Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17
70 Occupy AAC Plant Offices

| Anaconda Aluminium Co. opera
tions staff will move into their
new office building at the plant
early in January.
j Being vacated are temporary of
fices in the Bank of Columbia Falls
building that have been occupied
since April, 1858.
The new red tapestry brick with
aluminium trim building at the
plant measures 1873 by ST feet with
a II by 34-fOot wide wing and a
small second story section to be
used as lunch room. In addition
there is 10-car attached garage.
THE STAFF
Moving early in January will be
H. G.. Satterthwaite, plant manag-
er; James F. Smith, production su-
perintendent; Carl Lundborg, me-
chanical superintendent, and Ed
Woster, superintendent of potlines.
In the new offices will also be
John Kerns, personnel manager in
charge of safety, first aid and en-
ployment; William Liddicoat, chief
clerk; Robert Vucasovich, metal
lurgical clerk; Sylvan Eccleston,
cost accounting clerk, and clerks,
Carl Goble and Ed Jystad, with
Mrs. Edith Hates, Ruth Amiot and
Vella Galbraith, the secretarial
staff.
Also in the new building will be
Don McMasters, casting superin-
tendent; George Hanson, gas coll
lection and waste disposal super
intendent; Warren Hook, chief
chemist and Robert Mohr, assist
ant chief chemist, and Edward M.
Peterson, design engineer.
Positions in process of being
filled include chief time keeper.
TO EMPLOY $50
Anaconda Aluminium Co. will
employ $50 men when the plant is
completed late in 1855.
First aluminium production is
scheduled for next July, and an
nual production is now set for
10000 tons of metal a year.
Number of men in the plant OPP
erations force is expected to in
crease next April and May as
preparations for production get
There have been 1900 applica-
tions for employment already SUBJ
mitted with most applicants hav-
ing had interviews here.
Key men for the new plant for
merly worked for Anaconda at
Great Falls as did Satterthwaite,
Smith and Lundborg, or at Ana
conda, Butte and Bonner. Woster
was formerly with Reynolds at |
Longview as was Kerns, and some
Of the key men in the organization
include men who were employed
oy other metal producers.
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Of the $50 job total, about 375
ire expected to be filled by Flat
lead men. The plant is to have
OBJ training program. Construc-
ion of Hungry Horse Dam devel-
ped cement finisher, carpentry
nd similar skills that have little
ssociation with aluminium produc-
ion.
Other operations personnel with
ffices in other buildings include
llaas Dewitt, storekeeper, and Don \
'eeney, assistant storekeeper at
he warehouse; Hal Kanzler, su- 1
erintendent of the electrical de- =
artment with Kenneth Frazier,
ssistant, superintendent and d
rank Conners, foreman of recti- h
er substation; Kent Newman, t.
shop superintendent, ia
18th Robert Sneddon, assistant h
iperintendent. CT
Assistant potiine superintendent
re Bill Alderman, James Glenn fl
ems, Vern Johnson and Roy Lind ty
y, and potline shift foremen are sc
en- Bowerman, Dwight Kinney, til
)seph Slobojan and Dean Tusing.
CONSTRUCTION FORCE OF
In charge of actual building of Fl
e plant is John w. Irvine, con- or
ruction engineer, who reports to
ilbur Jurden, ACM's chief en- ell
neer in New York City.
Working with Irvine are Roy so
ckey, assistant construction engi- co
'er; Quinton Barnes, field tn
-ordinator; N. P. Addabbo, office Oh
gineer; Howard Harvey, mater ad
IS engineer; Roy Salyer, office 25
Ted Ozanne, assistant Of bu
,e manager; area engineers, S. W. re
lrl, M. D. Cowan, w. 1. Lane and he
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