Vol. 7, 1973 CHEM-TEXTS Page 3
A B.S. 20 Years Later
[IMAGE: Two men standing together, one appears to be congratulating the other, with a framed picture on the wall behind them]
Jack Tierney, right, is congratulated by Harry Witt, Synthetic Production Superintendent on receiving his B.S. degree in Management from the University of New Haven. Tierney returned to college 20 years after graduation from high school and pursued his degree at night for the past 7 years. According to Tierney, he would not have been able to continue his studies without the financial assistance of the Tuition Aid program.
On the wall in the photo is one of Harry Witt’s paintings, “Autumn Gold.” Witt recently completed a course in Oil Painting, sponsored by the Naugatuck High School Adult Education Program.
57 Return To School
by Victor Anderson
Fifty-seven people registered for the Mechanical Trades Program which will be held at the Kaynor Technical School in Waterbury. The two year course in Basic Mathematics, Blueprint Reading, Plumbing, Mechanics and Engineering will be taught by Edwin Schweitzer, an Instructor at the school.
The three hour classes are held from 3:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. Tuition and textbook costs are being paid by the plant.
Successful completion of the courses will allow graduates to qualify for second class Piper, Mechanic, and Electricians’ openings when available and in accordance with contract requirements of seniority and qualifications.
In the 1970-72 program thirty-five employees graduated and twenty-three have received positions in the Chemical and Synthetic Mechanical departments.
Local 308 Talks Start
At press time it was learned that URW Local 308 and the Naugatuck Plant management were to begin to negotiate a local supplement agreement of the 3 year master agreement.
Charles Roland, Local 308 President, will head the union representatives and Jesse Crim the plant members.
EPA Chief To Speak
Douglas M. Costle, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection will address the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Elks Club. Costle succeeded Dan Lufkin as the new EPA chief in August.
He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
Golf League Ends
It was youth vs. old age as William Broden and Chester Zawacki won the golf championship.
It was a year that youth took all as the Twilight Golf League completed its third season with William Broden and Chester Zawacki winning the championship cup in a climatic match with George Baktis and Stanley Mazanski at the Lyman Meadow Golf Club.
Last year’s winners Joseph Biernacki and Cyrus Blanchard were eliminated in the early rounds of the tournament and two of the early season favorites, Robert McDermott and Louis Rizzuti, lost their bid to qualify for the golf cup.
Officers for the 1973 season were Stanley Mazur, John Prior, Chester Zawacki, Peter Welch, Edward Rabitor, Howard Kravitz, Thomas Geise, Thomas Ennis and William Broden.
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CHEM-PROD JOTTINGS
by 7 BUILDING CREW
BLDG. 14: So far this year we have the $180,000 Octamine Flaker AR approved for 94 Building. It will be installed around March 1974.
FINE ORGANICS PLANT: The new plant that we used to call the Solvent Plant has been redubbed the FINE ORGANICS Plant. This will be a new building similar to 100 Building where 57 Building now stands. Construction will begin next year.
SUNPROOF: A new $4,000 refrigeration unit for our Sunproof operation is scheduled for delivery in several weeks. The new conveyor and bagger for Sunproof is in the plant and is being installed.
TIDBITS: People are still asking about Jim Cravo’s “hernia” operation.
65 and 80 Buildings Obituary
by Tom Harrison
It seems hard to believe, but the old soldiers homes of the Chemical Plant (65 and 80 Buildings) are finally being closed down. These 18 “old Men” with an average seniority of 28 years have done an outstanding job.
The production began with the Clave men, led off on days usually by senior man Larry Gabianelli and George Zitzmann, followed by Matt Chlebowski and Charlie Drapko, and closing out the night shift with Bill Detlefsen and Ray Palmer. These men have produced excellent quality Primary MBT at a high yield of 78% (versus Standard yield of 77%). However, it would have to be agreed to by all that “Gabby” made a better batch of spaghetti than MBT and probably more of them too!
Picking up where the Clave men left off, the Floor Operators kept things going. Despite the loss of one of the autoclaves, constant mechanical breakdowns, several injuries and sickness to many of the operators, as well as an accumulation of two years vacation time per year, these operators in most months made and usually acceded the production schedule.
The biggest achievement of the Floor Operators, Walt Breton, Larry Fortier, Henry Kowalewski, Tom Lee, Frank Maher and John Mancuso was the quality record they attained with Thiazole rejection rate of less than 2%. This could only have been accomplished by the men’s extensive experience in making Thiazoles, as well as willingness by all to use this knowledge in working harmoniously together.
After the MBTS, Delac and OXAF slurry was produced in 65 Building, it was then transferred to 80 Building where it was first washed, then dried and ground and finally packaged out. The high quality standards and production rates established by the 65 Building operators were maintained by the 80 Building Dryer Operators: Joe Abraitis, Wilbur Hugar and John Wawer.
After the material was dried, it was next ground and packaged out by the Mill Operators: Ed Copes, John Miller and Leo Vadnais. Through the extra efforts of these operators, neatly stacked pallets were always found on the first floor of 80 Building. These men also recovered over 100,000 lbs. of Delac fines from the filter boxes to not only improve the Delac yield to 89.4% (Standard 88%) but also to reduce pollution to the Naugatuck River.
Not to be forgotten are the two Pipers, Roland Bergeron and Harry Steele, who serviced these two buildings. By working closely with the operators and doing many maintenance jobs on their own initiative (except on Wednesdays) Junior and Harry aided greatly in the production of Thiazoles.
Last to be mentioned but probably the most important member of this group was Tom Engle who was the guiding influence to keep everyone working together.
Gaetz…
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“Give Where You Work”
The philosophy of the United Givers is to “give where you work” through the payroll deduction plan and not in your home community. This method has proved the most successful, the most effective, and the least wasteful in helping the UG achieve its goal.
Gaetz is Chief Project Engineer for the Naugatuck plant. A graduate of Penn. State College with a B.S. degree in Chem. Eng. he has held a number of positions in the Engineering department, since he joined Uniroyal Chemical in 1951.