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painting scholarship to the BostonSchool of Fine Arts, Boston,1\Iassachusetts.

]Jer "Opus l';umber 2" earnedher the first prize award in thestill-life category of the 1959Summer Art Show, sponsored bythe Dhahran Art Group.

]\.\rs. Samaha will be displayingher latest paintings in Dhahran,Jan. 1+.

II is Excellency \\ as accompani­ed by James l\ [cars, Aramco'sLabor Relations Representati\,e.1n Beirut, he \\as the C01l1pany

gucst at a luncheon hosted in hishonor at Le Panache of thePhoenicia Ilotei. Attending thefunction \\ crc Robert E. l\larsh,John P. 0'1 lagan, Salih AI-. s'ad,Robert A. Prusinski, l\lr. 1\lears,Da"id S. Dodge, John A. Sabin;and Joe aba.

her artistic

a three-year

A versatile artist, lVlrs. Sanlaha

has been painting since she waseight years of age.

In high school,talent earned her

Thirty-five oils and watcr colorsof Adelia Malouf Samaha, wifcof I3adanah's John :-J. Samaha,embellished an art exhibition atthe Tapline Sporting Club, Dec.15-20.

Saudi Arabia's Deputy 1\1in­ister of Labor and Social AfTairsAbdul Jalil Abdul J3\\'\\ad flewto Riyad from I3eirut Dec. 6 oncompletion of a one-week "isit toBaclanah pump station, Beirutand Sidon Terminal.

During his stay in Badanah,His Excellency visited Aramco'sMobil Oil Exhibition held 111

'Ar'ar from NO\·. 30 through mid­December.

Mrs. Samaha Exhibits Paintings

A recent painting by Mrs. J. N. SOli/aha, of Badanah.

Pictured ill Badallah are, frOIll left, lall/es Jlears, 10111/ ,v. So IIIa110 ,Saudi Arabia's Deputy J fillis/el of Labor A {fairs .0-/ bdul lalil "I bdullmc'vad, alld Robert E. lIIarsh. (Photo by Nosl').

SAUDI OFFICIAL TOURS TAPI.INE

Year 1963376,420

518349,659244,000

Novell/bel'433,044

55417,860251,000

10,000 tons per hour.In a two-day operation last

October, the line was floated outto sea, placed at anchor, 1l1oved to

position in Berth 2 and loweredto the sea bed.

Putting the 36-inch loop intooperation will mark the comple­tion of a major step in the SidonTerminal Improvement Program.

Highlights of the program havebeen the relocation of two sub­marine loading berths to deeperwater during 1962, and currentinstallation of the 36-inch loop toone of the two relocated berths.

PERATIONS

Average BPD received at SidonShips loadedAverage BPD loaded on ships for offtakersAverage size of ships loadedAverage BPD delivered to ships,

Medreco and IPC 440,636 372,832Pipeline throughput soared again in November to finish at 433,044

barrels daily, or about 52,600 barrels above October's daily average.Deliveries from Sidon to ships, Medreco and I PC rallied substan­

tially too, averaging 440,636 barrels daily in November, against 398,855in Octobcr.

Deliveries from Sidon were estimated to average 500,000 BPD inDecember.

Taplille diver Fuad Hlleilleh "Iallds" at sea bottolll for worl< 011 36-illchsubmarine line. This first underwater picture of a Tapli1le diver ,vas take17by D. Schipper, Sidon's Marine Maintenance Foreman.

Weather permitting, the 36­inch submarine loop to Berth 2at Sidon Terminal is expected tobe placed in service by the year­end.

\Vhile the Berth 2 bunker linehas already been put on stream,renlaining work on the ne\\' crude

line consists of placing the header,connecting spools and hoses.

I t is estimated that this willentail seven full working days forthe terminal divers.

The new two-kilometer sub­marine line will make it possibleto load tankers at rates up to

36" LOOP SCHEDULED TO GOINTO OPERATION BY YEAREND

Rider

Full responsibility for the Engi­

neering department has bcenassumed by Richard R. Burnett,

in the position of Chief Engineer.

ROTATIONALASSIGNMENTSANNOUNCED

Effective Dec. 1, John J. Kel­berer, Chief Engineer-Commu­

nications, Electrical and I nstru­

mentation, was appointed Acting

General Superintendent during

the illness of George F. Heidc.

Effective Jan. 1, 1964, Mr.

Heide will transfer to Beirut toassume the position of Coordi­

nator-Operating Services, rep­orting to Executive Vice President

Walter E. Locher. M r. Kelberer

will remain at Turaif as Gcneral

Superintendent - Saudi Arabia.These are rotational, develop­

mental assignments, duration ofwhich will be announced later.

eyent, cOlnpetitors had one l11inuteto ride their stallions in 12 ormore faultless leaps over fences.

A high school student at theFrench Section of JnternationalCollege, Nael mounted a horsefor the first time six years agowhile vacationing with his parents111 Rotterdam. He joined theBeirut Equestrian Club soon afterhis return and has been trainingthcre regularly since 1959.

Is TopSon

Noel AI-As'ad receives olle of the t,co ClIPS he eamed Nov. 17-18 whenhe rode Sultall al-Ahlllar to 'L'ictory ill two leadillg series at the equestriallFellces AutU1II1l Challlpiollship.

Tapliner'sNael AI-As'ad, 15-year-old son

of Tapline's Manager of PublicRelations Salih AI-As'ad, toppedsome 50 riders to win t\\O Icadingseries in the equestrian FencesAutumn Championship held No\'.17-18 at the Sports City in Beirut.

Riding his well-bred six-year­old gelding Sultan al-Ahmar withimpeccable style Nael won the "Cseries" on the first day of com­petition. The C series was resen'­ed for beginner stallions andriders. A total of II obstaclcs hadto be covered by riders in theseries within a time limit of oneminute and 37 seconds.

On Nov. 18, the young Tap­liner moved on to grab the"American Track" event for the Band C series to classify as the No.I rider in the show. In this second

The Jordanian high school girls alld their chaperolle were received inBelYut by E"'ecutive Vice President Walter E. Locher ill the presence ofManager of PublIC Relations Salih AI-As'ad (backgroulld) and COllll1lullityAffatrS Representative Mahmoud K. Saab (right). (Photo by Nasr).

along the line.His latest job was Foreman­

Operations (Stations), Rafha.Mr. and Mrs. Babb have fi,'c

children - Lucrctia Ann, 21,Charles Jr., 11, James Patrick andJoseph Michael, 9, and Lucindal\1argaret, 2.

Essay ContestWinners Named

Azzam Annani, of the IslamicCollege of Amman, and MissClemence Khouri, of the SakinaBint aI-Hussein School in Am­man, topped a select group of 20Jordanian high school students towin first prize awards in thedescriptive essay contest on Tap­line facilities recently organizedby Public Relations.

Runners up were Ali Abu Saif,of the Government SecondarySchool in Ramallah, and MissHanan Mikhaeil, of the RamallahFriends School for Girls.

Accompanied by CommunityAffairs Representative MahmoudK. Saab, two groups-one of 11boys and another of nine girls­visited company installations atQaryatain and Sidon Terminal inK oyember in preparation for theessay contest.

Miss Leila Burkan, Inspectorin the Jordanian Ministry ofEducation, acted as chaperone forthe girl students in their trips toTapline's work locations.

During their overnight trip toSidon Terminal Nov. 23-24, theJordanian girl students and MissBurkan were entertained at areception hosted by Miss SibaFahoum, Directress of Sidon'sMakassed School for Girls.

F. C. NajiaEditor

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SpeTLIGHT

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Reporters:

Badanah Moussa Soulban

Beirut Rase Sawdah

Amman John Franjieh

New Yark R. M. Weeks

Qaisumah Deeb Aho

Qaryatain A. A. Khatib

Rafha S. S. Dobaghi

Sidon Kamal Abu-Zeid

Turaif Mrs. Kamal Aoun

(Cover photo by Nasr)

successfully completed a 21-dayIllanageillent seminar offered bythe Business Administration Dc­partment of the American Uni­\"ersity of Beirut.

From l\larch 1947 to May 1951;\Ir. Babb helped construct theTapline system as Assistant Pro­ject Engineer and Senior EngineerConstruction with \\'illiams Bro­thers Corp.

Born 47 years ago in Corinth,;\Iississippi, Mr. Babb joinedTapline as Foreman-Construc­tion on July 26, 1951. Since, hehas sen'ed as Foreman-Mainten­ance, Foreman-General Servicesand Foreman-General Servicesand Relations in pump stations

Charles Sigman Babb was ap­pointed Superintendent - TuraifStation effectiyc Dec. 1- -one dayafter his return from a combinedlong "acation - company businesstrip to the Gnited States.

After spending a holiday inTulsa, Oklahoma, his point oforigin, "J'uraifls new station super­

intendent attendcd a six-weekcourse at the A.P. I. School ofPipe Line Technology, Lee Col­lege, Cni"ersity of Texas, Bay­town, Texas.

Last summer, iVlr. Babb had

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nhrnau a~ pr<..'1111l:f was to

\\'a,hmgton,3. L.Il.J,+, Sodium '\ Ilrate.5. olor,6. A foretoken,7, :\.Iake; Advertisements,

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Robertsons'. The 37th-hole prizedmner \\as held :'\0\. 1+ atthe home of :\Ir. and :\Irs,\\'flght. The dmner featuredbarbe ued steak prepared by :\Ir."'right, Shortly after pnze \\erea\\ arded, a hnng room puttlOgcontest \\ as held for those \\ hodId not partICipate III the golftourm'y. "',nner, \\l'rl' J. :\1.Gysen and :\Irs. D. E. Garrison.

Off from Turouf on :tateslde\·.teation arc :\Ir. and :\Irs. James\'. Foody, thl' I Llrold L. K rappsand \\'liham I~. PICkt'lts, F,lre\\elldinner partll's \\l.'fl' g'tyen :\lr. ~111l1

:\ Irs. Foody by the (,,,'or~L' F.Ileldl'S ;Ind Dr. and :\Irs. KamalAmm.

Otl1l'r Turad \ ,lcHlOners .In'(;harlb :\Iutlaq, SalL'h ..\\,.,d andF,ldd Fn·lh.

Jan1l's r. Ilugh,,'s IS \\lth u.agam from a hoildav m tbl' L.:\\ hlch mdudl'd a st.1\ 111 11."\<111.

'.Ir.. \lallrlce '.lSr, \\ho IS

recovering in Bt:irut frOIl) a n.l·l·nt

opnatl<lI1 at th" Bdd.m"h hosplt.II,I~ l'pl'ctn.1 to hl" hl'n' tor thl'

Iloilda\ SI'.lson,

hole ga\'e her the 10\\ net title\\lth 1-7.

On the fir t day of competition,a 19th-hole party \\ as held at the

The .HalIaf?emflll Safely a /It{ Fire Proleel 1011 CII/11I1!1I1cc- CIlI/I {//I'd III

Badallah Dec. 3. I IIIllllher o( Tapllllen "c,e lilt ,ted III allmd IhelIIeetillg as glle"ts. Flfud left, c/llclnuse arO/llld Ihe lahle, me Fmt::1 ,\l.Sajlll (stal/dillg), JlasSllIl l"bara, lI'aller E. Lllcher, 101111 1. Kelberer,101111 P. O'Halfall, .. IIII/ibal FaddOltl, C, E. ,--IlIdrN' ,101111 S. Salllaha,,\liss Jill'alll Kaibm, Dr. lacob Thaddells, Dr. Frallk 1. ZlIlwsk" ('. lJ.Hardfd~k, Robert .--I. Pmsillskl, RIc/llIrd R. E,m,ell, Lafi \'"yef alld101111 H. rImold. (Pholo by Sasr).

Top ,cinnirs of Ihe Tllraif SN'er Grcell Go~( GrOllp challlpw",lup fa(lIhe camera. Frollliefl, Rhea 1'111110111 (/on g'o s· 1I1lll'S ,btl IOn), .lfrs,E. R. Robertson (/0'" gross-,wlllfII" dinslOlI), .l/rs. Kalllal ,/mlll (Ion'nll-fc'omen's difision) and leall Obaid (/on /It I 1I1lll'S din /11/1).

The dislillCtioll of beilllI lI/llOll1I Ihe filSl hal/d(ul of •'{//uli ,/ rah TapllllC/.Ito cOlllplele IS years of cOlllpallY sertlce goes 10 Khaled .Ih,/rtl K, /till,

of ,1Iotor Trail POll, TurOlf, alld .--Ibdalla/r SlIlumall, of lI'aler lI'ell,Rafha. The Ihree-slar elllblcllls frcre IIlf'eII 10 ,--Ihdlll Kl mil alld .'illlulllallby Iheir respeellf'e sllpernsors, E. R. RohcrtwlI alld RichClld Rar:w{al,ShOfW abot'e, frolll lefl, are ,\leHrs. Roherlsoll, ,/hdlll Kal III , ,'lilt IIl1allalld Ragsdale. (PllOlo hy Salr).

hole. he "as followed by :\ Irs,Putnam (209), :\ Ir . Aoun (213)and :\lrs. "'right (227). :\Ir,Aoun's S6 POlOt handIcap for 36

match played :'\01'. 2 .

Dalfallah Hamad, station me­chanic, is back from a one-weektraining cour e on Deutz engmein al-Khobar.

\'acations have started for Kha­lifa Abdallah, Ahmad Zain, Ah­mad Said and Rashid aleh. Theyhave ended for Moussa Akhtarand Saleh Suleiman.

Cndoubtedly, Turaif's majorinterest in !\'o\'ember centered onthe ~e\'er Green Golf Group'sannual championship played :'\0\'.13-14. Rhea Putnam grossed I S3for 36 holes to grab the men's title.Low net winner was Jean Obaid.Other low gross scores: Ed Wright161; George Heide, 162; ;\Iu­hammad Siddique, 17+; Obaid,17+; Jim Foody, 19+; Dr. KamalAoun, 210; and Carl charn, 231.

:\lrs. E. R. Robert on, on theother hand, took top low groshonors with 1 6 trokes for 36-

Tapline Sporting Club officersare busy decorating the clubpremises for the Yuletide and NewYear activities - including aChristmas Party for the Taplinechildren (Dec. 20), a companyreception for Beirut headquartersemployees (Dec. 23) and the ~ewYear's Eve Ball. The T ..c.committee comprises F. \\" !\'e\\(president), Yartan Bezdikian,Khatchik Akhatcherian, lay Ru­beiz, Shawki Freiha and the"eternal ;\1.C," Mitri Antonois.

President \\'illiam R. Chandler,Executi\'e \'ice President "'alterE. Locher, and \'ice President­Administration 1I. S. Smithare back from business tripsto Dhahran.

Manager of Public RelationsSalih AI-As'ad also returned Dec.17 from a one-week business tripto Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia's former Am­bassador in Washington AbdallahKhayal left Beirut Dec, 13 enroute to Dammam via pump sta­tions along the line. During hisstay in Lebanon, His Excellency\'isited installations at Sidon Ter­minal.

Congratulations to typist J aw­dat H. Shammas on his marriage

ov, 23 to the former I\liss

Elizabeth Wehbeh.

Felicitations are also due to~icolas G, Berberi, dri\'er allautomoti\·e, on the recent mar­riage of his daughter Elham,

Turaif

Beirut

Rafha's welcoming mat is outfor Antoine Y. Ashmar and \\'alidllaris Ilage \\ ho have joined ourstaff as construction engineer andengineering office clerk, respec­tively. From Zghorta, Lebanon,

hospiwl follo\\ 109 an emergenc)tnp to Syria \\ here he \'isited hisaliing father.

Fahad Othman is off to Turaifafter 11<" IIlg relieved , tation Of­fice Clerk lunei ~asser duringthe latter's leave in Lebanon.

\Vhile \'acations ha\'e ended forTaher Ilassan and Abdallah Ra­shid, they ha\'e recently startedfor Fahad 1\ I utlaq, station main­tenance supervisor; Sulci man Eid,station mechanic; Abdallah Mu­hammad, electric instrumentman; Rashid ;\Iuhammad, generalcraftsfam; and Fahd Suleiman,motor transport n1echanic.

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1\ Ir. Ashmar is a 1961 graduateof AUB's School of Engineering.lIe \\ as formerly affiliated withCAT m Qatar and Kuwait. 1r.Hage hads from Brummana. J Iewas formerly employed by IiddleEast Airilne in Beirut.

Rafha

If'. H. Rage

Rafha station's soccer teamedged a combined Rafha town­Amlrate chool squad 2-1 in a

Ilearn and famdy. The Ilearnsarc due back m mId-January.

Operations and :\Iaintenanceforeman Anlllbal A. Faddoul re­placl'd the terminal superinten­dent at the I\lanagement Safetyand Firl' Protl'CtlOn Committeemeeting held 111 Badanah, Dec. 3,

Khadem Khaznail, SupervisorOd :\Iovements, Basrah Oil

Conlpan~, Fao, Iraq, \\ as here in

;\"o\"elllber on a four-clay training

and famlilanzation assIgnment,Qalsumah Shift Foreman Ila­

mad Ilajn completed a one-\\eektraanlng- and orientation assign­

ment at the terminal in late ~o­

\ember.Other, 'o\'ember \'isitors to the

termll1al \\ ere 1\ I. Carter, ofAramco Government Relations,and C, Bron, of AOC, TheIlague.

Karl Tronstad netted a sizzling6+ for 18-holes to "in the ZahraniCountry 'Iub monthly golf me­dal.

Medreco's ]. E. Greecy netteda 66 for 18-holes also to grab theE. W. Saybolt and Co. ChallengeShield.

Aramco President and Mrs.Thomas C. Barger and Mr. and1\1 rs. Thomas Ilandzus spent ano\Crnight in Qaisumah TO\'. 13,Walter Iletzel accompanied the\isitors on a "hunt for Qaisumahdiamonds" \\ hde the Clarence 1',Booths entertained them at din-

Qaisumah

ncr.

:\ Irs. Rhea II. Putnam andchildren arrived here from TuraifDec, 3 to Jom :\Ir, Putnam \\ ho isreilenng Dudley P. Ilarbin asstation superintendent during thelatter's absence on vacation,

Taplll1e's former Senior X-RayTechnicl3n Rafic J, Fanous wasin Qaisumah ]'\0\'. 16 through;'\0\', 30 in his ne\\ capacity ascontractor.

Our hats are tipped for ]. Y.Torres \\ ho arrived here fromTuraif for an extended assign­Illent at the pumphouse.

Ilamad Ilajri resumed his du­ties at the pumphouse in late;-':O\'ember follo\\ mg a trainingassIgnment at the Beirut OilD,spatching Office and idonTerminal.

Athnel Touma has also resum­ed hI duties at the Qalsumah

\\'elcome to 1uhammad Ba­takji on his transfer here fromTuraif.

1\ looring Master Martin Ru­therford is \\ ith us again fromlong vacation on the ontinent.

leehanic driver Afif Younanrelieved E. Constantine, garageforeman, during the latter's ab­sence on '"acation.

Also oft' from SIdon Terminalon long leave arc Assistant Ter­minal Superintendent George A.

:'\0\.28.The John :'\. Samahas enter­

tall1ed ..\menean employees anJtheIr famdles at a turkey dll1ner'\",.28 In celebratIon 01"1 hanks­gl\lI1g Ih).

The Ilashli Ilargroves, Ri­charJ L. Crosth\\allS and FoundA. lilyas ha\e returned to thefolJ from long lea\'e. 1\1anydll1ners \\ ere hosted in celebra­tIon of theIr return. \\'hile theIilyas \'acatloned m Lebanon, theCrosth\\alts made the return tripIrom the L .S. \ 13 Iiong Kong andJapan. The IlargrO\'es spent mostof theIr hoilday m Reno, :'\e\'ada,and \\ Ith son Gerald, \\ ho IS aJunIor In San Jose State College,Cailf.

Dr. and :\Irs. Edmond]. efriheld a dmner party at their ne\\ Iyreno\'ated house to "elcome Dr.and I\lrs. lilY" and bid fare"ellto Dr. and Mrs. I\lichel G.Khoury, \\ ho arc off to Lebanonon vacation.

Sidon

Badanah also bade its heartfeltma'a salameh to Irs. M. i'\.Prince, \\ ho is ofT to Beirutafter a se\'en-year stay in SaudiArabia. Dr. Prince will be lea\ ingthe lielJ permanently 111 De­cember to join the I\ledical Corpsof the Lebanese Army.

CongratulatIons to Chuck Ilard­\\ ick, 10\\ gross \\ inner of C;corge

F. lleide's trophy, and to Johni'\. Samaha, double \\lnner of theRobert E. 1\1 arsh and JacobThaddeus cups. The golf tourney\\ as contested m late :'\o\·ember.

\Yelcome aboarJ to AbdallahAbul-Khad on hIS transfer herefrom Turad' and hearty congratu­lations to Ghourmallah Abdallahon hiS recent promotIOn fromstation office clerk to relief stationoAice supen ISOr.

I

Badanah

Or. D. L. Chamltall

.lflu Fa,hm Rayyall

tice \\hde 1\ I ISses Ran'an anJSayegh ha\ e been hIred as stafTnurses.

:'\e\\ faces arounJ BaJanah arcDr. Dd,ran L. Chamilan anJ1\ (.sses FaJ"a S. Ra) yan anJClaire D. Sayegh. Dr. Chamlianhas jo;neJ the BaJanah meJicaltafT as PhySi 'Ian-General Prac-

Dr. Chamilan IS a 19S7 graJu­ate of Brussels Cnl\'ersltv anJ IS"larned to a Cerl11an lady.

:\llsses Sayegh anJ Rav\,anobtmneJ their nursll1g Jlplomas

iHiss Claire ayegh

last summer from the AmericanUniversity of Beirut.

The Badanah station soccerteam bowed 4-1 to the al-AhliClub of 'Ar'ar in a match played