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Soulé Steel News — Volume 9, No. 3, Fall, October 1971
L.A. DATA PROCESSING CENTER SPEEDS WORK
In some way the working life of Soulé employees is affected every day by the Univac 9300 computer in the Los Angeles Data Processing Center.
The Center's machines and their human master's sole function is to make life a little easier and less complicated for everyone working at Soulé.
Besides processing hourly worker's payrolls, the Data Processing Center prepares work orders for mill and plant work, schedules shipments of reinforcing products, processes orders and billing, as well as performing dozens of accounting functions and various reports.
The human brains behind the complicated operation located in the Los Angeles plant are Tom Kelley, Manager; Judy Hott, Lead Computer Operator; Laverne Erwin, Computer Operator; Kathy Hicks, Renea Smith and Janice Davis, Mohawk Operators. Mina Garcia, Yvonne Kissinger and Jane Hartford operate the two Mohawk machines located in San Francisco.
Tom Kelley has been with Soulé over six years and came to the company with excellent credentials, having previously been Assistant Vice President in charge of Electronic Data Processing with the Hempstead Bank in Hempstead, New York.
The equipment backing up all of this talent consists of a 16K Central Processor, a 600 line per minute printer, a 600 card per minute reader, a 200 card per minute punch and four magnetic tape servos transferring 34,000 units of information per second. There is also an offline card sorter that functions at 1,000 cards per minute.
The preparation of information to be *(Continued on page two)*
*Photo: Some of the components of the Univac 9300 system in Los Angeles: 1) 600 line-per-minute printer 2) computer console 3) central processing unit 4) card reader 5) card punch.*
*Photo: Tom Kelley, Data Processing Manager, at computer console.*
*Photo: 6) card punch 7) tape servo units.*
*Photo: Laverne Erwin, Computer Operator, is shown at Tape Servo Units.*
*Photo: Mohawk Data Recorder Operators in Los Angeles (l. to r.) Kathy Hicks, Renea Smith and Janice Davis.*
*Photo: Judy Hott, Lead Computer Operator, dazzles the computer with a smile.*
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They Combined for Success
In these days of small business failures, it's refreshing to hear of a new small business that's starting successfully and forecasts even greater success for the future.
Until October of 1969, when they joined forces, Dale Lay, a Soulé Buildings Division veteran, was District Manager - Dealer Sales working out of the Los Angeles office and Rick Bouck was the Soulé dealer at Parker, Arizona.
In 1971, they added the Phoenix franchise to their area, moved their offices there, and formed a new corporation, Development Systems, Inc.
They have already sold a number of Soulé buildings and anticipate sales of over quota by the end of the year. They also plan to erect their own Soulé building for office, warehouse and rental purposes, expand their erection crew and develop an industrial park with Soulé buildings.
It looks like know-how, aggressiveness and just plain hard work are still a formula for success.
Youthful and vigorous proprietors of Development Systems, Inc., Day Lay (l.) and Rick Bouck (r.). Dale is known to many at Soulé from his days as a District Manager for Dealer Sales. Their company's territory encompasses Southern Arizona and Southeastern California.
L.A. COMPUTER (Continued from page one)
transferred to the computer is accomplished through the use of six Mohawk Data Recorders and one Univac Key Punch.
The way all of this sophisticated hardware works is simply to take information in human language, transfer it to language the computer understands, feed it into the computer and get the answers back out in terms that humans can understand.
To accomplish this, man had to invent languages that computer can understand. The programming languages used on the Univac 9300 system are Basic Assembly Language, RPG for writing routine reports, COBOL for common ordinary business language and FORTRAN for formula translating and mathematical functions.
When the Univac 9300 system was installed in 1968 at Soulé, it was the fourth time that Data Processing operations had to be upgraded to satisfy the company's requirements since the first automated system was installed in 1961.
Naturally, all of this equipment is expensive, but it pays off every day in making things a little faster, easier and more efficient around Soulé.
Top Award for Marilyn Fidler
Marilyn Fidler, advertising supervisor for Soulé Steel Co. in San Francisco, has been named Member of the Year by the executive board of the San Francisco Junior Advertising Club.
Marilyn was cited particularly for her work as membership and publicity chairman as well as her efforts on the club's Methadone and Fort Help community service projects.
A graduate of UCLA, Marilyn has been with our Company since September of 1970.
When her busy career and ad club schedule permits, she enjoys readings, swimming, sun worshipping, listening to jazz and turning out award-winning chicken soup.
**HELP STOP** **LONELINESS,** **DISEASE,** **SORROW,** **DESPAIR,** **TROUBLE,** **DELINQUENCY.**
Give Your Fair Share **THE UNITED WAY**
WORK SOULE SAFELY THIS PLANT HAS WORKED **33 DAYS** WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT Previous record was 235 Days MEDICAL CASES THIS YEAR TO DATE 39 MEDICAL CASES SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR 42 THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE IS A CAREFUL WORKMAN
San Francisco Mohawk Operators are (l. to r.) Jane Hartford, Mina Garcia and Yvonne Kissinger.
This new safety billboard outside the San Francisco plant serves as a constant reminder that safety is a full-time business. The board is the brainchild of Bill Bristol, San Francisco Safety Manager.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
Congratulations to... Jack Simonson, who has been appointed district manager for Salt Lake City District, and to Roger Malloy who succeeds Jack as plant manager for the Santa Ana Plant. Jack has been with the Company for four years, and Roger joined us in 1962.
*Photo: Simonson* *Photo: Malloy*
JOHN B. ENGLERT has been appointed melt department supervisor, reporting directly to Earl Neeb, Steel Mill Plant Manager. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, John, his wife, Helen and their three children will make their home in Los Alamitos.
Happy Retirement to... Harold Goulding, machine operator in the San Francisco plant, who served us since 1946. Manuel Caro, mechanic in the Anodizing Departing, after 25 years with us. Andrzej Nowicki, mechanic in the San Francisco plant, who was with the Company more than 21 years.
Alumni Editor Niles O. Millar expresses a "hello and get well" to George Thomas of Los Angeles Accounting, and Joe Fabbri, San Francisco plant retiree.
Welcome to Connie Specht, the new Soulé News Associate Editor in Santa Ana.
*Photo: RALPH SHULENBERGER, articulate spokesman for Soulé, gave an important address before the Western Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute recently at the Blue Dolphin Restaurant in San Leandro. His subject was "Labor Relations in the Reinforcing Steel Industry."*
MEET Jim Lucenti, new supervisor of the rolling mill department at Long Beach. With Soulé since 1959, Jim's hobby is rebuilding of custom cars which he enters in various auto shows throughout the state.
*Photo: An important Architectural Products Division Dealer Meeting took place at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco recently. Those Soulé and Dealer personnel attending were (l. to r.) Carl Gregory, Marvin Hochman, Bud Ordlock, Henry Moe, Al Rangel, Jack Pickner, Vic Cornellier, Randall Henderson, Rom Poholsky, Don Johnson, Dave Mitchell, Gary Asmussen, James Greer, Lee Soulé, Marvin Grober, Pete Molinari, Bruce Tuck, Ian Miller, Stony Brooks, Abe Bernstein, Bob Ford and J. P. Kispersky.*
WE WELCOME Thomas A. Cassioli, our new trainee in the International Sales Department, San Francisco.
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Names and Faces
Photo: Jeff (Sure-Cut) McQueen, shear operator in the Rolling Mill Department at the Steel Mill, takes time to smile for Soule Steel News.
Photo: A. D. Shackelford, mechanical leadman at the Los Angeles plant, makes final adjustments to truck prior to road test.
Photo: ASSIGNMENT: Newark (Calif) Memorial High School - Reinforcing Job. On the job, Jerry McIntyre, left, foreman, and husky Al Simoni.
Photo: O. Ashley, welder in the Steel Mill, Maintenance Department, repairs water-cooled door used on furnace at the mill. If it can be welded, Oral can do it.
Photo: J. Ford, exp. helper in the Steel Buildings Department, at the Los Angeles plant, has been very active in plant safety over the years.
Photo: Export Order Fillers E. Rhodes, left, and J. Benak make plans to load truck at the Shipping and Receiving Department, Los Angeles.
Photo: S. King, Shipping & Receiving, Los Angeles plant, loads special order parts for steel building delivery.
Photo: RUBEN NAVARRO is an expert when it comes to fabricating spirals at the Long Beach Fabrication Shop. It's a tough job.
Photo: V. Lee is a charger at the Rolling Mill. As you see, he wears the necessary eye and hand protection required for safety on the job.
Photo: TEAMWORK on column construction for hospital projects using Rebar is shown by (l. to r.) E. Younger, Foreman Frank Wallach and Frank's son, Dudley at Newark, Calif.
Photo: VETERANS in carpentry are J. Smith, left, and M. McKinsey, shown at work in the Shipping Department, Los Angeles plant.
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in Important Places
*Photo: At the steel mill in the Maintenance Department, W. Scott, left, and L. Romo take an inventory of vital spare parts required for Steel Mill operations*
*Photo: Among the experts who keep the Los Angeles plant rolling are, (l. to r.) S. Taylor, leadman; D. Cooper, maintenance leadman; and K. Posey, maintenance mechanic, all in the Maintenance Department.*
*Photo: P. Sharp, left, temp con operator at the Los Angeles plant, removes foam block plug from temp con panel for inspection. Observing are B. Haller, center, shipping and receiving supervisor, and C. Altamos, temp con leadman.*
*Photo: B. Lancaster, left, and P. Ortega of Shipping and Receiving at the Los Angeles plant, discuss plans for overseas shipments.*
*Photo: MOVING IN THERE is Ken Jones of the Shipping & Receiving Department, Los Angeles. He has that sure touch when it comes to handling a load of fence posts.*
*Photo: At Hayward, Calif., these stalwarts are setting Soulé Buildings framed openings from special platform mounted on lift truck, for Crooks Equipments Co. From left, Jesse Esquivel, Foreman Sonny Williams and Eldridge McCurry.*
*Photo: At Newark, Calif., Dick Hack, left, and Foreman Don Radonich, set a Soulé Buildings column in place with forklift truck, for Guenter Molitor, owner.*
*Photo: THIS RUGGED GROUP of men recently finished a reinforcing job for Pacific Telephone Co. at Oakland. Shown, l. to r., are Richard Rasmussen, Randy Pagan (foreman), G. Moncayo, Al Simoni.*
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Happy Days Were Here Again
*Photo: CHUCK McKEEL, standing left, post advisor of Soulé Explorer Post #159, receives special Soulé Award from Ken Thomas, committeeman chairman. Others (l. to r.) Lee Soulé, Jerry Reed, Post president, and Mrs. Ken Thomas. Award was presented at Annual Explorer dinner held in the Soulé Skyroom Cafeteria at San Francisco.*
*Photo: The Soulé Steel Mill softball team had a great year. (front row l. to r.) Steve English, L. Griffin, G. Johnson, and J. Peak. (back row l. to r.) Coach G. Catalde, J. Sheets, S. Brewster, A. Anderson, R. Weldon, J. Lucenti and J. Little. (J. Little, Jr. not shown.)*
*Photo: I'D WALK A MILE with a camel, says Soulé's Jim Casteleyn, International Sales Manager, right, with Parviz Esna-Ashari, sales engineer of Iran Steel Building Corp., both of whom are trying to make do with their travel allowances on a recent trip to Karachi, West Pakistan.*
OLD-TIMERS DAY at the Oakland A's - Baltimore Orioles baseball game, sponsored by Soulé was enjoyed by (top row, l. to r.) N. O. Millar, (next to young boy); S. P. Selig, Charles Ubigau and Earl Raeside. (bottom row) Jo Cowden, Al Bilund, John Edwards, Jim Pomposo and Al Schurner.
*Photo: Wouldn't you like to have a couple of bakers in your office? Gail Halderman and Sharon Mills in the Phoenix office baked this replica of the Phoenix shop with a semi-trailer loaded with rebar, all made from white ice with coloring added. It was for the leaving of Shop Foreman Harry Peterson. After this, you wonder why Harry left.*
GOLF TOURNAMENT The trophy went South this year when the San Francisco and Los Angeles Soulé employees held their annual golf tournament in Fresno. Since the series began in 1953, Los Angeles has taken the trophy seven times, against six for S. F., with one tie.
*Photo: A HOT DAY and good food and drink were enjoyed by explorers at the annual Soulé Ranch Explorer Barbecue held at Walnut Creek, Calif. this spring. Among those present were Chuck Mekeel, left, and Lee Soulé.*
*Photo: Well, how do you explain it? At left is Darleen Balloid and at right is PBX Operator Monna Pennington, both of the L.A. office.*
Fall 1971 Issue SOULÉ NEWS Published Quarterly by the Soulé Steel Company 1750 Army Street San Francisco, California Howard S. Soulé, Editor Associate Editors Niles O. Millar, Alumni Jerry Unrein Los Angeles Bill Bristol San Francisco Lucile Van Dusen Salt Lake Jo Davis Fresno Judy Cleveland Ventura John Rogachenko Dominguez Connie Specht Santa Ana Grace Johnson San Diego Ferman Davis Phoenix Nancy Eddington Newark