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Published byAMCHEM PRODUCTS, lnc.

Ambler, Pennsylvaniain the Interest of AMCHEM

Employees and Their Families

Reporters: Barbara H. Emerson, Agri.cu/turo/ Research;Dorothy DiLouro, Agri.cu/turo/ So/es; Andy Ducsik,Amb/er P/ant,. Nellie Niblock, Genera/ Accountl.ngOffice; Chr.is Andersen, Internalional Division; W.llburHall, Meta/worki.ng Research; Anna Lucas, Me fa/work-i.ng Sa/es,. Toni MCBreen, Pockogi.ng,. Harry Croll, Pi./otP/ant; Blanche Van Buren, Detroit; Frances Adamac,Wi.ndsor,. Virginici Chequer, St. Joseph; Patti Shipe andPenny \^l.ildoner, Niles.

William A. DrislaneEdl''or

On Our CoverApart from the fact that the D.S.S. Rotter-dam makes an extremely attractive coverpicture, this flagship of the Holland-America Line has aluminum lifeboatswhich have been given a chemical treat-ment of Alodine * for corrosion resistance.

There is no more severe test for alumi-num than salt spray-and in this respecttrans-ocean liners really get the works,but they're prepared to take it with theirAlodine* ccoring.

The seven hundred and forty-eight footlong Rotterdam registers 38,000 grosstons and is the fifth largest vessel usingthe port of New York. In trons-Atlanticservice she accommodates a total of1,440 passengers in first and touristclasses. She made her maiden voyage toNew York last September.*Alodine is a registered trademark of Amchem Products, lnc.

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0n the outside of the trunk is the bark. Immediately underthe bark is a layer of phloem cells and under this is a layerof cambium cells. The cambium cells keep dividing to formthe phloem cells on the back side and to form xylem cells onthe pith side or center so that each year a new ring is addedto the bark, and another to the pith or wood. The age of atree can be determined by counting theannual rings on the surface of a stump.

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Joyce Kilmer wrote`<1 think that I slrall neoer see

a, poem lovely as a tree,"ou may be sure he wasn't thinking of those

inat raise their nasty little heads amoritg`, theirscrubstowering brethren in the vast forests that cover hugeareas of our Northwest and South, or blight otherwisefertile pastureland in the cattle-raising sections of ourcountry. These pygmies of the botanical.world create aneconomic problem for both the forester and the rancher.They deprive the taller and heftier trees of a full quotaof nourishment. Furthermore, bigger and healthier spe-cies could be grown on the same sites.

In the low, riverbottom lands, oak, gum and other sin-ilar hardwoods thrive; while on the dry, south slopes theconifers (the cone-bearing trees like pine, etc.) matureto healthy stature. If a conifer were to. sprout up amongthe hardwoods, it would be considered as undesirable.Similarly, if a hardwood were to appear among theconifers it would be considered an interloper. Neitherthe conifer nor the hardwood would be in its naturalenvironment and would only reach a stunted growth,with a maximum height of about 20 feet and a trunkdiameter of only about two to 10 inches.

An expedient method of ridding forests and pasturesof unprofitable trees up to 10 inches in diameter is byinjection of Amchem's Trinoxol*` (2,4,5-T) or a 50-50combination of Amchem's Dinoxol* (2,4-D) and Trinoxol.Ideal solutions of these chemicals are being worked outby numerous researchers throughout the country, includ-ing Dr. I. L. Smith at the Southern Forest ExperimentStation, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Amchem's current recom-mendation is 40 pounds per 100 gallons of oil of thebutoxy ethanol ester of Trinoxol, and the same propor-tion is recommended for the 50-50 combination of Dinoxol•and Trinoxol. However, we might suggest that a lowerrate of both the Trinoxol and the combination of Dinoxoland Trinoxol be tried on limited acreage with the injec-tor. Diesel oil has been the most effective diluent inresearch and commercial practice with the injector. Themanufacturer of the injector tells us that the cost ofdeadening timberland and brush by the injector methodis only $5 to $7 per acre, and this includes the cost ofchemical and labor.

To understand fully how tree injection is accomplishedwe will first have to know something about the structureof a tree.

The main stem or trunk of a tree has two pi.incipalfunctions. It holds the crown (the series of brancheswith their leaves) erect and exposed to the sunlight andair. It also acts as a conveyor to carry water and foodfrom the roots to the crown. If a trunk is sawed, thecross section would look like the illustration shown on

Row ]oha8or., ACD Research, shows proper techa6que for ustapgcherrhoal injector. A strorbg thrust Of the injector peratrates thebark to the vital carmbial iegtor.. AI this point the lever at the apperend Of the injector 4s tripped and chendcal released, into cut.

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*Trinoxol and Dinoxol are registered trademarks of Amchem Products, Inc.

Since the cambial region is the vitalpart of the tree, this is the area whichhas to be penetrated in order to "putthe tree to sleep." For this operationan implement or tool called an injectoris required. The inj.ector consists of acylinder with ii lever at the upper end:`nd a two-inc`h curved bit screwed intothe bottom end.

In].ection is made by striking at thebase of the tree at an angle of approxi-mately 60° with the ground. By trip-ping the lever at the upper end, thechemical is I.eleased into the cutthrough a one-tenth-inch opening inthe cutting bit. Approximately onetablespoonful js released into each cut.Naturally, the larger the tree the greater

deAMCHEMwt2acthe absorption of the chemical. Care must be taken that theopening or "pocket" be filled.

It is only economical to kill trees from two to 10 inches indiameter by the chemical injection method. For trees of largertrunk diameter it is cheaper to "girdle" them, that is, to cutthrough the bark into the cambial cells completely around

the trunk. For diameters under twoinches, spraying the base of the treewith the chemical is sufficient.

One lumber company owning ex-tensive acreage employs ten-man injec-tor crews. These crews, although com-prised of unskilled labor, are highlyorganized and well schooled in theirwork. A typical crew consists of a fore-man, six men with injectors, two menwith knapsacks for basal spraying onthe small trees and one man with agirdling machine or axe for the largertrees. Crews go through the timber-lands literally like a swarm Of locusts.

What becomes of the dead.,trees? Intime they drop to the ground, becomecovered with an accumulation of leavesand eventually decompose into thekind of rich soil all of us would just loveto have in our gardens.

JZMdceHnEc¥::a:Eewisn:eu¥LmMu:gtL:gevoL:the Northeastern Weed Control Confer-ence held at the Hotel New Yorker, NewYork City, January 6, 7 and 8. This wasthe 14th assemblage of this weed controlorganization. Seventeen people from ourAgricultural Division attended the variousspecialized sessions. Papers were present.edorally by Mel Sutherland, who is in chargeof secondary screening i`t our ResearchFill.in, and by John Kirch, ACD ResearchDevelopment Speciali``t ( Brush Control ).Sutherland's paper, entitlecl "Response ofSoybeans to Several Substittitc(I BcnzoicAcids," was based on research which hehacl done at the Farm. Cofluthoring thepaper with Mel were Dr. Stan MCLane,Dick Hart and Harvey Raman, all fromAg Research. This paper was given at thei`ll-important general session held in thehotel's grand ballroom in the afternoon ofthe opening day.

Kirch Opens SessionKirch opened the afternoon session of

the Industrial and Highways Section onthe following day by delivering a paperon "The Invert Emulsion -A PromisingTool for Right-of-Way Maintenance." Iniiddition to Kirch, "Tex" Waldrum,Amchem Research Mechanician, and

Harold Brown, Central Virginia ElectricCoop., were coauthors of the paper. Kirchwas also a participant in the panel dis-cussion on "New Application Techniquesand Chemicals for Brush Control," whichfollowed.

Roy Johnson was a panel member of thegroup that discussed "Herbicides andTechniques of Application for Highways."This discussion closed the Industrial andHighways' Section on Friday.

Gallagher PresidesAt Thursday's Agronomic Crop Section,

John Gallagher presided at the momingbusiness meeting and was chairman of thethree-hour afternoon session. This in-cluded moderating the discussion from thefloor in "Pre-emergence Crabgrass Con-trol." At Friday's session of this section,Tony Tafuro, ACD Field DevelopmentSti`ff, presented the Co-ordinating Com-mittee Report-``Pastures and Hay Cro.ps."

In addition to those already mentioned,the following from Amchem's AgriculturalDivision attended: Bill Allen, ChemicalDirector; Bob Beatty, Director of Re-search and Development; Russ Bishop,Supervisor, Barbara Emerson, Research;Jim Farrell, Sales; Ed Lacko, Sales; JakeLandis, Chemist; Dick Otten, Research;AI Schneider, Chemist; Danny Shaw, StaffAssistant, Sales; Jack Taylor, Manager of

Industrial Chemical Sales; Joe Torchiana,Sales and Advertising Manager of Lawnand Garden Products; and M. 8. Tuner,Sales Manager.

Large AttendanceA total of approximately 650 people at-

tended one or more days. Published pro-ceedings, including papers, approximated540 mimeographed pages.

It was gratifying to note that in thewell-over one hundred papers which werepresented, and in the various discussions,the name Amchem and its products fre-quently cropped up in a very favorableW ary .

Amchem is one of the sustaining mem-hers of the Conference along with suchnotable firms as Dupont, Dow, Monsanto,Allied Chemical, Union Carbide, et al. Inthe field of herbicides, Amchem is anacknowledged leader by these industrial8reats.

The entire membership of the NEWCCis composed of personnel from State ex-periment stations, colleges and universi-ties, the U. S. Department of Agriculture,those engaged in agriculture and agri-cultural chemicals, highway construction,utilities and others with rights-of-wayweed control problems in the New Eng-land and Middle Atlantic States.

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Quite recently more than the usualamount of activity has been going onin our Pilot Plant. It centered aroundthe installation of a new six-stage, allstainless steel panel coating apparatuswhich has been operating for the lastcouple of months along the left wall.

Harry Croll, who is to the PilotPlant what Neil Tohnston is to theWarriors, supplied us with a few inter-esting facts about the machine and itsfunction.

There are six spray compartments insequence, each equipped with spraynozzles, a set of electric controlswitches, a temperature gauge, a pres-sure gauge, a chemical or water tankI.eservoir with an attached motor. Eachof these components can be easilyidentified in the accompanying photo-graph. At the left in the photograph,the panels, which look like king-sizedspatulas or plasterers' trowels with

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The new six-stage all staluless steel panel coating machine in operation at the Pilot Pl,ant.

handles at the end, hang at six-inchintervals in suspension from a conveyorwhich carries them through the sixstainless steel compartments wherethey are chemically sprayed andwashed alternately.

The speed of the conveyor can beregulated from approximately sixinches per minute to four feet in thesame period of time. The rate is regu-lated to suit the requirements of the job.

Prior to passing through the fiveelectric I.adiant heat drying units, atright in the photograph, there are twosmall air blowers that blow off any ex-cess liquid that might remain on thepanels. Each heat unit can be turnedon or off individually since the amountof heat required varies according tothe specific metal coating being ap-plied and the speed that the conveyoris moving. Five of the reservoir tanksh{`ve a 15-gallon capacity; one (Tank

No. 4) holds 30 gallons. This size.differ-ential is also evident in the photograph.

The electric motors, which are alsovisible in the photograph, supply thepower to keep the various chemicals orwater circulating through the system.

In addition to coating panels for ourown Research and Development De-partments, the machine is used to coatpanels on a commercial basis for out-side firms. A recent order calling for6,000 treated panels was the largestsingle order received so far. Panels arehand-wrapped for shipment in water-proof paper, 50 to a package, with asheet of "onionskin" paper betweeneach panel.

We have been told that the machineowes its existence largely to the in-ventiveness of President Romig andPlant Manager Graham Smith.

MCD Meelihg

Those attending the MC;D Mainragers'Meeting in January take a ``lock atthe birdie" during a coffee break atone of their sesstor.s. Seated I,. to r.are Chock Wirshing, E1,I,s Stock-bower, George Wi,I,liamson, JackPrtee, Gerald Ro'rwig, F. P. Spru-arroe, Jr., I. 0. I. Shallenberger, JinAbron'us and AI Sinclalr. Standing I,.io r. are Jack Breen, Hugh Gehman,Dick Reeves> Greg G4bson, DonMiles, F. P. Spruance, Sr., DickBailey and Bob Fabian. Inset;:Warrenweston answering telephone.

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Tom Crowley, Amchem's very persomb]e sales representative forwool scouring products, had the honor of addressing the Belton-Rocky River Textile Technic€`l Advi`nce Soc.iety, i` group composedof the technical exp.erts of Bigelow-S{`nford Ccirpet Company, inIvy, S. C.

Tom gave an extremely interesting €md detailed account of thevarious techniques and pi.ocesses employed in wool scouring, devot-ing considerable time to its many aspects as related to the carpetindustry. He stated th€`t tip to now most of his work has been in-volved with the emulsion system, using either a soap-alkali deter-sive system or straight synthetic detergent. The latter was originatedand developed by Amchem. It is the method by which nearly allthe wool processed in this country is scoured at the present time.

Tom covered practically ever.y phase of wool scouring. He touchedon the diverse type of foreign matter that is found in raw wool,dividing it into two classifications: (i) "applied" impurities suchas paint, tai., etc., used for identification, and insecticides and dipsused for protection; (2) the "natural" impurities which include woolgrease, suint (dried perspiration) salts, dirt, vegetable matter, etc.,explaining that the efficiency of the removal of the latter impuritiesin scouring ranges from 90 to 99%. He gave additional after-scouring efficiency percentages for the various kinds of wool in re-spect to their place of origin.

He closed his talk by remarking that wool scouring is not thecrude operation that it may appear to be on the surface. If a systemis to be run efficiently and react to the definite chemical differencescharacteristic from lot to lot, it requires a close supervision of theindividual baths and the frequent testing of the final product. In thisway, the operators may react to quality fluctuations so that themaximum uniformity may be achieved at the mininum cost in chem-ical and raw material consumption. This is not only a requisite foran efficient scouring plant but for optimum carding, spinning anddyeing of the stock; also in the case of carpet for the consumer, itshould result in attractive appearance and non-soiling characteristics.

Tom has been with Amchem for ovei. 15 years /Amc7}em Netos,Sept. 1959) and is an acknowledged authority on the subject ofwool scouring. He left Forstmann Woolen Colppany, Passaic, N. I.,to join Amchem in 1944.

Tom is most enthusiastic` about Amchem's new Ridosol* neutralscouring process which makes possible the economical productionof scoured wool vastly super.ior in quality to that obtained by con-ventional methods. This process uses precision electronic instrumentsto control the variables in the solutions resulting in best qualityresults at minimum cost.*Ridosol is a registered trademark Of Amchem Products, Inc.

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LEW SCOTT LETS '£MGET AWAY D£LIB£RAT£LY-

Ftaltrhi Custoans.IOn one of those mean days back in Januarywhen everyone around Ambler was complainingabout the weather, a letter arrived from LewScott, our esteemed MCD sales representativein Florida. Lew lives in Fort Myers on the WestCoast up the Caloosahatchee River a bit fromthe Gulf of Mexico, where many a hopeful base-ball rookie's dreams of stardom were eithershattered or realized, for Fort Myers on occa-sion has played host to our former local entry inthe big leagues. But Lew never did have pro-diamond ambitions. Aside from business reasons,he picked Fort Myers because he was interestedin another and more sedentary sport-fishing.The scene of his piscatory activities, which hedescribes in his letter, is three or four milesoffshore in the Gulf Stream.

Without any further preamble, let's get onwith the interesting part of the letter Lew wroteto Mr. Cherksey:

"In the first five minutes I caught a 22-pound

king fish. In the next five-after landing the king-I caught a 62-inch barracuda, estimated weightaround 40 pounds. We caught grouper up to30 pounds and snapper up to 25. All this onthree different days in a total of not over tenhours of fishing. I ALONE caught nearly 500pounds of fish. My greatest trouble was in tun-ing .them loose without hurting them-or me.

"The best sport is in using light tackle and

catching them down in deep water. The wateris clear as a crystal and you can see all sortsof fish down there. You can actually SEE pos-sibly a ton of fish at one time. Instead of catch-ing the larger fish, which are just a lot of hardwork, I rather prefer taking the smaller ones-up to 20 to 40 pounds and to get them on lighttackle and let them run. I lost a lot of hooksbut they get rid of them quite easily.

"You never mentioned whether you are com-

ing this way this year but if you do I do hopeto be able to get a chance to see you. Of course,I realize you don't care about fishing but maybesome of your friends might and if they can staya.way for several days at a time, they could getin a trip they will remember forever. It's simplyTOPS.„

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deAMCHEMwt2acEarly last Winter if any of our Amchemteleviewers had the good fortune towatch the United States Steel Hour'spresentation, "Big Doc's Girl," theywould have witnessed the autobiog-raphy of the wife of Dr. Richard F.Reeves, Director of MCD Research.

Not only was your editor unawareof the identity of the author of theteleplay, but the idiosyncrasies of atemperamental TV set deprived him ofeven viewing it. Therefore he has todepend mostly on the local newspapersaccount of the story behind the story.

The play was a dramatization of abook which Mrs. Reeves, the formerMar.y Medearis, wrote several yearsago. This book developed from a shortstory, "Death of a Country Doctor,"which she had written as a class as-signment when a student at ColumbiaUniversity.

The story made such an impi.essionon her teacher that it was chosen asColumbia's entry in a magazine con-test. It won first prize over 422 otherentries.

Its fame was not short lived-thestory has appeared in four anthologies,one of which js ``Best Short Stories of1942" by Martha Foley.

Whit Burnett, the editor who spon-sored the contest, suggested that thestol.y be enlarged into a book.

A year later, Mary Reeves took hisadvice and turned out a book whichbecame a best-seller. Published by Lip-pincott, the story was purchased byReczboo* for the highest fee which hadever been offered by this magazine forii book at that time.

It \vas then condensed by Reczczer'SDzges4 and dramatized on the Reoczer'sD3.gesf radio program "This is MyBest."

In 1948 the government bought thebook and translated it into German tointroduce the German people to the wayin which the back country inhabitantsof Arkansas lived. The book has sincebeen translated into four languages.

A teem-age edition was later pub-Iished and today "Big Doc's Girl" ison the required reading list in almostevery school in the United States. Itis also listed under "Folklore of Arkan-sas" in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Mrs. Reeves was reared in the wildsof Arkansas. The daughter of a countrydoctor, she had a great enthusiasm forteaching. She came to New York whereshe won a scholarship to the ]uilliardSchool of Music and while here shemet her future husband who was thenii student at New York University.

In the Lower Gwynedd area, Mrs.Reeves has been instrumental in intro-ducing a relatively new theory in teach-ing the piano. Her group lessons withchildren have been very successful atthe Spring House School and this yearshe has a full-time schedule teachingstudents at the Academy of the Sistersof Mercy, Gwynedd.

Mrs. Reeves teaches everythingfrom "boogie to Bach" and has foundthat the children respond enthusiasti-cally to learning music in a group.

Mrs. Reeves hopes to record herteaching beliefs in another book in afew years.

Dr. and Mrs. Reeves reside on NorthSurrey Drive, Gwynedd Valley, and arethe parents of two boys and two girls.

John Geyer in the Headlines Again"Geyer Elected Northampton Board

Chairman." This banner headlinestretched across eight columns of the"Bristol Courier and Levittown Times,"

January 8 edition. Accompanied by acouple of paragraphs of text, it in-formed us that Geyer, who is Amchem'snew Technical Assistant to Pi-esidentRomig (see Page 12, Dec. '59, Amc7iemIvett;s), was elected chairman of theBoard of Supervisors of Northampton

Township, Bucks County. John, a resi-dent of Richboro, was elected to theBoard of Supervisors in the Fall of '58in his first try at politics. His electionis indicative of the confidence hisNorthampton constituents have in him,since the post carries considerablyheavy civic responsibilities in one ofthe more progressive districts in Dela-ware Valley.

JOHN H. GE¥ER

deAMCHEMWzacSTerry European Technical Supervisor-Bridge ls Named His Replacement

John Sterry, for the past three-and-a-half years a member of our Interna-tional Division's globe-circling set hasbeen given a new assignment. He isnow Amchem's first permanent tech-nical service supervisor in Europe, hav-ing moved with his family to Zurich,Switzerland, early last month.

JOHN R. STERR¥ KHNNI`:TII BI`IDGE

Sterry's new post was brought €`boutby the growth of Amchem's €igricul-tural chemicals business in Europe,where our Company has 37 licenseesand representatives.

Tohn's extensive knowledge of theapplication of Amchem's agriculturalchemicals under varying climatic coli-ditions and in greatly different areas.fits hin ideally for his new job.

While this is a new position f()rSterry, the work which he will do issimilar to what he has been cngi`Lrc(Iin on a world-wide basis since I.()inillgAmchem in 1956. His duties will I)(tlargely in the area of on-the-sp()t i`gri-cultural chemicals reseiirch iili(I de-velopment where he will I)c c`()iis`ilting

and cooperating with independent re-searchers as well as with Amchem'sEuropean associates.

Sterry came directly to Amchemfrom Ghana, Africa, where he was aColonial Agricultural Officer for theBritish Government, a position he as-sumed in 1954 immediately aftergraduating from the University ofAberdeen, Scotland, with a B.S. de-gree in agriculture.

Sterry was born in London, England,and spent six years in the RAF as aflight lieutenant from 1944 to 1950.Accompanied by his wife Mona andthe couple's five-year-old son, Findlay,he left for his new assignment Febru-ary 2. While in the U. S., the Sterryslived in nearby West Point.

Sterry's former position at Amchemhas been filled by Kenneth Bridge,who, like Sterry, was born in England.Ken attended the Harper-Adams Agri-c`ilturi`l College after having served intli{i Bi.itish Royal Marine Commandosill tlie Fi`r East during World War 11.

I`'()llowing his graduation fromII:`i.|]cr ill ]949, where he earned hisB.S. tlcgi.ce, he became im AgriculturalA(1vis()I.y Officer for Imperial ChemicalI]id`tsti.ics ill this company's Malayiir(ti`. [ii this c`ilpi`city he not only didI.(`.`ciiri'h iiii(1 (1cvelopment work in newc-himiic:il`s with regi`rd to plantation:ip|)]ic`:iti()n I)ut he also acted as an:i(lvis()r to pk`ntation owners.

Kcii joined Amchem last Septen}ber.lie mi`kes his home in Buckingham,Bucks County, with his wife Joan anddaughter Sally Ann, age 41/2 .

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The first i,rwestmerit Dan Chisho:tin .made _after moving to Amble.r.coas_in..skegsfor riis uoungsters. Hcoing resided in Jagkson, fy{ississipp4, u_ritil `l_act Fall, t.hgyoung C:hisirolrrls had nei>er seen srLow before this_ wiriter.. Be.ading from le.ftio riEhi: Vat 7, Mthe 6, Ntta 10 and Terry 3. iLtl four children seeap to _beenjoJing their initid shed rides. Dad i8 Marmger Of Farm Chemtoal Sales.

Dr. George C. Harrison, Jr.

Joins MCD Research

Just recently Amchem's metalworkingchemicals research staff was strength-ened by the addition of Dr. GeorgeC. Harrison, Tr. Dr. Harrison joinedAmchem at the first of the year aftt)rresigning from Pennsalt ChemicalsCorporation, Whitemarsh ResearchLaboratories, where he was engagedin the study of complex organic andinorganic compounds. At Amchem heis specializing in protective coatingsfor steel.

Dr. Harrison was born in Pittsburghand is a product of that city's publicschools. He graduated from the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in

DR. GEORGE C. HARRISON, JR.

chemistry in 1951. Upon graduationhe worked for a time in Westinghouse,Pittsburgh, as a chemical analyst ofmetal alloys and later the same yearhe did applied research on the by-Products of coke at the Mellon In-stitute, also in his native city. Heresigned the latter position to do grad-uate work for his doctorate which wasconferred on him by his alma mater(in absentia) while attending the U. S.Navy O.C.S. at Newport, R.I., in 1956.

On being commissioned an ensign,he was inmediately assigned to theaircraft carrier Kearsarge.

In 1958 he was transferred to theOffice of Naval Intelligence and wasreleased from active duty in March,1959, with the rank of lieutenant jun-ior grade.

Dr. Harrison is a member of theAmerican Chemical Society and PhiLambda Upsilon and Sigma Xi honor-ary societies.

Since woodworking and horticultureare Dr. Harrison's off-hours favoritepastimes, we suspect that he will soonvacate the apartment at LynnewoodGardens, which he shares with hiswife Mary and son Robert, age 2, infavor of a country home with someground around it.

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your 5th, loth and 15th. Thisone I'rrb doing sitting doum," saysBid AIlen (r) as he places 20-yearaward 4rb Don Srmal,rs lapel.

Charlie Olivieri (r) is the happyrecir]ierit Of a ten-year seroieeaward in the form Of a ruby tiechasxp preserited to hin by anequally happy Adolf Karcher.

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congrcLtwzations IThese Are the Men and Womenof AMCHEM Who Have Re-ceived Service Award EmblemsSince the Last Issue of THEAMCHEM NEWS:

25 YEARSNorman Howard

Donald E. Small

Alonzo L. Sinclair

Frances AdamacCharles J. 0livieriJaroslaw Sweryda

5 YEARSJohn D. Breen

Peggy J. HendricksKenneth C. Kramer

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aration for your 20tl® and 25th:'says Sunniy Sp`ruance (1) to AISinclair as he congratu:lutes AIon his 15 years with Amchem.

Jaroslaw Sweryda's ten-yearruby seri]iee award pin has al-ready i ound its way to his coatlapel bef ore the i ormal greetingby Dutch (1wh and al,I) Harmon.

Amchem DarTIt was nip and tuck all the way down tothe wire in the five-team North Penn DartLeague with Amchem squeezing throughand winning the championship on March 2.

Amc`hem, then in second place, neededone game to tie and two to win the title.The team came through like real champsby taking all three games in their lastmeeting with Willow Grove Fire Com-pany. In the final standing, Amchem fin-ished with 29 wins against 19 losses for

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Team Cops League Crownan excellent .604 in one of the best dartcircuits in the area.

Sterling performances were tuned inby Nick Boychuck, Joe Rocco, Tony Bruno,Mickey Krisan, Johnny Zollo, Ralph Lelii,Dick Shellington and Emil Stoyanov, allof whom batted over 400. Boychuckposted a terrific 496 average and wasclosely followed by Rocco and Bruno. InRBI's Seiz drove in 78 runs and right be-hind him came Lelii with 73 and Zollo

with 70. The team total was 436 runs.In addition to those already mentioned,

Charlie Olivieri broke into the line-up oc-casionally and pushed over a useful 21runs. Even Frank Cahill put in an appear-ance and got a time at bat. The accuracyof the entire team can best be appreciatedby the low 96 nickels off the board forthe entire season.

League play began the first week inOctober and ended on March 2.

SAFETY REPORTTo End of December, 1959

§r:€f#+tie:i?£r;:I:][n!;egd§e§the order of merit.

1. Packaging

2. Shipping

3. Mciinlenance

4. MCD Production

5. Construction

6. Receiving

7. Resecirch

8. ACD Production

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1. Shipping

2. Packaging

3. Maintenance

4. Research

5. Receiving

6. ACD Production

7. Construction

8. MCD Production

AWARDS TO

A look at the standing of the variousdepartments in the Safety Report forthe year 1959 shows a big shuffle whencompared with the line-up at the endof 1958. Top honors this year weretaken by Packaging for the Best Fre-quency Rate with a neat .090 perform-ance, ].umping from third place in 1958.

Shipping finished in second placewith a .136 rating, and thus showedthe best percentage of inprovement,having pulled up from seventh placeat the end of 1958.

For the entire year there were onlythree lost-time accidents in a total of237,434 hours worked.

A wide assortment of merchandiseprizes-including cutlery, indoor and()`itdoor thermometers` insulated

TuhrreeetaokfeAmclrem's better kr.own iierst>rmel are etistliy recognizable in this pi_c

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tumbler sets, etc.-were awarded to thewinners. The following were repre-sented from Packaging: DepartmentSupervisor John Horn, Douglas BIos-ser, Leon Bolig, Anna May Brown,Grace Brown, Mildred Brown, DonatoCalvano, Franny Cram, MargaretGagliani, Joseph Gantz, Esther Hop-wood, Walter Krogh, Antoinette Mc-Breen, Louis Serratore, Thomas Te-desco.

From Shipping: Department Super-visor Jimmy Roberto, Gabe Mancini,Ed Piescuik, Earl Seiz, George Anto-nacio, Nicholas Boychuck, DavidDean, Joseph Lysinger, George Mc-Kinley, Franc].s Pulli, William Sny-der, Emil Stoyanov, Norman Urbanand Ralph Wood.

Amchem Displayal U. S. Pat. Office

JZ2TDtehpearL=£#ntiono£°£Gtoh±mue±cse.,Amchem participated in the Chemicalsand Synthetics Program which washeld at the U. S. Patent Office, Wash-ington, D. C., February 15 throughMarch 11.

Amchem feels it earned this rewardthrough its acquisition of approxi-mately 1200 patents in 57 differentcountries. In addition, our Companyhas 350 applications on file. In all, only15 companies from all over the nationwere invited to erect displays. Some ofthe other firms having exhibits, in ad-dition to Amchem, included Du Pont,National Lead and Commer.cialSolvents.

Being invited to participate in sucha program is an indication of theesteem with which our Company isrecognized by this important branchof our Government.

Introducing New Membersof the Amchem Srork clubRICHARD LEIGH BESSE

TheproudAri;heNm°Vfamr::::]3ai9u5e9]M. Besse (ACD Sales)

LORETTA MARIE RAMAN. . . November 25, 1959

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.... December 3, 1959The Proud Amchem Parent: Thomasrl. Vogl ( MCD Sales, Cent. Dist. )

DOUGLAS ADDISON DORSAY

The Proud Amch;inJa3:rae¥t| ]i]1o9n6eqA. Dorsay ( Int. Div., Adm. Asst. )

ERIC LANCE HOPKINS

TheproudAmch.e.riJp=rue¥ty[di]9a6£L. Hopkins (ACD Sales, West. Dist. )

KEVIN JOSEPH ALBA. . . February 8, 1960

7?eAIEraoldACSCphreoEu:t::#:JosephLYNN MARTHA ROCKSTROH

. . . February 24, 1960The Proud Amchem Parent: RichardK. Rockstroh (Asst. Plant Mgr. )

\VILLIAM PUSEY WARNER

TheproudAin6hFeeErupaaT¥e2n6t>:19#Wayne Wamer ( MCD Sales, E. Dist. )

deAMCHEMwacTvel,come to our ne:u) employees

NAMECEOROE F. BLATTNER, JR.

DAVID J. B0CCHINO

JANE A. B0YD

CAROL I. BRANDENBURC

KENNETH BROWN

ROBERT a. COLEMAN

ANTHONY F. DELLA DONNA

CARMELLA J. DELLA DONNA

JAMES E. ESPOSITO

DONNA LEE FRIEND

FRANK GIAMPA, JR.

DR. GEORGE C. HARRISON, JR.

DAWN-MARIE HOFMANN

JAMES F. KNIGHT, JR.

ANDREW F. MAYERSKY

WILLIAM J. METZ

ALiaA I. MILLER

THERESA E. O.NEILl

ORBY E. ROACH, JR.

LEONARD P. STROUP

EARI. W. TAYLOR

WILLIAM D. WATKINS

MERRILL J. WHITE

MARGARET L. WILMES

HOME TOWNN orristown, Pa.Ambler, Pa .Conshoho(,'ker.,Pa.Haycoard,Cdif.Tracey`Cdif.Phtladalphia, Pa.Ambler, Pa.Ambler, Pa.Hazketorb` Pa.St. Joseph, Mo.Ambler, Pa.El:hire Pack, Pa.Armbler, Pa.Kingwood3 W. Va.Laasdale , P{i.N . W ales, Pa.Watheun,Ka".Hayward,Cdif.St. Joseph, Mo.St. Joseph, Mo.St. Joseph, Mo.Ntles, Cdif .stockeon, Cdif .St. Joseph, Mo.

ASSIGNED TO

Maintenance Dept.ACD Production Dept.ACD Packaging Dept.Niles OfficeNiles PlantACD Packaging Dept.Shipping Dept.ACD Research OfficeACD LaboratorySt. Joseph OfficeACD Packaging Dept.MCD ResearchInventory Dept.Adhesives ResearchACD Packaging Dept.ACD Production Dept.St. Joseph OfficeNiles OfficeSt. Joseph PlantSt. Joseph PlantSt. Joseph PlantNiles PlantACD Sales ( Western District )St. Joseph Office

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JOI-IN STERRY was also honored bythe International Division at a luncheonJan. 27, prior to his departure forSwitzerland.

***Arthur! Catherine! Get off the floor!Ditto, Marge and Cower Champion ! BOBand CONNIE GODORECCI as well asJOANNE DAVIS aiid fianc6 Bob Cap-puccio are burning the boards to thetempo of Latin-American music at theTuesday evening dancing classes at theShady Grove Junior High.

***Rays of Sunshine: Just as we go to pressthe good word has reached us that ouresteemed assistant director of purchasing,WAYNE WILSON, has returned homefrom Abington rlospital and is rapidly onthe mend after surgery. We hope by the

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