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EnterTripoli

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Pictures Wanted

J. M Volkmann and Mrs.

Nellie Cross will be Tapline';s

Entries in the women's field.

Aramco is providing prizes

for winners of the competi­

tion.

Pipeline Periscope is anx­

ious to have photographs of

employees' activities. If you

have any pictures which you

think would interest our

readers, send them, along

with idenfificat;an :lecczs::.~y

for publication, to the Editor,

Tapline, Beirut. All photo­

graphs not used will be re­

turned.

Tapline's Team PlansMay Golf Tournament

The Middle East Oil In­

dustry Golf Tournament,

originally scheduled for prj]

16 and 17 in Ras Tanura,

Saudi Arabia, was postponed.

The tourney will now be held

May 16 and 17 in Tripoli and

will be sponsored by the

Iraq Petroleum Company.

Five teams Aramco,

IPC, Kuwait, Basrah and

Tapline will enter the

competition.

Tapline's team will consist

of Daniel H. Ball, Harold E.

Cross, Dale F'oster, Don W.

Murray, Alan C. Nelson, Hu­

bert J. Openshaw, Chester W.

Woodall and L. A. Ford. Mrs.

8adanah Pump Station, situoted near the junction of Wadi 8adanah and Wadi 'Ar'ar, is viewed by manyemployees as their favorite station. Reasons: climate, good water, and Curran hospitality. In theforeground of the photograph are the family houses. 8ehind are the bachelor quarters. The industrialarea is at the right. For more pictures see the Periscope feature, « Meet 8adanah,» on Page 3.

Hamdi Yohyo

butions (both fiction andnon-fiction are welcome)should be sent to Mr. Jab­bour, Asseily building.

TRANS.ARABIAN PIP~LlNE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANONVol. 1, No.3

Hamdi Yahya has been ap­pointed manager of the Tap­line Sporting Club. No new··comer to our midst, he wasemplcyed by the Company in1948 as personnel officer inthe Damascus office.

A family man, Mr. Yahyaresides with his wife andtwo sons, aged 10 and 11, inBeirut.

Mr. Yahya has had con­siderable experience in clubstewardship and services dur­ing J.4 years of employmentwith IPC. In 1949 he super­vised Employees' Services,including staff messes andrecreation, for the ArabianBechtel Company in Syria.Until recently, he was Bech­tel's Camp Supervisor-Em­ployees' Services on theirA"el1 jub.

Hamdi Yahya Named (Iub Manager

Club Nears Completion

Work on the club is nowprogressing rapidly, accord­ing to Club President MikeBassoul. The contractor hasstarted work on the tenniscourts, and the club house isnearing completion.

Present plans call for theclub to open sometime inMay. No definite date hasbeen set, but as soon as a de­cision is reached all em­ployees will be notified.

Drive Continues

Meanwhile, the club's mem­bership drive continues. Al­ready 220 employees havepaid their fees. Employeeswho have not yet joined maysend their fees to JosephJabbour, club treasurer; toMary Rubeiz, Younis build­ing; George Hajjar, St. Mi­chel; and to Jane Ringlundand Mr. Yahya, Asseily build­ing. Mr. Jabbour will sendreceipts to all employees whomail in their fees.

Books are still needed forthe club library. All contri-

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Booklets in Arabic depicting"Tapline - Two Years of Prog­ress" have been distributed toall employees. Prepared by thePublic Relations Department,the book deals with the objec­tives of Tapline, the benetlts itbrings to the countries in whichit operates, and shows facts andpictures of the construction andmaintenance of the pipeline.

Three years of effort, $160,000,­000 and vast quantities of steelwent into Tapline to bring oilfrom Saudi Arabia to the Me­diterraneun Sea.

Advantages to the MiddleEast resulting from Tapline ope­ration in addition to the incomederived from the transportationof oil, are substantial. Approxi­mately 80 tankers a month callat Sidon, resultin,,: in stimulationof marine trade. A road builtalong the pntire length of theline has aided commerce bet­ween the Mediterranean andthe Persian Gulf.Labor has been trained andhundreds of nationals emploY­ed by the company. Payrollshave stimulated business in food.housing, equipment and cloth­ing.

BRIDGE CHAMPS

Stu Thoits and Hal Cross ofAccounting have successfullyemerged from the first of threeelimination tournaments to de­termine the best bridge pair inLebanon. They placed fourth inthe March tourney, and willcompete in the April games.The contests are sponsored bythe Lebanese Bridge Federa­tion.

BOOKLETTO EMPLOYEES

April 5 is the departure dateof Joe Breidi, National Person­nel, who is heading for NewYork to attend a four week sur­vey course in Industrtal Rela·tions at the Socony-Vacuumschool. Joe plans to take his an­nual vacation at the end of theschool term and spend sometime in Europe on his way backto Bei~"t

BREIDI TO U.S.

Enroute to Saudi Arabia fromthe States, John "Stu" Lorimer,formerly of Accounting, pass~d

through Beirut last week. "Stu"is presently associated with Flu­or Middle East.

Another ex-Accounting emp­loyee, R. A. "Tom" Greig, hasjoined Bechtel's forces in Aden.Mrs. Greig and Tommy are re­siding in Woodside, California.

Former Misha'ab-ite and Tap­line Accountant. Ed Masso andMrs. Masso stopped off in Bei­rut last week after local leavein Cairo Ed is with the SAGRailroad project.

REPORTING IN

Average BPD pumpedfrom Qaisumah 312,256 310,107

Average BPD loaded atSidon 305,648 310,107

Ships loaded 72 1MAverage Bbls per ship

118,863 118,051

OPERATION REPORT

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On their way home from NewYork to Beirut, in March, Mr.and Mrs. W. A. Eddy stoppedat the new Arab kingdom of Li­bya where they visited the king,Id"is El Senussi. "We took a300 mile motor trip through Li­bya," says Mr. Eddy, "to view thefarms and to find out the atti­tude of the inhabitants. Wefound the people very friendlyto Americans."

The king of this newly form­ed country is the grandson ofMohammad AI Senussi, whofounded the Senussi Brother­hood, a religious order in Islam.

Mr. Eddy's interest in the A­rab world stems from a lifelong'association with the MiddleEast. He was born in Sidon, Lebanon, the son of American mis­sionaries, and was the first U.S.minister to Saudi Arabia.

EDDYS VISIT LIBYA

While in London attending asecretarial school, MohammedTrakh was asked to give a per­formance of Circassian dancingat the Dolchester Hotel in fran tof His Majesty King Husseinand 800 guests of the JordanEmbassy. Trakh is rated as oneof the best Circassian dancersin Jordan.

Mr. Trakh passed the inter­mediate and adV9.nced coursefor foreign students at the sec­retarial school, and has return­ed to work in the Tapline Am­man oftlce.

Be3t safety record for 1952was won by Badanah, andQaisumah and Turaif tied forthe extremely low SeverityRate. Not only did Badanahhave the best record. but thestation showed the most im­provement over 1951. In 1951this station had the greatestnumber of lost time accidents

Walter Koehler, safety engi­neer, attributes the improve­ment in safety to the increas­ed efforts of each supervisorand the superintendent, plusthe intluence of the weeklysafety meetings held at eachstation.

The Quarterly Safety Engi­neering Inspection Committee,Messrs. G. F. Hearn, D. LTarney, H. C. Giles and W. H.Koehler, wish to thank every­one for the kind reception andcooperation given their efforts.

JORDANIANENTERTAINS

SAFETY AWARDTO BADANAH

scenes of the Sidon Terminalwill be shown througho', t theUnited States and Europe.

The S. S. ESSO BRUSSELSarrived at Sidon on Sunday,March 15, to carry out the firstcargo of crude oil for the re­finery. On board were Mr. An­dre Cauvin, well known tllmproducer, author and lecturer,and his camerman, Charles Len­gnich. They were commissionedby the Esso Company to mak~a film of the voyage of the SSESSO BRUSSELS to Sidon show­ing the everyday work of theseamen.

The Sidon Marine departmentwas represented by CaptainNorman Parker, . who was. ,ncharge of the 10adll1g operatIOn.In supporting roles were cargoinspectors Habib Khoury andAntoine Fayad, as well as Cap­lain Elia Kayyal and crew ofthe mooring launch LENAHAN.

PIPELINE PERISCOPE

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Marking the opening nextmonth of the newly completed2ll,OOO BPD Esso refinery in Bel­gium, a movie film including

SIDON LOADINGFILMED

In their first competition ofthe year five Tapline bowlersplayed against the A.U.B. teamon March 18, and plan to playagainst other teams once amonth in the future. The A.U.B.team won by 160 points.

Captained by Norah Bezjian,the team consisted of Norah,Samir Mutran, Alden Gilcreast,Bill Keane and Jane Ringland.Team members in the next competition will be chosen by theirbowling average.

Monday night is still practicenight, and Tapliners are invitedto play between 6.30 and 9.30 or10 p.m.

BOWLERS COMPETE

Long leave vacations will keepBud Bigelow and Carl Shaefer(both of Accounting) from com­peting on the Tapline golf teamentered in the Middle East OilIndustry Golf Tournament.Their places will be taken byDon Wallace of Personnel andStu Thoits of Accounting whomoves from manager to teammember.

Also traveling to Dhahranfor the Tournament April 16and 17 will be Dave Bourne,Manager, and Mel Wallace,Coach, both of whom were serveas alternate players in case re­gular team members are unableto compete.

NEW NAMES ONGOLF TEAM

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Visiting Beirut and the NearEast this month are Mr. andMrs. R. C. Stoner of San Fran­cisco, California. Mr. Stoner is.a retired Director of SOCAL.

VISITORS

Walt Hough and Kay Olesen;Bob Thompson and BeverlyArrowsmith were married onMarch 16 in the office of theAssistant Commissioner at Ni­cosia, Cyprus. The two couplesspent several days sightseeingon the Island, and are now re­siding in Beirut. Mrs. Hough isfrom Copenhagen, Denmark andwas formerly employed in theRome office of ScandinavianAirways. Mrs. Thompson isfrom Beverly Hills, California.

DOUBLE WEDDING

Defying foul weather, sports­minded Renee Yared (Law) ;Nora Bezgian (Accounting);.Jane Ringlund (Admin.); Geor­gia Schantz and Mark Gasto­vitch of Medical braved the ele­ments far a day's skiing at theCedars March 21. However,coming down the mountain wasanother proposition - after 30kilos Georgia and Jane, tired ofpushing the car and skepticalof the icy road, gave up forthe warmth of the Hotel Bara­kat in Hadad Jabe. Brave-of­heart and strong-of-back, Nora,Renee and Mark struggled on­ward for 9 hours before reach­ing Beirut. Jane and Georgiawere snugly snow-bound forfour days.

SNOW BOUND

At a special luncheon in March, Mr. H. B. Beckley, head of GeneralServices, was presented with a service pin and pocket watch for 30 yearscontinuous service with Tapline and affiliated companies by Mr. C. A.Swigart, president of Tapline. About 20 of Mr. Bed ley's friends andassociates attended the luncheon held at the Bristol Hotel.«I started work with Standard of California in 1923 as a mechanic inthe natural gasoline department », reminisces Mr. Beckley, «arid I stayedin the operation end for 16 years ». In 1939 Mr. Beckley joined Aramcoin Saudi Arabia, helped build the crude oil stabilizer in Dhahran andoperated it f~r 2 years. He was an assistant District Manager in theProducing Department when he transferred to Tap line in 1949.Except for a few short months in 1942, Mr. Beckley has been in theMiddle East continuously since /939. In his present position he heads theCommunity Services, Transportation, Traffic, Purchase & Stores, andCommunity Development functions.

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Badanah Superintendent R.K. Curran outlines a new policy for hisstaff. Left to right are G. B. Abdullah, A. S. Sib/ani, Curran, J. R.

Van Dijk and J.G. Sayegh.

Above, Relations staff at an office conference with Arab contractors'representatives.

Below, Lafi bin Na'if and A.B. Ali switch generators in Badanah'smain pump house. part of the extensive equipment and machinery

that assist the flow of oil through the pipeline.

PIPELINE PERISCOPE

Photographs on this pagearc by A. D. Clark and J. M.Webster.

others are building perma­nent homes and shops whichnow form the nueieus of anenterprising town.

Inasmuch as the highestpoint on the pipeline lies be­tween Badanah and Turaif,the Badanah station museraise oil from the pumps toa higher elevation than anyof the other stations. Theload on the Badanah stationis 900 psi compared to amaximum of 790 psi at theother stations.

tueet B~TAPlINE'S THIRD PUMP STATION

Above, H.E. Amir Muhammad al-Sudairi (left) presented the /952safety award cup to Superintendent R.K. Curr 10 (center) in aninfarmal ceremony at a picnic April /7. A.I. Balushi, interpreter, is

tat the right.

Below, one of the highlights af the picnic was a tug-of-war contest.There was also singing and dancing--and plenty of food.

Shown at a recent gathering in Badanah are three of the Sudairibrothers. From left to right are H.E. Amir Rahman al-Sudairi ofSakaka, H.E. Amir Muhammad al-Sudairi of Badanah and H.E. Amir

Khalid al-Sudairi of Tabuk.

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BADANAHREV'ATION I190fT

Badanah, selected as thecentral location for the Gov­ernorate of the area by theSaudi Arab government, hasdeveloped into a thrivingcommunity since 1949 whenTapline began constructionof one of its most importantpump stations.

The Governor, His Excel­lency Amir Mohammad al­Sudairi, has erected a beauti­ful modern villa on a knolloverlooking the town. Thispersonal interest has inspiredthe confidence of the local in­habitants in the permanencyof the community. Followingthe Governor's example,

100Sadallah Kassir (Operations)

a son, Jawdat.Mohammad Elayan (Opera­

tions) a daughter, aimeh.Elias Y. Mansour (Opera­

tions) a daughter, Selva­na.

Haidar Sieiman (Security)twins: a son, Mufid and adaughter, Ismat.

Available

PersonnelReport

Summer hours for em­ployees working in Tapline'sBeirut offices and in the St.Michel area became effectivetoday. The work schedule isas follows:

For Lebanese employees:Monday through Friday ­

7:30 a. m. to 12 noon; 1 to3:30 p. m. Saturday - 7:30a. m. to 12 :30 p. m.

Americans and other ex­patriate employees work un­til 4 :30 p.m. Monday throughFriday.

Work schedules for theBeirut hospital, Sidon, andshift workers in the Beirutarea will be announced bythe supervisors concerned.

• WeddingsHassan F. Muhsen (Sidon

Construction) to Alia Hu­tait.

Company Announces

ew 'ummer Hours

Fiat 1100, 1950 model.Contact Joe Mouhanna, You­nis Bldg., Ext. 81.

Dodge, 1951 model. Con­tact A. Homaidan, AsseilyBldg., Ext. 28.

• Engagementsadim Hayek (Sidon Opera­tions) to Nabiha Yazbek.

Nash'at Yamut (Sidon Mtce)to Mouzayyine Barakat.

• Proud FathersBEIRFf

abih Moussa (Medical) adaughter, Shadiah.

Elias Samaha (CommunityServices) a son, Antoine.

Jcseph Nassar (Eng'g) a son,George.

Subhi Durzi (Hvy Transp.)a son, Riyad.

Mahmoud Halabi (P & S) ason, Bahig.

Miss Jane Ringlund, Miss

Nora Bezjian, Mark Gasto­

vitch and Ed Andary spentt;leir Easter holidays skiing

at the Cedars.

Your Acting Editor hasjust learned that in thepast year the Compan~'

contributed approximately$90,000 to developmentprojects, charitable institu­tions and other org ni~a­

tion in the Lebanon, Syriaand Jordan,

~Iore than $20,000 wasgiven for charity and re­lief; more than 30,000 toassist educational institu­tions j upwards of $20,000to aid in the rehabilitationof refugees and the indi­gent, and more than $5,000in miscellaneous welfaresubscriptions.

About 30 orgammtionsreceived assistance. Amongthem were the LebaneseHospital for Mental andNervous Disorders; theLebanon Red Cross; theArab Development ociety,Jordan; the Jordan RedCrescent; the Arab OrphanCommittee of Haifa; the

ear East Foundation inS~'ria, and the DamascusJuvenile Protection sso­elation.

Journeying to Petra for

the three-day Ea ter holiday

were Miss Ruth Frey, Bill

Walden, Ray Humiston, Ger­

ald Turner an his mother

Mrs. Jeannette Hartog.

Holiday PermitsExtended Trips

Memo fromThe Acting Editor

Tapline's new Easter va­

cation policy - using Easter

Monday as the holiday rath­

er than Good Friday made

it possible for a number of

employees to take long trips.

Among tho e gomg tJ

Aleppo were Stu Thoits,

George Petrie, Bab Pursel,Mr. aand Mrs. Frank Bates,

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beckley,

MI'. and Mrs. Chick Nelson

and daughter Cordelia, Mr. and

Mrs. Howard Wells and son

Mike, Mr. and Mrs. HowarJMartin and Mr. and Mrs.

Alan Gilcreast.

Beirut,'Hard'

PIPELINE PERISCOPE

CorrectionThe caption over the pic­

ture of Qaisumah's craneoperator (April issue of Peri­scope) should have readFahad bin Mutlaq and notMuriag bin Saad.

unless he h3.d additionaltraining.

It was then that he wasselected as the first SaudiArab employee to attempt anew study program designedto help employees equipthemselves for better jol;s.

In Beirut since November,Ishbook will finish his com­pany-::>ponsored train;ng inMay. He receives his fullsalary during this period cfstudy.

Takes Four Subjeet3Of the four subjects Ish­

book is taking - Arabic,arithmetic, English and Eng­lish typing - he finds typingthe easiest. Surprisinglyenough, Arabic is most diffi­cult. Though he could speakArabic, he had never learnedto read or to write it untilhe came to Beirut.

Is Ishbook so fascinated bythe bright lights of Beirutthat he wants to stay here?Not in the least. He is anx­ious to go pack to his oldjob. He likes the desert andhe likes his work. And frc:,:all reports Badanah is anl<ious to have him back too.

Mr. Schau said that the fu­t.ure of the training venturemay depend upon Ishbook'ssuccess. Schau added thatthe venture seelJlS to have abright future.

Studying lnEasy, Arabic

W. R. Heaps

J. H. Arnold

H. C. Davies

Moses Beziriganian

l\lrs. Evelyn Hughes

idon

Turair

Qaisumah

Rarah

Acting Editor

They call him "Ishbook,"but his real name is HathalBin Said. He's a 21 year oldSaudi Arab now in Beirut asa "pilot case" in a new Tap­line training venture.

Ishbook, with Tapline since1949, first worked a3 anoffice boy, then as filingclerk in the personnel officeat Ras-el-Mishaab. In 1950he was transferred to Rafhato become a checker in com­munity services. Later, hebecame a clerk in the Badan­ah warehouse.

Additional TrainingAccording to Matt Schau,

training coordinator, Ish­book had done such an out­standing job that the com­pany was anxious that heprogress with Tapline. Ish­book, it was felt, would findit difficult to raise his rating

Artist Vartan Bezdikian

Reporters:Badanah Elias J.utfallah

Beirut Rose Saudah

CfipelmePERISCOPE

Training Center H. OsbornI'

Badanah Employee -in the Spotlight'

Ishbook, NowFinds Typing

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Over the Easter holidaysyour reporter was in Dhah­ran and thus missed theholiday activity. I had a lotto catch up on when I re­turncd.

Easter Sunday the Pfisterscntertained in their homewith a fried chicken dinnercookcd by all the wives. For­mcrly planned for the out­i:'ide barbecu<, pit, the affairwas movcd inside when asuddcn hamal interfered.

Miss Margaret Conser andMi s Joan Trude were downfrom school over the holi­days. Their parcnts gave aparty in their honor at theConser home. The dancinglasted very late.

A recent party at the Dud­ley Harbins had duck as themain course. The party hadits inception in a .emarkBabe Harbin made while BillPickett was cleaning someducks for the freezer. Babeadmircd the ducks; Bill sug­g sted she cook them. ThePfistcrs, rorahams and Pick­etts, along with the Harbins,raidcd their own freezers un­til there were 40 ducks forthe cvent. Billi Graham andLouise Pfister helped in thecooking. Down from Beirutat the occasion were JoeVolkmann, Stan Aronson DalPinckney and Nick Bibb~.

The Harbins held a fare­well party in honor of Dr.Munir Shammaa, who hasbecn transferred to Beirut.We also held a small dinnerparty for the doctor. TheHarbins, John Elliot, andAbid Samahaa attended.

Invited, but unable to at­tend, was Major ick Seatonof the British Locust Con­trol.

Dr. Jack Thaddeus is re­placing Dr. Shammaa.

Pcarl and Iva Gray gave asurprise eighteenth anniver­sary party for George andMargaret Conser a few nightsago. Nick Bibby and GlenBuettner from Beirut wercamong those who attended.

Walt Vaughn endearedhimself forcver in the Rafhaladies' hearts by arriving onEaster with a lovely pottedplant for each. How welcomethe flowers were in our homesdown here.

Hassan Bin Mohamed wasreeently awarded the Com­pany's five year service pin.

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From London

Art Olson of Engineeringand Harold Krapp of Main­tenance returned the first ofthe month from a businesstrip to London and severalcities in Western Germany.

Mr. & Mrs. H. B. Brittonreturned to ew York onApril 26 after nearly tenweeks in the field.

Departing on a ix to eightw(,~ks busin ss trip to theUS were Mr. & Mrs. C. A.Swigart on the GAZELLEApril 21. '

Attend ~'mposium

Attending thc Near EastMedical Sympo ium held inBeiru t April 17, 18 and 19were Doctors Zukoski, Bous­tany, Ghanma, Mufarrij,Thaddeus and Vosgueritch­ian. Enroute to ew Yorkfrom Dhahran, Dr. T. E. Al­Ien, assistant medical directorof Aramco, stopped off inBcirut to also attend themcdical conference.

Back from Long Vacati:min the US is C. D. "Temu"Templcton, who returned -tothe field April 19.

Home Lcavers during themonth werc Mr. & Mrs. BudBigelOW on April 2, and Mr.& Mrs. Carl Schaefer and sonon April 3. Both Bud andCarl are of Accounting. Hot­footing it to Hot Springs,Ark., on April 26 were theGene Finnells (Operations)and their three youngsters.

b ROSE SAudAIi

Badanah's picnIC Abril 17 turned out to b~ a feost. The occasion:celebration of the 1952 safety award presentation to Badanah. Over

175 persons attend~d.

entation of the safety cup byHis Excellency Amir ~udairi

to Ken Curran, who in turncongratulated the Badanahemploy~es for their cfforts inestablishing the best safetyrecord during 1952.

To feed the 175 personsattending the picnic the menucalled for 10 sheep, some 75pounds of rice and 10 five­gallon cans of "Laban."Thanks to Die I{ ManougiaJ.and commissary help, thefood was delicious.

In addition to employeesand their guests, a numberof neighboring bedouins whohappened to be in the areaalso attended.

Local news: The first oneto notice the fire in the Rec­reation Hall March 28 was"Rhubarb" the wild cat. Itwas around 2 a.m. when Mrs.Ed Celusnick was disturbedby unusual carrying on by

hubarb. Mrs. Celusnick in­vestigated, di covered the fireand reported it immediately.

• 'ew RejidentMrs. Don Robinson joined

her husband (Construction)here April 14. The Robinsonswill residc permanently inBadanah.

Vacationing in Beirut areElias Lutfallah, Yahya Maz­boudi and Abboud Hilani.

Repairs on the Rec. Hallare progressing very rapidlythanks to W. O. Vernon andthe maintenance crew. Fromthe looks of things, the re­paired hall is going to bevery nice.

A going-away party wasgiven for Mr. and Mrs. PaulCaesens (Transportation)April 16. The Caesens leavenext week on their long va­cation.

by AbduLLAIi SibLANi

BAdANAI-I

TRAiNiNGCENTERby RAy SuLliVAN

Hamilton Osborne, former­ly Training Center superin­tendent, left April 20 forDhahran to accept anotherappointment. Mr. and Mrs.Osborne will leave for theStates on long leave aboutthe middle of May. Ray Sul­livan, your rcporter, is nowacting superintendent.

Dr. and Mrs. MerriH Y. VanWagener leave May 4 for theStates on long leave. Whenthey return, Dr. Van Wagon­er will take over new dutiesin Dhahran.

Rapid progress on the con­struction of the TrainingCenter's new dorm:tory andclassroom building shouldmake it available sometimein June. Ground is SJon tobe broken for a new SaudiArab classroom and livingquarters building. The dininghall and some other struc­tures are now being recon­ditioned.

The new construction willprovide 18 classrooms, an au­ditorium, and living quartersfor 80 to Ion trainees. P.es­ent enrollment is about 22trainees.

For winning the safetyaward a picnic was given bythe Company for all stationpersonnel on April 17. Thepicnic was held 15 kilos westof Badanah in a wadi cov­ered with green grass andbeautiful desert flowers.

Personnel arrived at 10a. m. and played games spon­sored by Kenneth Pritchett.The Saudi Nationals stole theshow when they joined hand­in-hand to present a com­bined dancing and singingprogram, followed by some"Dabkee" from Khalil Sam­Blour and your reporter.

In addition to the PipelineGovernor Amir Muhammed

udairi, his brother Amirhaled and the Assistantvernor Izzidine Bey Shawa.itors included W. Burleigh

Aramco, Matt Schau,ack Webstcr, Mr. and Mrs.

Ragsdale, Mr. and Mrs. I.ray and Mr. and Mrs. A.

de from Rafha.fe~' Cup

Before lunch was servedere was an informal pres-

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OAisUMAI-I

The rains came. On thcevening of April 8 Qaisumahwas deluged with 2.86 inchesof rain and hail in an unpre­dictable storm that rolled infrom the west and startedoff towards Nariya beforedoubling back to hit Qaisu­mah again.

Nearly two inches of rainfell in the first 45 minutes.Nabeh Abboud ventured outof the machine shop just longenough to pick up one of thehailstones which, when cali­pered, measured 1.75 inche3in diameter.

New Resident:>

Newly established res:dentsof Qaisumah are the LesWeilers. Mr. Weiler will beacting communications engi­neer while John Kelberer ison vacation.

Dr. David Sifri is relievingDr. N. W. Boustany whilethe Boustanys enjoy a shortvisit to Beirut. Shortly be­fore their departure, SamiraBoustany held a tea party tointroduce the ladies to AmirMuhammed Shuhail's wife,who journeyed down fromSamah in the Neutral Zone.

Hall to Austria

Robert E. Hall of Govern­ment Relations departed April14 for long vacation afterspending some 16 months atQaisumah. It i3 underatoodthat he will team up withBob Kennedy (Turaif Rela­tions) at Aleppo, where theywill take a train to Greece.F'rom Greece Hall will contin­ue to Austria and Kennedyto Italy.

Teobaldo Motolese has de­parted on long vacation forItaly. Also, Tullio Davanzo,former Qaisumah serviceforeman, has returned to hishome in Italy. Steve Shaker,formerly of M'asser el Chouf,Lebanon, and the UnitedStates, is the new serviceforeman. Shift foreman Re­da Samad is now long vaca­tioning in the Lebanon.

Recently returned fromlong vacation is Les Mathews,Aramco chief gauger atQaisumah, who spent hisleave in Shreveport, New Or­leans and EI Paso in theUnited States.

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Raymond NahasBeirut recently duein his family.

Turaif witnessed an Eastervacation that ended in trage­dy. The three sons of Say­yid Mohammed Mare', chl"efcustoms inspector of Turaif,returned from school in Bei­rut for the holidays. Theboys were picnicking in thedesert, when, ironically, theyfell into a water hole anddrowned. All Turaif was sad­dened by the event.

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TURAif

Mr. and Mrs. RaymondThomas and their twodaughters are now perma­nent residents. Other addi­tions are Mr. and Mrs. VicAnderson. And we have anew post commander, AbdulAziz Al Sudairi, who re­placed Abdullah Shagami.

Expected Soon

Expected soon are Mr. andMrs. Earl Schmidt and Mr.and Mrs. John Terry.

On April 17 Mr. and Mrs.John Kelley celebrated theirthirty-first wedding anniver­sary.

George Hearn, new addi­tion to our community, ispatch-hitting for R. B. Lewiswhile Mr. and Mrs. Lewisare on long leave. Our onlyregret is that Mrs. Hearnand "Scooter" are not withus too.

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ROYAL VISITOR to the Sidon terminal April 14 was His RoyalHighness the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Hikmat Bidawi, actingassistant shift forman at Sidon, explained terminal operations. Leftto right are Lebanon's Prime Minister Shehab, the Crown Prince,

Saleh el As'ad, C.A. Swigart and H.B. Britton.

Amman, Jerusalem, Ramal­lah and Jerash. R. H. Mas­sey was operating foremanduring Hellman's absence.

Captain M. Gjertsen andfamily depart for orway onhome leave May 3. Otherlong vacationers in Norwaywill be Captain and Mrs. W.Ludvigsen and children. Cap­tain N. F. Parker has goneon long leave to England,where he plans to attend thecoronation June 2.

Farid Wakim has been onleave since April 20. Beforeleaving Farid promised tosend some quail to friends.To date nothing has bzen rc­ccived.

Mr . Paul Cole is enter­taining Miss Armstrong, afriend from Oakland, Cali­fornia. The Tronstads havemoved half way to Nous-

ous hill, on the Mieh-Miehroad. Nazir Dada has movedto a house near the Tanio::.hotel. Habib Saba, GeorgeAsmar and Joseph Ghanemare now sharing an apart­ment across the street fr010the Rivoli cinema.

Nicola Khoury is recuper­ating after a -tonsillectomyat Dr. Shabb's hospital in Si­don. Elias Abu-Tayeh recent­ly undcrwent an operation ina Beirut hospital.

On April 10 Tarek Baas i­ri, Chafik NasI', Hikmat Bi­dawi, Fouad Arnaout, Karim

haya and icola Makhoul ofSidon Terminal operationwent to Mieh-Mieh to play agame of volleyball again tthe local team. The score:2-1, in favol' of the locals.

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SidoNby MOSES BEliRiGANiAN

On "aeation

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hell­man left Sidon April 7 for atour of the Holy Land, a tourthat took them to Damascus,

His Royal Highness SaudIbn Abdul Aziz, Crown Princeof Saudi Arabia, visited theterminal April 14.

Around 9 :30 that morningMessrs. C. A. Swigart, H. B.Britton, W. E. Locher, D. T.Pinckncy, W. A. Eddy, H. H.Mctz, W. A. Campbell, G. E.Mandis and Saleh al As'adarrived from Beirut to re­ceive the Crown Prince.

The party, accomp:mied byCaptain J. R. Jones, terminalsuperintendent, and CaptainA. A. Brickhouse, drove tothe tank farm where a plat­form covered with Persianrugs had been erected.

His Royal Highnessdrove in thlough the ornatearchway, put up especiallyfor the occasion, aroundnoon. He was accompanied byLebanon's Prime MinisterEmir Khaled Shehab; Izzatbey Khorshid; Michel EIJahel, Mohafez of South Leb­anon, and other high gov­ernment officials. The con­voy of cars drove to thetank farm where Tapline of­ficial received the Prince.

Operations Explained

A short account of oiloperations from the wells ofSaudi Arabia to the loadingof tankers in idon terminalwas given by Hikmat Bidawi,acting assistant shift fore­man, using the now famous"Walt Ludvigsen model" asa guide.

Refre hments were served;then Hamad Hassa!l El­Durai'i, a Saudi Arab ins.ruc­tor at the Training Center,welcomed the Prince. ThePrince hook hands with theeight Saudi Arab3 employedat the Training Center. TheRoyal party then left theterminal on its way back toBeirut.

While at the terminal thePrin e said he felt very muchat home in Sidon. The pipe­line, he said, provided aphysical link with his coun­try.

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Tapline GolfersPlay in Tourney

ftepresenting Taphne intne hrst Mldclie East 011 In­dustry golf tournament wereHud Upensnaw (Acct'g), DanHall (ftce), Chick Nelson~Operatlons), Don Murray~Community Services), riar­old Cross (Acct'g), DaleFoster (P& ), Chet Woodall(OperatIOns), Bud Ford(::'aybolt) with Nellie Crossand Dottie Volkmann com­peting in the ladies' division.Melda Wallace served as al­ternate as did Stu Thoits,team coach.

In TripoliThe meet was held at the

Ras el Lados golf course,Tripoli, Lebanon, May 16and 17 under the sponsorshipof the Iraq Petroleum Com­pany, Ltd. Participants inthe 1953 tournament otherthan IPC and Tapline wereAramco, Kuwait Oil Com­pany and Basrah PetroleumCompany.

Stu Thoits and Chick Nel­son were elected as com­mitteemen to represent Tap­line at the initial meeting ofthe golf association held May15 at Tripoli. The committeeof ten members, two repre­sentatives from each com­pany. adopted a constitutionfor the association and heldan election of officers for the1953 and 54 events. Nelsonwas elected first vice presi­dent for the next tournamentto be held in Saudi Arabiawith Aramco as hosts.

IPC WinnerWinner of this year's tour­

nament was IPC, with Aram­co taking second place andTapline placing fourth. Tro­phies furnished by Aramcowere awarded at a banquetin the IPC Tripoli Club thenight of May 17.

The Tapline team has ex­pressed its appreciation toIPC for a thoroughly enjoy­able get-together and for themany kindnesses extended tothem.

bour, Beirut office.Employees in Syria, Jordan

and Saudi Arabia, as well asin Lebanon, are reminded ofthe various services and rec­reational facilities of theclub. A dining room will bein operation as well as barservice. Not only are tennis,billiards and ping pong fea­tured, but a card room isavailable and badminton andvolleyball facilities are underconsideration.

Any employee who has notjoined the club may do so bysending his fee to one of thefollowing committee mem­bel's: Joe Jabbour and JaneRinglund, Asseily building;Mary Rubeiz, Younis build­ing; George Hajjar, St. Mi­chel warehouse; or to HamdiYahya, club manager.

and waiting for players. Like­wise, billiard and ping pongtables have been set up.

Shelving has been installedin the library, and the appealfor books continues greaterthan ever. Let's all look athome for contributions-fic­tion or non-fiction, cloth orpaper-bound. Joe Jabbour inthe Asseily building will behappy to accept all bookdonations.

Club Treasurer Jabbour re­ports paid memberships at300. Again, all employeesoutside of Beirut are remind­ed that country membershipsare available to them, mem­bership 10 LL; single em­ployee, 10 LL per year; andemployee and wife, 15 LL.Fees are payable to Joe Jab-

TRAN -ARABIAN PIPELINE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANON

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Sporting Club to Open About June 20

Rafha Pump Station, second on the pipeline, is the station of the month In this issue of the Periscope. For twopages of excellent photographs by Owen Oxley turn to Pages 4 and 5,

The Tapline Sporting Clubwill open about June 20, ac­cording to Club President

ike Bassou\. Invitations tothe inauguration will be sentto club members as soon as

definite date has been de­termined.

Painting of the club's in­rior has been completed.rniture and accessories

ere moved in May 25. Dra­ry material has been se­ted, cut and the sewing is

most finished. Several com­ny wives, along with corn-'ttee members, have devotednsiderable time and effort

this project, and meritmmendation especially foreir choice of striking colorhemes and modern decor.

The tennis court is ready

Recent VisitorsRe~ent observers of eom­

pany operations, as well asof the Near East oil indus­try, were Arthur Proudfit,president of Creole Petrole­um Corporation; D a v i dF'rame, vice president ofHumble Oil and Refinin~

Company; M. L. Haider,Standard of New Jersey;James A. Clark, Standard ofNew Jersey; and W. T. Camp­bell, Mission ManufacturingCompany.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Nach­trieb of San Francisco were~uests of the Company dur­ing the month.

Operations ReportMarch, 1953 Year, 1953

Received at Sidon (AverageBPD) 312,549 311,429

Ships Loaded80 235

Average BPD Loaded306,~6 308,832

Average Bbls per ship118,732 118,276

Receiving his five year pin from Stu Thoits, superintendent ofaccounting, is Gene Crowell, accountant in the Beirut office. who

completed five years of service last month.

Dr. Frank Zu.~oski, Tapline Medical director, awarded five yearservice pins to Nabih Moussa and Sarkis Sarkissian, hospital

employees. last month.

Visit Navy ShipsOn April 8, 24 employees

from St. Michel warehousewere the guests of Lt. J. B.Saylor aboard the USS Che·wanean, a 4130 ton oil tankerattached to the US SixthFleet, which paid a courtesyvisit to Beirut port.

According to a report re­ceived from James Dunn,highlights of the group'stour of the ship included avisit to the bridge. There aNavy man explained the com­plicated apparatus whichsteers and controls the ship.

Joe Bustani, JO'l Abboud,Rida Abu Nassar and RashiiGhalayni translated for thosemembers of the party whoseunderstanding of Englishcculd not keep up with theremarks of the Navy guide.

Another group of 25 fromthe Asseily building touredthe USS Cascade, 17,000 tondestroyer tender, upon invi­tation of the US Navy, onApril 9.

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and political geography ofLebanon and the Middle East.

He kept out of politic,<: be­cause "1 am not a politician.Besides, the YMCA is non-po­litical and non-sectarian."Sometimes, in question peri­ods, he was asked aboutMiddle East problems. "Igave my own viewpoint inthose cases - which is theArab viewpoint."

Use School BuildingsYMCA's in the States, Sa­

libi believes, are very strong.Sports play a larger part intheir programs than they doin Lebanon. Among ideas hegained which he feels Leba­non might adopt is the sys­tem some Y's have of usingschool buildings for Y activi­ties.

One of the most pleasantparts of his trip was a visitto Hollywood, where he wasshown the Warner BrotlH"'"studios by tne lovely actre';Jane Powell.

AccountingJust like the bus driver

who goes driving on his holi­day, Salibi could not get hismind off accounting. He spen'two weeks with the Sun PipeLine Company in Beaumont,Texas, to familiarize himselfwith new business machine!'>and procedures.

Salibi will give talks abouthis trip to the local YMCAand will make reports to boththe local and YMCA head­quarters in New York.

Salibi Says Magazines,Misrepresent States

"Lucky" Raja Salibi was weicomed to the Warner Brothers' studiosby the lovely actress, Jane Powell, when he visited Hollywood on h,s

recent trip.

US magazines and Holly­wood movies frequently giveforelgnt,·s Cle wrong impres­sion of the United States, Ra­ja Salibi, accountant in theBeirut office, said after hisreturn April 1 from an 18week, YMCA-sponsored tripto the US, Canada and Mexi­co, with stopovers in Europe.

"Divorce. for example," Sa­libi said. "From the looks ofmovies and magazines divorceis a common thing. But itjust isn't so. There are manyother characteristics of thepeople that the magazineseither overplay or underplay,giving a false impression oftheir country."

Y~ICA ChairmanSalibi, until the end of

last year chairman of theBeirut YMCA social com­mittee, undertook the trip tosee what ideas the local 01'­

g"nization could gain fromthe US, to study operatingmethods of Y's in the Statesand to see what ideas Leba­non's YMCA could contrib­ute to US groups.

A major portion of his timewas spent delivering speeches.He gave on the averageof two speeches a day toclubs, schools, churches andYMCA's. While the talks dif­fered in content, dependingon the age and compositionof the audience, he usuallydiscussed the YMCA programin Lebanon and the generaleconomy, social conditions

RajaMovies

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