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Peter J. Brix Elected AWO Board Chairman —Officers Reelected, New Directors Named

Peter J. Brix, president and gen- eral manager of Knappton Tow- boat Company, Portland, Ore., was elected chairman of the board of The American Waterways Op- erators, Inc. at the annual meet- ing of the nationwide trade associ- tion of the barge and towing in- dustry held recently in Williams- burg, Va.

Peter J. Brix

Mr. Brix succeeds George H.

Blohm, president, Cities Service

Tankers Corporation, New York

City, who has served as AWO chairman for the last year. Mr.

Blohm continues as a director of the Association.

Braxton B. Carr was elected to his fourteenth annual term as president of the Association, which has headquarters in Washington,

D.C., and field offices in New York and New Orleans.

William E. Cleary was elected to his fifteenth annual term as sec- retary-treasurer. He operates the

Association's North Atlantic Reg- ional Office in New York City.

A lifelong resident of Portland,

Mr. Brix lias been associated with

Knappton Towboat Company since 1963. The company was founded by his grandfather in 1900, and op- erates in the states of Oregon,

Washington, and Idaho.

The new AWO chairman re- ceived a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Washing- ton in 1958 and a doctor of juris- prudence degree from Willamette

University, College of Law, Salem.

Ore., in 1961. From 1961 to 1963. he served in the Military Police

Corps of the United States Army.

He was elected a director of The

American Waterways Operators.

Inc., in 1968. He has also worked actively as a member of the As- sociation's legislative committee, and budget and finance committee.

Mr. Brix is secretary of the Pro- peller Club of the LTnited States.

Port of Portland; vice-chairman and director of the Columbia River

Towboat Association; vice-presi- dent and director of the Waverly

Children's Home; and is a mem- ber of the Shipping Club. Portland

Rotary Club, Multonomah Ath- letic Club, Universitv Club, and

City Club of Portland. Ore.

The following new directors of

AWO took office at the time of the annual board meeting in Williams- burg :

Lester C. Bedient, general man- ager, Harbor Carriers, Inc., San

Francisco, Calif.; Jesse E. Brent, president, Brent Towing Company,

Inc., Greenville, Miss.; C.C. El- lisor, Texaco, Inc., Mount Vernon,

Ind.; J. Melton Garrett, vice-presi- dent. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.,

New Orleans, La.; T.E. Garside, vice-president, Pacific Inland Nav- igation Company, Inc., Seattle,

Wash.; Capt. Noble L. Gordon, president, Mid-South Towing

Company, Tampa, Fla.; W.F.

Hagestad, executive vice-president,

Canal Barge Company, Inc., New

Orleans, La.; John W. Lambert, president. Twin City Barge &

Towing Company, St. Paul, Minn.;

William E. Law, president,, Allied

Towing Corporation, Norfolk, Va.;

M.E. Midgley, executive vice- president. Nilo Barge Line, Inc.,

St. Louis, Mo.; Edward Renshaw, president, St. Louis Ship, St.

Louis, Mo.; Thomas J. Rohs, vice- president-treasurer, M/G Trans- port Service. Inc., Cincinnati,

Ohio; William R. Saul, president,

Steiiart Transportation Company,

Piney Point. Md.; George H.

Shaver, executive vice-president,

Shaver Transportation Company,

Portland, Ore.; and Frank P. Silli- man, president, Hillman Transpor- tation Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.

The AWO board is made up of 43 water-carrier executives from throughout the United States.

Reelected to the board were:

F.T. Ainsworth, manager. U.S. area marine. distribution and traffic, The Dow Chemical Com- pany, Freeport, Texas; Francis B.

Bushey, president, Spentonbush

Transport Service. Inc.. Brooklyn,

X.Y.; John M. Donnelly, execu- tive vice-president, Ingram Barge

Company, New Orleans, La.;

James G. Hines, president, Hines,

Incorporated. Bowling Green, Ky.;

Robert J. Hughes, president, lames Hughes. Inc.. \"ew York,

X.Y.; George P. Jacobson, gen- eral manager, transportation. Al- lied Chemical Corporation, New

York, X A".; Capt. C.C. Rasmussen, president and general manager,

Bay and River Navigation Com- pany, Richmond. Calif.; and Paul

Walker, president, Walker Boat

Yard, Inc.. Paducah, Ky.

Other AWO directors, in addi- tion to Mr. Brix and Mr. Blohm, who continue in office are:

E.E. Ahlemeyer, vice-president,

National Marine Service Incorpor- ated. Hartford. 111.; J. Frank Bel- ford Jr., president, Seaboard Ship- ping Company, New York. N.Y.;

T.F. ElUs Jr., president, Ellis Tow- ing & Transportation Company,

Galveston, Texas; Capt. S.V.

Gardner, manager. Baton Rouge

Branch, marine department. Hum- ble Oil & Refining Company; Ba- ton Rouge, La.; Capt. C.V. Gearin, manager, inland waterways opera- tions, Mobil Oil Corporation. New

York. X.Y.; A. Giallorenzi, marine department. Humble Oil & Refin- ing Company. Bayonne, N.J.; Ro- bert A. Guthans, vice-president,

Southern Industries Corporation,

Mobile, Ala.; Gresham Hougland, executive vice-president, Crounse

Corporation, Paducah, Ky.; James

P. McAllister, president, McAl- lister Lighterage Line, Inc., New

York, N.Y.; E.W. McCarthy, Port

Arthur, Texas; D.L. Mechling, vice-president, operations, A.L.

Mechling Barge Lines, Inc., New

Orleans, La.; F.A. Mechling, ex- ecutive vice-president, A.L. Mech- ling Barge Lines, Inc., Joliet, 111.;

H.G. Noland, manager transporta- tion operations, Union Carbide

Corporation, Chemicals Division,

South Charleston, W.Va.; Jerry L.

Page, president, Southern Barge

Line Corporation, Paducah, Ky.;

Capt. William S. Streckfus, vice- president. Streckfus Steamers, Inc.,

St. Louis, Mo.; L.P. Struble Jr., executive vice-president. Dravo

Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J.W.

Von Herbulis, president, Pittston

Marine Corporation, New York,

X.Y.; Howard A. Watters, vice- president, transportation, Central

Soya Company, Inc., Fort Wayne,

Ind.

Offshore Supply Boat

Ordered From Halter

A contract for the construction of an offshore, oil-well supply boat has been awarded to Halter Ma- rine Fabricators, Inc., Moss Point,

Miss., bv George Engine Company.

Designated Hull No. 262. the 166-foot by 38-foot by 13-foot ves- sel will be powered by 2.000-total- bhp diesels.

The February meeting of the

Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was con- vened at the Buggy Whip restau- rant in the Westchester suburb of

Los Angeles on February 12, 1970.

The social hour and dinner were followed by the technical session, which was devoted to student pa- pers. J.G. Harrison, a student at

Webb Institute, presented a paper which he had co-authored with a fellow student, S.C. Bunnell, en- titled "A Brief Study of the Use of Urethane Foams in Salvage Op-

Towboat Contract

To St. Louis Ship

A twin-screw towboat measur- ing 55 feet by 22 feet by 8 feet has been ordered from St. Louis Ship,

Division of Pott Industries, Inc.,

St. Louis, Mo.

The vessel, to be powered by 660-total-bhp Caterpillar diesels, is being built for undisclosed inter- ests.

New Book Describes

Changes In Shipping "Ships 'Seventy," edited by

David Parsons and published by

Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 219 Park Avenue South, New York,

N.Y. 10003, heralds the coming of a new decade and contains wide- ranging, fascinating articles on the fast-changing shipping scene.

Subjects covered in the book are the problems of ocean towing, his- tories of the ports of London and

Bristol, the state of Icelandic ship- ping, and the past, present, and fu- ture of the ocean tug. Included are cameo portraits of Ellerman's Wil- son Line, the New Zealand Ship- ping Company, and Red Funnel

Steamers. There are special stories on the gas turbine propelled war- ships now used by the Royal Navy and a look at Stranraer-Larne's cross-channel shipping service. The book is thoroughly illustrated with interesting photographs and diagrams. "Ships 'Seventy" is available from Arco Publishing Company at $3.95 per copy. eration & a Current Experimental

Testing Program."

J.E. Sirutis presented a paper entitled "Regression Analysis of

Test Data, with an Application to

Series 60," which had been taken from the author's master's thesis submitted to MIT in December 1968.

The authors gave comprehen- sive answers to both written and verbal responses to their presen- tations from attendees, including

N. Friedland, G. Virk, M. Wolff,

Dr. R. Nielsen, and Capt. H. Rum- ble.

Los Angeles Section Hears Two Student Papers 1 &

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Officers of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section ore shown above with the authors, left to right: seated, J. Enroth, chairman; J. Harrison, speaker; J. Sirutis, speaker; and R.

Rourke, vice-chairman; standing, T. Wilson, secretary-treasurer; E. Scott, meetings;

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