Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 5, 1929 Page: 2 of 4
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Wednesday, June 5th, 1929
HUMBLE BEE
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A Welder
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(Editors note: Readers of the Bee
have noticed no doubt, that the Boil-
ermakers have had several rather
She was standing near the rail;
She was looking very pale.
Was she looking for a whale?
Not at all.
She’s her mamma’s lovely daughter
Casting bread upon the water
In a way she hadn’t oughter,
That is all.
One fellow who is sure that men
came up from Monkeys is the man
who sweeps up the peanut shells after
a ball game.
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the pay-roll. And Brother, when a
guy came out from Houston he didn’t
loll on the cushion of a fifty minute
the following communication from the
Welding Department; so far we have
been unable to decide whether it is
prose of poetry, but that is no doubt
due to our own literary deficiency and
not to any fault of the writer. Here
it is:
“In this paper a month ago
Webber gave the welders a poke in
the jaw,
Then lost his nerve, or was ashamed,
To sign his article with his name.
Now Webber and Kelso get too much
praise,
And too much credit for their dirty
ways.
Now this is a fact, that between the
two,
There isn’t a thing that they wouldn’t
do.
They’d cut a throat or rob a roost,
Or steal your teeth if they were loose.
They roast the welders—hide and
hair,
And next they borrow a welder’s fire
To use when it rains to start their car
Then they come bragging around the
shop
About running a Ford that rain
won’t stop.
Now friends if I’ve made this rather
strong,
Remember I was trying to right a
wrong.
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the sight of a shovel. Also he never
seemed to be haunted by ghosts of
the time he had killed. Take it from
me, he toiled. The company wasn’t
carrying any tourists those days; you
partment.
In addition to the hand painted
posters are the lithographed ones
which you see all over the yard. No
doubt you have admired these too;
and well you might. They are the
work of men who have given years
to the study of the psychology of
the painted picture. Each poster tells
a story and brings home a point that
is of real value to us all if it is heed-
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Deedees Win By
Forfeit Route
May 24.—Although defeated on the
field of play the Deedee Doctors get
the decision over the Pipefitter-Crack-
ing Coil crew in a game played on
Friday, May 24th. The forfeit was
allowed when league authorities
learned of the presence of an inele-
gible player in the CC & PF lineup.
“You’d never think this street used
to be a cow path would you?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Look at all the
calves.”
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There is quite an article in this
month’s edition of "The Safe Work-
er,” the little booklet distributed at
the gate on the first of each month,
about the service of safety posters.
It is well worth reading and if you
haven’t read it already you should do
so.
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Aside from the large sized safety
posters, each week the bulletin boards
of the plant are covered with small
lithographs. Each of these bring a
real message and in most instances
the message applies directly to the
department in which it is posted.
And last of all is the big Accident
Bulletin Board at the Time Office.
Here you are given the accident sit-
uation at a glance, and here you can
read the name of the latest unfortu-
nate victim of a lost time accidents.
If you know him, if he is a friend of
yours, then the seriousness of acci-
dents is more forcibly brought to
your attention. If his misfortune
can make you a little more careful
then it’s an ill wind indeed that blows
nobody good.
Read the Safety Posters, friends,
because they’re sure worth reading.
Welders Get Back
At Boilermakers
By L. Beesie
As Pop Mabry has mentioned the
name of Mr. A. C. Kraft as the oldest
candidate in point of service, this
article will deal with information con-
cerning that gentleman. Augie, as punavcu ug-____. ______
his friends call him, like Tom Driscoll department, the welders, in recent is-
also marked time at Ellington Field. - '
But being a “striper” instead of a
civilian he necessarily had to speed
up and get off the earth. In fact he
had to air out pretty regularly.
My first sight of Mr. Kraft, if my
memory serves me correctly, was at
the Power house which the company
was building in the field, and he
didn’t seem to be subject to fits at
bus. No matter what he came on,
he could be certain that he’d have
to haul his hips out of it and push it
out of a mud hole somewhere along
the route.
In those days Augie had to eat the
mess-hall chow for the boys were all
as homeless as a poker chip. (And
most of them were as broke as the
traffic rules.) When August saw a
Mexican come to the door of that
long dingy building, drag up an iroh
pin and begin to play "Viva Diaz”
on a piece of railroad iron, he didn’t
have to be told to put his feet under
the table if he wanted to get his
share.
Now things have changed slightly,
and August Caesar Kraft has a catsy
little home in East Baytown, and
hissst! he doesn't need any fence
running around the house, he has a
boy of his own. And you should meet
his wife. The aforeside little home is
located near the bay; if you are ever
down that way you have his invita-
tion to drop in.
The point we are about to make
however, has to do with our own Saf-
ety publicity system, and the part it
plays in the general safety program.
No doubt you have noticed the strik- ____
ing posters appearing in the frames had to deliver if you wanted to crash
along San Jacinto street, and if you
have noticed them it goes without
saying that you have admired them.
They are the product of the talented
brush of Duke Statler, an employee
of the Pipe Line company, who is
doing that work for the safety de-
Humble Bee
Published Senn-Monthly by the
Humble Oil & Refining Company for
its employees.
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R. B. ROAPER______________Editor-inChief
G. A. MABRY—.....Managing Editor
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Roaper, R. B. & Mabry, G. A. Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 5, 1929, newspaper, June 5, 1929; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1481874/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.