against the pin."Dick Tong has been watching himclosely and if John starts answeringhimself, Dick will be in the marketfor a new doubles partner.

Ralph Clifton has discovered thatthere is nothing like a sledge hammerfor checking electronic circuits. Well,anyway it jars loose those stickingrelays. » «

Mama Logan sent Bob to the storefor a dozen eggs. On the way he ranout of gas and had to hoof it for aspare gallon. Those Chryslers reallygo for the stuff you know. He finallygot the eggs and while taking theminto the house fell down and brokethe lot. It all goes to prove Bob's phi-losophy which says that on some daysyou shouldn't get out of bed.

» «Ed Koshinski says that electronics

are here to stay. He even has an elec-tronic garage door opener that willoperate from controls in the car whenhe is several blocks away from home.No need to worry about forgetting toclose the garage door after leavinghome. If you haven't gone too farthere is still time.

» «Hiram Guyse and Joe Slaw went to

see a night game between the Cardsand Bums in St. L. Beating the rap ofa hotel bill seemed like a natural withGuyse's bedroom style Nash. But itdidn't work out on account of thewindow peepers. "Like sleeping in ashow window," Joe said.

» «No one thought it would ever hap-

pen, but Frank Madell has finallyopened up a box of those new golfballs that he won several years ago.

» «There is nothing so embarrassing as

watching the boss do something yousaid couldn't be done.

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The Bowling ChampsGIRLS' LEAGUE—

The COSOS: l e f t toright, 13. Allen, D. Albert,R. Jones, B. Roderick,ind A. Black.

AMERICANLEAGUE — The SOY-BEANS: left to right, W.Sims, F. Adcock, F.Wake field, D. Adcock,and L. Smith.

NATIONAL LEAGUE—The MECHANICS:left to right, B. Siweck,B. Ellis, B. Randolph, M.Brumaster, L. Schminski,and B. Brumaster.

INTERNATIONALL E A G U E — TheWORMS: left to right,J. Rodgers, A. Peterson,0. Campbell, H. Bell,and J. Travis.

SOCIAL LEAGUE—The GARAGE: left toright, B. Corey, L. Jack-son, 0. Dombroski, R.Lewis, and L. Hall.

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