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THE SINGER COMPANY

Union Mechling Corporation

Elects F.A. Mechling President —Dudley Coles Executive VP

Dudley Coles

Union Mechling Corporation, a subsidiary of 'Dravo Corporation and one of the largest carriers on the inland waterway system, has announced the election of F.A. Mechling as president. Dudley Coles was elected to suc- ceed Mr. Mechling as executive vice president.

The two men will take over their new posts on January 1, 1974, upon the retirement of

Charles E. Walker as president. Mr. Walker will have served 41 years with Dravo, Union

Mechling and a predecessor company, Union

Barge Line Corporation.

Before formation of Union Mechling last

June through a merger of Union Barge Line and A.L. Mechling Barge Lines Inc., Mr.

Mechling served as executive vice president and treasurer of Mechling Barge Lines.

Mr. Coles joined Dravo in 1946 and trans- ferred to its subsidiary, Union Barge Line, in 1962. He served 10 years as vice president- sales and, upon formation of Union Mech- ling Corporation, was elected vice president- marketing.

A native of Rock Falls, 111, Mr. Mechling is a past chairman of the board of The Ameri- can Waterways Operators, a member of the advisory committee and a past chairman of the board of Water Resources Congress, a member of the water carrier panel and board of the Transportation Association of Amer- ica, a member of the executive committee of the National Waterways Conference and the advisory committee of the Northwestern Uni- versity Transportation Center, and chairman of the board of The National River Academy.

Born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., Mr. Coles is a graduate of Lehigh University. He is a member of the Traffic Club of Pittsburgh, The

Propeller Club of the United States, the Traf- fic and Transportation Association of Pitts- burgh, and the National Defense Transpor- tation Association.

Hampton Roads Section Hears

Paper By Richard Vassallo

On Marine Air-Conditioning

The Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held their first local meeting of the 1973-74 season at the Little Creek Amphib Base Offi- cers Club on October 18, 1973.

Chairman C.E. Peacock Jr. opened the meet- ing with the introduction of the new Section officers, and following dinner presented Rich- ard C. Vassallo, the principal speaker of the evening.

Mr. Vassallo, who is chief engineer for Bail- ey Refrigeration, outlined the current trends in the field of marine air-conditioning systems and dealt with the basic refrigeration cycle.

His paper emphasized the chilled water pip- ing system, its use and advantages. Mr. Vas- sallo also predicted a very bright future for the screw compressor within the marine air- conditioning field.

Principals of the meeting, shown left to right: Robert C.

Strasser, vice chairman of the Section; Richard C. Vas- sallo, speaker; Charles E. Peacock Jr., chairman, and

Eugene E. Jaeger, papers committee, Hampton Roads

Section.

The 100 members and guests showed re- newed interest in Mr. Vassallo's subject mat- ter and also the discussions furnished by John

W. Markert and John Nicholls.

The remainder of the 1973-74 schedule is as follows:

December 11, 1973—'Fort Monroe Officers

Club, Hampton, Va., "Operating Experience with High Power Marine Gears," by T.W.

Steele of General Electric Company.

February 7, 1974 — Commodore Country

Club, Kempsville, Va., "LNG Containment

Systems," by J. Pauthier and M. Kotcharian of Technigaz Company.

April 16, 1974—Mariners Museum, New- port News, Va., "A Voyage on a Four Masted

Schooner, Doris Hamlin, 1936," by Robert

H. Burgess of Mariners Museum.

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