June, 1948 - Milwaukee Road Archive

Women's
FOR most members of the Milwaukee
Road Women's Club, the outstanding
event on the mid-year social calendar
is the annual May breakfast. Since it is
the forerunner of the summer recess, a
full attendance is the rule and the
chapters go all out to hold a last grand
get-together before the onslaught of
warm weather. Many chapters also
choose this means to celebrate the windup
of the annual membership drive.
The pictures on these pages are representative
of the activities in which
chapters all over the system were engaged
during May. The particular
chapters shown here-Mason City, la.,
Perry, la., and Montevideo, Minn.were
very active in the spring membership
drive and all topped their former
records. While most chapters incline
. toward the breakfast party, certain
chapters give luncheons or dinners, so
the members of the family can also take
in the fun.
At Montevideo it is customary to give
a potluck supper. This year the chapter,
celebrating on May 16, served a full
course dinner for 400 people. After the
dinner, Mrs. Sig Lofdahl presented a
program of entertainment. This consisted
of singing by Mrs. Harry Gustafson and
little Floyd Mathis, a duet by Darline
Falla and Betty Adamson, and even a
few musical notes from Engineer Oscar
Sorby.
More than 100 members attended the
breakfast at Perry, which was held in
the American Legion Hall on May 5.
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Club May Breakfasts
The program is in proqress at Montevideo,
MinD.. with Darline Falla and !lellY Adamson
giving forth with a duet. The four serious
listeners silling it out against the wall at
right are Conductor Lofdahl, Engineers Ry.
man and Rush, and Fireman Himle.
Perry, the first chapter in its district to
top its membership quota, is a strong
contender for the prizes offered by the
general governing board. Following the
breakfast, a program was given later in
the Legion auditorium, at which Mrs. G.
W. Loderhose, president general, Chicago,
and Miss Etta N. Lindskog, secretary
general, delivered short talks on
the work being done by the various
chapters. Mrs. P. J. Ryan, program
chairman, then presented a group of
yonng entertainers, most of whom were
members of railroad families.
Mason City Chapter invited its past
presidents to be guests of honor at the
May breakfast, which was held in the
Left: Stellar performers in the entertain·
ment bill at Perry. Ia-: Myron and Janet
Woods. adagio dancers; back row, left to
right. Beverly Ann Connell, Elsie Christisen
and Carol Jean Hayes. All are children of
Milwaukee Road employes.
club rooms on May 4. About 70 members
were present, including a large
delegation of former officers. May pole
centerpieces, May baskets and seasonal
flowers provided a festive touch to the
table decorations and the guests of honor
were presented with corsages. The
chapter gave a well-rounded program of
entertainment, headed by Mrs. Fern
Meurs Larson, singer, accompanied by
Mrs. Carl Anderson. This was followed
by a two-act play, "The Brewsters",
staged by Mrs. Elaine Phillips, Mrs.
Harry Kinney, Mrs. Howard Halley
and Mrs. William Schrader; Mrs. Phillips
was narrator. A large number of
out-of-town guests attended, including
Mrs. Loderhose and Miss Lindskog.
Mrs. Oscar Anderson, president, headed
the kitchen committee and Mrs. Walter
Hendrickson handled decorations.
Below: It could be "The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table" but it's not. It's a scene
from "The Brewsters:' the two-act play presented
by Mason City Chapter. Mrs. Hany
Kinney (left) and Mrs. Howard Halley here
lend an attentive ear to the forceful opinions
of Mrs. William Schrader, looking more or
less masculine in four-in-hand and sus·
penders.