Port Sulphur High School - Roundup Yearbook (Port Sulphur, LA)

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C omphmeut 5 of Plaquemmes Parish Polzce fury Emrle Martln, J Presldent Happy Jack La E C Marshall V1ce Pres1dent Port Sulphur Heard Ansard1 Davant John Trumbatur1 Dale our Joseph Antomo Bertrandvllle Jos Jurjevlch Olga George A Hero Jr Belle Chase Rte l Box 679 Clyde Kennau' Glorla Rte l Box 575, Belle Chasse, La Joseph P Hmgle Emplre John Fmedman Venxce MRS E LaFRANCE Secy Polnte a la Hache La . . I.. , . . . , . . Olga Route, Boothville P. O. ' D 9

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AEL At Port Nlckel, 40 m1les upr1ver from Port Sulphur, construct1on 1S forg1ng ahead on what soon w1ll be one of Plaquem1nes Par1sh's largest 1ndustr1es Th1s 1S a mult1 m1ll1on dollar reflnery belng bullt by Cuban Amer1can N1ckel Company, a subs1d1ary of Freeport Sulphur Company It w1ll produce 50 000 000 pounds of mckel metal and 4 400, 000 pounds of cobalt metal annually These metals w1ll be processed from ore concentrates sh1pped to Port Nlckel from vast ore depos1ts m Or1ente Provlnce, Cuba current U S mckel product1on and make Lou1s1ana the lead1ng n1ckel produc1ng state ln the natlon The amount of cobalt ref1ned ln Plaquemmes Par1sh w1ll make our state the leadlng cobalt producer of the Western World Locat1on of the ref1nery w1th1n 1ts borders w1ll mean a great deal to Plaquemmes A roster of approxlmately 600 employees and an annual payroll of about 353,500,000 w1ll add to the par1sh's expandlng economy In fact, Can1co's reflnery w1ll be the second largest mdustry 1n the parlsh, followmg Freeport's sulphur oper at1ons, and the leadmg 1ndustry on the East Bank Port N1ckel Joms Freeport's operat1ng sulphur mlnes at Grande Eca1lle and Garden Island Bay and the adm1n1s trat1ve offlces and sh1pp1ng operat1ons at Port Sulphur Port Sulphur, La mil' 75951 ' 'l'he outputiat Port lgIickel will more than .quadruple FREEPORT SULPHUR CCMPANY