Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 08, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1960 Page: 3 of 6
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schedule of events and shows and
a description of various other en-
tertainment features. Also in-
cluded in the packet is a city-
map of the Dallas area.
This information may be ob-
tained from the Touring Service
or by calling the Refinery Public
Relations office. Extension 3317.
Call several days before leaving
so that the packet can be ordered
for you.
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Fellow-employees honored
three Refinery men last Friday
on the occasion of their early re-
tirements.
Sid Lee, Welding, and J. C.
Powell, Labor, were honored at
a joint party held at the area
shop in the Treater area. Knox-
Beavers, assistant superintendent
of M & C, presided at the party,
with Red Richardson, Percy
Guidry, and W. E. Timmons pre-
senting co-workers’ and Com-
pany gifts.
H. K. Daniel, Labor, was feted
at a party held at the BOW area
shop. Ben Love presided, and W.
H. Boucher presented gifts.
J. C. Powell To Raise
Cows at Chester
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Powell plan
to move to their 47-acre farm at
Chester in a few weeks. He plans
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A new mowing machine now in use the the Refinery is a far cry
from the old hand-pushed type. In fact, it cuts a swath three times
as wide as the conventional tractor-pulled mower shown at left above
for comparison. T. W. Ivy is pictured on the smaller mower, while
M. B. Bilnoski drives the big one.
The new mowing machine cuts a 15-foot swath with three 5-foot
rotary blades. Trees don’t slow the big mower down very much,
either, as one or both of the side blade attachments raise, wheel and
all, to miss trees, bushes, and other obstacles.
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added, there is persistent talk of
exlending the most recent “tem-
porary” federal lax and of even
tacking on another half-cent in-
crease.
"The accumulaled weight
of federal and state gasoline tax-
ation is already beyond the
danger mark,” he said. “It could
become a real depressant upon
the economic growth that was so
warmly endorsed just a few weeks
ago in both Los Angeles and
Chicago by the Democrats and
Republicans.”
The Humble executive said the
oil industry must make the Amer-
ican public fully aware of the
fact that “the tax burden on
gasoline has not only reached,
but passed a breaking point.”
“High gasoline taxes tend
to obscure the effective job that
our industry has done in holding
down gasoline prices,” he said.
As a result, it is our industry
and not the real inflationary
cause, taxation, that gets the
blame—and is often investigated
—for every increase in price.
Probably very few of our cus-
tomers realize that in the past 10
years the cost of living has
climbed 21 per cent whereas the
price of gasoline, less lax, has
gone up only 5.5 per cent. Dur-
ing the same period gasoline
taxes have shot up 51 per cent.”
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ing in East Texas before joining
ihe Refinery Boilermaker depart-
ment in 1925. He transferred to
Welding in 1936.
The Lees have three children
and seven grandchildren.
H. K. Daniel Plans To Fish,
Hunt and Farm
H. K. Daniel plans to slay
busy operating his 13-acre farm
near Baytown, hunting and fish-
ing since he retired.
A native of Harmony. Daniel
worked with a contractor at Bay-
town before joining the Refinery
Pipe department in 1945. He
transferred to Labor in 1959.
He was presented a rod and
reel at his retirement party, and
"reeled in" another gift—a string
of dollar bills pasted end to end.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel have five
children and eight grandchildren.
New Building Sites
Construction sites of two new administrative buildings to be erected
soon (BRIEFS, September 9, 1960) are pictured above and below.
The Cracking and Light Ends division building will be located south
of Crosby street (in the area shown above) across from the present
Cracking and Light Ends office building. The small tank (392) will
be removed to make room for the building, and a concrete fire wall
will be erected for the large tank at the right, which will be directly
behind the new building. The picture below shows the location site
of the Distillation and Finishing division building, which will be south
of the present Treater office and east of San Jacinto avenue. The
picture was taken from the roof of Area No. 2 pump house.
D. W. Ramsey, Jr., vice presi-
dent and director of Humble Oil
& Refining Company, calls gaso-
line taxation a problem of im-
mediate concern not only to
everyone in the oil industry but
to everyone who owns or drives
an automobile.
In a recent speech before the
New Mexico petroleum industries
committee convention, Ramsey
said: “We see this amazing para-
dox: we see gaoline—the energy
source that keeps America on the
move—being taxed at rales more
conducive to a nation of motor
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to raise cattle and a garden and
feed crops—if he can keep the
deer out of the crops.
He was born and reared in the
Chester Community, and was en-
gaged in farming there before
joining the Refinery Pipe depart-
ment in 1945.
The Powells, who presently
live at 1514 Burbank in Bay-
town. have one child and two
grandchildren.
Sid Lee Has Goat Farm
in Polk County
Operating his goal farm in
Polk County, hunting and fish-
ing will occupy a good portion
of Sid Lee’s time as an annui-
tant. He and Mrs. Lee plan to
continue living at their place al
Channelview, however.
A native of Lufkin, Lee was
engaged in sawmilling and farm-
Employees who are planning
to allend the 1960 Stale Fair of
Texas in Dallas between October
8 and 23 will want to visit the
big Humble exhibit located in
the General Exhibits building.
The Humble theme this year is
“Travel in the Southwest.”
For those who are going to the
Fair. the Humble Touring Serv-
ice in Houston has available a
“Fair Package” containing a
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linked to versatile, low-cost auto-
mobile transportation.”
Stale and federal gasoline
taxes average about 10c a gallon,
which Ramsey said was a sales
lax almost five times as high as
the federal tax imposed on such
luxuries as diamonds.
“The crux of the problem,” he
said, “is the manner in which
gasoline taxes have been pyra-
mided upon gasoline laxes. Since
World War II. for example, there
have been three increases in the
federal level alone.” Yet, he
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 08, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1960, newspaper, October 7, 1960; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417781/m1/3/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.