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Wlll Go shay "the old orlglnal porter' OFFICE OF TERMINAL
Mr. C. E. Reed, asslstant bill and
spent a fe !w days in the old home town
of Hannoi n. Ala. He was ably relleveu
ACCOUNTANT
voucher clerk. Is the happy father of
an elght-pound boy, born January 21,
by Alfred Haroer.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
1 ----. W R
Beechie arti in, relieved sectlon fore-
hlr. J. 0. HardIn of 8
.,. ,. r+ n, ,ointon for a few days account
taken ovdr the dutles ot
slckness of the Qulnton foreman. EUNICE 0. HAGERMAN. Reporter
In this office. Hope he 1
We notice that Arthur Greer and Joe
and decldea to stay awh
Howell are dlsplaylng thelr new "Store" Hello, folks!
Mr. M. R. Coleman ha1
teeth.
Due to the lack here of R reporter lor the past two weeks a
A Chevrolet coach is now being far the past few months. notes from but is now well on the 7
housed in the garage of Kilby Cork- the office of terminal accountant. ery and expect to see
sen.
Blrmlngham. have been mlsslng from work wlthln the next fev
W. I* H~pper engineer, now on Cor- the Magazine. Hope you have mlssed Just learned that Leo ,.,., ,.
dova run. C. d. Jennings on the sec- them. We find a lot of pleasure reae- the mechanical department at Memphls
a Dora 5ob. bumping Jeff King away ing In the "Famlly News" about our
G~orii.
frlends along the llne and we expect
died whlle in Rochester, Minn.. taking
A luncheon was sewed to to have a word or two to say each
treatment from Mayo Brothers. Mr.
23 memrs
of the Dora Frlsco Employes' Club month In the future. if the edllor can
Sternberg formerly worked at Chaffee.
a meetlng January 31, held In the flnd room for us and we &n thlnk of
Mo., as engine inspector.
nquet room of the Methodlst church. something to say.
Mr. Frank DeGroat . of Springfleld.
'ter luncheon Mr. N. R. Chambles, For those, If any, who talled to
spent a few mintes In the offlce Febrnnrv
17.
,,,esident of the club, took charge of read some of the notes In the Feb* - - - - * - . the meetlng. The readlnfi of the mln- ruary number and did not learn of Mr. Warren E. Pucket of the store
utes of last meetlng was read and every the changes In ~ersonnei effective Jan- department has reslgned and accepted
one was agreeably surprlsed at the in- uary 1, 2 sort -of Introduction to the a posltlon as storekeeper at the Union
terest that was being taken In the cast of actors In thls offlce may not be station. Memphis. We are sorry to see
club and at the business that the club out of order.
him leave as it will probably take
was able to swlng to the Frlsco rall- Termlnal accountant-H. S. Cole- some time before the priclng wlll be
road. There were reported 66 cars of man.
on the bash that he had it. Here's
coal that had formerly been routed to Bill and voucher clerk-4. T. Dun- hoping for hls fulure success though
Birmingham and other railroads that lap.
and hope that he does not forget us
the Frlsco 1s now gettlng the long Assistant blll and vauchet clerk- altogether.
haul, As one member said, "I was the B. C. Dennls.
Mr. H. E Crowder. Iransllman, dewlse
bird that wanted to know how Bteno-clerk-Eunice 0. Hagerman. tailed to the engineering forces at
we eould get more business." The -The fact that seventy-five per cent Sale on the new mechanical facllltles
opening of the new road to Columbus of our number are former citizens of has been confined to hls home for a'
gave a chance to route Qulte a bit of Springfleld has caused Bennle Dennls. few days account lnjurles recelved
coal through Columbus that had form- natlve Alabamian and the other while on duty. Understand he is now
erly gone to other roads. The new twenty-nve per cent of the force. to able to be out a few hours each day
fast frelght through from Mem~hls to say that the logical thlng for him to and expects to be fully recovered
Moblle had 9 cars the flrst trlp out of do Is to move to Sprlngfleld for a week wlthln a few days.
Amory, and 6 of these cars was from or two. thereby making our force one At the time thls report Is wrltten
the Dora Employes' Club.
hundred per cent ex-clthens of Spring- there Is a dance and bunco part befield.
However, we are doubtful about ing glven by the Frlsco ~mp36yes'
Bennle's return after once livlng in Club at Dreamland Garden. From all
' STORE DEPARTMENT NEWS that falr clty, and we think we'll keen Indlcatlons there wlll be a large at-
SOUTHERN DIVISION
hlm here. Nevertheleas, now that we tendance. ae lots of Interest waa dis-
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are here. we are aolna to root tor played ainong the employes of all de-
~irmiigham and the sunny south. partments and the former entertaln-
WARREN PUCKETT. Reporter H. S. Ooleman, terminal accountant. ments have proven SUCC~SS~U~.
and famlly, formerly of Springfield.
8. K. Lyle, counterman. Amory, has
Mo.. are now located In thelr new home
been granted a thirty day leave of abhere.
sence to enter the Frlsco hospital at
E. T. Boyd, proprfetor of the res- ( NORTHERN DIVISION 1
St. Louls to undergo treatment.
taurant here tn the yards, gave the
Jack V. Ware, asslstant generat Car glrls of the termlnal offices a real treat
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foreman. MemphIs, recently traded in
at the luncheon period recently when
his old Dodge coupe for a Cadillac clovhe
surprlsed them with B regular ban- TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
erleaf. Will admlt that Jack doesn't
quet-fried chlcken, hot biscuits, fresh
FT. SCOTT, KANS.
look Hke hlmself seated under the
strawberrles, angel food cake, etc.
wheel of so powerful a car.
Thank you. Mr. Boyd! -
LEO D. CHUMLEA, Reporter
Mr. Charles Wrlght, treaveltng storekeeper.
Is in hiemphlb working On the BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL
shelving for the new storeroom at Yale.
Charlle Hanes worked two days in
Mr. John Harold, store department car-
E. R. Schumaker's place ae 691 clerk.
penter, Springfleld. Is also here assist- MRS. NELLIE McGOWEN. Reporter
Wllson Robinson, office boy. was a
lng Mr. Wrlght wlth hls work. We
vlctim of bad luck. He left hls car
are guaranteed a good job on the ~Qu~P-
parked for a few mlnutes In Zront of
ment of our new store at Yale, with Earl Gray, switchman, spent several a church and returnpd to find St stolen.
two such capable men on the job. davs recently at Amoru. -. Mlss.. vlslt- However. he says. 'It's Insured and I
Alonzo Burnam, storekeeper, Thayer, ing reiatlvei.
rather Ilk6 these new Fords!"
has recently entered the Veterans' hOI- J. W. Whltaker, crosslng flagman Miss Laura Clark, stenographer for
pita1 at Kansas Clty to. undergo treat- here. Is spendlng some tlme In Ker the superintendent's chief clerk, and
ment for being gassed while In the West, Fla., and will visit also Ha- Mlss Gladys Roth, tralnmaster's
service during the World War. Mr. vana.
stenographer, drove to Thayer Mo.
c. who has been hlr. Burnam's D. M. Stanford, crossfng flagman, and Neodesha. Kans.. to spend a 'week:
tnt for some time, has charge of and Mrs. Stanford are vlsltlng relatlves end. Wlth the weather nice, they relayer
store now. We wish Mr. in Tampa. Fla.
ported a good trlp.
m a speedy recovery and hope R. M. Johnson, yard clerk. was a E. R Schumaker was otr sevwal days
that h e wlll soon be back on the job. recent vlsitor to Cordova.
account of the death of his father-in-
Bf r. and Mrs. D. A. Rfddle announce W. K. Thompson. operator, has re- law. Mr. Jaquay. Mr. Jaquay was em-
With g )leasure the arrival of two flne turned from a vlslt to Elmore. AIa. ployed aa boiler foreman at Ft. Scott
baby 1 boys Weight seven and nine Mrs. F. L. Parris and children have for many years.
pounds 5, who arrived on January the returned from Mace Springs, Va..
Jim Chesney, our rellable extra man.
24th. D. A. says that thls arrival now where they were called account of ill- and a farmer by trade, was the 691
makes his family complete as he now ness of Mrs. Parris' father.
clerk for several days.
has tv vo flne glrls and two boys. "D. N. B. Jolly, swltchman. and famlly
A." is store foreman, Memphls.
are Visiilng relatives In Bremen, Ga.
Durl ng the last month. prlvate car
numbe r 1025, was located on a sidlng
In the Memphls terminal for a few days
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT I -- CLASSIFIED ADS I
golnfi over the new book of rules
MEMPHIS, TENN.
which have been recently handed out
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Clrssllled advertlslng under this headlng all1
In *hm dEerent employes.
be charged for at the rate of 5 cent- nnr sn*~ ,apher. thls de- R. G. LANGSTON. Reporter
--- rv. .."."
~uby Fatten. stenogr
wlth a mlnimum of 75 cents. C !ash must acpartment.
made a trlp to Blrmlngham -
company copy.
on February 11 to aee 1 Irlends over the Mlra Vashtl Grimes, comptometer op- AGENTLWE START YOC
week end.
erator, was absent from the ofllce Jan- ness and help yon succeed.
Warren Puckett, rega :ter for thls de* uary 17 and 18 account Illness. or experience needed. Spa
partment, has resigned his posltlon aa Mr. E. C. Peet and E. H. Evans of tlme. You can easily eat
materlal clerk to accep t another posl-
the accounting department. St. Louls, weekly. Wrlte Madison Fa
tion In the city.
were visitors February 8 and 4. Broadwav New York.