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From all Frisco States for Fifth Annual Veterans'
lo., June 6th and 7th.
to present to Mr. Stypes his medal, dent of the auxiliary, made a strong
and he spoke of him as a former address. She took for her subject,
brother engineer.
"The Veteran Men and Women of the
In response, Mr. Stypes rose to his Frisco." She paid tribute to the red
feet and his clear voice carried far blooded men and women-the pioback
in the huge auditorium. He told neers of early Frisco days. "The woof
his pioneer railroad life and of his men and men of this railroad do not
great pleasure in being able to be possess as their only home, a Ford
present and receive the medal the Coupe and a wardrobe trunk, but they
third consecutive year.
are home builders." She also stressed
Miss Ruby Goodspeed, dauyhter of the accomplishments and progress
northern division conductor, sang two made by the auxiliary.
numbers for the veterans, the first, Jimmy Cook, well known Scolch
"What's in the Air Today?" and the singer and star of the minstrel show,
second, "Love's a Merchant". She presented two new and highly apprewas
accompanied on the piano by ciated Scotch songs. He was encor-
Mrs. Scotten Shubert, daughter of ed, and sang as a final number, "She's
Conductor Scotten of Kansas City. My Daisy."
She is an accomplished musician and F. H. Sliaffer, general manager adone
of Kansas City's favorite radio dressed the audience and contrasted
broadcasters.
the modern and old time methods of
W. H. Van Horn called for Charlene railroading. and wished the employes
Willard, secretary to Mr. McCorinaclr, the best of health and happiness durand
she was presented with a box of ing the coming year.
roses and a check in appreciation of M, i\I. Sisson, assistant general manher
efforts in assisting Mr. McCor- ager, spoke of his great willingness
mack as secretary of the association. to co-operate with his general manag-
Lillian Harlan, daughter of central cr and with every veteran and em!)loyc
division engineer, gave two delightful of the Frisco Lines.
readings for the veterans. one entitled A. H. Stevens, general agent at San
"Boys" and a second one, "The Min- Francisco, California, addressed not
uet."
only the veterans, but paid a beautiful
Mre. Robert Rrlielan, former ~resi- tribute to the women present. ''C01-
onel" Stevens, as he is ltnown, came
from San Francisco for the reunion.
He was also present at the first and
spoke of its wonderful growth. He
spoke of the great corps of officers
and the firm foundation of the finan-
cial and operating conditions of the
Frisco Lines, under their able super-
vision, and lastly of the loyalty of
its employes.
Following his address, the Frisco or-
chestra again struck up some lively
tunes, and the meeting was turned
into a dance, and the veterans, many
of whom were still full of enthusiasm
and pep, exchanged partners for waltz
numbers and peppy fox trots.
At about 11:OO p. m., the dance end-
ed and most of the veterans caught
late trains for various parts of the
system.
In the words of President Kurn, the
entire reunion was-"WonderPul. won-
derful! I doubt if I have ever attend-
ed such a gathering. It gets better
each year. I mill never forget this
disl)lay of fellowship."
And so the fifth annual reunion or
the Frisco Veterans' Association end-
ed. New friendships were made, old
ones cemented, old stories were ex-
changed, new ones told, and every vet-
eran who attended will be back in 1928.