The Humble Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 08, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1954 Page: 3 of 20
twenty pages : ill. ; page 11 x 8 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this periodical.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
-85
Vol. XX
AUGUST, 1954
No. 8
IN THIS ISSUE
4
THE FRONT COVER
)
\
l i
3 ,
1
Vice President in Charge of Refining and Sales
[3]
A
y
6-7
8
10
12
13
19
A New Pipe Still To Boil the Oil
Promotions and Training Assignments
Announced ...............
It Pays to Share Ideas..........
Timepieces for Old-Timers.......
Of Interest to the Ladies ........
All the Buzz from Baytown ......
Bee Lines.........
ya
xue
I
' I
1
)
Photo credits: Front cover by Tito Zamora,
inside front by Russell Bailey, plant photog-
raphers: back cover art ivork by Artist John
Martin.
" I
g
A '
■
k
Me
2s. I
READING THE GLAD NEWS of Coin-
Your-Idea winners are Mr. and Mrs. Carl
W. Collins and son, Bobo, who seems
equally interested. Collins, MEK unit, is
one of the several Humble refinery men
who received supplemental awards for
practical suggestions. (See page 8).
“--
FINAL ADJUSTMENTS are made by Pipefitters E. A.
(Shorty) Masters, Wilburn Kelly, A. R. Barrow, and R. C.
Dowdy on pump at No. 6 pipe still when this new unit
went into operation recently. (For more details see page 4.)
ad
Published monthly by Humble Oil & Refining
Company in the interest of all employees of the
refining department. Permission must be secured
before any article contained herein is reproduced
in whole or in part. Contributions of articles and
photographs are invited. G. A. Mabry’, Editor;
Norman D'Olive, Associate Editor; O. B. Lee,
Editorial Assistant. Post Office Box 2180, Hous-
ton, Texas, U. S. A.
1 0
7,
Faith/ Hope and Confidence
What is the future of America? Over the last 50
years, our country has made tremendous strides in al-
most every field. Can we look forward to a continuation
of this progress in the coming decades?
A national advertising committee recently delved
into these questions and came up with the conclusion
that current developments in American life justify a
large measure of faith, hope and confidence in the
future.
Here are some of the facts behind the committee’s
reasoning:
Item: Our population is growing at a fast pace. Some
four million births were recorded last year—the great-
est number in our history. Each month the stork is
adding to our population the numerical equivalent of a
Birmingham, Alabama.
Item: Americans are living longer. By 1960, say the
actuaries, over 15 million of us will have passed the
65-year mark. That’s more people than all the popula-
tion of Canada. And our older people now have a
wider range of interests, they travel more, and they are
better off financially.
Item: There are more jobs today—62-million-plus
as of June, which is 40 per cent more than in 1939.
People are earning more, loo.
Item: Mechanical power is handling 95 per cent of
our work load. On our farms, output per manhour has
increased 52 per cent in the last 14 years. More
mechanization, more efficiency and better methods are
also helping bolster the productivity of industry.
The petroleum industry, of course, has played—and
will continue to play—an important role in the con-
tinuing growth of America. Today, oil and gas furnished
almost two-thirds of our nation’s energy requirements.
For our industry, therefore, as well as for the entire
country, the outlook seems to be one which warrants
nothing but faith, hope and confidence in the future.
LE<gccC/-eC
Affiliated with
Society of Associated | l r I El
Industrial Editors—In- UtSE5
ternational Council
of Industrial Editors.
The (humble) Bee
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Periodical.
Mabry, G. A. The Humble Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 08, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1954, periodical, August 1, 1954; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1482283/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.