THE STALEY

JUST A MINUTEFrank Fisher was taking down the

flag for the night when the photog-rapher arrived. The flag, with theTreasury department 10-per cent flagbeneath it, is flown from the tall staffat the Twenty-second and Eldoradostreets corner of the company prop-erty, every day. Each morning somemember of the company guards raisesthe flag and every evening, just at sun-down, a guard takes it down.

C O N T E N T S

APRIL , 1944

Of Many Things 2

Take Your Pick 4

Soy Flour Is Introduced 5

Ask the Russians 9

Suggests Caution in Post-War Thinking 10

Campaign Starts for County-Wide X-Rays 12

Did You Hit These Totals in Your Garden? 14

Girls Take Over as Engineering Rodmen 17

Bill Brumaster High Man 18

Stoy Package in Bermuda Looks Good 23

Gardens Again 26

From Old Journal Files 32

Pub l i shed Monthly In The I n t e r e s t Of The Employeas 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 Y

Manufacturers of Corn and Soybean Products

D E C A T U R , ILL.

Editor: Ruth E. Cade • Cartoonist: W. R. Van Hook

Volume XVII • Number 10

OF MANY THINGS

USE TIME AS YOUR MONEYAND LITTLE WILL BE WASTED

''If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time mustbe the greatest prodigality," Ben Franklin said. That is one ofthe lines that sounds well, but should be quoted seldom and notwithout forethought. It is hard to tell when one is wasting time.Some of the very busiest people are, in my estimation, wastingweeks every year. And on the other hand, I feel that some of thepeople who are seemingly doing the least, actually accomplishthe most.

In the first place it is hard for one man to judge for anotherjust when he is spending his time wisely, and when he is wastingit. One must first establish for himself a set of standards andvalues and spend his time as he would his money. He can, men-tally at least, budget his time.

One of the most awakening things which has happened towomen in general during the war, is the way they have learned touse their time. Practically every woman has found many moredemands on her time since the world got into a war, but there arestill just 24 hours in a day. If most of them had been asked fiveyears ago to do what they are doing today they would have goneinto a nervous fit or a tantrum or whatever form their outlettakes.

But now thousands of women who formerly were hard put tofinish with their average daily home tasks, now do all their house-work, and marketing, and hold an outside job too. How do theymanage? By using their hours as carefully as they do their moneyand their ration coupons.

In the first place—to start at the beginning of the day—neigh-borhoods which were formerly dark at 6 o'clock in the morning,have been showing lights in kitchens at that hour all this lastwinter. People are setting their alarms for an earlier hour. Andwhen people have to get up earlier, they are going to make theirhours count—so the whole family is routed out and breakfast isdispatched with a zip.

If the woman who runs the house also holds a job she has toplan in advance—her meals, her cleaning and her marketing. Shehas to arrange to do her cooking on her day off or in the evening,and she has to have a regular schedule. Hit or miss house-keepingdoes not fit in well when hours are put on a budget.

Manufacturers have come to the rescue of these women morethan even the women realize. In the midst of war, when we are

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expecting to do without many of the things Americans had beenaccustomed to, food manufacturers have stepped out with anamazing array of practically-prepared fpods which save hours ofpreparation and dish washing. Baked bean dinners are now pos-sible for families even when the Head doesn't get off the job untillate in the afternoon. Pre-cooked beans is that solution.

Muffins, biscuits, pancakes, cakes, meats, desserts and bever-ages are all to be found on nearly every grocery shelf in packagescalling for almost no preparation, and requiring very little cook-ing time. The most amazing part—particularly to the old-timehousewife—is that the finished product is better than most ofthem could make even in the good old days when the I've-been-slaving-over-a-hot-stove-all-day was a regulation complaint.

Men, too, have learned a few things in this war. Several yearsago when stenographers werfe easy to hire, business men dictatednotes and letters in quantities. But now Tilly is toiling in amachine shop and the typewriter is hooded in many an office.Surprisingly, to the men who have learned to use their time well,it has not been the awful blow it might have been. The wisest ofthem have viewed the situation and been surprised to discoverthat many of the notes and letters they thought had to be writtenwhen they had someone to write them, were not so necessaryafter all. Many of them could have been scribbled off by theMister himself, a short local telephone call could have answeredbetter than others, and many of them were really not vitally nec-essary at all.

TAKE YOUR PICK"A majority can never replace a man. -A majority always repre-

sents both stupidity and cowardice. There is no principle so wrongas the parliamentary principle."

—ADOLPH HITLER, in Mem Kampf

"No man is good enough to govern another without the other'sconsent." —ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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A SEABEE ASKS CIVILIANA FEW VERY SHARP QUESTIONS

Harold Gentry, now with the Seabees, sent us Beelines, theCamp Peary publication, with this marked. It seems to need nocomment.

"So you're tired of working, Mister? You think you'll rest abit. You've been working pretty steady, and you're sick of it.You think the war is ending; so you slow down the pace. That'swhat you may be thinking, Mister, but it ain't the case.

"What would you think, sir, if we quit because we were tiredtoo? We're humans of flesh and blood, and as damned tired asyou. Did you ever dig a fox-hole and climb down deep inside,and wish to hell it was China so you'd have someplace to hide,while mechanical 'buzzards' packed with guns were circling over-head, and the ground around you was filled with hot explodinglead? And did you ever dig out from debris and dirt, then feelyourself all over to find out where you were hurt? Only to findyou couldn't move though you weren't hurt at all. And then feelso damned relieved that you just sat there to bawl.

"Have you ever been hungry, Mister? Not the kind of hungerthat food soon gluts. But the gnawing, cutting hunger that bitesinto your guts. It's a homesick hunger, Mister, and it digs aroundinside. It gets you in its claws and there ain't no place to hide.

"Were you ever dirty, Mister? Not the wilty collar kind, butthe oozy, slimy, messy dirt and the gritty kind that grinds. Didyou ever mind the heat, sir, not the kind that makes sweat run?But the kind that drives you crazy until you even cuss the sun.

"And were you ever weary, Mister? I mean dog-tired youknow. When your feet ain't got any feeling, and your legs don'twant to go.

"But we keep going, Mister, you can bet your sweet life we do.And let me tell you, Mister, we expect the same of you."

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Neil Morgan, left, listens while Larry Tremple, chief bakery technician, right, pointsout high spots in a bakery display. Mr. Morgan is a bakery technician with thecompany.

Soy Flour Is Introduced to BakersStaley Technicians Holding Demonstrations

In All Parts of Country

When the Staley company broughtout its new soy flour a short time agothose persons responsible for introduc-ing it to the commercial world weremore interested in doing it correctlythan they were in doing it quickly. Inthe soy flour which it has been manu-facturing during the last few months,the Staley company has an entirelynew product with new possibilities andnew uses, and it seems highly impor-tant that the industries which will bemost benefited by this product beproperly introduced to it.

The baking industry, one of thelargest food industries in the country,

has long had a keen interest in this newfood ingredient. Because soy flourundoubtedly will play an importantpart in the bakery business in the fu-ture, bakers all over the country areshowing a deep interest in the newStaley product and the method of in-troduction that is being used. Thesemen are learning about Staley's soyflour at baking classes being held inall parts of the United States by Sta-ley's bakery technicians.

Planned by the Staley company'schief bakery technician, Larry Trem-ple, these baking classes are beingheld in cities from coast to coast. Al-

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Neil Morgan, company bakery technician, George Batchelder, New England man-ager for the Staley company, and W. C. Whitman of the H. A. Johnson companysurvey a display before Mr. Morgan gives his talk and demonstration.

though they are generally held in larg-er cities, invitations are sent to bakersand dietitians in the surrounding ter-ritories, so that each school covers alarge metropolitan area. One evidenceof the interest in this new product isthe fact that in almost every case thenumber in attendance at the class hasexceeded the number of announce-ments sent out. The classes are con-ducted by a corps of the company'shighly trained bakery technicians.

Stressed in all of these classes is thefact that Staley's soy flours are notsubstitutes, nor are they to be used assuch. They are, rather, special in-gredients which have certain definiteand useful advantages for the breadand sweet dough, the pie, cake andcookie baker. Mr. Tremple and theother technicians insist that Staley'ssoy flours should be used just as otherspecial food ingredients are used—that to produce the desired results inthe finished products is simply a mat-

ter of using the proper amount of soyflour.

Perhaps no industry has madegreater progress in product improve-ment than has the baking industry.Not only have bakers been constantlyimproving their products in qualityand appearance, but they have beenmeeting the growing demands of a nu-trition- and vitamin-minded public.As never before Americans are payingmore attention to the food values ofthe products they buy. They want vit-amin-enriched products, and they areinquiring into the protein content ofbakery goods. But they are not will-ing to sacrifice flavor, appearance norquality for these added benefits, nordo bakers feel that they should.

One of the things bakers are learn-ing in these Staley classes is that Sta-ley's soy flour gives bakery goodsthese new qualities. It adds high qual-ity protein, essential minerals, pure

At top Neil Morgan addresses the crowd shown bdow. The center picture shows atable arranged with the display of bakery goods.

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This display was arranged for a talk A. N. Kress, in inset, Staley bakery technician,made recently before a group of bakers in Detroit.

vegetable fat and vitamins and it doesnot increase the material cost. It israpidly becoming a standard ingredi-ent in baking products partly becausethe consuming public is conscious ofits food value and is demanding it,and partly because bakers find it hasso many advantages from a purelytrade view-point.

That this has not always been truethe Staley company is one of the firstto admit. When the late Mr. A. E.Staley, company founder and the pion-eer in soybean processing, started mak-ing soy flour in 1926 even he probablydid not realize the great possibilitiesof the product. The flours the com-pany is making today are a far cryfrom those manufactured almost 20years ago. Today Staley's soy floursare made from specially selected andhighly processed beans. They arelight in color, have a characteristic butbland flavor and a pleasant odor.

The Staley company processes twohigh quality soy flours for the baking

industry. One is high-fat flour, con-taining approximately 22 per cent fat,and the other is low-fat flour, contain-ing approximately 6 per cent fat.Both of the flours contain amounts ofthe important B-l vitamins and alsocalcium, phosphorus and iron. Theycontain practically no starch and arerich in protein. These flours also con-tain a liberal amount of lecithin whichbakers find important since it im-proves the emulsions of their batters.

Since taste is the most importantfactor from the customers' viewpoint,the baker realizes that even though aningredient contains essential nutrientsit must also contribute to the appear-ance, taste and quality of his product.This contribution made by the ingred-ient to the product results in thatwhich is commonly referred to as cus-tomer appeal.

When Staley's soy flours are usedin baked goods a great improvementcan be seen in the physical characteris-tics of the products. The crust of pies

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made with these flours has the home-made golden brown appearance whicheliminates the necessity of brushingthe top with egg solution before bak-ing. Soy flour pie crust also bakesmore quickly, eliminating to a greatextent disagreeable sogginess.

In addition to the improved flavorthese flours give a better crumb struc-ture and texture to baked goods, theyproduce a more uniform distributionof fats and they extend the keepingquality of the product. Of no smallinterest to both the baker and his cus-tomer is the fact that Staley flours areso low in cost that, although thequality of the finished product is in-creased, there is no material raise inthe cost.

All of the technicians emphasize thefact that soy flour should be added toa well balanced formula, and not usedto replace wheat flour. Whether thebaker uses Hi-Fat or Lo-Fat flour isa matter for him to decide. Some havefound that one is more satisfactory forhis processes while some others havedecided the other works better forthem. There are many cases in whicha baker uses Hi-Fat flour for some

products and Lo-Fat flour for others.The natural out-growth of these

classes is personal service which thetechnicians are able to give. Alwaysafter the Staley man has introducedhis subject and given a demonstration,he asks for questions from the audi-ence. Many times he is able to give ananswer then that will solve the prob-lem which has been bothering the bak-er, but often an appointment is madefor an individual shop demonstration.A great deal of the time of these tech-nicians is given to working with bakersin their own plants, helping them de-velop new baking processes and im-proving old processes and techniques.

Always of great interest to the per-sons attending these baking classes arethe displays of various bakery itemsmade with soy flour. Several days be-fore the class is scheduled the Staleybakery technicians are busy bakingthe assortment of goods to be dis-played. At the conclusion of the dem-onstration samples of the various arti-cles on display are given to the peopleattending the class that they may havea better understanding of the improve-ments in the finished products.

ASK THE RUSSIANSBy CHRISTOPHER LAFARGE

Let's not kid ourselves, ever, about the Germans as soldiers. They're goodand they're tough. When someone says they will«be "routed", ask him when inhistory they have ever been routed. If someone says they retreated "in panic",ask him what was the source of his information, for it's not in recorded history.Tell him of the Germans described by Lawrence of Arabia in 1918, in the midstof a Turkish army that was routed and in panic, two thousand miles from Ger-many, without guides or hope, who yet kept in rank and kept fighting. Andwhen someone says to you the Germans will be "trapped and annihilated," re-member how often that was said of them all the way across Africa, from Alameinto Bizerte.

The Germans are not supermen; they will be defeated, and by the verypeople they despised in their stupidity. But it won't help that job for us tounderestimate them now, or ever.

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Suggests Caution in Post-War ThinkingFrank V G€ites writes of future course for

food deniers

Plotting a course for the dealer infoods to follow in the post-war period,Frank S. Gates, vice president of Tyler& Simpson Co., of Ardmore, Okla.,wrote the following article for theMarch issue of Wholesale GrocerNews:

One word might be used to expressour entire field of thinking as to post-war planning: that is, Caution.

In the field of food distribution, asin other fields of merchandising, buy-ers have had a nasty, and we mightadd, a discouraging job during thepast two years.

The buyer who hesitated when mer-chandise was offered, lost out, so wehave developed a buyer's complex—shoot them before they light—nailthem on the spot, take all that is of-fered regardless of price, grade or qual-ity, and ofttimes without consideringthe responsibility of the supplier.

So in this year of 1944, cautionshould be the guiding influence in ourplanning. Already we have seen thegovernment releasing blocks of mer-chandise for civilian use: recently, 60million pounds of raisins; 80 millionpounds of prunes; 7SO thousand casesof peaches. These releases indicatebut one thing, the government hasmore than they need; some of it per-ishable in nature, requiring promptmovement into consumption—other-wise a staggering loss of good whole-some merchandise.

Who can tell when additional re-leases of other commodities, and in

Frank S. Gates

what quantity, will be made, or whateffect the throwing of these surplusblocks on the market will have on mar-ket conditions. Remember the law ofsupply and demand is one law thatcannot be amended or controlled in-definitely, even by bureaucratic direc-tives.

There should be, and I believe therewill be, some feasible and fair planworked out controlling the releases ofthese surplus blocks of food productsinto the channel of civilian consump-tion.

We are hearing that soon some ofthe rationed foods will be releasedfrom control. Just as soon as this can

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be done, the better it will be for allconcerned, but such releases shouldbe made gradually and only after stud-ious reviews of available supplies andinventories have been examined.

War babies such as coffee stretchers,meat stretchers, substitutes for variouskinds of merchandise should have ourfirst attention. These are the thingsthat will bring the headaches oncethere is a normal flow of standard andtime accepted merchandise. So, wesay in this year of 1944, let the buyer'swatchword be: Caution.

We should keep in mind relativevalues, such as the present cost ofcanned salmon and tuna fish, as thesecosts compare with other food prod-ucts of a like nature and which mightbe willingly taken as substitute foodsat lower costs to the consumer.

An increased supply of syrups andmolasses will be reflected in a reducedvolume of the higher priced sweets,such as marmalades, jams, jellies, etc.

We would not be understood as sug-gesting timidity about buying good ac-ceptable merchandise in quantities asavailable in keeping with and con-sistent with reasonable turnover.

Throughout 1944 there should bea good demand for food products. Itis reasonable to believe that volumemight be expected to continue at 1943levels, and perhaps even show some in-creases as merchandise is made avail-able.

Post-war inventory losses will belargely controlled by a constant anddiligent application of c'onservativebuying, and selection of the merchan-dise that go to make up our inventor-ies. Special attention should be givento the retail unit prices at which mer-chandise can be sold to the consumer.

The average independent retailfood store has enjoyed a more satis-factory volume than for some time;

there may be some casualties, somemay have neglected to cultivate theircustomers through this flush period,but (they are the exception) our ob-servation is that most of the retailfood stores have continued to extendevery possible courtesy and service totheir customers during the control pe-riod, and these stores will move intothe new order with a closer relation-ship with established customers thacthey had pre-war.

If the independent retail food deal-ers' position has been made strongerwith the consumer, the retailer's sup-plier, the wholesale grocer, is due someof the credit for this condition. Theretailer knows this, and in most caseswill appreciate the many extra serv-ices supplied by his wholesaler duringthese unusual times through which wehave'been passing.

With the winning of the war, andthe return to more or less normal con-ditions, we hope, and expect, to see acloser bond of relationship between in-dependent dealers, retail and whole-sale, than ever before. War has taughtus the value of intelligent co-operation.

Takes Leave

John C. Kuhns, assistant chief en-gineer, is taking a leave of absence forseveral months, to regain his health.He has not been well all winter, and inMarch decided to take time to com-pletely recover. He left Decatur laterthat month for a trip, his first stop be-ing New Orleans, but he planned to goon to Mexico. Mrs. Kuhns probablywill join him there later in the spring.

Martha Hoffman, traffic office, hasreturned to work after being away forseveral weeks recovering from an op-eration.

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Annual Campaign StartsFor County-Wide Chest X-Rays

Each year at this time the MaconCounty Tuberculosis and VisitingNurse Association makes a special ap-peal to residents of this community toget a chest x-ray.

Why this strong appeal?The reasons are clear. Tuberculosis

can be in advanced stage before symp-toms appear . And during this symp-tomless stage, before the person evenfeels sick, he may be losing his verylife and spreading the disease to hisfamily and associates without know-ing it.

Yet the very time to find tubercu-losis is during this symptomless stage,for early diagnosis, plus prompt, com-petent treatment insures recovery andchecks the spread of the disease. Achest x-ray provides the means forfinding tuberculosis before any symp-toms appear.

This appeal to have a chest x-ray ispart ot the annual EARLY DIAG-NOSIS CAMPAIGN. During Aprileach year, the local tuberculosis asso-ciation makes special efforts to teachpeople about this disease so they maybetter protect themselves against it.This year they are attempting to drivehome the following facts:

1—Tuberculosis is not inherited.Healthy people "catch" it fromsick ones . . .

2—Tuberculosis is caused by a germ—tuberculosis germs cause tuber-culosis .. .

3—Tuberculosis can be cured—it canbe cured best when found early—the x-ray discovers the disease

before the person knows he isill ...

4—Tuberculosis can be prevented.The best preventive is educationand the practical application ofthat education to every individualin every community . . .

Tuberculosis has always risen dur-ing wartime. Alarming increases haveoccurred in Europe and Asia, but asyet, the United States has not sufferedthe expected rise. If this nation doessucceed in preventing a wartime risein tuberculosis, it will be the first timein history that any country ever did so.Such success depends on you and meand the rest of the millions of Amer-icans.

Chest x-rays are the order of theday. Every man and woman in uni-form has had one, for the armed forcesare alert to the sabotage of tubercu-losis. We on the home front shouldhave an x-ray also to insure that we donot have this disease and are notspreading it to others.

Most of us bought Christmas Sealsin December. That certainly is doingone part in the fight against tubercu-losis. But money is not enough. Ourpart in this fight is three-fold. First,we must be periodically examined fortuberculosis. Second, we must knowthe facts about this disease, one of thegreatest killers, one of the most serioussocial and economic problems in thiscountry. Third, we must continue tosupport the fight against tuberculosisby our consistent purchase of Christ-mas Seals.

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The slogan of the Early DiagnosisCampaign this year, is—"GET ACHEST X-RAY—IN WAR, A PA-TRIOTIC DUTY - IN PEACE,PLAIN COMMON SENSE". Callthe Macon County Tuberculosis Asso-ciation (2-1402), 227 Citizens build-ing, for literature on this subject.

Archie McCormick KilledWhen Big Bomber Crashes

When an Army bomber crashednear Eau Claire, Fla., March 26, PFC

PFC Archie L. McCormick

Archie L. McCormick, tail gunner,was one of the men killed. Only onemember of the crew escaped. Pvt.McCormick was in our feed sales di-vision until his induction into theArmy in June, 1943. He was stationedat Chatham Field, Ga., at the time-ofhis death, and was slated for overseasservice soon. His wife, who had beenliving near Chatham Field while hewas in training there, took the body

back to their old home in Britt, Iowa,for burial.

Archie McCormick had been withthe Staley company only a year and ahalf, but in that time had made a greatmany close friends. A highly intelli-gent and thoroughly capable youngman, he had a friendly personalitywhich won and held friends for him.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Mc-Cormick, of Britt, Iowa, he had takenhis B.S. degree at the University ofIowa in 1941, after having taken sev-eral years out to work to pay for hiseducation. Since he was married whilestill in school his wife is also known tohis many Decatur friends.

London Office HasAmerican Callers

Staley men in the armed serviceswho call at the company's London of-fice always find a warm welcome. Fromletters L. C. Ambrose, managing direc-tor in London, writes the Journal, onelearns that he is genuinely glad to meetall these Americans. Recently MajorAl Foley, now stationed in Ireland,went over to London for a few days,and was welcomed at the office. Sgt.James Moore (package salesman) hasbeen in and out of London, evidentlyfor some time, and when he cannot seeMr. Ambrose, seems to keep in touchwith him by mail.

Pvt. Herbert Gillette (package sales-man) had lunch with Mr. Ambrose re-cently and earlier in the winter Sgt.Carl Jeschawitz visited with him. Lt.Charles Hutmacher, son-in-law of RoyM. Ives, sales, spent a week-end withthe Ambrose family. These youngmen all find Mr. Ambrose a delightfulhost—and he writes that he is learninga surprising lot about the States andthe Staley company from them.

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Did You Hit These Totals in Your Garden!

What should your Victory gardenproduce? On first glance the figuresHoward Peverly, Staley garden super-visor, left here seem high, but after ex-amination they look more normal.Basing these quantities on a family-size garden, one that is approximatelySO by ISO feet, which is what Staleygardens are, he worked out some esti-mates from figures furnished by theUniversity of Illinois. If your totalslast year did not come up to these esti-mates it might be a good idea to seeMr. Peverly. He thinks at least a thirdof the Staley people, with gardens inthe company tract, did come up to thisor surpass it.

If you are able to produce from yourgarden what the experts say youshould this is what you will have tocan or otherwise store, with an equalamount for summer consumption:

Tomatoes, 90 quartsSpinach, 16 quartsGreen beans, 36 squartsPeas, 24 quartsLima beans, 10 quartsCorn, 30 quartsCabbage, 130 poundsCarrots, 100 poundsTurnips, 50 poundsBeets, 35 poundsOnions, 75 poundsDry beans, 30 poundsSweet potatoes, 90 poundsIrish potatoes, 60 pounds.

In addition this family should raiseabout 30 pounds of lettuce and prob-ably will raise a limited, but unesti-mated amount of eggplant, sweet pep-

pers, cauliflower, broccoli, parsnips,salsify, okra, radishes, celery, swisschard, c u c u m b e r s , k o h l r a b i andsquash.

Mr. Peverly estimates that aboutone-third of the Staley gardenersreached that goal, another third cameabout half way, and another third onlyabout one-quarter of the way.

This spring for the twelfth consecu-tive year, the Staley company is open-ing the tract of ground east of the of-fice building to company people whowish to have vegetable gardens. Thereare approximately 300 tracts, 50 by150 feet, in this ground, and everyyear since it was opened for gardens,in 1932, practically every space hasbeen taken. This year, because of theunusual interest in gardens, reserva-tions have been coming in earlier.

The ground was prepared last fallby the company, and will be ready assoon as it is dry enough to work. Mr.Peverly has been getting his early workdone and is now to be found in hisheadquarters at the garden part of ev-ery week.

Betty Kekeisen Engaged

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kekefsen re-cently announced the engagement oftheir daughter Betty to A/S NormanE. Oilman of the United States Army.He is the son of Mrs. B. M. Oilman ofSkowhegan, Me. At present he is tak-ing pre-fiight training in Texas. Bettyworks in the plant office.

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Staley's Give $17,788 to Red CrossStaley employees, executives and the company sent a combined gift of

$17,788.00 to the American Red Cross. This was the Staley contribution inthe annual Red Cross War Fund drive which was staged in March. Of thisamount $10,000.00 was the contribution of the company and the other $7,788.00was made up of contributions from plant and office employees and executives.

A. E. Staley, Jr., president, was in charge of raising funds from all industrialorganizations in the county. He appointed Carl R. Miller, company attorney,to have charge here, with W. H. Walmsley, production superintendent, chargedwith the responsibility of raising funds in the plant.

Macon county's quota for this drive was $100,000.00 but last minute check-ups showed that contributions had brought the total collected about $25,000.0(7above the goal set.

Members of the Staley Independent League basketball team do not play in streetclothes, but when the photographer was ready, the vault in which their uniforms werestored was locked—so they are so presented. In the front row are Jim Smith, WilliamWhite, John McCullum and Scott Page. Standing are Bus Coulson, Clyde Smith,Don Saddoris, Wayne Ekiss and Leek Ruthraufl, Fellowship club manager. Saddorisand Ekiss had left the company before the picture was taken, to go back to the farmsthey had left just for the winter months. Since they could give only a short time toposing, there was no time to wait for locked up uniforms.

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Henry J. Skane, left, Staley package division salesman, and Christopher Del Sesto,Rhode Island State Director of O.P.A., inspect the Staley display put up in co-opera-tion with the Consumer Educational Conference in Providence, R. I.

Displays Aids in

Food Campaign

To promote an interest in and agreater demand for, no-point low-point foods, the government is empha-sizing their availability and variety.The Staley company, as the manufac-turer of a highly nutritious food whichbelongs in that list, is co-operating inthis campaign. The food—Stoy—wasrecently featured in an exhibition puton in Rhode Island by the O.P.A. Stoy,Staley's new soy flour, is rich in pro-tein and has practically countless usesin the human diet, but is point free.

This exhibition was held in Provi-dence, R. I., and the Staley display ofStoy was arranged by Henry J. Skane,Staley package division salesman inthat territory. Later the company re-received a letter from Christopher Del

Sesto, Rhode Island State Director ofO.P.A., expressing appreciation forthe part Staley's played in helpingpromote the sale of no-point and low-point foods.

Meet- in Africa

Pvt. Charles Stone is the boy whomeets old Staley friends in odd cor-'ners of the war. Recently he wrote ofmeeting Pvt. Kenneth Lenover, whoworked in the kiln house before hetook a new job in the Army. 'Kennethis with a quartermaster truck companyin Africa. Pvt. Stone has recently beentransferred to an Ordnance companyevidently stationed nearby. Not manymonths ago Pvt. Stone met one of hisgood friends from Staley's, Pvt. LeeOwens.

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Girls Take Over as Engineering RodmenAbout the newest thing under the

sun that shines on Staley's is the as-signing of two young women to workwith the civil engineers. From time totime the popularly-called frail sex hasworked in many departments, but thisis the first time a representative of thatgroup has worked with the civil engi-neers. The two so honored—that isthe way the engineers put it—arePauline Wright Carter and MaryHelen Grant Bauman. Both youngwomen have been around the Staleycompany for some time, and both aredelighted to be classified as rodmen,as they now are.

Pauline has worked for the com-pany, at intervals, for 20 years, com-ing here before her marriage, when shewas just out of school. Later, after hermarriage to Merle Carter she left thecompany, and did not return until herdaughter Margaret was several yearsold. Now Margaret is married, Mr.Carter is employed, as he has been foryears, at the Mueller plant, and Paul-ine finds that she can very well managethe work at their country home andher job at Staley's at the same time.Before her transfer to the engineeringcrew she was in the bag room.

Mary Helen has grown up knowing,and being known by, everyone con-nected with Staley's because she is thedaughter of Walter ''Turkey" Grant,on sick leave from the scale house, anda sister of Walter Jr., machinist, andBill, of the laboratory. She has workedin the mailing department, and in thepacking house, and just before shetook her new job she was working onthe Stoy packaging line. She has beenwith the company ever since her grad-uation from High school. Her hus-

band, Lyle Bauman, was working inElevator C when he was inducted intothe service. He has been overseas foralmost two years.

Both girls say they like outdoorwork and in their new jobs they aregetting plenty of that. They shoulderthe stakes and lines, however, andslosh through the mud, or climb fencesas efficiently, and probably morecheerfully, than any of the boys whohave ever had those jobs.

•Herrick B. Cook, B. 1/c, has discov-

ered that when one is in the Navy, evenif he is stationed in Florida, he has littletime to stand around under the orange•and palm trees. He is a Navy instructorin the amphibian training school at FortPierce. Before enlisting in the Navy he•worked in the laboratory.

Bill Brumaster was all-events winner. Ted Shondel was singles winner.

Bill Brumaster High ManShondel singles winner in big bowling

tournament

One of Staley's most cherished in-stitutions was a war casualty this year.Pin boys were so scarce, or non-exis-tent, that no bowling alley would en-courage the Staley league to follow itsusual winter program. For fourteenyears, since the autumn of 1928, therehas always been a Staley bowlingleague which bowled regularly. Thisyear there was a league—but it didn'tbowl as such until late in March whenthe boys simply could not stand it anylonger, and staged a tournament.

In this tournament they bowled asteams—there were 14 teams entered,they bowled doubles and they bowledsingles. The big, all-events winner wasBill Brumaster, who nosed Joe Hilber-

ling out by one point. Bill had 1646while Joe had 1645. Dwight Jamesranked third with 1625 and Bob Si-week fourth with 1595. High seriesand high game were won by Judy Heis-ler with a series of 598 and a 237game.

Singles winner was Ted Shondelwith a net of 674, while the doubleswinners were the old time bowlers, AlLukey and Russell Dash, who broughtin a net score of 1173. Al's 211 in theirthird game helped put them over. Thewinning team—Cummings Tavern—stacked up a total of 2873. On thisteam were Joe Hilberling, Norm Lents,A. Smith, Harold Lents and Bus Coul-son.

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Al Lukey, left, and Russell Dash won the doubles.

The winning team—Cummings Tavern—posed. They are Bus Coulson, NormanLents, Irv Smith (not on the team but posing for A. Smith), Joe Hilberling andHarold Lents.

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At the big bowling tournament Andy Whitewon jourth place in singles by putting themdown the center this way.

Al Trierweiler, left, and Walter Meinert talkthings over in passing.

A bunch of the bowlers with Ted Shondel, singles winner, left. Others in the Leek Ruthrauj, clubgroup are Bill Barter, Dwight James, Bob Koshinski, Frank Grossman and John Cornell, who managed t>Rozanski. the play.

Bob Siweck gets ready to win fifth place in singles. Walter Grant, Jr., placed second in doubles.

Al Artze was Grant's pardner. Ralph Wooters and Al Trierweiler look pensive.

manager, and Georgehe tournament, watch Another group of bowlers—Herman Mize, Walter Koshinski, Frank Moore, Pete

Cozad, Dick Beal and Bill Brumaster.

First ten men in singles were:

1 2 3 Gross Hdc. NetT. Shondel ......... ..... 196 180 201 577 97 674R. Clark .................................. 200 181 141 522 142 664J. Heisler ................................ 181 180 237 598 52 650A. White .................................. 201 161 187 549 95 644R. Siweck ................................ 158 222 212 592 48 639F.Grossman ............................ 177 215 178 570 41 611C.Hanson ................................ 180 153 183 516 92 608W. Meinert .............................. 170 189 186 545 52 597C. Bronson .............................. 192 127 153 472 124 596L. Jackson .............................. 122 167 177 466 128 594

In doubles the first five pair were:

1 2 3 Gross Hdc. NetR. Dash .................................. 155 190 156 501 56A. Lukey ................................ 187 191 211 589 27 1173

W. Grant ................................ 190 194 178 562 41A. Artze . ................................. 151 161 171 483 61 1147

T. Shondel .............................. 119 187 157 463 97H. Mize .................................. 116 200 187 503 83 1146

W. Koshinski .......................... 189 197 162 548 29W. Brumaster .......................... 168 194 205 567 2 1146

R. Koshinski .......................... 163 179 181 523 34J. Rozanski .............................. 192 180 166 538 45 1140

First three ranking teams were:

CUMMINGS TAVERN (1)J. Hilberling....l60 191 213- 564N. Lents ........ 142 159 189— 490A. Smith ........ 181 180 173—534H- Lents ........ 166 19° 156—512B. Coulson ....191 159 156—506Handicap ...... 89 89 89—267

Total ...... 929 968 976-2873

LABORATORY (2 )M.Bergandinel69 167 167-503N. Young ........ 155 147 142 — 444R. Long .......... 132 165 177—474R. Sherman ....158 155 170—483

W.Stewart ...... 165 165 234 — 564Handicap ..... 59 9 89- 267

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COFFMAN'S MARKET (3)A Artze ...... 159 146 2 1 7 — 5 2 2H. Goldman ....124 162 148—434R. stroyeck ....154 135 14,3—432R. Beal ..... 150 173 154— 477R Woodworth 164 162 161-487Handicap . ...114 U4 114- 342

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Stoy Package in Bermuda Store Looks Good

One has to experience it to know thethrill of suddenly seeing the name ofStaley in the newspaper when youhave been stationed in Bermuda formonths as Cpl. William Mooreheadhas been. The name first caught hiseye when he read that a shipment ofStoy, a "miracle protein food", wasarriving on the island. Later he wentinto a food shop just to see and toucha package which came from the factoryin Decatur where he used to work. Hewrites:

"I was so glad to see something fromhome—something I used to have ahand in making. After I read the arti-cles in the newspaper I went into agrocery store and I actually saw apackage. It was certainly good to seeit. I am taking a package up amongmy civilian friends here and tellingthem they should use it."

Among the clippings he enclosed inthis letter was an advertisement inwhich Butterfield & Company, Ltd.,announce that they are prepared tosupply the people of Bermuda withStoy. Another is a news story, partof which follows:

"A prominent firm of commissionmerchants will shortly pioneer in in-troducing to Bermuda one of the mostfamous of war-time foods—the soybean. This protein-heavy bean will bebrought here in the form of a flourcalled 'Stoy'.

"The firm which does not wish tobe known until the flour arrives, hasalready sent samples of the new prod-uct to the dietician at the King Ed-ward VII Memorial Hospital. It ex-pects to make the largest sales to bak-

eries, for use in enriching bread; butthe flour will also be available in theretail stores.

"Strong emphasis has been placedon the use of soy beans by the UnitedStates government, particularly inview of the meat shortage. Meat isvalued as a food chiefly because of itsprotein content; soy flour contains2^ times as much protein as leanmeat, pound for pound!

"Since deficiencies of meat, eggsand milk all contribute to poor nutri-tion in Bermuda, the commission mer-chants expect to approach the WarTime Supplies Commission with aview to exploring the possibilities ofhaving all flour imported into theIslands enriched with soy flour. (Theflour now imported is of moderatequality, and is not enriched in anyway.)"

Cpl. Moorehead, who worked on theextra board before his induction, addsin his letter that he would like to getsome letters from the same plant theStoy came from. He has sent his ad-dress to the Journal office and anyfriends who can write him can get theaddress here. He thinks he is the onlyman from Decatur stationed in Ber-muda.

•Why—T. C.!

It was snowing in Decatur March30 when T. C. Burwell, traffic man-ager, arrived on a train from Cincin-nati with neither overcoat nor hat.But he had a story to account for thesituation—he always has—and thenext day he received his missing gar-ments by post.

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William LcRoy Puckett

Staley Man Killed

By Passing Automobile

W i l l i a m LeRoy Pucke t t , whoworked in starch shipping, died a fewminutes after being hit by an automo-bile as he stepped from the curbMarch 19. He and his wife, with agroup of friends had just come froma restaurant managed by his father,C. H. Puckett, at 1069 North Waterstreet, when Mr. Puckett was struck.The driver of the car which hit himleft the scene of the accident but thenext day a wounded veteran of theGandalcanal campaign told police hehad figured in the accident.

Mr. Puckett, born in Dalton City inJune, 1906, had lived most of his lifein Decatur. For some time he was as-sociated with his father and his brotherin the restaurant business here, buttwo years ago came to work in theStaley plant. He leaves his wife, theformer Evelyn Smith, to whom he wasmarried five years ago, a small daugh-ter, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.

Puckett, and his brother, James, all ofDecatur. Robert Hinton, kiln houseforeman, and Kenneth Woods, stand-ards, were brothers-in-law of Mr.Puckett.

Funeral services were conducted atMoran's chapel with burial in Fair-lawn cemetery.

Prominent Jobber Dies

Staley friends were grieved to hearof the death recently of George Small,president of P. A. & S. Small Company,Inc., in York, Penna. Mr. Small diedMarch 22. The Small company is oneof the old, well established firms inthat section of the country. Mr. GeorgeSmall, as well as other members of thefirm, have many close personal friendsin the Staley organization.

Sgt. Donald Rnffus is now stationedsomewhere in England, he writes his par-ents. They are Mr. and Mrs. Anton Ruf-fus. Tony—the proud father, is an oldtinier in the mill house. Victor Trolia, ofthe laboratory, is Donald's uncle.

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Phyllis June Hohrein, Harry J. Casley and Joseph Casley Ramsey.

Granddaughter FollowsGrandfather's Example

Before Phyllis Hohrein was born hergrandfather, Harry J. Casley, wasworking for the Staley company, andnow that Phyllis is grown up andworking here too, her grandfather isstill on the job. Probably they havethe distinction of being the only grand-father-grand-daughter team workingwith the company. To give Harry abreak it might be well to say here thatPhyllis is still quite young. She hasfinished High school but she was oneof those youngsters who graduatedearly, and she took a job in the Staleyoffices as soon as she was throughschool.

Harry came to work for the com-pany in 1919, and in a few months wasmade foreman of Elevator A, the posi-tion he has held for 24 years. In ad-dition to holding a responsible posi-tion he has always been a leader in va-rious activities. He has been especial-ly interested in the work of the Credit

Union. His chief outside interest hasalways been his two daughters andtheir children.

It is their children, his two grand-children, who are shown with him here.The young man in the Army uniform,Joseph Casley Ramsey, is at present ina specialized Army training school inDenver. He recently completed acourse in Ohio.

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New England Visitor

Dean Webster, of the H. K. WebsterCo., of Lawrence, Mass., stopped fora short visit with Staley friends inApril. Mr. Webster had been on a busi-ness trip through the middle west.

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Ben Longbons, son of Tom Long-bons, assistant manager of the Paines-ville plant, has been at Grove City col-ege, Grove City, Pa., for the last fivemonths as an aviation student. He wasrecently sent to the army air field atSan Antonio, Texas, for classification.

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"Gardening can be fun. There is asatisfaction about making things grotvand working in tfte soil."

By GERTRUDE S. SMITHNutrition Director, Corn Industries Research Foundation

GARDENS AGAINIt's time to think about gardens again. Last year there were 20 million

gardens which grew 8 million tons of food. This year, we will need at least 2million more, if sufficient food is to be grown.

Some of us may have felt that we'd have been just as well off for food, if wehadn't gone to all the work of having a garden. Food shortages were predictedand many of them didn't materialize. And we wonder if it is worth while havinga garden this year.

Let me assure you that one reason the shortages didn't develop is because ofthe garden crops which we grew. The reason it has been possible to lower pointson some of the commercially canned and frozen foods is because so many of usdid put in hours of work in our gardens.

If it is at all possible to increase the size of the garden or to find space to haveone, none of us should let anything interfere with growing more food this year.We do know that we will be called upon to supply more food to our overseasarmies and to our allies.

What to Tell the New Gardener

Many of us were bogged down with advice last year and we learned fromexperience that there are certain basic principles that we can pass along to thebeginner this year.

Those of us who have had experience can tell the new gardener to grow whathe likes to eat, but not to let one crop monopolize the space. We can tell himthat a 30 x SO foot garden is pretty small, but for a beginner with limited time,it's probably all that can be handled and still be productive. A garden 100 x

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— for t'nn. for food9 for Victory

200 feet will take care of the needs of an average family during the growingseason and will provide a surplus for preserving and storing. The larger sizewill also allow room for potatoes, sweet corn and the rambling plants such assquashes, melons and cucumbers. But it's important to keep the garden plotto a size that can be managed.

Have a Plan

Tell the beginner to draw a plan of the whole garden, labeling the rows witheach type of vegetable and remembering to have the tall crops on the north orwest side; the first plantings of small, early maturing crops such as peas, lettuce,radishes and spinach on the south or east sides, with the later crops plantedprogressively across the area.

The plan should also allow for constant use of all the garden, all the time.For instance, peas and beans may be followed by late cabbage, celery, carrots orbeets; early corn or potatoes by fall turnips and spinach. One crop should notbe followed with another of the same kind.

A planting calendar should be used. Most newspaper columns on gardening,and nearly all Federal and State Bulletins give approximate dates for the lastkilling frosts in the Spring and the first ones in the Fall. This information isnecessary in order to plant as early and as late as possible.

Preparation of the Soil

If it isn't possible to get someone to plow up the lot, we'll have to get out withthe spade, to break up and pulverize the top soil and not put the subsoil on top.

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Some of us dig so deep that we are completely worn out before we even getstarted. The ground should be level and smooth and all the clods broken up.

Now comes enrichment of the soil. The veteran gardeners took care of theirgardens in the Fall. They built up a compost pile; put wood ashes on the plot;hauled stable manure onto the land. In spite of all this, it is still necessary touse a chemical fertilizer. The special ''Victory Garden Fertilizer" now avail-able is adequate for almost any garden.

Most experts recommend putting the fertilizer in two furrows bordering theplant line. Work it well into the soil and be sure the seeds or first roots do notcome into direct contact with it.

A Few Tips on Planting

Most seed envelopes give specific instructions for planting each kind of seed,but here are a few general tips:

Small seeds should be planted in the smoothest seedbed you canmake; should be placed close together in the row and coveredlightly with soil.

Large seeds can push through a less smooth bed. They should beplanted thin, spaced evenly and well covered with soil.

Seeds which are planted in hills should be covered with a light sprink-ling of straw or lawn clippings to prevent the formation of a hardcrust.

Most beginners plant too many radishes and too much lettuce at onetime. These should be planted a little at a time to last all summeror they will go to seed before they can be used.

Cultivation

The agonies of hoeing and weeding have been grossly exaggerated. The timeto hoe is before the weeds can be seen, but the ground should not be cultivateddeeply nor when it is wet. As the plants begin to grow, it's a good idea to spreadstraw or leaves between the rows. This discourages weeds and prevents dryingand caking of the soil.

Spraying, to control insects, is part of cultivation. This should be done regu-larly so that the bugs won't eat the garden produce before you have a chance to.

A Final Word About Gardening

Gardening can be fun—it gets us out into the fresh air and gives us exercise.There is a satisfaction about making things grow and working in the soil. Morethan all this, it is something that we, ourselves, can do to help, while our menand boys are doing the fighting.

Veteran Broker Dies

W. N. Jones, one of the best known and best liked food brokers in the south,died in his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., March IS. Many Staley people knewhim for W. N. Jones and Company has handled the Staley brokerage businessin the Chattanooga territory for more than 20 years.

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George Edwin Witt, SF 2/c Robert Henry Colbert, F 1/c

Cousins in NavyAre Not Tiny Boys

The Navy suddenly took on a lot ofweight when two cousins from Decaturenlisted several months ago. The boys,Robert Henry Colbert and George Ed-win Witt, weigh almost 400 poundstogether and their combined height isabout 12 feet. They are sons of HenryColbert, mill house foreman, andAdolph Witt, buhr mill operator.

Young Colbert, who is just 18, is 6feet tall—and probably will add a fewinches later—and weighs over 200pounds. He is a fireman in the Navy.Before enlisting he took a special ma-chinist's training course at James Mil-likin university.

His cousin is only 5 feet 11 inchestall and weighs' a little over 170pounds. He has a ship fitter's rating.Both boys took their boot training atGreat Lakes, and both are now at Nor-folk for advanced training.

Company Re-elects AllOfficers and Directors

No changes were made in the offi-cials of the company nor in the boardof directors when the annual meetingwas held in March. A. E. Staley, Jr.,was re-elected president, with the fol-lowing officers all re-elected:

Vice Presidents—E. K. Scheiter, T.C. Burwell, F. Eakin, H. J. Kapp.

Treasurer and Assistant Secretary—R. S. Bass.

Secretary and 'Comptroller—R. C.Scherer.

Assistant Treasurer—Robert Boyer.Directors of the company are Mr.

Staley, Mr. Scheiter, Mr. Burwell, Mr.Eakin, Mr. Kapp, Mr. Bass, Mr.Scherer, A. R. Staley, Dr. W. A.Kutsch, William Barnes, Jr., ThomasB. Butler and John W. Cutler.

•Women's styles may change, but

their designs remain the same.

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Corp. Gerald L. White, left, and Corp.Henry John White.

Two Sons in Army

Both of Mrs. Mamie White's sonsare in the Army and recently they vis-ited their mother at the same time.Mrs. White works in the bag room andher husband, the late John White, wasrigger foreman with the Staley com-pany until his death a few years ago.

The oldest son, Corp. Henry JohnWhite, is stationed at a prisoner of warcamp in the south. However, he is inan office there, and is not on guardduty.

The taller, but younger son, Corp.Gerald White, is training with theparatroopers at Fort Bragg. He is wellover six feet tall.

Barbershop Harmony NowSung by Beich Co. Girls

Staley members of the DecaturTransportation club were instrument-al in bringing to Decatur for the club'sMarch dinner, the Beich Whizettes,for the entertainment of the members.The Whizettes, a group of 12 youngwomen employed by the Paul F. Beichcompany of Bloomington, sing barbershop harmony. Couple with the factthat they sing popular songs well, theirpleasing manners and looks, and youhave a successful group of entertain-ers. The Staley men in the club sug-gested these young women be broughtdown to give the entertainment, afterthey had heard them give a similarprogram in Bloomington.

Daughter: "Oh, Father, how grandit is to be alive. The world is too goodfor anything. Why isn't everyonehappy?"

Father: "Who is he this time?"

Ralph Tuuri Is Now ^Captain in Air Corps

It is now Captain Ralph Tuuri, friends of the young officer have learned. Hewas employed in the Painesville plant before going into the Army. He flies afighter plane and has already more than 100 missions to his credit, all stackedup in the southwest Pacific area where he has been for some time.

Capt. Tuuri was awarded the Medal of Valor last summer and the Distin-guished Flying Cross early in the winter.

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Recent Additions to Service FlagStaley employees who have gone

into some branch of the armed servicessince Feb. 1:

Staley employees who have takenmilitary leave from the company sinceFeb. 1, 1944, are—

Oren Owen Campbell, feed elevator,to the Navy.

James Spears, extra board, to theAir Corps.

Jesse Rankin, Elevator B, to theArmy.

Lovell Bafford, extra board fore-man, to the Navy.

Glenn Trent, 17 building office, tothe Navy.

Norman Waltons, Mr. Walmsley'soffice, to the Navy (Waves)

Ray Fiedler, chemical engineer, tothe Navy.

Jacqueline A. Willis, stenographicd e p a r t m e n t , to the Navy(Waves).

Basil Carter, feed elevator.

Ray Fiedler goes into the Navy withthe commission as ensign and has beensent to Oak Ridge, Tenn., for training.

When William Edward Kazmierski wasa year old recently he had his picture tak-en with his ca&e, so that his father, Sgt.Edward Kazmierski, now in England,might see how he enjoyed it. Mrs. Kaz-mier^ki, the former Kathryn Cinder,works in 17 building.

Jimmy Robbins HasDet-uxe English Home

"I am quartered in a stone manor house, two men to a room, with a fire placein each room, electric lights, baths and hot and cold water. What more could aperson ask—especially in England?" So writes James A. "Jimmy" Robbins,W.O.J.G., who formerly worked in the industrial sales office. He admits he wassurprised when he discovered the type of place in which he was to live, for hehad expected rather bleek wood barracks, but he, and the nine men with him,are living in comfort.

His office, he writes, is the book lined library, a lovely room at any time, andthe windows look out over walled gardens and green lawns. But he does find afew rough sides for he says: "I am trying to make a deal over here. If I can getsome Staley's Cube starch from Mr. Ambrose (the company British manager)I have found a woman here who will gladly starch my shirts. Will let you knowhow the deal turns out." Staley people who know Jimmy know how the dealwill turn out. Mr. Ambrose will send him all the cubes he wants and Jimmywill be the slickest looking officer in the house.

In this same letter he tells of visiting Lt. Robert Burdick, who was in themail room before going into the Army.

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from ©Id journal filesThe Staley Fellowship Journal for

April, 1919, carried pictures of themachine shop, which was rapidly near-ing construction, and of Mr. Staleyturning the first spade of earth for 16building. Featured was a story aboutthe table house, with pictures of theforemen—J. H. Thompson and GeorgeLong.

Staley people were being urged tobuy bonds in the Victory Liberty Loandrive to be launched that month.

Although the war was over, therewas a campaign starting for VictoryGardens. Staley employees were urgedto plant all available space in vege-tables. Two garden contests were an-nounced—one for children and one foradults.

* * *The Staley Journal for April, 1924,

carried a story by Crystal Fall, bac-teriologist, on the influence of heat oncorn germination.

The new warehouse, 800 feet long,was just being completed, and a pic-ture of it was used in the Journal.

Radio fever had hit W. R. Van Hookwho had built his own set and rushedhome every evening to catch as manyprograms as possible.

Two new additions to the officeforce were Bessie Neyhard, who cameto the sales department from the Ma-con County court house, and EarlBailey, who came to the same depart-ment from the Pennsylvania railroadoffices.

* * *The Staley Journal for April, 1934,

featured a story about the company'srailroad, with'pictures of the engines,and the men who did the switchingand maintained the right of way. Some

of the men pictured were Charles Wy-ant, Joe Pygman, Charles Ellis, MikeCampion, H. H. Kalips, Toots Gasa-way, Roy Stafford, W. C. Gook, W.M. Smith, Harry Dial, John Shepherd,Willis Johnson, Walter Long, CharlesGose, O. R. Rentfrow, H. Brown, W.C. Evans, Clarence Walker, V. Lippin-cott, C. D. Fletcher, Walter Grant,John Shine, Phil Kratzner, Earl Boose,Ed Eckhoff, Cy Martin, Boston Shel-ton, Clarence Anderson, Grover Rod-erick, L. Gendroskowitz, Beni Marchi-sello and George Smith.

Announcement was made of the ap-pointment of J. E. Underwood as su-pervisor of the employees gardens forthe coming season:

J. H. Galloway had established arecord by celebrating 22 years of con-tinuous service in the plant.

Eloise Rice, formerly a messenger,was transferred to the purchasing of-fice.

E. K. Scheiter and Melvin Long-bons announced that they were goingto walk to the office every morning—a distance of about four miles—andthe next day it snowed.

Larry NormanSchultz was justseven weeks oldwhen this picturewas taken. His fa-ther, PFC NormanS c f i u l t z , now intraining in Madi-son, Wis., workedin the plant beforeinduction andpitched on the Sta-ley team.

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Birkhead Directs Trades Training ClassesOn April 1 Zea P. Birkhead took over his new job with the Staley company—

that of director of trades training, at the same time, announcement was madeof plans for reorganizing the mechanical trades training program. When thenew program gets underway, class room and shop instruction will be given oncompany time, instead of in the evening, as the practice has been.

Mr. Birkhead was one of the two men who started as instructors in themechanical trades training courses which were organized for Staley mechanicaldepartment workers more than two years ago. Previously he had been on theDecatur High school faculty and had taught mechanical trades classes at JamesMillikin university. Some time ago he gave up his position in the schools, totake a position in the planning department of the Victory Ordnance plant. Hecomes to the Staley company from that position.

Bomber Crash KillsPainesviile Employe

Sgt. George Peterson, who left hisjob with the Painesviile plant to enter

George could have had a deferment asa needed farm worker if he had wantedit, but he preferred flying to milkingcows.

George was as cheerful and friendlyas his picture shows him and was wellliked by everyone. He is the first manfrom the Painesviile plant to give hislife in the service of his country.

New Draftsman

drafting

Sgt. George P. Peterson

the Army Air Corps, was killed whenan Army Liberator bomber of whichhe was engineer-gunner crashed in thevicinity of Casper, Wyoming, early inMarch.

Sgt. Peterson's father operates alarge dairy farm near Painesviile and

A recent addition to theroom staff is F. Donald Fluss, whotook over a job as mechanical drafts-man April 1. Mr. Fluss, who has livedin Decatur before, has been in thedrafting departments of several engi-neering and construction companies inDecatur and Chicago. He is a nativeof Oreana, 111., is married and has onechild.

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Arthur Mains' Department

Pvt. Arthur Mains, who was induct-ed into the Army a short time ago, wasgreatly surprised when he read in theStaley Journal that he had been work-ing on the extra board. He and all ofhis friends, including the paymaster,were under the impression that heworked in the soy flour plant.

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Butler's Army Rules

PFC John Butler (millwright) was getting ready for an ocean trip when hewrote the Journal recently. Among other things, Scotty said he had found a setof rules which he was submitting. "It might give some of the other fellows anidea of how to act when they get their greetings from the President." Herethey are:

1—Be individualistic. Don't try to adjust yourself to the conditions andthose around you. Make them adjust themselves to you and if you don't likeconditions tell the sergeant. If that gets no results tell the captain, etc., evento the commanding general. Fight for what you want.

2—If you don't want to stand reveille just turn over and go back to sleep.When the sergeant makes his check and asks if you are sick, tell him it's noneof his damn business. If he is persistent, as some sergeants are, throw a shoeat him, or better yet, throw him out. They like fighting men.

3—If on the drill grounds you get tired, just drop out of ranks. Sit down andhave a smoke. Naturally you will be questioned as to your reasons, but don'tlie—tell them the truth—tell them you have had enough for one day. They willusually coax and try to get you to continue, but be adamant. Tell them to jumpin the lake. They like strong minded men.

4—If you don't like the food, don't eat it. The best way to get results quicklyis to dump the contents of your plate upside down on the mess table, and get upand walk out. In this way the situation will be quickly brought to the attentionof the mess officer—you will get a different diet after that.

5—Time is very important in the Army. Too much time is taken up withmilitary courtesy and discipline. Don't bother to salute a superior officer. It's awaste of time and anyway, your family is as good as his. If he says anythingabout it thumb your nose at him—they like it.

6—The Army is bound up with red tape. Cut it at every opportunity. Passesand furloughs are complicated to arrange the way the Army handles them. Ifyou want to go home, just hop a bus and go. They will appreciate you after youare gone and will be so darn eager to have you back they will send for you.

Remember you are a fighting man."

Writing in Italy someway to get a table and it might beLetters from overseas should be easier to write. Sgt. Brumaster was a

deeply appreciated, if all the men who watchman before his induction. Hiswrite have the difficulty Sgt. M. H. brother, Bill, is in the sheet metalBrumaster had recently when trying shop,to write to his mother. He is in Italy , *and he wrote that he hadn't much pa-per and it was quite windy and while The Indian chieftain opened ahe was writing he was trying to hold speech to his tribe with:on to the paper, and then every few "You all know me as Old Chiefminutes he would have to grab the Trainwhistle, but since I am extremelytent to keep it from blowing away, democratic I hope that, for short, youLater he wrote that he had managed will feel free to call me Toots."

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Three Time Blood Donor

With two boys in the service Mrs.Harry O'Riley, wife of Harry O'Rileyof the packing house, feels that shemust do something too, so everytime aRed Cross Blood Bank unit visits De-catur Mrs. O'Riley gives a pint ofblood. She has given three times inthe last nine months and hopes to con-tinue giving a pint every three monthsas long as there is a need for bloodplasma.

The O'Riley's two oldest sonsworked in the packing house also be-fore going into the service. Lt. LesterO'Riley is now in England and hisbrother Jerry, in the Navy, is sta-tioned on the west coast. There aretwo younger children at home.

Housewives would know just whathe meant.

Unloading boxes from a truck, anegro at the city hall was asked whatwas in the shipment.

"Them?" he answered. "Them'srasslin' book No. 4."

Mrs. Henry George Jacob, Jr., wasGretchen Asman before her marriage inNew Haven, Conn., Feb. 26. She is thedaughter of Robert Asman, Staley bulkdivision repesentative in New England,and Mrs. Asman.

Old-timers Take Over in Extra Board for BaffordWhen Lovell Bafford, extra board foreman, went into the Navy recently, he

left two old-timers in the office to take care of things in his absence. W. O."Wib" Falk, who takes over in Lovell's place for the duration, and V. EstolSmith, taking over as assistant, have both grown up with the company andneither one has ever worked for any great length of time any place else.

Wib worked for a short time at a filling station but by 1933 he was workingin the Staley plant. He worked in the personnel department for a while andthen for about eight years in the laboratory before going to the extra board asassistant foreman in May, 1942.

Estol has even a longer company history for he has worked for the Staleycompany since March, 1923, and in those 20 years he has worked in manydepartments. He started in the table house, and when he went to the extraboard office last June he had been working as a clerk in the scale house, but inthe other 20 years he had worked in various departments.

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Helen Crouch

Announces Engagement

Announcement was recently made ofthe marriage of Helen Crouch, plan-ning, and PFC William O. Bauman,with the Army in England. She is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. V.Crouch, of Decatur, and he is the sonof Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bauman, alsoof Decatur.

Pvt. Bauman is a radioman in theAir Corps. He was educated at Geor-gia Military academy and James Milli-kin university. He was a professionalmusician before going into the Army.

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From Capt. Farrington

From the southwest Pacific Capt.James R. Farrington, U. S. M. C. R.,writes to send greetings to his Staleyfriends: "I hope I am not thoroughlyostracized by the Staley people be-cause I have retained a very definiteinterest in the progress of the com-pany. The Journal reaches me regu-larly each month and always gives me

a couple of hours enjoyable reading. Iknow of no better way to keep in touchwith a fine organization.

"Capt. Tom Crawford wrote me lastNovember. I received the letter whilehe were engaged in the Cape Torokinabattle up on Bougainville, and man-aged to get out an answer betweenbombing raids. Since then I haven'theard from him, although I under-stand his outfit has done a swell jobon New Britain. (Since then Capt.Crawford has come home on a new as-signment.)

"Outside of a few unpleasantrieslife has not been too tough. We havehad only one skirmish—Bougainville—but we'll probably get anothercrack soon."

Before going into the Marine CorpsCapt. Farrington was in our account-ing department. He and Capt. TomCrawford, from the same office, tooktraining at the Marine officers schoolat Quantico together, but have neverbeen together since getting their com-missions.

In Navy Hospital

Alice Rinehart, who worked in theplant until she enlisted in the Waves,is now stationed at a Navy hospital inSeattle, Wash. Since enlisting she hasbeen taking training as a hospital as-sistant, first at the Navy medical cen-ter at Bethseda, Md., and now atSeattle. Her father, Walter Rinehart,is a millwright in the plant.

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An Arkansas farm boy overseas isgreatly enthused over the post-warvalue of Uncle Sam's tanks for farmuse. He writes:

"I want one of those tanks when wedo our fall plowing and those cityslicker quail hunters begin shooting upthe place!"

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From England Carl Jeschawi tzwrites that he is now a master ser-geant. He has been in the Army threeyears, and has been in England severalmonths. Not long ago he was in Lon-don, and as all good Staley men do,called on L. C. Ambrose, the companyBritish manager. Before inductionSgt. Jeschawitz was on the extraboard.

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Hiram and Nancy were taking aspin along a country road. Nothingwas said for the first ten miles. Sud-denly Hiram stopped the car, turnedto her and said, "I'm a man of fewwords. Do you neck, or don't you?''

"I'm a girl of few words," saidNancy. "I don't, but you've talked meinto it."

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Sign in a shoe store: '.'If your shoesaren't ready, don't blame us. Two ofour employes have gone after a heel tosave your soles."

When he worked at the plant he was in16 building, but now as a Private FirstClass in the Marine Corps, Robert Gal-lagher is taking special training with theMarine Raiders. At present he is at CampPendleton, in California.

Two New Men on Bakery Technical StaffTwo more men have been added to the Staley bakery technicians' staff, with

the appointment of Neil J. Morgan and A. N. Kress to such positions. Bothmen are already conducting technical classes, demonstrating the use. of soyflours, to bakers and dietitians in various parts of the country.

Mr. Morgan started his career IS years ago, working in wholesale and retailbakeries first to acquire practical baking experience before going on to researchwork. Most of his time the last ten years has been in research in variousbranches of the baking industry.

Mr. Kress spent his early life in Decatur, and his first connection with theStaley company dates back about 20 years when he delivered bread to theStaley restaurant, in the plant, for his father's bakery. Because he spent all ofhis spare time around his father's shop it was natural that he grew up to takeup that profession. He learned the practical side of the business and after leav-ing Decatur worked as a demonstrator for various large baking and alliedconcerns.

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Mr. and Mrs. Omar Naffziger

Naffzigers CelebrateTheir Silver Wedding

On the day that Mr. and Mrs. OmarNaffziger were married 25 years, theycelebrated by having a dinner in theirhome for a group of relatives and closefriends. Later in the day a great manyof their friends called at the home.They live in the country southeast ofDecatur.

Mr. Naffziger, who works in thepacking house, has been with theStaley company for 18 years.

The Naffzigers have two fosterdaughters, Clarice and Esther Choate,who assisted in entertaining at the an-niversary celebration.

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Wayne Winings, son of H. L. Win-ings, traffic manager of the Painesvilleplant, is now with the army in Indiawith a headquarters company. Heentered the service last May and wasstationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. InOctober he was sent to Algiers, NorthAfrica, where he spent six weeks. Fromthere he went to his present post inIndia.

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Pvt. William J. Blaase, who workedin 17 building, is now in the flexiblegunnery school of the Army air forces,at Ft. Myers.

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It had been raining steadily in Lon-don for more than a week. It was verydreary weather. Along the street camean East Indian native, garbed in white,making his way through the rain, andcarrying an umbrella. A bus driverasked an intelligent looking passengerwhat the native was. The passengersaid: "He's a Parsee." "What's a Par-see?" asked the curious driver. Thepassenger said: "A sun worshipper."

"Gor blimey!" said the bus driver," 'e must be 'ere on a blinkin' vaca-tion."

Pvr. Mulvihill Killed

Pvt. Donald Mulvihill, formerly of the extra-board, was killed in an accidentat Camp Swift, Tex., March 15. The body was brought back to Decatur, andfuneral services were conducted in St. Patrick's Catholic church.

Born in Decatur Nov. 24, 1924, Donald Mulvihill attended local schoolsbefore coming to work in the Staley plant. He had been in the Army a year.

He leaves his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Emily Mulvihill, two sisters in Decatur,Frances and Mary, a brother, Harvey, at the Rocky Mountain arsenal inDenver, and a half brother, Harry Bell.

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Deardorff-Williams

Norma Ueardorff, standards office,and Harrison R. Williams of the CoastGuard, were married in the First Pres-byterian church in Morrisonville,March 14. The ceremony was per-formed by Rev. C. Frank Janssen,pastor of the Northminster Presby-terian church in Jacksonville.

The bride's sister, Arlone, of thethe general superintendent's office,was her sister's maid of honor, andthe bridegroom's brother, Howard,was best man. The bride wore a frockof moss green, with brown hat andshoes, and her flowers were yellowroses and gardenias. Arlone wore amelon colored suit, with brown, andher flowers were yellow roses and sweetpeas.

Following a reception in the home ofthe bride's parents, the couple left forPortsmouth, N. H., where the bride-groom is stationed. He is in the officeof the captain of the port.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Earl G. Deardorff, of Morrison-ville, but has been making her home inDecatur while she has been with theStaley company. The bridegroom, whoformerly worked with the Muellercompany, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Oscar J. Williams, of Decatur.

Two American soldiers in Egyptlived for months on dehydrated beef,dehydrated milk, dehydrated eggs, de-hydrated vegetables. Visiting a Cairomuseum, they saw their first mummy.

"This is going too far," exclaimedone G. I. ''Now they're dehydratingthe women."—Lee Traveller, CampLee, Va.

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In a crowded bus: "Step to the rear.The backs of our buses go your waytoo."—Advertiser's Digest.

PFC David K. Reeves is an M.P. in theArmy now. Until his induction he wasterritory manager in the package divisionin Tennessee.

"So you use three pairs of glasses,professor?"

"Yes, one pair for long sight, onepair for short sight, and the third tolook for the other two."

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Hugh Ellsworth, formerly of the feed sales office, is now a lieutenant in theArmy stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif. Mrs. Ellsworth is in the west whilehe is stationed there.

A group of big oil men in Washing-ton were telling hard luck stories oneevening about government taxation.

''There is no telling where we willland by the time the tax bill is set-tled," said one. ''Our status is as un-certain as that of an old Negro slave Ionce heard of. Somebody asked himwhom he belonged to, 'I don't know,suh,' he replied. 'Ole Marsah, he'supstairs playin' pokah.' "

A Southern Negro, upon receivinghis draft questionnaire, struggled des-perately with the long list of questions.He looked it over a long time,scratched his head, and sweating pro-fusely.

Finally he gave up in despair. Hereturned the questionnaire to thedraft board without trying to fill itout, but made this notation on the lastpage: "I's reddy when you is."

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