fRo.ers City, Michigan C^^—^^^earsofoperations ofthe.oca!taesto
Michigan Limestone Diviston and Bradley
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ionLine
of the United States Steel Corporate
**, proceed then community as the "Umestone City . An exchange of value beyond our ability to measure has benefited both community and industry making the words "Limestone C7fy"a namesake worthy of our mutual pride
and deserving of our continued cooperative efforts.
Anniversary Issue
1912-1962
HjBUSHED FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MICHIGAN
LIMESTONE THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
oAcross the Desk Fifty years of effort. Fifty years of progress. Fifty years of employment. Fifty years of opportunity. Fifty years of loyalty and dedication. Fifty years of service to our custom
their outstanding safety
record
would not have been achieved.
While we are counting our bless ings, let us not forget those but for whom there could be no business
and no anniversary — our custom ers. Not a few of them have been
ers.
Fifty years of cooperation with the community.
with us for forty-eight, forty-nine and fifty years, and most of them for
different
more than a quarter-century. We are
things to different people. To me the completion of the fiftieth year by a successful business enterprise should first be marked by a contem plation of the past with particular thoughts of gratitude to the indivi
thankful for this long association and the opportunity to be of service.
Anniversaries
mean
duals who contributed so much and
in so many ways to its development. In our case, an outstanding geolo gist of his time, Henry H. Hindshaw, a wise financial counselor, W. F. White, and a man of unusual
organizational and sales capabilities, Carl D. Bradley, created from a wilderness area the basis for
a
tliriving business. To their remark able vision and especially to Mr. Bradley's persistance and devotion to his job must be credited much of the success of the young comp any. Mr. Bradley's brilliant leader ship and the solid foundation he
And of no little account is our
indebtedness to the many suppliers, engineers, designers, and consult ants for their expeditious and skill ful help along the way. Finally, we should express our appreciation to our friends in the community. Their growing recogni tion of the problems of business has
made possible a basis of understand ing that I am certain will yield the greatest good in the future — for both Michigan Limestone and Rog ers City. With fifty years of this kind of history, how can we look to the future with anything but confi dence? Despite the many problems
faced by business in general today, and the dim outlook of several com
The cover of this issue contains
laid made it easier for others who
petitive aspects of our own industry',
some of the picrures of the events which took place during the three day community sponsored 50th an
worked with him, and later for his successors, to serve with distinction.
I have an unshakable faith in the
niversary celebration of the Calcite
plant and Bradley Transportation Line which took place August 3, 4 and 5. The stainless steel plaque in the center naming Rogers City "The Limestone City" was donated by the citizens of the community.
But, as everyone knows, sound leadership is not enough. It is effec tive only to the extent each and everyemployee responds in carrying
ability of our own organization, our customers, our suppliers, and our friends in the community to work together to reach a successful solu tion.
out his duties. We should be and are
grateful for the cooperative attitude that has been a tradition with Cal
cite and Bradley employees for a half-cencury. At this point I must add that without such a tradition
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ML Screenings is published quarterly by Michigan Limestone, a Division of United States Steel Corporation. John H. Rogers, Editor, Publication office, 2650 Guardian Building, Detroit 26, Michigan. Nothing that appears herein may be reprinted without special permission.
Community Honors Calcite And Bradley L B. Worthington Speaks At Industry Appreciation Banquet
as Miss Limestone by L. J. Pat terson, former M.L.D. Northern
District Manager, at the Queen's Ball in the high school auditor ium.
Mother nature took a hand in
Saturday's program forcing the cancellation of the parade until
Sunday.
All
other events took
place as scheduled. Somewhere over Michigan, and possibly Canada too, are some 1,500 balloons with name tags attached as the balloon derby en trants let fly. A
sell-out crowd attended the
Industry Appreciation Banquet at the white and gold decorated St. Ignatius auditorium to hear Les lie B. Worthington, U. S. Steel
J. N. Suliot, Northern
District manager,
opens the celebration at
ribbon cutting.
Over 25,000 persons jammed Rogers City to enjoy the commun ity-sponsored 50th anniversary celebration of the Calcite plant and the Bradley Transportation Line of the Michigan Limestone Division of U. S. Steel August 3-
practical facts which cannot be argued away. If, moreover, you run these facts through some sort of 'economic sizing screen,' one overriding fact remains promi nent above all the rest. In order
president, and Ernest R. Breech, Ford Motor Company director. Mr. Worthington told the audi
to succeed in business, to provide jobs and pay wages, to attract in vestment and meet competition,
ence that "this country cannot
you must have profits."
succeed
Stating that a good many peo ple have somehow got the idea that there is little, if any, con
in
business
without
really trying to understand it. We have come to a point where all of us who reside in the larger com munity that is our nation must recognize and deal with some basic economic facts, or suffer ever more serious consequenc es."
Mr. Worthington pointed out that when you get down to busi ness "you find there are some
nection
between
business
suc
cess and profits, Mr. Worthing ton declared that "there is far
too much misunderstanding, among far too many people, about the essential role of profits in business, their general useful ness to society and their neces sary size. And this, I submit, is
4-5.
Starting with the ribbon cutting ceremonies at the Hospitality Center at 11:30 on Friday by J. N. Suliot, M.L.D. Northern Dis trict Manager, the celebration went into high gear. Following at 2:00 was the plaque dedication by city offi
cials naming Rogers City "The Limestone City". C. G. Hogberg, Michigan Limestone president, accepted the marker on behalf of the company. The first shovel of dirt was turned by Dr. Edward F. Ar-
scott, secretary of the school board, in the ceremonies for the new one and a half million dol
lar high school using American Bridge
Division
concepts
at
3:30.
Friday's activities ended with the crowning of Mary Ellen Plume
This plaque names Rogers City "The Limestone City." Left to right are Mayor J. A. Quinn,C. G. Hogberg, MLD president; Robert Haag, chairman of the dedication,- J. J. Parrilla, BTL manager,- Don VanZandt, Calcite plant manager,- and J. N. Suliot, Northern District manager, 3
L. J. Patterson, former Northern District manager, crowns Mary Ellen Plume Miss
U. S. Steel president L. B. Worthington spoke on the need for profits at the Industry Apprecia tion Banquet before audience of over 600 persons. far too serious a situation for us to overlook."
Reviewing what profits must do in a single company or in total
for the entire economy - pay dividends, reinvest for growth and modernization, make up for inadequate depreciation, attract
American industries with its exe
cutive leadership. Toastmaster Harry Whiteley was interrupted from the floor by
Limestone.
Louis Selke,
a 46-year Calcite
employee, who made two special awards. Mr. Worthington and Mr. Breech were presented with hon orary memberships in the Royal
new investment and provide for new jobs - Mr. Worthington stat ed that "you can readily under stand why profits are so essen tial and why their size must be related to their vital responsibil ities.
This
is the basic fact of
business which, I believe, must be better understood today if our country is to grow and compete in an increasingly competitive
world. And this is the reason, I would like to repeat, why an an swer to our present problem of
how to succeed in business is by really trying to understand it." Mr. Breech had many stories and humor to make his points as he pointed to the contributions
of small towns
in
providing
Ernest R. Breech, Ford Company director (left), Louis Selke, and Mr. Worthington pose after the Rock Buster presentation at the Industry Appreciation Banquet.
Order of Rogers City Rock Bust ers.
Each man received a framed certificate and a small sack of limestone to which a miniature hammer was attached. The certi
ters.
must "not take our famed lime
Judges for the floats were Fred Fisch, Walter Meyers and Bud Dueltgen, all M.L.D. re
stone quarry for granite" and that
tirees.
the honor "includes toting privi
Other highlights of the three day affair saw 1,000 pounds of meat disappear at the Ox Roast, over 500 people gazing at stars through a telescope provided by
ficate states that the recipient
leges." The
tables
were
turned
on
Toastmaster Whiteley when J. N. Suliot, Northern District Mana ger for Michigan Limestone, pre sented him with a golden "hard
hat" symbolizing fifty years of owning and publishing the AD VANCE by the Whiteley family.
A replica of the Mercury 7 Space Capsule was displayed all three days.
Sunday the big parade got un der way. Over seventy floats and marching units passed in re view for a hour and three quar
Bill Schultz from Cranbrook In
stitute, a busy day every day at the Space Capsule, and boom
ing business at all booths and the carnival rides.
Dr. E. F. Arscott, Rogers City school board secretary, breaks ground for new high school as Don VanZandt, Calcite plant manager and school board president (left) observes.
Here is the safety float entered in the parade by the Calcite plant featuring green, white and gold colors.
The Union Carbide float took first place for the Most Beautiful entry. The parade lasted for an hour-and-a-half.
Calcite Began Operations In 1912
Crawford's Quarry, now the site of the Calcite plant, was the first settlement in Presque Isle County. Lirtle limestone was taken as timber was easier to obtain and to ship in those early days.
The
world's
largest lime
stone quarry, the Calcite opera tion of the Michigan Limestone Division, United States Steel Cor
river to burn into lime at Detroit
where fuel is expensive and dock
poration, at Rogers City, loaded
rent high, what a bonanza there should be to manufacture it here where the stone is at the water's
its first stone in June of 1912.
edge, fuel cheap, and dockage a
The new industry was first called the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company. Lime stone, as an industry, has been
the years to bring the vast lime
promoted by area residents since
stone resources of the area to the
1884.
In February of that year the
following item appeared in the Presque Isle County ADVANCE:
"If it pays to bring limestone in scows from the islands and from
long
distances up the Detroit
in the Treasury. Location of the quarry was the site of the first
settlement in the county, Craw ford's Quarry, some two miles southeast of Rogers City.
mere nominal expense. Here is a fortune for someone."
Efforts continued throughout attention of some interested com
pany. Foremost and probably the most solid action taken was the
founding of the Rogers City Land Company in 1908. Principal stockholders were William F. Cowham, Fred D. Larke, PaulFL Hoeft and Alfred Lehndorff. The Michigan Limestone and
Chemical Company was incor porated in June of 1910. The Board of Directors of the new company were W. F. White, pres
ident; C. B. Humphrey, vice pres ident; J. W. Lewis, secretary and treasurer; A. A. Blow, managing
director; H. N. Hindshaw, gen eral manager; Paul H. Hoeft, J. W. Smith and J. B. Millard.
Capital stock was $2,000,000 with $200,000 preferred shares
One of the early steam powered drills of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Co.
The Calcite plant today shows considerable changes from the days of Crawford's quarry and the old timber industry. Initial plans called for a crush er plant with a capacity of from 2,000 to 5,000 tons daily. Events leading up to the first
load of limestone as taken from
the Presque Isle
County AD
VANCE are as follows:
October, 1910: "Two large drills, weighing about five tons each, were received from Sagi naw by the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company last Sat urday." March, 1911: "The Michigan Limestone
and
Chemical Com
pany has a large crew of men at
the
Michigan
Limestone and
Chemical Company." "The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company had a long stretch of railroad track laid at
its
stone crusher
plant near
here."
"The concrete foundation for
the power house of the Michigan
work excavating the ground upon
Limestone
which will be erected its immense
pany's stone crusher plant is
stone crusher plant." April, 1911: "The Loud and
nearly completed." January, 1912: "The Detroit Shipbuilding Company is build-
Hoeft steamer C. H. Starke will
load 1,500 barrels of cement at
Alpena for the Michigan Lime stone and Chemical Company on
her trip' up from Detroit this week."
May, 1911: "Herman Grieling ol" the Grieling Bros. Dredge Company of Green Bay, Wiscon sin, was in Rogers City Monday figuring with the Michigan Lime stone and Chemical Company on the mammoth dredging job to be performed by the company for its Today's drills are electrically powered and highly mobile pieces of equipment.
H. Starke arrived from Chicago last Monday bringing a large quantity of coal, iron, etc., for
big stone crusher plant." June, 1911: "The steamer C.
and
Chemical Com
Carl D. Bradley
Calcite, the largest vessel of her type on the great lakes, took her Above is one of the early steam powered shovels used at Calcite. It was a modern machine in its day and did its work well. You can see the M. L. & C. Co. name above the door.
first dip at the Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Shipbuilding Co. at noon today." May, 1912:
"The Edwards
Bros, large dredge, Majestic, in tow of the tugs James Edwards
and Flassampa arrived early last Friday morning and immediately commenced work dredging the Calcite harbor."
"The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company had the vari ous
electric dynamos in their
plant in operation last Thursday afternoon.
June, 1912: "A special car was
run to the plant Tuesday evening
and the company's
buildings
lighted up for the edification of the visitors."
t"Next Sunday
from 1 to 5
o'clock p.m. the plant will be thrown open to the public and all are invited to make an inspection of the world's greatest limestone crusher."
"The last few days the large mm •
Here is one of today's modern electric shovels used at Calcite. This bucket takes a "bite"
of dirt or stone at about eighteen yards at a time and is many times more efficient than the one shown above.
ing a steel steamer for the Cal cite Transportation Company of Detroit. The capacity of the steamer will be about 5,000 tons and
will
be
used
in
the
stone
carrying trade." "The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company, under the able supervision of manager Carl D. Bradley, is busy with a steam pile driver and crew of men in
driving piles for the unloading dock at the company's stone
crusher plant." February, 1912:
"Carl D.
Bradley, of Chicago, manager of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company arrived in
Rogers City last Friday morning. We understand that Mr. Bradley expects to stay here henceforth
to superintend the extensive op erations of the M. L. & C. Co. which will recommence soon at
the big limestone crusher plant." April,
1912:
"The steamer
force of workmen have been push ed to their utmost to get ready to start crushing. The loose ends
were gathered up and everything placed in readiness for the first
shipment of stone." "Wednesday afternoon
the
steamer Calcite arrived and was
placed in her dock. The Calcite is the largest self-unloading ves sel in the world and has a capa city of 8,000 tons of rock." "After being placed in her dock, the crusher was started up with a reverberating roar that
Steam again was used for this train locomotive used in the quarry. This picture was taken in 1930.
could be heard for miles and the
limestone rock began traveling up the conveyor belt to the hopper and thence to the vessel's hold.
As a try out for the Calcite's unloading mechanism, the rock was
transferred
from
the hold
to make a fill alongside the wharf. Everything worked nice ly. From now on, it is expected to ship a boat load of stone every day, most of it going to the steel
works at Gary, Indiana." Calcite was originally known
as Crawford's Quarry, and for some time Rogers City and "the
Quarry", as it was called, car ried on quite a battle to see which would become the county seat.
Founded in 1860, little stone came from the Quarry since it was easier and cheaper to concen trate on lumbering.
Actually,
Crawford's Quarry
became an important station for wood burning tugs and later tre mendous quantities of forest pro ducts of all kinds were shipped from its dock.
With the passing of the timber industry, the Quarry withered and passed on only to be revived as Calcite.
Carl D. Bradley went on to be come the first president when the company became a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation in 1920.
Michigan Limestone Division now encompasses the Bradley Transportation Line, Calcite plant and other quarries at Cedarville, Michigan; Hillsville,
Here is a modern Diesel-electric locomotive used to transport stone from the quarry to the
primary crusher. There is even 2-way radio communication between engineer and dispatcher. Pennsylvania; and Moler, West Virginia. Limestone processing plants operated by the Division are located at Conneaut, Ohio, and at Buffalo, New York. The growth of the Bradley Transportation Line has paral
terial from small quarries near
leled that of the Division. From the first self-unloader to the
ers as well. Other able men followed Brad
eight-vessel fleet of giant lime stone carriers, Bradley vessels
ley over the years. John G. Munson took over in 1928, fol lowed by Irvin L. Clymer in 1939. Hugh S. Lewis took over in
have
delivered
limestone to an
increasing number of customers. Early in its existence, M. L. & C. Co. recognized the need for rapid, inexpensive carriers for its stone. In those days most us ers of limestone bought their ma
their plants and had no facilities for receiving stone by vessel. It
was proved that the use of selfunloaders could expand the de mand for limestone by offering service to these plants and oth
1953 after Mr. Clymer's retire ment. Christian F. Beukema pre
sided from 1955 through 1959 and was succeeded by Carl G.
Hogberg, today's president.
Calcite, Buffalo Get Safety Awards Buffalo 2,000 Days
Buffalo plant employees and their
wives
were
honored in
March for attaining 2000 days without a disabling injury, and six men received safety-service awards.
John
J.
Collins was honored
for his 40 years, and Kenneth J. Fitzgerald for his 35 years. New twenty-five year men hon ored were Stanley Corpus, Stan
J. N. Suliot, Northern District manager, presents J. A. Holmes' awards to (seated, left to
ley Lis, Benjamin Patsy and Wil
right) Edmund Kihn, William Grambau, Albert Martin, (standing) John Miller and Rudolph
liam Stephany.
Wenzel.
The employees were presented
the
National
Safety Council's
Certificate of Commendation for
436,737 man-hours without a lost-time injury by G. W. Mintz, Eastern District manager.
Lloyd S. Campbell, MLD vice president, congratulated the workers saying, "This nearly five and one-half years without a lost-time injury shows good thinking on the part of all of you. This
sort of
record could not
have been set if you had not been working efficiently, since you cannot have safety without effi ciency nor efficiency without
safety. They go hand in hand." "I hope this record will con tinue. There is only one thing that can ruin it and that is be
coming overly complacent. Don't become so proud of your past accomplishment that you become careless," he cautioned.
Calcite 1,000 Days Calcite Plant employees of Michigan Limestone were recog nized at a dinner Saturday, July
21, in Rogers City for having worked 1,000 days without a dis abling injury. Two of the nations most coveted safety awards were presented to the Calcite employ ees after the dinner.
Calcite employees and their wives enjoyed dinner at three lo
cations - St. Ignatius, St. John's Lutheran School, and Westmin ster Presbyterian Church - be fore assembling at the St. Igna tius auditorium for recognition of the safety achievements. Carl G. Hogberg, president of this U. 10
S.
Steel Division, con-
Twenty-five year safety service awards went to Stanley Lis, William Stephany and Stanley Corpus at the Buffalo 1,000-day safety service banquet.
gratulated the employees on the plant's safety record of 1,000 days achieved July 5, 1962. R. O. Pynnonen, acting district super visor of the Duluth District, Bu reau of Mines, presented the
"Sentinels of Safety" trophy to D. T. VanZandt, Calcite Plant Manager. This trophy, won for the second consecutive year and for the eighth time, is awarded an nually to the quarry in the United States with the best safety re cord of the competing quarries.
In 1961, nearly 50(3 quarries were entered in the competition. L. C. Campbell, division vice
president, presented the National Safety Council's "Award of Hon or" to Mr. VanZandt. This is the
council's highest award and was
granted for the
quarry's out
standing safety record in 1960 and 1961. J. N. Suliot, northern district manager, recognized still anoth
er safety achievement by the em ployees of the Calcite Plant -the J. A. Holmes safety association "Certificate of Honor." Mr. Su liot also awarded individual cer tificates of honor to seven Cal
cite employees for having worked 40 years without a disabling in jury. They were Rudolph Wenzel, John Pilarski, Alvin Raymond, Albert Martin, John Miller, Wil liam Grambau and Edmund Kihn.
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11
Knows Calcite Smiling, he recalled that "the tractors were small, and broke down often. We wondered if they
ever would replace the horse!" The
retired
limestone
chief
has been an active figure in com munity circles here. He was Re
publican county chairman for a1 number of years. He is a former member
and
chairman
of the
Board of County Supervisors.
Currently he serves as chair man of the Rogers City Hospital board of directors and as a di
rector and treasurer of the Rog ers City Power Company. He and his
wife
are
members of the
Westminster
Presbyterian
Church, where Mr. Dueltgen has held a number of positions through the years. He also is a charter
Rudolph
As a youth, Rudolph "Bud"
"Bud" Dueltgen
him upon completion of his col
Dueltgen, Jr. was an interest
lege. Accordingly, "Bud" joined
ed "backfence" observer of the
the plant in August, 1919, as as
events leading up to the birth
sistant engineer.
of Calcite Plant.
In 1925, he served in the op
Later - beginning in 1912 when
erating department and in 1932
the first stone was shipped from the plant - he worked during sum
he became assistant to Presi dent John G. Munson. Shortly af ter he was made a director and
mer months at everything from shoveling mud to assisting in geological surveys. This was to lead him into a number of jobs to that of acting manager of the Northern District of Michigan Limestone Division, the position he held at retirement April 1, 1960.
Mr. Dueltgen resides at 241 South First Street with his wife, the
former Elizabeth Riches of
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. A native of Rogers City, he
was graduated in 1919 from the University of Michigan with a degree in mechanical engineer ing; while in college he be
assistant secretary of what was then Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company.
and
former
Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Dueltgen spend their
winters in Florida and in
general, "take life easy". They also enjoy bird-watching and working in the garden. Mr. Duelt gen does a lot of reading history, and judging by the large array of mementos and books in his study, still finds plenty to keep him busy. What about the future of lime
He was named purchasing agent
stone? "I think the demand for
in 1940, retaining the director and assistant secretary titles. In 1952
limestone by the steel industry
with the formation of Michigan Limestone Division, he was given
special assignment capacity. Four years later he became assistant to the manager of the Northern District; he spent a lot of his time helping to establish the Cedarville operations. In 1959 he became acting manager of the District.
Discussing his early days at the plant, Mr. Dueltgen said that
longed to the U. S.. Army En gineers Reserve Corps. As a summer employee at Calcite, Mr. Dueltgen had gotten
Today for example, we have alloy
to know President Carl D. Brad
steels that make new develop
ley, who asked him to work for
ments possible."
i:
member
president of the local Kiwanis
"We had the ideas, but not the materials to make them stand up.
has reached its peak", he said. "Future developments probably will occur in the field of chem
icals."
If We Had To Do It This Way Today....
Scenes From Colorful Past At Calcite
15
How You Can Save Lives Rescue Breathing Techniques Make It Possible To Revive Accident Victims When a person has stopped breathing, what do you do? If
you
wait,
it
may be too
late to save a fellow employee's life. The
newest method of reviv
ing victims of accidents, heart attacks, suffocation, electrical shocks, poisoning or drownings is now being shown to all em ployees in the Division. Called mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or
rescue breathing, it is the sur est, simplest way to save a life. Basically, all that is done is for one person to breathe into
the mouth of another forcing life-giving oxygen into the lungs of the victim. This can be done
by
anyone
reduction
anywhere, in
the
and
the
time the vic
tim is without oxygen is one of the essential factors.
Employee training sessions by use of a movie, demonstrations and practical experience on a life-like manikin have been con ducted in the Northern District and are scheduled for the Eastern District.
The rescue breathing technique
is designed to help the victim un til the regular oxygen equipment arrives. It works in many situa
tions where other methods can't be used because the victim does
not have to be moved or placed on the ground. Another advantage is that res
THE JAW SAG. Take a deep breath, place your mouth over the victim's mouth, seal off the
cue breathing gets more oxygen to
victim's nostrils and breathe out.
the victim's lungs than any other known emergency method of arti ficial respiration except mechan
rising, you know that rescue breathing is working. If the chest
By observing the victim's chest
ical resuscitators. The rescuer
doesn't rise, clear the victim's
is also in a position to see the
mouth and try again. Remove your
results of his actions and to take corrective measures if needed.
fall.
Physical action is a minimum in rescue breathing, and even a smaller person can breathe for a
Take another deep breath and repeat the mouth-to-mouth breathing at the rate of about 12
larger one.
times a minute. If the victim's
The rescuer's re
mouth and let the victim's chest
serve of air and lung strength is such that he may continue for
stomach begins to swell from excess air, press it gently and
hours without exhaustion.
maintain pressure with the palm of your hand. If the victim is a child, the breathing rate should
To begin rescue breathing, clear any obstruction from the victim's
mouth.
Then
tilt his
head back as far as possible and pull up on the jaw to open the air passage. NEVER LET
be
increased to about 20 times
per minute. The air you breathe into a vic
tim's lungs contains more than
STEP ONE \Jf
\-fu\A,
«*•*§ t'Z '
11 I
ILI-I-1
(v s,
i-ultvM
t-m(^ u— \*,
_
LAY VICTIM ON HIS BACK, OR n
.U-lvl.
SUPPORT HIM ACROSS YOUR KNEES
STEP.FOUR
STEP THREE
BtOCK
steFtw
WITH
BREATHE INTO VICTIM'S MOUTH ABOUT 12 TIMES
TILT HEAD BACK AND PULL UP JAWBONE CLEAR VICTIMS MOUTH AND THROAT
thickness of a handkerchief over
his mouth and breathe through it.
HANDKERCHIEF MAY BE USED
The cloth will not cut down the
STEP FIVE
amount of air enough to worry
chances for recovery:
about. LET VICTIM EXHALE-.
In drowning cases, water in the lungs or stomach is not important at first. Do not try to remove the water until after you have started the life-giving oxygen through
LISTEN FOR AIR-
WATCH CHEST FALL
mouth-to-mouth
rescue breath
ing. Begin rescue breathing on the
spot! Only the victim's face has to be out of the water. Between
If air passage is blocked, repeat from Step Two.
enough
oxygen to save a life.
Your exhaled breath has almost
as much oxygen as
room air,
if you breathe deeply. If you do not want to have your mouth come in direct con
tact with the victim's, place one
Designers See New Auto Ideas U. S. Steel unveiled some new
ideas for Detroit's top engineers and designers this summer which may be appearing on cars within the next five years.
These new designs ranged from
breaths, turn his head to the side and gently press the stomach so liquids may drain from the mouth.
bration absorbing device made
John M. Reinhart, U. S. Steel's
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10
72 50 25 11
8 5 2 1
ed designer to bring them into
in
the automotive design
"We feel it is our responsi bility as a materials producer to develop new materials which sat isfy design and engineering prob lems, and also to suggest alter nate applications, new concepts, material properties, availability and comparative values which may increase the effective and Noting that while there are ap proximately 10,000 different kinds of steel available, Mr. Reinhart pointed out that a good many of them are "sitting on the
from steel cable.
(Out of 100) 98 92
1
role field.
comfort
tirely new type of shock and vi
of Delay
Rescue breathing offers a ra pid, sure method of saving lives. Show it to your family and help insure a safe, long life for you and your loved ones. Your Safety Department will gladly cooper ate with you. Contact them if you have any questions on rescue breathing.
economic use of our material -
less cost to an en
For Recovery
The most important thing in helping a person whose breath ing has stopped is to begin res cue breathing AT ONCE. Each second without oxygen decreases the chances for recovery. After breathing has stopped and rescue breathing has begun, here are the
a fresh approach to seat con struction that provides greater at
Chances Minutes
new and useful forms, to find in one of them alone, or in some combination of several of them, new applications that can marry beauty to economy and function.
steel."
design representative to the auto
shelf," waiting for some imagin
industry, defined the company's
ative engineer or some uninhibit 15
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"You Sure Go To A Lot Of Trouble
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"You sure go to a lot of trouble to make 'little ones out of big ones'," said a friend of ours the other day referring to quarrying and crushing of limestone.
Our answer was "you're darned right we do, and we're proud of it."
High-quality limestone doesn't happen —its made by many people doing many things that are necessary for our customers to get what they want, when they want it and where they want it. For instance, the geologist knows every square foot of his area
of operations and a glance at his charts points the way for future
operations. His tests have told him where the stone is, how deep the strata reaches, where purest limestone is and how much work it will take to reach it.
The rest of the people at Michigan Limestone know their work, too. The blasters, the shovel operators, the truck drivers, the train crews, the crusher men, the conveyor men, the engineers, the mail men, the telephone operators, the boat crews all work together with one goal in mind-to make quality limestone and to take it where the customer wants it when he wants to have it.
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MEN AND WOMEN
oAcross the Desk
Carl G. Hogberg
The warmth and joy of the
nized sources. The combined
Christmas Season is welcomed
effect of this kind of support—
not only by the many who observe the period for its
families of our employees and
great Christian significance.
from friends in the business
But to all of us it traditionally provides an unusual opportun
community—is a tremendous force for good in any organi zation. And for this, too, we are grateful.
ity; for now we can reach out in the spirit of friendship and esteem in a gesture that at any other time of the year might seem out of place. So I want to take advantage of this fine tradition. First, to thank our associates and em
ployees, our customers, our suppliers, and the many others upon whom we depend for their understanding and assis tance during this last year. Without you, the completion
All of us wish all of you good health, good cheer and a very happy holiday.
The future, with its ever increasing challenges, always appears more difficult than the past. But the future usual ly turns out to be less difficult than expected. I believe this is so not because the problems are actually any easier, but because members of a capable, loyal organization will always rise to meet the challenge. We are all thankful that we have
of our task would have been
this kind of people in Michigan
impossible, of course; with your help, you have made the job much easier.
Limestone
When beset by troubles or some unusual personal diffi culty, we are often amazed by the many and varied sources
dChd^M
much of it from within the
from which aid comes. In the business world we tend to for
and
in
United
States Steel.
It is in this spirit of aware ness that I join my associates in wishing you and your fami lies a very Merry Christmas with hopes that with your con tinued efforts the New Year
will be a successful one for all.
get the importance of all the little daily assists which also come to us along the way, many of them from obscure or even unknown and unrecog
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ML Screenings is published by Michigan Limestone, a Division of United States Steel Corporation. John H. Rogers, Editor, Publication office, 2650 Guardian Building, Detriot 26, Michigan. Nothing thac appears herein may be reprinted without special permission.
Elwood Elf Has A Christmas Problem
Elwood
Elf
was
sad. All the
other elves in Sanca's workshop were their usual happy selves. But not Elwood - he hadaPROBLEM.
Ir that
It
wasn't
the
work. Elwood
had become so noticeable even Santa had wondered
loved thac. All che dolls looked
about him. "And he's the best eyebrow painter in the busi
like noching at all uncil Elwood added his eyebrows. Wich a quick,
ness," declared Santa.
even scroke of che brush he seem-
one doll's forehead - something he hadn't done in two hundred
years. "That does it," said El wood. "I had better go back to Reindeer
Tender,
Assistant
Helper, Job Class 1/2." He
climbed
down
from his
high stool and walked sadly back to see the boss.
"Elwood, what's the matter?" asked Santa who was making some changes on the Standards Revision
Form
from the latest
Brownies' report. "It's too close to Chriscmas for anyone to be
looking that sad." "Etoss," said Elwood, climb ing up on one of Santa's sacks that was already packed, "I've got a PROBLEM." Santa frowned, "No one has a PROBLEM," he said. "I know,
I'll bet you have a problem." "Nope," said Elwood, "it's a real
for
sure
capital letter
PROBLEM, and I just don't know what to do. '
Santa's usually rosy complex
Elwood Splashed Some Paint On A Doll.
ion became pale and he too sat down on one of the packs. There hadn't been a PROBLEM around there since the Three Wise Men
ed to actually bring them alive. There were big dolls, little dolls, baby dolls and grown up dolls, and just plain cuddly dolls. Elwood Elf knew just how to make each one as pretty as she could be.
Elwood was still painting che best eyebrow. There was nothing more you could ask in the way of quality on any doll that wenc n
pasc him. Still, something was
each tried to think of a worthy
wrong.
All the other elves chattered
gift for the Christ child. "Well, Elwood, lee's hear it."
happily as they scurried about the toy factory. They all worked
Elwood looked around to make sure thac no one would overhear
faster as Christmas grew near
him and began his story. "A long
er, and they all seemed to take on the merry spirit of the holi day. All except Elwood.
cime ago when I was still Rein deer Tender, Assistant Helper, Job Class 1/2, I made up my mind to become chief eyebrow
It became so bad chac one day Elwood dropped some paint on
painter in the factory. I worked
I'll Go See Santa Claus," said Elwood. "Maybe He Can Help.
u
O AiM S
even got to the point where I
didn't really need the doll sitting back there every year. I had be come a real fine eyebrow painter, First Class.
"Everything has been fine over the years until this year. I pick ed out my doll as usual, set her on the back of the paint brush rack and went to work. The first
time it happened, I thought I was seeing things, but it keeps hap pening. It's a PROBLEM.
"At last," said Santa, "we're finally getting there. Please get to the point, Elwood."
Elwood hesitated and then said, "It winked at me."
"The doll?" asked Santa.
"Yep," said Elwood. "Fiddle," said Santa, who is not given to strong language.
"I Need To Talk With You, Santa."
"It did, it did, it DID," said Elwood jumping up and down and
up to bulb changer for Rudolph
to paint the eyebrows and even
almost in tears.
the Red Nosed Reindeer's nose
"Sit down, Elwood, and stop jumping up and down like a yo
erector sets, race cars, tea sets
looked happier when I did a real good job on one. "This is the way it went from then on. Every year I would pick one doll to help me, and they really did help, Santa, honest."
and finally into the doll section. This was it - I had been right
"OK, Elwood," said Santa, "don't get unglued about it, I've
so many years ago.
seen the same thing happen to other elves with other toys be
out there and then got into the factory. "I went through trains, bats and balls, cap guns, doll buggies,
"I practiced eyebrows until both arms almost fell off, but they were no good. The dolls
fore."
just didn't look right. I wasn't
didn't know that."
adding anything to them at all.
"It's true just the same," said Santa, "but this doesn't get us
"One day I picked out one doll that was especially appealing and set it up on the back edge of my brush rack. This will sound silly, but the doll seemed to tell me how
"Really?" asked Elwood. "I
to your PROBLEM. Please go
yo," said Santa. "Dolls canwalk, drink and wet, talk, hug and kiss,
but our dolls do not wink. You
haven't been sniffing the paint thinner have you?" "No," said Elwood, "and I
didn't stick myself in the eye
with the paint brush either. I haven't had an accident in two
hundred years." "Son, you've
flipped," said Santa. "How about a nice long va cation doing good deeds some where?"
on."
"Well," said Elwood, "my sy
Continued on page 6
stem worked fine for years. I
Santa Followed Elwood And Saw The Doll Really Wink At Elwood.
Elwood Was Very Sad When Santa Left On Christmas Eve. "I knew this was going to be
hard," said Elwood, shaking his
do anything about this."
Elwood marked the box care
The days passed and soon the
fully and then went home early.
head sadly. "Look, Santa Claus, the winking is a problem alright,
toys were all finished. Elwood's
He didn't want to be around when
heart hadn't been in his work,
Santa left that Christmas eve.
but that isn't my PROBLEM.
but he had done well in spite of his sorrow. One of the last toys to go in the boxes was the little doll that winked (it really did) at
Santa's hand shook a little as
he took off his hat and mopped
his forehead. "OK, Elwood, what's the rest of it? I'm game I'm tired, but I'm game." "Well, Santa, it's like this. I'm, ah - that is I think, ah -
you see, ah -" then in a rush, "I'm in love," said Elwood and bashfully hid his head behind his
apron. "My PROBLEM is that you always take my model with you every year when you deliver the toys to the good boys and girls
and I want to keep this one. Elwood's voice was still muf
fled by his apron, but Santa heard him clearly. "You know, Elwood, you do have a PROBLEM. But you know the rules, no personal toys. I wish that I could help, but I
can't. Now back to work, son. You'll find another one you like just as well next year, just wait
and see," said Santa. Elwood got up and walked sadly back to his place. He climbed up on the stool and started paint ing eyebrows. He looked at the doll and sure enough, she winked at
him.
Poor Elwood. That did
it. He picked up the doll and turn ed her around so that she faced the wall. Santa had followed Elwood and
saw the whole thing.
"Well," said Santa to himself, "by golly, she does wink at El wood after all. I wonder if I can
Elwood.
Santa just happened to be pass ing as Elwood placed the doll
gently in her carton. "Don't wor ry Elwood," said Santa to the sad little elf, "I'll pickoutavery special little girl who really wants that doll and will love her
Christmas day
ed at him. Gloom was all around. There was a noise at the front door. Elwood walked over and
opened the door. There on the step was a box marked with a big
and give her a good home. I'll tell you what, but a big 'X' on
"X
that box so I'll be sure to find
Christmas after all.
it easily."
wasn't very
cheerful for Elwood. Oh, he had presents and candy and a tree and all, but he was just too sad and unhappy to enjoy them all. He longed for the doll - the first and only doll that had ever wink
and Elwood knew what was
inside.
It was a winking good The End
There Was A Box With A Big "X" On It.
Limestone, The Cake And Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones looked out the win
dow of the house, considered the jobs to be done that day and de cided to bake a cake. A nice, light two-layer cake with plenty of icing - the very thought made her mouth water. It would be in
expensive, too.
she remembered, so she would
department truck went by spread
settle for a white cake with choco
ing the ice removal chemical.
late icing - nothing fancy - just a good cake. Down came the bowl, out came
Thank goodness, she thought, that will be a great help with this
the mixer. No cake mix so she would have to "build" this one
Oops, almost forgot the mea suring cup and spoons. There and the rubber spatula, too. She
she put on her apron, she men tally checked off the ingredients
from the ground up. Where is that recipe? There we go. Flour, shortening, eggs, milk, baking powder, sugar, vanilla
needed and she needed.
and a little salt. Let's see now, where did I put those eggs -
Off she went to the kitchen. As
found she had what
There wasn't enough chocolate for chocolate cake and icing too,
there they are. As Mrs. Jones was reading the recipe, the street
weather.
commenced the cake.
Wait a cotton-picking minute, you are saying to yourself. Just where does limestone enter into
this culinary scene. There is Mrs. Jones mixing and measur
ing and if you try to sneak in any
other equipment and furniture.
Anywhere you see iron and steel, limestone was one of the basic materials used in the blast fur naces to make that metal. Mrs. Jones would be hard put to run her kitchen without all the conveniences and necessities
available today. Limestone was also needed to help grow the wheat from which the flour was
ground; the feed for the cows which produced the milk; the chickens which laid the eggs; the animals (or vegetables) used for shortening; and the vanilla beans. It was also used for pro cessing sugar beets into sugar as
well
as bicarbonate of soda
into baking powder.
That's quite a list - just about every item in Mrs. Jones' recipe Mrs. Jones is actually Mrs. Eva Meharg, Detroit office Purchasing stenographer. The reading of the recipe is, however, the real thing as we I as all the ingredients on the table.
limestone, you had better suit up for about six orbits.
A very astute and probably un
derstated thought, we say. It is well known that shenanigans such as that do not get many laughs from
Mom in the kitchen. It is
also a bad practice to slam doors or stamp your feet while the cake is baking and woe unto him who
makes any sly remarks about possible lack of quality in any
part of the finished baking pro ject. It isn't polite, nor is it wise.
The limestone is already in the cake; further, limestone is a part of just about everything Mrs. Jones used in making and baking the cake and we are not being sneaky about it at all. So there. In her kitchen limestone is used
in che making of iron and steel
for the range, refrigerator, and
has limestone in it or has helped to grow or process a basic food
stuff. And don't forget, all these are included in a cake mix, too.
And we aren't finished yet. The house, the window, the measuring cup, the apron, the chemical for removing the ice, the rubber spatula and even the paper and ink with which the recipe was printed all own part of their exist ence to limestone in some way or another.
Let's take Mrs. Jones' house and
look a
little
closer at the
All the cake ingredients on the table with the possible exception of the extract, have limestone processed chemicals in their background. The glass, tinware, rubber and even the paper also benefit from limestone.
medicines by the pharmaceutical industry directly or indirectly. Limestone is important to the
manufacture of many things we all use every day as Mrs. Jones and her cake point out. Its use has
helped to make many things avail able to all of us at reasonable
prices. From the quarry stone pile to the bottle of aspirin is a long trip, but each step along the way splits the stone, adds other materials and a useful product is the result.
One of the largest users of soda
ash is the glass industry. Win dows, drinking glasses, and mea suring cups all play an important part in the house and cake of Mrs. Jones.
Without getting too technical about it, an example of the chain of events goes something like this. M.L.D. limestone is burned
along with coke, salt and water to form
soda ash and the soda
ash is sold to another company which combines it with another chemical to make bicarbonate of
soda. This product is sold and in the final step is used for bak ing powder and many pharma ceuticals.
Out of the oven comes the cake smelling just as good as it looks. Modern kitchens and homes make use of limestone and limestone by-products in many ways to help us all live better.
contributions
limestone
makes
As you have seen, iron and steel, agricultural supplements and chemicals all use limestone in one form or another as one of their basic material. The next
limestone or limestone products. Textiles for rugs, draperies, and
time you eat a piece of cake, drink a glass of water, drive
slab. Most all paints are pro
many other household items are similarly processed. Limestone products are also important to
your car or try to ease a head ache remember that limestone
cessed by chemicals containing
the
make it all possible.
to a snug home. There is cement for foundations, mortar and the basement
flour or the cement
manufacture of drugs and
and American industry helped to
BUTTER CAKE RECIPE Temp. 375 degrees
Time: 25-30 minutes
Ya cup shortening
3 teaspoons baking powder
VA cups sugar
!4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups cake or pastry flour (sifted)
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together three times. Add alternately with milk to shortening mixture, adding flour first and last. Add extract. Pour into two greased 8-inch layer pans. Bake. Add icing and a few nuts and our cake is complete. S>
A padlock key may be the key to a longer, happier life for you or one of your fellow employees. Perhaps you have seen some of these padlocks on a main dis connect switch box which controls
the power to a piece of equip ment. And you may have won dered why lock a switch - no one is going to steal such a thing.
Ah, no one may steal the switch, but they may throw the switch at the wrong time and rob some one of something even more valu able. Lives and limbs ARE more
valuable, you know. One of the safety rules in the Michigan Limestone Division is
It is just good common sense to stop a piece of machinery be fore starting to work on it. The next logical step is to make
man who locks the disconnect switch must be the one who un
sure that no one else can start
is in possession of a duplicate key.
the machine again until the work is completed. The padlock in this case is pretty good life insur
the switch and get to work. To
ance.
do some adjusting, you must get
Locked protection is a "must", especially around electrical equipment" or powerful mechan ical equipment which is so abund ant
at all M.L.D. locations and
boats. One slip here can lead to more than just a disabling injury.
One lock and only one key to
that the electrical control switch or mechanical controls of a ma
fit that particular lock is issued
chine must be locked in the "off"
be required to perform any work on the Division's power-driven equipment. Electricians, main
position before anyone begins any type of work on that machine. In other words, lock the barn BE FORE the horse is stolen. 10
locks it since the keys are not interchangeable. No supervisor
to each and every man who may
tenance mechanics, pipefitters and others are so equipped. The
Let's
suppose that you lock
down behind a
motor and reach
through the belt guard. You can not be seen in this position from the aisle where the switch is lo
cated. With that padlock in place and the key in your pocket you're as safe as a baby in bed. With out such positive protection any thing can happen. Now remember, you can't be seen and possibly can't be heard. Human nature being what it is, anyone coming along and seeing the machine stopped would won der why, go to the switchandfind it turned off. With the padlock
you're safe. Without the padlock you're in danger. If more than one man is work
ing on a machine, each man must put his own lock on the disconnect switch. This is important since one may may finish his part of the job ahead of another. If the other
man's lock is not in place, the one who finished first may have no way to know that another per son is still working and start up the machine to try out his work. With the multiple lock system no equipment can be started until everyone is out of danger. As with all safety rules, the padlocks on disconnect switches
make real good sense if you stop to think about it. But then think
ing is the basis of all safety in the first place. Perhaps it should be
"Think
First"
instead of
"Safety First" whether you are working, driving or playing. Signs, of course, would help warn others that you are work ing, and thus give you some pro tection. But warning signs are removable, some people don't believe signs (ever see the fin ger prints around the Wet Paint
signs) and signs don't LOCK any thing. In some instances the equip
With this main disconnect switch locked in the "off" position, workmen are safe since there is only one key for each padlock.
ment can not be adopted to the use of padlocks. Here special plastic tags are used on the con trols as the signal that someone is working on the equipment. The tags have the name of the person doing the work so that anyone
*
can determine the nature of the
job.
There is a saying that goes like this: "Why isn't there time to do the job right when there is time to do it over?" Where safety is concerned if the job isn't done right the first time there may not be another time to do anything over. Taking time to lock out a main
disconnect
switch
is
the
right way to begin a job. These few minutes may some day prove to be the most important ones in your life. Likewise, no one would like to
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be responsible for the death or injury of a fellow worker. Follow the safety rules - if the disconnect
switch is locked out and you have some work to do also, LOCK THEM WITH YOUR LOCK ALSO; if the switch is tagged, TAG IT AGAIN; and above all, always make sure that everyone is clear
before
starting
equipment.
any piece of
From left to right are a safety padlock key, a switch tag, multiple lock device and the lock itself. Tags are used where locks can not be attached. 11
AROUND THE WORLD
Christmas Giving
The French Santa Claus is Pere Noel, or Father Christmas.
Who brings Christmas gifts? Throughout the ages, the act of giving has been shrouded in an air of mystery that surrounds both giver and gift. Since three Wise Men appeared suddenly out of the desert bearing gold, frank incense and myrrh for the new born Infant at Jerusalem, Christ mas gift-bearers have appeared and disappeared mysteriously every year.
In Spain the three Wise Men still bring the presents and dis tribute them on January 6th, the Epiphany. Spanish children put their shoes out on the window sill and fill them with straw for the camels - then awake to find that-
the straw is gone and presents have been left in its stead.
In Italy the gift-giver is La Befana - who is reputed to eat bad
children as well as record
good ones. Befana 12
was
Legend has it that a
woman
who
had
been too busy with her house
work to offer hospitality to the three
Wise
Men
-
and
asked
them to return when she was not
so busy. They did not come back and
Befana
watches
for
them
to dwell in the family attic or barn - and in some parts of
Scandinavia, gifts are brought by two gnomes - and old wo man carrying a basket of gifts
every Epiphany.
and
French children know that Le Pere Noel will come down from
beard wearing a red hood.
heaven and bring good things if they are well behaved-but if they
often is assisted in his giftbearing by the Snow Maiden. And in Holland, St. Nicholas rides
are not, Le Pere Fouettard Father Spanker - may arrive
In
a
an
old
man
with
a
Russia Grandfather
white
white
Front
horse while his black-
with a load of switches.
clad servant, "Black Pieter,"
In Mexico gifts come tumbling from a pinata - a gay clay bird or animal filled with fruit, can dy, nuts and small gifts. The Pi nata is hung from a doorway or tree and the child, blindfolded, breaks the pinata with a stick.
carries the gifts. In ancient times the gift giv er was a local bishop accom panied in a procession by de mons who scattered at his ap proach. Perhaps one of these oldest Christmas processionals
In
the
mad
scramble
that fol
lows, each child strives to pick up as many gifts as possible. In Denmark presents are brought by the little gnome said
was one in which two "ghosts of the fields" dressed in straw
led the way, followed by Pan, and behind Pan a masked and horned creature who carried a
saw him fast asleep, and stealth ily climbed the roof to the chim ney. Here he pitched down three
arrived, bringing with them their own special gift-givers. Two cen turies before the Dutch had come,
gold pieces, expecting they would
bringing St. Nicholas with them,
land at the hearth at the noble
or Santa Claus for short. A Ger
man's feet. But one of the daugh
man colony had moved into Penn
ters had hung up a pair of stock ings to dry and the gold pieces
sylvania along with "Christkind-
landed in the toe of one of them.
Christmas in the New England colonies was not a very happy affair. For a time - from 1642
lein" who was to be transform
ed into Kris Kringle. Swedish settlers brought a gift-giver de scending from the old god Thor. In 1822 a Presbyterian divinity
to 1652 - the Puritans in England
professor
issued
C.
a
series of ordinances
forbidding church services and
festivities on Christmas Day as well as making plum puddings
and mince pies. And in America, because such celebrations had a heathen origin, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a law
ment returned with the restora
tion of the monarchy in 1660. But in America, the zeal against
"heathen customs" persisted un til
In Italy the gift-giver is a good natured witch called La Befana.
birch to chastise sinners.
But one of the strangest giftgivers of all flings open a door in Sweden - throws in a gift then vanishes. The gift, called the Julklapp, is done up in so many wrappings that it is hard
the
Dr. Clement
fat Dutchman with red cheeks and hair. The Dutchman had been
telling Mr. Moore some St. Nich olas legends, and now it struck Dr. Moore that the old Dutchman
was the very image of St. Nich olas himself.
in 1659 making the observance of Christmas a penal offense. In England Christmas merri
named
Moore bumped into a tiny,
Hurrying home, Dr. Moore sat down and started to write:
"Twas the night before Christ mas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
middle of the 19th cen
The
modern
flesh
and
blood
tury. As late as 1856, Christmas was an ordinary working day in
Santa today is usually equipped
Boston, and often those who re
yak's hair from Tibet. He has had his origins in dozens of coun
fused to come to work were dis missed. In 1870 classes were held as usual on Christmas in
public schools, and children who did not attend were severely punished. But things began to brighten as more and more immigrants
with an artifical beard made of
tries, Asia Minor, Italy, Africa, Holland, Russia, and Sweden. But it was from the United States that he re-crossed the Atlantic as Father Christmas
in
England
and
Pere Noel in
France.
to find.
Which toys are popular with contemporary Santas and their youngsters? Surveys report an increase in popularity of science toys, and many children ask for
dolls and toys they've seen ad vertised on TV. Sign of the times: little boys who once wanted a train now frequently prefer a racing car set. The
red-clad
street
Santa
Clauses who ring their clappers at shoppers have a real life model in the Turkish Bishop St. Nicho las, who devoted his life to char ity and good works more than
1,600 years ago. An old story tells how St. Nicholas unintentionally origi nated the custom of hanging stockings by the fireplace at Christmas
time.
St.
Nicholas
knew of a poor and proud noble man who had no dowry for his three daughters. Coming to his house one evening, St. Nicholas peered in the nobleman's window,
The Dutch call their Santa St. Nicholas and he is always seen with his little black helpers. Santa comes on December 6th in the Netherlands.
13
C. G.
HOGBERG
Carl G. Hogberg, M.L.D. pres
SPEAKS AT CEDARVILLE
industry in
30 pet. nationally per ton of steel produced. Paper- reclaiming stone slur
Michigan as he addressed the
ry cut one of our customer's
annual meeting of the LesChen-
stone
eaux Chamber of Commerce at
pet.
ident, predicted a bright future for
business and
by
90
Chemicals- one company now
Cedarville in October.
However, he pointed out, there
is
requirement
a growing need for public
understanding and action before this prediction is to be met since all businesses today face the need for improved profits in
order to provide jobs and meet competition.
This competition in the stone industry takes various forms, stated Mr. Hogberg, citing the
makes acetylene directly from natural gas with no lime stone; another is using nat ural soda ash from Wyoming instead of that chemical pro cessed from limestone; and even ocean water from the Gulf of Mexico and natural
magnesite from Nevada com pete with the product made from
Cedarville
limestone.
eral price increase for our stone in four years. During that per iod we have swallowed-and pain
fully digestedcost
a new labor
increase
in
each one of
those four years. "But there are other costs over
which industry has little or no control such as the cost of gov
ernment which, when wasteful, results in burdensome or oppres
sive taxes that discourage bus iness and scare away investors;
the philosophy of welfare statism; the inequitable and confiscatory share of the tax load on business;
a bewildering multiplicity of gov ernmental rules and regulations
and investigations; and costs resulting from a climate that
plentiful supply of raw limestone and the large number of produc ing locations. "We compete with
competitive," pointed out Mr.
tends to characterize business
each other -intensely- and we compete with alternate mater ials such as sand, gravel and
Hogberg. To be competitive it must make a profit of a mar gin sufficient to pay dividends
without principle and opposed or
slag.
attractive to investors and have
detrimental
enough left over to re-invest so that its facilities are always
terest."
"But that s not all.
A more
serious type of competition the
is
kind in which we lose out-
too often permanently- to
a
technological advance that does away with the need for lime stone altogether or drastically reduces it. '
modern, well-kept and- most important- efficient. Efficien cy, which means low cost of pro duction, is one of the indispensible keys to adequate profits. "If increased labor costs are
Mr. Hogberg, telling how the profit squeeze had made these technological break-throughs a necessity, related the following: Steel- limestone use down over
M.LD.
"To maintain and expand its markets, an industry must be
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not more than matched by in creased efficiency, they can be a millstone around an industry's neck. One of our problems is that we have not had a gen
men and industrial organizations as something less that honest, to the national in
Calling for increased two-way communications
between busi
nessmen and the community and
the government,
Mr. Hogberg
added the need for new business
es to the need of expanding ex
isting ones.
"The Ship of Op
portunity will steam to our port
or pass us by for another de pending a great deal on the un derstanding and future efforts of all of us," he ended.
EDMUND KIHN
W. K. GWIN
157 N. First St., Rogers City, Mich.
Box 161, Bessemer, Pa.
FRANK MAYES
RUDOLPH C ONASCH
405 S. Fifth St., Rogers City, Mich.
202 Hillcrest Ave., New Castle, Pa.
EDWIN C. EHRKE
THEODORE PARDIEKE
JOSEPH PELOZA
995 Linden St., Rogers City, Mich.
1062 Maple St., Rogers City, Mich.
Box 85, Bessemer, Pa.
GEORGE HOY
ALFRED F. PELTZ
GIUSEPPE RITORTO
598 N. Bradley Hwy., Rogers City, Mich.
1045 Dettloff St., Rogers City, Mich.
Box 121, Hillsville, Pa.
GILBERT C. KEMPE
1733 Arlington Blvd., El Cerrito, Calif. CALCITE CORDY ADRIAN
166 W. Ira St., Rogers City, Mich. REINHART FROELICH
426 N. Fourth St., Rogers City, Mich. WILLIAM GRAMBAU
Route 1, Box 134, Rogers City, Mich. ARTHUR C GRULKE
HENRY G. SMITH
ROCCO SIMARI
1030 Larke St., Rogers City, Mich.
Box 116, Hillsville, Pa.
LEO SMITH*
WALTER L. STONER
665 S. Lake St., Rogers City, Mich.
1605 W. State St., New Castle, Pa.
WILLIAM WARWICK*
281 Larke Ave., Rogers City, Mich. â&#x2122;ŚDeceased
HILLSVILLE LELAND P. BARKER
23 King Ave., New Castle, Pa. LEWIS BARRIE
R.F.D. #1, Box 279, Rogers City, Mich. FRANK J. HOFFMAN
P.O. Box 342, Edinburg, Pa.
616 S. First St., Rogers City, Mich.
Box 116, R.D. #2, Edinburg, Pa. JOE CRNARICH 16 Parkdiffe St., Struthers, Ohio
FOSTER L. KELLEY
336 S. Second St., Rogers City, Mich. 14
NICK CHURLEO
MOLER ROBERT P. BLACKFORD
R.F.D., Kearneysville, W. Va. JAMES B. HENRY Ranson, W. Va. FRANK J. NEWMAN Charles Town, W. Va. HARRY C
NICEWARNER
331 N.George St., Charles Town, W. Va. CECIL D. RICKARD
R.F.D. 2, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Hillsville Employees Win Service Awards
The 25-year safe service awards went to (1st row, left to right) Giuseppe Lombardi, Pasquale Argiro, John Kinkela, Jr., John Vonderau, Nicola Agostine, Rocco Arena, Merle Houk, (stand
Nick Schaville and George Reese received awards for 40 years of safe service.
M.L.D. President C. G. Hogberg gives service awards to (left) Florence Davis, 35 years, and Mildred Shaffer, 30 years.
ing) Frank Lorello, Ralph Book, Francesco Lombardi, Richard Murphy, Vylus Latshaw, Pasquale Scialdone and Raymond Toler.
Pasquale Diana and Donato Lupo received 35-year service pins.
25-year safe service awards and Carl Diana his 35-year service pin from District Manager G. W. Mintz.
Calcite Sets Safety Record
EIGHT AT MOLER GET SAFE SERVICE AWARDS
Calcite employees set a new National Safety Council world record for quarries on Septem ber 25, 1962, as they passed three
million man-hours work
without
a
lost-time in
The former Division safety record was held by the Bradley Transportation Line. Bradley had
without a lost-time injury.
racked up 2,886,224 man-hours with no lost-time injuries, a
Calcite workers also held the
mark that remains a National Safety Council world record for
ed
previous N.S.C. world safety re cord for quarries. The Council listed Calcite with 2,551,692 man hours. This record, set in 1955, was also second highest in
worked
jury.
the
Division
for
man-hours
the marine industry. Moler employees have also set a new plant safety record, chalking up 2,500 injury-free days.
Harry C. Nicewarner gets his 45-year pin from Moler Plant Manager Carl Benton.
President C. G. Hogberg presents a 35 Year Service Award to Beverly D. Taylor in the picture on the left and 25 Year Awards to (left to right) Harvey V. Briggs, William P. Page, Thomas W. Gray, Aldridge F. Staubs and John W. Russell. 15
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Screening For Satisfaction Here is Michigan Limestone in the making — screening the slone to the proper size. This may not sound important, but let's think about sizes for a minute. What would you think of the shoe salesman who tried to sell you a pair of shoes size 10-C when you know that you take 9-D? The same goes for shirts, ponts and what have you. The chances are that it would be a long time before you went back to that store if you ever received that kind of service. The same holds true for Michigan Limestone and its product. We sell limestone of high chemical quality, but just as important in the customer order specifications is the SIZE of the stone. If his process of manufacture requires our special flux size, he can no more use the open hearth size than you can use shoes that are too large.
The aim of Michigan Limestone is to give the customer what he wants both
chemically and physically. This is the way a reputation is built and maintained. We can't perform miracles, but we aren't asked to do so —just fill the customer's order and he will remain our customer.
Our screens, then, add one more "R" to the Three R's of customer satisfaction —
Right Quality, Right Quantity, Right Time - and includes the Right Size.
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