Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER- 15, IMS
PENNSHIP LOG
PAGE TWO
Clark Reads Paper Before Training Program Confab
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Me wOrleans j PSY Personnel Director
Huddle Site
Safety Also Talked
By Officials
Fred Thurman, spray-gun lead-
erman, reports news from his two
brothers, who were both former*
members of the PSY Paint Dept.
The boys met over in Italy al-
though they are in different
branches of the service.
Ellis, who is in the Air Qorps,
has been overseas for some time
and Jack, who is in the Army,
had just arrived and they were
fortunate in being granted the
privilege of visiting with each
other awhile.
Hq. Company, Montford Pt., New
River, N. C.
Pfc. W, M. Smith, Siebert Field,
The Mold Loft had a “going-
away” card recently from Lee
Warren Robinson, one of their ex-
employees, now in the armed
forces.
December 12 for the combined
safety and training meet held at
the Roosevelt Hotel Dec. 13 to 15
inclusive, were R. R. Clark, per-
sonnel director; J. L. Wones, train-
ing director; E. S. Winfree, safety
supervisor and J. A. Kimball,
night safety supervisor.
Shipyards throughout the Gulf
Coast region met with the U. S.
Maritime Commission and the
Navy to discuss problems relating
to safety and training programs as
applied to the Gulf Coast region
in particular.
Appearing on the program an-
nounced for the occasion, R. R.
Clark read a paper on the subject
of “Can Shipbuilding Operations
Ee Made Safe?”
OFFICIALS AT MEET
Other speakers included promi-
nent officials of shipyards
throughout the United States, U. S.
Maritime officials. National Safety
Council representatives and other
authorities on shipbuilding and its
©peratons.
R. R. Clark, who heads Penn-:
Ship’s party of representatives,
Las had wide and varied experi-
ence- in personnel Work. Born in
New Market, Ind,, he attended
public school in Crawfordsville
which has often been called “The
Athens of Indiana” because it was
the birth place of General Lew
Wallace, author of BEN HUR, and
a number of other famous literary
lights.
Clark attended Wabash college
and the University of Indiana and
after his graduation, added two
years of law in the Houston Law
school, because he felt “it was a
good thing to know.” .
R. E. Nelson, electrician on Hull
290, was inducted into the Navy
on Dec. 6 and left for his training
base the following Monday.
Gus Attra of the Electrical Dept,
has left the yard to enter the army. [
Four Smiths, formerly in PSY
employ, send greetings and their
addresses to PennShip friends.
They are:
Pvt. W. H. Smith, Co. B. 32nd
Rep. Bn., Camp Linda Vista, San
Diego 44, California.
Pvt. R. A. Smith, H. Q. & H. Q.
Det., 583rd QM Bn., Ft. Warren 6,
Wyoming.
2nd Lt. Joe E. Smith, USMC,
Pfc. Walter L. Pray, formerly
with the Print Distribution Dept.,
has a new address: U. M. B. 443
M. A. G. 61, 3rd. M. A. W. F. M F.,
Tent €ity, P O. Unit No. 1, Peter
Field, Camp Lejeune, New River,
N. C.
T/Sgt. D. J. Rothwell, Print Dis-
tribution, may be reached at
A. • S. N. 38416520, Hd. Co. 707—
Rwy Grand Division, A. P. O. 9119
c/o Postmaster, New York. N. Y..
V- ~1
Delbert Collins, formerly of the
Layout Dept, at PSY, was a recent
visitor with his mother and step-
World Isn’t
So Big, Huh?
tor in the Navy training school at
Norman, Okla. His stepfather,
Charlie Prise, is also a layeroui on
the racks.
A recent addition to the armed
forces from the plate shop was
A. M, Painter, burner, who was
inducted into the navy. ■
AMONG THE CHIEF SPEAKERS at the safety and training
meeting to New Orleans that ended today was, R* R. Clark, above,
PSY personnel director, well-known to most lslanders.
Burning School Site May
Give Way To New Racks
Phair Layerouts
Work in Sunday
The main topic of conversation i
nowadays is the proposed move
of the burner school building
school building
from its present location to some
other spot in the yard to make
room for new racks. We are sure
to miss our many friends who
have been such a help in making
the long nights pass so quickly
with their constant good humor.
ing Dept. His wife, Frances, is
a member of the Expediting Dept,
and his uncle-in-law, H. O. Cole,
is a member of the Paint Dept.
He also has a cousin, Miss Nadine
Wooding, on the PENNSHIP LOG
staff.
Which reminds us. Jack and his
cousin, Nadine’s brother, W. C.
Wooding, met each other in-Eng-
land, so it isn’t such a big world
after all.
Sunday, Nov. 28, was the first
Sunday the girl layerouts have
ever worked.
During his high school days
Clark went in for basketball and
track and during those years was
relay champion in the famous
Drake relays which match crack
high school teams.
Before coming to Texas the
PennShip personnel director, by
his own admission, took a little
fling at Indiana politics and was
democratic chairman of a
county with a 1300 Republican
majority and managed to work for
Lis committeemen so astutely that
the Republicans placed only one
man on the county committee.
COMES TO TEXAS
Clark came to Texas in 1933
“to observe,” and he liked the
State and its people so well that
he has been here ever since, serv-
ing with the Texas State Employ-
ment Service, later changed to
United States Employment Service,
of the Houston and
W. W. Blakeney has left the sun-
shine bees to join the night hawk
layerouts. We hope he doesn’t get
too sleepy.
BRAND NEW FACES
Recent additions to the school s
personnel include Arlyne Rollins.
Her dad is one of the burner main-
stays on the finishing docks. Ar-
lyne gives every promise of being
a chip of the old block.
Little Frances Hall has decided
that the outside world is a cruel
place after all and has rejoined
the fold. Muller Hollingsworth’s
recent bout with doctors and hos-
pitals was a victory for her and
we welcome her back to her for-
mer job as machine operator
where her unusual efficiency was
so badly needed. This combination
of Bucklew, Hollingsworth and
Rollins is the answer to prayers
for more and better production.
NEWS GATHERER BACK
J. J. Keim, PENNSHIP LOG’S
reporter from the PIW Div., took
his vacation recently and Hoyt
Brown of the same department
gathered the division’s news.
Mr. Shirley, Peco and Anderson
received their quarterman’s rating
Dec. 6.
TAKES TEACHING JOB
The Time Office regrets very
much to lose Mrs. Ruth Spiva who
kept time in the Main office. Mrs.
Spiva is now employed by the
Beaumont City schools as a
teacher in David Crockett Junior
High.
J. D. Cones is away on an eight
day vacation.
Yates is a fitter as well as a
layout helper.
Bill Saucier called Tiny Woods,
footage checker, to his office to
ask her to work in a rod house.
He asked her if she could pick
up 50 pounds. She said, ‘No, I
never weighed any more in my
life.”
DON’T USE BOATS, BOYS
C. J. Bartels and J. M. Sisk,
electrical leadermen on Hull 291,
each one has a new boat and out-
board motor—look out, ducks!
as manager
Galveston branches, and head of
the placement division in San An-
tonio and manager of the Amarillo
and: Beaumont offices.
He came to PennShip in 1942
as personnel director.
Clark is married, and has one
child, a young daughter. Before
the war he went in for trap shoot-
mg and golf, but with the present
ammunition shortage, he concen-
trates on his. golf. For quieter mo-
ments he adds to his collection of
Looks and old papers and letters
relating to various phases of the
Civil War.
Pop says the items in recent is-
sues of PENNLOG pertaining to
who has the cutest little nose or
the most cunning way of jitter
bugging leaves him cold. He wants
to really start something .by nomi-
nating Mrs. Wallace of the Per-
sonnel Dept, as the yard’s most
lovely lady and Bea Hughes of the
night machine shop crew as the
most lovely miss. Any ideas to the
contrary would make a first class
contest to prove him wrong. Let’s
Lydia Litton gave a birthday-
party Sunday at Mrs. B. Crow’s,
Those present were Tiny Woods,
Dorothy Code, Fay and Catherine
Robertson, Dovie Graham and
Jackie Hart.
We are all wondering why
Dovie Graham prefers Ben Hur
perfume?
Mr. Welch is back on the job
after a short absence.
Judge McLane is a poet as well
as a fitter leaderman.
There is a strong rivalry be. report available, that of
tween the different departments ending Dec. 4, 1943, t
of PennShip for the best place on and Purchasing Dept’s.
the attendance record sheets. It is for the top. Unfortunate!
interesting to note how different other departments have
departments; change their place a few steps in their stai
from one week to another. . here is the report to
According to the most recent itself:
. PENNSYLVANIA SHIPYARDS, INC.
ABSENTEE RECORD
WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1943
V / . , Average Percentage of
Total Force Absent
Total
Saturday This
Total
Last
Week
2.7
3.3
9.5
3.0
3.9
7.9
5.1
6.2
8.9
8.4
5.6
7.8
9.7
9.4
12.0
9.9
11.8
9.5
11.0
MAN OR MOUSE
Officer Aubey, our downtrodden
clock puncher, finally had his re-
venge on his chief tormenter and
buddy, Pop Hayes, when Pop
bought a new bed. Aubey says he
found out whether Pop was a man
or a mouse.
He had his suspicions all along,
but now he knows Pop is a mouse.
Needless to say he gets pleasure
in the telling and is Pop’s face
red?
LAUNCHINGS
(Continued From Page One)
of Beaumont, a member of the
Army Medical Corps, who was
killed in action in North Africa
Feb. 22 of this year.
Pvt. Keller is survived by his
three sisters, Miss Ruby Keller
and Mrs. Ray Boulware, both of
Beaumont, and. Mrs. Herbert Wil-
son of Port Arthur, and a brother,
"Theo Keller, of Jasper.
FOUND: One key. Looks like
either a room or house key.
Marked “Russwin” No. 216.
Apply Rigging Loft office.
LOST: Diamond ring in engine
room of steamer Hull 304, Sat-
urday afternoon, December 4.
Reward if returned to owner.
J. F. Mathews, Pipe Dept.
WANTED: PSY musical organiza-
tions need additional talent.
Anyone interested may contact
REVUE
{Continued From Page One)
tong and carrying out the program
and special credit goes to the Sign
Dept, for their special scenic ef-
fects and to the Electrical Dept,
for their lighting.
H. S. McIntosh, PennShip’s pop-
ular Mcee, will keep the program
to motion.
The entire personnel of the
Night Burner School wish at this
time to extend to their many
and fellow employees
friends
about the yard our sincere hopes 13 Cr
that each and every one of you 19 W<
has a very Merry Christmas and
that the day of Victory finds us
all together enjoying the same *Tirneke<
cordial relations and friendliness j firemen,
TOTAL
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1943, newspaper, December 15, 1943; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170328/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.