Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1967 Page: 3 of 4
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New Central Safety Committee
With Annuitant C. S. Stone on
plans arc for him
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H. D. Russell
Upon joining the ranks of
Enjay annuitants, H. D. Russell’s
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member of this group since that
time.
The Swains have two children,
Mrs. Robert Cryer and Henry C.
Swain, Jr.
John H. Richardson
John H. Richardson, operating
supervisor at Packaging and
Lube Blending,
recently became ; seemeze
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& Training; J. S. Cook, M&C; and Chairman J.
M. Read, Enjay Chemicals.
Not present were Vice Chairman B. A. Martin,
Fuels; and I. A. Sleakley and W. E. Johnson,
EMD. Representing the four unions at the Bay-
town plants arc McCullough and Herrington,
GCIWU; Shoemake, IAM&AW; Johnson, IBEW;
and Cook, B&F. The committee meets monthly
to make recommendations to management con-
cerning plant safety.
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Refinery's First Employee
Celebrates 90th Birthday
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30-Year Employees
A watch presentation ceremony honoring four 30-ycar em-
ployees was held April 21 at the Community Building. Front row,
left to right, are Mrs. A. H. Fenley, who accepted the watch for
her husband who was in the hospital; and A. E. Oli ph ini, Utili-
ties. From left on back row are E. K. Erwin, M&C; and C. H.
Slewart, Plant Protection. Fenley works in Distillation and Treat-
ing. J. R. Barsalou, Operations manager, presented the watches
and related highlights of each honoree’s career.
Haynes Heads Seminar
ER&E’s R. R. Haynes conducted
an evening seminar in Houston
April 27 at the meeting of the
American Chemical Society Poly-
mer Group. His subject was
“Dyeable Propylene.”
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Newly appointed members of the Central
Safety Committee are, front row, left to right,
H. O. Sappington, Medical; E. A. Brigham,
Specialties; G. M. Eberly, Central Lab; J. T.
Enderli, M&C; S. C. Bramlett, M&C; and W. C.
Jackson, Safety & Training. From left on back
row are F. J. Lundy, Enjay Technical; H. L.
Herrington, Garage; E. L. McCullough, Butyl;
J. S. Shoemake, EMD; W. R. Smith, Technical;
L G. Cook, Enjay Lab; W. B. Patterson, Safety
Aczel Presents Paper
At Miami Meeting
ER&E’s Thomas Aczel pre-
sented a paper in Miami at the
national meeting of American
Chemical Society. The paper was
on “High Resolution Mass Spec-
tral Analysis of Complex Petro-
leum Products and Their Gas
Ch romatographic Distillation
Fractions.”
B. H. Johnson, also at ER&E,
is co-author of the paper.
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as a chief opera-
tor from I he
Chemicals De-
fives. Standing, left to right, arc Mrs. Bessie Pfistner, Refinery Account-
ing; a friend, Mrs. R. B. Herring, Baytown; a daughter, Mrs. Pansy
Mattingly, receptionist at the Main Ofice; her son, Donald Mattingly,
Bay town; and Mrs. Gladys Casey, a friend, Baytown.
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yard.
Russell joined the Refinery
Boilermaker Department in 1923.
During his 39 years of service he
worked at the Cracking Coils and
Crude Stills. He is retiring from
the Butadiene Unit.
Russell grew up in Naples and
worked for a railroad company
there before joining the company.
The Russells are members of
the Wooster Baptist Church. They
have two children, Mrs. Willie D.
Lyons and Carl D. Russell, three
grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.
p m H e V. A
joined the Refin-
ery Pipe Department in 1929 and
after several months transferred
to Specialties. In 1964 he joined
the Benzene staff.
Harlan grew up in Reagan.
Prior to working with Humble,
he was a roustabout for a com-
pany in Luling.
He and his wife, Ada Mae,
have three children, Mrs. Paul
Carr, William E., HL, who is
employed in the Houston Office,
and Ronald W. They also have
seven grandchildren.
Harlan’s plans for his annui-
tant life include visiting with
friends, enjoying his grandchil-
dren, traveling, and fishing.
an annuitant ;
after serving 31 >
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Charles S. Slone, first man em-
ployed at the Baytown Refinery
in 1919. observed his 90th birth-
day Wednesday. April 26. His
daughter. Mrs. Pansy Mattingly,
receptionist in the Main Office
Building, and other members of
lhe family and friends, helped
Stone celebrate his four-score-
and-ten birthday.
Although confined to a wheel
chair in a local rest home. Slone
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wife, Ida Belle, 4SgA
enjoy traveling
in their travel trailer and plan
to do a lot of it now that he has
retired. They also enjoy fishing
and playing golf.
Richardson came to work in
the Mechanical Department in
in 1936. In 1938 he transferred
to the Compound and in 1960
became an operating supervisor.
Reared in Louisville, Miss.,
Richardson worked on pipeline
construction jobs throughout the
United Stales prior to joining
Humble.
The Richardsons have two chil-
dren, Mrs. J. F. Gillespie and
John H., Jr., and two grand-
children.
William E. Harlan, Jr.
One of Enjay’s newest annui-
tants, William E. Harlan, Jr., re-
tired recently
with 37 years of [ am •
service. i { "hh
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tiremen 1 together
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house was used by civil engineers
as a field office and camp while
I hey surveyed the initial 2200-
acre tract of land.
He remained with the “young
Humble Company,” working with
the carpenters and riggers. Later
he operated the first electric
water well pump located near the
present MBA Building. In 1933
he transferred to Humble’s Hous-
ton Sales Depart men 1.
Prior to becoming the first
employee at Baytown, Stone re-
sided al Busch’s Landing and
drove ox wagons, hauling heavy
equipment between the Goose
Creek oil field and Sour Lake.
A native of Chappell Hill, he also
was a farmer and rancher.
During Humble’s fortieth an-
niversary in June, 1957, Stone
visited the Baytown Refinery. He
saw few landmarks left since the
initial construction.
After retiring in 1938, Stone
spent most of his leisure time
on a farm near Woodville. He
visited his family and friends
often in Baytown, and partici-
pated in trail rides until about
two years ago.
He has two sons, Jesse Stone
of Cuero, Leonard Stone of Bay-
town; and five daughters: Mrs.
W. S. Bennett, Houston; Doris
Stone, Austin; Mrs. Gladys He-
cox, College Station; Mrs. Pansy
Mattingly and Mrs. R. B. Herring
of Baytown; 12 grandchildren
and 20 great grandchildren.
is sharp with his quick wit, and
turned the occasion into a joyous
affair with his wisecracks as he
opened several gifts.
He retired from Humble’s Mc-
Kinney Avenue bulk sales sta-
tion, Houston, in 1938.
Stone was employed lo repair
an old farm house, the only
structure in a former rice field
that was to become the sile of
the Baytown Refinery. The farm
Henry C. Swain
Even before he became an an-
nuitant, Henry C. Swain was on
the golf course
two and three [ -g,
limes a week after I F “
work. Now he is ’ «a-ca2.
on the course even L 75 d
more. qi),.
“Golfing is my ad
favorite pastime," A
Swain staled, but
he also plans to spend some lime
traveling, fishing, and attending
spoils events.
Swain and his wife, Alice, have
a lol al Hilllop Lakes near Hearne.
They plan lo spend a consider-
able amount of time there and in
lhe New Braunfels area.
Swain retired recently from
Humble’s Crude and Products Co-
ordination Department as a coor-
dinator and blender, having com-
pleted more than 43 years of ser-
vice. He joined the Refinery
Laboratory group in 1923, helped
start up the Blending Depart-
ment in 1925, and has been a
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Lee, O. B. Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1967, newspaper, May 5, 1967; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1433423/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.