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Vol. 17 EK No. 1 EK TRANS—ARABIAN PIPE LINE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANON February 1967

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Saudi Arabia celebrated Islam‘s

fast—breaking feast of‘Id al—Fitr on

Wednesday, Jan. 11.

In ‘Ar‘ar, which is the head—

quarters of the Northern Province

and which is located two kilo—

meters east of Tapline‘s Badanah

station, the end of the fasting

month of Ramadan was marked

with the traditional ‘Ardah and all

the trimmings.

The ‘Ardah, an Arabic word for

parade, featured a voluble chorus

of group singing, drum beats and

sword dances.

His Highness Amir ‘Abd Allah

ibn ‘Abd al—‘Aziz ibn Musa‘ad,

Amir of the Northern Frontiers,

invited neighboring tribesmen to

the ‘Id festivities.

Many families from Badanah

station attended the ‘Ardah. Com—

were —alsopany —representatives

guests of His Highness at the

traditional breakfast of stuffed

Flanked by Dr. A. Ghanma, R. E. Marsh and Alfred Khader, His Highness Amir ‘Abd Allah in Musa‘ad

scatches the *Ardah festivities in ‘Ar‘ar in celebration of ‘1d al—fitr. This and other photos of the ‘Ardah appearing

on back page were taken by K. Nasr.

lamb held at the Amir‘s guest

house. They were out in force

Saudi

ployees and governorate officials

later to wish Arab em—

a happy ‘Id.

SutherlandsTop Golfersat QaisumahThe H. W. Sutherlands and

T. J. Loughran of Turaif, R. H.

Putnoam of Beirut, G. A. Hearn

of Qaisumah, and Mrs. D. A.

Sidon

walked away with top prizes at

the Al—Hilal Golf Group‘s Third

Annual Qaisumah

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mm

Schipper

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of Terminal

Open.

Participating in the 36—hole

tournament Jan. 13—14 were 25

entrants in the men‘s division

and four contenders in the ladies

group from pump stations along

the ‘Line, Beirut and Sidon Ter— minal.

Howard Sutherland won the

Top winners at al—Hilal Golf Group‘s Third Annual Qaisumah Openface the camera with Manager of Operations men‘s low gross championship

J. J. Kelberer (left). From left, seated: Mrs. D. A. Schipper and G. A. Hearn, winners of the putting contest;

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with 77—75—152 over the par

Mrs. H. W. Sutherland, lowgross, low net and chipping contest winner ; Mrs. R. C. Hill, low net runner—up; and,

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65 stroke

standing: Mr. Kelberer, R. H. Putnam (low net), H. W. Sutherland (low gross) and T. Loughran (chipping

contest winner). More tournament photos taken by K. Nasr are on the center pages.

course, one under

(Continued on page 2)

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CRASH KILLS

QAISUMAH

OPERATOR

Shift

—

Operator

_

Muhammed

Merzem of Qaisumah was killed

instantly in a car accident on

Jan. 8.

Tragedy struck the twenty—five

year old Tapliner when his

private car collided with a Saudi

Mercedes truck in heavy fog at

about 0700 Hours at Km. 104

between Qaisumah and Shubah.

Mr. Merzem had joined Tap—

line at Turaif on July 27, 1959,

as a houseboy in Community

Services. He transferred to Qaisu—

mah in January 1962 and became

Shift Operator in April, 1963.

He had announced his engage—

ment a few days before the ill—

fated crash.

To his bereaved parents, bro—

thers, sisters, fiancee and col—

leagues, Tapliners up and down

the ‘Line extend their sincere

condolences and deepest sym—

pathies.

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PERISCOPEF. C. NajiaEditor

Reporters :

Badanah

Beirut

Mike Nahhal

Rose Sawdah

Amman

New York

Qaisumah

John Franjieh

R. M. Weeks

1. Abdul—Rahman

A. Kawar

A. H. Shmassy

Kamal Abu—Zeid

Mrs. J. H. Rosquist

Qaryatain

Rafha

Sidon

Turaif

PIPELINE PERISCOPEPage 2

The Common Cold, a Drain on Industry

Statistics on the common cold

stagger the imagination.

The Public Health Service,

U.S. Department of Health, Edu—

cation, and Welfare reports that

every person in the United States

catches at least one cold per year

and an average of about three. In

January and February, 60 million

people in the U.S. have colds.

The cold is the most prevalent of

all diseases, exceeding all other

diseases combined.

Sutherlands Top

There are 550 million colds a

vear, with the effects lasting an

average of 4 days. This means

that colds disable people in the

United States to some degree

2 billion, 2 hundred thousand

days a year.

Industry loses over 150 million

days a year due to absenteeism

resulting from colds, according to

the American Medical Associa—

tion. Colds annually cost industry

§5 billion in lost production,

the Golfers(Continued from page 1)

Ahmad Said of Badanah, who

had 77—76—153 for the runner—up

prize. Qaisumah‘s Ed Ritter, last

year‘s winner, finished third with

a low gross of 156.

Lee Sutherland‘s 88—92—180

outdistanced Mrs. Schipper

(97—102—199) for the women‘s

low gross championship award.

Mrs. Sutherland had won the

award last year. A 38—point handi—

cap for 36 holes also gave Mrs.

Sutherland the low net prize

with 142. June Hill was low net

runner—up

—

with 149.

Rhea Putnam‘s 34—point handi—

cap gave him a winning low net

of 133 in the men‘s division.

The putting contest was won

by G. A. Hearn and Mrs. Schip—

per. T. Loughran and Mrs.

Sutherland walked. away with

the chipping contest.

Participants in the tournament

arrived in Qaisumah Jan. 12 to

be met at the airstrip by officers

of Al—Hilal Golf Group.

Following a brief reception

at the J. F. Chaplins‘, they were

the dinner guests that evening

of Station Superintendent and

Mrs. Hearn.

On Jan. 13, the players and

their friends were the dinner

guests of the Ritters following

a reception given by the H. J.

Slotbooms.

Presentation of awards to the

winners took place during the

trophy dinner held at the Com—

munity Center Jan. 14.

The scores:

M E N

Low Gross Low Net

H. W. Sutherland of Turaif 152 140

A. Said of Badanah 153 139

Ed Ritter of Qaisumah 156 142

H. Janotta of Beirut 160 146

C,. Hardwick of Turaif 165 153

M. Moussa of Turaif 165 153

R. H. Putnam of Beirut 167 133

T. Loughran of Turaif 170 150

H. T. Jensen of Badanah 172 156

J. H. Arnold of Rafha 175 149

H. J. Slotboom of Qaisumah 175 143

J. V. Torres of Badanah 182 164

P. M. Tiso of Badanah 184 158

K. Jamaleddine of Qaisumah 187 161

E. L. Wood of Turaif 187 139

J. J. Kelberer of Beirut 191 145

J. F. Chaplin of Qaisumah 193 157

N. Oleynick of Beirut 193 139J. L. Koenreich of Turaif 207 161

G. A. Hearn of Qaisumah 210 166

Dr. A. Ghanma of Beirut 213 177L. Brisco of Turaif 215 143

S. A. True of Badanah 219 175S. Soliani of Badanah 224 186E. H. Gray of Badanah — ie

L A D I E S

Mrs., H. W. Sutherland of Turaif 180 142Mrs. D. Schipper of Sidon 199 171Mrs. M. Rutherford of Sidon 207 171Mrs. R. C. Hill of Beirut 219 149

wages, and medical expenses.

The common cold‘s impact is

probably greater than any other

disease, vet very little is known

about its prevention and cure,

Medical authorities still debate

over what is, or is not, a cold.

Any one or combination of ail—

ments, such as sore throat, run—

ning nose, head and backaches,

and painful sinuses, may be con—

sidered a cold. Also, included in

the category of colds are such

miseries as sinus infections, ear

and eye infections, and intestinal

and stomach flu.

Little is known about the exact

cause of colds, but recent research

indicates there is a wide variety

of causes. People who have one

cold after another probably are

allergic to pollen or food, or are

inhaling irritating fumes or dust

where they work.

What should a worker do when

he catches a cold? The American

Medical Association recommends

the following:

— Stay home. By going to work,

you only spread the cold virus as

you talk, sneeze, and cough.

— Take a hot bath. As muscles

relax and small arteries in skin

open up, you‘ll feel better.

— Go to bed. A cold tires you

out and makes you more suscepti—

ble to other diseases. Keep well—

covered, avoid chilling or exposure

to drafts.

— Eat an adequate, well—

rounded diet. Don‘t worry about

drowning, drying up, or starving

the cold.

— Blow your nose gently,

through both sides to avoid ear

infections.

— Treat your cold as a highly

communicable

_

disease.

—

Cover

coughs and sneezes. Have your

own towel, glass, and dishes.

Blow your nose on disposable

tissues that can be burned in a

paper bag.

— Use steam from a kettle or

vaporizer to relieve nasal conges—

tion. Keep vaporizer far enough

away to avoid getting steam

directly in the face.

— See a doctor if a cold persists

more than a week, if you run

more than one degree temperature

for more than a day, or if you

have more than three colds a year.

— Don‘t waste your time with

folk cures such as catnip tea, hard

cider with cayenne peppe!, and

soaking feet in mustard baths.

(Excerpts from Nov. 1966 issue

of Occupational Hazards, an In—

dustrial Publishing Co. Publica—

tion).

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The AMA Safety Certificate was presented to C. H. Hardwick, A. M. Christman and G. B. Faber in Turaif

Jan. 16 by Manager of Operations J. J. Kelberer. Shown above, from left, are Mr. Hardwick, W. E. Locher,

G. H. Canoles, Mr. Christman, H. Jabara, H. L. Krapp, Mr. Faber, W . P. Moore, H. W. Sutherland, H. M.

Gelston, Mr. Kelberer and R. H. Davis. (Photo by Nasr).

h Attending the "Basics of Supervision‘" workshop held at Turaif Dec. 12—21 were, from left, foreground: O.

Murib, D. Khoury, R. P. Lightle, S. Attich and H. Murib; and background: W. Banat, A. Afifi and H. Natour.

M. S. Thabet was not available for the photograph. (Photo by N. Thomas)

Basics of Supervision Reviewed at TuraifA workshop covering some of

the "Basics of Supervision"‘ was

held at Turaif‘s Britton House,

Dec. 12—21, for Related Instruc—

tion Classes teachers.

Tapline‘s Training Coordinator

R. P. Lightle served as leader for

the group, assisted by Language

Training Supervisor Omar Murib.

Hassan M. Natour, of Aramco‘s

Supervisor Training Staff, served

as leader for three days on Dec.

19, 20 and 21.

The aim of the workshop was to

acquaint RIC teachers with the

"Basics of Supervision"" so that

they could offer this course in

their training classes during the

coming trimester.

RIC teachers in attendance

were: Akram Afifi of Qaisumah;

Hassan Murib of Badanah ; David

Khoury of Rafha; Wasfi Banat

and Sharif Attich of Turaif‘

Mohammed Thabet of Turaif

attended on a part—time basis.

Participants studied and pre—

pared daily for the sessions prior

to the group meeting. Moreover,

each participant conducted one or

more sessions. And in order to make

the workshop more applicable to

Tapline problems, discussions

centered around Tapline work

examples.

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TEN TAPLINERSEARN SAFETYCERTIFICATESTen ‘Tapliners stationed in

Turaif, Badanah and Rafha were

recently awarded an American

Management Association certi—

ficate in recognition of successful

completion of Prime III—a pro—

grammed instruction course for

responsible supervisors in the

basic principles of Safety.

They are A. M. Christman, R.

E. Bianchi, G. B. Faber, E. L.

Wood, S. Socrate, C. H. Hard—

wick and J. Ubayd of Turaif; H.

J. Soley and E. J. Wright of

Badanah and C. P. Booth of

Rafha.

Safety

_

Coordinator

_

Hassan

Jabara administered the course to

participating supervisors in the

various stations.

10 EMPLOYEESCOMPLETE120 YEARSOF SERVICE

Four Tapliners earned three—

star emblems in January for chalk—

ing up 15 years of continuous

company service.

Six other employees completed

10 years of service during the

same month.

The 15—year pin recipients

were:

Rafha

M. Muhammad of Operations

General

Sidon

Y. A. Haffouda of Marine

M. N. Saud of Operations—

General

Turaif

J. L. Koenreich of Operations—

General

The 10—year pin recipients

were:

Badanah

A,. N. Shammary of Operations

and Repairs, Stations

Beirut

H. A. Jezzini of Engineering

Qaisumah

J. F. Chaplin of Operations—

General

Qaryatain

J. B. Adwani of Dining Room

Rafha

M. Suleiman of Operations and

Repairs—Stations

Turaif

S, B. Hadi of Medical

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Despite a v—e—r—y long club (di—

storted by the fish—eye camera lens Serving as scorekeepers at the Third Annual Qaisumah Open are Misses Angel Arpajof photographer K. Nasr), J. J. Nerssis—the first female nurses assigned to the company hospital at Qaisumah.Kelberer found the Qaisumah golfcourse of appropriate width and had

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100—91 for the 16th position.

Mrs. D. A. Schipper putting under the watchful eyes of Mesdames Sutherland, Hill and Rutherford.

42Dinner guests of the G. A. Hearns on Jan. 13.

Tee—off by J. L. Koenreich. Th«J. F. Chaplin.

Preparing food for the golfers and their friends at the kitchen of the J. F.Chaplins are, from left, Misses Hermine Nerssis and Angel S. Arpajian s —

otho i. A. Hearn, J. F. Chaplin, 0. E. tC d Mesdames H. J. Slotboom, C ", J. F, Chaplin, O. E. A

. A. Hearn consult with starter Elie Azar (left) during tournament play at Qaisumah. }Ig'tter :rsrdal';'f A. Gueyikian.ltM

J. J. Kelberer (right) and G

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along the Iine

SidonCapt. W. J.

currently relieving Capt. A. D.

Ludvigsen —is

Odegaarden as Assistant Super—

Marine.

Edward A. "Tony" Groh, who

recently joined Tapline as Gov—

intendent

ernment Relations Staff Analyst

at Badanah, visited Sidon Ter—

minal on an orientation assign—

ment on Jan. 4.

Donald D. Cole, who has also

joined Tapline at Badanah as

Maintenance Foreman, visited the

Terminal on Jan. 9.

A marine meeting was held here

Jan. 9 to discuss matters pertain—

ing to safe loading practices at

Sidon Terminal. Attending the

meeting were all mooring masters,

Terminal Superintendent A. A.

Brickhouse, D. A. Schipper, F.

M. Najm, A. A. Faddoul, H.

Bidawi and Safety Coordinator

H. Jabara.

The Monthly Golf Medal for

January was won by Medreco‘s

R. Gruszecki who outplayed a

field of 15 golfers with a net 73

for 18 holes.

Dick Schipper won the Pinck—

ney Golf Cup on Jan. 8 with a

net 143 for 36 holes. Competition

for the Cup among 17 golfers

started Dec. 14 and ended Jan. 8.

Assistant

_

Superintendent —

Shore F. M. Najm attended the

fourth quarterly meeting for 1960

of the Management Safety and

Fire Protection Committee which

was held at Rafha station, Jan.

17—18.

TuraifF. J. Stolarz returned from

stateside vacation Jan. 21 to take

up his new position as Govern—

ment Relations Coordinator, Tu—

raif, permitting R. W. Bowe to

return to his regular assignment

in Badanah as Local Company

Representative—Relief.

Congratulations to Mr. and

Mrs, J. H. Rosquist on the birth

of son Thomas Howard (their

second) who weighed in at 11 lbs.

at the American University Hos—

pital on Dec. 20.

The S. K. Najjars held a fare—

well dinner party Jan. 11 in honor

of John Ubayd, who left here in

mid—January on a temporary as—

signment in Beirut Engineering.

J. J. Kelberer, W. V. Hall and

F. M. Maasry visited Turaif

recently toreview

—

procedures

and systems liable to reduce

storehouse inventory.

Hathal Said, Hamad Saleh,

Muhammad Abdul—Karim, Ab—

dul—Aziz Abdallah, Abdallah Ib—

rahim and many others took

advantage of the ‘Id al—Fitr

holiday to organize picnics in the

vicinity of Turaif. The clement

weather enabled part of the group

to camp at different locations for

three days.

Many happy returns were

wished in January to Mirella

Hanna, Aida Nasser, Charles

Babb Jr. and Jamil Farah.

The R. E. Bianchis, S. Shbib,

Saud

—

Turki, Ali

_

Rushaidan,

Mushrif,

_

Abdul—Aziz

Murjan and Naif Munief are off

Nasser

on holiday. Returning vacationers

are the C. S. Babbs, Ibrahim

Rushaidan, Khalaf Muarek,

Omair Owaither, Abdallah Khalaf,

Dr. Maurice Baroody and Sharif

Attieh.

Sincere condolences are extend—

ed to R. P. Lightle on the recent

death in the United States of his

brother.

QaisumahQaisumah employees extend

their heartfelt condolences to the

parents, brothers, sisters andfiancee of the late Shift OperatorM. Merzem, who was killed in a

car crash on Jan. 8.

Munee‘ Nassir hosted a teaparty on Jan. 11 in celebration of

‘Id al—Fitr. Several of his Taplinefriends as well as a number of

local governorate officials attended

the function.

Congratulations to Yussef Ab—

dallah and Muhammad Ghazi on

their respective promotions to thepositions of Radio Operator andStation Mechanic.

BeirutMr. J. K. Jamieson, President

of Standard Oil Company of NewJersey, Mrs. Jamieson, and Mr.George Piercy, Vice Presidentand Director of SON] and aDirector of Tapline, arrived in

Beirut from Dhahran on Tuesday,

January 31st, accompanied by

President W. R. Chandler. The

party stopped at Turaif for an

inspection of the station and

central facilities. On Wednesday

morning, Feb. 1, the party visited

Sidon Terminal.

R. E. Marsh and F. W. New

returned to Beirut Jan. 25 follow—

ing an inspection tour of the

pipeline road accompanied by

E. H. Gray and escorting SAG

representative Labib Nazer and

United Nations Adviser to SAG

Karl Guttmann. Messrs. Nazer

and Guttmann returnedto Riyadh

Jan. 27.

S. A. Kurban of Engineering

spent Jan. 23 in Turaif and Jan.

24 in Badanah, reviewing electrical

construction

—

work and recent

industrial modifications.

F. Khabbaz and S. Baddour

spent a day in Sidon in late Jan—

uary reviewing and planning the

work for preparing a suitable

buoy. They also supervised ini—

tiation of a newtesting procedure

for hydrogen sulfide in crude oil

at the laboratory.

Robert Ph. Kareh, Project En—

gineer, visited Turaif Jan. 16—18

to explain and inspect certain

construction projects.

N. M. Sheikh and M. G. Jeha

went to Badanah Jan. 24 to review

with Operations the Horsepower

Increase

_

Program

_

installation

prior to placing it in service. The

acceptance committee included

M. A. Kearney, J. L. Stephens,

F. Quiggle and H. T. Jensen.

Victor V. Khalaf, Senior En—

gineer (Cathodic Protection) re—

turned to Beirut from Dera‘a onJanuary 2ist, after conductingthe annual pipe to soil potential

survey along the entire pipe line

section in Syria.

Bassam D. Baasiri left for Turaifon Monday, Jan. 23, to start theannual survey on the pipe linein Saudi Arabia.

D. S. Dodge, Manager of

Government Relations—Western

Countries, was in Jordan Jan.15—17 and in Damascus Jan. 19on business.

Medical Director Dr. J. Thad—deus returned Jan. 25 from atwo—day business trip to Turaif.

Dr. F. Hiya left Beirut Jan. 21on a business visit to all pumpstations along the ‘Line where

he will carry on examinations

related to Vision Conservation

Program.

M. Quint, former Company

Representative—Pipe Line Area,

was in Beirut from Jan. 8 until

the 11th when he enplaned for

Dhahran to take up his new

assignment in Aramco‘s Govern—

ment Relations Organization.

Manager of Operations J. J.Kelberer and R. H. Putnam,

Assistant to Manager—Operations,

left Beirut for Qaisumah Jan. 11

to participate in the Open Golf

Tournament which was held there

Jan. 13—14. Mr. Putnam returned

to Beirut Jan. 15 while Mr. Kel—

berer remained in Saudi Arabia

to attend the fourth quarterly

meeting for 1966 of the Manage—

ment Safety and Fire Protection

committee which was held in

Rafha Jan. 17—18.

Associate Medical Director Dr.

A. D. Ghanma left Beirut for

Saudi Arabia Jan. 10 on a business

visit to the main pump stations

along the ‘Line. He returned to

Beirut Jan. 18.

Acting Chief Nurse Miss Fat—

meh Abu—Zahr arrived in Beirut

from Badanah Jan. 8 on a one—

week assignment during which she

interviewed new applicants and

visited nursing schools in Beirut

to establish sources for future

employment.

The H. Janottas and W. G.

Ewings won the Duplicate Bridge

sessions played at the TaplineSporting Club on Jan. 19 and 26,

respectively. Dr. and Mrs. Jacob

Thaddeus finished second in both

sessions. Duplicate bridge is being

played at the Club each Thursday

evening at 7:30 p.m., sharp.

RafhaThe Management Safety and

Fire Protection Committee held

its fourth quarterly meeting for

1966 in Rafha on Jan. 17 and 18.

Congratulations to the M. H.

Sayers, Abdul—Hadi Muhammeds

and Suleiman Khalafs on the birth

of sons Maher, Abdallah and

Muhawish. Felicitations are also

due to Mr. and Mrs. Saud Mu—

hammad on the birth of daughter

Huda.

Electrical

_

Instrument

—

Man

Turki Rabah, who is currently on

a training assignment at Aramco‘s

Industrial Training Center, spent

PIPELINE PERISCOPE

the ‘Id al—Fitr holiday here with

his wife and

_

three—year—old

daughter.

BadanahRobert A. Stupay will be trans—

ferring here from Aramco in early

February to take up the respon—

sibilities, duties and signature

authority of the Company Repre—

sentative—Pipe Line Area.

Mrs. M. Khoury and Mrs. M.

Abdul—Rahman accompanied their

children back to school in Leb—

anon and Jordan in early January.

Miss Altha Jensen, daughter

of Station Superintendent and

Mrs. H.

Paris Jan. 4 after spending the

T. Jensen, enplaned for

year—end holiday with her parents.

Supervisor Communications ]J.

J. Makkinje returned to Badanah

Jan. 7 with A. Van Der Ham,

who has joined the company ranks

as Lead Diesel Gas Turbine

Technician.

Jamil el—Khatib and Misses

Itidal Hindy and Mary Maksou—

dian left here Jan. 8 on leave.

Miss Fatmeh Abu Zahr return—

ed to Badanah Jan. 17 from a

business trip to Beirut. She was

accompanied by Miss Nouritza

Bekarian, who has joined our

nursing staff.

Mona, Rima and Salma Turk,

daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Nizar

Turk, returned to Beirut Jan. 15

after spending the ‘Id with their

parents in Badanah.

Dr. Zafer Kayyali left for Beirut

Jan. 4 with plans to spend the ‘Id

there with members of his family

who will be making the trip to

Beirut from Jordan. Dr. Khalil

Tayyar also spent the feast in

Lebanon.

Walid Ghurabi is back from

one—week business trip to Beirut.

A speedy recovery is wished

Jan Van Der Kwast, who left

Badanah Jan. 10 to undergo a

surgical operation on his leg at

the American University Hospital

in Beirut.

Dr. M. Khoury and Dr. N.

Turk played host at lunch anddinner on Jan. 10 in honor of thevisiting Associate Medical Direc—

tor, Dr. A. Ghanma.

All female nurses assigned tothe company hospital at Badanahwere entertained at a tea party inmid—January by Nadia Helou,

wife of Supervising Physician

Dr. M. Khoury.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boweand daughter Daniella arrivedhere from Turaif on Jan. 14.

J. H. Hermannson arrived inBadanah Jan. 10 to relieve R.Meyer as Supervising Technician,Diesel Gas Turbine.

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During their visit to Qaisumah in mid—January, Manager of Operations J. J. Kelberer, Associate Medical DirectorDr. A. Ghanma and Assistant General Superintendent J. L. Koenreich called on Qaisumah‘s newly—appointedAmir, Abdullah al—lllaiiwi, to offer their congratulations. They were acd ompanied by Local Company RepresentativeAwad H. Faleh. Shown above, from left, are Messrs. Koenreich and Faleh, the Amir, Mr. Kelberer and Dr.Ghanma. (Photo by Nasr).

Started last August, work on expansion of Turaif Hospital facilities is scheduled for completion in early April.P _ oExtension of the Turaif Hospital involves the construction of an out—patient clinic wing over an area of 2,640

square feet. (Photo by Nasr).

Construction of four AH—13 houses of three bedrooms each at Turaif was reported 38 percent complete by mid—

Jmu-mr\' The .[r'mr projected AH—13‘s will replace deteriorating portable houses at the station and are scheduled

for completion next April. (Photo by Nasr).

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General view of the traditional Saudi breakfast of stuffed lamb hosted onthe occasion of the ‘Id by His Highness the Amir of the Northern Frontiersat his palace in *Ar‘ar.

Amir ‘Abd Allah in Musa‘ad is wished a happy ‘Id by R. E. Marsh,Manager of Government Relations, Saudi Arabia.

The youngest performer at the ‘Ardah in ‘Ar‘ar this year was AhmadAbdul—Rahman al— Arifi.

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Led by Manager of Government Relations, Saudi Arabia, R. E. Marsh,company officials were out in force Jan. 11 to wish Saudi Arab Taplinersand friends a happy feast. Above, they are served coffee at the home of— * Shift Foreman Abdallah Jameel. From left, seated, are A. S. Khader,

Stword dancers in action. Mr. Jameel, Mr. Marsh and E. A. Groh.