CHEM-TEXTS
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Thanksgiving And Us…
Thanksgiving Day seems to have lost much of its significance. Originally it was set aside as a special day of prayer. Today, it is looked upon more as a four day weekend and three games of football on TV.
The people who first came to New England lived a life of far greater poverty than some of the people living in Appalachia today. Their Thanksgiving was one of survival.
By their unity of purpose, and their concern for each other, they laid the groundwork for the many benefits we enjoy in our present society.
When you think ot our progress, no other group of people has achieved such high standards of living.
We at the Chemical Plant, in particular, have much to be thankful for. With unemployment as high as 12-20% in some towns, we have been able to maintain a steady level of employment. We have some of the finest wages and benefits in industry. All of us have great concern for the safety, health, and welfare of each other and a positive attitude toward the improvement of the environment.
I think you will agree with me that these are important things in our lives.
If each one of us does his full share, we will continue to reap the rewards of our efforts and assure, even increase, the many good things we now enjoy for ourselves and our families.
[Signature: Paul Lyons]
Eleven Receive MS Degrees
Dick Krajewski, center, and John Honyotski, right, admire each other’s diplomas as Pat Petti looks on. Krajewski received an MS in Industrial Management; Honyotski, a BS in Business Administration; and Petti will receive a degree in 1972.
by Ed Nunn
Eleven employees received their M.S. degrees in June under the Uniroyal Tuition Aid program: Jim Garrigan, Bill Broden, Terry Mo, and John Gilbert received degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Hartford; Joe Schoen, Temple University; Pete Byra, John Swanson, and Lou Kaiser, University of Hartford; Paul Hinckley, Southern Connecticut; Bob Farrell, University of Connecticut; and Marvin Cramer, University of Bridgeport.
$31,346 in Payments
Tuition Aid during the academic year, Sept. 1, 1970 to Aug. 31, 1971 totaled $31,469 in reimbursements to 82 employees.
12 employees are attending job related courses; 20 are working toward a college degree; and 50 are pursuing postgraduate studies.
Over the past 6 years 36 employees have received degrees under the program with Uniroyal’s reimbursements amounting to $125,022.
All Employees Eligible
The Tuition Aid Program is available to all full-time employees. The Company reimburses you for the full tuition cost and fees for two courses per semester. The courses must be related to your present job or will be of value, as determined by the Company, in future promotional areas. Reimbursement is made only upon successful completion of the course.
BOB’S CAMERA SHOP
Waterbury’s Largest Camera Shop
Film ● Cameras ● Projectors
Developing ● Repairs ● Rentals
21 Grand St. 754-2256
Still Time For
Photo Greeting Cards
Disaster Plan Tested
Bob Shortt, Safety Manager, shows how to extinguish gasoline fire. Behind Shortt are Phil DePasquale, Security Supervisor, and John Starr. Others in photo are Frank Commendatore and Dick Oriente.
Deluge water fog flooded Hortonspheres to control simulated butadiene leak
The 66 Alarm was a simulated butadiene leak in the Synthetic plant Hortonspheres. The leaking vapor was flooded and controlled with water fog from the top and sides of the spheres. According to Harry Francolini who was in charge of the Control Center, “we found a few bugs in the Plan but on the whole it went quite well.” The bugs are being ironed out to make the Plan more effective.
The test was the culmination of weeklong demonstrations during Fire Prevention Week.
It was a quiet Friday afternoon—just a few more hours to the weekend—when at 1 P.M., Alarm “66” sounded 4 times over the plant’s fire alarm system. A quick call to the Watchman in Bldg. 84 and the Disaster Plan was in operation.
Work stopped and designated emergency personnel reported to the Control Center for instructions and others assumed their plant emergency responsibilities to prepare for a shutdown and evacuation of the plant.
Drive Nears
(Cont’d. from page 1)
Four departments, Materials, Accounting, EMIC, and Research and Development exceeded their goals with several other departments close to reaching their quotas.
Still Time To Pledge
There is still time to pledge. If you have misplaced your card, contact the canvasser in your department or call any one and return it to him.
Chemical Team Loses Playoffs
by John Swanson
The Chemical Royals with a 24-8 won-lost record, made the League’s 4 team playoffs. In the best out of 3 championship playoff games, they lost to Fortin’s Restaurant.
Batting the Royals to their victorious season were Pete Byra 545; John Johnson 511; Vin Rooney 495.
Eric Johnson and Al Zimmerman provided the team’s slugging power with “All Star” pitcher, Mike Jasman, doing a superb job on the mound for the Royals.
Other members of the Chemical Royals were Dick Carroll, Tom Casteel, Leon Hartmann, Bill Lawton, John Prior, Dan Shantz, Rudy Valente, and Al Zonas.
Salesmen Review Sales
Frank Morgan, standing, District 11 Sales Manager, discusses sales strategy with salesmen. From left are Kurt Markshausen, Ken Stewart, Kralastic Commodity Manager, Steve Arbuckle, Barry Roos, Ed Brown, Jack Taylor, Pat DePaolo, and Pete Cookson. Missing were Tom Wilson, Henry Alter and Dick Terino.
District 11 salesmen met to review their sales record for the first nine months of 1971.
In the first 9 months, the District achieved 108% of its budget and hopes to hit 110% in the 4th quarter.
An important factor in helping them sell more was an improved “service image” among customers. They pointed out at the meeting that customer demand for good service is a major problem in their contact with customers. If you can’t deliver the product when the customer needs it, he simply buys it from a competitor.