Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1945 Page: 3 of 8
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MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1945
PENNSHIP LOG
PAGE THREE
Many Old Ex^PSY Employes, Now CPs, Visit Island
Pvt. Bre
Is Wounded
Gob Webb Mm Seen
Plenty Of Action
Pvt. Wiley Breaux, former Isl-
and employe, was wounded in ac-
tion in Germany on November 19,
according to a messag received
by his brother, Oliver Breaux
of 1610 Louisiana street. His par-
ents and his wife live in New
Iberia, La.
Wilford Marlin Webb, ARM-
2/c, U. S. Navy was a recent vis-
itor to the Yard. Wilford is sta-
tioned in Corpus Christi at the
present and has seen service in
the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlan-
tic theaters of operation.
Former Worker On
’Sweepers Killed
Blackmans Favor Navy
Pvt. W. E. Morgan, U. S. Air j
Corps, Turner Field, Albany, Ga.,
was an Island visitor a few days
ago. Morgan was an employe of
the Pipe Dept., for 18 months
prior to entering the service a year
ago.
Pvt. C. £. PeHerscin., former
Island employe and brother-in-
law of R. L. McAlister of the
Test Dept., was killed in action
on December 3, according to a
message from the war depart-
ment received by his wife, Mrs.
Roxie Peterson of Nederland.
Peterson worked a year at PSY
on the minesweepers and made
arrangements to transfer to night
shift when the last one was fin-
ished, but his plans did not ma-
terialize. When he went home
the day the last minesweeper was
completed his draft papers were
waiting for him.
At the time of his death Pvt.
Peterson was with the 44th Di-
vision of the seventh army in
France.
An outside machinist for 1%
years, S-l/c Melvin Hollis Weed
is stationed with an amphibious
training force at Oceanside, Calif.
A happy reunion took place on
Island X somewhere in the South-
west Pacific not long ago when
PennShippers Louis Fraytet and
Guy T. Heath met each other for
the first time since leaving the
Yard.
Fraytet had worked on the Isl-
and for several years and was a
leaderman in the* Layout Dept.,
K. E. Bagley, A. S. of the mari-
time service stationed in St. Pe-
tersburg, Fla., recently, visited the
Island where he worked for nine
months as a burner.
Bosn’ Thomas R. McDonald of
the Merchant Marine was a visitor
to PSY last week. Thomas, who
worked in the Welding Dept, a
year, has been to England, Africa
and South America during his 18
months in service.
Cpl. James R. Strang, Rep. Shop
Bn., Camp Millard, Bucyrus, O.,
visited the Island last week. James
worked for two and one-half years
as a machinist and his brother.
Jake Strang, works in the Pipe
Shop.
Flight Officer Gerald F. Rich
ardson, brother of Maud Rich-
ardson and Clair Boyett of PSY
Hull Engineering Dept., is now
stationed at Rosecrans Field, a
base near St. Joseph, Mo., where
he will take an advanced pilot
training course.
Capt. Velma R. Aldridge, an-
other sister of Flight Officer
Richardson, is in the WAC.
CASUALTY
PVT. C. E, PETERSON.
ANOTHER PENN FAMILY that is well-represented in the armed
forces is the Blackman family with three sons in the ID. S. Navy who
are pictured above, left to right, Charles E., Richard A., and WiHfeunm
S., all sons of H. W. Blackman, in the Electrical Shop.
the South Pacific for 32 months
and is a member of the gun crew
on a merchant ship.
FRAYTET AND HEATH.
when he joined the Seabees.
Heath, before joining the Seabees,
was a burner on the Island. His
home is in Silsbee.
The two boys had quite a gab-
fest and compared notes on hap-
penings in Southeast Texas and
the Island.
Pvt. Riley Huff, Jr., worked in
the Welding Dept., for three
months before entering the armed
forces last June. His father, R. T.
Huff, Sr., is an employe' of the
Pipe Dept., and his uncle, C. G.
Huff, is storeroom keeper.
A/C L. L. Daly, an employe of
the Accounting Dept., before en-
listing in the Air Corps, greeted
old friends on the Island recently.
Gene A. Campbell, S-2/c, USN,
visited the Yard recently. Gene
was a layerout for six months at
PSY before entering the service
last September.
In a recent visit to the Yard,
James T. Glass, S-2/c, U. S. Navy,
greeted old friends in the Stores
Dept., where he worked before
entering the service last Septem-
ber.
Capt. S. M. Willis, Jr., of the
U. S. Air Corps, was the Island
guest of his father, S. M. Willis,
Sr., of the Chipping Dept., during
a recent furlough spent with his
family. Willis, who wears the
American and European theaters
of operation ribbons and the air
medal, saw service in North Afri-
ca, Sicily, Italy,' England and
France.
the honor of the old gang and
PSY and 111 be expecting lots of
help from them. It gets mighty
lonesome over here and I wTould
like mail, so tell the fellows to
write,” Lebrjard concluded his
letter. Anyone who would like to
write to Leonard, who was a lay-
erout for two years at PennShip,
may obtain his complete address
by calling Yard Exchange 287.
James C. Graham, Jr., fireman
second class, who recently com-
pleted his boot training in San
Diego, Calif., is now. on duty with
the Navy in the Pacific. James is
an ex-PSY employe.-
Pvt. Jasper B. Burns, Base Dept.,
F. M. F., Camp Elliott, San Diego
44, Calif., now a member of the
U. S. Marine Corps, worked in
the Accounting Dept., prior to en-
tering the service.
Pvt. Marshall G, Crosby was a
welder at PennShip before enter-
ing the armed forces last May.
T/5 John W. Booth worked for
3V2 years as a shipfitter on the
Island and was greeting old friends
last week, while on a visit home.
In giving recognition to Island
families who are wholeheartedly
engaged in the terrific struggle fpr
world freedom, top honors go to
the H. W. Blackman family who
are doing everything they can
toward victory.
Blackman, an electrician in the
Main Repair Shop, came to the
Island in 1930 and is one of the
oldest men in the Electrical Dept.
His son, William S. Blackman,
S-l/c, worked four years ago in
thg Carpenter Dept. Now William,
who has been in the Navy the past
three years, has seen action in
Formerly a welder for 2% years
at PSY, Sgt. Homer Hankins Mad-
eley is now serving 'syith an
armored tank division. His com-
plete address is Sgt. Homer Han-
kins Madeley, 16th Armored Div.,
Co. “C” 16th Tank Bn., APO 412,
Camp Chaffee, Ark.
On leave from the Corpus Christi
naval base, S-l/c Darrell L.
Snider visited the Electrical Dept.,
on the Island recently where he
worked for two years before en-
tering the service last April.
Pvt. James B. Burns, U. S. Ma-
xine Corps, was a visitor to the
Island recently. James was em-
ployed for three years in PSY’s
Accounting Dept.
Nathan C. McGowan, S-2/c,R
USNR, San Diego, Calif., spent
a recent leave with his family
and visited the Yard while in
Beaumont. Nathan was an em-
ploye of the Electrical Dept., prior
to enlisting in the Navy last Sep-
tember.
In a letter to H. L. Magee, hull
quarterman with the Outfitting
Dept., Sgt. Leonard Dailey wrote
that he is a top turret gunner and
flight engineer with a heavy
bomber unit based in England
and seeing plenty of action. “Tell
all the gang hello for me and tell
them I’m doing my best to uphold
Another recent visitor to the
Yard was George W. Henegan, a
baker in the maritime service,
who worked at PSY as a burner
for six months. George visited
friends on the Island and his
brother, R. P. Hennegan, also of
the Burning ’ Dept. George is just
back from a trip to South Amer-
ica.
Gilbert Michael Krepper, S-l/c,
USN, was formerly with, the Time
Office before joining the Navy
last May.
Patrick H. Lea is a sergeant
with the U. S. Air Corps and re-
cently visited his brother, W. A,
Lea, of the Material Dept.
Former Islander
On Hospital Ship
Serving on one of the largest
hospital ships in the South Pacific
an ex-Islander, S-2/c Herbert
Nelson, Jr., is
Seeing the war
close at hand,
according to let-
ters received by
his mother, Mrs.
Bertha A. (Jack-
ie) Nelson, ship-
fitter helper.
Herbert work-
ed on the Island
as a shipfitter
and was at the
Drum Plant as a
machinist before
joining the Navy.
He took his basic
training at Camp Wallace with
10,000 other sailor trainees and
at one time took part in the larg-
est regimental review of sailors
held in Texas.
Herbert, a native East Texan,
played football at Buna and later
at Bay City. He was also a star
swimmer and was swimming in-
structor while he was at Camp
Wallace.
During his training period he
passed his test for radio techni-
cian, machinist and shipfitter.
His mother, Mrs. Nelson, and
two brothers and a sister live in
Beaumont and try to keep Herbert
supplied with news of things go-
ing on back home.
NELSON
Another son,. Charles Ernest,
aviation machinist’s mate first
class, USN, has also been in the
service for three years and is sta-
tioned in Livermore, Calif., where
he is in4 an observation flight
squadron.
Richard A. “Dick” Blackman,
on board the FLINT, will com-
plete fa year’s service on January
7. An electrician’s mate third
class, Dick worked in the Layout
Dept, during vacation months af-
ter leaving school prior to enlist-
ing in the Navy.
A son-in-law, L. H. McRee, has
been in the Yard about three
years and is also a member of
the Electrical Dept.
A family with five members
serving Uncle Sam on both the
battlefront and the home front
holds a record hard to beat.
Buy and keep more bonds.
Herbert Herman Hilton, Mo-
MM-33/c who is on Pacific duty
with the U. S. Navy would like to
hear from his old friends at PSY.
Anyone wishing to write to Her-
man. may get his complete ad-
dress by calling the LOG office.
Two Cranemen On Jobs
Year Without Absence
Crane operators J. C. Sheffield ■ just like the other false rumor.'
and P. H. Kuritz have been on
their jobs the past year without
losing any time and congratula-
tions are due both of them. We
wish there were more like them
around in our department.
The Crane and Rigging Dept,
wants to take this opportunity
to extend their best wishes of
the season to all fellow workers
in the Yard and hope that the New
Year will be a peaceful and pros-
perous one.
The “Chief” is still mourning
the loss of his dog Old Jeff. Re-
cently he got another clue of the
whereabouts of his canine friend,
but, alas, it also went up in smoke
Never mind, “Chief”, maybe
some day you’ll be able to feed
Old Jeff deer beefsteak again.
There’s a new addition in our
department—a wild and wooly
guy, “Hoot” Gibson himself.
Quite a lady’s man, good looking,
with pretty wavy hair, but don’t
get ideas girls. He claims and
swears no woman for him. He
hates them!
Recently we have heard a lot
of' remarks about “Trailer Hitch
Charlie” around the Rigging Loft.
So far we have been unable to
'discover, any meaning to this.
Won’t some good Riggers come
forward and enlighten us, please?
LIKES HIS LOG
Islander Albert E. Hajovsky,
AMM-2/c, who has recently been
assigned to shore duty, writes
that even though some of the
issues of the LOG are as much as
three months old when he gets
them, they are welcomed warmly
and now that he has a permanent
address he is looking forward to
receiving the LOG regularly. Al-
bert’s new address is Albert E.
Hajovsky, AMM-2 /c, 8th Div. N.
A. S., San Diego 35, Calif.
Safety Oosaeif
Gets Recognition
Recognition of Beaumont’s new-
ly organized safety council spon-
sored by the chamber of com-
merce,' local industries and civic
groups is featured in the Decem-
ber issue of the TEXAS SAFET Y
NEWS published monthly by the
Texas Safety Association, Aus-
tin.
The article comments, “The
banding together of-civic minded
-persons such as these ■ men for
the purpose of launching a sus-
tained public safety education pro-
gram gives to that community one
of the necessary “E’s” of a Suc-
cessful safety movement.”
N. A. West is president of the
Beaumont Safety Council, E. W.
Jackson is vice president and Gle.n
Pontious, secretary-treasurer.
Working with these officers are
Li» B. Coppfnger, president !of
PennShip, John N. Newton, P. B.
Doty, A. I. Brainard, W. L. Poo-
drom, R. R. Bloss, Beeman Strong,
Will Orgain, J. S. Edwards, W. W.
Skull, Roy Nelson, Cliff LeBlanc,
R. W. Gary, C. W. Bingham, Ray
Coale, Otis Fullen, George E. Bry-
ant, Jr., John Popejoy, T. N.
Whitehurst, R. G. Sanders, O. B,
Archer, Artie Pollock, S. D.
O’Conor and G. Hughes Petkov-
sek.
WEARS RIBBONS
Cpl. Elvis Parker, supply man
with the eighth air force com-
mand stationed in England, now
wears two overseas chevrons in
recognition of a year of service
in the European theater. Elvis
formerly worked at PSY.
IN AIR CORPS
2nd Lieut. Cbaries E. Bullock,
U. S. Air Corps, San Marcos,
Texas, was employed by the En-
gineering Dept., before entering
the armed forces December 30,
1942.
ISLAND VISITOR
• PvF Noel Williams of the mil-
itary police, San Antonio, visit-
ed Mayo Williams in the Outfit-
ting Dept., recently.
The acorns grow
To mighty oaks
And big fires blow
From little smokes.
WITH. INFANTRY
Pfc. Donald D. Dixon, a former
member of PSY, is with a veteran,
infantry regiment of the Amer-
ican Division. He has been over-
seas 13 months and fought at
Bouganville. He wears two battle
stars on his Asiatic-Pacific cam-
paign ribbon.
TRAGIC FIRE'
PennShip extends sympathy to
Mason Jones, colored porter in the
Personnel Bldg., in the tragic
death of his two children who
burned to death as fire .swept his
home Friday night, December 22.
-•
Eye injuries constitute more
than one in every five disabling
shipyard injuries.
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1945, newspaper, January 1, 1945; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170865/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.