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ice when they presented him with , a 44-year pin in 1929.However, the Holliday record ol long service to the Standard only begins here. Conrad had three brothers, who served the company even longer than he. They were: John, 56; William, 55; and Frank, 52. Thus the grand total of Holliday service to the Standard Oil Co. was 207 years.On May 31, 1890 Mr. Holliday entered the service of the Standard. For a while he had to lay pipe, then later was given a job as gauger at $1.75 a day. He was allowed $7.50 a month mileage for bis horse and buggy.Buys Model T In 1913In 1913 he purchased a Model T Ford and henceforth checked his tanks by motorized travel after 23 years of feeding and caring for horses.He* is able to recall the early days of oil in and around Petroleum Center, Petrolia and other oil-boom towns. He saw the notorious French Kate, French Mary and another prostitute called “The Red Fox,” All at that time were long past their spring-chicken days.While in Washington, Pa., at the age of 19, he heard Ben Hogan lecture in the opera house. Hogan, whose character was at such a low level he was run out of Pithole in 1865, had given up his sordid life and had taken to the lecture platform in an endeavor to repent for the wicked life he had led.In addition to belonging to the Masonic lodge for/ 58 consecutive years and driving cars for 44 years (he gave up driving only last October), Mr. Holliday was in Buffalo two days after President William McKinley was assassinated.In his many years as a pumper and in retirement be figures he has driven well over a mill!on ■ miles. He had 19 cars in that time. His work area was in Bufcler and Beaver counties.How many barrels of oil he has “run” would be only a guess. During that time he has seen the price range from a low of 82 cents to $6.10 a barrel.Conrad Holliday, now living a quiet life with his wife near the general store in Troy Center, shakes his head with the words: “I've sure seen a lotta changes in my time.”
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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, May 21, 1958
Page 9
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