| Summary: | Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Pasadena, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue. This issue of The Log also highlights the setting up of Champion's latest pulp mill in Brazil and training of its South American Division team. • ' • THE ' f . . ' .BRASI"L IA • ·- AUGUST, 1959 See: "ORIENT A TION FOR BRAZIL" -• page I ' • From the Editor·s Ncrru Heberer, former Ohio h. mpioJl, .g._, ive · us [irs ·-hand nc,~-- this nwuth on the "uoin~ -on '" of m oulh f th b rder Cham- . pion '" in Brat il. 1'\ rm an i .ome tw.o d)LCn other Ch. tnpi n · J.l' at l\fogi G ua n , nc ~u' ao Paul , to l1 lp in the con tru Lion and ·tart-up of ur new pulp mill and to train .Brazilians [or fu.tur operation oi the miil. Our Champion have foun l th ir fo reign a· igmu .nt excitino·, to a · the J<eas t. And as N rm ptu · it, they ha,"e lend many "bonus experience . " On pages 6-9, "Champions in B1·:u.it'' you 'll read about ome of the u nus ual cu t::>m · of the Brazilian and how o ur fo lk are .adapting to a new ·way of l ife. • \ 'Ve are grateful to Jeanne Trell es, Corporate DeYelopment, for an explanation of tl1e odd li ttle P ortug u ese mark sprinkled throughout the Brazil stories and on the cover. 1 t i a diacritical mark ca.Ued a ced illa (t;:). The cedil.la '"~'a:s originally written as "CZ" ' centurie. <Vgo and served to give a sibilant or "S'' sound to the C where it would otherwise be pronounced like a K. As tixne passed the "C~" became "f '. Finally the Z lost its original form aLtogether and became just a smaU appendage on the C (c;:). 1\llogi Gu at;:u, the site oi our new pulp rn1Jl, is pronouncetl .--.___"MOH-.gee gwah-SUE." • T xas Charnpion Justin Tha er, wh o h (IS written a tlH~ r interesting feature Cor Th LOG, t1'1;is tnon rh tell,<; a boul " Pack 9 J - First, Bigg-es t and Hest" Of.! p·1gc: I 2. Jus Lin has he 'n anive for many years in Scouting . . He hold- the Sc{H.ltef's K ·y Awa.rd for :>el' ing . in various <;1l '!;>aci ties J rom Cu[)mast .r- 111 n;.,. ld ·L CoJm:n ilurioncr, .Last: ye;u- .Juslin rc~ tLJrn ecl ~ :; Gubrnaster of Champwn-)fpOJJ ·orcel P:u,k 9 1. "Sc01Hing- ha b en my hobh, for 1hc p<:~ st 12 years," "S<!ys Justin. " .1 know nf no graler reward than watching t:ht':st: SC:outs of mirw grow into . fine you.ng 1<1'\t n." • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • E AUGUST, 1959 VOL. XLII , NO. 8 C hampion Pape r and Fibre Company General Office • . HAMILTON, OHIO Mills or . HAMIL TON, OHIQ • CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA PASADENA, TEXAS • SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA Editor . . STEWART J-ONES Assistant Editor .•• DONALD OlEXIQ Division Editors • . Ohio, MERLE BAKER . Carolina, JAMES DEATON .•• Texas, KEN REED Editorial Assistant • . • ' EUNICE B. HUGHES EDITOR'IAL STAH 0 n,_i.O o·I VI·S I·.O n •• • Bob Banett, Me:rle Bay nes, Joe .Blevens, Blondie Caldwe l·l ( photo~mphn) . . v.restey Cobb, Paul Newkirk, Otto Reid, J ohn Schmitt, George Steiner, Bill T hompson, Dell.a Hicks. Caroli'na Divis·ion . U. Davis, Rtll K i'rl lam! C. W. Hardin, Harry Holland, Walter Ho lLon, Geue Hyde, Jack J ust'ice, Dick MdVHthon, Ernes[ Messer, David \'\' . lVIOl'ison , Rowena Morris, BiJJ R igsbee, J. E. \-Villiamson. TeiCas li>ivision . Joh rrn .' B(Jye rte. J erry Ctl.mditts, Cecilia Dickerson. L\z Wood t·iug·. Ju s t i.l1 Thayer. San.dersv.ille .• • Ghll\ 'S H . l::ver CLt. Generol Ofllce. , , , Lor~• i ne Koger . Our Cover Th~ map vf lJrazil ~ lim ing tfw lc.lCHiiOH n f Oll l' new pulp tlliH a l ~ l ng>i c; ,.,, ·u , wa~ c:rGal<;d h ~ Pid~ . Fr 'b;nger. Champi.CJI.l ;~n is1. Som :2!'i Cb.; n1 • p. .luH ~ :·rnd thl'il' (amilie.~. p ruse ni l )' a L litE.· .11'1 i 11 s i t.r , a rr h.-•11 Uli ng the;: Wl'l )'S of 1 h <:: Bnt t ili LL~1S . - a 11d l'h:11i.lia 11 S. "'ho will e,, ll · l ll <ll ly OJ>CI';tlc rbc 11ri ll, arc hctomi t·1g Clt.11'111)icms. • Champion embarks on a unique venture in its program of . • . -- lN CLASSROOM SESSIONS, members of the p~1lp mill start-up crew spent many hours. leaming about the l anguage, the custorns and the culture of Brazll. Here, in one of the first meetings, Dr. John Culver, from Case Institute -of Teehnology, describes the geography of the country to members of the Carolina Division . to ''I FEEL LIKE a real Brasileiro now!" A Texas Champion at our new pulp mill in Magi Gua~u, wrote to Hamilton recently.· "The other d ay" he said, "I was explaining our new digester equipment ro m1e of the Brazilians. It suddenly dawned on me th at I was compLetely absorbed in the technical process, and the Portuguese words were just coming na turally. I was not only speaking in Portuguese - l was thinking in Por tuguese too! "Of course," he ad led , HI don't talk the language like a native. Eut I'm learning.'' Thus some two dozen tr ansplanted Champions are grad ua lly adj usting to a new language and a new way" of life in a strange country. It is a slow an<,I sometime:; fra tra ting proce s. As the wife of one Champion said, " Believe it or not, it isn't easy to ge t u, ed lo having servaTHs. Every· body has er.van ts down here. They <.lo all the housework the cl eaning and cooking. I know sometimes t!1ey thirtk I'm craz - blia t I jus t can't s tay out of the kitchen. I'm continu ally heJping with the meals." Bu t even though they tind the lan,gu age difficult and the cu rorns son1etime perplexing, Champions are likely •• to adapt mOTe readily to their new wa_y of life than most Americans abroad. . Why? -well, the answer lies in a program which was begun at Champion over a year and a ha lf ago- an orientation project that is unique in industry, and which may help to set the pattern for scores of U.S. companies doing business abroad. '!\Then Champion decided late in 195'7 to build a pulp mill in Brazil, one of its Lirst concerns was of people. The specialists and their. families would have tQ adjust to new surroundings. They would have to become reasonably proficient in a new language . .Since the t'l1i]1 would u.l timately be operated by. .Brazilian personnel , they would have LO train Portuguese speaking operators in the complexities of a highly technical process. Above all, they would be unofficial ambassadors abroad - r~pre- • senting not only Champion but the U.S. as a whole. Their every action would be tak en as representing our govcn:unenr, our business system, our way of life. As the State Department pointed a ut to a Champion repr sentativ,e in Washington~ "In today's basic world battle of ideas and ideologies what g(wernrnents do and say is important, but the sum CONTINU!D ON NEXT PAGE J ' . ) ~ . . a 55 l M All E' ND NEWSP PERS not only aided Ian uage insrntction but also erved to bt·ing the lr . Hardy conducted cooking classe-s to help familiarize Texas Divl ion wives with .B ra.zi li an recipes. SHOPI)JNG EXCURSlONS pro:vicled smden a n opportunity 10 practice Portug11ese and at the same time_ leam the alue of the uuzeiro, the Eha2-illan mon e t<~ry umt. otne of thi; local stores opened up aftelf lmurs to let instru l O".F Bob LQd· _wiclt, .center, serve as ''storekeeper." At left is J~e t .Dickerscheid, and at right Linc!a Heberer and .1\:ltbea Sch9ll. 2 . . • I total of what individuals de and say is decisive. Government actions and government statements are often suspect, but the ac tions and statements of individual citizens a,re universaJ1y accep ted as a true measure of the attitude and a tmosphere of the country £rom which they come. "Government alone cannot do the Job to achieve friendship and understanding for the U.S. It is a job which can be done only with the active cooperation and assist:l11ce of individual Americans working through their own contacts with individuals in other lands . " An Intensive Training Program Was Proposed With this thought dearly in mind, Reuben .B. Robertson, Jr., Chctmpion president; proposed that all BrazilboURd Champions be given intensive indoctrination into the language, the customs, the history, the politics, and the culture of the land which they were going to adopt as their own for eighteen mon ths or more. The fir st st~a tura ll y was to learn from the experien. ce of other companies and agencies. But none could be found tha t had oriented i ts people to their new tasks as fully as Champion ·wished to do. As Leonard Visser, personnel director for Corpo:rate Development descr-ibes • It: "As we inquired around the country of other m a nt.~ · facturers and bus-in ess acquaintances we became more and more convinced tha t proper preparatiOn of our I I SPECIAL CLASSES FOR CHI LDREL wcte aLo held . G nenilly, lhe yo u r1g ·tets learned to p ak Brazilian J>o rl'ugu S' even faster chan rhe ir parems. t J ' fl is Ii , 1\iarLha Little, mi . lonary to Brazil who helped wirh the progr<~ nl at: the C 1·olina Dh' ion wh iJe he wa on furlough in th is coun try. T APE RECORDJ ' GS wer · ro ad as trai nees practi d th e ir l 'ortugu S' . Here, J ohn Culver co hes Mrs. Ea rl Cabc, left, Mrs. Don S roggs, Mrs. E. G . Hall, Jr., a nd Mike Buchan an. group fm foreign er ice was not onl desira ble but neces a r y. Howe er, nowhere could we fin d an yone who had gone the whole eli tan e - wh had done the job (as they all agreed it hould be done) in a complete and rompr hen ive wa . "'Where then wa an agency which could help us, ad i e u , and provide u with the necessary tools? We found school tha t offered in tensive language instruction, but nowhere could we fi nd anyone who could take a o.up such as ours and provide the kind of program we kne '~< was necessary. "Through the services of a friend we were finally introduced tO Dean Pollock at New York University who bad b gun the task of building N.Y.U.'s Institute • of Brazili n ~ tudie . Dean Pollock and Aaron Feinsot, director of ' .Y.U .'s Office of Business Services, expressed orne d.oubt that uch a program could be sta rted within the tim given, and that to find the right person to head up such a project would be a difficult task. Project Sta rted at Carolina Division . "Within ·iv weeks, howe er, Dr. J ohn Culver, pro-f sor of history at Ca e Institute of Technology, had been per uaded w ta e a leave of absence from-· Case and had mo ed his family to . bevil le, and was soon in busine · . Dr. ul er bad faiJen in love with Central and · uth America some years before. He had served as visi ting pro fessor and guest lectur r at man y of Latin America 's front rank u ni versities. He was a linguist and a teacher, with complete sympathy and un ders tanding of our obj ectives. "At the same time we were extremely fortuna te in obtaining the services of the Rev . Rob rt Lodwick in Oxfonl, Ohio. Bob Lodwick brough t with him great understanding of Brazil and Brazili ans, gathered during fifteen years of se rvice in Br azil as missionary and teacher. H e provided our pr ogram with a wisdom and warmth which was mos t welcome. Bob Lodwick Worked With Our Hamilton Group "Bob worked with our H amil ton, Ohio, group and ,. the Rev. Clem H ardy and his wife, who had devoted their lives to missionary work in Brazil and who were on retired status ·in Houston, agreed to coach our T ex ven:.d many .q\:l eSl l.OUS. 4 Lhulccn houn. .t w ' ·k. for ori~;tnt tion and language • • 111 St ( U Uon. hn ·l wi lh ut ~x t cp tic ll, llu\v v·r, he men anu lh •ir L1mil.ie · pul in m.tny hours of th eir own time preparing 1 'S'IOHS a r1d stud ) iog Portuguese. <.:onv rsation hamlb( ks <mll rammars w<::r ol tain d nd di .~ t ri bu l 'cL P e or ls [ e1 ~men l~tr y phrases were made a\'ailal 1 fc r drill aL hoJ e. Complete tap ·d onversa· ion course · in J3razi11an Po t gue were a quired from th Foreigr1 Cl i c ln. titute ifl \t\7 shington J). C. 'Vith L long-tim · resident o f Brazil. i itors at othex· ger-togethers included th head of a cigarett tnanufacturing oncern near Rio cl Janeiro, a Uapti t mi: ionary home on furloQgh after seven years in R.io Grande d0 Sul , Mr. Robc:n Dean of the Latin An.1erican Divi"i-on of the U.S. State Depart1n •nt, ;;~nd man · more. /-~ might be exp ctecl, these se . ions produced some hilari u · as \ .ell as interesting encounters. _ There was, fo ex:unple, the ditmer held by the Ohio class for th:ree Bradlia.n pJ1}'Sicia ns from HatHilton 's M et~cy Hospital. The dinner staned srno thl ', with each Champion ,. tudent" trying out hi n.ew vocabular . on the Portu· guese-speak.ing visitors. :But ~,\"hen the meal was served, one of th sto clents attempted to ay graciously to one· of the young doctors, ''Pleas ask the waiter for the milk" (Faca o favor d or.de:n.ar a Ieite.) As he said it, however, it came out "Faca o favor de ordenhar a leite" - 0t please go milk the cow! . The doctors enjoyed a heart-y chuckle and the student learned a little bit more about Portuguese. Fo.ur French Canadians Joine-d the Program In Juiy a group o£ fou1· French Canadian technicians joined the program. Texts were acquired and the e. panded program now included English-speakiRg -intructors teaching Brazilian Po'rtuguese to Canadians accttstomed to speaking in French I As the departure dates for the various specialists came nearer, Leonard Visser ma?e a special trip to Brazil in order to look into- matter of housing, schools, and living costs in Campinas, Brazil, a modern city of 0 ~ . • lJVJ. 'G CO 'DC JON i N ·CA~'-1Pl N .S w re dj w · d fry Len · i r after he made a sp cia! n ., iefl t0 right, M . Ted Rcillhardt and Oavid Reinhardt, an.d Mr. and Mr . ·Thad How 11. 1.110,000 near the mill site, where most of the Champior1s would live. U pon his return Vis then met with the men . and tb <!!ir famili s to discuss in even greater detail ma tter ut transportation to Campin.as, and clothing and bousehold articles tl:J.a l would be n ,cd ed there. . Family orientation p eriods were planned ro give ea h family group a priva le opportunity to raise questions about th eir own problems. l3y · mid-October o-f last year, the trainees began Leaving for Brazil, a. few at a time. The first to arrive in Can1pinits imrnedia tely wrote h t>me, advising their fellow classmates about what to bring and what to c,~ p e t itl Brazil. By June of th.ls year the last of the · group hacl depan ed. How sue es ·ful has Champion's experiment been? 1 t is too carl y yet to telL ,But the successes - and failures - of this unu ·ual project wilL gradually be known . Uncloubt dly th:e knowledge gained will help to improve our prep·trations for other international ventures. Many other companies a lso are watching with inter~ t the results of our year-long training program. This year Reu be1'1 said: '' lf indus tty and government carf:[U.lljl select and train the people who represent free enterpnse and demoaacy in the growth countries of the free WQ1"ld) ·we can demonstrate the valu es, that can be . . gene·rated whe-re f-reedom is at wo-rk, democracy is at work, and Christian principles are at work. _Industry, with the s,upport of our government and the support of the American peotJle, can p-rove to the free world tha t . fr.ee e'mte,;jJ-rise and denwcratic institutions offer the ~ · greatest hope and pmmise for· the future in the st-ruggle ' [d1' survived . . " Champion's an.swer to. this g.reat challenge lies, at least in part, in the project, "Orientation for Brazil." -- ·~- 5 Polyglot meetings and thieving bees are part of the experience of our • By N 01·m Heberer TAKE CHAMPION, a Canadian engineering • firm, a Danish construction firrn, numerous Brazilian aompanies; add some Brazilian, Italian, Swedish and U. S. · materials. Send some engineers from the USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, France; Belgium and Brazil. Take Champions from the Ohio, Carolina, and Texas Divis:ions, and the General Office. Put theJl!.___together with thousands of Brazilian workers among the .coffee plantations, sugar cane fields, eucalyptus groves and beautHul rolling hills in the middle of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil . . and 7ou have Panamericana Textil S.A.- Champion's new South American puip mill. The foregoing will give some idea of the "international flavor" of Champion's biggest vemture in foreign operations . thus far. But to have a full appreci<Hion of how "international'' it really is, you shoo ld a trend m1e of the regular week1 job meetings. It is almost lik a United Nations session, with English, Portuguese, ltali~n. German and Sw dish being !ipOkma and translated. · Constru·ction of ~he new mill is now in the final st~ges and when c0rnpletecl it will be the largest of its k.in:d in Brazil. Th Rew planl will hav a llaily produc- THESE LARGE EVAI>QRAT()R.S. under cons(ru tion. wiU ·cmcen· trate ttl bi:Jck bctuor ~rom ·the pulpir1g proccs,.,_ T he Recove1 • l\oilel! is shown b1 Lbe background. ' J \ . ' .Lion of 150 ton of bleached kraft pulp made from eucalyptus trees. All of the members of Champion's start-up crew are presently getting settled in the delightful city of Campina -, which is located about· 60 miles inland from bu tlin ao Paulo and 30 miles from the mill site in Mo i Gua~u. Campina is also the . ite of the new jet-age Interr. ationaJ Airport for the Sao Paulo area . Operations at the airport are expect ed to begin within the next year and will make Brazilian Champions just nine and a half hour from New York City. B-ra~il Champions Call ~t "Mogi Division" · Members of the South American Division team (we in Brazil like to call it "Mogi Division ' ') 1nclud Bob Ha, ni , pre~ident of Panamericana T extil S.A.; Clint Kemp, vi-c -presjd .n t Jo Persons, con struction planning and control; and L eke Craig, as istant to the presid nt. Perm- n en.t opera Ling personnel include: Roy Rivers, m ·n manager; \\ . A . Robin on, production manager; and Keith Truettncr, forestr y. tart-up crew members are: Dick Scholl , General Offi · e, who i lead r of th gr >Up; former T exans Ralph Davis, Joe Meas , Don Burch, Fr d Furne s, Charli George. John Holland, Thad H owell, Clyd Mil ler and T ed .R inhanlt. Fo mer Carolinia ns in Jude Jim H arkins, Clarence Buchanan, Earl anamerlcana's new mill. T he plant will use 2,000 kilowa tts of electric power wh ieh will be supplied by this utility. JOHN HOLLAND, formerly of the Texas Di vision, is hown .inspe ting eucalyptus pu lpwood in rh Woodyard. : u al yptu· was io1 roduced .in Brazil more than 50 years ago from Australia. plete the group of Champions on the start-up crew. Construction personnel include: Jack Kabrick, J. A. 1 ones Co., manager of constructinn; M. A. "Mac" Garri.p-,. bell, Stadler-Huner Co., superintendent of -construction; \1\T. R. Crute, Texas Division, who came to get con tsrucrion started and has since returned to the USA; R ay Schraub, Texas Division; Sam Butcher and many other Canadian and Brazilian engineers. S~m will be remembered by many Carolina Champions, since he spent s~veral months there prior to coming to Brazil for the construction phase. In addition, Jim Harkins, Joe Mease, Ted Reinhardt and yours truly are also. presently engaged in construction. There are many different and interest ing sights and situations being seen and experien ed by Champions in Brazil every clay. Perhaps one o[ the most intere ting discov r ies has been the p cu1iar taste of Brazilia n bee ! Th story of this mighL be titl d. "Bee Steal Part of Panamcricana Textil." The Caulking Compound K~pt Vanishing During th insta ll., tion o f the siding- on out new chip bin, aulking compound was us d to eal around the doors, windows, c t . S vera! da}s a ft r the ompourHl • was appJic 1, w < b Tved that ffi) ' t of it had vanished into thin air. More nrnpmmd ' a~ used in the - ~ same are;is and t\-\fO d::tys la Ler this was pra . Lie. l!y gone! The rnyst ry vn~ fin nlly solved when a b >chive ':1s eli covered under the raft "rs tlk hon ~ comb wa made of our · cau lking ns in :Brazil are determined to fu r ther tighten the bonds of this friendship. At the moment, B razil is experiencing some severe inflationary pres. ure and t here are m.auy economic problem to be faced and solved . However, all of us can feel the pulsations of what is sure to he a throbbing indu trial em.pire v. ithin a few short year- . Everywhere you go you see new fa r. tories, shops, garages, houses, a.p artmeu t b uildings, etc., li terally growing out of t.he ground overnigh t. Sao Pa ul_o, for exampl , is already the .'> cond larges city in Sou th Ameri a, the large ·t in Brazil and "Sa id. to bee the fast(:'.SL growing city in t he worl<.l. You n eel on iy to make a trip there to realize the truth of t his sta mem . Brazil is gr )Wing by leaps and bottnds and seems destin •d to b a giant of the future. All ot us fe l proud to be a-ble to play ever). a smal) par in ~b.e awakening of. thi.s gji!nt nd ar · most confid ent of Ch ampi on~ s ability to grow and pro:;per in its new "<Hlv. ntu r c" ~1.11 cl Pan a· mcricana Tcx:til S. . ••• . - . .~ . .,.' ' ' to the right of the stack is the chip bin. T he WOTk room is locate<'! iri the far righ t background. The garage and paint sh op is on the left just below th.e embankment. T he bleachery, pulp wash ing and diges ter buildings are visible in the upper left. . . ~ . ~ ·-· · ~ --. I > . . . - • •• . '\, /"' : . . "" ,•,f•: .If .• -. . ~ ' J I,_, 1 R AY S HR.A 1~ , l (t, Jim Harkins, r ,nter, and aro Bu tcher 1n stwwu as rhey i;n ~p t t 011 · of the wolmak ' r·s 1- th s in th, •Ia hint . lvllp . Ray an l · a fJ1 an' l rTCt !11l rs of the ronsuuctiqn gruup wh il Jho l, working wit b lh · ~ . n m l'hillij "'· l>ml of R 1dn~y l billip . t th.e fa left i Fl ~ d . 1\m-d 'n, .J 1 . a .1 a1u tutl " 1. • n :\I l-f l'tlf' i.t It . 1 l I . f • I f't; Ki '"' , ' •n 1\ Cl1 } H . It) t 1n fn> J> {h Lf , 0 Many Champion leaders have helped build this 19-year Cub Scout record , I LJ-v ) J ~ ~ £ Chttnl fA<m ·sp o n flmetJ C• 1J .Pack f) J }j:l 1': Jronj. l'i.iW, Mn. lAdi.f: Malum, M.rs. Ruth Jo!J rs, Mrs. N. /,1H 1· 1o , M' . 1·. 1• . 1fth.ve ll , Mrs. LcalJ Moore a n({ 1'1 . II . M. H a l!l.m , J~acl> ww. J ustit1 'lha}•m• (Cub •J•~.s f.t: J ,, Johu L . .lJ~J.IIOu~. C. ' l . l> r< tWI, J c Petul'ld ~md L ~ 1 ry Smi lh. J_atr y i"' ass ist nt Cu i toaMt , anl u former Cult S0otH in tlr i~ lllfl'it pa ·J< I 0 yc·an; •• ~;o . 12 l l>t 11 pr~> h c~me " Jf)I.JS" n11 t, f Hn II e1·, thi·rd fro Jr•b · th · ''" •. 1{ fu•ti lha ~r . Pa·p.cr \ iU. By justin Thayer C -- VB SCOUTS OF PACK 91, sp n ored by Te ' Ut th . '"~ars ha . bee r\ pJ ovid •d by .wan ' e. Ht. C h:m~pi m alon ~'~ " ·ir h othrr t:ivic.rni rH.h,;d l':~ sa d e n a f >lk:>. Jnhr:t P;.nmt, fJ lthrt .tiou man, g ·r. 1 · ;o.nnnir.te chairnun l t pt· ·uL, 11111 P rt' K irn ·n, •ngin t: r iug. is o tt · o f the rnm rni l t ·e Hrend wrs. In past · '\II · lll· n tb , Ch· mpio rs k • c h 'llw I tM1' p.l 1. k ·~ P it grJ()d ·ewrd. , uclt :1 ~ Ot to Wa£('l" ', l.t·n •n d O((k • • af<'ty A hnh istra t ot ~ J w ·titr T l•ny1'l , J';qP r l\-lill S~t tn ELlis. Pulp 'Mill s11p 'l .iJJ frt'ldt n t; R ~ h e r Sm:J·thcr ·, M. c hin ~ Sh -p; R:dph .J ,1.:J, ,, IHJ, M ·ch<Hi ica l an 1 Pow r; Cli f( Cushion Pr r · . C.m troll) Mi k1~ l<: .ntry, a ~S i. 1 tn! ~.H i ~> il)lr n tanagcr J::t k DEN 2 gives the "The Battle of New Orleans" a good working-over using homemade instruments. Mike Panott , son of John .Parrott, Pound, Operation Follow-Thru team; and Bill Kethan, Empl.oyment. Since Pack 91 was the very first Cub group to be organized in the Pasadena area, it soon gained the reputation of being the best; because of its location (Texas) it has natu.raUy been considered the biggest. Many Texas Division Champions received their first Scout training with Pack 91. Many of them went on to attain the highest rank in Scouting, that of Eagle Scout. Activities during the East yea have included an exposition in Howton, where Pack 91 won a blue ribbon for their .demonstration of working with paper mache. Jn October, over tOOO first aid hooklets w redistributed by the Cubs participating in a national "Good Tu:m" program. I,ast December, 900 sacks o:f used clothing were · coHe :ted for the Goodwill Industries. Each month a theme is dev~Ioped by the Pack leaders and carried out with e.nthu iasm by the boyS'. One month it was "Down on the Farm,'' and the boys held a. towmilking demon ·tratiotl; still anoth r rim , the boys in their blue and gold uniforms boar-ded a train for Bay City LO see a rodcw. prodl!l ction manager, is second from the right. Pack 91 was the first Cub group t0 be organized in the Pasadena area. f>EN 10 opens tfl:e c .r ·monic · b leading th group in the salute t the fL g. Th t aching . of goQI.[ ti1izen ·hip i~ always at\ h11po tant pan of Cub Scout , ti i Li s. 13 ' ' N v I ST£ E CHA.' \ vice-pre ide?.t and Texas DiviI? ·~ m~n.azer, ngtttt, and :'lflke Koury, assistant dtvtslon maJ"Jager. 1 fL congratu late- BH1ie Morris llo· was re _cmt l y llilmed ' 'Lfo of the Year" by the P adena Downto~vn Li.ons Club . .B.iiUe is supervisor of the 'afe y and . l ilt Property ecrim1, and ha b n a member o'f tfle Pasadena Uons fer tbJ'C . yeal';s. He l.ut · ~rvcd as ;~jl Twist r. s add i.e -p-resid >nt anti is now fir t v1ce-pr ·ident of the group. EWS Pictorially bringing you highlights in the Champion story . its people, its friends, and its good neighbors • CHAPACO COUNCJ L program for 1959 gat und.er way Ma !>. J with th first of two management work CURferences at Lake Log·an . Shown ahov ar ,hampions and mnsullan·l·s who auended tlte first ·. ssion: at r ight. a few of the pani.ci pa11ts are engaged in grollp discu,gsi<:HJ . T he se ot1d ses ·-lon will begin August 16. Both work conference arc rwo weeks in leng-th, 14 w·ith appro ima ely 30 Ch:ur•pions in each g:ropp. T he p! -d to Champion. Buffalo , n· velope nmks among th ·. bigg-esr in the indtJ:St.t . At it large pJ.ao t al1out t 'n blocks fr<,>rn downt&wn, Buffa lo, it employs some two hundred p ·'PI ·. LaM y ar' · nics amounted to m r · than ,$3 milJion. Lik Charnpioa, Bufh.tlo EQvclnpe s lh to fir:}C' 1 a1 t rn· rch.an ts. f u nded in 1890 - abouf the arne lith as 16 . • I • Champion -Buffa lo En velope grew slowly over the years until 1935, wh en i ts exp ansion arid improvement tepped up r apidly. .__ It is no coincidence that that same :year Laurence G. "L aurie" R eineman became p:resident of the finn. U nder his direction, Buffalo .Envelope be~n the first of five s teps in a growth which ha nearly doubled th size o£ the origina l six-story buildiJ'lg. The 1ate"t addition, comple ted abou t two year- ago, deled ome 30,0,(:):0 square feet o[ wart\:house space. But :with st a iii increasing b usiness th ompa.m · is· again bulging the sea-ms. The manufa. ture of envelopes is ba ic;:lll quite s imple, Envelop "blanks" are starnpe l out of larg sh e~s of: pap r by means of di -cuttlng forrn '. If it i to be a window env lope, the window i I ·o di : .ut. SmaiJ , h i.gh.·p d pr s · imprin t the r turn td :l:re s, 'ldvertj s ~ng or other print t.1 m sslge. Th n th' blanks ·1r tun thro ttgh a fo lding mal"hill , lh fl:\p i · gumrn d, the witHlow i. p-rst <;;! inw place, and th ams a.t' s al d . T h . nvclup s ar COUHlCtl , boxed, and shipp d. B.u l ':tll h H.tgh the pro ~ss is b leros, and a e fair in otllf dealings with them. CONfi.NOiiD ON Nt;XT PA-GE T'fl ·. PI -C' "fiLA ' KS" &h~wn h<:r · illu Lrat. rhe m.any uses (~f ~ UuffalH ·.nvdope.~ - io ooi ns, corr spvndcnu', <.:at~ J •gl~Cs and bo,;k. V let?S. rh • pack?Jgitig of In r>.rllhllnLfj . e, :me;! btl tHirr1ls <Ji uth t:r cvrryda rcqwireF -ntb of merican IJvsinc~s . 'L b • ., printed bl· nks are ready t£ b folded, gurtH.ned aud· .~;takd . IU"I'o /1, I • J ,, I .-' ENVELOPES of a ll si-zes. shapes, ::md $tyles -are manufactured by the Buffalo Envelope Co i.!lpany. They range frorn o ne or two inches to more tban. tlnee feet in size . 'J11e cornp?tny prod.u_ces h undreds of millions a year. employs about 200 per ·ons. LAURIE RE!NEM!\N, pr ,,idc n t of Buffalo J:: nvelope, jo.i1ted the company i fl. 19 19. U1\der his Jeaders hi_p the ~mpany galJl<:Jd a reputation (or outstan.dit~g quali ty, crv1ce <\nd mtegrn . La§t year the finn had ove-r $3 million of sales. . ' ,, , ' . .;-· A "'LAYO -T " PROBLEM brings together meruben; of the production staff in one of rheir periodic meetings. Here T horne Reineman, center. vice-p resident 0f the company, dis-cus'Ses a l i thograph sheet CONtiNUED ' ' THIS lHGH SPEED p,R J'NTER is 0 11 tJf a ba.tt ry of .VC:'ral Gerntim presse6 used w imprint Cl'lV •lop ~ - M;Jchi~ 'II S.ll _h. lh thif! can turn out well over a hund-red thousand bl:mk.s 111 an •1ght hour sb ifL A,t left i•s T resa K€ough, and at right, John D-of)UI ie1. 18 with, from left to right.: Augie Muenzne:r, T ed Miller Clarence Seward, Jim Hall, Fr.ed Froe:lich, Anna SealS<>, and Frank Deck. Buffalo Envelope was founded i:n 1890. "But most of all, we have to make good envelopes. They must look good and perfmm well. This is where Champion comes--.!E_- and it is why we have done business with Champion over so many years. .Paper is our major raw material. If we don't have good paper we can't make good envelopes. The paper must have good folding quality and it rnust be unifo1m- uniform in finish, opacity, weight, color, and strength." The demand for good paper is evident throughout the plant. A k Joe Antholzner wh.o runs the sheeter: "On his machine we cut the rolls of paper into sh ets - si to eight rolls at a tirne," he says. "'Ne nee l rolls th t are the same size. Sometimes w g t a roll that 1'1 two o thr e hunch· d pounds more pd1_p .r th:m th oth€rs. This m a us that when th ' other ~olls ar finish l w wiJI b · she · ting ue roll inst ·ad of ight. So w 1 s tim • and produ ·don. ''We Need Rolls Wound Evenly .• '' "W ne"'d rolls that ar woun 1 evenly all the way eros . J.f a roll is tight r at one end than at th other, w g t wrinkle - and yc1u c't m k env lope · with wrinkled pap •t. Also, splic s give us trouble. Th ope1·a· tor ai1' t ;, t lt • c>ry spb · thn, t go s ~h rough the sh t r, - - • I 't$i:t , ( so it'll show up later on the printer or the folder. More than likely it'll cause a shutdown." Even in the die-cu tting operation poor paper causes problems. "Paper that's wa.vy or curls throws our cutting of£," says Frank Deck, foreman of the cutters. ''We can' t get a good smooth cut on all sides." "Most of All We Want Uniformity . . . " • "Most of all we want uniformity," says ~ay Jan-kowski, one of the. folding machine adjusters. "We run these machines at the rate of eight or ten thousand bLanks an hpur. At that speed even a small variation in the weight of the paper, lighter or heavier, wi:U give ynu wrinkled envelopes and · t:nore· than likely jam the ma- , chine. When you have to stop in the .middle of a run to clea.r out a jam you los€ production real fast." How paper takes ink on the printers is important too. "With varied thicknesses you get varied impressions," points owt John Dobmeier of the printer~. "This makes {or poor quality. And so .do smeat marks on the envelopes rf the p~.per is too hard and the ink can't dry." It's evident Lhat .thro111ghout the p:lant employees know the impottance of quality and production. ''It's the fo lks in the plant who can make or brea~ a business · sudr as this," says Thorne Reineman, vice-president. 4 <:•• THIS T ANDEM SH EETER conmmes h undreds of tons o·f Champion paper every year. Among the grades used by the Buffa lo Envelope Company are our White Radian t, Suntan, ChamEi,co, Eoldur Kraft, and Ariel Bond in a variety of weights and colors. The operators here a1·e Art Ashcraft and Alex Losenk.o. PAPER IS DlE-CUT to a customer's specifications on this die press. Finished envelope biat!kS are shown in the background. Here the operator is· Stanley "Tuffy" Wiesorek. The company has more than a thousand dies for different sizes and shap€s of envelopes. "We think we are lucky to have one of the best organizations in .the industry. That's why we have been able to grow as rapid ly as we have. When. we have a tough delivery schedule to meet or a difficult problem to solve, e.~erybody pitches in." T heir teamwork has paid off. The Buffalo Envelope Company has not bad a layoff for lack of work in more than 40 years. "Things were pretty tight back in the depression days," recalls one employee. "There was one time when we just didn't have any orders. We shut the whole plant down and for two or three days everybody went to work cleaning the place from top to bottom. We swept it out~ washed clown th<.J walls, washed the winclo~s, . and cleaned the machines. But everybody stayed at work and we all drew our regular paychecks." There have been otlt~i!r tough tin1es too, but Buffalo Envelope's continued growth and its record for st~ad:y work testify to its strong competitive ability~ Thus it has been a reliable customer for Champion paper for more th~ n 30 years. In our plans for sta bility and g:rowth . . . over the long-range future1 Champion will be fQrtunate indeed to have the Buffalo Env-elope Company as a "partner in progress." C!ONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 19 o. ' CONTINUED T HE UI· F IC:L ,FOR CF: kc:eps rh f lnw of. ord rR Hll•l t'ort•c' po ndc nce nrovi .11g. fla t 'lfm~l 3rc, It nt h:.·ft lu rig-.h t , l•:d Caf ' ' Wtt '•H·c k, ,\l , t"' BakO\\'. kil , i\1mu Scal tt1 and Ki tty Michels. Jlltd, 10 ·•; CJa, ' t1f c .'>,: 1\> ~ l cr. l· n .:d f1ue li h . Eel H II . Awgi Mucnzner, ·r -cl ! d l"'· <Wd Jim H:J l l. Frc-d Fn.wlich wi ll nmdt th ' 50 · year m .rk next yc·n. • • • . ' • • • an an ose PART X TfiE TEXAS DIVISION ~ r · MONTHLY MEETINGS are c :~ lle d at the T exas Division by the }>rocess Controls Department. Customer compla in ts .from the previous nwnth 1lJ'e rev iewed and methods of reducing or eliminating the causes are determi11ed. L-r£ STORY OF THE TEXAS DIVISIOJ:" began in the mid- 1930's. A growing cl ern ~mcl for paper products caused Champion to look for a suitable loca tion for a pulp mill to produce white pulp from so uthern pine. It was not an easy tas k, since production facilities had to be dose to transportation and raw I'na ter.ials, and a large n umber of capable people would be n eeded to run the plan t. After months of stud y, Champion chose a l 62-acre trac t of hind on the Houston Ship Channel near P asa~ elena, T exas. The fw ice wa a fine one for a numb r of reasons: a o ample sup pi o£ Fin·e p ulP"' ood was avail· abl from the n earby Eas t Tex <~ fo r sts; salt and. oy tcr sh.eJ.l fol' litne were p l cntif~tl and the H ousron-Pa:sad na :u ·a ·wus the hub >f rail and wat r transportation in th · 'cw thw st. :From the o ther Chan:-tpion mills, princi- 1 ally Carol ina, came c.-p rienced crew . to help build and man Lhe new pla nr. a r:Jd a id ·i n~ the trainirt<g of future Champion . Gro'ltnd war; hrok n in March, 1936, and the following Febr uary tl e first sl1 ct of pulp om fro rri th new Champion machine . T h us th e T exas Divisl.on. became Ll1e s c:ond mill in the United S l~ t es to tn.ake blea(;h ecL CONTINUE'D ON NEXT PAGE 2J CONTINUED • • • an an a . pulp from southern pine. Our Carolina Division was the first. Originally planned for 150 tons per day, pulp production reached the. 200-ton level within a year, with nearly the entire output being shipped to the Ohio -Division tG be made into fine papers. Through the excellent teamwork of Texas Champions, and with the help of an additional smelter, production s-oon exceeded previous expectations and it was decided to add paper machines to the pulp mill. Paper Production Began in 1940 In 1940, No. 22 Machine began producing machinecoated paper for publication printing. The principal customer was t11en, as it is now, Life Magazine. A book-grade grotindwood mill- the first of its kind in the South and the only one at Champion - was built - 46 to provide ground wood pulp necessary to meet the quality requirements on No. 22 Machine, and_ to release chernical pulp for Champion's expansion. The unit now produces approx~imately 50 tons of pulp a day. · Cham.pion at Texas began expan ion of its papermaking facilities in 194'6 to manufacture. board for milk and food containers of all descriptions. No. 26 Machine, a cylinder board machine which had operated at the Ohio Divi ion for more than 45 years as No. 11 Machine, was taken to Pru>a:dena. It took 4l freight car-s to haul the I 1,000 tons of equipment that made up the machine. ln Novcmser, 1947, the improved unit wa.s in prodttction, THJ OLD WA 't"ER TO\.VER was one of the original pFojecrs at Texas late in · J!>-36. 1t was dismantled in 195-5. The build-tog oo the Jr;.ft is the mae&ine sh.o,p. Tbe roadway e elweeu the to~-:er and ttle parking lot is the site of the present mill office builcUog. Ar ri:gh t center is "the o:Jd main ol.'fict: bu-ilding. 22 ' " • • \1\Tithin the next few years after the installation of No. 26 Machine, two other machines were added: No. 23 and No. 25. No. 2'5, the old No. 1 Machine at Hamilton, produces principally uncoated white papers such as bond, tablet, mimeograph, uncoated offset, e.n:velope. etc. No. 23 Ma€);line makes high quality machine-coated papers wb:iGh induch: coated offset, coated enamels and coated one-side litho. The addition of these three m:achines, along with continued improvements made on No. 22 Machine, more than tripled Texas paper and paperboard production. y--- a< ., • --- • • From the t ime the first pulp was woduced in 1937, engiJJeers, chemists and operators at Tex.as have been wa_giHg a' ar on the h1dustrial odors that come from the pulp milL Sh:t!>rtly before ·world War II the first electorical precipitators were installed to trap and recover chemical which previously had escaped to the atmospllere from the r ecovery iurnaces. Odorous vapors from the black liquor rewvery and wood cooking operation, · and from the s.torage and purification of turpentine were trappe-d and dispo eel of. La t yea:r Na. -6 Smelter, one of the largest recovery · rmits :o{ its kind in the Uni:ted States, was put into opexation. This unit with it modern precipitators, elimin.ates much of rhe remaining odor, while recovering more of the valuabLe chemicals for 1·ense .in the ,)races ing _of pulp. A Finishing Section Was Establtshed in 1948 Other steps in the expansion of the Texas Division included the st.ablishmen.t of a Finishing Section for uncoated grades iR 194·8, which was expanded to in.dude coated papers in 1950. The installatioN of a chlorine dioxid . blftaching unit in 1955 provided facilities nece&'- ' sary to make a whiter pulp without af£ecting the £ibre strength. The raw material for the ~ntegrated o:perations at Texas js provided from the piney woods of East T xas. Pine wood that can serve no o!!her commercia1 purpose is mad . into pulp. The r emoval of t.his p'I;Jlpwood improves the gro t<h of rhe remaining timber. The Wood Procurement Department. and the Texas Region .of our Timber Proclw;;ts Division work hand in hand with the U. S. and Texa Forestry Services and other agencies to conserve timber and provide fcor reforestation. Pine seedlings are planted on abandoned farm tands. Mil- NO. 21 PULl;' MACHINE, left, was the firs ~ mad1ine installed at the . fex.as Division. This photo was taken a few weeks before pulp producti011 started in February, 1937 . . Paper machines were added to the pulp mill i.o 1940. ' ' ' lions of seedlings have been distributed throughout the state to FFA and 4-H boys and · girls. · , In late 1955, the Texas Division first used chips from sawmill waste as an additional source of wood for pulp mamufacturing. This was a further step in the conservation and ftdl use of our timber resot:trces and. now about 25% of the pine pulpwood requirement is Sllpplied in this form by 15 sawmills. ' ,. Employment Has Grown To Over 2,000 Today, Texas Champions produce over 660 tons of chemical pulp a day, of which . about 330 tons are shipped to the Ohio Division. The rest is used at Texas to make over 500 torrs of paper and paperboard daily. ~mployment at the divisi0n has grown from 462 in 1937 to ·over 2,000 today. 'Vhile new equipment, improved methods, and technological developments have, of course, been important · in the tremendous growth of the Texas Division, the Champion men and women who run the machinery and make use of these developments have played a major 0 role. There hayc been J,uany opportunities, and mar:~ changes in the mganization tln·oughout this period of · growth. The Te ' as Di:vision, for e ample wa the first of our tbrec manufacturing divisions to € tablish a Process Controls and a Materials D!!p?tttment and hange from a proces. to l:\ pt;Odttct-t p orgal'~ ization . h1 the future there undo ubtedly will be addttional ch anges and new opporwnitie as we improve the methods ()£ Joint( our jobs and ad l new tools of produ tion. For a~ R l.tb n R Rob nson, Jr., Champio111's pre ·ident, r etccndy mpan . b fore joining Champion as tuff as istant, Pur hasi ug. Storing and Traffic, in 1957. Lil1 be arne gener 1 ~ up rvisor Stor s .~cct i on, in l958. He is am rob •r o£ th National so i. tion of Purchasing Agent and i · a past omrnander of th · Aml.rican L gion, Le i t) to n, T x.a. . H e is marr.ie l and has thre daughtcrs and on · on. Wood Procure.ment Deportment - C. Y. To' nley, general mana 1. " • Y. · mauag · a ll wood pro ur mcnt and • for try co ervation activitie including purcha ing, plannin and storing, v·hich as ure" timely hipments to meet wo d requirements. H e al o a t a a consultant to the Te as Region of the Timb r Products Division. E. A. Golden, manager, Procurement Operations, supervises ail wood procurement and con ·ervation activi· tie including planning and schedulinu, and storage and hipment ot pulpwood. He acts in a liaison capacity on quality and scheduling of deliveries of sawmill chip . Town ley Joined Champion in 1945 C.Y. joined Champion in 1945 as general manager of T exas Fo.rest Farms after being a principal wood contractor since start-up of the T exas mill in 1937. In 1958 he was named general mana!Ter, \Vood Procure· ment. C.Y. ha been active in the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce and numerous other ci ic organizations. A native of Living ron, Texas, C.Y. is married and has one daughter and one son. "Goldie" joined Champion in 1951 bringing with him valuable forestry experience as timber management technician, administrative forester and research forester with the U. S. Fore t Service and in the U. S. Army Engineers Forestry Operation. He received his B.S. degree and ma ter of forestry degree at Louisiana State University. In 1953 he was named coordinator of Wood Procurement the position he held at the time he was assigned E GINEERING PROBLE.MS bring together members of the Engineering Section for frequent meetings. Here a group discusses p-lans for the new Texas cafeteria which is presently under construction. ' • to hi pr ent po ition in J 958. · klie is prominent in numerous profe sional organiz tions and is an honorary member of four chola tic fraternit1e . He is married and has three ons. Production Department- John Parrott, manager; Harold {orri , a si. tant manager. John is responsible for all production activities including hemical Manufacturing, Pulp 'Ianufacturing anti Paper Manufacturing. John received a B.S. degree in chemistry at the College of Charleston, Charle· ton, . C., in 1936. He joined Cham1 ion the same year a a Bl a h. Room chemist. He has held po ilion as Jab technologist, Bleach Room foreman, a sistant general uperintendent of the Pulp Mill, and general superintendent of the Pulp Mill. He was named assistant production manager in 1956 and manager o£ Proce s Controls in 1957, the position he held when he was assigned to his present duties last year. John is a member of T APPI and other technical organizations and of both the Pasadena and Houston Chambers of Commerce. He is married and has two sons. A native of Belvidere, Ill., Harold is a graduate of Cornell where he received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1927. He later earned a master's degree at Carnegie Tech. Harold ,,,.as formerly a re earch chemist for Kimberly Clark, technical director for ·ohio Boxboard Co.; and general superintendent, Mobile Paper' Mill Co. He joined Champion in 1949 as consultant for No. 26 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE - • • \ . , CONTINUED PEOPLE • • • A Plan and a Purpose ~lachine and h hdd urh 1' ~iti( n a." ur 'lin ndcnl. Paper Boanl ?1-1. n uf 1 turing; a ~ t,mt gen ral pJ 1 rr mill 'Up rintend 'nt and gcn r 1 p-tp r mill , Ul crint ndem. He ' ·a, a. ·iJled 1 • hi: 1 r , ent p{) iti0n in l. 7. Har0ld i a member f APPI • ud ther t " ·hni 1 organizati011. and of the HOtrtun h mb 'r f om· mer . Han. lcl L' marri d and ha · ne daughter. P ocess Controls Deportment - Ro · .Mea , mana er; Harry Pedle, a i la.t1t mana, "r. Ro ' i · rcsp n ibl for evalu aLina qualit~, and h r dnel ping pr - e s nd methods that \"ill improve quality and uni f rmit.' and r duce ts. R y i. a native d Canton, N. C., wher h graduat tl • fr rn hi,__ h . dH ol in 1932 and j incd · ham pion 's Caxo- Iina DiYisi< n. ln 19 7 he " ' · a 1gn d to the T as Di\·i i n Yhcr he "~a· dirrester cook and la ter gen eral t:- ·hift foreman, cauticizin f reman, superintendent of Chemical Pulp Manufacturin as istant general superimend nr of the pulp mill, and gen er a l superintendent of Pulp I\Ianufacturing. H e 'A;a assista11t production mana er a t the time he recei ved his present assignment Ia ' l year. Roy i a member o f ' arious professional and ocial oro-anizations and is a Bov Scout committeeman J in his communit •. H e is married and has two sons. Pedley Became a Champion in 1954 Born in Po-rt H enry, N. Y. Harry graduated from the 1 'ew York tate College of Forestry with a B.S. degree in pulp' and papermaking in 1946. H arry was paper 1nill su1 erintendent a t Chase Bag Company before joining the Ohio Di\'i ion as a technical ass istant in 1954·. He was a igne-d to Pasadena as technologist the same year. H arry 'Aias u pervisor of the Machine Room technica l group when he assumed his present duties in 1957. He is a member of TAPPl, Air Polution Committee Control .-\ssociation, the H o u:,ton Chamber of Commerce Air Pollution Commi.tt e, in additio n- to various fraternal and wcial organizat1ons. H arry is married and ha (wo ons and or e d aughter. Mechanical & Power Department - Frank Ahr ns, m an · ager; H CJ ry Bur nc Lte, a.~s-i s tant manager. Frank is r - sp nsibl , for th m aint 'nancc and repair of T exas Division buildings and equipment antl for provi ling the wat -r, srcam and ·Jc t ri · 1 ow 'r rC<J uir ·d fM mill op •ratiom. H h also n :spo nsibl for engine ·1·ing, d<:sign. construction £tnd i 1\ s t~d bti~,n of pro jcc in th coo.t in u al program of c.:h<mges fo im provcntcnl ;wd ·xpa nsion . · ank, torn and educa ted in Jowa. majored in le · tri ;,1} ngi11C ring a t Jowa St~LI. C. H · wa. la ter employ t1 al 'Ebfl sco ~1 s an cl ' xrical crtgin ·cr, d · ·tr il:tl !> llprrin· t ruJ ent, and letter, a.!>s iswnt cons tructiu~L manage-r. I fe joined Champion as ele 'trical aml power snpcrintend t t in 1936. In J 948 he was nam <l to hi pr('s ·nt )lQ'i ition. 28 Fr ml. i a UH_nth .·r ul Al f'l .md 1 th ·t t ·d nit 1 or ;u1· ·, tin l . H j, ma11 i ·d and h;:t,. on· on. lL1rq h•(am~ CJ,mpitn i1 1~1-'J a .i mt·clwni pprf'ntic , tlt th · amlin·, id ·ioll. He i ~ nadw of .·t!nburt- 1, '· C . nd att'ndcd C.nton High 'ch >1. Lltt·t, h · w when his education was intenurted for rmy ~erv i in l943. After his dis· charge in 1946 he r ·turned to Kansas to resume hjs studie . Jim joine(l Champion in 19<J£ as laboratory chemist and has alsr) wo-rked as pulp mill technofogi t and as coordinator in the Manufacturing D ·partment. H e was gen eral foreman , Pulp By-Products, when a ignecl to his present duties last year. Jim is married and has two daughters and o ne son . "'Smitty" Joined the Carolina Division in 1936 "Smitty" studied ar hitectural en gineering at Pennsylvania State Univer ity where he was also employed in the Maintenance Department at the university for eight years. He joinecl' the Carolina Divi ion in 1936 in the Elec trol ytic B'leach D epartment. A year later Smitty was ass igned to the T exa Divi ion as a cell tester . H e held positions as technologist, sp cial :1 i tan t, and shift superintendent in the pulp mill b efore receiYing his present assignment last year. Smitty i married and h as four daughtm and one son. Pulp Manufacturing Department - am Ellis, uperintendent; R. C. Hagerma n, a ~ i stant up rintenclent. am i r esponsible for the m:mufacwre o f pulp n l it r elated ch emical pre paration recovery processes. am is a native of Jeff r ·on City, Tenn . Here eiv cl . his B.S. d egree in biology and ch emi ' tr at tb Colleg of Ch rlcston, Chad ~s tem , . C. H w. a r porter for the Asheville f: i then 1 im s befor joining ~hampi n in 19!35 at the Caro 1 ina Div isiori. In l ~l S7 h tran fcrn-·d to the T xas Divi'ion wh r he h••s s T I :1 ' t chn i ·:11 a~si . t:-tnt, ~hift for man, sp ·• ial a:; ·istant in the pnlp mill , and sup ·rin 1 ·nd ent o( th C hemi a! Pulp S ·ction . .ln 19!/7 he ' us named t.o his pr sent dutic. am t' s a nwmbl'r of ~.J APPf. Lh " American .Fnrcs tr ' A . ·i tion. an<l th Prq> r J ndu, try M ;mng m nt As ·o iation. H ' i 1 nrri~·d anct has two dnttghtcr.· an l on son . HnlJ, a lt :Hivc f 1 bm i !.ton , Ohio, j in ·d th · Ohio Division in I !J ;~f; ~•nd. tr;tnsf ·rred lO the T '.'a Division 1n (1110. Il l' ~LI tended the Univ rsity of llouston where lw '>t udied uwn;J~ 11H~ nt. Bpb has I ccn an activt: P· rti i· p.tnt i11 :!ta t pion ' · o ·:1tional trainjng- progrnm ha ing rt ceiY d cenifi ates in all phas s of pulp ancl paper manufacturin g, blue print, i1rp ction aml mathematics. He wa general up rvis r of Lhe j\l echanica l Pulp Section when he wa as igned to hi pr en t po i tion in 1957. Sob is a member of TAPPI an~ol is an active church member. He is married and ha three daughters. Paper Manufacturing Department- Odell Sanders, superintend nt; Jim 'Witt, :1 si tant SU[ erit1l ndent. Odell is re pon ible for a ll pha es of th manu facture of paper :md paperboard. .\ native of l\•f Dad , Texas, Odell received a B.A. degree in ch mi tr -biology at Rice Institute in 1937 and joined Champion a.· a chemi t the same yea r. H e held po it ion as tedmical a si tant to the paper mill superintendent, chief inspec tor, and wa chief of Process Control Staff when he a~ umecl his present duties last )e::tr. Odell is a member of TAPPI, the American Pulp and Paper Industry i\Ianagement As oci a tion, and the Houston Lid10 Club besiJes variou community organization . He is married and ha · three son s. Jim joined. Champion at the Hamilton Division in 1 ~1 3 5. H e tran ·ferred to Houston in 1940 and has served a shift foreman, shift bos machine tend.er, and gen eral superYisor of 1'\o. 22 Machin before assuming his prese t <luti · in l J57. Jim is active in Masonic act iviti es. A nati,·e of BinO'CLOwn, Ky., h.e is married and has one son and ne uaughter. Staff Departments The following staff fun Lions serve Steve and as ist line management. They are: Commu·nications - Ken R eed, su pervisor. Ken is responsible for the pro am of int rnal communications whi h · ke p!) Champions informed of events oi interest and importan e to then1. This incluc.l ~ pub1i hing th T xas Divi::.ion hijJs, and fw·ni hing tory material from Texas for The LOG. K n was born and educated in H JUSLoo, T xas. He studied public ~>peaking and dramatic at Rice In lituL and the University of H()uston. P1·ior to becoming a Champion last February, Ken had assignments in the field of .ommunication and publications y.rith both th > PRODl!CTfO ME •TINGS are held daily f (J re iew the pre ious day's producti n. Representative of pulp and pap e r production departments . ]>roc ~s ontrols, Mechanical and Power, and others involved discuss mutual prou u tion problems and coordinate future plans. Houston Natural Gas Corporation and Magcobar, one o [ the Dresser Industrie . He is a member of Southeast Texas lnc.lu ·trial EditOrs, International Council of Industr ial Editors, and is ac tive in community organiza . tions. Ken is marrjed and has three d a ughte~s. Management Planning Staff - Dick Grothaus, manager; 1N alter Schmidt, assistant ma nager. This staff provides fact-findin g. a nalytical, and planning services to Steve, his m anagers and other supervisors. The staff assists in the d evelopment and publication of livision policies and procedures; advi es and assists in organ ization planning; publishes organization charts; and coordin ates the development of the division ca pital program. They a sist in the d evelopmen t ancl evalu ation of methods for r eporting and controlling p e rform a nce~ and perform other manag~- f' ' ment studies and ass ignments. A section of the staff - provides office servi ces for the di vision, including ad-ministrat ion of mail, telephone, telegraph, and tadio services, [ orms control, design and reprod uction, oHice supplies and other services. Grothaus Attended The University of Cincinnati Dick received a B.A. degree in public administration at the University of Cincinnati in 1939. H e joined Champion the same year and while working in various positions in the Ohio Division co n~inu ed hi studi es in mechanical engineering and business ::tdmini tration at the Univ rsity of Cincinnati. After serving three years in the Army, Dick ,returned to the Ohio Division in 1946. H e was assigned to the Texa Division in 195 J. Dick b ecame ass istant general supervi or, Findling in 1953, an(l was general supervisor of that department from 1955 to 1957 when h was n am d cid nt Prevention Coordinator. H e was special a si ·rant to the division n1anager in 1958 wb n a sig ned to his pre ent position. Di k is marri ·d and ha nc d a ught r. \ V<.t!L swdied m ·h · n.i al e n ~ in ring and bu irie s at the Univer ily o( Cincinnati. H was emplo ed proc dur<,!S mnnag rat the Cro Icy Divi ion, Avco Manufa Luring Comp cntedn th Uni ersity o [ Hoo ton and earning both lLB.A. and n 1.B. ·. d.egre in g ner 1 bu ·in ' . H · cam t Champion dir ctly from coil · e a · ::t. co · · nd pr du tion l rk. He h s also ~1.'.1 v .d " junjor -countant, budg t Lcountant, standard · acco unLaot and was sup-'tv·.sor of the Pulp and 'HU o[ Machin 'Ction of lh ccounting Department at th • Urn ' h · was as igned to his pre · nt duties this ettr. He is married and has one on and one daughter. Medical DepartmeAt - Dr . .John McNeely, manager. D:r. "Ma " i · responsible for the program of h alth rnaintenan for division 1 eTSonnel. Th Medi al Departm · nt staff under his direction i · concern d with all asp cts of employee health within the mill ancl provides preventive medical and health servi es for individual employees ar work. In this capacity he assists in the proper placement of employees through examinations and counselling. He coordina tes in-plant ettvironmental studies as apptied to employee health. He and the medical staff assist em~ ployees with personal h ealth problem5 through counselling and short term first aid treatment. Dr. "Moe" Is a Native of Louisieno Dr. "Mac", a. native of Clare, La., attended Southweste- rn University for three years before studying a t Baylor· University College of Medicine where he earned his M.D. degree. Dr. "Mac'' was medical examiner fot Humble Oil .and Refining Company for two years before returning to B'\ylor University for additional study in medicine. He became a Champion in 1957. Dr. ''Mac" is. a member of numerous professional organizations and is on the Advisory Board of the Houston Committee on Alcoholism. He is married and has three sons. Personnel Administration Department- Len Clardy, manager. Len is responsible for the personnel staff activities within the divisitm. These include accident prevention, sanitation, profit sharing, personnel research and management inventory and development, training, employment, wage and salary administration, plant protection, recreation, and employee services. Len is responsible for administering the contract with the Slater Systems who manage the T exas Division food and canteen services. Len attended Jolm Tarleton Jut'lc.ior College and the University of T xas where h earned his B.B.A. degr·ee in general business. H e later did P'-') t-graduate study in psy hology at the Univer ity of Houston. Len was Dean of Men at John Tarl ton Coli :ge and later Pers nne1 ·mel Safety Dire tor for lhe P. H. Glatfelter Cornpany. He join d Champion as a general assistant in the In· dustrial R lations ]) panment in J 953. H e has h ld po iti'ou~ as assis,l'tn t m~ ~1ag r for Person n 1 Dev 1opment, cring manager of IndM trial Relations, and was • ·ting mana.g of tb P 1· onn l Administration Department wh ·n h ' was re ntl named rnanag r of that I partn) n t. L n js a m 1:t1bet of various business organiz, tions anu i :1 tiv in ornmunity a ffairs. I-Ie is tnarried nd h. s on · son and one dawgl:tter. ' M: A TER COOKS ba¥e captured · the real old-fashioned llavar in tb.rir chosen dish for generations. B · the looks o£ this group of core Club memtJers, you wilJ · agree tha t the ueve:r enjoyed a tastier meal. ·"i l . core -. . 4_ AFTER A D£LIGIOUS DlNNER, these young ladies of the Score Club fou nd much to talk about. They are. left tv right, Leona Cannon, Martha Grate and Jerry· Bowling. A DAY KACH YEAR has been set aside to pay special tribute to Champien's Score Clubers. This special day brings together people from many differen·t departments. Shown above at the speaker's table at r.his year's banquet are, Jeft to right, M.el Purdy, Earl Jones, Ona Lee, Leo Geiser, Bea .An1ett and Bob "Reeb. T.HE CORE CLUB may be the smallest, in numbers, of any of the SCI'V.i ce greups, but 09body Gan "out-fun" US! From left to r igh t are Hcmry AJ.e:xander, Carl House, 'Boo Pawsolsky. Ch ff .Schlotterbeck, Lou Meyet' and Don Weiss. The party was held June 14. u -,• S· nnua eetin By Merle Baynes ' IN JUNE the fourteenth annual Ohio Division Score Chtb meeting was h eld at Thomson Park. About 200 members of the group attended the session' and enjoyed a night of good fellowship. I was among the 20-year Champions who were honored. Shown here are some of the others who enjoyed an evening of fun. ' 32 · \ ·· -R ' .0 r-r. 1 ft. shift ·upe . ,;~ r on X . !0 lra lrine, t' amln paper ;;; ith . J. ·, . ktou, machill(: t nd r. I» this ma ru~er. machi11e men 3l'C lea nh~ m r and mol· ub tH o etall l'na.chine operati 1 s. Carol·ina Champions learn more abo~t their company and their • • work through . ROY HAV, 'E.S, Stan.c;Ji,ng, shift &Uper· visor in Chemical .Reco•very, goes ove-r tim k eping pro bl e rn wirh Rob rt Rowe, liquor m.ak r. t. 'f • h TOR ~; H . n '' · · L· n); • rd, t.,tlifc ~pliu:r nf th Ri 'g.h C ', R'ti Jll'1'd cd on· tlr ·-jc b training pmgrnm. \ 'I r stdt, many t :harnpion ar · now ltarn.ing the ludes :md e' ttponsi· biliti r~ of tc•Jlow-work rs ifl o1h r df~panmcnt , ~ ~ gain a b ·Her under tanding o.f the ompl •. paper bnsin ess . . Th:t'rt' wa a tim when t wL11 1 ·r man knew litllle · bout b·1ckt ·udjng, for t' <:~mplt: . To<lay this sit.u:nion h f ;q>id ly changing. 1. 1 PfP E SHOP, Bill Plenn11 n . righL an apprentice trainee, get in uuction_ from . H. " urlc}··· Robenon, iron worker, in laying out and cutting bea . p t be wuched from tee . to cup and thro1Jghout ' THE THRILL of th at very first . atch is told thi month by Merle · Bayn es ~n his column. This young lad, mak.ing his first catc;h, is Steve Gallacher, son gf Doug Gallacher, Training. should be played as it lies?" asked Sam as I watched him in one of his moments of difficu lty. "It's amusing," says Sam, "to watch and play with fellows who play an old ball across a water hazard and substitute a new one when they get on the green, or· watch_ them remove growing obstructions or grind their club m the sand trap and still never get over f ive on any hole." · It's an amusing sport and always will be when I watch fellows like Teague and Wilder get together. Curt Spenny Wins Schol.arship Curtis Spenny is one of the many graduates of today who feels le~st~r e is not what it's cracked UJ> to be. There are no statistics on restlessness, but he has a hunch it has killed more men than hard work. vVe have become a nation of middle-class citizens with mo.re la:bor-savin.g devices, gadgets, and horsepower at our d1sposal than nch men of old enjoyed. Television has made the house a ball park or a theatre, and hi-fi provides a symphony hall in every room. . ,. 'We must learn to live with our modern civilization or the ptessure .of r.estlessness. may prove our undoing . I feel sm:e Cl!rt1s will never fmd drudgery in anything he sets lus mmd to do. Curtis.received the H amilton Community Foundation Schola:slup upon gradu~ting from Hamiltdn High. Its value IS $2,000 over a five-year period_ He will enter the University of Cincinnati in September and has been ac,cep~ed by Champion as a co-op student. H1s extra curricular activities in ·high school included b~sketball, basebal1, honor society, Spanish Club and HIStory. Club. He attended Buckeye Boys' State in 1958 . . He 1s the. son of fv!r. and Mrs. ~ob ert Spenny, FairVlew Ave. Hts father IS a beater engmeer in No. 2 Mill. • Vaeations are much situ pler now than ever. A man h~s a wife to tell him where to go, and a boss to tell lum when. · Now all he needs is someone to tell him how. CURTIS SPF.NNY, sen of Rob· ert Spenr~y. beater er1gi neer, l.uis received ttte Hamilton. Com~ unit;r Fou nd at~on Sdwl arship. He wtll attend the University of Ci neinnat.i in Sept am. be r and will wofk at Ch ampion as a CO-O[> Stu?ent. Curt ill presently wQrkmg 1n the Pipe Shop. • $7 . Oltio • "A Fl HI . , THEY WE J' nd 1 k wh t th y cau ht. II m r 1 ue tt and · hi wit , Mari . sp 1t their va ation in we t n T 1nc "' e. Hom r is sl1ih u ervi r f th o. < 1 hine Senion in the M dtin Coated Pup r D p nment . McQueens Vacation in Tennessee ~ ummertime m an ,·aca ti n tim , an 1 Champi ns are scatt ring all over the ountr ·n joying their tw , three, ax d four week a\ a from ' ork. R ecently, the Communi ation ~ e tion re eiYed a I tter from Mrs. Homer -:\1cQueen. H mer i hift up rvisor of the No. 9 Machine ection in the Ma hine Coated Paper Department. It i . a typical vacation that many of our folks have taken thi ·ear. Here' what he had to say: "Homer and I ju t returned from a vacation at Reel Foot Lake in We tern Tenne ·see. The Dave Eichel's and \ \.'ilbur Bard· , both of Engin eering, were there at the ame time and we all had wonderful I uck on blue gills and crappies. "\ Ve sta ed at Boardman's Resort and Mr. Boardman took a picture of Homer and me with some crappie and blue gill we ca ught.· Boardman's Resort is such a nice place to vacation and any Champion fisherman who would want a beautiful place and a good fishing spot couldn't find a better place to go. "Reel Foot Lake is just eight miles from the big bend in the Mississippi River and was formed by an earthq~ake in 1811. It is th.e breeding ground for egret (white crane), blue heron, eagle and osprey. The lake is in a sunken cypress forest and is edged by giant old cypress trees - really scenic." Praise for a New Veterinarian Thought for the month . There were four lovely feeder calves in the back field last week; now there are But everything is not lost. I learned that the age of chivalry- is not dead. Nor is it true that doctors, -and even veterinarians, have reached the stage of mechanically giving shots with one hand and reaching for their fee with the oth~r. And I gained a friend. Ironically, I was "showing off" the calves to our overnight guests as the Saturday morning sun slanted over the hillside. The pretty brown and white Hereford refused to get up; he was br athing heavily and h wed acute distre s. I rushed to the t 1 phone. Thr
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