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

\\?. S. Doss, claim investigator, left
on June 1 for a trip to California. He
will visit in San Bernardino and Los
Angeles. Calif.
Ruby Northcutt, dictaphone operator,
and mother, Mrs. Bassham, left on
June 2 to attend the commencement
exercises at Hatevville College, Bates-
~ilie, Ark.. where their nephe\v and
grandson. Herrn Xorthcutt, will re-
ceive his 4. B. degree. This young man
has made quite a record. Thr'ougl~out
his four years' college work he has
always received an cscellent miirk in
kt11 of his studies and is gl,aduating at
the age of eighteen years. He is the
son of State Senator H. 4. Xorthcutt
of Salem. Ark.. who is a candidate for
Congress in that congressional district.
Miss Marjorie Risser, file clerk, and
mother, Mrs. 0. E. Risser, will leave
liere the middle of Junc to attend the
Democratic convention at Houston.
Texas.
On Nay 10. H. E. \Irehking. formerly
a claim investigator in this office, but
now traveling freight agent for the
\Theeling and Lake Eric K. R., visited
the department and met the old bunch.
Mamie Gurley and Alma Pielden. em-
ployes of the filing and typing depart-
ments, left on Xay 26 for all extended
trip through thc West. Miss Fielden
will be absent for a])l~roximatcls
thvee weeks; she will be accompanied
on the trip by her sister, Freda Fiel-
den, of the transl~ortation department.
Miss Gurley expects to consume four
or more weeks and return alone via
the famous Canadian Pacific route
through Lake Louise and Banff.
L. C. Cox, chief claim clerk, ushered
in the summer season with great pomp
and glory. He was the first to don a
brand-new soft straw hat when the
thermometer hovered near the thirty-
two mark and the wind whistled a
perfect gale.
Angeline Golden, formerly file clerk
in this department. who has been away
on a leave of absencc. for a. number
of weeks. tendered her resignation, effective
the first week in Nay, and accer)ted
a nosition with the Cadillac 310tor
cornpiny at Detroit, Mich.
I\'. P. McKinnell, claim investigator,
is all fixed up for the nest hard wlnter.
He hits just recently had his house
re-shingled and made showcr-proof.
H. K. Haves. travelina adiustcr.
spent a few &ys during the mokth of
Nay in I'ensacola, Fla. He was arcom-
))anled on the trip by XIrs. Hayes.
New additions to the claim departmcnt
family arc little Jeff Walters and
Jerry Quinn, the most lovable Boston
bull ups. whose proud owners are Hosey
Walters and Tom Quinn, clnim inve8tirrators.
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G. ('. Iioop, chief of the voucher cle-
pzrrtmcnt, and wife ar$. nloving into
their beautiful new colonlal cottage on
Roanoke?, and we are all looking for-
ward to that house-warming party.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. 3IcCormack are
spending a, few days in Detroit. Mich.,
where 1\11., McCormack is attending the
annual cortvel~tion of the freight claim
division of thc American Ihilway .\s-
sociation.
The following committee of Frisco
girls was appointed to make the caps
and allrons for the girls to wcar when
serving the famous Frisco veterans'
banquet in the Shrine JIosque, the
evening of June 19: Flo Blevans and
Hazel Clark. employes of the mechan-
ical department; Mary Xewton and
Marguerite O'Rrien, employed in the
otTicc of division store accountant. alld
Charlene Willard, I". I,. & D. claim dp-
partment. On hlonday evening, May 14,
the girls met at the home of JIiss
O'Brien and after three hours of ear-
nest application. turned out the dain-
tiest and prettiest caps and al)rons,
fashioned of crepe paper in a11 the
rwlors of the rainbow. -\Iis~ O'Brien's
Human Engineering
sisters, namely Mabelle, Anna and Ber-
nice. also assisted the above committee
of Frisco girls. \\'e will vertainly be
proud of our girls that night, for this
year's banquet will undoubtedly be a
very colorful one with such .L gala ar-
ray of colors to match the table deco-
I ations.
LOCAL No. 32-NEWBURG. MO.
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151). 1.'. Fl.T,LER, Ke1)orter
1:alph T. Flanec. second-class pipefit-
ter. and Brownlow Hance, laborer, mo-
tored to Beardstown, 111.. recently, to
visit reltrtives.
\V. H. Owens, locomotive insncctor.
recently visited in \\'est ~lailis nntl
viewed the wreckage of the dance hnll,
due to the terrific explosion of a few
weeks ago.
John H. McDonald, hostler, deals
somrwhat in real estate at the present
time. He has purchased 40 acres of
ground on hiahway No. 66.
(!rawfo13d 4. Ousley, laborer, has
been off for some few weeks account
a. severe case of rheumatism. He
?: nnluch improved. however, at the
present writing.
John Fairley, second-class machinist,
is off duty, suffering from a, case of
lumbago. Lumbago is quite an epi-
demic in Nervburg.
Charles \V. Todd. stationary engineer.
is back at the boilers after a 30-day
leave of absence.
\V. S. Rinck, car repairer, has been
off duty for two weeks account of in-
fluenza, but is now back on the vip.
Jack Hill, boilermaker. has returned
to service, but without his tonsils.
Robert Lee Roy. weighing seven
Imundn, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alack
D. Robinson, on Jlay ,I, 1,928. \Ve con-
gratulate sou both. Buck.
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