TRANS-ARABIAN PIP~: LI, E COMPA Y, BEIRUT, LEBANON

THADDEUS, SABA AND AYASHLECTED TO T. S. C. OFFICES

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REC HALLEMPLOYEES

in a wing of the No, 2 me hallwhich also hou e a cia roomfor general employee enrolledin the Company's trainingprogram. Constructed oflocally-made concrete block,the building ha central heat­ing and air conditioning.

Recreational fa(:ilitie- a\'ail­able to the employees includetable tenni , shuffleboard andbilliard. Domino enthusia t­have not been o\'erlooked.Daily new'paper' and a radioha\·e been pro\'ided. andheh·es of canteen items line

one corner of the ree hall. Thesnack bar is equipped todispen e oft drinks, sand­wiehe. etc,

early one hundred generalemployee \\ ere pre'ent at therec hall's" opening night.":\.E. Hibby, H. K. Curran andGeorge Heide were also inattendance.

Recreation facilitie' are al 0

available to gener'll employee'at Badanah, Rafha and Qai u­mah stations.

The snack bar has proved one of the most popular features ofTuraif's recreat:on hall for general employees, as evidenced bythese emplo} ees who attended the inauguration party, (Photo byAbdul Kareem)

The call i ou t for moretennis players for Tapline'steam which i :>cheduled totake part in the Persian GulfOil Companies Lawn TennisA sociation allnual tournamentto be held some time duringthe summer, Place and date areyet to be announced, ayDave Dodge, team manager.

Previously, any competingteam member could participatein two tournament e\'ent,Howe\·er, when the annualmeet wa held at Tripoli la tyear, the As ociation's con­titution was amended limitinga team member to play in oneevent only, Consequently, eachteam mu t now be composedof at lea~t four men and fourwomen,

With thi new ruling ineffect, all tennis players stand

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TENNIS TEAM NEEDSADDITIONAL MEMBERS

General employee at Turaif are now enjoying the facilitiesof their recreation hall and nack bar which wa openedthe latter part of last year.

The rec hall has been et up

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lations).

While results from ballotscast were being conlputed uythe Elections C'lmlllittee. theannual business meeting wascalled to order by outgoingpresident l\like Bassoul.

Bm.soul opened the meetingwith hi~ fare\\ell address to themember~hip, La\ing sel'\'('(1 asenior executive since theclub' founding.

Following a no~talgic resume'of T, S, C, acti\ilie' during histf'lIme in office, Bassoul exten­ded his thanks to the membersfor theircoopelation in helpingorganize the club; to TaplinePresident C, A, S\\ igart for hisne\'er-failing help; and 10 tho.ecommittee that pill nned theclub's entertainment, sportevent and supen'i 'ed its ge­neral operatiun and main­tenance,

Particularly mentioned inthis expression of appreciationwere Dr, Thaddeus for his quizprogram~, Don Wallace andPaul Rattle for film slide pro­jections, Mrs, Howard Wells fororganizing the bridge ses ions,

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Functioning as Tapline Sporting Club officers for 1955 will beseated, left to right) Joe Saba, secretary; Dr. J. Thaddeus,resident; and Emil Ayash, treasurer, Executive committee membersre (standing, left to right) Sarkis Sarkissian, Vartan Bezdikian,

'ioward Wells, Joe Badawi, Therese Malek, Mike Chehadeh, BobAnderson and Raia Saliba. (Photo Sayak)

Climaxing the annual gene­ralilleeting of Tapline's Spor­ting Club. Belf'ul. which washeld ,lanuary 3 hI. nt'w officers,lid r>O,eculi\'e Committe menl­ber:; \\ere 'elpcted 1'01' the ne\\Year,

ervillg as president \\ ill be}r, ,J. Thaddeu~ (:\ledical). un­oppo~ed tandidate nominatedfor that 01'1 icl', Thi~ year'~

secretary i ,Joe aba (IndustrialRelation.), \\ ho tied with ickHabre (General Office ~el'\'ice)

when the \'ote \\'ere tallied,However, in a letter the fol­lowing day to 0, S. Dodge,chairman of the Elections Com­mittee, Mr, lIabre withdrew a'a nominee in favor of Mr,Saba, thus precluding thenecessity of a run-off election,Emil Ayash (Operations) willfunction a' club trea urer.having won o\'er David arnbar(Acct'g),

Members of the 1955 Execu­tive Committee are: BohAnderson ~T&AT), Joe Bada\\ i(P&T), Vartan Bezdikian (E&C),Mike Chehadeh ( Acct'g ),Therese Malek (P&T), Raja

aliba (Acct'g ), SarkisSarkissian ( Medical) andHoward Wells (Industrial Re-

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AVAILABLE

VILLAGERS TO BENEFITCOMPANY - SPONSORED

One of the engineering tasks on the Deir·Mimos protect waslaying 0 s'x Inch pipe line, as shown above, from th Lltonl ~,ver toa hilltop reservo" a thousand feet away Water IS pump d Into thereservoir by a dIesel-driven pump at the rate of 240 gallons perminute. Capocity of the reservoir is estImated at 75,000 gallons

by S. D. DeebOf till' lIIan\' adidlil' ill \\h"'h T,lplilll' lal,,'_ plidl' is its

din'l·t illlt'l'st 'ill tilt' \\1'11"111"(' and pro I" ril~ 01 f'olllnllinilit'in ('ollnlril's wlwl"(' il oprratl' . Thl' ('olllp,ln\' I'nlllrilllliion('onllnitt, P on '\ 1'1',11 o,'('a iOI' ha I' II IIIIt II Illalwi.it alii

tll\\ard 1111' I"('allzalioll 01 \ llalTEAM NEEDS MEMBERS prnjI'I'! Ihat \\t'II' 11l'~ olld Ihl'

1111',111 01 \arlflll t'olllllliinilil',(lnl' Ill'h in lant'l' i lilt'

I11'11'-~IIIII.1 in ig,lt ion 1'10)1'1'1.Y.'al ,1"0, ('llIlgl,1I11 In"n lhi\illagl' Il'ldill" in 1..111 illg,.\Iil'hi"all, 'onlll'd IIII' Ill'il­,\Iillla I lIill'd 1(l'lil'l SIWil·'y.'I hf' Iwil't ~ pOll OI'ed ,Ill agri­I'lIl1nll' projl'd ill il old·honlt'­\ ill,lgl' 10 11t'lp \ illagl' IlII"lIll'rhl'I'OIIl" illtll'pl'llIll'lIt 01 I'hari­tahll' a i tallt'l' lrolll rl'lali"'I'.in lilt' I nilI'd Statl'..

Ollil'illl of 'I apline \i. itl'dlilt' projl'('t ill' a IIII "Pre 0

illlprt' I'd \\ ith thl' idl'a the~

rt'(·o1Il1ll1'Iltled 1111' ('filII pa ny'sl'ontrihution~ ('ollllllillf'p a.·sisltill' \'illagl'l' I"urtlll'r \\ ith anadditional and IIItWh-IIt'I'dedirrigation y lelll.

.'0 III I' hundrl'd afTl'S offl'rl iII' land own,'d hy th'\"illagl'r wert' Iyillg wash, forlaek or irrigalion. Ph'nlifulwalf'r 01 tht' lIearl,,' LilalliJ(i\"l'r l'oulll 1101 Ill' ulilized due10 eh'\"alioll of till' land. Thcolll\" solution was to pUlllpwaier 10 a reservoir and dist­ribute it through canals.

Hadio - phonograph 1'011 ole,Phillip., 1!J;j1 1Il0de!. In eXI'el­Icnt conditioll - torage Ilt'arlytwo year. Phonograph ha a­. peed automatic changer.Contal'l: Dick Heap, !':xt. 274.

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a Ill'tt,'t' I'lIanf'l' 10 IIpI'Olll1'I'li"ihll' ffll Ihe ('Olllp ln~'

tl'.lIn. Till rl'lnn', '1,ljllil.1' \ illnl'l'd 10 ha\ I' .1 1;11' 'I'I' pool 01good plaYl'r~ IIOIll \\'hil'!1 liltyl'al" (I'anl will hI' f'II'('ll'd,"In this n' Pl'l'!," -aid .\11.llod~l'. "\\1' al'l' in parlil'lIlal'lH'I'd of 1Il0re \\onll'n pla\1'1 .alld wi\(' 01 1'lIlployl'l' an'I'ligihle for 10llrnalllt'IItparli('ipat ion."

., Wilh tilt' I' 1'011 idl'ralionin lIIind. It i nol too <Hln forl'wr) Il'nll i phl~ 1'1' to lartpral'li('illg rl'glllarl~, in order10 illlpro\(' hi ('hal ... l' to playill thi yl'ar' lonrnallll'nl,"d,'(·lal'l.'d the h'alll lIlanager.

,10 .Iahl.our ha off red hi('oal'!lin" ''''if'I' 10 intl're It'dplayl'r.. Ill' will he at til('Taphllt' SI)flrlill" (11Ih l'wryW,'tlnl' da~ aflerJIoon at .J.:;IO.

Report,hll'oh Eo \ 'ohi.1I1 (E <' (')

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Akl'l K. "flit'll ( ~\tl'l'. )a . nn. Khalil

.Iutarll .1. Bezli ()llIril\l').1 d'lll!.(hler, \,I'i~h,l.

'I'll- l'I' '1'. lih,lIari (.Iarille)a-Oil, Elia-.

,hlt'k II. lIanna ('olllllIllni.)a danghll'r, .Ia(·klilll'.

;\lohallle(1 Y. 1I'I,hl'lII (Ope­r,llion) a daughtl'r, Zakla.

Philipp' ~1. ,a-. it ( .1ll'l')a ,011, Elia.

Khalil S. San I'd (;\Ial"lnc)a daughln, l\aillll'h,

Khalil 1>. Skali (;\Iarilll')a ,ou, .\deeh.

Rt'lirillg frolll 1111' f'Olllpan)in IfHH, ;\11'. lIall has ~ilH'1'

hN'n adi\"!' as a pipelineeon~lIllanl. In addition 10 hiPaki~tan m"i!.(nllll'ni. he i al'o..er\"ing on the l'on IIllin~

('ollllllillce I"or till' tran -Canadapipe linc as well as th WI',ICoast Transllli"ion ('oll1pany.

Prior 10 .Ir. lIall' departureto the U. S, ,.Ir. and .Ir. W.H. ('handler held a gt't-togl'lherof TaplinI" "old-hand" andMr. Hall' olher Beirut friendat their re idenee.

~Ir. Hall, he add I'd. i athonlt' 011 tlll'ir r:lI11'h onl of 'an.10 1', ('aliforni,l: 011 lIarr) i

'e"in~ in the \rlll'and is en rolltl' 10 till'Ellropl'an alea. \\ hill' on• IU,lrl i attendillg high <'hoolin ('alifornia.

president of Tap/ine, visited withMarch 7 and 8 and reneweddays with compony personnel.

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H. H. HALL MAKES STOP·OVER

H Hall (right). former viceent C A. Swigart (left)Intonces of construction

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r ute frolll Paki tau to Ih,''lates ;\11'. II. II lIall,

t! \"il'e presidl'nt 01"n , n'('l'ntly stoPIH'd off inII 10 I'all on hi, lIIanyI .

PROUD FATHERS

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III \ "Iameh (~1arillt')

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When it ('Ollie to hohhi ,Cri lIIention two in parti u·lar - one i· reading ( he leantowards hi torit'al uo\"e!- IIIdpoelry): the other i . dog - 1I0tjll t any canine - d:lt'h,llUndprefert 'I.

on hoth Ihe ea t and we~t ('('"of the ."tat'~ during \\'orld \\arII, a. well a in Pitbhnrgh,1'1.' nIhyIva ilia.

Aver. Per•

Jan. 1955 Mo. 1954

OPERATIO

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A \I'I',lge BPI> Loaded

A\I'ra!.(e Hhls per :hip

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,'hips Lnadl'd

.\\eragl' BPll rel'ei\ed at :idnll

\ \ 1.'1 ,I!.(I' BPI) Lnadl'd

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• Thidy-one da~ s.. Total ,hips loaded in IH~)l - HflH

Feb. 1955 Year 1954

.\Iso a lIIid-\\ I' temer, " 1100-ler ri Wardl'r clailll

."helh) \ III', Indiana as '11.'1'hOIl1\' to\\ II. ris tran ferred toTaplinI' in Fehrllar)" after :.!:.!1II0nth \\ Hh Arallll.'o·~ Explora­tion I>epartlll 'nt in I>hahran.

'I Ill' oil indn lrv is 1I0t newtn (ri-. Prior 10 her i~nin!.( an\ranH'O l.'ontrad, she workedin Ihe Indianapoli~ (Indiana)offi 'e of th ' ."tandard Oil 'Olll­p.ln\ or Indiana.

.\fl I' !.(radu lion frolll hi"hphool, ri \\ a . elllployell hy II

'11l'IL\"\ i1le lIlauur.lt'tllrin~ '011­("rn 'hefore 1'lIIharking on aliheral .trb cour • at Indiana'ni\"er ify.

Though thi i h I' fir t o\"Cr e\'Clltllr, ri li\"ed .lI1d worked

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f trill III Florid,l. \In'ady h'ha~ :II'qllir d t1\ n 1\("1'~ ofl klaholll.1 oil, tlld 1101 n Inll!.("0 0\\ III d 1',11 t i III r -t in ,I

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Editor

Artist

Qoisumoh O. 0 Kilmilto

Rofho Abbas H. Homodeh

Sidon R. E. Kholtor

luroil M. Joouni

Newcom rs to Tapl,n 's 8 "ut heodqucrt rs are Pauline Hodo(seat d) and Crystal Word r (standing). 80th transferred recentlyfrom Aromco Dhohron (Photo Soyok)

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Y.1. aleh (Oper.-Qai umah)

K. S. San-ed (. larine- idon),t.M. haarawy(T&AT-Beirut)

G.• '. huheibar (Ac!'t'g-Heirut)

Dr. G. ,'. Stephan (.ledieal-idon)

A. 1\1. Tabet (Operation· idon)

N. A. Talhouk (T&AT-Beirut)

E. N. Wakim (Aect'g-Beirut)

1\1. S. Wehbe (~larine- idon)

G. A. Zir (1'& .\T-Beirut)

Dr.F.J. Zuko ki (Medical-Beirut)

SeptemberSamira Abdelnour (Ind. Rel.-

Beirut)

A. . Ashkar (~1tce-- idon)

K. ~1. A si (E & C-Rafha)

H. Baa iri (Pipeline ~ltce.-

Qaisumah)

T. . Baa iri (Operations-, idon)

~1. E. Baradi plarine- idon)

•'. T. Baradi plarine- idon)

Ceorgette Ba 'oul (T' AT-Beirut)

H.A. Bidawy (Operations-~idon)

1\1. K. Broummana (Ind. Rel.-Beirut)

B. E. Bumefleh (~1tee.- idon)H. A. Daher (Operation - idou)D. S. Dodge (Govt. Rel.-Heirut)Marie Doumauian (P &T-Beirut)A. H. Fayyad (P O' l' - idon)K. Y. Feghali (P&T-Beirut)Y. 1\1. Geha (Operation '- idon)A. H. Ghaddar (Operation-

idon)

A. Haddad (1\1tce- 'idon)

e.G. Hagi-Touma (P c' T-Beirut)

B. K. Harb (Operation'- 'idon)

~I. Hassan (Qai'umah)

G. A. Hearn (Operations-Rafha)

A. A. Hourani (Operation­idon)

K. ~1. Hnmsi (Aret"g-Beirut)

D. H. Iskandarani (Operations-Sidon)

G. J. ,Jarobs (~Iarine- 'idon)

A. O. Jbeil~ (Operations- idon)

T. G. Kerdahi plariue- idon)

A. Y. Khalifeh (GO\·t. Rel.­

Beirut)R. E. Khattar (~1tre- SidOt,)

H. G. Kirkyasharian (1\ledieal­Beirut)

H. K. Ltaif (T&AT-Beirut)'. Y. Makhoul (Operations­

Sidon)E. Y. 1\lansour (Operations­

Sidon),1. R. .Iara·ashly (Operations­

idon)A. B. Masri (, larine- idon)

5 - YEARKEEPS ON

AugustA. ~1. Abboud (P -T-Beirut)

S. A. Abd-U n n til' (Aect'g-Beirut)

G. E.•\bu-Abdallah (Operations­Sidon)

K. E. Abu-Zeid (Mtce- idon)

. F. Aoun ( ecurity-Beirut)

~1. S. Arafat (Marine- 'idon)

G. S. Asmar (Operations- idon)

N. A. As'af (GOS-Beirut)

.\. Y. As aly (:'Ilarine-Sidon)

1\1. B. Bahout (::'ecurity-Beirut)

J. K. Bassil (E & C- Beirut)

J. H. Bustani (P & l' - Beirut)

,J. A. Dabaghi pItce- 'idon)

~1. K. Edelbi (1' c- Al' - Beirut)

O. Faour (Operations-Turaif)

B. D. Haddad (.\cct'g-Beirut)

1\1. H. Halabi (P & l' - Beirut)

.\.• '. Hanna (E & C-~idon)

Z. '. Hoyeek (P c' T-Beirut)

E. Humi ton (Acet'g- Beirut)

O. ~1. ,Jebeily (1' & .\1'- Beirut)

G. K. Kanaan (Pc'T-Beirut)

F. N. Khouri (P&T-Beirut)

A. G. Khoury (E & C- Beirut)

Mary T. Khoury (Ad min.- Bei rut)

A. F. Kiwan (P & '1'- Beirut)

T. . Matta ('I' & AT-Beirut)

. K. Raad ('I' & .\'1' - Beirut)

lary A. Rubeiz (0 & M- Beirut)

D. E. Saab (GO - Beirut)

G. E. aba (Pc'T-Beirut)

A. T. amaha (Whse-Turaif)

E.A. amaha(Com.Serv.-Beirut)

H. B. aied (Operations-Turaif)

Tho'e employee' \\ ho e pho­tograph have not appeared inthe ,. Peri cope" include:

JulyDr.• '. Bou tany(~ledical-Rafha)

A. ,'. Ibrahim (P & l' - Beirut)

.J. A../a bbour (Per'on nel- Bei rm)

Huda ~1. awaya (Per'onnel-Beirut)

The Company i· proud toannoun('e that 229 employeeC'ompleted five years of con­tinuons ervice during 1954,and a ('on iderable number willhe eligible thi year.

In the future, name of em­ployee' who reach the five yearmMk will be given pecialmention.

We give up!

II ju t i n't practical to at­te llpt printing all the photo­g-rJph' of the many employee'who have received five yearpin' during the past 'everalmonth,.

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FINANCIAL EDITORVISITS OPERATIONS

\\'hill' \isiling Aranll'o opera­tions in Saudi .\rabia.1\1r. Piper1'Ill'l'kl'd their records but couldfind no 1I0wal'd ,lensel1. lIow­l'vcr, a casual qu('slion to Cap,tain lIank Watson of tht' C--liwhil'h took him lIJl the pipelineto each of the punJll stationstoul'hed off a chain or al'tion.invoh'ing a serie of radio I'allsand a .. man-hunt" by relation

Touring Tapline installationsand the. 'ear East in gencral.,Iohn S. Piper. IIllanl'ial editorof th' an FraneiSl'o ,'ews,pi"ked up a human intereststor~ for his colunlll that star­te'l when a fl'll'nd of his inSan Fralll'isl'o asked hlln to"lookup my stePSOIl, lIoward,Iellsen, when you get out to

.\rabia. "

'On Ill'hall of the •',l\yI' prcss sinl'ere apprel'iatlonfor your inter st in this vi.-ithy units of the Uniled ':>lales,'a\'y and the efforts l.f th'.\lIIhassadlll. his tafl'. and theAml'rio'an ('omlllunity to insureits ~llt't' 's:-. ..

gr 'atl\' to the SUCl'e,s of this

\ isit.HERS AMONG THOSEED BY U. S. NAVYlIer. and m'mhl'rs or

.\111 'ri('all ('ollllllllnil~

It'l'ipienls of !lraisl' from. S :'\a\y Dl'partllll'llt lor

11"111 hospitalit~· l'xll'lHll'dnh!'rs of till' . S. lith\h('11 il ",llied at Beirut\ emlll'r

letter to Bllh Anderson.l'I'\'ed as ('hairman of till'

. n transpllrlation ('om­e. ~Ir..\rmill ~II'YI r. Char­·.\rrair~ 01' th' .\111 riean'y, Iieirut, \\ rotl' :

'The participation bv theentire Americ'an l'OIllIllU;litv inLb'e anon to Ilrovide warm ho '-pitalily for the avy is parti­cularly I'olllmendable. 111111 urethat atmo phere eO'1tribllted

... you may he intercsll'lInow that the Se('r tal'\" 01

Lt' has rel'ei \ ell I rom ' tl1l'A I II( Sel'retary 01 the "1\ \' .\• 1 , ,

Ie tl'r dated Del'em her l:i. Hi;>.!.III whi('h the .\I'ling 'erretarysIlted the 1'0llowilJlT .

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. I am plea ed to leal'll thaithe mid-Novemhl'r Visit of the(j[h Fleet was so SUI'I'I'~sful inpromoling goodwill and I'ur­thl'l"i ng frie nd Iy I.e banese­American relatil';ls.

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In recognition of their "unselfish ond outstanding service to themen of the U. S. Navy in connection with operotion of the SixthFie t Canteen in Beirut, lebanon, on the occasion of the fleet visitof 16 November, 1954," Mr. ond Mrs. G. H. Gossens (center)

presented" certificates of appreciation" by Charge d'AffairesMeyer, deputy chief of mission of the American Embassy,Mr Meyer (left) made the presentation on behalF of Admiralombs, then commander of the Sixth Fleet Congratulating Mr.nl is Commander E. B. House, U. S. Naval Attache, Beirut.

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Fawzi Jabir (left) and Husni Sabe' (right) of Special Servicuse Room 413 as their headquarters. George Fitch, supervisor 0

Special Services, is also located in Room 413.

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Elies Samaha of Community Services inspects the generator whichhelps supply electric power for the office building. The generatorand its guardian (Elias) are housed in a building adjacent to theoffice.

In touring the Assaily Building- to lin up each department'sfunctions, the eameraman ha~ missed a few familiar faees.

Therefore, prior to briJ1giJ1~ the remainder of the Managementgroup into lens' view, the camera has been foeused on membersof the Org-anizalion & Planning-- Wages & Salaries seetion of theIndn lrial Helations Department, a - well as cmployees of Spe('ialServices and Community ervices.

Other divisions yet to he included in the Assaily Builclinground-Up include Communications and Medieai.

(Photo by Sayak)

PIPELI E PERISCOPE

Life is seemingly one column of mathematical computations afteranother for Ibrahim Thomas, Wages Clerk of Organization &P/anning- Wages & Salaries. Ibrahim is also loco ted in Room 401.

•That typewriter-like contraption Adla Simaan so ably operates is

a Vari- Typer. Adla turns out scores of organizotion charts andother forms on this machir.e as part of her duties as secretary toMr. Walker. She is located in Room 401.

Whatever Harry Walker is telling Mary Khoury of Aramco­Dhahran no doubt was not on the job description covering hisposition as supervisor of Organization & Planning-Wages & Salariessection of the Industrial Relations Department. Harry is located inRoom 401.

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Immediately the committeeplanned layout of the cour'e,then taked out tees andgreens. At the next mo>eting awork schedule wa plannedand each following we('kendnearly all able-bodied maleturned out to screen, hovelanel pread sand, a well a

(COllI. on Pac;c,)

B:1Ck in .Januar~·. uperin­tendent Ken Curran firtitpromoted the idea of buiIdin<1a golf cour'e through commu­nity effort. At the end of themonlh he called the ini'ialmeeting of all interested per­sonnel and a surprising numberof enthusiast turned out.

Consequently, a club wasorganized and officer~ electedwith Welden Harris a' chairman; Hal Cro'ti, secretary­treasmer; Ge 1rge Heide.chairman of the rule~ andgreen committee; and KenCurran, team captain .

GOLFERS BUILDGREEN' COURSE

At the inauguration 01 Turaifs "Never Green" Country Club. chairman

Wp/den Harris (standing. lar right) thanked assembled club members andothers who helped with their project. George Heide was given specialpraise lor his eHorts in planning and overseeing work assignments.

(Photo courtesy H. E. Cross)

"ince August G, 1952Badanah alone worked almost1,000,000 man-hour' with nolost time. This is an em'iablerecord whi('h we sincerely hope

(ConI. on P,,!:c 3)

TURAIF'NEVER

MILLION MAN· HOURSSAFETY RECORD SET

In helping Tapline acbie\'eil recent ~aft:ty rerord of o\'erone million man-hour of workwithou a 10 t time accident.~Ir. \\'. Eo Locher, manager ofoperations, complimented com­pany employee in the follo­wing tatement:

"It i' gratifying to learn thatall of Tapline recently comple­ted O\'er 1,000,000 man-hour'of work without ufferin<1 a 10 'ttime accident. Only by lIleansof training, good housekeepingsafety con 'ciou ne' and goodoperation ha\'e we accompli­

shed this.

Culminating e\'eral months of intensi\'e effort on the partof Tur.lif golfers, plu tho e employee, who de 'ired to learnthe game, a well as others willing to contribute to thebetterment of Tur,lif's .. creational facilitieti, a ninehole golf

course has become a reality.

of the We·tfrom tow nsBeirut a ' onInternational

(Cont. Oil Pa/:e S)

LEBANONS,

TERMINAL

OUR SYMPATHY

Tapline employees ex­tend theil" deepest sym­pathy to 1\1rs. Anna Hodele,wielow of Captain W. Hodele.A mooring master at ielonTerminal, Captain Hodeletluccumbed from ('oronarythrombosi while en routefrom Da'mour to Sidon.June . Funeral ervieeswere held at the Commu­nity Church of Beirut, June10. Burial will take plaeein Lo ngele, California.

friends. Thi' wa his secondtrip to Lebanon as he had vi'i­ted hi' family" \'illage in theLebanese mountain. as a child.

In conjunt'lion with theLebanese Department of Tour-

THA ','-AIL\HIAN PIPE LINE COMPA,'Y,

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5, on rem inal was host to the viSIting mayors or their representatives

Irom s ven Lebanons 01 the United States Touring terminal operationswe,e r g~1 to Ie It) Dr, Frank M, Baddour: Dr R. W Froelich; MayorRalph S roggins ; Dr Nazih Bizri. mayor 01 Sidon and deputy 01 SouthLebanon Dr George P, Fawaz: Capta,n J. R. Jones. terminal supe"n­tendent Mayor Herbert L Ransdell: Mayor W,lIiam Fraser. and the

lale Charles B Harris. (Photo Sayak J

Of the group, Dr. Fawaz is anative-born Lebanese whoimmigrated to the tates eve­ral year ago. Dr. Baddour i of~ebanese descent though bornIn the state of Tennessee. Anhonest-to-goodness Southerner,he poke Arabic with a markedDixie drawl that both confu edhis Lebane e relatives and

Lebanon of thl :'I1iddll' Em,t met its nameo;ake'\\ n ,e\'en mayors, or th >ir repre.entath'eo;,r I L,'banon in thl' 'nited .:'tate, arrived inflf the first at'livitles planned for L banon'slIoJnc('ollling Year.

lepresenting th ir particlilar.1I10n were: ~layor and :'Ilrs.

II rbert L. Han. dell of Lebanon,Indiana; Mayor and 1\1rs.W,lham Fraser from Lebanon,Ohio; M:tyor and 1rs. Ralph,'rrnggin of Lebanon, Oregon;IJr. H. W. Froelich, 1I111YOr ofLehanon, Misouri; Dr.' Frank~1. Baddour, vice-mayor ofLebanon, Tenne' 'ee~ Dr.George P. Fawaz, representingLebanon, New Hanlphire; andthe late Chatll's B. Barri ,whorepresented Lebanon, 'ebra~ka.

AVA ILAB LEPhonograph TU('Jltahle, Ih,k­

O-Kut, (j.E. baton arm, (',m­l'hild 213 ('al'lridge, brand IlCW.

Contal'l: II. L. Seeley, ~:xt. 2.ti.Phonogra ph He('ord~, .t:>

HPM, ('Iassieal :tnel popular,perfect (·ondition. Conta!'!: II. L.Seeley, ~~xt. 247.

Spal'c Ilea tel', Coleman,large ize, used few monthsonly. Contaet: Hose Sawdah,

Ext. 236.

•'ames of employees \ 10

ren'hed fi\'l'-year sen j(.(, I Il'

during !\ovemher, Hl3l, a.well as in the first folll' mOil h,;of this year, will appe,IJ' in thelIext is,'lIe of the" Per,,('op ".

Photogra phs ot pl'ronllel dlll

ha \e heen pI csclIled sen 'ccpins in l'e('ognitlOn of ('ollti­nuous eillploymellt from 10 to:33 years will also he featurcd.

FIVE YEAR PIN LIST(r.OIlI. from I'''/:c ;»

C. K. Nakouzi (Gov't· Rel.-Beirut)

C. G. Nasr (Ol}erations-Sidon)

K. W. 'a 'ser (0 & M-Rafha)

G. Y. 'aadeh (Operations-Sidon)

K. E. ader (Gen, erv.-Qaisu-mah)

II. G. Shaheen (P & T-Beirut)

Dr. D.G. Sifri (Medieal-Badallah)

K. D. keini (Ml<'e.-Sidon)

M. Z. Taleh (O!}erations-Sidon)

G. Y. Wakim (Operation -Sidor:)

M KYollnan(Operations- idon)

M. 1. Zabet (Operations'Sidon)

Sou~1l1 M. Zurub (Gov't. Hel.-Beirut)

M.Il. akakini (E&C-Hafha)

C. G. Bedl"'ln (Arl'l'g.-Beirut)

October

11.1'. AZIII (Oov'l Rel.-Dama I'I. .\. Da~her (GOS-Beirut)

L. A. Ghahy (~larille Sidolll

G. 1\1. Geha (Operations- 'id,

. lIamoush (OperatiOi ­

Beirut)

E. lIarfoul'h (E & C- Sill

Y. :. II Idlllll' he (:\l1<'e. - Sill

V. \\'. lIatem (P&T-ikirlll,

DrY.A.lIyia (:\1t'dil'al- Badan I)

:\1. .Jaullni (Ad\llin.-Tllrait)

:. I'. Kirch (:\11<' '. Sidon)

1\1. I. Khollry (.\el'!'g.-BI'irllt

Therese N. Malek (1'&'1' - Bel

JI. Mayassi (\\'Ibe-Turait')

K. O. Saadeh (0 & :\1- Sidoll)

(1. O. Saha (.\ITt'g.-Beirut)

I!. ,I. Taha ( I'ransp. - Turait)

1<' I. Yal'ouh (Pc'·T·Beirlltl

Y. Zaklitl' (Commullity S('

Badanah)

(Conl. from pai,c :l)

(Editor's Note: Mr. /)eeb,E/Ilthor oj' this Elrfictp. /IIEISthp 'l'Elpline pn{jillPpr res­ponsible [or the s/lccessj'/Ilcompletion oj' flIP Deir­1I{il11<1s irrigatio/l pf'(~iect.

lie recpnf/!/ resi,qned j'mmthe company to accept E/IIinstmctor's positiol1 ill themechanical eflf!inpIJriflf!spclion o[ the A mericl/flUniversity o[ Beimt.)

VILLAGERS BENEFITFROM PROJECT

[n t'i nalll'i ng the projel'l,\\hid) \\ill abo inl'hule anUI"ery for eedlilg ltel'S andplants, Tapline purl'hasrd andinstalled a di sel ng'nl', pllnlp,BOO meters of p'pe and othermisl'ellaneous equipmenl Apump room and watn I'('ser­voir were huill and tel'hni('alassislanc pro\ ided h~ aTapline engilleer. The elltireproje<·t \\a completed in lheumm r of 1934.

With thl's new fa('ilitil's, thefarmer~' of D 'ir-MinHlti ('an now1001< forward to fllture ('ropswhich were never beforeachie\able. a \\ell as additionalincome from them.

Mike Chehadeh, a thermos toSarkis Sarkissian and a shirlgift certilicate to :\like Ajhar asthe club' tforee bet ('Utitom I'in 1934.

Followi ng an noun('ement ofelection return, a vole ofthank wa placed in thelinllteti to the Elel'lion Com­

nlltte, \\ hi('h \\'n (·ompri. ed ofMohamed Houssallli, KaillnSaliba, Rellee Y"red 1I11d Da\Dodge.

PIPELINE PERISCOPE

eleclion return, awards \\ eremade to winners of the club"ports activities in 1954. :'Ill'.

Ba' oul presented ilver tro­phies to tenni' starsJoe.Jabbour(n,en's singll's and NorahBezjian (Iadie ' tiingle ), and toElie Youakim, champion chesplayer. Tenni raekets weregiven to David SambaI' andMike Bas oul for winning themen' dou ble ten n is tNlr-nament, and to arkis

arki ian who won the men'single in ping pong. Other

ping pong tourney championsincluded Huda Sawaya (ladies,single), who was awarded acosmetics set; Mr. Mohaml'dHambal)' (mixed doubles) \\ howas al 0 presented a cosmeti('set; and H. . Smith (mixed

doubles), whose prize was twodozen golf balls. Haja Salibareeei \ ed a ha ndsome bac kgam­mon 'et for winning the '34backgammon tournament. ElieYouakim, a two-time winner,was awarded a billiard tick asfirst prize in the billiardscom peti tion.

In recognition of their pat­ronage, a pi pe was gi ven to

Bidding la,ewell to His Majesty King Hussein 01 Jordan is CaptainL P. I. Misson. Tapline representative '" Amman. His Majesty departedFebruary 21 lor a seven day vis" to Egypt. In his capacity as Vice Consul

01 the Belgium Legation at Amman. Captain Misson was recentlydecorated by His Majesty King Baudoin 01 Belgium with th" "Chevalierde L'Ordre De La Couronne" lor services rendered.

Ping Pong Tournament

Quiz Progrllln - Engineering vs. A.O.C.

Play He:tding - " he Stoops to Conquer"

Bowling Tournament

Lecture by Emir Chehab - "Antiquities ofLebanon", IIOriental Night

T.S.C. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Note: Employees in Saudi Arabia are reminded thatfacilitie of the Tapline Sporting Club are at their disposalwhenever in Beirut.

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Bob Pursel for loan of movieequil}ment and film, George

a'sar a electrical technicianand Vartan Bezdlkian for his

art work.Bassoul ~tated it wa unfor­

tunate that more employeeshad not become members ofT. S. C. He al 0 reproachedthose who are member "butwho rarely put in an appea­rance," adding the thought"that the manner of giving isof greater worth than the gift."

He concluded his remarkswith a declaration of "be twi she to the new president,and (t) tress that I hall alwaysbe at hi ide in the happydays a well as in hisdifficultie "

K. Salib~l, club treasurer for195-1, pre ented the financialstatement for acceptance bythe membership. Follo\\ ingthorough re\'iew, the motionwa made, and carried, that thetatement, subject to audit, be

included in the Minutes.

"Money" was also the themeof Howard Well, who haserved as secretary since the

club' beginning. \\'ells pointedout the extreme indebtednessof T. S. C. wa due to instal­lation of an additional tenniscourt and purchase of neededfurnishing, as well as an un­foreseen government tax ofconsiderable amount. Wellsreminded member the restau­rant operated at a loss duringthe patit yeal', and withoutimproved patronage it mightbe nece'sary to eliminate itcompletely or reduce operationsto the function of a nackbar.He again lll'ged members tomake use of the club' nume­rous facilitie .

Prior to announcing the

T.S.C. ELECTIONS

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