June, 1948 - Milwaukee Road Archive

The nifty decorations on this parade drum
are the work of Eileen Hayes, daughter of
Car Inspector John Hayes of Bensenville
yard. Eileen, who is a commercial artist,
formerly attended Tioga Public School.
Another friend calls to congratulate John
"Jack" Waldman, Sr.. stationary storekeeper
at Milwaukee Shops. who checked off a
birthday on May 1. Fellow employes at the
shops surprised him with the cake and cigars.
Jack started with the Road in 1904 and has
been storekeeper since the early twenties.
Mary Kay Bruns. glamour girl of the
month, demonstrates the eHectiveness of
pigtails for a four-year-old. She is the daughter
of W. O. Bruns. agent at South Wayne.
Wis.
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W. A. Murphy. general southwestern agent ai Kansas City, making a guesi appearance
on local radio station KCKN for a recent news broadcast. Left 10 right. Eric Tainter. mCKN
news editor; Mr. Murphy and George K. Reeder. southwestern represen1ative of the port
of Houston. Tex. The program. called "The Train of Tomorrow:' showed what the railroads
that serve KansBs City have contributed to its progress.
Patricia Miller, 1948
queen of the Milwaukee
Road Ski
Bowl at Hyak. Wash..
posed with her attendants.
all Seattle
High school girls who
won trophies at the
ski school conduc1ed
by the Road and the
Seattle Times at Hyak
during the past winter.
Front, left to
right. Claire Lytel!.
Wilma Turner, Queen
Patricia and Elaine
Halle. Back row, left
to right: June Anderson.
Carolyn Carson.
Sue McKay. Patricia
Walsh. Maribeth Balthaser
and Barbara
West.
A family bowling social, showing part of the crowd that had a good time in the North
Avenue Service Club rooms at Milwaukee after the Chicago-Milwaukee annual inter-city
bowling match on April 11. Seventy-six bowlers-38 from each city-were entered in the
tournament. which Chicago won by a small margin. Al Gerke (freight auditor's office),
secretary of the Chicago league. and George Jung (locomotive shops office), secretary of
the Milwaukee bowlers, headed the committee that arranged the match.
The Milwaukee Magazine