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Senior Officers Elected

At ABS Annual Meeting

Robert T. Young, chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping, was reelected to that post on March 20, by the board of managers of the international clas- sification society.

It was also announced that the board elected Charles J.L. Schoefer, formerly senior vice president, to executive vice president, and Ralph

C. Christensen, formerly vice presi- dent, to senior vice president.

Reelected vice presidents of the

Bureau were Sydney Swan, Robert

S. Little, Kenneth D. Morland, and

Kurt Molter. N. Herbert Mullem, formerly assistant treasurer, was elected treasurer, and John R.

Blackeby was reelected secretary of the Bureau.

Hubeva Marine Names

Two European Agents

W. George Huntington, presi- dent of Hubeva Marine Plastics,

Inc., sole distributor of Cordo- bond Strong-Back products, has announced the appointment of two new European agencies. In France, the Corddbond line will be handled by Sogeric of 148. Rue Sainte, 13—

Marseille (7e), France; and in

Portugal, it will be handled 'by

Valadas, LDA. of Avenida D. Car- los 1, 60, Lisboa-2, Portugal.

NRA Board Holds

First Meeting At

Academy In Helena

The Fourth Annual Membership and Board of Directors Meetings of the National River Academy of the

United States of America were held

March 15, 1973, at the Academy in

Helena, Ark. Forty-three members and guests attended the meetings, held for the first time at the Acad- emy's new facility.

Members elected for a three-year term to serve on the board of di- rectors are: James O. Gundlach,

Canal Barge Company, Inc.; W.R.

Murphy, American River Trans- portation Company; Sheldon G.

Held, Hartford Insurance Group;

Noble C. Parsonage, Pott Indus- tries, Inc.; H.N. Spencer, The Wa- terways Journal; L.E. Thompson,

Pine Bluff Warehouse Terminal, and George Hale, Marine Inspec- tion Engineers.

Floyd A. Mechling, A.L. Mechl- ing Barge Lines; John M. Donnel- ly, Ingram Barge; B.D. Brandon,

Arkansas State Representative, and

Pierre R. Becker, Superintendent of the Academy, were elected chair- man/president, vice chairman/vice president, secretary/treasurer, and assistant secretary/treasurer, re- spectively, to serve for the year 1973-74.

M.E. Midgely, Nilo Barge Lines,

Inc., was named co-chairman of the fund raising committee. He shares this position with Mr. Murphy.

Mr. Mechling expressed his deep appreciation for the dedication and excellent performance of the fol- lowing 'board members, whose terms expired March 1973: M.E.

Midgely, T.F. Ellis Jr., Gene Raff, and Dr. Bart Westerlund.

Mr. Murphy, chairman of the fund raising committee, gave credit to the Academy superintendent for concentrating the fund drive to- ward a much-needed river pilot simulator trainer.

William J. Wolter, Waterfront

Services, Inc., chairman of the membership committee, asked the board's approval of 17 membership applications, which were unani- mously approved.

Mr. Held, chairman of the educa- tion committee, complimented the

Academy's staff for their untiring efforts in developing and imple- menting the cadet/pilot program.

He further urged all members to assist in the recruitment of young men for the cadet/pilot program, and announced that several open- ings are still available for April 30, 1973, class.

Mr. Parsonage, chairman of the first NRA Invitational Golf Tour- nament, announced that June 7 and 8 had been set at the Helena Coun- try Club for the tournament, in conjunction with the dedication ceremonies of the Academy's initial building.

Mr. Held and James E. Walden were each presented an award for outstanding services as chairman of the education and building com- mittees, respectively.

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