Clin news
Vol. XX, No. 1
February 1974
ARMCHAIR
GARDENING
That time of year has come when
gardening is easy —and can be ex
pensive; the time of great hopes
that the corn, the beans and the
tomatoes will be as large and color
ful as the pictures in the catalogues.
Unless restrained by some inner
voice, many of us will be shooting
off orders for seed enough to plant
Transylvania and half of Henderson,
especially those of us whose exper
ience is about equal to our star-
gazing attempts at celestial nava-
gation. Seed store operators report
that with food prices ever rising,
more and more people are planning
gardens.
We can thumb through catalogues
with the optimism of Huck Finn eye
ing the Mississippi, but it may be
a different matter when the seed
arrive, when the soil’s not right,
when the slugs nibble the squash
and blight hits the tomatoes. Then,
the only resemblance to the cata
logues are the weathered pictures
on seed packets tacked to posts
separating the furrows. It needn't
be that way.
With permission of the Gardening
Editor of Southern Living, we re
print on inside pages a common
sense approach to home gardening
that was featured in the magazine
two years ago. As will be seen, it
is none too soon for those prepar
ations which are necessary to suc
cessful gardening.
Overheard at a Brevard news-
stand where young grandmothers
were examining a magazine article
about movies of the 1930’s: “Some
how, nostalgia isn’t what it used
to be.”
PAPER AND FILM PLANTS TO CELEBRATE
35th ANNIVERSARY WITH OPEN HOUSE
Group President Garza Baldwin
announced early February that in
observance of the 35th anniversary
of the startup of operations at
Pisgah Forest, there will be an open
house in May, with both plants par
ticipating. Details of plans will be
given in later issues.
The text of the announcement
follows:
“This year marks the 35th anni
versary of the completion of the
NEGATIVE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Kohoutek who?
Halley still reigns supreme, chal
lenged not a candlepower by the
Christmas Comet, billed as the
Comet of the Century. We’ll wait
for Halley’s next visit in 1986.
Hobart Whitman had promised
Olin News the use of his pictures
of the Kohoutek Comet. He and
Martha Sellers both hoped to put
telescopes to use, as reported in
the December Olin News, but their
efforts were no more rewarding than
the efforts of those of us too lazy
to arise for predawn searches of
cloudy skies.
At a time when the comet was
supposed to have been clearly
visible to the naked eye, Space
Center Houston reported that even
the Skylab 3 astronauts had trouble
seeing the thing because of its
dimness.
As good a reason as any other,
considering the comet’s discovery
in Watergated 1973, was offered
by a Space Center scientist: “A
glue-like substance has coated the
surface of the comet and prevented
it from shedding the dust and gas
which make up a comet’s glowing
tail.”
The work of the energy czar?
Ecusta Paper Corporation plant and
the first production off the original
four cigarette paper machines. Even
as these events occurred, discus
sions were already in progress as
to achieving future increases in
capacity with the addition of more
machines. Such forward thinking
resulted in the industrial complex
at Pisgah Forest that 35 years later
is a major component of Olin Cor
poration.
“It is a fitting occasion to pause
in reflection of what this installa
tion has meant to us individually,
to our families, and to our com
munity. It also is a fitting occasion
(Continued on page 7)
CORPORATE
CHANGES
Three major changes have oc
curred at the corporate level since
the December issue of Olin News:
election of two new officers, sale
of the aluminum operations, and
announcement of the plan to spin
off Olinkraft, Inc.
John M. Henske, President of
the Chemicals
Group, was elected
President of Olin
Corporation at
the December 12
meeting of the
Board of Direc
tors. He previous
ly was a Senior
Vice President as
well as President
of the Chemicals
J. M. HENSKE G rou P’ and has
been a member of
the Board of Directors since 1970.
He has been in charge of Olin's
(Continued on page 11)