The Frisco Employes' Magazine, June 1928 - Springfield-Greene ...

Mr. James h'emkirk. south shon. and
tanlily, have moved on ,I farm horth-
east of Springfield.
JIr. Homer Kerr. south sho~). was
palnfully iujured recently by 'n fall,
when hc hroke five ribs. 3Ir. Kerr
IS on the job now and all right.
John and Tom NcCallough have also
taken to the farm life. purchasing
elaht acres northeast of Springfield.
L,ocaI number one. F. A. 31. C, and
r. 1). E, met May 11 at 112G Boonvillt.
Arrnue. for a bus~ness mc\etinn. The
nirrting opened \vith a nice, talk on
safety flmt, by Uncle "Bill JIorrill.
Some diwuxsion n7ah held ns to whcrc
tile annual picnic was to bo hcld.
Rranlutions for the new colltl,acc \rritl,l-!
read by President Reynolds. Mr. Mills.
head of the accident prevelltion de-
~iastment, gave a very interesting talk.
.\Is. Frank Junkins. xenrl'nl chairman
of the association, attended this meet-
ing and was imwessed by the crowd
of approximately one hundred and fifty
members.
Mr. Hazel Fitz~~atrick. south shop.
has moved back to his farm south of
Springfield.
31r. Frank Todd. south shop 11;rinter.
is back on the job agkcin after several
wec'ks of sickness.
Jlr. Frank Rottcrman and wife
motored to Xonett, with a rjarty, Sunday,
May 6.
\7irg11 Brown, son of Theodore
Brown, south tln shop, nras a membel'
of the Southwest Missouri Hiah School
baseball team.
Local number one extends symwthv
to H. '. r:l-on,n, chicf clcrk to L. J.
Legsaht. and Theodore Brown, south
tin shop. in the death of their mother.
NORTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS
E3IERY HAGUEWOOD, Reporter
"When n woodpecker worlts he uses
his head." is the subject of an illustrated
cartoon which wns rec,ently
poeted by the Sational Safety Council,
and has caused many laughx and much
serious thought. It also brings out
tile fact that we of the north shops
surely are follon~ing the example of
the wooduecker. as just recently we
hi> three succ&sive- months without
an accident, and during the past month
we only had one reportable injury.
\I". .4. Gooch. oxwelder. who had
tonsilitis, has returned to work.
Cecll Groves. cellar packer. is occupytng
his own home at 1.509 West
Thoman Street. He recently r~urchased
the property.
Lester Keithley is another one of
our employes who soon will be in his
own home, as he is building a house
on hln property on \Vest High Street.
Fred Bobzien, machinist, has returned
from Oklahoma City where he
went to visit a new grandson. The
youngster is the son of Clifford Bobrien,
who finished his apprenticeship
here eome time ago.
Edward Roune. machinist on air
work, is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McBride. have
the sympathy of the roundhouse employes
in the loss of their four-yearold
daughter. Elnora, who died April
26, --Mr. McBride is a machinist on
the second shift.
B. W. Law, boilermaker, also has
the sympathy of the roundhouse employes
in the loss of his father.
Xlr, and Mrs. Ralph Bowman are
spendlng sixty days in and around
Chicago, where they formerly rcsidecl.
visiting relativtbs and friends, Mr.
Bowman is sand house attendant.
>Ir. and Mrs. Charles Dummit recently
spent several days visiting in
Tulsa. Olila. XIr. Dummit is third
shift grease cup man.
John Derrick, machmist. is all smiles
over the arrival of a seven-and-onehalf-pound
boy. William Oliver.
R. A. Cage. boilermaker, has the
honor of possessing the first new
model Ford touring car to make its
appearance in Springfield. It is also
the Arst new model to be owned by
any roundhouse emplove here.
Lawrence Patton, machinist, will
view the Ozwkh scenery this summer
from the Ford sedan which he rccent-
lr ourciiased.
dyron F. Player, engine watchman.
and JIiss Bernice Burt of this city, arc
this month's victims of Cunid. Their
many friends extend congi.atulations.
The young couple arc at home at 1253
Clnr avenue.
Ray Caudlc, roundhousc clerk on the
third shift. tlied Alas 16, following a
two mol~ths ii111('ss. 311.. Caudie is
survived by ;I wjtlowed mothcr, two
sisters and 011s hrother to whom his
many friends ill the roundhouse esti,l~cl
sympathy.
WEST COACH AND PAINT SHOP
SPRINGFIELD, MO.
FRASK SCHELLHARUT. Reporter
EL 31. Pumphry. upholsterer and wife.
announced the birth of a baby boy on
-4nril 23~
B. Phillips of the mill shopt spent
a fc,w days visiting in St. Louis re-
cently.
Honard Bader, coach foreman, will
he ill St. Charles 'for a few months
ins1)ectinx new passenger eilui1)nlpnt.
1'. E. \Vommack, 'arljenter, has just
~~urchnsed a ncw Essex sedan.
\Vhen George Robinson. mill machine
nlall, started to work the other morn-
IIIZ he discove~'ed that his car was
missing. It wirs found later with all
the tires golle.
Will High, cabinctmaiter, recently
visited relatives in Appleton. Kansas.
We extend our sympathy to Richard
Eateman whose mother died at 3Iemphis,
Tenn.. April 23.
A. J. Thomas. lead carpenter. has
been appointed trimmer fnreman.
Enoch Freemnn. pipe man, has been
off for the past month due to an iniury.
\Ve are glad to say that he will
be back un the job soon.
Fells Rohr, coach carpenter, \\-a?
called to Dison, No., on account of
the death of his grandmother.
We extend our sympathy to August
3Illler. coach painter, in the recent
ilrath of hls father. Mr. Nillel- was a
retired Fr~sco veteran.
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
TULSA, OKLA.
HESCY PHILLIPS. Re~orter
Loyd~ Richerson was a memher of a
party that recently visited Nohawlt
Park. near Tulsa. He relmrts a most
wonderful time. He says they have
some of the finest machinery thcre
that he ever saw.
R. G. Stumbrough, car department
cmploye. 1s the proud father of a nine
pound boy. He arrived April 21 in the
hforningslde Hospital of Tulsa.
Local No. 1'; organized a Ladies' Auxiliary
and we believe we are going to
have the best Auxillarv on the entire
system. The Auxiliary was organized
Monday evening. April 23. While there
were hot many out that evening we
had a good meetlug and much was accomplished.
The officers appointed
were as follows: Mrs. H. A. Wrlght.
president; ~1;s. I. B. JIoody, vice-grcsi-
dcnt; JIrs. A. I.. Sassor, secretary and
Mrs. J. S. JVhite, tre:rsurer. The first
thing the ladies did \\;:IS to give an en-
tertainment. You mn bet the enter-
tainrncnt was well attended. The Iad-
irs are planning to hell) the nicn with
the IWsco picnic which is to be held
about Junc 30. They are extending an
invitation to the ladies and gentlemen
of other ioc:lls to be at the picnic.
Ruby Rmerson, machinist \\rest Tulsa
was pnssing the cigars the other day.
Hc, is thc proud father of ;I tell pound
Imy. The t):rby's name is I3.
1)aan. Little Sornlan arrived Satur-
day, Jlay G.
JVm. .\I. 1)nlton. electrician, is in the
I'risco Ilosliital at St. Louis, No., suff(>rillK
from xto~ni~ch trouble.
LOCAL No. 30-PITTSBURG, KANS. \'. I. Douglawa, mnclllnist has his
~l'nntllnuther. JIrs. Desselhouse from
1.0s An~elcs, visitln~ him for t11irLy
days. After her visit here, 3Irs. Dcssei-
Dick Jlorris and family have been house ~ilnns ~ I goiug I to Kansas.
visiting the fornler's parents in \\'atts, Florin?, daughter of J. D. liollis.
Oklahoma.
machinist. who has been in thc: 21osl)itirl
Clarcncc JIillion of Texas, and an here in Tuls:~, is improving rat~idlv.
ex-Frisco em~)loye, has been the guest Jess says he thinks she will hc al;le io
of his mother on East 10th Street. come home 111 s few more! days. 1.v~
Jerry Erown has traded his 1)rur)crtr sure are glad to hcar this for rvc (lid
ill Pittshurg for a small tract of lauk not espect Florinc to live.
near town.
\\rilliam Chaney is rccovcri~~g from
:I l~adly sl~raincd nnkle received in a FRISCO FREIGHT HOUSE
fall f~,om n11 engine.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
A. C!. HASSON, Re~~orLcr
Mr. J. J. Cummins. agent has at last
reached the enjoyable pcridd of driving.
his new Sash automobile. His family
will now ride while he is driving.
F. 31. Packard. chief clerk has been
on the sick list for past few days, but
we are all glad to see him back on tlke
joh again today.
\V. W. Johnson, station accountant,
is on sick leave for a few days the
doctor having ijrescribed rest a; the
best cur(! for his illncsx. 1111 the emloye
yes wish him :I spet!dy recovcry.
H. A. Allen, belt accoul~tant, has a
new Oakland sedan.
JIias Cammie Adkins, esl)ense clerk,
was overheard to tell an admirer that
she was in the Frisco railroad business,
and that she had nu time for anyone
who would not share his business with
her company's business. So he gave
her a carload of his busi~~ess for her
company's business. ThaL's business
too, a car every day makes Frisco pay.
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