Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE TWO PENMS'HIP LOG ERMMklL DECEMBER 15,1S44
Hawkes On Diet Until
y ...... ___
New Teeth Arrive
Jacquelyn DePriest
New In Accounting
If you value life, limb and
bridgework, don’t offer Jimmie
Hawkes, little Big Chief in the
Mail Room, a bar of peanut brit-
tle, pecans in the shell or corn
bn the cob,
Jimmie isn’t in the mood to be
trifled with and if you do you
may come up minus your teeth,
too.
The suave and debonair Jim-
mie, the haberdasher’s delight,
has nary a tooth in his head. It
was the question of health or van-
ity and Jimmie decided that health
was much better and his dentist
gave him the works.
Now Jimmie is waiting for a
new set of china chompers.
Sunny Lawless of the Tabulat-
ing Dept., has been .away from
work for some time now due to
ill health.
_ *
Jacquelyn DePriest is a new
addition to the Accounting Dept.
mmmm
Dr. Wasseli Urges Islanders To Buy
War Bonds And Keep Up Speedy Work
Harvey Tschiedel, who had an
appendectomy, recently, is com-
ing along just, fine and is ex-
pected to live, darn it! All kidding
aside, we’ll be glad when he’s
back again.
Everyone in the Accounting
Dept, wonders what happened to.
“Chief’’ Ballard’s hair He just
can’t seem to make it lay down.
Friends offered to get him some
.some grease from Clint Glasgow’s
garage, but he wouldn’t hear of it.
Miss Evelyn Dempsey of the Mail
Dept, celebrated her birthday re-
cently. Coffee and cake were
served in.the Mail Room.
Safety Duds
Need Care
■ Common sense precautions in
baring for safety clothing v^.ll
pay double benefits by prolonging
the life of'equipment and by as-
suring complete safety on the job.
Flameproofed garments, for ex-
ample, are usually made from cot-
tons that have been chemically
breafed. After laundering, the
garment should be treated again
before it is returned to service.
Asbestos suits, however, should
be dry-cleaned rather than laun-
dered, as the risk of shrinkage
is lessened Wool clothing should
also be dry-cleaned, for the same
reason.
Rubber equipment, needless to
say, should be handled carefully
to lengthen its period of usage.
It- should be washed free of acids
and alkalies after being used, and
oil and grease should not be al-
lowed to come in contact with it.
Neoprene clothing, worn while
working with oil, should be clean-
ed with a solvant, rinsed and hung
'op to dry after it is used. Neo-
prene gloves should be treated
with commercial talcum after each
use.
Leather safety belts should be
kept free of embedded dirt and
should be dressed at frequent in-
tervals with neatsfoot oil to pre-
serve flexibility. In cleaning
them, first wipe off surface dirt
with a rag lightly dampened with
warm water. Then, with an al-
kali-free soap, work up a thick
lather and wash the belt thor-
oughly. When the belt is clean
wipe it with a dry cloth to remove
excess moisture.
While it is still damp, apply
neatsfoot oil gradually and even-
ly with a clean wool rag, working
it into the leather evenly. Allow
it to remain in a dry, cool place
for 24 hours and wipe the oil off
with a clean rag. Let it dry nat-
urally, keping it away from di-
rect heat sources.
lull f Mile 1«
Accident ficfisi
The personnel in the Maritime
Bldg., had a good laugh the other
day when Mrs. Ruth Scurioek,
editor cf the LOG, excitedly call-
ed attention to a solemn proces-
sion treading in the general di-
rection of the First Aid Station.
“They’re taking a man to First
Aid,” the editor announced, “and
the stretcher is covered with a
tarpaulin!”
Eyes peered through the vene-
bl^^s at the windows of tlw
LOG office and a second good
look revealed that it was Floyd
Rainwater and L. R. Harrison si-
lently bearing a bull fiddle to
some unknown destination
Li Browne lew
On Navy Staff
Lt. Harold J. Browne, USN, is
a recent addition to the Navy per-
sonnel. He came from Port Hous-
ton to Beaumont to assume duties
as assistant material officer for
the Industrial manager, USN,
eighth Naval district, with offices
at the City Docks.
Lt. Browne’s interests here are
in connection with inventories of
materials for the construction of
AV3s at PennShip and the AK’s
at Samuelson Shipyard.
A background of special train-
ing and experience preceeded
Browne’s assignments to defense
industries. He took a course in
Diesel engines at Northwestern
University in Chicago, and at
Purdue, then was sent to Norfolk,
Va., in 1942 to train with am-
phibious forces. It was in Nor-
folk that he was assigned to an
LST as engineering officer and
later attended staff engineering-
school at Little Creek, Va.
There were not enough flotillas
to assign all the men to overseas
duty so Browne was then assign-
ed to outfitting ships which took
him to Washington and New York
and from there he went to New
Orleans where he was connected
with outfitting ships for 11 y2
months. His next assignment was
at the Port Houston Iron Works,
then he came to PSY.
FABULOUS COMDS. COR YD© N M. WAS-
SELI. whose Java exploits have been immortal-
ized by pen* and movie, was an Island speaker
Monday, Dec. 11. Shown above, left to right, are
Mrs. Wasseli, Dr. Wasseli, Lt. W. C. Martin, Beau-
mont Navy incentive officer and E. M. Ratcliff,
assistant to the PSY president, taking a look at a
pace of parachute silk salvaged from the cruiser
HOUSTON.. - :
Dr. Wasseli urged day and night crews to stay
on the Job .and- buy “E” bonds.
WSA Has Big Job
Operating Huge Fleet
The War Shipping Administra-
tion, since its inception in 1942.
has supervised the activities of
over 3,500 ocean-going ships of
about 35,000,000 deadweight tons.
It has trained over 80,000 men
and officers for the merchant
fleet and persuaded at least 25,-
000 seamen who had retired to re-
turn to the sea.
The agency supervised 11,000
If Island workers didn’t real-
ize the importance of the “Reefr
ers” they’re building now under
suck high pressure they did af-
ter they heal'd Comdr. Corvdon
M. Wasseli, Monday, Dec. 11.
Dr. Wasseli wears the N-avy
Cross for his heroic rescue of 47
wounded sailors from the ill-
fated MARBLEHEAD, earing for
them on Java, and then getting
most of them away from the Isl-
and before the Japs took over.
A plain, friendly, down-to-
earth Arkansan, he told PSY
workers of both the day and night
shifts as he spoke at 12 noon and
seven in the evening that they
could never know unless they
had been with him and his “bud-
dies” in the South Pacific in those
early days of the war just what a
fresh head of lettuce could mean,
and he urged faster and steadier
work to fill needs that are con-
stantly becoming greater as the
war areas widen, and supply lines
lengthen.
Giving a brief but graphic ac-
count of the attack made on the
MARBLEHEAD and the exper-
Owl Workers Generous
In War Bond Purchases
To facilitate delivery of bonds | -
to owl workers as well as mem— - Ceding so mucto
bers of the day shift, the new1
bond office next to the Cl Field
Office is kept open 24 hours ex-
cept Saturday night. Saturday
closing time for the Yard bond of-
fice is 11 p. m.
Names of some of those on the
night shift who have bought large
bonds to date are: A. G. Nor-
wood, electrician, $2,000; Bob
Rogers, electrician, and wife, $1,-
000; J. C. Bowen, Sr., Warehouse
No. 13, $1,000; J. B. Erwin, electri-
cian, $1,000, three $100 and one
$25 bonds; Carl H. Manuel, burn-
ner, three $500 bonds; Pat Sap-
reaux, pipefitter, $500; and R L,
Smith, welder, three $100 bonds.
The night footage checkers en-
joyed a pot luck Thanksgiving
Herschel Fraser, Moon Mullen
and E. Hooter went on a hunt
for ducks recently. They had good
hunting and said they killed
everything the law wtauld let
them.
fences of the 47 wounded men he:! dinner November 23 at midnight
was caring for, Comdr. Wasseli
also paid tribute to the men who
asked fur and got the privilege of
bringing the MARBLEHEAD back
to New York after it was de-
clared hopelessly damaged.
Added interest to this part of
Dr. Wassell's talk came to the
night shift when he had as his
guest on the speaker's stand Ken-
neth BaiThell, ex-Island timekeep-
er who was one of the men who
helped bring the MARBLEHEAD
back to its home port.
Barthell had helped tend the
men of Dr. Wassell’s group im-
mediately after they were wound-
ed and the two men had much in
common.
Comdr. Wasseli closed his talk
by reminding the men and wo-
men of the depression of the late
ship l-epair and conversion jobs
last year and 2,000 for other na- j twenties and early, thirties. “I was
tions under lend-lease, j practicing medicine in Arkansas
The girls had turkey and all the
trimmings; those present were O.
Harris, N. M. Singleton, D. M.
Hester, M. Underwood, A. N.
Gross, J. J. James, L. Roberts, M.
Lowe, E. Manie, F. E. Rainer,
I. Chambers, E. J. (Big Eater)
Booth, L. M. (Biggest Eater)
Morgan. From all reports the and is okey now.
girls really had a wonderful feast.
It is reported that part of them
were unable to get in the double
bottoms to check welders after
Terry Gross, night footage
checker, celebrated another birth-
day November 30. The rest of the
checkers helped in the event.
First of all came a spanking,
next’ an angel food birthday cake,
candles and everything. Then
the checkers .presented her with
a handsome leather jacket, the
kind we’d all like to have these
chilly nights The bad part of it
was her friends made her make
a speech
At 12 o’clock the girls wound,
up the party with a birthday din-
ner with chicken, dumplings, rolls
and all kinds of good things to
eat.
Acey Hines, night checker lead-
er-man,- has suffered lots of pain
lately with two eye operations.
He didn’t miss any work, though.
folks as you. I want to warn you
that after this war there’ll be-
another depression. I don’t know
whether it will be as bad as the
other one or worse. I don’t know
when it will come, but it will
come,” he warned.
BUY “E” BONDS
Let's stop these accidents!
XMAS NEARLY HERE
You boys and girls that have
put off your Christmas shopping
until now will find stocks very
much depleted so better hurry as
you know its only 10 days till
Christmas and two of those days
are Sundays.
The custom of PennShip which
dedicates vessels built in the
Yard to ex-Islanders qnd im-
your son, Lieutenant Howard
, „ , john Robbins, Jr.,. A. A. C. We
mediate family memoers of work- j deem it an honor and a privilege
to have been selected as the ship
ers who have given their lives in
the service of their country, is a
living memorial to the names and
spirits of these men.
Recognition of this fact by the
operators of the ships is shown in
a letter received by Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Robbins from Lt. R. C. Mal-
lon, commanding officer of the
USS KARIN which was dedicated
at its keel laying to Lt. Howard
John Robbins, Jr., who lost J his
life in one of the early bombing
raids over Germany.
Lt. Mallon writes: “In a few
short weeks, we, the officers and
men of the U. S. S. KARIN will
put to sea, As you know, the
U. S. S. KARIN was dedicated to
And there’s only one way to
at that time and the people j j beat .it. That s by buying L
worked among were just such J1011015- The big buyers don t con-
cern me. It’s the little fellows
who buy bonds from $25 to $100.
Those bonds, if you keep them,
will see you through that de-
pression. And right now they’ll
help my “buddies” over there and
they need all you can give them of
your money and your labor,” he
urged.
Accompanying Comdr. Wasseli
was Mrs. Wasseli and Lt. A. A.
Nance, Navy incentive officer for
the Houston district. Comdr. War-
sell was introduced by H. S. Mc-
Intosh, superintendent of the PSY
Electrical Dept.
'’Karin} Skipper To “Carry
On” For L
dedicated to your son.
“We shall endeavor at all times
to uphold and fight for the same
principles as those for which Lt.
Robbins fought. It is our hope
that we can display the same
gallantry and courage while fight-
ing for those principles.
“The officers and men of the
U. S. S. KARIN would be most
proud if you consider us as ‘car-
rying on’ for Lieutenant Rob-
bins. Sincerely, R. C. Mallon,
Commanding Officer.”
H. J. Robbins, Sr., is one of the
veteran members of the Electrical
Dept,, and Lt. Robbins was also a
PSY employe.
PSY Task Force Gals
Plan GI Yule Dance
The PSY Task Force held a
special meeting Thursday night,
Dec. 7, at the War Dad’s center
to make plans for a formal Christ-
mas dance and to discuss ar-
rangements to decorate a tree at
the center and to serve dinner
Christmas Day.
Gloria Nickols is chairman of
the decorating committee and
Gloria LeJune is chairman of the
refreshment committee.
Miss V. M. Gore, footage check-
er, and H. C. Rogers, shipfitter
helper, were married in Beaumont
Monday, December 4. They spent
a three-day honeymoon in Gal-
veston and then resumed their
duties in the Yard.
Ufflcle lledc»
f ® Pent Wilier
R. B. Singleton, junior welder
quarterman on the 350-foot docks,
left December 1 to be inducted in
the U. S. Armed Forces. He was
presented a traveling bag and
military kit by workers on the
eve of his departure.
Miss H. F. Reese is back on the
job after being on the sick list
for about two weeks. Her friends
are glad to se her up and about
again. Miss Reese is employed in
the Cl Welding Office.
BURNER'S HUSBAND DIES
Islanders sympathize with Mrs.
Ora Wise, whose husband, John
Quincy Wise, died suddenly in
Sugarland, Tex., on November 30.
Mrs. Wise received the message
while attending the second anni-
versary banquet given at Hotel
Beaumont for women craft work-
ers at PSY the night of Novem-
ber 29.
STORCMES VACATION
Capt. D. Storches, USCG inspec-
tor on the Island, and Mrs. .Storch
of Port Arthur are vacationing
in Jacksonville, Fla. Lt. Comdr.
r. H. Coe of the Port Arthur of-
fice is pinch-hitting during the
absence of Capt. Storch.
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