Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1958 Page: 5 of 8
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LARGE CYCLONES ARRIVE
The largest cyclones in the Refinery arrived by flat car from
St. Louis last week for installation in No. 2 Cat Unit when it comes
down for turnaround in November. The cyclones, shown above with
No. 2 Cat in the background, are in two stages and will weigh
about 32,000 pounds apiece when completely assembled. They will
replace cyclones that have been operating in the unit for an average
of eight years. Their function is to separate catalyst from gases.
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Laughlin Is Division
Winner In Roadeo
W. T. Laughlin, driver of a
bobtail truck at the Baytown
Bulk Station won the division
championship in the Southeast
Division truck roadeo last Thurs-
day at the Houston Bulk Ter-
minal. The roadeo is sponsored
annually by Humble for its driv-
ers to make them more conscious
of good driving techniques, to
promote safe-driving, and to give
its drivers a competitive spirit
Seven veteran Refinery men
were honored at watch presenta-
tion ceremonies held late in
April at the Community Build-
ing.
Receiving watches of their own
choosing, in addition to Humble
lapel emblems containing two
diamonds, were J. C. Alspaugh,
Butadiene; B. O. Blanton, Pump-
ing and Gauging; J. J. Casey,
Butyl; A. W. Shaw, Contact
Lube; S. S. Walker, Solvents; J.
L. Williams, No. 1 Cat; and T.
A. Young, Lube Hydrofining.
Plants Manager Gordon L.
Famed presided at the ceremo-
nies, presenting the Company
gifts to each man as he gave
highlights of the honoree’s 30-
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Humble BEE Suspends Publication
BRIEFS Enlarged For More News;
Will Still Come Out Every Week
Since publication of the HUMBLE BEE was suspended
with the May issue, BAYTOWN BRIEFS will make every
effort to bring to employees most of the material of inter-
est which has been appearing in the monthly magazine.
Most employees probably observed that the last two issues
of BRIEFS contained six pages rather than the usual four.
This week, the editors have prepared eight pages of news
and pictures with emphasis on Humble Day pictures. Thus
has been set a pattern for future issues of the paper. Nor-
mal weekly issues generally will carry six pages of mate-
rial; when special events justify it the paper will be
enlarged to eight pages.
BEE Editor Norman D’Olive will continue to handle
community relations assignments, to which he has been
devoting much of his time even while the HUMBLE BEE
was published. Mrs. Charlene Eastwood will be associated
with him in that work. O. B. Lee of the BEE staff has
moved over to BAYTOWN BRIEFS and will write special
articles and news items for the weekly paper as he did
for the BEE.
year career
with Humble.
Following the
presentations,
refreshments
were served to
the new T-men,
their families
and other
guests.
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Group Life Insurance Rate
Will Be Increased Slightly
On January 1, 1956, several changes were made in the Group Life Insurance Plan. The
maximum coverage was increased from $20,000 to .$40,000, and the earnings schedule on
which the amount of insurance employees can carry is based, was changed to permit in-
creases in insurance each time an employee’s annual earnings increased $500 instead of
$1,000 as before. Up to that time the Company had been contributing toward the cost of
annuitant insurance only. Beginning in 1956, the Company agreed to contribute $50,000
annually to the overall plan until an increase in employee premium rate was indicated at
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BIG "LOG ROLLING" AT DOCKS
It looked like an old time log rolling down around the Docks this week as dredge em-
ployees connected up pipes in preparation for a dredging operation that will dig a channel
within a channel. The new cut will be made across the Houston Ship Channel so the 30-inch
natural gas line that is being installed as part of Humble’s transmission system can be laid
well below the bottom of the ship channel.
Disposition of mud and silt removed in the dredging operation will be made in two
places as pipes going both right and left in the picture point out. The pipe going out of
the picture on the left has been connected all the way from this point just north of Dock
No. 4 to Blackwell Peninsula. The silt will be pumped through it. When clay is reached in
the dredging operation, it will be pumped through the other line and deposited in an area
just below the old golf course. Big valves installed in the lines will control direction of
the flow.
that promotes pride in their
ability and job.
Laughlin, who also won the
championship last year, com-
peted against drivers from Hous-
ton, Galveston, Alvin and Tom-
ball. He goes to Galveston Mu-
nicipal Airport next Sunday to
compete against first place win-
ners in other districts of the
Southeast Texas division, and
for a crack at the state title.
Another Bay town driver, H.
T. Isom, took second and third
place in the semi-trailer division
of the contest last Thursday.
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nual contribution would be in-
creased to $150,000.
Since these revisions consti-
tuted basic changes in the plan,
some of the regular restrictions
with regard to eligibility were
removed for a limited period of
time. As a result, many em-
ployees who would otherwise not
have been eligible were able to
either begin participation or in-
crease the amounts of their in-
surance.
Because of good experience,
a surplus had been building up
A in the reserve fund under our
- policy, and by 1956 it had be-
come considerably larger than
was considered necessary. Coin-
cident with the other changes,
the employee premium rate was
reduced from 55c to 45c a
thousand on January 1, 1956.
Employees were told that this
low rate would continue for a
limited time only. It was ex-
plained that the 45c rate, even
with the $50,000 annual contrib-
ution by the Company, was not
sufficient to pay the actual cost
of the coverage. The additional
-cost-would-be -made up out -of
the reserve fund, thereby reduc-
ing the fund over a period of
time and giving employee par-
ticipants the advantage of the
lower premium rate until the
fund was reduced to a practical
working level.
The Aetna Life Insurance
Company estimates that this fund
will be down to approximately
$250,000 to $300,000 around
October 1, 1958, and that an in-
| crease in premium will be neces-
sary to put the plan on a self-
sustaining basis. As provided in
1956, the Company will increase
its annual contribution from
$50,000 to $150,000 during the
policy year when the employee
premium is increased. It is esti-
mated that an increase of 15c
a thousand in employee premium
rate, from 45c to 60c a thousand,
will be adequate to take care of
current needs. There will be no
change in the annuitant pre-
mium rate at the present time.
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1958, newspaper, May 23, 1958; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417659/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.