Trout Fishing Trip
 On
March 16, 2000, two distributors representing each of the four
regions arrived at Hytrol. A sales meeting was held and Bill
Hawthorne, Vice-President of Marketing, recognized each
distributor and Hytrol representative for their hard work and
commended them for their achievements in 1999.
Those Hytrol distributors
involved in the fishing trip were: Stan Witt, Hoj Engineering
& Sales, Salt Lake City, Utah; Frank Tregan, WEPCO, Inc.,
Pittstown Township, Pennsylvania; Bob Frost, Cross Brothers,
Rochester, New York; Mike Thorpe,  Material
Handling Equipment Co., Denver, Colorado; Scott Hovis, Advanced
Equipment Company, Charlotte, North Carolina; John McDonald,
Riekes Material Handling, Des Moines, Iowa; and Bob Munroe, W.
W. Munroe Equipment Co., St. Louis, Missouri. Those from Hytrol
who took part in the expedition were Mack Palmer, Carroll Wade,
Greg Newsom, Donnie Davis, Shannon Davis, James Poe, Graham
Starling, and Keith Britton.
The group left Jonesboro at 7:00
a.m. the following morning for Gaston’s Fishing Resort in
Mountain Home, Arkansas. Following a quick lunch, the group was
paired up, two to a boat  accompanied
by a guide and began a half-day fishing trip. Despite drizzling
rain, the group managed to catch approximately 40 fish before
the day was over.
The following morning, the group
awoke to temperatures in the lower thirties and a strong
possibility of rain. The day was scheduled as a 14 mile all-day
float trip. Again, the group paired up and joined a guide. Many
groups had their limit of six trout within the first hour of
fishing.
By the day’s end, the guides
estimated that as a whole, the group had landed around 350 fish.
That tended to make the cool day a little warmer!
Despite weather more suitable for
an Arkansas Duck Hunt, the Trout Trip was a success! Those of
you who missed it, missed a wonderful time!
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Conveyor
School Number 140 was conducted at Hytrol International Headquarters
in Jonesboro, Arkansas, from February 28 through March 2, 2000. This
"basic" school gave students an introduction to Hytrol’s
product line, pricing, and the conveyor business in general. Students
were instructed by members of the Hytrol Family and were also afforded
tours of the plant and the Jonesboro Stockyard.
