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Baytown Briefs • June 3, 1960
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Refinery Sons, Daughters
Get Scholarships, Awards
Seek Opportunity, Not Security
President Davis Tells Graduates
SPCE Makes Civic, Professional
Awards To Boyd Hill, Ewell Clarke
. . Freedom is at the very
of opportunity—and as free-
Safety Topics Approved
For Remainder Of Year
Members of the Refinery divi-
sion head safety meeting recently
approved safely topics which will
be highlighted each month for
the remainder of 1960 as follows:
July—Plant Traffic
August—Material Handling
September—Eye Protection
October—Fire Protection
November—Personal Protec-
tive Equipment
December—First Aid
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Baytown Kiwanis Club—Vir-
gil Tiemann, son of L. L. Tie-
mann. Welding, $300.
Baytown Rotary Club—Peggy
Johnson, daughter of R. R.
Johnson, Instrument, S250.
Jaycee-Elle Scholarship to Lee
College—Cynthia Boudloche,
daughter of J. P. Boudloche, in-
strument, §150.
Sociedad Mulualisla Miguel
Hidalgo—Mary Guerra, daugh-
ter of A. Guerra, Brickmason,
S100.
Mae Jarrell Memorial Scholar-
ship—Marcia Beaugh, daugh-
ter of J. B. Beaugh, R & D, S100.
R. B. Sparks Memorial—Lyn-
ette Bishop, daughter of M. L.
Bishop, Service Lab, S150.
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pation and offices held in church,
scouts, charity drives, YMCA,
Jaycecs and various other civic
organizations, and for positions
held in connection with local,
county, or state government or
political organizations.
Clarke received the Profes-
sional Progress award which is
given for participation and
offices held in professional and
technical societies; general pro-
fessional contributions such as
career guidance, talks, teaching
technical courses; and for articles
published and patents received.
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Baytown Humble Club
DANCE
at Sylvan Beach Pavilion
TONIGHT
8 - 12 p.m.
Bob Smith & his Orchestra
Members, $2 per couple
Guests, $4
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They're College Grads
“Let’s see now—we surely ought to know how to use these pencils
by now,” J. W. Thomas, G. B. Partain, and Bobby Lintelman, are say-
ing. In addition to the figuring they do on their jobs at the Refinery,
they have had lots of pencil work to do in their studies at the University
of Houston and Lee College for the past several years. They can now
take a rest from college work for awhile, however, as all three were
awarded Bachelor of Business Administration degrees from the U of H
last Saturday night.
The three not only plan to rest from studies; they also plan to catch
up on their sleep. All of their college studies, which have required about
six years for each man, has been at night.
Thomas is in Storehouse Accounting, Partain is in M & C Planning,
and Lintelman is in the data processing section of Accounting.
Baytown Refinery is represented at some college or university every
year by employees who want to add to their education to improve
themselves for their jobs, for future advancement, or because of their
desire to have a more complete education.
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SPCE President H. E. von Rosenberg, left, is shown congratulating
Boyd Hill and Ewell Clarke, Jr., right, upon being named to receive
civic and professional progress awards of engraved desk-pen sets.
Morgan J. Davis, Humble pres-
ident, urged the graduating class
of Midwestern University last
Friday night to face the chal-
lenges of the 1960s by rising
above mediocrity and seeking op-
portunity rather than security.
“There is no such thing as
absolute security; it is rather an
elusive thing at best," Mr. Davis
told the graduates. The nearest
thing to security, he said, is pro-
duced by opportunity—opportu-
nity unfettered and uncontrolled.
“Unfortunately, the natural
connection between opportunity
and security seems to have been
thrown out of gear in recent dec-
ades. Instead of seeking to pro-
vide opportunity for all, we have
tried to legislate its end product
—security—into existence as if
this might be done by some sort
of magic in which sweat, ambi-
tion and ability can be dispensed
with,” he asserted.
administrative and safely.
For the Houston terminal
James H. Gifford was elected
recording secretary and Wayland
S. Boles was voted trustee No. 6.
Three Lies will be decided in
a runoff election. They are be-
tween R. L. McKnight and James
S. Powell for representative at
large; W. A. Marshall and Man-
uel Mock for representative for
fuel oil, and M. W. Young and
Arnold L. Ewart for representa-
tive for special products.
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dom is retricted so is opportu-
nity. Almost as bad, with every
step down the road, our individ-
ual incentives or desires to seize
and use opportunity seem to die
a bit.”
Mr. Davis said that over the
years the encroachment of a con-
cept that “the government will
care for us” has taken its
loll of our ambition and personal
liberties.
“You have grown up in an
era,” he said, “during which it
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$200 Field-Franklin_
Scholarship Awarded
Among the awards presented
to high school graduates last
Friday night was the Field-
Franklin scholarship of $200
which went to Billy Wayne
Nance, son of Mrs. Alvic Nance,
1520 Cedar Bayou Road.
This scholarship was set up
late in 1957 by Frank H. Field,
Humble research specialist, and
Dr. J. L. Franklin, research as-
sociate, both in R & D. These
two men wrote a book on
“Electron Impact Phenomena”
which was selected by publish-
ers in New York to be the first
in a series of monographs under
the general title, “Pure and Ap-
plied Physics.”
At the time it was published,
Field and Franklin declared
that all royalties from sales be
put in a trust fund to finance
scholarships for science students.
Of the 516 seniors who gradu-
ated in Baytown lasl Friday
night, a number of sons and
daughters of Refinery employees
received special awards and hon-
ors for outstanding work during
the school year. In fact, the high-
est honor at Robert E. Lee went
to Mary Lee, daughter of P. A.
Lee, Technical. She was named
valedictorian.
Also, as a result of her out-
standing scholastic record, Mary
was awarded the Balfour plaque
“for loyalty, scholarship and
achievement”; the Daughters of
the American Revolution good
citizenship award; a S250 schol-
arship from the Baytown Lions
Club and a year’s subscription
to Reader’s Digest. She has also
received scholarships entitling
her to attend Lee College or any
state supported school or church
related school.
Other Refinery sons and
daughters who were honored in
Robert E. Lee commencement
exercises last Friday night and
their awards are as follows:
John Sylvester, son of J. W.
Sylvester, Employee Relations,
received the Echols Cup as the
most representative student.
Mary Sue Wilson, daughter
of G. W. Wilson, Process, was
awarded a slide rule for her out-
standing work in science.
Val Comeaux, son of R. V.
Comeaux, R & D. received a slide
rule for his outstanding work in
science. He also received a S40
Elks scholarship, and a S250
Baytown Rotary Club scholar-
ship.
Billy Edwards, son of W. R.
Edwards, M & C, was presented
the Bausch and Lomb award for
achievement and outstanding
work in science and a Mathe-
matical Association of America
award.
Jan Baethe, daughter of R.
J. Baethe, Accounting, received
the Peggy Kelly award which is
given to a student who is strong
I in science.
Mike Lawless, son of W. E.
Lawless, Accounting Yield, re-
ceived the IL B. Sparks Plaque
given by ex-students in memory
of R. B. Sparks. Mike also re-
ceived the Sons of the American
Revolution award.
William Hudnall, son of W.
R. Hudnall, Light Ends, received
the Sumner Award of §50 given
for the outstanding athlete who
has maintained scholarship
achievement.
Molly Bowers, daughter of
Mike Bowers, M & C, and Ben
Clopton, son of B. M. Clopton,
Sr., Light Ends, each received a
§10 Elks scholarship.
Local scholarships and awards
were presented as follows:
American Association of Uni-
versity Women—Judy Bowers,
daughter of G. G. Bowers, Sol-
vents, S150.
Baytown Education Associa-
tion—Donna Bryan, daughter
of J. M. Bryan, M & C, §150.
Baytown Home Economics As-
| socialion—Shirley Benfield,
daughter of R. B. Benfield, Butyl,
§100.
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Potter Elected BEF
President; Group
Also Elects Others
R. L. Potter, boilermaker, was
elected president of the Baytown
Employees Federation last week
when members also elected a new
slate of officers.
Potter was vice president of
the federation until last March
when he was named president to
fill the unexpired term of IL R.
Dawson, who resigned.
Other officers elected are
T. E. Cosby, vice president; L. B.
Phillips, secretary; O. L. Under-
wood, treasurer; Laverne Mc-
Cullough, representative for
Employee Kei a l ions; John E.
Devine, representative for me-
chanical clerks, and E. J. Free-
man, Jr., representative for
accountants, telephone operators,
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Boyd N. Hill, R & D, and
Ewell A. Clarke, Jr., Technical,
were honored Thursday night,
May 5, when they were presented
civic and professional progress
awards at the SPCE’s spring
dance and dinner. Each man re-
ceived an engraved desk-pen set.
The awards are made annu-
ally by the Society of Profes-
sional Chemists and Engineers,
an organization composed of
about 200 chemists and engineers
at Baytown Refinery.
Hill was presented the Civic
Achievement award for partici-
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has become almost a reflex action
to confront every problem or
obstacle with the plaint, ‘Why
doesn’t the government do some-
thing about it?’
“Yet, in spile of all of this
—and here optimism breaks
through—I do not mean lo imply
thal opportunity does not exist
in America today. Far from that,
I am deeply convinced that op-
portunity is more abundant than
ever before if we but throw off
our shackles and seize it.”
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