CALCITE SCREENINGS 1947

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UR COVER scenes on this

issue of "Screenings" are representative pictures of the activity at the Calcite plant as we start another season. Quarrying', processing, and shipping of lime stone presents an interesting panorama of industrial

planning and working which is a surprise to many people who think of quarries in the ordinary sense of a small hole in the ground.

Our front cover shows an electric shovel with a

twelve cubic yard bucket filling thirty-live cubic

yard air dump cars. A thousand horsepower Diesel electric locomotive is the hauling unit. In the back ground stretches part of the quarry.

On our back cover is the lake freighter, John G. Munson. of the Bradley Transportation Company, leaving the Tort of Calcite with a cargo of lime stone. May we add for the benefit of those power and combustion engineers that the excessive smoke comes from boilers which are asked to give peak capacity after having had no load for considerable time before the picture was taken.

CALCITE SCREENINGS PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE MICHIGAN LIMESTONE Cc CHEMICAL COMPANY. ROGERS CITY. MICHIGAN. IN THE INTER ESTS OF SAFETY AND WELFARE. CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED EARLY BEFORE DATE OF PUBLICATION. AND THEY SHOULD BEAR THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SENDER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. GEO. R, JONES.

Looking Over Our Safety Record We are at the start of another operating season.

Our task is to satisfy many industries and customers with the best product we can produce. We must make deliveries for the convenience of many cus tomers who have found our Company and our

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product dependable for a number of years. All this requires planning and effort by every member ol our plant. To neglect the safety of this crew would be the same as to neglect the care of a delicate machine. The season of 1947 must be a season ol

achievement in accident prevention :is well as a season of record production. Our record in the past has been a progressive one and certainly this year should be no exception. We know you will all do yOur part.

The year "1946" closed with us having a 2.95

frequency rate. Compared to the quarrying indus try, as a whole, this is an outstanding accomplish ment. We rated the lowest frequency rate among the listed companies of the United States Steel Corporation of Delaware. While we are one of the very small companies in this large family, we are proud to see our record as it it.

The Bradley Transportation Company ended its season with a frequency rate of 4.65. Two disabling injuries occurred during the sailing season and one during winter repair work. This record compares favorably with other years. None of the accidents were severe. Accidents aboard ship are usually seri ous when they happen.

The Buffalo Plant had one accident in 1946 which marred a record which had extended for close to

thirty-seven months.

The new plant at Conneaut has operated so far without a disabling injury.

This winter has been a hard, cold one and it made

the task of working safely a little harder than usual.

Despite this condition we had no serious injuries at the plant or on the boat repair job. Minor injuries were more frequent than we like to see but showed a slight improvement over last year.

We are in the early part of a new season with the accident slate clear. We have gone far to safe guard life and limb at the plant and on the boats

0|0i0|0|01010!QiOIO|0'0|0 0101 MISCELLANEOUS lOlOiOiOl 1lOiOiOlti:OloToiolololO HHEHHQOHaaHBHEQEIBB • Cancer Can Be Cured.

Many people have a dread fear of cancer. This fear is so great that thousands refuse to learn the truth as known to men of science about this number

two killer of human life. Do not be afraid. If you have symptoms of something wrong and are living with the fear that it might be cancer see your family doctor immediately as he can give you good advice.

Cancer can be cured in many cases if it is discovered in its early stages.

You will soon hear more about the causes of can

cer, its nature and procedure to follow in effecting a cure as agencies are attempting to learn more about it. Present intensified research will probably yield great advances within the next few years. There is no doubt that the apparent increase in the occurence of cancer is due to more knowledge of it and there fore more frequent diagnosis. It is also a malady of old age and we are living longer than our forefa thers.

Cancer can be cured in many cases and we, as lay

men, must remember that. See your doctor if suspi cious conditions are known. The great majority of

and the effort will go on. We have yet to invent

people seek aid for cancer at a period of the disease

a gadget or devise a scheme which will eliminate the "human element." We find this in so many of know is that each of us must remain alert to the

when it is frequently too late to effect any extensive prolongation of life. They come at the time when the cancer has spread so far that it is not possible to remove it completely by surgery. We must seek

hazards around us. Think and keep your eyes open.

Make safety the first item in your day's planning

cer, so that it may be applied while there is still

and work.

an opportunity to save life.

Good drivers do not brag about their ability to keep out of tight spots, they stay out of them.

Are you a good salesman? the value of safety.

our accidents classified as minor injuries. All we

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medical treatment on the slightest suspicion of can

Then sell yourself on

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Do You Need Help In Safety?

It is a known fact that 80 to 90 per cent of all accidents are due to human failure. When we get hurt we usually say that it could not be helped and this, was to blame and that was not just right, but

America Is Facing A Crisis Your country, the grand, glorious and good U.S.A. is today facing a crisis in its policy toward the other nations of the world. It is going to need the support

actually, you or I are the cause of most of our in juries. We can not see ahead, we take chances, we

open and you will have to make a choice of support ing your country or following what other world leaders are going to push at you.

Here is something for you to think about: your nation, which numbers 6 per cent of the poulation of the world, has for its convenience 70 percent of

all need help. Help the other fellow think of safety on the job and you will receive your share of the iesults. Remember that most accidents can be pre vented—even the little ones. Follow these simple lules for safe working and you will enjoy a per sonal safety record hard to beat.

Keep yourself in physical condition to do a day's work.

Wear clothes suited to the job—safety shoes— gloves if needed. Use goggles and other protective equipment.

Listen to the foreman's

instructions and have

tiem clearly in mind before starting work.

If you don't know how to do the job safely ask your foreman.

Always use all safeguards provided.

Pile and unpile material with care. Handling ma

terial is the greatest accident producer on this job.

When you see nails sticking up in boards, bend them over or remove them.

Keep material out of walkways; particularly boards with nails in them.

of all its citizens when the task comes out in the

all automobiles, 50 per cent of all telephones, 45 per cent of all radios, and 34 per cent of all railways. It uses 56 per cent of all silk, 53 per cent of all coffee and 51 per cent of all rubber. It produces 62 per cent of all the oil, 53 per cent of all the corn, 50 per cent of all the cotton, 34 per cent of all the coal, 32 per cent of all the copper and 30 per cent of all the iron.

When you think this through you must realize that your country offers you more material wealth and pleasures than have ever been offered people anywhere or at any time. We should be the people who are trying to sell democracy with a religious ferver rather than allowing foreign ideas to be "literally" sold all over the land.

No other "ism" but Americanism can provide you with a high standard of living and create opportun ity for your children. Let us stay by America!

Warn men working above or below you.

When working with another man, be sure he knows what you are going to do before you drop a load or do anything which might injure him.

Good team work promotes safety.

Have both hands free when going up or down ladders. See that ladders are firmly placed before

Something About Personality Personality is that certain something that causes people to like you. Little acts of thoughtfulness, friendliness and coutesy will add more to your per sonal power, and win more friends, than great

using them. See that all rungs are securely nailed.

Report unsafe conditions to your foreman.

Get help for lifting heavy objects. Learn to lift

and they will like you. Here in a nutshell are timetested rules for improving your relations with everybody: Be courteous to everyone.

A pleasant smile accomplishes wonders.

Acknowledge all introductions warmly.

Extend a hearty handshake, never a weak one.

Memorize the names of everyone you meet.

Look people in the eye when conversing.

Talk with calm assurance; don't raise your voice.

Shun idle gossip; never meddle in personal affairs.

the correct way.

Report all injuries promptly. Get immediate first aid.

Keep your mind on your job. Alertness prevents accidents.

Our Wives . . . God Bless Them

When a man is hurt in an accident, it is possible, even probable, that his wife got up on the wrong side of the bed that morning.

Experienced safety men say a man is from two to five times as likely to be injured if he comes to work from a breakfast table row with his wife and

family. Couple this row, perhaps the cause of it, with a week-end "hangover," and you have a man who is in a frame of mind inviting an accident.

When he gets to work, a few words of caution from his foreman may seem like just that much

more nagging. His mind is not on his work, and that's when accidents occur.

WIVES, please try to be silent on such morn ings. Raise the devil after work!

Some men fail and quit; some succeed and quit; others enjoy themselves and refuse to quit either in disappointment or triumpth. From them civilization takes its flavor.

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talents.

Be friendly and sincere. Show that you like people

Be tolerant! Follow the Golden Rule.

Be a good listener; respect others' viewpoints.

Avoid arguments; keep calm even if provoked.

Be a booster; praise generously; criticize tact fully.

Don't try to justify or alibi your mistakes.

When you're wrong admit it frankly, promptly.

Show that you appreciate all favors, large or small.

Say "Thank You" expressively, not just politely.

Be sympathetic, but never seek sympathy.

Make your word respected by keeping promises.

Take pride in your work and appearance.

Be punctual.

Radiate friendliness, enthusiasm, good will.

These suggestions are easy to follow. If practiced regularly the results will astonish you.

Accidents happen quickly. Be on the alert.

Corporation Shows Reduction In Injuries

Facts About Food Poisoning

It is with a great deal of interest and gratification that we note a decided reduction in personal injuries throughout the many companies of the U. S. Steel Corporation, as reported for the first two months of this year. The decrease in the frequency of acci dents in all companies has been a startling 32.10%.

The general public is becoming more conversant with food poisoning, and many of the former fal lacies have disappeared. Ptomaine poisoning has been proved a myth for over half a century. Or

Within the raw mterials division of which we are a

part, is shown an increase of .12%. This is not good although most raw materials companies are show ing an improvement.

The steel producing units show a frequency of 4.21 for the period or a decrease over last year of 1.64. The manufacturing and fabricating companies

have a frequency of 28.85 or a decrease of 35.15%.

The raw materials companies have a frequency of 17.25 or an increase of .12% over last year in the same period.

Another bright spot in the report is a.big decrease in the severity of the accidents of 41.53% in all com panies.

There are many hard-working men in this safety

program and it is good to see that the team of management and workers are making the job safer and so much better for the huge army of U. S. Steel employees.

Your Eyes Need Protection

To whom do your eyes belong? You may think this a funny question until it is given a little thought. But surprising as it may seem, your eyes belong to many people. Most of all, they belong to your iamily and those dependent upon you for life's material things. If you lost your eyesight, your wife, children, parents, sisters or brothers would lose much of their happiness and perhaps all of your sup port. Think of that the next time you should wear those goggles!

Your eyes belong to your job too and to your fellow workers who depend on your producing so that they can produce also. As a member of your community, you have a debt to keep yourself physi cally fit to contribute your portion to your commu nity and the society of which you are a part. Shut your eyes for a minute and try to picture how much value you would be on this earth if this blackout were to continue forever. God gave you good eyes 窶馬ever expose them for one minute to unsafe con ditions. Guard Your Eyes!

Take Plenty Of Time To Live Take time to live. That is what time is for. Killing time is suicide. Take time to work. It is the price of success.

Take time to think.

It is the source of

power.

Take time to play. It is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to be friendly. It is the road to happiness.

Take time to dream. It is hitching your wagon to a star.

Take time to love and be loved.

It is the

privilege of the gods.

Take time to look around. It is too short a day to be selfish. Take time to laugh. It is the music of the soul. Take time to play with children. It is the joy of joys. Take time to be courteous. It is the mark of a gentleman.

dinary putrefaction may make food unpalatable, but it does not make it poisonous. In fact the popular use of spices and peppers in "Ye Olden Days" was to hide the taste of spoiled food. One of the greatest dangers connected with food poisoning is that con taminated food is generally sound in appearance, smell and taste.

Not only has the public opinion toward food pois oning undergone a change, but the methods by which food may be contaminated have also changed.

Commercial processing has almost eliminated bac terial poisoning from canned and bottled goods.

Foods which will be eaten in a day or two may be left in an open can, so long as they are refrigerated.

Nevertheless there are still numerous cases of

food poisoning. The causes may be divided into three groups: (1) Chemicals and drugs, usually a case of mistaken identity as roach powder used for biscuit flour; (2) Poisonous plants and animals, sucb as mushrooms, shellfish, or snake-root poisoning; and (3) Bacteria or toxins, the most common cause.

Let Us Use Our Imagination Many serious accidents could be prevented if we would give more thought to what a worker might do instead of what the worker should do. How many times have you heard some one say, "No need to guard that fan, gear, belt, or bite between rolls. No one ever climbs up there or gets back near that haz ard?" But workers do get near those hazards and are injured.

If the worker always did what he should do, we wouldn't have to worry much about safety, pro duction, or quality. If we are to prevent accidents that result because workers do the wrong thing or get into the wrong places, we must use-our imag ination to eliminate the hazards or foresee such un

safe practices and caution our employees about them.

Escaping Gas Causes Explosion A tragedy occurred in our community on Tues day, April 22, 1947 which should be a safety lesson to us all both at home and on the job.

Mrs. Anthony Hilla died as a result of severe burns and her sons Edward and Leo, and Royal Basel, who was installing a replacement tank of bottled gas in the basement of the Hilla home, were badly burned. The house was damaged extensively.

We have all been told of the dangers connected with any combustible gas in a confined space, whether it is gasoline, cooking gas, or cleaning fluids. It seems that we become ignorant of the possible dangers because accidents seldom happen.

However, when an accident does occur it is usually very serious.

There is a law in effect since January 28, 1947, prohibiting the installation of bottled gas in the basement or rooms of your home. Regardless of the law, such installations should be outside where

the gas cannot become concentrated.

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Extensive Program Of Winter Work Alter a two weeks' period of inactivity during the holidays, the morning of January 6th found the Mill. Yard and Construction Crews off to an early start on an extensive program of winter repair and construction.

In the Mill, in addition to the annual overhaul and

repair of crushers, grizzlies, screens, idlers, chutes and flumes, a crew started the task of widening the openhearth recrushers on the 7th floor. This job was well under way in 1946. but a last minute can cellation in delivery of new slugger rolls forced the

job to temporary completion, using the old 5-foot rolls. With the new rolls on hand at the start of

this year's work, the job was completed, and we can safely say that during the coming seasons, the

The stone passing over will normally be conveyed to the openhearth storage. By regulating the open ing between the rolls, the top size of the openhearth can be carefully controlled. The stone less than live inches will pass through, be screened again over a Z}/i" rotary grizzly, and from there will be conveyed to the flux storage. By utilizing this arrangement, openhearth and flux can be pro duced to meet the consumers' size requirements.

In addition, stone of a more uniform size can be

produced, which is highly desirable in all manu facturing processes.

In the Crusher House only minor repairs were deemed necessary lor the coming operating sea son. The Xo. 2 crusher was dismantled and in

sizing of the openhearth and fluxing stone will be

spected early in the winter and found to be in good

improved.

All 11"x5" openhearth, as it comes from the 9th

condition.

floor grizzlies, can be recrushed through the new 7-foot rolls. After passing through the recrusher. the stone moves onto another 5" rotary grizzly.

work on the foundations for a new "A" frame over

Extensive Dock Repair Was Done This Past Winter

The Yard and Construction Crews have started

the "chips" storage, which will replace the old steel column tower. Experience has shown that support ing towers built in the storages are not capable of withstanding the weight and pressure of the stone as it is drawn out.

The new "A" frame will be so erected that it will

be well above and free of the stone in the storage.

Xew tex-rope sheave drives have been installed on the reclaim belt, the coaling belt and the K-4 loading belt. This type of power transmission has proved very satisfactory and is far superior to the

old type of meshed gears. 'lex-ropes provide a smoother, quieter, more efficient operation and eliminate much of the vibration and excessive wear on the drive motors.

The Belt Repair Crews spent a busy season re pairing belts throughout the Mill. .\ ost of their efforts were concentrated on A-l aid A-2 belts.

During the latter part of the 1946 operating season, A-2 belt received a longitudinal cut, some 85 feet

in length, which constituted a major repair job. In conjunction with belt repair, a small Crew was busy overhauling and checking all weightometers in preparation for a busy season.

After years of continuous service, it became nec essary to make extensive repairs to the gates and conveyor in the openhearth tunnel. Continuous ham mering and excessive wear combined with the everpresent rust action caused many gates and conveyor

supports to fail, thereby causing inefficiency in op eration as well as a safety hazard.

Among those jobs requiring the work of both the Yard and Construction Crews was the construction

of a new Chemical Laboratory in the Storehouse.

At the close of the 1946 season, the laboratory was moved out of the Main Office to provide more room for the ever-expanding office force. In the future

all analysis will be done in the more spacious quar ters at the Plant. In addition to the laboratory proper, there will be a dark room for preparing photographs, a sample preparation room and a 2010

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laboratory office. Access to the new laboratory can be gained only through a new entrance at the southeast corner of the Storehouse. From the in

terior of the Storehouse, the laboratory is a sep arate, self-contained unit.

A concrete pump and a fully automatic electric pump have been installed near the flux gallery "A" frame support in the rear of the old garage to re ceive and pump out the washings from the flux gallery conveyor H-2. Over a period of years the lines have accumulated in this area, creating an unsightly water hole which at various times has flooded the lower yard around the oil house and cement storage shed. In the future this material will be pumped tip and over the bank into the exca vation at the rear of the repair shops.

The loading docks received a considerable amount

of repair during the winter. New timber fender strips were installed where the many ships that have loaded over the past several years had all but worn the old fenders through. Varying ice con ditions in the slip made it necessary for the Con struction Crews to bide their time to take advan

tage of safe working conditions.

During the 1946 season several mooring cables were caught on the flux side just outside the load ing bin. Inspection by a marine diver revealed that cables had been catching on the bottom of sheet

Machinery Replaced and Renewed in the Mill for Another Year of Service.

piling presumably exposed by dredging.

The loading slip in numerous places has been dredged into rock below the bottom of sheet piling driven years previously. This particular spot re vealed a hole about 6 feet by 8 feet through which backfill had

washed out

from

Roy Strieker and William Pauley Repairing a 54-inch Conveying Belt

behind the line of

sheet piling.

During the winter months, the services of a

marine diver were again acquired to build a retain ing wall of concrete contained in cloth bags across the opening in the piling. The wall was reinforced by steel pins and rails. After the concrete had set

firmly, the hole was then filled with loose concrete, poured through an access opening prepared by drilling and excacating from the top of the dock, directly over the washout.

Throughout the plant, it was possible to seccrews of men busy working at small, seemingly unimportant repairs. They are too numerous to mention here, but they are vitally important and collectively they constitute a major contribution to a successful Operating season.

Selling Large Slugger Rolls in Place

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Five Boats of Bradley Transportation Company Fleet in Winter Repair quarters at Port of Calcite

Fleet Comes In For Thorough Overhaul Probably the most ambitious winterwork pro gram ever undertaken at Calcite by the Bradley Transportation Company commenced on January 6. 1947.

A rehabilitated Steamer Calcite joined the fleet

this year. In keeping with the program of modern ization and repairs commenced with the reboileriug of the Steamer Robinson in the winter of 1941 the Calcite. the oldest vessel in the fleet, had its steam

generating equipment completely scrapped and re

placed by two Foster Wheeler, D-type water tube boilers. This installation completed the steam gen eration modernization program and marks the end of hand-firing in the Bradley fleet. To accommodate the new boilers, larger than the old Scotch type boilers, it was necessary to cut away the cabins forward of the engine room bulkhead. This entire

upper space from port cabin line to starboard side became upper boiler room. The boiler room was raised above the poop deck elevation to give the necessary head room for installation of stack up takes, forced and induced draft fans. To accommo date the stoker coal chutes the entire coal bunker

was remodeled and was raised above the boat deck

to facilitate the storage ol the necessary operating fuel. The boiler installations and the accompanying

stoker ami coal handling equipment, hydraulic ash handling, fly ash reinjection. and combustion con trol are all designed after careful study of lessons learned from previous installations and will give the "elderly" Calcite one of the most modern steam generating plants afloat on the Great Lakes.

Since cabin space was sacrificed to permit instal lation of the new boilers, it was necessary to con struct two cabins complete with independent bath rooms, on the boat deck. Construction of the new 2012

cabins gives the Calcite crew more room than it had

under the previous arrangement and will permit the conversion of one of the after bedrooms into a lounge in the future. Installation of modern life

boat davits and a new stack completed the altera tions to the Calcite's superstructure.

Also completed the past winter w is the cargo hold-renewal of the Calcite. Several years ago. side lank slope plates were renewed, and during the

past winter the remainder of the cargo hold was dismantled and replaced with new steel. This in stallation included new center slopes w th a catwalk, not in the boat originally, for safety and convenience of the crew when cleaning out the hold, new center and side slopes, new hopper plates, sk rtboards and gates and new bulkheads.

Other new installations of the winterwork proLooking Forward on Bradley Boats in I.ay-up Harbor

gram included work on the Steamer T. VV. Robin son. On this vessel was installed a radar set, the

first to be installed in the Bradley stallation is made in the continuing ernize the Limestone fleet in order greatest measure of safety for crew

fleet. This in effort to mod to provide the and vessel and

to provide the greatest economy of operation.

Radar, the "eye that sees through storm, fog, and night" is an interesting subject which will probably be briefly explained in later issues of "Screenings."

However, visitors to the Port of Calcite this sum

mer will notice a revolving screen atop the unload ing "A" frame of the Steamer Robinson when it is

in port. This "screen" is the antenna Which allows the radar set to scan an area extending many miles from the boat and in all directions. In the afterend of the Robinson, a second new installation was

made. Here, in the engine room was placed a Diesel generator set. This set will generate direct current electricity to be used as standby excitation of the main turbo-electric power plant and will replace large storage batteries previously carried for this

purpose. This new generator will also provide the necessary direct current needed during lay-up and fitout periods.

On the Steamer John Q, Munson, a major under taking was accomplished when a new low pressure cylinder for the main engine was installed. This task invoved very heavy hoisting and careful rig ging. The fact that no injury occurred during the handling of this heavy equipment reflects credit to the rigging crew and the crew that operated the derrick scow.

Renewing Cargo Hold Plates on Str. Calcite

Boiler Drum Being Lowered Into Place on Str. Calcite

Some of the larger jobs of the past winter work season have been mentioned. However, many other repair and maintenance jobs were accomplished. En addition to normal conveyor repairs on all boats, this crew completely overhauled the center bucket Lots of Muscle Needed by John Miller's Crew to Move Materials

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elevators of the Steamers Calcite and the T. W.

Robinson. Steam winches from the Steamer Bradley were moved to the Munson and new electric con

stant tension winches were installed on the .Bradley.

Xew swivel mooring chocks were also installed on the Bradley. In addition to normal electrical main tenance, the electricians overhauled the main motor

of the Steamer Robinson and the main generator of the Carl D. Bradley. The hull crew kept busy on the Calcite all winter but found time to repair hoppers, brackets, coal bunkers., bulkheads, decks and renew rivets where necessary on the other four boats in

the lay-up harbor. The carpenters and paint crews accomplished the usual amount of repairs and refinishing in the cabins in addition to the big job in the after cabin of the Calcite.

A large crew of men, 206 at the employment peak, worked on the Bradley Winterwork Program this past winter. Many of these men had never worked on this job before. All of our readers can attest to the severity of our past winter. An unusual amount of snow and ice made the decks very treacherous and called for extra precautions to be taken by everyone on the job. That the great amount of work was accomplished, much of it by inexperienced help, in

record time without a lost time accident, is a

credit to the men who did the job. These men could not have made this mark had they not kept their minds on the slogan—"SAFETY FIRST AND AL WAYS."

Hoisting Boiler Drum Aboard Str. Calcite

State Highway Garage on newly paved section of US-23

The Newly Surfaced Highway The last section of US-23 which was still unpaved between Rogers City and points South was ma terially shortened last year when the eight mile stretch from Rogers City toward Grand Lake was completed. The L'S-23 from Cheboygan to Standish is one of the finest scenic routes in Michigan and according to the State Highway Commission, the remaining section between this city and Alpena will be one of the next jobs on the agenda.

The cost of labor and materials necessary for road construction has increased just as all other building commodities have, thus limiting the work planned by the State Highway Commission. Steel for reinforcing is still hard to get but the concrete aggregate used on the last section was obtained from the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Com pany. Processed limestone from the Michigan Lime stone & Chemical Company obtained at Calcite in sixes already screened for the correct mix makes the finest kind of concrete. It is easy to load close to the section to be paved and is reasonable in price, which should cut construction cost considerably.

We hope that these considerations will make the Commission's prediction of a completed highway in 1948 or 1949 an accomplished fact and thus eliminate the expense as well as tie discomfort involved in the use of the present black top.

Safety Line Not Secured The victim was astride n beam 75 feet above the

ground, connecting a gas line with a slillson wrench.

The wrench slipped, and the victim lost his balance and fell to his death.

Numerous deaths are caused by falls ever)- year, but the tragic angle to this case is that the victim

was weaving a safety belt with a safety line at tached to the belt on one end. He failed to securely fasten the other end of the safety line to a sub stantial object, thus placing himself in a precari

ous position where a Split second meant life or death.

Chance-taking by even

the most

experienced

workmen should be prohibited by employers at all times.

Fight hours in the hay helps to keep a cold away.

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The Shop Has Been A Venj Active Place This Winter To all youngsters, winter is a signal for getting out sleds and skates, for having fun and acquiring

rosy cheeks and good appetites. To the oldsters, it means snow shovels, tire chains, overcoats, sniffles, assorted pains and fast shrinking coal piles; and to

the General Repair Shop 'tis still those maintenance problems which, like death and taxes are always with us.

There are electricians, carpenters, millwrights, machinists, welders and general trouble shooters.

They help to keep the lights shining brightly and the machines, the mill, the shovels, boats etc., run

ning smoothly. The three departments housed in the General Repair Shop all have enviable records in regard to their safety accomplishments, the elec trical being in its 22nd year without a lost time accident, the carpenter in its 13th and the Machine Shop with a clear slate since its unusual accident on April 4, 1945.

The problems of the Machine Shop are many and the ingenuity of the machinists is often taxed to the utmost to accomplish the results desired as the winter repair work develops many perplexing prob lems in this day of scarce materials and unpredict able delays in delivery. There are shafts to be sprayed and turned for the pump house, couplings for the mill, bushings for the boats, wheels for the cars, valves to be ground for the locomotives and shafts for the shovels. On the floor they're pressing

gears on new shafts, rebuilding boat elevator buck ets, and the blacksmiths are sharpening drill bits

Mr. Bain of the Lincoln Electric Company came up for two days to assist the instructors in the finals.

There were six pupils in the class of '44. eight in '45. and eleven in the class this year. Louis Wenzel and Dave Grigg were the instructors and reported excellent cooperation.

In the electrical department the complete elec trical equipment from No. 10 shovel was brought in for repair and overhaul plus the usual winter over haul on motors from the mill.

The locomotives were put through the shop in their system of rotation, some getting new wheels, some major overhauls and some minor—always with the idea in mind that to take care of the

smaller repairs saves the larger ones.

The cars continued their seemingly never-ending cycle for new wheels, brake shoes, journal brasses, hose connections, greasing and inspecting, as the winter stripping operations are hard on the rolling

equipment.

Our No. 10 shovel went through a rejuvenation process, ft had its face lifted, the latest "monkey glands" installed, a new operating cab, the upper

trame and boom repaired, all the machinery over hauled, new wiring, a new hoist drum and gear, a new compressor and all improvements that make

better and safer conditions for the operating per sonnel.

The drillers had some of their machines in

the

Shop for overhaul and repair and they are now in excellent condition for another season.

At the Power Plant the generating units were

for the hard winter drilling.

The winter welding school started early this year, the boys having a week with the shield and electrode before the mid-winter vacation. It was the largest class handled so far and the instructors were busy,

overhauled and inspected, both electrically and me chanically. The stokers were repaired and burnt out iron was replaced. The boilers were inspected and valves were replaced to be ready for the busy sea

as it was an advanced class of ambitious artists.

son ahead.

They finished their period after the holidays and

So this group of men have their share in the win ter's activities, and the electricians, machinists,

welders, burners and mechanics are proud of their Members of Last Winter's Welding School. Front Row Left to Right: Paul Risiow, Charles Smith, John Hoefi, Crville Piechan and Edwin Fuhrman. Back Row, Left

to Right: Insturctor George Bain, Louis Wenzel, David Grigg, Chester Wojtowicz, Arnold Zinke, Albert Fuhr man and Arlo Bruning

accomplishments which keep their plant a real pro ducing' unit.

The Repair Shop Did a Big Repair Job on the No. 10 Shovel

This

Winter

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Quarry Work Ran Smoothhj In Spite Of The Bitter Cold in spite of an unusually severe winter the Quarry Stripping Program ran smoothly and a new record was established for the amount of overburden re

moved. High winds and excessive snowfall ham

Lower Dundee stone in the east end of the quarry by circle operation. In order to do this it is neces sary to load the trains on the lake level elevation

suspended in mid-air. This condition usually ac-

and to provide an incline leading up to the original quarry floor. Such an incline is being prepared along the old drainage cut near the main switch shanty and will reach the quarry floor before cross ing the Brine Tank tracks. Access to the lower elevation will be made by tracks following the natural decline in the area adjacent to the No. 2 electrical sub-station. After providing a drainage cut for this area one shovel will start operations on the east side of the circular drainage out

eurred when material was dumped at such a rapid

at the old No. 3 turn-around track. No. 1 shovel.

rate that it was necessary to shift tracks onto fresh ly dumped material before it was properly settled.

In addition to dumps 5 and 6 started late last sea-

operating day shifts only, casted dolomite and

pered operations on several occasions but only once did the weather force operations to a complete stop.

One perennial hazard was virtually eliminated this year when three of the seven dumps were placed on solid ground. In the past, all four dumps were on unstable footing in or near Little Lake, and slides occurred which carried the tracks down or left them

cleaned up the area ahead of the above proposed operation.

sou, a new number "one" was also started on solid

No. 10 shovel was moved to a convenient location

footing. As a result, sufficant dump capacity was gained so that the original dumps were operated only during daylight hours. This facilitated inspec tion for the telltale cracks which precede a slide, and allowed time for proper settlement.

During the 1946 operating season practically all

and almost completely dismantled for extensive re pairs and overhaul. This job required the full time services of a shovel repair crew including welders, burners, mechanics, and electricians Many vital parts of the machine were found to be worn and

reserves of uncovered stone were exhausted. This,

In preparing for the increased tonnage to lie quarried in 1947, several drill rigs were, placed in

together with the prospects of record shipments for 1947. made it necessary to embark on an ambitious program of stripping in order to have sufficient stone for the coming season. No. 2 and No. 12 shov els operated on the west side of the quarry in the vicinity of the Liquid Oxygen plants and No. 11

stripped in the area adjacent to the brine tanks to

broken after years of almost continuous operation. operation during the winter months. Hardpan formations ahead of No. 12 shovel were required to be drilled and blasted. A majority (if the drill machines received a thorough overhaul at the re pair shop. Thus, only part of the rigs were available

to accomplish the above work.

ward the I). & M. crossing. The ever increasing

From the standpoint of Safety, the "No Lost

depths of overburden in these areas, the extreme low temperatures and formations of "hardpan" made

Time" accident record is one of which all members

difficult digging for the shovels and caused an un usual amount of maintenance and repair to keep all units in operation.

Preparations were started for the removal of the Sometimes the Layer of Overburden Gets Pretty Heavy No. 2 Shovel Bites Into a Good Bank on a Cold Frosty Morning

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of the Quarry Department can be justly proud.

Even those injuries and bruises requiring first-aid were kept to a minimum.

The Plow Working Along One of the Dumps. Part of the Continuous Processes in Disposing of Overburden and Waste Material.

Births We greet the following baby girls: Elizabeth Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mayes on

September 3rd, 1946.

Bonnie Kay to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Heward on August 30th, 1946.

Raye Elayne to Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Heller on August 23rd, 1946.

Pamella Kay to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smolinski on August 20th, 1946.

Colleen Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Morrin on November 28, 1946.

Marsha Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Florian Modrzynski on November 26th, 1946.

Judith Clare to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strieker on November 22nd, 1946.

Virginia Mary to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Madden on October 4th, 1946.

Beverly Mildred to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kuznicki on December 15, 1946.

Susan Kay to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Urban on Jan uary 31st, 1947.

Ila May to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Plume on Octo ber 24th, 1946.

Virginia Clare to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kerr on August 1st, 1946.

Deanna Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Rieger on December 26th, 1946.

Darlene Laurel to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kortman

on August 30th, 1946.

Mary Beth to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hornbacher on- September 28th, 1946.

Patricia Ellen to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O'Toole on

October 10th, 1946.

Judy Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smolinski on January 5th, 1947.

Cynthia Eileen to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Dehnke on March 5th, 1947.

Dawn Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Vilburn on

March 1st, 1947.

Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Zie-

laskowski on January 12th, 1947, and named Carol Jean and Claire Jane.

Barry Dean to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson on February 15th, 1947.

Frederick George to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sterns on February 4th, 1947.

Terrence Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Szymoniak on February 5th, 1947.

John Harry to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Haswell on August 31st, 1946.

Gary Edward to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Joppich on September 5th, 1946.

Dorance Charles to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brege on November 20th, 1946.

Donald Richard to Mr. and Mrs. John Smolinski, Jr., on November 26th, 1946.

Robert James to Mr. and Mrs. Clement Urban on January 1st, 1947.

Paul Theodore to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Werner

on January 14th, 1947.

Paul Sylvester to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Sobeck on January 1st, 1947.

Ronald to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kaiser on Febru

ary 9th, 1947.

Larry Norman to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Haselhuhn on February 26th, 1947.

Samuel Louis to Mr. and Mrs. Nickolas Pappas on March 5th, 1947.

Marriages Erwin Adrian of the Bradley Transportation Company and Phyllis Dembny were united in mar riage on August 13, 1946.

Edwin Fuhrman of the Bradley Transportation Company and Elizabeth Wasylk were wed on Au gust 27, 1946.

Herbert J. Wirgau and Emma Whitman were married on September 18, 1946. Herbert is employed in the Track Department.

William McManemy of the Shovel Department and Edna Bruning were married on October 2, 1946.

Ivan Wirgau of the Track Department and Eleanore Grohowski were united in marriage on October 16, 1946.

Ralph Schalk of the Bradley Transportation Com pany and Ruth Radka were wed on December 30,

Sons were born to:

1946.

Richard Kenneth to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tul-

Lawrence "Pete" O'Toole of the Bradley Trans portation Company and Ardis Quade were married

gctske on August 25th, 1946.

David John to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Smolinski on October 28th, 1946.

Lloyd Joseph to Mr. and Mrs. John Dietlin on October 8th, 1946.

William Edward to Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Bruning on August 4th, 1946.

James Stephen to Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Rickle on January 7th, 1947.

David Brown to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Warwick on January 14th, 1947.

Timothy Allen to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Berg on January 15th, 1947.

James Leonard to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wasylk on September 30th,* 1946.

Harley to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Schaudt on No vember 29th, 1946.

Richard Frank to Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Nowaczyk on February 19th, 1947.

on December 30, 1946.

Dale Farero of the Mill Department and Eunice Lamb were married on January 6, 1947.

Harry Spencer of the Bradley Transportation Company and Jeroldine Smith were married on January 11, 1947.

Louis Schefke of the Bradley Transportation Company and Rosemary Cohen were married on January 21, 1947.

Real friends should have a monopoly of our time and attention.

No, it isn't always safe to follow the crowd. A certain amount of initiative is necessary even in •watching the traffic lights.

When we imagine that we cannot afford to pay our school taxes, let us stop to consider the cost of our jails. There may be a connection.

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Standing left to right are: Elmer Wenzel, Alvin Raymond, William Warwick, Julius Patzer, Rudolph Wenzel, James Lamb, Frank Pilarski, Otto Piechan, Frank Modrzynski and Anthony Zielaskowski. Seated left to right are: Arthur Wenzel, William Grambau, Frank Hoffman, Frank Talaska, Edmund Kihn, Albert Martin, Steve" Partyka, and Frank Rubeo. Missing from picture are: John Pilarski, Adolph Gruelke, John Palmer, Harry Smith, also members.

Twenty-Five Year Service Dinner In January The year 1946 completed another successful sea

son of operations for the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and the Bradley Transportation Company and also produced another group of em ployees who are entitled to wear that new blue and gold lapel pin representing twenty-five years or more of service in the processing and transportation of Calcite limestone. These twenty-five year men entered the Company's service when the operations at Rogers City were comparatively new and their number still working composes a big percentage of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company's em ployees. They have been and continue to be the main factor in making our plant's safety record one of the best in the quarrying industry. Fatalities and lost

time accidents on the job. which once were all too common occurrence, have been reduced to the pres ent relatively low rate due to their sustained co operation of such effort over the years. The result of this safety effort is well illustrated by our Elec trical Department. This Department, doing one of

the most potentially hazardous jobs in the plant operation, where formerly accidents occurred quite frequently, completed on October 10. 1945. a twenty year period without a lost time accident-—on a job where practically all equipment is electrically oper ated and controlled, entailing an almost continuous

shifting and repairing of high tension lines and equipment. Such a record is one to be proud of and

a mark for all departments to shoot at in the fu-

We Had Some Good Laughs

Mr. Clymer listening to I William Grambau's account r** of Early Days On The Job •* 2018

ture. We are proud of this attainment ol the elec trical gang, and give our wholehearted cooperation In their effort to keep a clean slate for the quarter century mark.

The annual banquet in honor of the twenty-five year service men of the Calcite Plant and Bradley fleet were served in the gymnasium of the West

clusion of his address, the chairman, indicating that he had come to the best part of his job, handed each new member of the 25-Year Group a service pin

and congratulated him on his record. The audience demanded a speech from each new member as he received his pin and it was surprising to hear the fine responses from the honor guests.

minster Church. The attendance of 194 members

Mr. Clyde K. Powell, director of Public Relations

and guests filled the room almost to capacity. A

for Endicott Johnson Corporation and Lehigh Safe ly Shoe Company, as the speaker of the evening, kept his listeners entranced with his magic, sleight of hand tricks and accompanying chatter. The high point of his performance was reached when he chopped off the hand of one of our local girls with a miniature guillotine and then rapidly replaced the member without any visible harmful results. Mr. Powell brought his address to a close with a few words on good safety practices. We are indebted

good meal was prepared and served by the women of the Westminster Guild.

The gymnasium was modestly decorated with gold and red streamers. The banqueters, with their assortment of gala headgear settled down and made short work of the cocktails, turkey and various other dishes served by the hovering ladies in white.

Between courses, the buzz of reporters, interspersed with laughter created an atmosphere of fun and freedom from restraint found only in a group ol long time friends and acquaintances both on and

off the job.

With the most pressing event of the evening satisfactorily over, the men pushed back their chairs and settled comfortably with an after dinner cigar or cigarette ready to enjoy the program, Mr. Clymer. chairman of the evening, gave a short talk on the fine production record of the plant during the 1946 Season, stating that this fine rec ord was attained through the cooperation of the men on the job in anticipating and preventing break downs, thus cutting production delays to a mini mum.Further. Mr. Clymer was proud of the fact

that the Company had been able to deliver to its customers stone in sufficient quantities to take care of their needs in spite of the unprecedented demand for the product by the numerous industries using limestone. The orders already in for 1947. Mr. Clymer stated, would indicate, barring unforseen events, a better season than 1946 and he was confi

dent that the men and plant would come through as they always have, with flying colors. At the con

to Mr. C. 1>. Warner of the Lehigh Safety Shoe Company who was responsible for the presence of Mr. Powell on our program and wish to thank them both for a very fine forty-five minutes of entertain ment.

The group singing was led by Mr. Valentin ac companied by Mrs. Valentin on the piano. As usual, the first few numbers had a hard time competing with the turkey but Joe finally pulled the men away from erupt}' plates and they performed with gusto on some of the old favorites.

The music was furnished by Henry Crawford and his Novelty Band who wound up the program with some novelty musical skits that kept the men in stitches. Dressed in uniforms, with the usual clown

as a butt for jokes, they put on a performance that from all reports, was the best entertainment the 25-Year Banquet has had for the past several years.

Our local photographer. Mr. Ferris Parsons, had the usual difficulty in penetrating the smoke screen but wound up with some very good shots of the events of the evening.

A Good Attendance and Plenty to Eat Started a Pleasant Evening

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News Items From The Buffalo Plant Along With News Stories Of Interest To Us Our much guarded and coveted "No Lost Time Accident Record" was abruptly halted this past summer when one of our older employees fell from a stone conveyor ramp. We have constantly stressed to our plant personnel that extreme caution should be exercised at all times, however, due to over-

eagerness on the part of this employee in trying to aid others, he dissolved our long standing "No Lost Time Record." We are not disheartened by this un fortunate accident, and now have our sights set on a never ending period of "No Lost Time Accidents."

Our rehabilitation crew certainly did an excellent job in face lifting when they applied their deft touches to the office and locker buildings.

Lizz Tomani beaming even brighter after learn ing that his youngest boy will be home soon.

Once more in our reclaiming department is Pat McCaul who is doing quite well considering his long absence from that position.

With the addition of one more Kowalski boy to our plant personnel, things are becoming quite con fusing. When someone calls for "Kowalski," you are apt to get a trio of responses.

Jimmy Rathbun, in addition to his other num erous plant titles, is now "Shore Captain" for vessels plying the Black Rock Canal. (He got his start dur ing the late tug tie-up handling lines.)

An interesting conversation overheard one day was the discussion between Sisto Penque and Mi chael Scanlon on the disadvantages of frozen sand.

Stanley Corpus and Otis Robinson did very well during our repair period. Their welding and burning has been helpful on numerous occasions.

Upon his return from the Army, Stanley Lis once more has assumed his role of walking delegate.

The Kroff boys, John and Harold are giving Bar ney Oldfield competition coming down the "Burman Road."

They tell us that Wally Kowalski has quite a time staying single. His dynamic personality together with his '42 De Soto are marvelous drawing cards for the weaker sex.

Little Billy Scattolini claims that he can pick his way down our lonely road at any hour of the night, regardless of the numerous fox holes and booby traps.

Quite a sight to behold—Jack Gross and Jack Greene having a heated but well meaning argument.

(The long and short of it.)

Our old friend Pete Penque, casting quizzical looks over the carry-haul scraper we borrowed from Calcite, was heard to remark, "What is this thing?"

When told its purpose, he remarked, "Somebody is crazy, the tractor will never pull that thing."

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By Our Plant Reporter Although we tried to convince Bill Collins that his locomotive, the "21," would be back in .a few

days, he still felt ill at ease when it departed.

That little guy "Cupid" had a busy time at our plant this year and he was haggard from ringing wedding bells for Robert Stephany, Frank Guido, Frank Gorski and Harold Kroff. In accordance with

the current trend to matrimony, Ed Laub and Wally Przybyl plan to keep the little fellow on his toes.

Eddy Spillman to Wally Przybyl: "How come you were one hour late this morning?" Przj'byl then told his tale of woe about the alarm clock that didn't

work. Spillman listened patiently, took a deep

breath, yawned a little and tactfully said, "My son, get married and have a little Jimmy like I've got.

He gets me up at 5:30 a. m. every morning and my alarm clock doesn't have to work."

It is a known fact that Stanley (100-lb.) Corpus is taking no chances on being blown away. His 3 sweaters, 2 pairs of trousers and 2 shirts, together with his genius for carrying tools in all pockets are an unsurmountable obstacle for our winter breezes to move.

Our ex-Bombardier, Joe Carauna, must have been an eagle eye in the Air Corps. We saw him carry a lemon cream pie one day and he scored a direct hit on his trousers.

We saw a shower bath deluxe administered to

Captain McQuinn and Guy La Bounty on one of their summer trips here. After they had waited for over on hour in a terrific downpour of rain, The stone stopped coming from the Robinson and it ap peared as if she were unloaded. Captain McQuinn and Guy jumped into their boat and set out for the Robinson. The river current was quite strong and it caught the small boat and held it under one of the

ships scuppers for a time. It was indeed a sad sight.

After finally getting aboard, they discovered that the boom belt had stopped due to the terrific down pour.

With the departure of Mrs. Ray Lehning to take up the duties of a housewife, we acquired the serv ices of Margaret Mary Cournan and a fine lass'she is. Welcome, Margaret Mary.

Locker Room Humor

Stanley Lis telling Al Swiatosz he was built for crowded baseball games.'-

Bob Collins talking for five minutes and not say ing a word that could be understood.

Ed Spillman promoting the sale of the City Hall.

Frank Gorski buying it.

The entire office force was overwhelmed to see

John Collins wearing a tie on Christmas Eve. Our annual office Christmas party was held on December 23. Gifts and good humor were ex changed, giving the atmosphere a perfect holiday setting.

Spilling The Pins The 1946-1947 bowling season is drawing to a close and needless to say, the greater part of the "pin spillers" look upon this fact with regret.

It's a great game and whether we win or lose, we sure have a lot of fun. I'm speaking, of course, of the women keglers but I'd just "love" to tell a few things about some of the fellas and their bowl ing but it's much better strategy to forget about it for I'm a bit afraid I'd be treading on dangerous territory!

Among the women bowlers at the office we have Gisela Platz to whom much credit is due for or

ganizing the Women's Leagues. She has held the Secretary's job almost every year since the organ ization of the Leagues and for those of you who are not familiar with the duties of a bowling secre tary, let me add that it's a "headache" and that should cover it quite well, yet Gisela is always willing to accept this thankless task. So in behalf of the bowlers, Gisela, we thank you and you have done a wonderful job.

For those of you who do not frequent the alleys, I'm taking the liberty of telling you a few things about our women keglers. Referring to Gisela once again, we have learned that she has a "trick elbow" which, of late, has been giving her considerable dif ficulty especially with the five pin. We know there isn't much you can do about it, Gisela, but you must be doing some concentrating on this handicap for in spite of it, you still carry a 140 average.

When our little friend, Helen Durecki sends that

ball down there but then finds it going off its in tended course, it is quite common to hear her say "oh, that dumb thing." That's a mild expression, Helen and I don't doubt that there are times you are inclined to address that ball otherwise. It just takes practice, patience, and concentration, Helen and don't forget that professionals aren't born, they're made!

And how many of you readers have watched Connie Stewart bowl? I think that you'll agree with me on the point that she has the best "followthrough" delivery of any bowler on the alleys and it wouldn't surprise us too much if Connie gave some of the more seasoned bowlers a bit of stiff

competition next season.

We have a newcomer in the League this year and she is doing very well for a beginner, I would say.

The young lady referred to is Ruby Larson and "Oh, what a wicked curve she puts on that ball!" All Ruby has to do is find the;right spot and she can make it tough for any team.

Now that I have treated the bowlers individually, let me add a few words about the sport itself. It's a good, clean, wholesome pastime and there are no certain specifications such as height, weight, or age necessary to become a good bowler. However, any one who can develop the specific abilities needed for the sport such as agility, balance and a smooth de livery, will become a much better bowler more quickly. Thfe greatest factor necessary to good bowling is concentration on the maples. There is much more to the game than just picking up the ball and heaving it and hoping! It may look simple

enough from the spectator's bench but it is a bit more complicated than it appears to be. Ask us, we know!

City League Basketball

By Bob Santimo The basketball fans agree that they were treated to a good season of ball playing as the City League completed its ten game schedule on March 5th.

Competition was keen and some good games were played. The individual scoring race was close all the way with*Jack Paradise of the Merchants showing the way with 157 points made in eight games.

The managers of the teams were Jack Berg for the Servicemen's Club; Butch Pardieke for the

Merchants; Eugene King, Jr. for the "Vets" and Basel master-minding the youthful Silver Streaks.

During a meeting at the start of the season, Eu gene King was elected League President and Phil Henry, Vice-President. Kenneth Piechan had a dual role as Secretary-Treasurer. It was decided that a contribution campaign be put on and the results were highly favorable with $225 being contributed.

Equipment was bought and the season was under way.

The ten games were scheduled to be played at the High School on Wednesday evenings with a schedule for out-of-town and visiting games to be played on Thursdays. The Merchants, the tallest and fastest team, finished the season with one loss.

They led in scoring the most points, most wins, best

foul average, and most field goals averaging almost 55 points a game. The Servicemen's Gub salvaged only two wins in their schedule. The "Vets" and

Silver Streaks battled through the season with the Vets ending up in second place with one more vic tory than the Streaks. Incidentally, the Vets were the roughest sextet committing 140 fouls.

In the individual departments it was nip and tuck with five placers finishing with 100 or more points to their credit. George Patzer completed 75% of his fouls while Paradise dunked in 72 field goals.

Many of these players are employed by the Mich igan Limestone & Chemical Company and the. Brad ley Transportation Company and their average age is about 22.

The League finish is as follows: Pet.

PF

Merchants

Won Lost

9

1

.900

548 , 396

PA

Veterans Silver Streaks Servicemen

5 4 2

5 6 8

.500 .400 .200

449 423 372

439 513 444

On February 5th the Merchants piled up the rec ord score of 98-54 over the Silver Streaks. In this

game Chester Pilarski of the Merchants split the hoops with a record of 41 points.

The All-Star team chosen for the season consisted

of George Patzer, forward, Jack Paradise, forward, Clarence Hutfiltz, center, Charles Gordon, guard, and Harold Hopp, guard. In an all-star game at the High School, the Rogers City All-Stars won over the Alpena All-Stars.

These games furnished entertainment for the fans and players during the cold winter months and they are looking forward to another good sea son in '48.

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What A Lot Of Fun Our Gals Have At Their Banquet On January 23, members of the "fairer sex" of the

honored with a dinner party in the Rainbow Gar den's banquet room.

leap frog. This childish trick escaped the memory of these two girls so when Iris told her husband about it he proceeded to teach her how it was played in the Army. We won't say any more. Iris, except

The table was centered with a beautiful bouquet of white and yellow- mums and as a special gift to the girls, and may 1 also add. a most pleasant sur prise, were beautiful individual corsages wrapped in cellophane bags. Upon this discovery, the "ah's"

that we're glad that the floor wasn't too hard and that you made a neat landing. We didn't discover how talented Elizabeth Henry was until she was called upon to dance a jig while she sang "Yankee Doodle." Ruby Larson sang "Smiles" with proper

and "oh's*' which issued forth could be heard above

illustrations; Ann Marie Kreft related the experi ence of her first date: lata Johnson crooned like

Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company were

the racket of the "falling pins" next door!

Things were really done up fancy-like! We had place cards too but they were a little different from

the ordinary ones in this respect: they had no names on them but they carried comments obvious enough so that you knew to whom they belonged, such as. "wee one. but plenty dynamic," and "we all go to 'Mom' with our troubles." and "the gal with the culi nary 'handle'," etc. Oh yes, 1 can't forget to men tion, too, those cute little novelty hats and how discriminating the girls were in choosing the right colors so that they wouldn't clash with the finery in which they were vested for this festive occasion.

Most important of all, of course, is the food and needless to say, the girls threAv all thoughts of calo ries to the winds! We started off very light with a tomato juice cocktail and gradually worked into that golden brown chicken with dressing, giblet gravy, creamy mashed potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, buttered peas, cabbage and pineapple salad, a fruit and jello salad, celery, olives and pickles, hot rolls, and we topped it off with a piece of luscious apple pie a la mode and coffee.

Xow. if the reader will kindly forget his stomach.

Frank Sinatra while Eva Dobson swooned like the

bobby-soxers; Gisela Llatz imitated the bowler's response to a strike, split, and gutter ball. Helen Buza never has to worry about having to walk very far when she encounters car trouble for Caroline

Stewart proved her ability to hitch hike when she imitated Caludette Colbert in " t Happened One Night."

The evening was filled with surprises, it seemed when George Jones walked in with Edgar Steffan, a magician from Alpena. Mr. Steffan showed us some plain and fancy tricks and left is astonished and laughing at the foolish talk which accompanied his performance. Some of the girls made very fine assistants to the magician, and some were gullible guinea pigs like Ruby Larson who thought she could fool the law of gravity, since the magician could, and spilled water all over the f oor.

But that's not all. It happened to be Ruby Larson's birthday so she was presented with a few small gifts, none of which made sense until she saw the rhyme explaining how these had been obtained by sending box tops to various companies and a collec tion made of all the things necessary to make her life what she wanted—a chore boy for cleaning, a

I'll tell you what we did next. Some mischievous young lady (we suspect Helen Buza) had dreamed up a card for each of us giving directions for some stunt we were to perform. Amid much laughter and delight. Helen Durecki and Ella Reinke chewed the ends of a string racing for the two little black Sambos (candy) which were tied in the middle of

close but we left in gay spirits and grateful to the

the string. Lola Walborn and Iris Kitchen played

Michigan Lime for a wonderful time.

Seated in the foreground and to the left we have:

Lola Walborn. Elizabeth

Henry, Etta Johnson, Eva Dobson.

Ella

R eink e.

Ruby Larson, Iris Kitch en. Ann Kreft, Caroline Stewart. Helen Buza, Gisela Platz. and Helen Durecki.

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can opener so she can eat. and a hook, line and sinker for you know what!

We all regretted to see the evening come to a

Our Guests From Cedarville Inspection tours of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company Plant by tourists, educational groups, other interested parties, are a frequent oc currence during our operating season. Due to the potential hazards involved in moving trains, trucks,

conveyor belts, and other equipment, as well as for the purpose of dispensing information to the visitors, these tours are conducted by responsible employees of the Company.

Among the various groups who inspected our operations during the 1946 Season was a delegation of citizens from Cedarville. Primarily interested in the effect of quarrying operations on community life in the area surrounding such an industrial project, this group spent a day at Rogers City and the plant. From the vantage point of an observation car. they watched a blast, an 20-yard shovel load ing cars and the cars dumping stone into the crusher.

After a tour through the Mill and a look at one ol the Bradley Transportation Company boats loading a cargo of processed stone, they expressed them selves as agreeably surprised at the lack of dirt, dust and disagreeable conditions usually expected

from such industrial operations. We take pride in the fact that Rogers City is one of the cleanest and well-kept towns in northern Michigan and our visitors left with the knowledge that the possibility of a quarry in the Cedarville area would be an asset to that community that would in no way interfere in its normal activities as a summer vacation center.

Back row. left to right: R. N. Patrick. I. L. Cly mer. John D. Steel, Alvin Hossack, G. H. Hamel, Ar thur Johnson. Lyle Patrick. Clarence Gorski, W. Aldron Taylor. Carles F. IMatz, P. E. Taylor, John E. Patrick. Oren Shoberg. Lewis Patterson. David Visnaw. Hugh S. Lewis. George C. Wing. Walter Meyers.

Front row. left to right: Nelson Peters, Ezra Thou. Ford Beacom. J. A. Valentin, V. L. Lipsett, Dr. H. E. Werner. Rudolph Dueltgen. Jr., John Beach, Lvle Hudson, and Kent Hamel.

Those Who Have Passed Away Arnold Conley passed away on September 18, 1946. He entered the Company service May 16, 1922, as an employee in the Yard Department. Several years later he worked in the Machine Shop as a Blacksmith until 1945. At the time of his death he

was employed as a Gate Watchman and the em ployees miss the familiar greeting they heard as they went through the gate each morning and eve

ning. He is survived by his brother, Lloyd, a daugh ter and a son, William, who is employed in the Elec trical Department. We extend our sympathy and regrets to the family.

Ehrick Pardeike who started to work at the Cal

cite Plant on February 9, 1926, passed away on De cember 4. 1946. lie worked on many jobs while in the employ of the Company but we best remember him as a Carpenter in the Construction Department.

Ehrick was a good steady employee and a pleasant companion and he is missed by his many friends. We extend our sincerest sympathy to the family in their bereavement.

Mrs. Antonnette Mulka, mother of Anthony, Paul,

and Eli Mulka. all to the Mill Department passed away on April 4, 1947. We wish to extend our sympathies to them and their families. You will probably remember that Mrs. Mulka appeared on the cover of the

1932 Fall Issue of the Calcite

Screenings which was dedicated to the pioneer mothers of the community.

Nails are dangerous.

Remove them or hammer

them down.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We may take hold of it by the handle of worry or the handle of faith.

It's good to have money and the things that money can buy . . . and after they're bought it's

sound bookkeeping to check up once in a while just to make sure we haven't lost the things money can't buy.

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General Repair Shop Holds Banquet Sixty-one members of the General Repair Shop held their get-together banquet in the dining room

of the John Muszynski hotel on Thursday, Decem ber 12, 1946.

Eddie Schultz prepared a delicious chicken din ner for the fellas and really put it on in fine Frarikenmuth style and needless to say, the boys really did justice to it.

After the dinner, they settled themselves for

some real entertainment and from all reports—they had just that. Louis Heythaler and Rhoud Benson rendered a few snappy numbers on the harmonica and the piano and Charles perry and Emerson Lee obliged with several close harmony selections. Ed gar Stephan of Alpena presented a fine program of magic and even the more eagle-eyed could not de tect that slip of the hand! Alfred Peltz. the everwilling victim of any magician, found himself miss ing a tie—we'll sav no more but oh! was vour face red!

Arnold Eiowsky and Alfred Peltz did a fine job of planning the evening's entertainment and mak ing the necessary arrangements. William Heller reports that according to the talk around the shop the next day, the fellas have decided to continue this annual social evening in the ensuing years.

Retirements

The years slip by and at each turn of the season a few more familiar faces are missing from the line of those who pass the watchman's shanty on the way to work. We see them occasionally when

they return to visit the scenes of their former la bors for a brief chat with old friends and a look

around the job, but they are no longer tied to the old routine. Retirement for some is rather a bleak

Dick retired in

admire your spirit.

Alfred Boehmer retired in December of 1946. He

was first employed by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company as a pipe fitter and also act ed as a spare man for the boats. He has been a faithful servant to the

Company since his em

ployment on April 4.

1923. In July of 1931. he became a tug engineer and served in that ca

pacity until his retire ment. With a steady hand on the throttle. Al

brought in many a boat for its load of stone.

Until

recently.

tirement in the offing, he decided to buy a farm out in Moltke where he can hunt deer

in his back yard.

this be known for Al may have to contend with some uninvited guests!

With hunting, farming, plumbing, and keeping a weather eye on the perch when they come into the

tug slip, it looks as if Al will be able to keep himself occupied for some time.

The spirit of democracy—may it be the heritage future America.

Limestone

aftern o o n

Richard Lamb was first employed by the Mich igan Limestone & Chemical Company on March II. 1914, as a carpenter helper, The quarry was a pretty small hole in the ground at that time and he watched and helped it to grow to its present size as a General

The pride of I lature

was

taken

early one Sunday about

thirty years ago just before Lester Pines. Griffin Pines, Ernest Viegelahn. and Emil

Rusch joined the rest of their team

for a game of ball.

Those

look

like

pretty fancy uni

foreman, an electrician, and in later years, as a

forms the home fans furnished the

worker at various jobs in the Power House.

bo vs.

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In fact, Al keeps young fawns

around the house with the dogs so they won't be so wild when they grow up. We probably shouldn't let

gensville. We pre sume that this pic

muscles in trim. Good luck to them and we will all be there sooner or later.

Mr.

Boehmer owned a home in town, but with re

be a time when they can enjoy that leisure time to do things they've always wanted to do, health per mitting.

Most of our Michigan Chemical

Hale and

next one. He is just waiting around for the snow to

the men it is and should

&

1946.

disappear and then he'll challenge the best of us to a full day's work. More power to you Dick, and we

outlook after a long life on the job, but for most of

employees who have reached sixty-five or are closing in on that milestone, report that they are looking foward to catching up on long-neglected hobbies, and doing just enough to keep the old

November of

hearty, he figures he is just as good a man as the

beyond the Calcite Quarry. George and Harry Hein had the runways spotted ahead of time last Fall and filled their bag trie first day. Some of us like to

Frank Modrzynski of the track department watches his bride of twenty-five years cut the wed ding cake at their Silver Wedding Anniversary cele bration. Son, Theodore, looks on. The Modrzvnski's had a real celebration with neighbors and friends

miss the first ones we see so we can go out again

helping them feast and have fun. The wedding dance

These are the kind of deer that inhabit the hills

the next day but George and Harry don't take any chances.

Alfred Savina to his car when it broke down in a

severe snowstorm one Saturday. "Gee whiz, can't you break down in good weather instead of a terri ble day like this?"

It seems Louis Hey thaler woke up one morning

just in time to hear the part of a popular song on the radio which stated "Open that door!" Grabbing his robe he rushed to the front door, opening it

was a big feature and furnished the guests a good time until close to daybreak. Frank doesn't think the Golden Anniversary will see him doing much dancing.

One of our gate watchmen is now wheeling a beautiful 4-door Dodge fully equipped with all those extras. He tells us that with 4 doors, that

"little canary" just couldn't miss. Good Luck, Bill!

only to find . . . more snow!

Melvin Hopp is getting in practice for deer sea son. Three shots at a skunk finally laid the old pole cat low. Mel—apologetically. "Well, you know a

Instead of its usual smooth performance, Andy Tischler's Chevy had developed a gallop which he

buck is a lot bigger than a skunk although you don't get quite as near your target." That reminds us of

couldn't control. Fellow machinists, who are always willing to help, advised Andy to get a set of spurs, bridle, bale of hay, and install a hitching post in his garage.

P.S.—At this writing. Andy has brought the gal lop down to a smooth trot.

the old story of the two Swedes running to catch

the boat. Olie got aboard but the craft was 10 feet away when John came sprinting up to the landing.

Olie all out of breath, yelled: Jump John, Jump!

You can made her in two jumps.

During the office girls banquet Ella Reuike was very intent in her assign ment of administering a "spanking" to Ruby Lar son. Ruby wasn't a bad girl but it just happened that it was the occasion of

her birthday and amaz ingly enough she seems to be enjoying it.

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\\ e all know Herman Steinke. now employed in the Dock Office. Llerman grew up in our midst and graduated from the Rogers City High School, but that nice looking girl standing beside him calls for an explana tion.

There were rumors

when

LIer in an

was

overseas, that he had

married.

However, when he came back

to the job and the

months slipped by. we began to have our doubts and some

Roy Goulette. driller and Aaron Smith, painter, went out to "Pa's" forty by the Little Ocqueoe and brought home these two nice bucks last Fall. We

of us began to think the "ex-Captain" was having a little fun at our expense. One fine day, much to our re lief and maybe. Her

thought at first that Smitty was holding some bait

man's

for buck deer in his hand, but were told it had

English bride arrived in Rogers City after

nothing to do with hunting.

as

several

One morning George Wing found something had been chewing at the shrubbery around the shop. Not knowing what it was he went to that great outdoor man. Rhoud Benson, for advice. Benson, being a coyote hunter, said. "Why those are coyote tracks."

"Coyotes don't eat bark, do they?" said Wing.

To this Rhoud agreed, so upon closer scrutiny he decided they were rabbit tracks. When asked wdiat to do in this situation, he replied. "If we get a bale of hay for them, they won't need to eat the bark to survive." The diagnosis and the prescription both have been proven correct.

Belt repair under the supervision of Bob Mundt keeps dock office clerks Herman Steinke and Roy Strieker busy during the winter months. Repairing ol damaged, worn, and weak spots in conveying belts must be done while the equipment is idle. Many hours of service are added to the belts by the at tention given them during the non-operating period.

well,

months

the

of

struggling with of

ficial papers and the usual red tape.

Mrs. Steinke says she likes it in Rogers City except for the snowy re ception which was a little new to her. The folks in England will know all about it now since they had their own share of snow this past winter. \\ e welcome the newcomer to our midst and hope she and Herman enjoy their new home on Birch Street.

Erhardt Schultz. Harry Durecki and Reinhardt Wirgau installing idler rolls on conveying lines.

This is one of the jobs described in the Winter Work

Article concerning repairs in the mill. A good job done at this time saves many troublesome delays when the stone is rolling through the mill and into the; snips.

One day it was necessary for Alex Karaim to cut

through a one and one-half inch shaft with a hand hacksaw. John Heller happened to be passing by when Alex was about half through and the perspira tion was dripping from his face. John asked. "What seems to be the trouble, Alex?" "Whew, this shaft

is hard," Alex replied. John, always willing to lend

a helping hand said, "Here, let me change you off for a few minutes."

"I'll say that shaft is hard" said John when he finally finished the cut. Imagine the expression on his face when examining the saw he discovered that they were using the blade backwards.

Leo Promo and John Dietlin went fishing at Trout Lakes. It was necessary for them to go to and from the lake on snowshoes. Following this, Leo

made several trips to the chiropractor. Was it from carrying- the fish, Leo?

The gate watchman stopped Aaron Smith on a very stormy day when he noticed the back end of his coupe was riding very low, "What are you try ing to haul out of here?" he asked. "See for your self," said Smitty. When the watchman raised the trunk cover, he found about a third of the electrical crew. The reason—Wilbert Radtka's car refused to start.

Harry Meharg has gained quite a reputation as a bowler and otherwise. It seems that Harry Boutin and Penny Hoeft were going to be exceptionally good to Meharg and spot him some twenty-five

pins or so—the loser to buy the "cokes." Boutin and Lloeft vow that they will never spot Meharg again for it's just an incentive for better bowling and we might add too, that Meharg is keeping those

pins so generously offered him, for a "rainy" day!

It seems that Meharg had indulged in several cokes during the course of the evening and didn't feel up to another. Boutin, offering to buy Meharg his coke got this reply: "No. thanks, but I'll take the dime."

Jack Link and Elmer Bruning shot their bucks on the second day of the season. We don't knowwhether they slipped up the first day or not but they came home with the bacon anyway and that is what counts. Jack says that there is a lot of land out there on the M.L.C.Co. property but if you know the spots to sit you will get your chance sooner or

We can see now why the boys get in there and sing at the 25-year banquet. The plates of turkey are in the process of being served. Some of the gang down in the corner are getting interested in their dinner. Joe says that you can always sing better on an empty stomach but the way those hands are

moving we think maybe he is getting hungry him self. There is a vacant chair down at the front left

hand corner of the hall, which we don't expect will be vacant for long for Joe is keeping an eagle eye on the serving line.

Since January 30th, Chris Beukema has received the usual round of paternal advice from experienced fathers at the daily foremen's meetings; also, some from non-fathers.

The Track Crew is always busy keeping the many miles of dumps and loading tracks in shape so that t'he work will go on. These fellows really need exercise to keep warm out there where the winds blow hard and cold. It's not a snap.

later.

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The snow in the quarry was so deep last winter that quite often there wasn't room to turn around so Fred LaLonde became quite proficient at back ing up.

In fact. Fred said the old Ford went backwards

just as well as forwards.

Tom Mantych: 1 think Fred ought to get a new Studebaker: we never know whether he is coming or going anyway!

We had several good snow storms this year but we didn't think they were bad enough to make Charlie Hoffman miss his landing at Grand Lake by half a mile. One would think that Charlie could

hit that familiar spot with his eyes shut.

The fellows in the Electric Shop admired the pic

ture in a recent issue of i local paper which showed Wilbert Radtke and Calvin Meyer with some very nice perch, which they claim to have caught in Cheboygan. However, the boys are still wondering who sold yott those nice ones, Wilbert.

Guess Who?

This is a picture of what a newsboy of Rogers City looked like forty years ago. Since this lad looks about twelve years old you can guess his age today.

He is well known by fellow employees of the Mich igan Limestone and Chemical Company and the

Bradley Transportation Company and has had close to thirty-live years of service at the Plant, has a family, doesn't play basketball anymore but bowds instead, and can be found on warm evenings fish ing at the Calcite docks. The picture was taken on South Third Street. The building in the back ground is lloeft's Store. Can you guess who the boy might be?

Lucas S. Lee President Of Brazilian Company Lucas S. Lee. remembered by many employees of the Calcite and l.iulTalo Plants, was appointed President of Companhia Meridional DeMineracao which is a Brazilian subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. Luke has been with this Com pany since June, 1942. Previous to going to Brazil he first became associated with the Michigan Lime

stone and Chemical Company as an engineer in the fall of 1924. In October of 1938 he became the manager of the Buffalo Plant. We all wish Luke continued success in his work in South America.

Our last Guess Who was Harry Wing of the Machine Shop.

Some of our pre-war cars are getting to the point where the}- UQ(:d a new coat of paint. Lester Ray mond started the ball rolling and Louis Dambra de cided he was as good with the old paint brush as the storekeeper so he tried his hand on the old Chevy. Having completed what he thought was a

fairly good job, Louie drove up to the shop as Al fred Savina was coming out.

Louie: How do you like my paint job. All"?

Alfred, walking over to the car and rubbing an inspecting hand over the fender: Gosh. Louie, what did you use. a mop?

Swish! — Zing! — Flash! — Bang!

John Heller: What was that?

Alfred Peltz: Oh. that was only Louie Heythaler going down through the Shop.

When Ed Kelley asks Nick Carter to take care of chairs, we understand that Nick really does a good job of it. Don't take our word for it. ask Ed for particulars.

A Familiar Scene—•Harry Meharg racing among players of the Rogers Spitzer team collecting bets, but Penny Jloeft usually evens the score before regular game time.

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It won't be long now before the trout fishermen

and those wandering in the woods for the early wild flowers will be catching a glimpse of 1947 fawns.

They will, if they look closely, for these little spotted fellows are hard to see unless you happen to have very good luck. The little chaps, whose coat is brown and well spotted, are kept pretty well hid den and their protective coloring makes them blend with their surroundings. Once in a while, though.

a camera fan can get a shot like this one. and it gives unite a thrill.

7^e SiacUeq H*&*t4feont4ti(w> ^mfta^ttf

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The pictures on the opposite page are the crews of the Bradley boats at the end of the 1946 Season.

Top left—Str. Robinson, Top right—Str. Calcite, Center left—Str. Munson, Center right—Str. Tay lor. Lower left—Str. Bradley. Lower right—Str. White.

It is advisable not to take measurements with a

steel tape while in the vicinity of electrical equip ment.

Who will get the skunks in the spitzer games this year on the Str. Taylor?

"Moscow" Modrzynski says when the boss gets that certain opinion on his face, he knows it is time to put his hands in his pockets and quit talking. y<c^(\ a harness? See Everett Schmidt for any thing in the leather goods line.

Les Pines will soon be up in the air again. He is anxious to use that new plane.

This "'old salt" is one of the fresh water va

Famous lines heard on the Robinson : Piechan—Fifteen Two.

"Moscow"—What time are we going out?

riety. Chester Wojto-

McLean—Don't look at me. I didn't do it.

wicz. watchman aboard

Kunner—(live me a piece of soapstone. (ioodreau—1 didn't sleep last night.

Gould—Who's got a cigar?

the Str. Calcite makes

a good model for the

photographer's Chet

seems

to

talent. be

a

natural-born actor . . . we didn't sav bad actor.

'fhe crew of the Bradley warned Ralph Schalk about the "ups and downs" of married life but the little girl won the argument. Now, they wish him luck and say that the free advice was more in jest

We were sure glad to see Chief L'rdal back safe and sound after some pretty risky situations this winter. Kirst. he stayed in the hospital for awhile where there were some pretty nice nurses and then, not satisfied, he beat it south for a few weeks where

the beauties really are. Llowever. maybe being a grandpa helps keep a fellow away from too many risks. Art has a charming granddaughter whom we hear much about.

than in earnest.

Now that Captain Nauts is piloting the Str. Robin son, he might inherit some of the fisherman's luck

that goes with the ship. They say that Detour fish are waiting for him.

Walter Plath still has to write letters while his

partner Joe Vogelheim made arrangements this winter to stop the letter writing. All Joe has to write about now is his name on the back of the

Gordon O'Toole has his first class pilot's license and is already using- it as third mate aboard the Str. Calcite.

We have heard the boys referring to "Scotty" McLcod being in Detroit when not found in Rogers City and just as we go to press we hear that "Scotty" has found himself a wife in the dynamic city. Best wishes to you both from all the Bradley

pay check before he turns it over to the new bride.

Crews.

Good Luck, Joe.

We wonder if John Hanson is still campaigning for a paternity home for waiting fathers?

Harry Sorgatt has his shingle out for shoe repair again. With shoe prices as they are. Harry should do a good business.

There seemed to be quite a bit of speculating on whether

Hilton Gould's coveralls would last the

winter through or whether the winter work would out last the coveralls. How did they hold out Hilton ?

George Hoy now registers from St. Petersburg.

Florida. It must be a line town as George returned this spring looking like one of those men of distinc tion.

Walter Tulgetske. newdy appointed repairman on

the Str. Taylor, was one of the students from the T. W. Robinson engineering school to get his license

this winter. Other students were: Stanley Bellmore, now repairman on the Bradley, and Tony Yarch, who remains on the Robinson. Mike ldalski, repair man on the Munson landed his license too. William

Kunner. Everett Shay, William Budnick. and Joe Buck all got a raise in grade.

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Henry X'ewhouse, 3rd Asst. Engineer and Oiler.

Donald Kowalski of the Steamer Bradley.

* -•••rfi

The tugs and their crews at the Port of Calcite put in a very busy time from fitout to layup time in handling the freighters entering this port. Dur ing the warm summer evenings many people watch the "tows" with intense interest and

fascination.

On the upper left is Capt. Gumming, A. P. Boeh mer (now retired). Walter Buza, John Gregory, Floyd Urlaub. Arthur Christensen. Capt. Newhouse. and Frank Fie welling.

On the upper right is Frank Wiesnewski. Capt.

Cook, Capt. Lamb, Alfred Quade, Louis Smolinski, Harry Menton, Raymond Menton. and Frank Lamp.

It doesn't seem so long ago that Joe Zoho of the Str. White was telling about going to Florida. Joe has been there and back. We wonder if Walgrcens continued to be his favorite spot.

Bob Hall and Edmund Jackson stuck to the White this winter. Bob says he knows his boat Avell enough now so that he won't get it mixed up with the Str. Taylor.

We were afraid we would have to pull most of the buckets tip over a bare rani]) and over bare hatches but our fears were groundless for there always seemed to lie plenty of snow.

Art Kihn was honeymooning this winter too.

Things you can't imagine: Chief Buehler minus a cigar.

Specht doing a tight rope walk.

Wes getting hair in his eyes.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rose kept ship on the Str. White at Lorain this winter. That should be one good way to spend a honeymoon.

Oiler: Where is that sunshine you guys always rave about in Ohio?

Chief Buehler: Well at least you don't see any snow plows in Ohio and you don't eat your Christ mas dinner in your long underwear. In fact, we ate one Christmas dinner on shirt sleeves.

the front

lawn in our

'fhe winter work gang have enjoyed having Ray Buehler as their new boss this year and hope he liked Rogers City as well in the winter as he does in the summer, well—almost anyway!

John Miller: What's wrong with the truck Gus? Gus: I don't know why it won't run.

John: Take the carburetor apart and I think you will find a coyote track inside.

Gus: That's what I say.

We congratulate Chris Beukema on his new son,

John Frederick, by name, and born on January 30, 1947. We enjoyed the cigars. Chris and thanks.

Cook: That must be Rogers again. 1 just keep telling him and telling him.

Male to Chester Wojtowicz. the happy Russian: Can you do this, can you do that, can you fix this, can you make it work?

W'ot-loe-vich: Who me? See that old Model "T"?

When you make that run you can do anvt

Wozniak with a blond.

Green without Copenhagen.

Cook: Don't make any more of those biscuits.

Brown a barker at a side show.

Iuirtaw on a diet.

Cook: You're too light for such heavy work.

Spencer winning a mile race.

Kcmpe master of ceremonies at a W.C.T.U. Con vention.

Adrian . . . silent.

Benny, the Greek, telling it straight.

Green going uptown in his sport clothes.

George (General) Brewster, Jr. had his trials and tribulations with the boys on the boats when he was here but he says they are a swell gang to work with.

Benny: Why not ?

Crew Member: Who washed them dishes?

Cook: Let me see, oh, that's Rogers.

Crew Member: How do you know?

Cook: By the fingerprints.

Widajewski: It takes a good man to stand that, I'm a-tellin' ya!

It'll soon be pike season at Detour again. Mate Norman Raymond is expected to make good again after a big catch last year.

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were carried out as directed and without damage to his ship. On several occasions he fired successful

shore bombarinents in support of our ground forces.

At all times his performance of duty distinguished him among others carrying out comparable tasks and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

Julius Baur's grandfather passed away just re cently at the ripe old age of ninety-seven or so.

Deckhand: Boy. just think about when you get that old.

[ulius: I'll never get that old.

Deckhand: Why?" Julius: I worry too muchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;look. I'm losing my hair now.

Heard going through bridges where people gaze at the Calcite: "How long is she? What does she haul? Flow much? etc.

Crew Member: "You ought to see the Bradley.

This is only a row boat compared to her."

The U. S. Coast Guard Mackinaw

On the crew picture page you will find few new faces this spring. Most of last year's crews have re turned. Some of our servicemen showed up this winter and are back on the old job. Welcome home.

During the opening of the 1947 navigation sea son, we have had the opportunity of watching the big ice breaker, Mackinaw, get her first real

spent some time in sunny Florida. Most of the mem bers, however, worked on boat repair this winter

test on

and a long cold winter it was too.

real ice conditions on the Great Lakes.

Not too man\" years back, the Great Lakes, or at least the part of the lakes that we are close to, were closed to all movement of vessels during the winter months. Since the Mackinaw has been

stationed in Cheboygan, we find that all through even the most severe winters, like the one we have

just been through, the Coast Guard has found many uses for this vessel. There does not seem

to be

any ice condition that we have had to date that will stop this ship. Our own Bradley boats which have followed the Mackinaw through the Straits this year have found that the going has been much

easier than in some of the former years of heavy ice.

We have been fortunate to become acquainted with the men who sail the ice breaker, Mackinaw,

through its being stationed at Cheboygan and also during its stops at Calcite while the cadets from

the Coast Guard Academy were aboard on their training program.

The present officer in command of the Mackinaw, Carl II. Stober. comes to the Lakes after much service in other branches of the Coast Guard. He

has proved himself a capable and well-liked officer in all branches of the service. Commander Stober

was decorated by our Country for duties he per formed during the last war. His citation was as follows:

"For meritorious conduct in the performance of his duties as commanding officer of the U.S.S.

Hutchinson (l'F-45) during the period April to Oc tober 1944, in the Mew Guinea and Halmahera cam

paigns. During long and arduous periods of escort duties in maintaining the supply of our advanced

forces, he kept morale and the efficiency of his command at such a high level that all movements 2032

boys. A few of the more fortunate of the crews

It is to be expected that "Pappy" Budnick will display the banner this season with all its beautfiul ribbons. However, Pappy had better pick a differ ent team in this year's baseball race. Now with some of his expert help from the Deck Department gone, he may do better.

No duty is more urgent than returning thanks.

Louis Schefke. Oiler aboard the Str. White gave

tip that single blessedness this winter and is now a happily married man. We understand the wedding was a very pretty one and that the festivities after the ceremony were enjoyable. We all wish Louie and his bride much happiness for many years to come.

Sometimes a man longs for tomorrow for he is ashamed of what he did not do today.

Bud Wiseman must have spent a quiet winter in Grayling; at least no reports of snow queens and

whatnot have followed him back to the ship.

Who will take the eating championship away from Tim Stafford this season? Tim's big trouble is that he has to go to the hospital once in a while to be able to put away those big meals.

It will remain to be seen how well Pete, "The

Cook" O'Toole has followed the pre-matrimonial advice given him by Harry Sorgatt and Merlin Pardike. Pete sure was well-briefed before he took

the leap last winter.

Edmund Erickson. Asst. Repairman and Leopold Mulka. Asst. Engineer on the Steamer T. W. Robin son.

Here is a safety thought in one small package.

When you get the idea that safety is for "sissies" only, that you are not only indispensable but inde structible, when you are thoroughly convinced that it "can't happen to me" and if it does, it's because

"my number is up," make sure that your financial affairs are in order.

William LaLonde. Paul Heller, and Stanley Rygwelski, some of the proud fathers of last Fall aboard the Steamer Munson, are back again this Spring

Angus Domke. a seasoned "Vet" of Germany's rugged prison camps says that Lake Michigan's high seas are j.ust about as bad only don't last as long.

We hear that Captain Leo Moll put in a busy time down in Florida. His real estate project grows each year and so do the weeds. His friends who seek him out can't find him because of the jungle of weeds and after he gets the weeds cut he looks so much like the natives that he can't be recognized.

The night welders on the boats certainly use a lot of welding wire. It is being used to good ad vantage and their arcs could be seen flashing like Northern Lights on a warm summer evening.

with lots of information on how to raise and care

for healthy babies.

The trouble with some people is that they say what others only think.

Is it true about the stokerman aboard the Munson

who went shopping for an article of clothing for

his wife? The sweet young salesgirl says, "What bust?" Our hero says, "Nothing, it just wore out."

Henry Floeft asked engineer Flewelling how a wife can be cured of snoring. "Easy," says Clarence, "Just give her good advice, cooperation, kindness, and stuff an old sock in her mouth."

Louis Dembny hasn't started the season yet as he just returned from the Marine Hospital. He hopes that weddings and kitchen showers will start again soon especially since he has plenty of time ashore.

Clarence Eldridge, the amiable operator of small crane working on boat winter work been making some heavy lifts this season. knows how. too, for the crane has remained

the has He on

an even keel at all times!

Which

is

the

betterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the forward or aft end?

This question causes a lot of controversy at lunch lime on the job. After hearing both sides one is inclined to believe that both are important.

Anthony Yarch of the Str. Robinson was one of

the boys who got his engineer's license this winter.

Congratulations Tony, and may we call you "Chief" some day.

Norman Durecki just cannot sleep over eighteen hours at one time. He has tried it.

Flow did "Full Astern" Flewelling get that nick

name as he is so slow on the "Back-Cp?" Mike Idalski says that an evil speaker differs from an evil doer only for the want of opportunity.

Who is going" to help Charlie Robinson figure out "What time Calcite" this year?

When Bob Lucas was in Florida, his wife said,

"Did you see those sailors so rudely staring at that girl going down to the beach?" Bob said, "What sailors?"

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John Miller. Second Mate aboard the Str. W. F. White, was one of the Brad

ley Transportation Com pany employees to have twenty-five years service or more.

Since

John

arrived

with the fleet as a deckhand

in 1921. he has established a

home in Rogers City and raised a family. Johnny spe cializes in handling those young huskies on winter work

known

as

the

"bull

gang." He has quite a job there but always gets the work done and done safely.

The boat watchmen, appointed night guardians of the boats at Calcite know that it has not been

a mild winter. They have kept a beaten path around the boats and also between the two cranes.

Wes Sobeck is doing his share of work this win ter both on the job and off. Better hurry up with work on your new home. Wes, for the sailing sea son is about to start.

Alex Malocha knows the difference between an

old and a new car. You don't have to get a push for that new Hudson, do you Alex?

This winter has been hard on the stack cover

no place to go and nobody to go with, only his

of the Bradley. Flow about it Rick?

Bill Joppieh. who had charge of the air com

pressor lor a while this past winter certainly knew how to keep it working. He calls it "The Herdy Gertv" and she minds him like a devoted lamb.

Norman Haselhuhn. boat watchman, is whistling

or singing every time we see him. Is it the weather or could it be that he is a daddy? Congratulations, Norm !

So many times while listening in on a Spitzer game or lending an ear to a rehash of that game of the night before, we have heard the expression, "That's the same hand I had before."

If this were

so, it really was a remarkable incident because mathematically, their chances of getting the same hand twice in succession are 1 in 10,518,300 and as

Ripley would say, "Believe it or not."

Guy LaBounty Doing Work For Government The Hon. Fred Bradley. Congressman of the eleventh district in Michigan, is Chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee of the

Eightieth Congress. His Committee enlisted the services of Chief Guy Labounty of the Steamer T. W. Robinson, to make inspections and special in vestigations. Congressman Bradley has known Guy for many years and chose a man whom he felt was not only honest but qualified to obtain the in formation the Congressional Committee needed.

Guy is now working out of Washington, D. C. hav ing been granted a leave of absence from the Brad

ley Transportation Company to carry on this gov ernment

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work.

It was a beautiful moonlight night aboard the Str. Robinson and Ivan Streich filled with romance, dreams, took this picture to show us why sailors go mad.

There is no real wealth but the labor of man. Were

the mountains of gold and the valleys of silver, the world would not be one grain of corn the richer; no one comfort would be added to the human race.

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

Firemen Elmer Jarvis and George Brewster cleaning fires in the old fire hold of the Steamer Calcite. This scene will never again be repeated in

the Bradley Transportation Fleet as the Str. Cal cite. the last of the hand-fired boats, is now equipped with new boilers and stoker equipment.

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STR. CARL D. BRADLEY

Victor Koch

Otto Zempel

Capt. Russell Lamb Chief Frank Lamp

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A life on the ocean ware, A home on the rolling Jeep, Where the scattered waters rave,

And the winds their revels keep!

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(DuZ CoUEX Calcite Screenings presents cover pictures of two institutions which give Great Lakes Navigation in valuable aid in safe and efficient operation.

The front cover is a picture of the Central Radio Telegraph Company stations WLF and WLC, lo cated at Rogers City, Michigan. Further informa tion of the services extended and activities engaged in by this company is told on the inside pages.

The back cover is a picture of the United States Coast Guard Ice Breaker "Mackinaw" taken dur

ing a trip to the "Port of Calcite."

The contribution made by this ship's officers and crew to the safety of Great Lakes shipping cannot be measured. In hastening the opening of shipping lanes in the early spring it has made pos sible the movement of materials of commerce at an earlier date than ever before.

CALCITE SCREENINGS PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE MICHIGAN LIMESTONE & CHEMICAL COMPANY. ROGERS CITY. MICHIGAN. IN THE INTER ESTS OF SAFETY AND WELFARE. CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED EARLY BEFORE DATE OF PUBLICATION. AND THEY SHOULD BEAR THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SENDER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. GEO. R. JONES.

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Let's Take A Look At The Safety Record After six months of the 1947 season, the Calcite Plant of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Com pany had its first disabling injury.

On June 19 Ben Lounds, shovel maintenance fore

man, fell approximately 10 feet to the ground from the No.-12 shovel. Mr. Lounds suffered a fracture

of the pelvis and was taken to the Ford Hospital where his progress was reported satisfactory. On July 10 he suddenly became very ill and expired within half an hour from a pulmonary embolism.

This was the first lost time injury at the Calcite Plant since September 23, 1946. The second was sustained by William McManemy when his eyes became infected following the removal of a foreign substance.

The Bradley Transportation Company crews con tinue to make excellent showings in preventing in juries. Two days before the start of the sailing sea son, Jerome Mulka of the steamer B. H. Taylor, broke a small bone in his ankle when he slipped while walking on deck. This accident caused seven ty days of lost time.

On July 8th Clayton Gordon of the Str. Bradley dislocated his shoulder while wiping up the pilot house floor. This unusual accident has resulted in a

loss of time which has been the first one for the

boats this year since the operating season started.

The Buffalo Plant has started on another period of accident-free work days. We are all pulling for them to make the best record yet.

The new operation at Conneaut seems to be swinging into the no accident campaign like old timers as they have had no serious injuries reported to date.

We are proud of what our personnel is doing to wards keeping the plants and boats safe. There are many reasons back of these results but perhaps the

greatest reason is the overall interest that is gen uinely shown by everybody. Management does not want accidents, and workers do not want to get hurt. Between these two factors is found a result

we are all pleased to see. Telling someone how to work and what to do is not enough. For you to ac

cept the idea that safety is for you, and not for the other fellow only, is an attitude that will help any program. Preaching, publicity and ballyhoo is nec essary but safety will work only if a spark of sin cerity is there to make it work.

It is hoped that when the end of the 1947 season rolls around, our accident statistics will show no

more lost time injuries. A good honest try by every

body will stop accidents. We have all learned that to be true from past experiences. Keep up the good work, fellas!

Summer, 1947

Don't Let Yourself Be Rushed To Death

During the summer months some of us in the north country see how people are rushed to death.

We mean that literally. Hundreds of summer visi tors, in addition to the native population, seemed to be moved by an unseen force which drives with haste and abandon. Why the speed? Summer visi tors are usually here for an outing and a vacation, so to gain the most pleasure they should normally seek relaxation and slow down, in order to be rested

for another year of work. The native seems to get the spirit of things and he too picks up speed in his work and play, anxious to crowd in everything in the few glorious summer days we have.

While you are on your vacation or having a pleas ant week end, a few things to remember are to see that your car is in good condition, be particularly alert while driving, watch signs, watch the road and watch the other fellow. Follow good swimming practices. Avoid sunburn. Do not rock the boat. Be careful while walking. Two out of every five traffic fatalities are pedestrains. Have a restful vacation so when you return to work you will be fit and

ready for the job of making a living. Above all, have a safe vacation and do not rush yourself to death.

Make sure that no accident occurs in your depart ment because you forgot or neglected the safety rules. Keep posted on conditions that need special care, and from time to time check on your work habits to correct any carelessness that may have crept in.

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Blue Cross Hospital and Surgical Plan Many of our employees have from time to time requested that a health service plan be instituted for their protection.

Recently the Calcite Employees Health Service Association was organized for the purpose of se lecting a satisfactory plan and presenting it to all employees. The Committee which was responsible for the attainment of the purpose of the Association was composed of Alfred Peltz, Alfred Fleming, Emerson Lee, Harold Pollock, George Glosser, Griffin Pines, and Otto Fleming.

IS NO SAFER The Committee having selected Michigan Hos pital Service (Blue Cross Plan), offered it to all THAN HIS MOST employees by having representatives of the Plan contact individual employees. A large majority of the employees signified their desire to be pro CARELESS ACT tected by the service and certificates and identifi cation cards are now being prepared. The Service will become effective on August 10, 1947.

Benefits offered under this plan have been com municated to all employees. Employees who may have decided since the original solicitation date, that they would like to be protected by the service Watch Your Eyes.-They Are Priceless To You will be afforded an opportunity to apply for the Once every 15 minutes in the working day, service at a later date, probably in six months. blindness claims another victim among American Those employees who have applied for the workers. The injured employee may bring on his coverage and subsequently decide ' to discontinue own tragedy by a single moment of carelessness. it, may drop it at any time.

Or the fault may rest on the shoulders of another.

The service may be continued by those leaving But the tragic results are the sameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one more the employment of the Company for any reason, employee joins the ranks of the 8,000 made sight through direct billing at an additional charge of less every year by industrial eye injuries. approximately 10%.

No one with the least bit of imagination needs Changes in family status may be made as they to be told the price of such an accident in terms occur providing: of personal suffering, and the effect it has upon If an employee marries, notification and the the victim's family and upon his own hopes for signing of the proper form must be made within the future. To realize what it could mean to you 15 days. will make you more safety minded than details If an enrolled minor child marries, notification about the 80,000 additional employees blinded in must be made within 15 days. one eye in last year's accidents.

Newborn children may be added to the service About 98 per cent of all eye accidents are avoid at no extra cost but notification must be made able, safety experts say. The following reminders within 15 days. are offered to help protect your eyes and those of Changes caused by death must be reported your fellow employees: promptly.

1. Don't let hot weather tempt you- to take off Divorces must be reported within 15 days. your goggles. Use a sweatband of some kind to Children who attain the age of 19 will be con absorb perspiration, or stop your machine when tinued under the protection to the end of the you dry your face and goggles. calendar year in which they attain that age and 2. Make sure your safety goggles fit right. If then automatically dropped, unless the child de they can't be adjusted to give you maximum pro sires to continue the service under the "Direct Pay tection and comfort, get another pair. The pair ment Rate." that squeezes or pinches is the pair you'll want to Special attention is given to those who may enter take off for "relief." That's when danger threatens. the armed services, with three different options 3. Wear side shields on your goggles if there

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available.

Changes in family dependents (additions or de ductions) not covered in the original application may be made only at specified re-solicitation periods.

Changes in address must be reported promptly.

Employees wishing to report changes desired, may do so at the Personnel Office of the Company.

is danger of flying fragments from left or right.

4. Eyeglasses can't give you the protection af forded by safety goggles. Don't use them as a sub stitute.

.5. You'll be doing fellow employees a favor by reminding them to wear goggles if their work requires it.

You are one of the actors, in the big show of life.

Your safety is one thing you can't turn over to someone else. It is a job in which every person has his own part, which no one else can do for him.

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Be cautious, lest an accident occur which would

put you out of the play either temporarily or per manently.

Youngsters Need More Than Casual Care

Our community all too often has suffered tragedy in the accidental death of some ol its youngsters.

Hardly a year passes without some home losing one of its young members by accidental death. Even as we pause to think of this, many of us will boast about the safety of our community. Perhaps it is safe hut are we teaching our children to lie safetyminded?

We have a beautiful lake shore and we have had

our drownings. We have a health program but contagion and sickness reaches out every su often to take a young one away. We have nice streets and occasionally our citizens get hurt on them. Most of these events are caused by plain human careless

ness or lack of being taught safety miudedness.

I'erhaps we depend too much upon instinct which, until we are old enough to roam, takes pretty good care of us. A little safely taught children would

TEACH SAFETY TO WE NEW MAN

eventually remove, so much of the burden from the cop. the fireman, the lifeguard and the plant fore men in keeping us all out of trouble. To keep your children alive and to give them valuable education, teach them now while they are young.

Here Is An Excellent Safety Habit

Things To Come In Gardening

services will well remember the first time he inad

Employees of the Calcite plant and citizens of Rogers City are complimented each summer sea son fur the many fine vegetable and flower gardens

they develop. Perhaps one of the remarks most heard from visitors to our community concerns the fine gardens growing in the town. An interesting

sidelight on gardens is being worked out by botan ists and chemical companies in developing a super type seed which will give plants a better chance to produce bigger and belter blooms, fruit and seed.

The idea is very simple. How simple it is to de velop these seeds is something we know nothing of. Chemicals in the way of fertilizers, insecticides and accelerators are added to the ordinary seed so

that when it is planted it immediately germinates and starts growing at a fast rale. One experiment tried with tomato plants here in Michigan was that a treated seed produced ripe fruit at the same time that a regular transplant did although they were both put in the ground on the. same day. This sounds like goodbye to the hotbed.

There is the angle of doing away with worms,

bugs, blights and the fungus pests which cause much damage to vegetation each year. The coated seed idea, as you see, has many possibilities in

The armed forces had an excellent way to dis pose of cigarette stubs. Any former member of the

vertently threw away a cigarette. He considered himself lucky if he got off with just a caustic repri mand from one of his superiors.

After that he was always sure to put out the cig arette and then carefully tear it up, scattering the ashes and tobacco to the four winds and rolling the

remaining paper into an insignificant and harmless wad before discarding it.

This practice made the general policing of any area much easier and contributed much to its ap

pearance, it also eliminated any fire hazard from discarded cigarettes.

Many men, now again in '"civvies." find them selves still tearing up their cigarettes from force of habit. This would be an excellent habit for all

smokers to acquire since it would ensure a great decrease in the number of fires from cigarettes. <me of the major causes of fires in the nation.

Time and again we have heard at the Central Safety Committee and departmental Group Meet

ing that too many of us assume that "Safety is for the other fellow."

Naturally, the word safety is used as meaning

the performance of our work in a safe manner so

changing the growth of crops and the propagation that not one of us receives an injury. So we hear of flowers.

Another example of its possibilities is found in the sugar beet industry. The beet seed is flat and hard to handle in any type of planting machine. Such type of seeds can he carefully chosen for quality and coaled so that they are uniform in size and shape. Planting machines can he designed to use

a desirable size seed and space the planting so that weeding on hands and knees by groups of workers will he needless. Too. the matured beets

that while we are safety minded, we look at the other fellow's unsafe practices, overlooking outown.

Why is this being brought to our attention so strongly this year? Here is the answer! An analysis of 1.218 accidents during 1940, in several companies engaged in activities similar to our own. places the responsibility for 79.9% of the accidents on the injured employee.

A total of 973 accidents out of 1.218 were caused

can he grown at a uniform depth and a combination harvesting, topping machine will simplify this pro

by unsafe acts of the employee who was injured.

Let each of us do our own work safely, and re

cedure.

member . . . SAFETY IS FOR ME. 2041

WLF-WLC Central Radio Telegraph Company

Robert Criilendon and Charles Zempel ai Operating Positions of Two of

the Radiotelephone and Radiotelegraph Panels with Frequency Meas uring Equipment Shown at the Extreme Right

The radio station at Rogers City which was orig inally owned and operated by the Michigan Lime

stone and Chemical Company is serving ships, ship ping interests, and the general public for the twen ty-fifth consecutive season and is probably the old est station in point of continuous service on the

Great Lakes. This is actually the twenty-sixth sea

It was soon learned that the half kilowatt trans

mitter was inadequate, ami a program of increasing the power was started almost immediately and that same little transmitter probably took the worst beating of any piece of radio equipment ever used on the lakes. The first step was to replace the half

kilowatt generator, which furnished power to the

son of operation but the lirst season the station was

transmitter, with a

not open to the general public.

The first equipment was installed and licensed fur operation during May 1922.

The original call letters assigned were WCAF and the hours of operation were from 7:00 a. in until 11 :00 p. m.

came the problem of increasing the power of the transmitter itself. This was done in stages, each successive increase being tried very cautiously for

During 1922 the station was operated as a "pri

five kilowatt

machine. Then

a few days to see whether or not it could take. it.

The final compromise was four kilowatts which looked like about the limit as it had become neces

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sary to keep a 16 inch cooling fan going continuous ly to keep from burning up the equipment, and even with the fan going it was necessary to shut down occasionally and let it cool off. Knowing that even tually something would fail if that type of opera

The equipment was installed by R. P. Crittendon under the supervision of C. R. Fisher. Chief Elec

equipment would have to he installed. Vacuum tube

vate station" and was licensed to communicate with

ships of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Wyandotte Transportation Company and F.oland

trical Engineer, and the first full'time radio operator was A. J. Leszinske who remained with the com

pany for 23 years. Mr. Fisher was vitally interested in the development of radio and visualized the im portance of communication with ships on the. Great Lakes. Fie was directly responsible for a station be

ing established at Rogers City.

The first transmitter was a half kilowatt spark set which was purchased as N'avy surplus material after the first world war. The modern vacuum tube

transmitter had not made its appearance on the Great Lakes at that time.

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tion continued, it was decided that more suitable

transmitters for ship-shore communication were be

ing constructed in very limited numbers at that

time, although they had not yet made their ap pearance on the lakes. It was learned that a com

bination 1000 watt radiotelegraph (wireless) 500

watt radiotelephone transmitter which was being manufactured by the Radiomarine Corporation of America was available on a rental basis. This was

during the latter part of 1922 and arrangements were made to install this equipment in the station with a microphone extension being installed in the office of C. B. W'illard. Traffic Manager.

This arrangement constituted the first ship-shore radiotelephone station on the Great Lakes. A dupli cate of the Rogers City equipment, except that it was rated at 500 watts radiotelegraph, 250 watts radiotelephone, was installed on the Steamer Carl D. Bradley (present name John G. Munson). In 1923 the Str. B. II. Taylor was equipped with an exact duplicate of the transmitter at Rogers City. During the period 1922. 1923 and 1924 there were approxi

mately 15 or 20 ships equipped with radiotelephone.

The transmission ŠI voice by radio was an innova tion at that time, even in the broadcast field, and the

quality of transmission could not be compared with that of today. Neither was there a variety of fre quencies, or channels, to be used as desired, hut it was still possible to carry on a perfectly understand able conversation most of the time. However, it was

not possible to cover as much distance in the day time as can he done with the frequencies being used today.

In addition to the ship-shore radiotelephone op

eration during 1922-23. some experimental broad casting was done and the late Congressman Fred Bradley was the announcer. Fhonograph records

were the order of the day except on one or two oc casions when the services of St. John's Lutheran Church of Rogers City were broadcast. Many very favorable comments were received on the quality of these broadcasts. However, the Lakes were not

forced to discontinue operations. One of these sta tions had been located in the Hotel Cleveland at

Cleveland and it was further learned that the equip ment was still being held by the Hotel for financial reasons. The owner of the equipment. Emil J. Simon of New York, was contacted and he agreed to reopen the station for ship service providing his obligations to the Hotel were satisfied and his equipment re leased. Satisfactory arrangements were made to satisfy the Motel and the station was opened for service early in 1923. The Cleveland station was the first of a chain of stations which eventually included Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth. Detroit and Marquette.

The Marquette station never really got into opera tion as the Inter-City Company failed again and their stations closed in 1930. During the time the Inter-City stations were operating, Foint-to-Point and Marine Relay radio circuits were maintained be tween Rogers City and Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit and Marine Relay only with Duluth.

When the Enter-City stations closed arrangements were made with the Radioinarine Corporation of America, who had also established stations at Chi

cago, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Duluth. to handle traf fic with Rogers City. The Foint-to-Foinl and Ma rine Relay circuits gave the users excellent service as compared with the wire telegraph systems and the eventual closing of the Duluth and Chicago sta tions and the ban of Foint-to-Foint communication

ready for radiotelephone at this time and ship-to-

which went into effect June 30, 1942 has been a dis

shore telephone was discontinued at Rogers Citv

tinct blow to communication of the Great Lakes.

until 1941.

Messages that used to be delivered by radio in a

During World War 1 the Xavy look over all of the coastal stations and continued to operate them

matter of five or ten minutes after receipt, now

after the war until the winter of 1922-23 at which

time the stations were closed and this left the lakes without shore station facilities. The communication

companies who had operated shore stations prior to tile war appeared to have lost interest in the

require any where from 30 minutes to two hours or more by telegraph, in many cases, depending upon the urgency of the traffic, or upon standing orders with the customer, messages are delivered by

telephone, and even telephoning" requires more

lakes and as the 1923 navigation season approached it looked as if there would be no stations with which

radio equipped ships could communicate.

At this time some of the vessel operators request ed that the Michigan Limestone and Chemical. Com pany open their station to the public and give their ships at least one shore station outlet. The Lime stone Company agreed to do so and an application

was filed lor a general public license. The applica tion was granted and since that lime the station has

been open to all who cared to use it. When the sta

tion was opened to the public the call letters were changed from WCAF to \\ 'FIT. as it was customary for all public service stations to be assigned three letter calls. It was a known fact even at that early

dale that no station could adequately serve the en tire lakes at all times although it was generally understood that Rogers City, due to its central lo cation, could give the most consistent coverage and would he able to serve more ships than would be possible from any other location.

With the thought in mind for giving lake wide coverage, a plan was formulated for opening more

stations. Inquiry revealed the fact that the InterCity Radio Telegraph Company had been operating

a chain of point-to-point stations around the lakes but had found the venture unprofitable and had been

Back row, left to right: Gerald Kaiser, Joseph Hassett, James Proctor. Front row, left to right: Frank Sager, Charles Zempel and Robert Crittendon, Manager.

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time than it used to take by radio. It was hoped that

Point-toPoint communication would be permitted again after the war but it is quite evident that it will not.

In 1924 a 5 kilowatt spark transmitter was in stalled in the same building with the plant telephone equipment. This transmitter usually operated at from 10 to 12 kilowatts instead of its rated 5 kilo

watts. Talking over a land telephone located any place near the transmitter or its associated antenna was anything but pleasant, as the telephone wires, which were not in lead cable those days, became highly charged with electricity which made it very difficult to hear. If the humidity happened to be quite high and you got your mouth too close to the telephone, sparks would jump right out into your face. This happened several times to Mr. Carl D. Bradley, who was president of the Company at that time and on each occasion Mr. Bradley issued orders that the station must be closed immediately. But each time someone would convince him that correc

tive measures would be taken and he would permit operation to continue. The antenna for this trans mitter was supported by two steel smoke stacks.

One day it was necessary to change the stack guy wire anchors. The workmen got the guys loose but found that they were so heavily charged they could not secure them again until the transmitter was

and considerable knowledge was gained in regards to what could be expected of these frequencies for commercial work. Most of the frequencies used ex perimentally at that time are fundamentally the same as those now used for the present radiotele phone operation. In 1932 a commercial license was granted the station for operating a radiotelegraph transmitter on high frequencies. The operation was very successful in communicating with Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago and Duluth, as well as with ships who were also licensed to work on the high frequencies. WLF was the assigned call.

The call letters WHT previously mentioned were used until Dec. 20, 1924, when they were relin quished for assignment to a Chicago broadcast station controlled by William Hale Thompson who was a powerful political figure in Chicago at that time. When WHT was relinquished, WLC "World Limestone Center" was requested, and assigned to Rogers City. At about this same time the Chicago Tribune who used the "World's Greatest Newspa per" as a slogan, requested call letters WGN as signed to the Steamer Carl D. Bradley. The call letters were relinquished and are still used by the Chicago Tribune station.

In 1930 the operating position was moved from Calcite Harbor to Rogers City proper with the

transmitter remaining at Calcite and being operated

shut down.

by remote control. This move necessitated the con

Spark transmitters were very unsatisfactory dur ing periods of heavy static. They were also very inefficient from a power consumption standpoint.

struction of a new transmitter which would be more

Vacuum tube transmitters were available in limited

and placed in a temperature controlled room and is still in operation.

In 1930 the Central Radio Telegraph Company, so named due to being centrally located on the Great

numbers but the price of the equipment was almost prohibitive so it was decided to build a transmitter and the services of an engineer from the National

Bureau of Standards were secured for this purpose.

The component parts for a transmitter were as sembled breadboard style, using the 500 cycle spark set generator as a power supply. The transmitter was tested and it worked very well. The electrical circuit used was very simple and was ideally suited for converting spark equipment to vacuum tube.

Prior to the time that radiotelephone replaced the radiotelegraph equipment, the majority of the ships had converted their old spark sets to vacuum tube, using this same circuit.

stable in operation and which would also be suitable

for remote control. The transmitter was completed

Lakes, was formed and took over the equipment holdings of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and has operated stations WLC and WLF since that time. While Central Radio has never

seriously gone into radio servicing, they do take care of the major portion of the maintenance work oh the Radio Direction Finders, Inter-communica

tion and Radio Communication equipment for the Bradley Transportation Company ships. A consid erable amount of service work has also been done

for ships of other fleets.

The first coastal station, aside from Rogers City, to use this type transmitter was the Inter-City sta

It has always been the policy of the station to render service to all who requested it if it was

tion in the Cleveland Hotel. The installation was

physically possible to do so. There is also the human

made under the supervision of Rogers City per sonnel and was completed during the night of June

side of radio communication to be considered as well as the revenue to be derived there from. WLF and

28, 1924, which was also the date of the Lorain storm

WLC are never too busy to lend a helping hand.

We have always worked very closely with the Coast

which is so well remembered by the people of Lorain as well as crew members of ships who happened to be in Lorain at that time. The construction of the

transmitter used by the Reiss Steamship Company station at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was also super vised by a member of the Rogers City staff. This equipment eventually went on one of the Reiss ships.

In 1925 an experimental license was granted the station for experimentation on high frequencies, which are more commonly known to the average user on the lakes as long range channels. This was the first experimental work done on the Great Lakes 2044

Guard and assisted with their communication prob lems whenever possible. On the whole, we feel that the Coast Guard has done a very fine job.

. In 1934 radiotelephone made its second appear ance on the lakes, this second venture being under taken by the Lorain Radio Corporation. This oper ation was watched very closely and while it was noted that there was much to be desired from a

reliability standpoint, it did have some distinct

advantages over radiotelegraph as had been previ ously proven by our own operation. New and better equipment was developed and different frequencies

were tried which did improve the operation. The ac ceptance of radiotelephone was slow and it was not until after considerable research by the Federal Communications Commission that it was accepted as a primary means of communication for shipboard use but at the present time, with only a few excep tions, radiotelegraph has practically disappeared from the lakes.

Observations indicated that one of the principle difficulties with the radiophone program was a lack of coastal stations, particularly in the upper lakes area. Visualizing the need for a station in this area, an application for permission to install radiotele phone equipment to operate in conjunction with the radiotelegraph station was filed with the Federal Communications Commission during December 1939. A hearing on our application, along with sev eral others, was held in Washington during May, 1940. Late in 1940 permission was granted to con struct a coastal harbor station.

Construction on a building, well removed from any surrounding structures, was started during February 1941. Installation of the equipment was started on March 17th and on April 8th the station was ready for operation. Call letters WLF were assigned. During the first few months of operation the service was anything but good. A program of experimentation and improvement was started im mediately and is still underway at the present time.

Many changes have been made, the most important being the construction of a complete new receiving station which was put into operation during October 1945 with results far exceeding anything that had been hoped for. We have one of the best receiving stations on the lakes and if present plans work out as expected our transmission will eventually equal our reception. Even with our present setup we feel that we can consistently cover the lakes equally as well as any other station, but there is still much to be desired.

We believe that those originally opposed to a station at Rogers City have been proven wrong in their contentions that any additional stations would disrupt the communication system established prior to 1940. We know that ships are able to contact shore much more promptly than was possible be fore. Where it used to take hours in many cases for a ship to contact her office it can now be done

there will be congestion at one dock and not at an other, and in general to plan plant and dock opera tions to give the most economical overall operation.

Ships and ship operators are enabled to keep in close contact with each other which allows the

operator to plan his operation and scheduling days in advance. Safety of life and property is of major importance and prompt contact with shore has been instrumental in the saving of both.

During our years of operation many requests for assistance for both ships and crew members have been handled. Several SOS calls have been handled, on of which was the Steamer Charles L. Hutchin

son when she grounded on Manitou Island in Lake Superior and sent out an SOS at 12:22 p. m. October 31, 1925. During the November 11, 1940, storm a dis tress call was received from the Steamer Conneaut.

Up until the end of 1940 distress communications were handled by radiotelegraph. On April 27, 1944, at 6:58 a. m. a general call from the Steamer Ashcroft was intercepted on radiotelephone. When no one answered the call our station contacted the Ashcroft and was informed that the Ashcroft and

James H. Reed had collided 42 miles west of Long Point on Lake Erie and that the Reed had sunk and

requested that we notify either WMI Lorain or the Coast Guard at Cleveland. We called Lorain and re

peated the information and an acknowledgement was also received from Cleveland Coast Guard. At

9:13 a. m. on the same date another emergency call was intercepted from the Steamer Philip Minch which collided with the Steamer Frank Vigor off Southeast Shoal in Lake Erie. Investigation of this call indicated that it had also been received by WMI Lorain.

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A rather amusing incident happened in 1925 when the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company char tered the Steamer Arcturus to haul stone

from

Calcite to the dock at Detroit. Having radio on the Bradley Transportation Company ships, they also wished to equip the Arcturus. Captain James B. Lyons, who was in command, was approached on the subject but showed very little interest. He finally consented to the installation providing it was ap proved by Pickands, Mather & Company, the vessel operator.

Pickands, Mather gave their approval and the in stallation was made. Captain Lyons immediately

in a matter of minutes. Our station has not been

showed a marked interest in radio and it was not

the answer to all communication problems on the lakes but has helped. The excellent cooperation of the users of radiotelephone is directly responsible for our being able to constantly improve the quality of our service and for this we are duly thankful.

We have a fine group of operators who are putting everything they have into their work, trying to make Rogers City the outstanding station on the lakes and with the continued cooperation of the users they cannot fail.

The value of radio communication with ships is

long until he was spending a great deal of his spare time in the radio room. He then began to visit the radio station when he docked at Calcite and shortly thereafter we learned from the radio operator on the ship that Captain Lyons was learning the code.

Believe it or not, before the season was over the Captain became sufficiently proficient in the art of radio to send and receive messages, which he did occasionally. There was a Captain who did not care to have radio on his ship. There are several other Captains on the lakes who could also handle radiotelegraph equipment, Captain Nauts on the Steamer T. W. Robinson and Captain Russell on the J. B. John both have acted as radio operators in emergencies.

Weather broadcasts are made on assigned sched ules, by radiotelephone, four times daily. Storm

something that cannot be computed in dollars and cents. One communication with a ship or loading dock may save hours of delay which would occur if the contact was not possible. Constant communi cation with ships allow dock operators to prepare cargoes in advance, reroute ships when it appears

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warnings are broadcast upon receipt both by radio

If the example had read : Second 99153," the decoded

telephone and radiotelegraph with rebroadcasts fol lowing on regularly assigned schedules spaced two

instead of clear weather (0) there would Ik- showers

hours apart. (J. S. Coast Guard Notices to Mariners

(3) indicated.

an' also broadcast upon receipt, phone and radiotelegraph, and broadcast repetitions are made at on regularly assigned schedules

With a little study <>f the example shown, and the "Decoding Chart,*" anyone, can quickly learn

both by radiotele after the initial two hour intervals by radiotelegraph

for three schedules and at six hour intervals, in con

junction with the regular weather broadcasts by radiotelephone.

At 12:30 p.m. F.S.T. the standard time signals of

version would he the same as above, except that

to decode-

the

fort-casts

as

broadcast,

and.

who

knows hut that it may save you from getting caught in a sudden rain squall without your umbrella, "Weather Decoding Chart"

the National Bureau of Standards, station WWV,

Washington. I). C. are rebroadcast. The object of

Wind Direction

Weather

(First two figures in the group)

(Fast figure in the group)

this broadcast is to provide ships with ;i means of obtaining highly accurate time once daily. This broadcast is made on 2550 and 04/0 kilocycles, com

0

Calm

Clear. Fine

1

Northeast

Cloudy

2

Fast

Thunder Squalls

monly known as channels 30 ami 20.

3 4

Southeast South

Showers Fain

These fre

quencies would appear as approximately 2.5 and 0.5 megacycles on a home broadcast receiver. For the benefit of those not

familiar with this broad

5

Son tli west

Po|fg3

6

West

Fake- Steam

cast, it can he recognized ami the correct lime de termined in the following manner: At approximate ly 5 seconds before 12:30 p. m. when the broadcast

7

Northwot

Fight to Mod. Snow

8 9

North Variable

Freezing Fain I Icavy Snow-

is started a 440 cycle audio tone will he heard. This tone will stop at exactly 12:30 p. m. and will he fol lowed by a voice announcement from station WWV.

World War II

At the conclusion of the voice announcement, and

at exactly 12:31 p. in. the tone will he resumed.

This method of making the rehroadcast provides a means for making two accurate checks, one when the tone stops at 12:30 and another when it is re sumed at 12 :31.

.Another service which we hope to inaugurate on a commercial basis in the very near future is aircraft to ground communication. Our station license has been amended and a few lest calls have been han

dled, without charge, in order to determine the feasibility ^>\ the service. So far the tests have been highly satisfactory and the only thing remaining is to have our tariff properly amended and approved

by the Federal Communications Commission.

In answer to the many inquiries about the "num

bers" contained in our weather broadcasts, and in order that the interested listener may understand,

we are submitting the following explanation: Broadcasts are made as follows:

\t 12:12 a. m. on 2.51 and 2.55 Megacycles (iMCs) At 6:12 a. in. on 2.51. 2.55. and 4.28 Megacycles At 12.12 p. in. on 2.55 and 6.74 Megacycles

At 6:12 p. in. on 2.55 ami 4.28 Megacycles.

Each forecast is for the ensuing 24 hours, and is split into the "first*' ami "second" periods. For example: "Lake Huron: First 78250 becoming 99150. Sec ond 99150;"

The first two figures indicate wind direction;

the second two figures of each group indicate wind velocity in miles per hour, and the last figure indi

cates the weather expected. In the example shown' by referring to the accompanying chart, we can decode it to read â&#x20AC;˘"Lake Huron first period North west to North winds. 25 miles per hour, and clear

Radar, one of the most closely guarded secrets of is now available for installation on

ships. The Bradley Transportation Company has completed installation of Radar on the Steamers Carl I). Bradley. T. W. Robinson and the B. IF

Taylor. The Masters ami other Navigating Officers ol these three ships are highly enthusiastic about

the possibilities of this equipment as a navigation

aid ami have expressed themselves as having a feeling of security during thick weather that they never experienced before.

Accidents Don't Wait Until Friday The 13th It's strange how many people won't walk under a ladder because it's considered unlucky. It's stranger still how many people don't think it un lucky to climb a ladder without first checking to see if it is properly braced or if the rungs are in good condition.

You wouldn't dare run the risk of seven years

bad luck by deliberately being careless with a mir ror, yet. you run tin- risk of permanent disability by careless handling ol the tools you work with.

Then- are some folks who, rather than let a black

cat cross their path, will turn around and wait until

it has passed. The)- are not so particular when a

train or an automobile is about to cross their path.

Do they think it unlucky to lie hit by a train?

Are you afraid of bad luck on Friday the 13th? .Accidents don't wait until Friday the 13th to happen.

They occur daily. This is one superstition that everybody should adopt for every day in the week and he just a little hit more safety-minded.

It's true your supervisor is responsible for the over-all safety of your department, lint he can't do the job alone. Me needs the cooperation of evcrv

worker in maintaining safety.

weather, becoming variable winds fifteen miles per hour with clear weather. Second period, variable

no more wealth than the self-restrained man can

winds, fifteen miles per hour with clear weather."

hear or endure."

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A Roman sage said to his disciples: "Hope for

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Limestone A Basic Material For Cement Blocks

Alonzo All, operating lift truck (doodle bug) at cement

block factory, handles hundreds of blocks each day.

Stock Pile of cinders to be used for cinder blocks.

There is an ever increasing demand for the lighter and popular cinder block.

Limestone is one of the basic raw materials used

in production of cement. Approximately twenty-live per cent of the total annual tonnage shipped by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company goes to

the Cement Company Docks on the Great Lakes where it is converted into Portland Cement lor the

building industries.

Gravel, formerly the only common material used

is 1200 pounds per square inch. The average blockused by that city tests from 1500 to 1700 pounds

per square inch. The following report is from the Department of Building and Safety Engineering City of Detroit Laboratory.

Flock test on average Limestone Aggregate block sent in by the Rogers City Cement Products Com pany :

for road building and concrete mix. is now being Area per square inch replaced by processed limestone which is proying Load itself as good, and in some respects better, than the old gravel aggregate. Thus we find limestone where it can be readily obtained is becoming the main constituent of concrete construction both as cement

and concrete aggregate.

Due to the increased cost of lumber and the de

mand for housing during and since the war, con crete blocks have been, ami are being used more

and more generally, in home and other building construction. In common with many other small communities Rogers City now has a thriving cement block factory operating to meet the growing de mand for the product in this area. With limestone

aggregate readily obtainable from tin- Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company without further screening and processing, the local factory, against the advice of many die hard gravel block authori ties, decided to use limestone instead of gravel for aggregate mix. Their choice has proven a wise one as indicated by the following cainparison tests with a gravel aggregate considered one of the best grav el aggregates on the market for cement block con

Unit Load F.S.I The above tests both

122 238.000 pounds 1,950 indicate

that

the

F.S.I

strength of a limestone block is well above that ol the average gravel block.

The report from the laboratory also stated that Zinc compounds often found in gravel aggregate (which retards hardening) was completely absent in the chemical test of the limestone block.

The Cement Products Company of Rogers City is operated and owned by two local boys, Melvin "Fenny" W'en/.el and Howard Goetsch. Howard is a former employee of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company. They have a modern plant with steam-drying ovens which will cure blocks in five hours time as compared to 21 days for air drying.

Steam curing also produces a lighter colored. smoother block, and entails less breakage in han

dling. The hoys are sold on the limestone block and believe their product far superior to the average

gravel block which is at present the chief aggregate used in the cement block industry.

The Cement Products Company also makes cin der blocks and are gradually building up a stock The following test was made by a testing labora pile of cinders obtained from the Michigan Limetory.

Gravel aggregate, compression strength: Mix— Stone & Chemical Company Powerhouse. The cin

struction.

1:7. Water—20*5. F.S.I. After 3 days 1223 lbs.

After 7 days—2000 lbs.

Limestone Aggregate:

Mix—1 :/. Water—265.

F.S.I. After 3 days—1880 lbs. After 7 days—2917 lbs.

The standard compression strength required by the City of Detroit for cement block construction

ders must he ground and leached over a period of

time to remove the sulphur which would otherwise prevent good adhesive characteristics.

Thus we find another use for limestone which

will grow with the demand for cement and cement products in the building industry.

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Speaking Of The Weather

It's A Very Common Topic Of Conversation Every Day

Elton M. Gard, acting officer in charge United Stales Weather

Most of us spent more time than usual in the

first six months of 1947 talking about the weather.

Most of this talk was not very complimentary to Michigan's weather and far less complimentary to sonic- of Uncle Sam's weathermen wdio tell us what

comes next in the way of wind, storm and sunshine.

It is the weathermen and the work they do that we wish to review briefly. Many of us are not aware of all the details involved in a day's routine at a weather station. It is not guesswork but honest to goodness facts which make up the data collected and the resulting reports given to you about

Bureau

forecast to the vicinity. Radio reports are sent out locally by the Alpena radio station at 8:00 a. m., 12:10 p. m. and 0:27 p. m. ami these reports give the weather prospects in detail with interesting sidelights to shippers, farmers, truckers, marine men. and to business men who must know what the

weather has in Store for them. Should you spend a few hours around a weather station, it

would

We gained this information from the United Stales Weather Station at Alpena. This is a first-

surprise you to learn who asks for information and how many are dependent Upon this service we so often jest about.

Marine men and associated industries have long been dependent upon reliable reports which affect the profits of their business, the protection of their equipment, and the safety of their crews. The local

class city office station which, at present, is under

station controls the Fake Huron Shore from East

the supervision of Elton M. Card. I lis staff con sists of four observers who work in shifts covering

at the Coast Guard Station at Bast Tawas, Oscoda,

weather.

a twenty-two hour day. The important data the observers gather is wind velocity and direction at different levels. This is done by releasing gas-filled balloons which are observed through powerful glasses. To the weatherman, the direction

ami

speed of the wind at different heights tells him a

Tawas to Cheboygan with storm warning stations Thunder Fay. and Fresque Isle.

The forest service which has done such splendid service in preventing forest fires in this territory, uses the weather bureau extensively in planning their work. Agricultural agents and all farmers plan their programs of sowing and reaping with advice

story when combined with similar readings from

from

other stations, on what kind of weather we will

are the Coast Guard, LT. S. Engineers on harbor and river work, highway departments on snow, ice and

experience for the coming hours and days. No folks, it is not guesswork.

Other duties of the weathermen are recording temperatures, rainfall, cloud formations, local ir regularities of weather, interpreting weather maps, reading teletype reports to tie in with local condi

the weather station. Other interested users

rain conditions, commercial interests such as green houses, fruit growers, fishermen, promoters of sports and amusement events, power companies, air tranport companies, railroads and even the.

tions, issuing local weather reports and answering numerous questions from a curious public.

stock market. These are many of the interested and regular customers of the U. S. Weather Bureau.

The Alpena station was founded in 1872. The

The district bureau in Chicago issues the official weather map for this area and provides a forecast four times daily. The Alpena station adopts this

records from that time to the present day are practically complete. If you wish to find the fellow who raided your hen house back in 1908. the weath-

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er bureau can help with the evidence by telling wttat Comments Of A California Reader Of The the weather was on that particular night. No joking, Calcite Screenings this service is often used in court to prove innocence or guilt.

It is not unusual for the weatherman to be the

object of many of our jokes. We hope this bit of information will help you to better appreciate the public service available to yon. The weather report is not guesswork—it is reliable and based on scien tific fads.

The U. S. Weather Bureau may not be able to '

change the weather, but it is doing something about the weather by its program to further the applica tion of weather science to the problems of business and industry, The F. S. Weather Bureau has saved billions of dollars' worth of property by issuing hurricane, flood, and frost warnings. In many in dustrial and commercial activities, however, some

more specialized aspect of the weather controls the situation. It is in supplying specialized information,

in analyzing the effect of weather on the individual business, ami in giving general advice on climotology that the consulting meteorologist is expected to find a place.

( )n the second page I saw a little item about the atom bomb: "In looking at the atom experiments

we can"t help but ponder that man can make an atom bomb but he can't make an apple." I'm just

wondering if the writer of this item ever thought of all the disasters that befell the human race lie-

cause Eve and Adam took just one bile of that

apple. They couldn't have done worse if they had bitten a chunk out of the atom bomb itself.

Picked up around the winter work crews—it seems that for a few- days the favorite topic during lunch hour was the bragging about who was "boss' at home. Norm Henderson took this all in for awhile and then with a little distrust in his voice slated.

''You fellows hear watching because you might lie about other things too." Norm seems to have a level head.

This made me think of a story I heard an English

man telling (it was on the same day Queen Victoria celebrated her 50-year jubilee). An Englishman who had more time and money than he knew what to do with, sel out one morning with 10 horses and 10 chickens. Mis idea was to find out who is boss

on the farms in the country. If the man was boss, he was to get a horse. If the woman was the boss she got a chicken. The sun was nearly down and the man was on the home stretch. He still had his

10 horses hut only one chicken. Fie was trying one more farm and was wondering whether he would get rid of a horse or the last hen. When he arrived at the farm, the farmer and his wife were standing

at the gate. He made known his errand. I f the man was the boss, he could have his choice—pick out any horse he wanted. If the woman was the boss,

they would only get the chicken. The farmer said "I'm

the

boss here. The

man

said

"That's

fine

which horse do you want.''" "(live me that black one." the man said. "Come and get him." When the farmer started toward the horses, his wife called him back and said something in his ear. Then the farmer said "Never mind the black one. I'll take

that bay." The man said, "No, you're not —you take the chicken."

Theodore Fardiek surely has a fine family. He's ten ahead of me.

Von can tell Leo Smohnski thai I caught two big ger pike in a small pool with my hare hands in 1874.

Heat exhaustion, formerly one of tin- crippling Releasing a Balloon for Observation

We have heard so many fish stories around the plant that it is getting hard to believe anyone any

more. The Rogers City Chamber of Commerce should have interviewed some of these fellows who

catch nothing but the big ones and insist that are no small ones in this area. By their stories think that we were still living in the days of Wahoo when the waters were infested with so

there you'd Chief many

fish that it was difficult even to row a boat. We'd

like to find Vera Henry's favorite fishing spot. He tells us that he never has to catch over two or three

perch to make a meal for him and his wife. For a big man you may eat very little Vern !

ailments of industry in hot weather, has been beaten by modern science—with the aid of common table salt.

One salt tablet each time you take a drink meets ordinary requirements in hot occupations—or when the summer sun makes it hot for all of us. There is

not much danger of overdoing it, at this rate, but persons suffering from some heart and kidney ail

ments should consult their physicians before takingextra amounts of salt.

Simple Simon dreamed of climbin' up the golden stair.

St. Fete said. "Tough—not careful enough."

And Simon fell—you know where!

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The New Construction is in the Center of the Picture Consisting of 500-ton Steel Silo and Elevator

News Items From The Buffalo Plant Our dream of additional storage capacity to gether with a more efficient method of loading bulk limestone in trucks and cars has at last been realized. Erection of the new silo was started in

tin- middle of April ami completed in the latter part of .May. In addition to our new silo, we are also planning to install one of the most modern dust collecting

systems available. Flans are in the process of prep aration and definite steps are being taken to hasten the actual erection of the new collector.

'"Hats Off" to the mill crew of both day and night shifts, who lost no time in squelching the freak fire experienced at our plant.

Wally Ivowalski proved to be an excellent craile operator when called upon to salvage mill stone

The competition for the heart of a certain young lady has .Mickey Scanlon worried. Al Swiatosz is the Casanova who is causing all the commotion.

Warner (Deacon) Brown was in quite a predica ment when he forgot his working shoes. Those black patent leathers would have been a sorry

sight if Otis Robinson hadn't saved the day.

The gaping hole left by our spring "excavating" was quickly filled with water from the Buffalo Creek and the contrast of purity between the Creek and our miniature quarry drew quite a throng of juvenile "Ac(|iiaineti." They were quickly discour aged from this sport by the addition of waste oil.

Frank Gorski certainly gave that new lawn mow er a work out.

very much needed to keep our plant operating.

We think the promotion of Robert Collins to the mill as an assistant was a very wise move. In

Feo Moore added a touch of class to our loading department when he wore that "sharp" four-inch

the event of a failure in our pulverizing equipment, Fob's size 13 shoes could easily be utilized as ex

brim hat.

cellent substitutes.

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The limestone situation became so acute this

spring that while waiting for a boat to arrive we began "mining for it" and recovered 15,000 tons.

P.S. Hope John L. Lewds doesn't hear about it!

until 1938 when he resigned to enter the race for Congressman from the 11th Michigan district. He was elected to the 76th Congress November 8, 1938 and was re-elected in 1940, 1942, 1944 and 1946.

While watching Clarence Hays installing brick in an arch at the rate of 200 per hour, Otis Robinson was heard to remark, "Man, look at it grow."

and was recently appointed chairman of the Mer

Guy LaBounty was a plant visitor early in May. We put him in coveralls and to work shortly after

tion of the 11th District and which affects the well-

During his terms he served on many committees, chant Marine & Fisheries Committee.

The Great Lakes, which surrounded a major por

George Beck was a plant visitor buying pulverized

being of its people, received much of Congressman Bradley's attention. During World War II he waged a vigorous campaign for the fortification of the

limestone for his farm in Ohio. Nothing but our

"Soo" Locks which he termed America's No. 1 Air

product is good enough for his farm, says George.

Target. His efforts were rewarded when the Locks were given protection. Fie urged the development

his arrival.

A sure sign of summerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;John Kunik, Bill Stephany and Alex Kruszka installing screens around

of the Great Lakes Waterways and worked indus

triously to enlarge wartime shipping at the begin

the office building.

ning of hostilities.

We have heard a story about Houdini playing in a downtown theater some years ago. He was about

terially in building up our air forces in World

to introduce one of his acts. "Here is a small

War II.

Russian boy," he said. Before he could finish, up

jumped someone in the audience yelling, "You're a liar, that's my brother," and whom do you think they ushered out? None other than our friend, "Zeke Spillman."

It was quite a spectacle to see John Kowalski and Liz Tomani racing to determine who would be the first to test our new yard truck. Kowalski was the winner by a nose.

He was a veteran of World War I, and aided ma

Mr. Bradley's pallbearers were Harold Terry, Roy

Dueltgen, Charles Hoffman, Capt. F. F. Pearse of Rogers City, A. D. Cone of Front Royal, Va., and Guy LaBounty of Washington, D. C. Honorary pallbearers included Admiral Joseph Farly, Washington, D. C.j Commodore James A. Herschfield, Cleveland; Commodore Carl B. Olsen, New London, Conn.; Commander J. C. Wendland and Lt. Commander Chester Bendor of Cleveland.

Among Fred's many friends who honored him at

The only salvation in sight for Stanley Corpus to protect himself from the summer heat is the shedding of his paraphernalia. Once the sun gets him in focUs, all we will have left is a grease spot.

his death were several members of Congress among whom were John Dingell, Bartel J. Jonkman and Paul Schafer of Michigan, Georg'e W. Gillie and Robert Grant of Indiana, and Al. Weikel of Ohio

and the House of Representatives Sergeant-atArms William Russell.

Mr. I. L. Clymer, president, was a very welcome visitor at our plant on May 24.

Sir Stork was quite the boy this spring. His work included bundles to John Kowalski, Harold Kroff, Jack Greene and Frank Guido. The little ad ditions were all girls.

Those Who Have Passed Away Fred Bradley

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stone & Chemical Company as purchasing agent

Congressman Fred Bradley died unexpectedly and suddenly, May 24, while visiting the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut. Mr. Bradley, a member of the Congressional Committee for the Coast Guard, was inspecting the Academy when he

Fred's death came as a shock to his many friends and he Will be missed both locally and in his distant and far reaching fields of activity.

Robert "Ben" Lounds

Robert "Ben" Lounds, Shovel Repair Foreman,

passed away on July 10, 1947 at the Henry Ford Hospital. His death was attributed to a pulmonary embolism. Mr. Lounds entered the Ford Hospital on June 19 due to injuries sustained in a accident which occurred on that day while repair work was

being performed on No. 12 shovel. Many of Ben's friends had visited him at the hospital and as all

had reported that he was making very satisfactory progress, the news of his passing away was re

Frederick Van Ness Bradley was born in Chicago

ceived with great shock.'

Ben was born in 1889 in Collingwood, Ontario,

April 12, 1898. He came to Rogers City in 1911 with

Canada. He was a veteran of World War I and

his father Carl D. Bradley, who founded the Mich igan Limestone & Chemical Company shortly there after. He attended the Rogers City Public Schools, Montclair Academy in New Jersey, and graduated from Cornell University with an AB degree in 1921.

was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. After his marriage in

suffered a heart attack and died a few minutes later.

1923, he made his home in Detroit, later moving to Sault Ste. Marie. Subsequently he was employed

In November 1922 he was married to Miss Marcia

at Rockport, and then entered employment with Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company in 1925,

Marie Hillidge of Front Royal, Virginia. Their only child Carl D. Bradley II died in 1933 at the age of

and has been a very able and faithful employee for the past 22 years.

two.

Mr. Bradley was employed by the Michigan Lime

Funeral services were held in

Detroit at the

Hamilton Funeral Chapel and were conducted by 2051

Rev. J. F. Kennedy of Mi Clemens, former pastor of the local Westminster Church. Many friends from Rogers City attended the services. Interment was in W'-indlawii Cemetery in Detroit. Fen had ac cumulated a host of friends during his residence in Fogers City who deeply mourn his passing.

Howard E. Johnson

Howard F. Johnson. Storehouse Clerk, passed away on June 15. 1947. as a result of a heart attack.

Mr. Johnson had been under medical care for the past lew years due to a heart condition. However, his death came as a shock to his friends ami rela tives who grieve his passing.

"Mike" had been employed by the Michigan

Limestone & Chemical Company since April 27.

1914 and had attained a thirty-three year service record with this Company.

Funeral Services were held from the St. Igna

tius Church with Rev. C. T. Skowronski officiating.

Burial was in Rogers City Memorial Park.

God's finger touched him and he slept.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Afred Tennys.m.

Robert Patzer

Robert Fatzer, former Powerhouse repairman. passed away on June 14. 1947. following a heart at tack. Mr. Fat/.er had been in ill health but was slow

Proud Fathers Of Twins On the opposite page we have pictures of em

ployees who are the fathers of twins. The upper row and reading from left to right:

William Wischnefski and his twin daughters Myrtle and (iisela. Hill is employed as a locomotive repairman. His two daughters graduated from High School this Spring.

Walter Santinio. shovel oiler, and his twin sons

Richard ami Robert. Richard is married and living

in Flint while Fob is employed as a Drill Helper here at the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Com pany.

Donald McLenUan and his twin daughters Mary Lynn and Xina Fee. Don is employed as a power house fireman. These little girls future lies far ahead of them.

Center row left to right: George Sobeck. em ployed in the Mill Department, and his twins John and Judith.

Albeit Flowsky. employed as a driller, and his two sons Marvin and Gordon.

Frwin Adrian, employed as a switchteuder. and his twin son and daughter Ivan and Iris. Ivan is in

the Army ami Iris is employed as a waitress.

Last row left to right: Joseph Kuznicki and his twin sons Michael and Donald. Joe is employed as

ly recovering from a major operation performed at the University Hospital at Ann Arbor in Decem

a

ber of 1945.

Karl is a Shovel engineer.

Emil Ziclaskowski and his twin daughters Carol

Driller.

Karl Daniels and his twin boys Karl Jr. and Itarry.

"Boo" was known and well-liked by many in this community and was employed by the Michigan Jean and Claire Jane. Emil is employed will) a load Limestone & Chemical Company since June 20. 1913. ing crew.

He had not recovered fully enough to return to his job at the Plant but was doing some horticultural work for friends and neighbors in this vicinity.

This man from the wild and woolly west left the cowboy country and started working for Michigan

"Bob*! had attained a service record with the Com pany of 32 years. lie was one of the oldest em

Company in 1922. He is

Guess Who?

Limestone & C h e m i c a I

ployees in years of service, there being only six

still

other men with a greater number of years.

In spite of the fact that Mr. Patzer was in ill health lor the past year and a half, his death was nevertheless a shock to his family and the com

overalls instead of the par aphernalia you see on him

munity.

small as he has increased

Thomas Ray Szymoniak

Little Thomas Ray. the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Szymoniak, drowned in an orna mental pool on June 12. This tragedy befell the little boy while he was at play and accidentally fell into the pool containing from () to 8 inches of water. His father is employed as a deckhand on the Str. F. II.

with

us

and

wears

in the picture. Also these clothes might be a little very much in size. No doubt you will know him well as he works around the Mill,

is seen at picnics and fairs. is one of the best fishermen

and goes out often and knows all the good berry patches within fifty miles

Taylor. Funeral services were held at two o'clock.

June 15. and were conducted by Rev. William

of town. I le is noted for be

Fichan. Burial was in Rogers City Memorial Park.

"Calcite Screenings" joins with the many friends ami neighbors in extending sympathy to those mourning the loss of loved ones.

gadgets and his friends and

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.

ing handy at making metal

neighbors use this ability to their advantage. Who is he?

Last guess who in Screen ings was our congenial friend, champion fisherman and y o n n g old t i m e r

If a man can check the little worries, the big ones have a better chance of taking care of them selves. I)o not flies aggravate a nervous horse more

Charies IMaiz. Vice-Presi

than his work ?

tation Co.

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dent of Bradley Transpor

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April iS, 1947. FeRoy is employed in the loading crew.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brege announce the birth of a son, David Fee. on April 6, VM7. David Fee's daddy works in the Track- Department.

Linda Lou Bellmore made her debut on April 7.

1947 when she entered the home of Mr. ami Mrs.

Douglas Bellmore, Douglas is employed in a load ing crew.

Newlyweds

Erhardt Felax passed around the "segars" to his pals on the Str. Carl D. Bradley when he had news of the arrival of his infant daughter, Linda Sue. Linda Sue was born on May 31. 1947.

Janice Aim was horn to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph

the Carl D. Bradley, was married to Clara Olsen,

Kn/.uicki on March 27. 1947. Joseph Ku/.nicki is employed as a driller.

Dennis Michael joined the family of Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Newhouse, Third Assistant Engineer on Rogers Citv Public School Teacher, on March 15.

Thoiuas Ku/.nicki on March 16, 1947. Tom is em

1947.

ployed in the Mill Department.

Steve Widajewski, track equipment repairman, was united in marriage to Pauline Yarch on April

Stanley S/.c/.erowski boasts of the birth of an in fant d.aughter, Jane Marie, who was born to him and Mrs. Szezerowski on June 6. 1947.

26. 1947. by Rev. C. T. Skowroiiski.

Jerome Mulka. Deckhand on the Sir. IF IF Taylor,

The stork called at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

was united in marriage to Clara Schefke by Rev. Sxyper of Fosen. on June 16, 1947.

Ford Win field on June 15. 1947 and left them a baby

John Green of the Track Department and Grace V'ogler were wed on June 28. 1947. by Rev. C. T. Skowroiiski.

Clarence Idalski. Deckhand on the Str. Calcite,

was wed to Shirley Hopp on June 16, 1917.

James Maynard, Deck watchman on the Str. F. IF Taylor, was married to Virginia Schaedig on June 21. 1947.

Walter Tulgetske of the Bradley Transportation Co. was married to Mary Dcmbny on August 2. 1947.

Eugene Kowalski. Storehouse helper, was mar ried to Marian Colby on June 2H. 1947.

Richard Zempel of the Michigan Limestone 8z Chemical Company and Joyce Erkfrit/. were mar ried by Rev. Louis Finn on July 5. 1947.

"Calcite Screenings'* wishes these newlyweds

much happiness on their matrimonial voyage.

hoy whom they called Douglas Dean. Ford is em ployed as a wheelsman on the Str. Calcite.

Crclchen Margaret was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cordon on June 18, 1947. She is their sec ond daughter. Mr. Cordon is employed as a Drill helper.

For the first time Mr. Stork called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith and left them a

son whom they called Florian Leo. lie was born on June 19. 1947. Florian's daddy works with the Mill Repair Crew.

J lector l.isson added a little girl to his family when Suzanne Marie was born on June 21. 1947.

Hector is employed in the Mill.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kerr announce the birth of

a son on July 12. Mr. Kerr is a blacksmith in the

Machine Shop.

Michael Idalski, Repairman on the Str. John C Munsoii. boasts of the birth of a daughter born to him and Mrs. Idalski on July 9. 1947.

Mr. ami

Stork Notes

That big white bird called at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Belusar on March 26, 1947 and left them a baby boy whom they named Joseph Michael.

His daddy is employed in the Track Department.

Our Truck Driver Alvin Cager also became a

proud "Papa" once again when a little girl. Carol Ann. made her debut on April 22. 1947.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Flcwclling announce the

birth of a baby girl, Darlene F'ave, born to them April 9. 1947.

FeRov McLennan is placing his money on some thing more tangible than income tax. Arlene Ruth was born to Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy McFennau on 2054

Mrs.

Fruest. 1*1. Adrian

had an

infant

daughter born to them mi July 5. Ernie is the Com pany mail carrier.

The stork brought a playmate to Judith Patterson on April 30. 1947. Judith's Mommy and Daddy called her Mary Fee. "Fat" is employed as an engineer with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company.

The Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company and the Bradley Transportation Company extend OUT congratulations to the parents of these "wee ones."

Millershnrg has quite a baseball team but the boys on the track say that George Free] has been awfully

quiet since they let him down by allowing the "bush leagues" (as George calls them) from Rogers City to beat them by a score of 16 to 4.

Fraukie Ruhio sure does take good care of his

little Whippet. When he drives to work and it looks like rain he drives it into the garage. Frankic says "she no like rain."

Plant Personals Edward Hop]) was employed by the Michigan

Limestone ec Chemical Company on March 30. 1927.

Fie started work in the Yard and shifted to the job

of Team Helper the following year. He finally ended up on the casing puller and learned to handle the old Bull Cart which was a man's job as the name would indicate. No one appreciated the new motor driven machinery (casing puller) more than Ed did and

Jim Lamb has great faith in the Tigers this year.

He can forecast a game's ending score with amazing accuracy. It's not surprising when you stop to think

about how well Jim has all the good points and bad points down pat on his players.

Norman Henderson, hirst Assistant on the Rob inson, and Victor Koch could vie for honors when

it comes to drinking coffee. Vic still has his coffee in the mornings when on the day shift and when

he staved with it until his retirement on |une 30.

on the afternoon shift, the Pontiac is out of the

1947.

garage immediately after work to take him for his cup of Java. Vic says there's nothing quite like a good cup of coffee even on a hot day. We wonder

if Norm Henderson still has his little 2-cup perco lator with him in the engine room on the Str. Rob inson. We're going to have to check up on that little score Norm.

We see where our dock

office

man, Flerman

Steinke is now driving around in a new "Chevie" and it certainly is a credit to you. Flerman. Now you can drive your British bride around this beau tiful State of Michigan and show her some of the "wonders" of this countryside of ours!

Hector Hawkins, shovel operator, retired from the employ of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Co m ]> a n v on

March 24, "1947. after

a 1 in o s t

t h i i" t y - f o u r

years of serv ice. He was lirst

\:a] was a good workman, always pleasant and friendly. We will all miss him on the job. However, we will see him around occasionally when he can spare the time from his home ami garden up hi Pinewood. Ed is a real gardner and his place shows it. lie says he expects to have some fine vegetables and berries for sale in the years to come.

The above picture of Mr. and Mrs. FIopp with their prize cactus shows that Ed has a real helper

who knows plants too. The picture doesn't do jus tice to that gorgeous cactus in bloom. Our only regret is that we couldn't show it in color.

The "Calcite Screenings" wishes them both good luck with their plants and garden.

Love has no bounds especially when the fellowconcerned is a Chap who can give Clark Gable some competition. Makes it rather convenient having a nice new shiny car to take the little gal for a spin on a warm evening. And such lovely evenings too â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Howard Schaedig. how your boy friends envy you !

That Irishman Murphy sure does wear that smile well and my. how lie can shoot the breeze. \\ c mind it though Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in fact we'd sort of it if you ever changed. Be careful now and break an arm cause we don't want any lost

don't miss don't time

accidents in the Watchman's Department!

employed as a steam

shovel

o ]> e r a t 0 r in 1913. in

which

capaci t y he. worked through

1916. Mr. Haw-1 kins spent con siderable

time

working in the Machine Shop from

1917

to

1924

when

he

became an electric shovel engineer. He worked in

that capacity until his retirement last March.

Hector was born in Canada and became a natu ralized citizen in 1920. He has seen many changes in and around Calcite and many men came and left throughout his years of employment. We're sure that "I lee" will look back and enjoy the many memories he must have taken with him when he

changed residence and moved to Saginaw.

We hope that when "I lee" is around town he'll make it a point to drop in and say "hello." We hear too that he won't find any spitzer players in Sagi naw, since that game is known just in this district.

So fellas, when "Hec" calls around, don't forget

Vacations are a great topic of conversation these days, it is our sincere hope that everyone has as much enjoyment during his vacation as he antic

to get a good spitzer foursome together. If we haven't missed our guess 1 think that "Flee" would enjoy that very much.

Pictured here is Mr. Hawkins with his only

ipates.

grandson, Larry.

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plans but we have a hunch that those "1 do's" are not far off.

That "Strawberry Blonde" in the Purchasing De partment bears watching. Rumor has it that she is considering. We must admit that she has done a

bit of very fine acting for we hadn't epiite guessed that she and (?) were quite "that way" about one another.

Dan Cupid found his way into the Accounting De partment also. This "fair maiden" isn't wearing a ring but engagements can be verbal agreements also.

Yes sir, Dan Cupid has certainly been a busy fella and he'il better find another place to light i'or he may be a verv unwelcome guest here at the Main Of I ice.

Even if you are rolling in health and wealth it pays to practice safety.

Khinold Fonder was employed by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company on"August 6, 1925.

He started at the

Plant as a Mill la

borer and during These three well dressed young men are the Heythaler brothers. Louis on the left is employed in the Machine Shop ami first came to work at the plant in 1925. Wilfred, center, has recently left the employ of Michigan Limestone ami Chemical Com pany to spend all his time in business. He too was employed in the shop ami came here in \'>2(>. Fred on the right is employed in the Transportation De partment and has been at Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company since 1922. These hoys have all been interested in farming to some degree or other and great hunters and fishermen. We might add that they are still good looking even though thirty years have passed since this picture was taken.

Dan Cupid

Dan Cupid has once again sharpened his bow and is ready for the "Kill' here at the Main Office.

Mondays aren't always dull and blue and un eventful. Almost unconsciously we watch to see who may have put a weight on the third finger of

the left hand over the weekend. Funny how these things always take place over a weekend, isn't it?

Maybe that isn't too difficult to explain. I imagine the gals themselves, have to get used to the idea that they are engaged in order not to make it too obvious.

Fittle Ann Marie Kreft seems to have been the

first victim of the love hug bite. However. Ann

Marie says that Bob Lucas doesn't have to worry

about training another girl to take her place for an other year or so for she intends to work until then.

Lola Walborn seemed to have a good legitimate reason for not taking the trip on tin- Steamer Carl

D. Bradley over the 4th of July weekend, but it certainly didn't occur to us that she could have an other more important reason which she, by all means, did not disclose All we had to do when she

walked in Monday morning was guessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and there it was! Fola doesn't say much about her future 2i)5(>

his years of serv ice with the Com

pany fro in that date to his retire

ment on June 22.

1947.

he

worked

in the Yard, on the tracks, and as a watchman. We will all miss

"I)oe's" smile

pleasant,

around

the/

Time Office and '

the gate, with his ^j stories of fish and

game he gels. An inveterate hunter and f i s h e rman.

"I )oc" always had j j tales of the size 1

and number of the I various species of wild life he bag ged during the hunting season,

on his own property near the Little Ocqueoc where he boasts of having the best hunting grounds in this area. "Doc" is quite a lumberman too ami will soon be* gaining the reputation of a "rail splitter."

It wouldn't surprise us too much if "Doc" would eventually put up a lumber mill and go into business

on a big scale. "Doc" must have been a happy man when his retirement day came along for now he tells us with gusto that he will have time to hunt, fish, and lumber. In order to do all these things at

65 you've got to be a good man! With that trust}' old "Foiig Tom" shown above, he is going to get many more trophies to match the one in the picture which came into his rifle sights last fall during the early part of the deer season, (iood luck, good hunt ing and good lumbering "Doc."

It Pays To Be A Grandfather Not all the grandfathers at the Calcite plant are pictured here but we did find a few who as you can see are plenty proud to be called grandpa.

through the years. If the group we see here is any indication, he always picked the beauties. He raised two sons and a daughter and now is concentrating on grandchildren Carylene and Sherry Macklem.

daughters of Lawson of the Electrical Shop, Sandra Scott and Virginia Macklem. Clare has spent most of his time making a good home and his biggest

hobby today is visiting his grandchildren or enter taining them. Oh yes. believe it or not this young looking fellow has been a Michigan Fime employee since 1912.

Louis Selke and his grandson Doun Syrett are two proud guys. Donn thinks a lot of his grand dad. Louie has been one of the young fellows at the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company plant since 1916. He is employed in the Machine Shop at present and has seen much of the opera

tions in the quarry. His own family is one of seven children. Louie is proud of his family and home which he can rightfully be. His hobbies have been keeping up with his daughters and showing his sons how to be good hunters and fishermen-.. He says his wife does all the work with the ducks, chickens and garden. Maybe that is why grand fathers can stay young.

Lawrence "Nick" Carter "the philosopher of the Machine Shop" told our photographer that if he had been a week earlier he would have had a whole gang of grandchildren for him. However, he was

real proud to pose with l.aural Miller and Nancy Carter. Nick has been around the works since 1922

and his biggest hobby is making friends. He lias been a good contributor to the pages oi "Calcite Screenings" and keeps the boys in the shop in good spirits with bis ready wit and remarks. His own

family numbers seven children. \'ick says they all like to come back home and that is something for any father to be proud of.

Clare Macklem. shovel operator, has his hands full of grandson. Walter Clare Macklem. Jr. It's easy to see that Clare has been fond of the girls

Frank Rygwelski. a member of the Track De partment and a Calcite employee since 1918, has his hands full with these nine husky boys and girls.

From left to right they are Beatrice. Nancy and 2057

Kenneth Fanll. Gerald Heinzel. Ivan Faull. Barbara

enjoys an evening of fun and entertainment. His

Rygwelski. Stanley Faull. Eugene Rygwelski and

job as a locomotive crane operator keeps him out of mischief at the plant and we know that he Spends

Ronald Faull. Fonald is the son of Sylvester Faull

of the Drilling Department. The other Faull chil dren belong to the Stanley Faults. The Rygwelski children are from the Eli Fygwelski family. Gerald Heinzel is the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Heinzel. Jr. Frank had seven sons and daughters in his own family so he is well able to take care of the grandchildren when they come to his home.

Fred "Tim"

Horn and

Leonard

time with the grandchildren at home. In is Colleen Moran. daughter of Fyle Moran the Steamer I'radley and the three boys to right are Thomas. Charles and Robert sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Bruning.

his arms on board I'rom left Bruning.

Haselhuhn are

both plenty pleased with this big boy called Larry.

Larry is the son ol Mr. ami Mrs. Xormau Hasel huhn. Norman is a clerk in the dock office. Tim is

one of the real old timers at Calcite. starting here

in 1913. Leonard came to the plant in 1922. Both are locomotive engineers.

Their hobbies are very

much the same, namely, finding a place where lots of good food is available. 'Flic chicken dinners out in the country is one of their favorite spots.

James Soper another shovel operator and an em ployee since 1916, is shown with his granddaughters.

Karen and Linda Cook. Jim has six children in his own

family. What Jim has done for recreation

during the years has been to provide his family with

a good home. Now he spends his Spare moments fixing up the new place and making trips to his friends.

All we can say in conclusion is that it must be

great to be a grandfather. It helps keep the old joints young,

*

"Sparky" Fleming still has his forty acres. He says that since they surveyed the laud around his

forty it seems to be a tot bigger now.

We can't forget to mention the new modern home Otto Fiechan and his family arc now occupy ing. It is located a short distance from his former home now occupied by Mark llaswell on Wilson Street. That's a nice little home you have Otto and we sure would like to have it ourselves. Maybe . . . someday!

This handsome "man

of distinction"

with

the

lovely grandchildren is Charles "Dutch" I Jerry.

Seems to me that it would be a lot cheaper smok

ing a pipe these days with the price of cigarettes

Dutch is a crane operator and has been employed

and cigars so high but Charles Toher, leverinan for

since the year 1922, lie raised a family of six chil dren and looks young enough to start on the grand children. Dutch tells us that looks are deceiving as

the loading of boats likes his cigars too well to give, them up. We're not complaining, Charlie cause

he "aint" what he use to be." We notice his name

ing one. To us there's nothing so pleasing as the aroma of a good segar.

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we sure like to have yon around when you're smok

Shop Chit Chat Butch Froelich to Charlie Baker—"How are you

this morning 'Doc'? You're looking fine."

'Doc' Baker—"Right in the pink, Son, and that muscle is something to write home about."

Butch to the gang—" 'Doc' must have gotten

the sting of the welder's arc. Our hunter is mov ing very slyly a step at a time along the side of a quarry car. He peers hither and yon, now he gives a quick glance behind him to be sure no one is shadowing his invisible trail. Near the end of the car he stops and draws forth his weapon, not a

line, the fish don't know where to begin," drawled

high caliber rifle, not a dagger, just a pad and a sharp pointed pencil. Now he listens very cautious ly, not a rustle does he make so as not to disturb any one. To quiet and steady his nerves he is chew ing vigorously on his crooked stem pipe, no it's not a pipe, it's the last quarter of that dollar (four quarter) cigar which provides a very suitable smoke

Biffer.

screen to conceal his activities. His Sherlock Holmes

some more of that tough beef."

Fish Wrangler in the lunch room—"Don't know what the trouble is. Can't catch a thing. I know there's a fish there but I can't hook 'em."

"When you have a worm on both ends of the

We were happy to have Mr. Munson drop in and say a few words. At the time he said he had been in various states and still thinks we have the

best place in the country in which to live except for the fact that we have only two seasons, winter and July, and he very much feared we would lose

July-

cap is pulled low over the right side of his left eye.

Action! Now he is scribbling rapidly. With a broad contented grin, which denotes success, he is mov ing on to another section of his hunting ground.

Success! On its way is another personal which will appear in the next issue of the Screenings.

Wanted: For the office of the Shop Reporter: one

Louis Selke—"Did any of you fellows hear that fight last night? Boy, oh boy, that sure was some scrap. That LaMarr is a man eater. He won eight out of ten rounds against a kid who is just starting up. But that kid sure was a tough one. He sure could take an awful pounding. He'll be an up and coming fighter and maybe a champion some day."

Lawrence Carter—'And where is this "tough

desk complete with swivel chair, fountain pen, and blond secretary.

Cash and Martin Budnick went fishing on Trout Lake the other day but they didn't get any fish.

However, Cash seems to talk with his elbows when

he wishes to drive home a point and thus Martin was the victim of much elbow nudging. Martin

kid" from?"

soon learned that Cash has the best boat and motor in town and that the No. 20 drill is the best in the

Before Selke had time to reply, some one piped up "Tank Addition!"

quarry. It's too bad that Martin had to suffer with ,sore ribs (as a result of this elbow nudging) just to

A scene in the shop washroom—A husky individ ual with rippling muscles very energetically using a large brush, looks like a wire brush. Now a dab of sougee, or perhaps it's Spic and Span, now an in spection, and still more action. By this time you should have guessed what received all the atten tion—that's right, a set of false teeth.

learn these facts.

Mr. Munson sure made it tough for us when he was here recently. He complimented Steve Partyka on his nice head of hair and now Steve is giving the rest of us the old B.O. (Brush off.)

The sage observes that the high cost of living now is about what the cost of living high used to be.

Al

Savina—"Who

was

that

little

fellow

who

walked through the Shop about an hour ago? All dressed up he was."

Harry Wing—"Ever hear of Charlie McCarthy?"

Savina—"No—no I never did."

Wing—"Uh, I must have been mistaken."

Marlin Thomas seems to be a different fellow

since he was usher for a wedding recently. Could it be that he is thinking seriously?

The Shop Reporter Who goes there? Where? Ah, there he is, mov ing along very stealthily as though stalking a fero cious lion in the depths of the Congo jungle. The area is quite densely covered, not with vegetation of various sorts but various items of equipment awaiting the fiery bite of the acetylene torch and

Ralph Pines holds the record for fishing trip mis fortunes. His sucker fishing at Carp Creek cost him a pair of shoes. Lost them, so it is said. Got his pants wet, fishing trout in Black River and had to quit. Stopped in Onaway to get some ice cream and had to go hungry as there wasn't any. His next trip to Black River was fine until he discovered that he hadn't brought the hamburger so the party dined on suckers instead.

It takes quite a lot to stop a Frenchman when he gets started—especially Fred LaLonde. His friend in the Upper Peninsula showed him a 4 lb.

5 oz. trout that he had just caught while Fred wras up there on a recent visit. Did Fred tell him about the 15-inch he caught? NO! Hardy Bruning and Frank Flewelling went to Bay City to get the Tug Central from the shipyard.

While in the city they attended a show and one of the stage acts featured six midgets, three men and three women. Part of the act was to get one of the audience to come on the stage. Hardy was seated on the outside aisle near the front and being a hand some blond fellow he was persuaded to go on the stage. Of course Frank helped some by telling him to go ahead since nobody in the crowd would know him. It ended up by Hardy putting on a grass skirt and a collar of flowers and doing the HulaHula with one of the lady midgets. Of course, he soon discovered that Bill Warwick and wife were

also' at the show' and now Hardy's face is red.

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Is anyone looking for a good mechanic? Does your car need a new motor: Just call on Tony Yardl who has just installed several new ones in

cars for a few men around the plant. They tell us that thosr little Old cars fairly purr. Xice going Tony, and we'll probably be around to call on you one of these days.

When it comes to catching perch Alfred Savina gets a real bite. And when lie hauls 'em in he has

drift pin on his line. Some fish hev Al?

We were talking to Dave Cole the other day and if what he said about his garden is true, he

should be eating his tomatoes, cucumbers, and po tatoes by now. We don't doubt your word Dave,

but we're going to get around to see that garden one of these days and it had better be good!

Fddie Smith is putting up a home that's going to be a credit to the community. He has a veryfine corner location on Autonia and South Fake

Streets. Congratulations Fddie and we know you and your family are going to enjoy it for many years.

Watchman Dory Markey is remodeling his home.

He does his own workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sometimes! It seems he

missed the nail and hit his finger and the neighbors soon learned that Dory's aim was mighty poor!

Harry Moiitych took a fishing trip one day and ended up in the quarry very much disgusted'with his "48 Job." He and his fishing partner worked From 2:Q0 p. m. until / :00 p. in. getting it landed on the John Monlych property. Fetter get that little car in shape, Harry for the nights can get very cold during hunting season.

Fred LaLonde does not boast of how many he caught but how big the one he did catch wasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 15-inch brook.

The boys from Millersburg and Ocqueoc are very much interested in the Cement block home on the

Moltke Hills. Jack Palmer will lay the blocks and George Marsh will mix the mud and Frank Rose

will boss the job; that is. if Daddy Fuell won't give them a hand !

Rogers City Ball Club Of 1922

Frank Flewelh'ng is now the proud owner of a new home located on the Hornbacher Hill. They tell us that Frank built the home with the aid ol his friends and sons and we wish to commend

them on their line job. Congratulations to you too, Frank.

Walter Idalski reported the following conversa tion between the Doctors during his recent lip op eration : First Doctor: "Don't cut too much."

Operating Doctor: "Don't worry, there will be plenty left."

John Modiv.ynski spends so much time pumping up tires during his inspection trips around the quarry that some of his men are getting concerned about his back and are figuring ways and means of making his job easier. One suggestion was to at tach a long air hose to the track crane. The general concensus of opinion is that the hose line would have to be too long so the latest suggestion is that John should purchase a set of those solid rubber

wheels which Robarge now carries in stock.

Over the long Fourth of July week end. shovel operator Foil Rains, made a trip out to one of the lakes for a little outing. We believe it was Lake

May which has a reputation for being quite a popu lar resort and also the roads are wild and hard to

find. Foil decided he would leave early and a few minutes later returned to say that he couldn't find

his car. We hear that it's easy to lose things at Fake May but to lose a car is one of the largest losses reported yet.

John Meyers was over to Frank Feinke's home

Back row, standing: Ed Zyble of Cheboygan and Fail Dueltgen. Middle row: Frank Keinke. Frnest Dennis. Harvey Fenglase, Reuben Schultz and Wal ter kuhlman. Front row: Willard Mundt and Wil liam Warwick.

From the above photograph, one can see that baseball in Rogers City is not a recent innovation.

Among the nine men pictured, several familiar countenances are easily identified, although to askany ol them today about the circumstances and de tails, each one would marvel that 25 years lie be tween then and the present day, This picture was

taken after a Rogers City victory when they played against 11 ill man at the Millersburg Fair.

Dr. Lister, the Hilhnan Manager was not satis

fied with the beating his team had taken at the Millersburg Fair and accordingly a game was ar

ranged to lie played on neutral grounds at Alpena.

and while there he saw son. Dick, picking angle worms and putting them in a can. Johnny asked

The local fans wagered considerable money as to the final result and were rewarded by Rogers City

Dick what he was going to do with the worms and he said "doing fishing with Dad." Johnny asked "What kind of fish does your dad catch?" Dick re plied. "Smoked fish."

taking that game also.

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We wonder if these games are the forerunners of the spirited contests today at the golf course, bowling alley and the baseball diamonds.

Harry Meharg was overheard asking for canvas

gloves in a small size at the storehouse several weeks ago. Could it be that Harry has finally con ceded that Hattie can teach him a few things about

gardening? His neighbor "pals" insist that she can. You can't tell just, who your friends are any more these days, hey Harry?

Anyone interested in buying young pigs of in telligent ancestry see Hugo Sorgenfrei. Hugo was telling the blasters that his pigs even eat like human beings. When he feeds them plums, they chew up the pulp and spit out the pit.

Some of the boys had very good luck at the slip, perch fishing. Leo Smolinski holds the best record

Anyone who has a car that runs or will run with some fixing and wants to sell it cheapâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and I mean cheap, see Happy Hopp. (Say, what do you guys want in this magazine, a want ad section?)

but "Shorty" Buza claims that he gave Leo some good stiff competition and he found that almost every day of the week might just as well have been Friday! On the other hand, Leo does not tell how many fish he caught but how many pails he had

Anyone who likes a good story with which to digest their noon hour lunch, see Doc.Furtaw at the storehouse. Doc always has one fresh from the com poser's most recent brainstorm and good meat for

filled.

If anyone would like to see the baby fox that Fred Heythaler has he had better bring a nice fat hen with him. Fred tells us that Foxy would be very pleased.

The bats are swinging and the balls are flying as the softball games get underway this summer.

The fellows are doing^'some good playing and it is a fine place to spend an evening. Now that the games are being played in the later evenings it is more convenient for most of the townspeople to

get over to watch them. And we must say that we are happy to see the fine turnout at the games.

Boost-the home team!

Harry Cicero, pump man, is a very amiable fel low. When the pump gets plugged you can always depend on Harry to take care of it and with a big broad good-natured grin Harry will tell you that it's all in a day's work.

Don't let anyone kid you about your fishing Ray. You'll find Ray sitting there on the dock and doing some good earnest fishing and he sure knows his p's and q's about the sport too. And of course if you haven't guessedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we're speaking of Ray Menton.

Bill Cherrette created quite a sensation the first morning he drove that new car of his up to the job On the tracks. We understand that Bill still gets ribbed occasionally.

Little Lake is an ideal place for anyone to wash their car. The only difficulty is that you have to

keep part of the car out of water and wash the rest of it. Harvey Elowsky thought that he would

the most critical listener.

Ernie Smith and Archie Plume went fishing one night recently on Lake Emma. The fishing was good and a couple of hours filled the bag. Contented with life in general and fishing in partcular, Ernie and Archie rowed toward shore. Having reached what he though was dry land. Ernie jumped. But alas, it was only a large lily pad and Ernie went up to his neck in nice cold water. We never heard of any

mermaids on the lily pads on Lake Emma but maybe there are!

John Heller is feeling his age of late and has been complaining about all the marching from the school to- the band stand every week. A beautiful new wagon, all painted and decorated, appeared one evening at the band room to haul John to the con cert platform. With the prospect of a rosy future of ease and comfort Mr. Heller relaxed and smiled.

'Tis a sad story! The little red wagon has disap peared and Johnny is down in the dumps. Anyone

finding same please return and receive the heart felt gratitude of the bereft band man.

The Engineers were not the only ones who got caught in the rain when the Str. Osier went aground on the breakwall. We heard that Marty O'Toole also got caught!

Ernest Tulgestke's new Ford and John Pilarski's new Buick are making some of the rest of us a little itchy. Most of us'tiave been watching our old pre war models so long wondering when they are going to fall apart that we can't bear to let them go and relieve the suspense.

We hear that no good Irishman will eat pickled herring. But we sometimes wonder what that was we saw Bernard Murphy eating the other day. You

go in far enough to save himself some labor but had to go swimming in order to hook a chain on in sure let the Irish down that day, Murphy. . order to get pulled out.

Irwin Freel travels on raspy roads when he goes

Julius Budnick can't forget to remember to duck his head when he goes into the bulldozer shanty.

fishing. Twenty-seven punctures with two files

Steve Widajewski spent part of his vacation by still sticking in his tires on a single trip to Drum Lake is rather rough going. Some one must have taking a deferred wedding trip to Milwaukee. Good luck Steve, and we hope you enjoyed your trip. been doing a lot of filing along that route.

They all fall eventually, even the confirmed bache Some of the interested spectators from the quarry lors.

John Green is now a member of the married, have been wondering when Harry Richards is going fraternity his partners on the tracks say he is to stop putting additions to that house of his and like a new and man now that he is tied to the straight finish it. Tell them that you are going to organize and narrow path.

Congratulations, John. a bee of busybodies, Harry.

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Seventh Grade Students from the Rogers City Public School During Tour of Calcite Plant

We Have Many Summer Visitors At Calcite Throughout the summer season many visitors have been shown through the quarry and plant.

Groups ranging in number from two or three up ward to fifty have been conducted through at one

never witnessed stone quarrying operations. After a tour of the plant many are more impressed with what industry as a wdiole has to offer to the com munity, state and nation.

time.

It is the policy of the Calcite plant to welcome these visitors upon the premises. The only stipula tion being that the visitor be properly guided to avoid mishaps and accidents.

Among those guided through are groups of chil dren from the local schools. Children of this age group abound in questions which often keep their guides very busy in giving satisfactory answers.

Many of our visitors arrive as passengers on the steamboats and are able to spend the time required to load the cargo as sightseers.

One of the more fascinating sights to our visitors is the detonation of a large charge of explosives in

the quarry. The immensity of twenty cubic yard shovels and the rock consuming appetite of the

Blasting the Quarry Bank for Shovel Operation

large crusher adds to the awe of those who have

Str. Governor Miller of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Miss Helen Martin of the State Geological Department loading stone at Calcite for one of ihe steel mills. and members of the Garden Club of America

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We are glad to see that Harry Mulka. who bad the misfortune while fitting out to slip on the icy deck and break his ankle, is able to get around

again. He paid us a visit the last time in Calcite. lie informed us he was getting married soon, which

shows

what a

sailor can do even

with

a

broken ankle as a handicap.

STR. B. H. TAYLOR . . .

PERSONAL ITEMS Walter Plath, our night cook de luxe, at long

"Connie"

last got that much wished for trip to Bay City and

posed

the beam on his face was good to see. Keep smiling Walter we may go back again some time. \\ e

this

hope.

Joseph Vogelheim was ashore temporarily to

greet his wife who had journeyed from California.

We hope she likes our little town. We do have one thing in common as of late; the dew has been about as heavy here as we have heard it is in California.

We are going to Detour quite often which keeps

Jos. Malkowski and Fd. Cross smiling. But those trips to Lime Island are hard to lake. So close

Stewart

prettily shot.

She

for has

dreams of a honey moon trip aboard a ship on moonlight nights. We m u s t

warn

you.

Connie

that he'd better not

be a sailor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you'll find yourself taking a trip on almost any thing else but a ship ! â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Str. Bradley Photo.

and yet so far.

We have a new fad aboard the Str. Taylor. It

seems some of the boys have suddenly become con scious of their waist lines and have taken to count

ing calories. Hut oh how they can count! Just can't resist Fete O'Toole's cooking.

Don Fandridge would appreciate a trip to De troit once in awhile. We have had only one so far and that's not good. Is it Don.'

Scotty McFaldski the original Scotchman who hails from the low lands of Met/, has a good farm

for sale at a price, lie says you can't farm and sail too. So it looks like he is going to sail.

We had snow while unloading at Lime Island

on May 29th. Someone said it was a very short summer.

The Love Bug has been aboard the Str. Taylor and as a result several of our eligible young bach

elors just can't see being single any longer. The

only one who seems immune to the Love Bug s bite is Allen Strand who prefers to roll merrily

along as is.

Angus Domke says that 28 months as a German prisoner seems like a life time ami almost was. and he definitely doesn't want any more potatoes.

Fete O'Toole will see to it that you won't have

to eat any more potatoes Angus. That's one of the nice things about the good old U.S.A.

ready to go when the s.gnal ,s g.ven.

We still can't figure out why Angus came aboard

this spring with his hoots full of pumpkin seeds. unless it was because he doesn't like potatoes and didn't know Fete O'Toole so just wasn't taking any chances.

The fishermen aboard the Str. Taylor are hop ing we don't haul all the coal to Detour before the fish start biting. Harry Sorgalt was seen tak

ing a few practice casts. No doubt wants to have the cdi>;Q on the rest of the fellows.

Walking is merely a succession of forward fall ings. .More people tumble into the citadel of hap piness than take it by storm.

Arnold Speeht has his thinking cap on. Could be he is going to try and top Wilkins and his tales Irom

Hillman.

Cook: Say Rogers take a look at the roast.

Rogers: It is still in there.

STR. CALCITE

PERSONAL ITEMS

You're as young and frisky as ever Frank. Ches ter would like to know the secret. He thinks he might make breakfast in lime then.

Fuliy Larson and Ella

Reinke

were

caught by the cam

Cook: I think a good stew would be alright for era just as they were

tonight.

about to "sneak" in

Benny: OK. Where's the bottle?

to the guest rooms

to rest. The trip through the Bradley

We would like to see: Dick : In his new raincoat.

Clem: In his new clothes.

was almost too much

Arnold: Without a fishing story.

Chief: Telling all the watches the same time at Calcite.

Wilkins: Listening to anything but hillbilly music.

Steve: Coining down in the tunnel smiling when unloading.

Werner: Walking.

Rogers: In a hurry.

for them. They and the other girls cer tainly did justice to that

delicious

meal

Steward Sparre pre pared.

Our tallest wheelsman has been lecturing from 11:45 till 12:00 midnight. Are they interesting

Sam : Missing a meal.

Yarch : Away from the back fence.

Steve?

Brown : On the run.

Furtaw : Fating more.

Bill: Xot arguing.

We welcome Roland Ursen to the Calcite as our

new skipper. Captain Ursen has been with the Bradlev Transportation Co. since June. 1926, and has

Worries aboard ship: Wilkins: My farm back in Flillman.

now reached the top rung in (he ladder. We hope

he likes us as we have what we think is quite a family aboard the good ship Calcite.

( I'Toolr: Loading flux.

Baur: Women.

Idalski: Matrimony.

Werner: Loading flux. Shucks, no use going home.

There are millions of people, but only one You; and it is up to you to protect yourself against acci dental injury.

Adrian: What time Calcite.

Shaul: Xot a worry in the world. We live till we die anyway.

Centala: Unusual noises in his conveyors.

Wojtowiez: Keeping the old jalopy running.

Bruning: Can't argue with Frank.

Win field: That boom list.

Joppieh: Fishing.

Yarch: Hay fever.

Kciiipc: That weather.

Captain: No lime in Calcite.

Bitchier: (letting the engine room and boiler room

shipshape.

Sobeck: Getting that home finished up.

At a neatly timed fire and boat drill we saw one

ol the fellows coming down the deck barefoot and in shorts. Ilo Hum and von were sleeping too liev

Frank?

J

We envy the sailor his opportunity to see many We are all wondering what the big attraction interesting places on the Great Lakes. Here is a is at the Travelers Hotel Going to let us blow picture of the Welland Canal taken as one of the thet :

Bradley boats was locking through the flight locks.

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Wanted—One book of Hoyle, or the beginner's book on how to play Spitzer. Just see Elmer.

We sure hate to see what Steve will look like

by fall if he continues to wear an inch off the bottom of his feet each day.

Above are pictured H e 1e n Buza Helen Durecki

and who

seem to be enjoying every bit of their tour around the boat.

You'll note too that

STR. JOHN G. MUNSON .

.

PERSONAL ITEMS

Since the mate of the Str. Munson acquired some

baseball equipment we've developed quite a few embryo "Bobby Fellers" and "Schoolboy Rowes" but after losing about a dozen balls overboard they are beginning to complain that the catching isn't up to.their standard.

The wheelsmen say that if the "Skipper" keeps on brewing his own coffee he'll have to put side boards on his bunk to keep from rolling out when he has nightmares.

If the weather doesn't get better soon, so the boys can get out on deck the deckhands room will

be knee deep in doilies. If you want a well-tilled hope chest girls, cultivate the boys on the Str. Munson. You'd better get yourselves a couple of bats boys, you might need them !

"QUOTATIONS" 4 to 8 deckhand: "What time Calcite?"

Third Assistant: "How did Boston make out?"

Second Assistant: "What time are we going to check?"

First Assistant: "Are you going to take a va

they found the up permost part of the

ship in order to get a good view, fearing they m i g h t miss j s o m e t hing. They didn't! They even disc o vered that a

ship d o e s n't have

•'brakes"—they were just whistle pulls !— Str. Bradley Photo.

We were sorry to hear of the death of Capt. Leo Moll's mother in Rush. N. Y. Wc were also sorry to learn of Captain Moll's decision to remain at his home and not to return to the Munson.

A cordial welcome is given Capt. Roland Bryan to the Str. Munson where not long ago he was first mate. It must seem like coining home again doesn't it Captain ?

Misfortunes that break the petty are stepping stones for the noble.

cation ?"

First Mate: "What time did it get thick?"

Third Mate: "What time did it clear up?"

Second Mate: " !-! **** Thick again!"

Chet Kandow has been observed around the air

port lately. Who was your pilot, Chet? They say you were flying high. Life can be wonderful can't it Chet?

If an ex-oiler was the best second cook Otto's ever had thus far this season, what couldn't the rest

of the engine department do for 36 hungry men?

You have to hand it to them eh Cookie?

What a difference a couple of years make. Who'd ever have thought two years ago that the B. O. Plentys would have a beautiful baby. Flad no sooner finished reading that then be darned if we didn't hear that Hardy was a daddy to a beautiful little girl called Linda Sue. Seems like only yesterday he. was saying . . . "No fellas, not me."

What a relief to get out of that wonderful land of sunshine. Only 21 days in dry dock and it rains

for just 20. Kept the pumpmen busy just keeping the dock dry!

The ice in Lake Erie around Buffalo is something to see in the late spring. After the upper lakes are

clear the Buffalo area gets huge fields of slush ice.

This picture on April 27. through one going ahead

was taken from the Steamer Munson 1947 when she was working her way of the large fields. Backing up before is in order and we see the ship's im

print in this type of ice barrier.

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...

Pictured

First

above is

Mate,

Alex

Malocha on the Str-

Bradley who did a STR. W. F. WHITE

.

.

.

PERSONAL ITEMS

It didn't take "Shorty" Hall of the Str. White long to forget his interests in Lorain when he met a certain little blonde at Rogers City. Fie doesn't

like those 5-day trips though, but then, you know what they say Shorty "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Whoever said that sure must have been a wise man !

.fine job of showing several of the girls from the Office around the boat. On

the picture, he does n't look as though the job were too dis tasteful, at least the

Paul Favigne, the repairman on the Str. White has become quite interested in a very unusual hobby.

We won't say anymore Paul, but we do want to warn you that people have been called "Dan Cupid"

"gals"

hoped

didn't

m a k e

they too

much of a nuisance of themselves.

for that very reason.

The first mate on the Str. Bradley was very cautious about what he might say that could possi bly go in print but it wasn't from the mate him self that we learned that he was the hardest person to waken. This pal of yours. Alex, told us that he had to call you very gently and then talk to you very nicely and plead with you and even so much as light a cigarette for you just to coax you out of bed. The only thing that we can think of that might make you sleep so soundly is the continual din of that radio, it sure takes an awful punishment.

The Michigan Limestone Gals came back telling about Bill Flornbacher teaching them the finer points of wheeling. Oh yes. it's a great life! But the girls said they didn't think everything Bill told them was trueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but then, how were they to know?

Anyway, it was fun and they enjoyed it.

We

wonder

who

it

is on

the

Str.

White who

might quite unconsciously, if caught unawares, answer to the amorous name of "lover." But that's

alright fella, it isn't everyone wdio can boast of a title, like that.

Flvin Johnson is one of the eligible bachelors on the Str. White. We sometimes wonder how long it

Plant Personals

Fishing grounds are becoming more restricted than ever this year. Lakes are not what they used

to be and many of the smaller ones are being en closed by property owners. Walter Idalski has solved the problem by putting a pond in his base ment. He even has the Game Warden stopped. He just pulls the shades and unlimbers the old rod and baits the old hook. Summer or winter, seasons just don't make any difference to Walter.

Ed Radka: "We are going to try deep sea fishing at Lake Nettie and see if it will work better."

Gus Schaedig: "How do you do that?"

Ed Radka: "Put the line and bail right down on the bottom and pretty soon the fish come up and take it."

Julius Patzer went out fishing bullheads the other night. Apparently Julius was looking for new fish ing grounds and took the wrong turn at the Radio Station. The next day Mr. Patzer came to work on a bicycle.

Lester Raymond's car, like some of the rest of

our private means of transportation, is apparently

Chief Frederick had a \cw days "back on the

not improving with age. Les dropped into the garage the other day with the information that he was going to Detroit for a one-week vacation.

Ed Radka: "How long will it take you to make it in that car of yours?"

farm" this summer. Was the weather hot. Charlie?

Les: "Two weeks down and two weeks back!"

Some recent changes aboard Bradley Boats were:

Happy Hopp: "Where can 1 get a good hair cut?"

Fred Radka: "When I am in a hurry. I just jump

will last for his fan mail is reported to be quite heavy these days.

William Chain to the Steamer T. W. Robinson as

First Mate. Hilton Could to the B. 11. Taylor as Second Male. Herbert Frederick to the T. W. Rob

in the old car and go to Hillman."

inson as Third Mate.

Some forty-six years ago, the story goes, Albert Hopp had been going with a young lady for some time and decided he should ask her to marry him.

The time was ripe, the girl was right, but Albert

Congratulations Boys !

With April fire losses at $68 million, or nearly a third higher than a year ago. all of us ought to guard against blazes at home and on the job. The country may be rich, but we don't have that much money to burn.

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didn't know her name.

We miss the personal items from the Str. T. W. Robinson. Where are they boys?

L>-n-t%

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BLASTING CREWS

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Walter Pilarski

CARPENTER SHOP

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Chas. Hoffman

DRILLS

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Thomas Kelley

DRILLS

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-

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John Dembny

MACHINE SHOP

William Heller

ELECTRICAL CREWS

Frank Reinke

MILL

A. Sorgenfrei

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MILL

Anthony Mulka

POWER HOUSE

Frank Reinke

SHOVELS

Leon Ruell

TRACKS TRACKS

John Modrzynski -

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-

-

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Peter Giovangorio

TRANSPORTATION

Victor Koch

TRANSPORTATION

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YARD TUGS

C. C. Eldridge

Otto Zempel -------

STR. T. W. ROBINSON STR. B. H. TAYLOR

Capt. Russell Lamb Chief Frank Lamp

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Capt. D. E. Nauts Chief Geo. Hoy

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Capt. C. A. Thorsen Chief Thos. Suttle

STR. MUNSON

Capt. Roland Bryan Chief Arthur Urdal

STR. W. F. WHITE

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Capt. Chris Swartz Chief Chas. Frederick

STR. CALCITE

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Capt. Roland Ursem Chief Ray Buehler

Work Well Done Is Done Safely

Accidents Happen Quickhj-Be Alert

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CALCITE SCREENINGS PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE MICHIGAN LIMESTONE & CHEMICAL COMPANY.

ROGERS CITY.

MICHIGAN.

IN

THE

INTER

ESTS OF SAFETY AND WELFARE. CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED EARLY BEFORE DATE OF PUBLICATION. AND THEY SHOULD BEAR THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SENDER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. GEO. R. JONES.

One Dark Spot In Our Safety Record As we near the, end of the 1947 season there is one dark spot on the safety record of our opera tions. No matter how few injuries occurred, the fact that one resulted in a fatality overshadows any comparative results of other years. In the spirit of this holiday season, we are thankful that serious injury has been kept to a minimum and that our many employees can enjoy their families and fire sides.

The Calcite Plant has two lost-time injuries re corded for the season thus far. The unexpected death of Ben Lounds following what seemed to be a small injury was a severe blow to us all. William McManemy suffered infection in his eyes for a per iod in July and lost twenty-one days' time. We wish to finish this year without any additional dis abling injuries and by so doing, present one of the lowest frequency rates we have had in the past few years.

The Buffalo Plant has again passed the one-year mark of no accidents. We are proud of the work done in safety by this part of our organization. They

OWistniias It's Christmastide. Let's clean the slate

Of every old-year grudge or hate.

Let's pin a sprightly sprig of holly Upon dull care and melancholy.

Let's reach out friendly hands and grip Each other in warm comradeship.

This world's a pleasant place. Let's smile In mellow retrospect awhile.

Let's feign we're young again, elate, With hearts attunded for any fate.

Let's sing the old songs, ever new, When we were heroes on review.

Before the fairies yet had brought The stars and garters that we sought.

Ah, me, some gentles are not here Who glorified the yesteryear; Whose jocund jests and merry quips Were ever ready on their lips.

Let's sing the old songs, ever new, Then here's remembrance, hale and true, To those forever passed from view.

Lay wreaths of holly where they sat, And tender tears, remembering that It's Christmas time.

have hazards there too but are alert to conditions^

and so keep their plant and,surroundings safe.

The group working at the Conneaut plant have had no accidents causing loss of time. We wish to congratulate these men on this part of their work.

With a new plant and a new crew the safety part of the job can be easily neglected. We must assume that safety is being given first consideration from the record to date.

The seamen on the Bradley Boats have made their

usual good showing in preventing accidents. Re ports on their safety ^meetings reveal that they are ever aware of the necessity of being careful. Two accidents,- one to Jerome Mulka and another to Clayton Gordon, both previously reported, are the only serious injuries to mar the record. Gordon is still disabled but is expected to return to work soon.

Sailing is hazardous and many close calls are ex perienced. Keep up your good work men and you may expect excellent results.

Let us finish this year with no regrets as to the safety job we have done. What is a better way to show how to do a good job than to do it safely ?

Editor Acknowledges Favorable Comment The last issue of Calcite Screenings received fa vorable comment from individuals on our out-of-

town mailing list as well as newspaper editors. It is our goal to make each issue of Screenings better than the last and we only hope that our efforts will make it possible to produce bigger and better issues in the future.

Christmas, 1947

United States Steel Gets Safety Award

. One of the best safety records in years among heavy industrial organizations was disclosed June 20, 1947, in a National Safety Council report that twelve plants of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora tion, U. S. Steer subsidiary had operated without a single lost time accident over a combined period of twenty-five million manhours of working time.

The record-achieving plants in the Chicago area are Gary Works, Gary Sheet and Tin Mill and South Works. Such a safety record in this field is one to be proud of. The personnel of these plants must be inspired to continue to produce similar results until they become a standard and not just a record. We have watched the accident frequency rates of the steel industry and especially our own U. S. Steel for a few years and have always admired the results they have obtained against some of the odds they face. It can be said that U. S. Steel is one of the leaders in making industry a safer place for mankind to work and produce. To congregate with their leaders of production and safety is to "get the feel" that preventing injury to employees is worked at with a sincerity that must bring results. To have one of the leaders in the economy of our country also be a leader in the field of safety should be a reply to the rest of the world that we, as a nation, are not so materialistic but what our first concern

is the preservation of human life.

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Food Cost Too High? Most Of Us Think So Sure, we all feel the same way and ask the same questions about why the dollar does not go as far and why we cannot buy what we would like to have. The reasons behind this condition are beyond

the grasp of our minds and we don't seem to know the why of it all. The question is simple, the an swer is complicated.

There are a few of the answers provided and you might be interested in these few we all can under stand. The birth rate has increased by 10% or by twelve and one-half million people in the last eight years. All of them want to be and should be cared

for by the high standard of living known to all Americans.

There are a hungry Western Europe, India, China, Greece and many other countries through out the world. Russia and countries under its con

trol have been the breadbasket of Europe but have now ceased to be such. We have been sending tre mendous amounts of foodstuff's to those countries

no longer supplied by Eastern Europe to prevent starvation. It has been a drain on our own adundant

supply and while we have plenty it does bring enough scarcity to keep prices on the upgrade.

The war needs have made many goods difficult to get because of the use of raw materials for war

equipment and the discontinuing of production dur ing the war years. We haven't caught up yet to the huge demand. Production is up but so is demand.

The natural law of supply and demand when out of balance creates a condition which directly affects prices. We can help this condition by being care ful with what we have and giving up our expensive tastes. We create much of the demand and must

decide how necessary it is to have the things we want.

Whether you think so or not, the citizens of this country have more money now than ever before.

They want to spend it, we haven't the goods and up goes the price.

Much is said about our ability and capacity to produce. It is known that many of our industries could produce more if their workers would choose to do so. England is learning fast that to produce, men must work and work efficiently. This is part of the picture.

What can you do as one little person in this huge scheme of things? You can save, buy only what you need, conserve on each item and above all, en courage or influence your neighbor to do likewise.

Don't Be Afraid Of Diabetes

On an October evening of 1920, a young doctor in London, Ontario, sits reading an article in a med ical journal. Suddenly, his interest turns to excite ment. He can hardly believe what he is reading, yet, here it is—the germ of a method to defeat the age-old curse of diabetes. At that moment Doctor Frederick Banting resolves to make that method possible.

As the results of Doctor Banting's experiments, skill, and assistance from a brilliant young scientist, Charles Herbert Best, the world ,has a weapon to combat the dread disease, diabetes. It is called

"insulin." Normally, our body produces its own insulin to control the sugar content in the blood.

When we have a deficiency of this hormone, the disease diabetes shows itself. At one time the life

expectancy of a person afflicted was from six to eight years. Today, in every part of the world, in sulin is saving the lives of thousands of diabetics and is giving them an almost normal life where once they were doomed to starvation and eventual death. A normal life expectancy can now be realized

by those who are being treated by insulin.

You may discover some day that you are one of the unfortunates. Do not fear if you are so told by your doctor. Follow his advice immediately. We suggest a health examination each year as one of the best ways to guard against this disease.

Friend! What is a Friend?—My friend is he who laughs with me; who weeps with me; one who en courages, praises, rebukes; one who eats terrapin and turkey on bread and salt with me; who comes to me at the wedding feast, or stands with me be side the coffin; who listens to my hopes, my fears, my aims, my despair; who rejoices in my success;

who does not despise me in my misfortune.—Anon.

If you observe any near-accident, use your de tective sense and see if you notice any hazard which might have been the cause, and report such a haz ard to prevent that near-accident from becoming a sure-nuf accident next time.

YOUR JOB IS ONLY

The Blue Cross Insurance Offer

The Michigan Hospital Service will offer Blue Cross Insurance to those employees who did not

AS SAFE AS

wish to take it before. This will be offered some

time during the month of January. Now is the time for you to decide with your family as to whether you wish to enroll in this plan.

YOU

Ask the man beside you if he thinks safety is a good thing, and without hesitation he will always reply, "Certainly, I'm all for it." Everyone is for safety—because all of us are to some degree in

MAKE IT

terested in the conservation of human life.

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The Danger Within Ourselves The world is living through a time of great con fusion and despair. At such a lime people frightened

Fire, Our Friend And Our Enemy Fire has been man's age-old friend and when not carefully handled, an enemy too. No other single

and angered are eagerly looking for someone to

hazard to life and property has been brought to our attention for a longer time nor as often as have warnings, teachings, and rules about fire. Yet, do von know that 660.000 fires annually attack 340,000 homes. 276*000 buildings, 29,000 factories and 12.000 institutions? The money loss is over $400,000,000.

Forty per cent of industries destroyed by fire never

blame. Today, the world around us is pointing at the United States and its system of individual en terprise as the one on which to launch criticism and attacks.

The danger within ourselves is that our citizens will listen to organized stories, most of which are lies or distorted truths, and lose faith with our land

resume business. The greatest reason for this loss

and its leaders. We can undermine our spirit by wondering if we are even strong enough to combat

is that few people think .about a lire until they ac tually lace the flames. The greatest tragedy of all

these charges. A strong America needs loyal, strong, clear thinking citizens. We have the best

is that 10,000 lives are lost each year besides the thousands who are crippled and suffer.

standard of living, working conditions and individ

ual freedom ever known to a group of people. We should not shop around nor even attempt trial oilers of other advocated systems. Indeed, it is our duty to use our own system to better advantage to gain progress we desire. Do not lose, confidence—help keep our country strong by a strong health}' spirit within ourselves.

Hugh Farrell To Pittsburgh Limestone I high C. Farrell transferred to the Pittsburgh

Limestone Coinpany, a U. S. Steel subsidiary on November 20. 1947.'

I high came to the Michigan Limestone & Chem

ical Company' on October 19, 1942. after serving as general manager of the Huron Industries Company in Alpena for a number of years, lie served here in the held of industrial relations and statistical work.

Mr, and Mrs. Farrell made many friends while in our community and readily interested themselves in community affairs. They will miss Northern .Michigan and their friends in Alpena and Rogers City but we are sure that they will soon make a

new home and friends in the Pittsburgh district where they will live. Both I'lugh ami Mrs. Fafrell made gardening a hobby and you can make a safewager that next spring will find the Farrells plan ning and developing another beautiful garden even if it has to he done in a window box.

Our best wishes to them both on the new job and in the new location.

Cause

The. above picture is of a lire protection equip ment demonstration given by Frank Rcinke and some of his electrieal crew to a group of the Central Safely Committee. We have carbon tetrachloride,

carbon dioxide (C02) ami dry powder type of ex tinguishers for our lire station locations. So far. our lire lighting experts favor the dry powder type of extinguisher for the particular fires we en counter. It is especially effective on oil, grease, paint and gasoline fires. We repeat to you the cau tion of using carbon tetrachloride in confined areas

where the operator will be subject to the gases for

Pause

11 experience is the best teacher, these grim facts are a lesson for all of us.

given off.

The "must" rule in regards to our plant lire

fighting equipment is that all extinguishers be in their correct position and fully charged ready for

Two out of every three automobile accidents in the United States last year involved mistakes by

use. Anytime an extinguisher has been used or if

drivers. Exceeding the speed limit took the heaviest

the electrical shop or reported to Frank Reinkc immediately for service.

To you. tin- individual, the protection of your lloiwe against lire is of tremendous importance, more important today because ol the housing short age and the high cost of repairs or replacement.

•four home is one of your greatest pleasures, pro tect it from fire. Be satisfied with only the best workmanship and materials in your heating equip ment and electrical systems.

toll—9,460 killed and 230.760 injured.

10,070 pedestrains were killed and 171.910 injured in 1946. Crossing between street intersections was the most frequent cause of death and injury, ac counting for more than 25 per cent of the casualties.

870 children were killed and 21.660 injured last year while they were playing in the street.

The vast majority of accidents last year-—and any year—were caused by more or less experienced motorists who have had at least one year of driving experience.

Will you heed the past? Or will you be a statistic next vear?

it is known to be out of order it must be taken to

Watch for Fire!

The three R's—Rules for safe working, feules for safe driving. Rules for home safety.

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&18ÂŁSSHfi

The Conneaut Agricultural Limestone Plant Hack in 1914 the Michigan Limestone N Chemical

stone to another bin from which tin- stone is

fed

Coinpany entered the held of commercial prepara

to a rotary dryer kiln. Tlie stone is heated by the

tion and sale of agricultural limestone ill the New

exhaust fumes of a stoker-fed coal fired furnace

York and Pennsylvania area immediately adjacent

located at the lower end of the revolving dryer. The

to Buffalo, New York, where a plant was built. The

hot stone is chuted to another bucket elevator which fills a hot stone bin. This bin is located direct

fact that the production of this plant was only ade quate lor the area it was serving and the limiting factor of railroad freight rates made impractical the extension of sales to cover the very fertile, but "lime parched" area embraced by northern Penn sylvania, northeastern and central Ohio. To service this area

and certain

localities

in

Western

New

York, Kentucky, and West Virginia, the Conneaut. <)hio. plant was built, commencing oil May I. 1946.

This plant is located on the Conneaut River ad jacent to the Bessemer and Cake Erie Railroad properties t>\ the Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company, both C. S. Steel Corporation subsidiaries.

ly nver the feeding table of the pulverizer which can produce 35 tons per hour of material 100/v of which will pass a 20 mesh screen (-100 openings per square inch) or 50 tons per hour of ll) mesh ma terial (100/V. through a screen with 100 openings per square inch).

The finished product from the pulverizer is moved underground by a screw conveyor which loads a high bucket elevator. This elevator feeds a screw conveyor which can discharge the material into

The Conneaut harbor is one of the finest on the

Great Lakes and was constructed by the Corpora tion as the lower lake terminal to transfer iron ore

from the

Pittsburgh Steamship Company

bulk

freighters to cars of the B. and L. EL. Ry. for ship ment to the Pittsburgh blast furnaces. The Dock Company also operates a coal car dumping and boat loading operation here and Conneaut has long been a port of call for Bradley Transportation Company boats to receive coal cargoes for upbound hauls.

Now the Bradley fleet has additional reason to use the fine Conneaut harbor.

The Conneaut plant essentially consists of tlie necessary machinery and equipment to dry. pulveri/.e. store and bag lime-stone of 10-20 mesh size and to load bulk cargoes in trucks or box ears Šr sacked

material in box cars. This equipment is housed in two structural steel framed buildings with corru gated iron roofs and walls.

The limestone screenings from Calcite arc un loaded in the 100.000 gross ton storage area parallel ing the dock by the Bradley unloader fleet. The stone is pushed by a bulldozer it. a hopper which iicd-- a bucket elevator. This elevator raises the 2071

George M. Swansoii. Chief Clerk and I'hil ards. superintendent of the Conneaut Plant.

either of two 500 ton storage silos. Bulk trucks

standing on platform scales are loaded beneath the silos. Material for sacking is \v<\ from the fine

storage silo by means of a chute and feeder to still another screw conveyor and elevator to a surge bin which feeds the bagging machine. Automatic electrical bin switches start and stop this fine ma terial handling system so that the level of material in the surge bin will remain constant and all bags

will be packed to the proper uniform weight. The sacked limestone is conveyed into a box car by a

short belt conveyor and box car loader from which the sacks are guided to piled tiers by hand.

The Conneaut plant was erected by the John C.

Camper Company, a construction firm from Buffa lo, New York. The plant began operation on Sep tember 23, 1940. when the first bulk truck was loaded. On October 4. 1945, the first car of bagged

limestone was shipped. The Conneaut plant is under the management of Mr. George Militz who also manages the P.uffalo plant. The Conneaut superin tendent is Mr. C, Phil Richards, who moved from

the P.uffalo plant to fill this position, and whom many Rogers City folks will remember as the son of â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘Charley" Richards who worked for the Michi gan Limestone & Chemical Company some years ago.

The picture on the preceding page is a very line

view of the plant with one of the Company boats the Str. Carl D. Bradley unloading Calcite Limestone on the dock.

This huge cylinder is the Rotary Dryer Unit.

This plant prepares an agricultural limestone similar to the product produced at our P.uffalo Plant and is used by customers with similar requirements.

Pulverized limestone is used extensively for agri cultural purposes, coal mine dusting, stock food, building materials, asphalt road construction, puri fying carbon, glass manufacturing and in the chemi cal industry.

There are approximately twenty-three employees at the Conneaut Plant. We welcome them into the

Michigan Limestone N- Chemical Company family

and hope that they will enjoy their association with us.

Expansion, Replacement and Improvement 1lave you asked yourself. "Where does the money come from to build factories and make industry go?" It comes from industry itself, is gathered from the savings of industrial workers and the savings of countless

men

and

women

who

in

their later

years have a little savings to invest.

Industry must have finances to keep pace with the numerous changes demanded of it in producing materials that give us a high standard of living.

If industry pays all out in taxes, wages, materials

and repairs, there will soon be nothing left to pay for the changes you and I ask of it in a few short years.

To provide work for an individual means that somebody must invest dollars or there will be no

plant and no job. It all adds up that labor, money. experience, brains, faith and planning are needed in one unit to keep the machinery producing and progressing.

he hotslone bin which feeds the Pulverizer

New Equipment Always Creates An Interest

The December 1931 issue of the Calcite Screen

ings carried a very comprehensive article on the "History of the Steam Locomotive" and finished with the following paragraph: "Llectric locomo tives are far from standardized/; the various types in use show radical differences in design and meth ods of operation, and there is still room for a large amount of research work and investigation. But electrification has proved a success without ques tion, and its increasing use on lines of dense traffic,

and under the special conditions which have been outlined, may be confidently expected."

Rudolph Diesel invented his engine in 1892 and

In .August of this year a new member joined the "Miscellaneous Machinery" family, our No. 6 crane.

Keeping fully abreast of industry's swing toward

internal combustion engine units, we bought a Style Mo. 7, thirty ton diesel crane manfactured by the Industrial Brownhoist Company of Bay City.

The turret lop Monitor type cab was built with the Operator's safety and comfort in mind. Seated on a raised platform in the center of the crane, the operator has 360 degree vision range plus a full view of the drums, machinery, boom, and load. For the Operator's safety there is a door on both sides dir

ectly opposite the operator's platform. Excellent

the

ventilation is provided through the doors on each

1920's. the original locomotive having been pur chased by the Central Railroad of Xew |ersev in

side and windows in the turret. The blower fan on

the

railroads

became

"Diesel-conscious"

in

1925.

In 1937, No. 101. and 102. the first two diesel elec

tric locomotives were put into service on our quarry trains. Last year we saw the last steam locomotive, No. 25. leave our yards for a new home in Bay City and now there's no more smoke, steam chug ging, and whistling which put romance in the quar ry operation in the years gone by. This season our stable was increased to fourteen with the addition

of two new locomotives, No. 113 and 114. They are similar in weight and drawbar pull to the previous

locomotives and equipped with all the extras that a modern automobile could well be proud of. The locomotive maintenance department added a few fancy stripes and a little color here and there as the diesel is the blueblood of the railway Stable, a costly "animal" that warrants special attention to make sure that it will be in running condition most of the time. It goes for months or even years w-ith0UT requiring major repairs or overhaul, far eclip sing the venerable steamer in this respect.

One of the greatest advantages of diesel over steam locomotives is that they can be maintained in good running order from day to day, thereby avoiding frequent and extensive visits to the shops.

It is not unusual for mechanics to ride the diesel and

make repairs wdiile in service.

Speaking of school days reminds us that kids are often injured, sometimes seriously as a result of rowdy crowding and pushing and rushing on school

stairways, in halls and at doorways. Workers are injured by the same kind of childish actions.

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the radiator expels the engine heat in the summer period, and changing to a suction fan in the winter, retains the engine heat and keeps the cab warm during the cold months.

The crane engine unit is a Caterpillar D-13000 diesel engine with push button electric starter on a gasoline starting engine. It has a sixty foot boom.

It is equipped with air brakes, air sandcrs, and air driven windshield wipers for nasty weather time.

Surely this is as modern a crane as is available today.

The Rule of Three

Three things to govern: temper, tongue, and conduct.

Three things to cultivate: courage, affection, and gentleness.

Three things to commend: thrift, industry, and promptness.

Three things to dispise: cruelty, arrogance, and ingratitude.

Three things to wish for: health, contentment, ami friends.

Three things to admire: power, and gracefulness.

dignity,

intellectual

Three things to give I alms to the needy, comfori to the sad, and appreciation to the worthy.

We wish to repeat that all subscribers to Blue Cross Insurance should notify the personnel de partment at the Main Office when there are any changes in the family group. Report new births, marriages, deaths or any other changes in family dependents immediately. This is very important to you if you want the full benefits the plan gives.

Radar Equipment on the Bradley Boats With the advent of radar equipment on all the Bradley boats except the Sir. W. F. White, some in teresting discussions and questions will arise. We are. glad to give, you the following incident recorded

by the United States Coast Guard in their "Proceed ings of the Merchant Marine Council."

A recent collision between two United States ves sels

off

the

Delaware

coast,

one

of

which

was

equipped with the latest type of radar designed for merchant vessels, indicates the neerl for strict ob

servance of the. rules to prevent collisions whether or not such a device is on board.

Captain C. H. McQuinn at radarscope in pilot house of Str. Carl I). Bradley.

Vessel A was en route from New York in ballast

for a southern port, and shortly after passing Win ter Quarter Light Vessel on a course of 213째 true, log set in. The speed of the vessel was reduced from 18 knots to 12 knots and the telegraph placed on stand-by. Thirty minutes after the fog set in an

object was seen on the radar screen bearing nearly dead ahead at a

distance of about 8

miles. After

observation of the target on the screen the object was determined to be an approaching vessel, and the course was altered 6' to the right to permit a port hand passing. A few minutes later the master of vessel A believed the approaching vessel to be closing in on his bow and changed his course to the left to permit a starboard-to-starboard passage.

two-blast signal which he had heard indicated that

the other vessel was under way with no way upon her. As a result of this maneuver vessel A was ram

med in the vicinity of No. 4 hold.

In this case the radar gave the master of vessel

A ample warning that he was approaching another vessel and should govern himself accordingly. How ever, although there was an extremely thick fog as evidenced by the fact that vessel B was not seen

until that vessel appeared out of the fog, only 150 yards away, which was less than one-ship length,

Vessel A continued swinging to the left and after having swung approximately 50* to the left ob served the other vessel appearing out of the fog 2 points forward of the starboard beam at a distance of 150 yards.

Vessel B was en route from a southern port for

Xcw York fully loaded, and was proceeding toward Winter Quarter Light Vessel on a course of 35째

true, and was apparently observing all the re quirements of law relative to speed and the use of signals in a fog. Upon hearing a fog signal ahead the engine of vessel B was stopped. The fog signal of vessel A was again heard bearing on the port bow. The witnesses from vessel B stated that about 2 minutes later a two-blast signal was heard from the vessel on the port bow whereupon the master of vessel B ordered a hard right rudder at full

speed ahead, upon the assumption that the

\adar antenna mounted on ship A-frame.

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vessel A was proceeding at a rate of speed which by no manner of means could be termed moderate.

Article 16 of the International Rules of the Road states that:

"Every vessel shall in a fog. mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorm, go at a moderate rate of speed, having careful regard for the existing circumstances and conditions."

The courts have time and again defined moderate

speed as a speed which would enable a vessel to stop in time to avoid a collision when the other vessel is sighted. Vessels of the type of vessel A could not under any circumstances, when going at 12 knots, get the way off in ode-ship length.

The second violation of the pilot rules occurred wdien vessel A upon hearing a fog signal of vessel B ahead failed to stop the engines.

The second paragraph of article 16 reads as bil lows:

"A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel, the

position of which is not ascertained, shall so

Visitors At The Plant

The summer operations at Calcite during the past season, as usual, attracted a large number of visi tors requesting permission to lour the plant and ob serve our methods of quarrying and processing limestone. The smaller groups were conducted through the quarry by means of automobiles or bus

far as the circumstances of the case admit,

transportation but some of the larger groups made

stop her engines and then navigate with cau

the tour on observation cars hauled by a Diesel locomotive thus giving a somewhat more compre

tion until danger of collision is over."

vessel B was not ascertained and. in any case, the

hensive view of points of interest.

The Presquc Isle County Sportsmen*s Club, dur ing a special meeting in Rogers City with members

fact that there was radar on board does not absolve

of other clubs in the surrounding area look ad

In spite of the fact that vessel A was equipped with radar, it is apparent that the exact position of the master from the necessity of stopping his vessel when hearing a fog signal forward of the beam.

The third violation on the part of vessel A, which had a considerable bearing on the maneuvering of vessel B resulting in the collision, was the use oi a two-blast signal when giving a hard left rudder al though vessel B was still obscured by fog.

Article 2<S requires that the sound signals for passing steamers shall be given â&#x20AC;˘'when vessels are in sight of one another."

From the foregoing, it will be seen that although vessel A was aware of the presence of vessel B ahead for a period of well over a half an hour be fore the collision occurred, vessel A apparently did about everything possible to bring about the acci

dent. It is apparent that a failure to evaluate the in formation supplied by the radar ami to take proper avoiding action based on that information led to the collision. This article should serve as warning to the masters of vessels that regardless of special devices and instruments placed on board for their

assistance and safely, they must still obey the law and observe the precautions which are required by the ordinary practice of seamen and the Rules of the Road.

You can give yourself and your family extra lection from any kind of accident by making keepingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this promise :

proaud

"I will be a safe worker and a careful driver

"I will keep my home free from hazards and teach my family to follow safe ways."

The right clothing, the right tools, the right of a square deal for yourself on the job.

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ficials. were taken to various vantage points where the interested conservationists watched the quarry

face break up under the detonation of a typical charge of nitromon explosive. The process of load ing the blasted limestone on cars by an electric shovel with a 20 cu. yd. bucket and the eventual breaking up of car loads of stone in the huge gyra tory crusher drew the usual comments on the size of the machinery and the apparent ease with which it handles such huge quantities of material. After returning from the quarry, the visitors were taken

through the mill in small groups in the interests of safely and so the sponsors could more easily explain the various operations of screening and transport

ing the stone to the stockpiles preparatory to ship ping.

The sportsmen listened with interest to the de scription of our operations. They were a very fine group and we know from the comments they made

and questions asked during the tour that they left Calcite with a new and worthwhile picture ot lime stone production and its many varied uses.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the

Take My Word!

cautions and the right attitude are the Eour

vantage of their proximity to Calcite to see the plant. The sportsmen, aboard two observation cars and accompanied by several foremen and plant ol-

pre sides

duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anon ymous benefits upon the world, which remain un known even to ourselves, or, when they are dis closed, surprise nobody so much as the bene factor.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Robert Louis Stevenson.

Men still die with their boots on . . . but usuall one boot is on the accelerator.

There is m> wholly satisfactory substitute for brains . . . but silence does pretty well.

of R. (i. I hum smoke.

Didn't know Charlie was a speaker but he sure did a fine job. "Today is just another step in our safely record." said Charlie. "It is a ladder which must be climbed with caution and alertness at all

times. Let us try very hard not to miss a step.

Because this gathering was occasioned by our safe ty record. 1 believe any safety suggestions we have would certainly be in order at this gathering."

Adolph Radka is of ihe opinion that a box with

goggles should he provided at the emery wheel.

Mr. Hamaun informed the men that some changes are in progress at the present time and that this provision will be made as soon as the changes art.' completed. The possible use of a suction fan at the emery wheel was discussed.

Mr. Carter injected the'proper amount of humor lo keep the meeting going at an hilarious and at tentive pace.

The possibility of obtaining a suitable colored glass shield for the overhead crane operator was discussed to considerable extent.

Charlie Buys During the summer months many who happened to pass the Shop bulletin board were attracted by the mysterious inscription "888 Baker Buys." To many this was indeed a mystery, some thought this might have some connection with poker or rhum (cards), others opined the connection might be with a check pool, while others dared not even venture

Mr. Carter suggested that the air hoses be prop erly coiled to prevent anyone stumbling as well as injury to the hoses.

Dick llamann stated that good tools increase

safety as well as efficiency and that efforts are

being made to furnish as many tools as possible and asked that every effort be made to return these tools to the tool crib promptly so as to make them readily available.

These men work on all types of plant equipment.

a guess.

Upon delving into this mystery it was found that Charlie Baker, the genial keeper of the stock and tool room at the shop, was the center of the entire a 11 air. The shop overhead crane carries an ac cumulative record of the number of days the shop

Xo job is loo large or too small for them to tackle.

Mosl of [heir work is inside the shop building but at times they may be called to various parts of the plant. Alertness and watchfulness are required on the part of every individual to keep the shop a safe

has operated without a lost time accident where it

place to work. That the oldtimers have imbued the

is visible to anyone entering the shop.

newcomers with the safety spirit is evidenced by the fact that each new member of tin's group is taking the business of safety very seriously and with the

It seems

that a long time ago Mr. Baker made the statement that if three "8's" ever appeared on this record he would buy a treat for the gang. It is difficult to recall whether Charlie was a

little over-enthused

about shop safety or whether he was doubtful this goal ever could be reached, nevertheless the notice '888 Baker Buys" was posted and as one of the

determination to keep the present record growing.

Near the v\m\ of the meeting Bill I leller barged in with a cheery "Hey. what goes on here?'1 "Wel

come,,J said Charlie. "You played the same part as the rest of us in making the record we are celebrat

fellows said, "We finally caught up with him on

ing today." Mr. Ileller expressed appreciation of

September 9th." The "888" means eight hundred eighty eight days or approximately two hundred forty thousand man hours without a lost time acci

try to make it another "111" no lost time accident days for the 999 goal.

dent in the slum.

At noon on this day Charlie invited all the shop men into the lunch room where with great pomp, pride, and glory he treated his fellow safety record makers. Willi Charlie as loastmaster, a miniature

banquet it was indeed with cigars, candy bars, and gum to satisfy the desires of each and everyone.

There was some doubt how some of the old time

tobacco users could derive much enjoyment from chewing gum until Rieger stated his pal Steve would use a whole pack and a stick at a time. From the manner in which the candy liars were consumed it is evident thai there are as many "sweet teeth" among these men as there are among the young sters. The toastmaster was barely discernible but his voice was clearly audible through the billows

the safety interest each has shown and said, "Lets

With a "Thanks Charlie" from everyone the meeting closed. Said Charlie, the debonair host,

"I'll remember this a long time. I certainly enjoyed it."

Xow the inscription on the bulletin board reads "999 Who Buys?"

t

Tomorrow is yet to comeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;plan for it!

Yesterday is goneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;forget it!

Today is hereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;use it !

I he best inheritance that a

father can leave a

son is tlie training and knowledge necessary to earn a living.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

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Buffalo Plant Items We are well on our way toward licking that 37

the birthday of Ann Songin, 1 do hope we are for given for not mentioning what the girls wore and the latest models they displayed but we can assure

months "No Accident record." Eighteen months

you that they were fully clothed and a good time

have gone by unblemished and with full cooperation

was had by all.

we will exceed our former mark. The winter months

are just about with us and they will bring a period of special precaution. "Let us all be careful."

Watch yourself and watch the other fellow.

"Please let me in fellows" pleaded a voice from the hall of the Cleveland Hotel in Conneaut, Ohio.

It was none other than Stanley Corpus, ready to

take up his position in the bath tub for the night.

Mr. I. L. Clymer made a plant inspection trip last

are in order for Ed. Laub, one September 27, and we had the plant slicked up of Congratulations our silo superintendents.

Ed. became the proud 100%. "We Thought." Put. the boss inspected our father of a 6 pound baby boy last October 8. fire fighting equipment very carefully and finally found an extinguisher that was empty. Were our faces red!

Otis Robinson is doing an excellent job as weld er and coming right along in general repair work.

Tom Rose and Johnny Kowalski had quite a time trying to find their way back from East Auro

"Smiling" Prank Guido the used car dealer is at it again. Within the past year Frank has owned

ra. After jimmy Rathbun carefully explained direc tions the navigating was turned over to Johnny who then decided to follow a big yellow bus. If they bail continued on their course it. would have been an other "mission to Moscow."

Boy it's tough. To have orders—the plant going 100%—and no limestone.

Ed Laub and Howard King the new silo superin tendents are doing a Hue job in loading the trucks

four cars—two of them are still for sale. Frank

smiles daily till 4:30 in the scale office.

Attend Safety Meeting This group of John Smolinski's and William Schelley's loading crews had just attended a safety meeting. They are left to right: O. I'iechau, H. Smith. L. Banuon, R. Schaedig, L. Ruell, B. Wagner, L. Schefke, I). Bellmore, Win. Schelley. R. Schalk,

and cars out in record time. The cleanliness of the

silo and surrounding area is outstanding.

Receiving a boat load of stone every "Moon Age" and vet coming in for a tie with two sand boats.

The job of removing the old concrete trestle that formed one side of our property really made a startling change.

Eddy Spillman came up with a new idea to load sack trucks with the V-3 loader. It entails a special ly built flat car and remodeling .? and 4 packing house. It will go into effect during the spring of 1948.

We all join in welcoming Ruth Lehuiug, back again as a "new" member of the office crew.

Ann (High-C) Songin pulled a quickie on us a short time ago. Immediately following a week's trip to Miami, Fla.. she was flashing a "rock" on the correct finger for a few weeks but suddenly it

disappeared. C'mon Ann. wlial was it? Love, or Love Lost?

Helen (Snowshoe) Fabian is having quite a time after working hours. What with her flying and "moonlight" cruises down Kathrine Street.

In looking over our last contribution to the Cal cite Screenings we find that our office force was very much conspicuous by its absence in the briefs.

We are taking this opportunity to make peace with the offended few and to assure them that this "un

forgivable" oversight will not occur again.

With the sound of trumpets and the blare of horns we have the privilege of announcing an event that took place in our office July 1#, 1947. It was 20S0

L. McLennan, H. Cicero. M. Bellmore, J. Smoliuski.

From these small group meetings come many good suggestions which help keep the job sale.

Kenneth Briming As most of you know. Kenneth Briming who was working in the Yard and Electrical Departments. met with a serious injury this past summer while diving at Lake Nettie. Since then he has been under treatment at the University Hospital at Ann Arbor and is now at his home. Kenneth appreciates visits from his friends and acquaintances. During this holiday season an extra effort made to drop in to say "hello" will give him a boost in his effort to gain recovery. You will lind an inspiration in the spirit he and his family show towards this battle for normal health. We all wish him a rapid recovery in the New Year ahead.

Even the Eskimos of 200 years ago had eye pro tectors made of walrus hide provided with narrow slits. They knew enough to protect their, eyes against snow blindness.

The first thing needed to make a dream come true is to wake up.

You'll See It In Screenings "Personals" That Come To The Editor 's Desk . . . Just Among Ourselves Our harmony team, Ed Adrian and Fred Radtke settled right in front of him but his shot gun failed say that the best way to get your buck is to take along a harmonica and keep playing and the deer

to get a bird. Ibid says that he is going to take some

baseballs along with him the next time and he'll be will come right up to you. It's alright if you can sure to pick off his fair-feathered friends. (Bud pitched a beautiful game against the Detroit All produce the. proof, fellas!

Happy Ho])]) says that he is very fond of music

and loves to play his fiddle but he can't see himself shooting a rifle with his bedroom slippers on.

Did you hear about our friend going deer hunting with his hands in his pockets and when the buck

jumped up he couldn't get his hands out fast enough to down him? Ask Paul who it was "cause he was there.

Stars this past summer and proved to them that he and his teammates could do other things well be sides "hay-shaking.")

Charles Kleiber is the fellow who brings the deer into camp alive. It seems it was a tame doe with a bell on her. Charlie decided it was safer to take it

to camp so that some hunters wouldn't take a shot at it while he was petting it.

If you wonder why Bill Heller has been passing out the cigars ask Ed Radka for he's smoking them.

Louis Heythaler has taken on the title of captain, ft takes years for most seamen to work their way

up to that position but Louis made the step in just one trip. He boarded the Sir. iMunson and before long was standing on the bridge handling the whis tle., Of course, it was a surprise to Louis when he discovered that every time he scratched his back against the bridge railing he was pressing the but ton controlling the ship's whistle. No accidents from it all but Louie has made the headlines again.

For many years we have heard about the scien tific methods used by Griff Lines when he goes duck hunting. He studies the Long Lake territory to watch the movement of waterfowl, he constructs

blinds that are the last word in deception and com fort, and his decoys do everything but shoot and re trieve the unsuspecting game. This fall, he and son

Orval went to their favorite spot and Griff volun teered to watch for the ducks while Orval read the

Sunday paper. After many minutes of silence and the paper had been thoroughly read, Orval looked up and saw a large flock of ducks leaving the decoys and "Pop" sound asleep. Just too much comfort!

Thank God for sleep! And. when you cannot sleep, still thank Him that you live to lie awake.

Guess Who?

Last summer before his vacation, Martin Bud-

nick was telling the boys how he was going to be a good fella and paint his house the first week and then go fishing for a week. Two weeks after his va

cation was over, the. scaffold was still up and the oul)- person ever seen up on it was Mrs. Budnick.

Maybe Martin was working on that new business project of his. We understand that he is going to have five shanties at Cheboygan complete with all

the necessary fishing equipment including minnows and wigglers. Anyone in Rogers wishing to go ang ling will find everything he needs by making Un necessary contacts with the Budnick fishery. Mar tin is an expert in the art of catching fish through the ice and accurate advice on the art of catching fish will be furnished free of charge.

Bud Schaedig was out hunting ducks and a flock

Sunday afternoon and no place to go. uothin' to do and what a dull world. That might be the. impres sion you have of what is going through this young man's mind as he stands listlessly against the side of the old homestead. But if you knew him you would never credit him with such dullness. No fel

low of his age shuffled a faster foot in the square dance or waltzed a

smoother wait/, than

this lad

about the time this picture was taken.

Today, he has added some little weight, is settled down to looking after the grandchildren and when not working at the. plant, is caring for a small farm, lie still has a pleasant smile and can be the life of the party. Take, another good look and see if you can guess who he might be.

Last "Guess Who" in the Screenings were the Heythaler brother. Louis. Wilfred, and Fred.

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Otto Maerx. is going back to his old job of hypno tising to see if he can cure Russell Pollock's bad

knee and stop Watson Sieciuski from smoking.

"Red" Lee went hunting deer for the first time

in his life this year, lie took along a pair of field glasses and immediately spotted a deer. Laying the glasses aside, he picked up his gun but to his sur prise found the deer gone, or presumably gone. But

looking through his glasses once more he found that Mr. Buck was still in the same spot. '"Red" is now in

the market for a bug rifle with a telescopic sight.

Julius Patzer thinks that they expect too much speed even from a good man like himself. It seems

that John Modr/.yuski expected him to overhaul a

shifterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;putting in new rings and bearings and have it finished in fifteen minutes. Hereafter Julius says he will answer to one name only "Flash I'at/.cr."

Fred Krueger states that he likes it when they run dolomite 'cause then he has something to do.

If you hear four toots of the signal horn and then see a cloud of smoke you will know that Joe l.'romo is on his way.

"Penny" lloeft tells us that there is more to playing bingo than just luck but according to his psychology we would all have to he re-horn. Any body who can walk off with 35 pounds of turkey is just plain lucky. But that's not allâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;imagine pay ing 2 cents a pound for "old Tom" -and he doesn't

The Rogers City Co-Op Market constructed the above nest ol silos this summer for grain storage.

The machinery is now being installed and they ex pect to use all of the storage before the end of the year.

The silos are made of poured concrete. Most ol the aggregate used was obtained from Calcite.

Like the new sewage disposal plant directly behind it, this line looking structure is a compliment to

call that luck !

our city. With the supply of aggregate close at hand, cement construction

in

Rogers City

fur

nishes one of the best permanent building ma terials at comparatively low- cost.

Steve Mayes says that he has a good job but they don't "recrusli all" often enough. l\ you see. Ton}' Mulka standing between the mill office and the drive house looking at his watch then at the crusher house there must be something the matter. Could it be there was no dump?

George. Wojtaszek informs us that if we want any Northern Spies we'd better get out there before the bear and porcupine get them all.

Alvin pager says that hauling soft coal doesn't bother us light eomplexioned guys!

Art Voigl asked Gus Schaedig where he. could get some beechnuts and Gus informed him that they

were usually found in beech trees. He sure was a lot of help wasn't he Art ?

This is the kind of fish that Joe Wojtaszek catches. We don't know just what he uses for bait but a 42 inch pike weighing 21 pounds is a good catch for any man. Joe's young friend could pretty nearly play Jonah and the whale.

Sunken

Lake out

near Fletcher State

Park

is

where they grow but you will have to ask Joe how

mm

to catch and laud them.

Our friend, Harry Meharg didn't fare too well either this year where "old Tom Turkey" was concerned but he doesn't mind too much for his profits from last year were in balance with the ledger this

year. Harry appreciates Lenny's generosity too for Lenny offered to open up the kitchen windows so that the aroma of roasting turkey would drift across the alley while IIany sat at a Thanksgiv ing Day dinner of salt pork!

Since George Baker built his hunting camp it seems the deer all left. Could it be the breeze that

he and Miller away? We hear when it comes alright. Miller, doesn't carry a

create that might keep, the deer loo. that Miller is a real rail splitter to cutting down trees. But that's you aren't the only hunter who gun. Or do you?

Everyone in Rogers City has seen, or will haveseen in the next few weeks, a duplicate of the pic ture shown below by looking out of either his back or front window. The new sewage system being installed by the city is certainly making a mess ol"

our roads and alleys. However, in building anything new we must have a period of construction and in convenience before we can enjoy the benefits of the finished job.

Art Santini and Leo Smolinski are two more of the successful hunters who shot

their bucks this

year over on the other side of Swan Lake. Some of you might think, from the above picture, that Art got hungry and decided to eat his deer and carry back the horns as a trophy. With all due respect for Art's appetite we are forced to inform you that this is not the case. The story behind the head, vouched for by Leo Smolinski and the photogra pher, seems to be that Art's efficient brother An drew had skinned the animal while Art was at the

telephone and when the photographer returned with the happy hunters. Art was flabbergasted to (ind a

The new sewage system is going ahead rapidly and with a little patience and care in using the rough and broken roads we will soon be surprised to Iind the city back to normal with all streets in their original state. The only difference will be that underneath lies an up-to-date sanitary sewage sys tem which Rogers City has long needed and wanted.

- No longer need we have thai latent fear of a

possible epidemic of typhoid or some other disease spreading because of an antiquated method of sew age disposal. Our bathing beach, long in the minds

of many of us a menace to public health, will be clean as all of our lakes should be and its clear water an invitation to summer visitors and local residents alike without fear of filth and contamination.

beautifully dressed out deer carcass hanging from a beam with the head and horns on a nearby table.

Having slightly recovered from shock, says hunter Art, "Well, 1 guess we will just have to use the head, that's good proof anyway."

We've all heard of "Mary and her little Lamb" but not about Marge and her little, dog. She's the cutest little pup and answers to the name of "Patsy" and since we've discovered her name we've been

wondering if there's a bit of Irish in her. Anyway, she gives Marge a bad time when she follows her

to work each day.

Was it beginner's luck or just good shooting

Bob? We didn't see you sporting him around on your front fender but we'll take your word for it.

They say that the average hunter gels his buck every third year but we hope that you don't have to wait until 1950 to down another.

Ask Frank Witkowski what a skunk smells like

after being dead a few days and then put in a box so lie could carry it easier.

(>u a frosty morning: Rains (putting alcohol in air tank; "Ye know Fred, this stuff is no good, it has no fumes to it."

Liedtke: "I'll spill it out and get a can of fumes."

Rains: "Now don't be smart, don't ye understand what I'm trying to tell ye. it's the. fumes from the

alcohol that keep things from freezing."

Liedtke: "Well, all 1 can understand is that you don't want alcohol so I'm going to order a can of fumes."

2083

After spending most of their spare time for the last 20 years in the woods, the fellas around the Ma chine Shop thought they had seen almost every thing but when Adolph Radka told of seeing a "brindle" fox everyone sat up and took notice.

When asked what a brindle fox looked like. .Adolph

said: "I seen him up on the llealy Grade a couple of years ago. He was blacker than Ole Sam Hill!"

Ellsworth Crooks and Keith Palmer will know

what the slogan "Be Prepared" means now. While they were driving home from work a buck came out to the road and looked at them. It didn't do them

any good for they left the gun home that day.

Chum Raymond got a ticket for parking at a bus stop, and he couldn't quite get over the fact that it was his first ticket. Well, Chum either the law is now on its toes or else you've just been plain lucky!

Shooting deer is not an entirely new experience for Frank Flewelling although Frank says that In; still gets the same old thrill when he sees that antlered head through the trees after waiting pa tiently on a runway for hours wondering if there is such a thing as a buck in the county.

In the case of Captain Gumming, however, it was a different case, this being his first deer hunt and his first trophy. "Cap" didn't say whether he had "buck fever" or not but he was certainly excited about that buck. "Once in a lifetime." said the skip per, "let's celebrate."

These two deer came from the Calcite hunting

grounds. One weighed 190 pounds and the other 208 pounds. There's a lot of meat there fellas.

George Dagncr is still hunting deer with that old single-barrel shot gun. He saw seven deer jump the fence and he look a shot at them but they're still going.

MOUSK TALL

The greatest of the great practitioners of the art

of magic appeared on the shop floor recently. Stand ing at strict attention for a few minutes he gath ered in a sizeable audience which he proceeded to entertain with the most mystifying feat of his ca reer. He took several scraps of paper which he crumpled together. After uttering mysterious ex

pressions and waving his magic wand at the spirits, lie unfolded the papers; lo and behold out scam pered a mouse in all true form and agility typical of this species. This individual rose to the position of a public idol in the shop.

It so happened that Mr. Mouse decided to visit his friend a few days later. The magician of a fewdays ago decided to capture this furry little crea ture. He was successful in catching him but soon felt a sudden sharp pain in his finger. As a result

poor Mr. Mouse was suddenly dropped into the wash basin where he left this world by way of drowning. Said Al Rieger to Nick Carter, who was sporting a beautiful new bandage on his finger, "Why did you drown a little helpless creature?"

"Helpless, me eye," said Nick. "The durn fool wouldn't cooperate, so what else could 1. do?" In stead of being a magician, Nick is now known as the mouse tamer.

2084

Where we find game birds and rabbits we usually find predatory animals such as the coyote and fox.

This is nature's method of keeping a balance in wildlife and preventing any one species from be coming too numerous.

Sportsmen, wishing to keep game birds and animals

for

their own

use. make

war

on

these

animals of prey. Thus we find the State paying a bounty for coyotes, foxes and wolves.

The property of the Michigan Chemical Company not only rabbits, partridge and other goodly supply of foxes and picture we see foreman John

Limestone &

has its share of deer, game, but also has a coyotes. In the above Bruning. an inveterate

hunter, holding two coyotes which he had trapped on the Company property. They are a wily critter and it takes a veteran hunter to trap them. Dogs are used on the coyote hunt more successfully than anything else but dogs are not allowed on Company property so John baits the trap. The more of the pesky animals of prey that John catches, the more partridge and rabbits there will be for the rest of us.

New Arrivals

employed in the Electrical Department.

Neil John was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Babies, babies, and more babies. My, Mr. Stork sure has been a busy body since our last issue of Calcite Screenings. We wish to welcome each and every one of them into our midst.

Strzelecki on Oct. 31. Frank is employed in the

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Dempsey

friends in the Yard when son, Kim Arthur, was

on July 13. Irvine is employed in the Track De partment.

Mill Department. Neil is the second son and third child of the Strzeleckis.

Ivan Wirgau passed around the "segars" to his born to him and Mrs. Wirgau on Oct. 30.

Edmund Erickson informs us of the birth of a

Henry Yarch, of the Str. White will learn what "floor walking" means now. A son was born to Mrs. Yarch and him on July 11 at the Alpena Hos

son on October 28. Ed is employed as an assistant repairman on the Str. Robinson.

pital.

when she found her way into the home of John Claus who is employed as an electrician on the Str. Bradley.

Frankie Rubio was passing out the "little cigars" when his infant daughter appeared at his home on November 6. Her proud daddy is employed as a

The fellows on the Str. White seem to have gone out for an all-time record for this issue of Screen

ings. Another proud papa is Edwin Fuhrman who added a daughter to his family on July 26.

Another daughter, Millicent Irene, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bey on August 12. Sister, Dana Lee will be happy to have her as a playmate.

The stork left a little girl for the William Cook family on August 23. Christine is their first daugh ter. Bill is employed in the yard department.

Tim Stafford, wheelsman on the Str. Munson,

has added a little boy to his family who will an swer to the name of Dale. He was born on August

24th. Little Mary is the only girl and has three brothers.

A daughter, Sarah Eileen, invaded the household of the Rudy â&#x20AC;˘Schalk family on August 28. Her daddy is employed in the- Electrical Department.

Paul Ristow of the Mill Department added a

daughter to his family on September 1.

Lawrence "Eddie" Furtaw, stokerman on the Str. Calcite boasts of the birth of a son, Michael

Ruth Louise Claus made her debut on Nov. 6

track maintenance foreman.

William Hornbacher has been up in the clouds since the birth of his new son, William III on No

vember 8. Bill is employed as a wheelsman aboard the Str. Bradley.

Harry Hein, driller, added a daughter, Connie Lynn, to his family on October 27.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lezer of the Elec trical Department, a daughter, Yolanda Lillian on August 16.

Harry and Mrs. Durecki have a daughter Mary Ellen born to them on August 28. Harry of the Loading Crew will soon experience the first thrill of being called "Daddy."

The Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company and the Bradley Transportation Company extend our congratulations and best wishes to the parents of these new arrivals and may they grow, to be healthy and hardy citizens of tomorrow.

Richard on Sept. 17.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pines had a son born to them on Sept. 24. Ralph is employed in the Elec We wonder who the gentleman was who drove trical Department.

An infant daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. his car to work one morning and then forgot that George Dagner oh Oct. 1. We are told that she "he had it. During the course of the morning it had could be a blue ribbon winner and will not have begun to rain and becoming quite concerned over to sit back for anyone when it comes to the sub ject of beauty.

Joseph Krawczak of the Bradley Transportation Company came to the office beaming on Septem ber 29 and announcing the birth of a son, Ronald Joseph. Ronald is his first child.

Reinhardt Wirgau added a son, Bradley Robert, to his family on Sept. 30. Reinhardt is employed in the Mill Department.

Albert Fuhrman, conveyorman on the Str. Mun son, will be buying an extra pair of shoes since Ann Marie was born to Mrs. Fuhrman and him on Oct. 5.

That big white bird called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Newhottse Jr. on October 20 and brought them a baby girl whom they named Peggy Ann. Her daddy is employed in the Electrical De partment.

The stork brought a playmate to Jimmy and Judy Haneckow on Oct. 18. Her mommy and daddy named her Jule Marie. Her daddy, Bob, is employed

in the Drill Department.

Lawson Glen III joined the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Macklem on Oct. 19. His daddy is

the fact that he did not have his rubbers or um

brella (which is quite unusual) he asked for a ride home at noon. Was his face fed when his wife wanted a ride downtown!

Ernie Adrian, Bob Noffze, and Bill Erkfritz had

made arrangements to go bird hunting early one Sunday morning with Harry Meharg. Bill, stopping out in front of Meharg's and blowing the horn brought Harry out in his p'j's and while rubbing the sleep out of eyes, he said, "Gee, fellas, I can't go, I just dreamed I got two birds and that's enough for Hattie and me."

It's quite amusing to listen to a fellow who has never hunted deer before. Bob, you surprised usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and here we all thought you were a veteran at the sport. One day, in the accounting department, Bob passed the remark that he'd like to get off work early so that he could go out into the woods and look for a big tree along a runway for protection purposes for he said he'd look mighty foolish going around in search of a tree with a flashlight early on the 15th. We hope Bob had some of that "be ginner's luck" and bagged his buck.

2085

It takes many hands to do the job in the far-flung industries of our country. Hands of management to plan, hands of engineers to design and develop, hands of the worker applying his skill, hands of the sales force to sell the product and the hands of the investor to pro duce the cash for expansion and improvements.

In presenting our men who have served thirty-five years at Calcite, we have a representation of the indi viduals who serve in these capacitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a typical pic ture

of the

American

scene

where

the

individual

is

not limited in his opportunities to reach the top. What other country in the world today gives this precious right to its citizens so readily and freely?

We congratulate these men on their many years of

faithful service. It is a compliment to them to have served and progressed through the years and a compli ment to their company that its men were content to

remain with one employer for this length of time.

These twelve fellows started here during the years of 1911 or 1912. They have seen the Michigan Lime stone and Chemical Company grow from its infancy to the present development and have been active in promoting this growth. They have seen many changes at the plant and in the community and are proud that these changes have been for the better.

Last, but not least, these men not only have good service records but also good safety records.

Top center, Charles F. Platz, who has been with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company since Sep tember 12, 1912, has the distinction of having two jobs.

One is that of Vice-President of Sales of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company and the other as Vice-President of the Bradley Transportation Company.

Charlie has long been associated with handling shipping from the Port of Calcite and also with the sale of lime

stone. He is well-known locally and among shipping men around the Great Lakes area.

He has raised

a

daughter who helps keep him posted on the younger

generation. For relaxation, he bowls and catches all the perch at the Calcite dock.

To the right of Mr. Platz, Victor Koch employed on September 9, 1912, came here as a locomotive brakeman. Later, he became an engineer and has been on his present work of train dispatcher since 1924. "Vic" enjoys keeping a comfortable home. He is active in church and fraternal affairs and being a willing work er always has plenty to do. He used to be a golfer but we haven't heard much about that of late.

To the left of Mr. Platz, Clayton Eldridge is a native New Yorker but has been in Presque Isle County for so long that he is an old-timer in this section. His first

job here was as a locomotive engineer and he came on June 1, 1912. He has raised a family of five boys. He will soon be living in Rogers City again after having spent

the last few years on a farm near Millersburg. Clayt's present position is that of train dispatcher.

Upper left. Anthony Mulka has been in the Mill De partment since his first day at Calcite which was April 15, 1912. He has come up through the ranks to the top of his group where he is shift foreman. Tony has been a hard worker but has always taken a "wee bit" of time for fishing. This is his chief hobby. He has raised a family of four daughters and five sons.

Center left. Max Bellmore is one of the oldest em

ployees at the Plant having been employed on August 6, 1911. He came here on construction work and kept on in the mill department when the plant was built.

Thirty-five Ye

He is now general mill foreman having been a shift

foreman for many years before that. Raising eight

ars of Service

sons and four daughters has kept Max a very busy man. He did have some time for hunting and fishing although he doesn't do much of that now. Through the years he has found that a smile helps a lot when the going gets rough.

Lower left, Clare Macklem came to the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company as a shovel fireman on July 12, 1912. He is now an engineer on an electric shovel. In thirty-five years he has dipped a good many tons of stone into the cars and has seen the equipment grow from miniature size to the present large shovels and trains. Clare is active in community affairs. He has raised a daughter and two sons and continues to enjoy life by keeping young with the grandchildren.

Upper right. Adolph Sorgenfrei, a native of the Moltke section, came to the Calcite Plant on April 10, 1912, and hired out as a construction worker. He is now a shift

foreman in the Mill and has watched this part of the operation evolve from a small screening plant to the present system of handling thousands of tons of material each day. Adolph has his own home and has raised a

family of two sons and one daughter. His hobby is hunting and he spends much time visiting relatives on the farm.

Center right, Steve Widajewski, a track maintenance man has been employed since November 1, 1912, at which time he started as a pitman. Most of his years of service have been in the track department where his experience has made him a general handyman at caring for track equipment and supplies. Steve has three sons and one daughter. He is a faithful gardener and likes ice fishing.

Lower right, Watson Siecinski is the oldest employee at the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company Plant having come here on July 1, 1911. He came to the U.S.A. from Poland at an early age and soon became a citi

zen. Watson has always been in the shovel depart ment and is now an electric shovel operator. For many years he lived on a farm but now is a city man.

He raised seven daughters and four sons. His spare time is spent improving his home and garden.

Center, Henry Shorkey came to Calcite as a steam shovel fireman on August 28, 1912. Today, he is an elec tric shovel engineer. Henry was one of the young fel lows who came up here from Alpena to seek his for tune and stayed for good. He owns his home and has raised two daughters and three sons. His hobby is making friends and following sports events. Henry is quite a linguist too and can teach some of the Polish a few things about their native tongue.

In the center at the left. Erwin Adrian now working as a car dumper first started as a drill helper on July 1, 1912. Since that time he has worked in the yard and on the shovels. Most of the time, however, has been in the Mill Department. Erwin is a native of Rogers City. He has raised a family of four daughters and two much of In the a pitman

sons. He owns his own home which takes his spare time. center at the right. Michael Yarch started as on July 1, 1912. In 1920 he transferred to the

Mill and that is where he is today as an elevator oper ator. Mike has raised three daughters and one son. He

owns his own home and takes pride in being a good gardener. His main hobby is work. After that he just helps the good wife pick berries.

to be so honored. If there is one younger, let us

It Pays To Be A Grandfather

know.

It's hunting season once again but Ed Adrian isn't asking that "hard luck hunter" Happy Hopp to get him a piece of deer meat this year. He's afraid that Happy might get lost again and says he. "I don't waul a piece that bad."

Clarence "Doc" Furtaw has worked for the Mich

igan Limestone & Chemical Company for a good

many years and is now a clerk in the Storehouse.

During his years with the Company, Doc has raised a family of live, boys and three girls. Two of his children are married. Lawrence "Eddie" Furtaw is a stokerman on the Str. Calcite and the father of

those four line looking youngsters in the picture.

Marianne, now Mrs. Robert McKen/.ie of Detroit,

has a little girl by the name of Michelle who does not appear on this picture. "Doc" is justly proud of his grandchildren. Reading from left to right we have

Charles.

Carol

Ann.

Michael

Richan

and

Lawrence, jr.

We couldn't get Otto IMedian and his grandchil

dren all in one picture but we do have them in separate groups. Otto, who works as a car dumper in the Crusher House, just completed a nice new home this past summer so he has lots of room for the young folks when they come to visit. The chil dren left to right are: Jeffry. Susan Lee. Kay and Beverly. Kay and Beverly are daughters of Kenneth I'icehan of the storehouse. Below are Leon. Dianne.

Dennis and Rhoud. children of Orville I'icehan of

the Mill Department.

Mike Crohowski, locomotive engineer, and Mrs.

Grohowski proudly pose

with

Kim. their new

grandson. We could hardly believe that a young fellow like Mike could rate the title of grandpappy

and wager that he is the youngest man at the plant.

Louis Dambra. yard watchman, proudly holds his Grandfather Eugene King is a shovel operator

newest grandson. Jeffrey Lou. The two grand-

for the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company, daughters are Margot and Beverly Rlackmore and Not very many years ago we used to watch Gene toss his opponents around the wrestling ring. He still looks as if he might be able to put on a good hammer lock but

thinks that a man with

the grandson on his left is Jack Dobson. Louie doesn't mind being baby tender especially for this young fellow. Don't spoil him, Louie.

four

grandchildren should be getting over that sort of thing. Maybe Johnny Builton and Wayne King gel a few lessons on the side when their mammas aren't around. Left to fight in the picture are: Wayne King, son of Eugene King. Jr.. who is

employed as a powerhouse fireman: John Bunton. son of Gene's daughter. Mrs. Gerald Bunton.

Grandfather Gene. Catherine King, and Nancy KinÂť-.

Joseph Urban seems well able, to cope with han dling eight grandchildren at one time. He should as he has had charge of track crews and should be

pretty good at it now. The youngsters from left to right are: Louis. Richard. Janet, Carol Ann, Robert,

Susan, Nancy and Joan. Robert is the son of Clem Urban of the Construction Department and Joan is the daughter id' Bert Urban of the Track Depart ment. The other youngsters are sons and daughters

of Louis Urban, watchman aboard the. Str. Bradley; We've all heard of strange things happening but this little incident, we believe, tops them all. It

Russell Pollock, pitman, is all slicked up to pose with his two good looking grandsons, Gary Michael

and Robert Russell. We say good looking and why not? Grandpop is a pretty good looking young fel low himself.

seems that on November 10 Lester Pines lost his

balance while working on the Vnlcan and very neatly fell into the slip head first. We are told that lie came back up so fast that he didn't even get his hat wet. Nice going. Les. 2089

minster Church on August 25, 1947. Jim is em ployed in the Mill Department and his wife is teaching in the Rogers City Public Schools.

Charles Tobcr of the Mill Department and Ida LaFrance were united in marriage on November 8. 1947.

Calcite Screenings wishes these newlywcds a long and blissful married life.

The

blasting crew

often

wishes

that

Albert

SehUltz were still around. They tell us that he al ways had a good story to tell when things got a bit dull. Albert says that it will take some time to accustom himself to the fact that that 8 o'clock

whistle will no longer beckon him to the job he held for over twenty-one years. We understand, too that Albert will never want for something to

John Bums, drill helper, returned from deer hunting just in time to get his picture taken with

do. "Jack-of-all-Trades" Albert? Some of us fellas

his granchildren. Virginia. Lowell, Bruce, and Don ald. Virginia and Donald are the children of Gerald

We understand that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mieyer celebratcd their Silver Wedding anniversary this

Burns of the Mill Department. The grandparents must he proud of these four healthy, robust chil dren.

Those Who Have Passed Away Vincent Brady, former shovel repairman, passed away on September 25. 1947. following an extended illness. Mr. Brady had been in ill health for some lime and had not worked since October 15. 1940.

"Vince" had been employed by the Michigan Lime

stone & Chemical Company since May 3. 1923. and had attained a twenty-four year service record with this Company. Funeral services were held from the St. Ignatius Church with Rev. C. T. Skowronski

officiating and his body was taken to Norway.

Michigan, for burial.

August Dehring, employed as a drill helper, passed away at his home suddenly on October 18,

1947. Me had been employed with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company since November ]2. 1923, and had attained a service record of al

most twenty-four years. He was a steady and de pendable employee and his friends deeply mourn his passing. Funeral services were held from the St. Ignatius Church with Rev. C. T. Skowronski

officiating. Burial was in Rogers City Memorial I'ark. The "Screenings" wishes to extend its sym pathies to those mourning the loss of loved ones.

Marriages Harold Wright ami Mrs. Dorothy Bruning were United in marriage on October 23. 19-17. The cere mony was performed at the Westminster manse by Rev, William J. Lichau. Harold is employed in the Transportation Department.

LcRoy I leller and Marilyn Brudcr spoke their

will probably be calling on you.

past Fall. We wonder how the little lady stood it that long. Surprisingly enough, she still wears that smile and we hope she will for another tAventy-fivc years. Congratulations!

We told you men who live on a farm and work at

Calcite to buy your pigs from Hugo Sorgenfrei.

First, he had pigs which when fed plums, spit out the pit. Now he has some that are better than that.

Hugo had a vacation coming and was going to the city but he had no one to milk his cows, but he

wasn't stuck. Hugo got out his pigs, gave them a lesson and then went on his vacation. And they call them dumb animals!

Alfred Tulgetske. was working with the Blasters the other day and he. had a 3 or 4 day growth of whiskers. Upon hearing the remarks of the other men. Archie Plume said. "That's nothing, you ought to sec Alfred in the wintertime. You have to part his whiskers to see his face behind them."

We are aware of the fact that many of our em ployees devote much time to different hobbies dur ing their spare time but we were amazed to learn

that we have a fellow down there on the job who does a line job as a taxidermist. It seems that Ray mond Paull was doing some good serious hunting this fall but "ole Lady Luck" just wouldn't give him a hand. However, one day Ray did gel some shoot ing. There stood Mr. Buck just as big as you please right on his runway and broadside too. Ray took two good shots at him but Mr. Buck didn't even

move. Upon investigating and then hearing a great big Ha! Ha! in the brush behind him. Ray soon learned that the joke was on him.

The Highway Department is "hot" on

Ernie

vows on October 11 before Rev. Louis A. Linn at

Adrian's trail because of the condition of the Lake

St. John's Lutheran Church at a very pretty candle light service. LcRoy is employed in the Electrical Department and Marilyn was formerly employed

Nettie road. Now. if you good people wonder who put all those holes in the road, I'll let you in on a little secret. Those little birds were just a bit

in the Accounting Department of the Michigan Limestone N Chemical Company Main Office.

James O'Connor and June Frederick were united

smarter than Frnie thought they were and took to flight just in the nick of time. Ernie's shells were

in marriage bv Rev. Robert Wood at the West

next time, Frnie. .

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wasted on digging up the good earth. Belter luck

of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company.

Lloyd Jr. is studying music at Central State Teach ers College at Mt. Pleasant. He was interested in music all through high school and is continuing to pursue a musical career.

Other young men who spent part of their summer vacations working for the Michigan Limestone N Chemical Company and are now striving towards a degree in one of the higher seats of learning are: Andrew Mathieson who is in his second year at

Bucknell University and is working on a degree in chemical engineering.

Robert L. Walter who is also in his second year

at Bucknell University and is pursuing a course in chemical engineering.

We hope all of these young men profited finan cially in their work at Calcite and that they also gained a background in contacts with men and ma

terial that will help them in the successful attain Education is the background of our American democracy. Knowledge and an unbiased intelligent

analysis of history by an educated public is our main defense against the encroachments of communism and other totalitarian forms of government. Only in America and other similar democratic slates can

the youth of today, from any walk of life, choose his vocation and if capable, climb to any position in our political or industrial structure. The man agement of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical

ment of their future life work.

Retirements Thomas Mautych. switchteudcr. retired from the

employ of the. Michigan Limestone N Chemical Company on July 25, 1947. after having worked here for almost 20 years. He was employed as a switchtemler on August 19. 1918. and worked in that capacity until he retired. Tom was born in

Met/, and joined his brother Pete who terminated his employment with this company in 1045. They

Company believes whole-heartedly in this basic principle of democracy and whenever possible, en courages the young men of our community in quest of higher education by giving as many as possible

own a cozy home in Metz and wish it to be known that they have a doormat that says "Welcome" and are looking forward to their friends and ac

summer employment.

spitzer. Pete has assumed the responsibilities of

The above picture shows a few of our local boys who were employed by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company this past summer to assist them in financing their college education.

Lsadore Lines worked in the electrical shop this summer. lsadore is a veteran of World War II and

is now studying electrical engineering at the Mich igan College of Mines. He is the sou of Griffin Pines of our Electrical Department.

Chester Pilarski, son of Walter Pilarski, blasting foreman, worked in the Yard during the summer vacation. Chester is studying for the priesthood at Baltimore.

quaintances joining them in a game of pinochle of the household duties and we are told that he could

vie for honors with the best of housewives- One of

these days we're going to cross that doormat and have a cup id" tea! We hear that Tom has been do ing a bit of hunting and we hope that he downed his buck for that "porker" he won on a raffle at the Metz picnic must have taken wings long ago.

The Screenings wishes you and Pete good health and the season's greetings. Tom. Since October 22, 1947. the eight o'clock whistle has ceased to beckon Henry Haselhuhn to his car penter's job which he had held since October -1.

1920, with the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company. Henry was a line carpenter and was very rarely ever found mi the absentee list. Lie, like many id the other employees reaching the age

The tall chap in the center of the picture is "Pat" Brady. Pat. also a veteran of World War II. has completed two years towards a chemical engineer ing degree at the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton. He worked in the Yard Department this

of ()5, did not look forward to a life <>\ leisure with

summer. Pat is the son of the late Vincent Brady,

anticipation and we have reason to believe that

who was a former shovel operator for the Michigan

Limestone ec Chemical Company. Mr. Brady passed

away just before Pat returned to school.

Ralph Patzer. a veteran of World War II is the son of the late Robert Patzer, also a former em

ployee of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Com pany. Ralph is taking a course in personnel work at Michigan State Teachers College. He worked in the sampling department this past summer.

Lloyd Conley Jr. worked on maintenance of grounds and in the Yard Department, Lloyd is the son of Lloyd St., an engineer in the Powerhouse

his fellow employees. Art. Louie. Bob, and Herman who worked side by side with him will miss him as much as Henry will miss them. However, since

Henry is a first class carpenter he will be kept very busy and we are told that his services had al ready been spoken for before his retirement. Since he is off the job, his wit and humor are amusing his pals at the McLean barber shop. Before too long he will probably be organizing a "Barber Shop Quartette!" The Screenings wishes Henry a

healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

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Captain Cummings and Engineer Al Quade of the Tugs are becoming the best coffee brewers in town (I mean Calcite). We are told that Roy furnishes the coffee and Al takes care of the cream and sugar.

This probably shouldn't have been made known for soon you may have callers with the old familiar line "can you spare a cup of coffee?"

Said Nick Carter on one of our beautiful fall days : "If we have a winter like this and an early spring, I think my coal bin will hold out."

Sparky Fleming had his son out deer hunting with him but Sparky spent too much time looking for his son to find a buck. They both were alright in enclosed land and with snow to help them out.

he is."

Ted Pardieke—"The deer was standing right there and I shot right where he was."

Art Hein—"That's not the way you should do it Ted. Never shoot where he was, shoot where

Fred LaLonde still has quite a few "pork eating

Ask George Marsh about his experience with his single barrel shot gun when he met up with five deer and didn't know which one to pick off. Such good picking and George walks away without a

buck hunters" on his shift.

buck!

If anyone goes out into the woods with Mike Grohowski take a tip from us before you go. Don't let him get too far from you without a bell on.

George Baker (rubbing his hands with his fa vorite hand lotion)—"What makes this stuff smell so strong?"

Jim Leow: "Smells like limburger cheese."

Baker: "Lloyd Dullack, you so and so, you did

Frankie Rubio really wears that big smile well.

The reason for it is a new baby girl at his home.

Congratulations, Frankie!

When Mike Grohowski comes to work at 6:00 a.

m. someone ought to put his name on his train so that he will be sure to get his own. Frank Witkowski said it was alright with him cause Mike's train was all loaded.

The other day we asked Vincent Kuchinski how one would-say. a seagull in Polish. Replied Vincent: "Well, that's easy. One would say a "Lake Gappa" and for a crow one would say a "Land Gappa."

it."

Dullack: "I might put limburger cheese in things but I wouldn't put it in anything that smells as bad as that."

Heard as we pass: Rhoud Benson—Now I can have a good night's sleep.

Bob Noffze—I should have gotten more.

Alfred Peltz—What's wrong with my tail light?

John Heller—"Gol darn, I'm too busy."

Gus Schaedig—"Oh, that was a big deer."

Emil Erickson—"How do you fix this? You

Cordy Adrian—"Ed, what time is the Ajax com ing?"

-. EH Kihn (looking at his list) "It isn't on this one; look on the one you own."

don't have to tell me."

Meet the girl who greets you with the cheery voice when you call 400. Sarah Schultz is our con genial operator who has to listen to our grumbling

later?"

Ralph OToole—"I'm taking over the time of fice."

Ed Radka—"It's not the use, it's the abuse."

Walter Meyer—"When do you want it, now or Walter Pilarski—"Got a cigarette?"

Martin Lewandowski—"How's your liver?"

when we can't find somebody. Eventually she gets her man so don't forget to give her a cheery "hello"

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS

once in a while to make her feel that life is worth while.

Avery Cook—Give me a carton of beechnut. (To bacco or gum, Avery?)

Steve Partyka—When I get my new Pontiac.

Henry Shorkey—When I had my operation.

Perry—Make mine a shooper.

Frank Richards—How about a policy?

Al Hopp—For crying out loud.

Doc Baker—"Where did you get that deer I saw on your car the other night ?"

Louie Heythaler—"What deer?"

Doc—"The one with the iron horns."

Louie—"Where have you been all this time? I got him at Iron Mountain."

Did you know?

That if Clarence J. Stewart works until be reaches the retirement age of sixty-five he will have been in the employ of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company for forty-nine years and three months? He is now employed as a locomotive engineer.

That

if

Michael

Grohowski

works

until

he

reaches the retirement age of sixty-five he will have been in the employ of the Michigan Lime stone & Chemical Company for forty-eight years and five months? Mike is also employed as a loco motive engineer.

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Fred LaLonde—What's the matter now?

Earl Meyer—Two are better than one.

Butch—That's my cousin.

Bill Beach—Is that so, Daddy?

Nick Carter—When I was your age, boy!

Ed Kelley—How about a chew ?

John Heller—Judas priest.

Ty Rains—I'll take V.O.

Harry Meharg—I'll try a solo. (Good, we're look ing for entertainment at the 25-year servicemen's banquet!)

Bob Santimo—Shucks, she's only 16.

Les Raymond—I'll have to ask my wife.

Getzinger—Our Propeller Club went bankrupt but Buza and I are going to reorganize.

ADVANCE PRINT.

ROGERS CITV,

MICH.

Twenty-five Years . . HonOY Roll . . Thirty-fi<ve Years Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company and Bradley Transportation Company Employees who hare com pleted twenty-five years or more of service.

1936—Max Bellmore, 'Leo Paull, tHilary O'Toole, Watson Siecinski, tGeorge Shorkey.

1937—'Jacob Yarch, *Frank Thompson, Mike Yarch, Henry Shorkey, Adolph Sorgenfrei, Steve Widajewski, tGeorge Pilarski. Erwin Adrian, Clay

ton Eldridge, tjohn Schultz, Chas. F. Platz, *Roman Idalski, Victor Koch, Clare Macklem, Anthony

Mulka, *E. J. Noble, 'Gustav Wenzel'.

1938—John Heller, Fred Horn, 'Frank Grohow ski, tRobert Patzer, Richard Hamann, Vincent Kuchinski, 'William Sobeck, tErwin Joppich, *Hector Hawkins, Leon Ruell, *N. W. Pollock, George Wing, Emil Dehnke.

1939—Charles Hoffman, John Bruning, *William Peetz, ^Howard E. Johnson, Thomas Kelley, 'Richard Lamb, Angus McDonald, ^Oswald Voigt, *Capt.

M. R. McLean.

1940—tjohn Cherrette, Stephen Kelley, Cash So beck, William Heller, Peter Giovagnorio, 'John

'Thomas Montych, John C. Wirgau, Walter Pilar ski, Fr*ank Rygwelski, George Smart, Clarence Stewart, William Streich, Joseph A. Valentin, Her man Wagner, 'August Wietersheim, Charles Fred erick, John Sparre, 'William Schwert, Otto Sparre, Capt. Donald E. Nauts, Athur Urdal.

1944—Henry Bey, Edgar Breckon, John Bruder, Lloyd Conley, Louis Dambra, Rudolph Dueltgen Jr., 'Frank'Gordon, Michael Grohowski, Nicholas Grzegorzewski, Frank Hamilton, 'Peter Kelley, Eugene King, tGeorge King, 'Paul Knopf, John H. Meharg, Leo O'Connor, August Pardike, Edwin Radka, Morris Richards, Clarence Stott, Elmer

Voigt, Paul Wirgau, Ray Buehler.

1945—R. F. Crittendon, Willard J. Mundt, Ferdi nand Dost, 'Henry Haselhuhn, Russell Kuhlman, Fred Lee, Arthur Paull, Frank Reinke, Albert

Smith, Bernard Wagner, Jacob Dembny, Alfred Basel. Arthur Grambau, Frank Hincka, Emerson Lee, John Mayes, 'Martin Pokorski, Louis Roski,

'Walter Strzelecki, tWalter Yarch, *Otto Quade, Thomas Suttle.

Montych, 'Eugene Vallee.

1941—Cordy Adrian, tGeorge Atkinson, Ernest Bruning, Alexander Krawczak, Adolph Dullack, Clarence Furtaw, Cornelius Glosser, 'Robert Hamil

ton, William Haselhuhn, JFrank Haske Jr., Alexan der Karaim, John P. Kinville, Fred G. LaLonde, John A. Modrzynski, 'Joseph Penglase, Wilson W. Pines, Harry C. Wing, Rolland Rains, Frank E. Rose, 'Adolph L. Sabin, Louis Selke Jr., Ignatz

Sobeck, James E. 'Soper, Alfred Tulgetske, Joseph Urban, Capt. Crossley M. McQuinn, Lester G. Pines.

1942—Frank Lamp, *Dr. N. C. Monroe, *Alonzo All, Charles Baker, John Belusar, Edward Buza, Emil Erickson, Albert Hopp, Frank Mayes, Paul M. Mulka, Theodore Pardieke, Claude Powers, Leo Smith, 'John Smolinski Sr., Howard Warwick, 'Julius Zempel, Trofim Polohniuk, William Kunner, Guy LaBounty.

1943—Edward Adrian, Harry Boutin, John Dem bny, Harry Erickson, Fred J. Fisch, 'Paul Fisher, Otto Flemming, tWilliam Fulsher, Alfred Hopp, Edward J. Kelley, Foster Kelley, 'Robert Kroll, tCharles R. Link, Steve Martin, Alva 'Meyer, 'Retired

1946-^-William Grambau, Frank Hoffman, James Lamb, Frank Modrzynski, Steve Partyka, Otto Piechan,. John Pilarski, Frank Rubeo, Frank Talas-

ka, Arthur Wenzel, Rudolph Wenzel, Adolph Gruelke, Edmund Kihn, Albert Martin, John Palmer, Julius Patzer, Frank Pilarski, Alvin Raymond, Har ry Smith, William Warwick, Elmer Wenzel, An thony Zielaskowski, Capt. F. F. Pearse, John Miller.

1947—William Beach, Hugo Bredow, Otto Bru ning, Lawrence Carter, Avery Cook, Karl Daniels, Charles Derry, Harry Fleming, Rhinardt Froelich, Leonard Haselhuhn, Verii Henry, Fred Heythaler, Martin Johnson, Charles Kleiber, Frank Kreft, Leonard LaGuire, Russell Lamb, Fred Liedtke,

John Link, Angus Mayes, William McManemy.

Stanley Modrzynski, Stanley Okolowicz, Alfred Peltz, Frank Polaski, Joseph Promo, Herman Rusch, Walter Santimo, William Schelley, Rudolph Schleben, Ernest Smith, Leo Smolinski, John Smo linski, Jr., Gaylord Smith, Henry Smith, Simon Smolinski, Stephen Smolinski, Earl Tulgetske, Ernest Viegelahn, Arthur Voight, Alfred Wenzel, Otto Zempel, John Zielinski, William Hornbacher, Gilbert Kempe, Chris Swarts. ^Deceased 2093

The Bradley Transportation Company

Front row left to right: E. Fleming. X. Quaine. I.. Motrin, I'. Ilcward. E, Felax. II. llincka, \Y. Ilaske. R. Schalk. I.. Flewelling, A. Nedeau. Back row left to right: A. Malocha. 11. Caswell. G. Wirgau.

I). Bellmore, M. Sobeck, C. Pfeiffer, S. Bellraorei R. Tulgetske. I.. Urban, K. Jarvis, A. Horrocks. \Y.

Dcrry. Q. Sparre, Win. Iloinbacher. A. Altmau. E. (iorlewski. J. Claus. II. Voglcr. Capt. MeOuiun.

STR. CARL D. BRADLEY

.

PERSONAL ITEMS

Could it be only rumors that Steve is going to run the motor gang this winter at Calcite—does a good job—and know lie would be highly recommended.

During a biblical discussion among the crew one evening. Leonard blewelling said that the parable he liked best was the one about the multitude and

the loaves and fishes. Must be that winter is really here.

Wanted — Someone to tell Chief Sparre where all the lost man hours have gone. Just don't seem to

be able to catch up with them and here it's time to lay up.

'"Ole Joe- Stalin" will sure have to make more than bonus offers to his gang of Commies for raising

families, if he wants to run competition with this crew as long as we have fellows like Claus. Hornbacher. Horrocks, Felax, and several more that we will be able to mention at a later date. Congratula tions to all you men.

Good cooks are hard to get. but we know where one can get a good replacement in a hurry. Since Otto's been off "Casey" his understudy has done a wonderful job.

Calvin Rfeiffer from the backhands of llillman mentioned to Wheelsman 1 lornbacher on Calvin's

first trip that: this was more water than he had seen in his life. Bill said. "You ain't seen nothin' yet.

That's just the top of it."

Al Skowroiiek. our night cook, tells us that the 37 miles from Alpena to the Calcite Dock is a long way to walk to catch a boat. We would like to remind Al that it is a lot farther from Calumet City

to Alpena.

Steve Chibola likes the food in the galley and is well pleased with the service but he says some ol tlie boys handle the truth recklessly. There is one fellow in particular that has lived 200 years if his Stories are true.

It seems our fair steamer makes better time than

most Greyhound busses. I'm sure the Calumet "Quartette" will agree to that.

Will some kind person help Taylor out on the sub ject '"To get and to hold" (not money). Seems as tho the farm boys have it over some sailors.

If we haven't missed our guess "Smiling Norm Onaine" won't lose any lime in getting back here for Bradley Winterwork. Seems like he kept a lit tle girl down on the southern end of town quite busy all during the sailing season. It made it kind of nice loo with his boat here in port every three days. Colly, we wonder how some fellas get all

the breaks and she sure is soothing to tlie eyes.

More power to you Xorni.

To brag little, to lose well, to crow gently il in luck, to pay up. to own up. to shut up if beaten, are the virtues of a sportingman. (io to School This Winter The Lake Carriers' Association schools of navi

gation and marine engineering will be in session

immediately after the first of the year. Location is near Clark at West 25th Street. Capt. John Mur ray is in charge of the navigation classes and James Nolan, chief engineer of the Super Ship Steamer J. II. llillman. Jr.. of the Great Lakes Steamship Co.. is in charge of the marine engineering classes.

Wisdom is knowing what to do about hazards:

skill is knowing how to do it; and safety is doing it.

Seated left to right: \V. IMath. B. Smigelski. J. Mulka. M. Joppich. S. Milostan, J. Vogelheim. H.

Elovvsky, H. Sorgatt. J. Maynard. D. Kreft. Back row left to right: I). Langridge. T. Strand. H. Gould.

L. OToole. G. Paradise, I. Malkowski, W. Szymoniak. H. Xidy. L. Goulette, E. McFalda. A. Donike.

A*. Strand, E. J;.hrke. S. Sobeck. W. Tulgetske, E. Cross. C. Pilarski. Capt. Swarls. W. Wiseman. J. Selke.

STR. B. H. TAYLOR

PERSONAL ITEMS

Thanksgiving dinner, lie also informs us that there

are only twenty-four more shopping days until

Screenings time again. We have been informed that this will be the last publication of the season.

It is with regret that the name of the B. II. Taylor

Christmas. He has already started his shopping. I hope they fit. Pete.

had to be taken from the •"Safety Honor Roll." But it was one of those things, boys, that could have

Oh, yes, if any of you boys want to hear some interesting tales have Pete O'Toole tell you about

been worse.

At this time of the year with Thanksgiving just

his uncle "Black Pete." who. by the way. was a

buddy of I'aul Bunyan's away back in the year of

over with and Christmas on the way our hearts arc

the blue snow.

heavy for those unfortunates in the world who art

At this time of the season we would like to put our thoughts that arc uppermost on paper —

less fortunate than we are. Let us lend a helping band to them in every way that we possibly can.

There are so many thousands throughout the world starving and freezing through no fault of ours. Let us try to prove to them why we think our form of government is best, and to crush those others who try to destroy this form of government as we have had to do before, trusting and asking for spiritual guidance to uphold the ideals of our fathers in ages past.

Somebody said five more trips—then lay up. Well it is getting near time, for the calendar does not lie. Anyone in doubt should have seen that white Stuff floating in the St. Marys River and strewn along it's banks recently. When this appears we know that it is near time to go home.

Xow that baseball is long gone, and football over with as well, we have learned who had the best

teams. Our main topic of conversation at present is: When and where, are we going to lay up? This weather is sort of getting us down so we have to

thoughts which will be a reality in the near fu ture :

Over the hills and far away To our families we will go Lor the Yuletide season is drawing near

And the icy winds do blow.

Lor nine long months We've toiled and hauled At last our reward is near

To the open arms of our own so dear.

A Christmas tree, then twelve long weeks

To sit by the lire and spin a yam For tiny eyes as bright as the Heaven Oh, yes. 'tis time to wind up 1°47.

Our second mate "Splash" Gould as he is known among his shipmates, did not do so well this year at his predictions on the outcome of sports. Maybe

you're slipping Hilton—or just misinformed. Ask

have something to talk about.

Hilton how he got his nickname boys.

Speaking of baseball reminds us of tlie employer who gave Up baseball because he just could not bear hearing the umpire call a strike.

Ed Cross says no matter how expensive living becomes, it is always worth more. How true. Ed,

Our steward, '•.Smiling Pete/' has again proven his ability in his profession by his wonderful

the trouble with some people is that they say what

Wilber Wiseman, our dashing watchman, says others onlv think. How true. Wilber.

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Allen Strand is just as noisy as ever. It is re ported that he is trying to decide whether to take a course in domestic science this winter or find

some nice young lady and settle down and have her do it for him.

There was quite a discussion overheard a few nights ago in the galley: Whether it is better to take a plane from the west shore of Lake Michigan and Green Bay, or come by bus. Anyhow you made it boys.

It is reported that "Detour Joe" is not going to install wings on his Pontiac .as was reported. She just won't stand it. You better just buy a plane Joe.

Jim Selke claims a great demand for politeness is caused by its shortage.

Ted Strand has insisted on street car fare the

next time he goes to call the Tugs at Cleveland.

He never knew that there were so many without

"I will not," cried the other, "you'd turn out the light when I got halfway up."

Sometimes a man longs for tomorrow for- he is ashamed of what he didn't do today.

Angus and Harry are going to seek employment this winter as rat exterminators. Their demonstra

tion at Bay City was very satisfactory.

Wife: "Did you see those sailors staring at that girl boarding the bus?"

Szymoniak: "What sailors?"

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Two persons will not be friends very long if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

If you trust a friend, trust- him unto death. Of course you may be deceived in him. But better be

humiliated by betrayal than be incapable of perfect faith.

Any girl can be gay In a classy coupe, In a taxicab all can be jolly But the girl worth while

phones.

It is reported at this time that Harold Nidy and Angus Domke are contemplating a new business venture. In fact there is some talk of putting the

Is the one who can smile

old Algoma back in service. Good luck to you, boys.

"Football" Vogelheim says a bridge partner is one who thinks that it is always your fault. "Engi neer Joe" says that you can't play the game any how.

When you're taking her home on a trolley.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a woman's

birthday, but forgets her age.

All good things must come to an end so we are

toldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so must our contribution to the last publica tion of the Screenings for 1947.

It is said that from the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.

Thus endeth another Screenings.

We have just learned about the time that James Maynard as a dutiful husband purchased a new

A carton for delivery of milk, provided with a cream chamber and a valve for controlling an open

brassiere for his wife.

ing between the milk and cream chambers is the subject of a recent patent.

"What bust," smiled the sweet young thing be hind the counter.

"Nothing," replied Jim, "the darn thing just wore out."

Patience is a good all-year-round lubricant for

The industrial horizons of tomorrow' are limited

only by the vision and ingenuity of American in ventive genius, says Sen. Alexander Wiley, chair man of senate committee on the judiciary. "Our

the wheels of life.

frontiers are frontiers of the mind and frontiers

Jerome Mulka says that an evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

American standard of living to yet undreamed of

Joe Buck claims that Ed Ehrke is still wearing

Approximately 100 cans are made annually in the United States for every man, woman and child

the shield on his finger just looking for sympathy.

A woman said that she and her husband always argued who should get up and give the baby his bottle at 2 a. m. feeding time. She asked the older woman sitting next to her who in her family per

formed this duty of feeding the babies at night.

"Well," she mused, "it wasn't my husband. You see, we didn't have bottles in those days'."

Pilarski: "Darling, I am groping for words."

She: "Well, you won't find them there."

"Scotty" MacFalda tells the story of the two morons who were walking along the countryside one night. One had a flashlight which he pointed at the sky and said, "I dare you to climb that beam."

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where invention and industry can join to raise the heights."

in the country!

Leave horseplay to the horses!

Living top hard, liquor, tobacco, "and night club life kills lots of people, or so we are led to believe.

What I wonder is what kills these birds who live

right.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has

been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yester day. .

Success is the ability to get along with some people and ahead of others.

Seated left to right: L. McLean. J. Szczcrowski, I). Marsh. K. Tulgetske, A. Gapczynski, (i. Smigelski. M. Baker. E. Schmidt. K. Erickson. Standing left to right: L. Pines, L. Mulka. S. Rygwelski, X. Raymond, Wm. Chain, J. Gordon, K. Partyka, II. Kaminski, Capt. Xauts, X. Meharg. Chief Hoy. I. Streich. H, Piechan. J. Single. I.. Bruder. C. Modrzynski.

STR. T. W. ROBINSON

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PERSONAL ITEMS

Our first mate. Mill Chain, is whistling '"California Here I Conic" a little louder each day. Boy. with this weather, a lot of us have thoughts of Cali fornia. Arizona. Florida and Texas but thoughts won't take us there will they Bill? We hope you and the family enjoy your stay there Bill and we don't mind telling you that we are envious.

Kugene McLean spent a few hours looking over the honeymoon accommodations at Niagara Falls.

Xothing like being prepared but why such a long stay. Gene?

John Single has got the new house fever and has a good start. Going to have it ready by spring, John? Congratulations loo. on the new- Mr. Single

in the family who just recently invaded the peace and quiet of your household.

Al Goodreau, our congenial cook, says that his home town. Chicago, although known as the windy city, is like a dead calm after tin: wind he encounters around the. mess room all season.

If you want to stay out of car trouble stay away from the Robinson crew. They certainly have been tough on .automobiles lately.

Don Marsh is back from the Xavy. Which fleet is best, Don ?

Our friend, X'eil Meharg, shows his true colors

Anyone wishing to make a sight seeing trip ihru our fair city get in touch with George Patzer. op erator of the Amos & Andy Cab company.

Rudolph: "Can't understand it;

was oniv gomg

fortv."

Kunner: "They can't make a catch basin out of my basement.''

Things you do see:

Moscow sitting in the Huron Cafe drinking coffee for 4 hours. When is it going to be, Cash?

Grinder plainly marked For Tools Only, but Goodreau insists on grinding his choppers on it.

Bruder: "If we don't start getting more breaks in Calcite. Pm not going back sailing next year."

Moscow: "Well I guess I'll get married and settle down."

Gust: "Well f guess this is my last year."

Slim, if that Frasier is the best car made how-

come we see you riding the cab, or could it be the cab driver-ess?

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All work done under careful supervision. Call in

when he hears a set of beautiful Irish dance selec

any evening after live or after 8:00 a. in. Sundays.

tions. That just goes to show you that he appreci ates good music. What am I saying. I'm not Irish!

All work guaranteed.

Mr. Wynn of the General Electric Co. and Frank

Compensation does not relieve pain.

Ware were welcomed on board the Robinson. The 2097

mission of their trip was to discover who was stealing all the KW's. and Bill knew right where they were hiding.

Transportation Means Fuel

L'nderstand that Capt. X'auts and Adm. Byrd are cooking up a new trip to the Arctic. When do you break out the bear skins Captain? Surely, the two overcoats you are wearing now won't be enough.

Junior, our baby wiper was made a proud father recently. Junior's Junior and Mom are doing OK. Another wiper soon for the B.T.Co.?

Galley gossip: When do we lay up? When do we start lilting out?

I'm not going in that gang this winter.

And at Grekas. she was coming around S. F. Bend. It was blowing pretty fresh.

The Price Of Fuel

Unloading domestic, powerhouse, and boat fuel on the docks at Calcite is one of the common ac

tivities in our harbor during the shipping season.

Here we see the Steamer Calcite unloading a cargo

of domestic stoker fuel for local consumption.

The cheapest method of transportation in the world today is by water. The limestone carriers can fill their holds with coal for a return trip to this port and thus .allow even lower cost per ton to the

domestic consumer than would be economically profitable to the average coal carrier. The domestic

luel trade handled by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company is merely a local accommodation growing out of the power requirements entailed in the preparation and transportation of limestone.

Because of water transportation domestic fuel costs in Rogers City are far below those of most com munities.

Transportation means power and power means fuel. Coal and oil are the two most common sources

of power for the ships of the present day. The fuel used by frieght carriers is determined in the long

run by the cost. In the early days of the steamboat wood was used because our forests were close to

ever\- port, and refueling meant buying cordwood stacked on the docks. When our supply of wood be came limited the cost ol coal with its decrease in

bulk became the. common source of power. Fuel oil is even more easily stored than coal and the amount required takes up less space. As a result, the ten dency in ocean transportation where long hauls re quire greater fuel capacity, is to install oil burning

equipment, (>n

the Great

Lakes hauls arc short and coal

supplies are comparatively close to many of the ports, so coal is still the most economical source of power for Lake freighters.

The Bradley Transportation fleet, thus quite often when returning from a delivery- of limestone to ports where coal can be readily obtained from the mines, cui cost> by bringing back a cargo of coal to Calcite or oilier shipping centers on the upper lakes.

In the above picture we see the Sir. W. P. While of the Bradley fleet filling her bunkers with fuel from the stockpiles on the Michigan Limestone Âť\Chemical Company docks. This is a common sight when freighters come to the port of Calcite for a cargo of limestone.

Seated left to right: H. Frederick, X. Cadwell. W. Patchkowski. L. Voight, W. Ilaske. C. Smith, H. Yarch. Back row left to right: Capt. Crseni, J. Zoho. Chief Frederick, I'. Stone, F. Jackson. P. Lavigue.

A. Kihn. L. McGinn. L. Widajewski. J. Miller, A. Haneckow. I'".. Fuhrman. F. Beebe, F. Johnson, E. Rygwelski. Gil Kempe, A. Kandow, V. Ricklc.

PERSONAL ITEMS Male—"Say George, didn't you sec that stone up

STR. W. F. WHITE

butter."

What a smile, Fred. What no choppers yet?

there?"

George—"Ych. but I didn't think it was that hard."

Watchman—"Say. Maggie, do you think it will work alright?"

Maggie—"Oh sure it will, but you gotta grease it good first."

Jul Rygwelski—"I went up to get it but it got

Louie says to Pilarski—*M don't understand Polish anymore. I all wants you to know I's from the deep South, man."

We would like to hear and see:

Donald Lamp and "Shorty" Mall in a wrestling match.

Hansen and Kihn blowing steam.

Kempe talking Polish.

Herbert Friedrich running a race.

Deckhand—"Boy them seas are pretty heavy."

Raul Stone—"You ain't seen nothin' yet. You ought to see the ones with salt in 'cm."

Zoho—"Ah them -

F.lviu Johnson and George Brewster went "dear" hunting and the mate gave them this advice—

Captain sewing and knitting.

"Catch her the next time—I mean the W. F. White."

Lavigue—"Why can't the boat go to Cheboygan

Brewster—"How will I ever get them clothes clean ?"

Shawhan—"One can of caustic, one of silica and

one soogy. Leave in the machine for two hours and save the buttons."

A line from Louie Schefke—"Say man, them blue grass of dear tile Kentucky sure am blue and high

ways have no bumps, coal mines sure am dark and what a derby she wears. Oh yes, the biggest frankfurt is made there. 1 was even in it and going through the tunnels, man. I couldn't see a thing."

How about that southern fried chicken and cawn bread, Louie?

Fred Beebe and Fdmond JacksOfl have joined Louie's one man hand. Fred is probably directing

and Fd is without a doubt doing the crooning.

So says Leo: "Boy, have I got a cow! When she moos she shudders and instead of milk she gives

—

won't eat it."

McGinn telling stories.

Widajewski dancing the Highland Fling.

Rygwelski trying to move fast.

Ricklc with that big smile. once in a while?"

Madden—"I ain't a-sayin'."

Lamp with a smile.

Maggie warming his babies up and without a grease pail in his hand.

Jackson with his hair mussed up and not chewing gum.

Louie and his one-man band.

Widajewski—"Good Ole Michigan !"

Kempe—"What about this?"

Pennsylvania forever, wonderful kcy.-.toiie state.

Liberty guards thy ramparts.

Fashion sublime and great.

Endless praise we give to thee— Service, valor, and liberty.

Hail, all hail to the flag and Pennsylvania.

Jewski—"That's alright. Kempe, you still have to make your bread and butter in Michigan."

Very few nests are leathered in wild goose chases.

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Front row. left to right: W. Zempel, R. Modr/.yuski. L. Dembny, K. Fred. P. Heller. A. Selke. C. Snyder. Back row. left to right: W. Budniek. (i. Kelley. A. Fuhrman, A. Boehmer. A. Robarge. Chief Urdal. C. Robin.s.,11. S. I taske, h'.. Makowski. J. Paradise. C. Kandow. II. Wright. X. Durecki. A. Rosmyslowicz. M. blalski, J. LaLonde, Capt. Bryan, M. llaswell.

STR. JOHN G. MUNSON .

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PERSONAL ITEMS

Jack Paradise gave the boys a good \^vi\ Thanks giving Day and got them all filled up so he could go home, to welcome Jack Jr. on his arrival into this world. Congratulations Jack! Don't n-c<] us

any baby formulas next spring when we all return.

Bob Wilson says an apple a day keeps ihe doctor away. We wonder if eating apples has anything to

do with that streamlined figure Rob has acquired this year.

Thinking ahead keeps a guy from getting hurt.

Watch your step, boys!

"Doc" Monroe is gradually getting his new home and surroundings in shape. What with material shortage and working aboard a steamboat the progress has been slow. Maybe son Mac can put in the lawn. Doc.

Jack LaLonde is another house builder who is gradually getting a place in good shape for the family. There's nothing quite like a good home Eor a sailor to come to.

We've been hearing <|tiiic a number of sailors whisting and singing "You'll Be So Nice to Come Home To." To most of iheiu it seemed as though this time wouldn't ever come. Fellas, you have our wish for the best of everything and do be careful so that nothing- may happen to mar your stay at home.

Speaking of runners, the "Wcsterville Flash" is apparently going to run the Florida Beau Brummels right out ol sight this winter if we are to judge by the wardrobe he's laying out. Save a little of the long green. Rex. thai counts to., in ihat race.

The galley did itself proud on Thanksgiving Day and no signs of malnutrition were detected in any of tlie crew members for several days afterwards 2100

though some of the bays were a little worried about Tony until he went back for a little snack in the evening. After that, the only scrawny looking things around were the turkey carcasses.

Along about four o'clock one December morning one crew member was heard to remark to another.

"I hope it's twenty below in Calcite and the office furnace breaks down."

The. "Skipper" says that radar may or may not be. a cure hut it's certainly a great preventive. Since we've put it on we haven't lost any time on any

trip while going down the rivers.

Well, I guess that's all we have to report, except that along about this time of the year the boys artall agreed that "It just ain't funny anymore."

Another successful season just about under our

belts and it is very gratifying to know that we have an excellent safety record so far.

Muuson notes :

Tony to Mike—"Call me up to eat."

Poppy to Chief—-"What will 1 dp with these four wires?"

Rod to Male—"Wait for me."

Casey Jones—"Where

do

those

radars

come

from?"

Chief Ufcdal—''1 don't wraut her: you can have her. she's too fat for me."

Freel had had a very successful season—only three involuntary trips off. Good going, Kenny.

Johnny Xichol "Judge" hopes to see the girl with the big job on the dock this time.

Second Male has a porl list—could be those new glasses.

Everything comes to him who goes after tlie

things that other people are waiting for.

Seated left to right: R. Green, W. I'.redow. L. Voda, S. Sobeck. A. Bruning. F. Shaul. R. Wickcrshani.

Second row seated left to right: M. Karsten. A. Micketti. S. Gabrysiak, C. Idalski. Standing left to right:

Capt. MacLeod, G. O'Toole, Win. Joppich. R. Newhouse. J. Baur. F. Winfield. T. Werner. S. Centella,

S. Brown. P. Adrian. K. Sabin. O. killer, L. Grambau, Chief Buehler. R. Rogers. B. CV.ajka. C. Modrzyn ski.

STR. CALCITE

PERSONAL ITEMS

The "Hot Stove League" aboard the Str. Calcite is in high gear and there are a number of $64 ques tions being asked. The number one on the list is: "When are we going to lay up?" Number two: "Where are we going to lay up?" And number three is always that eternal "What time Calcite?" The Chief calmly gazes into his crystal ball and gives all the answers.

It is rather late in the season but we have just discovered a prospective wheelsman. After consid erable coaxing, Archie Kar.iten came up to the pilot house to show the wheelsman just how it should be done. Nothing to it is there Archie?

This cold weather has brought out quite an as sortment of red flannels and woolen caps. By the looks of some of the caps. Junior may be going to school minus one these cold mornings, while Dad is wearing it aboard the Str. Calcite.

Xow that we have paid our annual visit to Cove Island and the galley department has done a good job of feeding the fish up in that part of the coun try, the fellas all agree it is time to lay up. Now all they have to worry about is feeding themselves and Europe.

We are having trouble pointing out the line things of our fair city to the Chief. Good, clean fresh air and beautiful scenery mean nothing to him.

Says he. "I'll take the smoky city any day and be sides the thought of snowshoes horrifies me."

n't care how cold it is: he won't be cold for long.

Benny, our second cook, is having as much trou

ble as Richard opening that door but everything is going to be all right now that the watchman ex plained what that knob on the door is for.

The most popular book aboard the Calcite right now is the book of pilot rules and judging by all the enthusiasm shown, we are going to have a bumper crop of new pilots next year.

Now that the season is about over and we will

be inclined to let go of some of the pent-up steam that we have built up these many months, let's not

forget to practice safety first off the boat as well

as we did aboard the boat. You can't enjoy yoi.tr vacation on a hospital bed.

Our night cook. Roy Rogers, insists that he is no relative ol the famed screen star. However, when

one refers to the group picture of the crew of the Str. Calcite he sometimes wonders if "Trigger" hasn't been giving him a bad time or would you say that he was giving "Trigger" a bad time?

Charles Platz asked Captain McLeod what he thought of radar as an aid in navigating his ship.

The reply was. in his best Scotch drawl, "It's the best darn thing put on a ship since, they put on rudders."

Editor's Note At the end of this 1947 season, we wish to thank

all oi the Bradley Transportation Company boys

Ford wants to know which will freeze the fastest,

for sending us these items of news and Inn for

hot or cold water. Will .someone please come to

"Calcite Screenings." We hope that what we have

his rescue?

published has caused no embarrassment nor ill will as it was all in good fun. May next year bring us

Roy Green, our one and only dashing young sheik,

sure enjoys these trips to the Soo. He says he does

all together again in the best of health and spirits.

Season's Greetings to you all.

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Getting It Straight The siren shrieks its farewell note and proudly on her way

The brand new giant liner moves in grandeur down the bay, A marvelous creation, her builder's joy and pride.

The great hope of her owners as she floats upon the tide.

The passengers in festive mood, mid laughter, jest and quip,

Neglecting e'en to mention, as he prates his bally hoo.

The men of brain ami brawn and guts who shoved the great ship through.

The moral of this story indicates conclusively That glory rarely goes to those who win the victory.

So keep this simple thought in mind when you read of record trips, That the men behind the throttle are the men who

drive the ships. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ikon O'Klast.

With keen delight enjoying the great ships maiden trip.

"She is sure to break the record." "She'll do 30 knots or more,"

Is the hope of all aboard her as she leaves her native shore.

I. pou the bridge the Captain proud and like all skip

pers bold, Bedecked in gorgeous raiment of Navv Blue and Gold.

This poem was handed to us by one of our friends who conies to the Port of Calcite occasionally. No doubt you may guess which part of the ship he works on. Have a good time, after-end boys, some day a deckoroo may hand us a poem with a similar trend of humor.

It is a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

All eyes are fixed upon him, it is going to his head, As he stops to drop the pilot, then rings down "Full speed ahead."

And now begins the battle for the trophy of the seas.

By men not clad in blue and gold, but lowly dungarees.

On deck the scene is blithe and gay, fair ladies, song, and wine.

Bui hell is popping down below, beneath the deep load line.

The Chief snaps out his orders to his staff on watch below :

His men obey his mandates as about their tasks they go.

The pressure must not fluctuate, the bearings can't run hot,

The revolutions must not fail to make that 30 knots.

Meet the girl who greets you with the cheery voice when von call 400. Sarah Schultz is our con

genial operator who has to listen to our grumbling when we can't find somebody. Eventually she gets her man so don't forget to give her a cheery "hello"

At dinner on the first night out the skipper loudly boasts,

"We'll surely break the record." as the gallant ship he toasts.

The task of breaking records puts no gray hair on his head.

His contribution ended when he rang "Full Speed Ahead."

once in a while to make her feel that life is worth while.

Archie Karstcn and Alvie Meyer went rabbit hunting and Archie had a single barrel repeater and Alvie had a "double barrel pump gun." Along came a little rabbit and Alvie up and shot with his

double barrel pump gun. Asked Archie, "Dod you get him?" Replied .Alvie, "No I ran out of barrels."

Through weary days and sleepless nights to constunate their dream,

The engineers work ceaselessly 'till Ambrose

Light's abeam.

The record has been broken, average "thirty-one

point four."

The Captain wears another stripe, he's made a Commodore.

More

Potent than

DDT

An insect poison four times as potent as DDT against certain insects is one of the more recent developments. Extensive laboratory tests of the

insecticide show it is particularly powerful against such household pests as roaches, ants, moths or carpet beetles. Grasshoppers, too. must also bow

And thus he claims the credit for what better men have done.

to this new chemical. It is said to show promise against houseflies, cotton boll weevils. Japanese beetles, encumber beetles and about thirty-five other kinds of flies, beetles, aphids. crickets, lice,

Me boasts through press and radio of the victory

ticks and mites. It is both a contact and a stomach

he has won.

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William Heller

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Anthony Mulka

POWER HOUSE

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Frank Reinke

SHOVELS

Leon Ruell

TRACKS

John Modrzynski

TRACKS

Peter Giovangorio

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TRANSPORTATION

C. C. Eldridge

YARD

TUGS

Victor Koch

Otto Zempel

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