Clipper, Vol. 7, No. 2, February 1950

              Nothing is more self-satisfying than a job well done.
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Pan American World Airways
LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION
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Practice pays dividends— especially when you practice economy.
VOL 7 —No. 2
FEBRUARY, 1950
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Work Record Compiled By 'Happy’ Hattabaugh; Never Tardy Or Absent
Working for a company 20 years is pretty much of an achievement in itself, but when you can point to those 20 years and say that you’ve never been absent one working day or even late once . . . well, then you have a real record.
And that’s exactly what Earl H. “Happy” Hattabaugh, foreman of the manufacturing and repairing shop at Brownsville, can do now that he has received his 20-year service pin.
Hattabaugh, born in Bloomfield, Indiana, attended school in Indiana, then went to Brownsville and worked as an automobile mechanic before start ing with PAA February 10, 1930, as a mechanic. That was shortly after PAA opened its Brownsville base. He serviced motors for a while, then was trans-
Hattabaugh ferred to the overhaul department, where he was made foreman five years after joining the company.
The fact that Hattabaugh never has missed a day of work indicates that he enjoys good health. The credit for that, he explains, is due to “working, hunting and fishing —that is my recipe.’’
Nearly every week end finds Hattabaugh fishing or hunting and he’s always ready to talk about his activities in those sports, especially about the two bucks he killed this season.
As for his job, Hattabaugh says he enjoys working with his men very much, adding: “It’s just like
New Post Given To S. H. Fischer
Sebeum H. Fischer, who had been communications supervisor for LAD’s western sector for the past two years, has been promoted to operational assistant to the division communications superintendent, with headquarters at Miami.
In his new post Fischer succeeds Jack Winn, who was elevated to the assistant superintendency recently when Robert Lockhart, Jr., was moved up to the position of superintendent.
Fischer was born in Hammon, Oklahoma, attended elementary and high school in Electra, Texas, then was graduated from Port Arthur College, a radio and electronics school at Port Arthur, Texas, in 1936.
For five years after leaving school Fischer served as a radio operator aboard merchant ships, traveling to many parts of the world. He forsook the sea in October, 1941, to join Pan American as a flight radio operator at Brownsville, Texas.
In 1943 Fischer was sent to San Jose, Costa Rica, as radio operator in charge for PAA, remaining there until he was transferred to Guatemala in a like capacity in 1945. He was appointed communications supervisor for LAD’s western sector in December, 1947, carrying out those duties from Guatemala until headquarters for the post were moved to Brownsville in May, 1948, when he transferred to that city.
one big happy family. We all stick together.”
Looking back over the years, Hattabaugh recalls that “I always wanted to be in the aviation busi-
BIG BOSS REMEMBERS
Along with the insigne he received to denote his completion of a score of years of service, Hattabaugh is the proud possessor of a telegram dispatched to him in honor of the occasion by Wilbur L. Morrison, LAD vice president. The message read: “My personal congratulations and best wishes your remarkable record. I remember when you started and glad to see we are both still on the job. Best regards.”
ness, but I never thought that time would fly as fast as it did.”
That all brings up the question of whether Hattabaugh now is looking forward eagerly to retiring soon, to which he answers: “I haven’t given it a thought at all. I like my job because I always have liked aviation and also because of the people I work with. No, I haven’t given a thought to retiring.”
And with that, Hattabaugh started on his second 20 years of PAA service—without being absent and without being late, naturally.
—	Conservation Cuts Costs —
Two Men Promoted To Station Managers
Paul L. Nelson and Patrick H. Wildenburg have been promoted to station managers at two Venezuela points—Nelson at Barcelona and Wildenburg at Maturin.
At Barcelona, Nelson succeeded Oliver B. Altamirano, who has reported to Miami for future assignment. In taking over at Maturin. Wildenburg succeeds Nelson, who had served there as junior station manager in charge.
Joining PAA at Brownsville in 1943 as a station manager trainee. Nelson subsequently served as jun ior station manager at Balboa Miami and Maturin. Wilbenburf also started with the company in 1943, as an airport clerk in his native city of Paramaribo. Latex he worked as a mechanic and ar an assistant foreman, serving ir the latter capacity for a while with Compania Panamena de Aviacion a PAA affiliate, before returning to PAA last October as a juniox airport manager trainee.
—	Conservation Cuts Costs —
Ramey At St. Thomas As Traffic Manager
Fi’ank B. Ramey, former airline traffic inspector for LAD at Miami, has assumed his new duties as district traffic manager at St. Thomas. He is the first person to serve as district traffic manager there, the duties of the office previously having been carried out by the station manager. Under the new setup there is no station manager at St. Thomas.
A native of Texas, .Ramey joined PAA’s district sales office in Miami, January 1, 1947, transferring to LAD a year later as junior airport manager at Miami.
From that post Ramey moved on to La Guaira as junior airport manager, then to Maracaibo as district traffic manager and later to Montego Bay as traffic sales repre-sentativebefore being made airline traffic inspector at Miami.
Brownsville Trio In Group Of Five Given 20 -Year Pins
San Salvador Station Manager On List
Three Brownsville men were among five LAD employes who had their names added to the 20-year list by completing a score of years of service with PAA in February.
Those receiving 20-year pirn were Earl H. Hattabaugh, fore-
(See Hattabaugh story at left.)
man; Gregoria Longoria, plant serviceman, and Rolan A. McKee departmental assistant in maintenance, all of Brownsville; Juan M. Rappaccioli, station manager a1 San Salvador, and William R. Ames, assistant foreman of the interior and equipment overhau1 department at Miami.
Ames, born in Orrville, Ohio, attended school in Poe, Ohio, and started with the company as a painter at Miami, where he has been stationed since. He was head of the paint shop for 15 years, until it was merged in 1945 with its present department.
A native of Diriamba, Nicaragua, Rappaccioli went to school in Leon and Managua, Nicaragua, and joined the company in Managua as a traffic clerk. In addition to Managua and San Salvador, he has served also at San Lorenzo.
McKee was born in Cedarvale, Kansas, and attended school there and in Brownsville, where he was hired by PAA as a stockroom clerk.
All of Longoria’s time with PAA has been spent at Brownsville where he began with the company as a field maintenance man.
Others receiving service pins ir February included:
FIFTEEN YEARS
MIAMI—William L. Fernandez airport traffic; R. F. Knapp, maintenance; Frank J. Micka, Jr. maintenance, and Ruby K. Sher-ouse, communications.
BOGOTA — Theodore C. Peli-kan, traffic.
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TEN YEARS
MIAMI — Freddy G. Blanton; traffic; W. D. Halyburton, Andrev W. Hauser, Joseph M. Miller and Jesse D. Williams, all of maintenance.
BROWNSVILLE — Ralph D Beckman, maintenance, and Ed ward L. Sprague, operations.
SAN JOSE—Gorgonio A. Her rero, traffic.
SAN JUAN — Louis Kowalski operations.
GUATEMALA—Francisco Tara cena, operations.
FIVE YEARS
MIAMI—Anna D. Byrd, servicer of supply; Felicia A. Dziedzinski: communications; Rose N. Foster accounting; Ord P. Floyd, maintenance ; Stella V. Malcer, accounting; Earl R. Morrow, airport operations; Angie E. Pi’ice, airpori traffic; Frank A. Raulerson, traffic; Carl W. Sampson, maintenance; Mario A. Tarrida, main tenance, and Hubert A. Tullners Jr., airport traffic.
SAN JOSE—Guillermo E. Ban-uett, Roberto Brenes, Rodrigo Ca razo, Antonio Corrales, Ruber Herrera and Elias Robles, all oi communications.
GUATEMALA—Julio C. Giron Gregorio Rivera, Miguel River: and Jesus Tovar, all of operations.
MANAGUA — Miguel Blandon Pablo Chirip and Jose Rodriguez all of operations.
NASSAU—Fred Adderly, operations.
PORT AU PRINCE—Emmanue Cobey, operations.
Rappaccioli	Longoria
SAN JUAN—Anibal B. Lopez operations.
HOUSTON—Erwin A. Petrich. operations.
TEGUCIGALPA — Constanino Maradiaga, operations.
THREE YEARS
MIAMI — Ethel M. Coleman medical; Donald E. Douglas, airport traffic; Ollie L. Fountain, maintenance; Raymond Maseda, airport operations; L’Gene McGhee operations; John T. Palmer maintenance; Alfred M. Perron services of supply; Margaret Richardson, communications, and Leon A. Worth, maintenance.
SAN JUAN—Serveriano Cruz-Velazquez, traffic; Alan R. Don aldson, communications, and Santiago Silva-Rosa, traffic.
SAN SALVADOR — Rafael A. Batres, traffic.
HOUSTON—Henry J. Bednar-ski, traffic.
NASSAU—McKinley J. Brown operations.
GUATEMALA — Augusto C Carrera, traffic.
_ PANAMA CITY—Vielka E. De-guerra, traffic.
SAN JOSE—Mercedes Herrera traffic.
PORT OF SPAIN — Moteelal Maharaj, traffic,
Clipper Cargo Salesmen Meet In Curacao
Clipper cargo salesmen in the Caribbean area are shown here as they gathered in the offices of S. E. L. Maduro & Sons, PAA’s general agents, at Willemstad, Curacao, last month, for their first joint conference to discuss various phases of cargo activities. Left to right they are: Standing—Roy Adkins, special sales representative in Venezuela; Felipe Rodriguez, cargo sales representative at Caracas; Jack Ferret, traffic manager trainee in the Dominican Republic; Ben Atkins, cargo sales representative at Miami; Ernesto Bascuas, acting cargo superintendent for Cubana; Blake Agnew, station manager at Curacao; Charles Patton, cargo sales representative at San Juan; Jim Green, district traffic manager at Kingston; George Viera, cargo sales representative at Port of Spain, and George Lindh, cargo sales representative at Panama; seated—Joyce Jansen, secretary to Max Perrett. traffic manager for Maduro & Sons; Carl Anderson, of cargo sales at Miami; Perrett; John Cooper, cargo sales superintendent at Miami; Richard Henriquez, director of Maduro & Sons, and Roy Bressler, of the superintendent of schedules office at Miami.