St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-12-28

Lieut.. Vernon Heughan has return
ed from Camp johnson. Fla, where
he was conducting an officers train
ing class, to his home in Madison
vile. and has accepted q position
with the Jahncke Shipbuilding Cor
poration. He and Mrs. Heughan will
make their home here as before.
At the noon hour, Christmas Eve,
there was presented by the young
ladies employed in the main office Of
the company, gold watch and chain.
on behalf Of the employees, to each
Of the eeuperintendents of the Jahncke
Shipbuilding Corporation, Messrs. e.
T. Molloy, General Superintendent;
E. v. Heughan, Superintendent Of
Construction. and V. F. Chatellier.
General Yard Foreman, as a token
Of appreciation of their management
in the construction and delivery OF
ships.
Our second ship, the steamer "Bal-
abac." arrived at Gulfport, Miss. in
charge of Supt. Heughan ON Satur-
day, Dec. 10th, this being the second
ship delivered to the Shipping Board
by the Jahncke Shipbuilding Com
pany in the past sixty days. The an
ticipation of the delivery of the third
within the next forty days Is ex-
pected.
Mr.. E. F. Caddin, superintendent
of the wood working department, has
had his hand In the good work, and
will also be presented with various
remembrances by the employees un-
der his supervision.
As a pioneer sawmill man, Mr..
Caddin has been in the employ Of the
company since its very beginning and
is now classed among the foremost
Of Wood shipbuilding Wood Work
ing Superintendents.
For the benefit OF st. Tammany.
we are quite sure the entire parish
appreciates and realizes the value Of
the shipbuilding plant in this parish
and should also appreciate that ap-
proximately forty per cent of the en-
ployees reside In Covington and .
great deal depends upon road condi-
tions as to whether or not the show
ing that has been made in the con-
struction and delivery of ships can
be maintained.
1t Is regretful to be forced to say
that the shell road from Covington
to Madisonville, for which q con-
siderable sum of money was spent in
original construction, is now In Z
very bad condition, and the cost of
repairs being such a minor item, It
seems shameful that this road should
be left to ruin.
Communication by road to Pom
chatoula, Hammond and Goodbee.
the latter place where some 400 men
employed by the plant reside, 10 prac-
tically impassable.
oh you Madisonville streets and
lights!
The roads of the parish are bad.
and this awful statement comes to
US at the last moment-that only last
night young lady and gentleman
going out to the picture show actual
ly got begged on the streets, and the
young man was forced to call for
assistance. being unable to extricate
the young lady from the slush alone.
We hope that this correct state
ment will be enough to move our
city officials to some immediate ac-
tion.
/ Supt. Ed. T. Molloy, we note, has
taken upon himself a small side H.
sue-that OF going into the "hog
raising business" with hopes Of low
ering the price of pork.
In further connection with the
work done at the ship yard, will
state that the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration conducts a training depart
ment for the training of carpenters,
caulkers, etc. This department Is
under the supervision of Mr.. Nose
Chatellfer, with the title OF Superin-
tendent of Training. He has very
efficient force of instructors.
The Crescent Hunting Club made
one Of its periodical hunting trips
to the marsh Sunday and came in
with three fine bucks and a number
of rabbits, reporting their hunt last
ed only two hours. This club, to
date. has brought in twelve deer.
How's that for record?
The Red Cross,
The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
started this week, and we are glad
to say that the citizens contributed
to one and more memberships and
that the entire organization, the
Jahncke Shipbuilding COMPANY, has
taken out their annual memberships
as they have done in the past.