Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
PENNSHIP LOG
SUNDAY. APRIL 1. 1945
Several Island Offices Have Moved Into New Homes
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3s Dental Service
TCScene Of
Most
Employment Office
Now Inside Yard
New office changes of interest
to the entire Yard have taken
place within the past two weeks.
The “moving day” affected Per-
sonnel, Employment and Training
Offices and finds the Training
Center Bldg., now housing most
of these three units.
The new directory of offices in
the Training Center Bldg., finds
the Personnel record file housed
in Room No. 1-B with Martha "'"V™ cf" -----V ““ **
Donnivan, Vida Jackson, Pauline1 day?> stores employes are
Gardner, Jeanette Nix, Maxine ‘ !eallf flxmg up‘ C- Glass’ elec“
r* 1 -, ,, . trips rr nlorV V*nc
Several hundred PennShip employes on the night shift who
lost their rides home from work when the new work hours went
into effect March 19 have apparently solved their own problems
of transportation, according to PSY officials.
With no bus service at 3:30 a. m., when they got off from work
the 200 or more employes affected faced a long walk home unless
they could find other means of transportation, which they have
done.
A check with department supervisors reveals there is no in-
crease in absenteeism or asking for releases which can be traced
to the new hours.
Food Shortage No Worry
To Some Folks In Stores
With the food situation as it is
Sanders and Faynell Wallace in
charge.
W. R. CLARK IN 1-A
Room 1-A is occupied by W. R.
Clark, wage administrator, and
trical receiving clerk, has gone
into the turkey-raising business.
We understand he has a real flock
out his way and we. plan to eat
turkey with him.
McNally is in the rabbit busi-
his secretary, Rose Marie Poe and I McN alley is m the rabbit busi-
Margie Clarkson, secretary to R i ness> havm§ received a shipment
— — - from Lampassas recently .
____,______ Among the gardeners are J. M.
conducts | Morgan and J. E.,McDonald. L.
D. Witcher is raising a yard and
says it is too bad he is getting
off from work so early these days.
We hear quite a bit of comment
about getting off so early now.
Most everyone says, “My wife has
a line pf work a mile long every
R. Clark.
From Room 4, R. R. Clark, head
of the Personnel Dept
the affairs of his department.
Rooms 2-A and 2-B are now
the home of O. J. “Uncle Jack”
Thornton, head of the Employ-
ment Office and his force con-
sisting of Dollie Jo Hybarger,
Mary Helen Touchstone, Connie
CARPENTER
Brunow, Ruth Reynolds, Edna | evening when I get home.
Wiggmgton,^ Hazel Holbrook, Tess j Bob Roe must be making a gar-
den. He brings green onions ev-
ery day in his lunch. Mr. Pat-
terson, chief of Stores, has a gar-
Howard, Billy Fears and Kim
Atha.
Training Director J. L. Wones ____________________
retains his same offices, aided by ; den, but who works it?
Marjorie Carroll, Billie McKin- j
ley and Betty Lou Poe. I E. E. Brownlee and Westerman
Room 3 in the Training Bldg., | are champion domino players and
is now the induction center in wish to challenge anyone who
charge of Bruce Ferrell and here cares to play between the hours
also is the projection room for in- | of 12 and 12:30 noon.
struction and incentive movies and _—
assembling of training groups. j A. E. Rich, who has been out,
The Personnel Bldg., just inside due to illness, is back with us
the inner gate is still occupied by, and at his job in the Little Store
M. W. McMaster, director of pub- Room,
lie relations, and his secretary, | _
Ina Langmo, and Sam Sachitano
and his secretary, Rae Wilson.
Newcomer to this building is R.
D. Wray, Island coordinator.
NEW BADGE HOME
The badge section of Employ-
ment and the picture department
have taken over in the place of
Personnel Kardex file in the as-
sembly room in the front of this
building. Now employes will get
their physicals at First Aid.
Earl Heid’s office which han-
dles all ration applications and
questions for Islanders is now
in the U. S. Maritime Bldg., Room
117, and the Island ration office
personnel includes Heid’s secre-
tary, Carlis Tallarita.
All telephones remain the same
under the new setup with the
exception of Heid’s phone which
is now extension No. 309.
Ed Dyer’s office, where bonds
were formerly delivered in the
Employment office, has moved to
the Time Office and employes will
be able to get their bonds as they
come and go to work.
Melvin Henslee has the tobacco
situation well in hand. That pipe
has an aroma, can’t say just what
port, though, H. M. Starcke re-
ceived a large package of Bugle
tobacco so now he can smoke.
Speaking of tobacco cigars must
be plentiful. G. T. West can be
seen smoking one every day.
We understand Pee Wee estab-
lished a temporary beachhead the
other day, but moved back to
Warehouse 13. He wasn’t gone
long, but it just wouldn’t seem
like Warehouse 13 without Pee
Wee.
Lt. and Mrs. Hamp F. Brooke
of SAAC Field, San Antonio are
the proud parents of a 6-pound,
8-ounce daughter who has been
named Frances Jeanette. Lt.
Brooke was a clerk in the Pur-
chasing Dept., prior to enter-
ing the armed forces.
TOMMIE “LITTLE BETTER”
The condition of Tommie Grant,
former Islander worker and now
police captain, is “about the
same.” Tommie is at Hotel Diet*
where he is receiving treatment
for a cerebial hemmorhage.
TASK FORCE DANCE
The PennShip Task Force gave
a danee in honor of 85 soldiers
fi\.m Camp Polk last Saturday
night at the PSY War Dad’s Ser-
vicemen Center.
The happiness of success comes
in achievement.
Common sense is knowledge in
(working clothes.
W. L. Dickerson has taken up
crocheting in his spare time; proof
was found in his desk drawer. His
story is that his wife’s crochet got
all mixed up with his coat and
he brought it to work.
Stores is happy to welcome Tom
Geldard, Silsbee, operator of the
ditto machine.
Jimmie Mathis formerly of
Stores and now in the U. S. Navy,
wishes to say hello to his many
friends at PSY. In a recent let-
ter he states he is headed for the
Pacific.
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GULFPORT GETS “E”
The Gulfport Boiler anad Weld-
ing Works, of Port Arthur, has
been awarded the Army-Navy “E ’
for splendid construction work. E.
R. Standfuss, formerly of Penn-
Ship, is general manager of the
company which builds rescue and
salvage craft.
LONG EXPERIENCE WITH
building with wood gives Quar-
terman A. L. Reviea,, shown
above, a good background for his
job as night boss of the PSY Car-
penter Shop.
Once a man has learned to build
strong, good things with wood he
acquires a love for wood above
all other building materials.
Such has been the experience
of Quarterman A. L. Reviea, who
has charge of the Island Carpen-
ter Shop at night.
Reviea, who is a native of
Orange, had a cabinet shop in
that city, then worked in Houston
as a contractor.
Four years ago he came to the
PSY Carpenter Shop and worked
here as a junior quarterman for
two and a half years before be-
coming a full quarterman.
Reviea is 34 years of age, is
married and has one child, a four-
year-old daughter Patricia Ann.
He says if he has any hobbies
they’re his pretty blue-eyed blond
daughter, his yard and his gar-
den.
AIJ) FOR FIRST AID
The First Aid station is getting
a thorough spring housecleaning.
The walls have received a fresh
coat of paint and look very at-
tractive. Plans are being made
for redecorating the floors and
other changes will be made in the
near future.
FONTENOT ON PROGRAM
One of the featured entertain-
ers at the “Shot From the Sky”
program at the South Texas state
fairgrounds, March 23-24 was J.
L. Fontenot, of PennShip, fam-
ous for his Cajun impersonations.
The exhibit featured captured
enemy equipment.
We have heard of hotel rooms
with radio, phone, etc., and tour-
ist cabins with this and that fur-
nished, but we now have a car-
penter shop with dental service
provided gratis. The other day
D. Tatman, colored, had a tooth
that was giving him some trou-
ble. A certain carpenter leader-
man from Chambers County of-
fered his services. The offer was
accepted and the tooth pulled.
Service deluxe.
very hard wood has long played
an effective part in stern tube
bushings made here in our yard.
CARPENTER AT HEART
We have one man in our de-
partment whose work is more
closely related to several other
crafts than it is to our own. E.
L. (Uncle Ed) Sargent works
more with the machinists than
be does witft us but we believe
that at heart Uncle Ed is still a
carpenter. He has a monopoly
on putting down the pads to set
the instruments on and he has
done it so long that only he can
tell you just when he began.
H. C. Ishmael left us recently
upon the receipt of a call from
the draft board. I. Pelloat and
T. Cain were around to find what
it was like, for they are expect-
ing theirs momentarily.
It has been said that the new
work hours are somewhat like
eating your cake and having it
too. You work a regular shift
and then have a lot of time after
the day is done. You knew that
it would happen; it always has.
Someone wanted to put an ad in
the paper for part-time employ-
ment. He had been on until 6:00
p. m. and he thought when he
got off at 4:30 he would have time
for some other work. He found
it without the ad. . . pushing the
lawnmower. Good exercise!
If you look at the ship repair
items as they come through, you
will see that the upkeep item on
pilot houses and other, wooden
articles on PSY boats of other
years is indeed small. Just an-
other way of saying that, after
all, there is no real, substitute for
wood.
WOOD BY POUND
Lignumvitae is one of the few
woods that sell by the pound. This
Careless Soldering Really Dangerous
Thoughtlessness in the use of
soldering equipment may cause
serious burns and injuries, and
also cause fires. In view of these
dangers, a few suggestons about
safe methods of using equipment
may prove helpful.
When not actually using a sol-
dering iron,, place it in an inac-
cessible place where no one could
accidentally come in contact with
it. Be sure it is not placed on
any inflammable material. Keep
wiring and connections on elec-
tric soldering irons in good con-
dition to reduce the chances
shock and fires.
Never leave a blow-torch burn-
ing with the nozzle pointing to-
ward combustible material. Be
sure you do not pump up an ex-
cessive air pressure in the blow-
torch—the ordinary torch, prop-
erly filled with gasoline, requires
five strokes of the pump, usually.
When possible, light the torch
out-of-doors and pre-heat it be-
fore lighting. Never fill the fuel
tank when the torch is still burn-
ing or while it is still hot.
Precautions should be taken
against breathing lead fumes and
lead dust. Workers exposed to
the latter should always wash
.their faces and hands very care-
fully and thoroughly before eat-
ing and before leaving the plant.
Do not store lunch boxes any-
where near the sites where lead
dust is produced.
See that dust is thoroughly re-
moved each day from floors, work
tables and other places where it
might accumulate. Be sure, too,
that your work site has enough
ventilation to clear the' air at all
times.
The first thing we know we
will have to run an ad in the
Lost and Found column. We have
several tools in the Tool Room
that have been picked up in the
Yard and were so plainly wood-
working tools that they were
brought in to us. If you lose
anything in this line, and if you
find anything • that does not be-
long to you, if you will bring it
by we will be glad to help in re-
turning the lost item to its owner.
Mack Cook was by the other
day. Sleeping until 11 a. m has
caused him to put on a little
weight. He says that he expect*
to be back soon.
Red Robinson, who carries the
heaviest lunch bucket we know
of, says that you CAN teach an
old dog new tricks. He and some
of his crew are taking up furni-
ture work.
The string of absentee-less days
for the night shift ran to five be-
fore some of the boys had to lay
off to spend some of the money
that they had saved up.
Two leadermen went fishing
the other Sunday. They fished
hard, got stuck and finally caught
a fine mess of fish with a silver
hook.
The newest members of the
PSY fleet are the PIGG KNOTT
and the .FLYING NELSON, so
named after J. H. Pigg and L. F.
Nelson, their designers and build-
ers.
New Harbors Bill
-To Benefit P@sm
Beaumont and the Pennsylvania
Shipyards will benefit from the
$500,000,000 postwar rivers and
harbors bill -recently passed by
the U. S. house of representa-
tives and awaiting only the signa-
ture of the president who is ex-
pected to approve it promptly.
The bill had been previously
passed by the senate.
Deepening of the Neches river
from the port of Beaumont to
PennShip is included in imprvoe-
ments included in the bill, a
project which will facilitate ship
movements to PSY.
Texas projects include Neches
and Angelina rivers, $28,000,000;
Louisiana-Texas intracoastal wa-
terway to Harlingen, $600,000;
Louisiana-Texas intracoastal wa-
terway to Barroom bay, $6,300,
and Sabine-Neches Waterway,
Port Arthur, $45,000, the latter
project to be carried out at once
because it is recommended for
war purposes.
The other projects are for post-
war development.
Loose Hair
Real Hazard
As the weather gets warmer,
girls working oh the Yard will
be strongly tempted to leave off
hot, binding scarfs and hair pro-
tections, but they must remember
loose hair is a very definite safety
hazard.
The hair of men workers is so
short that it presents no hazard.
But it is easy for the hair of a
woman to get caught in a lathe
or other machinery as she bends
over her work. And when hair gets
caught in a revolving machine,
both hair and a chunk of scalp
may be torn out.
Few women realize that hair
is highly inflammable and that
sparks from welding or the torch
of a burner can easily set off a
three-alarm fire on top of their
heads. Such a blaze can scar
and permanently disfigure the
scalp of any woman.
But whether the hair is torn out
or burned off a severe injury will
leave a bald spot, for the tissues
producing hair are usually badly
damaged. The remedy is as sim-
ple as the accident is dangerous—
make sure to wear a cap or head
covering approved by the Safety
Dept. Of course if women prefer
to wear toupees instead of a cap,
that’s up to her, but she should
remember that in days gone by
when the Indians scalped our an-
cestors, not many lived to tell the
tale.
BOGLES VISIT SON
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. E. R, Bogle
of Columbia, S. C. arrived last
Saturday for a visit with their
son, Lt. E. R. Bogle, Jr., who is in
charge of the U. S. Navy Liaison
Office in the Maritime Bldg., at
PennShip. Col. Bogle, who is con-
nected with an ordnance branch
of the U. S. Army, and Mrs. Bogle
were Island visitors during their
stay in Beaumont.
In the 18th century grapefruit
was not considered edible and
was used on trading vessels as
ballast and to clean the decks.
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945, newspaper, April 1, 1945; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158422/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.