June, 1948 - Milwaukee Road Archive

fice is off temporadly. His job is being held
by Richard P. DeVoe, who is putting in some
of his leisure time learning to dispatch trains.
Effective April 15, a 60-day leave of absence
was granted to Section Laborer A. R.
Mitchell, Martelle, la., because of illness.
A skull fracture sustained by Mrs. Rose
Cessford, 70, when hit by a truck on April
23, brought instant death. She was en route
from Marion to Des Moines to attend a can·
ference of wives of Knights Templar. Her
husband, the late Robert Cessford, was a
Milwaukee Road engineer.
Leo B. Williams, retired switchman, died
on April 11: He entered the service of the
Road on Sept. 8, 1919, as a yard clerk and
retired on March 18, 1944, at which time he
was in switching servke at Cedar Rapids.
Another retired employe taken by death
was Orrin Thomas Pulford, Savanna, on
April 27. He had retired on March 13, 1941,
at which time he was a passenger conductor
on the Iowa Division. He was first employed
as a call boy in Savanna on Feb. 12, 1893,
later worked as a brakeman and was pro·
mated to conductor on Aug. 29, 1900.
Mrs. Winona Marchant, widow of Trainmaster
C. C. Marchant, died in April at her
home in Milwaukee, where she had lived for
the past few years and where her son and
family reside. She also has a daughter in
Chicago. Burial was at Cedar Rapids.
John Grote, who retired in November,
1947, as yard clerk at Marion, underwent
surgery in St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids.
during April. He is reported recovering and
expects to be released from the hospital soon.
Recent visitors in Marion were W. E. Coop­
Engineer E. W. "Ernie"
Smith. Portage.
Wis.. who retired on
Mar. 29. checks out of
his locker in the La
Crosse yards. Ernie
is a veteran of 48
years of railroad service-42
years as an
engineer. the last 10
on the Morning Hia·
watha between Mil·
waukee and La
Crosse. A 40-acre
farm near Portage
now claims his full
attention. (La Crosse
Tribune photo.)
er, retired roundhouse foreman, and wife of
Keokuk, la. Mr. Cooper's health is much improved.
They moved to Keokuk because
their son, Dr. Raymond Cooper and his family
are located there.
Mrs. Idel Ainley is recuperating at her
home following an operation in SI. Luke's
Hospital, Cedar Rapids, on April 20.
I & D DIVISION
Karen B. Rugee. Division Editor
Wayne Dunavan, son of Chief Yard Clerk
Carl Dunavan, Mason City, is one of over
600 high school students who passed a nation
wide examination to obtain a scholarship in
the Navy Officers Reserve Training Corps.
He has been awarded a four·year college
course and has been assigned' to the Iowa
State College at Ames. He will specialize in
aeronautical engineering.
Cornelio Monteon, bill clerk in the Mason
City freight office, is vacationing in Mexico.
Cornelio's hobby is photography and Old
Mexico should provide some excellent opportunities
for unusual pictures.
The Charles City and Ionia section crews
witnessed the tornado which struck the town
of Ionia on April 23. R. O. Anderson, section
foreman at Ionia, saw his house badly wrecked
and rushed home to find his wife and
three-year-old son unharmed amid the wreckage
of the kitchen. Three other children
watched the storm from the public school.
Agent E. A. Scheetz was on his vacation at
the time but arrived at Ionia a few hours
after the storm to take over the job of supervising
the cleaning and rehabilitation of the
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