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Four Retire Recently
Mary Dinkie, center, a telephone operator in EMC shows Gordon Anderson, Vice-President of Manufacturing, the intricacies of the switchboard on her retirement after 21 years of service. At left is Rudlow.
Charles Gates, fourth from left, is congratulated by Joseph Flanigany, President of Uniroyal Chemical on his retirement after 41 years service. Gates was Sr. Patent Liaison officer for the Chemical division. In the photo from left are Charles McGleary, Martin Kleinfield, Flanigany, Gates, Robert Dowling, and Ferdinand Hittler.
Kazys Urbsaitis, center, retired from the Rubber Compounding Lab after 26 years of service. At left is Richard Tweedie and at right, Frank Sordi in TSC.
Herbert Atwood, third left, retired from the Instrument Dept. after 42 years service. From left are George LaRose, John Hoey, Atwood and Anthony Giancarlo.
Why Wear Hard Hats?
Despite the fact that most head injuries are always serious, there are a few workers who are reluctant to wear hard hats and prevent unexpected injuries to their heads.
Every employee should take advantage of such valuable protection as the hard hat. Employes give reasons for refusing to wear these hats. Here are a few of the common objections and reasons.
Group…
During the past several weeks, members have been discussing possible programs with Uniroyal personnel and outside consultants. The final program is expected to be completed in the near future. In the meantime, laboratory work has already been started to find new uses for chemicals in which the division is now basic namely: hydrazine, cyclohexene and CHO, Polyets, Diamine and the like.
The objective will be twofold, either to market and sell the new derivatives, or to convince customers to buy more of the basic chemicals as intermediates for their own synthesis.
There are several other possibilities for future research which should yield products within the current capability of the divisions manufacturing facilities and which can be sold to the present sales organization.
10 Uniroyal…
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the four years of college. The amount depends on the family’s financial circumstances and the cost of the school. The minimum amount is $250.
Human…
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Campbell, Thomas Carey, Frank Commendatore, Donald Cowan, Frank Giordano, James Laney, W. B. Kirkendall Jr., Joseph McKee, Gene Reale, Edward Ruonowicz, Frank Sordi, Henry Yaeck and Thomas Engle.
Take
stock
in America.
200 years at the same location.
Mazaika…
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and synthetic rubber in the Dallas Sales office. He was appointed Commodity Sales Mgr. for Nau-pactuck Chemicals in 1967 and named Manager of Materials Flow in 1970.
He graduated from Lehigh University with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering.
Children, Victim
of Fires
For their sake, and yours,
practice these two simple safety
rules:
(1) Keep matches and lighters
away from young children. Careless smokers and children who
play with matches cause more
fires than anyone or anything
else.
(2) Since most residential fires
break out at night, know how
you and your family would
escape from the bedrooms if the
stairs or front door were blocked
by smoke.
3 Year…
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with accidental death and dis-
memberment insurance in-
creased to the same amount.
Survivor income benefits (transi-
tion and bridge) were increased
from $175 to $500 per month.
Medical Benefits
Improvements also were negotiated in the area of Hospital,
Surgical and In-Hospital Medi-cal Insurance, Dental Benefits
and Major Medical Plans. Also
an increased allowance from $10
per day to $20 per day for
doctors’ visits in the hospital.
Accident and Sickness
These benefits have been in-
creased from $95 to $110 per
week. In the event of layoff, cov-
erage under the plan will still be
extended for 90 days.
Benefits for Retirees
Also, certain benefits will now
be extended to certain retired
employees covered by the new
contract. These include these
benefits in areas of survivor in-
come and life insurance.
Benefits Among Finest
In Industry
The negotiations, leading to
the signing of the Agreements
on September 5, has resulted in
an overall benefits program
among the finest and most com-
prehensive in all of industry to-
day.
Dividend Declared
The Company declared a divi-
dend of 12½ cents a share on the
common stock payable Septem-
ber 25 to stockholders of record
August 23.
A dividend of $2 a share on
the 8% first preferred stock was
also declared and was payable
September 25 to stockholders of
record August 23.
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Looking Back…
Looking Ahead…
The end is near for 1976 and it is a time for looking backwards and reviewing where we’ve been as well as looking ahead anticipating a brand new year–and fresh start.
For the Naugatuck plant, 1976 was a year of excitement, turmoil, sadness and progress. There was, for many, the sadness of seeing the Redclam plant being torn down. It represented a symbol of Naugatuck Chemical and was where many people gave a better part of their lives. There was also sadness, as we saw many of our friends leave, through retirement, and – though we wish them well we will miss them. Certainly, the Uniroyal Chemical, caused more excitement and 1976 will unfortunately be remembered by most of us for this more than anything else.
But progress was evident too, the new F.O.C. building was being completed and we look toward the start-up with excitement and anticipation.
This is also a time in the year when all of us find that the pace slows a little and we find that we remember the pleasant things of our lives and draw our families and friends closer to us.
So I would like to extend to all of you at Naugatuck Chemical my personal and warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Plant Doctor Named
Dr. Richard Biondi, right, is welcomed to Naugatuck Chemical as the new plant physician by Robert Shortt, Safety Manager.
Dr. Richard Biondi has been named plant physician for the Naugatuck plant replacing Dr. Biondi recently completed a Pulmonary fellowship at St. Mary’s Hospital after serving two years with the U.S. Army in Seoul, Korea, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia as an Internal and Pulmonary Consultant.
He interned at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City and completed two years of residency for internal medicine at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn.
A native of New York City, he presently resides in Southbury with his wife, Linda, and son.
19 Receive CPR Certificates
The first Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation course recently ended with 19 employees from most all departments at the Naugatuck location receiving Certificates. The course consisted of three sessions, 3 hours each and a written examination upon completion.
CPR Used in Plant
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR, is a combination of artificial respiration and artificial circulation which should be started immediately as an emergency procedure when cardiac arrest occurs. It has been used successfully in the plant when employees suffered heart attacks at work. It is extremely important to give the treatment immediately to prevent damage to the brain. [continued on page 4]
Worker Saved By
J. Mello
John Mello of the Plant Protection department saved an employee of the Waterbury Wrecking Co. who was knocked unconscious by a section of I-beams that struck him on the head when the steel sling broke.
The worker fell on top of the Holistic which half of his body and another worker working nearby, grabbed his waist and prevented his fall 40 feet to the ground between a three foot space.
Averts Serious Injury
Mello’s action probably saved the man from a critical, injury. The worker suffered a fractured skull that required 9 sutures to close. Fortunately he was wearing a hard hat which saved him from a fractured skull or a fatality.
The Wrecking Co. is dismantling and demolishing the old Redclam Production unit which was closed in November 1975.
$6,828,825 Paid
Out for Group
Life Insurance
In the policy year ending March 31, 1976, the Company paid a total of $6,828,825 for Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance according to W. O. Koehke, Manager of Insured Employee Benefits.
Most employees and retirees in the United States are insured under this policy. The total insurance in force exceeds one billion dollars.
Merry Christmas
UNIROYAL WINTER PATROL
TWO FIBERGLASS BELTS/TWO
POLYESTER CORD PLIES
SELF-CLEANING TREAD FOR TRACTION
ADVANCE TIRE SERVICE
510 Meriden Rd.
Waterbury—756-7205
POUST’S SERVICE STATION
144 Rubber Ave.
Naugatuck—729-0433
MEZZO’S
792 New Haven Rd.
Naugatuck—729-5988
• Double Fiberglass Belts for hazard
protection and mileage.
• 78 Series design for traction.
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Vol. 10, 1976
CHEM-TEXTS Page 3
143 People Honored for Service
One hundred and forty three people were recently honored for their years of service with the Uniroyal Chemical division.
Forty three employees were made new members of the Uniroyal Chemical Twenty Five Years Service Club.
Sixty four members were advanced to the Thirty Year Group; twenty-nine were advanced to the Thirty Five Year Group; six to the Forty Year Group; and one to the Forty Five Year Group.
Over 600 of the 1120 people at Naugatuck have 25 years of service or more.
New 25 Year Club Members: from left, Salvatore Falcone, Joseph Savageau, Odell Hines, Roderick Gaetz, Harry Searl, John Tabaka, son of Walter Tabaka who recently passed away, Robert Mazalka, Factory Manager, Charles Roland, President of URW Local 308, Orin Huntley, Robert Short, Frank Wasiliesky, Robert Smith, Richard Shaw, Joseph Semassko and Frank Commerfort.
30 Year Members: from left, Victor Anderson, Martin Schulenson, Ted Hubbell, Charles Dierling, Thomas Engle, William Mariano, John Dayner, Tom Harris, Eugene Tata, Mildred Finsel, Paul Tortolani, John Miller, Robert Mazalka, Factory Manager, Teddy Commerfort, Donald Voler, Antonio Guido, Richard Smerle, Edward Dyer, Earl Potter, Robert Burns and Donald Douty.
35 Year Members: Robert Mazalka, Factory Manager, congratulates from left Santo Biancano, Prosper Taylor, Pasquale Pelli, Lawrence Rice, Richard Valentine, Mazalka, Joseph Oertel Jr., Julius Banno, Harry Physhna, John DiSanti, Harry Steele, and Anthony Osanar.
Editors Note: Photographs of other departmental groups who were honored for their service will appear in the next issue of CHEM-TEXTS.
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Four Retire Recently 143 People…
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J. Twomey, R. Valentine,
O. Zaprzalka and J. Sinner.
40 Year Members
O. Johnson, A. Moura, M.
Patrick, W. Rek, A. Sokoll
and H. Tomizewski.
45 Year Member
J. Hurst (Ret.)
Chemical…
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and potatoes; Dr. Byron Hunter
and Franklin H. Barrows for
Cologen® HT 550, a high tem-
perature blowing agent for poly-
mers; Dr. Byron Hunter for a
commercial process of making
1, 1, 1, – Trichloroethane, sold
to Dr. John Burkus, Robert G.
Lesher and Louis V. Esperito
for a method of curing polyure-
thane prepolymers.
Dr. Hunter Receives Seven
34 inventors, including 5 co-
inventors from the Research
Laboratories of Uniroyal Ltd.,
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, re-
ceived awards on their U.S.
patents. Those earning multiple
patents included: Dr. Byron
Hunter (7), Dr. Stephen Carter
(4), Dr. Elinor Corey (3), Robert
Grahame Jr. (4), Winchester
Hubbart (3), Dr. Elmar Janet
(3), Dr. Wadim Batorewicz (2),
Dr. Thomas Brett Jr. (2), Walter
Browski (2), Dr. James Sloggett
and Dr. Robert Neidermyer (2).
Dr. Byron Hunter (retired) re-
ceived his 45th patent, the high-
est in the Chemical Division.
Other Chemical Division in-
ventors who received patents
were: James Albemille, Ronald
Ames, Leiland Daniels, Dr.
Edward Hagen, Dr. Thomas
Hageman, Dr. Edward Hagen,
Gerald Hollmann, Russell Matz
Jr., Dr. J. Terence O’Brien, Dr.
Allen Smith, Dr. Bogislav von
Schmeling, Bloon Weaver, Walter
Browski, William Harrison and
Edwin McPherson.
The following retired inven-
tors earned patents in 1975:
William E. Fischer and Marshall
Kuhn.
Appointments Social
Announced Security
Increased
Joseph Mambrino has been
promoted to Utilities and Pro-
curement Plant Area Engineer.
Charles Ferguson has been
appointed Chemical Mainte-
nance Trades Foreman.
Daniel Shantz has been named
Chief Process Engineer for
Chemical Production.
William Broden has assumed
the administrative responsibili-
ties of the Chemical, Synthetic
and Non-Aqueous pilot plants.
Leonard Reschia has been
named operations Foreman of
the Chemical Product Lines.
Dr. Bogislav VonSchmeling
has been appointed Manager of
Agricultural Chemical Research
& Development.
Dr. Alfred Mittelner has
been named Agribusiness Vice
Manager.
Alex Ostrowski has been
appointed Overseas Marketing
Manager for Agricultural
Chemicals in
Europe/Africa.
Dr. M. Clark has been ap-
pointed Regional Manager for
Agricultural Chemicals in
Europe/Africa.
Gov. GRASSO…
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The Commission will study
the environmental and economic
costs and benefits of existing
state and federal laws and regu-
lations governing environmental
protection. Its findings and
recommendations will be sub-
mitted to Gov. Grasso and the
General Assembly in 1977.
Effective January 1, 1977 the
Social Security earnings base–
the maximum amount of annual
earnings on which employees,
employers, and self-employed
people pay Social Security
tax–will be increased from
$15,300 to $16,500, but the tax
rate will remain the same.
People who earn $16,500 or
more a year will pay $965.25 in
social security taxes, or $70.20
more than the $895.05 in 1976.
The contribution rate of 5.85%
of taxable earnings for employ-
ees and employers, and 7.9% for
self-employed people remains
the same.
The increase does not affect
workers whose annual earnings
are less than $15,300.
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is deprived of oxygenated blood
for a period of 6 minutes or
more it is probable that irre-
versible damage has been done
to it.
60 Sign Up For Courses
Sixty employees have already
signed up for the four CPR
classes. Since the program
started over 98 people have
taken the First Aid Course.
The courses were organized
by James Lonzin of the Safety
Department. He is a certified
Aid Instructor and has attended
numerous courses in this area of
preventive and emergency care.
Assisting him in the CPR courses
is Patricia Gryzwacz, R.N.
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Frederick D. Zonino Nathan M. Pierpont, Jr.
Antonio Calabretta, above, re-
tired from the Materials de-
partment after 21 years ser-
vice.
A total of 24 employees re-
ceived college degrees under the
program.
The Company paid $180,994
in Tuition Aid to employees in
the year ending August 1976.
A total of 2,012 employees
took job-related courses under
the program designed to help
employees gain or increase their
job-related skills.
$180,994 Paid
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