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Open to Members

On the committee planningthe inauguration party were

ick Habre, Dave Skory,Eddy ajjar, Josephine Zei­toun, Emily Dagher andJane Ringlund.

Bassoul has reminded per­!'lonnel thflt the club is opento everyone working forTapline and is definitely notjust for Beirut personnel.Bassoul has hopes that agreat many employees on theline will take advantage ofthe opportunities the cluboffers.

The club, in addition toproviding a pleasant atmos­phere for meeting friends,offers tennis, ping pong andbilliards facilities.

Books for the club's li­brary are still beil'g sought.Joe Jabbour in the Asseilybuilding will accept all con­tributions.

Open to all club members,the party is expected to drawabout 300 pecsons on openingnight. All those who havepaid their membership feeare eligible to attend, eventhough they have not paidtheir dues. Dues may be paidthe night of the party.

The Tapline Sporting Club will open Friday, J Ulj

3, at 8 :30 p.m. with an inau guration party, acc:;rding toan announcement by Mike Bas oul, club president.

The party, an open-house affair, will feature a shortvariety program. Labib Bustani, magician, will present a

45-minute show. Bernard Ha­didian, violinist, will offer 20minutes of music. Through­out the evening, the CostaRica Music Makers will pro­vide music for dancing.

All entertainment is beingdonated for the occasion.

F'ree Arab and Americanfood will be served buffet­style. There will also be freesoft drinks. Other refresh­ments will be sold at the bar.

Eighty-eight drivers haverecently been awarded SafeDriver Pins for one and twoyear periods, according to anannouncement received fromWalter H. Koehler, safetyengineer.

Employees ReceiveSafe Driver Pins

Tapline Sporting Club

To Open Friday, July 3

Winners of the one year pinsincluded the following:

From Beirut: Abdallah Richa.From Badanah: J. P. Rhodes, S.S. Dossary, M. B. Othman, H. RGhis, K. Pritchett, A. B. Mali",O. B. Shamsan, H. B. Moham­med, M. B. Abdullah, M. B. Shab­bab, S. A. Ruwaili, M. B. Jassim.August Ashker, G. W. Georges.C. S. Babb. D. R. Robinson, Y.Mazboudi, Raja Bitar, W. O.Munsell. M. B. Salem, K. B. Ah­med, A. M. Hilani, A. K. Harik,F. Tibshrani and J. C. Van Riet.

From QaJsumah: Mana' Dhaim.Winners of the two year pin

were the following:

From Beirut: R. P. Anderson,C. A. D gise, L. Shenawark. A.Belli, Gregory Touma, Moha­med Hambaly, Mahmoud Hom­si, Mohamed Edelby, Rashid Bij­jani, Nicolas Berbery. Sabeh Ka­shouh, Omar Jebeili. Joseph Akl,Anwar tambuli. Michel Bahout,Antoine Matta. Fouad HittiEmile Suleiman. Elias A7.ar,William Shehade. Mohamed Sib­Iini, George el Zir. Hanna Le­tayf, Emile Ashouk, Mohamed

'Itani and Assad Khoury.

From Badanah: R. K. Curran,A. D. Clarl" W. M. Wilson, W.O. Vernon, F. A. Dossary. M. B.Saleh. P. F. Caesens, S. L. Cle­venger. A. 1. Balushi, Dr. F. I1i­ya, C. E. Goranson, Y. A. Majeed,'Hathal bin Saied, Akram Ah·med, Hamad Bin Yami. Moba·rak Bin ArneI', N. Y Manougianand Marzook Bin Mohamed.

From Qalsumah: S. Rafraf,Ibrahim Sa'ad, Fahad Mutlaq.Mohammed Ma'awdeh, J. H.Strader. R. L. Crosthwait. L. N.Fixen, D. H. Ball, B. Davies andO. O. Kitmitto. From Idon: J.Dabaghi, Y Essrawi, N. Makhoul.S. Kareh, E. Halabi, N. Solh andA. Kara.

Elected Treasurers

Despain DiesKenneth B. Despain, forme:­

Tapline employee stationed atRafha, died June 2 in Flag­staff, Arizona. He is survivedby the wife Vera and twosons, Wendall and Dean.

'I'wo fer ncr Tapline em­ployees ha e been elec:tcJtreasurers of organizations inDhahmn. I(en S.nith waschosen treasurer of theAramco E,np!oyees Associa­Lion, Dhahran chapter. ArtWarmington is the newtreasurer of the S:ludi Len3Camera Club.

takji and F'. Y. Mikhael, m~­

chanics; M. A. Zein, mason;1. E. Misto and F. A. Furaj.painters; N. K. Akkaoui,plumber; H. D. Bassiri, weld­er; Mohamed Durrah, driver;and A. Yunis, laborer.

The tran fer operation, ac­cording to reports, wa3 oneof the smoothest ever made.Both the men and all theirtools and equipment left ont"le same plane.

TRA S·ARABIAN PIPELINE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANON

Seventeen men from Sidonhave been transferred toSaudi Arabia to speed upconstruction, it has been an­nounced. A trained construc­tion crew, the group headedby Engineer Karem Nasserwill work first at Qaisumahto help complete the familyhousing and bachelor quar­ters.

When the work at Qaisu­mah is finished, the crewwill move up the line han­dling other constructio"work as required.

The crew is the fi,st com­posed entirely of nationalpersonnel to work in SaudiArabia.

Engineer Nasser and G. H.Sayhouni, head foreman, and

. H. Sakakini, carpenter,left Beirut by plane June 8for Turaif. There they ob­

rved types of construction.On June 15 they flew to Qai­lUlnah to join the rest of the

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Other members are 1. Fa­ouri, craft leader; R. S.tta, M. R. Masri, and

Khodr As i, carpenters; M.R. Wehbe, rigger; M. A. Ba-

Members of the Sidon construction crew crrived '" Qaisumoh June 15 tobegin construction work.

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Tapline's bawling team poses for a picture with the AUB club after anAUB victory May II. Members of the Tapline team are Fra~k Bates, A.C.

Gilcreast, H.L. Seeley, Bil/ Keane and Nora Bezl'an.

Bill Haley (P & S) was awarded his five year pin by SuperintendentG. H. Gossens on May 28.

Hassan ibn Muhammed. employee at the Rofha hospital, received hisfive year pin last month.

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groups. Gregory Thomas(Traffic) and his brother,Ibrahim (Org. & Planning),provided the musical back­ground for a group of Greekdancers.

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Average received at Sidon (BPD)Ships LoadedAverage BPD LoadedAverage Bbls per Ship

For the second consecutiveyear, Mrs. Don (Melda) Wal­lace was selected as chair­man of the annual FolkDance Festival held on theAmerican University's ath­letic field May 22.

Both Melda and Don, aswell as their twin daughters,are devotees of folk dancing,and for the past five yearsthe Wallaces have taughtnumerous groups in the Bei­rut area how to circle andsquare, as well as the quaintfolk dance steps of manydifferent countries. The entireWallace family participatedin this year's festival.

Groups from 20 variousschools and organizations inBeirut, Tripoli, Sidon andSouk el Garb took part in thecolorful performance ofGreek, Armenian, Russian.Lithuanian, English, Scandi­navian, Mexican and Ameri­can folk dances. A specialgroup from Baalbek per­formed the renowned "debki,"national dance of the L3ba­non.

Other Tapliners takingpart in the festival wereSaid Name' (Acet'g), Joe andDottie Volkmann (Person­nel), as well as several young­sters who were members ofthe Girl Scout and ACS

Mrs. Wallace Serves as ChairmanOf Successful Dance Festi~al

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U-control model (the builderstands in the center of alarge circle and flies his planeby means of wires runningto it) whizzed around its cir­cular course at a speed of91.6 miles per heur.

Tom Boll

Incidentally, the U-controltype model now occupiesnearly all of Tom's attention.He first became interested inthis type when he went toSaudi Arabia in 1947. Themodel proved ideal for theSaudi Arabian climate andterrain and is also suitcd tothe somewhat restricted fly­ing area in Beirut.

While Tom's immediateplans call for him to returnto the States sometime thissummer, when there is a po ­sibility of his entering theArmy, his long range planscall for an overseas job inoil.

His father, Dan Ball is rQ­tiring this month after near­ly 35 years of service in theoil industry; and his grand­father on his mother's sideworked in oil for 30 years.Tom's major is economics,but as he said, "Oil justseems to run in the family."

Gossens TreosurerOf Propeller Club

G. H. Gossens, P & S super­intendent, was recently elect­ed treasurer of the PropellerClub of the United States,Port of Beirut, Lebanon. ThePropeller Club is an interna­tional maritime organization.

Seven other Tapline em­ployees are charter membersof the Beirut club: R. P. An­derson, Capt. A. A. Brick­house, W. A. Campbell, W. A.Eddy, Capt. J. R. Jones, G. EoMandis and H. H. Metz.

Tom traces his interest inmodels back to a man in hisneighborhood in Sacramento,California, who was, Tomsays, a "master tinkerer."He had a garage full of en­gines and model airplaneparts. He took tae kids inthe neighborhood under hiswing, encouraged and evensubsidized them.

Tom Ball, Son of Tapline Employee,Brings Model-Building to Arabia

Tom Ball, son of QaisumahGarage Foreman Dan Ball,has been building model air­planes since he was sevenyears old. Now 22, Tom grad­uated from the AmericanUniversity of Beirut in June.He is still building m:dzlrirplanes.

Why? He finds it easy toexplain. It's a hobby that tohim has remained constantlyfascinating. But there havcbeen some trying momentsin his model-building hobbysince his arrival in the Mid­dle East in 1947.

First of all, Tom had dif­ficulty in obtaining partshere. When one of his modelgasoline engines broke down,he could not run to th2 near­est hobby shop; he had toimprovise and make hi!:! ownparts. Then too, at first, thcpeople in the area could notunderstand why a grownman should be messingaround with "toy airplanes."Tom is especially irked atthe words "toy airplanes,"for the models he builds takehours of painstaking work,work that no child could per­form.

'Master Tinkerer'

Recently Tom has beenlending a very similar per­sonal hand in helping kids inBeirut get started in modelbuilding.

Tom believes that there islittle chance for modelers tobecome juvenile delinquents;they are too occupied withtheir work. Too, the manualdexterity which the modelbuilder gains is somethingthat he never loses, some­thing that comes in mightyhandy in repairing householdappliances and doing odd jobsaround the house.

Tom has won several hon­ors for his models. His mostrecent recognition was in1950 when he flew in theCalifornia State Fair Cham­pionship contest and won asecond place in speed. His

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Paulsboro, New Jersey, andBrooklyn, New York, and thE'Socony offices in New Yorkwere arranged.

Upon completion of thecourse Breidi visited thePortland Pipe Line corpora­tion in Portland, Maine­the terminal, the companyoffices, and the pumping sta­tions along the line.

"I was very much impressedby the decency and sim­plicity of heart and mannersof the people I met," Breidisaid. "The immensity of thecountry, the greatness of itsachievements and institutionsand the efficiency of its wayof life also made strong im­pressions on me."

Among the sightseeinghighlights Breidi lists hisfirst major league ball game(Giants vs. Braves - thE'Braves won), the Easterstage show at Radio CityMusic Hall, the circus inMadison Square Garden anda ticker tape parade alongBroadway.

He also visited Washing­ton, D.C., and saw the U.S.Congress in session. In NewYork he met relatives whomhe had not seen for six years.

lraining Assumes Important RoleBreidi Reports After US 1rip

Training and developmentare assuming incrc'Olsing im­portance in the industrial re­lations picture, according toJoseph W. Breidi (BeirutPersonnel), who recently re­turned from the UnitedStates where he attended afour-week survey course inindustrial relations.

"Wages and salaries, ben­efit plans and related sub­jects," Breidi reported, "seemto have reached a certainlevel of stability throughoutthe industry. Those concernedwith industrial relations,however, are still faced withproblems arising from themanagement and administra­tion of personnel. To copewith these problems trainingappears to be the answer."

Breidi believes that an ef­tent program of trainingI help produce the most

dective use of manpower.The course which Breidi

attended was organized byony Vacuum of New

ork. It covered all the ma­r functions of industrialations. During the first

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to the Socony refineries at

One of the highlights of Joseph Breidi's trip to the United States was hisvisit to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Congress. Shawn on the steps ofthe Capitol are Breidi (right), Congressman Walter Horan and Mrs. Horan(center), Mr. Green, Republican committee member, State of Washington,(next to Breidi) and friends.

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Report

Combination Radio Phono­graph - 1952 Pye radio, 7tubes, 9 waves; Garrard 3­speed pickup. Contact: M. I.Khoury, Asseily building,Ext. 28.

Washing Machine, G.E.,large size, brand new, non­automatic. Contact: DanBall, Qaisumah.

Tape Recorder, RevereModel T-700 and 4 iong play­ing tapes. See Tom McNee,Room 309, Asseily building.

Austin Sedan, 1950, 16 HP,green. Contact: Edmond An­dary, Asseily bUilding, Ext.45.

Available

Edward Najjar (Eng'g) adaughter, Rima.

SidonJoseph Geha (Operations) a

daughter, Violette.Hassan Yamani (Marine) a

daughter, Mariam.Toufic Sebrawi (Marine) a

son, Ali.Reslan Shamseddine (Marine)

a daughter, Raja'a.

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Hassan Taha (Hvy Transp .. )to Siham Zaret.

Ibrahim Arab (Safety) toLaurette Kibeh.

Georges Kanaan (SecurityP&S) to Violette Khalaf.

Gastasse Labaki (Office Serv­ices) to Azizeh Melki.

SidonMoha:nad Mbadder (Opera­

tions) to Amira Sibai.Yassine Zeineddine (Opera­

tions) to Subhiyeh Jabaly.

ENGAGEMENTSVicki Shirikjian (Traffic) to

Onnic Marashian of Cairo.Egypt.

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the Spotlight' PersonalityHer secretarial job keeps h:lrclose to the profession.

Sports occupy a great dealof her attention. In thewinter she spends nearlyevery Sunday skiing at theCedars. Renee, a brunette, isalso a topnotch tennis playerand cuts a very good figurein the swimming pool.

Not that she is strictly asports girl. She has an in­tense interest in the Frenchtheatre, which is her firstlove.

July 21 will be Renee'sanniversary, her sixth yearof work with Tapline.

Mrs. Evelyn Hughes

Moses Bezlrlganlan

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Miss Renee Yared

Renee Yared, secretary toFrank Bates (Beirut Law),came to Beirut for a shortvacation in 1947. She hadjust completed work at aBritish Navy base in Alex­andria and had decided thatbefore seeking a new job, shewould renew her old acquain­tance with the city of Beirut.

Tapline was just gzttingstarted then, and some of herfriends urged her to applyfor a job. At first, she didn'tthink much of the idea. Herhouse was in Alexandria; anumber of her friends werethere. But, she had to agreewith her friends, the sum­mer!) were a little too warmin "Alex." She would stayfor the summer. She hasbeen in Beirut and withTapline ever eince.

Renee started as a steno­grapher, then became Willi2.mL. Owen's secretary in theLaw department. When Mr.Owen left late in 1950, shcbecame Mr. Bates' secrztary.

About her work, she said."Oh, in the Law departmentthere is always a lot of workto do. But I like it." Rcne~

had wanted to study law butnever had the opportU:lity.

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Tural! J. H. Arnold

Training Center R. ulllvan

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Editor W. R. Heaps

Artist Vartan Bezdikian

Rel)Orters:

Badanah EUas J"utfallah

Beirut Rose Saudah

Qaisumah J. Shakhtour

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Pondering a scare point on the shuffleboard is Sulton Abdulla (left) whileplayer Abdulla Qahtani (right) measures rhe line.

Customs Accountant Mohamad Mare' (second from left) observes inspec­tion of travellers' luggoge at the airport.

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A younger member of Turalf tewn receives an ,nnoculatlon flom Maham.Mubarak. ass't, nurse.

The third larg~st port of t'ntry illto 'audi Arabia,Turaif will b Arabian head quarters for the line as Soonas construction on a 'lIain office buildin~ i'l complet dThe central shops will be moved to TUrlllf in th ncarfuture, making this fourth p'lmp station the larg:from the standpoint of p rsonne1. Tumif fadlities werebUIlt for TU'lli'1c by C;rav l' Tank and ManufacturingCompany. ("ho!ol"(/ph, III (JIII'1! (hlc\).

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..with another statIon on the line is Operator J. Bos.

Storehouse Supv'r, Dale Foster (lower right) checks purchasing data withHead Clerk K. Akhrass. In the background are (I. to r.) clerks A. Soob, S.Kurban and W. FernolnY.

New masonry family housing compared with farmer portable hOUSing at left.

Discussing station safety problems with his staff IS Sup't, John Kelley (left)and (I. to r.) V,rg Brimer, mechanic; mtce. foreman George Hearn;operation foreman John Arnold; George Koper, service foreman' and M.Joouni, office specialist.

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Capt. J. R. JO:les, Ter.:linalsuperintendent, is temporari'j~way fro:n Sidon. During hi!'absence W. R. Hellmann willbe r~sponsible for all shoreactivities and Capt. A. A.Brickhouse for marine activ­ities.

Terminal employees .vhoenjoyed June vacations we~~

Serop Kizirian, Tarek Baa i­ri, Mukhtar Taleb, Moham:>dKobros'y and Sima:ln Abu­Ja:nra.

The Tracys are short-vaca­tioning in Cyprus. AI': Par­sons and wife will soon beleaving for Istanbul to spendtheir local leave.

Capt. W. Taxt, leaving t3ecompany July 2, expects tosail to Italy on board ~n

Italian steamer. In Italy hI'will meet his son and brotheland drive to orway.

The Terminal is transfer­ring a number of construc­tion personnel. Twelve leftthis month for the desert,and another group is ex­pected to follow them soon.George Hearn, temporarilytransferred to Turaif to re­lieve the maintenance fori'­man there, was originally aSidonite. This month, hisfamily moved to Turaif tojoin him.

George Youssef Wakim,timekeeper from Mieh-Mieh,is planning to get marriedJuly 5 to Mis Adma Asaad.George said he will probablyspend his honeymoon atChtaura.

Recently married wereAyoub Shami, radio techni­cian trainee, and Mary Burt­cosh.

C~ptain M. Rutherford ex,peets his wife and daughte,'to join him in idon soon.

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At the Qaisumah barbecue June 5 John Strader prepared the hamburgers.In the photo Dick Crosthwait eagerly awaits the resu Its. Les Mathew$and Mrs. Crosthwait are in the background.

snnally to see sevel'at1\iSortcsites nearby.

Party-giver Pearl Graystaged one of her usu~1 bigparties on the occasion ofthe Art Trudes' departure ontheir long leave. Dotti Pickettentertained in her home witha "coffee" for Jerry Grymala.who is prece:l.ing her hus­band to the States. Datti'scoffee cakes were scrump­tioUS. That night, Gib andJerry Grymala entertained intheir home.

Rafha will soon welco'11eMrs. Bill Edwards a'1d 50:1,

and we are hoping to includeHank Parry's family in ourgroup in the near future.Tiny Evans' wife is duefrom the States Jl'ly 10. Shewill reside in Beirut.

Other local items: TiceGarettson is back [rom Ar­abic school in Sidon. Ha~ib

Abboud is touring the Leha­non with friends from Cypruson his long leave. Habib Tah­sharani and Garabet Tou­tounjian are both on longleave. Also on leave is HabibAssaly. Leaving soon is Mon­sur Naimeh.

Arriving in his home inDamascus just in time forthe birth of his baby girlwas Mahmud Khalil of theHospital staff. Congratula­tions, Mahmud, on your newdaughter and on your timelyarrival.

My husband, HarryHughes, surprised me with ahuge and beautiful birthdaycake a few nights ago. Hehad all the familips in forcoffee and cake after thC'show. My sincere thanks toRafha Chefs Rudolph VallDen Brint and H. Peuisen forthe largest, most colorful (andif my mother wasn't in Bei·rut, I'd say the tastiest)birthday cake I have everhad. The nicest part of ;twas that it was sa Ul-ex­pected and shared withfriends.

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Ken Armstrong, AbbasHamadeh, Abdul Majid andMohammed Baluchi paid an'Id visit to AmiI' SulaimanShuncify of Lina and reportthat they have never knowna more gracious host. Theynot only enjoyed an Arabicfeast of exeellence, but AmiI'Shuneify also took them per-

Fire Destro:rs Shop

Everyone enjoyed the holi­days to the utmost. There\'/a"" however, a tragic end­ing. H~jji Mohamed's tailorchop in the R:lfha suk caughtfl;·c. Dud H:lrbin and GeJrgeConser supervised the fire­fighting in a professionalmanner and undoubtedly pre­vented a greater los3 thanthcre was.

The feast provided a hap­py ending to 'Id al FitI'. Asincere thank-you goes to allthe boys for their gracious­ness. Emil Minder supervisedthe food and the activities.

The exce:lent food con­sisted of lahm mishwe andmany side dishes. Music, in­cluding Arabic music for thedancing, was provided byJohn and L'Juise Pfister.

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The affaIr of the m::nth inRafha was an outdoor Arabicfeast given by the Lebaneseboys in camp for bo~h thefamilies and the single men.

The agenda included danc­ing by the one and onlyNasser Kattan. He was as­sisted by his cousin, EliasKattan, and Abb:ls Hamadeh.Nasser's love of comedy,pl', s his dancing talent, madehis interpretive dance thehi}hlight of the evening.

John Torres, formerly aRafha resident, has trans­ferred to Qaisu'11ah. M-s.Torres joined I:er hl'sbandhere June 15.

Among those 0:1 le-,v,): EJGulik (Opcration_), i:1 t:1CUSA on long vacation; Jrnlietz, short vacationing inCyprus; William Shiha, inBeirut for long leave aniplanning a Cairo trip; andGuissipe Magon, on IO'1g va­cation in Italy. Abdullah

'atouq, warehouse mJ.n,I go on mid-contract vaca­

tion about July 4.

Dr. Almajian is in Qaisu­mah to check employe:!S'dental needs. When he hJ.scompleted his work here, hewill proceed up the line,

OAisUMA~by JAMALSIiAkliTouR

Last month employeeswere entertained with aSaudi style dinner in celeb­ration of 'Id al FitI'. Largelythrough the efforts of SteveChakar and Dick Laanen,the party was a big success.The food, served on hugeArab trays, was eaten bythe fistful.

Another feast - Americ.ll1style - was held by th~

Qaisumah families June 5.Chief course: hamburgers.John Strader supervised thefrying.

Quite a number of Qaisu­mah residents are away onleave. Mrs. H. C. Davis leftfor the States June 25 onthe Camel. Mr. Davis expectsto join her the first part ofSeptember.

Leaving us for Californiathis week are Mr. and Mrs.Dan Ball. Dan, retiring after35 years of ervice, plans tosettle down, raise flowers andplay golf.

Last month's mililary parade was both colorful and exciting, E.N.Lutfallah reported from Badanah.

High points of his tripother than Austria, reportedShabshab, were his vi its toGermany and England, partic­ularly Munich and Leiches­tel'. Low point: 150 kilo­meters of bad road betweenTurkey and Greece whentheir car got stuck in mudup to the doors and they hadto be towed out by oxen.

Ball Wedding

Tom Ball, son of Dan Bal1.and Ann O'Leary, employeein the American Embassy.were married here in BeirutJuly 2 at the Robert Bush­nell home. The ReverendWilloughby performed theceremony.

their local leave, Gaylordand Freda Hopper of Dha­hran dropped in to say hello

Also from Dhahran, WaltKowal of Fluor Corp. spentseveral day in Beirut reonewing acquaintances madeduring the time he .vas withour contractor, Graver Tank& Mfg. Co.

Visiting their many friendsover the Id I FitI' holidaywere Ernie Stones and BudLidd I of Abqaiq.

Other visitors from Arabiaduring the month wereGeorg and Juli Stocker ofJIdda wher George has beenComptroller for MichaelBaker Company.

Dri\e~ to Europe

Back [rom a 50-day motortrip through Europ is Raja

habshab (P&S). Driving a'51 tud baker conv rtible,Raja, with hi' broth I' and afriend, left Beirut April 6 foran ext nded journ y throughTurk y, Gr ce, Yugo'lavia,Au~1.ria, Germ'l.ny, B Igium,France and England.

Though unimpr ss d with'furkey, Raja found theGreeks fri ndly and helpful.In Yugosla ia he was amazedat the scarcity of automobilesas well as to find v ry inchof tillable soil under cultiva­tion even the mountaintops. From his observationllof Communism in operationth re, Raja d s not believeit to be a workabl syst mof governm nt. And ofAu tria- -"To me it i' themost beautiful country in thewhol world with its for ts.fairy-land castles, ancientchurches, and richness inculture," said Raja.

BEiRUTb ROSE Awdl\h

Ex-Tapliners VisitEnroute to Turkey on

A number of Beirut per­sonnel depart d on homeleave during the month.Among them: Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Chandler and daughten;Mr. & Mrs. Al Gardiner anddaughter; Dick Prenttc , EGulik, Mr. & Mrs. GeneCrowell; Mrs. W. J. Grymala;and Mr. & Mrs. Walt Vaughn

Miss Handa Sawaya (Per­sonnel) left June 5 n a va­cation tour of Europe thatwill emphasize France andItaly.

The Beirut College forWomen Alumni As~ociation

offered a free, round-tripticket to Cairo at it AlumniClub dance 1ay 23. Thewinner was Tapline employeeTony Accad (Acct'g). .fr.and Mr. Accad are makinguse of the ticket to spend a15 day vacation in Cairo andAlexandria.

Back from school at theCulver Military Acad my inIndiana is William L. Cross,son of Mr. and Mrs. H'l.roldCross (Acct'g). Bill, who fin­ished his third year at thencademy, will return to In­diana in September.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Swig-artreturned from New YorkJune 6 aboard the Gazelle.

Dr. Afif Mufarrij, Medicaldepartment, has been electeda member of the LebaneseMedical Association.

New member of the BillNew family Genevieve,who arrived May 26.

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Arriving June 15 to t:lkeup residence in our commu­:Iity was Mrs. George Hearnand "Skooter." The Hearnsdrove from Beirut, over­nighting in Damascus on the14th.

Conection please: creditfor the photo of the Brimerfa:J1ily in the June issue ofthe Periscope should haveread G. R. Filler.

To celebrate the Id el FitI'holiday, the B!'imers andGiles entertained a largenumber of station personnelJune 13.

After vacationing in Hoi­land, Jan Van Del' Muellerhas returned to Turaif.

Peter Katul (Eng'g) hasbeen transferred to Qaisu­mah.

Pat Giles is summer vaca­tioning with her paren . heand her brother, Michael, \villreturn to the States this fall.

In Texas they hav~ buck­ing broncos but in Turaif w~

have bucking camels. If yo'!d:m't believe it ask Bill Wal­den, newly proclaimed Ara­bian rodeo rider, who"eshutter-bug instincts reward­ed him with a broken arm- but still no picture of W.R.en a camel!

Rod Hargrove joined hL;parents in Turaif June 27.

Salas H. Kassem accom­panied a 74 year old patientwith acute appendicitis toDhahran hespital recentlyAfter six days both nurs~

and patient returned toTuraif where the patient isrecuperating.

Discussing current station problems in Arabia is Acting As~'t Genera~Sup't. H.C. D3vis (center) with (1.. to r.) Earl Schmidt, Supv r Transp."Vic Anderson, Coordinator-Community Services; and, John Terry, Supv r

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The big news story of themonth in Badanah is themilitary parade given by theNorthwest Army Command,directed by Sulaiman BeyJared of the Banadah Gov­ernorate in honor of AmiI'Mohammed Sudairi. In thcGovernor's guest revie.vingstand were R. K. Curran, Dr.F'. A, Iliya, am Clevenger,John Elliot,' John Palmer andW. O. MunEel1. Station em­ployees watched from alongthe parade lines.

It was a stlectacular affair.The organiza'tion and displayof discipline in the ranks ofthe Army were commendable.The Army Band, flJwn in[rom 'faif especially for theoccasion, was a big ingredientin the success of the venture.Speeches and refreshmentsconcluded the program.

For many Badanah em­ployees this was the firstparade they had ever seenF'or them it was especiallyexciting,

Mohamed Ta'd, Abdu Tele­graph, Boutros Sader, Adel

oujaim, Afif Sa'ab, Ray­mond ahas, Bi~hara Accadand Wahib Habib dDve dow.1[rom Turaif to spend twodays of the Id al FitI' holidaywith friends at Badanah.Visitors from Rafha wereSa'ad Khalifa and HassanMohamed.

Ghurmalla Bin Abdullawas recently married. He wason a leave of absence in Jor­dan when he met the luckybride Congratulatio:Js, Ghur­malla!

Off to Italy

Abdulla Siblani has packejhis two gazelles, Skandarand Noura, and left forItaly on vacation. The ga­zelles, however, won't get thegrand tour of Italy that Ab­dulla plans. They will sl.ayin Ba'albek. The clim'l.tethere is more suitable forthem, according to Siblani,Before he left, a large fare­well party was given in hishonor on June 10. He ex­pects to see Italian frie7ld,>now on vacation in th~ir

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tive threat with which theCompany is faced. Taplinemust remain in the forefrontof all competition and in or­der to do so it must operateat a maximum of efficiencywith a minimum of cost.

This requires that all em­ployees-from the Managerdown the line-become ex­tremely cost con cious. Th~re

are many ways in which ex­penses can be reduced andall departments can con­tribute effectively to this end.

It should be rememberedthat Tapline is a relativelynew company. It has bee.lfunctioning as an operating"nit only since December 2.1950. Prior to that date,when it was still in the pro­cess of construction, it need­ed many units and many em­ployees not required nowin the less involved functionof operating and maintaining:l pipeline. Some of the econ­omies now being effected area nece sary part of thetransition from the construc­tion to the operation phaseof the Company's status.

All of the economies are inline with the sound Manage­ment and business practiceswhich must be followed ifTapline i to meet the com­petitive threat which con­front it.

WHY ECONOMIES ARE NECESSARY

With the satisfaction of a job well done, the entertainment committee.(left to right) Eddie Najjar, Jane Ringlund, Nick Habre. Josephine Zeltoun,Chairman Dave Skory and Emily Dagher, relaxes at the opening ofTapline's Sporting Club. (For more pictures see page 3)

Why are economies neces­sary?

The above question hasbeen heard frequently oflate among employees.

The answer should be clearin everyone's mind. Thetransportation of crude oil isa highly competitive businessand in any competitive busi­ness economies are an ab­solute MUST. Tapline's pur­pose is to provide the mosteconomical means possible ofmoving crude oil from thePersian Gulf to the Mediter­ranean. It has no other func­tion. If it cannot continue tomove crude oil more econo­mically than oth~r mpan~ oftransport it will have no rea­I>on for remaining in busi­ness.

Since Tapline's constru::tionmuch progress has beenmade in the economicaltransport of crude oil bytankship and other methods.Super tankers of great speedand carrying capacity, whichwere not in existence a fewyears ago, are now movingthrough the seas. Last monthTapline's through-put was cutto 280,000 barrels per oay, areduction of approximately15 percent trom cap:lCity.This mayor may not be apermanent condition, but itclearly reflects the competi-

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at Pittsburg. Interestinglyenough, the pipeline depart­ment at that time was underthe superVISIOn of Mr.Swigart.

After five years Statesidethe sand commenced workingin D3.n's shoes, and 1946found him back with Aramcoin Arabia.

Then came Tapline, and inOctober, 1947 the Ballspacked up and moved to Bei­rut where Dan took over theSt. Michel garage. Since thattime Dan's mechanical skillhas been utilized at SidonTerminal and at the variouspump stations. Prior to hisretirement he was based atQaisumah.

July 2, 1953 was an event­ful day for the Balls. It wasnot only the occasion of aluncheon honoring Dan's re­tirement; presentation of his35-year pin; or even the factit was the 35th wedding an­niversary of Grace and Dan,but it was also the weddingday of their son, Tom, a Junegraduate of A.U.B., and Miss

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At a luncheon in his honor July 2. Dan Ball (left) was presented his35-year service pin by President C. A. SWigart.

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Dan Ball embarked on acareer in the oil industrywhich took him from Patter­son, California to half-wayaround the world, covering aperiod of nearly thirty-fiveyears. Dan was first em­ployed as driver-mechanic byStandard of California on itson trunk line between Bakers­field and Richmond.

Six months before Danjoined SOCAL's organizationIJe and Grace Harby of Pat­

rson were married. Life ine oil world was far from a

venture for Grace as herther was chief engineer forCAL at Los Palos.

In 1931 the Bal13 moved toramento where Dan was

ployed in the motor trans­division. It was in IP38lure of foreign serv:ce

koned and he transferredAramco-then known asOC-and departed for

di Arahia.t the end of his c:>ntract1941, Dan returned toornia to work for

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and ~Iadame Butterll~·. Thesea on might also featuresome symphonic works an':!ballet. The performanceswould be staged in the Capi­tole theatre, which has thefacilities to handle the mas­sive productions operas re­quire.

Some large companies inBeirut are now discussingthe possibilities of sponsor­ing such an undertaking. Ifthe plans succeed, and thereis reason to believe that theywill, Mrs. Keane will havetaken yet another step alonga musical career that had itsbeginning in San Francisco.There she studied music atan early age; there shehelped organize groups ofsingers and gave concerts intheatres and neighboringtowns.

Milan Italy, was Mr.Keane's next stop in hermusical study. There shemet Maestro Negha, whotook her as one of his pupils.She continues to study withhim to this day.

The Periscope wishes tojoin the many other voicesthat are encouraging Mrs.Keane in her venture tobring opera to Beirut. Withher contagious enthusiasm,she seems almost certain ofsuccess.

REPORT

Mrs. Dorothy Keane

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If you want to talk aboutopera, see Mrs. DorothyKeane, wife of Tapline Em­ployee Bill Keane. Even ifyou have an intense interestin opel a, Mrs. Keane's enthu­siasm will make that interestseem lukewarm.

Mrs. Keane, a mezzo sopra­no, accompanied by MaestroBenintende Neglia, recentlygave a concert of operaticselections on the West hallstage at AUB.

This concert aroused agood deal of interest in Rei­rut music circles, and Mrs.Keane releal>ed as a trialballoon a plan she h:l.d hadin the back of her mind fora long time: the pos ibilityof bringing opera to Beirut.

She talked over the ideawith Maestro Neglia, thefamed Italian conductor andMrs. Keane's teacher, andwith several prominent Beirutresidents. They liked the ideaand encouraged her to gGahead. Go ahead she dOd, alldwhile nothing is dcfhi:e a~

yet, plans call for bringingnoted artists and a leadingorchestra, possibly both (romthe La Scala company, toBeirut in November for :l

season of eight or nim'nights.

Works that would b per·formed might include Car­men, Cavalieria Rusticana

Upera1hanks

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