Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945 Page: 2 of 4
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PENNSHIP LOG
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1945
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1945
Published on the 1st and 15th of each month by Pennsylvania
Shipyards, Inc., for its employes. Distributed free to PSY personnel.
RUTH G. SCURLOCK ................................................................. EDITOR
Lorice Beular ....................................................................... Associate Editor
REPORTORIAU STAFF: Antigone Megas, Marjorie Youngblood,
C. B, McCulloch, J. D. Watt, W. R. Van Davier, J. J. Keim, Addie Mae
Moon, J. Li. Fontenot, Audrey Jarrell, Louis Lowery, Helen O. Jones,
Mona Rose Ray, H. D. Haley, Lorna Ogden, Alma Hetzel, T. L. Richey,
J. C. Monts, Martha Hatfield, L. E. Benwell, Lena K. Shannon.
PennShip*'s Road Lies Ahead
Quick and awesome events have followed close upon the
heels of each other within the past few weeks and at times it
seems almost beyond the power of ordinary mortals to cope
with such sudden changes.
The atomic bomb and the new
incendiary bombs are dike some of
the fanstastic inventions in the
“superman” stories and comics and
probably much harder for the
grownups to visualize than for
some of the younger fry, and
with war, devastation and sudden
peace following close after each
other some of us are feeling
rather at loose ends about where
we go next, particularly in our
task of shipbuilding.
■Whether it is in our private lives
or in our jobs, however, there is
only one road, and that is forward.
We are too prone to accept the ru-
mors that PennShip is going to
close down as many other yards
have already done prior to the
declaration of V-J Day. We forget
that even during the darkest days
of the Depression there was what
many of the Old Timers called
“meal ticket work” on the Island.
Today, and in the days ahead,
there is a real job in store for
shipbuilders at PSY. Our ships,
both pre-war and those built un-
der the USMC contracts, have pil-
jod up record after record of fine
p iteration and gallant action un-
l • unusual stress. There is still
} e d for new ships for private op-
X'.r&uors, and with the opening of
Beaumont’s export and import
trade through the Port of Beau-
mont the field of repair and recon-
version work is beginning to
widen already.
The ships still on PSY ways and
docks will be finished and prob-
ably more like them contracted
for, so. instead of wondering how
soon the Yard will close down, it
might be a much better idea for
.Penn shipbuilders to think more
of the good work they have turn-
ed. out and plan for the future of
the great East Texas industry in
which they have had so impor-
tant a part.
BOUQUETS
(Continued From Page One.)
future storage and preservation of
materials. That your organiza-
tion has complied with the Com-
missions suggestions is obvious.”
To these remarks, General Su-
perintendent Allen explains:
“Look at the record! With a
greatly reduced force the , past
ninety days, we maintained the
same rate of production that we
did with a far greater force the
previous three months period.
Partly because, we kept materials
in perfect condition while stored,
always ready for instant installa-
tion. Little time was lost in clean-
ing, scraping, reclaiming, renewing
or salvaging. Yes, the commis-
sion’s suggestions were good. It’s
team work!
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MORE “HEAVY DUTY” home,
laundry soap such as chips, flakes
and powders has been promised
Mrs. Housewife during the coming
year. No rationing is contemplat-
ed.
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THE CURRENT MEAT short-
age and shortage of points will not
close Beaumont cafes, the local
restaurant association has an-
nounced.
Welders j
MRS. J. G. ENOS, welder mark-
er on the East Racks, attended a
family reunion recently in Angle-
ton, Tex., honoring her brother,
CM/l/c J. H. Garrett, who has
been overseas in the Seabees for
two and one-half years.
THERE WERE 200 present at
the annual reunion of the Holland
Clan held in the highway park
near Kountze on Sunday, August
5. Many members of Holland
clan are PSY employes, including
Mrs. N. Yankie, of No. 6 Rod
/Shack, secretary of the tribe.
Members from five states were
present at the smallest reunion
since 1935.
PVT. R. B. PATE, former
welder marker on the 550-foot
docks, is stationed at Sheppard
Field, Tex.
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NurseJWeds
MISS GENEVA JO JENKINS,
popular nurse at First Aid for the
past three years, was married to
L. W. Stone on July 28 at 8:15
o’clock in the parsonage of the
Highland Avenue Baptist church
in Beaumont with Rev. Eugene
Dickey performing the ceremony.
Attendants at the wedding
were Mrs. Loraine Davis and
Clyde Ratcliff.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone are making
their home at 565 Walnut.
Before coming to PSY, Mrs.
Stone was a nurse at Consolidated
Steel at Orange. Mr. Stone is a
former PSY worker in the Pipe
Dept.
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G. I.’s Urged To Keep
Service Life Insurance
When G. i. Joe gets home, re-
mind him to hold on to his Na-
tional Service Life Insurance. Re-
piember he has to keep up the
premiums himself—while he was
in service they were automatic-
ally taken care of by allotment
of his pay.
Why should he hold on to this
insurance? For one thing, it’s low
cost life insurance and some-
thing that’s apt to come in pretty
handy later on in life. Tell him
to keep it in force—and there
will foe no cause for regrets.
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THE ROTARY CLUB has named
J. Homer McGregor, PSY treas-
urer, as chairman of the club ser-
vice committee. M. W. McMaster,
PSY director of public relations,
and E. W. Pittman, PSY engi-
neer, were named on program
committees.
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ALL PHYSICALLY FIT troops,
officers and men, who have not
had at least six months overseas
will get foreign assignment by
next May 1.
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EVERY MAN IN THE service
writes at least one letter a day,
according to the postal depart-
ment.
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Preserve precious tires.
P2-SE2-R1—Transport type. Length (overall) 610’. Beam 75’6’.
Draft (loaded) 29’. Deadweight tonnage, 12,063*. Ship horsepower, 18,-
000 hp. Propulsion, turbo-electric.
**Estimated peacetime use.
Night Fitters Get Top
Rating In Safety Loop
When bouquets wpre handed out
for the fine safety record made
on Hull 329, which had a perfect
safety record from keel laying to
delivery, there was one crew that
deserves an extra big hand, the
night outfitting crew which varies
from 15 to 35 men.
This night fit-up gang has done
its share of outfitting to comple-
tion on 29 vessels without a lost
time injury and is now working
on its 30th vessel. The record
started back with the four mine-
sweepers completed in the spring
of 1943. This crew had to main-
tain its record through the 28th
vessel, which was No. 329, before
achieving the goal of completing
a ship without a lost time hurt.
In compiling a building, outfit-
ting or safety record on a ship
there is no one crew or no one
man who can take most of the
credit. It’s a “team” job and every
worker who had a hand in com-
pleting the ship, every worker
who stepped aboard the vessel,
from clean up boys to engineers,
day workers and night workers,
deserve a share of the laurels.
On the outfitting docks at Penn
on the day shift there are only two
foremen and each has charge of
several ships at one time. The
man who has direct charge of a
particular hull during outfitting
is the hull quarterman. On 329 B.
L. Cash was the hull quarterman
on the day shift and the night hull
quarterman was H. F. Walton. On
the night shift the Outfitting Dept,
has no foreman and the hull quar-
termen work directly under Night
Supt. Pete Frazier.
It’s regrettable that everyone
who had a hand in Hull 329’s per-
fect recprd can’t be recognized . .
but the list is too long. They all
deserve rousing applause.
Of the original fitup crew that
completed the sweepers there
are still 10 men remaining who
have had a hand in maintaining
their fine safety record. They are:
C. W. Daniel, B. F. Cockrell, R. E.
Jordon, E. G. Hayes, A. L. John-
son, layerouts; H. A. Moore, B. E.
Litton, L. Miller, C. B. Weckter
and C. R. Robertson, fitters.
CARPENTERS
(Continued From Page One.)
now tie the Paint Dept, boys who
also have retired two permanent
.trophies.
W. B. Porter is superintendent
of the Carpenter Dept, and Hugh
R. Jones is superintendent of the
Plate Shop. The Carpenters had
no lost time injuries in July during
43,866 man hours worked for a fre-
quency of 0.00. The Plate Shop
worked 39,997 man hours and had
no injuries for a 0.00 frequency.
(Frequency is a formula with the
number of lost time injuries times
1,000,000 divided by the number of
man hours worked, in case you
are interested.
THE WELDERS AND Burners,
Pipe, All Others, Electrical, Out-
fitting, Construction, Painters,
Crane and Riggers and Machinists
finished in that order behind the
Carpenters and Plate Shoppers.
Here’s the official standing:
Nine Days For
News: Aug. 24
The LOG editor is being more
generous with her reporters come
the next edition of the Island’s
leading semi-monthly publication.
For the September 1 issue of the
LOG the editor is giving reporters
nine full days to ferret out the
Yard news and get it on the LOG
desk by Friday afternoon, Au-
gust 24.
Brief items packed with names
carry the greatest interest to Is-
land readers.
NEW KEEL
(Continued From Page One.)
nearly every resident of the French
district. He was a star basket-
ball player at French and played
on the- football team. When too
little to take an active part in
sports Frankie was the “manager”
of many Buff sports teams. The
little redheaded, freckled-faced
kid followed all Buff sports teams
since he was in knee pants.
Lt. Johnstone left the Univers-
ity of Texas to join the Air Corps
in 1943 and trained at Ellington
LT. FRANK A. JOHNSTONE
and Sheppard fields. He was also
stationed at a California air field
before going overseas in Septem-
ber, 1944.
Besides his parents he is sur-
vived by two brothers in the ser-
vice, John B. Johnstone, with the
Sixth Marine Division, recently on
Okinawa and now at a rest camp
on Guam, and Malcolm Johnstone,
a meterologist with the Air Trans-
port Command at George’s Field,
111. .
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ON NEW BATTLESHIPS of the
Iowa class the ship’s communica-
tions include eight transmitting
stations, 294 loudspeakers and 31,-
000 feet of cable which makes im-
mediate communication possbile
from one part of the ship to an-
other at all times.
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THE WPB HAS RELEASED
sewing machines which can now
be sold and manufactured.
JULY, 1945
Dept. Superintendent
Lost Time .
Injuries
Man
Hours Frequency
Carpenters—W. B. Porter .....................
...........0
43,866
0.00
Plate Shop—H. R. Jones .........................
...........0
39,997
0.00
Welders & Burners—R. W. Overturf
..........1
189,354
5.27
Pipe—L. W. Reil .................................,...
...........1
148,208
6.74
All Others—F. Perugi .............................
...........1
279,858
3.58
Electrical—H. S. McIntosh ...................
...........1
119,188
8.39
Outfitting—O. Hayes ..............................
..........2
160,451
12.46
Construction—E. W. Evans ....................
..........4
229,367
17.43
Painters—A. B. Matthews ...................
...........1
42,300
23.64
Crane & Riggers—E. A. Dempsey .......
...........2
57,910
34.53
Machinists—Harry Campbell ...............
...........3
69,613
44.53
Tool Room
JACK LIVELY, a veteran of
World War I, is receiving money
large and small from donors who
wish to see our service boys
come back to a recreation center
that they can call wonderful. The
V. F. W. is backing this drive.
J. H. “PEG” LASSETER is very
happy now .that his boy is home
again. His son, T/Sgt. Tris A. Las-
seter, has spent four years and
four months in
the army with 38
months across
He was in the 1st
Army under
Gen. Patton in
the African
campaign and
under Gen. Clark
in the Italian
campaign. Before
going to war, Tris
put in seven
years at the PSY,
18 months as a
timekeeper and
the rest as a
S/SGT. TRIS
burner and welder. Tris also has
donated $25 to the building fund
that the V. F. W. wants to put
over. Tris was discharged on the
point system.
NEWEST IN THE T. R. is L. E.
Arnold. He was with the Trans-
porting Co. of Corpus Christi be-
fore coming to the yard. He
starts in No. 3.
EDITH SMITH HAD a visit
from a nephew, Harold L. Smith,
who is a Sl/c in the Navy Air
Corps. He is training to be a
gunner.
JACK LIVELY’S son, Victor
Hale Lively, has joined the Navy
in San Diego.
MRS. HOOKS VISITS to her
mother in Saratoga are over now
that mother has come to live with
her here in Beaumont.
E. HARVEY of No, 9 paid a
visit to San Augustine over the
weekend.
MRS. N. “GRANNY” Snellgros
received a telephone message at
the yard the other day that a
.nephew, Ernest W. Larsen, had
an. accident. She rushed home as
soon as possible to learn the de-
tails and found out that Ernest had
been accidently shot through the
left arm and back. Latest report is
that Ernest will be in a cast for a
couple of months.
TOOL ROOM 'CHANGES have
been quite a few recently:
A. V. McBride is- standing guard
at No. 5 for a week or two because
of Mr. Berry’s illness. Verdell
changed from No. 3 to No. 2; Tre-
mont from No. 2 to No. 8; Wil-
liams from No. 9 to No. 8; Monts
from No. 6 to No. 8 to No. 9.
“RIP” CROSBY of No 8 received
a call from Uncle Sam.
“HEAVY” McGOWN is now in
charge of the Tool Clearance
Dept.
MRS. RUTH HOOKS divides
her time between Tool Sales and
the Tool Clearances.
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WHARVES BUILT IN the mid-
county area would provide ade-
quate docking facilities for ships
now passing up Sabine area ports,
Harvey W. Gilbert, prominent
Beaumont business man, advocat-
ed the other day. Dock space is
at a premium in Beaumont and
at Port Arthur and mid-county
wha,rves would solve the prob-
lem, Gilbert declared.
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Some 4,000 native flowers thrive
in Texas.
I WISH TO TAKE this oppor-
tunity to thank my friends for
the kindness shown me during the
illness.of my son.—E. L. Patreaux.
E. A, HILLMAN, wire checker
recovering from a serious opera-
tion, wishes to thank her many
friends for their kindness during
her illness.
MR. AND MRS. J. C. Sheffield
wish to thank the Crane Dept, for
the lovely floral offering sent in
memory of Mrs. Sheffield’s father.
LAMAR ROACH, son of Ro-
maine Roach, Pipe Dept. Main-
tenance foreman, wishes to thank
his friends on the Island for the
beautiful flowers sent to him
while he has been ill with pneu-
monia.
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945, newspaper, August 15, 1945; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161097/m1/2/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.