Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 01, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1953 Page: 3 of 4
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EMPLOYMENTS
Lampe, Frederick W.—Res. & Dev.
Zlomke, Vaudine S.—Safety
TRANSFERS
Brett, Thomas J.—Pumping & Gauging
to Compound
Montgomery, J. I.—SR-43 to Engineer-
ing
Wallingford, A. M.—Pro. Ext. Bd. to
Treaters
Wieser, Harold L.—Labor to SR-43
RETIREMENTS
Sears, Walter C.—Acid Plant
in the various crafts are working
on the conversion. With the ex-
ception of emergencies, no other
units in the Refinery will be
brought down for repairs during
this five-week period.
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covered some interesting facts.
WHAT IS believed to be the
first official Bay town Refinery
payroll is dated May 15, 1919.
There were 206 names on the roll.
This was in the days when the Re-
finery was just a big lent city and
employees were carried under
such titles as tent makers, butcher
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1919, it went on a weekly basis
where it stayed until April, 1922,
when it went back to semi-
monthly. It was in January, 1949,
that our present two-week system
was originated.
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" cleaners, and powder monks (who
handled the dynamite used to
i hlow up tree stumps to clear sites
WORK STARTED LAST Monday to quickly convert Crack-
ing Coil Units 19 and 20, above, to hydrofining service. This
is a rush job that will be completed in about five weeks.
_ Nearly all available employees
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The new Atlas “Made for
Texas” battery is now available
under the Humble sign, the Sales
department has announced.
The new battery features
"Perma-ful Protection” from hot
Texas weather by keeping more
than twice as much waler above
the plates as usual. New “1250
Electrolyte” and “Arsenical
Grids” reduce self-discharge in all
weather and reduce corrosion.
Other improvements include
"microplastic separators” to give
protection against overcharging;
stronger hard rubber case;
molded-in lead terminals to pre-
vent seepage of acid; and rugged
cell connectors to stand heaviest
winter starting loads.
The Perma-ful battery is the
only medium priced battery in
the field with a long list of im-
provements designed for this
climate.
where many of the Refinery units
are now located).
RATES OF pay ranged from
around 30 cents an hour to a high
of about S1.00, and nearly every-
one on the payroll worked at least
ten hours a day. The records show
that by July, 1919, the total semi-
monthly payroll was nearly $29,-
000. By the end of December 31,
1921. it reached nearly S73.000, a
“fur piece” from our present pay-
roll.
The more-than-double increase
during this two-year period was
brought about by the addition
of new units as the Refinery
started to grow. For instance, the
records show that the first Process
department payroll was made up
on May 15, 1920, with a total of
$463.52 paid out in wages. By
November 30, 1920, more units
were going into operation and the
Process payroll jumped to $4,-
335.69, and then on to S15,999.06
by December 31, 1921.
THOMAS POINTS out that
the first pay roll records were en-
tirely in longhand. It wasn l long,
however, before the employee’s
name and rate were typed on the
sheets, but his hours of work were
still kept in pencil or ink for sev-
eral years to come.
The Refinery payroll started out
on a semi-monthly basis. In July,
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LEDGERS ALL OVER THE PLACE, w. J. Wells, chief timekeeper,
points out some interesting payroll facts to Mrs. Patty Frederick and
Mrs. Dean Robertson, right. Wells started making up payrolls back
in early 1920 when they were written out in longhand.
checks on time.
BUT SPEED wasn’t always of
the essence, and the Refinery pay-
roll hasn’t always been figured by
machine, as a look into early-day
payroll ledgers will show.
i ( The ledgers, nearly two dozen
I I 1 [ of them, were taken out of storage
by W. A. Thomas, chief job
analyst in the Employee Relations
'| IOffice, in order to recap payroll
U i figures from the first payroll to
the present. And in doing the job,
r - Thomas and Mrs. Patty Frederick,
I | kb stenographer, and Mrs. Dean
— - Robertson, clerk-typist, have un-
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Jal the Refinery that print pay-
roll checks with the em-
ployee’s name and make all
I p deductions in one automatic op-
J • eration. Such speed is necessary
if the large number of employees
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SERVICE EMBLEMS
Thirty Years
Carnes, Nugent O.—Boilermakers
Craig, Robert L.—Accounting
Kubica, Joe A.—Tool & Equipment
Martin, Dave, Jr.—Lead Burners
Ten Years
Blackmon, Jack—Pipe
Holland, Marshall—SR-43
Rogers, Riley—Welding
Sivek, John D.—Boilermakers
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 01, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1953, newspaper, August 28, 1953; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417415/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.