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PAGE FOUR
PENNSHIP LOG
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1943
Drum Plant’s Chas. Jones Installed As Elks Ruler
Smith
Doing
Cole Back On Post
After Army Trick
Charles E. Jones, of the drum
plant, was recently installed as
Exalted Ruler of Beaumont Lodge
No. 311 B. P. O. Elks. This is
the second term Charlie has held
this office, having served the term
of 1939-40. Charlie is a member
of Texas State Elks Association
and Grand Lodge B. P. O. E. and
will represent Beaumont Lodge
at the Texas State Elks Conven-
tion in Dallas this month. All
Elks are invited to attend meet-
ings being held temporarily in
the K. P. Hall.
MUSIC SOOTHES PAY DAY RUSH
Friday, April 30, was the best pay day that we have
seen at PSY. There was no pushing or overcrowding.
We of the Time Office and Payroll Department wish to
take this opportunity to laud the employees on the yard
for their wonderful cooperation, C. R. Sory and the mem-
bers of the PSY Rand for their fine music and E. M. Rat-
cliff and G. J. Krepper for their untiring effort to make
working conditions more pleasant.
Everyone was able to get home earlier. Let’s make
each Friday even better,
Deakle, Purchasing Head,
In Capital On Business
Franklin D. Smith, formerly
with the PSY and son of T. R.
Smith, has been transferred from I
College Station to San Antonio
for tests. These tests determine
whether he will receive training
as pilot, bombadier or navigator.
Frankie’s big brother Dick re-
ceived his journalism degree from
Texas U. prior to being called
from enlisted reserve along with
about 250 other students from
Texas University.
After going through induction
center at Fort Sam Houston, the
enlisted reserves will probably be
sent to special camp at Paris,
Texas, for basic training and from
there to officer’s candidate
schools. Mr. T. R. is mighty proud
of his sons, and he has every right
to be. -Franklin’s new address is:
Franklin D. Smith, Squadron 112,
Flight J, AAF CC, SAACC, San
Antonio.
James M. (Anti-Freeze) Cole
has returned to the Drum Plant
after being released from the
Army.
Guy Jones left Tuesday night
for the army induction center, in
San Antonio.
L. M. West has recovered from
his recent accident and is back
on the job this week.
Courtlon Rivette is steadily im-
proving and we hope to have him
back with us in the: near future.
Dean Cruse has returned to
Chicago to complete his training.
The medals Dean has won for
marksmanship look mighty nice
on his marine uniform.
C. E. Deakle left Saturday, May
1, for Washington and expects to
return in approximately three
weeks.
NAVY
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Navy Inspection Department and
has reported for duty with the
Gulfport Boiler and Machine
Works, Port Arthur, Tex.
Harry T. Swimme, electrical
inspector, reported to the resident
officer in charge, USN, at the
Gulfport Boiler and Machine
Works, Port Arthur, Tex..
Lee A. Pearson, machinery in-
spector; Richard P. Williamson,
hull inspector; and Herman R.
Wegener, hull inspector have al-
ready reported to the supervisor
of shipbuilding, USN at Brov/n
Shipbuilding company in Houston.
Among those reporting to
Orange for duty are J. D. McGuf-
fee, machinery inspector; Luther
J. Fuller, Sarah Stark; Fred J.
Fonville, material inspector; Edna
Cole, Orpha Mae Davis and Har-
old M. Collins.
PICOTT TO COAST
Robert J. Picott, electrical in-
spector has reported to Roosevelt
Base, Long Island, Calif., for duty,
Rhoda S. Debes has resigned to
work in Beaumont and Odessa J.
Smith, chief clerk, has requested
that her resignation be accepted
so that she can accept employ-
ment in Beaumont where her hus-
band is employed and where the
Smiths have their home.
As a final get-to-gether the
Navy personnel celebrated the
finishing of their work in Beau-
mont with a picnic at Tyrrell
Park on Sunday, May 9.
The Purchasing Department is
very proud of C. J. LeBlanc’s
home run made during the soft-
ball game May 3. Mr. LeBlanc
has decided it is better to hit the
ball than to let it hit him.
Turtles have taken the spotlight
in the Purchasing Department.
Several of the girls have been
given them by Miss Verline Shef-
field. Jean Kilgore has named
her pet turtle “Junior,” Corine
Terry’s is named “Bub,” and
Martha Lou Lydic calls hexs
“Myrtle.”
Loretta Pugh enjoyed the Eas-
ter holidays in Odem, Texas, with
her mother.
Stores Staff
Buy War Bonds
Jack Johnson of the invoicing
department is a victim of the
measles-—the telltale spots began
to show May 3.
Emma Kerr left May 6 to spend
Mother’s Day with her mother in
Worthem, Texas.
Jean Kilgore suffered a peculiar
accident during the blackout
Thursday night while attending
the Ink Spots musical at the city
auditorium. It seems that Jean
sat in a chair that wasn’t there,
and now she can’t sit at all. We
hope that the two love birds that
Jean’s husband gave her for Eas-
ter will be a. comfort to her.
Corinne Terry and C. R. Sory
have been seen together quite a
bit lately, which is a good indi-
cation that the Glee Club may
soon be off to a good start.
J. A. Daughty says he can tell
anyone where they can get a good
porterhorse steak.
Now that spring has sprung it
seems that every Monday morn-
Stores Department signed up
100 percent for participation and
way over 10 per cent of salaries
in the bond drive. We do things
in a big way in the stores. Mr.
J. C. Safley purchased Hitler a
birthday present in the form of a
$25 war bond.
Mrs. Joyce Layton, receiving
typist, received a letter from her
husband somewhere in Austraila
saying he arrived safely. He also
says, “Buy all the bonds you can
and we will soon drive all the
Japs out of the Pacific.” This
should be an incentive to buy
more, and more bonds.
We are happy to welcome Miss
Lois Key back to work with us.
Miss Key left us some time ago
to join the WAACS and upon
receiving a M. D. returned to help
build ships again.
. . . Well! You should have
been out to see and hear “Avail-
able” Jones in a song number
(E. M. F. Dance) to really appre-
ciate the name “Available.” Of
all the names they wanted to give
him, that one fits best . . . and he
can sing, believe it or not.
ing brings two or more victims of
sunburn. Last Monday it was
Mr. LeBlanc and Mr. Dod who
had played 36 holes of golf Sun-
day morning.
Ora Redmond, of the invoicing
department, has been adding to
the beauty of the Purchasing De-
partment by bringing roses from
her own garden.
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The more you fail the sooner
you know what NOT to do.
Girl Overcomes Handicap
A little thing like being unable to hear or talk is no handicap
to Mrs. V. M. McAlister, key-punch operator, in the Accounting De-
partment.
USMC Gets
Jfew Faces
A recent addition to the United
States Maritime Commission’s of-
fices ig Ora Ryan who is taking
over a position as clerk.
Another addition to the Mari-
time Commission is John L. Bell,
trainee and machinery inspector.
Fred L. Gates, assistant ship-
yard inspector (electrical), is an-
other new addition to the U. S.
M. C.
We are glad to welcome F. H.
Hansen back after a siege of the
measles.
Mrs. F. H. Hansen’s mother of
Houston recently spent a week
with her.
F. D. Graves, senior shipyard
inspector (outfitting), is being
transferred to Jacksonville, Fia.
He went to New York for a couple
of weeks before reporting for
work.
Albert Peace, shipyard inspec-
tor (welding), will be transferred
to Houston next week.
“Candy” Fernandez recently re-
ceived word of the death of his
brother-in-law of Tampa, Florida.
Navy "Drags Up" And Workers Depart
RENNICK AT AIR FIELD
Latest news from Private John
A Rennick, late of PSY Time Off-
ice, says that he is now at Shep-
pard Field, Tex., near Wichita
Falls taking his flying training.
It was moving day Saturday, May 8, for the Na^y Inspection Office. Lt. R. Colie, Jr., left, packs
up his blueprints while four of the Navy force are siown leaving their office building for the last time.
Edna Cole is shown on the bottom step with Odessa Smith, Orpha Mae Davis and Fred J. Fonville,
left to right, just behind. • f®
By LORNA LUCAS
The Accounting Department is
very proud of one if its most re-
cent members, Mrs. Velma M.
McAlister, for Mrs. McAlister is
certainly proof that a physical
handicap can be overcome if a
person has the will power.
Mrs. McAlister operates the
I.B.M. (key punch machine in the
Tabulating Department of Penn-
Ship) and in spite of the fact that
she is deaf and dumb and has been
so from birth, her work is so
accurate and so fast that it keeps
the whole department on the jump
to keep up with. her.
Born in West, Tex., as Vel-
ma Davis, Mrs. McAlister at-
tended the Texas School for
the Deaf in Austin, Tex.
When she graduated from school
she accepted a position in the
Texas Industrial Cheeking Office
in Austin and worked there until
she came to Beaumont with her
husband who is employed at the
Neches Printing and Paper com-
pany and who is also deaf and
dumb.
Employment Office interview-
ers were a little uncertain about
how Mrs. McAlister would get
along in a large office where no
one else spoke the sign language
except J. E. Battarbee, but they
need not have worried. Mr. Bat-
tarbee tells one amusing story on
one of Mrs. McAlister’s fellow
employees who came to him and
asked if he would teach him to
say something in sign language to
Mrs. McAlister.
“What do you want to say?”
asked Mr. Battarbee.
“I want to tell her to slow down
so I can .keep up with her while
we’re working on the same thing,”
was the answer;-
This incident probably gives
as good a picture as anything else
could do. as to. what an excellent
worker Mrs.. McAlister is and how
well her pleasant, friendly perso-
nality fits into the Accounting
Department.
After work hours Mrs. McAlis-
ter keeps her own house, doing
all the sweeping, mopping and
cooking and other household
chores and enjoying them all.
She says that Mr. McAlister
has Saturday off and that’s
when he takes his turn at
Housekeeping, Outdoor sports
comprise some,, of Mrs. Mc-
Alister’s favorite hobbies and
leading the li§t are tennis and
swimming and bowling run-
ning a close second.
> Iler favorite indoor sports con-
sist ■©£, bridge and “42” with a
little;, ping-pong listed on the side,
And back to that handicap,
With Mrs. McAlister it isn’t a
handicap at all and before long
it looks like the whole Account-
ing Department will have learned
the sign language so'they can say
all the things they’d like to say
to her about her work.
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Horse players die broke, so do
} the horses.
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Scurlock, Ruth G. Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 15, 1943, newspaper, May 15, 1943; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170043/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.