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Scott, superintendent of the Northern
division; TY. L. Coleman, division
freight and passenger agent, Joplin,
and the Rev. Cliff Titus, of Joplin, who
had been invited to address the club.
Fort Worth, Texas
One of the most successful affairs
given by the Frisco Employes' Club of
Fort Worth, Texas, was the dance
held February 16 at the
Southside biasonic Hall.
The attendance was more
than 150, including guests
of members.
Cold drinks were served
throughout t h e evening.
Music was by Homan's
Blue Blazers orchestra.
Many of the guests were
from Dallas, Stephenville.
Immermere, G r a n b u r y , I
Cresson and Brownwood.
The club is planning an
Easter egg dance, sched-
uled for the first week of
April.
Clinton, Okla.
tions through Clinton. He gave this
talk so that employes would be able
to tell shippers of Frisco service in
that region. He stressed the impor-
tance of little tips, whether he was
able to get business from them or
not. He said that business was in-
creasing steadily at Clinton and that
these tips went a long way to help
keep it increasing.
Frisco service, traffic solicitation,
were themes of
talks made before the Frisco
Employes' Club of Clinton,
Okl~., at its session of
February 2.5. The attendance
was twenty-one and R.
C. Canady, Enid, Okla., assistant
superintendent, called
the meeting to order.
Nominations for president
were called' for, President
F. O'Halloran, agent
at Cordell, having resigned.
J. E. Kerr, agent, Clinton,
was elected.
Mr. Kerr stated that he
knew that the meetings of
the had been a great
help to all who attended.
"Wlroi ~rrisfortttr~c Icazvs you high and drj, hcalthy bxsi;tcss
will snvc you", is thc idea behind this cartoon by Willianzs oJ
He stated that every member
of his force had given
Sikcstoir. JJo. You can help nrake that brtsiticss Iicalthy bs
hclpirrg your crrrploys' cltrb ir~ traffic soliritntioi~.
him tips. Mr. Kerr called
on Mr. Canady to tell of the new Other speakers were: C. E. Meeker,
freight train recently placed in oper- frog repairer, Enid; C. H. Wilson,
ation in that territory.
agent, Arapaho, Okla.; Sam Killough,
Nr. Canady explained that Clinton. warehouse foreman, Clinton; 0. Cape-
Okla., now had third morning delivery
from St. Louis and second morning
delivery from Kansas City. He also
hart, trackman, Clinton; Roland Clark,
yard clerk, Clinton; Thomas Sellers,
trackman, Clinton.
pointed out Lhe service that the Frisco This was considered one of the best
could give from Clinton to eastern, meetings the club had ever had. Two
northern and Kansas points which the new members, Birney Flowers and
Frisco had not been able to give be- Leo Smith, were introduced and were
fore.
req~~ested to have something for the
Mr. Kerr said that the Frisco was next meeting.
giving the same service from south
Texas into Clinton territory that it Men's Club, Springfield, Mo.
was giving from St. Louis. He gave The Frisco i\Ienfs Club of Springillustrations
of his contention that field, Mo., held a 6:30 o'clock dinner
freight should move from all direc- and entertainment, March 5, at the
Grant Avenue Baptist ChurP D
proximately 300 members of t yart
attended. Inn
Rev. T. H. Wiles, pastor an
church, gave the address of r of
Francis McClernon, local jev me
representative of the Webb
Watch Company, spoke on "T
Time Service." J. H. Barr, 1
City, general agent, Central oft eril
Railway, also spoke. %.
talks were made by En
Shaffer, general m: I\'
31. 31. Sisson, assistx Irr
era1 manager; J. H. ;
rell, superintendent Fn
portation; C. J. Stepl St.
assistant to the r dn
manager; G. M. Fon rn
general agent, who !TI
read a letter from lh
Koontz, vice-presideer
fic; and J. W. Sex, ,p
president of the cloL~ H,
also was toastmaster an
was by Harold Nilh-
chestra. Herman
played a saxophone
and Victor Stepp K ,
solo.
t'l
0
Neodesha, Kw
H. M. Cloud, presiii. tr
the Frisco Employee' tr
of Neodesha, Kan., p *I
the club's session H37, 11
an account of his a'. 2
ance at the second a. 11
convention of preside3 11
Frisco Employes' Clu'.
Pensacola, in Februar
Cloud spoke of thrw
jects, traffic tips, clnt ,
mation and club $1
discussed at the ti
tion, told of various ..
tainments tendered
at the convention and
he had had an en;o-
time.
Frisco service and '-'
solicitation were drw
The Club decided to hold its nvr
cia1 meeting March 22 at the L
Hall.
Ladies' Club, Tuka, Okh.
A dinner-dance was given b:
Frisco Ladies' Club of Tulsa LI
American Legion Hut, Saturday n':'
March 2. The attendance waG :
proximately two hundred, inclnl
families of members.
Dinner was served. Little I'
Louise Lynch presented an acmt:
dance. The remainder of the errt
was devoted to games and daw.
The waltz prize was won by Mr. ;:
3frs. R. W. Harper. Mr. Harper
chief clerk to the master mechaoi.