PIPELINE

Vol. 10 o. 6 TRA S-ARABIA PIPE LINE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANO July 1962

Lebanon Outswings Arabia in Spring Tourney

Lebanon's tealll members, ?ci"ners of the 1962 Taplille pring Golf Championship, face the camera. Standillg,from left, are IV. E. Locher, winller, 1IIe1l'S champiollship class, A. Siblalli, ,'1"rs. K. I. Trollstad, J1rs. TV. G.E,d"g, team captai" O. K. Bigelmc, who received the President's CliP all behalf of the winlling team from Leba­non, Tapline Pre ideTIt 101m able, who made the trophy preselltations, .'III'S. Bigelme, ladies' lme net ?cinner?cho also received the ?comell's team trophy, R. R. Bumelt, Jlrs. P. JI. Boiral alld 1. F. Corrigan. In front roware K. 1. Tronstad, E. Greelllt'Ood, JI. K. Nesheim, Dr. A. Ghallma, II'. 1. Lud,:igse1l alld JJrs. L"d.·igsm.(Photo by Nasr).

"ice President of Opera­tions Walter E. Locher re­centh· announced that inview ~ of the success of the1961 Safety Award Pro­gram, Tapline will continuethe Program with minorchanges in 1962. The pro­gram is designed to main­tain employees' interest inaccident prevention, to ti­mulate their safety thinkingand practices, and to de­velop teamwork to attainthe common goal of conti­nuous imprO\'ement in thlsafety experience.

The awards cover indus­try-wide recognition of out­standing accident pre\'en­tion efforts by the .\mericanPetroleum Institute and thXational Safety Council, anda company-wide recognitionof safety improvement b;­Management.

Individual prizes are au­thorized for the outstandingperformances and the prizesshall be presented to eachemployee of the winninggroup, along with the grouprecognitions, in appropriateceremomes.

For the purpose of record­ing the safety e:o.periencesand for keeping the detailsof the Safety Allard Pro­gram, the ;\'hole Taplineorganization has been div­ided into the follo\vingtwelve areas: Beirut-Dama'­cus-Amman, Sidon ShoreOperations-Dera'a, Sidon:\Iarine Operations, Qarya­tain, Turaif Central Facili­ties, Turaif Station, Bada­nah, Rafha, Qaisumah, Sau­di Arabia Organization, Si­don Terminal Organizationand All Tapline.

TAPLINE UPHOLDSSAFETY PROGRAM

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for the women's champion­ship award.

Among those whose han­dicaps might be in line forre\·ision downward are :\1.K. Kesheim, of Sidon, andJ. H. Arnold, of Badanah,the only men to score six­point match sweeps duringthe two-day tou rnament,thus blankil;g their oppo­nent .

Certain lv, not the leastobstreperous of opponentsfor all was the shifting wind(especially on the secondday of play) which addedto the trials and tribulationsof golfers on the ZCCcourse. The scores:

ZCC grass course at Sidon,Lebanon led by three pointsduring each of the two-dayseries of twenty indi\'idualmatches.

Lebanon's II omen repre­sentatives pro\'ed more for­midable in the grass of Zah­rani, winning by the Nassaupoint total of 19 to 5.

Playing consistently andcalmly all the way, W. E.Locher, of Beirut,' won themen's championship flightwith 75-76-151 strokes, twoshots under long-time oppo­nent O. K. Bigelow, whohad 76-77 for the runner-uppnze.

Mrs. Bigelow's 87-91­178 outdistanced Mrs. W.J. Lud\·igsen (99-105-204)

The President's Cup,symbolic of the Taplinemen's team golf champion­ship, wa II on by Taplinegolfers from Beirut and Si­don who conquered theirArabian counterparts in theSpring Championship Tour­nament held on the ZahraniCountry Club course, lay25 and 26, by 33 'assaumatch points to 27.

For the first time in theseven years of cup play, arecord number of six na­tional employees played inthe tournament. They were:Dr. A. Ghanma, A. Siblani,Dr. M. Prince, 1\1. Moussa,Dr. M. Baroody and O.Mutlaq al-Sahman.

Tever beaten on its home

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respecti\'ely. A total of aboutfifty floats \\'ere entered inthe parade.

The Tapline float repre­sented a sophisticated galleyadorned with flo\\ers (don­ated bY' Terminal families)and ca~rying a pipe sectionand tanker model, built bY'Walter J. Lud\·igsen. Thefloat was built in a week'stime at Sidon's CarpentryShop by Tapliners KhalilAbu-Zeid, Osman Sinno,Kheiri Loubieh and Saidl\lakhoul, \\'orking under thesupervision ofl\lr. Bezdikian.

Tapline's float, the brain­child of artist Yartan Bezdi­kian, of Beirut Engineering,obtained the third prize atthe Spring Festi\'ities Paradeheld June 3 at Sidon's ::\lu­nicipal Stadium, packed withmore than 30,000 spectators.The prize, a silver trophy,was presented to OperationsForeman Annibal Faddoulby the l\lohafez of SouthLebanon, Mr. Ghaleb el­Turk,

The floats of the "OfficeFruitier" and "MaisonGhandour" were awardedthe first and second prizes,

Shown above at Turai!,s swimming pool is the second grollp of Lebanesehigh school stlldellts to visit Turaif, May 26-27, in preparation for aprize essay-contest on company illstallations there and at Sidoll Terminal.Seated, from left, are Eva fo"lollssa, of al-Ahliyeh College; Wi'am Dada,of the Natiollal Evangelical School for Girls; Hasiba al-Sha'ar, of al­Makassed; Mahmolld K. Saab, of BeiTllt Pllblic Relations; alld Mrs.lhsan Kllraytem, Assistant Directress of the fo"lakassed Khad,jeh School,who accompanied the girls' group. Standing are Leila Abi-Khaled,of Sidon Girls' School; fo"lay Saab, of Cholleifat Training College;Leila Hamadeh, of the Evangelical College for Girls; and ,11ike Rihan,of Turaif. (Photo by Sadek Youssef).

TAPLINE fLOAT OBTAINS PRIZEIN SIDON SPRING fESTIVITIES

had \'isited in April, l\Iayand June. The committeethat will select the best threeof these essays for specialprizes and for publicationin three Beirut newspapershas been formed. It consistsof Mrs. Wadad Cortas, Prin­cipal of al-Ahliyeh College;Dr. Omar Farroukh, of theMakassed; Mr. Hassib Ab­dul Sater, of the College dela Sagesse; Professor MoussaSuleiman, Head of the Ara­bic Department at the Eng­lish Section of InternationalCollege; and Mahmoud K.Saab and Emile Ayash, ofTapline, Beirut.

THE CRADLE ROW

SidonElham, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Jirji el-Jouny.

BeirutSamia, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Melhem G. MelhemStephani, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Christo Hagi­Touma

Essays on Tapline Turned InTwenty-three high school

students from Lebanon com­peting in Tapline's prize­program ha\'e submitted de­scriptive essays on companyinstallations at Turaif andSidon Terminal, which they

The Tapline float that obtained the third prize at idoll's Sprillg Festi~'ities Parade. (Photo by Vartall Bezdikian).

Pictllred at Til rOlf's enior Staff School 1ritll !lIike Rillall, 1111'S. R. H.Plltllam and !lJahmoud K. Saab, is the third alld last grollp of Lebanesestudellts to visit Turor!, j',1ay 29-30, in preparatioll for Taplille's prizeessay contest. The grollp illclllded, from left, standing, Ali flarajli, ofInternatiollal College, French SutiOlI; Talal Halabi, of the DeolldiehSchool for Boys ill Abey; fo"Iahmolld fo"lusmt'i, of AI-'Amiliyyah College;and Kamal j',laarollf, of the Salldi Arab College. Seated are Kais al­Husseini, of the National College of Choueifat, and Tf'ajik hayya, ofthe Uni~'eTsity College in Aley. (Photo by Sadek l'ollssef).

) 'ear 1962370,574

2+1H, ,826222,919

REPORT-'[a\,224,3 4

35212,241210,044

TEN-YEAR PINSTwo-star emblems were

earned hy the followingemployees during J unc:

Badll1lahAhdel-Aziz Sa'eid, of Ad­

ministration and General.Beirut

~\bdcl-Kader Buhairy, of:\Iedical.

OllisUlIIllhDlaim D~llaim, of Opera­

tions and Repairs.

."'ido1lRobert G. Thompson, of

Operations.Turlllj

.\bdel-.\ziz Dalijat, of :\10­tor Transport.

Turki Rashid Rc\\ iIi, ofStorehouses.

Ihrahim ,aghir, of :\IotorTransport.

OPERATIONS

~herage BPD recei\ ed at SidonShips loaded"herage BPD loaded on shipsA.\'erage size of ships loadedAverage BPD dcli\ered to ship

and l\Iedreco 226,003 362,023The pipeline throughput suffered another se\ ere sctback

in Mav and finished at 224,384 barrels a day, some 123,000barrels belo\\ the April daily a\erage. i)cli\eries fromSidon to ships also dwindled and \\ere about 75,000 barrelsbelow the April daily a\'erage. Probable a\ erage deli\eriesfrom Sidon for June are 247,000 harrels per da~.

Shut do\\ n since ::\larch, the auxiliary pumping unitswill remain off tream throughout June. Turaif alsoremained on tight-line operation until June 21.

an eulogy of the late Col.\rilliam .\. Eddy and ananecdote about 'his four­\'ear-old son, Elias, whichhas heen recently hroadcastfrom Beirut. Jalnil inciden­tally has t\\ 0 other daught­ers: .\ndree, 8, and Desirec,6.

1Iolding the LebaneseGolden lerit since 1958,for sen'ices rendered to theLebanese press, Jamil is ana\'id reader of Time and;\ewsweek. lie still findstime to campaign for andhelp organize most of hishometo\\ n's tiO\\ er paradesand mu ic and folk-dancingfesti\'als.

Pipeline Periscope's fOllrth "photo-pllzzle" last month represented amagnified .-int' of a palm. The qllestion this month again 's ""'hat does~he abOt.·e p,ctllre represe1lt?" The corrut ansfur, which ft'ill be pllblished"'. ollr forthcoming edition, is gllarded at present by the all thor of theplCtllre, Tapllne contract-photographer Khalil Ablll-Nasr.

Jpollifjht------

fini t\.. " H is father, ele\'enYear~ earlier, had foundedthe ai-Wadi weekly of Zahle,which is still being publishedtoday under Jamil's super­\'ision, helped by his young­er brother Nicolas.

lost of the paper's sub­scribers are Lebanese emig­rants in the nited Statesand Latin America.

Upon lea\'ing school in1943, Jamil worked with theBritish Army in the CerealsOffice at Re~'ak. From 1945,and until he joined Tapline,Jamil devoted his time to thefamily ne\\spaper, al-\\·adi.

Joining Tapline ranks asa general clerk in mid-1949,Jamil was promoted to eniorclerk few month later. lIebecame Accountant on June1, 1951 and worked betweenBeirut and pump stationsalong the 'Line on plantnumbering the furniture re­leased to the Saudi ArabGovernorate. He \\ a pro­moted to hi present posi­tion as Material Accountanton January 1, 1960. Hispresent work deals mainlywith the order point, orderlevel accounting system.

As to Jamil's off-dutyhours, they are distributedbetween the printing of al­Wadi and the preparation ofarticles for Beirut's leadingdailies al-Jarida and al-Safa.

His latest articles include

S. S. Dabaghi

Rose Sawdah

John Franiieh

R. M. Weeks

Othayeb Mutlaq

8adih Haddad

Dr. G. M. StephanRichard Khattar

John NehmeM. Sultan

Turaif

Artist Vartan 8ezdikian

Reporterl:

Badanah

Beirut

Jordan

New York

Qalsumah

Rafha

Sidon

Re.p. Director: M. K. Saab

Ed'tor F. C. Najia

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Thi month' potlightfocu es on a native of Zahle,the "Bride of the Beka'aYalley" a they call it inLeba~on, \\ ho,' on his fa­ther' side, comes from afamily of journalists.

\rith Tapline ince June13,1949, Jamil Nadra .-\Ioufcombines the analytical mindof an experienced 'accountantand the swift, ubtle style ofa talented columnist.

A graduate of the OrientalCollege of Zahle, Jamil help­ed found the al- harkiyahmonthh- organ there in 1941.In it, he publi hed his firstarticle, "The earch for In-

Taplille's -'laterial Accollntant Jamil Alollf gruts Da/IllY Thomas andhis mfe, Rosemarie, at a cocktail party hosted last .-lpnl at the St, GeorgesHotel by Depllty Emile Bllstani (right) in honor of the famolls .-Imaicon­Lebanese teln'ision star, fdlO fras in Lebanon on a fruk-Iong .-isit,

Preparing the Sheesh Kebab sert'ed at the clllbhollse, .110.1' 26, prior to the distriblltioll of golf trophiesis William Shehade (left), assisted by .-Isa'ad TOllfOlly. Otl"n, from "1t, are .Hr<. Jallll Soble, J[n.WaLter E. Locher (hidillg Dr. ...J, Ghallma), -'In, Robert G, Thompsoll, -'In. GiOrg, J/. :·;/t'phall a/llLRichard Khallar, (Photo by Sasr) ,

President Jolm Soble preunls TValter E. Locher wilh his Irophy as a tdnnillg member of Ihe Lebanortteam. (Photo by Sasr).

Team Captaills Ort'is K. Bigelme (left) alld Johll n. AI/wid (right) pose jor a pictllre mth Presidm!Johll Soble prior to the distriblltioll of Otwrd . (Photo by .\'asr).

from Left, TValter J. Llldvigsen, Johll H. ,lmoLd,hoto by 'asr).

pliller 10 partIcIpate in the President's CliPa -Sahmall (above). Sandteiches and iced drillkslit participants. (Pholo by asr).

The honor of becoming Ihe first SOlidi AmiTOllmalllenl n'enl to Tllrai!, s Olhayeb Jilitian'ere at'ailabLe at the clubhollse for aIL tOlimOl

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1962 SPRING GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Golfing pals from Arabia and Lebanon were git'ell ~ chance to gel logelher and do a lillie bragging 01 aluncheon held at Zahrani's clubhouse. (Photo by ,\asr).

Wailing nonchaLalllLy for their t/llll to tee-off aDr.•Hallrice Baroody and Richard R. Bllrllell

Linillg liP a Plitt is 1I1icheL 1I101lssa, of Rafha. Other members of the fOllrsome are, from Left, CI/IlchHardtrich, James F. Corrigan alld Walter E. Locher. (Photo by Nasr).

Mrs. Everett S. Tracey Plltls on one of Zahrani's nine aLL-grass greens under the tealchfuL eyes of1I1esdamesJohn R. Terry, Orvis K. BigeLow and Waller J. Ludvigsen. (Pholo by Nasr).

L. ...-I. Ford II es a motor drh'ell caddy-cart tehile actillg as referee for the President's CliP TOllrnamellt.(Photo by Sasr),

Chllck Hardtdch (light) and Hoteard Jensen in a mOllstachio challem:e at the dillller party git'eII totOllmamellt participallts at Zahralli's clllbhollse, .110.1' 24, (Photo by So r).

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(Editor's note: Transferredfrom Qaisumah, BadihHaddad has taken oyer asPeriscope reporter at Rafha.To Othayeb Mutlaq, for­merl~ of Turaif, \\ ho \I illkeep u informed on Qai 'u­mah happenings and per­sonnel during the comingmonths, our \\ arm alt/an rcasalt/an).

Back to their duties at theQaisumah hospital fromshort lea\ es in S"ria areAdel Suleiman an'd AtnelTouma.

Rashid Fahad, of thedining room stafT, IS ofT toBaga'a, his hometo\\ n. Ra­ga'a is a small \ ill age ncarIla\el.

Abdullah Hamad, of:\Iotor Transport, recently­headed to Turaif, \I here he\\ ill attend the \I edding ofhis son Amer. To the bestof our kno\dedge, Abdullahwould thu become the firstSaudi Tapliner in Qaisu­mah to ha\e a married son.Amer's bride, \\e are told,i from Kuryat al :\Iilh area,ncar the Jordanian border.

Dr. Maurice Baroodyand Othayeb Mutlaq play­ed on the Arabian Divisionteam that clashed with Bei­rut-Sidon golfers at Zahranion May 25 and 26.

Recent tran fers to Qaisu­mah include MashhourMutlaq and MuhammadAbdul-Rahman, \\ho joinour Government Relationsstaff, and Mouni'i Nasser,who is replacing our former

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Qaisumah

blus and Zarka.Albert Abboud, of Pur­

chase and Traffic, \\ a herefrom Beirut for about aweek on compan~ bu ine s.

Mr. and Mr . IbrahimAhmad Somali are back inTuraif to\\ n from a onemonth leave spent in Somali­land, ,'\ ria and Lebanon.

Tura1f's \ acation list in­cludes Afif Abdullah, JoeSayegh, Has an Masha­'an, Abdo Shebib, Khali­fah Muhammad, KhoderAhmad, Ahmad Eid andAhmad Shammassi. Ya­cations arc ()\ er, ho\\ e\er,for Adel Madani, MustafaKas ir and Ibrahim Yous­sef.

Ibrahim Munief, on trans­fer here from Badanah to

a ume the duties and res­ponsibilitie of Station .\c­counting Office lerk.

:\ speedy reco\ery i- \\ ish­ed Nicoia Abdouche'sfather, \\ ho recentl~ under­\\ ent a major operation atthe t. George- Ilospital inBeirut.

In \I ishing Awad Mu­hammad, our former laun­dry operator, good luck onhis transfer to Badanah, wewei com e MuhammadOdaily and Nasser Sulei­man, on tran fer here fromthe latter station and Qaisu­mah, resp cti\el~.

Congratulations to Ah­mad Shami, typist clerk inGO\'ernment Relations, onhi wedding in jordan dur­ing the 'Id al- \dha holiday.Mrs. Shami \I ill be joiningher hu band in Turaif to\\ nin the coming fe\\ weeks.

X-Ray anti Lab Techni­cian anci Mr . Jiries Makh­Iouf are \\ ith u again froma short \'acation in jordan.

Lead :\Iachini t GorgeHanna has also returnedfrom a trip to Lebanon andJordan, \\ here he spent timein jerusalem, Ramallah, Xa-

Mrs. John R. Terry, ec­ond.

Harold L. Krapp leftTuraif on long \'acation June13. Rhea H. Putnam ireplacing him a • uperin­tendent, :\lechanical :\Iain­tenance.

Turaif' welcoming wa­gon happily recei\'es Dr.Chukry M. Soulban, onarrival from the BadanahBase Hospital for a shonrelief assignment; Dr. Han­na Wanna, on return froma two-week relief a signmentin Rafha and Qaisumah;the Rodolphe Sabbaghas,George Ziadys, Nazih el­Sheikhs and Maurice Nas­sers, on return from holi­days in Beirut; Walter Het­zel, on arrival from Qaisu­mah to relie\'e General Sen'­ices Foreman Everett R.Robertson, who is off tothe tates on a two-\\eeklea\'e; Mesdames John L.Koenreich, William R.Pickett, John R. Terry andJan Gysen, on return froma holiday spent in Lebanon,Syria and Jordan; AntonAnger and Hank Van Huy­gen, on return from wonder­ful trips to Cyprus andGreece, re pecti\'ely; and

Fahd .\Iutlaq (left), of QalSllllrah, has recmtly taken po"e",,,/I of hilIett' home acquired tlzrmllfh the aid of the SaudI Home O,tIIaslup Plan.Tuntlllg ot'er the keys of the nNt 1/OIHe to Fahd I StatlOll Superi/ltendmtDudley P. Harbin. Others, from rillht, are Walter Hetzel. Joe, 'ayetfhaud COlltractor Abdul/ah Kltoderi. (Photo courte.l of Othayeb ,\Tutlaq).

A barbecue luucheou "'as serud by the Turaif S,,'jmming Pool A socia­tion to all its actil'e members on .\fay 1 . Turaif's Periscope photographerSadek Youssef took this suapshot of the successful et.'mt.

Undaunted by the nSll1gtemperature, nine men andfour ladies participated inthe tournament organizedMay 16-17 by Turaif'sNever Green Golf Group.Michel Moussa posted alow net of 78 to walk outwith first place honors. R.H. Putnam finished twostrokes behind. In the ladies'division, Mrs. Everett R.Robertson finished first and

Turaif

given at Rafha to celebratethe arrival at the tation ofthe Howard T. Jensens,Charles S. Babbs andJames F. Chaplins includ­ed dinner parties ho ted bvthe Robert W. Bowes, Ev­erett S. Traceys and RafhaGovernorate officials.

Mrs. John H. Rosquistwas the recent guest of theHaskell Hargroves at Ba­danah.

Richard Ragsdale alsomade the trip to Badanahduring May to attend thetwenty-fifth wedding anni­versary of Mr. and Mrs.Richard L. Crosthwait.

Two golf tournamentswere organized in Rafha dur­ing May by the Telal el­Bedou Golf Group. Thefirst 9-hole tourney was wonby Robert W. Howe, whoposted a gross 32. Mrs. JohnH. Rosquist finished secondwith 44. The second 18­hole "blind-partner-tourna­ment" went to the RobertW. Howe-Everett S. Tra­cey combination, who team­ed to score 179. Runners-upwere James F. Chaplinand Charles Babb Jr., with184. The best individualscore in the tournament (75strokes) was posted by Ho­ward T. Jensen.

Mrs. John L. Koenreich,of Turaif, spent time inRafha during the month of~lay as the guest of theEverett S. Traceys.

The Rafha community(i.e. families and bachelors)organized a pot-luck dinneron May 17 at the homes ofthe John H. Rosquists andEverett S. Traceys.

Mrs. Edward C. Olsenand daughter, Deborah, areback from a holiday in Bei­rut.

vacation.Mukbel Khalaf, Rashid

Ibrahim, MuhammadSerhan, Mansoor Saleh,Muhammad Ayed, Ham­dan Abdallah, Mahdi Hu­raithan, Mashe'e Bida'and Othman Ghannam areback to their duties at thestation following annualleaves.

Mesdames Charles S.Babb, Howard T. Jensenand Everett S. Traceys areback to the fold from a oneweek hop over to Beirut.

Recent social functions

ing to the station's newswimming pool has beencompleted. Jean Obeid,who is supervising construc­tion, asserts that the poolwill be ready for use thissummer.

With the departure ofmany friends and colleagues,Rafha has settled down to aquiet summer. Saad Daba­ghy is off to his new basestation at Badanah. Mu­hammad Omair, Mu­hammad Mohsen, SalehAyed and Hassan Ahmad,on the other hand, are off on

RafhaFour water wells were re­

actived along the 'Line dur­ing the last few weeks byRafha's Water Wells groupat the request of the SaudiArab government.

Imost fifty percent ofconstruction work pertain-

house ailed on the S S A.PACCIO ITTI to the

nited States West Coastvia the Panama Canal.

.1Jembers of the Rafha soccer team tchich clashed tcith Badauah May 14 are, staudiug from left : Ahmad Hamad,,"vluui'e Tasser, Khalifa Hamad, Suleimau Othmau, i\1.ichel Salameh aud Joe Grimbergeu. K"eeliug are, fr01llleft, Youssef lIfrmief, Jolm Fer/we'veu, Hamdau Zaki, Sa'ud Jeru'au aud lVluhammad Hammad. (Photo byClllIkri Georges).

In an inter-station soccer match organized along the 'Line, a 6siting squad from Rafha lost to a Badanahteam, 3-5. Some 1000 spectators from 'Ar'ar and Badanah li"ed the football field adjacent to the Base Hospitalon ,11ay j.J to tcatch the match. The tcirming Badanah squad included,from left, sta"ding, Gharib Mutlaq,Ahmad Baluchi (nou,player), Jluhammad Abdullah Jamil, Youhauua Youhanua,Abdullah Faleh aud Dr.Jfarcel Prince (uou-player). Kueeli"g are, from left, w'o uuidentified players from 'Ar'ar, ,Wuhammad Odaily,.-lhmad Sa'id, Khalil Saad, Saleh Abdullah aud , assir ,11utlaq. (Photo by C/lIIkri Georges).

The lay monthly medalgolf competition wa won byMrs. Orvis K. Bigelow whoposted a net 65.

Annibal Faddoul andRichard Khattar attendeda four-day seminar in Beiruton industrial ecurity duringthe second week of June.

Sidon Terminal Super­intendent Abner A. Brick­house returned from longvacation June 6. CaptainBrickhouse had left Beirutin mid-March with Mrs.Brickhouse on the ESPE­RIA, which took them toGenoa. From there, the cou­ple travelled by bus andtrain across the Spanish Ri­viera to Barcelona. Afterspending about a week there,"Cap" and Mrs. Brick-

Saad S. Dabaghy hasrecently transferred to Ba­danah from Rafha to re­place Office Supervisor Al­bert Saliba, who transferredto Beirut Accounting at theend of May. Several fare­well functions were ho tedin honor of Albert prior tohis departure, including par­ties by the Lebane e bache­lors, the Richard L. Crosth­waits, Fuad A. Iliyas, Ja­cob D. Thaddeus' andMiss Hiyam Kaibni.

:.\lembers of the BadanahSwimming Pool A sociationattended a dinner party heldat the pool on lay 17.

Farewell to Misses An­gele Abdullah and JalilaFarah "ho have left thefield permanently. Angele,in fact, is getting marriedsoon, "hile Jalila is goingto work in Kuwait.

On holiday are SalemSa'id, Younes Saleh, Sa­leh Nasser, Sabha Salehand Joseph Khoury. Backfrom \'acation are: NasserJamil, Ali Khazen, Muh­di Hulayel and HassanFreij.

Badanah

Sidon

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Total Points 5

South Lebanon has Yacht Club

5.553,55

Points n'oll4,54,5363431.50.53

order of business,The new executi\'e com­

mittee of ele\'en memberswas then dul\' elected tosen'e until the" first quarterof ]963, It includes: 1r.eI-Turk, Ilonorary Commo­dore; 1\1r. Salem, Commo­dore; Maarouf Saad, ViceCommodore; Ali Arab, RearCommodore; Richard Khat­tar, of Tapline, Secretary;George Farran, Treasurer;and Saba Nader, Mr. Noble,1\1r. Osseiran, 1\1uhammadSafieddine, Alberto Slim andRobert G. Thompson, ofTapline, executi\'e commit­tee member.

Total Points 27

75-76 lSI76-77 153'0-87 1676-87 173

83-91 -17+87-102-18999-94 193

100-94 19492-]05-197

]01-99 -200

MENLebanon

WOMENLebanon

87-91 -17898-]09-20498-109 207

lO7-xx - xx

Total Points 33

Saudi Arabia81-81 ]62 282-81 -]63 579-86 -]65 189-85 -174 694- 5 -]79 387-93 -]80 3.598-96 ]94 1.599-97 196 4.5

]0]-]01-202

]09-101-210 0.5

:\fter long planning, theYacht Club of the SouthernShore of Lebanon held itsfirst special meeting June 7at Sidon's Tanios Hotel.The general meeting wasconducted by the threefounders of Y"CSS (TaplinePresident John Noble, i­colas Salem and Samih Os­seiran) and was attended byover half of the fifty new"sailors," who \ViII be usingthe ports of Sidon, Zahraniand Tvre,

Reading of a telegram ofcongratulation from the 1'10­hafez of South Lebanon, Mr.Ghaleb el-Turk, was the first

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\ \'. E. LocherO. K BigelowE. Greenwood:\1. K KesheimJ. F. Corrigan\Y, J, LudvigsenR. R. BurnettK. I. TronstadDr. A. GhanmaA. Siblani

;\1rs, O. K. BigelowMrs. W. J. LudvigsenMrs. P. :\1. BoiralMrs. W. G. Ewing

Total Points ]9

Saudi ArabiaMrs, E. R. Robertson 112-102-214 0,5Mrs. E. S. Tracey ]08-107-215 1Mrs. J. R. Terry ]08-110-218 2.5:\1rs, R. II. Putnam 123-115-23 1

C. H. HardwickH, T. JensenDr. 1\1. PrinceJ. H. ArnoldR, H. PutnamG. F. IleideC. P. BoothJ, R, Terry:\1. ~loussa

O. Al-Sahmanand

Dr. :\1. Barood\'

vacation Juh' 2.The John P. O'Hagans

and Richard R. Burnettsare off to the United Stateson long \'acation.

Chief Engineer ArthurE. Olson is slated to arri\'ein Beirut on July fromthe United States where heis on educational leave ofabsence, Mr. Olson's stayhere will be of approximatel~'six weeks.

Congratulations to Public­ations Editor Fawaz Najia,who recentlv obtained his:\ laster of .~rts degree inEconomics from the Ameri­can ni\'ersitv of Beirut.

\\'elcome back to H. S.Smith, who arri\'ed in Bei­rut during the first week ofJune from a rotational man­agement training as ignmentin the United. tates of morethan one year. Mr. Smithresumed h"is duties and res­ponsibilities as J\lanager ofIndustrial Relation on June]1.

All re'iloir to l\lanager ofOperations Robert A. Pru­sinski who left on long\'acation June 1. During hisabsence, personnel report­ing to him will report torice President of OperationsWalter E. Locher.

Back from a holiday In

Cairo is Rose Sawdah, ofPublic Relations.

Congratulations to Mr.and Mrs. Melhem Mel­hem on the birth, June 5,at the American ni\'ersityHospital, of their first child­a baby daughter, namedSamia.

Effecti\'e June 1, Taplineleased from Aramco andstarted operating theMilkrunas well as the Beirut-basedDC-3's, The aircraft haveTapline markings now andTapline is responsible forroutine maintenance but willarrange with Aramco forcertain items of major main­tenance to be performed inDhahran. In line with thesearrangements, Captains H.D. Lambert and C. F.Sweetman have transferredfrom Aramco-Dhahran toTapline-Beirut,

station accounting officeclerk Deeb Aho, \\ ho hasbeen moved to Rafha. Dur­ing :\Iav, we also bid ma'asalamell' to Saad Salem,who has transferred to Ba­danah Gmernment Rela­tions.

Sa'ad Daina is with usagain after completing histemporary assignment at theTuraif hospital.

Signing Qaisumah's \'is­itor's register during ~Iav

were Ghurmallah Abdai­lah, Dr, Hanna Wanna,Robert Kareh, Jean Obeidand Joe Sayegh.

T\\ ent~ employees fromQai umah took advantage ofthe 'Id al-:\dha holidaysand rented three pick-upswhich they drove to KU\\'ait,.-\.Il repo~t ha\'ing had a\\ onderful time there,

Hamed Raggad, of Tu­rait's welding shop, i hereto a sist in pipeline recondi­tioning work being perform­ed by a group of contractoremployee-,

Temperature at Qaisumahduring ;\Iay ranged from aminimum of 56 degress Fah­renheit registered on l\lay] to a maximum of ] 10 de­grees Fahrenheit recordedon :\la\' 31.

Qaisumah employees con­vey their deepest sympathyto Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz,of Operation and Repairs,on the tragic death, in a caraccident on the wav to :\Iec­ca, of his wife and onIvdaughter. Saleh, who wasal 0 injured in the accidentand \\'ho i bed-ridden at theDhahran Ho pital, i wi heda peedy recm'ery,

BeirutTapline President John

Noble returned in mid-Junefrom a short business visitto Dhahran and Jeddah,

Dale E. Garrison, Gov­ernment Relations Coordi­nator, Turaif was a signedto Beirut on June 27 to re­lie\'e John A. Sabini, StaffAnalyst, Government Rela­tion : who departs on long