lAA HIRES NEW 

 SAFETY DIRECTOR 



LOCKER SERVICE EXPANSION HALTED 



Walter Whitlock 



Walter W. Whitlock, 27, Mt. 

 Vernon, recently discharged from the 



Navy, has been 



hired as director of 

 safety for the lUi- 

 n o i s Agricultural 

 Association. H e 

 was scheduled t o 

 start work June 17. 

 A native of Jef- 

 ferson county, the 

 new safety director 

 is the son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Walter P. 

 Whitlock of Mt. 

 Vernon. 



With the exception of time spent in 

 the Navy, Whitlock for several years 

 was connected with a large insurance 

 company as inspector and claims di- 

 rector. 



Whitlock first entered the Navy as 

 an enlisted man in the Seabees and 

 worked on various projects in this 

 country and Hawaii. Later he worked 

 with the Navy medical corps in epi- 

 demiology, mosquito control, and gen- 

 eral prevention of disease. He served 

 in this capacity at several advance bases 

 in the Pacific area. He was commis- 

 sioned from the field on Tinian Island 

 and returned to the United States for 

 line training, later serving as officer on 

 U. S. S. LST 636 in the Pacific area, 

 operating in New Guinea, Dutch East 

 Indies, Philippines, China and Japan. 

 Whitlock recently completed several 

 months' duty in connection with repa- 

 triation of Japanese and Chinese in 

 North China and Japan areas. 



Whitlock was graduated from Mt. 

 Vernon high school and completed 

 majors in both chemistry and education 

 at Southern Illinois Normal University 

 in Carbondale. 



While attending college, Whitlock 

 had safety education in University high 

 school practice classes for undergrad- 

 uate teachers. Later he was adult ed- 

 ucation supervisor for a government 

 educational project in several Southern 

 Illinois counties. While serving in the 

 latter capacity, Whitlock organized and 

 directed safety education programs in 

 several towns including Murphysboro, 

 Carbondale and in several CCC camps 

 of the area. 



Whitlock is married and has two 

 children. His wife is the former Lois 

 L. Williams of Mt. Vernon. 



CONSTRUCTION work estimated at 

 more than a half million dollars is 

 being held up on Illinois Cooperative 

 Locker Service plants due to rejections 

 of applications by the Civilian Production 

 Administration. 



Nine other Cooperative Locker Service 

 plants now under construction or in the 

 last stages of completion involve a total 

 expenditure of $372,000. 



Eight more plants in various stages of 

 pre-construction planning and which 

 have been authorized by local boards, 

 will cost an additional quarter million 

 dollars when completed. 



Applications rejected include slaughter- 

 processing plant at Joliet, Will county, 

 locker slaughter plant at Red Bud, Ran- 

 dolph county; locker plant at Mattoon, 

 Coles county ; locker plant at Palmyra, Ma- 

 coupin county; locker plant addition and 

 central processing plant at Golden, Adams 

 county; locker plant at Anna, Union 

 county, and locker plant at Orion, Henry 

 county; slaughter and locker plant at 

 Dongola, Union county. 



Plants now under construction or near- 

 ing completion include the locker plant 

 at Chapin, Morgan county, in the process 

 of construction following a fire; enlarge- 

 ment of the locker plant at Cambridge, 



Henry county; a slaughter plant at Paris, 

 Edgar county. 



Locker plant completed at Cobden, 

 Union county; slaughter plant at Shelby- 

 vilie, Shelby county; a fruit storage build- 

 ing being built by the Illinois Fruit Grow- 

 ers Exchange at Carbondale, Jackson coun- 

 ty; additional lockers to the locker plant 

 at Carbondale; a slaughter plant at Car- 

 bondale, and locker plant at Sidney, 

 Champaign county (building completed). 



Other plants being planned and which 

 have the approval of their local boards 

 include locker buildings at Pinckneyville, 

 Perry county; at Marion and Johnston 

 City, Williamson county; locker plant 

 expansion at Moweaqua, Shelby county; 

 locker expansion and processing plant at 

 Macon, Macon county; slaughter plant at 

 Charleston, Coles county ; and locker plant 

 expansion at Mounds, Pulaski county. 



Plants being considered but which have 

 received no final official endorsement as 

 yet include a locker plant at Ursa, Adams 

 county; locker plant at Elizabeth, Jo 

 Daviess county; slaughter plant at Henry, 

 Marshall-Putnam counties; slaughter plant 

 at Champaign, Champaign county; locker 

 plant at Golconda, Pope county ; slaughter 

 processing plant somewhere in Whiteside 

 county; slaughter processing plant at 

 Ottawa, La Salle county, and a rendering 

 plant at Cirbondale, Jackson county. 



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Hew many 



lUNE. 1946 



