Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 04, No. 06, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1956 Page: 3 of 6
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'Big Money' Rolls In For Hundreds As
A& T Statements, CYI Awards Arrive
This week was "big having been in use for a year
money” week for hundreds of qualified these men for the sup-
employees in the Refinery. On plemental awards.
Monday, the annual Annuity Initial awards of $100 or more
and Thrift statements were re- went to the following: G. T.
ceived along with withdrawal Arnold and James R. Wood,
applications which were amply Labor; G. W. Middleton and J. E.
used. as indicated by the bulging Kelly, Reclamation; R. D. Kil-
mailbag sent to the Houston Of- ough. Tool & Equipment; D. T.
fice al ihe end of the day. Then Mayfield. P&G; Gip A. Hudson
on Tuesday, 74 Coin-Your-Idea (two awards for $200 each); A.
checks ranging from $10 to $200 P. Daniels, and E. H. Petersen,
were presented to employees as Utilities; Kirby H. Carroll and
initial awards for suggestions M. C. Francis, Cracking Coils,
adopted during the fourth quar- Chris Fay, J. J. Nunan, and
ter of 1955. Also, seven employ- Charles D. Oliver, Light Ends,
ees received supplemental award and Arrell C. Smith, Light Oil
checks ranging from $45 to $125. Treaters.
Supplemental award win- In addition to the two initial
ners, and their awards, are: Joe awards presented to Hudson,
E. Matthews. Instrument, $45; others who received two or more
Earl S. Greer, Machinist. $100: initial awards that ranged
James P. Avera. Treating, $45; from $10 to $200 for more
John Gregersen, Machinist, $55; than one idea are J. K. May,
Ray Myers, Machinist, $60; and RHB; R. J. Idoux, Light Hydro-
Terrance W. Wilks and William carbon Laboratory; Kirby H.
D. Whined, Treating, who co- Carroll, and L. H. Furen, Crack-
authored one idea, $125 apiece, ing Coils; E. E. McKalip and
Each of these ideas won initial A. H. Ponder, Light Ends; and
award checks for their authors in C. P. Burnell and B. D. Vickrey,
the fourth quarter of 1954, and Deasphalting.
Van Meldert, holding the first CEDAR BAYOU WEEKLY, stands
in front of a picture of Sam Houston painted by his talented father.
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The earliest recorded effort friends who sent their news items .
to inform the public of cur- in by mail. “Some of the news (r
H i rent events by the publication was a little old.by the time 801 S
Fo of a newspaper 'was started a m he paper, says Lome but "
about 2000 years ago. However. people lived so far apart and t
it was only a little over 40 years travelled yery little in those day •
ago that East Harris County go news i them „ One subject that g
its first newspaper when -quis they were all interested in at that HU-g.
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- 1 known veteran of the Dock e in the drilling of some oil wells. Eej
I. J partment. decided to enter die The Goose Creek oil field was just Sh
field of journalism. He bought
a press and case of type that startin8 .if
: had been used to print the After about four months ol
j church bulletin for the Cedar writing. setting type and running
Bayou Methodist Church. He the press, Louie decided that pub-
i had never set type or run a lishing a newspaper was all work . .
printing press before, but on and very little money. His sub- Old Flash Coil No. 2 Gives Way To Progress
- September 171915pthafrs scription rates were only fifty One of the oldest landmarks in
edition of THE CEDAR BAYUU cents a year and there was no r . . ,
q I WEEKLY rolled off the press and demand for advertising, so he theRefnervwasheingctordown
' ’ wasdistributedto 250 subscribers added another “first” to the field t^edao^
in t e Cedar Bazouse between of journalism in this area. He be- No. 2 was nearly 50% dismantled
This included all ‘he area between came the first ex-publisher—"and the latter part of this week when
J Bahedidmi even exist at that I’m going to remain that way, too, the picture was taken. The Flash
even after I retire in June, says Coil, erected in 1930, worked in
"Reporting was done by Louie. conjunction with Old Battery I
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 04, No. 06, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1956, newspaper, February 10, 1956; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417542/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.