Apr_1944 - Mueller Museum

UELLE
INSIDE ONLY
APRIL, 1944
VALUE OF SALT
Necessary Aid to Correct Physical
Condition in Hot Weather
As tile summer months approach and the
days grow h o t t e r , it will profit iis to make
every effort to safe-guard our physical fitness to see t h a t t h e r e is no seasonal summer lowering of production and efficiency.
I t has b e e n proven that an effective measure against hoi weather fatigue is common
salt.
CAUSE AND CURE
OF HEAT SICKNESS
Until a fe\ years ago, a serious cause of
disability among employes has been heat
s i c k n e s s or heat cramps, particularly prevalent among workers engaged in hot,
heavy work. Tu its milder forms, heat sickness is very often not recognized as such,
showing up as a loss of energy, increased
fatigue, or a general let-down in production output, a situation e x t r e m e l y undesirable in war times.
Research has shown t h a t loss of salt
from t h e body, t h r o u g h excessive sweating is at t h e bottom of the t r o u b l e . There
is a very simple explanation for this fact.
Kvery body cell, the blood stream, the
spinal cord, the b r a i n , m u s t c o n t a i n a cert a i n a m o u n t of water if the proper chemical balance necessary for normal body
f u n c t i o n s is to be maintained. Unless salt
is present in the proper quantities, the various parts of the body cannot hold the
necessary a m o u n t of water. When body
salt is lost through excessive sweating and
not replaced p r o m p t l y , cells and other parts
of the body lose water, upsetting the deli c a l e chemical balance of tissue and body
f l u i d . I f the salt loss is slight, the first react i o n will lie a tired, u n c o m f o r t a b l e , let-down
feeling.
MILD CASES
Doctors and n u r s e s k n o w t h a t the sure
curt, for severe heat cramps is an intravenous injection of brine c o n t a i n i n g a high
percentage of salt. This is s t a n d a r d treatment for all hospital cases. The greatest
h a z a r d , however, is not the hospital cases,
but the thousands of less severe cases w h i c h
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go unnoticed, but which take t h e i r toll in
production. Kven a slight salt loss saps energy and slows up muscular co-ordination
and reactions. When t h i s happens, men feel
t i r e d and uncomfortable, mistakes increase,
i n d i v i d u a l producing capacity goes down;
and as s t r e n g t h and efficiency are undermined men become careless and serious accidents can easily happen.
To p r e v e n t these unnoticed, but highly
dangerous cases, salt lost through sweating
or other bodily f u n c t i o n s should be replaced at the same time and in the same
r a t i o as the loss. Unfortunately, our bodies
do not store away extra salt for f u t u r e use,
but dispose of it almost immediately through
the kidneys. So, if we are to keep our
body salt up to standard, we must get a
certain amount each day. The average person can obtain the necessary daily quota
from the salt used in seasoning his food,
b u t workers engaged in heavy work or
long h o u r s m u s t have extra salt to compensate for the loss through sweating.
The average person perspiring freely
should take sufficient salt either in the diet
or by a d d i t i o n of extra salt. Salt tablets
are available in each department. One tablet may be taken every 1 to 2 hours with
a full glass of water. These tablets should
cause no stomach distress if sufficient water
is taken immediately after.
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IN THE FOUNDRY
Blue Lusk hands us a group photograph
of the Foundry force years ago. It shows
fifty-eight employes. The size of the group,
the fact that it is faded by t i m e makes reproduction for a printing plate aii unsatisfactory proceeding. Of this group of fiftyeight, there are only four survivors still in
the f o u n d r y . They are: Blue Lusk, Roy
Whittaker, Louis Pagan and George Patterson.
Twenty-six members have passed on and
t h e remainder are scattered.
There are
some i n t e r e s t i n g features marking new
styles of the day, principally' facial decorations of whiskers and mustaches.
C h a i r m a n : "Are you a t t e n d i n g the
quet Friday night?"
Friend: "I regret I cannot come. It is
baby's night out and I must stay home
with the nurse."
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Mueller
Boys
DOROTHY STAGEY JOINS WAVES
Dorothy Stacey, age
22, has been here five
years but she will soon
be in t h e Waves She
enlisted
March
2nd
and l e f t April 6th for
H u n t e r College, X. Y.
where she will spend
six weeks in her boot
training. Then she will
be ready for active
duty.
Dorothy joined t h i s
organization five years
ago, working for a time in the core room,
and then transferred to Plant 3 as inspector
and machine operator. She is a daughter
of Claude Stacey, the o f f i c e janitor, who
has been with us for many years. The
Stacey family is doing a good war job.
Jack Cohn, son-in-law, l e f t April 5th for
Chicago for his p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n , and
Claude Jr. is in the a r m y t r a i n i n g at
Scott Field.
EUGENE GIBBS
Eugene Gibbs, a Decatur boy, aged 24,
is married and has two children, Leroy
Allen, aged 2, and Charlotte Yvonne, aged
1. He has been with Mueller Co. two
years and worked in the munition plant.
He left Monday, April 3rd for Chicago
to be o u t f i t t e d and a s s i g n m e n t for t r a i n ing in the army. Just what division he will
be in was unknown. Eugene said all he
knew about it was that he is in the Army
now to do his best for his country. Mrs.
Gibbs and children will c o n t i n u e their
home here.
m a m
RALPH RUNION
R a l p h R u m o n , aged 30. and married, has
a n s w e r e d the call to service. Mrs. Runion
was the f o r m e r Shirley K e s t c r and was a
member of t h e m u n i t i o n f o r c e for about a
year. There are two children: Shirley, aged
7, Thomas, aged 5. Ralph joined us in
1935 and first worked in the maintenance
department. Then he shifted to plant 2
and l a t e r to the munition d e p a r t m e n t . He
reported to Chicago April 4th and will be
in the Army. He is a son of Louis E. Runion of the foundry. His w i f e and children
will remain in Decatur during Ralph's absence.
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JACK KROHN ANSWERS CALL
Jack K r o h n , aged 23, has checked out to
obey his country's call. He is married and
has two children. Thev are: Patricia A n n ,
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The
Front
aged 4 and Betty Lou, aged 1. Jack joined
us four years ago and practically all of
that time has been a member of Department 8. He reported to Chicago Wednesday, April 5 and was told that it would be
about two weeks before he would be called
again for assignment to some training
camp. He will be in the Arm}'. His choice
of service is the field artillery. He checked
out Monday l ( ) t h ana \ , i 1 rest up and enjoy
himself until the final call. Mrs. Krohn is
a daughter of Claude Stacey. The family
have their own home at 635 W. King street
where Mrs. Krohn and children will make
their home during the absence of husband
and father.
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NOW A WAVE
Vivian Lang S 2 /c,
formerly a member of
plant 3 force, is now
a Wave in the barracks at Corpus Christi, Texas—and we believe you will agree
t h a t she is a fine looking o n e . Vivian is a
niece of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Wray. members
of Plant 3 force and
r e s i d i n g on R o u t e 4.
PARVIN CLIFFORD SOWERS
Parvin Clifford Sowers, aged 27, and
married. Mrs. Sowers was the f o r m e r
Margaret Housel. There are two c h i l d r e n : Sharon
K., t h r e e years a n d
Dianne Lee. aged 1 year. Parvin took his
preliminary examination some time ago and
left on Friday, March 1st to be outfitted
a n d a s s i g n e d t o t r a i n i n g . Just where
that will be he was not advised and he
was not worrying about it, realizing that
being in the army meant taking orders
and carrying t h e m o u t . His preference was
something in the mechanical line. During
his time with us he was at Plant 3 for
3 m o n t h s and then t r a n s f e r r e d to the machinery dcpt. The family reside on West
Waggoner St. where Mrs. Sowers and children will continue to make t h e i r h o m e .
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ROBERT BROWN
Robert Brown, aged 27, is among those
recently called to the colors. He is married and has t h r e e sons. R i c h a r d , aged 4.
Robert, 3. and Roger, 3 months.
R o b e r t j o i n e d us in 1940 and \ v a s first on
the maintenance crew, t h e n in the shipping
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r o o m , slock department and last in m u n ition plant. He took his physical examination March 9th and is daily expecting a
call for assignment for his boot training.
He has hopes of being in the naval service.
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LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
During March quite a few of Mueller employes w r o t e to Paymaster Enloe. Most of
the letters had something to do with personal affairs. Following are a few brief extracts, which doubtless will be of interest to
f r i e n d s in the organizations.
1 ' v t . M a n k a t o K a r n c s : l l a v e been transf e r r e d from Florida to Camp Davis, N. C.
Have heard of it ever since I've been in
the army but never anything good.
Cpl. Orvillc Hendrickson:—Camp Sutton,
X. C.—Get Mueller Record and glad to
read t h e good old home news. It means a
lot to boys in service. The army is treating
me better every day.
C l i n t o n Keller, Camp Waldron, Farragut,
Idaho:—Thanks for Mueller Record and
stationery. There is much to learn in six
weeks. We have lectures and shows on
t h i n g s we must know. Feeling fine and all
right.
Dale Wilki
;ins,
be3, San
ban Francisco:
I'rancisco: Don't
JJon t Delieve we will be here m u c h longer. Next
letter may 'be from
'
someother place. We
get good food—turkey, chicken and steak
quite often.
William F. Harris,
l o n g enough to get
long enough to know
I t ' s a l w a y s foggy or
England:—Not here
cockney accent, but
how swell Illinois is.
r a i n i n g here.
1 ' f f . Howard W. Hartwig, Camp Haan,
California:—Thanks for the nice Christinas
package and bond. My furlough is coming due now and hope to come home, \ \ i l l
be seeing you 1 hope.
K o b t . G. S c h m i t t , Cam]) Claiborne, La..
—Here in Engineering Regiment. Tell the
gang to w r i t e to me and send me the
Record.
Fred Leslie Hector. Camp Ward, Farragnt. Idaho:—Here is my new address.
Please post so home friends can write me.
Sure am having a grand time. Not so cold
here as at home. Getting plenty of exercise.
Hip a d d r e s s : Fred Leslie Hector, A.S., Co.
122.—44, Cam]) W a r d . U.S.N.T.S., Farrag n t , Idaho.
Pvt. William T. O'Dell, North Camp,
Hood, Texas:— Yon know that song,
"Dee]> in the Heart of Texas"—that's me,
but disagree with the a u t h o r of the song,
" B e a u t i f u l . Beautiful Texas."
Here's a tip to any one complaining
about our cafeteria. They should try army
food. We
tioned for
diers now
so. Would
thought at home we were ragood of soldiers. We are soland still are rationed only more
enjoy hearing from some of you.
Harland Rhodes: Here's my new address.
Pvt. Harland Rhodes, A.S.N. 36,764,086,
Misc. Co. A, A.P.O. 15180, % Postmaster,
New York. A line to you so you can send
me Mueller Record. I sure enjoy it. Its
like a letter from home. The other boys in
my company enjoy it also. Can't tell you
w h e r e I am except " s o m e w h e r e in Xew
England."
John E. Taylor, Camp Waldron, Farragut, Idaho:—Thanks for the writing paper
and the Mueller Record which gave me
some shop news. Am having some trouble
learning to swim the required distance.
As 1 couldn't swim a stroke when 1 came
here. I'll not get a leave if 1 don't come
through in the next t w o or three weeks,
which is the end of my time. V e r y anxious
to do t h i s so bad b e c a u s e I warn to co-'.ic
home once more before I go to sea. Say
hello to the folks in the shop and at
home for me.
A /S Halclon L. Hanson, Camp Waldron,
Farragut, I d a h o : —Have gone through a
great change from civilian life. The physical end may not be so tough but certainly the change from home life has already been p l e n t y tough. I believe I'll be
able to adjust myself. Lot of men coming in
— t h i r t e e n h u n d r e d the day we were examined. O u r six weeks training includes a
swim test, strength test and getting our
teeth in A-l shape.
Pvt. Delbert Neal, Camp Fannin, Texas:
— A f t e r seven weeks basic training we will
be shipped somewhere else. The training
h e r e is p r e t t y tough, but not so tough, I
guess, as it will be overseas. Sure would
like to see all the gang on second shift at
Plant 3. Hope to get the Mueller Record.
Pvt. M. H. Rot/., Camp Bland, Fla.:—
Just a line to let you know I'm down in
good old Florida. It sure is nice, but a
l i t t l e hot and they sure keep us on the
j u m p . I ' l l be glad to get Mueller Record
or letters from factory friends.
W. N. Foster sent a pretty Easter Card
to Paymaster Enloe. The envelope shows
his a d d r e s s as Fleet 1'. ( ) . . New Y o r k .
B B B
DENNIS WILHELM
Dennis Wilhelm. aged 26, and married,
has two children. J u d i t h Arden Wilhelm, 4
years. Dennis Lynn Wilhelm, 2 years. He
j o i n e d our organization in 1941, entering
the brass f o u n d r y . From there he transferred to Chattanooga for a short time and
upon his return went to the munition plant,
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working in Department 57. He took his
physical examination on February
19th
and reported on the 29th for outfitting- and
assignment for hoot training', probably San
Diego. He is going to be a Marine. Dennis
said that so long as he was going- into
the service he p r e f e r r e d a
department
which keeps him busy and gives out some
excitement. From our knowledge of Marines
we are i n c l i n e d to the opinion that he will
not be d i s a p p o i n t e d . Mrs. W i l h e h n w i l l cont i n u e her home in Dalton City. She worked in the m u n i t i o n d e p a r t m e n t for about
five m o n t h s .
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Private Charles F. Turner writes from
Camp Claihorne, La. He has no complaint except the weather—"Sun shines for
a day or two and then rains the rest of the
time." He asks us to say hello to Plant 3
friends.
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LEE BAUER
Lee Bauer, aged 27. is m a r r i e d and has
one child, Roland, aged 4. He joined us
August 29, 1935. He was a member of the
Iron Foundry force. Lee was inducted
January 26 and left April 4th for assignment for boot training. He will be located
at Williamsburg, Va. and will be subject
to service anywhere as a member of the
ship repair unit. Mrs. Bauer and son will
continue to reside on West King Street. Lee
is a son of A r t h u r W. Bauer of P l a n t 3.
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FRED RIGSBY
Fred Rigsby, age 30, has responded to
Uncle Sam's call. He is married and has
two children: Daisy Louise, 3 last September, N o r m a n Leon, 1 last December. Fred
took his physical examination March 9th
and was due for assignment to boot training the first of t h i s m o n t h . He was uncertain
as to what division of the navy he would
be assigned but expressed his own choice
as either the Coast Guards or Marines. Fie
joined this organization last June and was
first a helper in the brass foundry and later
with electrical department in the m u n i t i o n
plant and last in the boiler room. He lives
south of Roody where his wife and children will live during his absence.
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VAN WALTERS
Van Walters, aged 36 and married has
two children, Rachel Lee, aged 5, Shannon
Van, aged 3. Van has been w i t h us for 5
years in Dept. 20 and the Munition Plant as
a machine operator. He left on April 4th
for his o u t f i t t i n g and his assignment for
training. Van is another draftee not looking for any particular class of duty. He
says he is "in the army now" for any
duty that comes within military service.
Mrs. Van Walters and children will continue to make their home on Route 7,
where the W a l l e r s ' h a v e a cozy f o u r room
bungalow on a fair sized lot. Van's father
will also continue to make his home there.
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PEARL LEROY KEMPER
Pearl Leroy K e m p e r , aged 26 and married. He has one son, Karem Lea Kemper, 20 months. Pearl lives in Moweaqua,
and has been with us since March 25th,
1942. H e worked a m o n t h in the foundry
and was then transferred to m u n i t i o n
department, Plant 3. He left M a r c h 30th
with no idea of what division of the army
he would be assigned, but was hopeful of
getting in the airplane mechanical division.
Mrs. K e m p e r and baby will make their
home in Moweaqua d u r i n g his absence.
DEL STREIGHT IN BURMA
Got Christmas Present Mailed In
November on St. Patrick's Day
March 25. 1944
Burma
Hello, M u e l l e r Friends:
I ' l l w r i t e a Hue to let you know I'm
g e t t i n g along fine. 1 received your Xmas
package M a r c h 17th. The a r t i c l e s were
all u s e f u l and appreciated very much. My
X m a s was a l i t t l e l a t e r this year. Thanks
a lot for the package, also the War Bonds
the Company gave us service men. I've
been getting the Mueller Records and look
forward to every issue. The news of the
Company and the other service men is
interesting. There are three other Dec a t u r boys in our Company and they always w a n t to see the Record. We spend
quite a bit of our spare time talking about
the home town. I'll be glad w h e n I can
come home and go to work for the Comp a n y again.
Life in India and B u r m a isn't much like
home, but we see mostly G. I.'s here. We
live in the j u n g l e s , and there are plenty
of game to h u n t when we get time off.
There are plenty of leeches and mosquitoes
too, but we don't have to h u n t for them.
We have wild meat every now and then.
I better close for this time. Keep things
going there at home, and we will do our
best here. Hoping to see you all soon. — A s
ever. Dale Streight.
IS YOUR ADDRESS CORRECT
It is our hope that a copy of each
issue of the M U E L L E R RECORD will
reach every Mueller man and woman in
the armed services. To accomplish t h i s
we must keep a daily check on our mailing list of approximately 375 boys and
girls. So, we'd appreciate information that
w i l l help us k e e p up to date on military
addresses.
If you enjoy our little magazine, soldiers
and sailors, let us h a v e your proper address. We'll keep the Record coming.
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SARNIA
MOTHER
She will n e v e r forsake you w h a t e v e r you do
When you are down in the gutter, she will
kneel beside you,
When you're covered w i t h shame she will
stand be your side,
And the h u r t in her heart for your sake she
will hide.
She will stick to you, lad, though you lose
every test
So the least you can do is to give her y o u r
best.
All others may quit you and mock at
your fall,
But your mother, undaunted, will come
at your call.
She will follow you down to the deep
depths of sin;
She will love you and nurse you through
thick and through thin.
And although she may suffer through what
you have done.
She will n e v e r forget or desert you, my son.
So long as she loves you, you are sure of
a friend
And on whom at all times, you may safely
depend.
You may wound her by s i n n i n g or hurt
her with shame
Should you fail to be true, she will love
you the same.
So remember, my lad, as you live in life's
test
That you owe to your Mother the finest
and best.
—Anonymous.
We r e g r e t to learn t h a t Stan Bell's
mother passed away. Funeral services were
March 15.
Born to Mr. and Mrs Win. Mathews a
--irl—Marlene F.dith—March 11.
Shirley Returns
Welcome back to the office Sliirl, we
missed you when you were off with pleurisy. Whatever the cure, it seemed very
effective—at least judging from the "rugcutting" at the Canteen. Shirl must have
made a great hit with her favorite army
j i t t e r b u g because he came in to see her
Sunday. Watch out Shirl, there's a Watch
Bird watching, as though you didn't know?
Recent visitors:—Jack Conway, territorial sales manager; Paul Jacka of Decatur,
Marge A n s e l l Marr, f o r m e r l y of the Payroll Dept., and from the RCAF came P / O
I a n M i l n e a n d f r i e n d I ' / O Doug M c K i n ley, Sgt. Pat Parrot with Jimmy Jay, Sam
and Jack R o u n d ; Ted Campbell; and Ward
Boyle who
was h o m e on
embarkation
leave. From the army came Milt Rose and
Maurice. Heath.
Sam Round recently received his commission as 1'/() in the ground crew.
We wonder if Mr. Milne has figured out
the shipping date on the 12th item on an
11 item order. J. T. Wing is still confused.
Maybe Mr. Milne was so flabbergasted by
that 1945 repeater technique in the show,
"As Thousands Cheer" that he j u s t lost
all sense of proportion.
"In spring a y o u n g m a n ' s f a n c y fondly
turns to thoughts of love" and it may be
true too, judging from all appearances at
the local theatre. We wonder if Bob and
Mildred, Marion and Digger or Mona and
Freddy would know anything about this.
Alley News
The bowling team standings the last half
follows: Goosenecks, Regulators and Ferrules. I n the play offs. Ferrules will contest
the Goosenecks for first and the Showerheads the Regulators for 3rd—May the
best team win!
Weddings
P / O Ian Milne and Christine Stockhall
were married at Central Baptist Manse,
March 13th, Rev. Barley officiating. The
attendants were P /O Bernie Moroz and
Penny Bell. The bridal tour included London. Toronto and Buffalo. Ian was a former Mueller employe.
Boyfriend's Dept.: Jeanne's
boy friend
h a s forgiven h e r a n d w r i t e s from s u n n y
( ? ? ? ) Italy. She was absolutely exuberant
for several days; while Lois was feeling
sorry for M u r r a y who has been moved to
a tiny place called Fatonville. Al's favorite
N a v y man is still at London but she is
a f r a i d it w o n ' t be for long.
Friday, March 31st, Cecille lay was married to " R a l p h Turnbull at 2 P . M . at the
Presbyterian Manse, Corunna, by the Rev.
Fisher. The TnrnbuU's w i l l l a t e r reside in
Froomfield.
Recently two employes caused much
f u r o r over a military call-up but dig as
we will, we can't get much information—
or is it a military secret Freddy and Alex?
On Thursday, March 30th Jessie McK i n n o n was married to Douglas Milliken
at 2:30 at the Devine St. United Church
Manse by the Rev. Webster and the couple
will reside at S. Brock St.
Low-down wanted—How about someone
volunteering information regarding a birthday p a r t y held recently at the Lake—Surely Art or A r c h i e k n o w something a b o u t it.
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LOS ANGELES NEWS
Everyone is still ohing and ahing over
Pvt. Gather Polk in his uniform. Gather
was formerly in the Forge Dept. and is
now stationed in Denver, Colorado at
Buckley Field. He was in to visit us this
month.
Lacy Mayfield kept his word. He wrote
almost as soon as he reached training quarters in Idaho. He says they are giving him
the works. Getting a hair cut the barber
asked where jrou from. Before Lacy could
answer the barber howled, "Next!" Food is
good, especially at the end of a fifteen hour
day. That home-sick feeling makes him
long for a look at a turret lathe. Next is
something hard to believe. He has quit
chewing and smoking. Can that be Lacy?
His postscript reads: "1 am worth $10.000
dead. That shows you how fast I'm getting ahead."
Cecil Foltz beams with pride at a letter
from his son Kenneth telling of high recommendation for excellence in duty. This
came from the Commander-in-Chief of the
Pacific Fleet to the Commander of the
ship on which Kenneth serves. This recommendation was given for a rush job
on Radar installation on a warship. Kenneth and two other electricians worked
day and night under a time limit and finished ahead of schedule. This ship won
great merit in combat in the recent campaign in the Central Pacific. This recommendation becomes a permanent part ol
Kenney's service record. Cecil has good
cause for pride.
never was seen with it off. The secret came
to light when we got a good look at his
hair or what was left of it. A butch hair
cut is hardly becoming to Earl. His wife,
I understand, agrees with us. His bowling
beanie has m a d e quite a hit and is soon
to be copied by even bowlers w i t h hair.
Our favorite nurse, Nellie Grossman, has
left us to join her h u s b a n d , Lieut. Crossman in Decatur. A f t e r spending several
days with their f a m i l i e s they will go to
Maryland where Bob has j u s t received his
commission. Xellie e x p e c t to be gone about
one month.
Bill Jett was so sick recently that lie
could hardly get to work but he made it,
and for a good reason too. On April Mb.
Bill c e l e b r a t e d h i s 40th A n n i v e r s a r y
witli M u e l l e r Co. and during those 40
years has never used his sick leave. He had
no use for it and we all look for Bill to
stay home sick most any day after April.
"Shorty." truck driver for Crane Co.,
must be choice: Soon as Short}1 hits the
shipping deck. Bill J e t t , Ray Dawkins and
Art Davis are on the alert to get the
latest. "Shorty" assumes a reluctant .attit u d e , b u t yields to persuasion and passes
out the latest. And Jett leads all the rest
m noisy appreciation.
PAPPY AND FRIENDS
Claude Beckham reported for i n d u c t i o n
March 24. branch of service unknown to
us. H e was formerly set up man on the
semi-automatic chucking machine. Apparently Reck doesn't believe in man power
shortage. Before leaving he placed a priority claim on Jean Clark, Dept. 30. She now
wears a beautiful diamond ring. Good luck
Jean and Beck.
The lucky Porters had Edna, Bud and
brother-in-law, Bob Hanna all home on
leave at the same time. They all came to
visit us. Edna is a corporal in the Wac's
and the boys are corporals in the Army.
They are all former employees of this
plant. Hob's wife, the former Theo Porter,
is employed in our packing department.
Edna tells us her husband is also a corporal. Seems to be a favorite rank in the
family. We enjoyed their visit very m u c h
and hope they will soon r e t u r n .
We wondered why Earl Bright, foreman of Dept. 30, had started wearing a
J o e College hat while at work, In fact he
'
"Pappy" Joe Morgan is t a k i n g advantage
of the manpower shortage by surrounding
himself with girls from the Machine shop.
The girls say Harriet and Joe are a wond e r f u l host and hostess. Horseback r i d i n g
was the favorite p a s t i m e w h e n t ' ' e girls
spent Sunday with t h e m recently. The
crowd i n c l u d e s : Velma Sarver. Beiilah
Standt, Laverne Campbell, Pappy, Modena
Boles, Evelyn Lockart, and in front,
Evelyn Gabrielsen.
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OUR PIN UP GIRL
Stop us if we are
wrong but we believe
Beverly D r u m was the
first. Mueller girl to
enter service. She completed a y e a r of s e r v i c e
in the Waves March
10. 1944 and was recently
advanced
to
Yoeman. second class.
She was f o r m e r l y employed in the superint e n d e n t s office and is
now stationed in San
Francisco. Beautiful. Huh, Fellas?
This is a picture of
James L. Logsdon, Jr.,
son of the Assistant
Manager at the Los
Angeles Branch.
"Jimmie" is a typical American—one of
that group striving today to make a better
tomorrow. He is a
graduate of Los Angeles High School and
up to the time of his
enlistment in the Merchant Marine was a student at the U n i v e r sity of Southern California, School of Engineering. He is now stationed at Santa
Catalina Island, California, and being so
close to home is able to spend an occasional week-end with his p a r e n t s .
We of
Los Angeles know J i n n n i e t h r o u g h his
father, and we all feel sure he w i l l m a k e
good m his new undertaking.
BOWLING NEWS
M u e l l e r team bowling in the Beacon
H o w l Handicap. Southgate, w a l k e d away
with first place. Or we should say they
worked for it. They were one point in the
lead of fourteen t e a m s and had to have
all f o u r p o i n t s . George Leach w e n t loaded
w i t h good l u c k charms, baby shoes, bells
and rings, w h i c h , he says, might have had
s o m e t h i n g to do w i t h the scores. '1 he first
game was anyones up until the last frame.
The second—both t e a m s were even from
t h e t h i r d t o t h e t e n t h f r a m e when Archie
H a t f i e l d , a n c h o r , s t r u c k out to tally 1027
to t h e i r o p p o n e n t s 1013. Series were Gene
W a r r e n 503. George Leach 502, Leonard
T o h n s o n 536, Karl Bright 552 and Archie
H a t f i e l d 520. When Lacy Mayfield, sixth
member of the t e a m comes home on leave
the winners w i l l be photographed. In addition to the t e a m trophy, each m e m b e r gets
an i n d i v i d u a l t r o p h y . In 27 weeks of bowling the boys won 71 p o i n t s . Their scries
was 2982 w h i c h i n c i d e n t a l l y is t h e i r season's h i g h .
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A n o t h e r M u e l l e r team, b o w l i n g in the
Mayfair H a n d i c a p League at the A l h a m b r a
Bowling C e n t e r won first place. This is
g e t t i n g to be a Mueller habit. Members of
this team are George Young, average 176,
George K n u d s e n , 177, Lou YVyant, 174,
George Welsh. 170, and C h a r l e s Daniel,
147.
This team was in first place practically
the whole season, but finished four points
ahead of the second place team. Nice going
fellows.
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Mueller Mixed League
The. fifth week of the .Mueller mixed
league finds the Thunderbolts in first place
w i t h 10 points. Liberators and Mustangs
are tied for second with 9 games apiece,
followed by the P-38's, Boston Bombers,
Aircobras, Warhawks and Wildcats.
The M u s t a n g s h a \ h i g h series so lar
of 2492 while the. Liberators have high
game of 879. Knimett Reedy has
high
series w i t h 606 and Chuck Musmccci high
game of 254. That is really bowling.
This season we welcome several bowlers
new to our league. They include Roy
Thomas, Wayne Oglesby, Laverne Campbell. Leonard Johnson, Modena Boles,
Glenn Bli/ce, Bernicc Mahon, Ralph Korte
and Kd Schlegel.
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Ed. Keil to the Front
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. K.eil, accompanied by
t h e i r daughter, Caroline, recently made a
In']) to Topeka, Kansas, to bid good-bye
(o t h e i r son. Kd Keil, ordered overseas.
Kd is w e l l k n o w n to m a n y in this organization. H i s d e s t i n a t i o n is p r e s u m a b l y England. Kd is skipper of a B-24 bomber. He
was in good health and spirits when his
parents called on him.
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Closed The Faucets
During the past month A. W. Werdes
s p e n t two weeks at the Pacific Coast Plant.
During the p r e s e n t winter and early spring
the
West
Coast
has encountered
some disagreeable w e a t h e r , but "Auggie"
says it was d e l i g h t f u l while he was there.
The "weather man" doubtless heard t h a t
"Auggie" was coming west and closed t h e
faucets.
m m a
Had Swell Time
Mr. and Mrs. Press R u t h r a u f f are in receipt of a letter from their son who has
been stationed in Europe for a year or
more. There is no h o m e s i c k n e s s or complaining in it. He says: "There is always
s o m e t h i n g going on here. A s h o w , l i b e r t y
run or party. We had a swell one of the
l a t t e r Sunday afternoon and evening. Sort
of an open house with lots of girls present.
Surely had a swell time." In a n o t h e r sentence he says: "It isn't the weather or
money t h a t the boys mind. I f we could
get home
once in a while everything
would be fine."
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MUELLER
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PLANT 3 POTPOURRI
We u n d e r s t a n d Frank Taylor's car will
run without gas or without Frank either,
when it is ready to go it goes Frank or
no Frank. He beat the 100 yard world's
record the other e v e n i n g catching it
'cause it was ready to go before Frank.
Just who is this sugar dumplin we heard
some one call some one the other day.
We hope Bob Leak had a nice time
Tuesday evening, Bob likes to wish 'em
well before they leave for the service
especially the girls.
C h a r l i e Hector looks a little more up
to date now, since something new has been
added.
Sure was surprised at Gladys the other
day, but she said she was having a good
time, so guess it is OK, but it does look
like if she would take 'em one at a
time thcv would last longer.
Now that the girls have dressed up
rc going to get
Charlie Hector t h e y
Brick a pair of suspenders.
If you want to know the correct time
j u s t ask Tuesday Bowman.
Maxine Harding bowled 217 the other
evening then rush for the telegraph office.
1 must sure tell John about this, is what
she called hack to the gang.
We v o t e Gabriel Heater the No. 1
salesman, he now has one woman washing her teeth with Kremel shampoo. Amy
Hartwig says it wouldn't be so bad but
it made her f r o t h at the mouth and she
spit soap hubbies all morning.
Of all dream girls, Liz Raskin sure is
tops. She dreamed the other nite she got
six b r a n d new pair of shoes and one pair
of hip boots. All colors and styles, well
Liz could use the hip boots OK. but we
don't know what she wants with six pairs
of shoes. Liz says too m a n y salted pean u t s the evening before was the cause of
the whole thing.
the red ones. He stops at all three of 'em
now; the blue ones, the yellow ones and
the red ones, says he will show 'em
he knows his lights.
Ben Taylor tried to force David out of
the poker game the other night because
Ben couldn't cheat with David's deck of
cards.
We are glad O u t l a w is home f r o m the
hospital, but we -will bet he tried to bring
a nurse home with him.
Carl Oakly has been trying to collect
a bet for over a year. Just h a v e patience
Carl you'll get it before long.
Pat has hired Nola to write his fan
mail for him. Now we are wondering who
she is writing to.
Frances has a sailor on the string now.
She doesn't know his name, but says she
is sure it is Superman.
Dorothy Chamberlain has an attraction
over at Channte now. Is that where the
pin is from Dorothy?
L e f t y Adams has to do the family washing and ironing now. He gets his clothes
entirely too oily.
Latch has a new name, its Joe now, and
for Faster he got a white top coat (oh
you J o e ) .
We wonder:—Did Ruth and Doris see
the begonia? And—Has Cal found a log
chain?
Among the early risers this month—Darrel Jones, Lucile Dailey and J o h n Curry.
Spring cleaning started in the p a i n t booth
last week, while Jones swept the floor
Juaneta dusted and Helen O'Dell washed a
window.
Lois Harper just can't resist her
and cakes so there goes her diet.
pies
If Roy Wall's wife could see how handy
Roy is with a broom, she sure would keep
him home during the spring house cleaning.
Bert B u t t s laid off from work one afternoon. Next m o r n i n g Cal Brick and Elmer
stopped for h i m . The house was dark,
they h o n k e d the horn, they beat on the
doors, were j u s t ready to call out the fire
d e p a r t m e n t w h e n Bert came out.
He
didn't say a word all the way to work
and still had a f u n n y look in his eyes
all day. Sure a fast old world is all he
would sav.
Roy Workman is back on the job and
we sure are glad to see him. Roy asked
us to t h a n k every one at plant 3 for the
b e a u t i f u l flowers they sent him; says it
m a k e s a f e l l o w get well quicker when he
k n o w s he has such swell f r i e n d s .
Roy Coffman says stop lights arc OK
o n l y t h e y are an expensive light, especially
There sure is a man shortage and it is
getting worser and worser, the way the
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MUELLER
girls flock around Heck W'hittington's table
at lunch proves that this man shortage is
serious.
1 wish to thank Harold Union and
my many other old Pals for the beautiful
and encouraging fan letters in regards to
my supposed Breakfast Food contest. I
also want to tell them all to go to H—11.
—Rov Coffman.
Nonna Xewliu is the new reporter in the
north end of t h e shop so if you have any
news please see Xorma.
W e are not sure, but we feel that if you
want arry advice on which bus to take,
see Helen Causey and Nola; we also wish
to warn you that if this is true don't
take their advice unless you w a n t to wind
up in the wrong cud of (own.
Li* B r a t c h c r wishes it would stop raining so she could build her f e n c e if she c o u l d
get the fence.
Xow a word or two about this radio
breakfast food contest t h a t I was supposed
to carry away all honors, win first prize
and all that bunk. In the first place. I
don't eat breakfast food and in the second place I know nothing about breakfast
food and in the third place 1 do not read
the Chicago Tribune in the first place.
f have been in this old world a long,
long time. 1 have been called all kinds
of names, 1 have been accused of most
everything under the sun, have made some
a w f u l mistakes, why I even voted the
straight Republican ticket one time (may
the good Lord lorgive m e ) . Bui any
man or group of men that have the nerve
to accuse me of reading, let alone sending me the Chicago Tribune for t h r e e
long years and to hope 1 enjoy reading it.
well what have I ever done to them, for that
is the end of the limit.
— Roy Coffin an.
Geneva Sutton reports that Tack has recently been ill with Scarlet Fever but is
making a rapid recovery.
diet Mercer visited f r i e n d s here at the
p l a n t a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wyne visited here
during Ralph's furlough. K l v i r a wasn't
lucky enough to get by the guards, but
was greeted by many of her old friends.
She says that Texas is good enough for
her for a while.
Harold Hansen was home recently, a f t e r
finishing boot training. He visited the plant
one afternoon. His uniform is very becoming.
Mrs. Mable Trimmer has resigned from
the cafeteria, and we were sorry to see
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her leave, but she promised to h e l p out
w h e n and if necessary and only a few
days after she I t ' l l we heard that she is
at the Main plant h e l p i n g o u t . W h a t good
does a resignation do. we ask you.
Mrs. Qua Ward is our new cook on .-ccoud s h i f t . We s t i l l have Mrs. Muxxy, who
has been on d u t y t h e r e for some time.
Harold Wemple ( \ \ u n p v ) h a s recently
moved to t h e country, a w h o l e 70 acres
of it, and now considers himself Quite a
farmer. livery day he has to scrape his
shoes, and comb the straw out of his hair
before he comes to work.
Hetty Riewski is ill at the present t i m e
with heart trouble. \ hope t h a t she will
soon be m u c h improved and be back to
work.
l i u o g e n e I'erner has recently undergone
a major operation but is once more back
on the job.
Jesse I'atterson had the m i s f o r t u n e to
be struck in the l e f t eye, s h a t t e r i n g the
lens of his glasses, when a part of his machine broke loose. Several bits of glass
lodged in his eye, making a trip to St.
Mary's hospital necessary to remove tlu-m.
George Sulwer has left to join I'ncle
Sam at one of his various "Homes for
Men in Training." Can't you see George
j u s t marching and marching. He said before he l e f t that he hoped to gosh he w o u l d
be sent to California so lie could see the
moon come up over a m o u n t a i n instead
of the tool shed west of the plant.
11 nothing happens lo prevent it we will
be seeing several of our boys home from
Moot training. Al Degand, Jim Meeker,
Frosty Jones are all expected soon.
Ruth Brownlow has acquired what she
t h i n k s is a Collie dog but she says she
won't be sure u n t i l she gets all the b u r r s
picked out of it.
Several new workers have r e p o r t e d
for second shift of late. To mention a few
are Lottie Stover, Bertha Gould, Olive
Hord, Virginia Hamilton, Mabel Lapacek,
Donald Standley and Art Smith. F.d Donnell is also back with us again. He says
he has been down in Sullivan working in
a box factory, but he got home sick for
Mueller Co. so back he came.
Mary and Gladys Taylor have resigned
because they were both needed at home.
Kphriam Beck has l e f t us to go back
to the farm.
The bowling f e u d between Kdgar Hartwig and lid Elliott continues in full force,
so we understand. It seems that
Oh
ask one of them about it.
Bud Simpson and Wayne Moore are
talking about being transferred to second
shift because they hardly ever have to pay
for a coke or coffee. We wonder why. but
of course Bandy is right unlucky when she
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flips a coin to see if she wins or doesn't.
Generally she doesn't.
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NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
(A Few Indiscreet Ruminations from a
Perennial Victim of Spring Fever)
R o v Carter, who is
w i t h the N a v y and
s t a l i o n e d at Great
Lakes Training
Station, as a guard on
Security w a t c h , is fortunate enough to get
home to his family,
every third week e n d .
His present address is
Clifford R. Carter, S
2/C, vS. W. Barracks
701 sec. 4, Great Lakes
111.
Outside our windows we can see swelling
buds on the trees, and the promise of new
green leaves on those same trees within
the next m o n t h is d o w n r i g h t exciting. Nobody has stopped Spring so far, so far as
we know—though we'll agree w i t h you
t h a t the w e a t h e r m a n has made a very good
try t h i s year.
BOWLING NEARS END
Two More Scheduled Games and
Then the Sweepstakes
The bowling season nears the e n d . There
remains t\vo s c h e d u l e d games—April 18th
a n d 2 5 t h , a n d ( h e n the finale—sweepstakes,
May 2nd.
Following i s t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e A p r i l l l t h
games.
One ol ( l i e bright davs carlv in April
brought us two v i s i t o r s whom we all greatly e n j o y e d , Clara I ' h l of t h e U. S. Marine
Corps, and luam'ta l > o m e of the U. S.
Naval Reserve. The girls gave us a hint
ol Easter fashions lor the g i r l s in b o t h the
Marines and Waves, and we're all convinced t h a t our girls looked mighty well.
Tt was a happy coincidence t h a t brought
t h e m b o t h to visit us on t h e same day.
Clara came i r o m San Dieg'o, and J u a n i t a
from Cedar K a i l s , I o w a , w h e r e she has
j u s t c o m p l e t e d her special t r a i n i n g and
earned her ^ eoman Third Class rating.
I l was good to see both girls and to
learn how well and h a p p y t h e y both are
in t h e i r new endeavors.
MUELLER BOWLING LEAGUE
Ten High Bowlers
Behrus. Works Mgr. Offi. 90 178 257
Elaughcr. Tool Makers ....71 176 222
Slratman, Spec. Div
93 173 225
Curry, Tool Makers
90 173 225
Edwards, Tool Makers ....87 173 234
H i l l , Spec. Div
98 172 225
Taylor. Gunners
98 172 234
Wcrdes Main Office
65 170 223
Reidelberger Tool Makers 91 169 274
r.ailcy. Product Eug
90 167 228
Our friend Ross Emerson is ordinarily
a tolerant and long-suffering individual, but
the m o r n i n g of A p r i l 11 was too much for
him. I t was election day and raining torrents, as is c u s t o m a r y on election days.
Ross dashed d o w n to the polls before work
to exercise his right of f r a n c h i s e , feeling
rather well to be taking care of this good
citizen's duty at such an early hour—
and on such a miserable day. Not m a n y
people, he reflected, w o u l d take so much
trouble to do their d u t y . He arrived at
the polls, greeted those present with a
cheery smile and held out a hand expectantly for his ballot. Nothing happened. In fact, n o t h i n g happened for some
time. His vote was challenged! It took a
good deal of eloquence to convince the
c a u t i o u s election officials that he, Ross
Emerson, was entitled to cast his ballot.
The day was ruined.
Not even having a picture of his house
in the paper was q u i t e enough to console
Ross in his disappointment so early in
t h e dav.
"There is a man in t h i s congregation,"
said the p r e a c h e r , "who is f l i r t i n g w i t h another m a n ' s wife. Unless he p u t s $5 in the
collection box, his name will l>c read from
the pulpit."
W h e n the box came back it contained 19
S5 b i l l s and $2 with a note a t t a c h e d . "Halance next Sunday if you don't read my
name."
The best Easter egg story we have heard
about happened some time b e f o r e Easter.
I t concerns, again, Ross Emerson. (Our
E i r s t Aid Director and Income Tax Exp e r t really gets around.) Seems as though
lie had bought some eggs and kept forg e t t i n g to t a k e t h e m home. A f t e r the
eggs had been forgotten several evenings,
several of Ross' co-workers decided it was
t i m e to dress up t h e chicken f r u i t a bit.
APRIL 11,
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Tool Makers
99
Targets
99
Product E n g i n e e r s ....99
Main Office
99
P a t t e r n Shop
99
Works Mgr. Office ....99
Gunners
99
Specially Division
99
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43 .566
48 .515
50 .495
52 .475
54 .455
54 .455
57 .424
Ave.
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739
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When Ross finally did pick up those eggs
to take home, he carried fancy eggs, sometiling Frank Edmonson in his most active
days as a poultryman never encountered.
Those eggs were like Joseph's coat, m u l t i colored.
Also multi-designed.
Mercurochrome and other medicines, it w o u l d seem,
have many uses.
Ruby Dodwell, stenographer for O. C.
Draper and relief switchboard operator,
has been kept at home by an infected
tooth which has been giving her considerable trouble.
Betty Lou Krull, of the Employment,
gave, her fellow-workers a bad scare several days ago when she had a bad attack
of indigestion and had to go to the hosp i t a l to determine w h e t h e r it was or
wasn't appendicitis. Fortunately, it wasn't.
Mrs. Mary Martin replaces Vivian Townsend as a stenographer in the Traffic Office.
V i v i a n has j o i n e d her soldier husband.
Erma Boyd of the Paymaster's office is
spending some time w i t h her h u s b a n d ,
who is in the A r m y .
A. C. Wcrdcs has r e t u r n e d from a trip
to California, and Leo Wiant has since
gone to Los Angeles to spend a few days
at the Pacific Coast plant.
See you in the Victory garden, in t h e
tomato p a t c h .
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BIRTHS
B O R N _ T O : Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J o l l y ,
March 15, a son, in St. M a r v ' s Hospital.
B O R N TO: Mr. and Mrs. George Bricker April 5, a son. Larry Dean, in Dccat u r and Macon C o u n t y Hospital.
DEATHS
JOHN SHOTTON
John Shotton, 68, a resident of Taylorville, a miner for 54 years, father of
George Shotton, died M a r c h 25 in St. V i n cent's Hospital.
Mr. Shotton was born in England and
had lived in Taylorville since 1926. He is
survived by his w i d o w , Mrs. N e l l i e Shotton, and the f o l l o w i n g c h i l d r e n : Mrs. Marietta Johnson, 1'eoria; J o h n G., Decatur;
Joseph F., Camp Stoneman, C a l i f . ; Arthur
])., with U. S. A r m y in England; Mrs.
Vita Humes, Chicago; Mrs. Verna Sloanker, Warrcnsburg; Darrell, Langlyville.
Funeral services were held from the
Latter Day Saints' Church w i t h burial in
Oak Hill cemetery.
GEORGE BRIGHT
George B r i g h t . 76. M o w c a q u a , f a t h e r of
Mrs. E m m a Dean, passed a w a y .April 2
at the home of his son Charles in
Moweaqua. He is s u r v i v e d by the f o l l o w -
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ing c h i l d r e n : Chester. Jell", Dean, Earl,
Airs. Georgia Lamb and Mrs. Emma Dean,
all of Moweaqua, as well as by 16 grandchildren a n d one great grandchild.
Services were c o n d u c t e d in the M o w e a qua Baptist C h u r c h . B u r i a l was in the
L i t t l e Flock c e m e t e r y .
MARRIED
Sheehan—Fishburn
N e l l i e F i s h b u r n , popular m e m b e r of our
organization, and S /Sgt. E d w a r d 1!. Sheehan were married M a r c h 22 in St. Thomas
R e c t o r y in a ceremony a t t e n d e d by the
immediate f a m i l i e s of the bride and groom.
The bride's youngest sister, Betty, and
the bridegroom's brother Raymond, were
attendants. Nellie was an attractive, b r i d e
in an a q u a suit, with reptile accessories
and w h i l e (lowers while her sister wore
blue w i t h black accessories and had a corsage of pink, yellow and w h i t e Spring
flowers.
Nellie, who does triple d u t y as c l e r k in
the Pattern shop and in the core room and
is also cashier at the P l a n t 1 cafeteria, is
a d a u g h t e r of Mrs. Margaret F i s h b u r n of
Illiopolis. vSgt. Sheehan is a son of Mrs.
Margaret Sheehan of Ml. P u l a s k i . He is
stationed at the p r e s e n t t i m e at [ndiantown
Gap, P e n n s y l v a n i a .
On Sunday following t h e wedding the
bride-grooms mother e n t e r t a i n e d for the
newlyweds at a reception in her home. R e d ,
w h i t e and blue were used on the very lovely >erving table.
N e l l i e has returned to her duties with
us for the "duration", and her husband has
r e t u r n e d to his d u t i e s w i t h the L". S. Infantry.
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SECRET IS OUT
This happy l i t t l e fellow is Dean Stanley
A slil)\-, t h e t h r e e
m o n t h s old son of
Ann and Stanley Ashby of 1628 E. Moore
St. Stanley is a mem-
f*
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t~y,
her of the E n g i n e e r i n g
C r e w at Plant No. 3.
^
\ have o f t e n wondered why Stanley al1
ways puffed
up so,
\ e n anyone asked
•- , ..£
a b o u t his son, but now
we all agree t h a t he has reason to do so.
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T had a h u n c h today. I got up at seven,
had seven dollars in my pocket, there were
seven of us at lunch, and there were, seven
horses in the race. I picked the seventh.
So he c a m e in the winner?
No, lie came in s e v e n t h .
"My husband's a second story man.'
"You don't say."
"Yes. his first story n e v e r fools me.'
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Chattanooga Chatter
The new a d d i t i o n to t h e Shipping Dep a r t m e n t , . M a r t h a G u e s s , is cute as a b u t t o n . Glad to h a v e you. Martha.
\e to I s a l y H o l d e r , a new m e m b e r
01 our Cost D e p a r t m e n t .
I t y o u ' r e wondering about that gieam
in "Sonny" H a l l ' s eyes, or in case you
h a v e n ' t heard, there's a new baby boy at
the H a l l h o u s e h o l d . The baby has been
named .David Thomas and, of course,
t a k e s a f t e r his f a t h e r .
A n o t h e r new addition to our office is
X c d r a Davis, who is the Receptionist and
Switchboard operator. You'll have a hard
t i m e keeping- the wolves away, Nedra.
Some f o r m e r employees who dropped by
to pay us a visit recently i n c l u d e d :
Coy J o n e s who r e a l l y looked t r i m
m h i s uniform of t h e Amphibious Fn-linecrs. He's stationed at Cam]) Cordon J o h n s t o n . Florida.
Raymond Bible i n s t back from New
C u i n e a and Guadalcanal, is now stationed at San Francisco, California.
Louis Gamblin Iron) C a m p Perry,
\. and b r o t h e r Charlie, f r o m Bainbridge, Md.
Donald Van Vleet in from Purdue
r n i v e r s i t y at LaFayette, I n d i a n a .
Frank Odell of the Chicago office dropped
in r e c e n t l y for a visit. We always like to
see Frank and would like to have him
come down more o f t e n . He was met by
our salesman, Floyd Johnson, in Kentucky and stayed w i t h him a few days
before coming on to Chattanooga.
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS
Certainly glad to see J o a n L y n c h and
Kvelyn W i l b a n k s up and out again a f t e r
t h e i r illnesses of one and two weeks respectively.
The ten s o v e r e i g n nations of Middle
.America, i. e., Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, H o n d u r a s . Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, arc our nearest Latin American
neighbors. These countries are the colorful
and fascinating gateways between the United
States and South America.
The ten n a t i o n s of Middle America are
our allies m war, and our good friends in
peace. In t e n n i s of foreign trade they are
by odds our best customers. They sell us
more t h a n f o u r - f i f t h s of all their exports;
t h e y b u y about t h r e e - f o u r t h s of all their imports from shops, factories, and other business e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in the U n i t e d States.
By land, sea and air, Middle America is
j u s t n e x t door; a few hours or at most a
few days from our great ports and business
capitals.
They remind us that most of
M i d d l e A m e r i c a is closer to New Orleans
t h a n are Maine, California or Washington
State. It reminds us that in comparison
with other great tropical p o r t s of the world,
M i d d l e America is but an easy stone's
throw from any strategic center within the
U n i t e d States.
Interdependence between
the U n i t e d States and M i d d l e America is
also and forever geographical.
Muriel Mee and h u s b a n d , B i l l , have
moved i n t o t h e i r new home at 115 Greenleaf. I t o u g h t to be fun to drop in and sec
t h e Mee's in t h e i r n e w surroundings, but
don't forget those ration books.
F i r s t Window W a s h e r : "Look at t h a t guy
in t h e r e kissing- a n o t h e r man's wife. Let's
go in after the big b u m ! "
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Lt. George F. Robertson, J r . . son of our
Foundry Clerk. was a welcome visitor all
the way from N e w f o u n d l a n d .
:j:
:'f
:':
i 'die W a l k e r has r e c e n t l y become a member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, of
w h i c h we are very proud. It is quite an
honor l o r one to become a Rotarian who
has o n l y been here such a short time. His
past experiences with Rotary Clubs, haying served as President of the Rotary Club
of C e n l r a l i a , Missouri, will make him an
i n v a l u a b l e m e m b e r . Congratulations, Odie!
Russell Jolly came in the other morning
telling: everybody about the w o n d e r f u l game
he bowled the night before. Of course, 252
is not bad. but he neglected to tell the
scores of the other two which were 147
and 132.
The girls of (he office are now taking
swimming- lessons every T h u r s d a y night
at the I n d u s t r i a l Y. If you really want to
learn to swim, girls, I suggest you get a
f e m a l e in s tru c t r c ss.
.Second Washer: "All right, just as soon
as he leaves."
He: " I ' m a bank examiner.'
S h e : "Well, I'm no bank."
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Xote to Mrs. White:—Yon had b e t t e r
watch that certain white haired gentleman
we saw you t a l k i n g to the other day at
dinner.
Extracts From Overseas Letters
From Lyle Perry in Italy: "One item in
particular I noticed in the Record said
the Mueller Kail team had sweaters. We
played pretty good ball and never got
sweaters, so I am very much put out.
Spent Christmas under good circumstances but hope this year will end it and
we will be home again. Am at present in
the hospital due to a m o t o r c y c l e accident,
nothing serious, and will soon be back in
the thick of it. Canadian Nurses over here
arc doing a grand job. We are treated fine
and have no complaints. Q u i t e a c h a n g e in
bed with white sheets after lying in a
muddy old slit trench. Say hello for me
to Slim and the old gang s t i l l there. I f Slim
needs a good tong cutter, I might quit a
m i n u t e and come back.
From W /O Walter Irvine in I n d i a :
"We have been fairly busy here but it
helps to pass the time, so 1 don't mind
much. The more we do the sooner the
war will end and t h a t ' s what we all want.
1 hope to get leave soon to look around
this country a bit. I h a v e n ' t had a leave
for about two years and t h i n k I'm about
due for a short spell."
From L /Sgt. Roy ( S w e d e ) W i t h e r s in
Italy: "I received y o u r Christmas parcel
the dav before yesterday which was, as far
as I can figure, the 4th day of Feb. We
were stationed in Africa over Christmas,
then left for Italy and have moved three
times since, so it really did well to arrive
and in such good condition. I t is also my
first Christmas parcel from home. Most
of the boys h a v e n ' t received any y e t . Snowing tonight, cold and raw. We are in a valley not sheltered from cold winds from the
mountains around us. I am writing' this in
the back of my M.T. lorry and am keeping warm by the blow-torch. There are
four of us here tonight and water is heating to make us a nice hot cup of Oxo before piling into bed. We will drink long
to the folks of Muellers for the very nice
things received from them."
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Sgt.: "A girl's greatest attraction is her
teeth."
Cpl: "Xo. I t h i n k it's her hair. What
do you think?"
Pvt.: "The same as you fellows, but [
don't lie about it."
"Mamie, did that soldier smoke in the
parlor last night? I found a lot of burned
matches on the floor."
"No, Ma. He just lit them to see if it
was time to go back to camp."
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The new i n m a t e in the i n s a n e asylum
kept i n s i s t i n g that he had swallowed a horse.
Thinking to cure him. the doctors finally
decided upon a ruse. They took him to the
operating room, put him u n d e r e t h e r , and
then led a big w h i l e horse into the room.
When the inmate came to, he took one look
at the white horse and shook his head.
"Xo. Xo ', he s h o u t e d , "wrong one. I
swallowed a black one.
A b s e n t - m i n d e d Salesgirl (as date kissed
her g o o d n i g h t ) : "Will t h a t he a l l ? "
The y o u n g m i n i s t e r was reading announcements at the Sunday service. He
stumbled across one of ihem and the followi n g words slipped out. "The Little Mother's League will hold t h e i r w e e k l y meeting
thi* afternoon. All those who wish to become L i t t l e M o t h e r * please see me: in the
rectory. "
f n l l u e n c e i.- w h a t you t h i n k you have until you try to use it.
The reason a dog has so many friends is
that his tail wags instead of his tongue.
Have you heard the story about the fellow
who took his girl out in the night and mist?
HELP DEFENSE
STOP ACCIDENTS
-AND THE FIRE
EXTINGUISHER'S
RIGHT BACK HERE
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FROM THE NAVY
RECORD
DANGER AT HOME
Carelessness Costs More Lives at Home
Than On Battle Front
H e r e are two navy girls who visited us
recently all dressed up and p l e n t y of places
to go. They certainly made a fine showing
in t h e i r natty uniforms, and were given a
hearty welcome. Juanita Tsome on the left
is a Wave. She was formerly in the tool
room office. And to the right we have
Clara Uhl, formerly of the main office, still
p u s h i n g that good natured smile about.
ANOTHER WAVE
Pauline Edwards of Engineering Dept.
Has Enlisted
P a u l i n e Edwards o f t h e E n g i n e e r i n g
D e p t . w i l l soon he t r a d i n g civilian Easter
b o n n e t s for the Navy blue of the WAVES.
P a u l i n e was sworn into the service March 16
a m i e x p e c t s to leave for t r a i n i n g at H u n t e r
( ollege a b o u t May 1.
The new W A V E j o i n e d our organization
May Id, 1942, working f i r s t at P l a n t #3.
She has more recently b e e n a d r a f t s m a n in
t h e E n g i n e e r i n g department, w o r k i n g with
E a r l Lowe.
P a u l i n e is a d a u g h t e r of M r . and Mrs.
J e r o m e E d w a r d s and is a g r a d u a t e of DccaUir High School and B r o w n ' s B u s i n e s s College. Her f a t h e r is a long-time employee in
the S p e c i a l t i e s d i v i s i o n , having been w i t h
our c o m p a n y since 1914.
Her b r o t h e r Norman is a sergeant in the U. S. A r m y .
W i t h all of our M u e l l e r girls in the service, we can feel t h a t the f u t u r e conduct of
the w a r i s i n good h a n d s .
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CARD OF THANKS
We w i s h to t h a n k our f r i e n d s of the
M u e l l e r Co. for their k i n d n e s s , sympathy
As t h e accident fatality toll in the United
States double> the number of American fatalities on the battle fronts, an extensive
safetj' campaign was launched in Chicago to
educate war workers, motorists and pedestrians, in essential s a f e t y practices.
Plans for the intensive safety drive, recently announced by Mayor Edward J. Kelly, are being carried out through the cooperation of tile city t r a f f i c department, Army
officials, the X a t i o n a l Safety Council, the
Greater Chicago Safety Council, and the
Chicago Motor club.
The campaign to combat accidents, which
have been labeled as the most deadly saboteur of home f r o n t efficiency, will be concentrated especially among war plant workers, who contributes so vitally to the war
effort.
P o i n t i n g out that t r a f f i c accidents have
taken more American lives than the war
since Pearl Harbor, Mayor Edward J. Kelly urged that an energetic campaign be
started at once to curl) accidents among war
workers.
"'Thanks to measures instituted by plant
officials and officers of the Sixth Service
Command, great strides are being made to
reduce injuries in war plants. Unfortunately, however, many war workers are being killed or injured going to and from work
by careless driving and walking." the Mayor declared.
The Mayor cited figures released by the
Sixth Corps Area safety department indicating that three-and-one-half billion man
h o u r s have been lost as a result of traffic
d e a t h s and injuries during the past twelve
months.
"Tin: results of this loss are just as serious to the war e f f o r t as if every war plant
w i t h i n a f i f t y - m i l e radius of Chicago were to
shut down for a year." he pointed out.
Specially designed safety posters, payroll
inserts containing safety messages, newspaper publicity, and radio programs will be
used to carry the campaign to war workers,
motorists a n d p e d e s t r i a n s .
BONDS
BUY
BOMBS
g e x t e n d e d us d u r i n g t h e
THEY SPELL VICTORY!
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THE KEYS
IN SAILOR TOGS
Klmer \V. Baker in his naval togs at
Great Lakes Training in advanced course in
shore patrol duties. He expects to finish in
about six weeks. He lias been with us since
October, 1940. He worked with the construction crew and was later in the core
room. In each position he was given a good
word by his foremen, and those who know
him expect nothing less of him in service.
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Coincidence
Miss Ethel Dixon, Mr. Adolph's secretary, has a brother in the army. He was
formerly a member of I be Chattanooga
force and was well acquainted with Paul
Jacka, which leads to a strange coincidence.
Paul was recently returning from a trip
to the Los Angeles plant, and the train
stopped at a station for a . troop train to
pass. When Paul got off his train for a
stretch, almost the first person be met was
James Dixon. who was on his way to training camp. The two bad a brief but pleasant
visit.
B I B
Bailey Bounced Off on 38
\V. A. Bailey of the Cafeteria force did
what the government told him to do—went
to Chicago for a physical examination. It
was a short horse soon curried—or rather
a short ceremony soon finished. Between
the time of notifying him and his appearance the authorities decided not to take
men over 38. And that let Bailey out. He
will be 38 in May. The last order on age
gave a month's leeway, and that saved
Bailey.
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1 will give unto the keys of the kingdom
of heaven; and whosoever tbou shalt bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven.—Matthew.
The above was printed in the outside issue of the Mueller Record: The ink was
hardly dry on (he page when we received
the following note:
I am enclosing an article that I cut from
the Afarch Record, and would like to suggest that you look this up in t h e Xew Testament (Matt. 16:19) and read it.
Alva Moats.
\ did and following is Ihc correct version :
"And I will give u n t o tbee the keys of
the kingdom of h e a v e n : and whatsoever
thou shalt bind on earth shall he bound in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Make your own comparison and you'll see
the incorrectness of our original quotation.
It's plain Alva knows his Bible like be
knows his tools.
In explanation we confess to having stolen
the verse from another publication.
Let's see, the Bible says "Thou shalt not
steal," doesn't it, Alva? There is a lesson in
that.
It&u cant spell
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"What a big family you have, Mrs. Jones,"
said the visitor in an English home.
"Yes'm. And the funny t h i n g is that all
the names begin w i t h a liaitch. There's
'Grace, 'Erbert, 'Knry, 'I'gh. Tbcrt. 'Arnold, 'Arriet and Ktty—all except the last
one, and we 'ad 'er named Halicc."
The battleship w a s in port and visitors
were being shown around. The guide was
exhibiting a bronze t a b l e t set in the deck.
Guide: "Here is where our gallant captain fell."
Nervous Old Lady:"Well, no wonder.
I nearly tripped over it myself."
with "
an absent
JOHK F. NOON
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H I S ! ' B L A R I N G S DIVISION •
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION •
HARBISON, I
Grandma says that in her girlhood days
the girls never thought of doing the things
they do today, and then, she added wistfulIv,—"That's why we didn't do them."
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BUSINESS SERVICE
BOY SCOUT NEWS
WALLPAPER CLEANING—Call 9115 or
770 West Olive Street. Claude Stacy.
Good things come in hunches so they
sav. So this m o n t h Richard Hoppe, energetic Sea Scout, hit the April board for
Eagle Scout. He gave Bobby
Hughe's a good race. Nice
going. Mister Hoppe! We
h o p e to be able to award the
badge at the camporee. Now
if some of t h e rest of you
will get going on your advancement — especially you
fellows t h a t haven't passed a
r e q u i r e m e n t since camp—we
can really go places. Billy
Hughes helped it along by
g e t t i n g a m e r i t badge at
the last board of review.
1 ' i l l y Campbell has signed
up for a voyage on the S.S.S.
Viking. He makes a fine plebe and is learning the ropes fast. We could use a fewmore like him. Welcome, Billy!
The Campers' Saving Club went: over
w i t h a bang. Twelve have a l r e a d y taken
out pass books and s i x t y - t w o stamps have
been sold. I n fact, t h e y went so fast that
two Scouts h a v e the first page filled and
\vc have, given t h e m the free s t a m p . Get
b u s y , l e l l o w s . a n d b r i n g i n t h e paper.
Camp i s n ' t far away and you don't get
the f r e e s t a m p s u n l e s s the pages are filled by c e r t a i n dates. Seventy-five c e n t s is
not to be s n e e z e d at these days.
ITEMS FOR SALE
FOR S A L E — P l a n t s : Cabbage. Tomatoes,
sweet potatoes. 1027 \V. King St. Phone
7684. M. H. Slratinan.
L A \ Y X M O W K K S S H A R P E N E D : Work
d o n e on Folcy machine. Satisfaction guara n t e e d . R o b e r t L. Pope, Plant 2, telel i h o n e 3-3374.
FOR SALE: Canvas tent, 7x7 ft, three
feet side walls, six feet high, w i t h pole<
and stakes—$8.00. Sec Anci! Younger.
Dept. 8 or 2014 l\. M o n r o e Si.
FOR SALE: A two wheel Garden plow with
surface attachment. All in good condition.
Prospective gardeners should not overlook
t h i s opportunity. Telephone 2-0831 or call
1525 North C l i n t o n Street.
FOR SALE: 2 acres on hard road, south
of Harristown. Also, 3 grave lot in Fairlawn cemetery. Ralph Adams, lead dept.
Tel. 2-1744.
FOR SALE: 1 Bed Davenport. A-l condition. Color (Maroon). William Cloney,
Rood)-. Illinois, or Mueller Plant No. 3.
WANTED
WANTED: 1 very small radio. Will buy
or trade, table model Virginia I!arnelt.
Plant 3.
WANTED:
Newspapers. We will pay
highest price for clean newspapers, folded
once and tied in bundles. No magazines.
Please deliver to Mueller Co. Shipping
Room before 10 a. m. any day except
Saturday.
WANTED TO BUY: Electric Refrigerator.
Plant 3, Tim Tilley
WANTED TO BUY—1 tire for motor
scooter, tubeless type size 12x3.50. C. W.
Murray, 840 S. 17th St. Phone 2-1339.
WANTED TO RENT: 4
ern house in Roosevelt
(Would take 3 to 5 room
Brooks c/o Employment
or 5 room modschool district.
apt. Mrs. Marie
Office.)
MISSING—Vernier Caliper, 6 in.
Geo. Krag, Pattern Shop.
"Is Elsie your oldest sister?"
"Yep."
"And who comes after her?"
"You and two other guys."
Notify
Camporec will be May 12, 13. and 14
at Faries I'ark t h i s year. We p l a n to go
as I n d i a n s and put on a special dance
t h e r e . Better get busy on the headdresses
and costumes, you fellows that do not have
any. And don't forget the face mask for
the Devil Dance. R e m e m b e r we want to
live up to our s l o g a n : "The Livest Troop
in Dccatnr". Let's Co!
We are going to lose t\vo fine Sea
Scout soon. Jesse Bridwell is entering
the Naval Air Corps and Stewart File
has signed up for the Army Air Corps.
Uncle Sam is getting two mighty fine
v o u n g men.
E V E R Y BOND
YOU BUY
SHORTENS THE
WAR!