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l\1r. and 1\lrs. K. E. Parr ofTuraif ha\'e receivl'u news of anAmerican :\'ational Champion intheir family.

Thl'ir II-year-old grandsonLarry \\'elch of Lyndonville,Vermont, won the :\'ational Junior

kiing Championship held re­cently at Lake PlaCId, X.Y.

lIe won the gold cup in hisjunior age-group for the combineddo\\ nhill, Slalom and jumpmge\'ents.

SKI CHAMP

55th ,<,sslOn of thl' .-\<1\ .mll'd:\lanagl'ment Program conductl'dby the Ilan ard Lnl\l'rstty (,ra­duate School of Busml's Ad­ministratIOn

Thl' . ession cnds on :\la\:\Ir. D. :\1. Falconl't has bl'cn

naml'd to replace 1\1 r. Kelbcrcr asl\lanagl'r-Operations.

At the Tapline Board of DIrec­tors meetmg held in San FranCIScoon April 2, :\1r. ]. J. Kelberer waselected "icc President of thecorporation effective July 1.

As \'ice Pre ident-Operations,l\1r. Kelberer \\111 be responsiblefor all Company pipe Ime opera­tions and engineering activities.

1\1 r. Kelberer, 43, obtained hisBachelor of Sciences degree inElectrical EngineerIng in 1950from the niversity of lVlinnesota,Minneapolis, Minnesota.

After joining the Company onOctober 29, 1950 as CommuOlca­tions Engineer, l\lr. Kelberer helda number of positions of increas­ing responsibility in the areas ofcommunications and general oper­ations.

Prior to his election as a VicePresident he held the position of1\lanager-Operations.

:\Ir. Kelberer has been parti­cipating since February 9 in the

BOARD ELECTS J. J. KELBERERVICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS

(C01lt;nucd 071 page 3)

concession to 20,000 square milesor less than three per cent of the672,864 square miles in theoriginal exclusive and preferentialareas once held by the company.

Two additional stabilizer col­umns were erected in Abqaiq toprocess crude oil produced in theAbqaiq and Ghawar fields. Thesecolumns increase stabilizer capac­ity from 1,570,000 to 2,310,000barrels per day.

The largest storage tank 10

Saudi Arabia-a 630,000 ba rrelscrude oil tank-was completed atthe Ras Tanura 1\larine Terminal.Also completed in 1968 was a500,000 barrels naphtha tank.

Aramco had 11,525 employees10 Saudi Arabia at year-end.Eighty-two per cent \\ere SaudiArabs, 10 per cent Americansand eight per cent other national­ities.

Close to 1,700 Saudi employeeswere assigned to classes in thecon1pany's training centers andtraining shops during workinghours and 389 attended voluntar­ily in their leisure hours. Another190 Saudi employees completedsupervisory and managementcourses given in Aramco facilities.A total of 188 Saudi employeeswere assigned during the year tostudy and train abroad-180 inthe United States and eight inLebanon.

In Tovember the AramcoJ [orne Ownership Program reach­ed another milestone when the7,OOOth house to be acquiredthrough the plan was turned overto its ow ner by a contractor. Thenumber of Saudi employees whobought or built homes withcompany loans during the yearincreased by 233 to 7,015. Thecompany ubsidizes home loansby contributing 20 per centtoward repayment.

Saudi businessmen were paid59,0 5,000 for goods and serv­

ices provided to Aramco.

Advisory service was providedto 30 different Saudi firms which

Aramco: 1968 Operations Review

PBBIBCOP

The Arabian American OIlCompany produccd crudc oil in1968 at the rate of 2,829,982barrels daily, 8.9 per cent morethan in 1967.

Production totaled 1,035,773,333barrels (138,776,535 long tons),compared to 948,110,46 barrels(127,262,215 long tons) in 1967.

The company's 1968 reviewof operations released April 21reports that during Aramco'sthirtieth year of commercial pro­duction the 10 billionth barrel ofcrude oil was produced. The lastbillion barrel were producedin 358 days, earning Aramco thedistinction of becoming the firstsingle operating company to pro­duce a billion barrels of crude oilin less than a year.

Deliveries of Aramco crude oiland petroleum products to shipsat the Ras Tanura lVlarine Ter­minal increased 6.8 per cent to804,746,974 barrels. Runs to theRas Tanura Refinery totaled13 ,737,217 barrels (18,548,1+6long tons), averaging 379,063barrcls daily.

• eismic crews operated In theRub' al-Khali (Empty Quarter),the west central area aroundKhurais and along the ArabianGulf shore north of Dhahran.Aramco wildcats encountered oilat Shaybah in the eastern Rub'al-l"hali and at ]uraybi'at south­west of the Saudi Arabia-KuwaitNeutral Zone.

Estimated petroleum reservewere 84,371 million barrels atyear-end, a gross increase of8,405 million barrels over 1967.

Drilling activity reached a peakin 1968 with 77 wells drilled-39for oil, 24 for water injection andtwo for observation. Another 12wells were either abandoned orsuspended.

In March the company re­linquished from it concessionarea 20,000 square miles. Aramcono\v retains as its exclu i"e area105,000 square miles. As agreedwith the Saudi Arab Govern­ment, progressive relinquishmentby 1993 will reduce the company'

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The Easter Program at Tur,lIfthis year featured a pro.!"'ction ofshues by Pet'" Putnam as \\ eIl asthe tradlt;onal egg hunt.

The ehlldren \\ ere dl\lded intothree groups for the egg hum.'I'here \\ere t\\O \\IOllerS 111 eachgroup Tom Rosqulst and LUCIenSoulban for the youngest, SandraOlsen and Crace Soulban for thcmiddle group and JUl'" \I011rl'

and I)cl\\ n <..!ulgrde for the thIrdgroup.

The prizes \\ "'e a,,,uded b):\lrs. It II. Putnam, aSSlstcd b,:\Irs. E. C. Olsen, \\ ho lbd thepurchaSing 111 llelrLlt.

AIl the ladles \\ ere 111\ iteu forcoffel' anu cook/l S 1'0 II C)\\ II1g theEaster egg hunt on the CC build­Ing yard, alon/{ \\ Ith t1w chduren\\ ho \\ ere sen eu Knol-<.lI(J andcookie. The COOk'l'S \\ l're pn­pared by :\Irs. E. R. Robert 'on,:\Irs. E. C. Olsen, :\Irs Ceorgl'Farah, and :\1 rs. F. J, <..!U1ggkThe table decoratlClIl '''IS by :\lrs.J. II. Rosqulst.

Jt \\ as a beautiful da\, ealm ,lIldsunny for the affaIr, anUl"-l'ryonl'

enjoyed \\ atchmg the chddrencompare notes on the eggs theyhad found (or had faded to find).There \\ ere smiles and tears (fromthose hllie ones \\ ho ne.ther foundthe most eggs nor the golden egg).

Easter at Turaif

SERVICE STARS"1. :\1. Rayah of Communm

Sen Ices, Turalf, earned a three­tar emblem m April for chalking

up 15 years of continuous com­pany service.

Three other Tapliners becameeligible for t\lo-star pms duringthe month for completing 1()year of sen·lcc. They arc R.Eshwi of Operations-General,Badanah, A. Ilamad of Com­munity Sen'ices, Rafha, and F.Suleiman of the Central 1\1echa­nical Shop, Turaif.

Taphne students \\ ho \lere In

Tu"" I' for the Enst'" "acallonenjoyed April II a fuIl-da, m thedlsert at ,1 piCniC site locatedabout SO kilometers northeast ofthe stallon.

The youthful Taphners \\ereaccompanied by some adultmembers of the Turalf com­fllUnlty.

R. II. Putnam's Desert-FunCar, se, eral bicycles and a desertsail added lots of fun to the outing.

DESERT PICNIC

Aramco and llan-ard Uniyer­sity completed their fourteenthyear of joint research to developa vaccine against the eye di easetrachoma. At year-cnd ,accineswere bemg prepared at lIan'ardfrom strains isolated in childrenin Saudi Arabia. These ,'acclnes\\ iII be tested on laboratory ani­mals prior to field trials.

at Badallah ?tas so Ililld there, as1eere Ihe Pat Robbills, the Dr.11011110 Walmas, alld mOllY others.

"I 0111 ollly jllSI back from a J.Jday Irlp 10 -'fllscal. A t'ery birrIhallk .1'011 for all Ihe hospilalilyalld Ihe lIIallY hilldllesses from all111 Tapl:ne."

From Mrs. Dickson

Aramco Review of Operations(Colllilllled frolll page J)

goillg Ollt to dillller at 7 P.III. 10 theKoellreichs alld leat'e for Rafha at7 0.111. I spend olle lIight at Safa­lIiyah 1ehere 1 shall comp alld thenback to KlI1wil by Friday lIightIhe 28th.

"1 had a lIice t'isit with ibll-'fllsa'ad at 'Ar'ar. ,'Irs. Garrisoll

produced goods and servicesworth an estimated $20,000,000.The 100 farmers and poultrymenassisted by Aramco agriculturistsproduced more than 5 millionpounds of fresh \'egetables, 22miIlion eggs and 400,000 meatchickens. They sold produceworth more than 2,000,000 mlocal markets and to Aramco.

IIA Very Big Thank You ll

Tasly halllblirgers 1eere the order of the day dllrillg the deserl excllrsioll.

Cyclisls Iried ill t'aill to cotch liP 1t'ilh the deserl sail at the pimic sile.

The following note was receivedby R. E. Marsh, Manager­Relations, Saudi Arabia, fromMrs. H. R. P. Dickson of Kuwaitduring the course of her pipelinevisit in March:Brilloll HOllse

Tllraif}Harch 25, 1969

"Dear Bob,fI This is a 'eery hurried note tolell )'011 hO?t, 1collderfllll"1.'eryolle hasbeerl to lite-liS-Oil Tapli/te.

"1 lIIet ,Hllhammad Sayer ill

Rafha, also Ihe •.Jmolds 1('/10 1eereso Ililld.

"111 Qaisllmah 1 met AhmadShmassy alld 1I0U' ill Tllratf I hat'ebeell Ollt all afternooll ?t'ilh -'Jr.Plltllalll to t'isit Ihe Dogra rllills.-'fy Ihree drit'ers are thrilled 1t'iththeir accommodations here.' 1 amMrs. J. H. RosquistTuraif

Reporters:

Badanah Mike Nahhal

Beirut N. Hanna

Amman John Franjieh

New York R. M. Weeks

Qaisumah M. Nassir

Qaryatain O. Yassin

Rafha M. A. Kublan

Sidon Kamal Abu-Zeid

IJipeLiILePERISCOPE

Editor F. C. Najia

'1'\\ eh'e Taplincrs from pumpstatIons 111 Saudi Arabia andJordan haye recentl~ completed at\\ o-\leek first aid and fire pre­"cmion course at the Ci"il A"ia­tion Safety Center in Beirut.

Attending the course \\ hichended March 28 \\ ere Senio,­Technician, C. E. &: I., IlannaKreltem of Qaryatain; Plant Pro­tection Coordinator Tom :\Iartll1.Senior Shift Foreman Ilmood:\'azzal, Station 1\1aintenance Su­penisor Ilathal Said and CargoIlandhng Supen'isQl Taki Ab­dallah of Turaif; AdministratlHSupen'isor Ilanna Faddoul,SenIOr Shift Foreman Lafi :\'alfShammary, Lead latcrials Spe­cialist Abdallah Iutair and As­sistant Chief :\'urse I\Ioussa:\Ioussa of Badanah; Senior Sh,ftForeman :\'asser Juma'a and Sta­tion :\Iamtenance Supen ISor

Fahed lutlaq of Qalsumah; andSenior Shift Foreman Said Ah­mad of Rafha.

The course is geared to providetraining in general fire preyentlonmeasures as \\ ell :lS Instructionand practice in first aid techniquesand the usc of fire extinguishers.

Thc Tapline trainees lunchedat Sidon Terminal on March 27.They \lere taken on a tour ofterminal facilities that day b~

II ikmat Bida\\ i.\Vhile in Beirut, they \lere

also entertained with their courseleaders at a company luncheonattended by D. 1\1. Falconer, F.M. "laasry, ,,1. :\lakdissi, SahmXajjar, Suheil lianna, Fuad Dan­dan, Nakhleh Hammoush andAbdallah Seblani.

12 TAPLINERSCOMPLETESAFETY CENTERCOURSE

Taplille alld olher parlicipallls ill Ihe firsl old alld fire pre1:elllioll COllrse 01 Ihe C,t'il •.Jnalioll Safely Cenler ill

Beirlll face Ihe call1era 1t'ilh Iheir CO/lise leaders.

Leclllre all fire pre1'enlioll 01 Ihe SafelY Cenler.

IIIStructioll alld practice II/ the lise of fire extillgllishers.

IONS BLOOM

mah down to Tumif now boast ofenng bulbs, annual and perennialI\\ns covering sand and bare rock.these 1969 Spring views of la\\ nsBadanah.

,111 all four pump stations in audilcning and landscaping efforts havelrt, the end result surpassed theirer afterhour project has added sojlllg to the eye in the Desert King-

p oyees at Turaif with a common1, banded together to form the first

In the Spring of 1955,interest in gardening and Iangarden club along the pipelu

Today. 14 years later, .,Arabia concur that. \\ hile t~

incurred tremendous time.expectations. Undoubtedly, 1

much to making the land caldom.

Amateur gardeners frorsuccessfully gro\\ n vegetablflowers, trees, shrubs and l­

K. Nasr's camera lensand gardens at both Qalsun

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through the month of June. lieIS being relieved by Dale E.Garrison \\ ho IS a"ailable InBeIrut. On Aprd 9, Edward A.Groh and Pattnck K. Robbll1s,ha\e assumed on actmg baSIS also.the respeCll\'c duties. responSIbili­ties and signature authOrities otThe Company Representatl\cPipe Lme Area, and GmernmentRelations ·oordmator.

H. C. 11111 rel,e,ed ChIef Engi­neer F. :'\. Khabbaz during thelatter's absence from Aprd 23 tothe 30th. I\lr. Khabbaz was InRas 'T'allura attC'n<.hn~ AranlCOGrid sessions.

Sel1lor Project EngmeerSheikh returnl'd Aprd 19 from asl\.-da~ tnp to Qalsulllah. \\ ht.:rl

he met representall\e' of the SAG:\llnist~ of COnll11l1nications \\ ho~lrri\"ed 111 the plpclinl' l1rl'~l to

inspect tht.· 111illn road. Earlll'f III

April, :\Ir. Shl'ikh made a hndtrip to RIyadh, \\ hl're he d"eu"nl\\ Ilh the Compan~ Reprl·'l·nt'ltl\'there n'~ltt('rs connl'ctt'd \\ ithmaIntenance of the 111:.1111 IJne road

R. :\ I. Uenry, \'ice PreSIdentRelatIOns, returned to BeIrutApril 8 from a three-day busll1esstrip to Turalf, Badanah andAmman.

George :'\. Ziady, ' enlor Engl­ncer-Techl1lcal Sen-,ces, re­sumed his functions Aprtl 30follo\\ ing a busmes assIgnmentand \acation \\ hlch started April3.

:\Ielhem G. \Idhem, SeniOlEnQlneer- Llal~(}n. fl'turnl...d ht:n.April 3 from a "x-da\ tnp to

Rafha, lladanah and TuraJl. \\ herlhe 111 'pecteu con~tructlOn \\ ork onthe .-'l.mlrate Clr!,' Schook

.\ ne\\ mati ,chedule \\aeffected Aprtl 5 at the :\1.111 Roomseclion to Sl'cure full dlstribullOlof mad before quiltll1g limeAccordll1gly, mad ,\Ill he dl'­li"ered to the Post Office <hl1h at8 ;30 and II ;30 a,m., and PICkl'dup from there at 9 :30 .1.111. alld12;30 p.m.

Project Engll1el'r Sd,ouh .\.Kuftejlan left Beirut .-'l.pnl 23 Oil

a two-week hUSII1CSS triP to

Turalf, Bad.mah and H.lfha. lie\\ ill rclle"e adlm Dahl'r 111

Badanah and Rafha (A prd 22-30)and John Obeld 111 Tumif (\Iay1-6), supenlsing constructIonwork on the Amirate GIrls'Schools. lie returns here I\lay 7.

D. Dodge, Manager ofGO"ernment Relations (\\'esternCountries), made a one-day tnpto Amman, . pril 10.

Sincere condolences are ex­tended to ;\Iichel Khoury ofPayroll on the recent death of hismother.

from-\pnl

'Two mOOrIng masters

Texaco, Italy, arn"ed berelOon a tra,nmg assIgnment.

QUick reco"ery is \\ Ished Tug­boat Captam :'\Icola Baradle \\ ho\\as hospllahzed on ,-'l.pnl 6follO\\lllg hIS Injury m a Cilf

accident.

Sinc~rl' concJo)ellces are ex­

tended to general operators H.Cebara and S. Zahar on the reCl'ntdeaths of theIr father and brothl'f,respectl\ely.

F. :\1. 'ajm. As"stant Super­II1tendent Shore -\rea, returned.-\pnl 9 from Has Tanura \\ hellhe attended the :\Ianagenal GndSeminar.

President \\'. R. Chandler andExecull\e "icc PreSIdent \\. E.Locher returned here Aprd 9 and13, respectl,'e1~, from a tnp to theCnited States \\ here they attendedthc 'an Francisco Board meet­mg . Dunng their absence, R. :\1.llenry sen'ed as the SenIOrResident Officer m the Zone ofOperations.

lIearty congratulations to :\Ir.and 1rs. Ahmad 1\1. Rifael on thebIrth April 29 of their first babyboy.

1\lanager of Pubhc RelationsSalih AI-As'ad returned to BeIrutApnl 21 from a one-\\ eek busll1esstrip to Saudi Arabia.

Project Engmeer :\ Ilchel GJlha returned here Aprd 19 froma t\\o-\\eek trip to Turalf, Ila­danah and Rafha, \\ here he com­pleted preparatory work for theinstallatIOn of the turbll1e fuelfiltering system at Shubah, andreviewed with Dr. 1\lichel G.Khoury the scope of work for theintended modification of Badanah

Ilospital.

Robert E. :\Iarsh, :\Ianager­Relations (Saudi Arabia), leftApril 16 on a combined business­vacation trip which \\ ill extend

Beirut

:\lr. Bida\\ i \\III be in the IlelrutOil Dispatchll1g Office working asrelief oil dispatcher.

- J. A. Khoury, C. E. & I.Supen'isor, \\III act as Foreman:\Iaintenan 'e, reportll1g directly to:\Ir. :'\ajm. In hiS ne\\ capacll~,

:\Ir. Khoury \\ III be responSIble ofthe follo\\ II1g sectl(lI1S; Elellncaland Instrunlt:nts, Conlnlulllc3­

tions, .-'1. rca \Iallltenancl', and:\ lotor Tran,port.

Good luck to :\Iooring :\Iaster:\1. K. :'\esheim \\ ho left thecompany permanently last month.

1\ looling 1\laster I. \\". Hoss leftthe termlllal m late :\lmch onallnual vacatIOn.

Good luck to . hift OperatorAli Bakhit on hiS recent transferto Turalf.

\'isiting the station on bus1l1essduring the month were \YahdGhurabi, :'\. Sheikh. S. Iladdour,Mike Jeha, E. L. Wood and theE. A. Grohs.

II. A. man of Badanah GO\­ernment Relations arri"ed hererccentl~ to rclie"e our LocalCompany RcpresentatiH' :\ ISayer "ho left for Dhahran onbusiness.

Hearty congratulations to \Ir.and :\Irs. :\1. Saif and :\11'. and:\Irs. A. :\Iohsen on the birth ojdaughters Fayzeh and Eftikharand to 1\11'. and Mrs. A. Ilamadand M.-. and I\lrs. II. Abdullahon the birth of sons Ilamad andAbdullah.

The list of Rafha ,'acatloner,1I1e1udes :\1. Abdullah and :\1l\lukhlif of Operations and Re­pairs-StatIon, :\1. :\Iusailem ofCommunity Services, :\1. Bunay­yan of Operations-General, andS. Othman of C. E. & I.

Back from holiday are I. Sa'adof Water \\'ells, A. Abdullah ofStorehouse, A ]\Iohsen of Opera­tions and Repairs-Station, andM. Hamad and A. Hamad, ofCommunity Sen·ices.

Sidon

. Salloum is back from a shortholiday in Beirut.

Gordon L. Clark of Operation'and Repairs Station, Turaif, IShere to reline Ilans J .. !otboom,Supervising Technician-DieselGas Turb1l1es, \\ ho is off on long\'3cation.

A newall-time record of crudl

oil receipts into Sidon Termmalin one single day was establishedon AprilS. The terminal recei"ed507,3-t8 barrels of crude oil thatday. The previous two-year oldrecord of 504,142 barrels wasestablished on April 4, 1967.

Terminal Superintendent A. A.Brickhouse returned here Aprd 4from a one-week business trip toLondon, \\ here he attended theSingle Point ;\looring Forummeeting of the European StudyGroup. During his absence, Capt.A. D. Odegaarden \\as in charge

of the Terminal.

The following organizational

changes \\ ere put into effect as of

March 18;

- If. Illdawi, Assistant Fore­man-Operations and 1\lamte­nance, was placed on specialassignment until i\lay IS, report­ing to Fawzi 1\1. :'\ajm, AssistantSuperintendent - Shore Area.From May 15 through October,

and ;\Irs. II. T. Jensen, daughterAltha and son Eric.

Capt. Frank Ocha of Aramcorelieved Capt. II. D. Lambertduring the latter's recent vacation.During his assignment here, Capt.Ocha \\as entertamed at dinnerby the II. \\'. Sutherlands.

:\Ir. and Mrs. R. II. Putnamheld a birthday party at their homem honor of Irs. E. C. Olsen.

The Turaif community joinsTapliners up and down the' Linein extending deepest sympathyand sincere condolences to F. \V.

ew and daughters Genevieveand Mary Ann, formerly of Beirutheadqua rters, on the recent deathof :\lrs. Ne\\. The :--Ie\\ s residedin Turaif for several years beforetransferring to Beirut.

General . uperintendent and:\Irs. J. L. Koenreich hosted admner party at their home onl\larch 25 111 honor of :\.lrs.II. R. P. Dickson of Kuwait, \\ ho\\as 'isiting the pipeline area.

The Koenreichs also hostedanother dinner party in honor ofparticipants in the diesel enginemamtenance conference held inTuraif in late 1\larch.

:\Ir. and l\lrs. J. J. 1\lakkinjeentertained the Adel :'\oujaimsand the ne\\ Iyweds, Dr. and 1rs.Y. Inati, at dinner on :\larch 28.

The T. \'erhoevens, A. :\1.Chnstmans and C. H. Hardwicksarc currently on vacation.

A S\\-imming Pool Party \\ asarranged April 4 by Mr. and Mrs.E. C. Olsen and 1\11'. and 1\lrs.R. 11. Putnam to open the poolfor the season. A fe\\ brave souls

"entured forth and S\\ am for briefpenods, but by-and-Iarge It \\ asa sweater and jacket day thatended with a sho\\er. The food\\ as most delicious and everyoneseemed to enjoy the occasion, butnot the chilly weather.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rosquisthosted an Easter dinner on April6 in honor of a group of bachelorsin the community. Guests in­eluded Andre' De Raad, J. Hum­bert, Gordon Clark, H. Gotshart,and R. Harrison. 1r. and Mrs.R. H. Putnam also had somebachelors for dinner the sameevening.

1\1rs. 1\1. X. Nasr spent Easterin Beirut \\ ith daughters Aida,Mona, Rita and Randa.

RafhaGood luck to Jimmy M. Over­

steeg, Our former Lead DieselGas Turbine Technician, who hasleft the field pernlanently, andwelcome to A. N. Y. Dagastanywho has been hjred to replacehim.

vacation were Altha and EncJensen; George, Ramzi and SamIKhoury; :\lay, :\Iuntasser and:\Iaher Abdul Rahman; and Eliasand Randa Sabbagha.

A ne\\ "olleybaII team has beenformed recently and has startedregular practice to compete withsimilar squads from along the'Line.

Dr. and Mrs. R. Mattar andchildren returned to the stationApril6 from a brief "isit to Beirut.

Sincere condolences are ex­tended to Miss Leila Deeba onthe death of her father, who suc­cumbed to a heart attack.

TuraifAssistant Coordinator- to res

Salim C. Socrate relieved II. :\ I.GeJston as Coordinator, Materialsand Community Services, dunngthe latter's absence in Ras Tanurato attend the Managerial GridSeminar from April 17 to 24.Others from Turaif who haveattended the seminar so far are\Y. P. Moore, A. M. Christman,J. J. Makkinje, J. H. Rosquist,C. II. Hard\\ ick, K. E. Parr, L. T.:'\orton, F. J. Quiggle, Dr. C.Soulban and E. A. Groh.

C. H. Hardwick, Supervisor­Pipehne Repair, is expected to

return to Turaif from annuallea\e around May 8. He is beingrelie"ed by E. L. Wood.

L. T. Norton, Foreman­Mechanical Shop, left April 10on annual holiday, returning June6. He was relieved by H. J. Soleyuntil April 17, when Mr. Soleyleft the field permanently.

D. D. Cole has been appointedActing Foreman-\Vater \Vells,effective April I. All employeesformerly reporting to R. Ragsdale,who has retired from companyservice, are reporting to Mr. Cole.

In Turaif for the Easter holidayfrom schools 111 Beirut wereDeborah Olsen, Lynn, Peter andDeborah Moore, Mirion andRalph Robertson Jr. and RichardMoore. The children arri"edMarch 30 after having had tospend a night in Amman due toadverse weather conditions.Others on the plane were 1rs.E. C. Olsen, the K. E. parrs,

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First Qllarter~Uarch

PERATIONS

Sil"er Certificates for English ProficiCllcy ,cere presCllted at Rafharecelltly to Cooh-BallCr S. Alllllad, Cillb Stl!'1t'ard .11. Khalaf alld Elec­tncal fllstYll/llmt .lIall T. Rabah.

1. Sidon Receipts (MilD)2. Deliveries (MBD)

Offtakers Ships 442.4I PC Exchange 8.0l\1edreco 15.8

Jordan 10.2Total Delivenes (:\1BD) 476.4

• A ne\\ all-time one-month record of 484,936 BPD (pre"iousrecord of 484,686 BPD was established in October 1968).

Latest forecast for April liftings ineluding Medreco is 485,000barrels per day.

Sellior Shift Operator Sayed Nafe Abdllllah of Tllraif has joincd theselect grollp of SOlidi .4 rob Taplillers n·ho hm'c chathed liP 20 years ofcontillllOIiS cOlllpallY service. He is sho.en abo"e recei.-ing his fOllr-star tiepill frolll Smior Shift Forelllall H. Na::::::at.

Badansh's S" imm1l1g Pool As­sociation has elected its 1969officers as follo\\ s; Dr. AmerRayyes, president; P. Robbins,secretary and trcasurer; and Nlrs.Leila \Yanna, )"Iiss Phyllis I layer,:\liss A. Arpajian, Y. \'erhoevenand As'ad Kabban, executi, ecomnllttee menlbers.

The" eleoming mat IS out forDr. and :\lrs. :'\. Turk who arcback from England, \\ here Dr.Turk completed a one-year course111 Gynecology and Obstetrics.They have been entertained at'e'eral functIons hosted by J\.1r.and Mrs. I. Abdul Rahman, Drs.Amer Rayyes and Zafer Kayyali,Dr. and :\1rs. II. "'anna, Dr. and:\lrs. Kiblawi, and Dr. and :\Irs.R. Sabbagha.

:\Iean\\ hde, SL\ eral fare\\ ellpartIes \\ ere sponsored by Rafhaemployees In honor of colleagues

"ho ha' e left the field perma­nently. Staff :'\urse Bertha Kechi­chian, \\ ho has left for Canada,"as entertained at a dancing partygi"en by :\'adim Daher of Engi­neenng and at a similar functiongi\en by :\liss :'\ajat Kaed Bey.:\liss :'\ouritza Bekarian, \\ hojomed her famdy III occupiedJerusalem, \\as entertained at admner party hosted by Staff:'\urseK. Iloladjl3n, and at another teaparty organized by her :\ledicalcolleagues, inelud1l1g )"lisses AdeleChoueiry and Phylhs 1layer,Abdul Karim 1\luawad, Michel10ussa, :'vloussa loussa, Shukri

George, and II. Faddoul.

\'isiting the station recently onbusiness were Dr. J. Thaddeus"ho "as accompanied by Drs.Harrison and Dagher, of theAmerican Dni"erslty Hospital,;\,lelhem :\lelhem, \Y. E. Locher,\\'. V. Ilall, F. :\'. Khabbaz andJ. Saba, of Beirut; F. 1\1. :\'ajm,of idon Terminal; I I. Sutherlandand J. L. Koenreich, of Turaif;and Drs. Khalil Tayyara, F.Can'an and J. Chalhoub, of A UII.

Mrs. D. Garrison gave a sur­prise "baby sho" er" at her hometo Mrs. P. Robbins. Most of thestation's distaff members attendedthe function.

Mrs. Saideh A"ad has joinedher husband, J. Awad of Medical,to set up housekeeping in 'Ar'ar.

]n Badanah for the Easter

Badanah

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THE 'AR'AR MODERN BAKERIES-\ m st up-to-date bakery with an 1I11tlai t\\ o-ton daily production

capacIty was opencd at 'Ar'ar early this year.

One of a total of 10 bakeries in t(l\\ n, the" 'Ar'ar !\10dern Bakeries"has produced and sold a dally average of 800 kilograms of bread and200 kilograms of oriental s\\ eets during the first quarter of 1969.

Located on the main street of 'Ar'ar near the Municipality Build­ing, the . R. 100,000 bakery occupies an area of 300 square meters.I t is staffed by 10 \\ orkers and has t\\ 0 ovens-one for bread and theother for sweets. All equipment is made in either Lebanon or Italy.

It is owned by Anwar Zahra, a 53-year-old Syrian from Damascus\\ ho has been living in Saudi Arabia for the past 17 years and who hasbeen residing \\ith his family in 'Ar'ar since 1960. As director of the"Sahara Phanl1aceutical Corporation" of' !"'ar, Mr. Zahra has alsobeen contracting medical supplies for Tapline for several years.

Prices at the bakery arc as follo\\s: 1,125 grams of bread sell forone Saudi Riyal \\hile prices of sweets range from 3 to 9 Saudi Riyalsper kilo.

'Ar'ar is one of the thriving modern communities that havede\'elopcd ncar Tapline's main pump stations in northern SaudiArabia. \\'ithin three kilometers of Badanah station, it typifies thisde\Oelopnlent in nlany \\ ays.

It \\as the first to\\ n in the :\"orthern Province to have a privately­capitalized electric pO\\ er company, a water distribution system, amodern slaughterhouse, an expanding telephone sen'ice, a thrivingbank branch, a mercury-lit and asphalt-treated t\\ o-Iane street, well­equipped car repair and machine shops, modern laundry, well-stockedstores, a gO\'ernment sponsored 25-bed general hospital and Tuber­culosis Clinic, a passports office and a new primary boys' school...A nine-classroom school for girls is also under construction in thenorthern part of the to\\ n.

These interior views of the 'Ar'ar !\lodern Bakeries \\ere taken byPeriscope photographer K. :\"asr.