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Staff and guests

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents

Bob Shrake (electrical contractor) and Homer McElroy (mechanical contractor) compare notes on their handiwork; E.C. "Chappie" Chapman, Vice President USCD, starts the tour with his "Total Service" packet in hand. To the left is Anna Neumiller and her father, Louis B. Neumiller, former chairman of the Board, Caterpillar; Jim McHenry (left) and Cecil Peterson, general agent, Union Central Life Insurance Company, discuss additional life insurance for Bill Martin; Skip Foley and Burt Burton reflect on the "wheat" Scuplture; Chuck Gahnstrom explains the Garden Court and Grandfather Clock to Jack McArthur; Barbara Brockman demonstrates while Bob Walden explains Mohawk EDP transmission to Harry Craig, attorney, and Herb Binger, First National Bank. Merle Honig provides back-up; Ava Bates conducts Bill Kiene, architect, and Harry Craig through the intricacies of multilith and addressograph; Jerry Pfeiffer relates the details of the Total Energy to the man who put it together! Homer McElroy and Wife. Jerry Swanson studies Martin's organization chart; Someone is going the wrong way in this overhead shot if (sic) the TE room; "Chappie" Chapman takes a searching look at one of the ways his product is used; Dick Rogenmoser "Rogie" can't be heard by the Caterpillar group above the "music" of those Cat Engines; Chuck Middendorf at his circle weld table answers to Helderle, Burton and a not-so-sure Bill Geissler; Ollie Helderle, Burt Burton and Vance Elder of McElroy, mechanical contractor, listen to Joe Bame's explanation of submerged arc welding; Bill Kiene, architect, Rogenmoser and Geissler pass in review; M.W. Watson, general contractor for building, Ted Wolfarth and Charlie Martin in MQR Shop. Watson built the plant at 3220 Topeka Boulevard and Concoria, too; Neal Harper discusses a Caterpillar cutaway with Don Kerschner and Tom Reneau of Cat; Mechanical and electrical contractors chat with Cliff Carlson; Helderle's explanation of the new Cat truck engine doesn't convince Burton of Cat or Riley Drum.

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