PAPER DIVISION SETS SAFETY RECORD
The Paper Division of Ecusta Paper Corpora
tion, a subsidiary of Olin Industries Inc., at mid
night, March 18, set a new world record as the
safest fine paper plant for employees anywhere ac
cording to records of the National Safety Council.
On March 17, the Paper Division marked 439
consecutive work days and 2,811,400 man-hours
with no disabling accident of any kind. This sur
passes the previous world safety record for fine
paper mills held by Canadian Cellucotton Products
Co., Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The old
record was 2,809,700 man-hours with no dis
abling injury.
Walter B. Stovall, Jr., Senior Statistician of the
National Safety Council, said in announcing the
new record, that Olin’s attainment marks the best
safety record for fine paper mills since reports
covering the world were started in 1923.
LETTER OF
CONGRATULATIONS
RECEIVED FROM
MR. ELFRED
At right is reprinted a
letter from Mr. F. S. El-
fred, Executive Vice-Pres
ident of Olin, Inc., to Mr.
L. F. Dixon.
505 Park Avenue
New York 22, N. Y.
April 2, 1954
Mr. L. F. Dixon, General Manager
Paper Division
Ecusta Paper Corporation
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
My dear Larry:
It was with pride that I noticed in the March
ECHO that the Paper Division had achieved first
place in the 1953 Safety Contest among 52 mills.
I know it must give you a great deal of satisfac
tion to be associated with men and women who
are so safety minded and have worked 430 days or
almost 3,000,000 work hours since their last dis
ability accident.
It is quite evident to me that it is the ambition
of the Paper Division to be first in the safety pro
gram as well as first in the quality of the products
produced.
Please extend my congratulations to all of the
employees of the division.
Sincerely,
F. S. ELFRED
APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MANAGERS OF METALS AND
ELECTRICAL DIVISIONS ANNOUNCED
EAST ALTON, ILL, April 6—Mr. H. M.
Campbell has been appointed General Manager of
the Metals Division and Mr. R. A. St. Clair has
been named General Manager of the Electrical Di
vision of Olin Industries, Inc., Mr. John M. Olin,
President, announced today.
Mr. Campbell, whose headquarters will be in
East Alton, 111., succeeds Mr. M. F. Meissner who
has been Acting Manager since his appointment as
Vice President for Operations in December, 1953.
Mr. Sr. Clair, who will be located in New Haven,
Conn., succeeds Mr. R. A. Ostberg, Vice President
for Production, who has been Acting Manager of
the Electrical Division.
Mr. Campbell came to Olin in 1940 as a mem
ber of the Sales Department of the Western Brass
Mills, and was named Assistant to the General
Manager of the Metals Division in January, 1953.
Prior to his Olin employment, he was Sales Man
ager of the Norge Heating and Air-conditioning
Division of Borg-Warner in Detroit.
Mr. St. Clair, now associated with the Electrical
Division, joined Olin early in 1953. From 1948
to the time he joined Olin, he was Vice President
and General Manager of the Power Equipment
Company of Denver, Colorado, distributors of
road building and construction equipment. A
pilot and Squadron commander with the Eighth
Air Force during World War II, he was in com
bat service in the European Theatre- and was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air
Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Croix de
Guerre with Palm and King Haakon VI Medal.