June, 1948 - Milwaukee Road Archive

Above: A panel of sports enthusiasts who helped arrange the· Marion-Cedar Rapids
Service Club's "Sports Night" program Apr. 28. Left to Right: Francis C. Curran. Service
Club chairman: Leslie L. Lynn. coach. Monticello High School; Roland L. Williams. assistant
director of athletics. University of 10·."a; E. A. ·Buzz" Hassett. sports director. radio
station KCRG; Merlin T. Erickson. coach. OJn High School: and Lester C. Hipple. coach.
Marion HIgh School.
Left: Carl Liliwitz. trainmaster's clerk. Spokane. Wash" breaks in an easy chair and
pipe which were retirement gifts from fellow employes at the Mar. 30 meeting of the
Inland Empire Service Club. Agent J. Z. Ramsey. Spokane. who made Ihe presenlation.
stands by for the picture.
Not bus boys. butchers or bartenders-iust the commillee for the annual appreciation dinner at Tomah. Wis•• where it's traditional for
the men to handle all the culinary and decorating chores. Left to right: Leon Johnson, Alvin Rosenow. Reuben S. Peth. Ray F. Wolle. William
G. Verick. Wayne Johnson. William F, Deering. George Blum. Art Winchell. Leonard Mathews, Wilbur Price. Earl A. Marquardt (committee
chairman). Henry F. Sell and Les Gamerdinger. The banquet was served in the gymnasium of the new Tomah High School on Apr. 10.
Below: Officers of Unit 3. Hiawatha Service Club. show the trophies
they won in the recent membership drive to Harry A. Grothe. superintendent
of Milwaukee Shops. Left to right: Rudy M. Freuler, gene.al
chairman; Al G. Oertel, vice chairman; Ed McDermoll, chairman of
Unit 3: and Mr. Grothe.
Together for a "rehash" of old times at a recent Menominee River
Valley Service Club meeting are. left to right: Seated-Joseph Porter.
Held (retired). A. J. LaValley (retired) and John Enders. cashier at
Marinelle. Wis. S,tanding-S. J. LaValley. agent at Menominee. and
H. B. Held, agent at Mcni.nelle.
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