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Newport News Promotes Via, Seward And Bonnett G. Guy Via George M. Bonnett G. Guy Via Jr. has been named manager of ship repair sales at Newport News Ship-building and Dry Dock Co., a major com-ponent of Tenneco Inc. The announcement was made by L. C. Robertson, vice-president for ship repairs. Mr. Via was previously assistant manager for estimating in the department. D. B. Se-ward, formerly assistant superintendent in the steel hull division, will succeed him in that position. E. E. Jaeger continues as assistant manager for sales. Succeeding Mr. Seward as assistant super-intendent of the steel hull division, will be George M. Bonnett, according to an announce-ment by R. S. Plummer, general manager. Mr. Via joined Newport News as an estima-tor in ship repair in 1947, after graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. In January, 1966 he was named assistant mana-ger of the department. A naval officer during World War II, he served three years in the Pacific on the de-stroyer Smith (DD-378), the last 15 months as chief engineer. He was engineering in-spector on the staff of commander destroyers Atlantic Fleet when the war ended in 1945. A native of Newport News, Mr. Via is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, National Defense Transportation Assn., and the American So-ciety of Naval Engineers. He served as presi-dent of the Newport News Propeller Club in 1962-63. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Newport News Savings and Loan Assn. Mr. Bonnett received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from City College of New York in 1940. He joined the shipyard in 1946. He worked in the hull design, research and atomic power divisions until 1962, when he was named associate engineer in the weld-ing engineering and radiography department. In January, 1966 he was appointed nondestruc-tive test engineer, the position he held until his present appointment. Mr. Bonnett is a member of the Propeller Club, the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, and the Engineers Club of the Vir-ginia Peninsula. He is the author of several technical papers on nondestructive testing. American Ship Shows Large Rise In Earnings The American Ship Building Co. has an-nounced an earnings increase of more than 150 percent for the six months ended March 31, 1969, and 25 percent for the quarter ended on the same date. For the first fiscal six months, the Lorain, Ohio-based company showed earnings of $0.49 per share compared to $0.19 per share for the same period in 1967-68. Second quarter earn-ings were $0.35 per share compared to $0.28 in in 1968. ^xtte MARI-CRETE a fast-setting concrete for easy, high strength patching and repairs on hun-dreds of marine jobs?even under water sets in 6 minutes?in water and out repairs stronger than original concrete nontoxic, harmless to hands TEN MINUTES or less is all it takes for anybody to complete attractive, permanent repairs on pil-ings, piers, bulkheads, docks, seawalls and other underwater jobs. Ideal for emergency cement box repairs on floating equipment. EASY TO USE. EXIDE MARI-CRETE is used just as it comes from the bag. Nothing to add but water. Does not generate heat. No forms needed. MARI-CRETE adheres directly to concrete, stone, bricks, wood, etc. Outstanding compressive and tensile strengths. WRITE FOR BULLETIN A-22 ATLAS MINERALS & CHEMICALS DIVISION ESB INCORPORATED MERTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19539 ...write for your free copy of this NEW WELDC0 CATALOG Details on Weldco shipboard sewage disposal units... pipe, tube, and fittings ...job shop fabrication of countless other components for surface and under-water vessels and installations ?in stainless steel, high nickel alloys, copper nickel, titanium, etc. Many other Weldco products are also featured. They have served a multitude of uses for over 50 years, on land and underground, in the air, in outer space, afloat and in the ocean's depths. This catalog will tell you all the ways Weldco might serve you. Write today. THE YOUNGSTOWN WELDING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 3708 Oakwood Ave. Youngstown, Ohio 44509 Gentlemen: Please rush_ general catalog No. copies of your . 169. (Individual's name), (Title) (Company name). (Street Address)_ (City) (State)__ _ _(Zip)_ May 67, 1969 13