Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 05, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1928 Page: 2 of 4
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Tuesday, February 7th 1928
Page Two
HUMBLE BEE
Humble Bee
“Too late" he said " your. mother
in one month, and , the sie numher
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its employees....
R. B. ROAPER
.Editor-in-Chief
G. A. MABRY______Managing Editor
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Baytown Badinage
cordial?” .
A colored man was. asked why he
He ex-
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smashed, or a piece of rust in your ing."
that make up the minor accident list.
'They giggled when I sat down at
the lessons I learned from the Sre
come back.” .
Shakespeare mentioned “There is the
rub.” Ninety per cent of minor acci-
right on that score. When you get hurt
hustle down to tile hospital as quick-
rather throw that much in the bay
every month than spend it-dressing
injuries. PROVIDED THERE WERE
Fire Correspondence
laughed right oub.loud.
Chauffeurs by their first names„What
is your last name?” ,.
Clarence: ‘“Darling’, Madam.”-,,
BY COREY
WELL! WELL!
Little Wille tired of play,
When we speak of accidents we us
ually mean lost time accidents, am
when we speak or write of safety we
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i- NO INJURIES TO DRESS. And as
for instance, arid January by'the way
was an exceptionally good month from
the standpoint of minor accidents, dur-
ing this month three hundred thirty-
eight accidents occurred, and these
three hundred thirty-eight men had
to be cared for- one thousand thirty-
three times. Could it be possible that
the number of minor accidents could
be reduced? Certainly it would be
worth while from several viewpoints
to have less of them... We shouldn’t
think many of you would enjoy hav-
ing your shins barked or your finger
So from your own viewpoint, it would
sure be worthwhile to cut them out.
Then look at it a minute from the
Wonder if you ever stopped to think
how many accidents are treated at the
ing against lot time accidents. The
figures released periodically by the
Safety Department showing the status
of the different departments refer, of
course, to lost time accidents.
But there is another type of acci-
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Published Semi-monthly by the
Humble Oil & Refining Company for
eye or any one of a hundred things * *
j A news item says the average bird
“Do. you know how to make a peach
. M, B.: “Mister, .you ain'tcomin,)
back.”
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aid station tied up one thousand thirty-
three sore fingers in January. One
thousand thirty three round trips from
plained-: "Mah wife am. named Dinah;
en mah name’s Mose, and electricity,
am what it is what comes from.Dyna-
mos.”
company’s viewpoint. This company the piano, but when I began to play
is in the oil business, and yet it’s first the lessons I learned from the Sre
“Sure. Send her a box f.candy".
would say that 100 per cent of all ac-
cidents could be prevented, and he’s
not so far off at that) But about the
minor accidents there is no doubt.
Nearly every one'is due to down right
carelessness—or to be still more ex-
plicit—due to having your mind some
grandmother last
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Pushed Sister in the well one day
Said Mother as she drew the water
"It'u awful hard to raise a daugh- named, his child Electricity,
ter.”
company like ours, but it’s utterly
wasted. The Company would . much
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of dressings. All that costs money.
• Sure it's not much money for aJmg
She? "Drive on, Clarence.”
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right..
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M. B.r “Ail right.
School,-, they five.”, . . .
iy as you ca."Fhe pein in this story
hospital each month? Take January is qon» pat hurt 4 , ,
get hurt. The motorist will iird that he can
do almost anything with the pedes-
trian if he will just apprqach him
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“I’m not going to step out with
Hazel any more.”
“Why not?” - - -
“She didn’t invite me to her wcdd-
P. O.: “Oh, PH pay you when wn.:L
far has got the idea from this editorial
that it is directed against getting hos- , x
.. 1 ,, a. .. , ... am pot, accustomed to . calling
pital attention for every injury no I — 6
matter how slight, please let’s get
„ . Marriage is the public' apology for.
all parts of the yard to the hospital Love..........
dent that merits some consideation. where other than on the wrench you
went home to
night.”
“Have you. ever ridden in an air.
plane ?”
“No, I’m afraid of Air plane pois-
in.” < Ji i- :
“What’s that?” -
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“One drop and you’re dead.”
That is the minor accident. To be sure
nearly all minor accidents would rapid-
ly develop into major, accidents if they
did not receive the proper treatment;
therefore the hospital and first aid
room. And there we come to the idea
of this editorial.
Give ma :dhes
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usually have in mind the safeguard- dents could be prevented. (My boss
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As the Scotchman said, “I’d give a
thousand dollars to be one of1 those
miHionaires."
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Sunday School Supt.: “Give me a.
quotation from the Bible.”
.Jimmie: “Judas went out and
hanged himself.”
SSS: “Now give another.”
Jimmie: “Go thou and do likewise.”
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No Rastus, it might not kill yo
when ah hit yo, but yo goin to sta’ve
to death befo yo stop bouncin’.”
are pulling, or whatever else you are
doing. And that can sure be corrected
if you try. And it ought to be worth
while trying.
If any reader who has gotten this
Husband: (coming home late}"Can‛t n
guess where I’ve been?” ..0:
Wife: “I can, but go on and tell "
your story.” , .- . ; / > -
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Prohibition Officer: ’ "Sonny doya
want to; make five dollars ?2 ,
Mountain Boy: “Shore, how?”
P. O.: “KI give-you five? to take 1:
me up this creek to the whiskey still.” ..sr
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She, to Chauffeur,:: “Clarence, I
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travels between 18 and 37 miles per
hour. Guess they never timed these
Baytown birds.
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Roaper, R. B. & Mabry, G. A. Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 05, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1928, newspaper, February 7, 1928; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1481844/m1/2/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Oil+and+Gas+-+Refineries%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.