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JONES
I
RETIRES
(Cont. from Page )
(Coni. from Page 1 )
T 0 months at home and
John ent East again, to C0lombo. Ce lon, here he
nt
t 0 ears orking for ROYal
Dutch hell. In 1
he ent
to ew Guinea and in 1951 be
met a Tapline representative in
The Hague.
idon). and C. A.
wigart.
Chairman of the Board.
A large i1ver tray. de igned
by Habib aba of Operation.
wa pre ented to the Jone e
by terminal employee' Otber
gift in('luded a cale model of
the terminal and it fa<'ilitiesthe handiwork of Captain W. J.
Ludvigsen. mooring ma ter-as
well a a numher of hou 'ehold
items.
Th far 'well 1l1lH'heon and
program wa. under the direetion of an employee " committ e head d hy Alhert Tahet.
Other member~ w re Dr.
George St phan, Khalil Saadeh,
Yacoub Kazzi, ,'adim Hayek,
Fadlo Wakim, 'adem, 'ajm.
II. Daher, Hnutro' 'ayah, Ali
,1ouaket, .1. Geha, .10. eph
ayfil', lIikmat Bida\\ y and
lIampar'lllll K('shishian.
A nativ of the :an Franci. ('0 Bay area, Captain ,lone"
come~ from a family of . eafaring lineage that can be trac d
ba'k 'ome aoo year. .. My
father wa~ a Webh ea captain," h ~ays, "and my mother,
who was born in
alifornia,
canll' from a Welsh shipping
lamily,"
Thus, it wa natural that
young .John plot hi cour e in
th footstep' of his nautical
for father '. lie wa' off to sea
on a sailing ~hip prior to hi
fourte 'nth hirthday whieh he
celebrat d in Honolulu.
Employed by 0 AI. in 1916
a a third mate. Cap wa' an
offic I' on the tanker which
delivered the fir·t California
ga 'oline to the nit d Kingdom
the following year.
In 1 1 he broke hi - enice
with tandard Oil of California
to serve on the U. . 'hipping
Board' training 'hip, IRI .
Returning to
0 AI. on
October 31, 19t9, his en'ice
wa continuous until retirement. Cap received his ma -ter's
licen e May 5, 1921 and his
fir t master's a ignment came
twenty-five days later on the
tanker, ATLA . He erved as
SOCAL's northwe t marine
superintendent with headquarters in Seattle, Washington
from 1923 until 1931.
After a three-~Tear stint at
sea, Cap came a hore again in
1934 as a mooring master at
El Segundo and Estro Bay. He
was later made assistant
Up, up, up goes the office building on Rue Hamra which will
house Beirut headquarters next year. Coordinator A. C. Nelson
advises that the building will have eight floors instead of seven as
announced previously, with Topline occupying the 6th, 7th and 8th.
Announcement on space allocation will be made in the next issue of
the" Periscope, " ( Staff Photo)
BAAlBEK FESTIVAL LEAK FOUND; REPAIRED
(ConL [rom Page I)
will h Anis Fuleihan of Lebanon.
Tickets are on sale in Beirut
at the ~t. Georges, Excel ior
and Bristol hotels: Khayat'
Bookshop ; the Bab-Edri kio k
and th' ommis 'ariat au Touri 'me, Tick ts are al 0 available
in Bhamdoun, SofaI', Zahle and
Baalbek.
marine uperintendent at the
Hil'hmond in tallation.
During World War II he wa
loaned to the War hipping
Admini tration, and in 19-16 to
the Pa<'ifie American Tank. hip
as.oriation. In this
latter
as 'ignment he attended the
International LaborOffice maritime eonference as an arlvi or
to th American management
gr\lUp.
Loaned to Tapline in 19-17,
ap came to Beirut in eptembel'. During the con truction
era he was in charge of marine
operations in both the ea tern
and we tern di\"i iOIl . He ha
been terminal 'uperintendent
ince eptember 1952.
Cap and Vi left Beirut July
20 for a five day vi it in London. They were to board the
. ." nited tate'" at outhampton for ew York, July
25, then it's direct to the we t
coast where they will vi it
Cap's on and wife, Mr. and
Mr . John R., Jr. and grand on,
John }o'ranci .
The Jone e plan to return
to Beirut in late eptember
where Cap ha set up hop a
a marine con ultant. He and Vi
have e pre ed the hope that
their ex-colleagues will drop
by and say "hello" whenever
in the neighborhood - .. The
coffee pot will always be on I"
(Cont. from Page 1)
could come in later) and stripped off it coating. They found
a tiny leak about the size of
thi period. at
o'clock pipeline terminology for locating a leak: looking downtream at the pipe and regarding it a a clock face, the leak
occurred where 8 appears on a
timepiece.
A wooden ping was first driven into the hole, then a steel
welding ring was installed over
the pot. Final welding will be
('ompleted whenever it is posible to lower line pressure
without affecting thruput.
ext the extent of corrosion
had to be determined, so a
ection of pipe on each side of
the leak had to be dug out.
With a foot of earth on top of
the pipe and digging not ea y,
the job took from" to 5 hours.
All thi for a tiny leak losing
only about three gallons of oil
a minute - "ju t a drop in the
bucket" ay an experienced
Tapliner.
THE CRADLE ROW
Beirut
Walid, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Durzi (T & AT)
Marceille, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Z. S. Hoyeck (Community Services)
Qariatain
Tah ien, on of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Mohtaaeb (0 & M)
Rafba
Iy hah, daugher of Mr. and
Mrs. Awadh Bin Abdullah
( tee.)
Vol. ..
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TRANS-ARABIA
PIPE IJNE COMP
n
d
n
Right now food isn·t remo t in John's thoughts - be
ha a home leave due in a very
hort time and vacation plaDl
have been made for him and
Mr. Van der Muelen at a
Holland resort. However, tbe
gourmet
at Badanab will
anxiou Iy await his return
there in the Fall.
Sidon
Donald, son of Mr. and
A. A. Faddoul (0 & R).
Fatema, daughter of
• and
Mrs. M.A.H. Salman
.)
Charles, Ion of
• and
A. K. Shami (CoIllJll1lDi.)
Ja.eph, BOn of
G. Y. akim (AdmiD.)
llham, daughter of
. J.
akim
(Sbi_'"
SOFTBALL LEABUE PLANS
FALL SEASON OPENINB
Wall.
up on the two 3·beclroom lamily houses which are now under
construd n at Qaryatain. These houses will be ready lor occupancy
by Decen ,er. Tap/ine engin_r supervising additional construction at
aary",i • S. A. Kuffe/ian. (Phofo courtesy 01 Ibrahim M. Trabu/sl).
CA CITY INCREASE PROGRAM
CO INUES AT STEADY PACE
r
Personally, he prefer
nese food. Some special
that he likes take 18 t
different kinds of meat
fish in preparation. It tak
dishes to make a really
plete Chine e meal, he
( Recommended only for
with a dishwasher, auto
or otherwise.)
Augu t t956
Penthouse offices for the Communications and Oil Dispatching
group will be added to tbe eijtht-story Arida building. now under construction, which will hou e Tapline headqulrtera in 1957·
He' proud of the Badanab
Community Center opened la t
September and doe a g ld
job of keeping things happ _
ing there. He's proud, too
hi record with the kit
taff : he ha been trainin
ame boys for three
with the exception of t
new one thi year.
a
0
PE THOUS OF ICES PLANNED
FOR EW OFFICE BUILDING
Offered a job in
udi Ara.
bia, John igned up as a Tap.
liner and arrived at Tursif in
June 1952. At the end of tbat
year he moved to Badanab
where he has been ever incl'.
John has whst he c
" natural feeling for cookl
He' past grand rna tel' in
paring Dutch and Indon
food plus the American
Arabic specialities alwa~
the men u." as i goring" i
name of an Indonesian
dish which he's partic
fond of. Rice dishes all
the world are similar, he
and easy to learn,
Y, BEIRUT, LEB
COl
Tapti!
progl
rapid
Depa
prog
"!ion connected with
capacity increase
is roIling along at
e. The Engineering
t has announced
ti follows:
aryatain
lition to work on the
e room family houses
), con truction of the
lion bachelor quarters,
n buildinjt and dining
fifteen percent comrimeter wall enelo ing
p area has been ereconly a short section of
cyclo
fencing ha yet to be
in t II d. Contractor for the
proje t is Hassan Charkass
who ha between 75 and 100
men on the job.
Though construction draWing for the pumphou e have
not heen relea ed, work is
e pccted to commence in November and will be under the
upervi ion of the Eastern
Bechtel Corporation.
as the contractor's men arrive
on the job. Preliminary work
will begin on addition to the
Central Shops (for turbine
repair) in September. Bids will
be solicited for construction of
the to-room bachelor quarters
the early part of next month.
Rafba
Excellent progre has been
made on the 4-room bachelor
quarters. Completion of all
work is planned for ovember first.
The succe ful Beirut oftball League ha announced
plan for it Fall inauguration
at Chamoun Field, eptember
22. Governor .\S i of the Municipality of Beirut will be gue t
of honor and will throw oul
the first ball. The fir t official
game is slated for 3: ao p. m.
between teams from the U. S.
Embas y and Coca Cola with
TWA as alternate.
Tapline expects to enter a
team again thi season, however, a definite roster was not
available at press time. "It will
probably be pretty much the
same team as last eason," say
Bob Thompson, "plus some
new faces; Dave Dodge and
Hank Smith have both expre sed intere t." Right now pring
Manager Thompson is looking
for a replacement - probably
(Coni. on PaKe
)
According to Coordinalor A.
C. elson, the eighlh floor will
be divided between Tapline'
medical department aIHI tilt'
Aramro Overst'a
Company,
with the latter" offil'c f:lci ng
the Rue Hamra . ide lind the
medical office a.. igned to thc
back section.
Tapline managcm 'nt, including the Law, Government Helations and Public Helation.
department, will be on lhe 7th
flollr. Accounlin/ot, ~:n rineering,
Indu trial Relation~, and various el'tions of the Operations
Department havc been assigned
space on the 6th floor. Plan
for the 5th floor are still fluid.
Tapline's reception desk will
be in the building's lobhy
(ground floor), lo('ated ndja('('nt
to the 12-pa~ enger ell"vator
which will operate non-slop to
the Company's floor,
Contrary to previous reports,
dividing wall will mo lIy he
solid, however. many walls
( Cont. on Paj;e ll)
Intermediate Stations
Perliminary work at Shubah,
Uwaigilah and Jalamid will
will start in eptember and
will consist of tockpiling sand
and aggrate at the jobsite .
IN THIS ISSUE :
FACES AND PLACES
.., IN THE NEWS
Page 3
Turaif
Con truction of the 4-room
baCbelor quarters was slated
for
th August 27,and work on
e four 3-bedroom family
hQU8e8 will commence as lOOn
DESERT BLOOMS
FOR TURAIF
GARDEN CLUB
Pages 4-5
Elgh,h HOOf' of tlte n_ office &uIlcJ'ng has been assiflnad to th. Tap/in.
mecJlcM cJepertmen' e....' secf/on) and Arameo Overseas Company. Plot
plans sItowI,." .u-fioII 01 oIffce s,,- on lite Hoors ,..sed by fh.
CompallY will .ppea' III subMqueflf "PerI_pe" 'nu...
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Pap 2
THE SPOTLIGHT
I
Shill Foreman Abdulla B. Mohammpd
lakes hourly readings 01 critical lemperalures
and pressures 01 Ihe eighl diesel engines in Ihe
Badanah pumphouse. (S/aH Pholo)
In just a few months, a
proud family will occupy one
of the houses that Tapline is
financing in Badanah town
through the Saudi Employee
Building Loan Plan. It will be
a dream-come-true for one of
the four Saudi shift foremen at
Badanah station.
"There are twelve doors in
my house," says Abdulla B.
Mohammed, who keeps a sharp
eye out as construction progres es on hi home. There are
also two bedrooms, two baths
and a mejlis where he and his
wife and his twelve-year-old
brother, iAIi Mohammed, will
live. The house is more than
half completed, and the family
hopes to move in this Fall.
Abdulla has a company loan
to help him finance his SR
23,100 hou e. He will make
payments for 10 or 11 years
on four-fifth of the value of
the house, paying 20°0 of his
monthly salary (plu housing
allowance) while living in his
new home. Abdulla has this
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PERISCOPE
Resp.
Direc/or:
S. A/-As'ad
W. R. Heaps
Editor
Vartan Bezdikian
Artist
Reporters:
Badanah
Abdullah Siblani
Beirut
Rose Sawdah
Jordan
John Franlleh
Qai.umah
M. Jaounl
Rafha
Abbas H. Hamadeh
Sidon
R. E. Kha"ar
Turalf
S. M. Siddique
splendid opportunity because
of his length of service with
Tapline, his job classification
and his Saudi nationality.
In 1949 Abdulla started working with Aramco at Dhahran,
and later at Ras Tanura, as an
office boy. He advanced to the
machine room before leaving
the company to return to his
home at Hail, Saudi Arabia. On
July 11, 1951 he was hired by
Tapline as an as i tant operator. Since then, it has been
practically a promotion a year:
from engine room operator to
utility room operator to control
room operator. And in June of
this year, his fifth with Tapline, he was promoted to shift
foreman WPS (Wage Progress
Steps, Tapline's on - the - job
training program).
Abdulla speak English fluently and can explain with
clarity the operation of the
control panels and gauges
which he hllndles. Still he goes
to school every day to improve
his knowledge of reading and
writing English and to study
aritimetic.
His wife comes from his hometown (Hail) and together
they take weekend drives in
Abdulla's Chevrolet, a gift from
his brother who works for
Aramco. Other weekend and
after work diversions are
picnicing at nearby EI Ghar
and hunting. A handy man
with a shotgun, Abdulla takes
pleasure in presenting his friends with quantities of gatta
birds (like the sandgrouse,
usually spotted and pintailed)
as well 88 providing game for
his own table.
Pap 3
FIVE YEAR
SERVICE PINS
Aueult
•
PIPELI E PERISCOPE
F. F. rnaout (Oper.- idon)
R. . Bikhazi ( cct'g-Beirut)
J. Bo (Communi.-Turaif)
F. B. Bou-Abboud (P&T-Sidon)
Edma A. Boutros (Gov't Rel.Beirut)
G. . Chabouh ( Eng'g-Beirut )
E. H. Dosari ( O&R-Qaisumah )
M. H. EI-Hasani (Comm. Services-Qaisumah )
N. M. EI-Seikh (O&R-Badanah)
M. B. Hamad (O&R-Badanah)
A. H. Hamadeh (Acct'g-Rafha)
A. M. Hilany (Comm. ServicesBadanah)
F. N. Jabir (Special ServicesBeirut)
T. Y. Khoriaty (Oper.-Sidon)
S. A. Kuftejian (Eng'g-Beirut)
A. A. Kurdi (Comm. ServicesRafha)
M. D. Mbadder (Oper.-Sidon)
A. B. Mohammed (Admin.Rafha)
A. B. Mohammed (E&C-Rafha )
H. B. Mohammed (Motor Transport-Turaif)
S. A. ajjar (Oper.-Beirut)
O. J. Rafhai (Admin.-Rafha)
A. B. Sa'ad (O&R-Badanah)
A. B. Sa'ad (Admin.-Rafha)
S. C. elim ( tores-Turaif)
An inter-station billiarda
tournament with 80 participants
wa held at Turaif, July 12 and
13. The final play on the latter
date created quite a furor with
the conte tants seemingly "out
for blood" and the cue dust
flew I The finals simmered
down to Ahmed Abdulla from
the Pumphose
and Jiries
Makhlaf of Medical with Ahmed
carrying off the championship.
The tournament committee
hopes the ne t billiards competition will be even better and
one in which the ladies will
take part.
With the enthusia m shown
at thi tournament it seem bat
Turaif' re idents are fin 'ng
more leisure time for por
whether a spectators or p ticipants - which is an enc
ging ign for future recre n
plan.
S. M. Sid
Ie
THE CRADLE R
Badanah
Qaisumah
MA SEYS TURN POULTRY FARMERS
la se~' (Operation ) of
a seriou after-hours
f,trmer, but neither he
ire had rai ed chicks
ming to the de ert.
e;
dar r
hen.
neigh
erato
In U
Mas',
hen.
thou
Rita, daughter of Mr. anI'
Abdullah Siblani (Adnu
large
Beirut
imp,
Brian Le Roy, son of M
Mrs. R. P. Anderson (
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Out in the chichn yard, Mrs. R. H. Massey gathers 'rom 30 to 40
eggs a day for home u.e and 'or her Turai' neighbor•. (Sta" Photo)
d
n
Til
"faft
three dozen egg a
out of the Ma ey
e, and mo t of the
stock their refrigm this fre h upply.
·jng department, the
find the local .. ouk
be the be t producers,
e eggs are not as
tho e from the
ilirds.
l'iety on the Ma ey
'j\\, include about 30
Rafha
Susan Elizabeth, daugh
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ed
(Transp.)
of
s
RA
Just a short note to tell you
how much the July 1956 i sue
of the "Periscope" has improved morale here in Qaisumah.
The stories on the Saudi employee in Turaif and the Dutch
boy in Badanah are excellent
and the Saudi and Dutch, as
well as American, personnel
here in Qaisumah have enjoyed
them.
Keep up the good work.
Mike Ameen, Jr.
Yous ef, son of Mr. and
Ra hed A. A i (Marine)
1951 with a B. A. in civil engineering, Raja wa hired by
Tapline shortly after graduation. He Wll a igned to Badanah a a supervi or of con truction of the Badanah ho pital and Governorate buildings.
In 1953 he left the company
for a year' tudy at Georgia
Tech.
r.
Lina, daughter of Mr. and
M. M. ajm (Communi.)
IN SYMPATHY
Tapline emplo ee extend
their deepe t flDpathy to
Ra hid W.Breidi(OOB-Beirut)
OD the death of hie wife,
Odette, ugust 20 at Shtoura,
Lebanon, Interment was the
fonowing day in the family
cemetery at Zahle.
OPERATIONS
REPORT
July
Year, 19~
836,485
826,961
74
481
Average BPD loaded on Ships
333,934
S20,1116
Average Bbls per Ship
189,891
1 791
Average BPD received at Sidon
Ships Loaded
Average BPD delivered to Shipa
and Medreco
In July they acquired two
new turkey - a tom and a
hen to keep company with the
one hen they've had for everal
month. That hen has been
doing pretty well as an independent operator: she hatched
about 15 egg of her own,
then he adopted 15 hen egg
which she it on in the flower
bed out ide the Massey's front
door.
BITAR AWARDED U. S. SCHOLARSHIP
Sidon
Editor:
Rhode I land Red ,20 Leghorns,
30 of the souk hen snd about
50 cro -breed chick .. orne of
the e were bought from Point
IV, orne hatched, and some the
Ma ey inherited from departing or vacationing neighbors.
Raja Bitar of Engineering
and Con ·truction has accepted
a.$2000 scholar hipatthe Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, for one year's po tgraduate work in the field of
structural engineering.
The home of "the rambling
wreck"
. familiar ground to
. s IS
Ra!a as he completed hi Master s degree'
•
•
'
m engmeenng
there 10
1934.
Graduating from the Ameri.
can University of Beirut in
Mainlenance personnel III Rlliha surprized George Hearn wilh an outIiI of Arabic dress al II lea given by Mr. lind Mrs. Karim Nllsser on July
26. Sellled. left 10 right. lire Mrs. H.C. Davis. Mr. Dllvis. lind Ihe hos/ess.
(Pho/o by Abbas Hamadeh).
RAFHA EMPLOYEES FETE HEARNS
Mr. and Mrs. Karim as er
(Admin.) entertained at a tea
party on Thursday, July 26,
honoring Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Hearn prior to their departure
on home leave.
Station Superintendent H. C.
Davis and all maintenance employees gathered to express
gratitude to Mr. Hearn for the
cooperation and confidence
that he has shown during his
tour of duty in Arabia.
A number of guests gave
speeches of welcome and
appreciation. Abdul Majeed B.
Mohammed, painter, who is
well-versed in Arabic and
I lamic
tudie
delivered a
peech thanking God, .. who
gathered u in thi part of the
world... where by good will we
all became friends in pite of
differences in nationality. language and tradition:' •• Ir.
Hearn," he said, wa' father.
brother and friend to u and we
ask God to be with him on his
trip... We hope from the bottom
of our hearts to ee him returning to the field to work with
us and we wish him a long life
and a bright and happy future."
Mr. asser, the host, welcomed the guests and expressed
appreciation for Mr. Hearn's
constructive work and instruction at the job site. He said that
Tapline and the United States
can be proud of a volunteer
ambassador in Mr. Hearn, who
ha helped to trengthen ties of
friend hip and mutual undertanding and respect among
h
(Conl. on Page ,')
On hi return to Tapline in
1954, Raja rved a engineer
in Charge of con truction of
portable hou ing at Rafha,
Turaif' community center and
a later a igned to Governorate maintenance at Qaisumah. More recent! he as
a igned to con truction in connection with the capacity
increa e program.
From Ale , Lebanon, Raja
ill departed for the United
Stat about
ptember 10 and
will make bri f topo ers in
arious capitals of Europe,
arriving in Atlanta prior to
ptember24.
Guesfs a' Raia Sitar's farewell party a' Raflta las' month Included (leN
10 right. sfandlng) D. W. Peelr. A.H. Hamadeb. H. C. DavIs. K.E. Beamer.
P.C. Graham. Hr. Slfar. K. Nasser. R. Thomas, Khaled Alrhrass. A. Kurdl.
Dr. F.A. I~a end R. R."sdale I (SHfed. leN 10 righf) ""rs. Ragsdale, MIss
Roher/a K. Beamer, Hrs. Beamer, Mrs. Graltam and son Gregoty. Mrs.
Nasser. Hrs. Thomas. Hrs. ,10."'-' Buntlff and Mrs. o.ws. (Photo hy
R. A. Samad).
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~ejed
6f:aiabl
Turaifs Garden Club does not coniine i/s aclivilies 10 beau/ifying lawns
and gardens 01 its members. The club is consulfed on all landscaping
projects 01 Ihe camp such as plan/ing 01 nalive Ilhal Irees and shrubs in
Ihe islands dividing s/ree/s. Sign on Ihe lamp post idenlilies Ihe in/erseclion 01 Calilornia and Texas s/ree/s. Camp s/ree/s have been named aHer
Tapline's parenl companies.
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Gardening in Saudi Arabia offers a challenge that is won only
by the hardiest of plants and of people. But the reward is
well worth the effort when trees and shrubs offer shade ; ~ en
lawns cover sand and bare rock; fresh vegetables can be hact for
the table; and flowers break into blossom to brighten the b e
both inside and out.
The first problem facing the prospective gardener is pre
tion of the lawn, garden or flower plot. As the soil at Tur
primarily a lime stone formation scantily covered with ado
heavy clay, plus mounds of drift sand collected in wind-prot
places, the first task is hauling off surplus rock. ext the reI
ing rock is broken up and mixed with the clay and drift s:
allow water and root penetration. Large quantities of animal r
are both necessary and beneficial. The refuse is applied 0\
rocky clay mixture to a depth of 2 to 6 inches; this is alt
ely watered and turned until a workable condition is reach
A brillianl arrayal deep red habiscus and perwinkle grows beside Ihe
Ihe IranI door 10 Ihe Hal Cross residence. Bordering Ihe cemenl wall
( background) is a pro/ec/ive line 01 bamboo which serves as a break
againsl shama/s. A shamal (sands/arm) is one 01 Ihe wars I enemies allhe
Turail gardener.
·d
In its original state, the soil is void of all humus or veg )!e
matter necessary for water penetration and retention as
for the growth and stimulation of plants. Because the alk:
of the soil is unusually high, three plant foods must be a
nitrogen for rate of growth and color; phosphorous for
germination and body; potash for root growth and format
plants that mature underground, such as bulbs and tubers. 1
fore, the gardener must apply and mix with his seed bed
amounts of grass clippings, or straw purchased from the
souk ( market place), as well as imported chemical fert zer
heavy in the aforementioned ingredients.
The desert gardener obtains his seeds and bulbs from Lebanon,
Holland, Germany, France or from whatever seed store in the U.
S. he happens to find open while on home leave. Most generally,
Plan/s are germ inaled lor Turail gardeners in Ihis 16 X 16 aluminum
portable which was converted info a holhouse lasl year. Heal and humldily are Ihermos/atically con/rolled. Spring plan/s are s/arted in fhe hofhouse fowards Ihe end 01 Decembar.
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(In th~ Spring. of 1955. sixteen emplogeea at Turaif with It
common rnterest rn gardenrng and landscaping banded. togethe
to form a garden club. Since then membership has more t~
doubled and the club has given Turaif a " face-lifting" the likeB
of which even Mother Nature can be proud. The club operates
h~thouse:' has imported ~ hive o~ bees from Lebanon to hel;
wIth pollrnation ; and has rnvested In laboT-saving equipment-a
power tiller and a power mower. Officers this gear are R, A.
Prusinski, president; Al Bischoff, vice president; W. P. Harris
.'1ecretary-treasurer and Harold L, Krapp, historian. Mr. Krapp
author of the following article.)
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CCIIJI--:
Trees, 1I0wers, grass and shrubs have b_n planted by lite
around fhe '4 _room bachelor quarters a,... This ha. In.pIred .....,.,.If
fhese residents to start small 1I0_r garden. 01 fltel, _ . A 65
sprinkler sy.tem has a/.o &-n Installed In the grll•• plot.
,I
tbe optimisls of Tapline's amateur gardeners will bring back a
larger selection of seeds and bulbs that aren't adaptable to the
desert than those that wiII grow.
Plantings usually start in early February and continue through
November. However, the most successful time is reported to be
in late April, May and early June and again in Septf'mber and
early October.
Due to lack of humidity, the soil dries rapidly and forms a
crust that young seedlings find practically unpenetrable, Even
with daily watering a heavy toll of young plants is lost. Survivors of this obstacle are again thinned out by plant diseases
(wilt, damp off, fungus, etc.) or by the forages of stupendous
borde, of insects, bugs and worms. Locust and sand storms sometime. will wipe out overnight what the other elements have
miss! Consequently, the desert gardener sows twice the number \ eeds required and still no thinning is required.
Onr
relax
and
golf
the plants reach the knee-high stage, the gardener can
.d wait tor his harvest - - well, there is the lawn mowing
tering routine to follow, providing it doesn't disrupt his
edule.
Tu
veg
ann
gardens boast of successfully, but expensively, grown
es of 25 different varieties, 10 of flowering bulbs, 25 of
nd perennial flowers, 8 of trees and 12 of shrubs.
T
aDd
oDio
oes, corn, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, cabbages
ons have proved the best in the vegetable line, while
nd potatoes have given the least favorable yields.
I!
aDd
iris,
, flowering bulbs category, gladiolus, calla lily, hyacinth
e roses have grown well. Tulips, peonies, daffodils and
ve not been too successful.
11
111 types of annuals and perennials have been tried with
anging from excellent to fair. Those that thrive best are
carnations, marigolds, nasturtiums, portulaca, sweet
nicotia, geraniums, holly hocks, cosmos and perwinkles.
rest.
zim
ally
E
big!
ago
Oth
rna
o
mo
.'II
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Lead Gardener Ma'youl Khader EI Rawli has a con/inuous ;ab 01 caring
lor fhe yards and gardens 01 home leavers. Here he hoes a /lower bed in
fhe yard 01 fhe J K. Tomllnsans who are vacationing In Ihe Unifed S/a/es.
~
ptus trees I!ave done well at Turaif. One lIapling, 4 feet
d 3/6 inches in diameter, set out three and a half years
attained a height of 30 feet and is 12 inches in diameter.
arieties include locust, fir, evergreen, china berry and
a,
Sale bachelor member 01 Turail's garden club is Waller He/zel, main/e
nance loreman (right). An honorary membership was conlerred upon Mr·
Hefzel in recognifian 01 his work fo improve the grounds 01 Ihe bachelor
quarters and 01 Ihe camp area in general.
der bushes are probably the easiest grown and are the
'corative, especially the double variety. Oleanders thrive
. PHOTOS)
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)
_Ie,
The sprinkling system for fhe fronf lawn 01 Tura"·. commun/fy
;::,:ssembled from part••alv.ged from fhe junk yard. Sougalnvlllia and
fa
Portugal ro... h_ b _ starIeJ on lite bUlldltlg'. trellI.... In f"e
'-ground I. one 01 two bay free. plented by the club.
John Amo/d. acfIng stMion superintendenf, proudly displays a "ariely
01 while grapa. growing In his garden. One of fhe Iounders 01 Turail'.
garden club, Jrmn cI.'m. he'. jusf a lanner af heart. He served a. the
club'. Ifm pre.'denf.
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( torehouse), Hazza Gbais
(Mtce.), A. Habli (Me),
Abdul Rahman and family
(Rela~ion ), J. Doumani (}flee.),
YOUDI aleh (Medical) and
EI Khalil (Medical). G. Yazbeek
and A. Barakat bave arrived a
vacation reliefs for
n.
Rahman and oujaim.
Turaif
.
by S. M. Slddique
Welcome to Hendrikus Maaskant (Community ervices )
and Martin Van Dijk of Communication who arrived bere
on July 7 and 15.
Atiyeh Kazem and Habeeb
Assali received che t, face and
arm injuries in a Central Welding Shop accident on July 24.
While the defiuite cause of the
accident ha not been determined, it i believed a rupture
in the oxygen main fold occurred. Atiyeh has fully recovered
and is back on the job. Habeeb,
however, is still hospitalized in
the Badanab Ba e Hospital.
All of u wish him a speedy
recovery,
R. A. Kerin, Jr. of Government Relations returned to
Turaif July 14, after a special
as ignment in Beirut. Mrs.
Kerin i pre entJy ho pitalized
in Beirut and we wi h her a
wift recovery.
C. ~1. ~tatherne is recovering
from minor urgery performed
by Dr. F. J. Zuko ki. "Fine and
dandy" wa his answer to all
inquirers upon his return to
Turaif.
Arabic and Engli h versions
of the documentary film,
"Jazirat-Ul-Arab," were shown
here July 19 and 20. The AmiI'
of Turaif ,and everal Cu tom
official were guest of Mr. R.
A. Kerin, Jr. at one of the performanc .
Word ha been received that
Mohamed lSI il (Mtce.), who
is vacationing in Dama cu ,
\Va married during the 'Id Al
Adha holiday. He and his
bride are expected h re in September. A group of friends are
planning a pecial party for
the newlyweds upon their
arrival.
A tennis club is expected to
be organized in the near future.
Acting Station Superintendent
John H. Arnold has appointed
R. A. Kerin, Jr. as team captain. According to Mr. Arnold,
rackets will be available for
visitors to the station.
School's out for the youngsters of Turaif. Mrs. R. H.
MaSley, senior staff school
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Back from leave are Dr.
Ghanma and family, R. Fanous
(Medical), G. Khoury (Services)
and A. Faraj of Services who
was married during his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Faraj spent
part of their honeymoon in
Turkey... Congratulations I
Highlighting social evenls al Badanah during July was a garden party
given by Ihe Assistanl Governor of Ihe Pipeline. Inedine Bey Sha_a lor
H. E. Amir Muhammed A/·Sudairi. Governor 01 Ihe Pipeline. and slalion
personnel. Guesls included (bac" row. lell 10 ,;ght) K. Bou-Zeid. A.
Ash"ar. Dr. N. TurIc. Dr. J. Mala". Marzoo" Faisa/. Dr. I. Hajj. Dr. A.
Ghanma. Y. T. Kiameh. Ihe Governor. Ihe Assislanl Governor. Dr. R.
Hubayfar. Dr. K. Amad. W. R. Pickell. D. E. Garrison and A. Ba/uchi;
(second row. lelf 10 righl) J. R. Van
J. Van Der Meu/en. R.W. Bowe.
H. E. Amir Sulfan Sudairi (nephew 01 Ihe Governorl. M. Jeha. Abdullah
Siblani. G. Yazbec:". E. J. Wright and R. E. Marsh; (firsl row. lelf 10 right)
Mohamed Jarid. Fa"hri Barghouli of Ihe Badanah Power and Waler
Company and Superinlendenl D. P. Harbin. (Pholo by Ralic Fanous)
Dr".
teacher, announced summer
vacation starting July 16.
J. V. Torres bas transferred
to Qaisumah to relieve Mr. C.P.
Booth (Mtce.) who has departed on long vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. "Tiny"
Evans spent their local leave in
Beirut. Son, Bob, and daughter,
Dona, accompanied them on
their return to Turaif. Bob and
Dona will pend their summer
vacation here.
En route to Ra Tanura, Mr.
and Mr'. J. G. Werry of Aramco
vi ited Turaif on July 30.
Vaeationers are
uleiman
Bin Mohamed, aleh Bin Ibrahim, M. Abu-Jawdeh, Faraj
humran, Ibrahim Bin You uf,
a'ad Suleiman, Ali Khalaf,
Mohamed
a'ad and Awadh
Ayed.
But, leave is over for Hu ain Bin
as iI', Dukhi Bin
uleiman, Mohamed Hajjaj,
Madallah Bin Rashid, Maurice
Na ser, George Hanna, Khaled
Guada'a, M. A. Karim, Attayih
Bin Hu sain, Hamoud Bin
Salim, Dueij Bin Ali and Kamal
Srour.
Turaif employee extend
their deepe t )'mpathy to
Abdul Hadi (Oper.) on the
death of hi daughter.
Badanah
by Abdullah Siblani
On the occasion of the Id EI
Adha holiday, H. E. AmiI'
Muhammed AI-Sudairi gave a
sunrise breakfast at his residence for the station's senior
staff.
The feminine members of the
Badanah hospital were recently
entertained by Mrs. J. V. Foody
honoring new arrivals on the
nul' ing taff. Mrs. D. P. Harbin
and Mrs. A. Ghanma also
attended.
Welcome to Doctors J. A.
Malak, K. H. Amad and R. T.
Hubaytar recently employed
for the Badanah ho pital. The
doctors and new nurses were
gue t of bonor at a dinner
party given by Dr. and Mrs. A.
Ghanma for members of the
phy ician and nursing staffs.
The Ghanma also held a coffee
and cake social for Nurse
Mounira Jabbour before her
departure on long vacation.
I
Weal 0 welcome Dale Garrison of Government Relations
and Male urse Y. Baqluq and
R. H. Farah. Mr. Garrison
replaces Mr. R. A. Stupay who
ha been transferred to Rafha.
ow on vacation are M.
Thabet (Oper.), A. Noujaim
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Wedding congratulation are
also in order for Shift Forell n
Mohamed
Sa'id who
married to Miss Chafica Ha
of Beirut on July 12.
Having completed two
wells for the Saudi
Government in Badanah t
tbe Aramco drillig
departed for Rafha.
Rafha
by Abbas H. Hamadef
r
l
July was the month for
ties in Rafha.
Th
Am
very
Raja Bitar entertained
dinner-dance at tbe 4bachelor quarters on Thur
evening, July 5. Guests at
roof-top
party
celebI'
Raja's departure for the S
to continue his enginee
studies. (See page 3.)
The next week, July 12,
and Mrs. Karl E. Beamer h
pot-luck dinner and dane g
party at their home, also b •
ring Raja Bitar. On the 29tb.
the Beamers gave a fare\\ 11
party for their daughter,
Roberta Kay, who left for a
week in Beirut prior to joining
her parents in a tour of Europe.
We wish RobbIe good luck on
her return to the Statea and
hope that she enjoyed her atay
at Rafha.
Khaled Akrass gave 8 party
on July 19 - a buffet dinner
and dance at the 4-room
bachelor quarters
bleb
lalted until 2 a.m.
to
say, a good time
by all I
Recent vacationers included
Tony Lubbers, lbrahiJD
Rahman, Youauf lIulbaT.JII,
leen and your reporisit recently to AmiI'
'hunayfi at Lina.
entertained by the
Yousuf and had a
ant trip.
isumah
by M. Jaauni
~'age
and best of luck
M. Ayoub who has
I for the United States
e will pursue a postcourse in pediatrics
onsin University. Mrs.
~'iIl join him in about
nth. Dr. F. Haddad has
a temporary replacer Dr. Ayoub.
Other vacationers included
Khalil Kazim (to Bahrein ),
Mohammad Taher (to Dhahran),
H. C. Hazeman (to Dhahran ),
Abdul Ra hid (to Hofuf), Omar
Awadh (to Dammam) and
Mohammad Ahmad (to Ha sa).
George Yazbeck of Relations
is now filling a two months
relief assignment at Badanah.
A top-notch tennis player,
George will be a challenge to
members of the Badanah club.
S. W. Richmond, Aramco
representative at Qaisumah,
has departed on local leave to
Italy. Mrs. Richmond will accompany him on his return
here.
Beirut
by Rase Sawdah
Back from home leaves in
the U. S. are Mark Ga tovitch
(Medical) ; Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
GO'3sens (P&T) with sons, Peter
and Philip; R. . Pursel (Eng'g)
and Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Swanson
(Acct'g) and infant.
After spending the summer
with his father and Mrs.
Howard Martin (Eng'g), Ted
Martin has returned to Berkeley, California where he is a
student at the University of
California.
Miss Jennifer SeeIe)', daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Seeley
(Acct'g), left for the State in
mid-Augu t, having completed
a commercial cour 'e at the
American University of 3eirut.
. II'. and Mrs. C. P. Booth
and Dndley left on long vacation Ule latter part of Jul)·.
FOllowing their leave in the
tat.. ,Mr. Booth will be assigned to Badanah.
Superintendent and Mrs. J.
F. !'fister spent a few days in
Beirut the first week in August.
.Welcome to new hire Hassan
Bin AI'I and to J. V. Torres
(Mtce)
wh 0 was recently as.
.
81gned to our station,
WA!ter a seemingly long wait,
ah~ Bader ( Community
Be cea ) finally got off to
U'Ut for a two weeki
vacation.
ADA A GOLFERS REPEAT
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TURAIF TEAM
Back to work after enjoyable
leaves are Abdul Latif Abdulla,
who visited in Bahrein, and
Hamad Hathal who vacationed
in the vicinity of Qai umah.
(.ltr ) lind ons Paul, Stephen
:n
I I
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Ar,lIneo Drilling Party SO - 4
is camping in Rafha to drill a
water veil near the camel
trough Progress is rapid and
we re I enjoy seeing tbe rig
lighted p at night, competing
with th tars in brightening
up the
ert.
Red \bdel Samad has left
lor B~ ut to undergo four
week ( treatment in the hospital tl reo Best wishes for a
promp povery.
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baIIImed Sulaiman, Saleh
0
B anSOOr, Albumaidi Bin
H~mad, 'oud B. Mohammed
d Jacob Schoot. T 0 emploan
'1 .
,'ee wbo made the pI grunage
io Mecca during July were
Ra bid B. Ibraim and AbduUa
B. a'd.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. tupay
have arrived in Rafha with
their family for permanent
a~ 'ignment after filling relief
a signments in Beirut and at
other stations. We welcome
them and wisb them a happy
'taY here. Mr. Stupay relieved
D.. W. Peck, Relations reprl'entalive, who will continue
hi' law studies in the U.S.A.
ter .
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Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Ha.rallah
Belated wedding congratulations to Elie • a raIlab of
Eng'g and his bride, the former
Edith Girard, ho were married
in Beirut, May 26.
Off 10 Ihe No.1 lee al 4: 40 a.m.• July 6. were (righ"o Ie/I) Bill Pickell.
represenling Ihe Rocky Acres leam. Bill Faller and "/shbu"" Sa 'ed 0/ Ihe
"Hever Green" club. Mrs. Ed Wright served as referee. (Pholo courtesy
01 Bob Bowe).
Following the mateh at
Turaif's" ever Green" club the
weekend of .June 29, various
comments by the ho t team
indicated dissati 'faction with
the results and that a rematch
was desired. A seeond competition was scheduled for the
following weekend, .Iuly 5-6,
on Badanah's Hoeky A('res
course.
As Turaif players arrived at
Badanah the afternoon of .July
5, each visitor was given a
schedule of event and assigned accommodations. Members of the Rocky Acres team
stood by to accompany any of
the" ever Green" contestant
who desired to try the course.
On the visiting team were Bob
Home leaver for the month
included Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Buettner (Eng'g) and children,
Mr. and Mr. fo'red Janotta
(T&AT) and Fran Van fo:y den
(Communi.).
Augu t vacationers were
Samira Abdelnour ( Ind. Rel.),
ora Bezjian (Acct'g) icolas
Chemali
( GaS ),
Antoine
Medawar (GaS) and Huda
Rayyes ( Ind. Rel.). Taking only
a week of her vacation, Samira
entertained
Miss
Samia
Abdelnour of AOe - Cairo at
Lebanon's numerous mountain
resorts. ora. pent a week in
Istanbul sightseeing;
icolas
vacationed in his home village
of Daroun as wen as other
mountain towns ; Tony divided
his time between the mountaina
and the beach; while Huda
jOlt relaxed for 15 dayl and
gained two kilos I
Prusinski, Scott Hood, Ba'
!\la' ey, Lee Altawav, Matt
Matherne, Bill Faller, Al BISchoff, "Ishhuk" Sa'cd and Mike
Chehade. lesdames I'rusin 'ki,
Hood, Bisl'hoff and Altaway
a(,c'ompanied the tcam from
Turaif.
Visitors wen' l'nll'rlained at
an after dinner ('urrcc that
evening hy their hosts. Bcpl'csenting the Ho('ky AlTCS ('Iuh
were Bill Pic'kclt, Ahdullah
Siblani, Dr. N. Turk, Ahmed
Baluchi, Bill MeConnell,lbrahim
Daoud, Bob Bowe, Bob Marsh
and fo:d Wright. Badanah's
genial superintendent, Dudley
Harbin, was appointed chief
judge.
To e cape the lleat and blistering un, the fir t group was
off the o. 1 tee at 4:40 the
following morning with the
fifth group teeing off an hour
later. Play progressed through
18 holes. Going into the set'ond
nine, both team were optimistic although it was thought
Turaif held the lead.
Center of attention for both
players and spectators was the
rec hall bulletin board where
referees Mrs. Ed Wright, Mrs.
Bill McConnell, Bill Wilson,
Abdou Hilany and Dr. M.
Khoury posted scores of each
group.
As scores accumulated on
the second nine, Turairs
margin dropped. When the
last group arrived and the
scores were totalled, Badanah
had again edged out the Turaif
team by a lmall difference of
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SOFTBalL LEABUE PLA S
(Cont. from
1)
along In Ide eorrido
be
half eoneret and froeted II1II
to pro Id bett r lighting.
ompl tion dat of th building In all probablitiy ·U be
err ct d by addition 01 the 8th
and 9th floon
bieb wiU be
mall I' In are than the other
e n floon. Ho e er, Taplinl
till e pect to move Into ita
new h adquarten the early part
of ne tear." Peri cope" read n
ill be kept informed of
any change in planning.
(ConI. from P ge 1 )
a non-pia er who can pare
time for the manager' job.
According to Commi ioner
G. H, Go. en. the Boo tel'
Committ 'e i preparing a ouvenir pro~ram for the Fall
sea on, printed in both Arabic
and English, for free di tribution at the ball game.
1"all lineup of teams include
Coca Cola, American Commnity chool, U. . O. M., U. S,
Embassy,
TWA,
Tapline,
PanAm and the; hemlin Village
Team. There may al 0 be a
team from the Beirut Police
Department.
Let' get behind our Tapline
tam-tho. e that can't play,
Jor THE BOO TER !
ACCIDENT DON'T HAPPEN
- THEY ARE CAUSED !
The lexicographer ay , .. An
accident i an event which
take
place without one'
fore ight or exp elation; an
unde igned, sudden and unexpected event."
A. the kid in the three-cornered pant , our mi haps were
ecu ed as accident that couldn't be helped. And, in the
proce s of growing up, life seemed to be a constant round
of warnings not to do thi or
that. Failure to heed these warning' 010 t likely re ulted in
puni hment from the ource of
command or we learned the
hard way - burnt or cut finger and ometime more eriou aceident.
Thu ,th general rule
af ty were taught u from
toddl I' tage until we et
to make our own way in
the world.
of
the
out
the
On the job, safety edu('ation
continu ,. Though supeni or
explain ('olllpany rules on
u'ing afety equipment, and
many times fellow employee
eaulion the violator of safety
regulations, some of us must
slill learn the hard way.
1"01' exalllp)(', an employee
in the mlU'hine shop decides
it' too nllll'h trouhle to walk
ac'ro 8 till' room for a pair of
gog )(,; or p('rhap he just
forget to put them on. Then,
a ('hip of metal from a part he
i cutting with a c'old rhiesel
trike him in the e)'e,
It may be everal da)·. before
thi
mployee know whether
BADA AH BOLFER
During Ihe linal parade 01 his gradualing class al Ihe U. S, Navel
Academy. Midshipman Leulenanl (i, g, J Gerry Gossens received an
award lor ranking lir", in his class In naval his lory. (OHicial U.S. Navy
Ph olograph),
G rry F. Go .-ens, son of Mr.
and Mr~. G. H. Go~, en: (P&T),
graduatl'<j frolll the
aval
Academy, .\nnapolis, .Iaryland,
on ,Iune I. Gerry I' eeived a
Ba('helor of cien(' degree and
wa
cOlllmi~sioned
'eeond
Lieutenant, U. . .\ir Force.
Lieutenant Go 'sens and Ii.'
ancy ,James, formerly of
or not h will loe th
'ight
of his y... day in which
to do a lot of thinking and
worrying. .Iu'l a f 'w steps
acro s the shop tn ~'ct thl' goggles, a few eeond taken to
check his own suf ty and thi,
man could have 'a, d himself
day of phy 'ical di. ('omfort and
mental angui:h. Thi wa called an aC'cid nt. But wa it '?
Avoiding accidents i. imply
a matter of ('ommon
en 'e.
afety i' common s'n e, and
many accident: ('ould he avoided if a p I' 'on would ju 't stop
before tarting a job and a k
him >If: "Is what I'm going to
dosafe'?" II' it doe.n't eem
'afe, thcn he lihollid ee hi'
upervi 'or, find out how to do
the job safely, and get the prop 'I' tools and safety equipment.
REMBMBER ... I/ou're a.~­
Ililly lor IIlI /I('cidellt if I/OU:
use ,1 dej'ectill(' toot, .mch a,~ II
lIlushroomed chi.~et hemi, II
luulllller head on II split
Iwndtl'. .. Ill/ndte fime or other
chemi('al.~ without yetting spe/'illt {ilove.~ for the job. .. drille
without mil/piillg I/our ,~peed
io the rol/d l/Ild weather (,o/lliitions . . , lelwe spilled grease
around the kitchen or garage.
TAK\': TIM\': TO BE SAI<'E
R. N. Pursel
Safety Engineer
Dhahf'ln. :alldi Arahia. weI'
married ,June 4 in the uval
A('ademy ('hapel. (Ii
,Ial\le
had graduated the pf('viou. da
from
edafl're t
Collcg •
Allentown. Pa.)
Following til(' ('l'f('mony, II
re('eption wa. held at the
AC'ademy'
Illmni Hcm e for
nearly a hnndr'd gue. t..
Attending holh the weddinK
and Gerry'. ~nldlllltion were
hi parents, hi youngl'r hroth r~, Philip and Pl'ter, and hi
sisler, Chllrlolle, as \\'(,11 as the'
bride' parent., Mr. and Mr.
Vincent 1', Jame of Dhahran.
Tra\'l'lIin~ from Germany for
Ih o('l'asion \\ a Gerry' 7Myear-old grandmother, Mr.
Chri. tine Botzen from MayenKoblenz.
FollowinK a honeymoon at
Martha' Vineyard, the newlywed left for Mi ion. Te a
where Gerry reported for flight
training at Moore Air Ba e on
July 2:>.
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TRA
PIPE LI E COMPA Y, BEIRUT, LEBA 0
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS FORMED
AT BEIRUT AND SIDON TERMINAL
Will
(ConI. from Pag 7)
37 troke. I<'inal ore : Turaif
695 trok j Badanah,
• '
Following the tournalll nt
the winning ho t entertal
th 10 n at a buffet lun h
o pit Turai!' mi fortun
th
rond time in t 0 \\ I
cordialit • and good fello
reign d at v ry table.
pon laving th ret hal
undaunted Turaif golf I'
0\ rheaI'd to inquire: '
ahout comin to Tural'
weekl'nd ?"
ell, perhal
ne t
k nd, felIo\\,
anolher tim !
Abdullah ibl
In a tep toward 1'10 er em·
ployee-employer relation. two
eparate Lebane e Employee
\ ociation huve been organiz d by Beirut and ,'idlln Terminal IlCrsonnel. .It>mber hip
in the Beirut
'JI.'ialion 101.11
1i2, while 20i emplO\'ee joined
at idon.
d
HEAR
(ConI. from Palle a
rah
and
m ricsn .
I>uvi al 0 added a word
pf('('ialion and thank t
ploye(' ,
urpri gift of a con
et of rabic dr
wa p
ted to Mr. Hearn by r.
fter donning th co tun
Hearn th nk d all the
ye for their gift; and for
cooperation during his I
a ignm nt.
The Hearn
ill pend
11'
val' tion in California, retu
to th fi Id in the I<'all.
Abba H. Hamad h
DESERT BLOOMS
(Cont. From Pale 5)
on the alkaline oil and there are about 300 of the e bu he at
Turai'.
RlJ e hu he are scarce bul thos that do become oriented produce Jood re ults. Hybiscus and trumpet vin adapt well a do
grape vine when protected from the wind. ot recommended
are climbing roses, mock ja min , wi teria and ivy,
Though the garden club wa founded by the married men ~f
Turaif, present trend of th organization I to ncourage their
wives to take over its functions and to pon or garden vent.
Male member have unanimou Iy agreed to ke p th lawn mo er
in repair and have volunt ered to start it up hen time comel
for gra cutting; they will allo offer advice and moral support to
all new member in impro\oing gard nand tarting la
All concur that, while their land caping fforts haY
tremendou time and work, the nd re ult ha urp
e pectations. Undoubtedly, no otber aft rhour proj t
pi
o much to making an otberwile di mal landlea
the eye.
co
o
September 1956
TRualO SCHEDULE MAl TAl ED
CAPACITY I CREASE FACILITIES
h llllic" W,I the I' n hy En ine ring on
ru lion t Ilu. of uletiI ililie
for T.lpline·
Pil ('all.ll'ity iJll'r a
Turaif (
bo\' '), coulral't
bid ar out for ('on truction of
th pumphou e huJlding. lurbine repair hop and the toroom huch lor quarters. About
100 Ion of I' in forI' d teel ha
h n hipped to Turaif where
fabril'ali n • fll will b et
UII, Olh I' job ite will I' eeive
their fahriraled leel I' quir'menl from thi
ourl'e. The
y I'd willlaler b u d for pille
f bricatiQn. Too. II millwork
I' quir III nl
for addition I
f cllitie
ill be handled by
th mill 'ork hop no\\ e ta bliarp nler
h d at Turalf.
Foreman J. nook of EB i
h dul d to arri\e at Turaif
the first 'e k in Oclober.
Inl rior fini hing (urh a
pia t ring, tiling, tc.) i in
progre
on the 4-room bachelor quart
and the 3-bedroom
f mil' hou at R fh
ompletion of th
f cHitie i cheduled for th
nd of 0 ember,
vice-chairman and .10hamed
Ouweik, secretary. The commil·
tee' chairman, vice-chairman
and ecretary will at the ame
time erve a pre ident. \icepre ident and el'relary of I e
A"~ociation.
E e ulive committe
hay
be n lect d h,' hoth group
for handling prohlem and ugge-tion
ith l'ompan . m nagement. Indu trial Helalion
. lanager H. '. miUJ \\ ill acl a.
company poke 'man in eparate monthly meeting wilh Ihe
two committees.
CHAIRMAN A. TABET
CHAIRMAN M. SAAB
In Beinlt. a 1:3-member committee ha - heen eleded to
erve for the remainder of 1956
with .11'. Mahmoud ,aab of
Engineering a
Chairman.
Other commiltee members are
Mi
Lily Hamra. Medil'al;
\\'adih Haddad and Kalim
aliha, repre enting Accounling and Geneml Offh'e 'er\'il'e . Fouad Khabbaz and Fahd
Maa 1" from Engineering; Dr.
Jacob Thaddeu and Michel
Brumman for Indu trial Relation and 'perial en' ice ;
oh med Ou 'eik and Emile
a h for Relation, Communication Oil Operation, La
and ommunit' rvic ; 'hile
Oil' I' h baro, Joe Bad 'i and
orge Hajj I'
ill rep
nt
T and Pureh
Traffic.
t i
eommitt
first m ting th
I ted Dr.Tb dd
.11'. Albert Tabet ha' heen
named chairman of the idon
Terminal a~~ociation. He abo
repre ents
the
terminal'Transporlalion. loreholbe and
Clinic per onnel. Other committee representative- are 'adim
Hayek for Operation : •'ader
•'ajm. Communication- and
.Iaintenance: Ha 'an Daher.
Administration and (,eneral:
Lutfallah Ghllhy and Kh,liI
ayyed.. Iarine.
Dr. George ,Ieph n \\ ill ct
a' interpr tel' at 1'01lll1litt
meetings. Cont.let he1\\
I
company managem nt allli thieommittee will be through
Captain .\. A. Bri khou-e.
terminal 'upt'rintendent. .1Ild
,II'. milh.
GRAYS OPEN HOTEL-RESORT
U. . - bound \,u'ationers.
partil'ularly tho'e headed for
Ihe \\'e't Coa'l. Will bl' intt>re'ted to know thaI former Tapliner I\'a and Pearl brlly are
no ' operating Ihe Hi hlandDell, a re ort-hotel on the
Ru ian Ri er n ar onte Rio,
Iifornia about a to-hour
dri e from
n I<'ran i o.
Their add
i : Highl ndDeD R rt
ont
Ri
'forni .