Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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UNBAY, JULY 1, 1945
FENNSIIIF LOG
PAGE THREE
kores Lassies Hear Wild Waves
Hawaii At Caplan
Beach
Lots Of
-hipping Surplus Job
Keeps Starcke Busy
AFTER INSTRUCTING the
reather Man to have plenty of
inshine and no rain, the girls of
tores and their guests finally
ad their long awaited weekend
; the PSY Camp on the beach.
The sea air gave us all an enor-
ous appetite which we satisfied
ith fried chicken, potato salad
ad all the trimmings. Eva White
arted a new fad. Teddy was
ially the life of the party Satur-
ay night and was very FRANK
i taking so much time to HUNT
ie MOON.
Vivian and Gloria proved to be
te best softball players. One
ould have thought they were
i Hawaii judging by the fancy
ative Island costumes. They
ere very pretty.
The gulf was rough and the
vimming grand although there
ere a few timid ones who
ould not venture into the wa-
■r. We were a tired, sunburned
inch of girls that repor+ed to
ork on Monday morning. Well,
/eryone had a wonderful time
id we are looking forward to
ixt year and a trip to the
aach. We say “thank vou;’ to
3Y for the cabin.
E. J. FREDERICK, former
worker, is back in Beaumont
ith his wife and two sons after
aving be^/n liberated from a
erman prison camp.
EVERY TIME THE ’phone
rigs Teddy thinks that “New
ork is calling Teddy Vander-
ice, long distance ...”
THIS SHIPPING surplus ma-
nual keeps Howard Starcke
ouncing from the little store-
iom to the office. Howard isn’t
riling how the washer pitching
imes out at noon sometimes, but
sk Bob Rowe.
MANY OF THE GIRLS are
raiting for calls from their hus-
ands and boy friends |wno are
^turning from overseas. Rhea
Zilson calls her Nederland home
eery day to see if she has a let-
ir or better still, a telegram
lying, “I have arrived in good
le USA . . . Love, Frankie.”
EDWARD McAneally has re-
igned and returned to his home
t Lometa, Tex., to enter the bus-
less world. We know fishing is
ood there.
MELVIN HENSLEE has “made’.’
ie Navy.
JACK WITCHER, son of Elec-
trical Stores Witcher, will soon be
u-t- of the navy hospital in San
>iego, Calif.
J. A. SLAY is back at work
fter a round with mumps.
BILL BORDEN has a new hair
rowing preparation which is
roving so satisfactory that Dick
Hckerson says he is going to try
P. L. WOOLEY just can't come
o work without dark glasses. He
vorked so long at night he just
an’t get used to the daylight.
SUSAN HUNT and her boss,
Jr. B., play dominoes at noon
rith the receiving clerks and it
3 said they beat Westerman and
tandolph for three straight days
nd three straight games.
THE RECEIVING clerks tell
all fishing tales. A1 Raye said
ie could eat all the fish that C.
Jack, Herrington and W. L.
Campbell could catch but back-
ed down when the trio returned
yith a record catch.
“Pop” said that Reynolds is a
;'ood fisherman though he does
ome to work dressed up in ice-
ream pants. Reynolds is said
o have caught a big fish that
weighed 106 pounds that pulled
dm in and got away . . . like all
ishing stories.
AWARD~
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•29, that had a perfect safety
ecord from keel laying to del'iv-
ry. Arthur Rucker, day, and E.
V. Hogan, night, were the fore-
nen on the ways in the construc-
ion of 329 and Frank Rourke, day,
nd B. L. Cash, night, were the
utfitting foremen on 329.
There were three consecutive
ulls launched without a lost-
JAMES J. MATHIS, Jr., sound
mate, third class, aboard an APD
in the South Pacific combat
zone, said that he had seen many
of Penn’s refrigerated vessels in
that area and that recently one
brought needed supplies to his
ship.
“It really makes a fellow feel
good to see a ship from his own
yard way out here and then to
see the splendid job they are do-
ing. I hope Penn ships will stay
right in there and keep increasing
her reprsentatives here at the
front.”
James J. formerly worked in
Stores and played in the PSY
band.
L. B. READ, formerly night
layout quarterman of the PIW
Shop, is now stationed at the
United States Maritime Service
school at Avalon, Calif.
IT’S NOW CPL. JERRY C.
Becka who has been assigned to
duty in the headquarters order-
ly room at headquarters of the
15th air force service command.
Jerry recently received his pro-
motion.
SGT. LEONCE E. JEANIS is
taking a “good rest” in Beau-
mont after reaching home fol-
lowing his release from a Ger-
man prison camp. Sgt. Jeanis,
gunner on a B24, was shot down
over Albania on May 18, 1944,
and was a Nazi prisoner for near-
ly a year. He was liberated on
April 29.
PFC. PAUL PAREDEZ, son of
Herminio Paredez, PSY employe,
is in McCloskey General Hospi-
tal at Temple, where he is re-
ceiving treatment for wounds re-
ceived in Germany. Pfc. Paredez,
20, went into the army in 1943
and went overseas in Decemoer,
1944.
PVT. CELBRET MORRIS
Brown, captured seven days af-
ter the Allied landing in Nor-
mandy, has arrived in the United
States. Pvt. Brown, who lives
at Vidor, was a Nazi prisoner
for nearly a year.
Sl/C THURMAN ADAMS is
attending a naval traininig school
in San Francisco. Thurman re-
cently spent a 30-day furlough
at home after 18 months in the
South Pacific.
PFC. W. S. NICHOLS, former
welder now with* the Third army,
has been assigned to the army of
time injury, Hull 354, on Way No.
1, W. M. Miller, day, and W. F.
(Bill) Mensing, night, foremen;
Hull 355, Way No. 4, “Uncle
Charley” Helmke, day, and A. G.
Carrier, night, foremen, and Hull
353, Way No. 5, Sam Wood, day,
and J. E. Roach, night, foremen.
MUCH CREDIT FOR Penns
fine safety mark can be given
to the monthly “Eight-Ball Con-
tests” which in May rounded out
its first year. Winners are based
on the lowest accident frequency
for the number of man hours
worked during the month with
“President” trophies going to the
winners in the two divisions and
“Eight Ball” awards to the de-
partments with the poorest safe-
ty records in the two divisions of
competition.
The department winning three
“President” trophies retires a
permanent award.
During the past year the Paint
Dept., under Supt. A. B. (Chick)
Matthews, won eight “President”
awards and retired two perma-
nent trophies. The Carpenters
won five top awards and the
Electricians, Construction, Pipe,
Plate Shop and Welders and
Burners two each. Crane won a
lone “President” awai’d. Nine de-
partments won top trophies dur-
ing the past fiscal year.
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BUSINESS AT THE PORT of
Beaumont during the past 11
months of the fiscal year has
been twice as good as during the
same period last year. Through
May 31, some 48,224 tons of cargo
had been shipped through the port
during the past 11 months.
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JACKIE RATCLIFF is the new
PBX relief operator on the day
shift.
occupation for an indefinite per-
iod. Ptc. iNicnois tought with
the 99th Infantry division of the
First Army in Belgium. He
wears the infantryman’s combat
badge and three battle stars,
SGT. CLARENCE L. Ashmore,
ex-Islander and nephew of Supt.
H. R. Jones of the Plate Shop,
visited the Yard this week. Sgt.
Ashmore was a crew chief with
the 15th U. S. Air Force in Italy
for 18 months. He is home on a
30-day furlough before reassign-
ment.
CAPTAIN R. L. HODGES, broth-
er-in-law of Frank J. Bell, burn-
er in the Vent Shop and son of
Walter Hodges, ex-PSY employe,
has returned home after serving
16 months in Italy with the 15th
U, S. Army Air Force. His wife
is the former Miss Gladys Bell.
Capt.< Hodges has been award-
ed the Bronze Star, DFC, air
medal, Presidential citation and
has five campaign bars in the
Italian theater.
EXCEPT FOR A FEW palm trees and a few thousands miles,
Caplan was just as much fun as Waikiki in Hawaii to Stores gals last
.weekend as they absorbed sunshine, sunburn and good food at the
PSY camp.
Posed at the camp entrance in gay Hawaiian prints are a few
of the Stores girls, left to right, Eva White, Teddy Vanderslice, A^dief
Mae Moon, Vivian Belonsky, Thelma Lusk, Martha Hatfield, Gloria
Frank and Marion Hunt.
Goes Navy
BUSTER ALLEN, former weld-
er in Fabricating Shop and son
of Leaderman H. M. Allen, is
now in the Navy and located at
San Diego, Calif. He reports every-
thing OK.
RICHARD (-DICK) KEIM,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs-, J.
J. Keim, is in the U. S. air corps
and stationed at Sheppard Field,
Tex.
CLYDE- S. SAVOIE, employe
in PIW Division Blacksmith Shop
for a number of years, is now
Pvt. Savoie stationed at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
SIDNEY HIMMIL, material
iman in the Fabricating Shop,
is recovering at home from a re-
cent emergency operation at St.
Therese Hospital. He is well on
his way to recovery.
VERA! WHO IS VERA? We
don’t know and will have to ask
“Sweat Eye” Louie. Better get the
bells shn ed up and a sack of r'-ce
ready. You never can tell what
will happen.
Rash Of Straw Bonnets
Infects Carpenter Gang
USCG Newcomer
A newcomer to the U. S. Coast
Guard Office on the Island is Lt.
Comdr. CL T. Scarbrough who
comes to the Island from New
Orleans . to succeed Lt. Comdr.
Cal’! Carpenter, transferred <to
Port Arthur.
Lt. Comdr. * Scarbrough is an
experienced seaman, having
served as captain of many types
of merchant vessels.
And he’s a bachelor.
TOBACCONISTS SAY there
will be more cigarettes for civil-
ian consumption within the next
month but the up in supply has yet
to be felt in Beaumont.
ONE OF THE FOUR speakers
at the Dale Carnegie Club last
Wednesday was E. Shelby Win-
free, PSY safety supervisor.
IT SEEMS THAT there is quite
a special attraction in the new
straw hats. Nearly everyone is
blossoming out in one. Even the
assistant mayor of Vidor and out-
side quarterman is the proud pos-
sessor of one but he admits that
the wife is responsible for that
addition.
RALPH KRACKE is leaving
the- company to join the Navy.
He hopes ir, is not the Army.
BENNIE DAVIS came by to see
us the other day and we found
that he has learned some bad
habits since going to the City
Docks. He tried to city-slick us
out of twenty-five cents.
HAVE YOU NOTICED any-
thing different in the department
lately? We recently lost by trans-
fer to the Scaffold Crew, our
friend W. J. Davis who, we un-
derstand now goes by the name
of “Scaffold” Davis but while
with us, he enjoyed the question-
able title of “Windy” Da\ •?. We
feel that our name for him is
better.
BULL DURHAM went down to
look after his “ranch” the other
day. When asked as to the num-
ber of acres in his “ranch”, he
said seven. We thought every-
thing was big in Texas.
S. G. WILSON is hack at work
after being off about three weeks
because of illness.
SHORTY OKUN and T. V. Se-
grest have recently been promot-
ed to carpenters.
THIS TIME OF vacations sure-
ly makes one wonder .when he
will get the opportunity to take
one. It is explained by the fact
that they did not take their.’s last
year, but it still makes us want
to go—anywhere just so we go
but there won’t be much going
this year.
Three Isle Su
Cornish “Lucky”
Bill Cornish, former Island elec-
trician, is back in town after
serving as chief electrician on
the SS POMONA VICTORY for
202 days in all parts of the world.
“Some of the places we went
were plenty hot,” Bill says, “but
I was lucky. We saw lots of
enemy activity but were never
harmed.”
Bill’s luck held after he- got in
New Orleans, too. He was sched-
uled to start back to Beaumont
on a bus which left New Orleans
at 9:50 o’clock but a dinner date
with Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McIn-
tosh and Robert Cust, of the
Sperry Gyroscope Co., delayed
him until a later bus. He acci-
dently met the Mclntoshes in
New Orleans.
The bus that Bill was origin-
ally scheduled to board figured
in a highway accident in which
several were killed and mary
injured.
“I’m still lucky.” Bill grin-
ned.
THREE OF PENN’S efficient supervisors are shown above, left to
right, H„ E. Little, Burning Dept., quarterman; F. F. Smith, boilermaker
quarterman and J. F. Hopkins, burning and shrinking foreman. They
aO work on the day shift.
WARNING
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minute whistle, receive their
checks from their supervisors and
be permitted to leave their jobs so
they may check in their tools at
the tool rooms and to remain in
the area of the tool rooms until
the quitting whistle blows.
Men having personal tools to
place in tool boxes are also to
pack up their tools after the five-
minute whistle, receive their
checks from their supervisors and
be permitted to leave their jobs
to place their tools in the per-
sonal tool boxes. These per-
sonal tool boxes shall be stored
on the ship or dock or nearby
vicinity where the men having
such tool boxes are working.
These men having personal tool
boxes are to remain at their tool
boxes until the quitting whistle
blows.
The men having no too^ +o
check in after J^he five-minute
whistle will remain in the vicinity
of their work until the quitting
whistle blows.
The practice of crowding the
gahgplanks and leaving work
areas prior to the quitting whistle
must be discontinued.
The foremen, quartermen and
leadermpn shall be charged with
the responsibility of remaining
with their men and keeping them
in their respective work areas
until the quitting whistle.
W. J. MORAN.
FRANK WERNER, J. L. Fonte-
not, Joe Mullaly, Ben Woodhead,
Tenny Johnson, Gilbert Krepper
and Edwin Paul King, all Island
personnel, proved top entertainers
in the KC minstrels held June
15 at the city auditorium.
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 1945, newspaper, July 1, 1945; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158540/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.