Flying Red Horse Club

After World War II ended my Uncle Harold (who had worked at the Magnolia Refinery in Beaumont throughout the war) got dad a job with Magnolia Petroleum Company. Dad had received some aircraft mechanic training as he finished his term of service in the US Army Air Corps so MagPetCo assigned him to the machine shop. I imagine he started at the bottom and worked his way up to be a master machinist. MagPetCo was owned by Standard Oil Company of New York, Socony. And MagPetCo became Socony Mobil in 1959.

Anyhow, in this period in the 50’s and early 60’s, we were allowed to use the facilities of the Flying Red Horse Club. I don’t know who owned the property or whether or not it was really a club, but nonetheless Refinery employees were allowed to use it.

I wager that this use was restricted to white employees although I cannot back this up with any evidence. It may have been called a club to help with segregation.

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