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NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGCOL\1PLETED AT TURAIF

PLANS FORMULATEDFOR GOLF TOURNEY

Turaif scholars (seated 'eTt to right) Gerald Hargrove, Norma Krapp andKelley Giles study under the guidance of Mrs. R. B. Lewis (standing) In

the station's newly opened school building. Pupil Rusty Hughes had notarrived at Tura;' when the photo was taken. (Photo by Abdul Karlm binMohammed)

With only a few shortweeks until the annualtournament of the MiddleZast Oil Industries GolfAssociation, Tapline's "di­vot-diggers" have been la­?oring on the fairways toqualify for the company'steam. With each team tvbe composed of eight menilnd two women, intra­eompany competition willrun close with the follow­ing golfers turning in scorecards:

O. K. Bigelow 149, H. S.Smith 150, A. C. Nelson151, R. P. Anderson 160,

One of the latest additions to Turaif is the newconcrete block school building recently completed andnow functioning as the center for dispensing the three"R's" of cdu<.ation to youngsters residing at that sta-

tion. Situated adjacent tothe camp's family housingarea, the structure is com­posed of two, air-condition­ed classrooms with a com­bined seating arrangementfor twenty students.

For six hours daily, Sat­urday through Wednesday,Norma Krapp, fifth year;Kelley Giles. eighth year;Gerald Hargrove, fourthyear and Rusty Hughes,third year, pour over theirlessons the same as if theywere in Hometown, U.S.A.The group selected Historyas their favorite subject,and Norma declares thatshe likes school at Turaifbetter than any place else.

Functioning as teacherof this varied student body

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II Skit~ and Misses II

Promises Fun"Skits and Misses of

1954." a hilarious varietyshow with the bounce of~n "Olson and Johnson"aisle-rolling production. iscurrently in rehearsal withperformances scheduled at1 merican University'sWest Hall, April 30 andh1ay 1,

Written, directed andproduced by members ofthe Ras Beirut Little The­ater, the show features ahost of new and amusingtalent from among theresidents of the Americancommunity as well asmany footlight favoriteswho have appeared inother local productions.All proceeds from the show

TRANS.ARABIAN PIPELI E COMPA Y, BEIRUT, LEBANO

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BADANAH AGAIN WINS CUPFOR BEST SAFETY RECORD

In recognition of the enviable record of no lost­time industrial accidents during 1953, Badanah wasawarded the silver cup representing the year's "BestSafety Record" in a formal presentation at the stationMarch 1. This is the second consecutive year Badanahhas won the trophy.

On congratulating Bada­nah employees, S1fety En­gineer Walter H. Koehlerremarked: "I am proud andpleased with the efforts ofeveryone here for main­taining such an outstand­ing safety record." Also.

r. Koehler pointed outthat few companies or in­dustrial groups in anycountry had a record or572 days without a lost­

'me accident, and he ex-ressed the hope that Ba­

nah would lead the wayy continuing its safety'gilance. Mr. Kohler urg­

each employee to "keepp the good work."

Accepting the cup on be­If of his organization,perintendent H. C. Davis

edited the combined ef­rts of the station's em-

loyees as the force behind'ning this year's cup.

On behalf of Badanah, Superintendent H. C. DaVIS (right) received thesilver cup awarded for the best safety recora of 1953 from Safetyfngineer Walter Koehler (second from left). Representing the employeeswhose efforts made the winning of this prize possible were A. D. Clark ofMtce. (left) and W. O. Vernon of Operations (second from right). (Photoby A. D. Clark)

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ciation is due ArtistVartan Bezdikian for hispen and ink impr.es. ionof magnificient NiagaraFalls. Vartan is a drafts·man with E&C.)

According to a news reolease from Tri-State Col·lege, Angola, India~a (l!­SA) , Bob Levoman IS

among the new studentsenrolled in Tri-State's de·partment of AeronauticalEngineering. Upon comple­tion of this course, Bobwill be a candidate for theBachelor of Science Degre.

A former shift dispat h­er, Bob was employed oyTapline in Septemb .r,1949. He resigned last . 0­

vember in order to join 'lisfamily in the UnitedStates.

BOB LEVONIAN ENROLLSAT TRI-STATE COLLEGE

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SAFETY ENGINEERING NOTESBY WALTER H, KOEHLER

ANSWERS TO TEST YOUR ARABIC

tomatic pencils have b~enawarded to the folloWlDgemployees: N. E. Bibby(Operations), Glenn Buett·ner (E&C), George Cha·bouh (E&C) , Elias Chebath (E&C), John Evans(Mtce.), Bill Faller (P&Sl,Nick Habre (GOS), GeorgeHeide (E&C), Al Jennings(P&S), Bob Khalaf (Saf~ty) Maurice Kerbag(A~ctg.), Hank Littl~(Acctg.), George Nas:,(Communi.) , Hal Nor ~~

C) El' Samail"For submitting com- (E&, las. and

mendable safety sugges- (Community servlc;SlRela.tions or activities during

tj Dave Skory (Gov

the past two months. au- tions).

Lost time accidents in1953 were cut to less thanl1aIf of both 1952 and 1951.Banadah had the BestSafety Record for 1953and Sidon Opera lionsshowed the Greatest Im­provement, having reducedtheir last year's lost timecases to one-third of 1952.In recognition of thesesafety achievements Bada­nah and Sidon are beingpresented trophy cups.

Tapline eIIl'?loyees ex­tend their de~pest sym­pathy to:

Adnan Bellama ofCommunity Serviceswhose father passedaway Nov. 23, 1953.

Milhem Dagher ofP&S whose motherpassed away December1, 1953.

Jamil Alouf of Ac­counting whose fatherpassed away Jan. 13.

Says she: "Look, what 3.

beautiful view!"Says he: "The most beauti­

ful, natural view in theworld!"

(Say we: A note of appre-

W.A. EDDY LECTURES

F.O.A. STAFF, PARISEnroute to the U.S. for

conferences purposes inJanuary, w. A. Eddy, Mid­dle East Consultant, w~s

invited to lecture the ParIsstaff of Foreign OperationsAdministration at the in­vitation of U.S. Ambassa­dor John Hughes, chief ofF.O.A.

During the brief stop-over in Paris, Mr. Eddyalso conferred with Gen­eral A. M. Gruenther, Su­preme Allied Commanderin Europe.

The Eddys will vacationin the States before re­turning to Beirut.

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PersonnelReport

WEDDINGSBeirut

Elie Abi-Rached (Acctg.)to Miss Janet Assouad.

Abdallah Richa (Traffic)to Miss Laudi Khalifeh.

SidonAdnan Shehab (Opera-

tions) to Miss SouadAbu-Zeinab.

Khalil Skafi (Marine) toMiss Haieh Kanawati.

PROUD FATHERSBeirut

Rashid Breidi (Acctg.) adaughter, Mitza.

Jamil Sarkis (G.O.S.) adaughter, Maha.

Sidon

Michael Attieh (Marine) ason, Elias.

Omar Bahlawan (Marine)a son, Mahmo~d. .

Mostafa Kashoufl (MarIne Ia son, Darwish.

Yacoub Kazzi (Marine) adaughter, Hind.

Nicolas Khoury (Opera­tions) a son, Toufik.

Moukhtar Taleb (Opera­tions) a son, Kazem.

Hanna Youssef (Mainte­nance) a son. Nicolas.

AvailableBaby stroller, 10" dia.

rubber tired wheels, new--still in original carton­manufactured by Welsh.Contact: C. G. Rush atTuraif.

Sewing Machine, porta­ble Montgomery Ward.Co~tact: Mrs. R. P. Richey,Beirut.

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Pope, Mary Rubeiz andJoe Breidi.

Tournb.ment:Chairman - Bud Bige-

lowMembers - "Chick" Nel·

son, Bud Ford andBud Openshaw.

Trophies:Chairman - How a r d

WellsProgram and Publicitv:

Chairman - Dick HeapsMembers Josephine

Zeytoun and VartanBezdikian.

Finance:Chairman - stu TaoitsAll Tapline golfers are

encouraged to come outfor the team and practicefor the tournament.

Mideast Oil GolfTourney Scheduled

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of 1953 with LP.C. ashosts.

To correlate arrange-ments for the 1954 meet,Stu Thoits has been namedchairman of the GeneralCommittee with Lola Wellsas vice chairman and"Chick" Nelson and allsub-cOJPmittee chairmen asits members. ChairmanThoits has appointed thefollowing sub-committees:Processing, Housing and

Transportation:Chairman -- Bob Ander·

sonMembers - Gregory Tou·

ma and MohammedHambali.

Reception:Chairman - Mrs. Bud

BigelowMcm'bers - Mr. and Mrs.

Garry Gossens, Mrs.Bud Openshaw, JoeJabbour and EmilyDagher.

Entertainment:Chairman Janet Nel·

sonBillMembers Mrs.

Chandler, Mrs. DonWallace, Mrs. H. B.Beckley, Mrs. Bob A~derson, Mrs. Charhe

Bassoul and Wells Re­elected to TSC Offices

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seas Company employeesfor membership in TSC.After thorough discussion,the motion was made, sec­onded and passed by ma­jority of the quorum pres­ent that AOe personnel beinvited to join the club onan associate membershipbasis.

Bassonl presented trophycups to winners of thevarious intra-club sportstournaments held in 1953.

The meeting was closedwith Chairman Haddad an­noucing the election reoturns which resulted in there-election of Mike Bassoulas president (defeating Dr.J. Thaddeus), HowardWells as secretary (unop­posed), and the election ofKalim Saliba as l.reasurer(unopposed). Successfulcandidates for members ofthe executive committeewere: Ray Badran, VartanBezdikian, Emile Boustani,W. J. Keane, Samir Mu­tran, Jane Ringlund (re­elected), Emile Saad andJoe Saba.

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Three leading landmarks o( jerusalem are the Church o( All NatIons(lower right), Garden o( Gethsemane to the left of the Church, and theMount of Olives (upper left).

The Forum of jerash was a Graeco-Roman market and place of assemblyuntil Byzantine and Arab times when small houses "ere built aver it. Ithas a peculiar shape, carrespandlllg to no geometrical or att,er figure,whICh may have been caused by some natural irregularity in the site onwhich it was constructed.

Below: The Treasury of Petra has a facade WIth very Intricate sculpture.Supposedly thIS was the tomb of an early Nabotean king, and traditionhas It that the urn In the upper niche conta,ns lreasure.

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by the oldi rs of AI xan­d I' th Great; th boomingcity of Amman, moderncapital of Jordan and an­cient Philadelphia of GrcekDecapolis; and the ncr­g tic sight· er who pr­fer to "rough it" (Twen­tieth Century tyl) willrl'vel at the prosp ct of a':amping trip. involvingtran portation via motorcar, hoI'S s and pack mul s,to the ro e-red city ofPetra carved out of solidrocl{ by th plundering­"abatean of the des rtduring the sixth c nturyB.C. and p rf ctly pr­served.

To assist vi itor in Jor­dan. the government ha'establi hed an fficialtourist department. Acorps of Touri t Poli

ne" king s veral foreignlanguages, has b n form-a to mini ter to strangers'

needs. Licen ed guide arrequired to pass the d­partment's examination inthe lore of th Bible Land .Supervisory control ismaintained of souvenirhopping in Bethlehcm.

And, speaking of hop­ping, the bazaars of J ru-alem are cramm d with

merchandise typical ofthis part of the world.Bethlehem's famous moth­er-of-pearl and embroid ry;Ramallah' ne dlework; thglass of Hebron; th pot­tery of Jeru 'alem; and thfa miliar oliv -wood, can­dies and c. ndle-stick ofthe villages ar to btought in abundanc_.Pric s are rea onabl butdon't forget to bargain.

Below' Bethlehem as 'een (rom the tower a( the Church a( the Nativity.

Plannmg a local leave,annual 'acation or takingn I' w day off? Whatev rth cas may be, come toJordan, particularly to thHoly Land that is te pedin th lore of Biblical his­tory. Too. one of the mostplea ant time to visit Jor­dan is in spring when thhills and valleys are car­peted with flow rs.

Perhaps the gr atestcollection of religiou , his­torical and cultural shrinei-.in the world can be foundin and around Jerusalem.Among the most impressiveights are: the Holy ep­

ulcher, legendary church orChrist's resurrection; the7th Century Dome of th·Rock. a Moslem shrinefrom which Mohammad ttireputed to have ascendedinto Heaven; the Via Do­loro a or Way of the Cross,Garden Tomb; Tomb ofthe Virgin Mary; the mag­nificent Church of All Na­tions and nearby Gardenof Gethsemane; and thl>immortal Mount of Olivel:i

A short drive from Je·ru alem will bring thetourist interested in Biblic;11 hi.-;t y to little Betha­n", traditional home ofMary, Martha and Lazarus'Bethlehem with its Churchof the ativity and Shep­herd' Fields; Jericho,which som archaelogistsbelieve to be the world'f'old. t city; the JordanRiv r and the Dead ea.

'I ho" vho "enturcacross the Jordan to thEa. t Bank will find impo ­ing ruins of Jerash,Gra co-Roman city bu;lt

SpRiNct VACATiob~ l()ui~ P. I. Mi~ ()

AM 1 I'< Rq)RI~1 HJi\l

Year-1954301,629

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tate' Badanah as a three­time winn I' of safety tro­phie. Tot only have theywon the "Be t afety Rec­ord" awards for 1952 and1953, but la t eptemberthe station was pre entedwith the cup for 365 con-ecutive days without a

lost-time industrial acci­dent.

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~ADAI AH AGAIN WNS CUP

FOR BEST SAFETY RECORD

II. CA YOU TRA SLATE THESE TWO JO ES?biSu 90m btlftlkir?Ilkri mltl II ri modaomyoa 9ayb i~·Suwm 910y

m:n miyyi w·xomsiyn slni ?arrar il.ma·jlisi -?omiYrl i s i9mool d'?lngliyzly a lugglt id­dawli r·rosm yy boss li-suw?·il·HoU 10·Hoddhallo? hal·?raar b09d mao tnaffaz

III. A D THIS IS A PROVERB9a~fuwr btl'?lyd w-'oo 90~ro 90~-sorro.

and declar d: "It i youwho mad thi achievementpo ible, and it will be yourr pon ibility for keepingit the be t in Tapline."

This latest award now

Test Your Arabic

OPERATIO.· REPORTAverage BPD received at Sidon

hips LoadedAv rage BPD LoadedAverage Bbl p r "hip

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philo"ol hy majorl, Emileno\\ c nfin ' .. hi spO! t ac-tivitil'. to th tric-traboat d the Middle Ea t"rnvcr 'ion of h~ kgammon.

Wh n an aU mpl. warna 1 to ound out his mat­I imonial int ntion. EmIled 'clar d him If a bach lor

"a confirm d bachelor."ut. with tongll -in·ch k

h .Iyly add d: "I hop Ican tay that way."

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:idol!G r e Farah ( Itc .) to

Rahil I tphan.

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Jamil IouI' ( cctg.) ndaught r. 1aya.b ii-Latif Ibt ahim (HvyTran ·p.l a daught r,

m'll.Fouat. Khabbaz (E C) a

liau ht r, Rima.Ibrahim Trabuh;i ( af tyl

a son. Ioham d.: 11111/1

'I 'ola: Barath (. I. rin 1 adau ht r. ouad.

Fouad ham ieh (.He .) n.·on, \\'alt: >d.

::'hukn Franci' ( larin ) n::lon, Jo ph.

Elia Habib (E· 1 a 'onIbrahim.

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V h,thet it': a vi ..a forPag-o I'ago, a pa:: to boardtht :.: ":unk n Hull," •trip tH'k,t to th' altar, orI' 'gl:tmtlOll of a bl .... '~Ie\' 'nt. EmIl Bou.. tnm.;;pe'tal cl 'rk III Trafli ....pa:. port alld p'l-mits s c·tion, i.. th' man to h. ndl 'th' plObl 'm.

" ith thr' and a half'.' (1 'ri 'ne' in th'

1 'IHlItnllnt 01th' L 'bane:e 0\' 'rllm 'nt.Em il' ha: all t',' t 'IlSIvcbackg-r lUll I III pa.. 'pOI t0(1 'ra IOn., Whilt' wOI'kingIII tht' D 'paltml'llt's pas.·(1ort divi.. iOIl at B'irut'sBlr HlI:. 'Ill lIinlrom' for '.rllnn'r of to iay·.. l'hald,'ail port. he b 'came h(,­

qU:lInte(1 with mall.' Tap.lin 'r. long- b ,for COIl .. ld 'I·ing- th' pros(1' ·t;; of join.Illg- our or gamzation. E\' 'ntht'n it took him from ~Iay

Hl until July 1. l!119 to . ,­cure the IWt'(';;:,U'y c1 ar·; nce I rom th,' go\' 'rnnll'nt.

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Sooner or loter most emplotee~ find themselves across the deskEmile Boustanl, speclal,st In passports, VISOS and s'mllar perm,ts.

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In Roam 107-A, Bob Anderson (seated), supervisor af Traffic, discussesairpart operations with Mohamed Hambaly. aircraft dispatcher,

Far passpart informatlan cantact Emile Boustalll (nght) In Room107-B, where is also located Mike Abu-Zeid (left) wha handles vehicleregistratian, drivers' licenses and other automative permits. Unavailablefor the photagraph was D,rar Shebaro, "legman" far the passport andpermits sectian, wha handles direct cantacts with gavernmental agencies.

To check flights and make travel arrangements cantact Room 106 whereassistance in these matters can be obtained (rom Gregary Thomas (farright), Huda Ladki (far left) ar Geargette Bassa'li (secand from left).Nadim Talhouk (secand from right) is one of Traffic's supercargos wholooks after passenger and cargo on th~ wee~/y " mllkrun" flights to andfrom SaudI Arabia.

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The motor paol IS located across the street fram the Assaily Buildingand is used for parking emplayees' private automobiles as well ascompany-owned transportation. At the far left is the Dispatcher's office.

Dispatcher Zakhya Malhameh (left) turns over a trip dispatch tICket toDriver Nicolas Berberi.

Informatlan regarding whom ta see and location nf offices in the AssailyBUilding is available from Receptionist Nick Chemali in the building'sfoyer.

U<eel 13eirutlHecu1quanlen.s

Tapline's Home Office - the Assaily Building, Rue Hamra, Beirut.Constructed as an apartment hcuse, the building was leased by theccmpany as it was completed, starting With the basement and groundfloor November, 1947. In the past the bUilding has been used for bothoffices and family housing. In 1952 a half flaor was added on the roafwhere the Communications and Oil Dispatching groups are located.(Phota by T. F. Walters).

Trying to keep up with "who sits where" in Tap­line's home office, the As aily Building, i a problem.especially after the many chang s in offic pac in­curred by Engineering's compl te vacuation of theYouni Building at the end of F bruary for quarter'on the third and fifth floor not to forg t the ba e­ment: and with the planned mov of Medical's climefrom the hospital to th ground floor of th As ailyBuilding by mid-April.

As the first in a series of pictorial view of com­pany headquarters, this lens-tour cov rs first floor of­fices of Industrial Relations-Pers nnel, th Traffic di vi­sion and rec ption. Next month th cameraman wininvad the second floor and s rvic s connected there­with. (Photos by Sayakl

Heeding up the ton tire Taplineorganization is Mr. C. A. Swigart.Mr. Swigart was appointed presidentof the company in March, 195 I,shortly after the pipeline was placedtn operation.

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Belo,,: Processing of incoming and outgoing expatnate employees is onefunction of Mike Brummano's (right) job. He also interviews job applI­cants and processes new hires. Mike and Houda Rayes, (center) his GirlFriday, are located in Room 101.

Joe Breidi, assistant to Howard Wells, and Arousiag Keshishian, whoserves as secretary to both men, share office space in Room 103.

Personnel's general office IS In Room 104 and here can be found ClerkMike Ajhar (left) and Statistician Huda Sawaya (center). The office ofHoward Wells (right), supervisor of Personnel administrotion, is locatedin Room 102.

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Captain J. R. Jone andW. R. Hellmann. accom­panied by afety EngineerWalter Koehler. vi itedIPC's Bania TerminalMarch 17 to in pect recenttank fire damage. Thethree orne reported an in­teresting and highly info1'­

math'e trip.

SidON

The Beirut Inter-UnionChess Tournament heldJanuary 6 to March waswon by Mohamed Duweik(Gov't Relations) , ElieYouakim (Materials Ac­d'g.) and \'artan Bezdik­ian (Eng'g.) with a coreof 56~ points. This i thsecond con e(;utive yearthat Taphne team ha wonthe Beirut che cham­pionship cup our congra­tulations to all of you ~

Folk dancing. under thedirection of 1\11' . Don Wal­lace. is unden\'av at theSporting Club e{-ery Wed­ne day evening. It i plan­Led to form a group torepre ent Tapline in theAnnul Folk Dance Fe th'alscheduled at A.U.B. thelatter part of .lay.

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Stan Aronson, February28, and James Grimes onMarch 16.

The H. B. Beckleys ar­rived from the States Feb­ruary 13 after an enjoya­ble vacation with theirdaughter, Luella.

Weldon and Jean Harri!:>with their youngsters fi­nally returned from homeleave, but it was a struggle.Weldon arrived March 2,but Jean and the littleones were delayed in ewYork due to illness, arriv-ing March 6.

Vice President and Mrs.H. B. Britton departed forNew York March 16.

Transferring to Aramco,Carl Schaefer and familyleft for Dhahran February11.

Amman representativeL.P.!. Misson and familydeparted for Belgium viaRome March 14. This willbe young Alain's first visitto his homeland.

Ken and Lillian Curranbounced back from theirvacation March 15 andhave since left for 'l'uraifwhere Ken has taken overthe station superintend­ency.

Mr. H. S. Smith orAramco-Dhahran is ontemporary assignment withTapline's Industrial Rela­tions Department. Mr.Smith is replacing DonWallace who is on tempo­rary assignment withAramco.

Mr. Robert Khalaf(Safety) has announcedhis engagement to MissSamira alibey.

Miss Angele Ashkar ofGeneral en'ices wa mar­ried to Mr. Hafiz Dahdoubof Sidon, February 20.

BEiRUTby Ros£ Awd It

Off to the U. . . on va-cations are the Davl'

kOlyS and children, Feb­ruar: 23; the ldo Bellisand baby. February 2;

Dove Bourne

Dav Bourne (E&C) re­c iv d hi fi\'e year servicepin on 1arch H.

11'. and 11'. Don Robin­"'on w re guest of honorat a farewell dinner givenby the CharI s Babb . TheRobin on plan to depar ton long vacation the firstof April.

Farid Tibshirani ofOperations departed March1 on long vacation whichhe plans to spend in Beirutwith his family. plus anexpected addition.

After hom leave in thetates. Mr. and Mrs. Char­

les Babbs and son return­ed to our station February13. ow that Charles, Jr.,has started walking. hismama is finding it difficultto keep him in hi ownbackyard.

Jim Barrack joined theRelations staff March 15.

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Mi ing: Badanah' usu­al rainfall with the re ult­ant bloomin desert. Lackof the latter has discour'-aged would-be picnic!!rand plans for oth l' out-door events. [Editor'

ote: B tter investigateQaisumah; they se m tohave purloined your show­ers.1

Three of the six newfamily houses have beenoccupied with two morealmost completed; thesewill be taken by the Iliyasand th Wrights. Two ofthe new bachelor bunk­houses are scheduled forservice within a few days,

Local leavel'S in Beirutare Mr. and Mrs. W. O.Vernon. Bill Wilson is alsoin Beirut for dental treat­ment.

moved into th new hou .ing area the fir t week 111

March. To solv th trans­portation probl m, "Bab "Harbin bought hers If aricyle.

Engagem nts of Dr.Turk and Youssef Assafwer announc d duringtheir rent visits to Leb­anon.

A group of Rafha em­ploy s, including your re­port 1', visit 'u fri nds inQai umah, 1arch 11. a­bih Abboud and GorgeKa sab w l' ho ts at atabbuli party for the \'isl­tors.

Rafha p rsonnel wish toxt nd th ir sympathy to

Abdul Maje d Ibrahimwhos father l' cently paed away in th udan.

Th,s is the new 25·bed hospItal now under conSlructlon at Badanah as~een from ins,de lhe camp's area. The room beIng built on the roof w,IIserve as on ,sololion word. Completion dare is estimated for May 15.(Photo by Bob Powell).

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11'. ancl 11'''. I av Thoas and daughter's dl'partfor th' U..A. on Ion'vacation Fl'bruary 1 .

Emil' Mimler, who is all

special assignm nt in Tu ­aif, visit d Rafha. Marc

. He was gu st l f honat a dinn'r party given bhis fril'nds that evening.

11'. and Ir~. rt Trudar back with us aftering hospitaliz d . cv ralw eks in B irut. BillPickett is still th re form dical tr atm nt and hab n join d by Dudl'Harbll1, lat st m mber ofTaplin's leer Club.

Dr. Boustany departedfor B irut to visit his fam­il), sp cially to see hitwin daughters. whom heplans to bring to Rafhawithin the ncar future.

In honor of her hus·band's birthday, Mrs. IvaGray entertained with adinner party March 11.

Back to camp after longleaves are Mohammed Ba'luchi, who visited on Bah·rcin Island, and IbrahimBin Mohamm d, who spenttwo months with his fam­ily in Riyadh.

The John Ptisters, DudleyHarbins and George Heam9

Th'Evan. wa.('om '(1 to

('njoying vacations in Bei·rut.

Personnel movementsduring the month include:Transf rs C. Krul (Mtce.lto Rafha. Andre De Raad(Communi.) to Turaif. Dr.I. Ayoub to Beirut; Arriv.als Rudolf Van Del' Brink( rvices), Peter Wanjon(Communi.) and Dr.El-Turk.

Congra tulations to Dickand Mari Crosthwait onthe arrival of Miss Carolyn:ue. March 16. The Crosth­waits spent th ir localleavc in Bl·irut awaitingth bl'ss I \. 'nt.

LIOPE

ach night the R 'c H'lllvibrat s with ch 1': ofncourag m nt for th '

cont tant. lntra-stationchampi n~hips arc Xpl'C tIto b play d off aboutMar h 19 at which time

up nnt nd nt t"adel'will pres nt awards to th'winn rs. Plan 0.1' also inIJrogr s for organizingsoftball and volkyballteams.

To inaugurat th(' n wABQ l' cr alion hall, aplay ntitl d "The Profi­tel''' wa pI' nt d 1arch12 to an audi nc of some160 p rsons, in luuingm mb rs of the Gov rnor­ate taff and officials fr mHafar al Balin. Produc dand dir ct d by Dawoo i

alman, who al 0 play done of th lading 1'01 s,the cast in Iud d Ahm UA hoor, Mustafa Antal',Abd llatif, Ra hid Awad,Rashid Mohamm d andSaid Khod 1'. Following thperformanc refr shm nt~·

WI'S rved.Returning from local

I ave on Cyprus, thetrad rs report a delight­

ful vacation. Also backfrom vacation 0.1' JohnRego and Pet l' Maiko ofS rvic s.

Congratulations to JamalShakhtour who was mar­ried while on leave in Bei­rut.

.Joe Zghaib (E&C) andKamal Mourda'a (S rvices)

THE

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QAisUMAIi

During the past four anda half months Qaisumahand its surrounding artahas experienced an unusu­al rainfall of 3.42 inch swith the result of a rareoccurrence in the desert

green grass!Unexpected but welcome

guests February 12 werefive members of the U..Air Force from Dhahranwho were forced to landtheir aircraft on the Qai­sumah airstrip due to en­gine trouble. While tJ-echief mechanic made nec-ssary repairs, the caotain

explained the plane's mech­anism to interested resi­dents. After lunch th'plane was able to resumeits flight to West Berlinvia Cyprus.

Vice President and Mrs.Harry Britton of the N wYork office and Mr. W. E.Locher visited the stationFebruary 24.

Rafha, Badanah and Tu­raif take heed and prepareto be challenged Qaisu­mah has started its sportsseason with pool, pingpong and shuffleboardtournaments getting under­w~y March 11. With some20 entries in the pool andping pong competitions andabout 30 in shuffleboard.

Following in the footsteps of Operating Foreman Hammond Bin Nazzil(center), these employees (left to right) Hasan Bin Jaber, Sa'ad B,nAbdullah, Abdullah Bin Mohammad and Sa'ad Bin Sa'ad are receIVInginstructions in "pumpology" from John Arnold at Tura,f. This course IS

one of the on-the'Job troining programs sponsored by the company.(Photo by Abdul Karim bin Mohammed).

ALONGTURAifb\ M. JAOUNi

Thos mysterious shotsir. the night are no longerto b feared for it's BobLewis killing off wild dogsprowling outside the campai'ea s ore to date: 112dog , a wolf and a hyena.

Congratulations to Mo­hammed Bin Suleiman whopIann to be married whileon vacation. Another vaca­tioner is Adel Noujaimwho departed March 11 forthe Lebanon.

Reverting to transporta­tion of the desert. SaadBin Kuleiban headed forHejaz the latter part ofJanuary via camel.

Back to duty after sev­ETal days hospitalization inDhahran is Ali Bin Has­san

ewcomers to Turaif in­clude Mr. and Mrs. HarryHughes and son, Rusty,who have returned fromlong vacation in the

tates; Service ForemanAref Farage from Qaisu­mah; and E. Takla of E&Cfrom Badanah.

Mrs. Earl Schmidt, Mrs.Haskell Hargrove and son,and Mrs. Matt Schau anddaughters recently visitedfriends at Rafha and Ba­danah.

Dr. F. J. Zukoski andPaul Rattle were recentvisitors from Beirut.

A t. Vplentine's "pot.luck" supper and dancewas given February 1 inhonor of the Earl Schmidts,John Kelleys and BillNews. Decorations weremade by the school chil­dren.

A hearty welcome to Mr.and Mrs. C. G. Rush. Clar­ence is vacation relief forBill New, who departedfor the U.S.A. with hisfamily March 7.

A trip throl'gh theOrient and Far East viaship is part 0 the vaca­tion plans of uperintend­ent and Mrs. J. C. Kelley.'T'he Kell ys with Tappy

their world - travellingpooch sailed from Beirutaboard the "!"lying Arrow"March 7.

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\'isiting team and gue"tswere greeted at the Heirutairport by member' n thetran.portatioll and re 'eptioIlcommittee" and \\ ere e-corledto the Hotel apitnle wherethey were housed durin~ thetournament.

.\ re 'eption wa.· hel'} for('ompetitnr" and guest" thee\'eniHg of April 23 at theTapline porting Club. andbufl'et Illneheon wa" "en edboth days of the tournament onthe golf club patio.

\\'eather throughout thetournament was ideal and playprogre,;sed smoothly. e.·eept 1'01'

the delays occasioned byapplying grass greens rules toand green' play.

At a meeting of the A,;:oeia­tion's Exeeutive Committee

Olivia Bigl'lo\\ and ~lelda

\\'alla('e.For th' se('[)llli (·onse('uti\·e

year, golf teams from IraqPetroleum Company, Ltd. andKuwait Oil Company, Ltd. tookfirst pla('1' in th.. men' > andwomen'.' di\ ision' re 'pel'live­Iy at the annual ~liddle Ea tOil Industry Golf A"so('iationannual tournament, whichwa held this year at theBeirut 'porling Cluh (Goll).April 2~ and 2:>.

Final S('ores in the men'>di\'i 'ion tallied IPC. 120-1 ;Aranwo. 122~ Kll\\ait, 12'6;Tapline. 1:331> ; and BasrahPetroleum Company, Ltd., 1439.Jn the ladies' di\'isilJll Kuwaitscored 3:>0; Araml'o. 370 ;Tapline. 39'~ ; IPC, 40-1 andBasrah, 500.

Tapline" team entered in the195~ tournament wa' composedof O. K. Bigelow, A. C. Nelon,H. . mith, R. P. Ander'on,H. B. B.ekley, ,I. M. Volkmann,D. W. Murrary, D. E. Bourne.

Representing the 1954 winning golf team (men's division), Mr. Robin·son of I.P.e. (left) received the MfOIGA trophy from U. S. Ambas­sador Raymond A. Hore at the tournament banquet held ,n the

Capitole Hotel, April 25.

MEOIGA 1954 TOURNEYWON BY IPC AND KUWAIT

The village will cover ap­pro imately ten acre of ground

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In an effort to aid hOlllelessArab refugees, Tapline hasundertaken a projel'l to buildan entire village 1'01' nearlyforty sUl'h familit's near Betha­ny, Arab ,Il'rusalt'm, ,Jordan.Situated on au knoll, the sitesl'leelt'd for this l'ommunitywill l'Olllmall<1 a panoramastretehing from the Mounl ofOli\"es across Ihe !lead Sea tothe Mountains of Moab.

COMPANY SPONSORSREFUGEE VILLAGE

THAN~-AHABIA,' PIPE Ll, 'E CO~1PA. Y, BElHlJT, LEBA. '0.'

Eligible national elllployel'sin Saudi Arabia will he assistedby the c'lmpany in '''(''Iringfunds with whil'h to build orpurchase suitable falllily hou­se . FUlll'tioning on a «building­and-loan» ba is, the I'ompanywill help the employee form acontract with a building cons­truetor.De ign and con truetionof these house will conform to<'ompany tandard.

With th ' appro\"ing of the first on"it'ial map of a town adjacentto a Taphne pUll1p station, the eOll1pany's l'oll1l11unity de\"elop­ment program was instituted at Badanah.

By llIeans of this pl'Ogram teehnieal aid will be furnished bythe ('ompany to t' ·tahlish l'olllmunitie: adjaeent to Turaif, Rafhaand Qaisumah as well as Badanah. treets and bloeks will be laidout aeeording to 'pel'ifi(' plan, and eaeh ('()fnmunity will ha\"e amain street with spaee allol'ated for merehants, eoffee hou'e~,

el<', Tapline will al:o help in the de\"elopment of ('ommunity­o!lerated powl'r and sanitationutilities. Watl'r system' forthe'e towns will ('ohsist of sixcisterns supplied from Taplinewells whieh will furnish ('lean,un('ontaminated water to tl1l're ·idents.

H.E Amir Muhammad al·Sudairi, governor of the pipeline, (center)affixed his signature to the first official map of Badanah at a recentmeeting attended by H.f, Izzidine Bey Shawa, assistant governor,(extreme left) and (standing, left to right) e. f, Goranson of Rela·tions i General Superintendent H. B. Beckley; and community deve·lopment representatives Howard Martin and M. K. Saab (seated,.

(Photo by A D. Clark).

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTPROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY

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the m mb rs.• idon TermI­nal has alreadv done somoutstanding work of thistyp .

Safety Driv r pin awardswill soon be issued goldfor r gular drivers andsilver for those employeeswho drive as part of otherassigned duties.

St. Mich I Warehousehas the distinction of bothwinning and losing the"on-the-bottom goat." TheLebanon "goat" has beenlost or kidnapped. Rewardfor its return: one mecha­nical safety pencil and noquestions asked!

(What a) sham on youA hundr d and fift.

y 'aI's ago th Ampricaongress decided to u

(the) English as the ofh­cial language of the (statdcountry but unfortunatel)up till now this decisiollhas not b en call ied out.III. One bird in hand an I

not ten on tI e tree.

A tudy is being mad'of att nd:.'nce [lnd subj ctsdiscus d at w ekly safetym tings held at each ofthe pump stations and Si­don Termin'll, as these arconsider d the main con­tributing factors that re­sUlted in improvement 01th safety frequency r c­ord and reduced the num­ber of accidents in 1953.

A new study is also un·derway to improve thdrills and meetings 01each station's volunteerfire crew. It is planned toincorporate more real livefire drills where crude oilfires are extinguished b)'

ANSWERS TO TEST YOUR ARABIC

SAFETY ENGINEERING NOTESBY WALTER H. KOEHLER

T Qu tion' What'" thmatter?

An w r: maa bini sinothing with me (fo.nothing); or salaam­tak your saf ty (fornothing) .

II. What are you thinkin~

about?My thought i lilt your

thought Madam.

Moo"ng Master A. D. Odegacrden rece,ved h,s 15 year servICe pIn froA. A. Brickhouse, aSSIStant marine supe"ntendent, at S,don Term'nalFebruary 10. (Photo Sayak).

Enroute on home leave, John C. Kelley, former supe"ntendent at Tura'f.stopped off long enough in Beirut to receive his 15 ye3r service pin fromGeneral Superintendent D. T. P,nckney, March 6. Mr. Kelley will takeover the station supe"ntendency of Qaisumah upon his return to the (ield.(Photo Sayak)

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Tile t. Patrick's Daydance, sp ns led by Mrs.E. S. Tracey, at TaniosHotel March 13 proved ahuge success entertain­ment-wise. Profits of thedance were turned over tothe building fund of a SI­don girls' school.

Journalists L. J. Leeuwisand G. Pennarts of the"Catholic Illustrated," aDutch weekly magazine,arrived aboard the S.."Caltex Pernis" March 17.The gentlemen, accompani­ed by Captain W. R. Van­haga of the "Pemis," wershown terminal operationsb:r Ray Massey of Opera­tions, Captain T. H. Mer­tensen, American Easternrepresentative, and DickHeaps of Public Relations.The visitors were lunche(,ngu !:its of aptain A. A.

Brickhouse.Dave Bourne of E&C has

been transferred to Bada­lIah w miss you, Dave!

Terminal employees va­cationing in the Lebanonduring March were: A..H..kra, M. Attieh, A. Baba,O. Bahlawan, M. Baradl,H. Daher, F. Fakhoury,Francis, P. Haddad, J.Jarrar, M. Jundi, . Abdul-

abi, G. Nahra, r. Sibra'v\ i,A. Zaraket and your r­porte.Editor's ote: Our apolo­

gies to Captain J. R. Joneslor the misleading in1or­matIon that he "has a sug­ar factory" as was pub­lished in the last issue ofthe "Periscope." CaptainJoncs neither owns suchan enterprise nor did hefall victim to a strangemalady. (In fact, it mightbe suggc!:ited that the presswhich prints the "Peri­scope" take over this ap­parent loose industry.) Wcdo wish to inform ourreaders that Captain Joneshas r covered from hishospitalization and thatMrs. Jones is recuperatingat their home in Sidon.]

SidON

PIPELl E PERI COPE

25, sub-committees worlt­ing with Mr. Thoits haveplanned an entertainmentvrogram that includes agolfers reception at theTapline Sporting ClubApril 23 and a dinner­dance April 25 at whichL:me trophy presentation:'lill be made.

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will be turned over to themusic library fund of Bei­rut's NatIOnal Conservato­ry of Music.

To aid the cause, Tap­liners have been rallied toserve with others in thecommunity as members 01the show's business group.Gcrry Gossens functionsas business manager andBill Keane as treasurer.J. A. Borden is in chargeof ticket sales with MikeBassoul and Dick Heapsassisting with advertisingand publicity respectively.

ew chool Building

Completed at Turaif

PLANS FORMULATEDFOR GOLF TOURNEY

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H. B. Beckley 170, J. M.Volkmann 172, D. W. Mur­ray 172, W. P. Harris 117,S.E. Thoits 179, G. F. Fitch] 0, J. F. Mahan 1 0, D.K. Wallace 184, OliviaBigelow 90, Melda Wallace90 and Lola Wells 99.

Dave Bourne is expectedto turn in his score cardsat the first opportunity.Also, the ladies have an­other 18 holes to play be­fore final scores can beeomputed for them.

According to Tourna-ment Chairman Thoits, ai'other member companieshave advised the names of

mployees representingthem in this year's meet.

Besides the tournamentactivities slat d from A.M. to 6 P.M., April 24 and

"Skits and Misses"Promises fun

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i& Mrs. R. B. Lewis, whoguides the glOUp througha study program outlinedby Calvert Courses. For­merly on the faculty ofGorham Teachers Collegein Connecticut, Mrs. Lewishas been active in the fieldof education for sixteenyears. Joining her husband,Bob Lewis of Operations,in Saudi Arabia threeyears ago, she taught atRafha prior to their mov­ing to TuraiL

Similar, though some­what smaller, school build­ings are scheduled fOf con­struction at Qaisumah.Rafha and Badanah duringthis year.

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