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Grafton Boat Names

Edgar H. Enslin

Works Manager

Edgar H. Enslin

Edgar H. Enslin has been named works manager of Grafton Boat

Company, Grafton, 111., it was an- nounced by Edward D. Fry Jr., president. Mr. Enslin is now re- sponsible for all production at the

Grafton firm, including new boat construction and marine repairs.

He retired recently from St. Louis

Shipbuilding and Steel Company,

St. Louis, Mo., where he was vice president and works manager since 1954.

Mr. Enslin's career in the marine industry began in 1933 with St.

Louis Shipbuilding. From 1945 to 1954 he was manager of Paducah

Marineways. He has been active in marine industry activities as a past president of the Paducah Propeller

Club, and as regional vice president of the Propeller Club of America.

Mr. Enslin is the second well- known marine industry executive to join Grafton Boat within the past few weeks. Arthur R. Parsons, former president of St. Louis Ship- building and Steel Company, was recently appointed marketing ex- ecutive by the Grafton firm, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Continental Boiler and Sheet Iron

Works, St. Louis, Mo.

Continental vice president Robert

C. Fournie, who is also board chair- man of Grafton Boat Company, stated that the appointments of

Mr. Enslin and Mr. Parsons are part of the parent company's plan to add depth and experience to

Grafton's management.

Colt Bulletin Describes

S.E.M.T.-Pielstick PC-2

Marine Diesel Engines

A new marine engine bulletin de- scribing the S.E.M.T.-Pielstick

PC-2 marine diesel engine is avail- able from Colt Industries' Power

Systems Division. The 16-page book is in full color and describes the PC-2 diesels now being built at the Division's Beloit, Wis. plant under license from Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques, Paris,

France. The engine is the world's most widely-used, medium speed, high horsepower diesel engine.

Typical marine applications are shown. A longitudinal cutaway clearly illustrates the engine's "V" type configuration, with detailed operating and dimensional data.

Copies of the bulletin may be ob- tained by contacting the Power

Systems Division, 701 Lawton Ave- nue, Beloit, Wis. 53511.

Philip F. Brunner

Named President

Ferguson Propeller Ltd.

Philip F. Brunner has been named president of Ferguson Propeller

Ltd., a division of Walter Kidde &

Company, Inc., it was announced by Bernard N. Ames, Kidde senior vice president in charge of marine and maritime operations.

Mr. Brunner succeeds Mr. Ames in the president's position. Mr.

Brunner has been executive vice president of Ferguson Propeller since 1967, and previously served as assistant general manager. Prior to joining Ferguson, he was direc- tor of purchasing at Maryland

Shipbuilding and Drydock Com- pany.

An associate member of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, Mr. Brunner at- tended John Hopkins University and Baltimore Polytechnic Insti- tute.

Ferguson, located in Hoboken,

N.J., manufactures ship propellers and propulsion systems. Kidde is a diversified company with principal operations in safety, security and protection products and services.

Headquartered in Clifton, N.J.,

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