Oliver Mirror February 1950

Description:	An employee newsletter. theOLIVER MIRRORVOLUME 2, No. 1 FEBRUARY, 1950shield against disaster NeYI Shelbyville BalerEnters Regular ProductionRed Cross Opens1950 Fund DriveCHICAGO, ILL.- Beginning March1, and during that month, volunteerRed Cross workers will carrythe Red Cross Fund campaign appP::i 1 thr011 ghn\1t thP coimtry.Disaster strikes, and Red Crossis on the job to save lives andgive aid to the victims. This wasdemonstrated all too well in therecent floods in the midwest.GIVE 1950 FUND CAMPAIGNOf each Red Cross dollar: 24cents goes to Disaster Relief; 28cents to the Armed Forces; 19cents to Service to Veterans; ninecents to Health Education; 14cents to other community and(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)A. W. Phelps TellsCongress of SteelIncrease EffedsCHICAGO, ILL.- Alva w. Phelps,OLIVER President, testified regardingprobable effects of recent steelprice increases on our companybefore members of The JointCommittee on the Economic Reportin Washington, D. C., onThursday, January 26.Mr. Phelps told Senator JosephC. OMahoney, Committee Chairman,that increases on basic steelproducts purchased by OLIVER averageabout 7 8/ 10 percent. Hesaid that this important cost increasecombined with other risingcosts already imposed upon oranticipated by the company tothreaten OLIVERS earning ability.(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)SHELBYVILLE, ILL- The new Oliver fully automatic Bale Master is shown in operationon a farm near Shelbyville, demonstrating how all of the hay is picked up withthe full-floating, spring-balanced pick-up. Synchronized feeding units keep the haymoving to afford top baling capacity, and produce bales of even density.SHELBYVILLE, ILL. - Comparingthe new automatic wire tie OLIVERModel 8 Bale Master feature byfeature with any other baler onthe market, it is easy to understandwhy its Americas mostmodern haying machine.The Model 8, OLIVERS latest infarm machinery, is the result ofexperimen.fa.tio!! by 01.!r Engi!!eeringDepartment. In developing thisModel 8, the ruggedness of theolder balers was retained, andsupplemented by many improvementsincluding a simplified automaticwire tie.Fully AutomaticThe results of the program havebeen the production of a fullyautomatic baler, light in weight,but with daily tonnage approximatelythat of heavier machines.The Model 8 will make a 70 poundbale of dry straw and a 90 poundbale of leguminous hay.The Model 8 ties the bale withtwo wires, with each wire havingthe two ties located on the cornersof the bales. The tie is formed bytwisting the wire, bending thetwisted ends in such a mannerthat it imbeds in the hay. Noscraggly ends protrude to tearflesh or clothing.Floating Pick-UpThe farmer gets all of the haywith the full-floating, power-drivenpick-up. Long spring tines liftthe windrow, without shatteringthe protein-bearing leaves fromthe stems.For turning, crossing smallditches, and transporting overrough fields, the pick-ups snout(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)2.VOLUME 2 No. 1Published at Chicago, Ill., by and for themembers of the OLIVER Organization.The OLIVER Corporation400 W. Madison Street, Chicago 6, Ill.FEBRUARY, 1950EditorHarold R. WenningerPlant EditorsBattle Creek .................. .... .. H. D. ThomasCharles City ..... ............. ...... R. C. WattersCleveland ... ... ................. ........... Len OgleShelbyville ................ ........ G . BlankenshipSouth Bend No. 1 ........................ Dick FrySouth Bend No. 2 ... .. ......... John TuoheySpringfield ................ ............ Tom RobertsStaff PhotographersCharles Dillman Carl RabeTheron Tallman Alfred DeverellThebert DetrickEl GentryLabor Round-UpDev elopments in industrialrelations at several plants duringthe past month are of interestto all members of theOLIVER or-gani ation.Management at Charles Citypresented the companys proposedpension plan to the unionshop bargaining committee onWednesday, J anuary 25. Theplan is of the type providing$100 a month including socialsecurity payments to eligibleemployes. Union officials arestudying the plan, and the nextmeeting in Charles City forfurther discussion has beenarranged for Wednesday, Feb.8. The company has again advisedthat no general wage increasecan be granted.South Bend lThe shop bargaining unit atSouth Bend, Plant 1, also alocal of the Farm EquipmentCouncil of UE, was offered asimilar plan by managementon Feb. 1 which is also beingstudied by the bargaining committee.Negotiations are well underway at Battle Creek, althougheconomic issues have not yetbeen discussed. Discussions directedtoward new labor agreementsat other plants have notyet fully developed, but it isbelieved that similar offers tothose made by the company atCharles City and South Bendwill be forthcoming.• February, 1950Safety Pays OffNATIONAL.. COUNCI~Social SecurityTax IncreasedCHICAGO, ILL.- On January 1,1950, the social security tax wasincreased from the former 1 %each to 11/z% for all employes andemployers covered by the law.This represents the first increasein the social security tax ratesince the program went into effectJanuary 1, 1937.Under present provisions of socialsecurity laws all OLIVER employeswill pay a yearly tax of11/z% on your earnings up to$3,000 a year, or a maximum of$45 a year. This must be deductedby the Payroll Department andOLIVER pays an equal tax on yourearnings. The employes contribution(or tax) and the employerstax are sent to the U.S.Treasury along with a report ofthe amount of wages our firm haspaid each employe every threemonths, or every calendar quarter.This information is necessarybecause employes rights to benefitsare based upon a certainnumber of quarters of coverage,and the amount of benefit payableis determined by the employesaverage monthly wage in coveredemployment.Every employe is urged to checkup on his wage record with theSocial Security Administration atleast every four years. The recordsare presumed to be correctafter four years. For your convenience,your local Social Se curityAdministration Field Officehas a Form (Postal Card OAR-7004) which may be obtained byanyone interested in securing astatement showing the wagescredited to his wage account.Bright Lights FascinateFormer European GirlsBATTLE CREEK, MICH.-Althoughthe Irish brogue and Scottish burrhave almost disappeared fromtheir voices, a few minutes inconversation with Margaret Berthiaume,P ayroll department, andCaroline Johnston, Service de-Margaret Berthiaume (left ), a memberof the Battle Creek Payroll department,compares notes on her native Edinburgh,Scotland, with Caroline Johnston,Service d e partment, who camefrom Donegal, Ireland . Both girls madethe trip to United States by air.partment, gives evidence that thegirls are not long from the oldSod.Margaret, a member of the OLIVEROrganization since August,1948, came to the U.S. in 1947.Boarding a plane in Scotland,August 18, 1947, Margaret arrivedthe following day at the home ofher sister, bride of an AmericanGI. Since her arrival in the U.S.Margaret married, and now livesvery much the life of the averageAmerican woman.Caroline JohnstonBorn and educated in Donegal,Ireland, Caroline Johnston hasbeen with OLIVER since August 21,1947- just 16 days after she arrivedin the States. Like Margaret,Caroline made the tripfrom Ireland by commercial airliner.Caroline has an aunt anduncle living in Battle Creek, andit was during a visit that theywere making in Ireland she becameinterested in coming to theU.S.Fascinated by LightsBoth girls feel very much athome in the United States, andstated that when they arrived,they were fascinated by the multitudesof electric lights of manysizse, colors and designs.It seemed like fairy land tome, Caroline said.Both girls find our holidays aresimilar to those overseas. Halloweenis known as Box Day,July 4 is comparable to GuyFawkes Day, which is held onAugust 5.The girls are looking forwardto a pleasant lifetime in their newhomeland. As they say smilingly:We have fallen in love with ourcountry, and except for a returnvacation , we are looking forwardto a full and rich life.CHARLES CITY, IOWA- Yoicks! Here s a coon hunting story that ~o u nds like a fish story, but the picture above furnishes the desired proof. Left to righ t:Gordon Me.ad. John Monroe and Irv Bauer, of the Charles City Plant, brought in90 _coon w1~h1n three weeks time! That s a lot of coonskins, and it doesn t lookas 1f any big ones got away.3.theOLIVER~MIRROR • February, 1950S~-SPRINGFIELD, OHIO- When the girls of Payroll, Accounting, Engineering andPersonnel he ld their Christmas party, they turned the tables on PhotographerThebert Detrick. Instead of Thebe snapping the shutter, the girls posed with himwhile Mickey Wolf of Payroll took the picture.SOUTH BEND, IND. (Plant 1)-Diving at South Bend! When it became necessaryto install a new pump and close the 10 pipe at the bottom of the spray pond,Diver Ed Updike, of Inspection at Plant 2, got the job. Helping Ed descer.d areCharles W. Potter, grinder, and Matthew Nowak, Foreman in the MaintenanceDepartment.PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWSAT RIGHT: BATTLE CREEK, MICH.- Members of the Fire Fighting Squad of theBattle Creek plant watch intently as Ed Hessmer (left foreground ), Safety Director,and Al Staib, Maintenance (right foreground ), explain the operating principlesof a C02 type extinguisher. left to rig ht: Melvin Shafe, Walt Miller, Ed Yates,Gordon DeYoung, Dayton Fruin and Ke nneth Hamlin {all of Maintenance), TomSine, Industrial Nurse, Harold Holt, Package Department, and Harry Thornton ,Sheet Metal.SHELBYVILLE, ILL- Plant employes line up to have their pictures taken whenthe Illinois Mobile Chest X-ray unit visited Shelbyville recently.SOUTH BEND, IND (Plant 1)- Mr. and Mrs. Ray Forycki are shown in their cozylittle apartment with some of the furniture which was purchased with Rays SuggestionPl~n Awatd money. To date, Ray has received $336.76 for suggestions l\ehas submitted .4. • February, 1950This is the Springfield Plant Basketball Team that will face the Battle CreekCagers early this month. Left to right: (front row) Richard Anderson, Joe Shinkle,Leon Dulaney, Robert Saunders, and Garnard Dibert. (Back row) Lew Linton,manager and coach, Ted Bell, James Sprag ue, George Miller, and Gene Weinbrecht.The question at the mome nt is- Will the Mighty Moh liemen add anot hervictory.Will There Be Joy in SpringfieldWhen Mighty Cagers Arrive?BATTLE CREEK, MICH.-On Feb. 11,an athletic contest reminiscent ofthe one which shook Mudvillewhen mighty Casey struck out,will take place at s ·pringfield,when plans have been made forthe Battle Creek cagers to meetthe Springfield team on their ownground. This initial meet will befollowed by a return tilt at BattleCreek , Feb. 25.In a carefully worded communiqueto Plant Manager F. J.Zielsdorf, a spokesman for J. RayMohlie, Battle Creek Plant Manager,stated: Ray Mohlie ha1 askedme to contact you relative to arranginga home series between your Springfi e Id Too Fait For the Camer a Baske tball team and our local team.He wanted to handle the arrangeme nts,but he is extreme ly busy with rep resentativesof the National Profen ionalBa sketball League and All-AmericanBa sketball Conferenc e.The spokesmen, H. D. BudThomas modestly pointed out thatfor three years the Battle Creekteam was city champion, 1948runner-up, and 1949 semi-finalistin the Michigan Recreation Associationstate tourney. The te amis st rictly amateu r, Thomas asserted.ED NOTE: As this issue goesto press, Mr. Zielsdorf could notbe r eached for comment, butsomehow the feeling persists thatsomewhere in this favored land,the sun will not shine so brightas this historic t ilt draws near.THE MIRROR will bring you aquarter by quarter report, asfactually written by EditorsRoberts and Thomas. In the interestsof fair play, THE MIRRORwill present individual accountsby both editors.Red Cross(Continued from Page 1, Col. 3)national activities, and six centsto general administration.Lets get behind this drive andgive our support to AmericasMother- The Red Cross.New Bale Master(Continued from Page 1, Col. 4)can be raised by means of a liftlever.A rigid inspection system ismaintained throughout all phasesof manufacture, and before leavingthe plant, it is run in on atesting stand to assure properoperation of all parts.Boon to FarmerSound engineering, careful constructionand efficient operationhave made the Model 8 a muchneededtool to the farmer and adefinite step forward in the farmequipment industry.The developement itself representsanother step in improvementand diversification of OLIVERSproducts which help maintaingood employment and products,and the reputation for Finest inIndustrial and Farm Machinery.Dont Forget YourTax ExemptionsCHICAGO, ILL.- It is important toyour employer, to the governmentand most of all to you, that youkeep an up - to-date WithholdingExemption Certificate (FormW-4) on file with your PersonnelOffice. This certificate establishesthe basis of your exemptions, anddirectly affects the amount of incometax which the company isrequired by law to withhold.If the number of your exemptionshas changed since you lastfiled a certificate in the P ersonnelOffice, get a new form, fill it out,and turn it in.J. R. HumphreysHeads Fund DriveAt South BendSOUTH BEND, IND. (Branch Office)- Leadership in the industrialdivision of the 1950 fund- raisingcampaign of the St. Joseph Countychapter, American Red Cross, hasbeen given to J. R. Humphreys,branch manager of THE OLIVERCORPORATION at South Bend.Rog Humphreys is well knownin business circles, and has beena member of the OLIVER organizationfor 35 years, starting at theSpringfield, Ohio plant and latertransferring to South Bend.Mrs. Humphreys is equally activein the Red Cross, and hasaccumulated more than 2,000 hoursof volunteer wo1·k.A. K. BishopDies at ReginaRE GIN A, SASK.- A . K. AlexBishop, repair shipper at the ReginaBranch, and oldest memberin point of service of the OLIVERorganization in Canada, died earlyin December after a long illness.Mr. Bishop joined Nichols &Shepard and completed 37 yearsof service with OLIVER (successorto Nichols & Shepard) in June,1949.He is survived by his wife, twodaughters, four grandchildren andone great grandchild.Phelps Testifies(Continued from Page 1, Col. 1)Mr. Phelps reported substantialdecreases in sales for the firstthree months of the 1950 fiscalyear as compared with the samequarter last year.He said that this reduction inwinter sales of the companysproducts was due to the returnof seasonal buying by customers,and vigorous competition in thefarm and industrial equipmentfield . He told the congressionalinvestigators that if a general increasein the list price of OLIVERproducts is dictated by these risingcosts, further unfavorable reductionsin sales of our productsmay result.Other witnesses testifying beforethe committee included officialsof major steel companies,research men from the CIO Steel workersand UAW, and economists.SHELBYVILLE, ILL- Left to right: Lee Sprag ue, General Superi ntendent of Assembly;Vice President C. L. Hecker, and Plant Ma nager C. R. Rogers discuss productionaspects of the Model 8 Bale Master, Oliver la test engineering development.s. theOLIYERm MIRROR • February, 1950Suggestions Unlimited!Thought and Common SenseResult in $705.58 AY-ard!BATTLE CREEK, MICH. - Its saidthat an abundance of signs in alloffices of International BusinessMachines, a successful and war ldfamouscompany, admonishes employes-from president to officeboy-THINK.Thought and common sense canbring big returns. Ask Joe Magrum,Die Crib Man in Sheet Metal,at Battle Creek. Joe thought thereshould be a way to reduce annualwiping rag costs in the plant. Heworked out a common sense shoptowel program, and turned theidea in through the SuggestionP lan.The result? Cost reductionwhich returned Joe an award of$705.58, second highest paymentin the history of the plan.THINK is right. Seems asthough IBM has something there!Charles CityOut in Charles City, morethought and common sense resultedin an award that spreadChristmas cheer. Clarence Morgan,lathe operator, turned in asuggestion for a change in themethod of turning a brake drum.The suggestion was accepted,and a check for $337.32 presentedto Clarence.Even more noteworthy is thefact that part of the money for thisaward was used to distributebaskets of food to needy familiesin Charles City.Mr. and Mrs. Morgan purchasedenough food to fill twelve Christ-BATTLE CREEK, MICH. - Joe Magrum(right), Die Crib, Sheet Metal Department,receives a check for $705.58 fromJack Pershing, Departmental Foreman(left), as Pla nt Manager J. R. Mohlielooks on. Joes check was the result ofan idea to replace rags with a shoptowel program.mas baskets, and as a result twelvefamilies spent a Happy ChristmasDay.South Bend 1At South Bend Plant 1, SuggestionAward checks helped tofurnish the apartment of Mr. &Mrs. Ray Forycki. Ray, a memberof the Process Engineering Department,has received $336.76 forhis efforts thus far, the largestsingle check being for $287 .53.Does it pay to THINK? Thesemen - Joe Magrum, ClarenceMorgan, and Ray Forycki- thinkso.CHARLES CITY, IOWA- Foreman E. Schwartzkopf (left) studies the suggestionchange with Clarence Morgan, involving the method of turning brake drums.SPRINGFIELD, OHIO- left to right: Homer Secrist, assembler, granddaughter Joyce,and Mahlon Secrist are shown with Droll von Schutzenwald, five month old Boxerpuppy. Mahlon has served nine years in the Navy and is presently on leave.Displaced German CanineSurprises Homer SecristBeagle MusicLures HuntersSOUTH BEND, IND. (Plant 1) -January 10th ended the cottontail season, which has kept thehunters of Plant 1 occupied almostevery Saturday since theopening (Nov. 10) .Many sportsmen, who are contentwith two or three rabbits,usually confine their hunting toshort distances from South Bend,but more avid hunters travel atleast 50 miles to secure the limit.Conversation with the nimrodsreveals that few hunt without theassistance of Beagles. They areof the opinion that there isntanything finer than the musicof a pair of well trained Beagleson a frosty morning while in pursuitof the elusive rabbits.The weather was unusually mildduring the last season, and it wasmore difficult to locate the quarry.Cold weather and heavy snowcauses the rabbits to seek shelterin thickets or wooded sections.This year their favored hauntswere cornfields or clover stubble.An ideal day for sportsmen anddog alike, is one which is damp,cool, and with a light shift ofsnow. Dry, windy days and iceBy Tom RobertsSPRINGFIELD, OHIO - We are accustomedto hearing of DisplacedPersons, but Homer Secrist, assembler,received the firs DisplacedCanine.Homers son, Mahlon, of theU. S. Navy, surprised his fatherwith a four-month-old Boxerbearing the distinguished name ofDroll Von Schutzenwald.I am accustomed to receivingprize gifts from Mahlon, Mr.Secrist said, smiling, but whenI received this man-eater thattopped them all.The animal has an interestinghistory. He is a blooded Boxerand was attached to the Frankfort,Germany police and carrieda badge to that effect. This breedis known for its ability as watchdogs,so the Secrists have fewworries of prowlers.Mahl on, who has been in theNavy since 1940, was home forChristmas and visited the plantfor the above picture.covered ground makes it difficultfor a Beagle to hold a scent.Among those who follow thissport at Plant 1 are: Camiel Coene,Pete Mandich, Eddie Nick, GeorgeSkippy Radomski, R. L. Fry andJohn One Shot Guendling, whoseldom fail to get the limit.6.10LIYERm-MIRROR • February, 1950Whats A Lapidary?--ltsHobby of Lee BaldY1inCHARLES CITY, IOWA- If Lee Baldwin,Charles City Yard Foreman,happens to stub his toe on a rock,chances are the rock gets morethan just the wrathful look theaverage individual would give it.If that rock passes Lees visualinspection, its more likely to endup in a ring setting as a beautifullypolished stone.For Lee Baldwin is a lapidary-a workman who cuts and polishesstones- according to Webster.Began During BoyhoodLees hobby dates back to hisearly life as a farm boy. Heearned pocket money by pickm.:up stones from the river b:; .1.<and selling them to profess~ .. .. :.:1lapidaries. As time passed, Leebecame more interested, and severalyears ago r igged up machineryof his own and embarked . mhis present hobby.When Lee finds a rock whichseems to have a possibility as aring mounting, it doesnt matter~s to shape. He cuts it to shapeon his diamond saw (the saw isa disk of 1/ 32 thickness withdiamond dust embedded on theedge). The stone is then finished ,ground and polished on varioustypes of grinding wheels. Themost precise work involves fittingthe stone to a particular r ingmount.Comparatively New HobbyLee points out that his hobbyis a relatively new one. A fewyears ago, only a small numberManila Greeting!MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS - Acheery hello from a lovely Philipp ineIslands girl, as she demonstrates theease of operating the Oliver Row Crop1188 11• Th is tractor is one of a recentshipment to ou r distributor, Mersman& Co ., Inc., Manil a .of books were available on thesubject, but since then lapidarywork has gained considerable importance.In addition to rings, Lee hasmade tie clasps for his friends,and estimates that he has polishedbetween 200 and 300 stones.As an encouraging note to possiblehobbyists L 2e adds: Goodgem stones can be found in anycommunity. It takes skill and alot of work to cut and polishthem, but the end result is wellworth the effort.CHARLES CITY, IOWA- Lee Baldwin, Lapidary, demonstrates his method of polishingstones in his basement workshop. The entire process involves several hours ofpainstaking work.NATION A L. S A FETY COUNCI~Athletic AssociationSponsors Cub PackCHARLES CITY, IOWA- The OLIVERAthletic Association recently becamefinancial sponsors of aCharles City cub scout pack. Themoney granted will help pay packexpenses for a period of ten years,and make it possible for additionalboys to become scouts.The Athletic Association sponsorsvarious OLIVER athletic teams,employe entertainment, and suchworthwhile civic projects as theScouts. The association is financedthrough the sale of soft drinksand candy at the plant.Recent PromotionsCongratulations are extendedby members of the OLIVER Organizationto the following men whohave been promoted recently.Charles CityWayne Carlson from FoundryMaterials Technician to Foreman,Large Cores. Merritt Yancey fromIndustrial Engineer B to Foreman,Export. Thomas Andersonfrom Foundry Clerk to Foreman,Cleaning Room.ClevelandJohn W. Smoot appointed GeneralForeman of the second shift.William H. Barney, Foreman ofD epartment 11, second shift.Lawrence G. Denk appointedChief of Plant P rotection. RogerL . Leslie appointed Plant Di rectorof Training and Safety.Eldred A. Gentry assumed dutiesof Suggestion System Secretaryin addition to other responsibilities. John P . Burke assumed duties of Plant Layout Engineer.South Bend 1David A. Stanfield from DispatchSupervisor to Foreman, Re -MEN WITH IDEAS!JAMES W. RHOADSSPRINGFIELD $ 1190.25JOSEPH MAGRUMBATTLE CREEK $705.58TEO FRANKCHARLES CITY $583.58JACK H. WOKATYCLEVELAND $430.10A. LEROY COZIERSPRINGFIELD $371 .91CHET TOBINCHARLES CITY $357.00CLARENCE MORGANCHARLES CITY $337.32ceiving Stores. Chester Stachowiakfrom Dispatch Clerk toDispatch Supervisor. Robert L.Warren from Equipment and MaterialInventory Controller toGeneral Foreman, Stock # 1 andTransportation. Kenneth Ponderand Alvin Butts from Mouldersto Foundry Foremen. Karl Abttransferred from Chicago Officeto Plant Industrial Engineeringdepartment. Additions: CharleE. Caldwell, J ay A. Fisher, andRay E. Shidaker, Foremen, GreyIron Foundry.7.11,,OLIVERm MIRROR • February, 1950Loen Fritsche, Linguist,Speaks Five LanguagesBy Robe rt WattersCHARLES CITY, IOWA- CharlesCity might well be called- thecity with a thousand hobbiesandLoen Fritsche, Foundry Foreman,bears this out. He is a linguist,and speaks five languages- Serb, French, German, GreatRussian and English- fluently.Loen is modest and hastens toadd that he only speaks, readsand writes Serb to a limited extent,and that his knowledge ofGreat Russian, French and Germanis confined to speaking only,which enables him to get by forpractical purposes in those coun -tries.Loens ability to speak Serbresulted from his association witha former neighbor, who was anative of Yugoslavia. His knowledgeof F rench , German andGreat Russian was acq uiredthro u gh his overseas militaryservice.Loen tells of an interesting incidentwhich took place duringthe war when he was serving asan Ordnance man with the U.S.Army in Europe. His unit, movingtoward Brunswick, Germany,picked up 13 Russians. Of the 13,only one (a Great Russian) wasable to converse with him. Loenexplains there are three languagesin Russia- Great Russian, WhiteRussian and Little Russian. Heexplains his ability to talk to theGreat Russian due to the fact thatSerb and Great Russian languagesare similar.Languages run in families oftongues. English belongs to theTeutonic tongue, to which alsobelong German, Dutch, Norwegian,Danish and Swedish, heexplained.It is much easier to learn anotherlanguage within a tonguethan it is to change tongues, hecontinued.Loen modestly explains hisknow ledge of languages is aidedby the fact he is an ardent readerof history and geography.Front Office TopsIn SB 1 leagueBy R. L. FrySOUTH BEND, IND. (Plant 1) afterletting their shoes hang fora number of years until the revivallast fall of bowling activities,several of the old timershere have found it difficult tosend them spinning into the slot.At the half season mark, a fastpace is being set by the FrontOffice team, captained by DanMarshall, with 32 wins and 13losses.Mid-Season StandingsWon LostFront Office .......................... 32 13~~~fe~~~;;;-·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~ ~ ~Grey Iron .............................. 27 18Engineering No. l ·············--- ~~ ~i~:i1~1 0 ~_~-~~~---::::::::::::::::::::::::::24 21~~~~~~~~0~-~~::~:::::::::::::::::::: H i~ Process Engineering .............. 13 32Salvage ............. .. ................... 11 28CHARLES CITY, IOWA- Loen Fritsche, Foundry Foreman, compares a sentence inSerb and English. His knowledge of languages is aided by the fact he is an avidreader of history and geography.SOUTH BEND, IND. (Plant 2)-The Lo Swings-(left to right) Ray Yerhaegen, DickSeutter, Rollie Schieman, Carl Goffeney, Jerry Karacsony walked off with tophonors in the first half of the season of the South Bend Plant 2 Bowling Lea gu e .Ott Co llins, mighty man of the maples,a nd ho lder of hi g h ind ividualgame reco rd, displays his winning form .During the 1949 seaso n, Ott rolled athree game hi gh of 67 0 .Cotton HarvestersIn First PlaceSHELBYVILLE, ILL. - The OLIVERCotton Harvesters of the SocialBowling League finished in thelead for the first half with a recordof 36 wins and six losses. Thissame team finished in last placein the same league last season.Members are: Forrest Bryson, BillKeating, Lee Sprague, EmersonWilson, Don Riley, and GeraldBlankenship.In the Thursday Ind ustr ialLeague, the OLIVER Balers finishedin the top slot for the first halfwith a r ecord of 32 wins and 10losses . The Balers ha ve a l sobow led high team game and highteam series and Howard Cox ofthe Balers holds high individualgame and individual series.A vacancy in the League forthe second half was filled by ateam sponsored by the Shelby-LoSwing TeamCaptures HonorsBy Jack TuoheySOUTH BE D I D. (Plant 2)-Aclose race in the first half of theSouth Bend Plant 2 BowlingLeague season ended Jan. 5, withthe LoSwing team, captained byRollie Schieman, in first place.Ebe Votaws Maintenance Keglersand Paul Kowals Insp ctionteam tied for second. Tool Design,led by Ed Janowski, followedclose behind. The league uses thePeterson system of scoring.Ott CollinsHonors for high individualgame with handicap for the firsthalf went to Ott Collins of Maintenancewith a 245 game, butJulius Morey of Heat Treat betteredthis record with a 266 forthe first night of the second half.The Plant 2 league has beenbow ling for three years and nowhas ten teams with 56 men bowlingon Thursday evenings. Secondshift bowlers are members of aMonday Morning L eague andhave an up and coming team underthe leadership of Lewis Szabo.Kenny Biggs, league secretary,tells us $900 will be availablefrom a fund built by r egularcontributions of the bowlers, fordistribution as prize money at theend of the season. Additionalprize money of $10 per night forthe top three individual highgames with handicap has justbeen announced by Plant Man a gerWebb Shider, as a contributionof the company.ville Farm Machinery Co., localOLIVER dealer. There are nowthree plant teams and one dealerteam in the league.tit•8. OLIVER MIRROR • February, 1950Denver Skiers Enioy SportWith Aid of HG 68 TractorBy George PedigoDE VER COLORADO- On any holidayduring the winter months,its customary to find severalmembers of our sub-branch inDenver at the Loveland Pass skiarea, 60 miles and 5,220 feet aboveDenver.The ski area ha six tows (endssropes used to pull skiers upthe side of the mountain): 500foot beginners tow; 600 foot practicetow, and 800 foot rainbowtow- all near a shelter house.Every 20 minutes an OLIVER HG68 pulls skiers up half a mile tothe first of a series of three tows.These three tows lift skiers 1,750feet above the shelter house, andfrom this point there is a two mileski run down the side of themountain between snow coveredpine trees to the front door ofthe shelter house.The temperature ranges froma crisp 20 below zero to Springlikeweather. However, despitethe coldest weather, skiers oftenget a sunburn at this altitude dueto the sun refl cting on the snow.350-A-Day Brand?Federal personnel costs duringa single month this year increasedat the rate of more than $1 milliona day with new hirings at therate of 350 a day.- Tax OutlookMeet the EditorJohn E. TuoheySOUTH BE D, I D. (Plant 2) John E. Tuohey is our new PlantEditor and Personnel Manager atPlant 2.J ack joined The OLIVER Corporationin March, 1947, as Job andWage Analyst in the Chicago Officefollowing almost ten years ofpersonnel work.In March, 1948 he wa transferredto South Bend Plant 1 aAssistant Personnel Manager. InNovember 1949 h came to Plant2 as Personnel Manager and PlantEditor for THE MIRROR.Before coming to South Bend,Jack considered Evanston, Ill., hiDENVER COLORADO- Every 20 minutes the Oliver HG68 (shown below) pullsskiers up a half mile to the first of a series of three tows. This is a special snowgrouser-equipped unit.Overseas Men Attend Service SchoolLef~ at right: Agis Psorullas of Athens, Greece and Eugenio Edwards of Santiago,Chile study the new hydra-lectric control unit during their attendance at aService School held recently at Charles City.CHARLES CITY !OW A- Chil andGreece were represented at therecent Service School held inCharles City for service managersfrom OLIVERS U.S. and Canadianbranches. The purpose of theschool was to acquaint field salespersonn 1 with the new Hydralectncpower control units andDiesel engines being placed onthe new line of tractors.Eugenio EdwardsEugenio Edwards of Santiago,Chile, who has been in the countryfor several months, ha vis-hometown, having lived theremost of his life before enteringthe armed forces. He spent twoand one-half years doing personnelwork in the army, principallyin the Pacific theater.Jack is married and has adaughter, Patty, three. He spendsmost of his free moments atwoodworking which has overshadowedhis other hobby, photography,since he moved into hinew home at Mishawaka, Ind.RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEEDTHE OLIVER CORPORATIONited each of the oth r OLIVERplants. He r presents Cia dPetroleos de Chile (a distributorof OLIVER and other quipment)and Fundacion Pedro AguirreCarda (a government foundationdevoted to educating peopl ofChile at other countries).Agis PsorullasAgis P sorullas of Ath n s,Greece arrived in th UnitedStates r cently and will remainhere for several months. Uponhis return he will enter the GrecianArmy for approximately 18months of training.Psorullas repre ents the PsorullasCompany, ole distributorfor OLIVER and other equipment inGreece.When the time for departure totheir countries arrives, it will bewith a feeling of regret fromthose who have met them, forthey have won many friends atthe plant cities they have visited.SECTION 34.66 P. L. & R.U. S. POSTAGEPAIDSouth Bend, IndianaPERMIT NO. 156
Origin:	1950-02
Publisher:	The Oliver Corporation
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Collection:	Business & Industry
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Subjects:	Business enterprises--Indiana--Saint Joseph County Labor--Indiana Oliver Farm Equipment Company

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