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county office who can total 105 years of combined service with their investor-owned electric firm.And most of it—91 years to be exact—came right here in the local Midcounty headquarters of GSU while serving their neighbors and heavy industry in the Port Neches-Nederland area.The three and their service years are A. C. (Frog) Handley, Jr., 38 years; William M. (Mooch) Ingwersen, 33 years; and Miss Mattie A. Gray, 34 years.Thirty-five of Mr. Handley's 38 years have been in Midcounty while Mr. Ingwersen and Miss Gray each shbw 28 years of duty here. Mr. Handley, of course, is the local GSU superintendent; Mr. Ingwersen is a sales representative; and Miss Gray is an office clerk.Actually, Mr. Ingwersen is the only one of the three to start his GSU service time in Midcounty. Mooch, as he's better known here, was with the Port Arthur Ice and Coal Company in Nederland when it sold out to Gulf States in 1929.He was retained by GSU as a Wield clerk and was stationed here until being transferred,*® Pori Arthur in 1994.as “Frog,” went to work for Gulf States in Port Arthur inPicture Lenders Asked To Pick UpPhotos At ReviewUnder a new policy of The Review, persons lending the newspaper pictures for publication must pick them up at the Review office, 1220 Boston Avenue, after publication date the picture is used.The paper will not be responsible for pictures left at the office later than two weeks following their use.The staff sincerely appreciates its readers lending us pictures for publication but it cannot be responsible for personally returning the pictures as has been the custom. So, please pick up your pictures not later than two weeks after they are used. Thank you.Mrs. Robert E. Gray has returned home from St. Elizabeth Hospital following a series of tests and minor surgery. She expects to reenter the hospital on August 20 for further treatment and possible surgery.ferred to the Midcounty offic in 1928 as district superin tendent. His office was locate at the old and famous “GS corner” at Nederland Avenu and 11th Street.“There’s nocomparisc between our operations her then and now,” Mr. Handle recalls. “There were onl two employees in the office-a cashier and myself—and was on the go seven days week.”He still remembers his cus tomer count at the time: Pur Oil, the Sun Oil tank far; and only 560 customers.Today, Handley’s Mideounl territory includes well ov| 8,000 customers and his loci GSU staff numbers an eve dozen.Miss Gray started withGu! States in what has since be come an obsolete task: check tag sales of ice in the Beau mont general accounting dg partment.“That was some time age she laughingly report| Thirty-four years to beexat Miss Gray cast her lot w|| GSU April 11, 1929.After spending her first fj years at the Gulf States koiisj office in Beaumont, she trar ferred to the Mldeounty he* quarters and has been h ever since.
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Nederland Midcounty Review
Nederland, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1963
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