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BLASTING CREWS

Theo. Haselhuhn

CARPENTER SHOP

Chas. Hoffman

DRILLS

Thomas Kelley

DRILLS

John Dembny

ELECTRICAL CREWS

Frank Reinke

MACHINE SHOP

William Heller

MILL

Max Bellmore

MILL

Adolph Sorgenfrei

POWER HOUSE

Geo. C. Wing

SHOVELS

Leon Ruell

SHOVELS

Robert Hamilton

TRACKS

John Moclrzynski

TRACKS

TRANSPORTATION

Peter Giovangnoria C. C. Eldridge

TRANSPORTATION

Victor Koch

YARD TUGS

Julius Zemple

Capt. Walter Peppier Chief Frank Lamp

BUFFALO PLANT DETROIT DOCK

STR. CARL D. BRADLEY STR. T. W. ROBINSON

L. S. Lee E. B. Metzen

Capt. F. F. Pearse Chief John Sparre

Capt. Crossley McQuinn Chief Guy LaBounty

STR. B. H. TAYLOR

Capt. Theo. Dahlburg

STR. JOHN G. MUMSON

Capt. Clayton Martin

Chief Thos. Suttle Chief Arthur Urdal

STR. W. F. WHITE STR. CALCITE

Capt. M. R. McLean Chief J. A. Anderson

Capt. C. A. Thorsen Chief Charles Frederich

CALCITE

SCREENINGS

Published by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company. Rogers City. Michigan, in the interest of Safety and Welfare

The columns of "Calcite Screenings" are open to receiv,? items of plant news, photographs, cartoons, safety suggestions and other items of general plant interest. v'i:iiirii.i.iti;ais will bo welcomed from all employees. All such contributions should bear the name of the department and the sender and should be addressed to the editor. ,j. ,\. VALENTIN. Editor.

Winter Issue

EDITORIAL S

Our 1958 Safety Record

'ebruarv 1939

Your Healtli And Mim e

Our 1938 Safety Record is far rforii satisfac

tory. It shows injuries to eight men necessitat ing" 6085 days lost time.

A glance at the reproduction of uur bulletin board on this page will show that two of these accidents are charged to the Calcite plant—the first to George Zenz, shovel operator, who was

The records oi healtli examinations are pri vate mailers between the individuals examined,

the physician and the personnel department: they are zealously guarded and are at all times con sidered con f ideniial.

However, a brief summary of our health, tak

ingthe plant as a whole, may lie beneficial.

found unconscious on the deck of number twelve

If we are to make a blanket statement, it can

shovel and resulted in a fatality fur which 6000 days lost time is charged.

The second accident was the result of a fall by Alfred Hopp of the Mill Department and although resulting in but four days lost time, it could eas ily have been very serious.

On the boats of the Bradley Transportation

be safely said that the general health condition

Co. there were four lost time accidents.

Stan

ley Centella received a burn in the ear while do ing some acetylene burning on boat repair at Cheboygan which caused him to lose eleven daws.

John Collins slipped cm deck during sailing sea son, inflicting an injury to his elbow resulting in four days lost time. Donald DuLac also slipped on deck, injuring his knee and caused him to

lose fourteen days time. While laying up ship.

Edwin Hoeft was struck by a bolt which was be

of our plant people is good; in faet we think it

better than it was prior to the adoption of reg ular periodical health examinations. Many poor conditions have been corrected; this is particu larly tions been To

so with reference lo teeth, and other condi relative to organic deficiencies which have improved. those- few whom the Doctors have recom

mended diets, we strongly urge that you relig iously carry out his instructions.

This is neces

sary if you are to restore your body to a healthy condition.

If we were to say what ailment is revealed by these examinations as being most prevalent in our organization, we should have to admit that our nn.u are too well fed: they're too heavy.

ing driven out of a buck

While

et elevator.

This acci dent resulted in nine

hungry look" may imply ill health in some people obesity and glowing

teen days lost lime, making a total of fortyeight days lost time charged to the I'.radley Transportation Com pa

the obese or

fat

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and

ily indicate good health.

It is well recognized thai

While cleaning up un der a belt conveyor at the Buffalo Hani. John Valovie caught an arm

disregarded a stair, a conveyor walkway and a ladder in wishing to

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Accident Bulletin Board For Year 1938

a

handicap than

greater

the one

who maintains a normal

body weight.

The sta

tistics of life insurance

companies have indicat

ed a reduced life expec tancy for such persons.

The medical aspects have

been

summarized

as follows : Among obese individuals,

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Our

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JfcLome, uweet Jtiome

Yes!

We like the sentiment!

Bui home isn't

L/oii t JLet Jl ire (jet A. Variance Read this and cheek the questions now!

if

your answer to any of the questions is "no,'

safe!

Home is very dear to ihe average American.

there is a fire hazard in your home which should

Some of the finest literature and music have been written about it.

We are accustomed to

be corrected.

think of it as a place of peace and rest—a haven

rubbish, such as old papers, broken furniture,

of security against the tempests of the world. It

etc?

is all that and more in its sentimental aspects.

But still it is the most unsafe place on earth out side of the battlefield.

Actual records of acci

dents prove it. And bear in mind, home acci dents seldom get into the records unless they

(1; Is your attic, or storage space, free from (2) Is your basement free from rubbish?

(3) is your yard clean and free Irom inflam mable rubbish ?

(4) Are your stove pipes in good condition, free from rust?

become hospital or funeral parlor cases. In spite

(5) Are walls, ceilings, and partitions protected

of that, the records that have filtered through to

i rmn overheating of stoves, lurnaees and pipes; ((.)) Do you keep your ashes in a metal con tainer and have them carried away frequently?

(7.) Do you keep your matches away from

the U. S. Government authorities and to the Na

tional Safety Council, show that between Ivvothirds and three-fourths of all fatal accidents occur in the

fatal and non

beat and out ol the

Falls take the lead. and

makeshifts

also

littered

for

root fii e-resisiant?

(9) is

ladders,

able. However firearms, burns

tric shock, suffocation and otner causes, all combined, have resulted in 32,500 deaths in American homes in 1937, plus 4,700.000

non

can homes of $600,000,000.

So long as insurance com

foundation

of

^i0) Are your chimneys in good repair?

(11) Have they been cleaned recently?

(14) If you have any unused openings, are they properly

and explosions, poisons, elec

fatal injuries. All these have placed a burden upon Ameri

the

your house enclosed?

stairways, have

been responsible for thousands of deaths and multiplied thous ands of injuries annually. 1938 figures are as yet not avail

estimated

of

(8) is the material of your

Stand

ing on chairs, rickety ladders

an

reach

children ?

homes.

covered with non-inflammable

material ?

Itis the duty of every man to protect himself and those associated with him from accidents which

may resultTn injury ordeath a, .

*. . ,

panies still continue to offer indemnity several limes as great for loss of sight or limb occurring while

riding on a railroad train, as when Ihe same acci dent occus in the home, it is needful that the American home become more safety conscious.

(lo; Do you always store gasoline outside the house?

(14) Do you refuse to let

gasoline or naptha be used lor cleaning, and insist on your lamily using non-inflammable c.canmg fluids?

(15) If >'0U have any gas connections of rubber tubing,

are they in good condition, free from leaks?

(16) Does your wife use a "dustless" oil flooi mop, and if so does site keep it in a closed metal container?

then will come into their jobs with their minds

(17) Are your eleclric outlets and electriccords for appliances in A-l condition?

(18) Have you a fire extinguisher in the

trained to habits of carefulness.

house ?

The law of worthy life is fundamentally the law of strife. It is only through labor and pain ful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage

a fire alarm ?

And when that occurs, safety in general will be

on a much more satisfactory plane. I'"or workers

that we move on to better things.—Theodore Roosevelt.

Jt*s good to have money ami the things that

(19) Do you kn-iw when and how to turn in 'Illc world is a looking-glass, and gives backto every man the reflection of his own face Frown at it. and it in turn will look sourly upon

you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.—Thackeray.

money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost

the things that money can't buy.—Lorimer.

l.el your rival imitate you—he will never pass you as long as he follows in your tracks.

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Practice Driving jSalely

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Motorists, do not permit anyone to hitch a sled to the rear of your car. The practice is recognized everywhere as extremely hazardous

Do you ever come to the end of the day weary and discouraged? Do you ever have things go

to motorists and sled riders alike.

That's the way I feel now, or rather that's the

Beginning during the era of the horse and sleigh, it was a common practice for children to

started leafing through my dog-eared old scrap-

hitch on behind for a free ride.

book.

Unless the horse

suddenly became alarmed and bolted, little risk was involved, so that, as a rule, neither the child

ren's parents or the driver of the sleigh object ed. With the automobile supplanting the horse, the danger factor was increased many times. Not only are there many more automobiles than there were horse drawn vehicles, but the speed of the automobile is much greater, the trotting speed of the horse being mere idling speed for an auto mobile.

The automobile may be required to stop sud denly and with no effective means of stopping the sled, the rider either slides into the rear bumper or axle of the car or swerves the sled to the side of the car, possibly into the path of an approaching or passing car. If he does the former, he will be severely bruised and shaken.

If he does the latter, he will likely be run over

ays

haywire all day long until you are in a blue funk ? way I did feel until I sat back and relaxed and

And there, as I usually do, I found the inspira tion that jarred me ouc of my mental rut, and I'm feeling better already.

Maybe you'd like to keep handy a couple of the things that helped me, to read on your own bad days.

ihe first emotation is â&#x20AC;˘ from Emerson, and reads: "*'inisn every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt creep in; forget them

as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you will begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old non sense."

"Tomorrow the sun will be brighter; Tomorrow the skies will be fair; Tomorrow our hearts will be lighter; We'll cast aside sorrow and care.

and killed or force the driver of the approach

Remember when heartsick and weary,

ing car into the curb or into the ditch in a des perate effort to avoid running over him. More than that, hitching is prohibited by law and if a driver permits hitching and the sled rider is injured, he is responsible.

Help stamp out this dangerous practice by refusing to allow anyone to hitch onto your car.

The sunshine comes after the rain; Tomorrow is time to be cheery; Tomorrow we take hope again."

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes

When you arrive at the point where you know how little you know, you have arrived at the be ginning ot knowledge.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and noc by those who merely talk about

are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.

the-:;.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;James Oliver.

Our 1938 oalety Record

Your Health And^Mine

(Continued

from

Page 1183)

the ground from an elevated platform and in vio lation to safety rules, climbed through a window to the roof ot a boiler house and jumped to the ground, a distance of some ten feet or more, in juring both heels.

What has happened is now a matter of records and history and our reference in this column is made purely in an effort to prevent similar oc currences rather than any attempt to criticize.

However we do believe that any one or all of these accidents could have been prevented, and if we are to avoid personal injuries in 1939, it be hooves each and every one of us to be mindful at all times of the hazards incident to our partic ular jobs. If this is done we feel confident that this years personal injuries will be greatly re duced, and in so doing much pain and grief will be eliminated.

(Continued

from

Page 1183.)

lation is prone to occur owing to (1) an excess amount of fat which is deposited within and out side the normal fat depositories of the body, imparing the normal heart function; (2) the in crease in body weight increases the work of the

heart through added physical activity; (3) the increase in fat tissue requires an extension of the circulatory system, added pipe lines in the form of arteries, capillaries and veins as needed, which

in turn, imposes greater work on the pump or heart. In short, obese or fat people are just put ting more work on the heart than is necessary or than it should be required to do.

Employees are scheduled periodically for ex aminations; however if there are those who would prefer to be examined between schedules

this can easily be arranged by calling at the per sonnel office.

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Presentation ot iwenly-'ive Year

Service Medals l>y President John G. Aiiiii.son

"^fsLLoLSj^lzLji Lin Aanaaxu— By R. B. £U<

lev

After four lung years when more than live hundred employees and their families have work ed and lived happily together in the community

But when word is passed to Joe Valentin that it is time for a party—with a capital *"I''"—it is then that the work begins! Various committees

—be the operating and safety records what they may—the general results in every respect point

are appointed, and among the first is the selection

to trie fact that it is time to celebrate!

handled, as it has been a number of times in the

Such was the celebration on January 4th and

5th, 1939, when a party was held for all Michigan Limestone employees and their tamiiies and all

of the invited guests in the community who could come.

Wednesday evening was spent elaucing

and enjoying the entertainment at the High School building. The banquet followed on Thurs day, when live hundred employees sat down at 0:30 to a turkey dinner, complete in all respects.

To begin with, a word about a party that en tertains tifteen hundred people in one evening

and five hundred the following evening. In the first place, that is quite a crowd in any small community and especially a lot of people lor the facilities available in Rogers City.

It has been

the policy of the company to give entertainments from time to time for various reasons.

u\ an organization to serve the dinner. This was

Get to

gether meetings have been held by Departments and by groups for the discussion of operating

problems for the celebration oi safety records, for other special seicial events and for just plain relaxation and fun.

The last large party was four years ago; the last smaller one was held in January, 1938, when

past, by the ladies of the Westminster Guild.

Airs. John G. Munson, retiring presielent of the Guild in 1938, was actively in charge of this work

as it originated during her term of office. It is, of course, much toe) large an undertaking for one ]le-rsim to easily handle, anel naturally the man agement of the work involved was divided. This time Mrs. Fred J. Fisch assumed charge of oper ations from the kitchen up to the dining room, anel Mrs. I. L. Clymer was in charge of serving the dinner. While this group was at work plan ning their work, the hall had to be suitably dec orated for both the dance and the banquet. This job naturally fell to George C. Wing, and his vet eran crew of "reliables," consisting of: Fmerson Lee, Fred Lee, Herman Rusch, Griffin Pines, Leo O'Connor. Martin Johnson. William Wischnefski and Charles Griwatsch. Rounding up about a quarter of a ton of crepe paper, lights and oth er material the hall was canopied in green and white, the safety colors, with a large white cross in the center bordered with electric lights con

trolled suitably for both the dance and the ban quet lighting. It was a beautiful job and as

the 1937 group of 18 twenty-five year service men. consisting of: Max Bellmore, Leo Paull,

usual well elone.

Watson Siecinski, Jacob Yarch, Frank Thomp

Haselhuhu. Charles

son, Mike Yarch, Henry Shorkcy, Adolph Sor-

Erie Pardike, Arthur Wenzel, Louis Hornbacher. Herman Hopp and Victor Klee made up the crew of Charley Hoffman, who erected suitable

genfrei, George Pilarski, Fa-win Adrian, Clayton Fldcdge. John Schultz. Roman Idalski. Victor Koch. Clare Macklem, E. J. Noble, Gustav Wenzel. Anthony Mulka, and Department heads and company officials had dinner together.

William llaselhuhn. Robert Hoffman, Henry Schalk,

Charles

Fleming,

stages at each side of the entrance for the Roy Fiewelling orchestra of Alpena and the Rogers

City High School orchestra.

In addition tej this.

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lor the convenience of the crowd,

steps were arrangeet at each enel ot the bleachers to avoid congestion, and eo piovidc more convenience and

connort

tor

the

spectators.

Having tne eirchestras at eacn stele oi the entrance to the gym was a departure irom tne usual arrange

ment ot using the stage tor the orenestra.

i ransporiatioii of

all

materials

was under the directiem ol Julius and Utto /.emplc, Jtiiius lalzer,

uustav bchacehg, John Zemple, Joe Wytosek. and Jotin Cherrette as- ^_ sisted m tnis work; anel did they

have their troublesr—spring weath- At Xlie Banquet —Enjoying A M.o.st Entertaining Ptogrj

er, a blizzard, sleet and back to rain —all within a week. Put everything was deliv ered and taken away on schedule.

The lower assembly hall was arrangeel for old time dancing to the music of Priming's Olel lime Favorites. Right here we might say that all statistics gathered in the last lour years were

in the evening until after one in the morning. At an appropriate hour in the evening a program of vaudeville entertainment was furnished by : Leroy cc Sharp, Yctitriloejuists.

Sam Martin, European Juggler.

Ton}- Cauzona, Accordian Plaver.

upset entirely. According to the records, most

Tony & Sara, Spanish Harmony Singers.

ol the fellows with the company are four years older than they were in 193d; but they have eith er taken good care of their health, or the records must be wrong, because there was just as much enthusiasm and pep elisplayed in the old time dances as heretofore. Next day may have meant a lew more "Charley-Ileuses'* than before, but who is there to admit that. The Roy Flewelling Orchestra of Alpena and the limning Old Time Favorites performed in their usual excellent man ner anel were well liked by all the crowd; but the musical organization that is entitled to spe cial comment is the Rogers City High School Orchestra, consisting of: Eugene Kitchen, Chester Wing, Robert Leow.

Johnny Reynolds. Master of Ceremonies.

iness well before 0 o'clock Thursday evening.

When a local organization can so plan to serve 500

Edward Greene, Harvey Klann, Charles Heinz-

diners at a banquet, and do it wilh such dispatch

el, Robert Ferdelman, Lloyd Conley, Robert Shelley, Carol!

Hopp, Martha Klmsmann and Aldie I). Long, Director.

They took their turn right along with the professionals to

provide good music for contin uous elaucing; and as this was their lirst appearance for so large a gathering their per formance was paticii'larly out standing and eleserving of a

lot of credit. That they ap preciated the opportunity to |day for the gathering is ex pressed in a letter from them elsewhere in this issue.

The employees, their fami lies and guests were at the dance 1500 strong from eight

All thn.ugh the night after the dancing, the hall was busy as a bee hive with the. decorating and construction crews getting the place ready for the banquet the next evening. The stages and temporary stairways had lo be removed anel 9

tables 70 ft. long as well as the speakers* table 30 ft. long had to he set up. This was done and

some 350 chairs were placed. The ladies of the Westminster Guild look over

early

Thursday

morning.

The Guild, together with more employee com mittees made things "hum" until all was in read

Were You jQxere — Here Are Some ot the Hoiks at The Dance

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complishment worthy ol commen dation.

Last, but not least, a cheer for Sam Jackson, building custodian ol the School.

Pie and his crew cer

tainly did their share |0 help along.

But that just "comes natural-" to Sam.

After a fine turkey dinner, heart

ily enjoyed by all the guests, Pres ident John G. Atunson, acting as

loastmaster,

proceeded

with

the

program ol the evening. Mr. Mun son introduced Henry i.. Caulkins, President of the Waterways Navi

which company Roger.-. City -High School Orchestra Aided Witli JViaisic lor the past several years has leased the idle boats of the Bradley Transportation Mr. Lucas S. Lee, recently appointed manager

gation Company,

Company for the transportation of coal on the of the Puiialo plant, next spoke, and sincerely

Great Lakes. Mr. Caulkins paid mighty fine tri

expressed his regret in breaking his ties here and

bute to the Rogers City organization and said leaving his old mends when he moved to Buffalo that in all his dealings with boat crews, that he to take up the work there. While Mr. Lee did had found, and also found it the opinion oi oth not go into eletail as to his plans for the operation

ers generally, that the Rogers City boys employ ed by them on the boats leased by his company were indeed a credit to their community. He stated that their reliability and conduct generally was a reflection of the fine home life they must

have enjoyed. It was necessary for Mr. Caulkins

to leave immediately after his talk, as he had to return to his office in Detroit, to attend to busi ness matters. Following along the lines of Mr. Caulkin's address, Mr. Munson called on Captain F. F. Pearse, the senior captain of the Bradley

at Btuialt), he did leave the impression that he

expected, with the aid of the organization at the home plant, to really put the Buffalo territory on the map, as an outlet for Limestone tonnage.

Mr. L. B. Metzen, .Manager of Detroit Dock since 1933 paid tribute to the Calcite organiza tion : ami while there is no doubt that he person

ally is largely responsible for the successful op eration in Detroit over the past few years, he very graciously credited the local organization with mucli of the showing as a result ot their co

Fleet. "Frosty" strode up to the microphone just like he was sailing the "Bradley" out of port with a 15,000 ton cargo, and fair weather ahead. He

operative spirit, anel their effective building of good will.

had a lot of nice things to say, as he always has, about the work of the men on the boats and the

ways thought necessary to send out ()|" town for

Of course at every big party like this, it is al

co-operation of the men at the plant. Captain

the main speaker of the evening, but the more Joe Valentin appears as a speaker, the less rea

Pearse has been with the company eighteen vears and to him much credit is due for the train

son there seems te) be for making this expend

ing, of local men which has given

iture. Joe started right o\\ like a veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;pro-

the younger generation of this How They Stepped To Binning s Obi Time Orchestra

community a much broader oppor

tunity of gainful employment dur ing the past depression years.

Vice-President I. L. Cymcr was

the next speaker, and outlined the scope of operations at the plant at the present time compared wi;h ih meager start of operations in the

earlier days.

Mr. Clymer compli

mented the men and .he orgauiza

tiun on their co-opt:; avion tr.il also outlined the possibility of improve ments that are to be made, that will

develop a broaeler market for our products in the future and thus pro vide more continuous employment.

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fus, but a hundred percent sincere in his compli ments. He first complimented Mr. Munson tor all that he has done to make this a good company to work tor and a good community in which to live. And Joe never iorgets the ladies—not

Does Safety Affect Me

alone the ladies that worked so hard and served

up strictly for the other fellow's benefit? Or do

so well in managing the banquet, but joe in cluded all the ladies, and especially the mothers oi the sons and the wives ol the men who make

up.this organization, tie laid aside the subjects we most usually hear about from him—that of satety and weliare—and in the spirit ot the sea son wished everyone the most of happiness, healtn and sarety in the coming year.

An interesting leature of the evening was the presentation ol medals to the 25 year service men oi ib^S. This group was made up of: nrwin Joppich, Leon Ruell, N. vV. Pollock, Ueorge Wing, umii Dehnke, Hector Hawkins, Robert Patzer Creorge Shorkey, J ohn Heller, Fred Horn, Frank Grohowski Steve Widajewski, Richard Hamann, Vincent Kuchinski, William bobek.

Mr. Munson presented each ot these men their medal with a snort appropriate message to each one and his sincere good wishes to them lor a

How many of us, when we think of safety, think how it affects us. Do we think safety signs, bulletins, notices and slogans are gotten we apply them to ourselves?

Too often we fear

it's tne general idea, that they are made up for the other fellow's benelit and we need no part of it. in reality, we are the other fellow, and safety depends on us, as much as it does on anyone else.

Just as sure as we are alive, we are in a large degree responsible for our actions. True, we cannot be responsible for those of the other fel

low, but if each and everyone of us would say, and thoroughly believe, that "Safety Depends on Me"—we would eliminate the other fellow and

when he is eliminated, and we become safety conscious, we will realize that accidents can hap pen to us, as well as to our neighbor.

It would be surprising how quickly accident frequency could be reduced if everyone would conscientiously say, "Safety Depends on Me."

continuation of their successful work with the company.

The speaker of the evening was Dr. John L. Davis, a humorist, philosopher and orator, at present of New York but born and raised in Ok lahoma and bringing with him much ot the homely philosophy and humor of the middle southwest.

Dr. Davis reminded some

ot

the

late Will Rogers, also an Oklahoma native. He spoke much of his family and his own life to bring out in his own entertaining way, the very subjects that we all discuss daily.

In bidding the guests good evening, Mr. Mun son spoke briefly of the plans and expectations for iy39. He felt that the year 1939 would be somewhat ot an improvement over 1938 in the work available, but probably not so favorable as 1937. Any improvement will be reilected throughout the community to those who by their own efforts will continue

to

make this

community a better place in which we all live.

That we should do unto others as we would

have them do unto us—that we should respect the rights of others as scrupulously as we would have our rights respected—is not a mere counsel of perfection to individuals—but it is the law tc which we must conform social institutions and

national policy, if we would secure the blessings and abundance of peace.—Henry George.

Skidding Can Be Avoided Most drivers lay the fault for skidding on ice or snow, or with oily roads, or on loose gravel.

But these are usually alibis. Why not try these suggestions:

(1) On any slippery roadway, travel at mod erate speed and with extra caution.

(2) Reduce speed slowly; always slow down before you wish to stop or turn.

(3) Keep brakes adjusted and equalized. Nev er slam them on suddenly under bad road con ditions.

(4) Tires grip the road better if inflated mod erately; hard tires skid more easily.

(5) Chains may help to stop a skid, if you drive with caution; but chains cannot prevent skid ding if you drive recklessly. (o) Avoid wet or icy car rails; cross at a wide angle.

(7) Keep out of ruts in mud, ice or snow.

(8) If you do skid, do not instantly slam oi: the brakes in a panic. Release the throttle, but Lave ihe clutch engaged so that the engine will help to slow your car. Touch the brakes lightly, alternately—exerting a little pressure and re leasing them; luiii the steering wheel in the diicction of the skid.

Try out the above suggestions—we think you will find them helpful.

There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit.

The man who is successful is the

man who is useful. . Capacity never lacks op portunity. It can not remain undiscovered, be cause it is sought by too many anxious to use it.—Bourke Cockran.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It in volves many things, but above all the power of going out of ones self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

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(ZLa±±z± On \jbi$£ crfid Unittuation

By &«*$* R. Jones

Instructors In Firsl Aid Training

Back row, left to right: H. Pol lock, G. Glosser, D. Grigg, A. J. Stromquist, A. Nagle.

Front row, left to right: A. Voigt, K. Daniels, E. Raclka, R. Kuhlman.

M. Johnson. R. Lamb.

The U. S. Bureau of Mines whose past history

anel present aims have been toward couelitions of safely anel health among the workers of the country's mineral industries sent us their Senior First Aid Instructor, Mr. A. J. Stromquist, from the district office at iJuluth, Minn., to give 1UU per cent first aiel training to our employees.

qualified inslructor.s.

We would say after list

ening in on these fellows that good judgment was used when they were chosen as instructors.

They even surprised themselves when the time arrived for them to take complete charge of dis cussions and demonstrations.

fkese men became so interested that they

Anyone acquainted with the work of this Bureau

spent considerable time preparing for and giv

knows how fortunate we were to have this ser

ing demonstrations of lirst aiel methods to some uJ the town groups, lo them goes a le>t of the

vice granted us.

Mr. Stromquist was no stranger to us anel we knew from the good work he carried out with a few of our employees in March, 1937, that the men would receive valuable anel interesting in struction in both lirst aid methods and general

safety. He is unusually qualified as an instructor because ol his thorough training, varied exper iences and pleasing personality. As one of the men in his classes puts it, ""He's a man's man."

To Mr. F. S. Crawford, District Lugineer of the Safety Division of the Duluth District, we give our hearty thanks for his interest and co operation in this project, lie has always shown a keen interest in the safely work oi our plant, has made several trips here in yeai •> past anel has given us the best service he has lei offer in all safety movements.

Mr. Stromtmist arrived in time to take in the

plant banquet and to meet some of his past ac quaintances who were in his classes of two years ago. He spent two days reviewing the work to be covered with Louis Yarch, Dave Grigg, Mar tin Johnson, George Glosser, Edwin Radka, Ar thur Voigt, Harold Pollock, Karl Daniels, Arn

credit tor the successful completion of this pro gram.

in all sincerity some e>f us folks were surprised to see the response the personnel of the Limeston Company gave by their splendid attendance to the classes. Uur reasons for surprise were not well founded as the plant fellows always come

through 100 per cent on all worthy enterprises.

But considering that this work might be thought of as school work by many, we thought some of the fellows would find

it

hard

to

over

come a timidity peculiar to anything resembling the class room. When we can report that four hundred thirty-six fellows attended classes out ot a possible four hundred sixty-three, we call that next to miraculous. We know it entailed a sacrifice of time and effort which makes the

record more impressive.

Some men from the County Road Commission were enrolled and a few from the Bradley Trans portation Co. It is hoped that Bradley Trans port at ion boys can take the same course in the near future.

The organization consisted of our men being

old Nagle Russel Lamb and Russel Kuhlmau of

divided into six groups.

our employees who had been passed by him as

teen hours of work which was spread ejver two

Each group took fif

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days. Twelve days were necessary to cover the entire organization. Each group was divided into classes and two student instructors were in

charge of each class. Mr. Stromquist supervised all classes and took charge in the general as semblies.

Fifteen hours was hardly enough time to cov er a general tirst aid training course in detail,

but we know that many 'things were learned and many important items will be remembered.

Those covered were: (1) Treatment or Physical Sheeir; (2) '^teppmg-bieedmg--tT-om--cuts,-wj)und1s, •ete; (d) Arti-tieial^Respiration; (4) Dressing ot woundSf-cuts, - bruises, etc.; (j) Detection and Suppor-t—ot—Dislocations—and.._.£ractures; (b) Treatment of Burns; (7) Poisons; (8) Sun Stroke and Heat Exhaustion; (9) Transporting ol Sick or Injured.

These studies are given to making first aiders out of men and not doctors.

It is a mistake to

Ihe American Red Cross The 1938 American Red Cross

roll

call

in

Presque Isle County in comparison to the one

of the previous year shows a decided drop in membership. This is true in all cases except the Bradley Transportation Company. The follow ing table shows the comparison between the 1937 and 1938 membership drives.

1937

1938

Bradley Transportation Company

201 Members....$ 243.50

212 Members....$243.50

Michigan Limestone & Chemical Co^ 427 Members....$ 482.00 . 290 Members....$365.50 Rogers City

139 Members....$ 148.50 115 Members....$120.50 Balance of Presque Isle County 163 Members....? 166.00 145 Members....$149.00 Totals

930 Members....$1040.00

762 Members....$878.50

assume that you have the right as a first aider to substitute for a physician. Sometimes much

There has never been any question as to the generosity of the people in this county in the

can be done before a doctor is obtained or has ar

support of worthy causes, and the fluctuations

rived. This course tells any intelligent individ ual how far he may go in treating a patient.

We dare say that much of the material covered will be gradually forgotten unless an effort is

from year to year are relative, in general, to the available earnings of the contributors from their various sources of income. The comparative fig ures, above, reflect this fact quite clearly.

made in review.

However we know that the

methods used in stopping bleeding, artificial res piration, and guarding against iniection will be remembered a long, long time.

Many of our fellows stated that had they had this knowledge earlier in their lives it could have been used in different experiences, some cases even saving lives.

This training has a primary purpose of making individuals prepared to render emergency service in accidents in the home, at outings and on the

job. Another purpose which we feel is greater than secondary, is to establish a safety conscious^ness impossible to be obtained - by any other known method. It is safe to say that a course in first aid training is more efficient than any thing we know of or have tried in bringing the message of accident prevention to a group.

In a few short hours a new world is opened up to the average man. His interest is aroused in spite of any previous ideas and before he is aware of it he is learning the way to prevent accidents while learning how to take care of the suffering caused from accidents.

We are indebted to the Westminster Church

and the Public School for class room space, to our instructor—Mr. Stromquist, to the excellent work done by the student instructors and to our men for their wonderful attendance. They all contributed their best co-operation to make this program a complete success. We point with pride to its accomplishments as we know that this is only another step in furthering the spirit of safety in our organization.

With the goal of 1,000 memberships, still un reached, it is hoped that the prospects for better business in 1939, will provide the necessary earn ings that will make possible the increased mem berships desired.

Aoove Tne Name Vv asnington The arches of the historic Natural Bridge in Virginia are over two hundred feet high. Carv ed in the solid rock high up on this archway are the initials, "G. W." They were carved there by young Washington in a daring climb up the face of the almost perpendicular wall. You can see them there, today. But look beyond—still high er—and you will see other intials! Many of those carvings were made years after Washing ton's death. What a thrill those young men must have had who out-climbed Washington and carv ed their initials above those of the father of their

country.

Few there are, however, who have carved lines

as high in idealism and character as did Wash ington ! It was his faith that inspired ragged, discouraged soldiers to fight and win in what seemed a hopeless cause. It was his love of humanity that caused him to sacrifice a life of case at his beloved Mount Vernon, for the danger and hardship of the firing line.

Such humble, brave devotion to the cause of

right and justice sets a high mark in noble liv ing toward which all men should climb!

The man who trusts men will make fewer mis takes than he who distrusts them.—Cavour.

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<Winkt% <Woz& Btyan Qfe J\l{onikAppropriations approveel for

stripping and

apprejximately 460 men at Calcite lor the next two

ers on grizzlies will be renewed providing closer sizing of Flux and Oil stone.

This with the customary maintenance of shov els and cars will complete our maintenance pro

anel a half months.

gram.

Plant improvements

combined

with

regular

plant maintenance will provide employment for Stripping Will Constitute— Operating three shovels on removal of over-

Winter Work On The Boats

We are- starting our sixth

year of

Winter

burelen anel one shovel on tne tiansur oi Alagnesia stone from the lower end ot ihe quarry to stor

Work at Cheboygan which began with two boats in 1934. This year we have six boats in the river

age near the shop. The Magnesia stone will be

for the second year in succession.

We are using over one hundred men, and this places quite a demand on the hotel aceomniodaiioii. Our arrangements this year are the same as before with men at the Cheboygan, Ottawa

readily available tor 1939 operations and its re-

me)val' frenn the lower end will permit opening the third cut almost to the D. Si .\1. Ky.

On the dumps, two diesel bulldozers will he used to supplement the Jordan spreader with

the idea ot preventing slides due to Unstable soil conditions in the swamps.

Construction—

Up to the present time, too large a percentage

and

Lal.oitele Hotels.

Some of the men have

their families with them and have established themselves in various furuisheel homes in the loWU.

We- are providing hits transportation between

coverable in operatiems and has been pumped to

Rogers City to Cheboygan but some of the men prefer to use their own cars. We are hoping for

lake storage.

not too much snow anel no ice on the roads.

of stenie in the small size range has not been re

During the next 10 weeks we are— Replacing obsolete screens with larger ami more efficient units;

Rearranging reclaiming equipment and add ing conveyors from mill to storage lo permit saving the maximum amount of stone for sale' as a sized product; Moving the present S-10 reclaiming conveyor to a new location thereby gaining additional stor age capacity for lake storage stone and addition al space for the storage of sized products; Rearranging .and increasing capacity of sand and special sizes storage. Xew arrangement will

permit manufacture- of a wide range- of different sizes of stone in the special size group.

The constructiem program in general provides for closer sizing anel increases the- amount of sized stone recoverable from quarry run.

Maintenance—

General overhaul of Mill ee|tiipment. Worn roll

The work this year is in charge of John Sparre,

Chief Engineer of the Steamer BRADLEY, as sisted by Charles Frederick, Chief Engineer of the Steamer CALCITE.

The' largest single job this year is the length ening of the boom of the Steamer WHITE from the- original 155 ft. 6 in. to 202 ft. In addition to the insert to the boom itself, it is necessary to reinforce the remaining members which other wise would be overstressed.

In order to allow

the present hoist to lift the Longer boom, we have had to design new sheave assemblies similiar to those on the Sir. ROBINSON.

It is also ne

cessary to greatly reinforce the "A" frame to take the extra load, and we are going to speed tt.i the boom belt to cut elown the weight of stone on the belt at any one time and thus prevent belt

slippage. This increase in speed is accomplished

by changing the boom drive gears in the tunnel.

The Steamer BRADLEY is now our onlv boat

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with her original boom, and since our eyes have become accustomed to the long booms, ihe BRADLEY seems out of proportion.

On the Steamer CALCITE, we have the regu lar run of maintenance on the main engine, boil ers and auxiliaries. W e also intend to change the forward scuttle hatches to enable us to load coal farther lor ward.

On ihe Steamer W. F. WHITE, we intend to make some changes to the alter cabins m order

than that done by our men in regular boat or plant operations. The management, engineers and foremen study each job in an effort to effect

its completion in the safest manner possible. But even then, as on most every other job, the per sonal safety of each workman is largely up to

the individual. Because after all precautionary

methods are taken, the individual can easily be come involved in a mishap if he is not constantly alert anel mindful oi what is going on about him.

to make better accommodations for the crew.

On the Steamer JOHN G. MUNSON, we are installing an aeiditional bulkhead in number two cargo hold. This is necessary in order to keep

ditierent quality stone segregated when carry ing mixed cargoes.

On the Steamer P. H. TAYLOR, we are in stalling a /o KM Turbo Generator lo replace two small dynamos.

On the Steamer T. W. ROBINSON,

we are

continuing our program of improvement by sub stituting motor elriven auxiliaries when tne steam auxiliaries need renewing.

On the Steamer CARL D. BRADLEY, we have

a major job putting some new tubes in the super heaters.

The foregoing summary hits the high spots only, as it would be impossible to enumerate all the maintenance work large and small which requires our attention this winter.

Owing to the large amount of construction work going on at ihe plant, we are not using as many Michigan Limestone cc Chemical Compa ny men as usual, but are using more Bradley Transportation Company men, in many cases on work to which they are unaccustomed.

This

means more careful supervision ofl the part of the foremen to get the work done safely and economically.

The foremen are the same as in previous years Cash Sobek

on.

structural

on conveyors, and Frank

work.

work;

Paul

Ware on

.Mulka

electrical

Thomas Rose has the same multiplicity

of assignments as usual.

Housing and hotel accommodations are better in Cheboygan this winter than ever before as far as the welfare of the men is concerned, and steps have been taken to reduce the cennmunicability of colds to a minimum.

The work on the boats—while not considered

particularly hazardous—is considerably different

We Are Our Ideals While sitting by the fireside talking and philos ophizing with a friend one evening, he blew a couple of smoke rings into the air, and remark ed: •"Did you ever stop to think that we are our

icleals.' We are the personification of the things we really believe in. To tell what a man really believes, you shouldn't pay so much attention to what he says; you should watch how he lives.

A man is a bundle of impressions. Pie is the sum

of all he has thought, read, heard, seen, experienceel. His personality represents his dominant desires. We can see his ideals in his face, and in the way he- acts. A man's true ideals are those he lives by, not always those he talks about. Em erson expressed what I'm driving at when he wrote: "What you are thunders so loud I can't hear what you say.' "

-Pointer Tor Drivers Here's a pointer for drivers at this time of

year. When roads are slippery and you are at tempting to pass another car proceeding in the

same direction, lie sure to allow considerably more distance to complete the maneuver than

would be necessary under good driving condi tions. The sudden acceleration preparatory to passing or the abrupt change in the course of the car when swinging out to pass and back into line after passing is very likely to start a skid.

11 you happen to be driving 50 or 60 miles per hour at the time and a skid starts, you will likely find yourself caroming crazily down the road into anything that may be on the right of way.

You will he fortunate if it results in nothing more serious than upsetting in the ditch.

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By H. u. Lewis How's business, how much limestone will we

creases 20% it is usually 3 to 9 months before the

produce and how much pay will we get in 1939?

Questions we hear every day, and questions tc

increase is felt in our limestone business, the same

being true of decreases. With ingot production maintaind at 60% we should reasonably expect limestone production to approximate a 50% rate

which we are all interested in the answer.

We have platted on the chart below the rela

for 1939.

tion of limestone production to Steel Ingot pro duction from 1929 to 1939. The rate of ingot production is taken from the Daily Metal Trade and limestone production is taken from our own records assuming 10,000,000 tons as 100 per cent rate of operations.

How's business? Let's follow the ingot pro duction rate from 1929 to date.

How much pay will we get in 1939? With an indicated 5,000,000 tons shipments for 1939 out pay should be more than in 1938 and less than 1937.

.

Special note: don't go out and buy heavily now, expecting to pay out of future earnings Keep some back just in case business does not

It follows a

rapid down grade from 99% in 1929 to 12% in 1932. Starting from the low of 12% in 1932 it gradually reaches a high point of over 90% again in. 1937, dropping to a new low point of 29% in

get better.

the middle of 1938.

that it might possibly level off at around 60%

the bright side of things, but at the things as they really are; if we avail ourselves of the manifold blessings which surround us, we cannot but feel that life is indeed a glorious inheritance.—Lub

for several months to come.

bock.

If we do our best; if we do not magnify trifling troubles; if we look resolutely, I will not say at

Since the middle of 1938

there has been a rapid upturn approaching 60% at the end of the year.

Present indications are

How much limestone will we produce in 19391 Half the joy of life is in little things taken on

By following the production rate of limestone from 1929 to 1939 we note this: the rate of lime

the run.

stone production closely parallels the rate of in

do that—but let us keep our hearts young and our eyes open that nothing worth our while shall

got production. It follows both declines and in In other words when the ingot rate in

escape us. And everything is worth its while if we only grasp it and its significance.—Cherbuliez.

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RATE

creases of the ingot rate usually 3 to 9 months later.

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By Charles F. Plat; John G. Munson

H. L. Caulkins

I. L. Clymer

On Saturday, January 14th, 1939, the Captains and Chief Engineers of the Bradley Transporta tion Company held their annual meeting at the

in., and Supper 5:00 p. m. to d:00 p. m. Captains and Engineers to report after a mouth's trial, the results of this new arrangement.

Fort Shelby Hotel, Detroit.

The forenoon was spent in the discussion of the past season's Operation, anel Mr. Munson

twenty-five, with entertainment continuing un

complimented them all em the

fine showing

made by our boats during 1938. All of the boats with the exception of the Steamer BRADLEY had been in dry dock at the close of the season

for sight and survey.

Except for some slight

damage to the. Steamers WHITE and MUNSON no new damage was found on them, and the re

cord

was

very

when

the

number

At Seven o'clock a dinner was served to about til eleven.

After that time we understand the

pinochle champions engaged in their annual bat tle which ended in the usual argument at an early hour in the morning.

All Captains anel Chief Engineers were present wilh the exception of Chief Jack Anderson who is wintering in Miami. Also attending the meet ing were First Mate Donald Nauts and First As

gratifying, of

docks

they land at during the sea son is considered.

Left to right: G. LaBounty, Chas.

Frederick, John Sparre, Thos.

Suttle, R. G. Buehler, Arthur Urdal.

J'rospects for the 1939 operation were also dis cussed and present indicatiems are that all the boats will be in operation.

Docks and harbor conditions at various ports

sistant K. (i. Buehler.

were also discussed and recommendations made

office; Mr. II. I.. Caulkins and Mr. Paul O'Con

for improvement where necessary.

During the afternoon the Captains anel Engi neers talked over the general operating condi

nor of the Waterways Navigation Company; and

tions on our boats. It was suggested that the watches be changed in the hope that it might improve some of the conditions that now exist.

It was agreed that the watches should lie from 8:00 to 12:00; 12:00 to 4:00 and 4:00 to 8:00:.

This would then change the meal hours as follows Break fast 7:30 a. m. to 8:30 a. m..

Dinner 11:30 a. m. to 12:30 p.

Left to right: Donald Nauts. F. F.

Pearse, C. A. Thorsen, M. R. MacH. Mc-

Lean, C. A. Martin, C. Quinn, Theo. Dahlburg.

In addition to the above, those attending were Mr. John G, Munson: Mr. I. L. Clymer., Mr. E. C. Sianbroeds anel Mr. C. E Flat/, of the Rogers

Air. F. B, Met/en and Mr. Howarel Hamilton of the Detroit office.

Die when I maw I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flowei would grow.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Abraham Lincoln.

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of (Dut <P£ant a& Buffalo The Agricultural Lime Plant began operalioi: at Buffalo in 1915. as an outlet Ear- small sized

stone produced at Calcite.

1he early plant was

of wood frame construction and developed grad

ually to a capacity of jUJ.UUU tons ol pulverized agricultural limestone per year, marketed ovei a wide area in Xew York.

.Pennsylvania

and

Ohio.

Preceding Mr. Lee as manager, from the years 1931 to 1938, was Charles \Y. Kicharels, lormerF of Detroit.

Prior to Mr. Richard s management

of the plant, Mr. C, T. Stanage was in charge ol operations..

On April 20, 1930, a fire destroyed practically all of the plant anel equipment at Buffalo. 11 was from this time on, during the construction of ihe new modern steel fire resisting plant, that Mr Lee of the Engineering Department at Rogers

City, bcame more closely associated with the Buffalo operation. His knowledge of engineer

ing and his education along these lines had much to do with his selection as Buffalo manager. Def

inite arrangements to place Mr. Lee in charge at Bulfalo were made in October, 1938, and the Lees moved to Buffalo on November 12, 1938.

Lucas Lee has been associated with the Lime

stone Company since the lull ol 1924, but he had had previous experience m our plant problems through his affiliations with the Robins Convey

ing Belt Company, prior to his employment here.

During his work in the Engineering Department,, his outstanding accomplishment was the majoi part of the design and field work in the construc tion of our present modern screen house. The

operation of this plant unit from 1929 until 193c. with practically no change, speaks well for the excellent work done by Mr. Lee.

The adapt

ability of the original eepiipment and layout, te: Subsequent changes to meet the changing mark et demands for size and quality oi stone is furth er evidence of his excellent work.

f\u c a ±

s.

A Belt Company. During the war period he served in France with the 801st Pioneer infantry and was discharged as a First Lieutenant, July 7.

1919.

Fie was married July 2, 1925, and with Mrs Lee moved to Rogers City in the Lake Streel

neighborhood where mey lived until they let"1 for Buffalo.

wish them every success and much happiness in their new location, they are nevertheless missed very much. Their present address is 416 Parkside Avenue. Buffalo, J\. Y. The Buffalo Plant represents one advantage

taken ol the many opportunities for further Steps of refinement to make our product ol more service in the agricultural anel commercial fields.

With an up-to-date agricultural plant at Buf falo, added facilities for the preparation and dis tribution of aggregate stone, and the arrange ment for the distribution of ready mixed con crete, we do not doubt Mr. l.ee when he tells us

that he expects Buffalo Plant to make a good showing—and when we consider his background

of training and experience, we are practically assured of outstanding results.

Relative te; the early life of Air. Lee, we fine'

Accident otati.stic.s-

that he was born in Crawfe>rdsville, Indiana, ii:

1894, and moved west with his family while quite yemng. He attended graele school in Oklahoiiui and New Mexico, tie graduated from high school at Jonesborough, Arkansas in 1912, and from the University 01 Arkansas in 1916 with ar A. IF degree.

His first connection with the Corporation was with the American Bridge Company in Chicage in 1916.

He was later with the Illinois Central

Railroad Company anel the Robins Conveying

'I hey were both active in social

and civic activities, and while all their friends

It is estimated that there are 118,000 persons in this country who have had a leg amputated. and 33.000 who have had an arm amputated!

These amputations resulted from all types ol cause's—accidents (transportation, industrial and lumie). congenital deformities and disease.

Of all these amputations. 50 per cent resttlteel from non-industrial accidents. 25 per cent froir industrial accidents, and 25 per cent from dis ease.

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<f>afztu dZ±±aij and iJ^oitez Conts^t—igsg Dy Lreorge J\. Junes Again the students of all Rogers City Schools have an opportunity to eennpete with each other on Satety Posters and Essays. Come on stu dents, show what you can do! You have done some good work in the past and here is a chance

Because of nation wide safety activities devel oped during the past several years, we seldom Imel today, an individual who does not receignize immediately the familiar safety poster, in fact many persons have been or are part of some in

to keep up the good work.

This invitation is extended to all the Junior

dustrial or public safely organization and there

and Senieir High School students in the public, school and the seventh and eighth grades ol both St. Ignatius and St. John's Schools.

"A picture is worth ten thousand words" is an old Chinese proverb. This saying has been re peated sei many times that it is accepted without question and therefore without sufficient thought. Do you think words are of such unim portance? If so, try out your ideas on a poster instead of working on an essay.

We are not content to stop here however and will admit that ten thousand words picked at random from the dictionary wemld not necessar

ily arouse emotions or move men to action.

But

ten carefully chosen words written or spoken by

a person of sufficient prominence might cause a break in the stock market, start a war, or insti tute a safety movement that would be phenom enal. It's hard to imagine a picture that would cause such an upheaval, even though they are useel effectively. Invariably an effective poster is accompanied by a force ful slogan. A picture which tells the story effectively

without the accompaniment of words is a rarity. The right words are needed to

supplement good pictures in

fore immediately recejgnize and respond to the interest and purpose prompting the posting of safety posters.

Subconsciously, members of the public respond favorably to evidences of safety interest ex pressed by safety poster displays, even before they themselves are near enough to the posters to understand or reael the message pictured or printed. To assist the public to become interest ed in their safety we should then make liberal use etf such safety material.

Our students have shown more- than just a passing interest in safety and in conjunction with their school work, they have always given the Poster and Essay Cenitest, promoted by "Calcite Screenings," their loyal support. The teachers' interest and co-operation has been unusually good and the contestants will be informed by them as to when their contributions are to be fin ished.

We understand that the class in Public Speak ing at the High School will put on a general as sembly program devoted to safety speeches, etc., as a

SAF

ALWAYS

all educational endeavors.

One medium cannot elej the weirk alone.

There you have some thought on word versus pic ture in putting across an idea—safety or otherwise.

The Limestone Company has always been favorable toward posters in its safety campaign. Not because we consider company premises as unduly dangerous, but to caution workmen or visitors

when a possible hazarel may arise

and

where

This

has been done in

past

the

and has been effective and worthwhile.

Prizes will lie given cover ing all fields and the judg ing will be based primarily oil the value

©f

given, along

with

the

ideas

enthus

iasm shown and methods of

presentation.

FOR HAPPY HOMES

If time lie of all things most precious, wasting time must be- the greatest prodi gality, since lost time is nev er found again ; anel what we call time enough always

proves little enough. Let us then be up anel doing, anel

doing to a purpose; so by diligence shall we do meire

caution

should be exercised. They have a definite value in pro moting safety conscie^usness.

climax to this contest.

Poster originated by Margery Heller, Age 12, Grade 7, Public School.

with less perplexity.Frank lin.

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W e JVxourn the -Loss of xlilary .Bernard O 1 oole It can be said, without reservation, that this

community has lost one of its most affectionately

regarded citizens, anel the Company and its em ployees have lost a sincere and valuable friend, in the passing of Hilar}- Bernard O'Toole on Tuesday afternoon. January 24th.

Hilary's health began to fail noticeably in 1936, anel it was during that winter that he went to Detroit for medical treatment anel put up such a brave fight that he recovered sufficiently to be

back at his work in the summer of 1937 and up Until the close of the plant in 1938. The compli cation of diseases came upon him too rapidly in the early winter of 1938, anel while he still fought bravely up until the end. the trouble could not

Hilary arrived in Calcite on July 5th. [911.

Mr.

Joseph Jenkins was then in charge of construc tion. 'I he following year Mr. Carl D. Braeiley came in as General Manager,

and

when

the

plant was put into operation, Hilary remained as Mill Foreman. As expansions were made, he became Mill Superintendent and supervisor of all construction, which work he elid up to the time of his eleath.

In 1910 Hilary was married to Miss Madeline

Holt of Alpena.

Their splenelid family of four

boys and three girls survives.

Hilary

was a

popular citizen; and no celebration or game was complete without him. However, the job always came first with him anel he

was

conscientious

be remedied.

and co-operative and took pride in work well

Although the- following is largely a repetition of his biography which appeared in "'Calcite Screenings" in 1930, the facts of his interesting and useful lifeare worthy of recording here.

Hilary Bernard O'Toole was

done.

born December 19, 1881, on the

That Hilary OTe>ole was a man with an ex ceptional persemality is best re

vealed by the kind and sympa thetic expressions of the men in the various elepartments of the Company, with whom he work

beds, just a few miles west of Alpena, to .Mr. and .Mrs. Pat

ed so long and faithfully. The men ot the Quarry Department, as stated by erne ol the older em

rick O'Toole who came to Al

ployees, say,

pena county from Quebec, Can

*" l lie men of the Quarry De partment will always pleasant ly remember our olel friend Hil

O'Toole farm,

now

the

shale

ada. With a father from Dub lin. Ireland, anel a mother from

Scotland, it is little wonder that he was always blessed with a

ary () I oole.

sunny smile and a pleasing dis position.

Hilary spent his early days at the Kings School and in helping his father on the farm.

for the plant, he

wedced as a

steel worker, helping to build

His lei

sure time was spent playing ball, fishing, hunting, dancing and attending lairs and horse races.

After leaving school he worked in ihe woods driving a team. Later he drove logs on Wolf Creek. Ouinn Creek and Thunder Bay river, but building seemed to interest him most, and from a start in wood construction, he

lie was one of us

from start te> finish. From the time the- first material arrived,

went

on

the

the original mill, until the day he laiel down his working tools, and started on that long jour ney, from whence no one returns.

As I look back 26 years, 1 can see O"j.'e>olc as shift foreman, in the mill. He was always hust ling to gain more production, but never hard with the menâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just the way that eve-ry man in this Company liked him t.o lie. He always asked for what he wanted with that familiar smile we all leived. I can remember the first car that was

steel work, his first big job being in connection with the erection of the cement plant at Alpena.

dumped into the 48-iu. crusher.

The Russell Wheel Company completed the Al pena construction and Hilary went with them to

just as hard on those chains on the old crane i hand power) as anybody else. .Also the first

Detroit where

large hardhead that found its way from the epiarry into the crusherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how that hardhead bobbed up and down in the crusher: and O'Toole was right on the job to help clear the trouble. More

he

worked

on

the

Newcoiub-

Euelicott building and other steel erection job-,.

Hilary then enjoyed a celebration as he did all through his life, and July 4th. 1911. found him back in Alpena with the boys, where he received

a telegram from the Russell Wheel Company that he was to report in Rogers City, for con struction work.

O'Toole pulleel

serious trouble for the old crusher and mill was

the mud. How he used to fight it! Those were the times when the transportation boys used to renew their acquaintance with OToede, fen- he

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Hilary no longer will be with us, there are many pleasant memories that will never be forgotten,

ers. As the mill and quarry developed, we didn't get to see our departed friend so often; but tele phones were later installed through the mill and quarry, and from then on we heard his voice oft enâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was never harsh, always pleasant.

"Well Old Timer, you are gone but the rest of us will always remember you as a square shooter with the Company and the men."

Max Bellmore and Adolph Sorgenfrei express

for association with him was always pleasant.

Hilary was one of the few men whose disposi tion was always sunny. He was perhaps as well

their sentiment as follows:

"Some of us have known H. B. O'Toole since

1912, and others not quite so long; but it is nat ural for all of us in the Mill Department to feel that we lost a real friend, when death claimed

Hilary. He was always conscientious about his work in and around the plant. We know that everyone having worked for him found him fair and just. We could always expect praise if work was well done.

"Hilary liked sports of all kinds, and especially baseball and basketball. Hilary was very popu lar at public gatherings and will long be remem bered by his many friends."

There was no department about the plant that did not have contact with Hilary O'Toole to some extent and the Power Department extends their sympathy to his family in the following para graph : "It is with profound regret that this Depart ment records the passing of our fellow workman, Hilary B. O'Toole. Our sincere sympathy to his family; and for years to come, we will have the memory of his pleasant companionship."

The Time Office personnel express their deep regret of his loss as follows: '"With the passing of Hilary O'Toole, all the city as well as the Company and its employees lost a real friend.

He was

a

man

for

whom

everyone had a good word, and especially the men who worked for him during the last twentyfive years or more.

"Hilary liked everyone to think he was 'hardboiled,' but he was far from that. When anyone was sick or hurt, he was always one of the first to help. He worked with and for his men all of the time, never letting anyone find fault with them. Often he would say, Tf there is any fault to find I will do it myself.'

"Just a few days before he died he was talking about coming down to the plant and putting up the new steel, but we believe he knew all the

while that he would not be there. Hilary was like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he never gave upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and he remained that way until the end."

And the Dock Office boys, who were in more direct contact with Hilary and his work than any other plant office, have expressed them selves as follows:

"Although the unpleasant fact stands out, that

known and respected by everyone connected

with the organization, as any one person ever will be.

"There were very few of the Captains on the Lakes that didn't ask as soon as they arrived at Calcite, 'How is Hilary and where is he?' They always seemed to feel a little better about every thing after a few minutes spent with him at the Dock Office. Many times, when delays were hold ing a boat at the uock, long past the time when it should have cleared, his very presence made it seem as though the delay provided a few extra moments to spend in pleasant conversation with

one who will long be remembered by the men on the boats thac load at Calcite."

In ihe course ol his work it was natural, due to the requirement of material and supplies in the operation and maintenance ol the Mill, that he should spend a great deal of time and become well acquainted in the Storehouse, Yard and Shops. That he won the respect and affection of

tne men in these departments is revealed clearly in the following expression from them: "It was with regret that we received word that

our dear friend Hilary O'Toole had passed away.

He had an exceptional personality and won the respect and love of all his fellow workmen.

His

great capacity for co-operation and helpfulness was one of his outstanding traits, and gained for him a great number of friends.

"We of these departments will miss Hilary with his friendly smile and his pleasant disposi tion. The plant will not seem the same now that he has left us."

Rudolph Dueltgen, Jr., Purchasing Agent at present, and long associated with the plant in an engineering capacity, passes on to us this tri bute to Hilary O'Toole:

"Hilary was one of the outstanding individuals in the development and construction of the plant at Calcite.

His ability to understand men was

perhaps the secret of his success in obtaining the co-operation and love of every man that worked for him. ; "Engineers and salesmen wdio had had business relations with the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company, had high regard for Hilary O'Toole's judgment, gained by practical exper ience on construction and engineering problems; and they wrere always eager to receive his advice and counsel.

"I shall always remember Hilary as a true and loyal friend. His enthusiasm for both work and play was an inspiration to those who worked for him or were associated with him in any way; and in the future we shall recall many incidents, both (Continued on Page 1203,1

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£>o <lJou ctfeafly Ifyaar <9md BxaJLy ?

This may sound like a peculiar title, but we use it because the activities of Fred Bradley have been so diversified and wide spread that there are really but few oi us who realize the extent

and scope of his various interests.

To begin with, Fred was born in Chicago, Ill inois, on April 12, 1898 and shortly thereafter inoveel Fast living in rarlin, Camelen and Eliza beth, New Jersey until ivA>6. He attended school in each of these places, and alter his moth er died in 1908, he attended the Aloutclair Mili tary Academy in Memtclair, New Jersey and then Todd Seminary in Woodstock, Illinois.

When his father, the late Carl D. Bradley, remarrieel in 1911, Fred moved with his parents to Rogers City and attended the public schools here —as far as it went in those days was the 10th grade. In 1915 he returned to Montclair Acad emy and graduated from there in 191b; then went lo Cornell University from which he graduated

L-onaz£xi.i>ian

in 1921.

During each summer vacation from 1912 on, he worked in various departments of the Com

pany and upon graduation from college in 1921, he entered the permanent employ of this com pany as a salesman in the agricultural branch at Buffalo where he remained until 1923.

At that

time he returned to Rogers City and went into

the Purchasing Department—after the death of Louis Welti, the first Purchasing Agent of the two companies. He remained in the Purchasing Department until he resigned as Purchasing Ag ent on February 1, 1938, to run for Congress.

Intensely interested in the development of his home community, Mr. Bradley has played a lead ing part in civic affairs. He is a member of Rog ers City Kiwanis Club, the local post of the Amer ican Legion, the Rogers City Business Men's Association, the Alpena Chamber of Commerce, is Vice-President ol the Huron Road Association

and Secretary of the Grand Lake Improvement Association. He was president of the first board of deacons of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, lie helped organize and was the pres ident of the Boys' Council of Rogers City. His

in many matters of vital importance pertaining tei this congressional district.

Of course it is now history that Fred was electeM on November 8th, 1938, to the 70th Con gress, receiving 40,904 voles against 38,707 votes lor his incumbent opponent.

Older residents of the district tell us that Freel

conducted the most aggressive and thorough campaign ever attempted in the Eleventh Con gressional District which consists of nine coun

ties below the Straits of Mackinac and eight of the Upper L'eninsula counties. This congression al district has a population of 204,710.accoreling to the 1930 census.

It includes all counties north

ami west of Alpena, including Kalkaska, in the lower peninsula, and from the Soo to Menomi

nee, excluding only the seven westerly counties in the upper peninsula. It is therefore not at all

unusual that Mr. Bradley found travel by air

interest in aviation caused him to lie a leader

plane very useful in his campaign.

Fred advises us that he has been appointed to the Mines and Mining Committee, the Public Buildings and Grotmels Committee and the Indian Al fairs Committee. His business experience

in the movement that established the Presque Isle County Airport at Rogers City. He brought the first privately owneel plane to Rogers City the past _\ear and is a student pilot. In recog

Buildings and Gremnds Committee has ttneler its jurisdiction federal properly, and inasmuch as

nition of his work in the field oi aviation lie was

named vice-governor of the Michigan Depart

should qualify him for useful service on the Mines

and

Mining

Committee.

The Public

the- government has recently created .'i Federal Real Estate Board to appraise and administer

its convention in Grand Rapids January 27th,

such property, any business experience acquired by any member of such Committee is again a

1938.

useful asset.

ment eif the National Aeronautic Association at

He is also a member of the International

Shipmasters' Association. Mr. Bradley has been the most active representative from this county

We have received word from Fred recently. and he advises that he finds the work in WashiL'oiUiuuiHi on Next Pagej

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humorous and serious, in our memories of him."

The magnetic personality of Mr. O'Toole is portrayed in the expression of one of the young er engineers at Rogers City who said, "When a man seems like an old friend, although you have known him only for a short time, you can put it down that he has learned how to get along with men and win the respect of his fellow workmen. That was the great asset of Hilary O'Toole, which was always evident in the friendly spirit of co-operation in which he promoted the interests of the Company."

H. B. O'Toole was a devout member of St.Ignatius Church and a Solemn Requiem High Mass was offered by Rev. Fr. C. T. Skowronski, on Friday morning, January 27th.

At conclusion of the church ceremony, Fr. Skowronski offered his condolences to the fam

ily, relatives and friends of the deceased wdio had gathered in large numbers for these last rites, using as his theme, "The Three Modes of Life, the Physical, Mental and Spiritual."

The Pall Bearers, all co-workers and long as sociated with Mr. O'Toole in the Mill Depart ment of which he had charge, were: Anthony Mulka, Max Bellmore, Adolph Sorgenfrei, Cash Sobek and Alfred Hopp.

Mr. Hilary O'Toole is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. William Sewell of Hazel Park, Michigan; Kathleen and Eileen at home; four sons, Rex, Ralph, Gordon and Lawrence, all of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Barker of Bellingham, Washington, and Mrs. Ellen Mur phy of Alpena; three brothers, James O'Toole, Ann Arbor; Charles O'Toole of Seattle, Washing ton; and Sinclair O'Toole of Bellingham, Wash ington.

Do You Really Know J red Bradley!

(Continued from Preceding Page)

ington very interesting; and while we had hard ly expected a great deal of activity in this short time he has been in Congress, it is a foregone conclusion that Fred will "bide his time" and

when the first opportunity arises to accomplish something really worth while, Fred will grasp it immediately.

Naturally all of us take a great deal of pride in Fred's very successful campaign and his elec tion to Congress. Many of the Limestone em ployees have held local political offices and have rendered very useful and necessary service to the community; but Frd Bradley is the first one from this county to be elected to a major government position. Fred has many friends locally and in the district, who are confident that his present office is a stepping stone to more useful and im portant positions of service to our country.

YVilliam Crager Passes Away suddenly Fellow employees and friends were greatly shocked to learn 01 the death of William E. Gager which occurred at the General Hospital in Che boygan at 2 p. m., Tuesday, February 7th.

Mr. Gager nad been an employee of the Mich igan Limestone cc Chemical Co. since April 1. ±yl4, and since mat time had been connected

wuii the Mill Department and beginning in 1934. he was employed on winter construction and re pair work on the boats of the Bradley Trans portation Co., at Cheboygan.

On Wednesday, February 1st, he was working in the hold ot the Steamer Munson when a block

tell irom the deck and struck him in the fleshy pait ot the shoulder, causing injury which neces sitated his going to the doctor lor care. X-rays were taken—no bones were tound to be broken

and after several hours he felt quite comfortable Thursday, he was up about his hotel and his con

dition thought to be favorable. Friday, it pro gressed to the point where it was anticipated he would be coming home with the boys for over the week-end.

However, about five o'clock in

the afternoon he was taken with a severe chill

which rapidly developed into lobar pneumonia.

A lung specialist was summoned from Pontiac, a sputum test was made but the patient was found allergic to a pneumonia serum. Mr. Gager's con

dition was thought favorable up until Monday night, after which he gradually grew worse and he died at 2 p. m. Tuesday, February 7th.

William Gager was born at Harbor Beach

Michigan, May 20, 1880. At the age of twentyfour, he came to Presque Isle County and work> ed in the lumber camps in the vicinity of Ocqueoc until 1914 when he came to work with the Mich

igan Limestone & Chemical Co. He was always considered a careful, efficient and conscientious

workman, enjoying the respect and friendship of a host of friends and fellow workmen.

On July 4, 1907 he was married to Miss Ella

Tatro at Metz, Michigan.

Surviving, besides

Mrs. Gager, are seven children, Mrs. Thomas

Rose, Cora, Alvin, Maxine Roland, Shirley and Cleland.

Funeral services were held Friday from the St. Ignatius church with Rev. C. T. Skowronski

officiating, interment being made at the Rogers City Memorial Park.

Max Bellmore, Anthony Mulka, Walter Yarch.

Walter Strzelecki, Clarence Furtaw and Michael

Yarch, fellow employees, carried Bill to his final resting place.

Our hope for eternal life in the hereafter does

not spring from a longing for a spiritual exist ence, but grows out of our love for life upon this earth, which we have tried and found good.— Shores.

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Xilteen Jimpl mpioyees Complete JLweiity-Jrive Years ol (^ ontinuous iService In 1958 Fifteen employees of the .Michigan Limestone and Chemical Co. completed twenty-live years of continuous service with the organization eluring the year 1939. This brings the total of men having twenty-five years service up to thirtyfive. When we keep in mind that plant building

operations were started in 1911 anel that the first shipments of stone were made in 1912, we believe these fellows have rightfully earned the classifi cation of "'Old Timers."

We use the term en

dearingly however, as a glance at the accompany ing picture will readily convince anyone that this is a fine group of comparatively young men to

senior plug drill blaster. Frank Grohowski has had many jobs since he started out as a pitman; he is now one of the chief lieutenants in the Yard

I H-part merit. The operation of a steam shovel helel the close attention of Noah W. (Pete) Pol lock m the early days, later he became quarry siiiit foreman and is now general track fore man.

I he mill has always interested William Sobek, first as a laborer, later in practically every

department eh the mill.

He now is in charge

oi ihe mill elevator.

This group represents 375 years of continuous inestimable service, all have proved to be stal wart citizens enjoying the surroundings of com

have attained this distinction.

fortable homes anel the esteem of their fellow

Practically all departments are represented in this graduating class, who came with the com pany in 1913, and all have worked up to where they hold supervisory, key or other responsible

workmen, friends and neighbors. All are staunch

supporters of accident prevention activities.

A point of particular significance is the fact

positions.

above have been involved in a serious accident;

Starting on the left, standing, is George C. Wing. Power superiuteueleut, who entereel our employ on May 10, 1913 as an electrician. George Shorkcy's first job was that of a steam shovel fireman; now he is an electric shovel engineer operating shovel number eleven. Richard Flamann, who bird out as a driller in 1913, now is in charge of locomotive maintenance. Frwin Joppich's first job was that of store boy, now he is

that in itself to us is very gratifying and an ac complishment which perhaps depicts more clear

store keeper. Leon Ruell, a brakemau in his early days at Calcite, is now quarry shift f«ireman.

Fmil Dehnke, now shift electrician in the

that during the 375 years of service none of the

ly than in any other way possible, the morale, in tegrity and character of this group of employees.

They all have our congratulations, sincere thanks and best wishes.

Think

A. vv a ten word

There is a company in this country which has just one word for its watchword—Til INK! If a man thinks—really thinks—common sense

er when he. started out. Fred Horn is ilow senior

will come to his aiel and help him to avoid acci dent •; and save lives. That's the- way it has

locomotive engineer.

wo; ke-d for the company that uses it.

mill, hired out as a laborer in 1913. A car check

Hawkins ran

shovel, now

a

In the earl}' days Hector

steam

he oper

ates number twelve electric shovel.

Rob

ert l'atzer began work in the Mill Depart ment, later transfem-

to the Power Depar. • ment and

now

is

in

charge of powerhouse maintenance.

J oh n

Heller started out as a

store boy and is now machinist foreman.

\

pitman in 1913, Steve Wielajewski is now a

track inspector.

Seat

ed; Vincent Kuchinski was also a steam shov

el pitman and is now

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During 1958 Alex Rvbicki, for twelve years an employee of

and Lester of the Bradley Transportation Co. are members of the family in the Company's em ploye.

Louis Schleben, brother of Wilfred of the Yard

the Michigan Limestone e\: Chemical Ce>., dieel on August 29. 1938. He was only forty-nine

Department, was fatally injured in an automo bile accident while home visiting during the hol

years of age. Services were conducted by Rev Szturmeiwski and burial in Rogers City Memorial

iday season.

Park.

Mrs. Earl Xagle, age twenty-nine years, pass

ed away on September 24, 1938. Services were held at St. John's Lutheran Church by Rev. L. A Linn and burial in Rogers City Memorial Park, She leaves her husband, a son. her parents, Mr and Mrs. Jacob Yarch, brothers Anthony, Ilenrv and Leo. mid a sister. Mrs. Harry Kucharski.

Alexander Zempel, an employee of the Lime stone Co. the past sixteen years, was stricken sud denly at his farm home near Herron, Michigan.

At the time of his death

Oli December 27, 1938 he

was sixty-nine years of age. Services were con

Robert Super, brother of James Soper of the Shovel Department, passed away on Xovcmbei 7, 1938, age forty-nine years. Services were con ducted by Rev. S. J. Francis and burial was in

and burial was in Rogers City Memorial Park.

Three sons, John. Bruno

Long Rapiels Cemetery.

and Otto of the Yard De

Cyrus Bessie, a faithful employee in the blast ing Department, passed away on October 17

partment and two daugh ters, Mrs. John Wirgati and Mrs. Joseph Buck, survive him. Julius Zempel, Yard foreman, is

1938. He was off the job only a few weeks al though his health had not been good for some time. During his twenty years at the- plant he made friends with the entire personnel. Av honest and friendly man who was liked by all because of these line qualities.

Rev. L. II. Marx conducted the funeral servi

ces.

Besides his widow "Cy" leaves a son. Wil

liam, and a daughter. Mrs. Collin I'aulley.

ducted by Rev. L. A. Linn

a brother.

Alex was in charge of the painting and decor ating of the company dwellings. He had man\

friends among his fellow employees, who enjoy ed his humorous remarks and good nature.

Ihe year 1938 saw many of our friends am! employees pass on. â&#x20AC;˘"Calcite Screenings" ex presses sincere sympathy to those in their sor

Mrs. Bessie Lee. mother of Fred and Emerson

of the Electrical Department, Ivan of the Brad ley Transportation Co.. Harvey and Theodore, passed away at Flint, Michigan on December 7.

1938. She had lived in this community for main years and was well known

Mrs. Theodore Haselhuhn passed away on De cember 12, 1938 after a long illness. Funeral services were held at St. John's Lutheran Church

row.

fc/

New Arrivals

with Rev. L. A. Linn officiating anel burial was in Rogers City Memorial Park. Theodore, her husbanel, is a foreman in the Blasting Departinenl and Herman Rusch of the Electrical Department is a brother.

Daughters born in the homes of our employees since the last issue of â&#x20AC;˘'Screenings" were;

We are- sorry to note the passing of Alfred Wirgati. father of Leonard of the Track Depart

ment, brother of I'aul of the Drilling Depart ment, and John of the Transportation Depart ment.

Kathleen Marie to Mr. and Mrs. William La-

Lonele on July 29, 1938.

Mrs. Frank Gordon passed away on January 15, 1939 after an illness of a few weeks.

Janice Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Klee on August 2, 1938. Mr. Flee is employed by the Bradley Transportation Co.

Only

Mr. Lal.onde is an em

ployee of the Bradley Transportation Co. Joyce Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hein on

a yetting woman of forty-eight years, she leaves

July 18, 1938. Mr. Hein is employed in the Trans

many frienels and her family.

Her husband.

Frank, eh* the Construction Department, Clayton

portation Department.

Suzanne Irene to Mr. and Airs. Stanley Cen-

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tella on September 5, 1938. Mr. Centella is em ployed by the Bradley Transportation Co. l-.li/abeth Marie to

Mr.

and

Mrs.

Rogers City Boys' Club Did Their Part

Michael

1 oward (_ liri.stnia.v

George Kerr em September 2b, !9o8. Mr. Ken is employed by the Bradley I rausporiation Co. Sandra Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Louis i.e-veck or October 9, 1938. Mr. Leveek is employed by ihe Bradley Transportation Co. Jeanne Kutii lo Mr. and Mrs. J. P, ixmvilie on October 29, 1938.

Mr. Kinville is

treasurer oi

the Michigan Limestone 0v Chemical Co. Barbara .\ini to Mr. and Mrs. Allied Kiingshirn on November 2, i9oe>. Air. Klingslnrn is em

ployed in tile Mill Deparinieiu.

Janet Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gosselin on November 7, 1938. Air. Uossenn is employed in the M ill Uepartmcn!.

Sally Jean to Mr. anel Airs. Lii Minka on De cember 13, 1938. Air. Mulka is employed in the Mill Department.

Sons born to our employees were:

Alexaneler Ralph to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Malocha on September 12, 1938. Mr. Malocna iemployed by the Bradley Transportation lu.

Lloyd William to Mr. and Mrs. i-.ai I I ulgetsk'c on July 2S, 1938. Mr. Tulgetske is employed ir the .shovel Department.

Wayne- King to Mr. and Mrs. John Selke on October 3. 1938. Mr. Selke is employed by the Bradley Transportation Co. Ronald Leonard to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Idal ski on October 9, 1938.

Mr. Idalski is an em

ployee of the Track Department.

Paul to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lieellke on Octobei

25, 1938. Mr. Lieellke is employed in the Shovel Department.

Thomas Edward to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blaii

em November 12, 1938. Mr. Blair is an employee of the Drilling Department.

We have a view of the Christmas project of the Liogers Cit\ Boys' Club jtist before it was parcelled out in the community t<> make a cheery Christinas tor .some unfortunate boy or girl.

Some oi the articles in the picture are liftythree dresses made by the boys under the ab.c ehreciion ol Miss Frances I'okorski. The toys, cnairs, tables, magazine racks, doll beds, craelles, etc., were collected and repaired or made by the boys in this wood working shop under the direc tion ol Max Courval. After reconditioning, arti cles were given a coat ol paint.

"1 he Boys,' Club, under the- direction of Air. Ed ward Gapczynski, has been doing a good work in our community for many months. The club is well supported by those acquainted with its good work. If you haven't been over to the club rooms to see the laels at work anel play you

are missing something that will be gramying to you. I'rograms ed recreation and so called

employed in the Yard Department.

Donald Alex to Mr. and Ales. Alex Selke on

hobbies cover the many activities dear to the heart of a boy.

L is a pleasure- to note the respect paid the director by his charge.--. He has good control over the boys and when you learn that the aver age daily attendance during January 1939 was one hundred ninety-three, you wonder what kind

November 17, 1938. Mr. Selke is employed h\ the- Bradley Transportation Co. Jaysou Wayne to ..L. an I M.s, li iniaii Vogler on December 18. i'...>. Mr. V'oglCr is em

oi a charm lid possesses to keep them all in line. ball and hockey. is in the making.

ployed by ihe Bradley Transpo, union Co.

club room games.

Alvin Leo to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Yarch or December 19, 1938. Mr. Yarch is employed in the Drilling Department.

"Calcite Screening;;" e<nigra.ulates ihe proud parents of our new populace.

one of play alone- as instruction is given in wood

Donald Allen to Mr. ami Mrs. Gerald Burns on

November 12. 1938. Mr. Burns is employed 1>\ the Bradley Transportation Co. Arnold Ray lo Mr. ami Airs. Herbert llaselhuhn on November 13, 1938.

Air. Haseihuhn is

Worry is the interest paid by those- who bor row trouble.

The world owes every man a living—but he: has lo so out and collect it.

'Ihe hie;' recreation program on now is basket

A program in winter sports Along with this is Conducted The club's program is not

working, basketweaving. leather working, ami related interests.

The club i> supplying a need in our commun ity—supervised work and play for the many boys.

We feel that this organization will go far

in making good citizens of a fine group of boy> The- P»oys' Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and supported by the community and this company.

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in marriage at Yonkers, N. Y. by the Rev. Pon-

siglione on January 2, 1939. Mr. Santini is em ployed as a caretaker of company dwellings.

Charles Smith of the Bradley Transportation Co. was married to Mary Jane Morrison of Onaway on December 21, 1938.

Our Congratulations To These Newly-Weds —

"Calcite Screenings" extends Best Wishes tc

the many newly married couples.

May you all

be happy.

Paul Clans of the Drilling Dept. was married to liiiia rciegcr of Rogers City on September 24, 1938 by ihe Keverend Louis rv. Linn.

Paul Ristow was united in marriage to Elnora Wallace on December 10, 193s by the Rev. H. A. Uimi<e. Mr. Kistow is employed in the Milt De partment.

The man who is waiting for something to turn up might start on his own shirt sleeves.

Jf you- are blessed with a sympathetic disposi tion don'c waste it on yourself.

No one is useless in the world who lightens the

Merlin Per dike was married

to

Birdie

Mae

Bloss on.December 2d, 1938 by the Rev. Louis A. Linn. Mr. Peidike is employed by the Bradiey i ransportation Co. the marriage ot Sylvester Sobeck to Cecelia

burden of it for anyone else.

AnExpression of A ppreciation

Neckowski occurred on December 1/, 19o8. Kev. C. T. Skowronski performed the ceremony. Mr. Sobeck is employed by the Bradley Transporta

Rogers City, Michigan January 9, 1939 Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company Rogers City, Michigan

tion Co.

Gentlemen:

Jack Hoch and Thora Dennis were married on December 27, 1938 by Rev. S. J. Francis. Mr. Hoch is employed by the Bradley Transportation Co! LaVerne Bruder was united in marriage tc Mary Kowalski on December 31, 1938 by the

The members and director of the high school orchestra appreciate the opportunity you gave ujs to play at the Mid-Winter party held on January 4th. We also appreciate your generosity in pay ing us for our efforts. It is indeed very encour

Rev. C. T. Skowronski.

little contribution to a very successful party.

Mr. Bruder is an em

ployee of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Andrew Nedeau and Alice Berg were married on January 1, 1939 by Justice of the Peace Chas Dettloff. Mr. Nedeau is employed by the Brad ley Transportation Co. Fred Heythaler was married to Cora Wenzel on January 2, 1939 by Rev. C. T. Skowronski Mr. Heythaler is an employee of the Transpor tation Department.

Anthony Yarch of the Bradley Transportation Co. and Nellie Sobeck were united in marriage on January 3, 1939 by the Rev. C. T. Skowronski

aging to us and we only hope we made some

Eugene Kitchen Chester Wing

Yours sincerely, Charles Fteinzel Robert Ferdelman

Robert Leow Edward Greene Harvey Klann Martha Klinsman

Lloyd Conley Robert Shelley Caroll Hopp Aldie D. Long

CAN YOU WORK THIS OUT?

William Budnick was married to Carrie Sen-

ft JP^I& ^EY

kowski on January 7, 1939 by Rev. C. S. Szyper.

Mr. Budnick is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Co. Rolland Tulgetske and Viola Johnson were married on January 14, 1939 by Justice of the Peace Charles Dettloff. Mr. Tulgetske is em

ployed by the Bradley Transportation Co. Clarence Modrzynski was married to Myrtlebelle Wirgau by Rev. C. T. Skowronski on Jan uary 14, 1939. Mr. Modrzynski is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Co. Alvin Gager and Verna Budnick were married

by Justice of the Peace Robert J. Crable on Jan uary 20, 1939. Mr. Gager is employed in the Yard Department.

Andrew Santini and Gina Blasetti were united

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(justav Wenzel Is Juirst JLVmployee Ol Company To B JLvligible Tor A. .Pension Looking ahead twenty-live years may seem a long time, particularly to some of the young sters. Looking back doesn't seem so longâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least so says Gustav Wenzel. the first employee of the Michigan Limestone ec Chemical Co. to become eligible for pension under the rules of

ecome

passing of Mrs. Wenzel which occurred Janu ary 5, 1937.

Gust has always been tern busy working and

when but nine years of age. He still remembers a geiod bit about Germanj' and its customs. They settled in I'resque Isle County shortly after ar riving in this country, funning in the summer and lumbering in the winter. As soon as Gust was old enough to drive a team, he followed the plow in the summer and hit the cedar swamps

raising a family and garden to have much time for sports. Oh, he claims he liked to fish "when there really were some trout around these parts."

At spitzer he claims no championships but lit enjoys the game "paticularly if he can hang one on somebody." He must have been quite a danc ing enthusiast as he tells of walking from the Claybanks to Flagensville to attend one and we would judge that to be about fifteen miles.

Gust was pensioneel August 31. 1938 and book ing back over his twenty-five years of faithful service with the company, he says, "A mighty lot happened in those twenty-five years, still it now seems not so long ago that I took the old

in the winter; he also cut logs and elreive team

lunch bucket anel started for Calcite

from the we>ods to the landing.

Fie came to Rogers City primarily to enter the

time."

the United Stales Ste-el and Carnegie Pension Fund.

(.Just was born in Flabersdorl'f. Germany, June8. 1873 and came to this country with his lathei

saloon business with his brother but this wasn't

entirely to his liking and lu- took a job with The Paul Floe ft Lumber Cemipauy. docking lumber and loaeling cedar.

On August 9, 1912 he hired out tej- this com

pany as a Power Department laborer. Later he worked up to be a pump engineer. He spent all of his twenty-five years in the Power Depart ment and could usually be found around where there was anything being elone with pumps.

In 1898 he married Miss Marie Strieker anel

this happy un ion was blessed

the

first

He now busies himself with the chores,

taking care ol the garden anel as the picture in dicates, he is still sawing Wood.

GOING. GOING. GONF

Teacher: James, give a sentence- using the word "diadem."

James: People who drive onto the railroad crossing without looking for the red signal lights "di-a-ek-m" sight quicker than those who "Slop.

1jink, and Listen."

A man win. starts out with the idea of getting rich won't succeed: you must have- a larger am bition. There is no mystery in business success If you do each days task successfully, stay faith fully within the natural operations of coiumer-

with eight children, Clara,

eial law, and keep your head dear you will come

P r n a.

out all right.

Finina.

Rudolph,

Mel-

vin.

AI a r i e.

Ruth. Flva. all children n o w

living with the

This is an honest-to-

goodness rose produci d by William Fu-1 diet of the Mill Depart

exception

oI

jAlclvin

who

ment. Contrary to oc casional jokes we have

died at the age

a delightful climate in

of six

the northern tip of this

months.

Most

of

children married

ha ve sters tuvn

the are a n d

young of so

their Gust

enjoys a rather

larger

family,

saddened how ever by the

MIchigan Peninsula.

Bill picked this bou quet of roses on X'iivember

13,

1938

and

from his outdoor gar den, not the green1 oiise. i !e : ay., Ihat to his knowledge, this is the "last summer."

rose

of

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JXnow Your Tirst Aid—xxelp lo -Prevent Accidents The main purposes of First Aid training are: To prevent accidents. To make individuals see an accident in terms of possible pain to himself and his pocketbook is an important feature of any safety program. Impressing the results of failure to have small injuries immediately cared for is one of the best methods of getting people to have all injuries treated without delay. First Aid training also equips the individual with suf ficient knowledge to determine the nature and extent of an injury and to give the proper treat

other liquids as it may enter the windpipe and strangle him. However, if he is conscious, give him all the water he wants, slowly and in sips.

Whisky and brandy are not proper first aid stimulants and should not be used as they may do considerable harm.

Keep onlookers away from injured. Make pa tient comfortable and allay his fears. Keep him hopeful as a proper mental attitude is highly de sirable.

ment at the right time.

If patient is bleeding, it is necessary to stop the flow of blood at once, because when the body

General Directions: When a person is injured, the trained man possesses the ability to render

loses one-half its blood, the result is fatal.

If bleeding is not severe, and infection is the

chief danger, some bleed ing can be encouraged.

Apply 2>y2 % Tr. of Iodine if possible and cover with

First Aid and he should

tactfully assume

charge

of the situation in the ab

sence of a doctor, but a

FOR SCALP AND

UPPER PORTION OFHEA

doctor should be sent for

e/Nf» i-A^-t.

Keep the patient lying down

in

a

sterile i i j-

<«—.FORFACE

at once.

2^ for neck

FOR SHOULDER OR ARM

two

'OR HEAD

comfortable

ined that the injury is not serious.

This prevents fainting quite frequently and helps prevent the

Blood from

condition called shock.

flushed,

the

head may be slightly rais ed.

If

there

should

arterial

or

cut

arteries

Tourniquets are useful in two loeations: At point No.

is bright red and comes in , . , ., spurts, except where the

it abo.ut *he "J* die of the upper

cut artery is buried deep, J c

arm and at point

when it may appear to be

These5 W Soinn a steady stream. If bleed-

FOR BACK SURFACE' OF LOWER LEG

should take care of bleeding

at

any

place below them,

nig cannot be controlled

,

by a compress

over

,«

the

arp,pUne*d0uldtiglnt wound> Place pressure at You

should

enough to stop the

feel

the pulse in every

one of the six

pressure

Srand^houid^be" points indicated on the

case, otherwise you sure should be suf

released every 15 minutes; if bleeding starts again,

ficient to stop this pulsation.

be* tighteneV.h°U,d tourniquet is used, be

not pressing be are the artery.

Pres

vomiting, turn the head to one side to prevent the

types,

bleeding think first of pressure. The accompa nying chart shows where severe bleeding can be controlled or stopped.

LOWER ARM

at least until it is determ

the face is

Severe£

veinous, and in all serious

position with head level,

Almost always an un trained person insists that the injured sit up, or will perhaps try and get him to stand. This practice cannot be too strongly condemned. However, if

gauze. u

bleeding may be one of

chart, always between the , , . ~. . .

TJ. heart and the injury. If

sure to release it at spe

injured from choking.

Look for hemorrhage, stoppage of breathing,

cified intervals so circulation may be kept up. In

wounds, burns, fractures, dislocations poisons, etc. Be sure all the injuries are found.

In examining the injured remove just enough clothing to get a clear idea of the extent of the injury. Serious bleeding, stoppage of breathing and poisoning take precedence in this order over everything else and demand immediate treat

veinous bleeding the blood is dark red, comes in a steady stream and is usually controlled much easier than arterial bleeding.

Shock is present in all cases of serious bleed should be kept warm, using artificial heat if ne cessary, and place patient on back with head low.

ment.

Stimulants are to be avoided until bleeding has

Keep patient warm. This is essential in pre venting serious shock.

Keep cool and do not be hurried in moving the injured person, unless absolutely necessary, until thoroughly convinced what procedure is best.

Never give an unconscious person water or

ing, and as soon as bleeding is controlled, patient

been stopped.

The sooner a hard job is done the easier it is to do.

If you want your dreams to come true. oversleep.

Don't

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<Uou.il £zz {Jt £Jn <S<azEEmna± '9 is 1 hat C'Ome To Tne ILditor s JDesk

ersona

Just Among Ourselves We saw George Atkinson this morning and he looks as good or even better than new since his return from the hospital. We are glad to know he is feeling fit again.

A ticklish situation is nothing to be laughed at.

Ask Dave Larson about his theory that ice is more solid away from a dock than close to the dock.

The worst enemy a man can have is a careless friend.

What happens to a man who rolls a car and is carrying ten dozen eggs as a cargo? Ask Harry Piechan, he might be able to tell you. We're happy to be able to report that Harry was not badly injur ed.

He was well shaken

the nickname of "Omelet" for some time.

soul

some

Will come and abide with you.

and the suggestion is pass ed along that he be given the

title

of

"The

Good thoughts are like flowers that grew from the seeds Which you planted one day in the spring; And since you selected the seeds which you sowed, You knew just what flowers they'd bring.

Crash

King." We know that Stan doesn't feel so cocky about his good fortune that he will make the county fairs next year putting on any "Crash King" acts.

And have you seen Frank Reinke do his skating tricks?

Real fancy — where's the photographer?

It's nice to dream

of

And so are thoughts which will live in your mind,

If you will permit their admission; The good ones will lead you to heaven and God, While the others pave roads to per

a

day when you might be able to retire from work and have sufficient in-

dition.

i

come, but some of the boys we have talked with claim that work with pay is preferable to vacation with pay.

No matter how small the job, wear your gog gles if they are needed.

"Papa, what do you call a man who drives a car?"

"That depends upon how close he comes to me."

William.

It is only by thinking and living each day On planes that are lofty and true, That beautiful thoughts and a noble

It's no laughing matter to be tangled up with car accidents as some of you might know. Friend R. C. had

We felt sorry for William Heller. Even though Bill is built on the pudgy side we don't think that Robert Hamilton and Joe Penglase should use him as a snow plow. You shouldn't ride around with those roughnecks,

Beautiful thoughts do not arise In the mind of their own volition; You must choose your thoughts just as carefully As you choose a friend, or physician.

up and doubtless will carry

Stanbrook has

There seems to be some debate about it.

Money doesn't make a fool out of a girl as often as a girl makes money out of a fool.

During the bowling sea son at Alpena many of our fellows make weekly trips down there.

We wonder

ed why Harry Meharg hadn't been going down very

often,

and

learned

that a team's anchor man

must stay home the fol lowing week. This is a sad blow to Harry as he likes to bowl but insists on be

ing his team's anchor.

Spring isn't so far off, boys! We ran into a din ner party at a local eat shoppe recently and there were the same bunch that made so much noise out at

the golf course last sum mer—you know, Hoeft, Meharg, Valentin, Hempel and those fellows, and they had their girl friends with them.

From all the beau

tiful compliments paid the dear ladies, it looks as if the boys were preparing for another heavy campaign and were getting the girls in the mood for late dinners and the lonely week-ends to come.

We know that it wasn't the cold weather that

made Julius Zemple's face turn red one morning a few weeks ago. It was after one of our bliz zards that Julius drove down to the plant and

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busied himself with getting out the snow plow.

But by the time he got it out on the plant roads he found that the city plow had already cleared

spite of all the practice Dominic Mauti is afraid mat he'll forget a tot that he learned, but we'll

them off.

remember the important things they learned for quite a while.

Xow that Iffy the Dopeslcr has removed his mask we wonder if our own Sclinopsie the

Schnooper will reveal his identity.

Carl Starr spent twelve days taking a trip lo Florida and back, lie saw part o! the U. S. A. in a hurry, we'd say.

Some of the boys had a hot debate the other day concerning the merits of batteries in various cars.

Claims Ed Radka, "Those Buicks don't

have big enough batteries in 'em to run all the gadgets. ' Buick-owner Reinke stoutly refused to accept this statement but many of the fellows can remember how often last summer Reinke's car would be

jgjjgjjn^;.;- 7

bet that Dominic and all the other fellows will

California, land of dew and sunshine, may have ic.i Sol) eveiw I luirsday, but we in the snowy no.lli hud that SplO every Tuesday conies in haiK.y in keeping the coal bin full. It may have taken a long lime and many trips to the Court House to get that $lb, but it would be too easy if you didn't have to do something to get it.

CAR BOX

MONOXIDE SEASON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colder

weather is here and with it there will be an in crease in deaths from carbon monoxide. CO is

particularly dangerous because it cannot be seen, cannot be tasted, and cannot be smelled.

It is even less

-

sporting than the rattlesnake and strikes without warning.

Remember to keep your ga rage doors open while work ing on your motor or warming it up before starting out. Also

pulled up beside the shop with the charger hooked to it.

You may smile at Safety; but you can't laugh off an ac cident.

be

Health notes: About half of

sure

open

the company employees have been examined this year and we

that

by

deaths

a

doors

catch

have

are

held

as

many

occurred

when

are glad to note that most of

doors, Šlice opened, have been

our men are

blown shut.

in

pretty good

Plenty of fresh air is the only preventive measure for caroon monoxide poisoning.

condition.

Bill Heller claims that wait

ing in a doctor's office is as bad as waiting for your wife when you are planning to go some place and she still has to fix her hair, powder her nose, etc., etc.

We know a

Another health note? Sleep light, but don't drive your car thai wav.

When we asked Dave Lar

few old-timers

son why there are fewer train

who maintain that they never have a toothache.

accidents

That may

be true, but no doubt their teeth are false.

Pete Pollock came into the office some time

ago muttering, "Murder! That start."

Dodge won't

A few days later he was seen driving

a new car.

When he was asked about it he ex

plained that even at the garage they couldn't get his old car started, try as they might. But, dog

than

auto accidents

he said it might be due to the fact that the engi neer is never found hugging the fireman.

There are a lot of lellows who are wondering just when Ernie Adrian is going to get that ice boat of his built. For a number of years now Ernie has been making plans, colecting plans and talking, but no one has seen any definite re

gone it, he'd only had this new one about fifteen

sults as vet.

minutes when they got the old one going in fine shape.

.Mike Johnson bought himself a bird dog last summer and he believes that the pooch will really

Our first aid classes were well attended this

year and the boys really went at it in earnest.

Anyone entering any of the class rooms during

the practice periods would have seen what a front line war hospital might look like with its many bandaged inmates. What really bothered some of the fellows was to lie a square knot that didn't always turn out to be a "granny knot." in

make a good hunter.

What makes Mike so sure

of this is the fact that when the dog gets near any of the chickens he almost starts "pointing" them.

We are told that the following is a fairly ac

curate report on a conversation which ensued when someone smashed a fender Heller's new car.

on

Johnny

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ever, he did find an egg in one of the nests. Xow Joe can i seem to find the hen that laid it. May be it was one of the neighbor's hens. Joe. We've heard a rumor that Fred kadka irom across the

i oad planted the egg there.

We understand Harold Bollock has officially

opened the swimming season in Grand

Lake.

better watch those holes in the ice, Harold.

Wherever you go ilu-se cold days you hear fellows talking about how their cars won't start.

And wherever you go around the plant you hear about Harry Meharg's trouble especially. After considering all ihe reports on it we lind that this one just about covers the whole situation : Poor bunnies,

liiu that isn't what Alike Gro-

howski of the Transportation Department and brother-in-law Alfred lvlingshiru oi. the Mill De partment think. The rabbit hunters had a great season in these parts this year which made it very nice during ihe vacation period.

Johnny, getting out of his car: "Gee Whiz!"

And then to the driver, who did the damage, 'Gee whiz! 1 just gave this car to my wife as a Christmas present, now look at it!"

Other driver: "Well, 1 can have it bumped out and painted so it will look as good as ever."

Johnny: "Well, Gee Whiz! 1 don't want a patched up fender on a brand new car."

Other driver: "Then I'll put a new fender On for you."

Johnny: *'Gee Whiz!! 1 don't want you to do

Ernie Adrian says, "My car always starts in cold weather. Ask Harry; I tow his car every mornhii>\"

To anyone looking for a super salesman we would suggest that they see Frank Reinke.

Frank has the best of references. He can point with pride (and probably does) lo his achieve

ment in filling up that Alpena Special, the train that look so many basketball fans to Alpena on the tenth. His technique may be a bit rough yet in spots, but with a little more practice he could be another mighty I'.anmin or at least a good magazine salesman.

that."

Other driver: â&#x20AC;˘"Well, then, you put it on your self."

Johnny: "Gee Whiz!!! I don't want to do that either!"

We know that the car got a new fender bin we're still wondering who paid lor it.

ANSWER TO I'L/./LFOX PAGE 1-07 "Common Sense is the Heart of Satety."

A couple of local kids stirred up more interest in the boxing game around here tiiis winter than Joe Louis and John Henry Lewis could in a year.

A good many of the local fans drove- down to Alpena for three nights ol "leather throwing" in January and everybody seems to have found it

.Many times one is asked the question, "What do you do in Rogers City with your spare time?"

We usually answer that spare time is hard to

worth while.

find.

Ella Reinke should open a novelty shop. Xo doubt she would do very well at it if past per formances mean anything. Anyone who can

the products from his wood working shop. Wood working is just one of "Griff's" hobbies and many others like him spend their spare time en joying interesting and profitable hobbies.

make flower vases "sell like hot cakes" in

the

winter time must be pretty good.

Joe Ivasuba has a fine flock of chickens on bis "farm." but he has been having some trouble making them lay. He has fed them well all win ter without much results.

The other day, how

Here we show Griffin Pines with some of

"Griff's" tools are all home made but he uses

them very well and his finished products are

well done.

He is equally proficient with boat

building and uielal working. If you are ever looking for a handy man to do your odd jobs, just see "Griff."

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LaBelle Fatima. The

Oriental

Dancer,

im

ported from the Orient at

an

enormous

ex

Fatima

has

pense.

danced before the Crowned heads of Fur-

ope and the bald heads ot Rogers. She does not move her hands or feet but still she danc

es.

It's a clean, whole

some show all the way through so don't lieafraid to bring your wife, daughter, mother or

sweetheart.

The

price is only a dime, ten cents

and

the

show

starts right away. No, we're only fooling. It's Red Lee making funny while decorating tor the company banquet.

Xow that our men have, been trained in the

application of first aid we hope they aren't too eager It) put the training to use. An ounce oi accident prevention, you know, is worth a pound of bandages.

Official reports state that the earth tremor felt around Lake May a few days ago was due

to Lester Raymond being unable to keep up with his feel while making a record breaking ski jump. How about a cushion to land oil, Les: Now we know why Fred Bade and Charlie Griwatch never catch any small perch. They fish in about two feet of water and can see just

wdiat is going on all the time. Why bother with hook and line, you could probably catch them by hand.

He was at the skating rink re

cently when a young lad glided up and said. "Say mister. I know you're a man but il you would eat Ralston breakfast food every morning like I do, you would grow a lot more."

The fishermen like to see this snappy weather The

fish seem

en's hats (the doll hat craze J we have become so accustomed to queer head gear that the partyhats looked fine."

Ibis sounds like a dig at the ladies and after

tiny served us so abundantly with good food and gave such excellent service we hardly think they have this coming. Xo wonder the doctors say "too fat" during this examination period. Our ladies can give good food and lots of it.

My we have a modest bunch of hunters around

here!

We know that a lot of our fellows got

their buck this year and the rabbit season was

exceptionally good but no calls for the photog rapher to get pictures. Maybe some of the Grand

Lake fishermen will give us something to shoot at.

Dominic Mauti had an opportunity to lead the singing at the banquet, lor the song.

to bite better when one has a

couple of feet of ice to break through and cold north winds to face all day. Lots of fun, but isn't it nicer to stretch out in your boat under

a July sun waiting for that ten pounder to strike?

oi the native sous to shame. good job.

Dominic did a

Circuses hire people to take chances; industry does not.

Guess Who? Xow

a

mature

man. this young fellow is employ ed in tin- Flectri-

Ca 1

I)eparinieiu

and

has

b e e n

there for over ten

He

likes

to fish, read, list

en to good music and go joy riding.

He keeps in close touch with the do

ings over in Ger many, the land of his b i r t h. b y means of his short wave radio.

A sober young fellow, don't you think? looks

Our wide open winter the prophets were pre dicting last Thanksgiving, is still with us, open at both ends and a sub-zero wind blowing right down the middle. We'll still string along with George I'ilarski who says he has lived in this country for sixty years and there has always been a pretty good winter each year.

lie chose "America"

The enthusiasm of some of the

adopted sons for their country should put many

years.

Art Voigt, the five foot four crane operator, likes to skate.

A Liter to Joe Valentin, Editor, reads like

this: "In the past we have always thought that ihe hats you supplied the fellows at banquets and parties made tin in look both freakish and funny but since the advent of the new styles in wom

He as

still sober

when he's at work

but he gets a lot of joy out of life and many times you will see him with a twinkle in his eye and wearing a big smile.

The Guess Who in the last issue of "Screen

ings" was Earl Meyer of the Power Department.

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finings nf In* Bittter

Arnunn

In- Plant

could always put id over. He vould have maele a good Foluicker lor ven he vants any ding he goes unt gets id.

Veil Mitzie 1 vill have to come to a close for dis

time as der is nod much news. I vill write you more der next lime. Oh say, Mitzie, did 1 tell you dot Frank Fiewelling und Buddie Minton got der buck Last tall after Sixteen years of trying Dem two deer must have been crippel or ver on der WI'A dot dey slowed up dot does decrslayers could shoot dem.

So vill write you soon tint tell you all der news den.

Mit Bestcti Leaba,

Schnopsic.

AI ^rhunpiiir .My Dear Mitzie,

Veil Joe is going lo get oud a mid-vinlcr num ber of der Schreenings so 1 vill write you all del

news around der plant vich has been very quiet until last veek. Der ground Hog came out and did not see his shadow unt stayed oud. So have der boys for dey are all ad vork again unt del employment has gone up, dat is why dey vants more money for tier WT'Acrs down ad Washing ton.

Veil Mitzie you know dot der old age pension law is a great ting for us all because ve vill all need id if dey keep UP der Taxation.

Dey had a parly der oder night unt you should have seen dot P.ill Turno put on der Hop Waltz uut Joe- Valentin unt Vic Koch der Waltzing bud Boehmer-â&#x20AC;&#x201D;ha! He vas der boy der whole flooi show so if anybody vants any talen Veil yousl look tip deas Boys dey have got id.

Vas Vic's face red der oder day.

"Porky" Bruning's old time orchestra were the popular musicians at the big dance. They kept their crowd hot-footing it every minute.

Bernard Wagner, Ed Green and other square dance experts could show the modern jitter-bug plenty in the way of variety and endurance. We have a lew employees old in service but still young in the legs.

This winter the boys of the winter crew have formed a bowling team and are playing in the American League in Cheboygan.

At present they are in third place with the Cheboygan Drug leading the league. We hope that when the smoke and strife cleans away the Marines will lie at the to]), but at present they seem to have their anchors down. The team consists of: Reg ulars, John Sucharski, Capt., Wirgil Beebe, Alex Malocha. Watson Malocha, Louis Woda; Subs,

Wes Bishop. Mark Haswell. Tony Yarch.

If a man lake no thought about what is dis tant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Well he should

be glad dot it vas not der Pontiac.

Veil I see dot der I'olitickers are on der move

again, out mit der promises of less work mil more taxes.

Dey need der money ad vane time del

government vas tor der peopls Uftd by Der p.eopls bud dot is gone mid der vind id is ail for del

Politickers now der guys dot Put up der sugai have uodiugs to say.

Dave Lai sou uiusi be changing his vays foi ve have nod heard a thing oi mm cli i vinler usi

stays in der house so dey don't get any on him.

Veil we have had a schwell Lots oi .-ocial ac

tivity's Her Safely dance unt \)vr Plant Banque! vas one of der high lights mil der .-pcaker vas one of der besl. Ilov if I coui.l talk like him i vouhl be writing a Udder lo you as long as youi arm unt put a lot in id.

Bay Mitzie if you ever need a high Pressure Salesman get Frank Rankle. Ovv vay dot In put der ticket Sale over for der basket Ball train

to Alpena vas somethings. Der whole town vas dere even der Krippled uut der Blind bud Frank

Here are six hunters

from

out

near Hawks

who aren't asking for a season on antlerless deer. Elmer Brege and five fellows from the Schalk family with a nice buck apiece.

"That some should be rich shows that others

may become rich, and hence isjustencourage ment to industry and enterprise. Let not him who hath no house tear down the house of his

neighbor; but rather let him strive diligently to build one for himself, thus, by example, show ing confidence that when his own is built it will stand undisturbed." â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Abraham Lincoln

CALCITE

SCREENINGS

lio Gccident Honoi Koll Uepattment

weman oh.

C^aptai

am

BLASTING CREWS

Theo. Haselhuhn

CARPENTER SHOP

Chas. Hoffman

DRILLS

Thomas Kelley

DRILLS

John Dembny

ELECTRICAL CREWS

Frank Reinke

MACHINE SHOP

William Heller

MILL

Adolph Sorgenfrei

MILL

Anthony Mulka

POWER HOUSE

Geo. C. Wing

SHOVELS

Leon Ruell

SHOVELS

Robert Hamilton

TRACKS

John Modrzynski

TRACKS

Peter Giovangnoria

TRANSPORTATION

C. C. Eldridge

TRANSPORTATION

Victor Koch

YARD

Julius Zemple

TUGS

Capt. Walter Peppier Chief Frank Lamp

DETROIT DOCK

STR. CARL D. BRADLEY

STR. B. H. TAYLOR

E. B. Metzen

Capt. F. F. Pearse Chief John Sparre

Capt. Theo. Dahlburg Chief Thos. Suttle

STR. JOHN G. MUNSON

Capt. Clayton Martin Chief Arthur Urdal

STR. W. F. WHITE

Capt. M. R. McLean Chief J. A. Anderson

CA1CITE

SC R EENINGS

Published by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company, Rogers City, Michigan, in the interest of Safety and Welfare

The columns of "Calcite Screenings*' are open to receive plant news, photographs, cartoons, safety sugges tions and other items of general plant interest. Contributions will be welcomed from all employees. AH such contributions should bear the name of the department and the sender and should be addressed to the

editor-

J. A. VALENTIN, Editor

Summer

ED 1

()

Our 1959 Safety Record It is very gratifying to note that the first six year.

We have had one lost lime accident at the Cal

cite Plant, one lost time accident at the Buffalo

Plant, no lost time on the boats of the Bradley Transportation Company commencing- with lit out operations and no lost time accidents at the Detroit Dock.

Any successful safety movement requires that

safety must start with and be an important part of the duties of Management. All officials, fore and

sub-foremen

must

be sincerely and actively en gaged by precept and example in the promotion of safety.

To conduct safety work suc cessfully it is also necessary

Infections result mostly from minor wounds.

-More serious injuries are usually well cared for,

and infection does not develop. A small scratch, skin prick, or abrasion may be thought of as of too little consequence to bother with first aid.

Therein lies a mistake, any break in the skin no matter how small is fertile territory for infec tion and should be treated accordingly.

Just a few days ago a man died in the City of of Detroit as the result of an infection which de

veloped from a small skin prick he received from a screen wire while putting up the screens on his house. A worker in a machine shop bumped his elbow causing a

SAFW CMff WOW

to obtain the interest and co

tions that apply to them and

Infection

pital was necessary to save the man's life.

unsafe habits and practices, employ judgment and precau

recovered.

A

make every effort to prevent ti.e occurence of accidents and

active conscientious effort on the part of all our employees to eliminate unsafe practices, hazards and accidents. The practice of safety pays divi dends so large, the benefits are so great, we can not relax our vigilance.

care

of

minor injuries is time well spent. No injury, however

The workmen invariably are

perience of the past six months is indicative of an

few minutes in the first

aid room in taking

injuries.

Therefore we all owe it to ourselves and our

Full use of the

arm probably will never be

tions in doing their work ami

dependents to exercise every precaution in avoid ing accidents and permanent injuries, and the ex

rapidiy

and several, weeks in the hos

that they avoid careless and

fering and, in many cases physical handicaps as

spread

once it was well under way

It is imperative

the result of injuries.

ing without bothering to re

physician.

do their share in successfully carrying out an adopted safe

pensation, regardless of the amount, is inade quate to pay for the loss of earning power, suf

The

man thought the injury not worth noticing, kept on work

sore and the man took it to a

safety rules, laws and regula

the greatest losers as a result of accidents. Com

slight break in the skin.

port to the plant hospital. Five days later, although still work ing, the arm became quite

operation of the employees in actively and heartiky observing

ty program.

August 1939

Tlie Value Of First Aid

months of operation in 1939 shows considerable improvement in our accident experience over last

men,

I A L S

slight, should

be

carelessly

passed by when there is a possibility of danger ous after effects.

He who freely magnifies what hath been nob

ly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of his fidelity.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;John Milton.

A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Henry Ward lieecher.

Are you a father?

safely."

Don't take a chance, work

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Tke One Fellow Tkat Can Hurt You

Bicycles, 5kates, Coasters and Sleek

In all the world there is only one fellow who

can hurt you. Only one fellow who can kick down the future you have planned, who can

trample under foot the foundations of happiness you have laid.

There is only one fellow who can waste today

for you—who can handicap you for the big things you are going to do tomorrow. Only one fellow who can break your nerve or crumble your hopes —who can blast your love and cripple your faith.

And you know who he is! You may kid your self sometimes, make believe you think it is somebody else—'but you know.

The only person in all the world who can help or harm you is you, yourself. By your hands alone can be molded your future—in your heart and in your brain alone lies the answer to every problem you will ever face.

No man can hurt you from the outside—he must do it from the inside. For you must do it

yourself—he can't. His meanness and small-

People riding bicycles in the street are a part

of the regular traffic and should observe traffic rules.

When a child rushes out of a driveway

on a bicycle, or weaves from one side of the street to the other, he is not fair to automobile

drivers, because their cars travel much faster and cannot dodge as easily. Most automobile drivers watch out for children riding bicycles; and bicycle riders should form the habit of look ing out for automobiles.

To ride safely at night, place a light on the front ot the bicycle and a tail-light or reflector at the rear. It is not safe for two people to ride on one bicycle, as this makes it hard to keep a

good balance and to steer properly.

Roller skaters should obey the same rules as

people on foot. Skating, or coasting on a wagon or sled, is fun and good exercise; but for these

sports we should choose places where there are no automobiles, streetcars, or railroad tracks.

Stealing rides or hooking onto the back of

ness and disloyalty fall like broken arrows from

automobiles or trucks, while on bicycles, wag ons, sleds, or skates, is taking a chance of ser

you hurt yourself.

ious injury. The driver may increase his speed suddenly or come to a quick stop, or perhaps turn so quickly that the boy or girl will be run

your armor—if you don't permit him to make

The greatest harm a man can do you to make you hate him, make you harm him. For in try ing to harm him—you harm yourself doubly.

over.

BICYCLE AND SKATE IN SAFE PLACES.

No man was ever broken by treachery, by ingrat

itude, by unfairness—only by bitterness that they sowed in his own heart.

Let's All Keep Salety Consciousness

Within yourself lies the answer to your fu ture. Nothing can hurt you that you do not take into your heart and nurse.

So don' let anything "get your goat." A sneer

thoroughly organized and competently executed program, which enlists the co-operation of every

A good safety record doesn't just happen like the sunshine or rain. It is part of a well planned

in your heart is more dangerous than a bullet in

one in a conscientious and determined effort to

your back.

eliminate all accidents.

Keep Watch On Tke Little Ones

records show that the majority of accidents are

Safety should be an integral part of every job,

An accident resulting in a serious injury can

arouse a person to think that something drastic should be done to prevent a similar occurrence.

Too often not sufficient heed is taken of the mi nor accidents and after all the seriousness of the

result of any accident has nothing to do with the cause and consequently with its prevention.

The cause of the accident that results in the

loss of a hand may be the same as that which re sults in a small cut on a finger. We should be

just as concerned about preventing accidents which result in minor injuries as we are with those of a more serious nature.

It has often been said, "Take care of the little

accidents and the big ones will take

care

caused because some one fails to take the neces

sary precautions. Regretable as it may seem most often they are known precautions and the failure to recognize the hazard or condition is due to a mental lapse or involuntary mind.

No matter how good our safety record may have been we cannot rest on our past laurels.

Safety is a condition or attitude of the mind which needs constant reminders to keep it in

the foreground. Safety consciousness must be developed, it is not an inherent quality. Acci dents can only be eliminated by constant repeti tion of known hazards, ferreting out hidden ones, and developing means of creating and maintaining Safety Consciousness.

of The men whom I have seen succeed best in life

themselves."

An earnest endeavor to investigate each ac

have always been cheerful and hopeful men, who

cident, no matter how trivial for the purpose of

went about their business with a smile on their

determining the cause and the

faces and took the changes and chances of this

prevention of

further accidents will automatically tend to re

mortal life like men, facing rough and smooth

duce all accidents.

alike as it came.—Chas. Kingsley.

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FaUe Of Tlie Hot Dog Stand

jCtYO ero JL/ays JDj amid Hours W itli a Car Just Why there should be more motor vehicle deaths on Sunday than on any other day of the week but more non-fatal injuries on Saturday is

something of a mystery; the figures, neverthe less, prove this to be true. Whatever the expla nation, you'll agree after carefully perusing the table, that were driving on the highways is con cerned it's a great life if you don't weekend!

Holidays too, generally show a decided increase in mishaps.

There was a man who lived by the side of the road and he sold hot dogs, lie was hard of hearing, so he had no radio.

Pie had trouble with his eyes, so he read no news papers.

Hut he sold good hot dogs. Me pn! sifpig tip on the highway, telling how good they were. I Ic stood on the side of the road and cried, "Buy a hot dog, mister:" And people bought.

He increased his meat

S3

S g S-i C

PhM

Oh O

Oh fl

6,820

200,481) 153.510 134,040 138,620 143.200

17.5 13.4 11.7 12.1

160,380

6,300

21.3 12.6 10.9 10.9 11.7 12.9 19.7

215.370

14.0 18.8

32,000

100.0

1,145.600

100.0

4.030 3.490 3.490 3.740 4.130

THURSDAY

FRIDAY SATURDAY TOTAL

2-a

8| SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

and

bun

order,

lie

bought a bigger stove, to take care of his trade.

He Finally got his son home fr<mi college to help

Days Of Occurrence Of Accidents 1938 tj

r^

Pi o

12.5

Death strikes most frequently just after din ner; injuries reach their peak before dinner.

More persons are killed in traffic accidents be tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening

him.

But then something happened. I lis son said.

"Father, haven't yon been listening to the radio?

Haven't you been reading the newspapers?

'1 here's a big depression on. The European sit uation

is

terrible.

The domestic

situation

is

.worse. Everything's going to pot."

Whereupon the lather thought. "Well, my son has been to college, he reads the papers and lis tens to the radio, anil he ought to know."

So the father cut down on hi> meat and bun

orders, took down his advertising signs, and no longer bothered to stand out .mi the highway and sell his Ik.I dot's.

And his sales fell off al

most overnight.

than at any other hour of the day. but the high

''You're right, son." the father said to his boy.

"We certainly are in the middle of a great de

point for injuries is between four and six o'clock

pression."

in the afternoon.

Dusk, darkness and fatigue

are undoubtedly strong contributing factors in

bringing the accident curve to its peak toward the close of the day.

1 lours Of Ckcurrencc

Of

3

£3 12 1 6 7

to to to to

8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3

to to to to to to to to

1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4

A. A. A. A.

A. A. A. A. P. P. 1'.

P.

Al.

1,660

M. Al. Al.

4.320 540 670 670 770 900

M.

M. M. M. Al. Al.

8.0

930 1.120

u

C

5.2 13.5 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.5 4.6

40,100 101,960 16,040 29,790

3.5 8.9 1.4

36,660 36,660 44,680

5.9

89,360 89.360 77,900

3.2 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.9 (..4 7.8 7.8 6.8

84,770 72,170

7.4 6.3

54,990

4.X

49.260 45.820

4.3

luit

4.0

g&t ahead of

1.145.600

100.0

5 to

1,990

6.2

6 to 7 to

7 P. Al. 8 P. Al.

2.560 3.010 2.270

1.570

8.0 9.4 7.1 5.8 5.7 4.9

32,000

100.0

TOTAL

1,860 1.820

half-finished condition, can never know. this consci entious com-

£>S

1.120 1.470 1.890

8 to 9 P. Al. 9 to 10 P. Al. 10 to IIP. Al. 11 to 12 P. Al.

tu

complete in all its parts—which the superficial man, who leaves his work in a slovenly, slipshod,

O, U

Al. Al. 5 1'. Al. 6 P. Al.

4 to

_,

3

everything which he attempts to do. There is a sense of satisfaction, a pride in .-uirveying such a work—a work which is rounded, full, exact,

Accidents 1938 o 8

u

A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or al least to the best of one's ability,

48.110 48.110 50,410 56.130

73,320

Pi U

2.6

plet ea ess which turns w o r k into a r t .

T h e s m a 11e s t

thing,

well

d one.

be

comes artis

tic. — Wil liam Math ews.

Our busi ness in life is not to

!L,r e I o f

WEAK

ahead others,

to

get

ourselves.

ton" u°r

PENTs

It is

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Calcite Screening's

Tlie Result ol Changes In jtorage aiul ocreening

.

.

.

By George E. Breach

During the past three years we have witness ed extensive changes to the Storage facilities of our plant. These changes have been spread over a three-year period of time, and it is difficult to realize the extent until we begin to lake stock o! the present facilities.

the conveyors, and reinforcing other galleries a.id their supports to carry the added loads int.oduccd by these changes.

The construction carried out during 1637 was concentrated on extending the existing stor

j.umped from the screen house in previous years, and m order to ship the stone it was necessary

ages of number two and number four stone.

to rehandle it by replacement into storage ser viced by a tunnel loading conveyor.

This was accomplished by excavating the material with a shovel, transporting by truck and train, then placing it in storage by means of an incline con veyor. With existing equipment at that time,

This necessitated the erection of structures over

these two storages to house and support the stockinÂť- conveyors. It also required the build

ing of tunnels and conveyors beneath the stor ages to conform with the existing loading equip

it was necessary to form this storage between

ment.

The year of 1938 showed less construction ac tivity than the previous year, the greatest change being the lengthening of the fln.x storage stock ing conveyor. A sixty foot gallery of the canti lever type of construction was built to provide for this increase of storage capacity. Two minor structures were also erected on the ends ol the

number three and number four stone storages.

Though all of these structures were compara

tively small, they increased storage capacities a great deal and created independent storages for dolomite, thereby eliminating- contamination ol high calcium stone due to using the same stor

age for these two chemically diifcrcnt products.

The largest construction program during this

period of improvements took place in the spring of 1939,

During the operating season of 1938, a large tonnage of fines was removed from lake storage for use as cement stone. 4'his material had been

This included installation of some new

equipment in the screen house, new conveyor lines to the various fines storages, relocation ol existing conveyors, new structures to support

the number three and number four construction

stone storages at the expense of decreasing the

required space for these two sizes. The size of this storage available for lake storage cement stone was inadequate to care for increasing re

quirements for future shipments of this material, so it was thought advisable to move the equip ment to a new location, thereby creating a nevv

storage entirely independent of other storages and of a capacity sufficient for the required ton nages. By moving this storage two objectives were accomplished. More uniform quality of the two sizes of construction stone on either

side of the old storage, by the prevention of con tamination with lake storage material, was made

possible. A separate operating unit, entirely in dependent of other plant operations was created. which (Jiminalcd the possibility of interference Below we have a good view of the Lake Storage Stocking Conveyor

Calcite Screening's

of the main plant operating unit.

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Screening equipment for the smaller sizes ol"

Loading Lake Storage Stone for Transportation to lor these alterations.

Stocking Conveyor

stone became obsolete and inadequate to produce the products required by increasingly exacting specifications. In the spring of 1938 six of the

which have been produced prior to this time,

fjl addition to the various larger >izes of stone

obsolete vibrator type screens were replaced by

these replacements and changes now permit .siz ing of smaller stone within very close limits.

modern double deck screens to care for these

For example, one class of chemical stone must

requirements.

In 1939 the remaining vibrating

have as its maximum size one and one-half inch

screens were replaced by duplicates of the pre

es, and as its minimum one inch.

vious year's installation. Xew and larger decks were also installed on several of the existing screens in order to obtain better screening and

tion stone used for concrete aggregate is sized

closer sizing than had been possible previously.

Similar improvements had been contemplated at the time the screen house was built, and pro vision was made in the design which eliminated extensive alterations to the structural members

A construc

from a maximum of one inch to a minimum of one-quarter inch. Still another stone used for

road work must have limitations of one-quarter inch to one-sixteenth inch.

Stone of these var

ious classifications is now being produced in The Fines Distribution and Stocking Conveyors From .'â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ hi in iii-fi on i':i,m- ig37}

An Elevation

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fP%okuUion Of *~Jhz iBradUij ^Stzamsii When it is proposed to build a new steamer it is customary to make a model of the vessel and tow it in a tank designed for this purpose.

More recently these models have been self pro

pelled and the propeller has also been subjected to extensive tests, in connection with the design of the new transatlantic liner "Queen Mary,"

8.000 experiments were made with model hulls and 1,000 experiments with model propellers.

This idea of experimenting with models is not new as among the earliest recorded ship model

experiments are those of Benjamin Franklin, who, after a trip to Holland where he had noticed

a reduction in the speed of a canal boat when the water was low, made a trough of wood 14'-

o" long, 6" wide, and 6" deep lilted with a loose board by which the depth of water could be var

ied. In' the trough he placed a model boat 6" long to which was attached a silk cord which ran over a brass pulley fixed at one end of the trough and which was weighted with a shilling.

Franklin found that the speed of the boat in V/2" of water was about one quarter less than when the water was 4l/>" deep.

The modern experimental ta: k is due to the

genius of William Fronde, win. in 1856, con

ducted experiments on the "Great Eastern," His tank, at his home in Torquay, England, was

27cS ft. long by 36 ft. wide by 10 it. deep. Above the water and supported on a track was the towing machinery and recording instruments.

Recent model tanks are much larger but gener

ally follow the pattern of Fronde's tank with, of course, many improvements. The largest tank in this country is run by the Navy Department in Washington, D. C. and is equipped lor making

sell-propelled model tests. This tank does test ing for private builders and owners in addition to Xavy work. Owing to the increase in size and speed of modern vessels, particularly for

XV. L.. Otanbrook

Picture shows the 22 foot model of the Carl D. Brad

ley being tested at the Washington Navy Depart ment. It is moving at a speed equivalent to 14 miles per hour on the full size ship. Notice the observers taking readings at the propulsion motor. The re cording instruments are on top of the carriage and are not shown in picture.

the Navy Department and also due to the ac cumulation of work at the present tank, it has been necessary to build a new tank just outside of Washington, and it is felt that when complet ed this tank will be superior to the recently de

veloped European tanks. At our own University of Michigan there is a model testing tank which has been used to a large extent for testing mod els of lake vessels, and it was here that the orig inal model of our CARL D. P. RAD LEV was towed before the vessel was built. This tank

is not equipped for making self propelled tests or for testing propellers.

The testing of propellers is generally carried out in the same tank that the ship models are towed in. This is accomplished by driving a

model propeller well behind a special housing for the small motor which turns the propeller. Read

ings are taken of the propeller revolutions, speed of travel, thrust and torque, and a pro peller efficiency curve at different slips is com piled, the slip being the relation between the pitch and the distance the propeller actually moves through the water in one revolution. Spe cial tunnels are now being used for testing pro

pellers where they can be observed through win dows by the use of a stroboscope under various conditions of Speed and loading. Much valuable information for the naval architect and marine

engineer has been gained, but when the propeller which has been exhaustively tested in the open is run behind a model ship, different conditions are encountered and important assumptions have

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to be made when attempting to design the best propeller for a given design of hull.

After the designer has done his best to design the best propeller for a fixed condition, we have to contend with a variety of changes from dif ferent causes. The draft when loaded, the dis tribution of the ballast water when light, the

direction and size of waves, the Velocity and di rection of wind, the cleanliness of hull plating,

The model was altered to incorporate these

changes and a model of an improved solid type propeller made.

This combination was then tested and a sub

stantial increase in speed fef the same shaft

horsepower was shown or a saving in horse power fur the same speed. These savings can m. doubt be duplicated in the vessel itself but

some practical questions are involved. The best

and the depth of water in lakes and rivers all

propulsive efficiency can be had with an unbal

affect this problem.

anced rudder, solid bronze propeller, and faired

The best propeller for one set of conditions is not necessarily the best for another set of condi tions on the same vessel, so that the designer has

to hit upon the best compromise for all kinds of weather and loading.

Before our Steamer CARL D. BRADLEY was

stern post.

The fairing of the stern post brings the point of the stern nearer to the leading edge of the propeller.

Will this increase the vibration of the

hull to an undesirable extent?

built a test was made of a model built from the

Taking the balance off the rudder ami mak ing it similar to our P.. II. TAYLOR will tend to

designed lines at the University of Michigan

make the rudder not so effective and probably

tank at Ann Arbor. Such a test gives only the effective horsepower or the power required to tow the hull through the water at different

increase the turning circle.

speeds.

of cast iron because it is thought that if a blade hits an obstruction it is preferable to break a

The propeller was designed from basic

formula accumulated from a mass of information

Will this be too ob

jectionable in maneuvering the steamer?

Propellers on lake vessels are generally made

gained from years of testing standard propellers.

blade than to damage the main engine. Cast

No tests were made of the propeller that was eventually used, and no self propelled tests were made. We have known for a long time that the BRADLEY was not doing as well as might be

steel is more efficient than cist iron because it

can be made thinner. We use cast steel on all our propellers except the CALCITE ami steel seems to work out very <r ,nâ&#x20AC;&#x17E;,i ,,h i-il:4l. i^ti

expected so that it was decided to retest the hull and propeller separately, and run sell pivpelled tests on the hull and propeller combined.

These tests were carried out at the U. S. Ex

perimental Model Basin, Navy Yard, Washing ton, I). C.

The model was made of wood to a.i

exact scale of the BRADLEY'S lines, the model

being -2 It. long. The model propeller was made up ol a special metal developed lor this purpose and was slightly less than seven inches diameter.

This model making is very exacting work and is done by highly skilled men in a remarkably well equipped shop. 'I he results of the teSvS showed the propulsive efficiency was quite low.

The effective horsepower required to move the hull at a given speed was normal, indicating Ilia. lines were right. While the best efficiency ol the propeller was low. it was not particularly bad at the high slips at which it was working.

An observation of the tests indicated that there

was much disturbance of the water going to the propeller ami that there was some sucking of air into the propeller. This can also be observed on the BRADLEY when she is loaded.

It was then decided to design a new propeller and make some changes to the stern. Drawings were made with the stern post faired out into the hull similar to the changes we made on the CALCITE. WHITE, MUNSON. and TAYLOR in drydoek last winter. The balance was cut ofl the rudder and contrapropeller similar to the

TAYLOR'S used.

A contra guide rudder was

used in addition to this.

Aboveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Steamer Calcite stern showing method of fairing stern post into hull plating

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C&tt, '"JaU" uku <y* One of the most unusual buildings ever con structed houses United States Steel's exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939. The design.

discloses an exhibition building of polished stain less steel in the shape of â&#x20AC;˘Âť perfect hemisphere supported by external structural members.

trusses curve upward meeting 72 feet -above the gvonnd. the overall height of the exhibit. This steel framework weighing 350 tons is bine and conceals lighting fixtures to illuminate the burn ished dome at night. Other details o\ the build ing are accentuated in red.

This "inside ont" structure, an architectural

Steel is used in some of the walls and ceilings;

innovation and a striking symbol of stcelmaking

in the decorative effects, lighting fixtures, rail ings, furniture and accessories. Part of. the second floor is suspended by cables Irom the

rises a short distance east of the Theme Center

on a plaza with three other important buildings.

The great dome, covered with 23,000 square feet of shining stainless steel, measures 66 feet high and 132 feet in diameter. It contains two floors of a dramatic exhibit showing how steel in a thousand forms is basic to our civilization

and how through research it is helping to shape the World of Tomorrow. They graphically dem onstrate the vital part steel plays in the lives of every man, woman and child.

The exterior is as much a part of the exhibit

trusses.

In fact steel and concrete construction

is used throughout, the steel being welded and

riveted.

Both are products of the Steel Corpor

ation and its subsidiaries making this impres

sive exhibit the more unique because of the fi delity with which it represents the steel indus try, both as to form and materials used.

The site contains 55.166 square feet, of which

21.190 square feet is taken tip by the building.

as the interior, for the structural members on the outside form the basic element of its arrest

The latter is designed to accommodate 25,000 visitors daily, or a total capacity of 5,000,000 guests during the season.

ing design. Anchored in concrete, these ten steel

Colored cement is used extensivelv at the base

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of the building and in the elevated terrace. The

described in this article have resulted in better

latter extends across the structure's face at the second floor level and stretches far out at each

products for our customers. Facilities for bet ter classes of stone, both physically and chem

side to form a lounging place and promenade for visitors. Seating arrangements for 500 per sons are provided on the terrace and through out the grounds. In addition, 1,000 guests are

ically, have been made possible by improved screening equipment, and storage adequate to prevent contamination of the many specifications which we are required to meet by various cus

able to stroll the terrace which commands an

tomers.

excellent view of the fairgrounds. Indirect il lumination and protective coverings at the cen ter and each extremity of the promenade are other features provided for the comfort of

In addition to the production of higher quality products, more flexibility of plant operation and greater economy in handling material have re sulted from the new screening equipment that has been installed, and the changes and exten sions to the various storages that have been made during the past three years.

guests.

Inside, the two floors, comprising 9,000 square feet of exhibit space, contain much interesting and informative material, all bearing on the exhibit's theme, liSteel thinks ahead."

The en

tire structure is air conditioned and equipped with modern ventilating apparatus. The inter ior plan permits an orderly and easy flow of traffic so the exhibits can be quickly seen and comprehended.

Visitors entering at the main doors move in one direction past the first floor exhibits and

thence up a wide stairway to the second floor's spectacular display. Emerging onto the elevat ed terrace they may rest or view the fair, finally reaching the ground via stairways leading onto the garden.

From the rear of the building is projected an executive lounge on the second floor. This over looks the landscaped garden with its shaded benches and 200-foot trellis. The latter, 30 feet high, is an imaginative composition of structural

steel shapes. At the base of its six vertical mem bers are exhibits of steel products which United

Propulsion Ol The Bradley Steamers Very Well in OUr Service.

(Continued from Page 1225)

A bronze blade is more efficient than iron or

steel because it can be finished to a fine polish and maintained reasonably clean, but costs more to make. Is bronze worth the extra money?

A solid propeller is more efficient than the built up ones we now use because of the differ ence in disturbance caused at the hub.

If a solid

propeller is damaged it will be necessary to dry dock the vessel in order to change the propeller.

Would you take this chance to gain the extra efficiency?

This gives some idea of the problems to be

answered before a definite program of improve ments can be started.

A

V oice From Pasteur In 1888

States Steel supplies to its major markets.

"Two opposing laws seem to me now in con test. The one, the law of blood and death open

Highest Quality Limestone Products

ing out each day new modes of destruction, forc ing nations to be always ready for battle. The other, a law of peace, work and health, whose only aim is to deliver man from the calamities

(Continued from

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considerable quantities and the flexibility of our present equipment allows production to meet the most exacting specification demands.

A new conveyor line was also built in 1939 to

replace the old stone sand storage facilities. This consisted of a gallery structure supporting a tripper line, which materially increased the ca pacity of the sand storage and also formed a storage for a closely sized stone of less than three-quarter inch diameter for which a market had been established.

which beset him.

The one seeks violent con

quests, the other the relief of mankind. The one places a single life above all victories. The other sacrifices thousands, of lives to the am bition of a single individual. Which of these two laws will prevail, God alone knows. But of this we may be sure, that Science in obeying the law of Humanity will always labor to en large the frontiers of life."

Those who labor in the

cause

of

Accident

By means of another conveyor system, also constructed in 1939, it is possible to place prac tically all of the stone passing through the screen house directly into storage piles by means of conveyors. Previous to this a great deal of this material had to be moved hydraulically, placed in lake storage, then rehandled for shipment by the

Prevention are carrying on in the tradition of the great Louis Pasteur.

process previously described. A separate stor age for this material was established and a ce ment stone product formed differing chemically from the product removed from lake storage.

shore are the slender eyelashes which fringe it,

Practically all of the changes which have been

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and

expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

The fluviatile trees next the

and the wooded hiils and cliffs around are its

overhanging brows.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Thoreau.

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

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Jtvecent .Developments In JLhe oteel Industry Condensed From The INDEX., A Publication of The New York Trust Company JDy -H. O. Lewis Probably no large industry in the United States has had greater problems, since the bottorn of the depression than the steel industry.

Within seven years for reading changes in respect to labor and pricing policies, as well as

laboratories of the steel industry and its customers and is closely linked with the great change in the use of steel in recent years.

The following table shows plainly the scope of these changes in ten years.

noteworthy improvements in manufacturing J, e u i u i.i • i processes have followed each other in quick

_ „ . _.

, _

succession. The etfect of these changes on the industry eventually is not yet clear.

Ar.

t \c\io u 1 i i *• ii In 1938, when steel production averaged only ' vi ,.

• i

40 percent capacity, employment was given directly to an average of 443,000 people. In addi"onn/w* 114. i tion 200,000 persons were needed to supply raw

±.

1927 1937 Percent of total Percent of total Automotive D .... /«.**• Buildings, Construction ....

Railroa|s .,,

. .

Containers

1he one outstanding characteristic of the his-

tory of the steel industry in the past seven years

?!" ^ "uT Jobbers, distributors

All other

187 5.2

materials and numberless others were engaged Mp, . _, .in_^ry '" '":.",'.' finished goods. Representing an investment of Furnishings for buildings.. valued at $1,900,000,000

13.3 -.„,.

17.6

'

in the fabrication of steel products into other

$4,000,000,000 the industry turned out products T,-,i.,^ ~± <ti omnmnm

.„..,„ * *

Rolled Steel Consumption by Principal Users

„

16.9 ^nn 10.8

n2 '

8.7

0

3.3

*'?

12.8

*'l 13.3

10.9

11.6

Source of information_sTEEL .

seems to be the relatively low level of operations.

Except for 1936 and 1937 production of steel has been at a level far below that generally regarded as normal. In the business recovery ot 1937, steel production did not equal 1929. This was the

/ie steel industry has been in the forefront of the movement to modernize its plants, giving practica application to advances in manufactur\nS methods. This was occasioned by the shift from heavier to lighter products as shown in the

Construction in which steel was necessary was considerably under previous recovery levels.

Railroads had only begun to increase when

dustry is probably in better condition today than ever before. It is prepared to handle promptly and efficiently any reasonable volume of busi-

first time in the history ot this country that steel recovery stopped short of a preceding recovery.

table above.

The physical plant of this country's steel in-

business turned downward and retrenchment

"ess that may develop out of a return of more

again became necessary.

Remarkable progress has been made during the past fifteen years in developing new steel products and improving those previously manu-

normal business conditions.

Offsetting this favorable factor, to some extent, is the rigidity that has developed in the cost structure of the industry, largely as a re-

factured.

Present automobile models with all

suit of the growing tax burden and the more

steel bodies and one piece tops could not be made from the steel of a few years ago, because they require with deep drawing properties which can be produced only with modern rolling processes.

The development of new steel pipe makes pos-

or less fixed wage scale. Thus in time of subnormal business like the present, lowering of steel prices cannot be promptly offset by reductions in operating costs and profits suffer to an exaggerated extent.

sible the drilling of oil wells to a depth of 15,000 feet. Developments in the field of stainless and alloy steels are increasing the number of

The fact remains, however, that large shortages in the country's capital equipment have developed during the past ten years, that much

uses.

This progress has been made possible by the

depreciation and obsolesence remain to be made good, and that sooner or later this is certain to

vast amount of research work carried on in the

mean better business for the steel industry.

I have told you of the man who always put on

To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little, and

his spectacles when about to eat cherries, in ord-

to spend a little less, to make a family happier

er that the fruit might look larger and more

for his presence, to renounce when that shall be

tempting. In like manner, I always make the most of my enjoyments, and, though I do not cast my eyes away from troubles, I pack them

necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, to keep friends with himself; here is

into as small a compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.—Robert Southey.

a task for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy.—Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Oalety iToster And JLv.s.say V^Ollte^t

.

By George R. Jones

John Widajewski of the St. Ignatius School won first prize in the eighth grade entry for his essay "Safety First."

Years of training and years of experience lie behind the sure strokes of the great surgeon's knife, as he performs a delicate operation. Life and death are in the balance.

Loved ones trem

ble while waiting. Finally, after anxious hours —success! The supreme ability of one man in a million has saved another life.

Most uf as can never save a life that way. The surgeon's skill is not ours. But, by preventing accidents, every one of us can just as surely save lives and safe guard our fellow men against crip pling injuries.

We can teach children the enduring principles of sale living. We can correct unsafe practices in the place we work. We can uphold the auth ority of our public officials in scientific engineer ing and impartial law enforcement. We can help in organized efforts to spread the gospel of safe ly to everybody. And. most of all. we can resolve in our own minds to perform no act dangerous to others or ourselves.

Will you accept your share

of this responsibility? Will you save a life?

There my dear young friends, all contestants in the essay contest, is the answer to the one question which seemed uppermost in your minds

as vim did your writing.

that of those near ami dear.

There is the hu

manitarian appeal—involving in general a human regard for the rights of the other person and

the principle of the Golden Rule. There is the reasonable appeal—based on an understanding u\ the fact that intelligent thinking pays divi dends in accident reduction.

The safety education task is hard and of long

duration.

Many of you have excellent thoughts

and a sincere desire to go along with the task. ?day you serve accordingly.

Calcite Screenings is pleased to announce the

following winners.

We wish you could all win

p.i/.es—at least you have won

for yourselves

many excellent ideas which if practiced will pro vide yon with happier lives.

Twelfth Grade, Public School—Ethel Strieker.

Eleventh Grade. Public School - - Margaret Stone.

Tenth Grade, Public School—Norman Hasel-

Great skill and long training are not needed for this kind of life saving. What we do need— all of us—is a new realization that "1 am my

brother's keeper."

to protect one's own person and property and

This question could

huhn.

Eighth Grade, Public School—Chester Wing.

Seventh Grade, Public School—Priseilla Rose.

Eighth Grade, St. Ignatius School—John Wid ajewski Poster Winners

First Prize—LaVonna Radka, Grade 8, PublicSchool.

Second Prize—Aileen

Plcwelling,

Grade

7,

be summed up in this manner. We know that humans are careless, we know that safety edu cation is paramount to successful living but what

many who co-opera Led in the planning and com

can we do about it?

pletion of this contest.

How can we overcome that

human factor of disregard to logical advice?

To date the safety engineer has but one sure outline of procedure—education. The education

al program most intimately reaches that "hu man factor," and it requires time and a thorough technique. It cannot be directed haphazardly.

From the start it is necessary to create en thusiasm for a safety movement. The appeals

employed are the selfish appeal—to the instinct

Public School.

Again an expression of thanks is given to Your efforts enabled a

successful endeavor which we hope is just an other step in the cause of safety.

There is but one virtue: to help human beings to free and beautiful life; but "ue sin: to do them indifferent or cruel hurt: the love of hu

manity is the whole of morality. This is Good ness, this is Humanism, this is the Social Con science.—J. William Lloyd.

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<144 JVlowui Dk £bs* Of ^4 good _R. B. Henley On the morning of Wednesday, May 3. during the ordinary course of business the radio depart ment received a message from

the

Steamer

C-ulitai

Munson saying that the Captain was ill and wanted the services of a docto.".

Doctor E, A.

Christie of Cheboygan was summoned and was

taken by tug to the Steamer Munson in the Straits of Mackinac and diagnosed the trouble as

a case of appendicitis.

The Steamer Munson

arrived in Calcite late the fo.lowing day and

CLuuton

c4.

Maiti

Ul

Captain Martin was taken to the hospital where he was operated on. His many friends were cheered to learn that he had come through the

operation successfully and appeared to have a better than even chance of recovery. As time went on, for the next few days, further encour

ren, Moray, Margery and Clayton. Jr.. and to all our deep sympathy is extended.

As evidence of the high regard in which he was held, George A. Marr, Treasurer of the

agement came as his condition improved, but, by the middle of the next week a feeling of anx iety developed when progress was retarded.

It was a deep shock to all to learn that he had

presses the following:

passed away Thursday afternoon, May 11. from complications developing after the operation.

satisfactory relations for many years.

The shock of the news of his death was partic

riers* school of navigation, became an instructor in that school in 1919 and during the many years

ularly hard as we all knew him to be a young, robust person who always appeared to enjoy the best of health.

While the following statements will be largely

repetition, the facts of his life and the tributes of his many friends are worthy of a permanent record in this magazine.

Captain Clayton A. Martin was bom at NewPittsburgh, Ohio, in 1893, on a farm and at the age of 19 was employed by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company on the Steamer Robert W. E. Bunsen, with which firm he remained until 1925 when he entered the employment of the

Bradley Transportation Company as a mate on

Lake Carriers* Association, Cleveland. Ohio, ex

"1 was shocked to learn of the death of Cap tain Martin, with whom 1 have enjoyed most

Captain

Martin, himself a graduate of the Lake Car of his incumbency not only demonstrated his ef ficiency as a teacher, but displayed a personal interest in his students that was of inestimable

benefit to them,

lie will be long remembered

and greatly missed by them and many other friends for his cordial personality."

Captain John C. Murray of the Steamer Gov ernor Miller and senior instructor in the Lake

Carriers' Association School, pays this tribute to the memory of Captain Martin: "We had been associated together for the past two decades, in

the Lake Carriers' School of

the Steamer B. H. Taylor.

Navigation, for the training and advancement of young men in Lake navigation.

His long experience prior to coming with this company and his inherent ability enabled him

and a tireless worker, who quickly gained the

to progress rapidly.

He was Master of the

••Captain Martin, was an excellent instructor

Steamer Calcite in 1927, and served as Master on

confidence and respect of students and associ ates, a man whose boundless energy and techni

various vessels, being Captain of the Steamer

cal ability, will be missed from the class room.

John G. Munson at the time of his death. During his connection with the lake shipping industry.

Captain Martin was always interested and ac

"He was a very modest man, who never sought the limelight, but whose personality

brought him new friends and endeared him anew

tively participated in the prog, am of the Lake

to his old ones, wherever he went.

Carrier's Association as instructor in the Cleve

land school during the winter season of 1919

of the outstanding Captains of the Great Lakes.

"He will be greatly missed 1>_\ all his friends

to 1938 inclusive.

and former associates."

Captain Martin is survived by his widow, the former Miss Blanche Thorsen, and three child-

He was one

From the men who knew him best, his ship mates, we find many excellent and expressive

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recollections of their pleasant associations. Cap tain Dahlburg of the Steamer B. H. Taylor

Navigation Company than any other Master in the Bradley Fleet and proved a very valuable

states, that:

asset to the charterers, not only in the excellent handling and dispatch of his vessel, but also for the good will and reputation he built up for his employers.

"It was during the winter of 1917 that I first met Captain Martin. At the time, we were both attending Captain Gould's Nautical School on the east side of Cleveland. We studied together

and together obtained our original pilot's li censes.

"Then our roads parted, as Captain Martin was working at that time for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. We did not resume our close friendship until 1925 when he came into the employment of the Bradley Transportation Company as second mate.

"Being an old acquaintance of Captain Mar

tin, it was a deep shock to hear of his untimely demise. Our friendship was more than season al, as we both lived in Cleveland, and during the winter, many times enjoyed the pleasure ot vis its with the Captain and Mrs. Martin.

"It can truthfully be said that there were few masters held in as high esteem by all who knew him. Captain Martin was well liked by his men, one of the more popular members of the Cleve land Lodge, International Shipmasters Associa tion, and a competent instructor at the Marine Navigation school in Cleveland, "The Bradley Transportation Company has lost a valuable asset; but more than that, the

men have lost a good friend."

From Captain Malcolm MacLean of the Steamer W. F. White, we have the following: "Clayton Martin first sailed with me as mate when I was in the Steamer White in 1925.

He

possessed those qualities which mark the pro gress of menâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;temperment, judgment, and a congenial personality. He had a true sense of his responsibility as a master of a ship, both to its owners and the crew personnel. He com manded the respect and good will of his fellow men and always enjoyed their comradeship.

"His passing is a distinct loss to the sailing fraternity as well as his many friends and ac quaintances."

Captain Donald A. Nauts, of the Steamer Mun son contributes this expression: "There are few vessels sailing the Great Lakes today aboard which you would not find friends and past students of Captain Clayton Martin.

Thus his very sudden and unexpected death on

"Captain Martin was extremely devoted to his family and their welfare and activities were foremost in his thoughts. To Mrs. Martin, his daughters and son we extend our deepest sym pathy and hope it will help, in knowing we too have suffered the great loss of a wonderful friend and a grand shipmate."

The crew of the Steamer Carl D. Bradley ex press through Captain F. F. Pearse a fine tri bute to the memory of Captain Martin: " 'Short is the life of Man, and narrow the corner of the earth in which He lives,' but few men during their alloted span of life is it given to leave at their departure the feeling that this world is a richer place for their having lived in it. Greatness is not measured merely in terms of battles won, nor cities conquered, but, rather in the faithful performance of duty in the little day-to-day tasks which pieced together form the pattern we know as life.

"The sea breeds its own traditions, demand ing qualities of courage, loyalty, steadfastness and self-sacrifice, from those who go down to

it in ships.

So much so that among seafaring

men there is no finer tribute, that can be rend

ered a shipmate, than to say, 'He was a good sailor.' Always was this true of Captain Clayton A. Martin, or 'Clayt' as he was fondly known to his friends. A straightforward, square shoot ing, thoroughly reliable 'Skipper,' expert navi gator, and excellent seaman, he earned the protound respect and love of his fellow men. His in terest in the advancement of the men under his

command was well known, and, he played no small part in the education and training of the younger officers in our fleet, as well as in other fleets on the lakes.

"Beloved by all with whom he came in con

tact, his friends were legion throughout the length and breadth of the Great Lakes.

His

passing leaves a gap which can never again be tilled.

But, he would be the first to insist that

we 'Carry on' without him. And, in Tenny son's words, 'Let there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea.' 'Clayt' has retired from this stormy sea of life and, reported to the

the afternoon of May 11th, was a shock not only to his shipmates in the Bradley Fleet, but in all marine circles and ports of the lakes as well.

"Captain Martin can truly be called a Master

long as ships sail the Lakes, in many a lonely 'Dogwatch' his memory will ever invoke that

Mariner of the Great Lakes, being ideally fitted

highest tribute of a seaman who at the mention

with the temperment and judgment for his work, and the personality to be a leader among

per,."

men.

His crews on the various boats loved and

respected him and were inspired to do their best by his individual friendship and interest in each and every one of them.

"He had more service with the Waterways

Master of us all, in that safe Harbor above.

As

ot his name says simply, 'He was a good 'Skip Not alone will Captain Martin be missed by those close to him but by many other captains on the Great Lakes, and Captain J. C. McCormick of the Steamer Huron writes us as follows:

â&#x20AC;˘

"In the death of Clayt Martin, I regard it a

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personal loss—just as you do—for he was one of the best men I ever knew—at work—at play— at anything in which he was concerned and I

certainly feel sorry for his family.

Personally,

I have lost one of my best friends on the Great Lakes. I cannot understand the workings of Providence. He was too square to be taken away."

Something of the broader exercise of his abil ity aside from his contacts of the lakes are re membered from the impressions of Edward B. Metzen and his associates at tlie Detroit Dock, in his words:

"We will always remember Captain Clayton A. Martin, as we all looked lorward to his ar rival at Detroit dock.

1939 at 82 years of age.

Abraham All passed away on April 18, 1939 at his home in Greely, Michigan. Mr. All was eighty-five years of age. Alonzo of the Mill De partment is a son.

Mrs. Otto Pauly age 60 years died on May 6, 1939. Emil and William of the Yard Depart ment are sons.

Funeral services were conduct

ed by Rev. H. Heinecke and burial in Moltke Cemetery.

Rudolph Streich, father of William Streich of the Yard Department was 91 years of age at the time of his death on May 10, 1939.

" 'Clayt', as he was known to a few of us who had the privilege of a close association with him, was our ideal of a ships master. He worked for the interest of the Company and was very pop ular with guests of the Company.

Construction Department, died on May 30, 1939.

Services were conducted by Rev. L. A. Linn and burial in Rogers City Memorial Park.

"He was not only well known in the stone trade but also was highly thought of in the coal trade as was attested by the number of calls re ceived by this office following the notice of his

June 6, 1939. Funeral services were conducted

death.

"His admirable character was shown by his devotion to duty and safety of his ship and crew and also his interest in his family and sympa thetic ear to the troubles of others.

"No matter what the weather or time of day, if he was met at the dock by a delegation of our business associates his outstanding pleasant per sonality immediately became apparent.

"It takes long years of steady application to one's job to become a ship master and a knowl edge of human nature to become a salesman. In Captain Martin both were combined and he will be difficult to replace."

The funeral was held on Monday, May 15, at the Daniel's funeral home, Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Several officials of the Brad

ley Transportation Company and the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company attended, as well as many relatives and friends.

Those VV ho H

ave

asse

J A

Arthur Schalk, son of Charles Schalk of the

Mrs. Chris Bredow, mother of Herman Wag ner employed in Power House, passed away on

by Rev. R. D. Malany.

Charles Platz, Jr., a pioneer of this section passed away on July 5, 1939. Three sons, Earl, Clarence and Charles, Traffic Manager and one daughter Mrs. Joseph Penglase survive. Fun eral services were conducted by Rev. S. J Fran cis and burial in Rogers City Memorial Park.

Frederick Sorgenfrei father of Hugo of the Construction Department passed away on July 1, 1939. He was 77 years of age.

Victor Bonin succumbed to a long illness of diabetes on June 30, 1939. He was 39 years of age and had been in the continuous employ of the Limestone Company for fifteen years. Vic was a good mechanic, working in the Mill De partment and had many friends in his circle.

He is a young fellow that will be sorely missed by his family and will long remain in the mem ory of his many friends and fellow workers.

Funeral Services were conducted by the Rev.

Pawlawski and burial in Rogers City Memorial Park.

way

Michigan Limestone employees were shocked at the sudden death of their friend and fellow

worker, William Gager. He was stricken with lobar pneumonia and passed away on February 7, 1939. He had been an employee for 25 years and was fifty-eight years old at his death. Among the survivors employed are Alvin of the Yard Department, Rolland of the Bradley Transpor tation Company, and son-in-law Thomas Rose of the Clerical Department. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. T. Skowronski and burial in Rogers City Memorial Park.

Chas. Gruelke, father of Eric of the Construc

tion Department passed away on February 13,

Charles Matthews Pellivant for four years an

employee of the Detroit Dock passed away on June 15, 1939.

"Calcite Screenings" expresses its sympathy to the friends and loved ones of those departed from this life.

To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.

If you have knowledge let others light their candles at it.—Margaert Fuller.

Things printed can never be stopped; they are like babies baptized, they have a soul from that moment, and go on forever.—Meredith.

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As A Matter Of Record On the following page is an aerial view of the village of Rogers City taken by the Abrams Aer ial Survey Corporation of Lansing, Michigan, in March, 1'935. Compared with the improve ments of today this view of the village is rather out of date but will be of interest to our readers

as a record of the progress being made in home building, new commercial ventures and general public improvements. . A study of the photograph will readily call to mind the number of improvements since March 1935. Many new homes have been erected in all parts of the village. A number of old build ings have been razed and in some cases have been replaced by new structures.

Third Street, which is the business section of the town, has a number of new business blocks,

and this section has also been improved by the installation of the boulevard lighting system, as well as by the street widening program com pleted this spring.

The most extensive improvement resulting in the greatest good for the largest number of cit

izens has been the Paving Project of 1937-38, when practically every street carrying any hea vy traffic was paved with a twenty foot width of concrete.

There still is a large amount of work to be done to complete the streets but it is of a nature that can be gradually completed without a great deal of cost, and when this is done, Rogers City can probably boast of more paved and improved streets than many villages its size.

Perhaps the largest and most expensive im provement lying ahead is the installation of a sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plant. This matter has been under considera tion for some time, but the demand and the ne

cessity for it have not yet reached the proportion that any decisive action has been taken.

The improvements in Rogers City have been gradual, conservative and permanent. The vil lage bonded debt has never been excessive, and the tax rate has been adjusted from time to time in an effort to keep it in line with the financial ability of the taxpayers to meet their payments.

This consideration for the taxpayer, coupled with equal diligence by elected officials in spend ing public money, contributes much toward good, sound government.

Following the village view is an aerial picture of the plant at Calcite, which lies about two miles to the southeast of the village. This picture was also taken by the same photographers in March 1935. Fortunately, for all concerned, the com munity, the employees and the company, the

major plant improvements which are recognized in this picture were completed before the pres ent long depression.

•

•

•

•

-By Jx. JS. .Henley

However, in •the recent past, improvements have been continued gradually in the interest of producing better products, improving working conditions and reducing fire and other hazards.

A modern plant provides for wider distribu tion of a better product at a lower price which lccults in steadier employment. And not alone does a modern plant make its contribution to society in this manner, but equally important, it provides a safe place for employment.

Therefore, from the standpoint of the custom er, the employee, the management, and the own ers modernization is desirable for the resulting benefits to all concerned.

VV hen Are \\^e Educated?

It was Mark Twain, you remember, who once wrote that he had not permitted his schooling to interfere with his education.

Too often graduates think of their education as complete when they leave school. They are through learning, now they will start earning.

Feeling that they are educated, they become dis couraged at their slow progress.

Nathan Howard Gist has some interesting things to say on this subject which every grad uate should ponder: "Young folks, remember that your school has not finished your education.

A few rough corners may have been knocked off, some foundations were laid, but you are to do the rest. And your life's education is never finished.

Through the years you must grow, or others, in this age of fast competition, will outstrip you.

"Young people, accept life as a challenge and

resolve that you are big enough and able enough to meet the challenge and conquer where others fail. The moment you face life's tasks in that spirit you become a king and a queen in your realm. You then become a leader. People will recognize you as such, look up to you, respect you, and, whether you deserve it, recognize you as an exceptional person."

He who helps a child helps humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.—Phillips Brooks.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is the en couraging him to-think for himself, instead of en deavoring to instil ready-made opinions into his head.—Sir Leslie Stephen.

I live on the sunny side of the street; shady

folks live on the other. I have always preferred the sunshine and have tried to put other people there, if only for an hour or two at a time.—Mar shall P. Wilder,

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Salt Of The Earth William Schelley stops at the dispenser near the drinking fountain on a hot day for a cooling drinkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a

salt tablet

This stuff without which your potatoes would taste terribleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these fine white granules which

the bride must learn to use properly before she may be acclaimed a cook worthy ol the nameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; this material referred to by the physician, the geologist, chemist and scientist as sodium chlor ide (NaCl in chemical reference) this common

table salt to you. is far more important to human existence than generally it is given credit lor being. Interesting, indeed, but beyond the scope of this discussion, are the facts concerning the

production and uses of salt in the industries, in the home, and in Nature.

It is often said that God must love the poor folks, he created so many of them. In His Wis dom He. distributed salt through the waters of

the seas and in large deposits on land.

Sprinkling salt on icy sidewalks is not its only place in safety practices. Far more important in health and safety is its use in combatting heat sickness, for here it has no competent substi tute. The natural process of sweating in the presence of high temperature has. of course, been studied and known to the medical profes sion a long, long time, but the defense against

body weaknesses incurred through loss of sa.L from the system by sweating is relatively a new practice.

Perspiration contains relatively a Large quan

tity of salt, as can be learned from tasting per spiration found on the back of the hand or arm.

The removal of sodium chloride from the sys tem through sweating breaks down the nor

mal chemical equastorts in the system which causes Mother Nature, the ever alert guard, to

announce the deficiency in salt through the simple expedient of pain or notable weakness.

One can be afflicted with mild forms of heat

sickness as a resultant of the loss of sodium

chloride from the system with little apparent uneasiness. Simple drowsiness or a tired feel ing may exist. When the deficiency in sodium chloride in the system is increased, vomiting muscular cramps with almost unendurable pains. and fainting result. When a worker is attacked

by a physician or through hospitalization. While heat sickness may be fatal, severe cases are most

generally successfully handled because diagnos is is so readily apparent.

From the industrial point of view it is the slight case of heat sickness which after all may

be most dangerous. The patient, unaware of the gradual weakening effect of the loss of sodium chloride from the system, remains at his tasks with his sensibilities far from alert, and

besides slowing up production becomes more and more inattentive, less observant, and un

steady. Not only can he injure himself but grad ually becomes a menace to his fellow workers.

In the prevention of heal sickness salt can not be looked upon as a drug. Swallowing salt to be absorbed into the blood stream is the simple

process of putting back the salt sweated out through the pores of the skin and retaining the chemical balance necessary to normal activity.

Learned members of the medical profession in their extensive study of this all important indus trial problem of keeping workers fit and safe for their fellows, have in latter years become

pretty well in agreement that the introduction of salt into the system with generous quantites of cool water retains the necessary balance un der high working temperatures to keep the

worker uormallv alert both physically and men tally.

The United States Public Health Service for

some time has been advocating the use of salt, and in shops, mills and factories where salt is

himself and fellow workers, it may appear para doxical, is decreased because the patient is re

made available and employees consume small regular quantities during the hot working per iod heat sickness is greatly reduced, and there are many examples with large crews of men in

moved from his tasks and treatment is applied

which the affection is entirely eliminated.

with a severe case of heat sickness, danger to

Calcite Screenings One must, however, guard against erroneous ideas that have been allowed to grow up around the use of salt in this connection. It must be understood that the salt must be introduced into

the system gradually and in quantities from time to time to make up for the loss. The person who feels an abundance of salt taken at the be

ginning of the day or at meal time is sufficient will learn to his dissatisfaction that the effect is

quite liable to be harmful. Too much salt taken when the system contains a normal quantity on the theory that the body will store up the excess salt is erroneous because too much salt in the

system, just as too little, breaks the necessary equilibrium for well being. It is important,

therefore, that the salt be taken into the system at intervals while it is being removed through perspiration.

It has been found most satisfactory to take salt in combatting heat sickness in tablet form due to the difficulty encountered in swallowing it in its familiar granular form. Another reason for the tablet besides the matter of convenience is the fact that if the dose is dissolved into the

system too rapidly momentary ill effects on some human systems may be displayed due to the shock incurred. Properly' compounded sod ium chloride tablets will dissolve in the stomach

at more nearly the speed required to take up the deficiency brought about by sweating. There fore, 10 grain tablets, and in numerous cases 15 grain tablets, are placed in dispensers located near drinking fountains where workers have access to them at intervals when they quench their thirst. Depending on the temperature and the amount of energy expended, four to six of these tablets at intervals during the hot work ing day keep men fit and protected against heat

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Owimming And Lilesaving To the pleasure of swimming as a recreation

is added the satisfaction of knowing that it may prove useful to the swimmer himself or to some one in distress.

The people of our community

may

enjoy

many hours of pleasure in, on, or near the water.

To do this safely, however, there are two things they should learn; first, is the art of swimming and second, the art of life saving.

Strange as it may seem it is easy to stay on top of the water and once you have mastered the principles of propelling yourself in the water it is easy to swim well.

Not everyone can swim well enough to save the life of a drowning bather, but everyone should swim well enough to save his own life by obeying the safety rules of swimming. Read them and remember them, pass them on to your family and friends, and you will do much to re

duce the annual death toll from drowning.

It is not wise to swim alone; you may become exhausted and there may be no one near to help you.

One should not swim for at least two hours

after eating a hearty meal; otherwise you are likely to be stricken with abdominal cramps which may render you helpless to aid yourself in any way. Muscle cramps are different. While they are painful, they are not necessarily dan gerous and the swimmer can get to shore if he

does not get frightened.

To relieve the cramp,

after you are ashore, squeeze the muscle between

the fingers or apply hot water and massage the cramped muscle. If you are subject to cramps, it is well to stay near the shore.

One should not dive into water unless sure of

sickness. For the sake of health and personal safety workers should consider the taking of salt tablets to prevent their exposure to heat sick ness, a serious matter not to be thought of lightly.

its depth. Make sure before you enter head first that the water is at least six feet deep and free from underwater rocks, logs, and debris.

It is unwise to go oh long swimsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;unless ac

The Great 1 Am I AM the producer of all good things in life.

Without me mankind must fail of happiness;

five feet deep as it does in water of greater depths, and is much safer, for if you get tired in water five feet deep, you can at least stand up.

the resources of the world would be empty and without value. I am behind every fortune, every art, every science, every advancement that man has ever made. Rich and poor have tried to

dispense with me, but in doing so have lost the very heart of the happiness for which they sought. Because the creator is ever greater than the created, so am I greater than wealth, fame, power, or any other acquired possession of man.

Without me there can be no riches,

no learning, and no achievement. I am the great developer of powersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the one agency which calls forth hidden forces of mind and body. I am WORK.

Better late than never.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dionysius.

companied by a boat.

It takes just as much ability to swim in water

Occasionally there are individuals who are

unusually susceptible to cold which may produce shock to their systems, and which may result in serious cramps. Such people should recog nize their own limitations and not try to swim in extremely cold water or remain in the water for long. At the first signs of blueness or shiv ering, children should come out of the water and be dried and dressed immediately.

During the past winter all of our employees were schooled in the method of artificial respira tion. We suggest that it might be well for us all to brush up on this art, practice it on the family and teach it to the children.

One never

knows when he may be called on to put into practice this knowledge.

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^UoulL <-3££ Ot On <^caizzyiLnqi, x ersonals 1 nat (^ome JL o 1 ne ivoitor s JDesk

Just Among Ourselves Another beautiful northern Michigan summei is here and as we make the rounds gathering bits of personal news among the Limestone em

ployees we find that each is following his special recreation and hobby, living life to its full ex tent. Some are playing golf, a few are still able

to play baseball, we have lots of gardeners, and oodles of fishermen.

All are thankful for health

and ability to enjoy a day's work and this atti tude is what makes our employees safe workers and boosters for "Safety First."

Now that the Spitzer and Bowling season is

was made on the first day of the season.

How the wind did blow a few days ago. Ask Bill Peetz who came to work with a big straw hat and chased it from one end of the plant to the other. Just as the hat slowed up along came the wind and left Bill empty handed.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.—Sarah A. Bolton.

Frank Reinke found out when he played base ball with the "used-to-be-good" team on July the

out of date we find that

fourth

Harry Meharg and Penny

plenty good providing he didn't

Hoeft try to get free pop out at the golf course. Har

ry doesn't fare so well since his partner "The Editor" quit him and Penny's golf game has suffered because of his interest in camping at Lake May. It has been noted that Les

Raymond's game has im proved tremendously since school closed and part of the teaching staff left the city. Apparently the social whirl and golfing form were conflicting and of course the golf suffered.

MAN' S

MEASUREMENT A

MAN'S no bigger than the way He treats his fellow man!

This standard has his measure been Since time itself began!

He's measured not by tithes and creeds

High-sounding though they be; Nor by the gold that's put aside; Nor by his sanctity!

He's measured not by social rank, When character's the test;

Nor by his earthly pomp or show, Displaying wealth possessed!

He's measured by his justice, right, His fairness at his play,

He jests at scars who nev er felt a wound.—Shakes

His squareness in all dealings made,

peare.

These are his measures, ever near

Somebody around Alpena way was bragging in their local news items about raising

strawberries

His honest, upright way.

To serve him when they can;

For man's no bigger than the way He treats his fellow man!

that

ran thirty-two to the quart.

Bill Schelley, one of our boat loaders and a coun try dweller, claims the berries from his garden, ran eleven to the quart.

Otto Zemple and Buck Demerest are no doubt good fishermen and so are ths ladies for that matter. We asked Otto why he didn't bring in

any big ones to uphold the family reputation and he said that after much experimenting he found

the big fish to be very poor eating and poorer in flavor. It's a good alibi, Otto, as we haven't

any proof to the contrary even though a trial

that have

he to

was

still

run.

That

time does come, Frank, ev

en

Charlie Gehringer has

this same trouble.

It has been said by one of our friends that only true love gets a man to go pick ing berries with the wife and kids.

winter

But

comes,

hard earned

oh

when

do

those

berries

taste

good!

A

practical

economist

tells us that one sure way

of reducing the grocery bill is to raise your own vege tables.

How

true.

One

way to reduce accidents is for everybody to talk safe

ty.

The best way is the safe way. The safe way is the best way.

Perhaps

you

have

all

been wondering who the good looking fellow is that is driving the new Plymouth car. The

proud owner is none other than Fred Bade. He says he puts on a show every ten years.

Locomotive No. 33 is the "pride of the quar

ry" so Herb Campbell says, "I'll take the pride out of her and make her earn her keep."

"Porky" Brunning's orchestra has now taken the city of Hawks over every Sunday night.

When asked how he kept the crowd from getting

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out of control out there he said that music still hath its charms to soothe.

Believe it or not.

Joe Urban celebrated his

silver wedding anniversary a short time ago.

Didn't think he was old enough did you? They tell us that the folks at the party celebrated m fine style and Joe Waytosek worked the fiddle overtime in order to keep up. We'd say from Joe's appearance that he will be able to celebrate the gold wedding with as much life even if he is called grandpa.

It's good to see W'm. Ilaselhuhn back on the

job after his bad car accident this spring. When a little fellow like "Butch" Froelich rolls around

on yon it seems to have lasting effects. We hope that this type of accident and all others will be

country as many of our workers have done.

Ralph Smith was a willing guest at Lrnest Adrian's cottage this early summer. He didn't swim and didn't lish l.ut says he had a good time. There is one way open to make that a perpetual date, Smitty.

The teacher heard a child crying and Avent out to the playground la find out the cause of the disturbance.

"What is the trouble?" she asked of Jimmy, who stood calmly by eating an orange.

"Billy took Fred's orange" explained the wit ness.

"And where is the orange?" asked the teacher.

"Oh, I have it."' replied Jimmy, "you -see 1 am the lawver."

come eliminated.

Make safety your middle name.

Martin Lewaudowski and Paul Mulka of the

Paint Crew still play baseball and snicker when some of the old timers say that age will soon tell. Boss Hoffman says that he could strike either of them out in a hurry if he ever tried.

Don't try, Charlie, we're afraid for that right arm.

Are you doing all you can every day to pre vent accidents? If not, why not?

"Sparks" Les/.inske and the family spent a few days at Grand Lake. We asked Sparks how the fishing wras and he said the kids got all he wanted to eat.

The switchmen at the quarry entrance like the water fountain

in

their switch house but

they don't like the shower baths when these locomotive men choke on a cold one.

Steve Okolovvicz says that going to school is harder for him than track work. Pie spent a whole day with a nice young lady tutor learning to write his name and was all tired out. Keep plugging for those citizenship papers, Steve.

Eva Dambra. the dashing young lass from the Accounting Department, is on her way to the Fair at Frisco. It's a long wav to go for a date, Eva.

For your own safety, talk safety.

Our employees are certainly going in for new-

Our friend Luke Lee was up a while back

greeting old friends. him.

We were all glad to see

lie visited some of his old haunts on the

homes.

Most of them are doing their own car

penter work and it's surprising wl-.at neighborly good will does too.

Black River with his fly rod but the trout just put a thumb to the nose and said, "go on, we don't know you any more.*'

Vcrn Henry finally deserted Tank Addition after all these years.

He has

a home of his own now.

We wonder if Vern's fisherman friends will miss

him as much as the barnyard golfers miss "Ued" Lee?

Right this way falks, nice clover, buckwheat and basswood honey. Who is that guy doing all the advertising?

Oh! Spark}' Klemmini>\ our locomo tive man, is trying his hand at the bee business. We hope Sparky doesn't get stunu'.

Fred Heythaler. another locomotive rider, doesn't trifle with such small creatures, he has gone in for ducks, chickens and dogs. He says he needs

ÂŁhip Ahoy! Here we have six young navigators making the iinal adjustments on their craft and getting ready to put to sea. The ship-builders pictured here are: Robert Bellmore, Arnold Johnson, Leslie "'Pete" Bellmore, Ernest, Philip and

a cow now and then he'll move to the

Bernard Johnson.

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Another of our sick friends. Jim Soper, is back on the job and we're glad to say that he is

Cjuess W no f This young man is a guess who that should be easy for everybody. He is to be seen from one part of the plant to an other.

He still is the

some time ago so don't be kidded any longer.

low as he is in the pic ture, but having been in

the south

Walter Meyers has been displaying consider able activity this summer with grass shears,

he

has discarded the sail or suit and is often

lawnniower and similar tools used in the art of

landscaping. To date Walt has produced some line results. However, the work sometimes gets him down. Perhaps it was at a time like that

seen with a sheepskin coal and scotch cap

with ear

flaps.

I lis

when lie vowed that the next lawn he makes

hobbies are gardening, w oo dworking and

will be solid concrete, painted green, and with a lawnniower bolted down in the middle of it.

bridge and he is good at all of them.

One more clew to his ident

.Here is an idea for our Isaac Walloiis to try

ity is that he is often seen in the spring of the year trying to catch

perch in the harbor. To tell you his occupation would make the guessing too easy, but he did wear a moustache once.

Our guess who in the last issue of "Calcite Screenings" was William Wischnelski ol the Lleetrical Department.

Tom and I'ete

Montych

We'll let you in on something, men, it's Mrs. Ben Santinio and Mrs. Louis Dambra who are

good fishermen, not the husbands. We saw that

neat, good looking fel born

feeling fine.

were

unfortunate

enough to lose some money through theft. The culprit must have known how modest the broth ers were as he took trousers and all so the boys

wouldn't make too quick an appearance after dis covering their loss.

Al Boehnier is back on the job ready to plague Larson and Frank Lamp with his wise cracks.

Al spent a few days in the hospital recently.

out.

This spring Mose Basel got himself one of

those fancy fishing charts that have a drawing of a fish under each date ; the black ones mean

ing good fishing, the half black ones lair lishing. and the white ones no fishing at all. Well, sir, it happened that Mose wanted to go fishing the other Sunday but the fish for that day was all white. Not to be stopped by a thing like that lie got out a bottle of ink and made the fish black !

Then taking his trusty tackle he went

otit to spend a swell afternoon at his favorite lake.

He caught two fine bass.

Timekeeper

Harry

Meharg

is

developing

quite a handicap, not only for golf but for fish ing. Just a little more avoirdupois will keep Harry off the lakes, so we are told. Ernie Ad rian says there is a definite hazard in taking Jlarry out in a motor boat, especially when he wants to stand Up to do some casting.

Rat Sheedlo and Leonard LaGuire are to pn: on a boxing match at the next St. Ignatius

Church picnic. Just a tip. boys* put your money on Leonard, he has been doing some neat shadow

boxing around his switch shanty.

CAN YOU WORK THIS OUT

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to

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Quite often during the past few weeks we have been hearing complaints about the hot weather and we print the above picture as a reminder that although it may be warm now, winter is just around the corner, and it might be well to fill up the coal bin unless you have invented a

scheme lor bottling lip some of this heat for winter in which case we would like to borrow

Answer on Rage 1243

your method.

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is employed in the Transportation Department.

William John to Mr. and Mrs. William Buschl.-owski on February l<s. 1939. Mr. Bu-schkowski is employed in the Drill Department.

Larry David to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Onade on

March 19, 1939. Mr. Ouade is emploved on the tugs.

Guy LeRoy to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haneckow, on March 29. 1939. Mr. Haueckow is em

ployed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Mclvin Peter to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Plume

JN ew Arrivals . . 7

on March 5. 1939. Mr. Plume is an employee of

Our Best "Wishes For Your He.illli and Happiness Daughters born to our employees since the last issue of "Screenings" were:

the Blasting Department.

Carol Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Carter

Jr. on March 14, 1939. Mr. Carter is employed in the Yard Idepartment.

Elva Jane to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gager on March d. 1939. Mr. Gager is employed in the Yard Department.

Janice Joyce to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Radka on

February 5, 1939. Mr. Radka is employed in the Car Repair Crew.

Kay Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schefke on

Bernard Julian to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schef

ke on April 12, 1939. Mr. Schefke is employed in the Track Department, John LaVemc to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rainier

on May 29, 1939.

Mr. Rainier is emploved in

the Yard Department.

James to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dietlin on |une 4. 1939. Mr. Dietlin is employed in the Drill" De partment.

"Calcite Screenings" congratulates the fathers and mothers of the new family members.

February 4, 1939. Mr. Schefke is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Carla Rave to Mr. and Mrs. Llmer Wenzel on

February 27, 1939.

Mr. Wenzel is employed in

Congratulations To

the Rower House.

Anna Shirley to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yarch

on March 9, 1939.

Mr. Yarch is employed in

Nevvly-Wecls

the Mill Department.

Janet Ann to Mr. and Mrs Joseph Kline on April 25. 1939. Mr. Kline is an employee of the Drilling Idepartment, Elsie May to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Y'oda )r. on May 24, 1939 Mr. Yoda is employed in the Mill J )epartineiil.

Leo Mayes of the Mill Department was united in marriage to Clara Kowalski on February 11.

1939. Rev. C. E, Walkowciak of Alpena pe,-

on June 22, 1939. Mr. McLennan is employed in

fornied the ceremony.

Norman Gruelke of the Drilling Department was married to Edna Raully on April 26, 1939

the Electrical Shop.

by Rev. Herman lleiuecke.

Beth Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLennan

Kathleen Marie to Mr. and Mrs Lester Ban-

non on May 27. 1939. Mr. Bannon is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Evelyn Rosalie to Mr. ami Mrs. Joseph Smolinski on June 23, 1939

Mr. Smolinski is em

ployed in the Shovel Department.

Donna Lou to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Monroe on

Charles Kleiber of the Transportation Depart ment and Catherine Dtimsch were married on

April 29. 1939 by Reverend C. T. Skowronski.

Ford Winfield of the lLadley Transportation Company and Eleanor Onade were married on May If), 1939 by Rev. S. J. Francis.

Lester K. Pines &i the Construction Depart

June 29, 1939. Mr. Monroe is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Company.

ment and Marvel McCreery were united in mar riage on June 24. 1939 by Rev L. A. Linn.

Rosalyn Joyce to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ohlrich on January 5, 1939. Mr. Ohlrich is employ

"Calcite Screenings" wishes each one of you much joy and happiness along your marriage

ed in the Drill Department.

Sons born to our employees were: Marvin Edwin to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Flem

journey.

ing on January 29, 1939. Mr. Fleming is em ployed in the Transportation Department.

have them do nnto us—that we should respect the rights of others as scrupulously as we would

nicki on January 8, 1939. Mr, Kuznicki is em

sel of perfection to individuals—but it is the law to wdiich we must conform social institutions and national policy, if we would secure the bless

Edmund John to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kuz-

ployed in the Drill Department.

Theodore Harrv to Mr. and

Rardeike on February 11. 1939.

Mrs. Theodore

Mr. Pardeike

That we should do unto others as we would

have our rights respected—is not a mere coun

ings and abundance of peace.— Henry George.

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1 hey otarteci Hie

lnp On A Xriaay And How The Jinx Followed Them

Along The Way On Their Fishing Trip To Canada

Edward Metzen, manager of the Detroit Dock, writes an interesting story of a short vacation

The party arrived at Tobermory at 7:30 a. m.

Sunday. The unsettled weather almost spoiled

trip aboard his cruiser with a

the fishing.

party

which left Detroit late Kriday. June 30.

of

four,

Ed tells

us they started late to overcome the PrMay jinx but it seemed to follow them all through the trip.

First a storm on Lake St. Clair delayed them until after the supply stores were all closed. This in turn necessitated an eight hour lay-over Un file! and other supplies at Port Huron. Further delav of an hour and a half was necessary to change spark plugs. Several miles along the Canadian shore were then covered without dif

ficulty except for swells encountered about mid

With the delays encountered it was

necessary for some of the party to return to De troit by car. This was done and in the mean time the fog and unsettled weather held the boat in port until the following Sunday, July 9.

The return trip was made close to harbors in

case it was necessary to pull in for shelter.

It

was fortunate that the course was set this wax-

as the storm encountered as shown by the cut

on this page was so serious that they were glad to pull into Stokes Ray just ahead of the storm.

Metzen tells us that it will be some time be

night Saturday which broke the monotony.

fore he again starts an extensive trip on Friday.

It's been nice seeing Jack Munson back around his old stamping grounds again. We expected

zer's reactions mean anything, such a tussle must be a thriller. Ed was working on the small tractor one day when suddenly his wrench slip-

to take him on for a few- rounds of golf but be

tween acting as special navigator, on the harbor tugs and attending to duties pertaining to the femininity he evidently had little time for goFf. We don't see much of Jack these days as he is now connected with the Stroock and Wittenberg

Corporation of Newark, New Jersey where he

lied causing him to hit himself in the eye. It was a K. O. and Ed took the count of ten.

As he

drifted into oblivion he could hear Julius yell ing, "l-'d, Ld, don't die on me."

We know of at least one instance when Rill

apparently is kept quite- busy.

Warwick was off key. it happens that he locked up his car out at Lake Nettie one night

Learning to swing a spike maul is a job that takes practice as Don Pearse and Norman Dietz

and left the keys inside.

have discovered since joining the track crew.

They enjoy the work though, for they can tell the girl friends of their abilities as track-men and how they hit the cinders every day for the honor of dear old Al. L. & C.

Somebody must have been telling a good one as Bob Hamilton and Tom Montych were seen going down the bank to the creek way out in the quarry with fish poles. Wonder if they caught anything.

We've often given Elmer Holt credit for some

Just who is responsible for this cool summer we're having is hard to tell, but the blame Col our extremely late spring lies on the shoulders id' three men. They are: Charlie Hoffman, for wearing those light colored pants too soon and Hugh Lewis and Prank Reinke for shedding their sheepskins and fur caps ahead of time.

catching was having trouble holding Elmer's curves. Elmer says, "If you don't catch the next one. I'll throw it in the hole and save you

We'd like to have a ring-side seat at the next bout Ld Radka has with himself. If Julius Pat-

landed right in the hole all ready lor the driver.

It's true, they tell me, it's true.

pretty tall stories but here is a true one.

It

seems that Llmer was heating and tossing rivets

on a construction job last winter and the fellow

the trouble."

The catcher missed and the rivet

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VV et Extension Cord JlviILs

Oswald V oight Jtvetires rrom

XVleclianic While a mechanic was working on the inside

Active oervice

of a water heater by the light of an extension lamp water dripped from a leaking valve onto the cord.

It created sufficient short circuit so

that when the man grasped the socket while standing in some water he received such a shocK that he could not let go. By the time help could be summoned the man was unconscious.

It tooi<

Oswald Voight is the second employee of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company to

come under the pension plan of the United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund. His employment in the local plant covers a twentylive year period of loyal and continuous service.

Coming directly from the lumber woods where

i.e I.ad always held responsible positions, his me

ten minutes to extricate his limp body through the manhole: and when he was finally freed, it

chanical ability naturally placed him in line for

was too late.

were used . During the latter eight years of his employment he was in the sampling department

Ordinary lighting circuits are not generally regarded as being dangerous. This is definitely wrong. One hundred ten volts may kill anyone whose body conies into contact with it it the contact is sufficient, such as whui through wat er.

Every electric extension cord should have a

heavy, waterproof rubber covering and be equip ped "with shatter-proof socket and bulb guard.

work around the Mill where most of his services

doing exceptional work and also as an elevator operator.

"Ossie," as he is known by friends young and old, is well known in this vicinity. Lie owns his own home and has a grown family of six child

ren. Edward now employed by the Bradley Transportation Com pany, Arthur employed

extension cord will be used, nor can one con

as a Crane operator al the local plant, Elmer

stantly supervise its use. The only way to avoid

of the Storehouse De

No one can anticipate where, whui and how- an electrical accidents from extension cords is to

make every one safe to use under the worst con ditions.

partment and three in a r r i e d daughter...

Augusta, M argaret and Lcona.

Effects Of Too Mucli Sun Sunburn results from the exposure of the ski.i to the direct or rellected rays ol the sun. It is a real burn and may have serious or even lata,

results if a large area is involved. Prevention, as regards sunburn, is worth far more than cure.

The sun's rays are most intense during the months of May, June, July, and August, and Ihe hours of the day during which the sun's rays are strongest are from 10:00 a. in. to 4:00 p. m. Exposurc should be brief, then, between 10:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. in. until the skin's resistance has been built up somewhat and until tanning has begun and the danger from severe burn safeguarded.

By the time you notice a slight reddening of the skin in the middle of the day you may be already severely burned. Earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon the margin of safety is

greater. A safe rule is to be exposed to the sun lor only a few minutes the first few times, so that the danger of a burn is reduced and the skin tolerance is learned.

A few of the after-effects of severe sunburn

are: sunstroke; painful discomfort, necessitating treatment in bed: stomach and intestinal dis orders; headache and fever.

During the past few years Ossie has spent considerable

lime

at

gardening and keeping I.is home grounds look ing neat, he likes a game of cards or soli taire and likes to visit

with his cronies. His tales of the days when this country was new are very interesting— we

take

it

from his

storie.; that he enjoy ed hunting immensely when he was young.

Al the present time "Ossie" is enjoying his retired life but he tells all young fellows that il is nice to look forward to the time one can retire but it is much nicer to

keep working.

He says, "I guess it must be a

habit and it's hard to quit."

We hope he has many years to do the things he has been planning on and to enjoy the freedom of leisure time.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE OX PAGE 1240:

"Safety is free, are you getting your share?"

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that

I always ]'lucked a

thistle and planted a flower where 1 thought a flower would grow.—Abraham Lincoln.

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treas ures of the mind as harrowing and planting those of the earth.— Margaret Fuller.

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_//i£ JjizadLzu ^J%an±fio%tation (lomtiayiu Oalety -Aleetings w arid Personal N e\vs the rivers. Even the boys from Cleveland have Sir. Carl D. Bradley—Safety Meetings taken on, that native Rogers City appearance.

Report of Safety Committee meeting, Steam

Chief: Gosh! but it's cold! This is the third

er Carl D. Bradley, June 22, 193y.

Present: Donald McLeod, chairman; Raymond Buehler, secretary; William Hornbacher, Pier-

time I've changed back to my red flannels! (Yes, Chief, we have two seasons, winter and August).

man Vogler, William Halligan,

Mel Hamann, night cook and proprietor of "Mel's Marine Guild" (as our night lunch sys

George

Kerr,

Robert Lowe, Vic Klee, Edward Schultz and oth er members of the crew.

tem is known) likes his new job.

The chairman opened the meeting at 6 p. m. and called upon Captain Pearse who gave an

Bradley gets in early in the morning Mel can

instructive talk about safety and also stated lie saw no breach of rules during the past month.

He also brought up the subject upon ladders to

be more careful with them at the dock not pull ing them up high enough when shifting and having them caught on spiles and being broken, and cables also hitting them.

He also mention

ed that deck engines were being handled too carelessly and wanted the crew to take more pains with them especially the electric wenches.

Recommendations from last meeting were

checked over and all were taken care of right after the meeting. Herman Vogler suggested that ladder on after spar be looked at, some of

the rungs are starting to show signs of being pitted pretty bad from gases.

William Halligan suggested that matches not be thrown on deck out of hallway doors because crew coming out step on them at night and may slip and receive a bad fall. Steward recommend

When the

dash up town and play Milk Man.

We don't

know whether Mel has an interest in the milk route or the milk maid.

Del Sly, erstwhile owner and operator of Del's Wayside Tavern at Petoskey, is back with us this year.

Del made a success of his Lunch and

Gas business but the business was too strenuous

and he is again taking care of the Bradley tables.

A Sad, Sad Story Once upon a time there was an Engineer nam ed Bill Mooney. He hadn't seen his lovely wife in two months. She made a trip up to Calcite to see him. Bill spent four hours polishing his shoes, pressing his best suit, and making him self just pretty. The ship docked, Bill dashed down the ladder, he tore around the front of his

car and Zip—! he hit some slippery mud. He's up! he's down—on his back in a nice puddle of Cal cite mud and water. What a graceful way to meet one's long lost wife!

ed that the crew scrub their shower bath floors

Scotty: Hooligan, what nationality are you?

at least once a week with lysol which he has on hand for that purpose. It was also recommend

Halligan: French—

ed that a Pyrene fire extinguisher be put in for

Scotty: Hooligan, you lying Irishman you!

ward hallway in case of any fire in electric wenches forward.

There being no further business, the Chair

man declared the meeting closed at 6:45 p. m.

Personal Items

Now that school is out we have a few col

lege boys on for the summer season.

Instead

of the usual steamboat oil being poured around the mess room at meal time we have a higher plane of conversation. Such as Plantation Man

Greetings! Shipmates, from the Queen of the Lake, The "Gray Ghost" of Lake Michigan, The Lake Michigan Express as we should be prop

agement, Greek Vase Painting, History of the Roman Wind Instruments, and the exchange of names and phone numbers. Nice to have you with us gang—keep going and get that sheep

erly named.

skin !

Since leaving Cheboygan on April 29th, we have made 18 trips down Lake Michigan, broken only by one trip to the Soo. During all this

improvement being done to Rogers City streets

time we have had but one trip in which we have not encountered fog or heavy rain. We have

made good time, haven't had any tangles with Ferry Boats which speaks well for our alert Captain and capable Mates. It is rumored that when and if we make a trip down Lake Erie way Captain Pearse will declare a holiday through

With pleasure and satisfaction we note the

and public grounds but to a sailor the beach in

Rogers City proper and the road leading to Cal cite (the portion within the city limits) is a beautiful Sore Eye.

They'll Do It Every Time Otto: You're not telling me, I know!

Steve: Gosh, this steak is tough.

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I.awson: Did you hear this one?

Halligan: I don't need any sleep!

Ford: I'll have some more sausage!

Schult/.: Next pay day I'll start banking!

Adrian : 1 low do I look ?

Chief : Better times are coming.

was thought adviseable to install an eye in the swinging block standard.

It was brought to the attention of the meet ing that the handhold ropes in the cargo hold were being cut up by falling stones. The advis ability ol replacing the rope with chain, wras mentioned.

When cleaning out the pigeon holes around

George: W'heres' my hot milk!

Rob: I'm still going to drive thai oil truck.

the boom hopper there is danger from falling

Carl: ( silent)

s.oiies to those on <\t:c\;.

Haswcll: I'm on a diet. ham!

Gimme some more

Jackson: Mow aboul some more ham!

"I'.ihnorc: What's the cab fan- to Alpena?

Seotty: All! that's a good cup of tea!

Captain: Let's go boys! Over with the boat.

A tip to Mark Plasvvell: Since you are now a native of Rogers City and a resident of the city's "Gold Coast" get your coal bin filled early and buy yourself a big snow shovel. You won't have to worry about exercise and a stream-lined fig ure next winter.

Pete Miller, the heart throb of Green Bay and

Rogers City, is with us as Third Mate. We hope he stays with us. We already lost Roland Bry ant, Bill Chain and Doc Monroe.

Ford Win field let us in on his secret marriage

a few weeks ago. Ford took the jump last win ter. Congratulations and good luck. No other signs of the Leap appear as yet but Mel Hamann falls out of his bunk regularly, talks in his sleep and dumps the salad into the bread can. It may mean something at that. \o offense boys!

In the future a man

is to be stationed on deck to warn those passing

Dizzy'. All cooks are nuts.

All in fun, see you next

time.

Str. B. H. Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Safety Meetings Date of meeting: June 22, 1939.

Present: Roland Bryan, chairman; Marvin

of the danger.

i he chairman suggested thai an extra becket

be put on the mooring cables, so that the bight could be held open, without danger to hands, while it was being placed on a spile.

A representative of the engineers department slated that if there is any doubt as to how a deck

engine is working to report it immediately.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p. m.

Personal Items It was with deep regret that the crew of the Taylor met the news of the death of Captain Martin. Many of the fellows here have sailed under him and remember him as one of the finest men to ever sail a steamboat.

Roland Bryan, Mate, came back to us from the White, and Walter Callam went to the White.

Good luck, fellows.

Mrs. Suttle and her two daughters were aboard

for a round trip to Gar;.-. We hope that they enjoyed their trip and that they will be aboard again soon.

Congratulations to Lester Hanuon and John

Robarge who are fathers of new baby girls.

Casey Jones has been around

the

boat lately and we won-

Schwaegler, secretary, and Theodore Strand,

er if he has

Nelson Free. George Hoy, Eugene Jones, Rich ard llaneckow, Louis Leveck and Edwin Ehrke.

gotten up nerve to pop

committee members, and other members of

the question.

crew.

The third Safety Meeting of the season to be held aboard the Steamer B. H. Taylor was called

Some of the forward

to order by the chairman at 12:55 p. m.

on the crew's clean safety record for the season, lie cautioned those who shift the boom cables

e n d crew have c o nvinced our n e w deck

to control the swinging engines from the side

hand

Captain Dahlburg complimented those present

they are working oh, and also from putting too much tension on the cables as it is possible to

that life belts are th e latest

pull one of the blocks lose and possibly causing

thin g

injury to some one.

night shirts for foggy

In pulling number eight hatch it lias been cus tomary to hook the hatch gear to the shackle of the swinging cable block. Because the hook on the hatch gear is too small to fit properly, it

in

weather.

Let

the

lashing a set of rings

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minstrels sing of "The Hungry Man from Elgen"; but we think we have his match in Ed Ehr

ke, who recently ate ten big hainbnrger steaks lor dinner and on meeting the steward on deck declared that he was hungry enough to eat a steer on the hoof.

Cheboygan seems to hold a strong attraction for Steward Leonard's little boy. Jimmy, who keeps his car gassed and oiled on the dock at

Calcite. What's the niatier. Jim. aren't there enough girls in Rogers to go around?

Str. IV. F. White-Safety Meetings Callam. chairman;

the gear.

II. Fleming pointed out that in the after cabin stairway one side of the stairway that is con nected to upper deck by just a spot weld. As tin re is a place for a bolt to be installed on that

side he suggested that it would be much safer ii

'.his was done.

Win.

Shay, secretary, and II. Morrell. deck: Xedeau.

conveyor; Allgeier. oilers; Zoho. galley; Varch. deck; Greengski. firehold : and other members of crew.

The Safety Committee meeting was called to order at (>:43 p. m. by the chairman. Mr. Walter

Captain MacLean gave a brief talk and advised the men who were splicing cables on deck to operate them without warning while cables be ing spliced and are lying along the deck. He also cautioned them while working on hatches never under any circumstances step onto the hatch next to them, lie pointed out that there might not be any hatch cover on the next hatch and this would naturally result in a disasterous accident.

Old Business: None.

Callam.

Galley Department suggestions: None.

Oilers Department suggestions: None.

There being no more business or suggestions,

-Mr. Callam gave- a short talk to the men cau

tioning them to lie alert when hatches are being put on or taken off and never under any cir cumstances should they stand in the bight of the cable when the hatches are being pulled. Lie also explained that the lauding boom could be a

the meeting was adjourned by Walter Callam at 7:04 p. in.

Personal Items

source of danger to the men who use it if they were careless aboul how the men operated it.

Extreme caution should lie used at all limes by the men who ride the boom also, lie advised the men who were handling the cables on the dock never to remove cables until told to do so first.

P.\ doing so without first being instructed to do so might result in serious injury, lie suggested that in the future no one shall carry any articles

'Tlerbie Stout. Specialist." seems to be doing quite well giving free advice to the lovelorn.

We are wondering why Louis Isabel terestecl in furniture nowadays.

What

in their hands while embarking and in the future

hauled Up over the ship's side.

Win. Shay suggested that in the future the watchman on duty should sic thai the ladder

No! to

do so may result in someone being struck" by a large lump of coal that may escape the coal bunker while coal is coming In in the shute.

II. Morrell explained that men should be care

ful of their fingers whenever they found it necessary to move or handle the hatch covers manually. He said that if caution was not used

that a finger might easily get under hatch coyer resulting in smashed fingers.

William Chain pointed out that flange on con veyor hopper shute was a source of danger and handles of wheel barrow.

Suggestions were made such as putting rub ber shoe around flange or removing flange en tirely. This will be remedied in tin- next few days or just as >oon as it can b.- taken care of.

Ed Voight pointed out that the large conveyor

in-

Dwvers intentions when he

fiiii lasl we've found one place on this ship where Schlager can be found in a peaceful and quiet mood.

Where? The

ship's

safe-

i y commit tee meeting.

Mr.

Sha y

Win.

was

p r e s e nted with a newCo r n c o b

pipe

lor

"F a t h e r's Dav."

could result in injury to the eyes or head might

become lacerated when stooping over to grip

were Al

is s o

bought a live passenger sedan?

a basket shall be u^v<\ and all articles will be

is taken up while ship is being fueled.

Mr. Galium said that bolt

Would be placed in stairway immediately. use caution and to lie careful about operating the deck engines and might prove dangerous to

Dale of meeting. June 2f>. V>3{).

Present: Walter

gear that is near the sump pump should be re moved as it is a source of danger in its present location. Means will be taken shortly to remove

( )iir

P<nU HOW

new

est coalpasser

seems

to

have a poor a p p e t i te.

T w o m e n can wait on

him easy.

you AM

HOWLUCKy

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Coal Passer (first time sawing cast iron) : Gee,

has a black and that Charley Cook, the champ, will.

Al. that stuff must be rotten.

Al: What makes you think so?

That Pill Lal.onile gazes at the ceiling when

C. P.: Well it saws so darn easy.

he has a good hand.

After a daylight trip through Posen we have been trying to find out from Julius Greengski what kind of seed they planted to grow those

rock j)iles.

That Donald McLean, the Captain's son. is now a member of the crew in the capacity of coal passer, lie says he's only "subbing" though.

His heart belongs to the Galley, his first love.

Herb Stout has a contract

with

straightening meat saw blades. what makes them snap so easy?

Joe Zoho

We wonder

That John Prcdow and Glenn Paradise look as though they were lonesome for the good old

Calcite.

Cheboygan was so far away that Louis Isabell's girl friend now works in Rogers City.

Everything must lie going all right because the boys are grumbling that we don't get into Calcite often enough and when we do we don't stay long enough. How about a few loads of

Maybe they can't get used to being

home so often.

That Victor Rickle has that familiar look in his

eyes that sometimes precedes the fatal step, or is it leap.

flux for the circuit, Tonawanda, Toledo, Gary,

That Raymond Gerbrandt, our argumentative radio operator, may try to pass as a Kentucky "Runnel" but he's from Pocky River just the

Calcite?

same.

Gene Dwyer is having a hard time trying to

sleep in a short bunk,

\i he takes the end off,

his feet will be in the wash bowl.

.However, he

offers to wrestle Rickle for the other bunks.

"Maggie" Nathan Caldwell was quite an ill

man during fit-out time, but is now getting around again just as good as ever.

Schlager seems to be having a tough time get

ting his 19.38 Hudson back in shape again, ac cording to the reports we've heard. Why don't you get the garageniau to put a piece of rail road track all around your car so it has a chance

to stay in shape a little longer?

Don's (relief coalpasscr) only compliment on Joe's cooking, '"Tastes like more."

Did You Know

That

Charlie

Pohelia,

our

Pennsylvania

Str. John G. Munsonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Safety Meetings Date of meeting, 7:00 p. m. May 22, 1939.

Present: Chris Swarts, chairman; Harry Sloan, secretary, and Captain Xauls, Chief Urday and Committee Members Fred Wetherton, Arthur Brcckon, Michael Idalski, Louis Sinolinski. James Lamb and other members of vessel not on duty.

The minutes of the May 19th meeting were read and discussed and it was believed that gen eral precautionary measures were being observ ed and practiced in the performance of duty. Cer tain mechanical changes which may eventually be made are being postponed while other meth

ods of eliminating danger ha/.ards are being tried

The following suggestions were then made at the request of

wheelsman and tousorial artist in his own right,

the chairman.

has gone native and moved to the enterprising little County Seat of Rogers, lock, stock and

A v e r t i cal screen to he in stalled at the

barrel.

That Bill Shay was presented with a splinter new corn cob pipe last Father's Lay by the oilier affectionate engineers. neglected to fill 'er lip.

Pill says they

That Joe /olio's "baldy" hair cut is growing

out quite nicely ami bids fair to afford ample

protection'!)}- the time the flies are really bad.

At least ruin their skating.

That h'rank Ware has been working in the tunnel installing new lights so much lately that

he is beginning to take on a prison pallor.

That E. Hilton Gould, our "Killcr-diller" has

purchased a new pair of shag shoes.

That "Sliced" Ploeft won't "smear" when he

side

conveyor

controls simi lar to the ar

rangement

ef

fective

t he-

on

Brad lev to pro tect the oper ator at this station w h e n

cargo is being discharged.

T h e lor

over

lights the

ship side at the a f I e r ladder stations and al so the stack

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lights to be overhauled and plated in good work

extinguisher to be used around electrical appar

ing condition.

atus.

The port hatch engine has been found to be loose on it's foundation and in need of general repair and has been dismantled and necessary parts are being obtained. The hatch cables which

recommended for all such fires around electrical

also are in poor condition will also be replaced

The lux (carbon dioxide) extinguisher is

wires, motors, sockets or any other electrical device.

The Poamite should be used when fires

are caused by burning oil or grease. It has a tendency to spread over the surface of the oil.

as soon as possible.

Seamen on dock" are definitely instructed to exercise every precaution in handling lines 10

ii froths and smothers the flames.

protect themselves from bodily injury, to avoid

the base of the flame.

fairleading cables clear of dock bollards unless there is a definite understanding to thai effect with the Male who is signaling winch operator.

No further suggestions we<e made and the meeting was closed at 8:00 p. m.

Reports of Ships of the Waterways Navigation Company Str. T. IV. Robinson—Safety Meetings Date of meeting. June 23, 1939.

Members present: Alfred Tun-ell. chairman:

C. T. Greenleaf, secretary, and Fred Beebe. Phil ip Muszyuski, Stanley Idalski, Gordon O'Toole,

Sand is also

highly reconiniended for such fires to keep oil from spreading. Always direct the stream to Before forward crew starts scrubbing cabins around ships antenna lead-in. they should notify radio operator first, also when rinsing around cabin, do not direct stream directly on lead-in.

A quarter inch welded chain will be installed on each side of cargo hold, by the after bulkhead.

0 Ihe deck hands .-an hold on to when pulling

themselves up to ship's side for the cleanup.

Wail at least one hour or more after meals

before going in for a swim. You are subject to severe cramps if you attempt to do so directly after a meal. Thousands of drownings are caused Iloin going in the water directly after a meal.

All the members of the committees and the

.Albert Goodreau. Lester Pines. Anthony Yard;.

Stanley Beilrnore, other members.

others attending, were told not to wait with any suggestion, or if they see an\ dangerous hazard to report it immediately to tlie proper depart

The third Safety meeting of the season was called to order by Chairman Alfred Turrell at 6

ing to bring it tip.

p. in.

Captain Mc(,)uinn, Chief Engineer La-

Bounty and several other members of the crewwere present. All items discussed at our pre vious meeting have been taken care of.

Railing has been installed on walk way to triu

ment and not wait a month until the next meet

An accident could be caused

in the meantime. Suggestions and reports are open l" all of the crew, whether you are a mem ber of the committee or not.

As there were no other subjects brought up. the meeting was adjourned al 1:30 p. m.

ne11. new hangers on dead tights, sign on 4-10

Personal Items

Volt Plug, stairway to fan tail has been spot welded, and also around cabin dpOrs to keep

from slipping when wet.

All safety devices were reported in good shape.

It was reconiniended that a railing he installed around

boom

ments.

Meeting adjourned al 7 p. in.

cable

stand.

\o

lurther

com

Captain Martin's immediate relatives are join

ed in their mourning by countless thousands both on the boats and at the many ports where he was respect ed and re

vered by all

Str. Calcite—Safety Meetings

win • came in contact with

J)ate of meeting, June 0th, 1939.

Present: Leo Molt, chairman; Morman Hend erson, secretary, and Dean O'Connor, Wilbur W irgati. Stanley Ceutala. Lex O'Toole and

rile

charac

ter.

A good

Charles Lister also several other members of the

many of

crew.

have

Meeting called to order at 12:45 p. m. with all of the members present.

Signs will be made as follows: "Men Working Around Conveyors." These sighs to be hung

how hi- acle d w h e rt in e u w i t h 1e s s forti tude would have shown that the vis

around control switches for o

lvevors.

I'.cfore

anyone starts working around elevator or any other part of the conveyors. Also the men arc to notify conveyor man that they are going to work around the conveyor.

The entire crew to be shown the proper fire

his straight forward, vi

us

s e e n

ible gold of their a c t e r

charwas

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actually but a thin veneer hiding the lead under neath. Captain Martin proved time and time again that the golden aspect of his character was not a mere plating but solid, precious metal.

When stories of ships and men are told, Captain Martin's name will be often mentioned.

His

ability in handling a steamboat was considered miraculous by many and simply the result of extraordinarily good judgment by others, but none can say that luck was responsible for his consistently excellent record in his capacity of Captain in possibly the most exacting trade on

We always seem to have a bad port list when backing into the slip at Calcite. The reason has finally been found to be the line-up at the after ladder. As we can only figure on getting to Calcite about once every three weeks, it's a safe bet to say that two-thirds of the crew is ashore trom the time she docks until that last long shift ahead.

Rogers City postmaster (Notice) please dis

the Great Lakes.

The entire crew of the "Calcite" salutes a man who will never die in their memories.

Captain Thorsen's wife and daughter recently made a trip to Milwaukee and return aboard the "Calcite." We all look forward to having them on for another trip in the near future.

The spirit of co-operation and good fellowship is noticeable to a marked degree on the "Cal cite." As one example, the other day while un

loading oiled slack, one of the fellows who was off watch at the time, noticed that the boys were

a little behind on the cleanup despite the fact that they were working fast and hard. This par ticular fellow, without a word to anyone, im mediately donned his coveralls and went down in the cargo hold to help.

A recent statistical analysis of the crew of the "Calcite" reveals the fact that 65 percent are

from Rogers and vicinity and 51 percent are now married. Thirteen percent of the crew threw caution to the winds during the past win ter and allowed the old ball and chain to be firm

ly riveted in place. The lads concerned were Bill Joppich, Jack Paradise, Roily Tulgetski, Bill Budnick and Jack Hoch. There are even more candidates for matrimonial bliss this coming winter.

We extend a hearty welcome to Leo Moll, Alex Molocha, Frank Berg, Oscar Jacobson, Willard Giddings, Bob Sheridan, Stanley Nowicki, Herschell Petit, Steve Vacoff, Jack Hoch, John Claus and Ed Berg.

Leo Moll, our new first mate, and his wife, rolled their mansion on wheels down to the Flor

ida Keys last winter for another roundup of deep sea fishing and sun tanning.

Leo did a most commendable job of handling the "Calcite" while Cap Thorsen was home to attend the funeral of Captain Martin.

They even man

regard the five day return directions on all mail to the Calcite and change to approximately 25 days.

Bob Monroe and Erhardt Felax saw a small

portion of the world in three weeks last winter.

Their intinerary included Washington, D. C, Miami, and New Orleans.

Oscar Jacobson wants to know why the "Cal cite" takes so much right wheel on that stretch

by Fourteen Foot Shoal. If our memory holds true to form, it seems that Cheboygan is in the vicinity. We wonder, or do we?

Bob Sheridan our new wireless operator, has

spent some time on pusher boats down on "Old Man River." He has some very fine pictures to

partially silence the shouts of derision when he recollects his experiences. The lads have not as

yet swallowed his story about the twin, million candle power, motor controlled searchlights with which these boats light up the river. Re cently, however, he has corrected this to read i0,000 watts which may go over a little better.

Bill Hursh contends that speed boats and cameras are incompatible and further adds that anyone desiring an almost new Kodak plus case and one roll of exposed film will find same re posing in 10 fathoms 298

degrees 13J/2 miles from C 1 e v eland

main light.

Believe

it

or notâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

A

"Wild

cat" is part

aged to find time for a side jaunt over to Ha

of a

vana to break the monotony.

er's windlass used for

Previous to this

year Leo's tall fish stories were taken with the customary grain of salt, but now he has visible proof of some mighty fine catches in the form of reels and reels of movie film.

Leo's trailer

is now equipped with absolutely all the ultra modern conveniences except a ship to shore tele phone. He feels that a police whistle serves the purpose equally well and doesn't cost quite as much.

steam

hauling the

up

anchor.

It is gener ally found with an an

chor around neck.

cable its

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der soup diet to cut down der over head so ve can catch up mit der grocery man und have a liddie reserve for next year.

ifctatutra

Veil Mitzie in der years gone by der roads ver so narrow dot two cars could hardly pass mit oud

scraping der fenders bud now days dey make

dim so vide dot six or seven cars pile up ad

vance. Veil horse power does nod make horse

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sence.

inittga

Say Mitzie ven you vant a nice chicken supper see Penny Hoeft he can tell you how you can

get vone free of charge, playing Spitzer mit Harry Meharg's gang it vill be all fixed. Veil

Penny don't be a two timer, stick mit der old guard, dey know der cards.

B9 Al ^rijnnjiBte Veil der summer vill soon be here unt der rel

ieves vill all be coming up to spend deir vacation.

Mit all der kids unt der pooch der car vill have to stand in der garage vile mine stands in der street becaus der sun vould fade der finish on

id vot do they think, mine is usted to it, any how dey have one of dem Major Boles Worlds Fair Specials a couple of dollars down unt a dollar ven dey can catch dem, unt use mine because id is full of gas unt already on der street unt turn up dere nose ven I vant to take mama up to der store to get der grub for der whole bunch of Unt Mama und der kids unt I move oud

in der back yard in a tent mit der bugs unt der ants. Vile dey sleep like angels on our two dol lars unt a half Beauty Rest Matress.

dollars on man, vomen, unt kids. I vonder if

some schmart politicker could tell us a vay dot ve could do as some of der fourgen countries

My Leiber Mitzie:

dem.

Veil I read in der paper der oder day dot der per capita debt vas three hundred unt twenty

Und der

flee bitten pooch must sleep on der Sears Roe

are doing mit us, repudiate dem. I don't no if dot is spelt right or not but in oder vords don't pay.

Veil der season of Queens are aboud over. Dei-

are ter tulip, smelt, cherrie unt god knows how many other kinds of dem. I think id is about

time dot ve have a limestone queen. Vouldent

she be sweet mit a dress made oud of Open-

Hearth mit schreening for trimmings?

Der oder day I saw Joe Penglase looking at some domestic garbage cans der vones dot you

step on a lever unt der cover flies up. I vas

youst vondering if he did nod vant id for his

office ven he held der foremans meeting so dot some of der boys could get rid of der cigarette buts, of course Joe vants dem to feel at home

buck davenport fore he is ust to id at home. Vill mama vont even let me sit on id only vin I come

ven day come up to his office.

back from church, or ven der Preacher is ad der

Larson aboud dem Perch up ad Cheboygan.

house den she can't say anyding because she vants to make a good impresion on him. Think ing dot she vill go to heaven. Wow! Won't she get fooled. Unt den der relatives vant der best of every thing in der feed line. Strawberries mit

cream. Vile I break my back picking dem unt I tint mama dond even get a schmell. I vonder if dey think dot ve get der cream oud of der

vatter faucet by der vay dey put id on or by der sweat of my brow. Unt dey think dot ve have a restaurant dot searves meals ad all hours. By der service dey vant unt occupy der bath room

unt read der morning paper unt smoke der cigaretts. Vill mama unt I vash in a pail on der back porch unt use my razor to pare der corns unt I must spend swie shilling to get a shave.

Ach Got help me from such peoples unt ven dey are ready to go home in about two veeks after

dey came up dey tell you vat a good time dey had tint how much dey enjoyed dem selves. Unt how sorry dey vas dot dey could nod stay longer.

Unt mama tint I veshing dot dey ver gone a month before dey came up. Unt den ve go on

Say if you vant to hear a vopper just ask Dave

Twelve of dem weighed sixty four pounds. Dem verent Perch, Dave, dem var vales. Better join

der club, Davie.

Frank Gordon thinks his wrist vatch is of der

subermarine type ven he goes bildge diving on der Vulcan, rools up his sleaves so der von't get

vet tint let's der vatch dere on his wrist. Veil,

Frank dey von't stand vater.

I see by der paper dot a crown Prince tint a Princess made a tour of. der United States unt der Worlds Fair mit a lot of Servants unt it only cost twenty six thousand dollars. I vonder

vat it costs ven our Royalty goes fishing for about ten daysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;could id be figured up in dollars tint cents?

Id could nod be done mit a schlide

rule, but vat is der difference ids der taxpayers money unt dey only belong to der economist royalty small buttons.

Veil Mitzie, I vill have to close for this time, as dis ledder is long enough for dis time so I vill come to a close for dis time so audi Veider Sane.

Schnopsie.

Ike fuenolii nana When a man ain't got a cent, an' he's feeliu' hind o' blue,

An' the clouds hang dark and heavy, an' won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing, O my brethren, for a feller just to lay His hand itpun your shoulder in a friendly sort o' way.

It makes a man feel curious, it makes the teardrops start.

An' you sort o' feel a flutter in the region of the heart; You can't look up and meet his eyes; you don't know what to say

When his hand is on ymtr shoulder in a friendly sort o' way.

Oh, the world's a curious compound, with its honey and its gall With its cares and bitter crosses, but a good world after all.

An' a good God must have made if . . . leastways, that is what I say When a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort o' way.

JAMl-S Wr-IITCOMB llll I Y.

ADVANCE, ROGERS CITY

COULD BE

THAT YELLOW MOON

d\fo c^caLazrit c^fonoz <y\oLL u^zhaxtrnznt

\joxEmart o% Gafitain

BLASTING CREWS

Theo. Haselhuhn

CARPENTER SHOP

Chas. Hoffman

DRILLS

Thomas Kelley John Dembny

DRILLS

ELECTRICAL CREWS MACHINE SHOP MILL

MILL

POWER HOUSE

Frank Reinke William Heller

Adolph Sorgenfrei Anthony Mulka Geo. C. Wing

SHOVELS

Leon Ruell

SHOVELS

Robert Hamilton

TRANSPORTATION

John Modrzynski Peter Giovangnoria C. C. Eldridge

TRANSPORTATION

Victor Koch

TRACKS TRACKS

YARD

TUGS

DETROIT DOCK

STR. CARL D. BRADLEY STR. B. H. TAYLOR

Julius Zemple Capt. Walter Peppier Chief Frank Lamp E. B. Metzen

Capt. F. F. Pearse Chief John Sparre Capt. Theo. Dahlburg Chief Thos. Suttle

STR. JOHN G. MUNSON

Capt. C. A. Thorsen Chief Arthur Urdal

STR. W. F. WHITE

Capt. M. R. McLean Chief J. A. Anderson

Published by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company, Rogers City, Michigan in the interest of Safety and Welfare

The columns of "Calcite Screenings" are open to receive plant news, photographs, cartoons., safety suggestions and other items of general plant interest. Contributions will be welcomed from all em ployees. All such contributions should bear the name of the department and the sender and should

be addressed to the editor.

J. A. VALENTIN, Editor

Fall Issue

EDITORIALS

Requires Loyal Support

November 1939

Matter of Self Discipline

Even though everything in a plant is in its prop er place with the machines guarded and all dan gerous spots marked with warning signs and with every detail checked for safety—this alone would not make a safe plant.

These things are very important—they help— but no place can have a safe operation unless every man in the organization is in a frame of mind to accept and appreciate the importance of preventing accidents.

If a man receives a slight cut and does not re port to the first aid, he is headed for infection. If

a workman is given a pair of

The difference between success and failure is quite cften a matter of will power.

Recently, a successful business man received a

letter frcm a man who had gone through a series of very trying circumstances and wanted advice on what he should do to acquire a position of in dependence in life.

Owing to the fact that he had been through so many disheartening experiences, he was com

pletely discouraged. Thus his point of view was distorted and his judgment impaired. He had lost sight of the fact that he possessed many valuable assets,

goggles and instructed to wear them on certain jobs and one

day removes the goggles or never puts them on and re ceives an eye injury it is quite apt to be a lost time accident.

If a machine is properly equip ped with a safety guard but the operator removes it and ne glects to put it back someone is sure to be hurt.

When a man

driving a locomotive, tractor or automobile does not use com mon sense and causes an acci

dent there is liable to be a per sonal injury. Along with guard

ing the machines, employees must also have an alert mind

if a plant is to be free from per sonal injury.

We are pleased to record that so far this year during the

among them being

health, education and experi ence.

ccp soutih

What, he

luishomanti

oigcretion—* then shalt thou

needed

in

the

emergency above anything else was will power. Persist ency of effort—unwillingness

>

to surrender—dogged determin

ation—these are qualities that

often decide human destiny.

It is through the development of these qualities that thrift at

mdirmthuuiM)

tains its greatest values. Those

safclu,anh fhft

sess a great amount of stamina.

foot ishott not

5timthle"

operating season at Calcite we have been free from lost time accidents. This is

who are really thrifty must pos It is always easier to follow the line of least resistance and

yield to the temptation of luxury cr comfort than to adhere rigid

ly to some self-imposed system

KING SOLOMON P80VEHBS 3t2l-03

of getting ahead. Thrift of money, health or time means the use of one's will.

Many of

those who have

achieved great success in life have done so be cause they developed self-discipline. The de

also true of the Bradley Transportation Company boats and the Detroit Dock—the Buffalo plant has

velopment and promotion of this characteristic in

had one lost time accident.

one's self is perhaps our greatest aid in prevent

The results of the efforts so far this year are

ing all types of accidents whether it be at the

gratifying and if we can continue for another month, we will have established a record in which

plant, in the home, on the highway or wherever

each and every employee can take pride. Such

achievements are accomplished only by the loyal

we may be.

Those who are cultivating self-discipline may be sure they are creating for themselves assets of

and whole-hearted support of the entire organi

character that will prove of incalculable value to

zation.

them all through life.

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Testimonial Dinner In Honnr III I'resideiil .1.1). Munsun On the occasion of his promotion to vice-president of United States Steel Corporation, in charge of raw materials. ... By R. B. Henley Karl Daniels, representing the Shovel Department; Mr. Victor Koch representing the Transportation

Department; Mr. Rudolph Dueltgen, Jr., Purchas ing Agent; Mr. R. B. Lounds representing the Quarry Maintenance Department; Mr. Chas. F. Platz, Traffic Manager and the Honorable Fred V. N. Bradley, Congressman from the Eleventh Con gressional District of Michigan. The Speakers

quite naturally expressed much the same feeling of elation and pride in the advancement of Mr. Munson.

They all had many pleasant recollections of his personal interest in every employee, and in look ing to the future expressed their happiness in the fact that the organization, the condition of the

plant, and the condition of the business as a whole was in such good shape that all of us felt a deep obligation to him to carry on and cooperate so that there would be no doubt, that the confidence

he had in us and the responsibility he placed on us would be borne with the spirit that has helped him make this plant and this community one of which we are all proud.

There have been many banquets and evenings

of fellowship in the past, but as a rule there has been a longer period to plan them, and they were at a time when many of the employees could as sist in the work. This banquet came during the operating season and on comparatively short no More than five-hundred employees of the Michi gan Limestone & Chemical Company and the Bradley Transportation Company attended a testi monial dinner in honor of John G. Munson, Sep tember 4, 1939, which was given upon the occa

tice, but the committee with Frank Reinke as gen eral chairman did an excellent job and without

listing individually each committee member who have always carried out these affairs in excellent fashion, a vote of thanks is due to each and every

sion of his promotion to the vice-presidency of the

one.

United States Steel Corporation of Delaware. Al though the feeling was one of sincere gratification by his many friends and employees, it was also a time when many of the employees who chose to speak did so with much emotion and while it was long felt that sooner or later a much deserved promotion would take place, that would offer a wider field for the excellent ability and experience of Mr. Munson, a feeling of sadness could not be

dinner and the program included community sing ing and also music by Roy Flewelling's orchestra.

Mr. Munson, in his talk to the gathering, called attention to the many important happenings in the world of today and particularly to the beginning of hostilities in Europe which was a decisive step

helped when we were confronted with the actual ity that he and his family were moving away from Rogers City to make their home in Pittsburgh.

Many fine tributes were paid Mr. Munson dur ing the program which was in charge of Walter Santimo as Toastmaster. Speakers on the pro gram were: Mr. I. L. Clymer, Vice-president of the Michigan Limestone <S Chemical Company; Mr. R. B. Henley, Auditor and Secretary of the com

pany; Mr. J. P. Kinville, Treasurer; Mr. H. L. Caul-

The Westminster Church Guild served the

for the whole world and cautioned us to be calm and let our actions be the result of judgment rather than emotion.

He told us something of the new work he was

to take up, which would result in his general guid ance of the Limestone Company and his depend ence on us here to assist him in this larger field of endeavor. Mr. Munson paid tribute to the loyal ty of all employees, whom he credited with much of the responsibility of bringing this plant and or ganization to the point where he could readily ac cept his new work free from any doubt whatever that Calcite would carry on. He said that he felt

kins, President of the Waterways Navigation

that his new job was the same as the one he was

Company of Detroit; Mr. Clare Macklem and Mr.

leaving, it being mainly to help men to help them-

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selves. He spoke of the late Carl D. Bradley, who was such a great friend of us all and who laid the foundation for the permanency and security of

community. To say that the Munson family was active in all local community affairs, rather limits their interest to public activities — but theirs was a more personal interest — a friendliness that reached into the homes and intimate problems and joys of all of us — they were real friends, indeed.

The sincere good wishes of the entire commun ity will always be with the Munson family for their continued good health, prosperity and happiness.

Moiioxiik1 - The Silent Killer Many of the deaths classified as exhaustion and suffocation result from the inhilation of the colorless, odorless and tasteless fumes of carbon

monoxide gas. It is made by the incomplete comThe recollection of many pleasant plant incidents brought out smiles and laughter as Mr. Munson

visited with the boys dur ing the evening.

this plant and community that all of our families

might have real happiness. Mr. Munson paid tribute to the many loyal employees of the com pany who had passed on and could not share the pleasures of this evening. The gathering stood in

busion of gasoline and is present in the exhaust from every gasoline engine.

This gas combines with the red coloring matter

of the blood corpuscles, haemoglobin, and pre vents the cells from carrying oxygen to the tissues —hence suffocation.

Because it gives no warning of its presence a victim may collapse suddenly without any pre vious symptoms.

In less acute cases of carbon

monoxide poisoning, however, there may be

silent tribute to ihese friends and fellow workers

ccme such warning as headache, drowsiness, diz ziness, nausea or confusion. More severe poison

who had passed on.

ing is indicated by convulsions, severe head

Mr. Munson called attention to the fact that the

places of distinction may not be immediately available as a reward for honest effort, but to let it never be said or to believe that opportunity is not as readily available today as it was years ago. He expressed his sincere friendship for all of us who had been partners with him through the many years of difficult times, and said that he felt that such periods of depression resulted in a clos er and better understanding of each other.

As a parting gift Mr. Munson was presented with a bronze desk set appropriately engraved with an expression of the lasting friendship of the more than five-hundred donors.

Mrs. John G. Munson and daughter Alice and son Jack were present as honored guests as they too had won the love and friendship of the entire The cameraman gave us this picture of Mr. and Mrs. Munson standing beside the desk set presented to Mr. Munson.

pains, loss of reflexes and partial or complete un consciousness.

Anyone feeling or displaying early symptoms should reach fresh air quickly and rest until such symptoms have left. Persons who have collapsed from carbon monoxide poisoning should be re moved to fresh air and be given artificial respira tion by the prone-pressure method. A doctor should be called; meanwhile, the victim should be

kept warm to prevent pneumonia from developing.

How true it is that strangers and casual ac quaintances see only our best selves. We smile, choose our words, are courteous, kind and friend ly. Those who are nearest to us—our own fam ilies—really see us as we are. It is in the home that we meet the final test.

Mrs. Munson and Frank L. Reinke, general chairman of the af fair exchange greetings.

I'ri'si'iiliini In Yuu I'miili'iil I. L. ClyiniT iind Some ill illi' Calcite Faillv IRVIN L. CLYMER, President of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company, was elected to

this position November 3, 1939. Mr. Clymer spent his early life on a farm near Findlay, Ohio. He is an alumnus of Purdue University and Otterbein College, and his first work after leaving school was with the Rock Island Railroad Com

pany. From 1913 to 1926 he served with the Robins Conveying Belt Company as draftsman and engineer in connection with the design and

installation of handling equipment for coal, coke, ore and limestone. Mr. Clymer came with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company on March 1, 1926. as Chief Engineer. He held the position of Operating Manager from 1928 until Tune 1, 1938, when he was promoted lo the VicePresidency of the Michigan Limestone & Chemi

cal Company and Company.

the

Bradley Transportation

Negaunee. Michigan, was the early home of JOSEPH PENGLASE, where he lived with his parents until 1900 when he took his first position with the Jackson Iron Company which was one of the first organizations to start operations on the

Marquette Iron Range. His field of experience was broadened when

he went

to

Massachusetts

in

R. B. HENLEY, a Hoosier by birth, moved from Howard County where he was born on a farm near Rushville, Indiana, wilh his parents in 1908.

This activity occupied his lime unlil 1915 when he went to

Detroit for a

short time and

then to

Cleveland in the same year as a timekeeper for the Perfection Spring Company and later as a member of their accounting department. For five years preceding his affiliation with this company he was a public accountant for the Cleveland Trust Company and was not a stranger in this community as his public accounting work had brought him here for a period each year since 1919. Early in 1925 he v/as made auditor and as sistant secretary of the company, and since 1938 has been auditor and secretary oi this company and also the Bradley Transportation Company.

Treasurer JOHN P. KINVILLE is a native of nor

thern Michigan. Born in Black River near Alpena, he received his education in the Alpena Public Schools and at Ferris Institute. He was storekeeper for the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad for five

years until 1915. In March 1916 he came to work

1913 on construction work, and the supervision of

for this company as assistant bookkeeper. His

reservoir, bridge, and other construction occu pied his time until 1916. Among the outstanding jobs covered in his experience are Ihe water sup ply reservoir for Ihe City of Boston, the construc tion of the Nebich Cut in the St. Mary's River, the Livingston Channel in the Detroit River, and a large dam for the Alabama Power Company. He

service was uninterrupted except when he was a

was attracted lo Calcite in 1916 and occupied a position as master mechanic until May 1, 1928, when he was placed in charge of the plant as General Superintendent. He was elected VicePresident of the company November 3, 1939.

CHARLES F. PLATZ. elected Vice-President of

the Bradley Transportation Company on Novem ber 3, 1939, is a native of Rogers Cily. He at tended the Rogers City High School and the De troit Business University. He has been employed by the company since 1912, beginning then as a general office clerk. He was secretary to the President from

1918

to

1925. He

then became

Traffic Manager of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company and the Bradley Transporta

tion Company, which position he occupied at the time of his promotion. His service for this com

pany has been continuous except for six months which he spent in Washington, D. C, wilh the

U. S. Shipping Board during Ihe World War. 1258

First Lieutenant in the World War for a period of seventeen months. Upon his return to this com

pany Mr. Kinville was Credit Manager at the Buf falo plant until 1920. He came back to Rogers City that same year and after serving as cashier and assistant

treasurer,

was elected

Treasurer

on

April 1, 1928, which position he occupies at the present time.

RUDOLPH DUELTGEN JR. was born in Rogers City and educated in the public schools of his native city and at Ferris Institute of Big Rapids.

He was graduated from the University of Michi gan with a

degree in mechanical engineering.

Permanent employment with this company began August 25, 1919 as an engineer but his work has included a very broad field of related work such as department management, studies of physical and chemical requirements of customers, and cost planning. He was appointed Purchasing Agent of this company and the Bradley Transportation Company March 1, 1938, and occupies that posi tion at the present time. "Bud" Dueltgen is prob ably conversant with more of the operating de tails of the various departments of Calcite than any other single person in the organization.

REGINALD C. STANBROOK was born in England and came to this country in 1920 as a designer for the Bethlehem Ship building Company. He was then with Smith, Hinchrnan & Gryles of Detroit and also with the Detroit Edison Company until February 1, 1926 when he became associated with this company as a mechanical engineer. In April 1, 1929 he was placed in charge of power engineering for the Michigan Lime stone & Chemical Company and the Bradley Transportation Company, and during that period up to the present time has accomplished much constructive work in the building, oper ation, and maintenance of the power units of both compan ies. His early schooling was obtained in England and he is a graduate of Rutherford College and Armstrong College at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

LUCAS S. LEE has been Manager of the Buffalo agricultural limestone plant since October 1938. Born in Crawfordsville, Ind iana, Mr. Lee moved west with his family at an early age. He attended school in Oklahoma and New Mexico. He was gradu

ated from the University of Arkansas in 1916 with an A. B. de gree and his first connection with the U. S. Steel Corporation

was with the American Bridge Company in that same year. He gained experience later with the Illinois Central Railroad and operated a number of years with the Robins Conveying Belt Company, interrupted only by his service in France during the World War. He first became identified with the Michigan Lime stone & Chemical Company on October 15, 1924, as a structur al designer.

E. B. METZEN, manager of our Detroit dock, was born in De troit and has lived and worked there during his entire life time. He received his education in Detroit and for a short lime

after 1910 v/as in the city purchasing department and also with the Hudson Motor Company, but 1912 found him in the construc tion business as superintendent with the Thomas E. Currie Company with which firm he eventually became vice president which position he held until his resignation in 1932. He became affiliated with this company in October 1932, and through his efforts the Detroit market for aggregate stone has been ex panded as an important outlet for the products of this company.

The State of Mississippi is the home of HUGH S. LEWIS, and he was graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in general civil engineering. He obtained his early ex perience in various positions with the Illinois Central Railroad

and was a draftsman with them in May 1926 when he left to came to Rogers City with this company. As this organiza tion is small, many employees find their field of work consid erably broadened compared to the routine in larger compan ies and, therefore, Hugh Lewis has done some very effective work in ihe study of costs, methods and long range planning of improvements. His work has also taken him into Ihe operat ing management in which field he has cooperated in obtain ing results

GEORGE C. WING is a native of Massachusetts. His early experience was with the Chicago News, first in the Advertis ing Department, and then in electrical work. He left this organ

ization in 1913 to accept a position in Rogers City as an electri cian. He was soon made shift foreman in the Electrical Depart

ment and in 1923 was in the position of Assistant to the Gen eral Foreman of the Power and Electrical Department. May 1, 1928, he was promoted to the position of General Foreman oi the Power and Electrical Department, which work he has ably carried on to the present time.

J. A. VALENTIN was born at Hammonds Bay, Michigan, wnere his lather was in charge of the life-saving station. He

attended school in Rogers City and at the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids where he studied chemistry. Upon completion of his scnool work he entered the drug business in Onaway and in Flint up until the time of his service at Camp Custer in the World War. He then was employed by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company in the quarry and other departments un til 1924 when he was transferred to the laboratory as chemist.

In 1928 he was placed in charge of personnel, safety and wel fare in addition to supervision of the laboratory and these com bined activities occupy his time at the present along with the editorship of "Calcite Screenings".

MAX A. BELMORE can hardly be called a Wisconsin farmer but nevertheless he v/as born in that state near Bloomer but left

at the very young age of eight months and moved lo Ossineke in Alpena County with his parents. He did lake farming seri ously however because he stayed there until August 1911 when he gave it up to work for this company. Everyone who came with this company at that time went into construction work because it was during the construction period, but with the mill completed Max moved into the operation of that plant unit in 1912 and worked in every job in it for eight years, until he was made shift foreman. The mill men have always formed the nucleus of the construction gangs, and whether this is be cause many of them started in the original construction of the plant or whether they are natural born steel workers, is not definitely known, but Max has had his hand in practically all of the steel work that has gone up as a plant improvement. In 1939 he Was promoted to the position of Mill Superintendent and puts the stone through just about as fast as the cars can be dumped.

Wilh the world to choose from, it is doubtful if CHARLES HOFFMAN would select a place much different from this com munity for his home and livelihood because all of the outdoor recreational opportunities appeal to him. Charlie was bom in East Tawas, Michigan, and in his early days followed the work of his father on the railroadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;first in the bridge crew of ihe Detroit S Mackinac Railroad in 1910, and then to satisfy his urge to travel, he spent some time with the C. B. & O. Railroad.

He was a carpenter in Detroit in 1912 and in 1913 joined the Construction Department of this plant. He was a foreman in 1915 and has increased his responsibility, and is now in charge of railroad car maintenance and general construction work.

that have made possible the production of stone

for new uses which has supplied an outlet for tonnage, re

sulting in more continuous operation than otherwise might have been accomplished.

ROBERT HAMILTON has been with this company since Aug ust 1912. He originally came from Sanilac County and his ca-

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reer in gainful occupation began with the J. B. Ford Company of Detroit as a steam plant fireman. After two years at Turner, Michigan, he went farther north to Alpena and after sailing two seasons he took a position in 1905 as steam shovel opera tor for the Michigan Alkali Company, where he stayed until his connection with this company. He operated the first electric, shovel in the quarry in 1920 and was moved on to the larger units as they were installed. He was promoted to shift fore man in charge of quarry operations on May 1, 1928, which position he now holds.

Although WALTER F. MYER was born in Fairhaven, Mich igan, he can almost claim Rogers City as his original home as he moved here with his parents at a very early age. He at tended the Rogers City High School and went to work for thL

company in February 1913, as a drill helper for a short time.

time the Eagle boa Is were being built and the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company was being completed, where he

gained a world of experience in a short time. He came with this company in 1920 as an electrician and was made assistant to the general foreman of power and electric crews May 1, 1928. Frank likes to discuss the progress of the plant and par ticularly the progress of the safety program during his time here. In the early days the record was not an enviable one and h.e has seen much improvement in general plant conditions from both an operating and a safety standpoint. He recently com pleted a fine home in Rogers City and in 1939 was elected to me Board of Trustees of the Union School Districi of Rogers i ownship.

From 1913 to 1923 the Storehouse was the scene of many ac

and then as a driller. With the exception of a three year ab-

tivities which included tending switcli lights, reading weighlomelers and the job as conductor on the company Irain from

sence to engage in commercial fishing at the Snow Islands, he has been with the company continuously. He was made shill toreman in the Drilling Department in 1927 and in the same year was acting foreman of the Drilling and Blasting Depart ment until a permanent appointment on May 1. 1928. His re sponsibility has increased and he is now in charge of secondary stripping, drilling, and blasting.

Calcite to Rogers City, as well as first aid work. ERVIN R. JOPP1CH became associated with the company in 19l3 and per formed all of these duties. And as the Storehouse grew, he was appointed Storekeeper in 1923, which work alone now occupies all of his time and that of his assistants, Clarence furtaw and Howard Johnson. Ervin is a native of Rogers City and at tended the public schools here prior to his employment with this company.

Beginning in 1913 as a shovel operator, N. W. POLLOCK

has gradually, through his work in the quarry, become Gen eral Track Foreman, which is a busy job in the quarry opera tion as the conditions are always changing which requires a great deal of foresight and planning to keep the railroad tracks installed in the proper location. "Pete" as he is known to all his friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;was with the France Stone Company down in Ohio prior to his employment here. As a matter of fact, he is a native of that state and attended the public schools and the Middle Point Normal School there in his early days.

The position of general yard foreman with this company i^ a busy one and JULIUS ZEMPEL has held this job for some time-.

Julius was born in Truchal, West Prussia, Germany, and came to the United States in 1893 arriving in Rogers City on Septem ber 19th that year. He lived on a farm and later he farmed and was in the lumber business until 1911 when he took up the

contracting business in Rogers City. It is believed that the first concrete sidewalks in the village were put down by him.

He also was a house mover at that lime but the field was noi

so large and he quit the business and came with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company on Friday, April 13, 1916â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with reluctance, he tells us, because of the day and date, but

as the years have gone on this superstition has faded. His first work was with the construction crew and in 1919 he was

placed in general charge of the Yard Department. He has sup ervised the laying of foundations for every fine structure at the Calcite plant and when the job is a big one and the going is rough Julius usually comes through on time wilh good results.

Detroit is the home of FRANK L. REINKE, but he moved to

Rogers City in 1911 and is now one of the old timers. He fin ished high school here and during the war furthered his educa tion with the Student Army Training Corps. He then went wilh the Ford Motor Company for two years as an electrician at the

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With the Safety, Personnel, and Welfare Department and the chemical laboratory under the dual supervision of J. A. Valen tin, GEORGE R. JONES finds a broad outlet for his particular abilities. However the Laboratory Department has increased in personnel a great deal in the last iew years to take care of -.he demands oi the trade for better prepared stone from both a chemical and physical standpoint. George was born in Millersburg, Michigan, and completed his high school work in Presque Isle County, and received an A. B. degree from Albion College.

He was employed as a chemist by tins company in June 1928 and is now in direct charge of the chemical laboratory.

LEON RUELL SR. is a native oi Michigan, beginning life in the nearby town of Cathro. After finishing school at Ste. Anne's at Alpena he was employed by the Richardson Lumber Com pany and the Fletcher Paper Company at Alpena. He came with us early in the organization oi this company in 1913 as a locomotive brakeman. This position he held for sometime and as a locomotive engineer until 1934 when he was pro moted lo the position of Quarry Shift Foreman which position he now holds.

The adjoining township of Moltke in this county is the home of RICHARD HAMANN, and after his education in the Rogers City public schools was completed he was employed by the

Hoeft Lumber Company for two years prior to his employment wilh this company in 1913. It is interesting to note that many of the older employees oi this company have been in a number of different departments in the organization. Dick's experience was first in the drilling department, then as locomotive brakeman, locomotive engineer and he is now locomotive repair foreman. And while the work of that department until recently has been entirely with steam locomotives, the addition of deisel electric equipment is affording a new field of effort for the up and coming fellows in this department.

Oneida,

New

York,

is

the

home

of

C.

J.

WHEELER but at an early age he moved to Bay

City, Michigan, with his parents and there at tended the public schools. After that he attended the University of Michigan and was graduated in 1932 wilh a degree in civil engineering. His first job was in Bay City with the Meneiee & Dodge

Company constructing a sewage system. Upon the completion of this work he was Assistant Ma terials Engineer for the State Highway Depart ment from 1934 to 1937 at Ann Arbor and Lan sing. It was during this work that he become ac quainted wilh the prospects of a position with this company and in March 1937 he became perman ently associated with us. Jack has a lot to do with

the grades very necessary for quarry operation and other engineering of tins nature, as well as layout work and supervision of some phases of

School of Business, Cleveland, while employed in the Auditing Department of the Cleveland Trust Company. With that company he occupied an im portant position from 1920 until March 1928, at which time he came to Rogers City as a member of the Accounting Department staff of this com pany. He was promoted to the position of General Accountant in October 1934, which position he holds at the present time.

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the city that is fa mous for the locks that join Lake Superior witn

Lake Huron through the Ste. Mary's river and car ries more freight than any other similar waterway in the world, is the birthplace of RObERi' b.

LOUNDS. "Ben" as he is familiarly known to Ins

many friends attended high school tnere and ins early days at gainful occupation were spent in employment at the Soo Locks, Halifax Terminals,

construction work.

and the Union Carbide Company. His service was

A number of employees have come to Ihe

interrupted by a year in the army during the

Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company as the

World War. He came to work for this company m

result of earlier direct contact, and this is the case with GEORGE E. BREACH who was with the

1926 as a shovel engineer and advanced grad

American Bridge Company, a subsidiary of the U. S. Steel Corporation, from 1926 until his con nection wilh this company on October 1, 1937.

George was loaned to us by the American Bridge Company at various times in connection witn the

sition he now holds.

layout of major construction jobs. He was born in

Colorado and attended the public schools and also the University of Colorado where he grad uated with a B. S. degree in civil engineering in 1926. George has plenty of work ahead of him in the design of plant improvements in connection with a long range program of this nature car ried on by this company.

ually to Shovel Maintenance Foreman wnicti po

The supervision of the weightometers is an im portant responsibility in this organization and inis job is held by WILLARD J. MUNDT. "Bob" came here from Chicago in 1917 where he continued his education in the Rogers City High School. Always active, "Bob" spent several school vacations working as a drill helper at Calcite and before his permanent connection with the company in 1923 had been a driller and also a brakeman. He is

now in charge of the Dock Office as well as the weightometer equipment.

The General Repair Shop was constructed in 1926 and has proven to be one of the important units in the development oi the company. The Shop is supervised by WILLIAM HELLER, general repair shop foreman, who was born in Rogers

City, attended the Rogers City public schools and after employment in the local lumber industries came wilh this company in 1915. His first job with us

was in the dock office

and he

then went

back to the work with which he was more fami

liar, that of engineer and repairman, prior to his promotion in 1924 lo the position he now oc cupies.

Grand Marais on the shores of Lake Superior is the home of EDWARD J. KELLEY where he lived

until the age of six at which time his family moved to Alpena and in 1912 he was a resident of Rogers City where his father was employed at the plant as a locomotive engineer until the time of his death in 1917. Ed's experience has Jjeen var ied since he started to work for the company in

1918, as he has been a car checker, brakeman, drill helper, rodman, dock office attendant, dredge inspector and plant and main office clerk. He is now located in the office of Vice President Pen-

glase and is responsible for keeping up a large volume of important statistical and operating rec Claremont, Colorado, was the birthplace of LLOYD R. GOODIN, but he moved to Ohio early in his life and attended the public schools at Canton. He completed a course at the Dyke

ords which furnish the valuable basis for plan

ning operations and production. Ed is a graduate of Ihe Rogers City High School and the Ferris Institute.

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Above â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Corner of Limestone Operation at Calcite

Limestone and Its Uses All matter is composed of relatively few basic chemical elements in different combinations. This

is equally true for both inanimate life and living things. Living things start from a comparatively small beginning and increase in size as they com plete their life cycle. In order for them to continue to live and grow it is necessary that they be sup plied with food containing the proper amount of the chemical elements, of which they are com posed, in a form which can be assimilated by the particular organism. Plants are a living organism and must have the proper food together with other essentials for them to reach maturity.

In addition to food, plants require sunlight, air and water. Sunlight supplies energy which is used by the plant to prepare true plant-food com pounds from the chemical elements supplied by the soil, water and air. The essential plant-foods furnished by the soil are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulphur. All of these elements must be in a form which is solu

ble in the soil water before they can be utilized by the plant as food.

When land is used year after year for the pro duction of crops, even if rotation is practiced, the essential elements in the soil become gradually used up and we say the soil is worn out. On worn out land plants do not get sufficient food and poor

crops result. The Indian moved camp frequently and so, had new soil for his field of maize and to bacco, but as population has increased and people have become more firmly established on one piece of land, this is not possible. It has, 1262

. . . .

By Lucas S. Lee

therefore, been necessary for the farmer to devise methods whereby he can continue to produce crops from the same land.

All the different farm crops secure their plantfood in a similar way but they differ widely in the amounts of the different elements required for their normal growth. Crop rotation will prolong the usefulness of the land but it eventually becomes necessary to return the depleted elements to the soil and this is done by the application of ferti lizer and lime. Authorities agree that it is not only necessary that a soil contain the essential ele ments but also that the elements be in the correct

proportion to each other before successful crops can be produced.

When a soil is deficient in lime, it is said to be an acid soil or sour. Surveys show that many of the more prosperous agricultural regions have soils of limestone origin and that seldom has a really profitable agriculture been developed in a section of extremely acid soils. Soil acidity can usually be corrected by the application of lime.

Soils which are farmed tend to become acid. Lime

is leached from the soil and carried away with the drainage waters. Crops, also, take lime from the soil and reduce the soil supply of this essen tial component. It has been estimated that, under normal climatic conditions, a soil well supplied with lime will lose at least 500 pounds of calcium and magnesium carbonate per acre per year.

Therefore, to maintain the correct lime ratio in the soil, a ton of limestone should be applied lo each acre every four years.

Lime is not truly a fertilizer and will not re place commercial fertilizer or manure but it does have a definite place in any program of improving poor soils or maintaining good ones. Its chief function is to correct soil acidity but it, also, sup plies the calcium and magnesium required by the various crops. Crops vary in their need for lime but experiments have shown that the surface soil should be neutral or only slightly acid for most crops. Legumes, particularly alfalfa and clover, have a high lime requirement and, as one

of their functions in most crop rotations is the re turn of nitrogen to the soil, it is important that the soil contain sufficient lime to insure good crops of legumes.

Lime may be applied to the soil in any one of several forms but the three most important are ground limestone, burned lime and hydrated lime.

Of the three, ground limestone is the most satis factory to use. Both burned and hydrated lime are caustic and will burn the skin of man and

The more the lime needs of the crop lands of the United States are studied it becomes apparent that there will be a continuing and increasing need for liming material and that there will be a

demand for a finely pulverized agricultural lime stone with a high carbonate content.

Have you recently refreshed your mind on the prone-pressure method of artificial respiration. It is a good thing to keep in mind at all times, es pecially in the winter and colder months as one never knows when it will be needed to revive

someone poisoned by carbon monoxide gas.

In the summer it is ever helpful in reviving the unconscious water victim, and in any and all sea sons it is useful in the treatment of electric shock

where it is of such severity to have caused uncon sciousness. So if you have not reviewed your

First Aid recently, we suggest you brush up in the technique of administering the prone-pressure method of artificial respiration.

animals, particularly in warm weather. Ground limestone is harmless to handle and although it

WHAT ONE THING do you think would help

does not have as high an acidity correcting value as burned or hydrated lime, it is in most cases, the

most to cut down traffic acidents?

most economical form to use.

of accident prevention, but we'd like to nominate

Burned and hydrated lime when applied with a spreader and promptly worked into the soil,

as the one most important point, in any program just plain, simple courtesyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the same courtesy

change back into the carbonate form almost im

that people show in their homes or in their offices.

mediately and because of their extreme fineness become effective very quickly. However, when pulverized to a high degree of fineness, ground limestone becomes effective the season it is ap

plied which is quick enough for all practical pur poses.

Many things are necessary for a full program

People who think of driving in traffic as a kind

of competitive game are responsible for many ac cidents . . . and driving to them is much more of a strain than a pleasure.

Try driving courteously . . . relaxed . . . and you'll find your driving will be easier and safer.

Progress Made Over the Years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Higher Standard Of Living

In a recent issue of the "Synchroscope", a pub lication of the Detroit Edison Company, we find some interesting information relative to progress made in the development of new products in the past one hundred years.

Referring to the accompanying chart you will note that in spite of business depressions the standard of living has risen steadily. And note

the increased pace at which new things are being introduced by comparing the years 1919-1939 with those of 1839-1859.

The higher standard of living means this to the average man:

The number of hours an average factory worker had to work to pay for hisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1914

1938

Automobile 4514.2 Elec. Washing Machine 187.2 Flee Fan 49.4 3 Piece Bedroom Suite _ 104.3

1098.2 62.2 3.9 65.4

Year's supply of clothing 708.5 (Family of 4)

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Str. Carl ll. liriiillr.y Rescues Tlree from LaKe IlcMgan The heroic rescue of the crew of the "Badger

State" tug in the early morning of Wednesday, November 8th, was written upon the log of the Str. Carl D. Bradley as being one of the most out standing events in its span of sailing years. lust off the coast of Traverse City the Str. Bradley detected the red flares sent up by the Badger State. Changing its course the freighter respond ed to the distress signals to find the sixty foot deisel driven tug with fuel line plugged and en gines disabled. The tug was then taken in tow

and Captain F. F. Pearse sent word to the coast guard boat Escanaba to come out and take charge of the craft.

Before the Escanaba arrived on the scene, the

Badger State gave a final distress signal and plunged to the bottom throwing her crew of three, Captain Oling of South Chicago, Engineer Jerry Neville of Brimley, Michigan and Deckhand Chris Nelson of South Chicago, into the icy water.

The work of rescuing the crew was greatly relarded because of the darkness and the heavy

seas made it impossible to launch a boat. By means of lines and ladders Neville and Nelson

were taken on board the Bradley, but the sudden

exposure proved too much for Captain Oling who collapsed and artificial respiration failed to revive.

Upon docking at Calcite, the captain's bodywas removed by Undertaker E. K. Shirtum.

At the inquest Engineer Neville testified, "We were doing all right until our fuel line plugged and then we began to take in a good deal of water. Our bilge pump managed to just about keep even with the water coming in but it was a relief to have the Bradley take us in tow. We seemed to be doing pretty well for a while but the seas were heavy and we were taking a lot oi water. Finally I told the captain that we had bet ter have the Bradley take us off. I looked back 1264

toward the stem and it was just going under. I made a dive for the small boat on deck and as I slashed the lashings she floated off. I got hold of a line thrown from the Bradley.

Chris Nelson, husky deckhand, added, "I was with the captain in the pilot house when it looked as though the tug couldn't take any more water and stay afloat. She was taking blue water in over the bow and we knew she was leaking bad ly below. Cap stuck to her to the last but finally said, 'We better get out of here.' I saw she was going under and made a dive for a life raft we had forward of the pilot house and in another minute the raft floated off and I was in the water.

Lines were thrown me from the big boat and after

quite a struggle they got me aboard. Captain Oling made a dash for the life boat when he left mo, but never made it. A big sea came over the tug and washed him off."

The body of Captain Oling was shipped to Chi cago for burial and the two survivors departed for

their respective homes on the following day. Be fore taking leave Nelson expressed their appre ciation in the following words: "It takes real sea

manship to handle that big six hundred footer and Captain Pearse knows his business and the way the beys took us on board was a feat of seaman ship. I was clinging to that life raft and they brought it along side with hardly a bump. When seas are running twenty feet high, the job of get ting a big man up the side is not easy. A big wave shot me up ten feet and I grabbed the lad der and the boys on deck did the rest.

"The Company was mighty fine to us and all the folks in Rogers City I came in contact with were swell. Tell them that for me."

Captain Pearse had only praise for the mem bers of his crew for their splendid cooperation in effecting the rescue.

Suspension Font Bridge Unique Structure Spans Cazinovia Creek at Golf Course, Buffalo, N. Y.

The suspension foot bridge in Cazenovia Park, Buffalo, N. Y., was constructed by the W.P.A. under supervision of the Division of Engineering, Frederick K. Wing, City Engineer, and Louis A. Harding, Commissioner of Public Works.

The Concrete for anchorages and abutments

It is the only bridge of its type attempted by the W.P.A. One of the main reasons for constructing a suspension bridge at this location is the desira

bility oi not having any supports in the stream.

Cazenovia Creek carries the water from small streams originating in the hills outside of the Buf

was furnished by Stone-Mix Concrete Corp., us ing Michigan limestone as coarse aggregate and

falo City Limits and in the spring the water raises

showing a compressive strength of approximate

pressure of ice and debris in the stream, along

ly 4,000 lbs. per square inch in 28 days.

This strength considerably exceeded that re quired and we feel that this is largely due to the

with the force of the current would subject any supports to considerable pounding, and would

use of crushed stone as a coarse aggregate. The many angular sides of crushed stone create many cementing surfaces, as compared to a coarse ag gregate of rounds or flats and in this way fit into the mass to better advantage and at the same time create a greater general strength.

The span is 160 feet from center to center of towers. The width of bridge inside of railing is 5'6".

The bridge is supported by two 214 inch 7 strand, 19 wire galvanized steel bridge cables, to which the suspender cables and rods are clamp ed at ten foot intervals. The suspenders are fast

from 8 to 12 feet above the summer level.

The

accumulate considerable debris which would be objectionable, and therefore necessitate a clear span.

Data compiled by Fred C. Ketteman and Geo. J. Chambers of the Division of Engineering, Citv of Buffalo, N. Y.

Between Sportsmen "Any luck today?

"Two rabbits, nine geese, a turkey and four ducks."

"All with one gun?"

ened to turnbuckles which allow for adjustment

of the bridge. The suspension cables are fastened to open bridge sockets at each end, each socket having a takeup of eighteen inches. The bridge sockets in turn are pinned to an anchorage made up of one inch plates, embedded in a concrete block buried in the ground. The block is 18 by 22 feet and 9 feet high. This block weighs approxi mately two hundred and sixty-seven tons. The towers are of the pinned type, approximately 22 feet high. The suspension cable rests in a groove at the top of these towers and is held in place by 214 inch tower saddle clamps.

The bridge is constructed of channel floor beams, lO'O" on center braced diagonally and longitudinally. The wood floor rests on these beams, and the suspender cables are fastened to plates at the ends.

The load figured for the bridge is 150 lbs. per square foot dead load, and 350 lbs. per square foot live load, making a total of 500 lbs. per square foot. The total load figured for each cable is 100,000 lbs. This allows a safety factor of slight ly over four.

What some hunters wouldn't give to come upon a scene like this right now. It doesn't seem pos sible that one could be so lucky especially after having tramped the woods all day and catching only a glimpse of a white tail going into a swamp or over a hill. When the guns begin to bang these deer scatter and keep well out of sight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while the cameraman seems to have all the breaks.

The above scene can be duplicated in most parts of Northern Michigan.

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The First Stnne Crustier

Frmii Early lU'nirds

By Richard S. Kirby and Joseph W. Roe

Eighty years ago a New Haven inventor and manufacturer produced in Westville (now part of New Haven) the first satisfactory machine for

through the deep sand ruts. Blake was appointed by a commission to see that two mile stretch of this road was "macadamized" and there was no

crushing stone.

one in the city who could tell him how the work

From earliest days New Haven masons have been using local sandstone and the harder trap rock for foundations, chimneys and even entire houses. They did not use concrete partly because they had no good cement, but mainly because the tough rock could not be broken into fragments except with hammers and at enormous expense.

Now English laboring men and even women and children of a century ago, it is said, would sit all

should be done for such a road was new to Amer

day beside enormous stone heaps and pound the large chunks of stone into small fragments.

But in this country where wages have always been somewhat higher, such a method was never used with much success. American minds turned

naturally to mechanical means.

New Haven

takes pride in the fact that the problem of crush ing stone by machinery was first solved success fully by one of her own citizens, Eli Whitney Blake.

Blake born in Westboro, Massachusetts, in 1795 and a graduate of Yale University was a

nephew and early business associaie of Eli Whit ney, another famous Now Haven inventor and manufacturer.

About one hundred years ago, Blako with two brothers established in the little hamlet of West

ville a factory for making locks and general hard ware. Incidentally, this same hardware was the first in the world to make the morticed or "set-in" locks which we all use today.

In 1851, the present wide read leaving from Westville to New Haven v/as no better than a

rough cart path. During parts of the year it must have been a difficult task even for teams of pow erful horses to drag heavily leaded wagons 1266

ica, almost a curiosity. In fact, there was not much more than a dozen miles of it in all New

England. The name came from a Scottish en gineer, John Loudon McAdam, who a few years before had introduced this type of road into Eng land. Apparently the commission proceeded to surface this road with stone fragments broken by sledges and hand hammers.

But Blake was not satisfied with the result. He puzzled for the next seven years how to use steam or water power to break stone into small and more or less cubical bits. He not only puzzled over it day and night but he finally hit on a solu tionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a jaw crusher one might almost call it a

r-icmmcth nut cracker. Next, practical engineer .'.o he wa:, he worked out on paper the proper prepcriiens and details of each oart before pro ceeding to build the machine. He fcund out by experienco just hew much pressure it took to break trap rock. So carefully was his "stone breaker," as ho called it, designed that the first machino served with enly slight modifications as a pattern fcr hundreds of all sizes that followed in the next few years. In 1858, he secured a pat ent. His device has ever since been recognized the world ever as the first successful stone crush er. He had in effect created a machine which would do the work of at least one hundred men.

This machine is essentially a pair of up-right jaws wide at the top and narrower at the bottom.

One jaw is fixed while the other advances toward and recedes from it with a

sort of eccentric or

vibratory molicn; power being applied through a flywheel. Large stones which are fed in at the

top are gradually crushed smaller as they de scend and finally after they have been broken into small fragments drop into a bin.

Blake's invention deserves a high place, be

First Aid Facts

cause it was not simply an improvement or a modification, as many inventions are, of some thing that already existed—instead it was a new creation. Within a few years, the machine made its way into four major fields, highway construc tion, railroad track work,, concrete foundations and mining. Macadam road construction was greatly stimulated as a result of the introduction of a machine which displaced so much grueling

man? Are you a motorist? You must come under one of the questions at least and besides being a

human labor.

As railroad travel increased after the Civil War,

it became more and more desirable on so many roads to lay ties in a bed of crushed stone or

"ballast." This could now readily be supplied in quantity. Travelers by rail could thereafter, on stone-ballasted railroads, travel with considerably greater comfort, even dispense with the use of the common linen dusters.

Concrete, made from crushed stone, sand and cement was not common in America until long after the invention of the Blake crusher. It is now

so widely used and for so many purposes that we almost take crushed stone for granted, as though it were a natural product. Blake helped to make our age the age of concrete.

Modern large-scale mining and quarrying op erations would not. have been dreamed of had

it not been for power crushers. Neither would Portland cement manufacture, for one of the first operations in a cement mill is the crushing of cement rock or limestone. Blake's invention thus

Brush Up On Your First Aid Training Now

Have- yov a family? Are you a hunter or a fisher

worker you have need to remember the many facts about First Aid that you learned in the

classes last winter. Don't forget the many useful things you learned in ycur First Aid training.

Your knowledge on first aid is worth more to

you than money can ever buy. Many a man will remember to his dying day the misery of having to stand by. the side of an injured friend or loved one, and of not knowing what should be done to

take care of either until the help of a doctor could be obtained. That feeling of helplessness is some thing which is not quickly forgotten. On the other hand, there is no satisfaction so great as that of being able to do the right thing at the right ime and, maybe, of helping to save a human life.

You love your children—why not pass this in

formation on to them? They will enjoy it and you will be refreshing your memory.

You discuss problems and events with friends and fellow workers. An occasional discussion on First Aid would not be a bad idea.

You ask what parts you would review? If you take the instructions on shock, treatment of minor cuts and abrasions against infection and methods

of artificial respiration you will find that much of your original knowledge will recur to you in a few minutes of good review.

Too much cannot be said on the value of keep

into the gold fields of California. There it broke

ing in shape to act in an emergency where First Aid is required. Outstanding industrial leaders, the country's thousands of safety directors and workers, doctors, nurses, teachers, public health officials are all agreed that first aid training for

up gold-quartz at such a rate as to astonish mine superintendents who had been employing ham

men of the Limestone Company have a head start

reduces, for all of us, the cost of such materials as copper, lead, zinc, cement and limestone. In

1861 one of Blake's first crushers found its way

mer-wielding Chinese workmen. One machine in

three hours crushed as much quartz as twentyfive men had been able to break up in a day, and

everyone is a goal for which we should strive. The in this movement because of the instruction re ceived from the Bureau of Mines last winter. Use your manuals often, think what you would do in

not a nugget vanished surreptitiously.

The accompanying photograph is an artist's drawing of the first Blake stone crusher erected on what is now Springside Avenue in New Hav en. A little crushing plant has been in operation there within this generation.

case of an accident, be in shape to act surely and

Blake was an active and useful citizen of New

The editorial staff would greatly appreciate it if all citizens planning to take a few quick snorts

Haven. He died in 1886 at the ripe old age of ninety-one. Thus we owe to Eli Whitney Blake a profound debt which this generation should be proud to acknowledge.

Reprinted through the courtesy of the New Haven Tercentenary Festival Committee.

When a tire blows out, keep your foot off the brake pedal! Let the car coast in high gear until the speed is down to 30 miles an hour or less and you're sure you have it under control. Then brake slowly.

quickly and—why not show others how to take care of you if ever the need arise!

Holiday safety plea to motorist published in a Tennessee newspaper:— of firewater before getting into the car to drive to

Grandma's or the football game would first stop at the office and leave a few notes on their obitu

aries. This thoughtfulness will do away with the necessity of our having to chase around hospitals and undertaking establishments Thanksgiving night trying to find out who you were before you

tried to turn two curves where there was only one.

You must learn from the mistakes of others—

you can't live long enough to make all the mis takes yourself.

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Your American IInl Cross

By Genevieve Rains

At this time of year people throughout the coun try begin to think of the annual membership drive

mitting their children to use the bathing facilities.

Another program in which the Red Cross has

of the American Red Cross.

been active for several years is the making of pneumonia jackets to be kept for emergency use.

They have been found to be almost indispensable in some cases where people have been suddenly taken ill with pneumonia.

The Red Cross has also helped in the work of tuberculosis. Clinics, financed by the Michigan

The activities of the local chapter of the Red Cross are varied. For many years the Red Cross has done much good in the country, having been engaged in numerous projects which have been of great benefit. One of the outstanding activities is the work done in refractions. A preliminary

examination of the eyes of pupils is made by the grade teachers in order to determine which pupils might need glasses. Then the school doctor and nurse make a further examination of those cases,

extending their work to the high school pupils.

The Red Cross pays for the services of a register

ed ophthalmologist in the work of refracting for those children whose parents do not feel able to pay.

Another far-reaching project is the dental pro gram, whereby needy grade children can have their teeth attended to. A preliminary survey is made free of charge by Miss Ann Nowicki to de

Tuberculosis Association, are held at regular in

tervals for the purpose of discovering cases. It sometimes happens that a case needs to be X-rayed or re-rayed between clinics. Or it might happen that a case might be found at a clinic that had had a childhood type of tuberculosis and it is thought advisable to have the other members of the family X-rayed. In those cases the Red

Cross has paid for X-rays. Sometimes even at a clinic the quota allowed by the Michigan Tuber culosis Association has not been sufficient, and in that case the Red Cross has helped financially.

The local chapter has in the past made contri

termine which children are in need of dental at

butions to disasters. Sometimes a donation was

tention. In the case of pupils above the eighth grade who need such attention the Red Cross finances their dental work by local dentists. In the case of grade children the work is done by the

made from chapter funds and at other times vol untary contributions were taken.

Aside from all the activities carried on locally there is much done by the National Red Cross.

Children's Fund dentist.

The International Red Cross also has delegates in all of the countries harboring Polish refugees and has already spent a large sum of money sent by the American Red Cross for relief. The extent

A dental office is tem

porarily equipped in the grade building for the purpose. The part that the Red Cross plays in this latter program is to pay for the services of an assistant, as the dentist says that he can accom plish much more if he has someone to help him.

At the conclusion of the dental program the Red Cross has sometimes purchased tooth-brushes for the use of these children.

For the past two winters consignments of cloth ing and comfort items were sent to army and navy hospitals. These consisted of hand-made sweaters, knitted by several women in the com

munity, and many other articles that were much appreciated by the men who received them. The American Legion Auxiliary did the sewing on the garments while the Red Cross purchased the ma terials needed for the work.

For several summers the local Red Cross has

been engaged in the very worthy project of main taining protection at the bathing beach. Each year the expenses, consisting of fare and tuition, of one or two boys have been paid at an aquatic school

in lower Michigan. In July and August boys who

have qualified as life-guards are hired by the Red Cross, assisted by the Village Council, to act as guards at the bathing beach. This enables people of the community to feel much safer about per1268

and character of the Red Cross relief work de

pends upon the contributions of the American people. At the same time, the Red Cross must be prepared to continue its battle against human suf fering at home in the coming year. The Red Cross must be kept ready to meet the challenge of acci dental death, disease and disaster.

Mrs. Gordon B. Moffatt is general chairman of the membership drive. She will be assisted by several people. At the plant and on the boats Norman Hoeft will obtain memberships. The goal this year has been set at a much higher figure than it has been previously. Last year the total membership was 702. It is hoped that this year that number will be at least doubled.

DON'T LOOK NOW but if there is broken glass

ware or china in your cupboard, housewives, you had better have a first aid kit handy!

It is false economy to continue to use broken glassware and dishes. A 5 cent glass with a chip ped edge can cause a serious injuryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so if you're hanging on to some of this dangerous ware, be ware!

Jusi Some Common Sense

i:iimi's me Final Summons Charles A. Storms, Electrical Engineer of the Michigan Lime stone & Chemical

Company and the Bradley Transporta tion Company, pass ed away on August 22, 1939. During his ten years with these companies he made a

host

of

friends

This is the day of wild fancies and word the

ories, but we question if they have anything as substantial to offer us as the philosophy on which we were raised. Therefore, we are recalling a few of the old sayings and quaintnesses which their wisdom recommend—But no feeling of satis faction quite equals that of having done a difficult job extremely well—most of us are getting an even break but that isn't always enough. A man's first duty is to keep himself out of the poorhouse.

By judging the past we can get a pretty accurate idea of the future. All improvement begins with

throughout the per

self-improvement. Beware of the man who over

sonnel

emphasizes being fair and honest—considering that history always repeats itself it's a wonder some of us don't learn faster. Don't expect any

and

community.

in

this

Chuck

was a tireless worker and men associated

with him will long re

member his sincere friendship.

Mrs. Charles Wirgau, mother of Bernard Wag ner and William Wagner, died on August 6, 1939.

Chester Partyka, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Partyka, died in an automobile acci dent on August 14, 1939.

Mrs. Frank Thompson passed away on August 23, 1939. She was the wife of Frank Thompson of

special privilege frcm nature—five minutes of con

structive thinking will do more than a whole night of wishing. It is always fashionable to be sensi ble. Not until they can get a living without work ing will some people admit that good times are here.—Few of us get anything without working for it. How easy to get into trouble, how hard to get cut. Human nature may change but it doesn't change much in our life time. Beware of the man

who promises, for then you have the right to expect.

the Machine Shop. Two sons, Charles and Law rence are employed by the Bradley Transporta tion Company. The Rev. C. T. Skowronski held

the funeral services. Burial was at Alpena.

Mrs. Antonia Pilarski died on September 5, 1939. She was the mother of Walter Pilarski of the Blasting Department and Frank Pilarski of the Yard Department. Funeral and burial were at Posen. The Rev. C. Szyper of St. Casimir's Church officiating.

Thomas Lounds, brother of R. B. Lounds of the

Shovel Department, passed away in September, 1939. Burial was at Cheboygan.

Ernest Grambau, father of William and Arthur

Grambau of the Drill Department, died on Sep tember 1, 1939.

In the last issue of "Screenings" we ran a pic ture of an aerial view of Rogers City. Since that

Frederick Fleming, brother of Charles Fleming

time we have had numerous letters from our

of the Construction Department, passed away on

readers, and while they were very complimentary

October 30, 1939.

about our fair city they also hinted that it could be beautified with foliage and suggested planting trees and shrubbery.

The view shown in "Screenings" was made

Mrs. Martha Kelly, mother of Ed Kelly of the Machine Shop office, passed away October 16, at St. Mary's hospital, Grand Rapids. Death was attributed to heart trouble and other complica tions. Funeral services were held on October 19, at St. Ignatius Church with Rev. C. T. Skowronski officiating.

The "Screenings" extends its sympathy to the relatives and friends of those who have responded to the final summons.

early in spring before the leaves were out. And

because there may be more people of the same opinion, we are showing the above picture of one of the streets during the time the foliage was on.

We do have a good many trees.

Rogers City-ites are a tree-loving people and while many improvements can still be made, we find much tree-planting going on every year.

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National Safety Council . .. Bytum i.mm Your company is a member of the National Safety Council. This Council defines itself as the hub of the Safety movement in America and its ever important purpose is to reduce the number and severity of all kinds of accidents. This non profit association with a membership of five thou sand organizations held its annual convention at

Atlantic City, New Jersey, this year. Ten thousand delegates and guests were registered and five hundred speakers were listed for the five day program.

The theme of the Safety Congress was "The Human Side of Safety." To the worker is put the questionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;do you keep your mind and body in a

against the will or with utmost inspiration has been of benefit to each contestant.

You can't

think of safety without absorbing some of it. Of course the greater the interest the greater the absorption.

In years past this contest has been made as easy as possible. No set rules to go by, choose your own subject and use your own judgment on length, style, etc. The pay off has been on ideas. This year we are making the contest still easier by announcing it at an earlier date. Our rules will be given by your teachers. Our sug gestions are fewâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but we do set the end of the

tigue is no longer a major problem with the eight-

contest as March 15, 1940 and would like you to make neat entries. Students able to use type writers would profit by using same on their

hour day and forty-hour week. How about the

essays.

outside activities, general body health, recrea tions and diversions, are they in line with keeping

We have received some splendid work in these contests and expect the quality to continue or

condition to be classified as a safe worker?

Fa

in shape to be better fitted as a worker? This is the worker's responsibility.

From the testimony given by company dele gates at the convention one can gather that wher ever the management and foremen are boosters of the safety spirit the workers accept their re sponsibility and follow along with sincere coop eration.

The foreman needs the suggestions of

fered him by employees, he need to interpret his company's policies and on him falls a great re

sponsibility in keeping his plant a safe plant and his men safety-minded. Foremen are encouraged to promote a response among workmen in gaining safety suggestions. The man in the ranks is in a pcsition to pick the unsafe spots and practices where accidents lurk.

A wise foreman makes it

easy for his men to present their suggestions. And a wise foreman gives praise for those suggestions with a pat on the back.

After hearing some of the country's outstanding safety leaders and workers, your delegate was im pressed that the safety movement everywhere is crying for conditions that we have in our own organization. Namely, a spirit of cooperation, friendliness and intimacy from top to bottom of the entire organization. We have long felt this factor to account for our success in promoting a safety program. We are all members of one in dustrial family depending on each ether for suc cess and helping each other over the rough spots.

This is the way that management and employees of the Michigan Limestcno & Chemical Company have of selling safety to each other.

SAFETY POSTER AND ESSAY CONTEST

"Calcite Screenings" has enjoyed sponsoring a Safety Poster and Essay Contest in the upper grades of Rogers City Schools for the past few years. Many hours of work has been spent on constructing and arranging the numerous entries.

Some of this work has been done reluctantly, no doubt, but it is certain that this type of work done 1270

even improve. We are vain enough to think that

because of these contests many students have be come safety-minded. We have no definite proof of lives spared or pain prevented. We do have a challenge, young folks. Are you going to offer some ideas on how to save lives and prevent suf fering through accidents in this country?

The Other Fellow

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke.

For the word that stings the deepest is the word that's never spoke.

Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away.

Then he'll do a heap of thinking 'bout the things you didn't say. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;James Whitcomb Riley.

Here is a device made by our ingenious ma chinist Adolf Kowalske. Bill is always making something whereby work can be done easier, faster and safer. This picture shows a carriage for transporting oxygen and acetylene tanks in any position desirable. The tanks can be secured and locked in any position and operates with the ease of finger tip control.

lite Cost ill Hurry

Fall 1111 iiiiii|| Season

Time So Saved Seldom Put To Useful Purpose

Keep Shooting A Safe Sport In the Woods

Speed it seems is regarded as synonymous with progress. Even when we are going no place we

Hunting Season is again open and thousands of hunters roam the woods in quest of game. It's a glorious sport and even though he doesn't always

are in a hurry to get there. The time saved is sel

dom put to any useful purpose but it's saved any way.

We pay for speed in many ways in that it costs more to operate cars at higher speeds. We also

pay for speed in loss of life, time and property.

We are also paying large sums for engineering improvements to make greater speeds possible.

A large proportion of the taxes collected from mo torists is being spent for such improvements, al though, unfortunately much motor vehicle reve nue is being diverted to general uses.

The grade crossing furnishes one example of the high cost of hurry. Many grade separation projects have been accomplished at tremendous cost without making any appreciable reduction in the total number of crossings in our country. There seems to be an insistent demand for this type of work, although many a highway intersection has

bag game, a day in the woods, hills and fields in variably has its recompense.

Like practically every other sport, there are cer tain risks and hazards connected with hunting.

And strange as it may seem in over 50% of all hunting accidents the victim is responsible for what happened.

There are a number of rules drafted in the in terest of MAKING AND KEEPING SHOOTING A

SAFE SPORT which are being urged on gunners

in all hunting sections this year. They are called the "Ten Commandments of Hunting" and cover quite comprehensively every essential safety ob servance a gunner should obey: 1. Treat every gun with the respect due a load ed gun. This is the cardinal rule of gun safety.

2. Carry only empty guns, taken down or with action open into your automobile, camp or home.

3. Always be sure that the barrel and action are

an equally bad accident record.

Sharp turns have been lengthened and narrow

clean of obstructions.

roads widened and with each improvement gen erally comes an increase in speed. And it's usual ly speed that can be blamed for a large percent

4. Always carry your gun so that you can con trol the direction of the muzzle even if you stumble.

5. Be sure of your target before you pull the

age of car accidents.

trigger.

An interesting experiment to discover HOW MUCH time is ACTUALLY SAVED by resorting to excessive and dangerous speed, beating traffic lights, weaving in and out of traffic, crowding other vehicles and otherwise driving in reckless disregard of traffic conditions was conducted not

6. Never point a gun at any thing you don't want to shoot.

7. Never leave your gun unattended unless you unload it first.

8. Never climb a tree or a fence with a loaded gun.

9. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or the sur long ago by the police department of a large west ern city. Two cars were started over a twelve- face of the water.

10. Do not mix gunpowder and alcohol. mile course across the heart of the city. The driver Hunting accidents in the past few years in of one car was instructed to scrupulously obey Michigan have been on the increase and if the every rule of law and courtesy, but not to dawdle. past few weeks of this year are The other, an expert racing driv any criterion of what we can ex er, was told to make his trip a pect there will not be a reduction mad dash, exactly as any care DO YOUR SLOWING DOWN made this year. We believe, less, irresponsible driver might ahead ofintersection however, if all hunters will be be expected to do.

NOT IN IT-PICK UP SPEED true-blooded sportsmen and in HOW MANY MINUTES WERE addition follow the above ten WHILE PASSING THROUGH GAINED BY THROWING ALL commandments that hunting ac CAUTION TO THE WINDS? An cidents will be reduced! accurate check by the police de partment showed the recklessly Here is why locomotives are operated car arrived at the finish called "she": They wear jackets pcint just THREE MINUTES with yokes, pins, shields, and ahead of the carefully driven rtays. They have aprons and car! Only 15 SECONDS were laps. Not only do they have gained each mile by abandon shoes, but they have short pumps

ing all rules of safe driving!

So why not SLOW DOWN in traffic!

Tests show that traffic tends of itself to move at the

YOU LI MAKE

maximum safe speed. Adjust your driving speed to that of

BETTER TIME

other vehicles in traffic.

with SAHTY

SAFETY

HABIT 1

and even hose, while they drag trains behind them. They also at tract attention with puffs and mufflers, and sometimes they re fuse to work. At such times they need to be switched. They smoke and are steadier hooked up.

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You'll See It In Screenings "Personals" That Come To the Editor's Desk ... Just "Among Ourselves" Whether Leo Promo is competing with the col

lege boys these days at guzzling live fish or whether he was just keeping those fish fresh for his lunch we don't know, but the other night we found him harboring a couple of lively perch in the drinking fountain at the screen house.

It seems there's a

feud on between Howard

"Mike" Johnson and Ed. Radka. Each of these gentlemen tries to "get something on" the other

to put in the SCREENINGS and carefully covers his own tracks from the other. Each has vowed to

"tell all" should the other spill the beans. Gentle men, we're listening.

When loe Penglase moves into his new head

quarters at the Main office, it may be well for some of the boys to drop in to see him occasional ly for Joe seems to think it'll be a bit lonesome.

And, boys, if you want to make sure of chasing the blues away for him bring along your rivet guns, anvils and hammers and similar noise makers that he is accustomed to hearing.

When John Witulski and Bill Sobeck get through re-building that old chair on the elevator it will be ready for the scrap heap. It seems that the old chair is a bit

warped and twisted, and in or der to straighten it out, Bill cuts off one of the legs; then on the

next shift John gives the chair a

quizzical look and decides to

Joe Kowalski's automatic oil burning V-8 has one thing in its favor. The blue smoke screen

serves to cover up what's going on inside.

Alfred Hopp looks taller and broader behind the wheel of a '40 Buick. He'll be quite a man when he gets the silvery new plates on her.

Chief Engineer Arthur Urdal of the Steamer John G. Munson and Mrs. Urdal of Berea, Ohio, cele brated their 18th wedding an

A LAUGH

A laugh is just like sunshine.

It freshens all the day,

It tips the peaks of life with light

niversary aboard the Steamer while at the Soo, Sunday, August 13. Capt. Donald Nauts, master of the Munson re-read

the wedding ceremony in so

lemnity and dignity after which

cut off a few inches from an

And drives the clouds away.

Jack Leonard, the genial stew

other leg. The next day the

The soul grows glad that hears it

ard who celebrated his 50th

And feels its courage strong.

birthday anniversay the day before ushered in a big double

of furniture is standing on its

A laugh is just like sunshine

decked Polar Iced cake.

knees and may soon be with

For cheering folks along.

process is repeated and so on.

At present writing the old piece out a leg to stand on.

What does all the work up at the office mean? An exercising

"Safety and Service" might well be George

court for Meharg now that golf season is over?

Wing's motto. George has always been known

We thought Harry's chest would expand when he got that new job, but so far it's only his waist that

as a safety booster and as for the service part of it we can assure you, gentlemen, that it is a pleas ure to call George and his men in on a job. As

is larger.

efficient service.

窶認red Heythaler trades his pack of hounds for farm produce. Fred says that ten bushels of spuds

busy as they are they always give prompt and

It seems that Ed Radka prefers to hunt birds with a club. When he succeeds only in stunning

'em with his gun he chases them and kills them

A sure sign of the approach of hunting season in the cellar are worth more than a hound in the backyard.

with a club. Primitive but effective eh, Ed?

"Dearest," said the new husband to his bride, "do you really think I'll prove a satisfactory

rock was out in the quarry. Now he knows better,

mate?"

for the acre he bought to build a home on is as

his precious girl.

will be lending a hand when he makes the base

"Now look me over and tell me what you think of your captain."

ment.

"Oh, you'll do for a mate all right," answered

Jack Wheeler got the jump on the rest of you hunters. He went to the Upper Peninsula to do a

little practicing before the season starts around here. Either the birds were thick or he doesn't

Happy Hopp always believed that all the solid solid as Gibraltar. Happy hopes his blaster friends

There is a fine art to making decoys for duck

hunting and, gentlemen, sampler Roy Strieker, seems to have mastered it. For days Roy spent

his leisure time whittling, shaping and sanding;

need much practice as he returned with his limit

working diligently and painstakingly with all the

of partridge.

care of a true draftsman. And then

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and then

came the day! .... There in the old barn Roy put the final touches on his masterpieces. But alas! He

and go to Calcite. Let's all be more careful as we drive along this road and resolve never to bring

had done too well for those wooden ducks were

tragedy into the homes we pass. People build along the shore perhaps to see ships sailing by, but they would live more peacefully if we on the highway wouldn't do any sailing.

so real that the family hound grabbed one and ate it and the oiher flew away!

Dulle says one Terraplane deserves another, but he hopes the new one will do more than gen erate steam.

Congratulations certainly are in order for Archie Bellmore on the completion of his new house. We

know that Archie spent a lot of his spare time on its construction and although it must have been

hard work he now has a place to be proud oi.

Wo notice in the latest papers that the hi-jinks cf New York's cafe society have gone in for minia ture pipe smoking. But if these folks think they're starting seme-thing new they're all wrong. Wilson

Pines has been doing that for a long time, fust

why Wilson took to smoking a miniature pipe we den't know, but could he have been thinking of its eave-trough possibilities?

At first glance one might think the above a pic ture of one of those West China animals, the panda, but the organism represented by this fossil which was found in the Calcite Quarry lived sev eral million years ago. G. M. Ehlers of the Univer sity of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, de scribed it as a cephalapod probably belonging to a genus known as Nephriticerina, very rare if not a new specie.

Doc Bruder is still showing the wife how to ap

preciate the fine, helpful husband he is. Doc built a nice new woodshed and says it's up to her to fill it, just to prove it is appreciated.

Eva Dambra's sunny face is missed—she's gone. Ardis Hopp is trying hard to get somebody to take her away and Ella Reinke says that she's ready to retire. Gosh our girls seem to tire of us.

We won't mention any names but we know a fellow who is interested in getting people out to Grand Lake to fish.—"It's a wonderful place and I can let you have a boat." Well this fellow was caught fishing at Lost Lake near the end of the

past season—he wanted to be sure he got one good catch before the season closed.

After Denton Cooper spins his lizzie for half an hour she takes him for a spin if she's in the mood.

Doc Bruder has brought down a sample of the new variety of carrots he grows. Doc says it just suits his taste; there are two shapely legs and lots of other interesting points on it.

Edw. Buza: "Ya know I had to buy about fifty dollars worth of equipment for my hunting trip this year."

Tim Horn: "It takes a lot of dough to get the buck, eh?"

Edw. Buza: "Yep, it's dear meat no matter how you look at it."

Few, if any of us, ever quite come up to the esti mate that those who love us, place upon us. Such loyalty, however, is what lifts us daily.

When Bob Pearse's eyes get tired looking at the figures on quarry production, he goes out to Lake May. Bob says some figures out there are quite restful to look at, though slightly tantalizing too.

All of us have admired the beautiful new home of our sailor friend, Alex Molocha, as we come

Captain and Mrs. Donald Nauts with daughter Jean and son Douglas. Captain Nauts, the young est captain in the Bradley fleet, and his family are sure of making many friends in Rogers City.

We give them a hearty welcome and hope that they will enjoy their new home.

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ROBERT F. CRITTEN DEN is a native of Ar

kansas. After a public high school education

HUGH C. DOWNER is one of the newcomers in our organization as

he began work with us

he studied wire teleg

July

raphy and eventually

was born in Chicago

was radio instructor ai the Great 1 akes Train

where he attended the

ing School in Illinois in 1917 and 1918.

17,

1939.

Hugh

public schoois but he finished his High

He

School education at

came to this company on June 25, 1920 as an electrician, but his ra

Cranford High School in New Jersey. He spent a year at Vir ginia Polytechnic In stitute and then three years at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1939 with a B. S. degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

dio experience quali fied him for the operation of our first radio station which was built in 1922 for a private operator. The business grew and in 1923 a commercial license was obtained. Finally the Central Radio Tele

graph Company was organized May 1, 1931, and from that date until the present time Mr. Crittenden has served in the capacity of radio station manager.

The prospects for the future are bright. A group

All during this period however he was not neglect ing the necessary practical experience as he sail ed five years on the Great Lakes and on salt water and also worked for the Federal Ship Build ing and Dry Dock Company, a subsidiary of the U. S. Steel Corporation. With the continual im provements in the self unloader fleet of the Brad

of one hundred American companies have report ed that their research staffs are developing over

ley Transportation Company and the improve

two hundred-fifty new products and processes.

Men today are pioneering in plastics, synthetic

good opportunity ahead to accomplish much.

fibres, spun glass, milk derivatives, television, new and lighter alloysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and many of them are about ready for market. Industrial science is con

stantly on the march; possibly this is only the beginning.

however, for those who make us love them!

The State of Colorado

busy place and over the past few years of

seems to have sup plied our organiza

rather irregular oper

tion with a

ating conditions due

of employees as we

to business in general,

find DONALD C. GIL-

the demand on it has been rather a burden as so much informa

LANDERS among the new

number

arrivals

from

tion has been required

that state. He was born there in 1907,

in the nature of work

received his High

ports. During this pe riod Harry Meharg was the head timekeeper and ERNEST ADRIAN his assistant, but September of this year Harry was moved to the Main Office and "Ernie" is now the head timekeeper. "Ernie" was born in Alpena and stayed there only long enough to attend his first year of school before he came to Rogers City in 1912. He completed his high school course here in 1924 and as is the

usual practice with a number of the younger men in the community he spent several school vaca tions working for this company. He was perman ently employed in September 1924 as an assistant in the laboratory. He continued this work in 1925 and in March 1926 went into the storehouse as a

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Some will stimulate our minds. Some will mere

ly interest us, so that we can speculate about them, while others will leave us cold. Thank God,

The Time Office is a

distribution, crew lists, and other important re

to the Time Office in 1933.

ment in the various arts in this field Hugh has a

School education in

Oregon, and attend ed the Oregon State

College where he was graduated in 1931 with a B. S. degree in electrical engineering. We learn that he was quite active in college life as a mem ber of the debate squad and the college sym phony orchestra as well as a number of social and honorary fraternities and societies. Construc tion work seems to provide an opportunity for the early experience of many engineers and such was the case of Don Gillanders for two years before his employment by the General Electric Company at Schnectady, New York. He spent six years with the Genera] Electric Company before coming with us in September 1939, and he is a welcomed addition to our engineering staff.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has pu; a limit on what he can do.

Boy did you see that "beeg" smile on Angelo

Kane's "Meat Chopper"

Santini's face a short time ago? A new grand

bowling team has again swung into action at Al pena. From all indications

daughter, the first, was the cause of it all. Keep on smiling, Angelo, and teach her lots of Safety First.

That

little

lightning

bug

you

see

bobbing

around the rocks in the Quarry on the night shift is just the flashlight of Bob Hamilton as Sir Robert flits from one shovel to another.

Football weather is here, the golfing season is on the wane, Meharg is trying to line up a new anchor man to replace himself on the bowling team, the spitzer fans are hauling out a greasy

deck of cards and many of our fellows have their guns oiled and the red trousers out of the moth balls. So we have a winter season to look forward to when a new set of activities make their appear ance and not to be forgotten are the seasonal

the boys are either hot or the opposition is cool for at the present time the boys are place just the lead.

"Keglers"

tied for second one game out of In the roster of

on this team are such famous bowlers

as "Strike Ball" Goodin, "Speed Ball" Elowsky, and "Screw Ball" Meharg. "Head Pin" Harry Boutin has been well up in the league individual standings. Gus Kane, playing manager, is again holding his own on the bets. Meharg has been trying to get a larger ball so that he can catch up in the standings, So far he has not been able to make his ball hook twice in the same direction.

working hazards brought out by the prevalent ad verse weather conditions. Let's all be careful at

work and play and add to the enjoyment of living.

"That good looking young fellow—Oh that's Downer a new graduate engineer from Michi gan." He's a good engineer but he has yet to learn that if you chase a woman long enough she'll catch you.

Stranded — A chevy sedan between Hagensville and Liske. Owner —Harry Meharg. Reason — Out of gas. (Not air).

Somebody give Irvin Joppich an old stove so he will have some heat for the next safety meeting.

(Irvin says he'll have heat for you fellows.)

"Baldy" Rose knows all the good fishing holes around Millersburg and he took a member of the "Screenings" staff out one night for a good catch of blue gills and a good ducking too.

Afraid of the blight getting his potato crop, Thomas Kelley took them out of the ground earlier than usual and according to eye witnesses they were as small as marbles and Tom carried them

Before we knew that George Breach was out of

town we were hearing of his staying qualities on the water. It seems that a trip on the Calcite was a bit rough and George was in better shape than some of the regular sailors. Recently we have seen him on the harbor sounding raft and assume he is quite a captain.

away in a tobacco sack. We think some fellows are just a little jealous, Tom.

Fred Radka's new rubber tired wagon with the two horse-powered motor is just the thing for blast ing work in the quarry. The new equipment is easier for both men and horses.

Below is a picture oi Ihe General Repair Shop Crews who take care of all types of plant maintenance and repair work.

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Anthony to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Darga on July 19, 1939. Mr. Darga is employed on the Track Department.

Ill-Ill)

Everybody

Daughters born to our employees since the last issue of "Screenings" were:

Janet Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fleming on July 8, 1939. Mr. Fleming is employed in the Transportation Department.

Marianne Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T.

Kuznicki on July 19, 1939. Mr. Kuznicki is employ ed in the Mill Department.

Joan Mary to Mr. and Mrs. George P. Sobeck on

July 18, 1939. Mr. Sobeck is employed in the Mill Department.

Patricia Ellen to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan G. Lee on

August 7, 1939. Mr. Lee is employed by the Brad ley Transportation Company.

Carole Jane to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Klee on August 11, 1939. Mr. Klee is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Marilyn Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hoeft on August 17, 1939. Mr. Hoeft is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Bonita Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Buehler on Sep

tember 23, 1939. Mr. Buehler is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Donna Rae to Mr. and Mrs. Rex OToole on

Chester Sylvester to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Durecki on July 20, 1939. Mr. Durecki is employed in the Shove! Department.

Allan Paul to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Claus on July 31, 1939. Mr. Claus is employed in the Transpor tation Department.

Roger Dean to Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Fleming on August 5, 1939. Mr. Fleming is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Duncan Murdock to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mac

Leod on August 22. Mr. MacLeod is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Norman Fred to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vogler on August 23, 1939. Mr. Vogler is employed in the Yard Department.

Lawrence Ross to Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. John son on September 21, 1939. Mr. Johnson is em ployed in the Laboratory.

Richard William to Mr. and Mrs. William Bu-

dinick on September 27, 1939. Mr. Budinick is em ployed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Gary Dean to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heythaler on October 5, 1939. Mr. Heythaler is employed in the Transportation Department.

Sylvester Jacob to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Grengtski on October 16, 1939. Mr. Grengtski is employed

by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Charles Alfred to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Klingshirn

on November 8, 1939. Mr. Klingshirn is employed in the Mill Department.

Hello, everybody! and congratulations to the parents of these new members of the "Screenings" family.

September 30, 1939. Mr. O'Toole is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Janice Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoch on Octo ber 4, 1939. Mr. Hoch is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Tin1 Honeymoon

Judith Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Paradise on

Express

October 9, 1939. Mr. Paradise is employed by the Bradley Transportation Company.

Sandra Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schultz on October 18, 1939. Mr. Schultz is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Hanna Louise to Mr. and Mrs. George Kerr on

October 19, 1939. Mr. Kerr is an employee of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Betty Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hopp on No vember 7, 1939. Mr. Hopp is employed as a truck driver.

Sons born to our employees were: John Lorrin to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hansen on May 2, 1939. Mr. Hansen is an employee of the

John J. Myers of the Transportation Department and Gertrude Claus were united in marriage on October 3, 1939 by the Rev. C. T. Skowronski.

Theodore Urban of the Sampling Department and Shirley Peltz were married on October 24, 1939 by the Rev. C. T. Skowronski.

May these newlyweds find the journey a pleas ant one. To them the "Screenings" extends its felicitations.

Bradley Transportation Company.

Eugene to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Bredow on July 5, 1939. Mr. Bredow is a Bradley Transportation Company employee.

Stanley to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Modrynski on July 8, 1939. Mr. Modrynski is employed in the Shovel Department.

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John Bruning and Julius Zemple put on a good imitation of a turtle race when passing each other on the quarry road. Walt Meyers pushed John home one night when his car was out of gas and

John's folks say he got there ten minutes early.

Never has John been accused of speeding.

Yes sir, you were seeing right. Pete Pollock has a new Dodge. When one fellow saw Pete running the car with the rear wheels jacked up he accused

Pete of trying for easy car mileage, but Pete claims he is trying to break the car in quickly.

One cf the highlights of the social season wa3 Walt Santimo's great work as toastmaster at the testimonial banquet fcr Mr. Munson. Walt really surprised many of ihe boys and can be proud of his efforts.

Other banquet side lights were Reinke, general chairman, putting the plans over with a bang, Clare Macklem not being able to eat that deli cious food because of the speech he was to make and Vie Koch, the fluent orator giving a good talk.

These "on the inside" claim that Vic did a lot of

practicing in the security of the tower at the target

Contrary to what we may have read in some of cur newspapers, Old Bruin is not protected in Presque Isle County this season. Anyone having a deer license may shoot a bear on that license during deer season.

Our greatest interest in life will forever be

wound about cur relationships with people.

house.

The machine shop office and target house look very nice with the new paint and decorating job.

A young deer was found exhausted on the lake shore near No. 7 shovel apparently having taken to the lake to escape from dogs. The shovel crew rescued the youngster and released him again.

Florian Modrynski has a cure for all cars that won't start.

When Julias was having starting

trouble Florian put water in

the radiator and

away went the car . . . neither can tell you why, only it seemed to work.

William Heller and Irvin Joppich, the ace sledg

The nineteen pound musky that a local man caught in Grand Lake recently must have been the snag that ruptured the bottom of Joe Penglase's speed boat this summer.

The nation's sports pages tell about the "bear stories" that come out of the many football camps, but we have a real bear story coming from the quarry track crew. One morning a short time back, the crew saw a bear going up the bank by the track shifter house. Martin Budnick wanted a

closer view of Bruin so he climbed up the bank too. As his head came up to the level above he was looking the bear right in the eye. It seems

ing team on the construction of a dam on Lake

that Bruin also wanted a closer view of Martin.

Nettie. Come out any Sunday and watch the boys

Needless to say, it was Martin that retreated and he went in a hurry.

workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and reduce.

John Dembny's Drill Crew and John Bruning's Secondary Stripping Crew. They drill the rock so blasting can be expertly done and keep the quarry clean assuring a good rock product along with good housekeeping, essential to all safety-minded workers.

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HillT Villi il HiSlll)}?

It Is Time Well Spent—Here Is One.

Have you a hobby? You must have one as a hobby is not some definite undertaking but any form of physical or mental action that requires one's attention. Most of us have such an activity during spare hours.

Remember when you were a young lad and liked pets? This same spirit moves hundreds of men throughout the world to become interested in

raising fowl. Many spend hours with flowers, pets, art, sports, music, photography, travel, etc.

These are known as common hobbies.

A

man

with a hobby is usually a worthwhile man with good character — Why? Because his idle time is well spent.

Issues of "Calcite Screenings" have made note of some of their employee's hobbies and interests from time to time and in this issue is featured a

man with an unusual hobby. Mr. Leo Smolinski an employee of the Mill Department, sometime ago revealed considerable knowledge regarding pigeons. Upon interviewing Leo, he disclosed that he is a pigeon fancier and has a flock of forty birds. They are not especially tame and he en joys them not as just pets. Some of the breeds in his cote are Nuns, Fan Tails, Bald Headed Tum blers and Jacobins noted for show birds only. He has some Birmingham Rollers which put on a good performance of fancy flying and looping-theloop. The young rollers sometimes fall to the ground never coming out of their characteristic

loops and the result is most always fatal.

At

least the bird ceases to be a roller if he survives the crash.

Contrary to some thought, a man does not raise pigeons for their food value either at home or for market. Leo says that he just uses the culls for table use and hates to dispose of them.

Leo has never gone in for Homing pigeons as they are rather expensive with the chief interest

being racing contests which entail expense of shipping to starting points, etc. Occasionally a tired Homing pigeon will land in his loft untii rested and then be on its way again.

You have often heard hunters talk guns and dogs for hours, radio fans talk radio and horse breeders talk horses. You have yet to find a more rabid conversationalist than the pigeon fancier.

From reading their magazines they do a very re fined brand of bragging about individual pets.

Well they might with such an interesting hobby.

Why should pigeons be of such an interest to humans? Dating back to antiquity is the history of pigeon breeding. Many believe that pigeons were the first of man's feathered friends to become

they are still the symbols of purity and peace.

The military heads of the world have long valued the pigeon as a means of communication between units. Modern armies still possess many pigeons and have plans for conscripting the same from fanciers during war periods.

The Rothchilds of England at one time owned some of the best homing pigeons abroad and these birds brought home to their owners such

messages as the surrender of Napoleon at Water loo. Those of you who remember the movie "The House of Rothchild" will recall that the arrival of these birds were often the cause of market fluctuations.

Ever since the conflict with Russia, Japanese newspapers have maintained large kits of pi geons which are used even today to bring back to newspaper offices messages from remote spots.

(A kit is a group of pigeons flying as one unit).

You will perhaps be interested in knowing that proud, strutting fan tail pigeons came to this coun try on the "Mayflower"—A pair having been smuggled across on an already crowded ship.

Pigeons played an important part in George Washington's army manuveurs during the Ameri can Revolution.

Leo became interested in pigeons after talking with down-state friends.

and hobbies.

The picture here is of Leo Smolinski of the

Mill Department with two of his pigeons.

Raising pigeons pro vides Leo with an en

tertaining hobby and as he says, "helps me keep out of mischief."

An Irishman who

was signing articles on board ship began to write his name with his right hand; then,

changing the pen to his left, finished it. "So you can write with either hand, Pat!" ex claimed

the

officer.

We often hear of the "Dove of Peace" dating back from Bible times, (the name dove being the

"Yis, sor," replied Pat. "When I was a boy, me father said to me, 'Pat, learn to cut your finger nails wid your left hand, for ye might

common name for pigeons in those days) and

lose the right.' "

domesticated. When King Tut's tomb was opened pigeons not unlike the present day orientals were found.

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He had time for an in

teresting hobby and felt that some of his time and money were being spent on rather worthless di versions so he "got the bug" so to speak, and has a few varieties of birds of which he is very proud.

He says that there are only around two hundred forty different kinds of birds so he has plenty of chance to keep his interest aroused. — See Leo if you want an interesting converation on pigeons

J5tg linings

yet so far bud vait he vill habe him soone.

Veil Mitzie id vont be long now unt ve vill be true mit dis Seasons vork unt den ve can take id

33ere j3ts

easy for a vile bud nod for very long so Ve here.

fail

unt dot vill mean dot der boys vill nod be Idle very long dot is seme hole dot dey dug in der ground to ged dem boats in

(Ghanacs linn

3&icrything

Ve vill habe three Boats in der Harbor dis vinter

Veil Mitzie vill habe to close for dis Time unt

vill try unt write you a nice long ledder ven der Roses Bloom agin in der Spring time So By By for dis time Schnopsie.

Guess Who? He Is More Grown Up Today.

Ulu

Al ;§cliun|jsic MY DEAR MITZIE:

Veil you know dot ve habe a whol-new set ub hier mit der company. Ve habe had to gif ub Mr. Munson to der Head Quarters in Pitsburg so ve habe der new vuns on der chob unt is Mr. Clymer

unt Joe Penglase bussy dese days gettin oud der stone. Efen der good Lord is good to dem mit der summer vedder.

Der boys ad der plant gabe der Munson family a Farwell Party dot vas a Hummer unt a banquet also. Frank Rankie vas der Chief Engineer of der doings unt did he put id ober. id is a vonder dot der Politickers dont grab Frank off to rais Campains funds for dem dey vould neffer be in der red mit him.

Secatary Morgentau siz dot he is keepin an open mind on new taxes. Veil dot means dot der Peoples shud keep an open Pocket Buk to pay der taxes.

Veil our Chief Sports dis vinter promises to be der game seprating trut from fictshun, facts from

propagand in der oficial news Brotcasts from Europe. Unt to think dot id hasent ben so very long ago dot ve callt africa der dark continent.

Veil id shud soone be time dot Kiser Bill got a new Saw, vun mit two handles on id so he can acomadate adolph ven dey get true mit him.

Veil Cheer ub der time fore spare Ribs unt Saurkraut is hier to Say noddings of hard Sider unt Dough Nuts. now if Rosevelt wants to make a Holiday

change dot is realy wort while vhy nod postpone! new Years day aboud a veak after new Years Eve you know dot vould gif us mor time to Start der New Year rite.

vel vich day are you Celebratin Franks-giv-in day or Thanks gibbing day i vill take in both of dem.

veil id is Huntin Time unt der Boys are oud mit der Heavy artilery unt some of dem habe der luck I vonder who shot Charli Platzs Deer for him Ve

saw vun on his car der oder day.

Chief Shootern Buck Flewelling hasent got his

The minstrel of the lumber camp. Who is he?

You should know men, he has been working at the Mill or Yard or Storehouse or Brine Tanks and

as a Brakeman since he started here twenty years ago. He is a noted hunter, basketball player, story-teller, first aid expert and an all-around good fellow. He has dark hair, blue eyes, is thirty-six years of age, five feet seven inches tall and

weighs one hundred ninety-five pounds. I've given you everything but his name and who his parents areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it's your guess on who he is and the name of the tune he is playing.

The Guess Who in the last issue of "Screenings" was Hugh Lewis, known to the readers of our ma

gazine as an expert on "Trend of Times" but bet ter known to our employees as the congenial en gineer.

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The Bradley Transportation Company Safety Meetings and Personal News Good Time To Prepare for Advancement Issuance of Lifeboatmen's Certificates

By Capt. F. F. Pearse

every man in our fleet to take inventory of him

Capt. Chester W. Willett, U. S. Supervising In spector for the Great Lakes District, has issued a circular authorizing Local Inspectors to examine

self. Ask yourself these questions:

men for lifeboatmen's certificates and to issue

As the season draws to a close, it behooves

What are my prospects for promotion?

What can I do to gain that promotion?

What position can I qualify for?

The answers are easy. First. Your chance for

promotion is better today than ever before.

Second. You should have the recommenda

tion of your captain or chief engineer, or both.

This applies especially to those who are going up for license. The man who gets these recommendations is the one who works most

diligently, who is depend able, efficient, who antici-

pates and

successfully

meets emergencies, who is

ready and willing to lend a hand, even though the work may not come under his regular routine, and last but not least, a safe worker, one who anticipates hazards

and takes steps to correct them.

Third. You can prepare yourself by study and proper application to your present job and for the one ahead.

In connection with the foregoing, The Bradley Transportation Company is ready to assist you in

every possible way and it is proposed to conduct classes in Seamanship at Rogers City this winter for all those who wish to attend.

These classes

will be conducted by competent officers now em ployed on our ships.

To qualify for A.B. and lifeboat certificatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; you must be physically fit. (This means good eye sight as well as good physical condition). You must have at least 12 months experience in the deck department and must be 19 years of age or

such certificates to qualified persons. It is also contemplated that the Coast Guard will continue to give such examinations when circumstances permit. Captain Willett's circular is quoted below: "1. Section 1 of the Act of June 25, 1936, amend ing Section 13 of the Seamen's Act, provides that certificates as lifeboatmen shall be issued by the

Local Inspectors, and the covering Rules and Regulations, Series No. 7, Section 4, page 5, is

sued May 5, 1938, furnishes specifications for the issuance of such certificates of efficiency.

"2. In the practical examination of applicants, as required, this district enjoys the accession of full and effective co-operation with the U. S. Coast Guard units in the matter of examinations of sea men at various localities where facilities are pro

vided. However, contemplating further co-opera tion with the marine industry and further service to seamen, you are advised that all hull inspec tors are authorized to examine applicants in their practical demonstration where facilities are pro vided and responsibly manned, and in this re spect you are requested to co-operate with the Masters and interested parties as effectively as possible consistent with your other duties.

"3. The examinations will be thorough and con ducted in compliance with the provisions of the 52nd Supplement, Monthly Bulletin of October, 1936, Manual for Lifeboatman and Able Seamen, and Rules and Regulations Series No. 7, issue of May 5, 1938."

It is urged that masters bring this matter to. the attention of members of their crews who have

sufficient service to qualify themselves for either a 12-month or 18-month able seaman's certificate

and impress upon these men the desirability of securing such certificates at the present time.

over.

Those who wish to enroll for winter classes

should notify Mr. Valentin as soon as possible.

To those who are going up for Pilots License study the Pilot rules and the Light lists. By doing this now it will make your work much easier and eliminate that "cramming" during the short pe riod this winter.

Those who are going up for Engineers License

should be studying the various text books for the s a m e reason.

It will be well for all those who are eligible to

It seems that near the end of the fortieth day the Ark hit against the protruding top of an elec tric light pole, which poked a hole in the bow.

Noah sent his pet dog down and the dog, to stop the leak, poked his nose in the hole, which is the reason that dogs' noses are always cold. But the dog soon became tired, so Mrs. Noah went down and put her foot in the hole, which is the reason women always have cold feet.

Finally however, as the water kept coming in a little, Noah himself went down and sat on the

heed this advice now as promotions may be open

hcle, which is the reason that men always stand

sooner than you expect.

with their backs io a fire.

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Str. Carl D. Bradley--Safety Meetings Ship Safety Meeting, Str. Carl D. Bradley on October 20, 1939.

Present: Donald McLeod, Chairman; Raymond

G. Buehler, secretary; Robert Lowe, Edward Schultz, Herman Vogler, William

Hombacher,

George Kerr, Victor Klee, William Halligan.

The chairman called for the minutes of the last meeting which were read and approved.

Captain Pearse then read a letter which he had received from Mr. Platz stating that all members

of the crew except the licensed officers would re ceive ten dollars per month bonus providing they would fit out and lay up the boat. He also read a letter from the Frick Coke Company relative to an accident in which one of their men was caught in the bit of a mooring line which made it necessary

to amputate his leg. He cautioned all members of the crew to stand clear of lines at all times.

Sailors spending leisure time by pitching quoits.

Hobby: Outdoors. Ambition: Draftsman.

Neil Jackson was a Michigan State College student and also a stone tester. Hobbies: Music,

photography and skiing. Ambition: Forester.

Martin Joppich was a Coast Guardsman on Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Hobby: Sports. Am

Complying to the request of the last meeting, the Captain obtained books on seamanship and

bition: Fine Home.

engineering which were entrusted to the mate and

berjack. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: Mink farm.

Vic Klee was carpenter foreman at Calcite for thirteen years, also contractor in Detroit for three years. Hobby: Outdoors. Ambition: To catch the one which always gets away.

Arnold Zinke had been a Mill repairman and had dene some farming. Hobby: Travel. Ambi

engineer.

Members of the crew commented very favor

ably upon the work of Frank Ware of putting light sockets and base plugs in all the rooms so there need not be any loose wires in the crew's quarters.

Attention was called to the fact that there are several cracked stanchions on the boom walk.

This matter will be taken care of immediately.

The mate notified the deck crew and conveyor-

men that there is plenty of salt forward for the decks and conveyors.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 P. M.

Personal Items Our contribution to the Marine Issue of the Cal cite Srreenings is a thumb nail sketch of the crew cf the Str. Bradley, what they did before they be came sailors, their hobbies and secret ambitions.

We hope in this way to make you better acquaint ed with your shipmates:

Herman Vogler was a farmer and also a lum

tion: Success.

Lawson Macklem, a High Schoo 1 graduate, started in the galley and is now a wheelsman.

Hobby: Literature. Ambition: Business.

Clayton Gordon was a dredge worker and had worked in an automobile factory. Hobby: Books.

Ambition: Fine Home.

Mark Haswell, second mate, had been in the Dairy business with his father in Circleville, Ohio.

Hobby: Pick football winners. Ambition: Captain

Bill Mooney, Third Engineer, graduated from Notre Dame and attended St. Bonaventure's Prep School. Hobby: Sailing. Ambition: Chief Engi neer.

Otto Sparre for thirty years a sailor in steam and sail has been around the world with his father on

a "three master" when only five years old. He started as wheelsman and is now chief steward.

Hobby: Raising roses and goldfish.

John Claus sailed on a yacht, studied Diesel en gines at American Technical College. Hobby: Shcpwork. Ambition: Chief.

Bill Halligan was a bridge and steel worker.

Hobby: Fishing. Ambition: "Skipper."

Jce Partyka graduated from Rogers City High School. Hobby: Outdoors.

Mel Hamman was a chef in a private club. Hob

by: Car repairing. Ambition: Race track driver.

Ichn Gregcry is a R. C. High School graduate.

The above picture shows the motor-launch O. F. Mook delivering mail to the Str. Bradley. We are told this is the only floating Post Office in the world and operates under U. S. Government con

tract delivering mail to the marine traffic passing through the Detroit River.

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of the "Bradley" with Hombacher as first mate.

Wes Sobeck, a High School graduate and an amateur baseball pitcher. Hobby: Sports. Ambi tion: Retire to travel.

Herb Friedrich was a stone sampler at Calcite.

Hobby: Sell Automobiles. Ambition: Hit the Irish Sweep!

Ray Buehler, first assistant engineer, has been a sailor for twenty-two years. Hobby: Playing

were still in sail. He has been for the past forty years a sailor on all Great Lakes. Hobby: Fish ing in ihe Florida sunshine. Ambition: Has alreacy been realized; his aim in life was to master largest and finest ship on the Great Lakes. Fur ther ambition is to leave behind him a

trained

legion of seamen to carry on in ihe Bradley fleet.

pinochle. Ambition: Bask in the Florida sunshine.

Steve Chibola, second engineer, of Lorain, has

been sailing the Great Lakes for the past thirteen years. Hobby: Reading. Ambition: to lose fifty pounds.

Bob Lowe graduated from, a Cleveland High School. Hobby: Travel in South. Ambition: Retire at 50.

Russell Kowalski was an electrician at Calcite

before he began sailing ten years ago. Hobby: Dogs and Sports. Ambition: To live at Grand Lake.

George Bellmore had been a cement finisher.

Hobby: Spilzer. Ambition: Fine Home (?).

Carl Hagedorn was a mechanic. Hobby: Good books. Ambition: Travel.

Pete Miller, third mate, has spent eleven years on the Great Lakes. Pete's home is in L'Anse, Pa.

Hobby: Mountain climbing and his Ambition: A ship of his own!

Bill Hombacher worked on the tugs. Hobby: Writing and Literature. Ambition: Experimental Farmer.

lames Selke has been a second cook for five

years. Hobby: Outdoors. Ambition: Fine Family and Heme.

Marvin Adrian farmed and worked on the road before he started sailing. Hobby: Machinery. Am bition: Business.

Ford Winfield had been a gas station attendant.

Hobby: Model railroads. Ambition: Railroad en gineer on a stream-liner.

Eddie Hilla, a Rogers City High School gradu ate. Hobby: Athletics. Ambition: Business.

George Kerr has sailed since '25 'n before that he worked at Calcite. Hobby: Pinochle. Ambi tion: To beat Dizzy and the cook.

Ferd Limberg is also a Rogers City High School graduate. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: Business.

Ford Winifield of the Str. Bradley demonstrating how a sailor enjoys sweet repose.

Eric Winters, second engineer,' has twenty years experience sailing on fresh and salt water.

He enlisted in ihe United States Navy; this service took him on the China Seas and the Atlantic and

Pacific oceans. Hobby: Travel and good books.

Ambition: To retire to quiet life ashore in a fine home.

Your Reporter is trying to be a cook. Hobby: Music. Ambition: To become an accomplished pianist.

Proud fathers on the Str. Bradley are the fol lowing: Ray Buehler, it's a girl; Bill Mooney, it's a boy; Vic Klee, it's a girl; Scotty McLeod, it's a boy; Ed Hoeft, it's a girl; Geo. Kerr, it's a girl. Con gratulations, fellows!

To brag little to show well, To crow gently if in luck;

To pay up, to own up, to shut up, if beaten, Are the virtues of a sporting man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Ed Hoeft was with the Coast Guard for two

years and worked in an automobile factory at Buffalo. Hobby: Baseball.

Donald McLeon, first mate, has for twenty-two

years been a sailor on salt and fresh water. He is a native of bonny Scotland. He attended the University of Edinburgh, and is a veteran of the British navy. Hobby: Home and family. Ambi tion: Accumulate wisdom.

John Sparre, chief engineer, was born in Nor way and has been sailing for the past thirty-five years. He was once a cook on a windjammer, a watchmaker and a mechanic. Hobby: Remodel ing his home. Ambition: Retire to cottage on quiei lake.

Captain F. F. Pearse began sailing in 1900 on an old Package Freight Line boat when some 1282

Cleaning and painting claims a good bit of every sailor's time during the operating season.

Str. B. H. Taylor - Safety Meetings Date of Meeting: October 21, 1939.

Present: Roland Bryan, chairman; M. Schwaegler, secretary; and Theodore Strand, Nelson Free, George Hoy, Eugene Jones, Richard Haneckow, Louis LaVeck and Edwin Ehrke, commit tee members, and other members of the crew.

The seventh safety meeting of the season was called to order at 6:37 P.M.

Captain Dahlburg complimented the crew on their record of no accidents this season and asked

that we keep the record clean until the end of the season.

Instead of going to the supplies, the crew have gotten into the habit of taking bulbs out of con venient sockets. There are plenty light bulbs in the stores and it is dangerous to leave sockets

Since the last report to the Screenings, Casey Jones has been wearing an engagement ring on his watch chain. That's the safest place, Casey.

Along comes Friday night and Ted Werner is again aft for night lunch. He usually claims to be eating smoked fish, but from the noise he makes, it sounds like he is playing a harmonica.

The Chief gave our cook a compliment the other day. "Wow," he said, "good cake for a change."

Things to guard againstâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Poison Ivy. Lu Lu Leveck's hamburgers.

Those of the crew in the deckhands room have

been left gasping lately, because a certain deckwatch has been making his bunk regularly.

without bulbs.

While bringing engineers supplies on board at Calcite there is usually trouble from the after

Str. W. F. White -- Safety Meetings

mooring lines having too long a lead. It was agreed that the engineer should ask the mate to

Date of Meeting: October 22, 1939, at 1 P. M. Present: Walter Callum, chairman; William Shay, secretary; and members of oilers, engi

shorten the line.

Extreme care was advised while blowing out

neers, deck, galley, firehold and conveyor depart

decklines with steam. It is very easy for a man

ments and all crew members off watch.

working on deck to get scalded.

The safety meeting was called to order by the Chairman. He then proceeded with the meeting by reading a letter from the Frick Coke Company describing an incident that happened on one of

It was agreed that lanterns shall be placed by the swinging cables while unloading to prevent persons from walking into them.

This being all the business on hand, the meet ing was closed at 7:00 P. M.

Personal Items During the third week of October the Taylor made a trip from Calcite to the Soo, Port Arthur and Fort William. From Fort William she pro ceeded to Duluth to load coke for Lorain.

The

boat must have been a very unusual sight judg ing from the comments heard along the way. All in all it was a pleasant trip, the weather was ex

ceptionally fine for this time of the year.

Rumor has it that the Taylor will probably lay up in Cleveland this year and the crew has be come divided into factions, one the small town boys, the other the city slickers; so the argument about large and small towns goes on and on.

All season the boat has been arriving in port on the third mate's watch. Johnny Miller has been going around with a very long face, and he claims that if his luck doesn't change soon he is going to get desperate.

The steward has been trying to convince our hard boiled first assistant that Rogers City is quite as good a town as Cleveland, but so far it looks as if the mighty Hoy will take a lot more con vincing.

From the steward comes the remark that if his

crew would buy working clothes instead of auto mobiles, they v/ould not need to borrow his all the time.

their barges in which a serious accident resulted

due to the improper handling and manipulating of the cables between dock and barge.

He also pointed out that there were some mem bers of the crew who were handling the cables were not waiting for the ladder to be put down.

At this time of the year the danger of doing this is greatly increased as there may be ice and snow to cause one's footing to be more uncertain.

Mr. Shay pointed out that the men who operate the deck engines should be sure to release all the steam from the cylinders when through with the engines. If this is not done and the lever should b e

reversed

the

cable

drum may fly b a c k and cause the ca ble to strike

anyone who might be standing in its way.

Old busi ness: None.

There be

ing no further business or d i scussion the meeting

adjourned at

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Accidents Which Might Have Been Serious!

Harold Fleming: What time are we crossing

Saginaw Bay and which way is the wind blow

Captain Malcolm McLean Two accidents which might have proven seri ous occurred on a recent trip to the East Dock at

ing?

What oiler is now wearing white underwear in

Detroit.

John Zoho: When and where are we going to lay up?

Norman Raymond: Where did our summer

Unknown to several members of the crew, a dump scow had been placed between the boat and the Petoskey cement dock.

Upon his return to the boat after dark, one of the employees did not notice the scow which was held out from the dock about two feet by large truck tire fenders. The scow being somewhat lower than the dock made it appear as though it were just a continuation of the dock.

Raymond Gerbrand, wireless operator, was not aware of the scow's presence and was looking against bright lights to find the ladder when he

slipped into the open space. John Zoho, the stew ard, had just reached the top of the ladder when he heard a splash and then a cry for help. Zoho summoned aid and helped Gerbrand on the boat â&#x20AC;&#x201D;minus hat and packages but, nevertheless,

stead of tattle-tail gray and why?

weather go?

Howard Morrill: What day are we going to cele brate Thanksgiving?

Chief Anderson: Who's going to win the present war, Hitler or the Allies?

We are now honored with the presence of two members of the Royal Order of the Detroit River Gold Fish.

Str. John G. Munson -- Safety Meetings

spoken to Gerald Bunton who was up on deck.

Date of Meeting, October 15, 1939, 1:00 P. M. Present: Chris Swarts, Chairman; Harry Sloan, Secretary; and Capt. Nauts, Chief Urdal and Fred Wetherton, Arthur Breckon, Michael Idalski, Louis Smolinski, James Lamb and Jack Leonard and also other members of vessel's personnel not en gaged on duty.

Lawrence's sudden disappearance caused Bunton to investigate with the result of the cook's rescue

The sixth Safety First Meeting of the 1939 sail ing season was called at 1 P. M. The minutes of

thankful for his timely rescue.

About fifteen minutes later, Eddie Lawrence,

night cook, made the same mistake but had just

the preceding meeting were read by the Chair

from the river.

Neither of the men suffered any ill effects from the cold bath.

THE WORD "STARBOARD"

The word "starboard" appears to have come

down from the earliest Anglo-Saxons, who called that side of their Viking ships from which the

steering oar protruded the "steorboard," which became corrupted to "starboard" or even the "sta'b'd" of the tar. Naturally enough, according

to a writer, the opposite side of the ship, which was brought in contact with the jetty or wharf when loading for fear of breaking the steor or

rudder, became the lading board, laddeboard, or larboard, later changed to port because of the danger of confusing larboard and starboard when hearing was difficult during a storm. The full

rigged ship is seemingly a tangle of ropes, every one of which is called martingale, stay sheet, line, painterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;anything but a rope.

Personal Items Gerald Bunton: "Hey Gene, how come you're passing up all the T-bone steaks?"

Gene D.: "Well, I'll tell you, Bunton, I'm waiting for my third set of teeth."

Wack: How does it feel to be thrown out of the

galley, Schlager?

Schlager: Well it took the whole crew to do it!

Seeking Information:

John Speikout would like to know just why the White anchored out when there weren't any boats in the slip.

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man and in conclusion it was decided that all sug

gestions are being carefully observed. The sub ject matter of earlier meetings were reviewed and extracts from the Lake Carrier's Bulletin were read and discussed.

The following suggestions were then made at this meeting:

That the boiler room ventilators be examined to determine condition of holding down bolts and

make any repairs which may be found necessary.

The Deck Engines will be left out of gear with

the control lever in the HEAVE-IN position to be all clear for any one passing and the valve will be just cracked to permit the passage r.i steam into the cylinders. This has been decided as the most practical and efficient way to insure against winches freezing up during cold weather.

Seamen are again instructed against going

over ship side excepting only by way of ladders provided for that purpose.

Switches and circuit breakers on Boom swing, Boom hoist unit will be thrown out to insure

against these units becoming accidentally placed in operation when boom is secured for sea and not being used.

Nothing more of a Safety nature was brought to the attention of the Committee and the meeting was adjourned.

To his sweetheart: "Did you know, dear, that tunnel we just passed through was two miles long and cost $12,000,000?" "Oh, really, did it?" she re plied, as she started to rearrange her disheveled hair. "Well, it was worth it, wasn't it?"

Personal Items The broad smile of Leo DePeudry on returning

Captain: Well Chief, I would like to, but you know John is pretty dumb.

Marvin: Say, Carl, have you ever worked un

from Rogers was a cause of suspicion for us and just as we tried to find out her name Leo drives

der pressure?

Carl: What do you mean, down in a mine or

down in a new Buick so that just about nips the story in the bud.

something like that?

Marvin: No. I mean when the Mate's around.

Well, when a new addition to any family is in the offing it becomes choice gossip some months

Kenneth Bruning has obtained his AB ticket and

gossiping about the new cars already obtained

has been promoted to deck watch. More power and best wishes, Kenny. Ben Lasch and Johnny Sucharski are busy these days preparing for

and the new ones Jim Lamb, Marvin Taylor and others will soon be driving down our boulevards

examiners we know we would pass them.

in advance of the event, but aboard ship we are

and avenues.

Our genial Bill MacKay says he doesn't mind having his suitcase tied to the deck when he starts for home at Cleveland but it sure was a surprise to find his shoes nailed to the deck when he was

getting ready for work.

Great Lakes Licenses and although we are not the

No reports from the galley at this writing. Rea sonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Too busy making fruit cake.

Reports of Ships of the Waterways Navigation Company

Jim Lamb says, "I have her this time. Just had to shim her a little more and now she is perfectly true and running fine."

Jim can always be found trying to make his conveyor run just a little bit better and if he isn't attacking the conveyors with dividers and cali pers then it's sledges and chain falls. More power, Jim, we hope you are chief conveyorman some day with offices in town.

Since the last SCREENINGS, Captain Nauts has been relieved by Captain Thorsen and now we are all set for the balance of the season. We think

both are just fine and hope they think the same about us.

Well there must be some truth in that news item

about the banana plantation, i. e. bananas grow ing down there in Ohio somewhere. Every time

Str, T. W. Robinson -- Safety Meetings Date of Meeting, October 2, 1939.

Present: Alfred Tyrell, Chairman; C. T. Green-

leaf, Secretary; Fred Beebe, Gordon O'Toole, Stan ley Idalski, Albert Goodreau, Lester Pines, Stan ley Bellmore, Anthony Yarch, Philip Muscynski.

The fifth safety meeting of the season was call ed to order at 1:00 P. M. by Chairman Tyrell.

All members of the crew who were not on

watch were present.

It was reported that all safety devices are in good condition, and all items that were consid ered at our last meeting have been put in good working order.

ers aboard the Munson are commencing to realize.

Rain is one of the essentials for growing bananas,

Chairman Tyrell advised the deck crew to be careful around deck now that Jack Frost is likely to pay us a visit at anytime, and that there would be an ample supply of salt on hand.

There being no further comments, the meeting

isn't it boys?

adjourned at 2:00 P. M.

we are in Cleveland we are subjected to a tropi

cal downpour which even some of the Cleveland-

Since Carl Mulka has learned that the iron

clamps for holding the anchor chains are called "Devil Claws" he has been giving the anchor windlass a wide berth.

One story from many, many years ago is of the mate who was blowing fog signals but was not

pulling the whistle cord enough to get a good loud blast from the whistle. When the captain asked

Str, Calcite -- Safety Meetings Date of Meeting, October 14, 1939.

Present: Alex Molocha, Chairman;

Norman

Henderson, Secretary; and Dean O'Connor, Wilbert Wirgau, Stanley Centala, Rex O'Toole, Charles Lister and members of the crew off watch.

Proceedings of meeting on date above named

the reason for the weak signal the mate respond ed, "Oh, it's only a light fog, Captain, so I was just saving on steam and blowing a light whistle."

were as follows:

An old-time sea story:

Captain: Say, Chief, would you mind taking my son, John, in the Engine Room with you and make

It was suggested that the smooth deck outside of the galley and mess room doors be roughened with some weld beads to prevent slipping when

an engineer of him?

the deck is wet.

Chief: Sure, Captain, I'll take him, but why don't you take him on deck and train him for the forward end, Captain?

The two lower steps in Number Three Cargo Hold were reported to be defective. They will be repaired as soon as possible.

Meeting was called to order at 12.30 P. M. Suggestions from the last meeting were check ed over and were found to be all taken care of.

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It was reported that a dangerous condition exists at the galley door. Due to the door not having much clearance between it and the boat davit. In a strong wind a person might have his hand crushed if the door should happen to slam.

Many drivers, after an accident, will insist that

the steering wheel locked, or that the gas pedal stuck, or that the brakes failed, or that something else went wrong. Poliec officials are quite likely to be skeptical of these excuses because they have found that more than 90 per cent of all ve hicles involved in fatal and non-fatal smashups

It was recommended that a door check be pro vided to prevent the door from slamming.

A suggestion was made to change the controls

are in apparently good condition with none of

of the starboard forward winch from the left hand

these defects noted.

side of the winch over to the right hand side. This would eliminate reaching over or under the cable and the resultant danger of injury. As it is, the hopper and the elevator house block the view of the man running the winch and force him to lean over the cable to see the mate giving signals at the port rail.

Since the cold weather is here the crew were

warned of the dangers that come with cold weath er and ice. The decks and docks should be given special attention by those members of the crew who might have to work on icy decks or docks.

Salt will be provided for the icy de~ks.

As there were no other subjects or suggestions brought up at the meeting, it was suggested and approved that the meeting be adjourned. Adjourn ment was at 1:30 P. M.

Personal Items We would like to know why the galley clock, which ordinarily lags by a matter of five minutes or more, is always at least ten minutes fast when mealtime comes during our semi-monthly "hello and goodbye" session at Calcite. While we don't say that the galley crew have anything to do with it, the finger of suspicion seems to point unwaver ingly in their direction.

Drivers, if they will be honest, can usually trace ihe cause cf an accident to some failure in their mental or temperamental equipment rather than in their mechanical equipment.

Robert "The Sea Wolf" Sheridan has discarded

his old battered deep sea cap and fitted the sal vaged anchor to a 1940 model complete with black silk top and patent leather visor. Some class and all that stuff.

The chief business of life in the final analysis, we believe, is enjoyment. By this we do not mean the Saturday night frolic or a night out on a "lark". We mean enjoyment in rather the better sense of the word. We mean the enjoyment, the pleasure which we derive from that feeling of surety experienced by a firm belief and reliance on divine providence, the pleasure we derive from having good physical health, a comfortable home and good things to eat, and from the enjoyment of nature and the appreciation of those things which come under the abused head of esthetics, music, painting and architecture. They include sensible conversation among friends. They in clude intelligent thought upon any subject. All these things can generally come to us through one avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that of minding our own business, which in other words is tending to our own job!

A progressive inclination of certain members of the crew toward the science of mathematics has

been noticed. A week or more before contemplat ed arrival at Calcite the "brain trusters" start ca"-

culating. At first there is a difference of opinion amounting to as much as twenty-four hours, but as the time grows the divergence of results be comes less and less in direct proportion until a general consensus of opinion is reached. After that all remains in the laps of the gods as to the actual time and the chances are two to cne in

favor of an unprecedented delay. During the en tire period it is comparatively easy for an inno cent bystander to guess the figured hour cf arrival merely by the more or less downcast expressions on the faces of the watch that contemplates loading.

The Steamer Calcite is a "home" for the man

who enjoys a good smoke. Free cigars are passed out practically every day. Since the last "Screen ings" came out two little future deckhands put in their appearance at the homes of Bill Joppich and William Budnick. Rex O'Toole and Jack Hoch are looking forward to a winter of floor walking with their infant daughters. Congratulations fellows and thanks for the cigars.

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A scene long since gone from our part of the country. The above picture was submitted by Dan McLean who states the picture was taken in 1900.

We would be interested if any of our readers would care to submit a guess as to the number of board feet this load contained.

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LET ME BE GLAD

Let me be glad the kettle gently sings, Let me be thankful just for little things, Thankful for simple food and supper spread, Thankful for shelter and a warm clean bed, Thankful for friends who share my woe or mirth, Glad for the warm, sweet fragrance of earth, For golden pools of sunshine on the floor, For love that sheds its peace about my door.

For little friendly days that slip away, With only meals and bed and work and play, A rocking-chair and kindly firelightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; For little things let me be glad tonight. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jaques.

Make EVERY Day Y<our

CAREFUL DAY