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For suggesting use of additional duraseals on reactor
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Machinist W. H. McCarley receives
$500 capital Coin-Your-ldea award
for best suggestion submitted in 1951
Machinist W. H. McCarley with $500 smile, holding addi-
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circulating pumps at the RHB plants, Machinist W. H. 5 pipe still.
McCarley was presented the $500 capital Coin-Your-Ideas Morris S. Horton and T. M. Tanner received a supple-
award of the year. He has received a total of $1315 in mental award of $30 after suggesting a change in instru-
cash awards since submitting the idea in 1951. mentation at pipe stills 3, 4, and 5 to provide safer and
At the first quarterly meeting of this year, the Coin- more efficient operations.
Your-Idea committee recommended supplemental awards A joint supplemental award of $50 went to Charles
for fourteen Bay town men whose ideas proved worthy of Svoboda and Frank F. Haisler, fire equipment and
additional merit after being in use a year. maintenance, who suggested use of a quadrant and
Dan W. Lucas, pipe, was presented an award of $660 bracket so that hose nozzles could be held unattended in
for an idea which brought him a $200 initial award a any position in the vertical plane.
year ago. He suggested use of pallets and a straddle John C. Ward, instrument, received a $25 additional
buggy to transport material from the various pickup award for his suggestion which improved operations at
stations to the reclamation shop. No. 1 cat unit.
A joint supplemental award of $170 was presented to For suggesting use of bronze caulking strips to secure
a family team composed of Arthur M. Edwards, boiler- cloths on filters at the MEK lube plant, Machinist Fred E.
maker, and his son Marvin, pipefitter. Their idea, for Davis was presented a supplemental award of $35.
which they received a $20 initial award, was an improved Treater Melvin J. McCarty received an $85 award for
method for individually testing preheat tubes in the suggesting application of a hot water wash to batches
vacuum domes at Battery B. of LCT lube oil after the Napex has been drawn off.
Bert B. Talley, distillation, was presented a $100 Levi C. Craddock, yield, was presented an additional
supplemental award for a suggestion which improvedcarr . ,
operation at No. 2 flash coil. P award of 855 He suggested a time-saving method to be
Three other distillation men received additional awards uSed in calculating crude oil charges to all batteries and
for ideas they submitted in 1952. Ercil R. Montgomery PiPe stius , r
Q __ an ager .• i A new record for initial awards was set by Chester A.
was presented an $85 award for suggesting a better Tallent, tool and equipment. Mr. Tallent received seven
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Mabry, G. A. The Humble Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 05, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1953, periodical, May 1, 1953; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1482268/m1/4/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.