Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1943 Page: 7 of 8
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1943
PENNSHIP LOG
PAGE SEVEN
'FlyingTiger” Works As Layerout Until Uncle Calls
T. Drawhorn
Vet Of China
Bombardier On Duty
More Than Year
By J. F. BARTON
Tommy Drawhorn, layout man
on Rack 3, started to work for the
Pennsylvania Shipyards in July,
1941, and worked until Oct. 7,
1941, and came back to work on
•Nov. 1, 1943, after being made
inactive, subject to call.
During tne intervening time
Tommy enlisted in the U. S. Army
Air Corps, received his training
at Ellington • Field and at a bom-
bardier school in New Mexico, was
commissioned as a 2nd Lt. and
sent to China.
He served in China under Gen-
eral Chenault for 135/2 months.
Tommy was ordered to China
just as the Army was taking over
the American Volunteers Group.
FAMOUS FLYERS
He was attached to the 11th
Bombing Squadron. (Incidentally,
this squadron was famous in
World War I.)
The 11th Bombing Squadron
was a roaming squadron, just tak-
ing on any and all comers at any-
time. . : A .
There was only one plane from
this squadron lost in an entire, year
of combat. For quite sometime the
crews of this squadron did their
own repair and maintenance work
and were subject to call at any
time.
The Uth Squadron was the first
squadron to fly over Hongkong,
and incidentally, they shot down
21 Jap planes in this flight, be-
sides laying their eggs in strategic
places.
On another mission SO Jap
planes attacked the squadron, 23
of which were shot down without
the loss of a single U. S. plane.
Tommy speaks very highly of
General Chenault and says that he
is doing a great job over there.
Often when Chinese towns were
bombed, the American flyers
would take up a collection and
help the victims and also to help
missionaries in every way possible.
The Layout Dept, is glad to have
Tommy back. He has served his
country well and is back here to
continue doing so by helping to
build ships to carry supplies to the
fighting fronts.
J. B. Choate, layout man on
Rack 7, has seen plenty of action
in the South Pacific.
He was recently returned to the
U. S. with a medical honorable
discharge, after eight and a half
months of action with the U. S.
Infantry in the South Pacific.
He says that the going was
plenty rough and the Japs did lots
of bombing and strafing the boys
down there on those islands.
J. B. was stationed in Australia
for awhile and also at Port
Moresby.
He was in the first reinforce-
ments that were sent to Port
Moresby from Australia.
JONES BOYS VISIT
Charley and Edgar Jones, sons
of T. E. Jones, fitter foreman, were
visitors in the yard recently.
Charles and Edgar both were
shipfitters on the C-l racks be-
fore entering the Army. Edgar
has completed his training at
Camp Walters and has been sent to
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland,
Charles has been stationed in
Army Airplane Mechanics School
at Amarillo, Texas.
,Mr. Jones has another son, Gil-
bert, who is a shipfitter on the
C-l racks.
Mrs. N. B. Johnson of the C-l
office had a slight accident on
Rack 9 the other morning. She was
given first aid treatment and re-
turned to work.
Penn Ships Play Vital Role
In Lend-Lease Picture
NEW INSPECTOR
A newcomer to the USMC
forces is C. H. Chauvin, joiner
inspector, who comes to the Island
from Higgins in New Orleans.
Chauvin is also a native of New
Orleans.
The transfer of ships from the
United States to other Allied na-
tions in operation under the Lend
Lease plan affects PennShip
closely because a number of our
fine ships have gone to aid our
Allies under this international
agreement.
Evidence of a courteous ex-
change of friendly pledges be-
tween Allies came to Mrs. Martha
Lou Lydic of the Purchasing Dept,
when she was presented recently
with a beautiful silver tray, bear-
ing the Norwegian coat of arms in
its center and having the follow-
ing inscription on its back: ‘‘To
Mrs. Ralph B. Lydic. In commem-
oration of the transfer to tha Nor-
wegian Flag of the M/S ALF
LINDEBERG, 10/13/43. THE
NORWEGIAN SHIPPING &
TRADE COMMISSION.
The letters exchanged between
Mrs. Lydic and the Norwegian
Government in the giving and ac-
cepting; of this gift bear in them
these promises which express the
feeling that brings Allied nations
closer together.
GOOD. WILL EXPRESSED
The N o r w.e gian Government’s
letter, wiutten to Mrk Lydic from
New York on Oct. 27, reads:
“Dear Mrs. Lydic:
When you christened the M/S
CAPE NORTH, you and the
ship might be said to have con-
cluded a pact. The ship took upon
herself the task of sailing the
seven seas for the cause of free-
dom, against all the hazards and
perils of maritime warfare. You
promised the bestowal of your
guardianship and that you, in
spirit, would watch over the fate
and progress of your ward.
The CAPE NORTH is follow-
ing her prescribed course, al-
though, pursuant to a decision of
the United States .Government, she
has been transferred to the Norwe-
gian flag, and at the same time,
been rechristened the M/S ALF
LINDBERG.
We Norwegians are proud that,
owing to this decision on the part
the United States Government, we
shall be able to carry on Norway’s
fight against the oppressors with
one more ship. We promise you
that the purposes of the ALF
LINDBERG will be the same as
those of the CAPE NORTH, and
wish you to be kind enough to
accept this little token, so that the
ship, under her new name, may
continue to have your wish—
“Godspeed and good fortune to
the ALF LINDBERG.
Sincerely yours,
THE NORWEGIAN SHIPPING
AND TRADE MISSION
Erling D Naess
For the Director of Shipping
SPONSOR REPLIES
In Mrs. Lydic’s acknowledge-
ment of the gift, she says:
“Gentlemen:
I take this opportunity to
acknowledge receipt and express
my deepest appreciation for the
beautiful token sent me in behalf
of the Royal Norwegian Govern-
ment in commemoration of the
pact concluded when I christened
the MS CAPE NORTH, and now
reaffirmed in the M/S ALF
LINDEBERG.
I have eagerly and diligently
watched her progress since the
first day she slid from her cradle
and have always longed for the
day when I, in spirit, would, as
guardian over her, sail the seven
seas to bring ruin and destruction
to our common enemy and an end
to the evil oppression of tyranny.
As her guardian, I pledge to
watch over her and pray that her
every move will be a step forward
to the final goal of victory and
liberation, with which goes the
right to freedom, justice and the
pursuit of happiness.
God forbid that any malice shall
overcome her, or the Flag under
which she saJls.
I am forever with her in spirit
—“Godspeed and good fortune to
the ALF LINDBERG.
Sincerely,
(s) Mrs. Martha Lou Lydic.”
SEE YARD GROW
Tef Coon Has Santa And
Kin On Hand For Xmas
The northeastern boundary of
the United States, between Maine
and New Brunswick was agreed
upon 100 years ago.
SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS
have been stressed by M. M. Me-
Ewin, left, and Joe Linder, right
hull foremen, who have had a part
in PSY progress since the big ex-
pansion program.
Two more , hull foremen who
have made a good record in their
work are H. M. McEwin and Joe
Linder, both on the night shift.
McEwin assumed his . duties as
a hull quarterman, Shipfitting
Dept, on Hull 256 on the night
shift, June 24, 1942. He has been
With the company a year and eight
months, having hired in as a layer-
out in March, 1942.
Linder came to PennShip in
May, 1940 as a shipfitter helper
when the company was building
tug boats for the Moran Tug Co.
of New York City.
SAW C-l START
He says, “The first C-l type
cargo freighter built on the Island
was under construction at that
time. The yard was rapidly ex-
panding toward the newer, more
progressive work which was
strange to everyone here. As a re-
sult, the time element involved in
our finishing a ship was greatly
altered.
“Months passed as the first C-l
gradually took shape and was at
last launched, and there were
many differences in methods from
those used now.
“The original way, next to the
Machine Shop, had new ways
added to surround the Island and
extend on beyond the pontoon
bridge along Brakes Bayou to the
PIW Shop.
“Three years and six months of
the swing shift has brought me
through shipfitting from a helper
to a quarterman who says he is
still a “helper” in another respect,
that of safety.”
Complete lack of organization to
protect workers against the many
hazards they are subjected to has
been corrected during Linder’s
years of service on the Island and
he has high praise for the work of
the Safety Dept, and for the new
equipment and precautionary
measures which- the company has
installed to make work safer.
SAFETY PRAISED
’ McEwin echoes the same praise
for safety work in the yards. He
has been an active member of
PennShip’s safety committee since
its start in the yard and is now
chairman of the meetings held by
the outfitting group under John
N. Kimball.
Results of the work of his crew
Several airplanes have made
non-stop flights between Africa
and the United States during the
present war.
TE’ COON’S RELATIVES find city ways new and strange.
By AUDREY JARRELL
AND J. L. FONTENOT
De ahnenak on de wall ben tole
me dat eet not ben long fo’ eet ben
tim’ fo’ Christmas so ah gotta mak’
ah plan fo’ eet. So Orelia an’ me
write ah lettah on som’ papah to
hour peoples en de ole contray.
No now . . . I fool you queek en de
head ... we no gone go ovar dare
fo’ celebrate eet but we tole hour
folks fo’ com’ hear an’ spand heem
weet us.
Eet not ben long befo’ we geet
ah telegram on de wiah dat de
hole shubang ov dem gonna com’
fo’ be weet us. I gone tole yo’
right now whan we ben geet
trew weet de ration book all die
points ben dull an’ paz out ov de
back.
Orelia geet planty ov all kin’ ov
stoff an’ work lik’ fool she ees to
geet eet feex on befo’ Christmas
Day. She hen so tired at nite dat
she snore lik’ a crosscut saw gone
trew ah knot!
Den de da’ ben geet hear whan
all ov dem done geet at de sta-
shion. Eet lok’ lik’ de train com-
pany waz ron ah excursion jus' fo’
hour peoples. Dare ben about
twanty ov dem. Oletita, Lulu,
Tutu, Osman, Tita an’ all dare
keds.
Whan da’ waz geet hom’ day lok’
fo’ de lamp fo’ life weet ah match
den we press de leetle button an’
de lights go on. Day sink dat ben
fonny.
Jules want fo’ geet som’ ov de
wood fo’ mak’ fire en de cook
stove. Den we turn on de gaz an’
poof! de fire ben en de stove.
Po’ Lulu she ben weigh two
hondred an’ ninety poun’ an’ she
try fo’ bath en de bathtub an’ she
blow all de watah out ov de tub
on de floor whan she try fo’ seet
en de tub. Day all be lik’ ah hog
whan day eat all day can hold an’
go to bed.
De nex’ mornin’ ben Christmas
Day an’ Nonk Batiste ben op about
four o’clock fo’ mak’ som’ coffee
den he go to de henhouse fo’ geet
som egg an’ hour doug Poscunia
tare ah hole in hees leg, De peo-
ples nex’ door ben planty mad coz
eet wake dem op.
Aftah de bscg dinnah we hav’
ah eggnog an’ den day play de
music weet de fiddles an’ stoff
an’ we ben hav’ ah beeg tim’ till
de law waz ben knock on de
door an’ arrest all ov us fo’ mak
to moch noize an’ tak’ us all to
jail an’ eet coss us fifty dollah
each an’ tree day en de lockup
box.
Whan I waz geet out weet dem
an’ we all geet bom’ we fin’ dat
someone left de watah on en de
bathtub an’ eet flood de hole house
an’ ruin hour new rugs an’ all de
stoff en dare.
De sheepyad geeve rne tan mo’
da’ off fo’ not work Christmas den
I hav’ go’ down to de loan com-
pany an’ borrow enough monie fo’
geet mah peoples back to de ole
contray an’ hav’ som’ cash fo’ live
on fo’ nex’ two week.
Dat slio’ cost me coz I no not
whan I gonna geet ma monie bac’
from doze folks. I guess I gotta
wait till nex’ fall whan day geet
dare crop en. Dat sho’ gone be
long wait I gone tole you fo’ shure.
I sink nex’ year Orelia gone
spand eet on ah island where eet
gone be quite an’ not be stoff fo’
peoples to’ geet en troubles.
are shown in that he and his men
have established a 20 months’, rec-
ord of only one lost time accident.
McEwin is now working on Hull
290 and Linder on Hull 294.
COMPASS SAVES HUNTER
Luther Hogan, carpenter, wept
off duck hunting Sunday and got
lost two miles from his house.
Luther’s partner, J. C. Edwards,
told him he was going in the
wrong direction, but Luther pulled
out his compass before he was sat-
isfied,
Growth Whittled From
Carpenter’s Wooden Leg
Lee Foreman’s wooden leg
started growing the other day,
causing him to go to Houston to
get his leg cut off a couple of
inches.
C. A. Miller, of the launching
crew, ran out of nails the other
day and decided to use his finger,
which called for a trip to First
Aid.
W. J, Sherman is spending a
week with his son who has just
arrived from active duty in the
Southwest Pacific.
L. L. Lowery leaves for the
armed forces on December 27.
Virgil Revia finally finished a
model pattern of a cargo ship,
after consuming two five pound
cans of plastic wood to fill up the
hollows in the model to bring it
out to scale size.
Burner Hears
From Brother
Jackie, an N-3 burner, was all
smiles last week due to a letter
from her brother, Pvt. Billy G.
Peavy, whom she hadn’t heard
from in quite a while.
Jackie, why is it you never get
sleepy any more? Could it be that
your eyes catch everything, or is
it so much exercise to and from
First Aid?
The N-3 burners have had quite
a lot of fun learning to operate
the double burning machine.
Frankie Hall was transferred
from the burning school to the
boats which she likes fine.
We lost Joyce, one of our C-l
burners, a few days ago.
Stae has been, absent five days.
The night burners lost one of
their best burners, Brown, and
they hate it very much, but they
feel sure he won’t like the sun-
shine as well as he did the night
air.
BIG BOSSES WORK
Cable records have come and
gone, but Bill Brandt, yard main-
tenance foreman, and L. R.
Schmidt, assistant superintendent,'
Electrical Dept., put on a two man
show pulling eable near the new
500-foot outfitting docks recently.
There was some talk about an-
other record being broken by a
flat 10 miles of 4/0 cable pulled in
two hours.
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He thought safety was a bore.
He doesn’t work here anymore.
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