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Show Mountain Fuel Co. Promotes Two in Distribution Division Two promotions of executives in Mountain Fuel Supply Co. distribution division, prompted by the impending retirement of D. E. Leader, Ogden division manager, were announced this week by J. W. Allen, vice president presi-dent in charge of distribution. Jack E. Stahl, safety supervisor, super-visor, distribution division, has been promoted to Ogden division manager effective June 1, and Clyde R. James, Provo division commercial supervisor, was promoted pro-moted to safety supervisor, distribution dis-tribution division, to succeed Mr. Stahl, effective May 1. Mr. Leader will retire from his position at Ogden May 31 at the age of 65. He has completed more than 35 years of service with Mountain Fuel, 29 of which were spent as manager at Ogden. A native of Findlay, Ohio, he had prior service with the Ohio Oil Co. and the Long Beach, Cal., gas department, before joining Mountain Fuel in 1929. After serving in several positions in Salt Lake City he was transferred transfer-red to Ogden and promoted to manager on April 1, 1931, a position po-sition he has held ever since. Mr. Leader is a member of th Ogden Rotary Club and has been active in many civic affairs. af-fairs. He is married to the former Mildred Rice and they are the parents of one son, Richard E. Leader. The newly appointed Ogden manager, Mr. Stahl, has held a variety of positions with Mountain Moun-tain Fuel, including those of gas dispatcher and meter shop foreman. fore-man. He has been safety supervisor super-visor of the distribution since 1955. Under his supervision, the distribution dis-tribution division showed steady improvement in its safety program pro-gram and this year established a new record for safety. Recognition Recogni-tion of this achievement was accorded ac-corded by the National Safety Council which bestowed its second sec-ond highest honor, the "Award of Merit," on the company. Mr. Stahl is well known in Utah athletic circles, having been an outstanding softball pitcher several years ago. He is still active in bowling. A native of Salt Lake City, he is married to the former Janet Lange and they are the parents of one son, Jack E. Stahl Jr. Now residing at 2566 Wellington St., they plan to move to Ogden in the near future. Mr. James last year observed 30 years of service with Mountain Moun-tain Fuel. He was originally employed em-ployed by the Utah Gas & Coke Co., a predecessor company of Mountain Fuel, and served in the credit, accounting and sales departments. He was transferred to Provo in 1940 and has been there since. In 1947 he was named Provo sales and commercial office supervisor su-pervisor for the company, a position po-sition he held until the duties were divided and he became the commercial supervisor. Mr. James is a former president presi-dent and director of the Provo Junior Chamber of Commerce, has served as vice president and director of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, president of the Downtown Coaches Club, chairman chair-man of the Utah County Savings Bond Committee and president of the Provo high school PTA. He is married to the former Vera Workman and they are the parents of two daughters and one son. |