Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1962 Page: 3 of 4
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Baytown Briefs • June 29, 1962
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Note: The employee who
called the second time about get-
ting in the MBA is advised that
the first question was answered
in the June 15 issue of Briefs.
If you don't have a copy, please
call the Briefs office, Extension
2752, and one will be sent to
you.
Raymond L. Stevens, Pipe, is pictured receiving Turtle Club mementos
from W. H. (Mac) Fortney, M & C, in a recent ceremony.
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He was employed by Humble in
June, 1926, at Baytown Refinery
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tester. From July, 1933 through
February, 1945, he worked with
an affiliated company in Aruba.
He returned to Baytown Refinery
on March 1, 1945, to work in the
Inspection Laboratory. He was a
senior cargo inspector in that de-
partment at the time of his re-
tirement, November 1, 1960.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Beulah Norriss; a son,
Kerby Norriss, Jr.; two grand-
sons, Robert Wayne and James
Scott Norriss, all of Baytown.
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Q. I would like to know
how many hourly employees
there are at Baytown Refin-
ery and how many of them
have 20 years of Company
service or more?
A. As of January 1, 1962,
there were 2,856 hourly em-
ployees at the Baytown Refinery
(excluding R & D), and 975 of
them had 20 or more years of
service.
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2854 ANGELO, J. B.
2687 BENNETT, P. F.
3140 BRAMLETT, SAM
2030 BRNKA, B. R.
2341 BURNETT, JOE C.
2365 CHATFIELD, J. N.
3391 GARRISON, JAMES C.
2921 GASSENHEIMER, E. H.
2956 GORMAN, WM. A.
2359 HAYNES, L. G.
3382 KENDALL, FRANK H.
2359 LOWE, DUANE
2468 SCHOPPE, K. C.
2785 SPROW, FRANK
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Thomas Ford, Labor, is pictured (right) receiving his Turtle Club awards
from Ben S. Love, M & C.
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J. F. Shelby, Labor, received his Turtle Club awards from Harry F. Cox,
M & C, at a recent safety meeting.
Q. Do retired employees
get a discount on courtesy
card purchases? If so, why
don’t they take it out of the
check as they did before they
retired?
A. Annuitants continue to
receive the same discount privi-
leges as employees. It is imprac-
tical to collect annuitants’ bills
by deduction because their
checks are paid by insurance
carriers and through retirement
funds handled by Company
trustees.
Removal Of Depletion
Provision Would Cost
Motorists $1.5 Billion
Elimination of the oil deple-
tion provision of the present lax
structure would cost American
motorists $1.5 billion annually.
This was announced by Paul G.
Benedum, president of Plymouth
Oil Company, in a speech before
the Pittsburgh Petroleum Club,
according to the Oil Daily.
Benedum also stated that it
would force the motor freight in-
dustry to pay an extra $580 mil-
lion every year. The individual
car owner would pay an average
of $27 more per year, and a two-
car family would pay about $50
more every year. Bus operators
would pay an additional $285
for each vehicle in operation.
Every taxicab in the country
would pay an additional $145 a
year. Farmers would have to ab-
sorb another $280 million annual
on their trucks, tractors, and pas-
senger cars which use a total of
seven billion gallons of motor
fuels.
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Q. Regarding the answer
to the question on allowance
for dependents for those
who entered World War II
—I had 15 months’ service
when I went to the service in
1943 as an aviation cadet at
considerably less pay than I
was making with the Com-
pany. I was married al the
time; however, I did not re-
ceive any allowance for my
dependent. I was required to
resign, as were others, be-
cause I had not hired in
prior to September 16,1941.
* I was hired on December 9,
1941 and entered service
April 2, 1943. This resigna-
tion was later voided in a
" letter received from the
Humble Company, and I re-
turned to my job from mili-
tary leave without a break in
employment service. I fell at
that time, and still do, that
we who were required to re-
sign even though we had
more than one years’ serv-
ice should have been entitled
to allowances for dependents
as were others, especially in
view of the fact that the
resignation was later voided.
I would appreciate an opin-
ion.
A. Employees on the payroll
as of September 16, 1940, who
were employed lo fill permanent
assignments, were considered
permanent employees for pur-
poses of World War II military
policy. Employees hired after
that dale were considered tem-
porary employees under the mili-
tary policy and were considered
to have been employed lo replace
permanent employees in military
service or as a replacement for a
permanent employee who might
be called into military service.
Employees in the first group
with one or more years of serv-
ice who were drafted or called
to active duly in the armed
forces were granted Special Mili-
tary Leaves of Absence. If such
an employee had a qualified de-
pendent, he was eligible to apply
for payment for this dependent
while in miliary service. Em-
ployees in the second group were
not eligible to participate in this
plan. However, upon return from
military service, employees in
the second group were reinstated
to their former positions or
equivalent jobs with seniority re-
troactive to their original dale of
employment; and upon complet-
ing an additional year of continu-
ous service, the Company pur-
chased for these employees an
annuity equivalent to that which
they would have purchased had
they not left the Company for
military service.
Q. The east fence, abut-
ting Missouri Street, is rusty
and unsightly, and detracts
from the overall appearance
of the Refinery. Suggest that
consideration be given to
having this portion of the
fence regalvanized.
A. The fence has been in-
specled. and we agree with you
that it is unsightly. Presently we
are getting an estimate on re-
placement cost.
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Q. Referring to the June,
1962, Humble News, we
would like to know where
the waterfall, pictured on
page 12, can be found.
A. They are Yosemite Falls,
located in Yosemite National
Park in California.
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Three more Refinery men have
joined the ranks of the Turtle
Club. That means they averted
serious injuries to themselves by
wearing their safety hats at the
right time.
The Turtle Chib is a national
organization, sponsored by a
safety equipment manufacturer,
for people who prevent head in-
juries to themselves by wearing
safely hats. Each recipient re-
ceives a safety hat which contains
the Turtle Club insignia, a lapel
emblem, and a certificate.
The Refinery’s three newest
members of the club are Thomas
Ford and J. F. Shelby, both of
Labor, and Raymond L. Stevens,
Pipe.
While working at Hydro-
former No. 1 last March, Ford
escaped serious injury when a 2
by 10 scaffold board, eight feet
long, fell 12 feel and struck the
crown of his safely hat. The blow
made a four-inch dent in the hat,
but Ford escaped with a very
slight injury. Had he not been
wearing his safely hat, he would
probably have sustained serious
injuries.
Shelby escaped serious injury
while working at the Compound.
He was below a wooden walk-
way when a 2 by 12 board, 30
feel in length, fell and struck him
on his safely hat. Because his
head was well protected, he sus-
tained only minor injuries of the
face, scalp and left wrist.
Stevens was working on the
third floor of No. 1 Cal unit
when his safety hat prevented
him from being injured seri-
ously. He was holding a back-up
wrench on an overhead flange
when a piece of 1-inch steel,
four inches wide by 19 inches
long, fell on him. The metal fell
approximately 15 feel, striking
the wrench he was working with,
glancing off and hitting the front
of his safety hat. Because of his
hard-crowned hat, he sustained
only minor injuries.
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Q. How come the Humble
Company won’t let their em-
ployees save their vacation
over from one year to the
next? Thank you.
A. Vacations are granted so
that employees will have a pe-
riod of time each year for rest
and relaxation. Deferring vaca-
tions would defeat this purpose,
so the general policy does not
provide for carrying vacation
A time over from one year to the
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