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L. C. GE:l LER . Edito,' ?<!lSS FREDREK.A WILBUR

Ass ista nt Edit or

W. F. BYRNE:. Art £ditol'

,-\.SSOCIATE EDITORS w . D. McClu re . \V. H. A::;tJ ey. R . R. Robel' ts, CJI1. Mis~ D. H. Hieks

. \-Vest Tl:x a~ Ar~a .. Mid-Continent ,ol,.re3

.. . Texa:5-Gul f A rea Hl..:ad Orril'E'

Publi shed month ly for empl oyee:; of Shell PipE:' Lin e Corporation. H uusto n. TexAs. P lea se sen d all ma teria) tu Pe r~onn t2'1 De­Jl2rtment. Hou s to n.

V ol. I JUNE, 1911 No.

W ELL folks , here I am ag'ain, and this time with a brand -spailking

new name, and boy howdy what a nam (' -"The Go-Devil."

"GO-DEVIL"

r can picture my self tearing along through the entire sys tem, bringing to every Shell Pipeliner the news and ex­c.itement which is happening all along the line. I hope to scrape Ollt any ane! all news which may have developed, and in my wake leave a clean system through which will flaw a high-gra vity tender of close fellowship and good will.

I T was G. L. Shanks, Valua tio n En gi. nee r, who entel 'ed the name " Go­

Devil" in the "What is iVlv Name" con­t es t, and he will be awarded a fi ve dol­lar prize by the judges who cons idered this suggestion the mos t ap pl'Opria te of the na mes submitted by the many per· sons who entered the contes t . The namE: "G o·Devil" is fittin g fl'om the poi nt of vie w that (1) A go-devil is clefinitel~' Rssoeiated with pipe line opera tion; (2) it is descl' iptive of the miss ion to be served by the pipe line magaz ine, a nJ (3) the name is distinctive and catchy.

GEER 'S QUICK ACTION SAVES BAKER'S LIFE

Quick first aid treatment by A. L. "Buck" Geer. Electr ical !Vlai;ltenance Supervisol', viest Texas Area, undoubt.· ed ly saved the life of O. K. Ba kel'. Ri g ht. of·Way Agent of Sh e I I Oil Comp any , when tile latteJ' stum­bled into a nest of ra ttlesna kes and was bitten fo ul' tim es, on May 28th, \vhile on an inspec tion trip neal' Sey. mour, Texas.

With the add · ed difficulties of los ing the way, runn ing out of .g·as, and clri \. i n.g: " ' ith a prof ll s el~' bleeding a n cI very sick man in

A. L. GEER

the caJ' .. Geer kept cool a nd alert and managed to g'et Baker to the hospital fO! ' professional care within :35 minntes of the time of the accident. The eloctor who took over the case stated that the fir s t aiel ad mi n istered b\' Geer \'·:as th~ bes t he had ven seen on a snal,e bil~ case. Official com mendatio n ha s a lready been g' iven Gee!' foi' his prom pt a nd correct wOl'k, and apprecia tion surelv goes to him from the entire Shell familv,

Detail s of the aecident reaci like a Saturday serial at the nei ghbo rh ood movie-action an d drama being- packed into 30 minutes. Gee!' tell s the story thus:

"Bakel' and I d rove south from Se ,,­mour to Bomarton, where we left th e· highway an d being on unfa miliar country J'oads soon weJ'e lost. After wand ering around 30 01' 40 minutes . we fou nd the pipe line righ t.of. way \\;here til point of da mage was. I hooked a te,t set on the telephone to call the off ice wllTI ·' Bakel' walked down to a little stream about 100 yards from where I s tood. In a moment, while t he phone was I'in g ill g;, r heard seve ral screams fr om the clirec­tion in whieh Bake l' had gone . I jerked nw test set from the line a nd ran toward the creek. Baker was runn ing towa rd me

(Contin ued on P age Eight)

TO 'l-V. F. Byrne, goes the credit f or the titl e layout and them e, along'

wi t h C. N , Bissell and S . N, Shields, who a-sisted in the des igning and lettering,

June, 1941 Page Three

PIPELINERS FIGHT FLOOD PROBLEMS Heavy l'a ins which continued unrelentlessly during the past three weeks in parts

of Oklahoma and Texas, which normally have no rain at this season of the year, have caused dry river beds and tricklin!.?· streams to flood thousands of acres of co untry side. These flood waters, the highest in memory of many pipeliners, have se riously hampered and impel'iled our pipe line operations. In order that the flow of "black gold" might not be stopped, the men along the pipe line and th e telephone and telegraph systems have kept twenty-four-hour vigil at the river cross ings and in the lowlands and have been required to suffer many personal inconvenienc es­these are the men whose day-in and day-out efforts are seldom heard of, but who, nevertheless, are the men who regardles s of weather make it possible for the sys ­tem to continue operating. Their sp lendid work in this flood emergency ha s been most commendable.

The thought was recently expressed that many of Olll' men in the offices and along the pipe line seldom realize what is going on "behind the scenes" to keep " rude oil moving to the refineries and to make it possible to pick up the telephone receiver at any time during a 24-hour pei'iod and talk with distant points along the pipe line. The floods now pouring over our faci lities serve to make all of us conscious of some of the problems with which these field men are confront­ed from day to day.

Red River Crossing Goes Out

Red River, at the point of our pipe line crcssing, reached its hig'hest flood stage in manv vear~ and fO!' several \'-_'eeks has imperiled' all -of our facilities. Saturday, June 14 , the main line crossing gave way to the flood waters, necessitating the loop li ne to carry the load across the river. Thi s loop was laid in H)28 in or­der to meet just suc h an emergency­nc\\' after 13 years it is well serving its ini tia l purpose. All telephone and te le­graph facilities were previous ly washed a way. Temporary camp facilities had been set up at Red Ri ver for the men who have been assigned there to keep clo'e w,ltch on conditions so as to be read y to t ake whatever action is neces­~a ry in event of a break in the line-the river had come within ten inches of the

(Continued on Page Five)

T & T Ha've Their Troubles By W. C. Putnam, W ire Chief

" Ri ver, Stay '\Vay From Our Door!" That's what J, E. Brookman, District

Telephone Maintenance Supervisor, must have been saying for two days before it happened. However, at 8:15 Saturday evening:, May 24th, the Red Rivel', swoll­en from heavy flood waters, failed to heed our wal'l1ing and washed a way seven of ou I' poles and wire. By 8 :45 Brookman wa s picking up Jess Dudley, Mainten· ance Foreman, and four of his men and headed toware! Red River. Meanwhile, Carl P ower, Dish-iet Telephone Mainten­ance Superintendent, had been notiIled at Has keJl , Texas, of the trouble at Red River and started about ten o'clock to help Brookman make temporary repairs if and when possible.

At the break of dawn on the 25th, Brookman, POWel', Dudley and his men did yeomen duty and managed to make temporary repairs by stringing 3000 feet of rubber covered wire on trees of every size and description between pole 35-3 (Last pole on Texas side to stand), and 3'1-32 pole which withstood this first on­slaught of ru shing wate]'. The hardest job of aJl was st ringing about 1000 feet

(Continued 011 Page Five)

• l'<lnk s moun ted on 8-foot

p:Jing in 0 e e p Fork

Riv~r Bottom .

•

Page Foul'

On Monday evening' , Jun e 10th, a fal'l'­wpll pal'ty was 0'iven 0, A, Vel'tl'cese ;111<1 family IIY Shell Employees in th e Cushing' ni~trict at the Armory in Cu:;h­in!!,', A ba:;ket dinner was served and" mu s ical pl'og'l'a m was l'endel'cd , supple­mented by g'l'oup ,.;ing'ing- of old-time ,'ongs, Ahout 200 01' Illore were in at­tendance,

Farewell ,!!:ifts we l'e pl'ese nied, among which was a Mix-Mastel' and a beautiful sct !'ing' was presented Mr, Vcrli'C'(:sc by those employee,.; who worked unti e)' his dil'ect sUj::cl'vision dUl'ing' the past yeal's, MI' , Vc rtl'cesl' I'csign(;!d .June: 7, 1~)41, to l'ngag'8 in otiwr lines of endeavor aftcr l5 yeal's ' servite with Shell Pill(' Line a s Mainten an ce FOl'l"l1<.1n and Construction Foreman in Oklahoma and Tr-xas,

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(:nHlual.ing rronl M c e I( (. r High School. McdtC'f. Ofdahoma. in lht· l!HI da ..; ~ arc thr('(.' student.:". :-;011"": and c1ang-hter,,, or Pipe Lincr~. Ldl If) rig-hI.: Opnl Pl1SSIl10n~.

dnu~hlcr of A. 1-1. Pn s~mIH(,. 2nd Cln~s Sta­tion En~inc('r at C ushin):!". Oldll.: 'Vancil Arthur. :"1)11 C)( 1-1 • .I, Art,hlil', Hay Station En"rinccl". find Mnrjoril' Monre. Ch.H1Jdllcr of .Jnm"'~ A. i\l nure. Ray gtatinn Engineer.

On Wednesday, .JLln(' 4, J~I<lJ , MHl'gal'ct Maurine .JoI1(,s and A, Odin Crownover , Wl' I'C married at Pitts blll'g, Kans<I";, Mr, Crownovl'I' lately entercd the scrvicC' oJ Shell ?ipe Line Corponltion as Surveyor at Cu~hinj!,' Ofl'il'l',

" GATOR" H UNTER Chid E:ngilwer A, F, McBl'ide of

Cleve/an(J Station has tUl'l1cd mig'hty nimroil , Ill' I'cee:nliy used his tnlsty 25-20 I'iflc, to dispatch two fa ir sized a lli ­l-':atOl's found c nli s ing in the bal' -ditch next to Lhe s t.ation fc'nce, Onc speeimcn mea s llred ()-foot-,-ti-inches and \\' eig h('d 150 pounds, When "Mc" was asked if Ilt' likl'fl allig<ltor s teaks hc replied "No, but 1 am g'oing to have book COVel'S and bill-folds on th e ma l'/{ e t soon, And 1 mean thl' gen-u-w ine al'tieles too,"

The Go-Devil

" Doc" Brown Uses S leeve Dres .... er As Laryngoscope

At a rccrnt ;;afcty meet ing in Eas l Texas, General Chairman E:. H, Spiel' was b('colll ing' toneerne<i about th c ilb­,,(' ncc of his s-ecre tal'Y .Jack 11, Brown, <Is the meeti ng' hOlll' a l'I'i vCli. .J acl, nev('r mis ses a meeting, alv,/ays heing on tinlt' with a carefully prepal'ed sct of minutes , Tliis was an outdool' meeting, and dark was apPl'Oaching-stili no secl'etary,

Finally, .JaC'k appeal'cd with an ex pres­s ion of peace, confidence and sa tisfac­tinn on his countenance, Then hc told the l'e,lson fOl' his bei ng: tardy,

It seem,; that jl1 ~t at the t.imp to dc­ic<ll't for safety meetin g a neio·hi.Jol' tail ed for help' in doclo{'ing his" cow. Bossie was do wn and ouL, s uffering- plain­ly fl'Olll asphyxiation and s nffocatio:'" All att~'lllpLs to hold open the bovine's jav,'s wCl'e both dang-el'Ous and futile, un­til .Tack ha(l an ins-pil'atioTl, He quiddy sec llred a small S('t of pruning' hooks fl'om hi s house and a fOlll 'r inch dres se r s leevl' hom thl' sta tion neal' hy, Us ing selid siPeve 'IS a lal'yn g'o:;copc I;e thl'u , t the hooks safely th rough Boss il"s hu<:ta I e<lvity, bringing to lij!,'ht the obstruction whieh proved to he a fail' s ized pi ece or sassafras roo t. In a f(,w Illinuk, the l'O\\' had I'('cove l'ed, the neig'hbol' was h:1PPY , ,Ja('k H , Brown, D, V" was on hi s way to Re,!!:ulal' Safety Me'cting, Chaptcr No, 22,

M ISS BECI\ E H ( :O ES TO W A SHINGT ON

Thi s i;; not an adv(,l'tiscnwnL of a ;;()­qu e l to the' I'el'('n t moving' pietul '(' "M I'. Smith Goes To Washing,ton," featuring .Jimmy Stewart, who Caroline I'eally t hinh ('I '?) is still in WashingLon , W e wond c r if thi s had any hea ring' on he r det ision to leave Hcad Offie(' and tak" up res idence in the N a tion's eapital, whel'e s he will continu(' to se rve lVII', High a s "ecretary, Hel ' close busim'!';>; , IS­

~ocillte~ and Illany pipe line lriends fl<lve c- xp l'e ssed th e ir regrets at seeing hel' leave th e pipe linc family, but wish her evel'y s uccess and happin ess in hel' new posi tion,

SA FETY RECORD Ih\)'s \Vilhoul Acciclenl:-;

M i(i-CI)ntinenl A rN\

T(>I ('phoIH,' allti Tl) lc~l·n ph .

T ('xas-Cu lr A r ea , \o¥ c;;-:I. '1'(' :,\ ;,:-< An.'a.,

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June, H)41

1'lPELINERS FIGHT FLOODS­(Continued frcm Page Thlee)

poate valves at the ri ver crossing at the tim e of this writing-.

Norm a 1 I v it small l'amblillfr rut through the sands of I'Vest Texas, th e Pecos River is now a ra g ing flood, spreading ovel' much of the C'Olllltryside. These waters caused di s t'uption of oper­ations en the Ta)'lol ' Li:,!;-McCal11ey line s for sevel'al clays.

Mid-Continent Not Missed In the Mid·Continent Area the V,'ashi­

La Rivet· left. it o; banl;s near the pine line crcssing and :,pJ'ead over Paul's Valley .

• flood water ru s h­

ing down li. S.

at Paul's Valley.

Oklahoma.

• Oklahoma, and v icinity, blocking' all tl'af .. fie throll~rh th e town. SOl)]e of our men. together ':\\,ith th eir cars and t l'Ucks , were mal'ooned in the town for 40 hOlll·S. High­lI'ay 'ii, \vhich runs through the town , was impassable.

The bovs fronl Kev West . Oklahoma. (Continued on 'Page Scnn)

De-ep Fo rk R:ver BoHom~

T &. T H .. HE TH EIR TROLBLES­(Continued from Page Three)

of \\'i l'e out across the \yatet· covered bottoms to pole 34-32.

To s tart, Brookman had hired the best available boat and motOl' in \OVichita Falls to clo thi s pal'ticlllar part of the

• La s t picture taken

or T. & T. Red Ri\'er

cro~:-ing tower which

I()('a tio n at hei~ht of

flood was ~OO feet out

in chnnnel. The tow('r

was washed away !l ~

were 27 of the [J o les

on the ~- outh side of

Ihl" river.

• job. but ocld a~ it n1<ly seem, thi s boat with its po\vel'ful littl e motor was of ab ­solutel)! no value to them beca use of th2 peculiar w ater cunents caused by the watel' swirling around tl·ees. Th e boat could not be made to do its owner's bid · ding' and finallv \\'as discarded. Since the" boat co uld n'ot be made to perform, our men (Brookman, '?ower, Dudley and his men) had to wade in \','atel' and muci that \\'as more than . knee deep, and at times armpit deep, to drag 1000 feet of wiJ'e out to pole 34-82.

Due to tIle excellent co-opel'ation of all tr.l' Ille n on the job telephon e service was le~lO l'ed temporarily at :3:45 p.m., May 25th , jus t 10 hours and 45 minutes after the line had gone Ollt of order.

BlIt t h is was not the end for more flood w<\ tel'S were on the way do'.vn and at 5::30 p.m., June 2nd, Old Man River \'O~e lip and washed away three more poles nodh of .34-:j2. This time , ho \··.·ever, onlv Brookman. Power and one extl'a help lineman took on the job of tempo· ral'v repairs, and between dawn and 8::30 a.m-" of June :3rd , when telephone service

(Con tinued on Page Six)

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/ Page Six

On Saturday afternoon, May 24th. twenty-seven Pipe Line ('ml1loYl'e ~ and their families gathered at Big: Sp"ing City Park and enjoyed a basl(cL s upper, under sponsol'ship of the Big' Spring' Safety Chaptel', whieh include:; West­b,'ool( Garden and Robert'~ stations, and Color~do office,

The p, R. Shaffers, who are being transferred to Ellniee. New Me x ico, we r e honored with two soci al function s , Firs t, on the evening of JVl<l,y 20th, abou t 25 fellow employees gathered on the Pecos I'iv el' for a stea k fry, After eating, sever­al speeches and responses were made and the Shaffers were prese nted wiLh a set of g lasses. On Satul'!lay (!, vcning- the 24th, the members of the McC>lmcy Country Club, including' both S hell e m­ployees and town s people, honored th e Shaffers with a dance and I'efn~~ hmcnts at midni g ht.

T & T HAVE TJ-mm TIWUBLES-(Continued from P ag' (' F ive )

was ac:ain re~ tored, the~e three "stout fellow~" had :l trung in anoth e r 2000 feet of wi I'e acro~s the treaeherous water covered river bottom flats to pole ;,\4-28, Lost time on this case WaS only 1 fl hou),s, nin e hours of which wa s s pent waitin,e: for th e pitch dal'1( night to wane into oayli~ht, Th is a job well done!

Still no rest for the wecll'y. Old Man R ed Riv e r was not to he dcnied. At 10:00 p,m" .June 6th Ollr tempol'al 'y rcpa irs had washed ""way again . Brookman and Powe r were again called fOI ' night outy, but thi s time the river had done its worse and when daylig'ht finally came on Sat­urday, the 7tl;, both Brookl~Hln an d f,ow e r saw tha t all poles leadJll g' hom th e 1 ex"" ba nk to the "H" fixture and OUI' Hf} -foot stee l tOWel' away out jn the bottom had been washed aw'ay, By 2:00 l1,m. , Satlll'­day, both the "H" I'ixture and th e towel' betwee n the Tc-Xcls and Oklahoma banks fell and di sappeared into the muddy red waters of Old JVIan Riv e I.' ,

At the time of writing , .1llne 12th , hir-,'h wa ter s till have restricted any attl~ mpt at I'epair:; , Bu t w ith the help , of Tim GI'Cg'OI'Y , Maintenance Foreman In Ok la ­homa, a nd his men, previolls ly P."ven 111

prcparation for the next att(~m pt, the lines s hould soon be I'epall 'ed,

Twen ty-seven pol('s were wash.!d awa,y not including the "H" fi xt llrc ()I' th e stt'c l towel'.

The Go-Devil

C. B, "Bruce" Cowling', Telegraph and Telephone operator at the McCamey of­fice, until March 6th , when he answered the call of "Uncle Sam" to report to Fort Bl iss, Te xa:;, is no\v in train ing- at Fort Wan'en , Wyomin,g.

R. V, " Eddi e Cantor" Fores ter, Tel e­graph Eng'in ee l' , HO ll ~ ton, I'eports a third daug'hter in his home, Susa n, born Feb­ruary 20, 1!J41.

l'ipe Line l' Presl' nts Di plomas 1';, H. Conn, Dj ~ tri('t T e lephone Main I

tenance Supervisor , with headquarters <

GoodrilOh, Texas, prese nted the diplon~; s to the graduating c la ss oJ the Goodl'l ], High Sc hool, Ma y 2al'(l, as pl'(l,;id ' lIt or the- School Board of Trus tees, MI', Conn has been pres ident since September, 1!)8~, and from Mal'eh 3 of th e s"me yeilr until his pl'esent appointment, he wa s a mem­be r of the board,

The night of th e Hous ton fi(\od Bill A. Littell did not get home. We are wondel'­ing' if he jus t used the hig'h 'Y~ltel' as <In eXl'u se , ef;pccialiy si ne " hiS wife IS away v<lcationing' in St. Loui s _

IVIr. and i\'I,'s . .), W, LaBoon ('1'&1') announ("e the al'l'ival of a 30n, BI'lIl'(~, .Tune 14th,

.1, K. Alfred, 11. O. Eng'in(' l'rill~ De­partment, "had" a G'I2- pounri boy at G: 30 a , \11., .JL1ne 6th. The docto r arri ved at abollt 6: :l5 a,m,

(;nltll) of Hearl Office Pipe Linl'l".'l. whn gnth('rcll in Ac: counUng D epnr llll('ni un Mn~' I.jlh to ('x L~nd ~t; od wishe~ til (-fnITY Ph?IIl .'4. whf) r~l.llrll ed In Sl. Louh-l tu C'nv."ln~ HI II bll~illCS!;i venture.

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June. 1~)41

Snapshot Saga Of Shell Club's Fishing Party

Hous ton Pipe Linel'S and l)thel' Shell Club mcmlwl's "set ,.;ail" for Betti:;oll's fishing- pier on the coast ea rly nn thl' day of May 17th, Olll' first view " how s so me of them e mbal'l,ing' on the "Eva" for thl' pier. shown in the seto nd pi<:tul'e. looking' top to bottom, Our h e roine' ell­tel''' the s tory in th e th i I'd s hot a nel we see hel' angling' from the pier. fate hid­den with a s un-shade; then a dose up of t he I'ed-fi gh tugg'ing 011 th e line . g'iving' a s tron g tussle with his lllh pounds, And fi nally , now facing the tame"'l, 'we ~ee our he roine is non e other than Ml's, S, B, !:lean, whose husband is in tlw En­g'inc,el'ing iJepartl)l e nt of H e ad Office, li nd who 1'",lIly made Lhe Gi g t<ll'.l'h or: th ,' day,

I' II'ELINEI~S FIG IT FLOOnS-(Continuer! hom Page Five)

say Lhat when the Deep ,Fork Rive l' leaves ho me and s bll't" to w<lnder, they. too, have troubles in performing Lh~'i r I'(' g'ld))\' duties, From reports, it is ,.» '0],­a"'Y HI' PI'OPOS to say that this time the riv l'" lltot only lcft hom c , but that it has lH,t' 1l on a tOll.!.!.'h "binge."

A nllllli.>l'I' of persons in Lh e Mid-Con ­tinent pipelille family were fOl'ced to Il'"ve th eir homes by the onrush of floor! W!lt~'rs , Th ese are alwavs unfol,tunate e:qlt' I'iences, anti their f el low employees 118V <' exp res~e rl hope that those viet ims of' I he flood have sllffel 'etl no sel'iolls loss of Pl'< 'so nal IH'OPPlty,

No I'c ports have been received fl'Olll

I flf'r r100rJ ed noints alon~' th~, pi,w line. 110WI 'VP I', the c:loudburs t thro ughout T ex­a s "1)(1 Okiahollla hav e convel ' ted most. of Ull' otherwis(! dl 'v lands into veritabil' lal<es, '

Eve ll '.IftC'I' the flood ",:atel' ;; r eted t;, the tl'lluhll's of the pipelinl'rs are sti ll not OVl'I', In the wake of the muddv water~ will he left considenlble (lallla,!!'~' to Iw repaired, I'epla(,l'llll'nts to bl~ install­l'd and tons of sediment. anrl d e bri s to \. ,1' ('Ieared away, but thel 'l' b definit<, saLisfadioll ill knowing' that no problem or job is too big' 1'01' the pipe line I'.

MENU AT lml> RIVEH CAMP

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and trying' to I'emove hi s shirt. H e said h e wa s bitten foul' times by l'utti esIDi<C'6, We s t n rted walking toward the (;c1l', and on the way Bakel' was unable to climb a fen ee and fell over it. I asisted him to th e cal', and he told me I'd find a !,.;nake bite kit in the ,e;love compartment.

"As r was opening- the kit und making' preparations to administer fil'st aid, 8aker explained what happened: 'r \'} 'IS

wa Iking down the side of the (;reek loo k­ing for s ig'ns of oil dUllla g'e, r wanted to (TO:;':;, and \Vhen I found >l nal'l'OW place about three 01 ' fOLlI' fcet wide I jumped to cross, While in mid-ail' I saw a hll'g'c rattlesnake diredly in my puth, coiled and r eady to strike, As I landed he stl'll<:k me just above the l'ight ankle, and T m a de anothel' leap £ol'w<1l'(l, on ly to see th e spot when' I would land \ ':,15 liLel'ally covered with snakes, I a ttem pted b throw myself to one sidc', but heing' off calan<.:e, I :fell among' t he snakcs, At­temptin,~' to protect m y facc, T thl' e w up my left hand and was bitte n between the thumb and first fing'e r. The s nake still hung: on, I wa s s haking' him off and ,dmost s imultaneous lv two othe r ~nakes :; tl'llck, O'1e s triking' 'm y Icft. c heek and the otlllel' my left ar111, Fin ally I stru ggled tei my feet and ran tow ,l nl tIl'-' ear.' "

Geer describes his fi rst aid trcatl11(;nt saying': "Bakel' instructed m e to make an' in~i~ion neal' each fan,~' mark with th() ;.;(;a lpe l with whieh the kit was e('{uipped, encou rag ing me and stoically ur)!;in,~' me to make t he cuts deep, none of whi'C11

would bleed, After making' all the in ­(;ision s and sti ll bringin g no bleeding , I applied the s uction pump to ,ill cuts to start it. Bakel' held hi :; cheek to kec p the ve nom from the hloodstrea m while { applied a tourniquet 011 hi s left arm and pulled it as tight as possiblc, Bake l' bec,lme quite ill, and placin,e: him in the cal', I star tecl to Seymour, but lost the way an d had to retrace our cou;'se, but with Baker's help, I found a rO<1n which took us to the highway,

"At this time I made a tOLll'l1iquL't of m y handkerchief and plac'cd it be low his l'ig'ht I<nee , Baker was very ill and bleed ­ing profusely now h om all the in cisio ns, so ' I held him neal' the ri g ht w indow in ail cffort to keep him from fainti ng,

"About s i~ miles along- lhe way, w e saw J, H" Brooks, who was working' on a tnl.ctol', We stopped a,nd a s ked him to get in ancl h elp Bakel', Bl'ooks as ked no qu es tions but left his tnlc.:tor runnin,t;' and jumped in, As soon as he was in the c.:ar, he was instruc.:ted to loosen the

tourniquet on Baker's arm for il few second s, which he did,

"As I drove ,llong- I not i<.:ed we were running' put of g as, ::; 0 while s toPliing at Bomarton for g-as, r in s tructed Bl'Ook~ to c.:all the lJayl oJ' County Hos pital, inforlll­in,l!.' them of OlH' patient's con dition and I'(-'fjuestet! thclll t o have a doctor Hnd snake-bite serum waiting OUI' arrival. Brooks did so; I stuck a dollar bill in the station attendants's pocket, and we werl' on the \vay'once again, No further' mis-

A ]) EI'A RnNG WOIt!) FHOM H, B, Hlell

While I am look in g' fonvanl to illY new ass ig'nment in vVashington, and appreciate- the op portunity to do illY bit in a larp;c l' field, I sin­cerely reg'l'ct the nc<.:cssity of le'l.V­in~' my Illany fi'i(!n d s in the PIpe Line Organi7,ati on ,

Many improvements in OUl' f a til i­ties anel op e l',lt ion;; have beert m ndc dUl 'ing the: past thl'ce yea'I' s L,) meet chang'ed tl'Cl nST10l'ta tion re ­quirements , wh ich h ave only bccn po~sibl e hy the c loscst coo-opcration of Ill y co-worl, e rs, Thi s co-openl­tion ha s bee n !-','ivc!n by all ell1-ployees along- the en ti 1'(' syste m in thc Illost meticulou s 'de tail and r cannot oV('I'lool( this oilPDltunity to th'lnk ea<.:h of you, ilHliviclually and collecti ve ly, fl.)!' the results achi eved, r feel that I c.:an promise­th i ~ sa mc whol elH'al 'lc:d cc-ope nr­tion on behul f 01' the staff. to M I', Anderson fOl' lh(' :[utul'e,

I reg'l'et that [ will not have' I\l<' "ppol'tun ity to see pe rsontl ll y 1I11' Illpn in th e field , s o that J mig'ht thank them for th e ex (,{uisit!' dl 's k ,:et and clock which has b", 'n II1'e­

se nted to me, Please uc-cepl lhc:;c written words , the1'efol'e, as an ex ­pression or illy si ncel'e ap'll'ecia­tion to all for this token 01' your :fI-ien<lship,

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haps o<.:cun'ed ancl when we UI'I'i vl,d al. the hospital, DI'. C, E, Johnson was I'ead,' and \,;' aiting- with anti-venom injl'diol1s,"

Many fJ-iend s of Baker in S hell Pipe Line Corporation and Sh ,II Oil Co mpan y rc ioice in the fact thal he is now well on' his way to )' (' <':OV ! )'Y,

Editor's Not ..( A l)I'e('iation ~ I'~ll the' entil'e Shell F dlli ily "oes to Ml'. 'rooks 1'01' the purt Iw' Play7J in this in'ei l cnt.

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Go-Devil OCTOIER 1955

IN THIS ISSUE-

The Butte Line Story in Pictures

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OCTOBER 1955

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VOL. II NO. 10 Go-Devil For Employees of Shell Pipc Line Corpor:ll ioD

CONTENTS The Rutte Line Story ..

Church Steeple Gets Shell Help.

Make Certain You r Dependents Are In~lIrcd .. , .... . . .

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B Grady Grimes: Successfu l Retirement .

S ix Picnics in Two States.

Shell Pipeline Personalitie.'i.

Sports Official al Cushing ..

The Man Who Painted A Raltle.~nakc ..

Two New Safety Chapters Formed .

October Service Birthdays.

Savings Bonds Help Your Income ..

Personnel Changes

Piped-In Patter Column ....... .

t' ive Ways to Wear Safety Goggles .

THE COVER

Dewii's Towe, looms in the background, a butte.shaped landmark in Ihe northeast (o rner 01 Wyoming '"ot con be Sttll for miles. The mon in the foreground looking oyer the contou, 01 the lond ;$ R. E. Show, right -ol-woy ond cloims mon 10. Shell Pipe line. Other pictures lollow Oft Pagn 3-6.

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The Butte Line Story

CRCDE PROD UCTION frolll tir'l(h in the Williston Hasin 110\\ is /lowing ul\\a!(h

rl'finl'ril.'~ t hrough till' 152-milt-, $18 mill ion Buttl' Pip'-' Lin!', compktl'd in O('lolwl'.

This fint larw'-diamett'1" (T ude line ill thl' \Villi, ton area rno\'('~ oil from nortlwa~tl'rn and I'astern .'.ionwna and ('a~h'rn W}orning ~()uth 1o a junnu rc with l'"i~ting can'il'r~, til(' PIa Itt' Pipe Line ;lIld Western Pipe Line. Thl'~(' ~y~­

It'rll~ mon' oi l froul Wyoming to Idinin!.!; (I'n­tl'I"S at Chirago and Wood Ri\cr, lilinoi~.

Pr('\iou~l), oil produred in thl' al t'a ~l'rq·d

had \0 mo\1.' by truck or tank car. In~ driC;I'nt fonm of l11a~s oil transportation. With Ihl' IW\\

line in operation. both d evelopment and explo. ratory dri lling arc \'x pcc\cd to inrrl'ai;l' in ad­jan'llI portiom of tl](' Willi ston Ba~in.

The line is operated hy Shell Pipe Lint: Cor­poration fo r its owners. Shdl Oil COlllpany. ~'Iu rph} Corporat ion. Placid Oi l Cornpan). and North\\·(·stcrn Impro\'l:mellt Company. a sub­,idiar} of Northl'rn Pacific' Railroad. Orrin's for Iht· 11('\\ Rock) ~1 ountain Division of Shell Pipe Line han' been ntablis ill'd ill Ca~p('t.

Wyoming-. Ikgillning \\ itl'l 11 JO_ineh diaml'ln line in tilt'

East Poplar fidd in Montana. lI'It · ~yStt'llI ex­tends south. I)(:co!llin~ 12-inch in diam/'ter at Glendi\{' and inCl'('1I\inl.! to 16-inch pipl' a~ tht' route 11I'ar~ BakL"l'. 100 mi lt' s north of tilt' ~1onlana-\\\omine; bordt·!. Incorporated in it

NEW MANAGER of the Rocky Mountoin Di.;l ion, J, E. Mims, wos lIi.en a going-away party at Austin. Pipeliners Irom Ho uston, Austin , Yoakum and fred ­ericksburg attended. Mims and his family are now living in Cosper and using the gifts shown.

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WELDING ON THE Butte Line was cheded by J. L. TUtlle, welding inspector from CUlhing. John pousu to shine his mirra, which he uses to check the weld around the pipe. A welder ot work (an be seen in the background 01 the pipe strelches o.er the hill .

t~ the 12-inch, 35-mi lc lilK frOllt Cabin Creek to Gh'ndiq' formerly 0\\ ned and opt'l'<llt'd h} Sht'll Pip\', T wo ma inline sta tions. Bakt'1' ,md O<;;age. will gi\'~' the li ne an in itial throu!ihput of from 27.000 to 37.000 hatrr1~ a d ay. Addi­tional unit~ can b(' add~'d to ~i\l' til(' lin(' " 50.000 barrel dail} eapil{"ity"

Unusual a~perts of thl" Ii lit · an': I ) it rUII ~

uphi ll, from 2.000 fet'l "ho\e 'l'a k\('1 to 4.:ion feet; 2) it cro~s!'S thrl'e rllajor ti\t'r~; - Iht' l\-[i ~ ­rouri. Yellowstont'. and North Pl attt";:-1 1 it tU!l­

n(']~ undt'r II mainlir1l' hit.:h\\ays.

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Shl'll, d uring 1954 bOI( ' an addition:JI cost of 57 million dollar~ fo r l'mployee bl'nefits. ~Ollll'­

tim('s called ·'ext ras." The oi l industry is ri~ht

at the top in pt'O\ i di n~ ('mployC'(, iX'lwtit_ anu Shell's benefits an' wel l aho\l' thost' of the oil industry an' rage"

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DUST PLAGUED the c:ondruction creWI and lome. timel fo,ud them to Itop operationl whell it become excessive. The pict",. below show. (I typical Iwl,1 01 dust 01 Ille men put Ihe linl down in Ihe newly· dug ditch , Abo •• : Two 01 the many interested IpecICltO'S who were on hClAd 10 walch progrUI on the "shClllge hcud worm" ,1101 stretched '0' mile. Clcross Ihe lond· KGpe. The prairie dogs readily posed lor th. pt.olog· raphe, aile, being fed lOme remoinl of IUllch.

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MILE AFTER mile tho Butte line st,etches gi.inglhe ,eode, o good ideo of Ihe lond Ihrough which Ihe pipe goes. R. E. Show, who worked on the line as 0 right-ol-woy mon, uses binocul0" 10 check for incoming supplies. "bo.e, men put down Hctions of pipe olong Ihe right-ol-wo), in one of Ihl lorly siogis of loying Ihe tine in Ihe hOi, dUlly counlry.

MISSOURI RIVER crO$S,ng was occomplished (!ell) whe .. 'hi Fo,1 Peck Oom spillwoys we,e shu' down 10 ol1ow 'he men 10 wo,k in Ihollow woler. Coo~rotion like Ihis wos since,ely opprecioled by Ihe consl,uction crews. Th.e crossing wos neol Poplor, Montono. lelow, 0 wo,ker wotches OS 0 CIIW SlOftl 10 mo.e equipment oyer Ihe Belle Fourche Riu,. Fo,ding Ihe ri.er meonllo.ing 34 miles in mo.ing equipmenl to Ihe line which con be HllII in Ihe left bockgfOund on Ihl hillsidl

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Old North Church Sp ire

Restored With Shell He lp An EPONA resin fini~h donated by Slid!

Cht'micai Corpo"alion was chosen O\-er all other ~urfac(' coatings for thl' spirt' of the rcccllIly­I·('~tor(·d steeple of lhl' Old North Church in Hoston. It was a lantern ~ignal from this church which startf'd Paul R n'lTl' on his famous ride to warn of Ih(' Ikitish march on Concord and Lexington.

After H urricane Carol toppkd tht' spire and ~\'\'("rdy dallla~('d Ihe r('~t of the stceple lasl year, contributions (allll' from groups and in­dividuals across th(' country to help rebuild it.

11 0\\,('\,\'1', the Lantern L('a~ue, which spon­~ort'd the restoration work. was faced with Iht' problem of finding the most du rah1e coating for the spin" ina .. much as no fund~ art' a\ail_ able for n'Hu lar maintenapce work,

After investigation of all possible ~urfac('

coatil1l;s, EPON resin XA·2.00 finish was chosen to protect the spirt·, whieh is made of iron, sheathed in lead-coated ('opper. T wo whitt' coats of E PON resin finish Wert' usnl to pro­lect the spire- the first ('oat was bru~ht'd 011

and the second SP I ayed on.

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Social Security (Federal Old-A).(e and SUI­vi\'ors Insurance) is a govcrnment insuranc(' progmlll which COH'l"S all Sht'll employees with very few exceptions, You pay one half of the cost of your cO\,(, I'a~t' and Shl'lI pays the other ha lf.

Social Security accounts a rc fro/cil at inter­\-als of approximately every three years. You shou ld then'fon' check your Social Security ac­count at least once c\-cry thrce years. If erl'Ors are not reported" ithin that time it is possih lt> that the) will not Iw corrected latcr.

T o check YOUI account, write to the ~odal Secur ity Adlnini~tration, Candlcr Huilding-, Baltimore 2, Maryland. givin({ your name, ad­dress, date of binh, Socia l Securi ty number. and ask for a statement of wages recorded in your ac('oun t, For this purpose post card forms may hI' ohtained at your loral Social 5('ru.-it) officc.

Dependent's Insurante Status Should Be Chetked By Employee

VOU haven'! neglected re-insuring your de­pendent s between the ages of 19 and 25, have you ?

In AugUM, The Go -D ev il r e mind ed em· ployees that all Y dC]>cnden!s 19 and under 25 a re not CO\'ered b), thc basic hospi tal-~u rgica l ­

medical pl an without the payment of a slllall extra premium.

M ore than a dozen employee!> have requ ested the bencfit and cl aims section of the Personnel Departmcnt to isslle this covcra~e to takc care of dependents past the ag:e of 19,

The fact you must remcmber is that the I-lead Office does not reta in an)' record or the age, of dependents so it is the sole responsibilit y of the employee to nOlify Ihe Company when h!~

del)endent or dep<:ndents reach the a ge of 19,

If you have an y questions, sec Ihe August i s~ ue of The Go-Devil or check with your su­pervisor, It only takes a few minutes to make certain your dependents a re rull y covered in COL'IC of sickness or injury,

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' I·hefc \\I're 153 5hdll'mplo}l'l's and depend­I'nts receiving Ik'ncfits under thl' poliomydili~ coverage feature of Shell's Income Protection Insuran('e Plan in th(' four ycars 195[-5-1-,

The main ptnpoSl' of I.p ,l. is to pro\idc ad­dition,11 income during absl'ncl"S clu(' to a non­occupational ac("idl'llt or sickn(·ss. PaYlllcnts ('Ol11ll1cnce \\hcn all t,tnplo}l't·'s full-pay bl'n\'fit~ under the Disabilit) Iknefi t Plan ha\,' bl't'll ,'xhausted.

In 1950, poliolllyelitis ('xpellse benefits welt' added to the Plan to give protection up to $2,500 against polio I'Xpenses for insu red cm­ployct's and thdr dependents,

T he I.p ,l. tOxl>crien('e on poliomyelit is showed that 37 employet'5 and 116 dependents recci\'cd benl'fits tota ling mor(' than $ 110,000 in the four-year p,'riod,

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RETIREMENT PLANN ING PAYS OFF

G RAn'!' L. GR Ii\IES of Cushing is a prime example of what planning ahead can

tnt'an to a SIll'lI Pipe.' L illi' I'lllplm ('(, aftl'l" hI' rl'lirl'S.

Grimes .• 1 It>teran of ncar!) 27 }cars wilh 5111'11 and one of Ihl' Company's I)l's\ known l'mplo}c('s ill tht' ~tid-Contin('llt Art'a, n."lir('d in June 195:\ and olx'lwd hi~ o\\n husille~s at Ih(' rear of his hOl11e.

" I had Iwen thinkinf.: of l'siabti,hin l{ Ill} own I'lt'elrical ft'pair busillt'ss about a yt'ar before.' I r(,tired," Gruch said n>Ct·nlly. "Frank l), I wish I had Ix't'n plannilll.( for it Iwfon' that."

Knowing- hi~ IT\irt'rncllt date, Grady Inid plans and romcrted half of his two-car gara~(' into a ~mall. II dl-(.'(Iuippc.'d shop. Wht'n he n'· tln'd, fcl1O\\ ("lllploytT~ pr(,~t'ntt'd him with a n('\\ drill prt'SS plus a sign that announced till' eSI:1bli~hll]('nt a'i "Grady's Fix- It Shop,"

Grady Changes Shap Name

The sib'll was ,oon ,hanged to "Gr.ldy's Ek'('­Iriral Rcpair" after the former art'a el{'('triea l cnginccr found hilllst' lf repairing dolls, si nk$, wagons and ('\-(''1,th ing hm his ~pc'(' ialty , ap­plianfNi and "mall mOlm''',

Grady's hOlll"l> arl' nOI WI ,md he \\ork~ \\ hl'n Ilt' has time to do til(' job~" All lools and matl'­rials an' laid OUt "0 he dOt'sn't haw' to make sCI'eral mOH"S to ohtain till' pi('ccs h{' worh \\ ilh. Ii i, scn"I\S, 1>0]1\, naib, "tc, an' a]1 n('atl} put away in 301 cigar boXt,,, 111" has a,CUlllU"

lall'el through the ),'ar,.

Tht hookk{'('pin1l; falls 10 hi, wift, hut nOI\ and tht'll Grady handles eOrTcsponcicnc(' II hi,"h he types on a 1919 Olin'r l})t'I\ril('r hl' Imu~ht afk!' Wodd W:U' 1.

FishinlX dOI.'sn'l lake too much of Grady\ time but when h(' gl'lS tht, urw", he ('an closc shop practically anytime and lwad 101lard IIw lake or Sl rl 'am.

His Wark Makes People Happy

JUSI to bt.- around Grad) gi,,'s you tilt" idl'a that hl' thoroughly t'lljoys hi\ rl'lir('llwnl and the shop, "This busil\('ss is Ih" h('s t thinl.( I'\'e ('\t'l' clone," hell tt'll vou, " It kl't'ps !lIl' b\l\I. supplt-mt'I1U Ill} pemion and on top of that. the r(,pair jobs make pNlplc happy, That'~ a larRI' part of lift', Iwlil'I'(' lilt',"

When hI' isn'l hus> \\ilh hi~ \hop, Glad} i, activl' in work \1 ilh Cushin1('s First t>.-[ethodist Churt'h. lit· also finds time to a\lend all Iht" Cushing .. afl·ty rh;lpll'r Hlt't·! il\g~.

Althou!.(h il wasn't set up until after Gmd)" timl', tht· Company 110\\ ha~ a \'oluntary Plan­ning for RI' lin'IrlI'nt PI'ORl",UrI II hkh counsch elllp]o>l~'S nearing retirement. I leaded by L, F, Mason, a~~islant pl.'fsonnt:1 and industrial rda­liom 1II:1II!lC;l'r. who is a~"istl'd b) J. E. Fail'­\\calher', on lea\'e (rom \Vesl TC'l:as Area saft,t~ en~i nel'r dutil'S, the pro,gram j, a\'ailable to all \\ ho StTk ht:1p,

If you'l't' n('arin~ I't·tilTIHI'nl, \dl} not start early to p lan ahead a~ Grad\ Grim('s did and mak(' your re tin'd v('ar~. plodurthe y('ar~,

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Picnics in Two States End Summer Activities

Six picnics in (\,0 ~t .Ilt' S ,\Otllld lip ~ UIIHIl t'1

ac tivities for She ll Pip!' Lin t· "mploy('{'~ as coldcI' In'ather Crt'pt d O\\ 11 from tht' north.

Olli' of Ihl' lar~("st lI as tIlt' Cushing pi cni! hdd at the Cushing' Country Club wht'rc ap­prOXilll:ktdy 400 (·mp lo~ct·s. fa milies and pen· ~ion('r~ i(:lllwred . Ceorgl' LcF:l\our' \\;I~ ~t'l1t'ral chairman assisted by II. N. SikJ.

Claremore's picnic attl':lCll'd 150 to Clan-, more Cil, Lake ror a full artt'nloon and l '\t'­

ning. Sl'r~ing on the committ(·(·s \\CI"(-: C. E. ~'l ilclJ("lI. W. N. Stl'\cn~n and A. H. Kine:. food: M. G. Lt'alhl'rland. T . C. LaGn'(' and J. D. Flickingcr. entertainment.

Ell1plo)I'I'S of the Odessa Dil i~ion ,.uti til(' \V('SI TI'x:\\ Arc" offier III 1'.lidl :lnd joilwd fon: ... ! al a harhl'cul' in Odt'''sa's Fair Park. Arran~t'ments for the picnic wne mad.' h~ R . .J. EI"IIlS, R, L. :\li tch,'II, J. C, Mash, W, R. Aaron, and D. E. Marin!'r.

The PNry picnic was hdd at the CC Lake' .1\ Pt' IT~ \dlh :~8 persons altcnding. Tht' com­mittcl' t'onsislt'd of D. G. McGilll\', R:I\ ~lin' S ;md J. F. Mayix'rfv , '

Rain ~horlcn{'d lilt' Pon Nf'iChl'~ t'lllplo)t't, pi(l1il' bUI the pNSOI1~ attendilll{ ignored tilt' moistul'l' as much as possible, TIl(' sixth picnic Ila~ the K ilgoft· .lfrair \Ihich Ila~ hr ld at COUnl) Park and fl'alulTd pl{'nl\ of harlwCllt' ,Ind binl!:o,

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Shell is a ~ rO\\ ing OIXanizalion whidl pro­,ides lIIall> opportuni ti es for adl-;HlCI'/l}{'nI. ,\i('n and wOllwn of ahilit ) and ambition an' .1:1't':lt a~wt~, and Sht'll naturall}' \\anl~ 10 rt'­lIard tlll'm. Vacancies arc fill ed frOIl! wilhin Ih., o r.l{a niz:llion II h{'n'It'r possi hle"

~ICNICS WERE held at seye.ol locotions during thl IIIonth The top phote shows ceoks who helped with the Cushing picnic held at thl Country Club. The Clo.,IIIo" Safety Chapt,. picnic at Clarelllore City lab is shown in the ne_t picture followed by a Y;ew of the Kilgore gathering, Pipeline employees of thl Odllso DiY;s;on and WISt Tuos Area oWen mOYI through the "chow linl" while in the bottom Kene, the employees ot Po,t Neches woit fa. the bo,beqlle.

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SPRING TRAINING with the New York Yankees 10' Ihe 11",1f year in (I row is the IHosped '0' Rolph Terry, left, Ion of C. H. Dowes, pipeliner-operato. in Ihe Chelsea maintenonce crew, A pilchar, Rolph hll.led lor Den~e, and Birmingham Ihis yeo. and compiled (I winning 11 _4 record 01 scouts watched (cllelully.

THE DAUGHTER of retired ,ipeline. W. f , IHhanoll, Mory Hflen BuchonOll, graduated ,.om St. John', School 01 Nu.sing in Joplin thil Ilimmer ond iii em· played in Ih(lt city. Her fother retired as lIolioll tll ­gineer CIt Oiomond Stolion in 195) olte. mony yeo ••.

WEST TEXAS Dru .de,on employees, A. I. Pork­hllfst, [enll', ond W, D. McClur. ,Iui.ed Holm" lO·yf'CI' sofely awards hom G. G. Iillings, area monDger. Ielt. Eoch mon 'Kei.ed (I lopel pi~ .

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INFORMAL PARTIES honoring two deporting wOrkerl were held at the Heod Ollke thil montll. In the pielur. obo"e, Mr •. Virg,nio Fo~ghT WOI hosted by the Communkotions Departmenl. The persons are, left 10 right, lois Bowles, W. S. linn, G. T. Kelly, Maxine Hollon, l . l . Krebs, Rulh Jasserond, Dionne Da .. cnparl, Virginia, B. E. Miller. Rulh

MID· CONTINENT'S Cushing olliee hOllwo memlHlrs of Ihe Desk and Derrkk Club in ill employ. The ellib il for women engoged in Ihe oil business. Tile girls are, Raberla Smith, standing, stenographer, and Pllyllil Mellon, 'phon. operaTor. pretty members

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ipeline rrsonalitzes

AN INFORMAL dinner pally honored Mr. ond Mr, C. P. Wil",,, and lon, Paul, in Springfield beforo the WillOn, mo •• d to Austin. Wil50n i, ,t.. now di. ;s;oll superintendent of the Rancho Di .. i~ion. There were lie oeral gilt, IUlm the 22 persons present.

Winklt'man, GICldys WillOlI olld Belir fren.::h , The T,tellu,y­Accounting Deportment 90YO Mildred Ram«)' (I colfee moker Oil lie. 105! day 01 wo,". They are, reft 10 ,jghl, Enen Rulh Tompkins, A.. D. LoRlKhelle, !eUe Ellende. , Bo,boro Holmu, Claudio Crowfo.d, Mild.ed and M. p. Ha'II'OYc.

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Mr. and M". H. Kun elke

Mr, ond Mrs. C, W, Winhar"

Mr, ond Mr •• J. 11.. BOlld

DAUGHTERS OF THREE pipeline., well morried in hond,o"" ceremonies which took plou in 1e.01 ond Oklohomo. Lauro Jlon Cle.elond, doughter of R. M. Cloyttond, Siotion chief engineer at Goodlieh, mOllied lIew. C. W. Willdholll ot Goodrich . Pallia 10hn$On, daughter 01 W. P. 10hll$OlI. pipeline. at CUihing, beellm, the bride of Jock II . Bond In ceremon;el ot Cudling. Donna Ko, Smi.h, dOllgh'er of A. l . S",;.h, stolion engineer at Hankamer, exdlOnged wow. with He.bert Kunelke in Winnie , Te.ol.

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WEE I< OA YS FINDS J. C. A"denon working in Ih. CUl hillg a like but on weehndl it', II good bel ... ' 11 be off icioti ng ot II foo tball or baseball gom •. Top shows him at wo,k ond in um pire's logl while ill loot­ball wo,king clothes he tolks shop wit h Cecil Com· b. ink, heod of the Cushing QUClrte,bocks Club ond II Shell employee. Cecil 's bot is on Ihe CUlhing 110m.

Midland Keglers Start /loping to ('ontinu(' its lin!" <, u tlillwr record.

thl' Sill'll Liners. bo" lint{ I(';un from M idland

in thl' West Tn;;:a~ An'a I Hl~ t.Llllldwd it~ \\ in­

\l'I' campaign.

In summer league lILaH"Ilt's. the Lim'rs tit,d

for fir~1 placl' ,Uld took hi~h team 't' r il'~ II ilh a

IOlal of 1.868 pins.

J. E. Pritchett heads the team that ('omiSI~

of W, C, l)lItnam, 1-1. E. Thomas .Iud SUt· Stan­

dell'!. .\ I r. and M rs. W, P. Langlt-} and llan,

Wilk('r~n an:' front lint" r(·~t·nl·S ,

Anderson Compiles Fine

Record As Sport Official The} don't halt' I), j. "And) t' Anderson all

tilt" linw in Cushiul!; but then' arc 1ll0llwnt' \\11('n his namc i~ u~cd in \"ain,

Emplo)C'd a~ a 1.!;(,IU'ral clt'rl.. in Cu~hinl.:\ Stu'll Pipe Lin(' headquarters, Andy ~pt'nd, mosl of hi~ spare time officialin){ at \-arioll~ alhlctir ('ontt'~ts ,

I It- halo dOlllwd the trn(S of an ulIlpirt' ami reft'ree during tht' past 11 years after g(,ttill~

\t arlt'd in till' \ol':1lion whi l(' in t ilt' sen ice, C laiming hl' (·ouldn't make the servin· team in Honolulu, Andy dropped h is baseball g-Iow and picked up tilt' balh and ~trikt'~ computator.

And> t·~tilnat('S that 111' ofriciatt'S at mort· than 100 contests a \t'ar but doesn't roaJ11 far from eu'hing. T his S;IIlII1Wr h(' was onl' of thrl'!' u llipin'~ h n!ld li n g tht, South\n'slt'l"n Rq,:ional Sand lot Uaseball playoffs in Cushin~. The local It'am l"I'achcd Iht' final~ but Ixmed out to Il ou,­ton. Th t, T('xas tt'a lll w('nt on to t ilt' national litlt-.

And('l"son joillt'd Sht'll III 19·17.

Rattler Gets Neat Paint

Job From Rankin Gauger T lw : ... 1 idland Rfpo rl r r-Tdrl!lam t·amt' up

\"ilh ,\ slor) ('ar!> this month conn'rnin~ a S hcll Pipe Lin(' employt'e al Ranki n who hdd Ih(· di~tinction of painting a I'attle:o.nak('. Fol· lowim: is a pmlial ,u·eOllnl fmlll t ilt' pap"'I'\ ~tory,

"J. W. K"'llnt'd} of I~ankin was sp ra)in~ a tank bat l ~'r-y on :I I(·a~(· l1I'al 111'1'1' and turnin).:" his paint gun nozzle on l'\l'rythi n~ that didn't UrO\l', H(' ~hO\('d till' noult' und('r thl' tank and I(:\n' ,·q'l"}thinA' unOt" tl1I.'rl' a I'oating of 1:ra\ .

"JUSt as hl' drt'\' his hand back, out ~Iitllt'n·d 0111' of Upton COllnt~ \ 10ngt'S1 lind hii{~("1

rattlesnakes with .1Il U])P('I" (Ooalinl( of ,him hattt'l} gray and a 100\\'r foati ng of r attle~nal..t',

"Kr'lln('d~ ~aid \\ith L'plon cOllntiam Iwinl.:

.If( mtoll1l'd to plain old rattlt'~nakt". Ilt' \\;1"

afraid tht, nl'\' two · tone job might fritdllt'll '<Onlt'boch ..0 ht' killed il."

1\0\\ ling in thl' same Icagul' but not \\ ith till' Kt·nlll'd) is a"i~ta!ll Ihit'f di,t r iel cau~\ 1 in

Lim'n art' Ro~ H all and GI'OI"I!;t' I~ueh. till' Ht'IWdulIl district.

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Officers Elected

Safety Groups Meet Initial IIlC('tiOl,(<' of \\\0 nl", Sl1eil Pipt· Lint'

,afl'l} fhapl('r~ at Norl'O and 111'0\\ nficld were hl'ld in $(,PII'1I10(,1' and officers Weft' elected.

R. L. Waldron lIas namcd J,t0l\'rnor or the (;haptlT or,s;::anized for cmployct's at Uaton Rouge Tt'lminal, Norco Station and the La Pine(' Illaintenancc ("I{'II. R. L. Jorgt'Il<'I'n I\as namt'd chairman and E. E. Cox 'I ill sern" a~ ~t'(Tt'tar)·-lreasurcr.

The me("ting "as held at LaPbo' with a din­ncl'. Visitors \\(,1'(' D. ~1. Farrell, assistant arca

llIanagel', lI ou~ton : W. II . Craddock, dilision

"ul}I:rintt'nclent, P Oll Neches: G. C. l\'loa tl's.

an-" ~afet) {·n~incl"r. Houston: G. C, Mock. ('11·

I{in('{'fin~ rmislanl. I lollslOn. and A. G. $("0-

Ilin!;, lead mall. Port Neches.

Si"tt'cll mcmlx'rs allt-ncled th .. first mt'ctint.(

o( the Hrownlidd chaph'l" and l'lcclt'd J. R.

Crumley as their go\t'rnor. H. 0, Pipkin was

{'li'CII'd chairman and R, M , Morris wa~ nanl!'d

<,t'{'rt'tar} -I f("asurer,

Sky nloli\{', Inc .. of Chi{'ago ha~ opt'lwd a luxurious Ill'" terminal for fl) ing busin('ss i'X­l'cuti \'('s· thl' first of its ki nd in the nalion. Shell has a 20-)(",11 contract to ~upply :\\ialion fuel and lublicants to Sk)l1loti\'\' (or plancs it ~(T\il'cS a t till' t('rminal.

Under till' ae,n'I'lllt'nt, f u d ,o lum,' is ex­pt.'c\t'd to equal that of 10 Ill'a\) traffil'sen'ict' ~tal iollS. \, ith incrl'asing ~a llonag(' anticip:lt{'d

Promptness Club Opens

For Eligible Employees If you :UI' onl' of tilt' SIlt'1l Pipe I.int' t.'1Il­

ployecs obsl'f\'ing a ~'n ire birthday' o( 20, 25, 30 or 35 years durin~ 19~)6 ~'()U alc di~ihlt' to I)('('om(' a member of tht' Promptllt'ss Club.

Thc club is OfX'1l to thOM' employees ,\ hn send in their pinures 10 'I'll ~ GO-Dh\ll.. befall' Januar) I. La\! year the West Tt-xa~ Area rearht.-d tht' 100 pt'r cent mark first followed by the 1I ('ad QrTic('. TIl(' Mid-Contin('nt An',1 ~ t :tn{'d thing\ off hy suhlllittin~ pictun's of E. M . O'Danid and II. II. Ihwson. the first 1111'111-

bel'S of the club. If you ha\{' .1 ~{'ni('t' anni\{'n.'H~ in 1956

your area mana!:\"elllent will contact you re­queuing your piourc 1)(' madt'o The Co-DF.,·II will publ ish a li~t of 1l.llHl'$ in the NOH'mi>t't iknd l){'Ceml)t'r hS\II'~ \howing all I)('n,om \\ hn have submitted their pictures.

Othl't pictures t'('c('in'd by pres~ lillII': E. M. Cook, R. ~1. Carter, L. R. Adkisson, Mid­Contint'lH: L. A. SpenceI', L, D. Harm-It, P. H. ~lcnou~al, n. R. Grantham, L. E. IIU hOIl .

J. S. Nt·ttlt's, W. 1-:. Yalt'S, W. II. Tado .. , Tt·",;1_ Gull.

in the (UUft'('. It i, OIW of tilt' Ii\\' larl,(l"t ait­port dl'alel' accounts in the Unitcd States.

The n'centiy-('Ompiewd buildin!.: is adjacent to Ih(' IlI'W cornml'rcia i airlines tt.'l'mina l at Chi­!"ago Int ernational Airport, fonnerl) Q'lIart· Field, ;m Air Foret· base. 1'hi$ airport is I)('illl.: t''''pandt'd to ah~orh sa11l\' of the eOtlllllt.'l'Cilll airlines traffic from Chicago's older Midwa\ Ai rport, which has Iweoml' cl'O"d,'d.

TWO NEW safely choptel$ were lIarled ill September. lef t Is a ~ iew 01 $Gme members or the Narto meetinll white below Is shown a table ot Brownfield's inilial session.

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October Service Birthdays

E. H . Kemner

THIRTY YEARS

E. I-I. Kelllller, lnt:chanical maintcllall(,C SU­pl'l'\iwr at Sprin~fidd. has spent his thirll \\orking years \\ith Shell in r..lis'iOuri hUl \'3C;,­

lions and Na\'~ '\en-ice han' taken him to far places.

Starlin!.: \Iil h tht' Comp,lIl} in 192.J;I~ a lill­

IX'nlt'l at Ol' tlers, Elmer worked a~ a lahoreI'. oikr, cnltinl't' 1' and assistan t mcchanic-al main!('. !lanct' ~ui>t'f\ i~or' beron' g:oing into the N:I\ y in ScpH'I1lIX'r [9+2. Followin){ his discharge in 1945, he rl'lufIled to Oettcn, mQled to Roll a in 19·19 and thl'lI was promolt'd to hi~ prnl'll\ job at Sprin~fidd in No\'cmbt,!, 1950.

Elnwr i~ married to an Enl!;lish /{ir l. ehal­lottt', hl' nwt II hill' ~tatiom'd in EI1l:iand durin~ World War I I. They haw a dau~hl~'r, Ut·H·rl). 8, and she accompanies them on tlwir many tl-ips, Olll' of wh ich tool; th('111 to : ... I\'xico this ~umnl('r .

When not traveling, Kemner spelld~ his time on the lakes fishing or in til(' woods 011 the look· out fOl ~;UII('.

TWENTY -FIVE YEARS

W. R. S hocma kcr, clispa tehn at Cu~hing, ha .~ \\OI'kcd in three ~ta tl:S durinR hi ~ twenty.five yl'a r~ with thc Company.

SHIning a~ a. tl'lei{laph 0pl'rator in Tul~a in 01'­In!)!.'!' 19:10, Ray rdil'wd as tl'l!.·g"raph opt'rator in Kil",'OI't· and Dallas in 1932 a nd then joined Shell Oil in the ~~IIIl(' job at ~k PheN)n, Kall,a~ in J alluar~ 1934. He tra nsferred to Shl'lI Pipe Lim' in Februal'~ 1935 going 10 work in TulS:l .

Ra ) moved to Cushing in 19·t-l ii ' rt'lid dispatch!.'! and was promoted to his prl'M:ll t post in Ikcclllbt,! 19--1-5. A nath e of T l'C'umseh. Okla homa, Ray spends hi ~ nOll-working hour~ at his hobh) of gardening.

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W. R. Shoemaker

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TWENTY -FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS

K. L. !laird , fidel rnailHl'nanCt' IiHThanic al (;, \ V. Allen, !radman, Cushing". Ilealdtol1, lIlarked his tw('nt~-fifth rear of scn­ice with the Comp:ul} this month. a career that

\tarted when Iw wa~ hirt'd as a plllllfH'r ;\1

Earlsboro.

Since that tim{' Kirk has worked at P(':H~on

S\\itl'h, Scminolt', Ok lahoma City, Lucien. BI'n­ton, Yal'lla, UdalL Tonkawa. ~1 idway and Chelsea in addition to his present location. H('

was :\l Chdsea 1)(,(0(1' hi~ mO\t' to I k aldton in July of this year.

A \(tnan of World War II , Kirk "as it

Chid rv!Otor l\h chinist YI:lt\' for Ileall} thrl'l'

years and saw dUI} in the Pacific with tht· :\Ial'} St'a BI't'S,

TWENTY YEARS

R. E. Haynes Assistant Distrid

Chief Gauger Hamlin

FIFTEEN YEARS

A. T. nut cher, pipcJi,WI-OPl'l'alor. Cushing.

(;. I,. Eaton, pipdincr-\wldt'f. T '·cumsl'h.

H. O. Atkiu.'>on, pipeliner. Cokb111ith.

D. Au~tin , Janitor. Ode'sa.

N. It Creer, pipdirw1. lI amlin.

F. J. CrifTith, dispat("hn. r..-l idland.

R. Hall, st'ction head, r..lidland.

( ;. C. Moates, ar!'a \afety (·nginn·r. HOLI'.tOIl.

G. It Phenix, fidd g~iUg(·I". IkrwdUlH.

H. T . Sullivan , tank farm ~auL(,·r. i\-IcCanu')'

Shell Research Devises Ways to Fight Pollution

Facilitil's to pl"1fect ~till further till" puritica_ tion of Wood Rivcr I{ efin('ry's wast .. \~at'Ts be­fon' thq arl" discharged into thl" ~1i,si~sippi

Ri\t'r an.' being" installed at 11 cost of almost a million dollars. Work should be rompit'tcd in thl' SUIlIlIIer of 19!Hi

Thl" prnjt'ct is Ih\." n'sult of extensive ~tudie~ mad(' h) the Company on 1111> best possible I1wthocl" for pn'\'erllinl{ stream pollution. Con­tinuous dron~ hale Iwen mad,· in the past at Wood Ril"t·r. as at all n·fineril's. to minimize ~1Il) undl"sir<lbl(' nmlcrials in waSh' \\at{"r~. Thi, is an l"xamp)" of the Company's constant efrort~ to coopnate fu ll} 'I ith strealll pollution author· it il".': in cornmunitie, in which it ha~ in,tfllla­tiom.

The l"xpand,·d tn'<lting fal"ilitil."~ \I ill occup~ ,e\l'ral acres of f"('finl"ry propel"! y. \Vas It' "atn~ froUl procl',~ini! unit, will 1)(, (·o])e,·It·d in a 11m.,· tel" sl'parator hox \\11I"1"l' oil and .. olids arc· rT­rno\·ed. The next m'p will im'ohc oxidation and n'mO\al of riwrnicaJ irrrpuritil's I\hkh might othl'r\\iSl" /"leak an ulldt"sirahlt" ta,tl." or odor in thl' fl'finl'ry waste waters.

\\'at"r under tr("atlllent \\ilJ tlwn rno\l' through :111 additional ~I"pa!"ator bo:o.: and lar~,·

rdcn lion pond to rcmo\"(' an~ rrl1lainin!! oil or ,o)id partic){'~. Final pro"e~sing \\ill ('rnpJo~ a biological tricklt· lilt"r fOl leIHO\iIJ of organic contaminants which might ).ti\l" an ullplr-asant taq,· to water.

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Plan for Your Future By Buying Bonds Now

I N NATIONAL t'1l1t'I)~l'n('i('s you bu) Sn\ings Bond~ 10 kt'l'P }our mUll tl"} safe. Why not

huy thc'li(" sam., bond~ nOlI to kt'ep your futuH'

,afc? FOri) million AUl('r;cam own Savin1!;s Bond~.

Figur('~ from the Treasury Dt:partJl)cllt sho\1 honcls outstanding in all scric~ (A Ihru K ) hale ;I total (;lsl1 ,,"]\lI' of $58. 7 billion. Isn't this an ()\'t'r\\ iwlming '-OIC for Sal in~s Bonds?

Perhaps you <;hould a~k WIlW question~ <,on­(Trnin.\{ your 0\\11 futU1T. \ViII Ill) pension Ill' ('!lough to aITord me a comfortable li\ing when I retin'? Han' I ~a\'t'd as much as possible for the tilll(' wlwn I am 110 1011\(('r ablt, to .... od,? Is it pmsiblt' that an additional savings plan II ill ht-Ip me? These an' questiom that shou ld not Iw left unans\wl"i'd.

Recl'ntly the GO\t~rnlllt'nt rais(>d the intc/'t'st ralt' on all Savinl,(s l\onds from 2,9("( to 3(";'-, TIl\" rai\t, in inh'rc~t ,,'nt's to shorl( 'Tl tin- mao lurity date of bonds. FOI' t'xumplt-, a serit·s E l'oond purchased tOOn) for $75 will bt, worth $100 in nine yt'a r~ and t'idll 111011lb, instead of Iht' usual 10 years. In addition Ihne is a 1,'n >,·a .. extension pt"o~ram for tht' SNit,S E I\ond . If hdd It'n full yt'ar~ afta th(' mawril) dati' its wOllh \\ ill han' increased 80 p("r c('nt OVt'l tilt" original CO'l l of Ih(" bond.

TIlt" SI'rit,s II Hond, noet'ntl) i,sued, ofTers tilt" ~allll" !l(:nelits as tht· st' ril's E, wilh one addi­tional ad,anlag:e. E\Try ,ix months tht, holdt'l

"ill rt'et'i\(' an intt'I"I'St e1wc:-k on the aillount of his holding~.

EIt'ry Shell Pipt' Lilli' t'mployt"" knows and • tppn>t·iatt'5 Shell's Pl'nsion Plan and Proli· clt'nt Fund, Hoth plans ;tr,· designt'd to pro­lid,' financial s('('uril ) for Ih" indi,idual. BUl lIouldn't il Il! ' wisl." to suppklllt"nt these sa\"inl!;~ "ith lInotht'r income?

Tht" adlanta~e~ :-:'Hvinc;s Bonds offl' l an' lIIall). Ask your supervisor about the Pay-Roll Sa\'iugs plan. Rt"IlWllIhl.' I·, imcsting in Salin~s Bonds is an inH'SIIU(' llI in )"our ..... ·lf. You art" tht· ).:O\t'rnml.'nt, it is only a~ good and sound as you mah' it.

NINETY.SEVEN ,ears young, Allred Rector poses with his doughter, Mrs. O. C. Voughan, left, his granddaughter, Mrs. It . L. Hae"'a"n ond her Iwa childre", a ,,,,oil port af hi, lorg' 1a",;I,.

Park Needed for Family Reunion of Missouri Man

When tht: falht'r·in-Ial\ of a Ga50nade :-'t:l­tion t'mployt'c holds a famil) reunion, he loob fOI" a fair day l"Ie('au<'(' Ill.' knows il wi11 halt' \(l

I)(, hdd in the park.

Wht'n Mrs. O. C. Vaughan's fathel", Alfr('d

Ih'ctor, ct'lchrated his 97th bil thda) thi~ past 'pIing:, 175 persons gathel"l'd in the park at Hourhon, Missouri to honor him. ~Iml of tlw !.I;"roup Wl'I"t' rd ali,(",> of Mr, Rt'ctor.

TIlt'r~' art' 124 li,ing p('rsons 1\ ho ha\ c ~'b .

Rt'ctor on thei .. family tn'l·. Nint' \on~ and dau~ht('rs and nunwrous gl and children at· tt'ndt'd tht: fell'. The fatlll'r-in-law of Gasco­nade's acting station chid ('nl,(ill(,("1', O. C. Vau).(han. ~aid Ill' couldn't ~i\l.' tilt" ~t'cret of hi, long life .

·' It's been an inhTt'sting lik," hl' I.omrnl.·nlt'd. '"but othel' than thai don't print anything 1)("­caUH' it might nOI work for 'ffinwont' (· I:w."

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One tl"~t of 1I I.(ood 1.·lIlplo~t"f i, thl.· nUll1bt'r of uwn and wOllwn who halt' ('oTllinul'd in hi, nnploy for a considerahle length of timl'. A ('ount of thl' old·linH"n in She11 ~ho .... s that

Your fulllll' i, onll ;IS ,,'('Utt' '" you pr()\idl' about W pt"r cent of all t'mployt·{·~ havt' ht"( '11 for il. with Ihl' o rj:!;aniza lion mort' than 10 \I'ar~.

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PersollRel CI,ungf!s

I), Austin, janitor. Colorado Cit\ to Od ... s~a.

J. S. Uroom ..... , pipe·lim-f. Gohlke 10 Ib}w\\Il.

A. I.. Oolc"al, pipdin("f. Baytown 10 Gohlke.

I.. L. Ermis, slIpn'\' isor poliey ad minj~trat ion to a ssis tant s up{"rvi~or ~aft·t) and IrainiTl~. Ii ouston.

IUrllas

Joe] Rohnl Alt'"xancll"l" has claimed the dis­ti nction of Ix'in~ thl' first Buttc bah). Jod i~ tht, ,on of Mr. and Mr~. R. S. Alcxa ncln and was horn Septemlx-r 3;u Raker. :>.Iontana, \\Ti{,(hin~ !linl' pounds, ci~ ht ounn's.

lI is father has bt.-ell 'Iilh Slwll since JUllI' 19-19 and is nOI\ an d c-elrica ] insJX'ctor on tht­BUilt' ('omtrucl ion projl'ci. Hi \ pt.'flllan!'ni hf'adquarll'r~ aff> a t McCamey.

~t r. and ME " J. A. Allen annoullu'd Ihl" hirth of a son, James Frank Allen J r .. 011 0(,· lober 13 at Cushill!\" ~hnicipal I lospita l, TIll' 1>0) \\t'i~h("d six round~, four ounc\'~, H i~ f:llhl'l i~ a pipclincr at Cllshill~,

'I'll\' newcomer in tht' j ad Gaim's f'\lllil} I>om Sl'ptemb~'1' 27 \\'a~ named j accJI) n Addl', j aek, an cnginet'r in tht' W('~t T ('xas All'a o(l'ic(' at Midland, was hopint( for an heir but 11](' ei~ht pound, four ounce nt"\ arri\'al wa~ a lI:i tl, I Ie- ha~ four other Ihildrt'Il, all I.(irl~,

,\not her famil~ predominant in ).:irl<. i" the C, W, Wards "ho welcomed their third daugh­In, Sepl~'mbc'r 13, Deborah A1\"lles, Horn at Yoaku lII, sht' weit.: lwd S<'\'l,'1l pound~. t('n OUllces, CUrt i ~ a Il'adma n in tht' Gohlk" main­Il'nanc~' rrt'w.

J, P. Gunn, di~lI'ict I.(auf.\\'r, Elk City to LUli~'n,

(;. I( Stark, field main!~'nalln' lI1echanic, J-kald_ ton. to instf(ml('nt mainlt'nanf't' ~up('ni~or.

Sprin((lit'ld,

C . S. Wooley, pipelineI' to pipl'linl'l-truck drin'r. Brownfield ,

~ 'nrd nf Thnllks

Our sinct're thanks to all our Shell frit'nds fOJ

tht' bl'aut iful flow('rs and for tiwir kindn{" " a nd

sYlIlpa th) during tht· illnt'S,<, and death of Mn. 1I.fa<ron's mOllwr,

M r. and t.-Irs, Leona rd F. Mason

and famih

I \\ alit 10 thank a ll of my Shell friends (or

tlll' bc'auliful flow{'I'<; that Ilwan! so much \}111-

pat h} in thl' l o~s of my hrother, L. E. lloyd,

M1. and Mrs, R. A. Fulll'n

and famil}

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A regular ph ysieal chcd-up may rt.'\'t.'al an

ailment in its ('a rli ~'st stages, wht.'n il can bt,

mo~ t readily cun'd, Tht.' Shell Physical Rt'­Examination Program, which is orTcl'l,d at no

COSt to rOll , ai ms to supplt>mclll rt',l~ulal' physical {':>>alllinations by your own physician, It a!w

provides a periodic physical examination for Iho<;(.> \\ho do no t s('(' a physician rc~ular l )', T Ilt'

palient i Iht' only olle who rt"c('in~s the result,

of Ih(' ('xaminaliOIl under thf' Shdl Program, If yOll h:l\ (' not prt'\'iously participated undt'r this

Pro~ram ask your sUlx' .-visor to scht"dule an l'X­amination for \'ou,

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LIVING IT UP Houston-Ity le wos Ille tiling to do 01 Ih. Shell Club', Ollnl/ol eosl"m, PCIf" Ihis month 10' H.ad Offiu employ«,. G. M. Morton and his "'if. "on Ii,s' p,ill for ho.ing,h. best (OII,,",H, d"lSing 01 Jock and Jill. In Ihe lop pieture, Ihe pipeline.s (I,e, 1.1t 10 .ight, standin\l: Mr. and Mrs. M. P. C1.;(IIOI,

SHELL SUPPLIED special anli •• eo. IlI,bint oil 10. the USS Forrenol, tile U. S. NClry', filii supercarrier, whell it m(ule itl fint seo triols lost month. Shell's oil WOI chosen o.er all olhen 01 Ih. best to lIIut the

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Bettr f,e nch, Lillian Bridge., the Morlons Gnd fron ­cell. B,ock, Sealed 0" Mr, and Mrs. W. E. MII"'y, Aud.e, fo,'e, Clnd R. l . BIIIgtt. "Co •• man" Burttl wi. 'd, a dllb but his dole, Jean Hompy, shows no leo. whil. clown Itltr French gi •• , a big howdy-doody.

special nledl ollh. ship's rnO;II propulllOll equlpmen ' The ship used 18,500 gallons of the oil (LG326 ). The Forrutol is 0 59.65O-lon corrier copabl. of troweling 0130 knOtl. (Official United Siolel No.,., Phologropll )

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PI p E U , The Big Spr ing annual invitational golf

tourney has turned out to be easy pick ings for J. E. Pritchett, section head, lenden, in Mid­land. This year Jimmy topped the second fl ight and won an $85 set of T ommy Armour Woods. Last year he WOIl a golf bag and the year be­fore made off with a set of irons for his efforts on the fairways . jimmy modestly said he was shooting "around par" when he WOIl hi s flight.

Two pipeliners arc serving as officers of the Head Office Shell Choral Club this yea r. FrancelJe Brock, purchasing-stores, wa~ elected secretary and Nita Smith, treasury, was Ilamed robe custodian. The choral grou p started re­hearsals this month and plan two con,crts, onc in February and the other in June. . Two daughters of V. J. Hooper, area material man for the Texas Gulf Area, spent the la(t('r part of August and the first of September on a two­week t rip as guests of lhe Desk and Derrick Club of Houston. The girls, Marilyn and Caro· lyn, traveled th rough New York, Canada and other eastern areas with 34 other gi rls in a ous.

The son of George Owen, automotive main­lellan('c supe rvisor for the West Texas Area, i ~ co-captain of the Kemper Mi litary School foot­ball team. The lad, Don, is a sen ior in his second year at Kemper . . Nancy Nelson, daughter of Shell's L. n. NdsOIl , corrosion engineer in Houston, was named to an office of the University of Ok lahoma {'hapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, nationlll professional music fraternity for women.

1- W. Hunt , arca pcrsonnel I'cpn'scntatiw in th~ ' Wcst T cxas area, looks with favor on tlw III'W COllllllcrdal Hank and Trust Co. , in Mid­land . Whl'n it opl.'ncd ht· was the rct'ipicn t of a .~IOO savi ngs bond in opening ceremonies. Sht'll Pipc Line's Cushing tank (ann was given a nice plug wit h picture in the employee maga ­zi ne of the Sc.hlumbcrgcl' Survcyi ng Corpora. tion, Houston, this mont h. Cushing was fea­tured in an eight-page spread and Shell re· t'eived several mentions,

Fi le and don't forget: Three Amcricans out of eve ry five ha\'c one leg longcr than the other, physiciall5 report. T hat's what comes from step-

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ping on the accelerator instead of the brake,

R, L. M cConnell, assistant maintenance fo l'(" man ilt Union, Missouri, sellt in a yl'l lowed dipping from an old newspaper listing the 14 point~ of a culturcd man. We couldn't run it because of its kngth but to give you an idea of its age, the reverse side had an advertisement urging all to sec "The Kid" starring Charlie C haplin .. Pipclincrs now hold two of tIlt: five of rices in the Houston Shell Club. Francelle Brock was named second vice-prcsident to fill an unex pired term while Toby MOrlon, general ckrk, is trcasurer,

WORK PUSHED aside, M. C, Bon, Head Office oi l mo¥ements, "Tokn fi¥e" to longuish a IDling look on his medal from Lif_ Mognin •. The medol p.o­cloims Som the winne. g¥e. Not ional Open golf chomp, Ed FUr!!ol, olthough the ~co.e was sec.et.

One of the longer vacations this ycar wa~ Ul1dertakcn by H. F, Eads of the Head Office's tax department. Ford and his famil y took an automobile trip that ('overed 8,500 milt·s du ring which time they were in an evell dozcn national parks. The trip too k them up through the northwl'st into Can ada, down alon/.{ tht· Wl'st coast and lICI'OSS tht' Roc ky Mountains. Ford said Ill' shot 1I101'l' than 700 feet of movii' lilm using hi ~ wifc and two sons as willing moods.

La ti 'sl scoutmaster in the Slwll organization is Billy Gray, pipeliner in thl · Ran kin maintc­nanee gang, Hilly will hl'ad Troop 56 in Rankin as climax to a long car(',(,f in s('Outing that in­cludes completing the fl-quifl'mcnts for Eaglc Scout.

(That', ott tho room w. ho .... thl. month. Orop 0 no'. to your or.CI corr •• pond.nt who •• nom. Is lift.d In,ld. tho front co .... r, t.lllng h:m about yours.1f or f.ttow work.r. Thl, column II fa. you and obaut you. W. hop. to h.or from you . aon. )

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J)i~ablin~ Injurit>s :I II II II (I II

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Char~l."abl{' Auto a :l5 5 3 2 9 (I 2

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FIVE WAYS TO WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES

• THE FRONTAL DROOP: For some reason, peo­ple who wear safety goggles arou nd their necks always let the goggles hang down in front. Why not in back? They

would be just as u Sl'lt'55 that way! Or afC they tryi ng to hide a double chin ,

III. or protec t the Adam's apple, or cover up a sou p stain?

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• THE REAR GUARD: This is really a hopeless case. Apparently, those who weal" sa fety goggles in their hip pockets don't kn ow their eyes from the seal of their pants. And what arc they trying to protect ?

-THE NEW LOOK: Some people wear safety gog­g!es on their foreheads. Perhaps they think it looks smart or maybe "a ir-born e" ; or arc they trying to gel a new look that sets them apart from their feUow workers? If S0, they' re likel y to succeed and ,t:'Cl a permanf'nt new !ook- :t patch (n'cr 011(' f'Y(', fir eve n two!

\ , • THE j\HS~R: Somc 1'('01'1(' .~('('m to va lu(' t lwir

goggles 1lI0re than their eyes. They cardully tuck their goggles away in a box or leave them on the work bench, In short, thcy hoa rd their goggles, .. at the expense of their cyes!

• THE SEALED· BEAM : People \"ho wear goggles this way know what they' re doing, can sec what they're doing, and will continue to do so. This type gets its name beca use the goggles arc like scaled·belllll car headlights, givi ng full protection agaimt hazards :0;0 that the eyes can continue to sh ine.

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Shell Pipe Line Corporation ' HouSlon , Texas

Newcomer. ttl the Sh e ll Pi lle L.in" 10 lI nd Over Club included th e!tl I,e.-!!) " . f r om the Hend Office anti the Tex"$ G ulf Area. The fi~1 h"'''luel (1£ t h O') yen r W8$ held in II (I " ~ I ... " with 135 I .. ~r~on" incl uding 6 2 fro ... Tl'X !1~ G ulf II lfending, 'flo ., IIcol,hytca a re , left to r ig hI , L. R. S hCI)lmrd, F. H. [.eve!>!!, Miss Juh "nie A."le r8Cu. and \'(' . N. Shaw, 110; W. L. KnilJe " nd H. H. Webb, TCA. (Ot her I) i cl ur~ o n pnge 2.)

Shell Contributes to Highway Safety With Series of Six Safe-Driving Ads

A new series of quiz-type ads designed to sell safe driv­ing by giving readers n chance to test their own driving skill was launched Janual)' 30 by Shell Oil Company.

The series of six ads, nearly a full page each, will appear twice a week fo r three weeks in 220 newspapers in 152 cities throughou t the U. S.

Each ad is a test the readers can take in order to rate them­selves as drivers. Two quizzes measure reaction time. Others test vision, attitude toward traffic situations, knowledge of road signs and of the proper d istance to keep between your car and the ca r ahead at dif­ferent speeds.

Illmbus, Milwaukee, Houston and Sacramento before the nation-wide schedules were planned.

The ads are novel as an ap­proach to the problem of high­way safety, which has tradi­tionally been tackled bv means of sloga ns or the "scare" tech­nique, but Shell does not con­sider the ser ies a basic shift in the direction of its safety program.

'"'We have always tried to promote safety by giving peo­ple something they call do about it,'· said H. L. Curtis, public relations vice president and key man in the present campa ign. "Th ese ads will do a lot of good if they help driv­ers uncover their own weak spots and do something about them."

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Sociol Colendor Filled lor Yeor Head Office and Texas Gulf

Area employee members of the Houston Shell Club have a full social calendar this year.

In January the club pur­chased all seats for a perform­ance of a play in HOllston's Alley Theatre and this month members held an informal dance at a local club.

Another outstanding activity, the annual spring dance, will be held April 6 in the Houston C lub . Other func tions include bowling and bridge tourna­ments in March; a play at one of Houston's thea tres in June; a swimm ing party in July; an informal dance for August; a golf tourney in September; an­other theatre party in October with a dou bleheader for No­vember, a circlls and bnwling tourney.

February, 1956

Ten And Over Club Plans '56 Banquets

More than 900 persons are expected to attend the Company's annual Ten and Over banquets now being planned throughout the Areas.

Houston led off this year with its banquet February 9 at the Houston Club with 135 Jersons attendin . The group included 62 veterans from the Texas Gulf Area who work in or near Houston.

As in past year, the ~'Iid ­Continent Area will host the largest group. An estimated 33 1 employees plus 45 pensioners are eligible to attend the din­Ilers. Last year the Area en­tertained 323 persons.

The West Texas Area has 242 persons eligible pl us more than 10 pensioners. The Area had 214 persons attend last year.

TGA P lans Four Four banquets are planned

by the Texas Gulf Area with 219 persons and more than 15 pensioners eligible to attend. The Hocky Mountain Division has 31 persons eligible with two dinners tentatively planned.

The Ten and Over banquets are open to all pensioners and any employee who has com­pleted a decade or more with the Company or will observe a tenth anniversary during the calendar year.

A glanc':! through the records show that 18 men will mark 33 years or better with the Com­pany at banquets in 1956. The employee having the greatest number of working years is D. A. Brugh, station engineer at Diamond, who (.-elebrated his 37th an niversary on Feb­ruary 1.

Started In 1920 O. C. Vaughan, station chief

engineer at Gasconade, is the second oldest employee in time worked having started in May, 1920. L. C. Geiler, manager or personnel and industrial rela-

tions, Houston, joined Shell in September, 1920, to qualify as the third oldest active em­ployee.

Two other men observing 36 years with the Company this year are S. E. Wadley, dis­trict gauger at Healdton, and George Whitesell, station chief engineer at Baker. H. A. Brown,

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Credit Union Has Top Year

A five per cent dividend amounting to approximately $41,000 was distributed to 1,-846 members of the Houston Shell Employees Federal Cred­it Union last month.

The Union wh!ch is available to Head Office and practically a ll the Texas Gulf Area re­corded new highs in the num­ber of accounts and in the amount of deposits in 1955. De­posits during the year rose from $767,612 to S970,820, and the number of members in­creased by 191. The outstand­ing loan balance also was up from S604,OS6 to $695,087.

L. F. Mason, assistant man­ager of person nel and indus­trial relations, is vice-president; 1. H. Singleton, Head Office chief accountant, is a director; and L. L. Ennis, Head Office assistant training and safety supervisor, is 0:1 the credit committee.

The address of the Union is Box 2099, Boom 503, Shell Building, Houston 1. Accounts may be handled by mail or by appearing at the office.

Shell decided to go nation­wide with the series as a con­tribution to highway safety aft­er a trial run of the ads showed phenomenal reader interest. As many as 88 per cent of one paper's readers noticed one quiz. More than half the read­ers actually took the test. On the average, the ads were noticed by 74 per cent of all readers. Many page one stories do not fa re as well.

Marriage 'Saved' By Pac/c. of Go-Devils

The ads were tested first in Charlotte and Tacoma and later in Tren ton, Albany, Co-

Special Feature Featured 01l1)age 4 of this

issue is a full-page reproduc­tion of the ComlJtHlY's Head Office Organization Chart.

On /lage 5 is an article briefly describing the func­tional responsibilities of each department and (I statement of the staff changes which were made January 1, 1956.

(When K. W. Looney left Shell Pille Line and went to the \V est Coast with Shell Oil, he discovered something he had in Houston had not followed him on his lI ew as­signmellt. So Ken, former as­sisttmt training alld safetl, supervisor, 1Jenncd tile fol­lowing letter explaining the plight which might happen to anyolle.)

"Dear Editor :

"After fifteen years my hap­py married life is in danger of going on the rocks.

"You no doubt wonder why I am telling you my troubles but here is what has happened:

"Si nce moving to California I have been the recipient of

periodic outbursts of rage from a normally sweet , considerate wife. Suspecting that 1 was at fault I decided to try spending more time with my lovely wife through the medium of dis­ability benefits coi ncidental to a contest with a d uly author­ized surgeon- who won. ( He would never have beaten me but he used a knife.)

'Ihis extra time at home didn't seem to help and the outbursts continued, getting worse with each one. I twas then that 1 decided I should see a psychiatrist.

"I called and he was playing golf. I called again. Still play­ing golf so I decided to take up the game. I bought SI50 worth of golf equipment and

slarted the chase. I finally caught him at the 127th hole and would have caught him at the 125th but that couch was heavy! And bes ides he had Nashua for a caddy.

"I stated my problem. He shrugged his broad, strait­jacketed shoulders, looked me square in the eyes and said, 'The answer to your problem is simple, YOUB WIFE HASN'T BEEN GETIING HEll GO­DEV IL. $150 please:

"So I gave him the golf clubs (one at a time) and left , thoughtfully chewing on the couch.

"That's the reason I am writ­ing to you, Bill, you and you alone can prevent the afore­mentioned tragedy.

A faithful reader, Ken Looney, 200 LaFrance, Alhambra, Calif.

(Editor's Note: A tragedy has been averted.)

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Four Pipe Liners Retire Volume 15 February, 1956 Numher 2

Published monthly for the employees of Shell Pipe Une Corporation. Please aubmit all material for publication to Editor. The Go-Devil, Shell Pipe Line Corporation, Box 2M3, Houlton 1. Tex.

William O. Askin ... . Editor

Associate Ed itors C. C. Moale8 ____ .______ _Texas Gulf Area Office Mrs. P. A. Crilnm ____________ .... _____ .Rancho Divis ion Mills M. L. WrighL _______ . ____________ .East Texas Division J. T . Davis __ . _______ . ___ • ___________ ._Bayou Division E. M. CooL. ____ •. ____ . ____ . ___ Mid-Contincnt Area Office G. W. Burton _____________ , ___ . __ . ____ . Oklahoma Division G. B. Stark _. __ .. _____ Ozark Division J. E. I'ritchctt . Wcst Texas Area Office J. L. Price .Wasson-Hobbs Division C. C. Parker ... _____ Odessa Division G. A. l'lorton Colorado Division F. B. Loc . Rod.:y Mountain Division D. W. Jackson Glendive Office ~hs. Alice Buchanan ____ Administrative Deplutment, Houston Miss Gladys Wilson Communications Department, Houston Miss Lelia Rodcr . Engineering Departmcnt, H~ton Mrs. Marguerite Tumcr_ L:md, Insurance, T:u: Department, Houston Miss Johnnie Andcrsoll ____ Oil Movemcnts Department, Houston Miss Dorothy Tylcr Personnel Department, Houston Miss l;o~ranceJle Srock Purchasing~Stores Department, Houston Miss Nita Smith _Treasury-Accounting Department, Houston

Member SOCiety of Associated Industrial Editors ,.,

International Councn of Industrial Editors

Oil Films Free For Civic Use

Ten and Over Plan Banquets

Would YOll like to give your (Continued from Page 1) school, church, cl ub or civic district chief gauger at Pauls group the facts about the oil Valley, is a 35-year veteran. industry and entertain them at Three men joined the COtn~ the same time? pany in 1922: I. C. Murphy,

Take advantage of the fil m dis t ri c t superintendent a t library maintained by the Head Healdton; H. P. Shockley, dis~ Office safcty and training de~ trict chief gauger at Cushing;

h h f and H. L. Winther, station en-n<> rtment whic is t e re or ,.- I .. . gincer at Diamond. your use. Fi ms on actiVIties III the oil indus try, about safety The following nine men fall training, and other general sub- into the 33-year category; jects, even comedy films are C. C. Combs, vice~president available now. and treasurer; Houston; A. R.

A list of the films can be ob~ Hassler, wire chief, Tulsa; F. tained from your sa fety en- C. Conradson, assistaot station

chief engineer, Huffman; U. gineer or training rdepretlsenta~ S Shewmake, . upe"·,, tende,, ' tive or by writing irec y to' , " Houston. Address your requests station construction, Houston; to the Person nel and Ind ustrial E. F. Smitb, resident inspector, Helations Depal"hnent, Shell Port Neches; A. B. Parkhurst, Pipe Line, Box 2648, Houston area gauging inspector, Colo~

rado Ci ty; F. V. Maloney, sup~

1, r~x~~~ 16 mm sound films ervisor, oil schedules, Houston; and the majority are in full W. Ward, station engineer, color. ~'Iidway; and C. W. Harr is, sta~ _________ _____ 1 tion chief engineer, Chelsea.

1\1 . D. Pool

A tip-off on M. D. Pool's re~ tirement plans was given Jan~ uary 31 when friends and fel~ low workers a t Hobbs, N. M., gave the assistant district chief gauger gifts of fishing equip~ ment.

Marshall and Mrs. Pool were presented a fi shing rod and reel, a line tackle box and a dip net along with an electric blanket.

Pool told the guests he had sold his home in Hobbs and planned to build in Arlington, Texas, where a son lives. He said his plans were tentative, however.

A veteran of 20 years with Shell, Pool started as a pumper gauger at Kilgore in June, 1935. After one year, he moved to Eunice, N. M., as a field gauger and spent the rest of his ca~ reer in the West Texas Area. At various locations in Lea County, Marshall has been a field gauger, station engineer, assistant district chief gauger and district chief gauger.

On the Cover The E ldorado Station on the

H.ancho Pipe Line System is the subject of the cover picture this month. Shown is C. F . Cales, terminal supervisor, on a rou~ tine check of the valve flags. Automatic..'l1\y operated, it can be determined from inside the station if a valve is opened or closed by these Rags.

The Ilead T a ble al lhe liolU;to" Club was reserved (or Pipe Liner.! wid. 30 or mOre year.!. In the top vid urc, lell 10 ri,hl , L.. C. Geiler (36); D. AI. Farre ll (31); H. G. RO)(lc ma n (30); H. R. Menkel (30) ; J. ". Car" e r (30) and F. V. Maloney (33). Farrell, !Ue nkcl a nd Carver ar e from TGA. 1.11 the lowcr pielUre, left to rialll , H. J. Woehrm:1"" (32 ); J. H. O ' Ha re ( 30); U. F. Ziea lc r (32); J. B. Thornl)­,;on (3 1 ) ; C. ('. WilflOll (3 1); C. C. Combs (33); and C. W. Calbraith, m ai ler o( ee.re monies.

J. A. Jones

Forty-eight friends and fel~ low employees honored J. A. Jones, chief station engineer at Roberts, with a dinner party at Forsan, Texas, when he re~ tired February L

The people came from Hatn~ lin, Midland, Colorado City, Big Spring, Brownfield, Mc~ Camey, Driver and Upton Sta~ tions to present Jcff and his wife, Carrie, with two pieces of lugguge and an electric skille t as shown below.

Jeff told the group his ten­tative plans were to move to his hometown, vVeatherford, Texas, and set up a fix~it shop or feed a small number of cat­tle on land he owns.

Jones began his career as a station engineer at Yates in January, 1928, and since then has been sta tion engineer a t Monahans, Upton and West­brook and chief at Westbrook, Archer and Roberts.

Jeff and his wife will be at home at 510 South Rusk St., Weatherford.

Driving Ads Urge Safety

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Shell ran an extensive "Share The Hoad" campaign in the late 1930's. It cooperates with the National Safety Council in sponsoring the annual Carol Lane Awards for women's achievements in traffic safe ty, and it encourages company em­ployees to participate in local safety programs.

T he biggest dividend from the new ad series, Shell be­lieves, is the ads' effect in stim­ulating people to action in pro­moting traffic safety. Ministers have preached about the quizzes. Governors have en­dorsed them. High schools have used them in driver tra ining classes. Civic clubs have de­veloped programs around the tests. TV and radio commenta~ tors have suggested that lis ten ~ ers watch for the ads.

The series was prepared by Kenyon & Eckhardt, J nc., iu cooperation with the Center for Safety Education, New York University. The ads are en­dorsed by the Au tomotive Safe­ty Foundation, vVashi ngton, D. C.

Oil Employs Sooners

Some 45,000 Oklahomans arc directly engaged in the produc­tion of oil and natural gas, and many thousands more are em­ployed indirectly as a result of oil and gas production.

R. M . Arnold

More than 26 years of gaug­ing work ended February 1 for Ray M. Arnold, district chief gauger at Mercy, when he retired to his home at Cleve~ land , Texas.

Hay worked with two other pipeline companies before join ~ ing Shell as a gauger a t Austin in March, 1929. Since then h e worked as an engineer at Aus· tin and Brookshire, tank farm gauger a t Houston and then as district chief gauger a t Mercy.

Hay and Mrs. Arnold recent­ly purchased a small tract of land near Cleveland and plan to erect a home there. The couple has a common love of fishing and hunting and this figures highly in the retirement plans.

The Arnolds can be reached by wri ting them at General Uelivery, Cleveland, Texas.

E. H. Richardson

The lure of West Texas is deep~seated in E. H . Hichard~ son who was born in that area and spent more than z:l years with Shell Pipe Line worJ..-ing at va rious stations there.

A native of Colorado City, Hichardson reti red February 1 as instrument maintenance sup­ervisor at that city and tenta~ tively plans to go into business there. At a luncheon he was presented with an appropriate scroll from the Company by A. L. Geer, division superin~ tendent, at left below.

Richardson started his Shel l career as a carpenter's helper on West Texas construction . Since then "Rich" has worked as a mechan ic's helper and en~ gineer at Upton Station, a field gauger at Goldsmith and Bob· erts before goi ng to Colorado City as a mechanical mainten­ance supervisor in 1944. Hc took over his last job in Feb­ruary, 1950.

"Rich" and his wife may be reached at 541 Locllst Strcet, Colorado City.

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GO-DEVILS Pipe Line Scrapers Vital

To the Movement of Oil

(Last mOrl th , The Co-Devil carried tile first article 0/ a two-part series on pilJeUne scrapers (go-devils). January's article covered the 11 mory of go-devifs and the following article covers Sllcll Pipe Line's contri~ billion to the development of the scraper plus a brief descrilJtioll of other pipeline cleaners now in use.)

PlPELlNE SCHAPE HS ARE important to the operation of Shell Pipe Line's thousands of

miles of lines since without them movement of oil would be severely restricted or completely halted.

Shell uses the scrapers extensively in practically all of its lines. The go-devil most employed is called the scraper-type which not only removes deposits from the pipe but also pushes out air, vapors and water that invariably get into the lines . The use of the scraper redu(.'Cs internal corrosion caused by water and mineral deposits thus increasing the flow effi ciency of the lines. One corrosive element is the high sulphur content of sour crude, therefore scraper types are used more often in li nes which frequently move sour crude.

A scraper-type in action is df'scribed thusly by its manufacturer: "The partly compressed guide arms and knives are held tightly, but fl exibly, against the walls of the pipe by I>ressure of their individual springs. The function 0 the guide anns ( these have notched wheels on the end and are sometimes called 'rawls' by pipeliners) is to 'float' or center the scrape.r in the line, preventing undue wear on the bottom surface of the pipe, and to prevent the scraper from cocking or jamming under variations of pressure or at minor obstacles. The fl exibility of the guiding and scrapi ng members supplements the effect of a central fl exible join t to permit the go-devils to round bends in the line."

Plug.TY I1C Ho lds UI. Well In RUlls The second most commonly used type is the plug

which is used in lines where corrosion is slight such as the 24-inch Rancho Pipe Line System. The Rancho system, which Shell Pipe Line operates, is not work­ing at full capacity, and so intermediate pump sta­tions have not been constructed . This means that the plug-type cleaner must travel 100 miles or more between stations. To date. the plugs have held up well in these long runs.

The plug-type cleaner is the first one used in any newly·la id p ipe to remove debris prior to water test­ing. It is composed of a series of synthetic rubber disc or cups the size of the pipe and mounted on a steel rod.

J. D. Andel"$en. p ipe liner, rep lacf)'j 8ynlhel ie rubber d i.!CII 011 a scraper­Iype l0-de"iI a t the Bay to .. ·" Sta lio " , NOle lI'e notch ed r ubber d iscs ill Ihe rorelruund which .. "e re de~ i,ned by O. C. Mudd. r eli red SPL eug illl~er.

It also is used to separate ''batches'' in a products pipe line. however, Shell Pipe Line does not use it for this purpose since the effi ciency of its use is a debatable q uestion.

The third type go·devil is the brush that does es­sentially the same thing as the scraper-type. It also usually is used on lines which have a minimum of corrosion such as liquid gas lines.

T ime Between Run s Usuall y Varies The scraper p rogram of Shell P ipe Line is set up

by the d ivision superintendents and the Oil Move­ments Department. The timing of scraper runs de· pends upon : ( 1) characteristics of the crude oil ( waxing and corrosive clements) and (2 ) how close to maximum the lines are being used . Consequently, the pe riod of time between scraper Tll1lS varies be­tween a week and several months.

Pumps stations along Shell's lines are spaced on an average of every 50 to 60 miles. Each station has scraper traps where the scrapers are removed, in­spected, clea ned and repa ired if necessary, in which case a new or reconditioned scraper is put in the line and sent to the next station.

Many of the old lines didn't have scraper traps but the Company has been install ing them in recent years. On some of the minor lines. i.e., gathering lines, it doesn't pay to undergo the capital cost of scraper traps. However, in some fields, notably the East Texas Field, the wax content in the oil is so high that scrapers must be used in the gathering systems.

One early problem that had to be overcome was the varying sizes of pipe in a single line. In 1947, O. C. Mudd, former senior corrosion engineer with Shell Pipe Line, designed a scraper which could be used in a line of varying diameter.

Since both the guide wheels and knives of the scraper are fl exible, it was only necessary to redesign the rubber discs, making them flexible so that the scraper could travel through pipe of smaller d imen­sions.

This was done by notching two rubber discs and p lacing them together to provide a continuous face against the oil moving the scraper through the pipe.

In vention Firs t Used In West Texas This scraper innovation was first used in the

Goldsmith-Banlsley Line in West Texas which has eight·inch cement pipe, six· inch steel pipe and six­inch cement-lined p ipe. Tt was successful and has been used on this line since as well as many other lines of varying d iameter in the system.

Before the advent of I)ipeline construction in­spectors, a great variety 0 th ings were pushed out of newly·constructed lines by the go-devils. Nearly every pipeliner can tell you a tale of something d ifferent that has appeared in scraper traps or was found when a line was cut open to free a stuck scraper.

They have seen such strange things as rabbits, snakes, rats, fence lXlsts, log chains, skids, railroad jacks and even a lady's unmentionables. Probably the "foulest" thing ever to emerge was a small group of dead skunks. "The odor was somethin' awful," one of the crewmen stated .

A scraper was run through the six-inch Boyd­Midway section of the Hea ldton-Cushing line a few years ago, the firs t time it had been scraped since the line was laid in 1917.

P ipe Is Cut, T hree Objects Found The go-deVil stopped at a flattened bend in the

line and it was necessary to cut the line to get it out. There in front of the scraper, pipeliners found three objects-a 10-foot piece of three-quarter inch pipe. a fi ve·foot picce of 5/16 by IJ.:·inch scrap iron and a 12·pound piece of iron casting, all well preserved from rust by the crude oil flowing through the line.

Today. the inspector sees that the open pipe end has a "night ca p" pu t on at the end of the work day. This is done to keep animals and birds from taking refuge. Another way of preventing objects from being left in the line is to wash it out before the weld. Despite this careful handli ng, objects still find their way into the pipe.

Occasionally a scraper sticks in a line and this calls for the help of ma intenance crews. Another scraper is inserted and a crewma n follows its passage by means of the humming sound it makes as it moves through the li ne. 1£ i t doesn't dislodge the first go­devil, the li ne mllst be cut open and the jammed scraper removed. This can be a ti me and money consuming task especially if the scraper sticks in a road or a river crOSS ing.

Since the scraper travels only about three miles an hou r in crude li nes it is easy to follow but ill liquid gas lines this can't be done because its speed runs as high as 100 miles per hour. Special magnetic instruments must be used to trace these go-devils through these lines.

That, in brief, is a history of the go·devil and its various uses in the pipeli ne industry. A very impor­tant tool in the every day job of moving oil from the producing fields to the refineries.

T he 8a,.lowlI IUa ill leua nee cre ... prepare.! 10 8tarl a sera lJer-type , o-devil. Iioldin« il is J . U. S ta rk wi th J . D. Ander$e: n ready 10 ~",at i t in the pipe wilh a 10,. C. C. 1'1081, foreDiall . and J . S. Broom aii are read y 10 a$!! is t in saf",l,. m~aIUreli .

L. L. Arllold , Garfi e ld Sla tio ll as>! is l:lI. t ch ief e UlJineer , Ilu ts a p lug· type cleaner into Ihe 24-inch Rancho l' i,M: Line Sy~ lem while ch ecking a t; U detecto r in h is ri,ht h and. T h e Dia n m a .... illg lhe fire e:x tin, ui ~her is R. D. Webb, utili tyman.

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SHELL PIPE LINE CORPORATION

(jeneral Organization Chart January 1, 1956

O. W. Heyden

S,u ia' An11l,"'

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M9', Oil MOY'''''.'1

MID

CONTINENT

AREA

TEXAS

GULF

AREA

T he Go·Devii

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J. K.411,"

WEST

TEXAS

AREA

A"'1Ianl T,uly'tt

February, 1956

Mlnl,er ~y,~~.·$lor"

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

DIVISION

L. (. !>tiler

Fehruary, 1956

Chart Lists Changes In Responsibilities

A NUMBER of major changes in Head Office de-partmental structure became effective January 1,

1956. A minimum of physical moves was involved and a closer integration of allied corporate activities was coupled with a higher degree of delegated authority, while the elements of ,------'------­adequate executive control were retained in the staff a lignment.

The pictorial organiz.'ltion chart on the opposite page shows the general alignment of responsibility as it now exists. The first of the year changes involved the realignment of certain duties and responsibili­ties of staff members formerly associated with Messrs. W. A. Baker, vice-president and treas­urer and D. H. Lewis, vice­president, engineering. Both of these officers of the Company retired on December 31, 1955.

R eport to Sears All functions relating to the

construction, operation and maintenance of operating facil­ities are under the direction of Vice-Pres ident O. F. Sears. The Area Managers of the three

. areas and the Division Man­ager of the Hocl), Mountain Division report to him.

r..h . Sears is assisted by staff units relating to Engineering, Traffic and Operating Services. The Engineering Department under O. W. Heyden was trans­ferred to this group. Engi neer­ing functions have been d i­vided between Design and Operations and H. H . List has been given the responsibility for the former and N. F. Schreiner the latter. Problems, studies and recommendations in these classifications will be handled in the respective sec­tion.

Takes New Post J. B. Thompson, formerly as­

sistant to vice-president was promoted to manager of the newly orga nized Traffic De­partment and is respons ible for directing the activities of the Oil Movements Department, managed by G. H. Miller and the Economics Department headed by F. Lee, manager. Mr. Lee was promoted to this position from his previolls as­signmen t as eva luation en­gint."er and he will continue to be responsible for the evalua­tion work. Prior to this reor­ganization the economics func­tions were hand led by the En­gineering Department.

The third staff unit assisting

the vice-president is headed by J. K. Alfred as manager of Operating Services. Mr. Alfred was promoted to this assign­ment from his former position of assistan t to vice-president. Three uni ts report to him. R V. Lahr, manager, Operations Planning, will direct all activi­ties connected with planned operating projects. J. W. La Boon, manager, Communica­tions, is responsible for the telephone, teletype and radio communications facilities and operations. H . Caughey, man­ager, Transport, a newly cre­ated department, is responsible for all phases of automotive and air transport services.

Explain Grouping The fi nancial activities of the

Company are under the direc­tion of Vice-President and Treasurer C. C. Combs, who replaced W. A. Baker, retired . Continuing as units of the fi ­nancial organization will be the General Accounting, Auditing and Cashier and Auditor of Disbursements Sections repol1-ing to Assistant Treasurer J. H. O'Hare, with no changes in their general duties or align­ment. The Purchasing-Stores Department, H. J. Woehrmann, manager, reports direct to the vice-president and treasurer.

The status and organization­al aligmnent of the Land, In­surance and Tax Department remains unchanged. Under the direction of secretary, Vt/. J. Williamson, this department re­ports direct to the president. The assistant managers in this department are G. R. Woolf, Land and Insurance, and R. J. Northway, Taxes .

The Personnel and Industrial Relations Department under L. C. Geiler, manager, also re­mains unchanged. However, this department, which former­ly reported to the vice-presi­dent, now reports direct to the p resident.

The new organization brings closer association of allied in­terests so as to expedite con­siderations, decisions and ap­p rovals required to effect ef­ficient operation and manage­ment of Company facilities.

Survhal lear that i ~ earried by many ean in the Roeky ~Iountain is dis l,lared by D. W. JDc:k ~on, le"er a l d erk a t Glendive. Gear o f Ihii Iype ill nceded in a eounlry or sudden b lizzards. Directly behind Ibe car iii Ihe new Bulle Disiric i office buildin~ in G le n. di "'~. II i5 located a llli roxin.a tely three milO!$ from the ci ty.

T he Go-Devil

Girl Wins Scholarship

Although employed by Shell Pipe Line only four months, Dianne Davenport was given a warm send-off by Head Office officials when she resigned late last month.

The communications depart­ment messenger was awarded a Jesse Jones scholarship at the Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, and left to enroll in the spring term.

Dianne has to attend one semester before tile scholarship becomes effective but it will continue for a total of four years if the studen t's grades remain at a designated high level.

J. K. Alfred, assistant to the vice-president, to manager, Op­erating Services, Houston.

]. T. Bergeron, senior clerk, labora tory, to field operations, Houston.

B. D. Brown, pipeliner to maintenance lineman, Cushing.

11. L. Burton, general clerk, Houston (TGA) to Head Of­fice land , insurance and tax.

,V. A. CONlcr, auto mechanic helper, Houston, to pipelineI', Port Neches.

H. W . Gillott, station utili ty­man, Baylor, to fie ld gauger, Jal.

C. E. Hart , tank farm gaug­er, Hamli n, to field fauger, Eunice,

R. E. H ickmcHl, garage fore­man to automotive mainten­ance supervisor, Houston.

E. H . Kemner, mechani­cal maintenance supervisor, Springfield, Mo., to Owens­vi.lle, Mo.

H . \ V. Krause, pumper gaug­er, Hope, to tank farm gauger, Houston.

]. R. Massey, assistant station chief engineer, Bland Station, to Osage Station.

L. R. Mayo, station engineer, Fannett to Norco.

P. H. McDoligal, station en­gineer, Basile to Port Neches.

E. C. Myrow, station en­gineer, Fannett to Basile.

F. E. Riggs, tank farm gaug­er, Healdton, to station en­gineer, Midway.

W. N. StevelISO)J, station en­gineer, Midway to Wildhorse.

J. B. Thompson, assista nt to the vice-president, to manager, Traffic, HOtlston.

F. B. Trow, station engineer, Gasconade to L'lbadie.

C . Whitesell, station chie! engineer, Ray Station, to Baker, Mont.

L. C. Wolf, p ipeliner, Pauls Va Uey to Healdton.

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very appropriate. Miss Mavolen vander~f~o~'dj,~~~~~: in Head Office Purchasing-Stores, went to great pains to out a Valentine for her fiancee, Naval Cadet Don Evans, who is stationed in Pensacola, Fla. Don, no doubt, did the same. TIle exchange showed a mutual meeting of the minds. The Valentines were identical.

Ducks and Honors Galore

Dunn a nd ROlen •

Buhler Station personnel en­joyed the shooting this season on leases in the Louisiana sea marsh on Johnson Bayou near Sabine Lake. J. A. Dunn, yard­man, and J. L. Rogers, station engineer, show their luck but others shared the good hunting. Among those were R. V. Con­over, station chief engineer, Rob­ert Ullo, station engineer, and Hoy Floyd of Cushing, retired. Mrs. Dunn also shared a couple of successful hunts with her husband. • •

Colorado City (Texas) High School waited until late last month to hold its ann ual footba ll banquet but it was worth the wai t to Ramona Billings, daughter of G. G. Billi ngs, West Texas Area manager. Hamon:J. was presented as football sweetheart of the Wolves and later will receive a jacket wi th a sweetheart emblem .... Cadet Melvin E. Pollard, son of Mrs. and F . W. Pollard, assistant chief gauger at Penwell, was named to the dea n's list at the U. S. Ai r Force Academy in Denver. The dean's list includes the top 40 per cent in academic standings.

Notes from Here and Abroad

Employees approved the new hospitaHzation insurance rlan that was offered the first 0 the year. Hecords at Head Office show that 98 per cent of the eligible employees took advan­tage of the increased protection at the same rates. The first man in the Texas Gulf Area to sign up was]. B. Gan tenbein, welder in the Sealy Maintenance Crew. John was signed by J. H. Wil­liams, Area training representa­tive, while he was assigned as welding inspector Oil the Hope­Houston Line recondition ing job .

.1.1

• • Gll nlc ube ill and Williams •

The former Caroli ne Stappler who worked as a clerk in the Austin office of the Hancho Division now lives in England with her husband, Lt. C. L. Hamby. She recently wrote the Area Office and spoke of her experiences in England. The Hambys have been overseas since April but she said she would be glad to return to the U. S. "where people use central heati ng, e tc." Caroline also noted "the roads are very narrow and winding and definitely not built for American cars which we have." Her address is: c/o Lt. C. L. Hamby, 9lst Ftr. Bmr. Sq. , APO 755, c/o P.M., New York, N. Y.

Club Lives Up to Its Name

Dolhonde, BUILII and Uurton •

The writing worries of H . L . Burton, genera l clerk, were taken care of by the Texas Gulf Area office Friendship Club when it presented Henry with a lifetime pen and pencil set this month . It was given to Henry when he was transferred to the Head Office in the land, insur­ance and tax department .. C. E. Dolhonde, Area ma nager, made the presentation . K. M. Butts is the seated man in the background. • •

Go-Devil gleanings from lip and down the lines: The brain is wonderful . It never stops functioning from the time you are born until you sta nd uI' to make a speech .... In the early days of motoring, narrow lighways would barely permit two cars to pass without colliding. ow we're getting wide super-highways where six or eight cars ca n coll ide at one time .... It's too bad those talkers who contend to speak "straight from the shoulder" can't speak from a little higher up.

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Service Birthdays TwentywFive Years

T. E. Sawyer, Grand Lake (Okla.) station engineer, qual­ified for his four week vacation period this month by observ-

,

G. W. Norris, tank fa rm gauger at Cushing, has reason to remember February, 1956, it marks 25 years with Shell Pipe Line.

George started with the Company in February, 1931, as a linewalker at Healdton. Since then he has worked as an oil gauger, pumper gauger and station engineer at Ray, Cush· ing, Fairland (G rand Lake). Tonkawa, Pauls Valley and now Healdton.

All of George's spare time has been taken up with his Farm nl'ar Cushing where he recently completed a new

ing his 25th year with tlle Company.

Starting as a laborer on the McCamey- Healdton line, Ted has worked as station utility­man, oiler and station engineer at Oetters, Roxdale, Verdi, Midway and Grand Lake.

Active in sports, Sawyer is a member of the Sportsmen's Club at Fairland and has an unusual amount of knowledge about wild life. Another inter­esting hobby is the theatre in Fairland that Ted operates on weekends with the help of his family. His wife sells tickets, he handles the screening, h is son Eddie, 15, sells popcorn and the daughter, Sharon, 12, takes tickets.

home. In connection with the farm Norris deals in cattle buy­ing and trading.

Twenty Years

Twenty years of service will lie ",arked this ",o nth by, Icft 10 righi, U. II. Dodc n, Ii llcWll lkcr, Kilgore; J. E. Fulle rton, prol,a .. e loader, Iio llbs; IIlId U. L. htiac$, Jr" Sialion c "gillccr at Buhler.

T .. ·o more 20 year mcn a r e D. I. Amne, left , tank farm gaugcr , Wood Ri-'cr; all rl n. O. Langley, m echani­cll i moillle .. a nce ~ nl)e r .. i.'!-O r , E unice.

Fifteen Years R. \Y. Armitage, pipeliner, Goodrich. L. Bragg, field gauger, Wink. P. C. Cox, linewal ker, Kilgore. E. W. Eska, tank farm gauger, Houston. A. E. Tipton, tank farm gauger, Wood River. ]. W. Williams, station utilityman, Wood River. W. ]. Williamson, corporate secretary, Houston.

Ten Years C. M. Dawkins, field gauger, Penwell. E. E. Mathis, pipeliner, Sarcoxie. J. T. Newton, station utilityman, McCamey. E. A. Sloop, field gauger, Eunice.

T he Go· Devil

Three Pipe Line Couples Wed

In Solemn Church Ceremonies Kestler·Bandor

Miss Shirley Don Kestler and Robert S. Bandor were united in marriage February 3 at the Woodland Presbyterian Chtlrch in Houston. She is the daughter of Mrs. Don Kestler and the late Mr. Kestler. He is the son of Mrs. James Gor­don of Red Wing, Min n.

Mrs. Bandor is employed as a /'ullior rile clerk in the Head o fice treasury-accounting de­partment. The groom is sta­tioned at Ellington Air Force Base,

Mrs. W. R. Bland, Shell Oil receptionist, was matron of honor.

MidLand's C-Union

Announces Dividend A dividend of five per cent

on all shares was declared by the officers of the Midland Shell Employees Federal Cred­it Union.

The balance sheet shows an increase in total loans for 1955 of nearly $58,000 over the 1954 figure , and a gain in total as­sets of $38,000.

L. F. Fra nklin, West Texas Area ch ief dispatcher, was named an assistant treasurer on the board of directors.

I Cards of Thanks I We wish to express our ap­

preciation to Shell friends who were so thoughtful at the time of the loss of our son, Barry.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jones.

W. B. Sanders wishes to thank his many ldnd friends with Shell Pipe Line for their many expressions of sympathy in the loss of his wife, Blanche.

Words can not express our deep feeling of gratitude for such wonderful friends. Your kindness, symjlathy and deeds of lovc will ong be remem­bered and cherished. The family of W. D. McClure.

I wish to thank my many Shell friends and the Company for their kindness and expres­sions of sympathy during the recent illness and death of my father.

J. L. Summers.

Births Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Davis,

a daughter, Mary Evelyn, 7 pounds, 7 ounces; December i 5. Davis is a truck driver for the Port Neches maintenance crew.

Mr. and Mrs. , . H. Williams, a son, Grant Cuy, 6 pounds, 11 ounces; February 18. Jack is thc Texas Gulf Area training representative.

? ... tr. and Mrs. R. L. Prather, a son, Paul Travis, 6 pounds, 7 ounces; January 27. Prather is a pipeliner in the Wasson Maintenance Crew, Denver City, Texas.

o The oldest and largest volun­

tary organizll.tion serving the crippled is your Easter Seal Society. Support it.

Hunt-Thomas ~'Iiss Peggy Jo Hunt and

James William Thomas were joined in marriage at St. Mark's Methodist Church, Baytown, Tex., on Nov. 25.

Milton and Homer Thomas, brothers of James, a1so served in the wedding. All are sons of W. M. Thomas, Port Neches station engineer.

The couple is living in Port Neches while the groom at· tends Lamar College in Beau­mont.

HO Stenographers

Help Cancer Society Services of Head Office

stenographers have been made available on a part time bnsis to the Harris County office of the American Cancer Society.

The girls who will work for the society during February and March are: Marion Huf­naIl, admin istrative; Lelia Rod­er, engineering; Ruth Higgins, personnel; Frances Reid, traf· fic; Pat Sitton, land, tax and insurance; Shirley B a II. d 0 r , treasury ; Mavolen Vandeford, purchasing; and Betty Lavette, communications.

Kilgore' 5 Shell Club Headed By C. E. Slater

Twelve events have been scheduled by the Kilgore Shell Club which will be headed by C. E. Slater, East Texas divi­sion superintendent, during 1956.

Slater will be assisted by two other Shell Pipe Line people, Shirley Mount, junior clerk, who was elected secretary· treasurer; and R. A. Cox, pipe· liner, who was named to the board of directors.

A Valentine Dance led off this month with bingo and a children's Easter Party sched­uled for March. A spring dance, picn ic and barbecue will fill the summer months before an­other bingo party in September.

The annual Halloween dance highlights October with a tur­key give-away slated for No­vember. Three events will Cll ­tertain Shell employees and their families in December, a children's Christmas party, a Christmas dance and a New Year's dance.

It costs approximately one cent to ship 4,200 gallons of oil one mile by tanker.

February, 1956

O'Neill-Law8on

Miss Marilyn Ann O'Neill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. O'Neill , became the bride of Edward Lawson in the First Methodist Church chapel in Houston, January 28.

The bride's father is right-of­way representative in the Head Office land, insurance, and tax department.

The groom is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio where the couple will make their home.

Pipe Line President

Named to UF Board At the Harris County United

Fund and Community Council recognition dinner held in Houston this month, Joe T. Dickerson was honored three ways for h is services on the council.

He was elected to a three year term 011 the Fund's board and VIaS named chairman of the national agency's standing committee. He also received a plaque ror meritorious service as head or the Industrial Divi­sion in this years fund drive.

Deaths Pensioner Earnest Dickey

died January SO at Waco. Earn­est retired November 1, 1949, while working as a yardman­truck driver at Austin.

Mrs. J. D. Aldridge, mother· in-law of C. C. Boyles, died February 4 in Cushing. Boyles is an electrical maintenance supervisor at Vinita.

J. 1. Beard, father-in-law of L. R. (Doc) Gil died at Ope­lausas, February 5. Doc is leadma n in the Opelousas maintenance crew.

Mrs. C. H. Rodgers, mother of C. A. Rodgers, died Feb­ruary 8 at New Haven, Mo. Rodgers is a district telephone maintenance foreman at Union, Mo.

T. M. Young, fa ther of T. R. Young, died in Houston, Jan­uary 16. Young is an engineer in the Head Office.

John Riddle, father of W. E. Biddle, Glendive district gauger, died February 10 in East Chicago, ind., at the age of 70.

o Today the oil and gas indus­

try consumes almost eight per cent of the nation's steel out­put. It goes into weD equip­ment, pipe lines, refineries, storage tanks, and many other items.

}~ebruary, 1956

ipeline ersonalities

Chilrlre ll o f h.'o PilHl Linei'll a re m ember s of the Healdlon High School ba nd, lOll Cla~s C orga llbmlion ill Ihe f tale, At lelt iii Geral. dine Eno~, Ilaug hie r o f J. E. Enos, welder a t Healdto ll. J erry a nd Peg,"y Wood a re ehildre ll o l C. G. W06d, Ilille liner, Uealdlon.

Sh ell Pipe Line'~ small , mod ern offiees in 1I0bl.$, N. i\T. , o ffer two of it~ pre llic,.1 clerks, 1' ,,1 Moore, on I,h'lne, and Ch:.rlene Suiler. 1' 111 i$ a junio r d erk alld hllil been with SPL sillee No" e mbe r 1950. Also a j Ullio r clerk, Ch" rlene starled to work in Allril o f lasl year.

McCamey tlitt" School Iliekell Be "erly J o Ibmbriek as ' 'The Sl,iril o f Chri8Im:>s" a nd 8h e reigned o "er the ho lidllYs. S I)(Jnsor ed b y Ihe j unio r cl1I 8~, the h'lnor iii eo,'e led by II ny girl. Ue "erly Jo i;; Ihe Ilaug hier of ~T. U. Hambrick , Meila Stali'llI e ngineer.

I' r"clicu l gillS for a bride· lo-be werr, eho~en by me mber. of the Head Office Treasury Dellnr tmenl Pipe Liner s' Ch.b. A. D. L" Roehdle, clnb I're~ide lll , prcscllIed Shirley Ke~tle r, junior file clerk, with an iron a nd china. ( See wedding story on p ag e 6.)

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Each Area :ond Ihe ROl"k y Mounta in Di "bion had a Ira um'A" re IJre!;elll a t;" e al a ,,'cck'. course 0 11 be tter m ea nf of eommunielliio n h eld in I.h e Head Office Ihis m o nlh. T he lIIen broke off f rom the busin~ "I I". nd 10 ha" e a Coke and le ll tales. They a re, le ft 10 r it: hl, F. U. Loc, R MD; J. D. Quinlon ;ond L. l.. Ermis, 110; W. L. Hi1llellfe M, WTA ; J. 1-1. Willia ms, TGA ; ami L. W. Kinison, MCA.

Indoclrim,tio n cou rses o f She ll Pille line for new emilloye~ a re he ld every ~bc monlhs in Head Office. T hose who "ue nded the mO~1 recenl cou ne a re, left to rit: ll1, Nallcy Comillo n, accou ll ti ng; Uelh Q u inn, com 'llu .. ie" l ion~; W. D. A,;l..jn, pcnonnel; R uth J osscr a nd, co"'mll".i cial ion~; Joyce Correll, t reasury; a nd J eannine Bir mingh am a lld J . T. Hare~, holh o f accoulll inA'. A full tiny ill neetled fo r the eou~.

n e lirem C'lI c()un~eling wa~ thorough ly diseuJ!8ed by th. i ~ g rOUI' d."t met in Iio uston for a conferellce Ihal included H. T . Le"s ure, secontl l rom left s tandin8', re l,resenlin,: Ihe Ne" · Yo rk o ffice. Othel"ll s la nding are , le rt to right , L. F. Maw" , HO ; II . D. Solsbery, MCA ; H. V. Ho use, TGA; a nd J . W. lIunl, WTA. Seated are: J. E. Fai r .. ·ealhe r, WTA ; F. L. t.: l1Ile r "·ood , TGA ; a nd L. W. Kill ison, MCA.

A .. informal dinner parly h o no rell Dan.ny a nd Jrj$ Whill )' a l an inn ncar 1I0 lUton in IRte J a,m a ry. Iris, a ! lenogrRl'her , left the T ella! Gulf Area office to au ume full time ho ,,~ehold d"lie~. Present are, lefl to ri8'hl , Mrs. F. L. Underwood, J e" .. Schmidl, Marie Mnrray, l\lu. G. C. JUoates, K. J\l. BUllS, Bill Murray, Da nny a nd Jr ;. , J. H. William. , Mrs. Willia mt a nd F. L. IJnderwood ill the f orellround.

Shell Pipe Line Corporation P. O. Box 2648

Houston I, Texas

Return Postage Guaranteed

Is It Correct? .---~) If not, notify you r su p erv isor of your correct address.

Jf.. Jr. i'tI.rDer 3519 PfDIOCd Banston 23. 'l'eDtI

Accident Box Score

BULK RATE U. S. POST AGf

PAID HOUSTON, TEXAS PERMIT No,. 67:2.3

Year Total ] 955 Jan. Feb- Mar. Apr. May June July Au&". Sept. Od. No\'. Det... 19a.6

Disabling Injuries

Doctor Cases

5

56

1

2

Chargeable Auto ( a ) 31 2

Responsible Auto ( b ) 14 2

( a) Chargeable under NSC contest rules. (b) SneJl .en1"ployees responsible..

WHO IS TO BLAME? 'When a serious or fatal accident occurs the supervisor is

frequently surprised to learn that the cause was a violation of a safe practice rule which he thought his men were constantly following. Upon further investigation he finds the violation was common practice with the victim of the accident and many other employees.

When the superintendent hears of the accident and the result of the investigation, he too is greatly surprised to know that one of his supervisors had been so lax as to permit such a violation.

The next surprise comes to the managers. They wonder why the superintendent did not know of the conditions that brought about the occurrence of the aocident.

Such surprises are unfortunate; however, alertness to personal responsibility and diligent supervision of the old common sense type will avoid many of these unfortunate surprises.

L. L. ERMIS, Assistant Supervisor of Safety and Training.

THE • o· e'"

February, 1956