Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1969 Page: 2 of 4
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Thirty-eight wage employees,
including 37 Refinery Process
trainees and one Chemical Plant
Instrument trainee, were added
to Baytown rolls Monday, Au-
one of the lines to the tank truck
loading rack, and thereby pumped
gasoline from the burning tanks
through the sea lines into trucks.
“We loaded the trucks real fast
through that six-inch line,” Boyd
stated. “This also put out the
gasoline tank fires by emptying
the tanks.”
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38 Added To Wage Ranks
class status. The new employees
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their respective work areas to be-
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which they will advance to first-
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pictured on this page bring the
total of Refinery and Chemical
Plant wage employees added so
far this year to 236.
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town,” he commented. “I surely
could have used them at Aca-
jutla."
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Jim Boyd displays pair of machetes, complete with scabbards, given him
by Acajutla Refinerypersonnel Heusesone of the wicked-looking knives FUELS_Training Supervisor A j Elliott, Chester L. Gallender, Royce R. Kennedy, Joel H. c Richard
to spot the location of the Aeajutla Refinery. D Jenkins, Charles D. Cheatham, Charles L. Bailey, Robert A. Flowers, Gary H. Larson, Willie Olivarez,
Steven S. Powell, Glenn E. Merrill, Royce L. Lawrence, John L. Roberts, Richard E. Dupont, Harvey M.
Radtke, George D. Rangel, Johnnie D. Young.
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“Fighting the fires at Acajutla OPERATING SERVICES—Training Supervisor Dorcas Fuller, James R. Golf, John L. Welch, Jack J. Tel-
certainly made me more appre- ford, Arthur Silva, Daniel Rendon, W. D. Johnson, Forrest G. Brackin, Ronald D. Williams, Jesse Esparza
cialive of our expert 48-man vol- (Enjay Instrument), Fidel Gonzales, Training Supervisor Charles Terry.
unteer firefighting group at Bay-
During the 13 days he stayed
in El Salvador, Boyd headquar-
tered in a compound-like facility
called “The Milk Bar” some 12
miles from the refinery. “It was
comfortable,” he said, “and the
food was okay.”
After his return to Baytown
late in July, Boyd had some in-
teresting reflections about refin-
ery firefighting in a war-torn
country where trained crews are
not available. In essence, he says
it is not something he would like
to do very often.
“However,” he points out, “I
would like to go back in more
peaceful times since I was thor-
oughly impressed by the friendli-
ness and cooperation of the peo-
ple in El Salvador.”
Bulk Station Hit
Before the refinery fires were
extinguished completely, Boyd
was asked to go to Catucu, a bulk
receiving station on the extreme
south-eastern tip of El Salvador—
in sight of Honduras—to help
fight eight tank fires caused by
an air raid.
“It was a long drive along the
Pacific Ocean,” Boyd said, “and
by the lime we got there the fires
were out.”
He then returned to Acajutla,
and resumed direction of efforts
which resulted in putting out all
the refinery fires. The 15,000-
barrel-a-day facility was sched-
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Jim's Calmness Helped Restore
Confidence'—El Salvador Manager
Following Jim Boyd’s emer- ground of knowledge, experience,
gency firefighting efforts in El and capability which resulted in
Salvador, L. A. Smith, manager steps being taken to save signifi-
of Esso Inter-America’s opera- cant volumes of crude and prod-
lions in that country, wrote J. P. net inventories. Furthermore, his
Warner, Humble’s Refining vice attitude and confidence in ap-
president, expressing apprecia- proaching the fires helped con-
lion for Boyd’s efforts. Following siderably to restore calmness
into the Pacific Ocean, from uled to go back into partial op-
where tankers were loaded. They eration August 4 following re-
tied the lines together at the pairs necessary after two weeks
buoy, connected the shore end of of fires.
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"We are grateful not only to “In addition to the very vain- |
him for dropping everything and able leadership he provided in r
catching the first available plane, fighting the fires, Jim left with !
but also to Humble for making us some suggestions for firefight-
him available on such short ing equipment and training SPECIALTIES - Training Supervisor Jim Haggard, Donald R. Batis, M. J. Foisie, Joe D. LeNormand,
“H i il lb which we know will be very help- Michael Damello, Ronald J. Carey, Marion L. Wehmeyer, T. R. Krisher, Roy E. Howard, Gilbert L.
He took to the scene a back- ful.” Fergerson, Tommy L. Frazier, Edwin L. Liska, Training Supervisor C. C. Bowman.
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Lee, O. B. Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1969, newspaper, August 15, 1969; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1433519/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.