American Institute of Laundering - Annual Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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plant production course A rose between two ----? H RODUCTIONN-the word in itself was an inspiration. It had to beg how else could we have mastered this allfimportant subject. in seven short weeks. fWe still don't know how we did it, or, better still, if we did it.j When Walt took over and started the ball rolling he said there would be some little work ahead, and it didn't take us very long to find out that he wasn't kidding. The addition of charming Mrs. J. flndian joel Robertson to the class had everybody, including Walt, worried for a while. We all thought Walt would be practically tongueftied, but even under such tremendous difficulties ,as having a female in the class he really did a swell job, and without too many slips of the tongue at that. None of us will ever forget the many weary, backf breaking hours spent over our drawing boards doing our best to put that dream plant on paper, or those nights fand early mornings, too,j we spent cramming stacks of paper full of endless figures trying to def termine everything from the size of the building down to, as Tiny Myers puts it, the size of the night watchman's shoes. Did anybody ever find out if Bud Hooper got that Sftfafafafcfh Cookah he was looking for? Torn Goad suggested using NofDoz to stay awake nights. Ed Zinkow tried someg it kept him awake at night all right, but Walt had to keep bouncing erasers off his head to keep h-im alive in the daytime. About the second day out Mose Tubis and Walt locked horns and stayed that way all through the course. We don't know who finally won-maybe Production or quality-that was the question in Student Laundry. Page Seven

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1940 POWER PLANT CLASS Front Row fleft to rightl: Joseph Robertson, Edward Zinkow, Robert Calhoon, James Normington, Gilbert Edlin, Thomas Goad, Raymond Martin, Vvalter Hondeville, William Kerr. Second Row: Robert Buchard, Charles Brock, Robert S. Mazlish, James Stormont, William Penny, Frank Bolek, George Atwater, Emanuel Tubis. Back Row: C. H. Lanham fDirector, School of Laundry Managementl, Robert Fromhold, Leslie Roe, Franklin Myers, Raymond Birren, Frank Schadt, Edward Hooper, Walter A. Reinhard flvlanager, Engineering Departmentl. touched everyone. Goad slightly remembers that he said, Ain't doing much laundry work, but am pour' ing with the best of them. Calhoon, how did Pop Schadt get that Saturday night date at the Convention? The famous Casey Jones Mug in Hand base' ball game served as the farewell event for the Power Plant Course, which wound up with an initiation at the Y , Little William Kerr proved to be a tough hombre, with schoolboy Roe getting the worst of it while the artist Zinkow did his work. How does it look, Penny? California has everything-at least that's what the women say about Don juan Hondeville. And that's no lie. If grades mean a lot to you, ask Moan and Groann fBrock and Stormontj how to get them. Several instructive lectures by prominent allied tradesmen added much to the course. Such men as Mr. john Harrington, Northern Illinois Coal Com' panyg Mr. Roy White, American Laundry Machinery Company, Mr. Les Kinzle, Prosperity Companyg Mr. Thomas Marsh, Iron Firemen Companyg and Mr. Weeks, Whitlock Heater Company, added many gems of information to our accumulation of power plant knowledge. The fatal days of exams were on us before we knew it-except Cec and Walt, who have had plenty of experience in utoughing up an exam. All's well that ends well, but Kerr still believes there is a dry pipe. What about it, Walt? Page Six ' '- ' ..'f'11:52f :f r:'-'fu'-:xg,:3g,:,q+w..ag-1 -.J ,,, .f .. . . , MA, , ,A .. .x1m.. - ..., - , - Wu ' W ' -..g--.5----,K-.'.. 'fN.w.,fs qa, ,',g ,,..4ff5,-.55, , 51- Z. V, ,yi i - :yay-11.11 V .f-v ---U .-,- . ..,.... . ,A .,,. .. , . .. ., ,J . . V '

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PLANT PRODUCTION CLASS Front Row fleft to rightl: Barbara Robertson, Joseph Robertson. George Corey, Jr., William Kerr. Walter Hondeville, Thomas Goad, Edward Zinkow, Homer Knouse, John R. Clover, James Given. Second row: Dale Vertz, George Atwater. Raymond Martin, Robert S. Mazlish, Charles Brock, Joe O'Dell, Emanuel Tubis, Philip Harden. Third Row: Walter A. Reinhard flVlanager, Engineering Departmentl, Robert Burchard, William Clark, Jim Normington, Frank Bolek, Jack F. Tibbs, Alvin Henningsen, Robert Fromhold, William Penny, Cecil H. Lanham fDirector. School of Laundry Managementl. Back Row: George Johnson fGeneral Manager, American institute of Launderingl. Robert Calhoon, G. Kennith Friberg, Frank Schadt, James Stormont, Raymond Birren, Franklin Myers, Leslie Roe, Alffed MUmi0Id. Edward Hooper. Les Roe does, he acted the part of referee most of the time. Student Laundry, under Superintendent Ceo Lanham became our regular afternoon duty. From the smiling faces of all the students it was evident that they really relished this delightful task. It was found that quantity by far exceeded quality, but since we were being taught to be Production Minded this proved that we were really taking our lessons seriously Qespecially if we had a chance to finish a little earlierl. And no one ever did find out where Pop Schadt spent his afternoons, except one fOfOfOfofofofofoj. We made two field trips this course, one to East Moline to find out how laundry machinery is made and one to Chicago to see how it is put to use in the best productive manner. The two biggest jokes of the course happened at the Chief Laundry on the field trip to Chicago. The first was when the engineer of the plant told Walt, thinking he was a student, that he was a bright boy, and must have been studying his lessons. The second, when the Super asked .Walt if he could tell him anything about the point system. Evidently he had never read Reinhard's Bible ' Although none of us were sorry to see the Christmas holidays start, we all had to admit that the production course was a darn swell one. Page Eight 'f 'F'4 -'!2'! ?Y1'uLm v': -- , - ' ' ' 'I ' -. 1 - 11 4' '. -. . f r- . wr- 'w-M-Hf---.-.-,.,1V...,'.... , , , . ... .,. , . .N vu. c - ..- .5 ...Lili-!S.i.,,,-5,f'.i,5?,V:,Tl H sy: V ,ip ...T ,., , 1, . . , . .