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Soulé News
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 9 NOV., 1964
New Offices For 10th Birthday in Phoenix
*By Rod Newton* *Associate Editor*
What more appropriate birthday present could the Soulé folks in Phoenix receive than attractive new office quarters?
The company established an office in the booming Phoenix market 10 years ago with three employees. Recently we moved—35 of us now—from the old location at 2026 South 11th Avenue to 35th Avenue and West Clarendon.
The new $70,000 installation has adjoining fabricating facilities. Appropriately, it was constructed by our Phoenix Steel Structures Dealer, Wilson & Van Sant Contractors.
This year also marks another anniversary for Soulé in Phoenix. District Manager Harry Lange celebrated his 20th year with the company on September 15th. Both Harry and I came to Phoenix from San Francisco. Other company employees have been transferred here in the past few years as this area progressed, including Lentz Bond who worked in both the Los Angeles and San Diego offices.
We are responsible for estimating, detailing, fabricating, selling and erecting reinforcing steel bar products and steel forms, as well as assisting other divisions in the sale of Soulé products in this area.
Some of the key persons involved in our operation are Carl Bruno, our Shop Foreman, Bob Lee, our Field Supervisor, Bob Reed, our Assistant Field Supervisor and Furman Davis in our Sales Department. Nelda Canion is our valuable "Girl
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*Photo: District Manager Harry Lange and Larry Van Sant checked plans for the new Phoenix office when construction was begun last spring.*
*Photo: Phoenix shop crew: Front row (l. to r.), Dwayne Wells, Robert Pippen, Ronald Smith, Charley Petersen; second row, Ralph Bloomingdale, Bill McMorris, Andy Perrasi, Melvin Brogdon, shop foreman Carl Bruno.*
*Soulé's new Phoenix installation.*
Happy Holidays from Soulé News!
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From the President
Soulé's Newest Office
In order to keep up with the current business growth, our company is not only expanding in people and new products but also in new offices, our newest office being the office just completed this year in Phoenix, Arizona in order to serve the ever expanding business market of the Southwest.
In the latter part of 1963 we completed our other new offices and facilities in Fresno, Salt Lake City, and San Diego, and this year completed our newest office and facility at Phoenix.
Soulé has been active in the Arizona-New Mexico market for many years, having officially entered the market with office and facilities in 1954 before building our newest and most modern facilities.
It might be interesting to note that the trend of business in Arizona as measured by the Valley Bank Business Index has shown virtually an uninterrupted climb over the entire post-World War II period. The index has averaged a remarkable gain of over 7% yearly, with the annual average rising from 39.9 in 1946 to a record 136.9 in 1964 to date.
So from this you can see the tremendous growth that has occurred in the Arizona market, the growth of business having tripled in the last 20 years. Soulé expects an even greater market in Arizona, and has taken the necessary steps by moving to newer and larger facilities to meet the future growth of Arizona and its surrounding area.
I want to give my personal salutations to Harry Lange and the Phoenix office which is being featured in this month's issue of the *Soulé News*.
Edward Lee Soulé, Jr. President
New Offices For Phoenix
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Friday" and I am Engineering Supervisor.
Dolores Bedgood gave Portland such a build-up in the June issue that we in Phoenix demand equal time. Our local Soulé bowling team, made up of Sandra Haigh, Patrick Considine and Andy Perassi, stands ready to take on all comers.
Needless to say, this is one of the fastest-growing areas in the entire country. You may also be aware that one of our boys ran for President recently.
Without going into detail about the sunshine, and making the folks in San Francisco, Portland and other northern points envious, we just want to say that we are mighty proud of our state, our city, and our brand new offices.
If any of you get down our way on business or vacation, please drop by.
Photo: *Lange*
Photo: *Canion and Davis in Phoenix sales office*
Photo: *Reed, Lee*
Photo: *Engineer Office personnel: Estimator Frank McLaughlin, detailer Ray Hicks, detailer Ralph Beene, detailer Lentz Bond, tag writer Sandra Haigh and engineering supervisor Rod Newton.*
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Alvord, Lusk Head Successful Drive
*Photo: Lusk, Alvord*
A total of $7600 was contributed by 340 Soulé employees in San Francisco to the United Bay Area Crusade—an increase of 146% over last year.
Charles Alvord, General Manager of the Steel Structures Division, led the campaign as Chairman at Soulé. Ted Lusk, the new Director of Personnel for the company, assisted him, along with George Ford, Don Malech, Pete Molinari, Bob Horn, T. O. Carroll, Scott Anderson, Al Schurner, Mike Carnevale and Michele Dunbar.
Chairman Alvord joined President Lee Soulé in placing most of the credit squarely on the shoulders of the generous Soulé citizens who responded in such dramatic fashion to the needs of others.
The "Fair Share Club" initiated 64 new Soulé members who contributed either 1% of their annual salary or one hour's pay per month for 12 months.
By the way, the company's employees were credited by local news media and Crusade officials for their early leadership in this campaign and for an impressively large percentage increase above 1963.
This month's tip of the hard hat goes to all of you — 340 "Citizens Of The Month."
Fair Share Members are:
Robert Adams, Charles Alvord, Elfriede Baker, Billy Biggs, Bill Bjorkquist, Paul Blickle, Clarke Brockett, Mike Carnevale, T. O. Carroll, Randolph Dozier, Bill Duncan, Fred Dunnett, Lee Elmburg, Roy Engelhardt, Ralph Garcia, Maurice Goldman, Norman Goold.
Richard Hack, John Kaskavalciyan, Dennis Keith, Eugene Lagrimas, Hurley Lambert, Walter Larson, Robert Lawson, Carl Lewis, Frank Lopez, Inocente Lopez, T. E. Lusk, Donald Malech, Majorie Mensing, Demas Metane, Pete Molinari, Guillermo Morales, Robert Morris, John Mynihan, Billy Mc-Clure, Fred McGhee, Walter Neverovich, Uldene Niederhaus, Rene Novoa.
Paul O'Brien, Leon Ockenfels, Robert Overman, Patrick Park, Bob Pearson, Christopher Petibon, Judy Popkin, Amelia Ranche, John Reyna, Lynn Rogers, Leszek Rueger.
William Salinas, Elwood Seal, Edward Lee Soulé, Sr., Edward Lee Soulé, Jr., Howard Soulé, Stanley Soulé, James Strench, Orville Welch, Corral White, Linard White, J. E. Williams, III, George Woods, David Ysaquire.
Names in the News
Joyce Benson and Gary Asmussen have joined the Architectural Products Division in Los Angeles. Joyce is working part-time now and is training to become a secretary. Gary, a graduate of the University of Southern California, is an estimator . . . Another new appointment is that of Ted Lusk as Director of Personnel for the Company. Formerly, he was San Francisco Personnel Manager . . . Another Architectural Products Division note concerns the promotion of Ernie Ottoboni to Project Manager in the San Francisco headquarters . . . A new face in San Francisco belongs to Don Morgan, Sales Engineer in the Steel Structures Division. He joins Soulé after several years in the sales field in the Bay Area . . . Ron Held will report to George Ford in the Special Products Division as inside pivot man. He has several years of experience in production planning with other firms . . . Richard Peterson has assumed the duties of superintendent of the San Francisco Reinforcing Steel Fabricating Shop.
LANGE IN 35th YEAR WITH SOULÉ
If you want to know anything about metal windows, ask Herb Lange of the Architectural Products Division in San Francisco. He has followed the complete development of the metal window and its evolution from steel to aluminum.
Herb went to work for United States Metal Products Company in 1926 at the age of 16 and, when Soulé bought U. S. M. P. C. in 1930, became a Soulé employee.
During his first two years with this company he worked in all departments of the shop and later spent two years as a draftsman working on all phases of the development of steel windows. It can be said that Herb has been responsible for putting together most of the window standards established by this company.
Never one to remain static, Herb obtained his formal education at night school while he worked for Soulé. His main hobby is photography but he is also a skilled carpenter. As a matter of fact, he did some excellent carpentry work when the Architectural Design Department did some alterations at San Francisco recently.
Herb lives with his wife, Phyllis, and their 11-year-old son Albert, at 190 Forty-first Avenue in San Mateo. The Langes also have a married daughter.
We wish Herb many more happy and productive years with Soulé. He is the kind of man any company would be proud to have on its team.
*Photo: Lange*
WALTER MILLER
It is with deep regret that we inform you of the death of Walter Miller.
A field employee of Soulé Steel Company for more than 20 years, Mr. Miller was with the Architectural Products Division in San Francisco.
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SAFETY SCOREBOARD
*Through Month of September, 1964*
PLANT STANDINGS
| | Doctor Cases Month Of Sept. | Doctor Cases To Date | Lost Time Cases Month Of Sept. | Lost Time Cases To Date | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1st Seattle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 2nd Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 3rd L.A. Mill | 11 | 102 | 0 | 8 | | 4th Fresno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 5th L.A. Plant | 3 | 43 | 0 | 2 | | 6th L.A. Rebar | 5 | 82 | 1 | 5 | | 7th San Diego | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 8th Portland | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | 9th San Francisco | 7 | 87 | 1 | 21 |
FIELD STANDINGS
| | Doctor Cases Month Of Sept. | Doctor Cases To Date | Lost Time Cases Month Of Sept. | Lost Time Cases To Date | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1st Phoenix | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | | 2nd Seattle | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | | 3rd No. Calif. | 8 | 71 | 1 | 19 | | 4th Portland | 1 | 17 | 0 | 9 | | 5th So. Calif. | 20 | 206 | 5 | 34 |
Photo: *Looking as if "they got the job" are Bob Bannatyne, Jim Guilmet, Jack Pickner, Tom Kowalski, Gary Asmussen and Jim Bedford in the new Architectural Products Division offices in Los Angeles.*
New L.A. Offices For Architectural Products
The new Rawlins Bros. Building in Los Angeles is now the home of the Southwest Region of the Architectural Products Division.
Our new facility has some 7,000 square feet of office and warehouse space. The move permits all of our Los Angeles Architectural Products personnel to be together in one location after several years of working from scattered locations.
The region's new Glass and Glazing operations will use the warehouse space in the new facility. The Division's other products are windows, sliding doors, hand railings, sun screens and architectural metal.
SOULÉ ON BIG CHABOT COLLEGE JOB
This month's featured field job is the $3,700,000 Chabot College project at Hayward, California.
Williams and Burrows of Belmont, old friends of Soulé Steel Company, are general contractors on the project. Our foreman is Pete Hilt.
We are installing approximately 1,250 tons of reinforcing steel bars and mesh for seven buildings.
Soulé News
*Published monthly by the Soulé Steel Co.*
**Howard Soulé**, Editor
**Associate Editors**
Andree George — Salt Lake Esther Longnecker — San Diego Sally Kelsay — San Francisco Mike Mickel — San Francisco Dee Henderson — Seattle Frank Kleman — Dominguez Jo Davis — Fresno Don Garner — Los Angeles Rod Newton — Phoenix Dolores Bedgood — Portland
Photo: *Ray DeGuero and Antonio Garcia at the Chabot College project.*
New Soulé Dealers
We are happy to announce the appointment of the following firms as authorized dealer-erectors for the Steel Structures Division: Bob Madden Construction Co. of Caldwell, Idaho, and Lincoln Welding Co. of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fire! Fire! Fire!
*by Mike Mickel* *Safety Editor*
Few words cause more panic than "Fire!" We seldom think ahead of time about what we should do if we hear that cry or if we discover a fire ourselves.
Here are three simple things to keep in mind:
1. Get out—right now and fast! 2. Call the Fire Department. 3. After you have notified the Fire Department (Don't forget to tell them where the fire is), try to fight the flames yourself IF you know what you are doing.
Perhaps the best advice is to keep clear headed, but that is simpler than it sounds. If you remember the simple, approved rules listed above, you will be ahead of the game.
And if you want to know more about this important subject (You might encounter a fire in your home some day too), drop by the Safety Office or contact your local Fire Department.
Soulé Chuckles
When asked how long she planned to work in her new job, the young stenographer replied sweetly, "From here to maternity."
Be glad you have passed forty. Women are still interested in you but the Army isn't.