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MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE
KANSAS CITY, MO.
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H. P. SI-IIVERS, lieporter
L. J. Leigh, Ansistant General Bore-
man Car Department, spent his vacation
down In Texas and came back all pepped
up for another year's strenuous work.
Miss Catllerine Welch is the new sten-
ographer in this office, coming to us from
Chaffe. Miss Welch suffered an accident
some time ago by falling down the stalrs
and injuring her ankle to such an extent
that she has been compelled to use
crutches to get around, but is now under
the treatment of company Doctor McVay,
' who hopes to soon have her straightened
out. Despite her handicap she sure has a
sunny disposition, and we are mighty glad
to have her with us.
Miss Dorothy Johnson, formerly sten-
ographer to Mr. Berry, has been assigned
the position of persona1 record and pass
clerk, formcrly held by Miss Eleanor For-
ster, who left our services to become Mrs.
Geo. Lackey.
H. L. Johnson. our timekee~er. stin has
a grudge against the frogs, and has been
going out at night, wading up and down
the creeks, trying to see how many of
them he could hang on a spear.
Niss Marjorie Craig, stenographer in
car foreman's office, spent the fourth in
Lincoln, Xcb., visiting friends and others.
James Maddox, flre cleaner, who suf-
fered an attack of acute indigestion some
time ago, while at work, is back on the
job again and says no more corn beef and
cabbage for him.
Henry Sandoval, who Is spending his
vacation in Oakland. Calif.. rubs it in on
tlie reporter by scnding us'a card, tellini
us all about what a grand time he la
having out there.
FORT SCOTT
ALICE HOGAN, Reporter
C. H. Williamson, Telephone Enrineer,
and J. R. Moore Telrphone Inspector
were in Port' Scott recently
makin& tests for elimino ting radio interference
caused by telegraph apparatus.
Miss Letha Linn. P, I3. X. operator,
Port Scott, spent XIcmorial Day in
Wirshitn - . . - .
Mrs. Dorothea Paige, P. B. X. operator,
Kansas City, has resumed her
duties after a two weeks' vacation
spent at Valdo.
Mr. ancl Mrs. A. P. Parks and small
son. Edwin, liave returned from Leedy,
Oklahoma, where thcy visited Xlr.
Parks' parents. Mr. Parks is Night
Wire Chief at Port Scott.
;\I. W. Srlllivnn Dispatcher, on the
Kansas City-Aah'Grove Sub. has returned
to his home in Fort Scott from
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT St. Louis hospital, where he under-
KANSAS CITY, MO.
went a seriorls operation. He cxpccts
to soon be able to resume his dutics.
DORAL L. DENISON, Reporter
Woodrow Anderson, young son of Lucian
Anderson, day_supply man, has been down I SOUTHERN DIVlSION I
with the whooping cough, but is well on
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the road to recovery at tlils writiny.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Frizzell, together BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS
with Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell. spent
a number of days visiting home fol!cs in
Springfiold recently.
3IRS NELLIE IIcGOIITEN, Reporter
John Rellar, who has been off for some
the sufcerin with heart trouble, is re- The Birmingham Terminal employes
ported to be slowly improving at this received quite a shock when thcy were
time. We all wish for him a s~eerlv re- informed th~t Supt Terminals 0 L
covcry.
Young was helng transferled to Tulsa
Nr. ancl Xrs. Clarence Smelln~ood have Okla, effect~ve June 1st. TVhlle we hat;
our smpt~thy in the recent loss of Ltie~r to ,wve Mr. Young up, our loss is Tulsa's
son. who was fatally injured in an auto- cam.
mobile accident the 5th of June.
Nrs. Chan. Turner, wife of our niqhi
On the morning of Mr. deroundhouse
foreman, underwent an npera- parture about flftv emploves entered his
tion sonie time aqo, and is reported to bc office, m~~cli to his surprise. with J. H.
improving very ~iicelv at this time. Johnson as spokrsman. and presented hin
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Larson and family with a lovelv white sold, 23-5owcl Ball
spcnt a very enjoynhlc vacation in and \irn.tch, n Shrine eml~lrni on thr i~ack, and
around Aurora, hio., sonie time ago fish- I?ra.utiCully engraved on thc in~icl~. "Corning
and visiting.
nlimenta of the Birmingham Termlnnl
John Renz, machinist, who h'as been off E:inploves." HcL was also presented with
sick for some timc, is able to be back 2 leather bill folder with Masonic em- n numhrr of relativrs tp mourn her loss.
on tho job, bettcr looking than ever. blems.
The emnlove~ of Eirm~nxhan~ Ternilnal
Virgil Dillinaer has been transferred to 31r. Young hns a host of triends In cxtcnd ihrir rlcepmt sympsthy to the
a nialit lob, hclping Geo. Strohcl, night lXrrninnIlnni who wish for him srlcccas In family of tlie bereaved.
pipe man.
his new IJcld.
Mrs. R. C. Andrews, wife of conductor.
Ilarvcv Wales, who has been hclping 3fr. .T. W. S1cn.q~~ of Knn~as Citv has was collcd to SlieKield recently account
nlght pine man, has taken a job lielpinr hccn n.~ipointcd S~~perintendent of Term- of illnc,ss of hrr lrothcr.
Harry Simpson, plpe man, day time in nals. Eirmin~lmm. IVc nre wry glr~d in- 311.. and Mrs. 11'. J. XTcGinn announce
place of Jack Ripgs, who 11as left 'our deed to welcomr Mr. Blcnfigs and f;iiiilly the engagement ot their sister. Isabel
services.
tn Rirmin~hani nnd are surc lir w;Il find hrcGinn. to George T. Dunlap. of Spring-
Fred Chaffin, engine inspector is all the cmployrs in the Terminal rradv and firld. Xlo.. the Weddin:: to he an cvent
elated on account of his son gr:;duatins milliiia nt all times to co-o~n:~tn' with of .Tunc 1Sth.
from the Kansas City. Xansn~, Junior liim in cvery nwr ond trust that he will The aliove annotlnernlcnt will lie of
T1iq11 School.
soon fccl nt home mith 11s.
interest to the many frle~ids of Mr. Dun-
137. E. Freeze. clcrk. has becn conflncd Inp who is cn~ploved as clrrlc in the
to St. Vinccnt Hospital for srvernl werlcs. terkin~l accountant's oftice at this point.
I CLASSIFIED ADS 1 whorc lip wnq operated on for nppendi- \Vr rxtcnd our hcnrty conmnt~~lntions to
ritia. IVc trllst that ho will soon he out tlw hnppy cnr~ple.
n~nin.
A. P. Carden. record rlerk, is viniting
Clarslfled advertising under Ihls heading wlll .T. E. Butncr. car inspector, is in St. his hrothcr in Portsmouth. Va.
be charzed for at the rate of 6 cents per word 1.ouis hospital, where ha has heen for thc
with a nllrrlmum of 76 cents. Cash must ac- ~nst eight wcelcn. We honc he will soon
campnnx copy.
Ilc :thle to rcturn to Birmingham.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
3liss T.mrn Grceno~rah, stcnogmpher in
MEMPHIS, TENN.
AGENTS-NEW PLAN, makes it easy Supc>rintcndcnt Terminals office, had
to earn $60.00 to $100.00 weekly, selling :~l~or~t dcridcd not to liave any more
nhlrts direct to wearer. Xo capital or I~irtlida.yn, Iwt bclieve she h:~s chn.n~ed
experlence needed. Represent a real her mind. 1Vhr.n she rntered the ofricc
manufacturer. Write now for FREE on tlic mo~'ninc or h!ey 24th. she fo~ind
SAMPLES. Atadison Factories, 562 n lovely caicc all covcrcd with tiny can-
During the convcntion of the freight
Broadway, New York.
rrt:!tinn srclinn of lhc h~-~~t%-nn r?;t'l\var
dles burning on it. You should have seen
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JEJQ. C. P)ANNEL OFFICIAL FRTSCO AMBULANCE
302 8. WALNUT STREET
FUNERAL HOME Phone 125 Sherman. Texas
July, 1927
her blush when she counted them, but
she took the joke cood naturrd~y. 14atrr
on in the day a mysterious box of lovely
flowers came for her, but up to this tlme
we have been unable to flnd out who
sent them.
Switchman J. T. Duncan and wife were
called to Brownshoro, Ala., recently on
account of the death of Mrs. Duiican'a
brother.
Vacation time is here and J. 31. Dar-
rah, train clerk, is the flrst one to leave.
Xlnrvin did not tell us where he expected
to mend his vacation, hut he has reccntlv
built a new home and' we can guess where
he is pending it and what he is doing.
J. T. Guin, operator, is in St. Louis
lioapital, whcre he will undergo an opera-
tion. We wish for him a speedy recovery.
R. L. Breedlove. of Chnffee. Mo., former
chief clerk to aeneral foreman at Bir-
mingham. mas a recent visitor. "BOI,'.
has lots of friends in Birmingham and
me hope he will come aaain soon.
C. J. Thompson, assistant to superln-
tendent terminals, and family: 2diss
Laura Gremough, stenographer; 3Ir.
Arthur Lawson, revising clerk: XIr. C. H.
Vaughn, i9evising clcrk; Mrs. Nellie Nc-
Gowen and children, Cliarlcs and Mary,
were among those who attended the BIT-
mingham Traffic and Transportation Club
picnic at Clairmont Springs on June 4th.
The following announcement will be of
much interest to the many friends of
Mr. A. S. Grcen. Mr. Green being the
oldest employe in Birmingham Terminals.
having been in the service since 1896.
Mrs. Grerne was formerly tlie wife of
XIr.. l?d .Ldrrhnlt, dewn~erl who nas also
a veteran employe of the Frisco:
"The marriage of Mrs. Bessle Aderholt
and BIr. A. Sidney Greene, of Birmlng-
ham, was quietly solemnized at the home
of the bride's sister, Mrs. S. J. Workman,
in Gadsden. Sundav afternoon at 3
o'clock.
"The Rev. Keener N, 3Iatthen.s per-
Cormcd the ceremony in the presence of
members of the family and a. few inti-
mate friends. The bride was lovely in a
gown of tan georxette. Shc carried a
borlqrret of rose Iw& and smcet peas.
"Mr, and nlrs. Greene will make their
honic in Birmingham."
R. L,. Weir. xmitchnian, was called to
Atlanta reccntly account of the death of
his nephom. who mm killed in that city.
We extend o11r sympathy to Mr. Weir.
Mrs. D. Tiffany, ugc 30, wife of terml-
n:11 accountant, pnsscd away at the Bir-
mingham GenerxI Hospital Sunday noon
.Tune 5th. aftcr several mcelrs' illness.
Xfrs. Tiffany's remains wrre shipprd to
her old home at Thaycr, No., for inter-
mcnt. Jim. Tiffany Is survived by her
hushand nnd ono son. Dcllwrt, age 9, and
.?ssocin.tion Iattcr pnrt of hlxy we were
favorrd mith x plcnsnnt little vlsit by
Agentn Rlomcycr, Blytheville: Slagl?,
Jonrslioro: I-It~lehah. Cape Glrardcau:
Urundidge. Okmuljier.
Travclina Frci~ht !\rent Crow has been
a guest at tlie Fr'lsco Hospital In St.