Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945 Page: 4 of 4
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PENN8HIP LOG
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1945
Electricians Have
Fun At GI Party
Wrong Wayss Ashley
Stuck With Name
ELECTRICIAN FRIENDS of H.
S. McIntosh, superintendent of
the Electrical Dept., gave a sur-
prise party for his son, Pvt. Roy
Miller, in the Crystal ballroom at
the Edson Hotel Thursday night,
August 2.
Pvt. Miller, who had just com-
pleted his “boot” at Camp Hood,
is now stationed in California.
While at Camp Hood Pvt. Roy was
wounded in the shoulder by an ex-
ploding hand grenade while on a
training problem and spent 14
days in the hospital.
John (Pappy) Day acted as mas
ter of ceremonies at the dinner
which was attended by 50 of Mr.
Mac’s friends and presented Roy
with a pocketbook as a PG. Pap-
py, though he is losing his baby
teeth, presided in a manner which
would have made Dale Carnegie
green with envy.
Parlor games followed the
chicken dinner with Dean Davis
and Happy Randall excelling.
Pvt. Roy, who formerly work-
ed in the Electrical Dept., ex-
pressed his thanks and apprecia-
tion for the swell party and gifts
given him by his friends and form-
er co-workers.
“JUDGE” CAMPBELL insists
he isn’t a “judge” and that he got
that monicker because he once
presided over a kangaroo court.
The “judge” is an old circus
electrician.
T. JIM DAVIS is an excellent
reconteur of dialect stories with
gestures. For a Missouri Ozarkian
Sir Jim’s fund of yams is inex-
haustible.
GERALD ASHLEY wilLnever
live down the name of “Wrong
Way.” It happened when he had
to set down his grasshopper plane
in front of a farm house to find
out the direction to his native Luf-
kin.
THERE ARE SO MANY form-
er Thompson and Lockhart Elec-
trical Co., employes on the Island
that they could form their own
chapter. Even Superindent Mc-
Intosh is a “graduate!” He went
to work for Thompson and Lock-
hart when he was 17 and stuck to
the job until he resigned and
came to Penn.
SUPT. McINTOSH, a captain
in the Civil Air Patrol, and Lt.
William Brandt, foreman of elec-
trical maintenance, were among
the officers in charge of
the three-day encampment of
the CAP cadets last week at Camp
Mitigwa. William Brandt, Jr., and
Jack Rutherford were among Is-
land “sons” at the camp.
SIMON GUIDRY has been in-
ducted into the army.
FORMER EMPLOYES of Elec-
trical Dept, reports on PSY ships
in service: Lt. Albert E. Paul, U. S.
M. C. former electrician on the
mine-sweepers, reports having
seen the USS PILOT, or Hull 252,
in action in the Pacific. The
PILOT was flagship of a mine-
swheper fleet, and has seen plen-
ty of action.
Lt. J. Moise Eastham, Jr., USN,
son of Moe Eastham, electrcal
storekeeper in electrical shop, re-
ports that he made a 16-day non-
stop trip from San Francisco to
the Pacific aboard the MV CAPE
DUCATO, PSY Hull 298.
Lt. Ernest E. Wagner, A. T. S.,
former PSY electrician, reports
having seen the USS FOMAL-
HAUT in action in the Pacific.
He reported that she looked good,
but needed a little paint. •
E. S. WINFREE, Hi, former
member of the I. C. gang, recent-
ly reported for training with the
U.t S. Navy in San Diego, Califor-
nia.
ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE was
done when the AMERICAN SAIL-
or grazed a Penn ship at the city
docks when the USMC training
vessel sailed after three-day visit
here.
ONLY ESSENTIAL drivers will
be eligible to purchase new 1945
automobiles. The eligibility list
for 1945 models will be expanded
as rapidly as production and sup-
ply permits.
Teller ©I Tall
Tales “Estate”
J. W. Hurst, chipper foreman
and yarn spinner, is continually
bragging about his “estate” near
Silsbee.
The real truth about Hurst’s
plantation has come to light in a
description of the Hurst acres by
J. W.’s 15-year-old nephew who
made a personal inspection recent-
ly. The youngster writes:
“J. W. Hurst, chipper foreman,
grows grass exclusively on his
plantation. His varieties begin
with the smallest Bermuda to the
largest Johnson grass. He also
raises thoroughbred hogs, the kind
of thoroughbreds with long noses
and slim bodies.
“He also has a pair of hides.
(They would be horses if they had
a few' oats under their belts). In
his field he has only one spot
where the grass doesn’t grow. That
is the barn. He is planning on
moving it soon.
“He had to quit growing water-
melons because the vines grew so
fast they wore out the melons.
His brother-in-law, Bill Williams,
night PIW foreman expects to
help him harvest his crops.”
The next move is up to Uncle
J. W.
‘Thimble Eye’, No. 106, Launched
PAINTER L. A. Thompson had
a new baby daughter born August
8.
S/SGT. and MRS. H. E. Peter-
son are the parents of a seven-
pound two-ounce son born at
Beaumont Infirmary Friday, Au-
gust 3. Mrs. Peterson is the form-
er Margaret Richey, daughter of
T. S. Richey, of No. 8 Tool Room
The baby has been named Charles
Emil.
O. B. McCALL, of Compressor
House No. 1, is a grandpa. His
son, Lt. Ray N. McCall, U. S. Air
Corps, and Mrs. McCall are the
parents of a six-pound boy, Ray
N., Jr. The baby was born at Cher-
ry Point, Va., where Lt. McCall, a
former PIW employe, is stationed.
A DAUGHTER, JNDY ANN,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Christian on Saturday evening,
August 11. Christian is a shipfit-
ter at PSY.
REGIONAL OPA OFFICERS at
Dallas are raising an eyebrow
over the “loss”- of some 54,000
war ration books No. 4 during
the first five months of 1945. C. B.
Biraun, deputy administrator of
the six-states district, said the
reported heavy losses and thefts
may be more than just a mere
coincidence. Moves to prevent
such heavy “losses” are under
way.
THE AVI MV THIMBLE EYE, Penn’s No. 106th
ship under war-time USMC contracts, was launch-
ed on Friday afternoon, July 27, at 5 o’clock with
Mrs. C. L.. Hand, of Port Arthur, wife of the man-
ager of the marine department of the Texas Com-
pany, as sponsor.
Mrs. Hand is shown above with her launching
party, left to right, Marshall Gates, Mrs. Gates, Mrs.
Pat Reed, Mrs. Hand, sponsor; Mr. Hand, Mrs. L. E.
Lockhart Sr., mother of T/4 Hugh Bland Lockhart
for whom the ship was dedicated; Mrs. Roy Wignall
and Frank Perugi, PSY assistant general superin-
tendent and head of the repair department, who
introduced the sponsor.
All are from Port Arthur with the exception of
Mrs. Lockhart and Mr. Perugi.
NORMAN JENSEN, general
Yard foreman, is spending his va-
cation with his parents in Kansas.
BECAUSE OF ILL health, W.
K Miller, popular hull foreman,
aas resigned.
J. W. PHILLIPS, quarterman
over the material department, has
resigned to take a job in the Con-
roe public schools. Frank Portie
has taken over the duties former-
ly held by Phillips.
R. E. (SQUIRREL) Slaydon, en-
gineer, has left the Island for a
job with a Florida oil company.
SCULPTOR J. W. THOMPSON
is exhibiting some of his works of
art. They truly are masterpieces.
C. E. RASCOE, formerly one of
our layout boys who recently fin-
ished his “boot” training with the
Seabees, visited the Island last
week.
MRS. MARIE JOHNSON spent
;he weekend in Henderson.
MRS. MICKEY McGUIRE, wife
of Mickey McGuire, foreman of
the layout department, has been
removed to her home after being
seriously ill at St. Therese the
oast three weeks. Her condition
is greatly improved.
Three Engineering Gals
Find Trouble
CONNIE BRUNOW’S sailor hus-
band is home on a 30-day leave.
BRUCE FARRELL is vacation-
ing in West Texas and the chances
are he’ll have some tall fish yarns
when he returns.
TESS HOWARD’S daughter,
Alice, leaves for school in San
Antonio in September.
WIGGIE WIGGINGTON, Ru-
thie Reynold’s co-worker, is
pinch-hitting in the badge depart-
ment while Mrs. Holbrook vaca-
tions.
Hifii
J. R. BUTLER, welder marker
on the East Ways, lost his tin hat
one windy day in the river. At-
tempts were made to save it but
the hat soon went to the bottom
of the river. Butler posted signs
in the yard stating his loss and
ended, “If Found—Finder Can
Have Same.”
IF YOU CAN FIND a new 1942
automobile you can buy it with-
out securing priorities. The 1942
cars, and there are only about 6,-
000 left in the United States, are
now off the ration list.
FOR RENT: One, two and three-
room apartments in Marimax.
Clean, modern and reasonable.
Apply at ration office in Mari-
time Building.
FOUND: Three sets of keys. One
single key, two Yale keys on
wire and set of five mixed keys
on oversized safety pin. Owners
may collect by calling at C-l
Office.
FOR SALE: 2V2 acres at Rosedale
on Voth highway. Gas, lights,
telephone, good location. Buy
for your post-war home. See or
write W. C. Evans, 590 Walnut
St., Beaumont, Tex.
LEVINGSTON AND Consoli-
idated Steel, of Orange and Gulf-
port Boiler and Welding Works,
of Port Arthur, are repairing bat-
tle-damaged vessels.
THREE LITTLE GIRLS, Mar-
jorie Nell Day, Melba Conway
and Hilda Ward, went on a beach
outing Sunday and three little
girls had trouble.
The very first thing the gear
shift locked but a “little boy”
happened along and helped them
adjust the gears. Then on the
way back from the beach they had
a blowout and while Marjorie Nell
and Melba remained with the car
Hilda hitch-hiked to town and had
her brother bring out a tire.
Marjorie says that except for a
terrific sunburn and a “practically
broken” toe, she had a wonderful
time.
KEITH SANDEFER and his
gang are being moved to new
quai’ters in the hull department.
MARGARET JOHNSON has re-
turned from a visit with relatives
at Cherokee, Okla. Maigaret was
accornpained by her cousin, Mar-
garet Cornwell, and they saw their
’ousin, Sgt. Tommy Brown, just
back frcm Germany.
PATRICIA SWAIN’S husband,
Pfc. Jay Swain, is enroute
home after 11 months overseas.
CHARLES LOVELACE is back
from his vacation which he spent
at the beach and in Galveston.
EDNA COAN spent her vaca-
tion resting.
ELDEN GAUS has been tempo-
rarily transferred to the electri-
cal offices.
STEVE CARTER has resigned.
JOE, A. A. CURTIS’ 10-year-
old, son, is doing well after an ap-
pendectomy.
ROBERT, SON OF A. R. Ware,
is continuing his studies at Sewa-
nee Military Academy, Sewanee,
Tenn., during the summer months.
“SUGAR” HENDERSON is a
summer widower since the missus
and children have gone to Dallas
to visit Mrs. Henderson’s mother.
MILDRED WRIGHT is back
from her vacaiton.
MR. MORAN is back in his of-
fice after welcoming a new son
in Cleveland.
E. L. PATREAUX, welder leaa-
erman on the 550-foot docks, re-
ports his son has improved so much
from his polio illness that he has
been released from the hospital.
Young Patreaux is now up and
about. He was given the Kenny
treatment.
FIGURES SHOW THAT export
tonnage at the Beaumont city port
more than doubled during the past
fiscal year over the previous 12
months. The export tonnage from
June, 1943-June, 1944 was 25,305
tons and from June,1944-June,
1945 was 56,260 tons.
The city of Orange was named
after an orange grove.
Time Office Lass Tu
A SURPRISE wedding changed
Frances Reynolds’ name to Mrs.
“Mutt” Smith.
MRS. MacDONALD is taking a
30-day leave to be with her hus-
band just back from Germany.
G. J. KREPPER spent a week’s
vacation with his family in Char-
lotte, N. C.
JUANITA PENTECOST’S hus-
band, a master sergeant, has just worker
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal. M/Sgt. Pentecost writes
that his spacious new office form-
erly housed a German “big shot”
and a slight fumigation was nec-
essary before he moved in.
WANDA NOWELL visited her
army hubby in Wichita Falls last
week.
BESS STOUT, a Time Office
for two years, resigned
last week to take a courthouse job.
MARTHA HATFIELD insists
her bandaged arm is only burned
but friends still want to know how
the other “guy” looks! Have you
seen any unexplained black eyes
around lately?
THE LOG IS LOSING its
Time Office reporter, Martha Hat-
field, who is leaving the Yard this
week. Future plans? Who knows!
FROM FAR AWAY IN the
South Pacific Jimmie Mathis has
written a host of air mail letters
saying “thank you” to Stores folks
for that seven or eight-foot let-
ter they combined in writing him
recently, a flock of short letters
all rolled into one.
Two months and no mail and
Jimmie popular Stores worker
and PSY bandman before he
joined the Navy, received the let-
ter which took all of his liberty
and most of a package of cigars
ettes before he finally finished
reading it.
Jimmie said it really did hit the
spot to think ‘friends would re-
member him with a nice letter
like that.
TEDDY VANDERSLICE was on
hand to greet her husband, Junior
Engineer Jeff Vanderslice, when
he steamed into a Texas port.
MARION HUNT, also known as
Susan, is visiting friends in her
old heme at Corpus Christi.
D. V/. GRIMES, formally of
lectrical stores and now in the
Air Corps, visited the office last
week. D. W. also played in the
PSY band and orchestra.
ONE OF THE OLD timers, AI
Raye, is leaving the Island.
VIOLA HAS HER NOSE buried
in work since she returned from
her vacation . . . Stella is so noisy
that when she is quiet and doesn’t
smile everyone wants to know
what’s the matter with St-ella?
Slay just couldn’t get along
without Pope Connie to tease . .
Why was Rhea Wilson so pale the
other day and who brings Ann
red rose buds? . . . They look
mighty pretty on her desk ....
Mildred spends most of her
spare time fixing up the new
Brimlow manse pending the arriv-
al of Lt. Brimlow, now due most
any time . . . Morgan returned
from his vaction full of fun and
most everyone is afraid to leave
their desk at noon ... You never
,qan tell what sly trick will be
played . . .' Those glasses Eva found
on her desk weren’t hers and
neither were they Gloria’s . . . No
one seems to know where the
glasses came from or where they
went.
Ann Cox has a problem with the
spacing of her typewriter ....
Walker just can’t pitch washers
. . . He isn’t tall enough and when
questioned just blushes.
LEE BRASFIELD has quit
and returned to his home in Aus-
tin and Bob Rowe has been busy
with material lately.
THE COAST GUARD recently
announced that it had saved 1,658
torpedo victims during the Euro-
pean phase of the war along the
Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico
and Carribean. Some 810 were
picked up in the North Atlantic,
115 in the Mediterranean and 1660
in the English Channel during the
invasion of Normandy.
PLANS FOR THE 1945-46 fall
and winter PSY Bowling League
season are still in the hopper
stage and nothing definite has
been decided upon.
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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/m1/4/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.