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0-0 an internal, monthly publication by ond for the STAMFORD. WESTPOIT ond NEW YOII atatl of DOIR-OUVEI IIKORPORATEDVOLUME II. NUMBER 6 JUNE, 1958<strong>new</strong> <strong>outLook</strong> on havemeyer Lane

OFFICE MANAGER E. E. JCHNSON THANKS STAFF FORHELP IN OFFICE MOVE.On behalf of the company I wish to expressappreciation to the thirty-odd appointed staffcoordinators and to all other staff members whodid such an excellent job organizing the preparationof departmental equipment for transferfrom our former Stamford locations and in coordinatingthe set up of equipment for servicein the <strong>new</strong> lIavemeyer Lane headquar ters. Cons ideringits huge proportions and all-encompassingnature, the move was accomplished quite smoothly.In all, some eight hundred packing cases of bookcasematerial, five hundred desks, eight hundredchairs, three hundred and fifty General Filescabinets and thousands of other departmentalitems were labeled, numbered and relocated in the<strong>new</strong> offices.While the actual movtng into Havemeyer Laneoffices was somewhat hampered, principally byoverloaded elevator service to the building'ssecond floor offices, the move was completed ina little over the elapsed time expected. And, asWas to be expected also, there was some misplaced department equipment and be longings. Theseinstances however, were few enough in number consideringthe overall accomplishment.With all planning and organization of themove considered, the rapid return to normaloffice function upon occupation of the buildingis attributable in good part to Stamford staffmembers. Appointed staff coordinators, one ormore from each section, generously devoted muchmore of their own time and energy to the relocationof equipment than was originally thoughtnecessary. Other staff members, many at the siteon Sunday with their families to admire the <strong>new</strong>D-O home, gladly pitched in when and where theirhelp was needed. We sincerely appreciate thepersonal interest of all these members and theirvery real help in bringing the move to successfulcompletion.• • •• • •Ear! E. Johnson,Stamford Office ManagerCOVER PHOTO: bright, open western vista fromthe reception lobby of our <strong>new</strong> headquarters onHavemeyer Lane photographed by Robert Stahmanfor Rodgers Associates, interior deSigners of thebuilding.Actually there's only a slight difference between keeping your chin up and sticking your neck out, but it is a difference worth knowing. PAGE 2 EIGHTEEN W-B STAFF MEMBERS TRANSFERTO STAMFORD OFFICEJoining the Stamford staff at the <strong>new</strong> HavemeyorLane headquarters building early this month areeighteen members of the former D-O WilkeS-Barrestaff whose office was closed on May 30th. Returningto Stamford, Scotty Orr, Wilkes-Barreoffice manager has joined the Pulp and PaperTechnical Division staff to become Supervisor ofEngineering. He and Industrial Designer BillNeilson of Wilkes-Barre have purchased homes ina <strong>new</strong> development on High Ridge Road. They hopeto be permanently located in August and september.Fred Simpson, Supervisor, Sanitary TechnicalDivision Design Section, purchased a homealso in Stamford.Other welcome Wilkes-Barre area nati ves areHarry Phillips, John Baran, Tom Duddy and BobUlrich (all of I ndustrial Design); Dick Rutkowski,Charli e Bauer, John Domzal ski, Bill Hartzel, JimKursar, Frank Cackowski and Selar Kousevi tch ofDesi gn Section - Sani tary Technical Di vi sion.Design En gineer Dick Span genberg and NormanHeistand, Harry Haefele and Ed Keller are withthe Pulp and Paper DeSign staff.While a number of the men have not as yetfound apartments in the area, Personnel is keepingan earnest vigil, checking all leads. Mostof the single men have found suitable bachelorQuarters in the area and are well settled.,A very warm welcome is extended to all ofthese men from the D-O Stamford staff and theirfamilies as well. May they find the stamford areaa good place to live as well as work.[1;- ~ ),-~.,- -.~~-"I -- Vol. II, No.6' --­I-~ -II· J,j"I" JL._~_ .__ - ...' ...J • • ' I June, 1958~""""",_______",_____....JAn internal monthly publ icat i on for the stamford,westport and New York staff of oorr-Ollver incorporated.staf' originated <strong>new</strong>s about or ofgeneral interest to 0- 0 TELL readers is welcomeand may be submitted to any Reporter or to theEditor. The <strong>new</strong>s deadl ine is the 15th of eachmonth.EDITOR Joseph Iles, Company ReI ations Dept. Stamford, Connecticut REPORTERS Barbara Bol ton John Mullane Wal t Dahl gren Florence SchwenkBeatrice Fisher Thelma VoshrinckEdna GormlyMillie HeftGrace Mainero SPORTSART Bill BalloJohn Fitts •

INTERNAL PRINTING continued ...The <strong>new</strong> Multilith offset duplicator press. Stock ofblank sheets at right of machine are picked up one ata time by vacuum and sent through printing rollers atleft center.An Addre ssograph, the largest basic modelproduced, is installed to handle the addressingof material for Q sheet booklet, 0-0 Worlriwide,0-0 calendar, direct mail, price sheets, technicalmanualR and bulletins and many other mailinglists each of which includes thousands of namesand addresses.In the foreground are the Xerox enlarging camera unitat left; regular camera unit in center and processorat lower right. These units make master printing matsof typed copy pages for duplicating on press. Noteample amount of space in printing room .Kei tb Canning capably supervises the Section'swork and in addition, serves all departments asconsultant on printing problems of all types.Keith and Joe Bondi operate the presses whileElla Mallashuk, Elinor Zaremski and VictoriaFemine handle auxil iary fllnctions - the productionof master printing mats from original copy; collating,orassembling in order,the various pagesof a manual or bulletin after they are printed;stapling; addressographing; mimeographing; andspiral bindi ng of manual s. The Section has hadeouipment i n use f or mos t o f these ope rations fors everal years. Marion Fuchell a operates theSection's photocopy equipment and Marjorie Speeris the Vari typist - transferring the copy ofPAGE 4bulletins, manualS, price sheets and other materialinto print.This Section is a sizable and highly importantpart of the company's overall operation. Itsproducts - the manuals, bulletins and memos weuse daily are most vital. The advantages in time,coordination and expense which are realized byproducing our printed material internally ratherthan through outside shops are too numerous totell. Now with increased capacity and broadenedcapabilities the Internal Printing Section standsready to meet a host of additional 0-0 printingrequirements.COMPLETREATOR IS INSTALLED AT WESTPORTMILL FOR D-O USE.At the westport Mill this month a 0-0 Comple­Treator weighing 11 tons was gently set on itsfoundation pad adj acent to the FluoSolids laboratory.The uni t will treat the Mill's sewagewastes whicp were previously conSigned to aseptiC tank . Faced wi th rebuilding the septics ystem r ec ently, the company found the Compl e­Treator would better serve the purpose, reducingmaintenanee problems while providing effectivedisposal of sewage wastes.Among the first 0-0 applicationsofproprietaryequipment, the CompleTreator installation followsthe recent installation of an Oli ver HorizontalFilter and a FluoSolids System at our Orilliamanufacturing plant. Now in successful operation,this equipment recovers foundry sand for reusein the plant by fil tering the sand and oxidizingits impurities at high temperatures. A verypractical installation also, the Orillia foundrysand r ecovery system, l i ke the Mill CompleTreatoris an effective showpiece for 0-0 clients.,. ,. ,.The Westport Mill has received a windfall in theform of used ai r condi tioning uni ts, fans,fl uorescent light fixtures, chairs and tabl es.This equipment from Barry Place office was notneeded in the <strong>new</strong> Stamford building. It has founda welcome home at the Mill.* ,. ,.Vincent Quist's departure from the westport Millstaff recently meant an informal farewell partyin his honor. His Mill friends presented Vinniewith a complete electric grille barbecue ou t fitand a portable icebox. Because he will now devotefull time to his dairy farm in Washington, Conn.,a very ingenious ly constructed cow,complete withstool and pail,claimed the attention of all atthe party.

John Jackson tries to concentrate in vain asfiles and cabinets are readied for the move.Staff forms queue at refreshment table.HENRY STREET STAFF MATCH DISMANTLING DIN WITH FAREWEll FIESTA ON MOVING DAYExpecting the inevitable disruption of work onFriday afternoon, June 6th, Henry street staffmembers prepared in advance to hold a "Farewellto Henry street" party. Commencing at 2:30 P.M.the staff members, half of whom were costumedfor the occasion, managed to match the dincreated by removal of metal bookcases and cabinetsfor transfer to Havemeyer Lane.Collecting one dollar from each member, staffspecialists prepared mixed and soft drinks, horsd' oeuvres, lobster and tuna salad for all. Anadded festive note was the bright decoration ofthe office with crepe paper and bRlloons. Withalmost one hundred Plant Engineering, FluoSolidsand Purchasing members toasting the passing ofthe "Henry street Gang", an era was brought to ahappy close.Leo Agranoff sports comic disguise. (Note"Good-by to Henry Street" sign in upper rightof photo).Priscilla Pennington and Palma Oreste(right) pose in unusual office garb.Bill Lutz leads happy farewelltoast to Henry Street offices.Eilene Loftus displays partydecorations.phot os by Phillip EngPAGE 5

STAMFORD INDUSTRY SOFTBALL LOOPOur irO softball team entry in Stamford's IndustrialY.M. C. A. loop is well on the way to avery successful season. To date our boys havecompiled three wins and one loss, in good positionfor first half honors.In the initlal game of the season D-O defeatedNortham Warren by a score of 9-4. The second gameproduced a loss to the very strong HartfordEl~ctric squad, 4 to 3. Errors cost our teamthis game. In the third game pitcher Gene Zanelliwas at his best. Flexible Barrier Corp. was heldto just two hits as Gene pitched no hit ball forfour innings. Final score - 7 to 3.Our team looked very impressive in theirfourth game. They picked up the third win of theseason by defeating Clearol Corp., 7 to 6. The0-0 entry is living up to pre-season predictionsand with continued success will be strong contendersfor the city championship.MEN'S OFFICE GOLF LEAGUEOur Inter-office Golf League is organized on aterum basis this year, a complete departure fromthe setup of years past. Players in the Leaguehave been divided into two 5 man teams and three6 mrun teams on a handicap basis. Each team consistsof members with evenly matched handicaps.Play has been split into eight rounds. Eachround must be played within a two-week period atthe end of which, scores are collected and thethree lowest scores become the team total forthat particular round.In this manner, scoring is arranged to promoteterum competition rather than individual. Itinsures high scoring players a chance to win someglory if their group does well as a team duringthe season.This setup guarantees a stronger more enJoy;'able league season for the twenty-eight members.It was suggested by Jerry Hubbard of EngineeringDevelopment & Standardization, a good golfer andcoordinator. The Mashies - Bill Ballo (captain),Dick Mullins, Frank Paternostro, Nestor Sabi andJerry Hubbard - led the League early this monthwith 216 total strokes in the first round.PAGE 6BABE RUTH LEAGUE- Dom RomanelloThe Dorr-Oliver entry in the National Divisionof Stamford's Babe Ruth League began their thirdseason ot League play this year. On May 27 theydropped a 6-5 decision to the Elks Club entry.In their second game the boys were once again onthe short end of the score, losing to Slim's Service,last years city champs, by a 'lO-2,score.The Babe Ruth League team is comprised ofplayers 13, 14 and 15 years of age. Managing forDorr-Oliver is Dom Romanello of Industrial Tech.He is assisted by coaches John Meehan, Procurementand Lou Stabile, Sanitary Tech. With onlysix players of a possible ten returning fromlast year s team and with the addition of five<strong>new</strong> thirteen-year-old players, the coachingstaff is faced with the task of molding an almostcompletely <strong>new</strong> lineup.There are eight games remaining in League pI ElY.All games are played at Barrett Field in Belltown.Sunday gam es commence at 5: 15 P. M. andMonday and Tuesday games commence at 5:45 P.M.Schedules are posted on various bulletin boardswithin the office. For an enjoyable evening ofbaseball we recommend attending some of the remainingBabe Ruth League games.STAMFORD OFFICE SOFTBALLArrangements were completed early this year forthe entire League season to be played at theNortham Warren fiel~ as our own field at HavemeYerLane will not be completed this year. Hereare the highlights of the first six games:May 13th: Industrial Engineering - 19 ; FinancialSales - 18. Following the throwing out ofthe first ball, very nicely handled this year byVice President Bud OUver, the ini,tinl game ofthe season was begun. In their first turn at batIndustri-al sluggers walloped in 12 runs off thesomewhat shaky serves of Don schwinn. At 6 inningsof play the score was 19 8 favor of Industrial.MIn the top of the 7th Financial-Sales struck backwi th vengence, scoring 10 runs on the offerings ofDon Van Cotto The inning saw 15 batters at the

Fast action at first base as Dom Romanello beats outthe throw to Bob Deviney.plate and with 2 outs and 2 men on base, DickAllard, Sale~ first baseman, drove one to deepcenter field. center fielder Bill Kocis wasequal to the long drive however and hurled it infor the third out and the end of the game. Homeruns were hit by Ed Piorkowski, Don Van Cott,Bob Farrell and your reporter.May 20th: Sani tary Engineering - 15; PlantEngineering - 9. With a score of 10 to 9 in thetop half of the 7th, Sanitary picked up fiveinsurance runs on five hits from Dick Stockman.In the last of the 7th Plant Eng. went down inorder under the very effective pitching of DickMullins. With the company but a short time, Dickperformed well for his first tryon the mound.Home runs in the game by Oris Albertson, JimLuzzi and Stan Massari.May 22nd: Industrial over Procurement-Estimating,12-6. Don van Cott gave up ei ght scatteredhits in a game which saw his Industrial teammatesscore in every inning. Procurement, muchimproved , could not match the plate power of In-Umpire Jim Muir and catcher Len Aconsky watch clos elyas Glen Eckstrom s lams out a pitch for IndustrialEngin eerin g.dustrial. Dom Romanello and Don Gardner scoredhome runs to lead the attack.May 27th: Financial-Sales over Procurement,8-7. In the best game of the young season Fin.­Sales scored early and managed to hold the leadthrough every Procurement threat. Round trip hitswere scored by Larry Mappa, Dick Allard and DonSchwinn and a good game was enjoyed by all eventhough Procurement lost its second try in a row.June 3rd: Sanitary over Industrial, 26-7. SanitaryEngineering, behind pi tcher George Lambethwith a handicap of three outstanding playersmissing, collected 27 hits from the serves ofDon Van Cotto The tremendous bat work was led byDick Attridge who scored two home runs. In thefield they committed only two errors while theIndustrial defense all but collapsed under theweight of base pI!),)'. No better at bat, IndustrialProcurement-Estimatin g's Damon Bush registers mixedemotion as his team goes down under heavy Industrialba ts, 12 t o 6.photos by Tom woohcollected only 9 hits from Lambeth. A third homerun was scored by Frank Fiorito.June 5th: Financial-Sales over Plant Engineering5-2. All 0-0 fans at thi s game were witnessesto one of the tightest beer league games in along while. At the sixth inning of play the scorewas 2 to 1 Fin. -Sales. In that inning the winnerspicked up three runs and behind Joe Sheehan heldPlant En g. to one additional run. Fiel d play byboth teams was superb. Joe Sheehan finished withjust seven hits; shortstops Vin Bocchino andJay Hague made impossible stops and no home runswere recorded.8 iLL 8a L L 0.. .. *"One ma chine can do the work of fifty ordinarymen. No machine· can do the work of one extraordinaryman. "Industri a l MinutemanPAGE 7

HESTOR G. HITZROT, daughter of H. W. Hitzrot,Assistant International Administrator, has joinedthe Westport Mill staff for the summer months.She will continue her education this Fall atBoston University where she will study publicrelations.WILLIAM KWOCHKA has returned for his thirdSummer with Plant Engineering. Bill plans to returnto studies at Temple Universi ty in the fall.PHILLIP NORGREN, summer staff member at theWestport Mill has rejoined the D-O staff thereagain this year. He will continue studies atMassachusetts Institute of Technology again inthe Fall.•• 0Over moving day weekend, June 6th, Kit Oliverwent to her Smith College class reunion atNorthampton, Massachusetts. Attending the affairfor the first time, she thoroughly enjoyed it.Her class, celebrating their 20th year anniversarY,outfittedthemselves appropriately in RipVan Winkle costumes and won several prizes. Onehundred and fifty three classmates were presentfor the reunion, an every fifth year affair." . .Mrs. Florence Schwenk is currently cel ebratingher thirty-third year with the company at theWestport Mill. Florence, the second secretary tojoin the Mill staff, began duties on June I, 1925.J. A. Baker was Director there at that time.George M. Darby followed and at his retirementin March, 1957, Florence became secretary toBryant Fi tch, present Director of the WestportLaboratories... .. t:Ann Cyboski, secretary to Joe Snyder, has leftD-O employ wi th the move to Havemeyer Lane. Nowworking at· The Planter's Barn in Darien, she ismaking use of her extensive horticultural knowledge.Before she left her D-O friends held afarewell luncheon for her at the Half-Way Housc.• • •John Kelly, member of the Sanitary DeSign staffover the past four and one-hal f years has beendraftcd into the Army. John, a graduate of StamfordHigh School began Army training on Jun e 13.PAGE BWe are all happy to welcome back Hank SChnaufelWho has been away from the office for severalweeks due to illness. Hank is a Supervisor forIndustrial Technical Division.• • •Enrico Martini, who has been convalescing forthe past few months, has returned to Plant Engineeringwhere he appears very fit after hisen forced absence.$ • •Clarence Roberts, cooperative and dependablemaintenance man at the fonner Henry Street locationhas remained there at the Yal e & Townebuilding. He completes training necessary toobtain a Connecticut real estate operatinglicense this year and will begin business at hisHenry Street home. His close D-O friends wishhim best of luck and success in his <strong>new</strong> venture.On behalf of all his friends in the company, wewish to express heartfelt sYmpathy to ArthurVallez, Development Engineer and Chainnan of thePatent Award Commi ttee, whose wi fe, Mary A.,passed away on Friday, June 13th. Hospitalizedfor several mon ths before her passing, Mrs.Vallez is also survived by four sons - Jerry,Jim, Michael and Anthony - all of whom are nowpennanently located in other partsof the countryand in South America. Art and his wife have livedon Halsey Drive in Havemeyer Park, Old Greenwichfor the past eleven years.We extend deepest sympathy to Rupe Foley ofFluoSolids Division and his wife whose mother,Mrs. Marie Halsema died June 9th. Mrs. Halsemahad lived with the Foley family in Westport forseveral years., ,.. 'd t 6Thirteen hundred meters above sea level in theCalabrian section of Southern Italy lies thefonner home of Al bert Casarelli, Plant Engineering.For the past six years, Al and his wifehave planned to take their son to visit hisgrandmother, now 80 years of age, who maintainsthe family home in Arena, a vi 11 age 0 f 4,500inhabi tants.Al says that his son, one of his mother's 22grandchildren, understands Italian. However AI'swife writes from Italy that the boy is fast becoming bi-lingual. Joseph and his mother sailp.daboard the Christophe Colombe earlier thi s year.Ai will fly to Italy to be with the family inJuly.

FOR SALEModern mul tilevel HOME, 104 Crestwood Drive(off High Ridge Road), Stamford. House featuree14 x 22 foot sunbeam living room with a 6 footfireplace and cathedral ceiling extending intocountry-style kitchen and dining area. Otherfeatures are quarter acre lot, 3 bedrooms, 1~baths, partial basement and garage under house.Price - $26,000. Contact Stanley F. Massari,PI uoSolids Di vi sion.WASHING MACHINE, Lovell wringer type with fullskirt and 13 lb. capacity. Perfect for summercottage, machine is two years old but used onlysix months and is in excellent condition. Price$35.00. Contact Vince Fadoul, Distributor Div.,Stamford, Ext. 335.PONTIAC, 1948 CLUB COUPE with heater, radioand good tires. Price - $85.00. Contact JoeProvey, Ext. 426.FOR RENTSUMMER VACATION COTTAGES in Maine on LakeMattanawcook, 50 miles north of Bangor. Rusticliving with boating, fishing and other features.Cottages rent for $35.00 per week. Contact R.H.Webster, production Dept., Stamford, Ext. 312.WANTEDFLYING ENTHUSIASTS from Stamford and WestportMill staffs to form a D-O FlYing Club. All interestedstaff members please contact BillMarston, Stamford, Ext. 396 or Oscar Johnson,Stamford, Ext. 397 for information.CAR POOL - Stamford staff members from PortChester area to form a car pool to and from HavemeyerLane. Contact Joe Cosacchi, Plant Engineering,Ext. 420... .. ..Westport Mill Guest House Hostess Mrs. RuthAllen has been spending weekends at her cottageat Orleans on the Cape. Ruth says she has themonth of July from the 6th on still availablefor renting her cottage and invites D-O staffinquiries at Westport CApitol 7-2355.WEDDINGSJohn Fitts, member of the Sanitary TechnicalDivision's Design Section staff and D-O TELLcartoonist, married Miss Audrey Ann FlYnn ofRiverside in an 11 0' clock ceremony at st.Catherine's Church on June 14th. The bride was Iimember of Conde Nast' s subscription departmentin Greenwich. Congratulations from John's fellowstaff members were accompanied by a fine leathertwo-suiter which was ideal for the couple's twoweek honeymoon trip through the western U.S.For those of us who know Bill Graue, South CentralIndustrial Division Sales Engineer sinceJune 1957, is word of his wedding on June 14thin Brighton Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington.Bill's bride is the former Helen AnnDouglas of that city. Helen was employed in Dallaswhere Bill is headquartered.NEW ARRIVALSCongratulations to Carlo Cavalier and his wifeBarbara on the arrival of their first daughter,LESLIE ANN, May 23rd. Born at st. Joseph's Hospital,Leslie weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Carlois a member of the Industrial Design staff.Barbara, formerly a D-O member also, stayed inthe hospital room which was donated by Dorr­Oliver. The Cavaliers' son Vincent is two yearfold.Don Vaughn of Eastern Sanitary Sales Divisionand his Wife Kay became parents of a girl,SUZANNE KAY on May 22nd. The second child forthe Vaughns, Suzanne has a 19 month old brotherJeffrey Allen.Bill Lindsay, Training SupervIsor at the westportMill has become a grandfather with thearrival of grandson CLIFFORD THOMAS LINDSAY inFlorida.Althougb no one believed him the first time, RayTiffany of FluoSolids Design is a grandfatherfor the second time. Ray's eldest daughter, RuthWakeley gave birth to ROBERT DAVID WAKELEY,over 9 pounds on May 18th. Her daughter, born ayear ago, is named Donna. Ray's two younger girlsare 15 and 11 years old.Other maternity <strong>new</strong>s filtering through tellsthat Mary Rank Martinelli of the former HenryStreet group gave birth to a boy. Her D-O ~howerpresents luckily were blue. Mary, expecting aboy right along claimed, "we'll call him Frankfor his father."PAGE 9

The bell is tolled, the knell is rung Our song of independence sung. No more Henry, no more street, Herbie's where elite meet to eatl And while we're at it, what is wuss, Not even anylOOre "Just Ust" But before too many tears are cri ed, Take a good look at the other side. "There's virtue in all things" said the bard, Fbr example our brand <strong>new</strong> parking yard. Then there's the matter of clean, waxed floors And plumbing which would' nt be best outdoors. No water dripping on a telephone cord To cause a short in our old swi tchboard. And the water coolers know just how to spout So we'll all stop knocking our front teeth out. •. And don' t forget to call workand say I'm still sick in bedlWe certainly welcome back "spots" Ivanauskas,more widely known as Eddy Ivanauskas, Draftsmanfor the Sani tary Division, who was out for twoweeks covered wi th chickenpox. Eddy caught thespecked demon from his daughter, ~nn.... ... ...Many a. tombstone was carved by one who chiseledon the highway.Instead of goodbye to Us, please agree, Let's extend a tumultuous welcome to We. The Henry street Gang... .. '.Ann Klemish has reSigned from the Westport Millstaff to become secretary to Judge Adams, WestportTown Assessor. She was honored at a Millstaff luncheon at Barna's the end of Mtlj'. Annreceived a fine leather train case and good wishesfrom her fellow staff members. Also at the Mi 11,Mrs. Lillian Guidera, typist, has reSigned.I 1