Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 15, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1944
PENNSHIP LOO
PAGE THREE
Accountants Feel Gl Influence
Fair Worker
In Hospital
L. D. and Dolores See
Rice-LSV Game
Mrs. Eloise Ferguson has left
the employ of the company to
join her husband, a petty officer
first class in the Seabees, who has
returned to the States: after spend-
ing 16 months in the New He-
brides.
The two service men greeting
friends in Accounting last week
were Cpl. E. R. Starkey, former
head of the Bond Dept., who has
completed gunnery training at La-
redo, and Pfc. Harold Robinson
of the Air Corps ground crew,
who is stationed at the Harlingen
Air Base. Robinson was an em-
ploye of the stock record depart-
ment prior to entering the service.
LONG ABSENCE
Mrs. Marilyn Coffey, secretary
to J. E. Battarbee, is happy over a
visit from her husband, T/Sgt.
Jesse L. Coffey, who is spending
a well earned furlough in Beau-
mont, He has just returned to
the U. S. after spending two years
in Alaska.
Sunny Lawless is enjoying a
visit from her brother, Pfc. Rich-
ard Lawless, who is home from
Moore General Hospital in Swan-
noa, N. C. He was with the 36th
Division, stationed in Italy and
is back in the states on sick
leave. *
Former PSYer Pvt. Gene Shef-
field, Jr., who is stationed with a
signal corps battalion at Camp
Murphy, Fla., spent a recent fur-
lough at home. His father, E. O.
; Sheffield, is an employe of the
warehouse division, and his moth-
; er, “Grace,” Sheffield, works in
the Tabulating Dept.
USMC Biggies Tour Yard
On Trips Of Inspection
John Ponic, port representative
from the New Orleans and Chi-
cago offices of the Gulf-Coast
Lakes region of the USMC made
an official visit to the yard re-
cently.
Earl C. Wood, machinery coor-
dinator from the New Orleans
USMC office, made a periodical
inspection of the Yard last week.
NICE WORK, LAGREE
Elizabeth Matheson, the slave
driver of the USMC clerical staff,
has been very lenient on the slaves
since she received a very nice
compliment on their work from
New Orleans.
Mrs. Louise Gilchriest has gone
to Dalton, Va., to visit her hus-
band who has just returned from
Nova Scotia. Tabulating pre-
sented her with a beautiful cor-
sage as a send-off.
Mrs. Ruby Huddleston had as
her guest last week her sister-in-
law, from Eunice, La. Her broth-
er, Oscar Coleman, is with a com-
bat engineer corps stationed on
Guam.
The Acounting Dept., sent flow-
ers and wishes for a speedy recov-
ery last week ta Mrs. Willa Mae
Galloway of the Bond Dept., who
underwent an operation. at Hotel
Dieu.
Alma Hetzel, formerly in the
general accounting department, is
now working in the stenographic
department.
L. D. Thames and Dolores
Walker went to Houston last Sat-
urday to attend the LSU-Rice
football game
The Accounting Dept., received
a letter recently from H. E. Rat-
cliff, ex-champion checker player
and brother of PSY’s statistician
E. M. Ratcliff. Ratcliff is study-
ing law at LSU in Baton Rouge.
. Miss Barbara Patrick went to
Memphis, Tenn., last week to visit
her family.
LO DEE VISITS
Mrs. Lo Dee Hammock, form-
er member of the Bond Dept., was
a recent visitor.
Betty J. Minton, who says her
hair is orange and not red, claims
her favorite songs are Ship Ahoy,
Sailor Boy and Corpus Christi,
Here I Come! There must be
something about a sailor.
A. A. Smith, hull inspector, who
is attending the Maritime welding
committee meeting in Philadel-
phia, post cards that he has not
only rolled down his sleeves but
has invested in a pair of longies.
A strange silence settled down
upon the USMC inspectors last
week. Anyone who opened his
mouth got a dirty look from 25
other fellows, and everyone walk-
ed on tiptoe. The radio broad-
casts of the World Series really
worked wonders. Even J. A.
Jaume got as quiet as a mouse
and “Mex” is known as the boy
w;ho can whisper louder than
most people can yell!
The USMC has issued a new
phone directory. Any of the girls
wishing a copy should apply to J.
Cadro, machinery inspector.
KIDS GO TO CIRCUS
Red Loftin, principal machin-
ery inspector, and C. S. Hardin
took in the circus last week and
report a wonderful time.
Purchaser
Visits Son
Mrs. Marion ($100 smile) Wil-
lard has returned from her va-
cation spent at San Marcos where
she visited with her son, who is
enrolled in school there.
Mrs. Martha Lou Lydic is back
on the job looking and feeling bet-
ter after a month spent under the
doctor’s care.
Mrs. Eunice Dawson and Miss
Verline Sheffield took off last
week on their joint vacation to
the Crescent City of New Or-
leans.
Mrs. E. M. Thompson is a new
member of the Purchasing Dept.
Her husband, who has served in
the armed forces for three years
and was hospietalized at Tem-
ple, has been given his release
from the Army.
As a hobby, Mrs. Thomas col-
lects portraits, while her love
of sports runs to horseback rid-
ing and golf.
Mrs. J. F. Rogers is another
new member of the Purchasing
Dept., staff. Her husband, Lt. J.
F. Rogers of Batson, Texas, is a
pursuit pilot aboard a P-47 and
has been in active service over
France for the past five months.
Mrs. Rogers’ sports love is tennis.
The entire staff of machinery
inspectors staged a party at Mul-
holland’s Catfish Inn in Port Ar-
thur last Tuesday night. Tt was
a big evening they say.
Our good friend J. W. Sitton,
outfitting inspector for USMC,
wishes to correct a statement made
by the October 1 LOG about his
flying ability. Sitton declares he
did not fly the first airplane he
saw but did fly the first plane
in which he sat.
It seems that as he sat in the
pilot’s seat wondering about the
possibilities of flying to the moon
in a rocket ship, a design on which
he was then secretly working, the
motor of this plane suddenly came
to life and the plane was off down
the runway.
To make a long story short, the
ingenious Sitton banked his fresh
air taxi several times around the
airport and set the plane down
again with a three-point landing.
Now Mr. Hurst, can you top
this?
SEVEN HURT
(Continued from Page One)
into the water or fall on lumber
stacked nearby.
E. J. Townsend, who suffered a
broken shoulder and underwent
an operation, is in St. Theresa
hospital. S. C. Laird, who sus-
tained neck injuries, and N. S.
Sexton, colored, who received an
arm injury, have been released
from the hospital after treatment
for injuries.
Other injured workmen, Fred
Spaulding, Riley L. Nash, J. R.
Mancil and T. H. Theriot, have
all returned to work.
Paint Dept, Retires
One President's Trophy
Mew Pipe Shop's “Little
Boy’s Room” Lovely Spot
THE MEN’S WASH ROOM in the New Pipe Shop is so, so
ducky since unknown, but skilled decorators hung beautiful drapes
to compensate for the blank space left when swinging doors were re-
moved. Flowers, door mat, pictures and homey mottos went with
the drapes which the picture above does not do full justice.
Hunger for the beautiful things
in life shows its effects in the
strangest places and under the
greatest of difficulties, for the
hands of unknown interior deco-
rators have added a modernistic
touch to the “little boy’s powder
room” in the New Pipe Shop.
These anonymous gremlins took
advantage of the removal of
swinging doors to replace them
with beautiful lace drapes orna-
mented with lovely real wild flow-
ers. Artistically placed on either
side of the doorway stand pot
plants, and in the center lies a
“Welcome” mat.
The enticing scenery is com-
pleted with the inviting sign which
reads: “Welcome to Joe’s Tea
Room”, and on the opposite side
of the entrance is a sign advis-
ing patrons that “Never So Many
Owe So Much to So Few.” Call-
ing hours are from 7-7:30 a. m.;
12-12:30 noon; and special ap-
pointment can be arranged after
6 p. m.
Keep up with the times and
drop around to the New Pipe Shop
which now boasts the most glam-
orous locker room in the Yard!
“Pap” Day Has At Least One
Friend Among Electricians
That popular fellow who was
receiving so much attention the
other day was Jerry Simmons,
young son of Tabulating’s Jasper
Simmons.
NEW PUB CHIEFTAIN
Raymond J. Martinez, who has
been serving as acting regional
public relations representative for
the USMC Gulf-Coast Lakes area
regional office at New Orleans
has been promoted to public re-
lations representative of the re-
gional office. Announcement of
Martinez’ promotion came from L.
R. Sanford, regional director of
the Gulf-Coast Lakes area at New
Orleans.
One of the beautiful President’s
Trophies in the Island monthly
safety contest now rests perma-
nently in the office of A. B.
“Chick” Matthews, dockmaster
and superintendent of the Paint
Dept.
Safety records for low lost time
injuries for the month of Sep-
tember show Matthews’ depart-
ment as the safest in his class of
small departments for the third
consecutive month.
For the large departments, Cl
Construction under Ben Brown
won its second consecutive Presi-
dent’s Trophy. Matthews’ de-
partment had no lost time
injuries with a frequency
rating of .0 while Brown’s depart-
ment worked 370,121 man hours
and an accident frequency of
5.40.
The Machine and Crane and
Rigging departments hold the “8”
Ball for high lost time injuries
for the month of September. The
machinists show a lost time ac-
cident frequency of 22.06 and the
Crane and Rigging men are still
on the bottom with a rating of
36.89.
The September record of all de-
partments is shown in the table
given below:
SEPTEMBER, 1944
Hrs. Worked
L. T. In js.
Freq.
Painters ............................
90,856
0
.0
CcVstrudtion ...................
370,121
2
5.40
Outfitting
171,000
1
5.84
Welders & Burners .......
351,658
3
8.53
Pipe Dept........................
196,382
2
10.18
All Others ........................
261,595
3
11.46
Carpenter ..........................
......... 66,570
1
15.02
Electrical ..........................
101,177
2
19.76
Plate Shop ........................
......... 95,900
2
20.85
Machinist ..........................
90,623
2
22.06
Crane & Rig ....................
81,394
3
36,89
TOTAL ......................
.........1,877,186
21
11.18
I speak in behalf of a friend
I am tired of the people maligning
my good friend John “Pappy”
Day. Therefore, I rise to speak
in his behalf. All these hecklers,
these low lifers, who criticize him
are really just afraid of him.
Take these challenges to a
bowling duel that they are fling-
ing at him thick and fast—They
all know that his age and infirm
condition prohibit his doing any
strenous exercise, such as bowl-
ing.
They are aware of the super-
human effort it requires on his
part to even arise each day.
They know that, were it not for
the vitamins present in black
coffee and Copenhagen, he could
not even arise each mum. So,
they challenge him to a “bowling
duel”—knowing full well the old
warrior can’t make it. As I said,
I am his friend. Threefore, I in-
sist that the honor of the Terre-
bone Parish Days be satisfied. A
challenge has been flung, it shall
be answered. As “Pappy’s” 'self-
appointed second, it is within the
regulations that we name the
“weapons” Therefore, we accept
the challenge, and name the duel
to consist of a washer-pitching
contest between “Pappy” and his
slim red-headed nemesis “Gris-
berg” Rountree, and his rotund
second, “Tick-Tock” Duhon, the
president of “Southern Outhouses,
Inc.”
As host second I will provide
suitable seats, crutches, liniment,
arnica, smelling salts, and other
necessary restoratives which will
be required for “Pappy” and
“Tick-Tock.” Therefore, “Tick-
Tock” we shall confidently look
forward to an answer to our chal-
lenge in the forthcoming issue of
the PennShip Fog - - oop’s—I
mean LOG.
back with us soon. Pat is off. due.
to illness.
C. G. Lindow has returned from
Temple, where he has been un-
der doctor’s treatment.
D. E. Wolfe has been trans-
ferred from the marine division
to plant maintenance division.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Fuhrman, Monday, Oc-
tober 2, 1944 and was named Wil-
liam John. Fuhrman is electrical
foreman in charge of engine
rooms.
L. Osius, Outfitting Superin-
tendent, is on the West Coast at-
tending guarantee surveys on
vessels constructed at PennShip.
T. Jim Davis, electrical quar-
terman, is taking his vacation.
The winter social season opens
for the Electrical Dept., on Satur-
day night, October 21 with an
EMF dance in the Rose Room at
Hotel Beaumont. Dancing starts
at 9 o’clock with Jim Hulett and
his band furnishing music. Ticket
sals are limited to 100 couples.
. ' _____ .. 4
FOR SALE: Morgan colt 31-
months old. Phone 3932-J,
ATTENTION: Day men living in
vicinity of Beaumont- High
School wanting to join car pool
contact J. R. Walker, PIW Shop,
or phone 7029-W after 6:30 p. m.
We hope to have W. P. Pinch-
FOR SALE — Stewart Warner
South wind gasoline auto heater,-
$20. Call T. A. Tolar, 4712, be-
fore 6 p. m. After 6, phone
7566-R. , ,
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 15, 1944, newspaper, October 15, 1944; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158973/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.