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Hand Made Home Result of anIdea 11

From Old Staley Journals 12

Extra Board Comes Out in NewAttire 15

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New Names Jump to Top inBowling 24-25

Personnel Changes Made in FeedSales v 27

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—JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

O R I G I N A L I D E A S M A R K E D

C A R E E R O F T W O S M I T H

BROTHERSBy their whiskers you know them—

but Smith Brothers have other and moresubstantial claims to fame. ChristenedWilliam and Andrew they are knownchiefly to present generations as Tradeand Mark of the free flowing beards. Butthat would not have bothered them, anymore than it bothers William's twograndsons who now manage the business.The original William and Andrew wouldknow, as the present William and Robertrealize, that when one thinks of Tradeand Mark, he thinks of Smith Brotherscough drops.

It is quite a little story which leads upto the point almost a hundred years agowhen William and Andrew deliberatelybroadcast their pictures, featuring theirthen fashionable beards as a trade mark,with "Trade" under William's pictureand "Mark" under Andrew's. Do notget the idea that these two energeticyoung men were displeased that peoplewere joking about the Smith Brothersbeards. They knew that most of thepeople did their joking standing on thebuying side of the counter, purchasingSmith Brothers cough drops.

• scotch family

William and Andrew Smith were twoof the three sons of James Smith, aScotchman who moved to Canada in the1830's, but when they were quite youngtheir father moved his family on a Riverboat to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It was in1847 that the family settled in thatrapidly growing town on the Hudson.The boys had not yet started letting theirbeards grow, and the New York Central

Railroad was just being built, two sig-nificant facts in their history.

Since the brothers were still too young,in 1847, to take active parts as businessleaders, their father solved the familyeconomic problems by opening a restau-rant—probably he called it an eatinghouse—chiefly to feed the men workingon the construction of the new railroadand the traveler who passed through onthat part of the road already built.

• good food

It was a small restaurant at first, buttravelers, railroad men and people wholived in Poughkeepsie soon discoveredthat the Smith's knew how to cook andserve food. Good restaurants in smallertowns a century ago were rare things,so when one did appear the hungry worldquickly beat a path to its door. The pathto the Smith restaurant was worn bymany feet in a short time.

And through all the years, since 1847,the Smith family has maintained thatrestaurant, which is larger now, but stillthe best place to eat in a section of theUnited States which is justly worldfamous for good restaurants. It is stilljust Smith Brothers restaurant—a long,cheery dining room with ceiling fansoperated by pulleys, and polished goldenoak hooks on the walls for customershats. To reach the dining room onewalks through the front part of thebuilding, which is Smith Brothers candystore—definitely not shop.

• enter — cough drops

It was soon after James Smith openedhis restaurant that he began making

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Three views in Smith Ilrothers factories. At top is the "Coughie Shop" where theMichigan City girls enjoy their lunch hour. Center is the mixing room and below isshown part of the packing process.

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candies to sell at a counter in the frontpart of the building. And about thistime the first cough drops appeared.Tradition has it that a peddler travelingthrough the Hudson valley with all hisgoods in a pack on his back, stopped atthe Smith restaurant one day and of-fered to sell James Smith a recipe for ahard candy which would stop coughs.James was canny, and the thing lookedgood to him so he bought it. In a shorttime he began making these "coughcandies" in five pound batches on thestove in the kitchen.

His two sons—later to be so famous—had their first contact with the coughdrop business, on the sales side. FatherJames could easily make up the batch inthe kitchen, but the boys were requisi-tioned to sell the finished product. Al-ready ful l of good ideas, they decided togo out after business instead of waitingfor it to come to them, and each one,with a basket of candy and cough dropson his arm, went out onto the streets ofPoughkeepsie and sold to passers-by.

• two virtues

Up u n t i l that time all such coughremedies were either highly ineffective,or were compounded with no thought oftaste. The new cough candy was mostefficacious and in addition had a pleasingtaste. Knowing they were medicine, stillpeople ate them like candy—and salesjumped beyond the capacity of the Smithrestaurant range.

By this time William and Andrewwere taking over the entire managementof the business which had increased witha rapidity which surprised the Smithsthemselves. All up and down the valleypeople were buying these small candies.To keep up with the demand a largerstove or furnace was rigged up in therestaurant basement and larger batchesmade, and in a short time the cough dropbusiness went off on its own. An old icehouse was taken over and there, at firstover an open fire, the first real coughdrop factory was opened.

The first Smith Brothers factory teas in this building. Probablythe horse and wagon were used in hauling completed cough dropsto the freight house.

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Smith Brothers tico factories are neat beyond belief. The larger picture shows thefactory in Poughkeepsie, where the main offices are also maintained. The inset shows theMichigan City factory, on the shores of Lake Michigan.

• comes competition

Competition which has always beenthe great boon to growing businesses—if they can meet it—appeared, and theSmith brothers realized that several de-cisive steps must be taken to make thisgood business better. By this time theirfather was dead and the brothers werein complete charge of the business. Likemany young men of the middle seventiesthey grew long and flourishing beards,for the general opinion at that time wasthat such a facial adornment added dig-nity and gave one more prestige in thebusiness world.

Then, to make their product moredistinctive they looked about for somedistinguishing mark. People, they knew,were too prone to just ask the druggistfor cough drops, and they wanted theAmerican public, at least, to be so im-pressed by some outstanding character-istic that it would always ask for SmithBrothers. It was then that they decidedto use their own pictures and cash in ontheir beards.

At first big glass bowls were furnisheddealers who sold cough drops. Thesebowls were to be kept filled with the

little black candies, and on the customersside was printed a picture of Williamand Andrew. That probably was the firsttime pictures of manufacturers were soused as a sales aid. The next step wasthat of furnishing small paper envelopesfor the dealer to put the customer'snickel's worth of cough drops in. Onone side of these envelopes, of course,William and Andrew again had theirpictures printed. Now after almost ahundred years the cough drops are stillsold in small packages, with the picturesof the two brothers on the outside.

• always pioneers

Always Smith Brothers have beenpioneers in the various fields which theirbusiness touches. They pioneered a per-sonal sort of advertising which has beeneffective for three generations; they werethe first manufacturers to pack and selltheir product in a uniform package at apopular price. Twenty years ago theyannounced another innovation—air-con-ditioning.

A constant temperature and a con-trolled and constant humidity are ofgreatest importance in a factory where

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hard candies are manufactured. Thesecough drops must harden almost at onceand temperature and humidity in workrooms must be such that they will notremain sticky at all. Since they go directfrom the machines where they are cutand stamped, onto carrier belts whichdrop them into the cartons, there mustbe no guess work about this atmospherecontrol.

• fought weather

For a good many years Smith Brothersfought this problem, dreading a hotrainy season but being rather helplessto do anything about it. Finally one ofthe present generation decided that some-thing could be done about it. If aircould be kept at an even temperature inwinter, it could be under the same controlin summer, and there seemed to be noreason why humidity could not be simi-larly regulated.

The first heating engineers approachedon the subject were not at all optimisticabout the matter, but eventually theSmiths made a suggestion which the firmagreed to try. The new system was in-stalled and was such a success that theengineers are now air conditioning busi-ness pioneers and successes in a fieldthey were literally pushed into by SmithBrothers.

• descendants carry on

While Smith Brothers are still con-cerned exclusively with stopping the na-tions coughs—with making concerts andtheaters more pleasant and home-lifemore quiet, if you please—they havebranched out considerably. The famousbrothers died a number of years ago,Andrew, a bachelor in 1895, and Wil-liam in 1913, but William's descendants,A. G. Smith and his two sons, Williamand Robert carried on the business withthe same progressive spirit of originalitywhich inspired the founders.

In 1922 a second type of cough dropwas added, one containing menthol, andin 1926 the manufacture of cough syrupwas started, but the old original blackdrop—known around the plants as S. B.—is still the stand-by. From the originalkitchen kettle in which James Smithmixed five pound batches, productionjumped first to six tons a day, and nowtheir two factories have a combinedcapacity of sixty tons a day, or one mil-lion packages a day. That, putting itvery mildly, is a great many coughdrops.

• beautiful surroundings

The factory which William and An-drew Smith opened in the old ice housein Poughkeepsie served very well until1915, but by that time cough drops werefairly bursting through, so a new factory,in a beautiful location in Poughkeepsiewas built. Set back from \orth Hamil-ton street, with terraced lawns, and vine-covered walls, the factory gives thevisitor, from the first, a feeling of orderand cleanliness which grows as he goesthrough the various parts of the factory.

Soon after this new building in Pough-keepsie was completed a second factorywas built in Michigan City, Ind. Likethe New York factory it has a thirty tondaily capacity, and it also has a delight-ful location, for it looks out over LakeMichigan. It is known as Plant 2 but itis proud of its recreation roof, swept byLake Michigan breezes, and its charmingand restful room where the factory girlscan rest, listen to the radio and eat whole-some hot lunches at noon. They call it"The Cough-ie Shop."

• perfectly spotless

Both factories are alike in that theyare perfectly immaculate. Girls and menworking about in the various rooms wearspotless clothes, and there is a completeabsence from dust or smoke. Batches aremixed and cooked by machines, cough

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Two views of Smith Brothers famous restaurant in Poughkeepsie, as it looks today.Customers pass through the candy store, shown at the top, to reach the dining room,shown below.

drops are cut and stamped automati-cally, and then taken, still without bene-fit of human hands, by carrier belts tothe packing rooms. Here their journeyends only when they are dropped intocartons, which in turn are opened, filled,sealed and covered with cellophane bymachinery.

The individual cartons are packed inlarger boxes and these are in turn sent,again by carrier belt, to the shippingroom where they are packed in largewooden boxes before being sent broad-cast to stop that cough.

• add vitaminIn recent years, without changing the

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taste or size of their cough drops andmedicine, Smith Brothers have addedvitamin A to the formula. After morethan a year's research and experimentsby them, this was added to help buildup the resistance of the sufferer as wellas to stop his cough.

The entire life of the firm has beenthis odd mixture of clinging to traditionand bold venturing into new7 fields. Noth-ing that was worthwhile in the originalfirm has been discarded, but succeedinggenerations have never hesitated to adoptnew ideas if they seemed to be desirable.Thus while the company still uses itsoriginal formula as a base it has addedvaluable ingredients; while it still usesthe original trade mark it has adopted anew and more attractive package; whileit still occupies the same site it haserected the most modern of plants.

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O. D. Suiter Marries

Announcement was made in Novemberof the marriage Nov. 20 of JosephineDuval Lewis and Otto D. Sutler, in NewYork City. The bride is the daughter ofMrs. Evelyn Duval Lewis, of New York,and for several years has been on thestage, playing chiefly in New York andother eastern cities.

Mr. Sutler was transferred from ourDecatur office ten years ago and has beenon the New York office sales staff eversince.

Mr. and Mrs. Sutler have taken anapartment at 308 East 79th Street.

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On oyster soup days in the executivedining room Lynn Davis always tries tosit next to C. M. Cobb. They both ordersoup and then when it comes, Mr. Cobbcalmly spoons all the oysters out of hisand Iransfers ihem to Mr. Davis' bowl.The last lime ihis happened Lynn aleall ihose and ihen ordered scallopedoysters to finish out his lunch.

GOLDEN WEDDINGHenry Trent, of 17 building, and six

of his nine brolhers and sislers allendedihe golden wedding anniversary of theirparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Trent, inChandler, Okla., Nov. 7. All len of iheTrenl children are living but three wereunable to gel to ihe celebration. Marriedin Horlon Summit, Va., Mr. and Mrs.Trenl moved soon afler lo Indian Ter-rilory and have made lhat their homeever since. Henry, their oldesl child,grew up in lhal territory.

The golden wedding celebration washeld in Horton chapel, a ProtestantMethodisl church in ihe country nearChandler. There was a service in themorning, a big dinner for 150 in ihechurch at noon, and another preachingservice after dinner. At this service Rev.H. C. Cloud, a full-blooded Cherokeepresided. He is an old friend of theTrents, and has been prominent in af-fairs of ihe territory and of the stale.

Accompanying Henry lo Oklahomawere his wife and his two youngest sons,DeWitl and Norman. His Iwo oldersons, Alfred and Glen, both of whomwork in the plant, did not make ihe Irip.

Mr. and Mrs. Trent had this picture taken Hithe time of their golden wedding.

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R E T U R N S F R O M

T O U R O F

EASTOffering a trip to New York and

Washington to a 17 year old middle-western girl is like opening the doors ofFairyland to her. Particularly was thisso in the case of Anita Wolf, daughter ofSam Wolf, Staley sheet metal worker,who took such a trip in November asthe result of being one of the winners inthe county Soya Queen contest. Sinceshe suffered a severe attack of infantileparalysis eleven years ago her activitieshave been considerably restricted, butshe is so alive and alert, so interested inlife and so charming, that she enjoyedthe trip as much, or more, than her threecompanions, all girls her own age.

The trip was sponsored by local news-papers and was complete in every detail.From the time the girls left Decatur onthe Wabash train on Monday, Nov. 15until their return Nov. 20 nothing wasmissing. Railway representatives helpedthem transfer in Chicago to the B. & 0.Capitol Limited and that evening theywere guests of the railroad at a turkeydinner in the dining car. The train rideitself was a'big thrill—the club car, themountains they passed through early inthe morning, the unexpected tunnels intowhich the train dived—and then theirglorious first view of the New York sky-line as they crossed the river on theferry. Seemingly just for their benefitthe Queen Mary was at dock and theysaw her then and later had the thrill ofgoing aboard a few hours before shesailed and seeing all the excitement ofthose last hours.

In New York they were guests atradio broadcasts, they took bus ridesabout the city and they saw a show and

attended a night club. The only thingthey did not get to do which they hadhoped to do was to ride through Hollandtunnel, but other joys made up for that.After three days in New York they wentdown to Washington where for a dayand a half they saw more wonderfulsights—government buildings, and atrip through Alexandria to Mt. Vernonand a stop at Arlington.

Now Anita is back at school, in thespecial Gunhild Johnson room at Cast-man, but just recently she heard thegood news that special arrangements arebeing made for her and some of herschool mates to enter High school inJanuary. She has been ready for sometime but the stairs there have been aproblem. School authorities have founda way to solve that.

•

ABSOLVING T. C.

Al Crabb and the editor thought fora while they were in for a libel suit.After he read his biography in theNovember Staley Journal, T. C. Burwellwas out gunning for the person who saidhe was ever fired from his job as Wabashcashier. Al Crabb admitted the guiltand the editor had no other course otherthan to admit writing it. The truth—atleast as the subject of the sketch tellsit—is that the cashier was fired and he—T. C. Burwell—was hired to take hisplace. So that's settled and our trafficmanager never did have his honestyquestioned. But, on the other hand, noone ever questioned Al Crabb's word,either.

•Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rucker wish to

express their sincere thanks to the boysin 17 building for the lovely flowerssent at the time of Mrs. Rucker's death.Mrs. Mary Ransdell, 82 years old, diedin her home in Flora, Nov. 2.

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H A N D M A D E H O M E

R E S U L T O F A N TT^D E A

Sam McWilliams shares honors with his wife JOT making this home the attractiveplace it is. They have built the entire place themselves.

People who speak disparagingly ofa one-track mind would do well to con-sider Sam McWilliams, who works inour refinery. Sam's is an outstandingcase of single-mindedness. In 1932 hehad an idea and only a part time job.Now, five years later, he still has hisidea, and a slightly better job, but hisidea has grown into the reality of a smallpiece of land, a modern five room house,a garage, a chicken house and a smallfruit orchard.

Sam's idea, you may have guessed, wasto own a home, but in 1932 only a manwith a great deal of determination wouldeven have started toward his goal, withthe out-look Sam had. His mind may besingle-track, but it is nimble, his handsare clever and his back is strong. Thosethree things were what carried him

through to his goal, for he has built hishouse, his garage and his chicken house,has tended his orchard and has workedhis garden entirely with his own hands.All this, too, while he has been workingat the plant.

What if it did take him five years fromthe time he started his new home until itwas completed this fall? It is a goodhouse, modern in every respect, and allthe more dear to Sam and Mrs. Mc-Williams because no hands but theirshave done any of the work. And he hasaccomplished something which manypeople fail to do—the finished house iswhat he wanted it to be, not what thearchitect and builder thought he shouldhave.

(Continued on page 13)

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From Old Staley Journal

December 1917—C. E. Murphy, editor.

A Fellowship club report, made bythe treasurer R. 0. Augur, showed thatthe club had 170 members and $827.76in the bank. The club had paid out$141.10 in sick benefits since its organ-ization eight months before, and $94.70for social affairs.

•The club gave its first annual ball,

with a large crowd attending and a prize

for the best waltzer awarded toReynolds, electrician.

John

Accident records showed that in No-vember, 1916 there were 53 accidentsin the plant while in the same month in1917 there were only 24.

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T. C. Burwell left the Wabash freightoffice to come to the Staley traffic office.

December 1922—Edna Coyle, editor.

Under the title "The Records" G. C.Chamberlain wrote a story about ouraccounting department. Pictures usedwith the article were those of George H.Auer, auditor; Ray C. Scherer, assistantauditor; L. H. Hiser and R. S. Bass,general accountants; Edward Lahniers,freight records; Carl Russell, cost divi-sion; C. L. Walker, head book-keeper;Louis Brand, paymaster; Helen Kos-cielny, Nell Hutcheson, Thomas Long-bons, John Warren, Tom Hildebrand,Roxie Poland, Lucile Hamman, FrankCollins, Carl Waltens, Bessie Redmond,Melvin Longbons, Dereathea Devore,Herbert Scholes, Margaret Hebert, Mar-guerite Dooley, Clell Redmon, MarianBolts, Clara Bauer and Everett Ellis.

G. A. Johnson resigned as generalsales manager. At this time E. K.Scheiter was made head of starch sales,Roy M. Ives, syrups and sugars, andE. W. Martin, feeds.

•Rubymae Kiely returned to her former

position as secretary to the auditor afterhaving been away from the company forseveral months.

•Girls in the tray room gave Kate Prell

McGlade, their forewoman, a birthdaysurprise party. In the party were Mrs.Facius, Louise Rothwell, Emma Koslof-ski, Maggie Prell and Margaret Moran.

•Jack Mintun, millwright and Charlie

Dressen were playing on the Racine foot-ball team.

December. 1927, Ruth Cade, editor.

Helen Chandler, of Patoka, and Har-vey Smith, millwright, were married inPatoka.

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G. E. Govier, Staley chemist, returnedto Decatur after spending several months

working with our British company inEngland and on the continent.

J. Tommy Gogerty led the Staleybowling league with a 152 average.

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• native of Ireland

When Sam came to Decatur in 1925he was just over from his native Belfast,Ireland. He had no particular profes-sion, and no influence, but work wasplentiful and he got a job in a localfactory. After about five years he cameto work at the Staley plant and has beenhere ever since, except for a short timewhen he was Mr. Staley's personalchauffeur. In 1932, when he determinedto build his house, he was only on theextra board, so about the only advan-tage that gave him was that he had agreat deal of time to work at home. Heis no longer on the extra board but hestill is not in the higher salary brackets.

Sam started right, for a man in hisposition, by buying a small tract of landoutside the city limits, northwest ofDecatur, but near a paved road andeasily accessible to the plant. He firstbuilt his garage, a brick affair, largeenough to accommodate two cars, andas soon as it was finished he and hiswife moved in. Then the work on thehouse was started—a long slow processfor quite often about the time he wasdeepest in some intricate constructionproblem, work at the plant would pickup.

• thoroughly modern

But now, after five years the house ispractically completed—five rooms withcentral heating, a 10,000 gallon cisternto furnish water, running water in thekitchen and bath, a cesspool, and elec-tricity. As soon as the basement of thehouse was finished, Sam and his wifemoved into it and converted part of thegarage into a chicken house. But now,even the chickens have their own home,a modern chicken house built accordingto specifications sent out by a companywhich sells chicks.

Most people might have called theplace finished some time ago, but Samstill has that idea, and his mind is stilla single-track affair, so every momenthe has at home is spent in tinkering—adding sun rooms or grading the lawnor planting shrubs. His idea is to havea lovely little home, beautiful to lookat, and comfortable, and there seems nodoubt but what, given enough time, hewill have it.

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BIG CHRISTMAS PARTYChildren of all Staley employees are

being invited to the annual Christmasparty to be given on the afternoon ofDec. 23. Following the custom of severalyears ago, the party is to take the formof a movie in the Alhambra theater. Toaccommodate all the children eligibletwo shows will be given during theafternoon.

Tickets will be distributed to eachman in the company, enough for eachchild within the age limit. These ticketswill be marked so that each child willknow whether he is to attend the firstor second show. Because there are about2000 children eligible for this partyabsolutely no outsiders can be admitted.

The party is being given under theauspices of the Staley Fellowship cluband doubtless will be one of the highlights of the club year.

•

IN THE BAND

At least two Staley fathers are alwaysinterested when the big University ofIllinois band marches out on parade.They are E. C. Larsen, chief engineerand H. T. Morris, feed sales manager.Russell Larsen has been in the Univer-sity of Illinois two years and has beenin the band ever since he entered. AldwinMorris entered the University in Sep-tember this year and was admitted to theband soon after.

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tt hen Red Thurnboroiiffh, garage foreman, and Ted Threljall. yards foreman, go fishing,Ted takes a camera, and Red gels in all the pictures. In the tico top pictures his chiefinterest seems to be eating. Red can be distinguished by the big hat. Beloiv are some ofthe fish, and Red, posing as the Little Shepherd, or something. The pictures were takenat Kabatogama, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ellis wish to ex-press their deep appreciation to theStaley Fellowship club and other Staleyfriends for kind expressions of sympathy.

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We wish to acknowledge with sincerethanks the expressions of sympathy sentby the boys of 20 building.

Mr. and Mrs. E. B. BeckMr. and Mrs. H. E. Obourn.

TRY TWO CLOCKS

If your alarm clock 'doesn't wakenyou in the morning try Dorothy Lyons'plan. Dorothy works in the plant cafe-teria and has to be here on time, butalarm clocks often fail to waken her.Now she uses two—sets one for fifteenminutes before she wants to get up. Itrouses her and then before she can getsound asleep again, the second alarmgoes off and she really gets up on time.

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E X T R A B O A R D C O M E S

O U T I N N E W

AT T I R EExtra boards are certainly not new

in the world of industry but the methodof running one which Gerald Horton hasrecently inaugurated in the Staley plantis at least new to this company. Mr.Horton—Gerry to every man at Staley's—has been in charge of the extra boardfor several months now, and this newplan has been tried long enough to sat-isfy the men on the board, the foremanand company officials that it works. Hemodestly disclaims any credit, says hegot his idea from railroad extra boards,but at any rate he put the plan into effecthere.

He started with two boards—literally.These two boards are hung on hinges, sothat Gerry can reach up and swing theminto his own line of vision, or back tothe window leading into his waitingroom where the extra board men them-selves can read them through the glass.Since almost the entire extra board situa-tion is summed up on the cards on thesetwo boards, one of the first things thissystem does is to save everyone a lot oftime.

• cords tell story

On one board are fastened large cards,one for each man on the extra board.This is the service rights list. Each cardcontains the man s name and the impor-tant points of his history with the com-pany, including the number of days hehas worked. That shows his servicerights and gives a working base formaking up the other board.

On this second board are rows ofsmall slots. The board is divided into

sections for three shifts the plant works,and the non-reporting lists—men on theboard who for some reason or other arenot to report unti l called. On this dailywork board there is a red card showingthe' shift and under that a white cardprinted in red ink to indicate the depart-ment. Men who are to report for workin the mill house at 7 o'clock in themorning find a small card bearing theirnames under the big "7 to 3" and smaller"mill house" cards. Unless his name islisted in the non-reportable column hecomes or calls just after noon each dayto see where he is to report next.

• foremen's part

The foremen do their part also. Eachday before 1 o'clock in the afternooneach foreman must come into the officeand write on a special blank the numberof men he will need for the next threeshifts, designating the number for eachshift, and sign his name. There are noexceptions to this rule. Then between 1and 2 o'clock the men on the board eithercome in person or call to know theirprospects for the next 24 hours.

People who remember the older sys-tems—or lack of systems—endorse thisplan heartily. There was a time whenmen who only worked extra, waitedabout factory gates as each shift changed,and begged for the attention of foremenwho came up to look for someone tofill in. Foremen being human it wasna tura l they would select men theyknew and as a result some men got allthe extra work while others turned awayday after day with nothing.

DECEMBER, 1937

Gerald Horton recently took over the dutiesof the extra board office.

• well liked

While the Staley company had notfollowed that plan for years, this newestsystem is acknowledged by all concernedthe best that has ever been tried here.The foremen like it because they have toforesee their needs and can plan better,and the men like it because if they knowthey are not to report for work for thenext 24 hours they can often find someother fill-in job.

Gerry Horton, the man who inaugu-rated it, finds that it keeps him busykeeping records, but he likes the plan inspite of the hours of clerical work itmakes for him.

Vivian Pierce Quintenz, purchasing,decided to cook her own Thanksgivingdinner this year—the first since her mar-riage—but she spent most of the day inthe kitchen and when the meal finallywas finished she was too tired to eat.

WESTERN CLOCK BOWLERSThree bowling teams from the West-

ern Clock company, La Salle-Peru, weremarshalled down to Decatur by A. J.Percival, personnel manager there, tomeet three Staley teams Nov. 27. TheClock company Hot Shots and Girlsdeclared they would play Staley's doubleor nothing, and they were both beauti-ful ly defeated. The "medium" team keptsilent, and beat a similar Staley team.

On the Staley Hot Shots were H.Lents, with 568, I. Smith with 536,Woodworth with 594, Garrett 577 andW. Stewart 541. With their total of 2816they easily defeated the clock company's2622.

Bowling for Staley girls were A.Foerster, 463, G. Herbert 475, H. Harder461, B. Martin 497 and C. Wykoff 459,totalling 2355. This topped the clockcompany girls' 2243.

On Staley's "medium" team were J.Hilberling, 455, R. Rollins 432, J.Anderson 443, R. Fitch 423 and W.Brumaster 511. Their 2264 was not sogood as the visitors' 2480. Andy bowledwith the visitors and turned in a modest425.

Serious little Carol Joyce Franklin is the9 months old daughter of James Franklin ofthe boiler house. A great-aunt, Anna Sablotny,works in the packing house.

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The American Equite Store, in Little Rock, Ark., put on this displayo/ Staley's syrups, Cream Corn Starch and Cubes. Our salesman,li. H. Sappington, arranged the display.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Cager Carter,Nov. 6, a son. Mr. Carter is a soybeanpacker.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Martin Trolia,Nov. 10, a son. Mr. Trolia works in therefinery.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. George Hen-derson, Nov. 4, in St. Mary's hospital, ason. He has been named Donald Gordon.Mr. Henderson works in the packagingdivision.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parker,Nov. 11, a son. Judge Parker, boilerhouse, is the proud grandfather. Thisis his first grandchild.

NURSE RECOVERS

Mildred Farthing is back in our FirstAid hospital acting in her capacity asassistant to Mrs. May, after a short stayin Decatur and Macon County hospital.Mildred was all set to take her final stateboard examinations Nov. 16, but at noonthat day she was on the operating tableinstead. An acute case of appendicitiscaused the sudden change in plans.

Wifey—"0, Bill, the baby can walk."Hubby—"That's fine. Now he can

walk up and down at night by himself."

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Hoi I is Hi.ie, assistant purchasing agent, is shoicn here nith thewhole family. He holds Ranald, 4, the baby, Karen is in the centerand Mrs. Hise has Richard, 6, beside her.

l.ncien Kapp, son of Horace Kapp, graindepartment manager, mix playing he icas anIndian rilling a pony at kindergarten one ilay.Tin- UiUUdn kindergarten is quite the centern/ I.ncien's social life just now.

Two Way Starch

This is news! There is one use forwhich Stale)'s Cube Starch is not suited!W. S. Walden, package division sales-man in Alabama tells the story.

"I was selling Mr. Crary of the CraryGrocery and Market of Crichton, Ala.,when one of the clerks picked up a cubeof starch and began nibbling on it. Thebutcher seeing him, walked over, pickedup two cubes and went across the streetto a restaurant for a cup of coffee.

"When the waitress brought it hedropped the two cubes in, and thenstared when the coffee turned white.'Can you beat that?' he said to the wait-ress. 'It's a new Staley product—sugarand cream both I guess—I thought it wasjust sugar.'

"But the waitress, being a smart girl,tasted it, and said—'Don't be silly—it'sneither—its starch'."

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George: "Honey, I love you as nobodyever loved you before."

Mabel: "You're right. Clumsier!"

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Tico guests from India were here earlier inthe year, while touring the country. On theleft is S. P. Hutheesing, a member of the firmof P. M. Hutheesing & Sons, Ahmetlabail.India. On the right is Norattam Lalbhai, oneof the senior partners of the managing agentsof Arvind group of textile mills. This is oneof the biggest units in the Indian textileindustry.

Hargrave-ClausMyrtle Hargrave and Wick Ray Glaus

Jr., were married Oct. 9 in the FirstMethodist parsonage in Springfield.Rev. A. R. Grummon officiated. Thebride wore a brown suit trimmed inlynx, and green accessories. Her maidof honor, Leah Foster, wore black. Thebest man was Carl Young.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. J. W. Hargrave of Decatur, and isa graduate of Decatur High school andBrown's Business college. The bride-groom was graduated from SpringfieldHigh school and Hemphill Deisel schoolin Chicago. He is a millwright in theplant. They are living at 2008 EastMain street.

RECOVERING

C. C. "Dok"' Hollis, our Chicagobranch manager, is recovering from anoperation on his throat which he under-went in Boston several weeks ago. Theoperation was a serious one, and all ofDok's many friends are delighted tothink that he is so far on the road torecovery now.

Dave Kester, one of the old timers inthe bean elevator, was disgusted with theway the beans were meandering throughthe unloading chute and attempted tohurry matters. After he got a fingernipped he decided in the future to letthe beans take their own time.

Celebrating their 2~>th u'cdding anniversaryMr. ami 1/r.s. August Fischer hail a party inthe Staley club house Nov. 20. With them in.the picture are their tun children, Mrs. Henri-etta Haines and Robert Fischer. August hasbeen tusisUtnt foreman in our reclamationdepartment since 1926.

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N O P R O P E R C H R I S T M A S C E L

I S E V E R P L A N N E D W I TAs inseparable as ham-and-eggs, or

Jack-and-Jill, are Christmas-and-candy.People who forgo sweets most of theyear, eat their share of candies duringthe Yule season. And people who neverthink of making candy at any other timeboil syrups and cut up nuts the last fewweeks before Christmas.

Perhaps our most famous candy makeris Charles Long, loquacious, chucklingporter in the laboratory. Descendingfrom a family of famous cooks, Charleylists candy as just one of the things hecan concoct, given a kitchen and a fewingredients. In practically all of hiscandies, Charley smartly uses cornsyrup, for he finds that with it he moreeasily gets perfect results, and he firmlybelieves his chemist friends who tellhim candies so made are most healthful.

Peanut BrittleHis most famous candy is his peanut

brittle. Here is the way he makes it:1 cup Staley's Crystal White Syrup2 cups granulated sugar1/2 cup water1/2 pound salted peanuts1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon soda.

Cook syrup, sugar and water overmoderate heat until it makes a crisp ballin cold water. Add peanuts, stirringwell, add soda and stir briskly, addingvanilla, for the peanuts cool the mixtureand if it is not stirred briskly then itwill harden too soon. Pour into shallow,buttered pan, spreading thin and letcool.

Creamy FudgeThen he has a fudge which he says

never fails for him. He calls it CreamyChocolate Fudge:

Vis cup Staley's Crystal White Syrup21/o squares chocolate2 cups granulated sugar1/2 cup cream (or evaporated milk)l/l teaspoon salt2 tablespoons butter1 teaspoon vanilla

Shave or grate chocolate and combinewith sugar, salt, syrup, cream and butter.Stir mixture over moderate heat untilboiling, then continue to cook until itforms a soft ball in water. Let cooluntil luke warm, add vanilla, and beatuntil thick and creamy. Transfer toshallow buttered pan and let cool.

Special TaffyWhen the subject of taffy came up

Charley had two recipes to offer. One,his own, is simply poured out to cool,but his cousin contributed one, which hesays is good, and this is the kind usedfor old fashioned taffy pulls.

This is Charley's recipe for taffy:1 cup Staley's Golden Table Syrup1 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon vinegari/4 cup cold water2 tablespoons Staley's Salad oil1 teaspoon vanillapinch of soda

Cook syrup, sugar, vinegar and waterover moderate heat until it makes a hardball in cold water.' Then add oil andflavoring, and pour into shallow greasedpans. When almost cold mark intosquares. Staley oil may be used forgreasing the pan.

Pulled Toffy21/-; cups Staley's Golden Table

Syrup1/2 CUP granulated sugar1 tablespoon butter

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E B R A T I O

fl O U T :°N CANDYY$ teaspoon sodaY$ cup cold water

Cook syrup, sugar and water, lettingit boil, until it forms a ball which rattles,in cold water. Then add butter and soda.Pour into buttered pans to cool, thenpull until white.

Easy TaffyThere is another taffy recipe which is

so easy the proverbial "child could makeit." It simply takes two cups of Staley'sSorghum Flavored syrup and an eighthof a teaspoon of salt. These are boiledtogether until the syrup will crackagainst the cup in cold water. The mix-ture is cooled in buttered pans, turningthe edges toward the center as theyharden. When cool, pull until a goldencolor, cut off pieces with scissors andwrap in waxed paper.

Caramel Nut Pralines1 cup brown sugar1/2 cup Staley's Crystal White Syrup2 cups pecan meats1 cup cream2 tablespoons butter1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Boil sugar, syrup, cream and butterstirring constantly or until a soft ball isformed in cold water. Add vanilla.Pour over the nuts and stir until it is sostiff you cannot stir. Drop from tip ofspoon into small piles on buttered pans,pressing into shape with hands. Wrapin oiled paper.

Butterscotch1 cup Staley's Crystal White Syrup1 cup Staley's Golden Table Syrup2 cups granulated sugar4 tablespoons butter2 tablespoons cream or top milk

y$ teaspoon salt1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine the syrups, sugar, butter andcream and boil, stirring frequently unti lthe mixture is brittle if tried in coldwater. Add the vanilla and salt, pourinto a shallow oiled pan, and cut insquares while still warm.

Pop Corn Balls2 cups Staley's Golden Table Syrup1% cups granulated sugar1/2 cup water1 teaspoon vanilla4 quarts salted popped corn

Combined the syrup, sugar and waterand boil until it forms a hard ball incold water (254°F). Add the vanillaand pour into the popped corn fromwhich all hard grains have been re-moved. Stir till coated, rub the handswith butter and form the corn intomedium sized balls, pressing closely to-gether.

Caramels2 cups granulated sugar\Y$ cups Staley's Golden Table

Syrupi/s teaspoon salt2 cups cream% cup evaporated milk4 tablespoons butter2 teaspoons vanilla

Bring sugar, syrup, one cup of creamand salt to boiling point, stirring occa-sionally. Add remaining cream andmilk, so gradually that the candy doesnot cease boiling. Cook to 240°F., addbutter and continue cooking, stirringconstantly but gently until it forms afirm ball in cold water. Remove fromfire, pour into buttered pan. When coolmark in squares.

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T H E S T A L E Y J O U R N A LPublished Monthly In The Interest Of The Employees Of

A . E . S T A L E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O M P A N YEditor: Ruth E. Cade • Cartoonist: W. R. Van Hook

Volume XXI o Numbei 6

Three young men, John, Jim, andJake, were employed under the directionof a chief in a large office. John had agood memory, and could recall withthe minutest detail the things that hap-pened the previous days and weeks.He was getting three dollars a day forhis services.

Jim was of an observing nature. Hecould see and define the situations thatsurrounded him with accurate judg-ment. He drew five dollars for eighthours' work.

Jake had the faculty of seeing ahead,at least a day or two, and anticipatingbusiness activities. And he was paidten dollars a day.

The chief, in whose charge the desti-nies of the three young men were placed,could envision things that would prob-ably take place months ahead, and laidhis plans to meet them. They paid himan annual salary running into five fig-ures.

Experience or training is not enough.There must be long and hard thinking

* and that is very tiresome. Fewmen will think, and they are being paidaccording to their worth.

Tread-mill workers draw dimes whilethinkers draw dollars.

—The Silent Partner.

A good manager is one who knows towhom to give the tools.

You are measured by what you doand not by what you think yourselfcapable of doing.

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Real Christinas

"Not that which we give, but what weshare,

"For the gift without the giver is bare."—Lowell

For almost two thousand years theChristian world has been celebrating, inone way or another, the birth of a Childwhich changed the course of the entireuniverse. Celebrations have rangedfrom solemn, puritanical observancesto wild pagan-like feasts, from colorfulchurch pageants to jolly little familygatherings. Quite often the interest inthe celebration has been so keen thatthe real object of the festival was almostforgotten. But generally, through allobservances ran one theme—it was atime to give gifts to those closest to us—to express in a material way our grati-tude for the birth of that Child.

In a most realistic world, as ours hascome to be it was only too easy for ourChristmas season to become almost en-tirely a commercialized season. We haveconcentrated so closely on giving—andreceiving—gifts, that we have forgottenwhy we give them. We have brought upour children to regard Christmas as thetime when they can ask for—and expectto get—all the extravagant things we

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never would get them at any other time,and which they would be much happiernever to have received.

In the face of all this it is hearteningto find groups here and there—familycircles—where the true spirit of Christ-mas lives. It renews faith in our foun-dations to know there are many peoplewho still think of Christmas as a timeto give of themselves, their time andtheir love. It revives a warm spiritwithin us to find groups where the joyof being together and of exchangingsmall gifts is of prime importance. Itmakes us feel sure things can not be allwrong in a world where a great manypeople still value friends and family andlove above price tags.

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Behind the AdsWith every other radio program and

magazine advertisement telling us whatto do to be beautiful and smart, why isit that the world is so full of such anumber of amazingly dowdy people?Granted that every one of the "sugges-tions" so subtly offered is trying tosell some specific product, there is gen-erally sound advice and truth behind thesales talk.

We need not buy all the products ad-vertised—no one could and buy thenecessities of life—but if we take thehint the persuasive speakers and writersgive, we would be a better groomed andmore attractive people. No one couldpossibly use all the shampoos adver-tised but if everyone followed the adviceof those manufacturers and kept hishair soft and glossy from frequent wash-ings there would be fewer frowzy look-ing heads in stores and offices and shops.

No household has cupboard spacelarge enough to store all the toilet soaps

advertised, but the idea behind the adsis still not followed by enough Ameri-cans. Just as too few people are stillmoved to frequent laundering of per-sonal linens by laundry soap makers.

If one is plain ugly no soaps or sham-poos in the world can make him over,but careful grooming can make anyoneattractive, and the very fact that oneknows he is well groomed gives him apoise a slovenly person cannot acquire.

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Did you hear—?"It's too bad people don't devote

more energy to suppressing bad newsinstead of spreading it." The sup-posedly-comic strip character who saidthis was remembering the old saws—"No news is good news" and "Bad newstravels fast."

It's WinterFrom department store displays and

advertisements we gather there has beena swing back in fashions in underclothes.A few years ago no female between 10and 60 years of age admitted wearinganything heavier than filmy silk andlace. Of course she shivered constantlyand the members of the stronger sexwondered how she ever survived, but sheweathered through.

But last year, and again this fall,wool "comfortables" are the fashion.Young things, surprisingly, started wear-ing them first and now their fortyishmothers and young-minded grandmoth-ers have adopted styles—and a lot morecomfortable they probably are. Onejust wonders if perhaps some smarthusbands and fathers, tired of buyingextra fur coats and paying big fuelbills, didn't suggest the new fashion.

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N E W N A M E S J U M P T O

T O P I N BOWLINGBuster Woodworth, Yards, took first

place in the Senior Bowling league atthe end of November. With an averageof 6269 he jumped from second placewhich he had held the first month. TheMillwrights, who had been in third posi-tion at the end of October, were in firstplace when November closed, winning20 and losing 13 games. The Machin-ists, in first place in October, were aclose second, with 19 won. SyrupShipping presistently keeps at the footof the list, with 11 won and 22 lost.

In the Departmental league the Smiths

still led but in November it was NorvelSmith who had the high average. IrvingSmith, who led both leagues in October,dropped back to second place in De-partmental by a fraction of a point. N.Smith had an average of 181-6 whileIrv had 181-14. In the other league Irvdropped back to third place this month.

The laboratory continued to lead theDepartmental league, with 25 gameswon and 11 lost. Painters which were inthird place at the end of October jumpedto second late in November, while Elec-tricians dropped down from second tosixth.

Senior League Standings

Team Won Lost Pet. Aver. Hi-GameMillwrights 20 13 606 818 947Machinists 19 14 576 805 893Research 18 15 545 819 1009Executives 18 15 545 814 927Yard Dept 17 16 515 817 983Starch Shipping 15 18 455 831 970Print Shop 14 19 424 821 958Syrup Shipping 11 22 333 810 ' 994

TEN HIGH BOWLERS•

Name Team Games PinsR. Woodworth Yard 33 6269W. Koshinski Mach. 21 3970I. Smith Syrup-S. 30 5589H. Lents Exec. 33 6131G. Garrett Starch-S. 30 5481W. Stewart Research 33 5942A. Trierweiler Starch-S. 30 5364K. Talbott Mill-W. 27 4735L. Davis Research 27 4675F. Grossman . ...Mill-W. 23 3970

Aver.190189186186183180179175173173

Hi-Game246244263237253258239223229215

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Departmental Standings

Team \V.,n Lost Pet. Aver. Hi-GameLaboratory 25 11 691 748 889Painters 24 12 667 757 868Tinners 21 15 583 766 950Millwrights 21 15 583 763 876Sheetmetal 19 17 528 746 870Electricians 18 18 500 756 855Office 17 19 472 778 843Pipe Fitters 17 19 472 734 865Boiler Makers 17 19 472 717 813Welders 15 21 417 779 865Time Keepers 12 24 333 734 904M & L 10 26 278 684 848

10 HIGH MEN

Name Team Games Pins Aver. Hi-GameN. Smith Office 18 3252 181-6 223I. Smith Electricians 33 5959 181-14 226I. Cox Tinners 33 5751 174 230Wm. Barter Welders 30 5162 172-2 204Hanson Welders 33 5676 172 213D. Ball Office 29 4941 170 225Minert Millwrights 30 5067 169 224D. James Sheetmetal 24 4042 168 229Wm. Grant Timekeepers 18 2990 166 206Cunningham Painters 27 4459 165 200

Several months ago while Mary Ellen was still quite a baby-, theGlen (Spud) Morons had this picture taken. Spud, millwright, hasthe oldest boy Joe, beside him, while the next boy, Robert, standsby his mother.

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N O L O N G E R E A TL A M B J U S T I N

SPRINGOn the vast ranches in the western

part of the United States thousands ofsheep are raised every year, and duringpart of each year, at least, they feedhappily and wholesomely on soybeanpellets made here in the Staley plant.The sheep would feed just as happilyand just as wholesomely on them theyear round but the growers usually feedthem only when pastures are gone. Butnow the sheep growers tell us that, whilethey appreciate the products of themiddle west, the central states do notseem to truly appreciate their chiefproduct—lamb.

While eastern and western seaboardseat a great deal of lamb, they tell usthat the middle west seems to shun it.Wisely they have decided that the reasonis that middle westerners do not knowwhat cuts to buy, how to cook them nordo they realize that lamb is now a year-round food. The cooking school divi-sion of the National Live Stock andMeat Board suggests some cuts otherthan the familiar chops and leg of lambroast, and gave directions for cookingthem.• some ideas

One suggestion was lamb shoulderchops, stuffed and baked. For this it isbest to have the shoulder chops cut twoinches thick, remove the blade boneand cut each way from the opening leftby the removal of the bone. Put thebread dressing in this opening and bakein a moderate oven in an open pan on atrivet. One and a quarter hours shouldbe sufficient time for baking.

Cushion RoastA roast recommended is called

cushion style lamb roast:

Have the bones removed from ashoulder of lamb. Sew on 2 sides tomake pocket. Wipe with a damp cloth.Season. Fill the cavity with PineappleDressing. Sew up the opening, and roastin a slow oven (300°F.) allowing 25 to30 minutes to the pound. Serves 6-8.

Pineapple Dressing2 tablespoons minced onion2 tablespoons melted butter2 cups soft bread crumbs

SaltPepper

1 tablespoon minced parsley1 No. 2 can crushed pineapple

Saute onion in melted butter untiltender. Add bread crumbs and brownslightly, then add salt, pepper, parsleyand drained pineapple.

Shoulder RoastAnother suggestion was a rolled lamb

shoulder roast:Have the meat retailer prepare a

boned and rolled lamb shoulder. Wipewith a damp cloth. Season the roast withsalt and pepper and place in an openroasting pan with the fat side up. Inserta roast-meat thermometer into the centerof the roast. Place in a moderate oven(300°-350°F) and roast until done,without covering and without addingwater. The roast-meat thermometer willregister 175°F for medium-done lamband 180°F for well-done lamb. Allowabout 35 to 40 minutes to the pound forroasting. Remove the roast to a hotplatter and garnish. A four pound roastwill serve 6 to 8, people.

•He: "And who made the first cotton

gin?"Young Thing: "Heavens! Are they

making it from that too?"•

A nervous man was Bill Green,Who worked upon the leases,

He kicked a can of glycerine,And then Mew all to pieces.

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P E R S O N N E L C H A N G E S

A D E I N F E E D

Effective Dec. 1, K. J. Maltas becamewestern sales manager in our feed salesdivision. Mr. Maltas has been in thefeed sales division for a number ofyears, but increased activities in thatdepartment made it advisable to puthim in charge of sales for the westernpart of the country. His headquarterswill be in the Decatur office. At thesame time this announcement was made,H. T. Morris, feed sales manager, alsoannounced that R. E. Baer will continueas assistant sales manager, and N. M.Grain will be the general assistant. Dr.K. J. Seulke continues as director offeed nutrition and supervisor of oureastern territory, with his headquartersin Albany, N. Y.

Mr. Maltas came to the Staley com-pany first in 1927, attracted here becausethis was the only company he could findwhich was making soybean meal, inwhich he was greatly interested. He hadbeen graduated from Iowa State collegeat Ames, in 1924. Following graduationhe worked for a while in state extensionwork in Iowa, then in the live stock serv-ice department and later in the sales de-partment of the Quaker Oats company.

• unknown quantity

When he came to Staley's his firstterritory was his home state of Iowawhere no one had ever bought a poundof soybean meal and where few peoplehad even heard of it. He did a lot ofmissionary work for 29 days before hesold an ounce and then he sold his firstcar. Things went well with him then

CALESk^

K. J. Maltas now makes his headquartersin Decatur since being made U'estern jeedsales manager.

until the bean supply played out and hedecided to seek other fields, but by 1930the Staley company was back into thesoybean business to stay, and this timeon a big scale.

By this time, too, Mr. Morris was incharge of feeds and one of his firstthought was to get the old pioneer—KenMaltas back. Most of those seven yearsthat he has been with the company thistime Mr. Maltas has been traveling overthat vast country west of the Mississippi,first introducing soybean oil meal andpellets, and then selling them. Nowbusiness has reached the point where ithas seemed advisable to expand.

For the last few years Mr. Maltas hasmade his home in Kansas City, but nowhe is moving to Decatur. He and hiswife, their small daughter, Diane and

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their four months old son, ThomasBenjamin, moved to Illinois late inNovember.

• other appointments

R. E. Baer has been with the company11 years, and in feed sales the last twoyears. He came to Staley's direct frombusiness school, so practically all of hisbusiness experience has been gainedhere. He and his wife and two smallsons live in their home village of Harris-town.

N. M. Grain has been with the com-pany five years, but in two intervals.After his first two years he was over-come with a desire to see the world andfor many months he traveled and workedin the south, chiefly. After his wander-lust was satisfied he returned to thecompany and was in the mailing depart-ment until transferred to feed sales inSeptember. He is married, his wife,formerly Dorothy Anderson working inour stenographic department.

Ordinarily a sedate person, Henry W. Galley,our oil sales manager, turned into a wildsavage for Hallowe'en. And the fat girl withhim is his wife, generally a trim little person.Needless to add, they took the prize.(Photographer—Maurice Durkee, our oilchemist in charge of our refinery.)

A judge's little daughter, who had at-tended her father's court for the firsttime, told her mother:

"Papa made a speech, and severalother men made speeches to 12 men whosat all together, and then those 12 menwere put in a dark room to be devel-oped."

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Drug Clerk: "Just step into the boothand tell the operator whom you want."

Caller: "I did—but there's no op-erator in there!"

Telephoner: "Long Distance? I wantto place a call to Damariscotta, Maine."

Operator: "How do you spell it,please?"

Telephoner: "Shucks, lady, if I couldspell it, I'd write!"

John Christian, Richmond, Va., and I'/uilTorre, paper division technical man, were notinterested in groceries nor paper the day theywere playing golf at the Richmond Countryclub. But the boys said they had a fine game.

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CREDIT UNION

Following is the trial balance for the Staley Credit Union, to Oct. 31.DEBITS

Cash .. $ 271.37Prepaid expense 10.12Bonds 7,034.16Furniture 352.30Loans 242,926.76SharesAccounts payableNotes payableReserve fundUndivided earningsEntrance feesInterest on loansInterest on bondsOperating expenses 3,403.36Interest expense 959.88Bad loans collectedMisc. income ..

Members—1,672$254,957.95

Borrowers—1,258

CREDITS

208,719.33375.31

18,000.006,951.374,281.62

57.2516,390.03

156.85

21.015.18

$254,957.95

Luther H. Hiser, Treasurer

"Can any of you," the teacher asked,"tell me what amphibious means, andgive a sentence to illustrate?"

A bright little Negro held up his hand."I know, sah! It's fibbing. Mos' fishstories am fibious!"

•"William," said the judge, "stealing

chickens again, are you?""Yes, judge," replied William, "but

it ain't my fault. It's the fault of myhigher-up ancestors."

"How so?""Well, judge, my ancestor* came over

in the 'Mayflower,' and ever since I wasborn I have had an uncontrollable de-sire for Plymouth Rocks."

•Magistrate: "The best thing you can

do is to go home and make it up withyour wife."

Husband: "And what's the secondbest thing?"

Mrs. W. G. Reynolds, icife of our actingdirector of personnel, has been doing con-siderable radio icork recently. She has apleasing speaking voice and has appeared inseveral radio plays.

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Hotel Clerk: "Inside or outside room,sir?"

Guest: "Inside, I guess; it looks likerain."

DECEMBER, 1937

S C O U T S T A K E

OUTINGBoys of Staley Scout Troop No. 21

who were advanced at the NovemberCourt of Honor were treated to an allday trip to Starved Rock Nov. 13. Thesix boys who went were Bill Delaughter,first class; James Spaulding, secondclass; Bob Fritz, second class; HaroldJoynt, second class; Joe Ramsey, firstclass; and Wayne Hill, second class.Accompanying them were George Mas-sey, Eagle Scout of Troop 9, Bill Scott,Star Scout of Troop 9 and Scout MasterJohnny Clausen. John Anderson, StaleyFellowship club manager, and NorvilGrain, sales department, took the boys intheir cars.

As They Wrote It

A log of the trip, as the boys of Troop21, sent it in to the Journal, gives thestory—

The party arrived at Starved Rock at10:00 o'clock. The scouts all stayedtogether. The two men who drove thecars went to the top of Starved Rockand Lovers' Leap with the rest of thebunch, then they told us they would meetus at Salt Well, which is situated abouta block or so from Council Cave.

The scouts all started from Lovers'Leap and walked the trail. We wantedto walk on the upper trail and when wecame to a canyon we would go down theside of the canyon. This made morewalking and made the trip much moreexciting for the bunch. The trail fromLovers' Leap to Salt Well is about a tenmile hike. It was a lot of fun for theboys, climbing up and down seeingsights they had never seen before. Someboys carved their names in the soft rockof the canyon. About 2 o'clock theyarrived at Salt Well.

The boys were all getting hungry bythis time of course and wanted some-thing to eat, so we all piled aboard thecars and drove into La Salle to dinner.After we had our fill of a fine dinner, weall wanted to go back to the park andexplore some more. Two of the boyswere just too tired to go again or elsethey were too full, at any rate, theystayed in the cars to rest up.

The scouts arrived home in Decaturat 6:45, all safe and sound, but somewere pretty tired. No one was hurt sowe all felt that they had had a verysatisfactory trip.

Did you ever go on a trip and notforget something? The Scout trip wasno exception. Not a single one remem-bered to take a camera and therefore wecouldn't get any pictures. That was toobad but the boys had such a wonderfulday, enjoyed the trip so much and wefelt deeply appreciative to the StaleyFellowship Club for their kindness andalso the drivers of the cars.

M

Thelma Dizney was feeling pretty good whenthis was snapped. She is the 7 months olddaughter of Earl (Doc) of the roofing gang.

"It was considerate of Jones to buyhis wife a new washing machine."

"Sure was! The old one made somuch noise he couldn't sleep."

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BUY CHRISTMAS SEALSChristmas seals bought now work the

whole year round, is the way the MaconCounty committee expresses it. This

Christmas Sealsare here again!

They protect your homef rom T u b e r c u l o s i s

committee has charge of the seal saleevery year for two months precedingChristmas, but the funds so gathered areused in the year round fight againsttuberculosis in Macon County.

In Macon County the Tuberculosisand Visiting Nurses Association hasmany phases, all of which are paid forby the Christmas seal sale. The nurseshunt out unknown cases of tuberculosis,teach how to prevent its spread, its pre-vention and its treatment, and they helpcare for patients who have the disease.

Whenever Dan Buzzard is away from theStaley print shop, of which he is foreman, heis out with son Gene. This day they had beenfor a drive.

Ii.

David Eldon Cox in-a-hat and full ofchuckles. He is 6 months old, the son ofClaude Cox, credits. His mother was formerlyMildred Reeder, who worked in the office.

"Your dress is too short.""I don't think so.""Then you must be in it too far."

•"Say you love me! Say it! Say it!""You love me."—Medley.

Jock: "And how do you like yourradio, Mac?"

Mac: "Mon, it's grand, but the weelight's hard to read by."

Barbara Jean Baldwin lives in Pottstown,Pa., but has lots of fond relatives in Decatur.She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. RalphBaldwin, but her grandfather is Otto Folk,Staley electrician. Also a fond uncle is WibbFolk, analytical lab. Her mother was WilmaFolk.

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An old-fashioned girl who believes insafety first is the one who takes hercigarette out of her mouth before pull-ing her night-gown on over her head.

Company Commander to Boot:"Didn't I tell you to stand at attention?"

Boot: "Sir, I am at attention. It's theuniform that's at ease."

Tommy was listening to some of hissailor uncle's adventures:

"You see, sonny, I always believe infighting the enemy with his own weap-ons," said the uncle.

"Really?" gasped Tommy. "How longdoes it take you to sting a wasp?"

He (back from a honeymoon in Switz-erland) : "Don't you remember thatwonderful gorge in the Alps, dear?"

She: "Sure do; it was the squares!meal I ever had."

The gallant captain was showing thefair maid over the ship.

"This," he explained, "is called thequarterdeck."

"Indeed," rejoined the sweet girlgraduate; "and where is the 50-centdeck?"

Judge: "Why did you steal that$50,000?"

Accused: "I was hungry."

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Automobile accidents wouldn't be sobad if the fellow who was to blamealways got killed.

•"Brown fell asleep in his bath this

morning with the water running.""Did the bath overflow?""No; he sleeps with his mouth open."

—Typing Tips.•

When little Benjamin, the youngestson, was just this side of second gradehe was presented with a very nice, friskyfox terrier. In honor of himself, hemodestly named the dog "Ben." How-ever, after a year "Ben" mothered avery lusty litter of puppies, which madeit seem possible that the terrier hadbeen misnamed. Without a secondthought Benjamin, Jr., renamed his dog"Ben Hur."

Old Mrs. McDuff was seriously ill.Her doctor warned her, "I must op-

erate, and without delay."To his relief she consented, but only

with the understanding that the ministermust be present.

"But—what for?" asked the aston-ished doctor. "What good could theminister do? I never heard of such aproposal!"

"Maybe no," retorted Mrs. McDuff,calmly. "I ken that doctors is maistlyheathers. But I ken whit's decent an'fittin.' An' I tell ye, if I'm to be openedat a', I'll be opened wi' prayer."

•

"Doctor, what can you say to a girlwho's so scary she jumps into the near-est man's arms every time she's fright-ened?"

"Boo!"

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"If you added seventy-six thousand,nine hundred and twenty-three to eighty-one thousand, four hundred and twelve,what would you get?"

"A wrong answer."•

A group of Negroes were lying onthe floor in front of the fireplace, whenone of them spoke up:

"Is it a-rainin' out?""Ah don't know," replied another."Well, git up an' look," insisted the

first voice."Aw, hell," said the persecuted one,

lazily, "call de dawg in an' see if he'swet."

"Do you know anything at all aboutelectrical apparatus?"

"Yes, sir," was the reply."What's an armature," asked the

chief."Oh, that's a guy wot sings for Major

Bowes."•

Dorothy: "Why did you sit out everydance last night?"

Delia: "My feet were killing me."Dorothy: "Are they any better to-

day?"Delia: "Yes, but now I've got a

cracked rib."

Pat was in a hospital ward with bron-chitis. The doctor inquired: "Do youraise anything when you cough?"

Pat was puzzled and shook his headin the negative.

After the doctor left his cot, Pat spentseveral minutes in meditation. Then hebeckoned to the doctor and said: "Say,Doc, I've been thinking about that ques-tion you asked me, and I remembernow that every time I cough I raise meleft leg."

We.—The bride of a few weeks no-ticed that her husband was depressed.

"Gerald, dearest," she said, "I knowsomething is troubling you, and I wantyou to tell me what it is; your worriesare not your worries now, they are ourworries."

"Oh, very well," he said. "We'vejust had a letter from a girl in NewYork, and she's suing us for breach ofpromise.—Montreal Star.

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A street hawker was slowly pushinghis barrow, laden with fruit, along theavenue. A cab was passing, and thewheel of the cab striking the barrow,turned it completely over, and apples,oranges, and bananas were scattered inall directions.

The hawker appeared quite dazed forthe moment. Then a sandwich-mancame into view. On his board werethe words:

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eyes lit up."Hi, mate," he shouted, "you might

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The building contractor on his roundsfound a gang of men digging franticallyin a trench near a new house. He walkedup to one of the men.

"Does the foreman know that thistrench has fallen in?"

"Not yet," replied the man. "We'rejust digging him out to tell him."

An Irish soldier in France during theGreat War received a letter from hiswife saying there wasn't an able-bodiedman left, and she was going to dig thegarden herself. Dan wrote at the be-ginning of his next letter: "Bridget,for heaven's sake, don't dig the garden;that's where the guns are."

The letter was duly censored, and ina short time a lorry load of men inkhaki arrived at Dan's home and pro-ceeded to dig the garden from end toend. Bridget wrote in desperation, say-ing that she didn't know what to do asthe soldiers had dug up the garden.

Dan's reply was short and to thepoint—"Put in the spuds."

Albert: "Yes~, the bullet struck myhead, went careening into space, and—"

Annabelle: "How terrible! Did theyget it out?"

They had to give Aunt Annie ethertwice for one operation. The first wasfor the operation and the second wasto stop her from talking about it.

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She was a good little girl as far asgood little girls go, and as far as goodlittle girls go, she went.

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Several colleges have prohibitedswearing among the football players.Imagine a college player getting theimprints of the cleats of an opposingplayer on his wishbone and exclaiming,"Goodness gracious."

•

"I'm half inclined to kiss you.""How stupid of me! I thought you

were just round shouldered."•

Jack: "Grandpa, we've been arguingwhether the clock stands or sits on themantel."

Grandpa: "It is half-past eight by theclock and it is only a quarter to eight;therefore, I should say it lies on themantel."—Boy's Life.

Agent: "Sir, I have something herewhich will make you popular, makeyour life happier and bring you a hostof new friends."

Student: "I'll take a quart."

A burglar, who had entered a poorminister's house at midnight, was dis-turbed by the awakening of the occupantof the room he was in. Drawing hisweapon, he said:

"If you stir, you are a dead man. I'mhunting for your money."

"Let me get up and strike a light,"said the minister, "and I'll hunt withyou."—The Sentinel.

•

Teacher: "Now all of you take yourseat and draw a picture of PlymouthRock."

Alex: "Do you want it to be a henor a rooster?"

•

"Has your husband a good ear formusic?"

"I'm afrai3 not. He seems to thinkthat everything he hears played inchurch is a lullaby."

•

Dr. Slicem: "Now, don't worry aboutyour wife. You'll have a differentwoman when she gets back from thehospital."

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No. Horace, political plums are not "Where are you doing your skatingthe result of planting political plum this winter?"seeds—the choicest ones are obtained by "About the same place I used to doskillful grafting. my horseback riding last summer."

• •Men are peculiar, just as women have Convict: "I'm in here for havin' five

long suspected. For instance, a fellow wives."who hadn't kissed his wife in five years, Visitor: "How are you enjoying yourshot a fellow who did. liberty."

An optimist is one who says his glassis half full while the pessimist is com-plaining that his is half empty.

•Youth: "That girl you picked up at

the dance last night was from Ireland,wasn't she?"

Chum: "No; from Iceland."•

"And how is your poor husband?""Yesterday he was enjoying poor

health, but today he's complaining offeeling better."

•First Crook: "How did Bill die?"Second Crook: "He fell through

some scaffolding."First Crook: "What was he doing up

there?"Second Crook: "Being hanged."

Sam had just applied for a job asporter. As reference he had given thename of his former employer. The manto whom he had applied for work calledthe former employer and asked:

"Is he honest?""I found him so.""Is he steady?" was the next question."Is he steady! I should say so—if he

were any steadier he'd be motionless."•

"Little boy, why aren't you inschool?"

"Hell, lady, I'm not four years oldyet!"

•

Mazie: "I was getting fond of Ed—until he got fresh and spoiled it."

Dasie: "Isn't it terrible how fast aman can undo everything?"

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