Show 4 REGIONAL SECTION THI OGDEN (UTAH) For Tops in Canning STANDARD-EXAMINE- R tplsVsY MORNING FtBRUARY 14 1952 Teamwork Does It Again at NSD Service to Fleet Nation Community Moves Up At Booming Naval Depot For Achievement v l By Clint Raymond Navy Supply Depot CLEARFIELD— Service to the fleet to the nation and to the community is the program of U S naval supply depot Clearfield In all three great strides can be re- ported for 1951 Service to the fleet has been stepped up by a rash of new production records showing increased individual and teamwork efforts Contributing to these new records is the amazing increased participation in the Beneficial Sug gestion program From only 12 Beneficial Sugawards to workers in 1950 participation in the pro- gram increased to the point where 103 awards were made in 1951 In 1950 these suggestions were estimated to have saved the taxpayer $2567 in 1951 over $149000 annually This increased participation set a new record for naval supply depot Clearfield and helped the department of the navy win the Beneficial Suggestion award for the greatest incerased participation of any agency of the government Methods Improvement This increased interest may be explained in part by the introduction of a methods improvement program under the direction of the planning department just a few months ago Purpose of the program is to provide the methods which will enable an employe 'to analyze his own job and work out more efficient ways of doing it Purchase of defense bonds also had a sensational upturn at the depot during 1951 Participation jumped from 67 percent in June 1951 t 90 5 percent in the following month — a record 13 5 percent increase in one month never equalled by any other naval establishment This participation increased steadily throughout the year and on Jan 24 1952 passed the 99 percent participation mark with all but about 16 employes at N S D Clearfield enrolled in the payroll savings plan Safety is another field in which naval supply depot Clearfield is continuing to make great strides accident frequency rates have dropped steadily since 1947 when N S D first received the secretary of the navy award for achievements in safety Four Straight Yearn Naval supply depot Clearfield has won this award for four consecutive years 1947 through 1950 and they have reported the lowest accident frequency rate in depot history 236 for 1951 During the e last six months not a single accident was recorded During the entire year approximately 3200 depot employes worked 4621450 e acwith only 14 cidents In 1952 N S D hopes to conduct "Operation Goose-Egg- " — and go a whole year e acciwithout a single dent One reason for this low accident rate is that safety is considered to be 'everybody's business" A new employe is required to attend a safety indoctrination class before reporting to his work station When he reports on the job his superior explains the safety factors directly concerning his work Safety meetings are held regularly in each department or division A thorough driver testing program is maintained on the depot and frequent spot checks are made on vehicles with the transportation garage fire and safety departments participating gestion Ogden's California Packing corporation plant is typical of the west canning industry with numerous factories In the background is the Wasatch range northeast of the city Calpak Adds Fibers to State's Economy It was back in 1917 that California Packing corporation bought five plants in the upper Salt Lake valley from W J Parker and "associates and Del Monte operations had begun Ever since the mountain states division of this cannery has been one of its most productive and efficiently-operate- d Roads were bad but improvements enabled the young division to expand Plants at Hooper Star and West Weber were closed in 1921 and products from their areas were trucked into the Wasatch plant at Ogden Established in Ogden First of the "Mountain Men" under Calpak was Lucian Ray of Salt Lake City who managed Utah Packing corporation s its first Around 1920 offices were established in Ogden and were moved after a year to some leased property at Roy where they remained for two years while the organization was beginning its development In 1920 division headquarters far-flun- f was moved back into Ogden then in 1923 took permanent root at the present Ogden plant site on the outskirts of the city Ronald Wadsworth became manager in 1920 g Stockyard Capacity In Ogden the Union stockyards have a capacity of 10000 cattle 35000 sheep of which 8000 are under covert and 5000 hogs Stockyard receipts during 1950 were i00693 head of cattle 1239332 sheep 376672 hogs and 10849 horses and mules Cattle Population In 1950 total cattle population of Utah was 560000 valued at S96880000 Horse and niule population was 53000 valued at dur-ing- $2556000 Snow Seventeen feet of snow fell in Crater Lake national park Ore during the winter of 1950-5- 1 1 ot In 1935 a change in corpora- tion policy brought about the dissolution of subsidiary operatin continental ing companies United States and subsequent establishment of our present operating divisions Became Division Manager Utah Packing corporation thus became the Mountain States die vision and-- its president Ronald Wadsworth became division manager a position he still holds Largest total output in the division belongs to the Ogden plant No 132 on Ogden's western fringe Here all mountain states tomatoes and most of the tomato products are packed and there is also a sizeable output long-tim- of peas Key to the farming situation in Utah of course has been water Irrigation has been pushed on an unprecedented scale Irrigated farms know almost no Mountain states crop failures yields of corn peas and tomatoes are among the highest in any areas where Calpak operates step-by-ste- p On-the-j- lost-tim- I 1 k K I llfeitflBal L man-hou- lost-tim- lost-tim- WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A MARKET rs For a time last November and December the safety emphasis shifted to spotlight the need for greater traffic safety on highways and city streets in an effort to help the National Safety council postpone the millionth traffic death and to make sure that naval supply depot employes were neither the cause nor the victim This program was highly successful according to the depot safety engineer as a result of the wholehearted support of depot personnel and the wonderful cooperation of law enforcement officials in both Ogden and Salt Lake City Morale Never Better These and other achievements at naval supply depot Clearfield show that morale and the spirt of teamwork was never better among civilian and naval personnel Perhaps the assignment of the first officer of flag rank to command the naval supply depot Clearfield since it was commissioned in 1943 brought a new awareness to depot personnel of the importance the navy attaches to their work of 'service to the fleet" Certainly Rear Admiral C H Gillilan underscored the importance of the work of naval supply depot Clearfield when he said shortly after taking command: "It is hard for the outsider to understand the enormous contribution to the success of the armed forces that is being made by the defense workers at Clear- Secretary of the navy's achievement award is being presented to Rear Admiral C H Gillilan left nevy supply depot commanding officer by Rear Admiral B J Rodgars right commend nt of ttia Twelfth naval district and former skipper of tbo cruiser Salt lake City Center is John J — Diesel items including complete Diesel engines and Diesel driven generators The depot also serves as a reserve stock and distribution point for clothing Stored at this acconditivity in a tion are some 1305 different items s of men clothing from dress uni ready-for-issu- e jjfcljlj identifies cleans for long-ter- m storage and ef- fects minor repairs to msierfeJg in store As an item of special interest I ilj this activity supplied the armored submarine cable which mat u H in the atomic weapons tests held at Eniwetok N 8 O Clearfield employs more than 3200 civilian workers to carry out its important of "service to the fleet" N":'' f aPrBsssstJ-Z- jjAv "satefc- sjgggajggEassssssteK j§ JL 'sB1' wimm - St lf two-fol- at the Harrisville Brick company is this Stevenson "grinder" which cast reduce even the hardest shale to dust—of a form in which H is used in brick making Looking g) over is E E Radford manager Sitting in Houah Mvloador is Bruca Hampel plant engineer Latest machinery installed Harrisville Brick Color Variety Considered Tops 1 Did you know that in ths homes of Ogden there is a greater variety of brick coloring than in any other city in the wUS&jpj And that these outstanding brick colors are produced Just outside the city at the rsaottsville Brick company? Today as Ogden celebrates "102 YEARS OF PROGRESS" Calpak's Mountain States Division marks 35 years of participation in the development of this region Few people realist it vol jpjjj plant is well known throughout the west for the distinctive coloring of its bricktoand has shipped nearly evaejrf special orders state in (he west est- It is part of the over-a- ll gajaajon program of the plant to s and archoffer to itects a choice of wide range of colors In fact toe plant has only recently made news tn the industry by the introduction of two new colors 'Golden Flask One is called Mount Ogden red and is a distinctive deep red in color and very beautiful The In the finished structure other is appropriately called "Golden Flash and is the nearest approach to a true gold ci r that has been neveloped The management of the HatV r i s vi lie firm believes the future of the Ogden area is strong and that growth is inevitable And with this expansion demand for brick es a building material will grow too No section of country has ever really grown except in the proximity of good building materials And so the firm has risked much time and capital in building and preparing to serve the community in that growth For example in the pest eight years the firm has completely and its plSMMB This modernization program has enabled the company to increase quantity but also to improve the quality of its products Through the nation-wid- e distribution of such canned foods as peas corn tomatoes green beans lima beans sauerkraut catsup tomato juice and tomato sauce DEL MONTE has helped to widen the market for all these important Utah products As the nation's largest canner of fruits and vegetables Calpak has no intention of "resting on its laurels" We plan to move ahead bringing even more Utah products over the coming years to the rest of the country under the famous DEL MONTE Label— home-builder- the brand that puts flavor first MOUNTAIN STATES DIVISION PACKING CORPORATION UTAH I NSD "!' When the California Packing Corporation founded the Utah Packing Corporation in 1917 we were young company on the threshold of a great future And Ogden was on the eve of its period of greatest growth OGDEN gear and preserves materials on hand - FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS CALIFORNIA form and its accessories to jthe most rugged form of foul weath-e- r field "After inspecting the supply depot I have come to the conclusion that the work which is being done by the civilian employes at this station is of such major importance to the welfare of the nation that the public should know about it "The admiral announced that from time to time various groups of community leaders from the intermountain area would be invited aboard the depot to witness the services being performed in support of the Pacific fleet" To those who have not visited the depot it should be pointed out that it encompasses some 862 acres with a circumference of five and one-hamiles: contains 240 buildings 68 of which are major storehouses There are 40 miles of railroad tracks 25 miles of surfaced and paved streets and some four miles of concrete sidewalks Depot Responsibility It is the depot's responsibility to supply replacement materials and equipment to the ships in active service and to those being reactivated on the west coast or the Pacific ocean area The job d is not only must these items be provided when and where they are need but this must be done with the minimum expense N S D Clearfield serves as the reserve stock point for general stores dry provisions lubricants aeronautical stores photographic electronic ordinance and submarine materials and repair parts and 90 000 4 - Grinding Routine FOR UTAH PRODUCTS v depot safety engineer : Jv |