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Soule steel News
VOLUME 10 SPRING ISSUE - APRIL 1972 NUMBER 1
NEW SACRAMENTO REBAR FABRICATION PLANT
In January 1848 gold was discovered near Sacramento, and although the Soulé Steel Company was too late for the gold rush the first load of fabricated reinforcing steel rolled out of their new Sacramento facility in January 1972, just 124 years later.
The Sacramento Valley has been going thru a period of continual growth, until now it is one of the largest metropolitan areas in California, and the center of supply for the northern California counties. The Soulé Steel Company has been a part of this growth for the past 40 years including such major projects as far back as the 4000 ton Pit River Bridge in the 1930's, the Feather River Bridge with its 310 foot high piers, various buildings at the University of California at Davis, several buildings in the down town area with the most recent one being the Capitol Towers Building. These projects were serviced from our San Francisco shop.
With that background and the future growth of the area in mind Soulé starts a new era in the Sacramento Valley, offering complete sales, engineering, and placing services out of its new 12,000 square foot facility.
The most outstanding feature of the new Sacramento operation is the talent assembled there. The 3 man staff opening the new office represent 53 years of rebar experience with Soulé. Bob Gebauer, who was formerly a salesman in Los Angeles, now is District Manager, supervising both the Fresno and Sacramento offices. Frank McLaughlin, a veteran, most recently of the Phoenix office, is Plant Manager. Keith Gates, Detailing and Estimating Supervisor, came from the Portland office.
The office staff is rounded out by two lovely girls Ramona Gay Trimble, whose pleasant voice you will hear when calling the Sacramento office, and Susan Pelgen, engineering clerk.
The shop is equally experienced, being run by Gary Babcock, formerly the night foreman at the Soulé Newark Shop. Ed Phillips, who has had many years experience as a field foreman in the Sacramento area is in charge of the field placing operation.
All of this ability is needed in Sacramento, because the office opened with a backlog of work . . . important work.
For example, here's what's going on there now. Sacramento Methodist Hospital; Sacramento Community Center; slip form silo project for Spreckles Sugar; tilt panel warehouse for California Almond Growers; Administration and Science Building for Chico State College; Research Building for California Highway Department; freeway project near Woodland, California; and stressing on a freeway project in Rancho Cordova.
That's a lot of business, and that's why they need a lot of talent. There's steel going in, where gold came out.
*Photo: Sacramento office and fabricating shop.*
*Photo: Sacramento office staff (l. to r.): Keith Gates, Gay Trimble, Bob Gebauer and Frank McLaughlin. Sue Pelgen, not shown.*
*Photo: The fabricating shop is a Soule building.*
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SACRAMENTO JOBS
*Photo: Ed Phillips is District Field Foreman in Sacramento.*
*Photo: L. to r. Bob Meyers, Homer Moore (Foreman) and Charlie Bedford at work installing rebar on the Woodland Freeway job.*
*Photo: Sacramento shop men are (l. to r.) Gary Babcock (son of Free Babcock, shop foreman in Newark), Bob Orsetti, John Hardy and Dennis Pilgard.*
*Photo: L. to r. Jim Huckaba (Foreman), Arnie Ellwein and Stan Wojahn are setting plates and tubes on a stressing job for the Mayhew Freeway.*
*Photo: An important job for the Sacramento office was two storage elevators for the Spreckles Sugar Co. They were built by slip forming.*
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NAMES AND FACES . . . San Francisco Field
Photo: Setting reinforcing steel on the Pacific Telephone job in Oakland are (l. to r.), Robert Yerman, Steve "Mickey" Pagan (foreman), Al Simoni and Leon Marlar.
Photo: (l. to r.) Ken Simon, Jim De Rossette (foreman) and Ray Banta, are shown at the Metal Building job for Higgins Lumber Co. in San Francisco.
Photo: At the A.P. Division job for West Coast Life in San Francisco, are Floyd Yargus (foreman), Lonnie Thomas (general foreman), Larry Waldemar, Denny Waterman (glazier foreman), Joe Young, Mike Boyd and Mike Candelarira.
S.F. PLANT MEN THROUGH THE EYES OF . . . AL CARPENETTI
INOCENTE LOPEZ
ANDY FABBRI
Ray Michael
LOUIE CRANE OPERATOR TANFORAN
MEET RUSTY
Photo:
One day, not long ago, a brown German Shepherd wandered into the San Francisco plant, and he's still there supervising activities around the yard and plant. The men at the plant feed him during their lunch period. They have adopted him as their mascot and named him Rusty. We don't know if he's in the union, but his fringe benefits are great.
WALKER ELECTED
Jack Walker was elected Assistant Secretary - Los Angeles at the Annual Meeting on March 2. His duties will include overseeing interbranch and interdepartmental communications, teletype, mail room, PBX, Xerox and office maintenance.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
Bill Pekins has been appointed Industrial Engineer at the Dominguez mill, reporting to Earl Neeb, Manager of Steel Mill Operations.
*Photo: The new Pico Stairs Department of the Architectural Products Division has two new employees. They are Bob Rubio (r.), Salesman in Los Angeles, and Dan Barbee (l.), Engineer in San Francisco. They report to Pete Molinari, Manager, Pico Stairs in S.F.*
Peter Bauer has been promoted to the position of Curtainwall Salesman in the Los Angeles office of the Architectural Products Division. He has been with the company over ten years, holding positions in production control, engineering and estimating.
Steve Kosco has been appointed Sales Representative for the Reinforcing Steel Division in Los Angeles, reporting to Arnold Dunyon, District Sales Manager.
Victor Cornellier has been appointed Regional Sales Manager, San Diego-Phoenix areas, for the Architectural Products Division. He will be based in San Diego. He has been with the company two years as Eastern Regional Sales Manager in New York.
SOULÉ BOWLING TEAMS ACTIVE
*Photo: The San Francisco bowling team captured 2nd place in the first half competition. Shown (l. to r.) are: Al McConnell, Norma Modglin, Verne Freer, Chris Hopp, Norm Hopp.*
*Photo: L.A. bowling team (l. to r.) front row: Betty Madden, Pat Jones, Judy Wood, and Arlis Durnil; back row: Bob Jones, Chuck Nielson, Judy Hott, Tom Bowie, Jim Madden, Paula Kersh, Tony Ordaz, Jack Hesketh.*
*Photo: More L.A. bowling team (l. to r.) front row: Cathy Soulé, Linda Worthy. Second row: Helen Englert, Mattie Love, Ula Franke, Pat Patton, Maxine Bowley. Third row: May Bollong, Ron Barron, Dave Lorz. Back row: Jim Soulé, Nathan Bollong, Maurice Owens, John Worthy, Jose Flores, John Englert.*
*Photo: Still more L.A. bowling team (l. to r.) front row: Jack Parkhill, Joy Coulston, Lurene Ross, Penny Pennock, Sharon Geer, Marcia Mattison. Back row: Luke Burns, Anne Burns, Bob Shanholtzer.*
A.P. SKI WEEKEND
Soulé Architectural Products Division San Francisco office employees hosted outside architects, engineers and vendors on a ski weekend recently.
Before leaving on a chartered bus, they made a tour of the San Francisco plant and enjoyed lunch at the World Trade Club.
They stayed in Reno and spent the weekend on skis at Slide Mountain.
*Photo: The personnel of Architectural Products Division L.A. airport office lined to have their picture taken. Seated is Barbara Green and behind are (l. to r.), Henry Moe, Pete Bauer, Bud Ordlock (District Sales Magager) and Bob Shanholtzer.*
U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ARE RIGHT ON! YEAH! MORRIE-
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APRIL 1972 SOULÉ STEEL NEWS PAGE 5 # NAMES AND FACES . . . Dominguez Fabrication Shop
Photo: Long Beach fab shop office crew, (l. to r.), Toni Moody, Payroll Clerk, Helen Paulson, Testing Clerk, Glyn Austin, Office Manager, Richard Sandon, Standards Clerk.
Photo: Bob Scott, Foreman (l.), and Ruben Ordaz, Foreman (r.).
Photo: Tom Bouie, Maintenance Mechanic.
Photo: Reyes Ybarra (l.), Flipper, and Willie Dyess (r.), Arnold Shear Operator.
Photo: Jack Barber (l.), Shear Operator, and Bill Schipper (r.), Tagger.
Photo: J. Barajas (l.), Helper, and A. Quinonis (r.), Loader.
Photo: J. Bethurem, (l.), Spiral Helper, and M. Madrigal (r.), Spiral Operator.
Photo: G. Welsh (l.), Bender Helper, and A. Valencin (r.), Bender Operator.
Photo: Clay Laybourne, Punchpress Operator
Photo: A. Solis, Accessories Man.
Photo: J. Lopez, Arnold Shear Operator.
Photo: Moving material (l. to r.), W. Durost, Chain Operator, F. McNinch, Crane Operator, G. Vasquez, Chain Chaser, T. Ordaz, Crane Operator.
Photo: G. Vasquez (l.), Chain Chaser, and J. Mikalonis (r.), Bar Flipper.
Photo: O. Sisneros (l.), Bender Operator, and E. Merten Zor Borg (r.), Bender Helper.
Photo: (l. to r.), L. Araujo, R. Gasset and C. Mathews, all Light Bender Operators.
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New A.P. Glass Setting Machine
With a lot of ingenuity, the Architectural Products Division developed a glass-setting rig in Los Angeles that saves a lot of manpower and time.
It attaches to the window glass with a vacuum suction device, picks it up with a crane-like fixture and walks it to position.
It was first used on the ARCO job in Los Angeles, and now at work on the Blue Cross building in Oakland. Soulé is supplying approximately 500 windows for the building.
Photo: Demonstrating the new glass setting rig are (l. to r.), Bob Shanholtzer, L.A. Field Superintendent, Horst Meyer, Project Engineer, Dick Dent, S.F. Field Superintendent, and André Klein, Project Manager.
Spring 1972 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 Tina Lewis Ventura John Rogachenko Dominguez Furman Davis Phoenix Grace Johnson San Diego Gay Trimble Sacramento Donna Clement Newark
New Buildings Dealers
Photo: Gene Fuller, Central Region Dealer Manager, recently hosted indoctrination sessions for three new Soulé Buildings dealers; S & M Welding, Hawaiian Islands; Imberi Construction Co., Merced County, California; and L.O. Sederquist & Son, Stanislaus County, California. Shown at the meeting are (l. to r.) Wilbur Johnson, Soulé; Marcus Imberi, Mickey Imberi, Imberi Construction; Gene Fuller, Soulé; Marvin Sederquist, L.O. Sederquist & Son; John Watinabe, S & M Welding; Loren Sederquist, William Zwick, Salt Lake City, Utah, and William Fowler, S & M Welding.
GEORGE FORD IN HALL OF FAME
Few are aware of the athletic prowess of George Ford, Soulé V.P., who was recently elected to membership in the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame.
In their publication's announcement, he was called, "A magician with a hockey stick for a magic wand, he cast a spell on opponents for three years that included a 20-game victory stretch, the longest in three decades. . . He was also an outstanding back in football, lettering for three years."
We regret to announce the death of Jose Arellano, San Francisco plant employee. He had been with Soulé for 20 years.
RETIREMENTS
Frido Pogacnik
On the first of February, Frido Pogacnik retired after 15 1/2 years with Soulé in the Export Department of the Buildings Division.
He is from Yugoslavia, where he obtained a law degree and held a number of high positions before emigrating to the United States. He knows many languages which proved valuable in dealing with foreign companies for Soulé.
Photo: Lee Soulé presents retirement certificate to Frido.
Charles "Ray" Reisner
Ray Reisner was hosted by fellow employees at a Washington's Birthday luncheon honoring his retirement from Portland after 18 years of service.
Originally from Oregon, where he worked as an accountant for many years, he came to Soulé in July of 1954.
In addition to the retirement certificate and 18 year service pin presented by the company, his fellow workers presented him with a gift.
Photo: Attending the retirement luncheon for Reisner were (front row, l. to r.), Warren Grundfor, Lee Soulé, Niles Millar, Stan Soulé, Charles Reisner, Craig Carpenter, George Mattos, and Scott Anderson. (Back row, l. to r.) George Ford, Paul Merrill, Don Watkins, Wilson Ringer and T. O. Carroll.