JANUARY 1956 - Milwaukee Road Archive

Hofkes, carload billing; Walter Beaman,
night expense and bill clerk and IBM operator;
Sylvester Krolikowski, auto messengerdays;
F. E. McClintic, night auto messenger;
and Carol Hollenbeck, shipping ticket sorter.
A newcomer is Julius Mallas who is operating
the afternoon auto messenger run. He
was formerly an extra gang timekeeper.
Jack Corbett, son of Harvey Corbett of
the demurrage department, returned home on
a 20-day furlough to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mother and Dad. Jack enlisted
in the Air Force over a year ago and
is now stationed at Camp Walters Air Force
Base, Mineral Wells, Tex.
DAVIES YARD
Charles Pikalek, Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlesinger are the
proud parents of a baby girl born Dec. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mauer are the proud
parents of a baby girl born Dec. 12.
S. Dragovich underwent surgery recently
and is recuperating at home at this writing.
MUSKECO YARD (; UNION STATION
Grace M. Johnson, Correspondent
Office of General Superintendent
UNION STATION
Edward Gromacki has been appointed
stationmaster at the Milwaukee Union Station.
Mr. Gromacki has been with our road
since June 4, 1929 and made his seniority
date as extra yardmaster on Oct. 1, 1945. He
has worked for the past several years as
assistant stationmaster on the second trick at
the depot.
Rate Clerk John Rosploch of our traffic
department in the depot is leaving the Road
to take up the position of chief clerk at the
Nickel Plate's Milwaukee office. John came
to the traffic department at Milwaukee in
1951 as clerk, and was in military service for
two years. Returning to the traffic department
in May, 195;1, he was promoted to tracking
clerk and then to rate clerk, which position
he held at the time of his appointment with
the Nickel Plate, which is effective Jan. 15.
MUSKECO YARD
On Dec. 10 our tOp man on the switchmen's
seniority list, Fred Grieb, retired. Fred started
with the Road on Aug. 22, 1906 and has been
a loyal worker in the interest of our company
these many years. He did a wonderful job for
the railroad and everyone could depend on
Freddie when he was asked to perform a task.
We all wish him and Mrs. Grieb health and
happiness. in the years to come.
Trainmaster Q. W. Torpin and Mrs. Torpin
are the proud parents of new daughter,
Kathy, born on Nov. 21.
The holiday season at Milwaukee was saddened
by the death of Stationmaster Lester R.
Canar who was taken ill suddenly on Dec. 15
and passed away at Milwaukee Hospital that
evening. Mr. Canar started with our railroad
on Sept. 3, 1913 as ticket clerk, working in
that capacity until Apr. 1, 1917. In 1920 he
made his seniority date as switchman. For a
. few years prior to 1952 he worked as assistant
stationmaster, and in 1952 was appointed stationmaster
upon the retirement of John Crowley.
Funeral services were held at the Schmidt
January, 1956
FAREWELL CHORUS
Behind the scenes at the
final Christmas concert
presented by the Milwaukee
Read C h 0 r a I
Club in the Chi c ago
Union S t a ti 0 n last
month, tenor John S.
Merrissey is wished Godspeed
by a group of fellow
choristers as he
makes ready to entrain
for California. Fro m
left: Mrs. Alma Matthies,
accompanist; Loretta
Kuhn, club treasurer;
Mr. Morrissey; and
W. H. "Phil" McDonald,
president. The "little
pitcher" is Mis s
Kuhn's niece, Kathleen
Adams. Mr. Merrissey, a retired Chicago Terminals switchman who has been one of the
club's mainstays, was joining his daughter and her family at a new home in San Marino.
& Bartelt Chapel, with Wauwatosa Masonic
Lodge taking part. Mr. Canar is survived by
his wife, a son, Donald, of Evanston, Ill., a
daughter, Mrs. Lucille Sengpiel of Milwaukee,
and a sister, Miss Ruth Canar of Milwaukee.
Steno Gene Prescott spent the Christmas
holidays with his folks in Chattanooga, Tenn.
An enjoyable Christmas dinner party was
held by Muskego Yard supervisors and office
force at Hindman's Restaurant on Dec. 19.
Everyone enjoyed the good food and a good
time.
Locomotive engineers in the terminals who
have chalked up 45 years of continuous service
and received Silver Passes recently are
James E. Duncan, Charles Farrell and Claude
A. Yarmark.
Madison Division
In recognition of 50 years of service, Gold
Passes were presented recently to Engineer
Walter ]. Seitz, Janesville, and Engineer
William Riemer, Milwaukee.
Silver Passes, tokens of 45 years of cootinuous
service, were presented to Switchman
D. W. Murphy, Madison; Adam Mutter,
section foreman at Lima Center; Agent L. W.
Eberle, Stoughton; and Engineer John A.
Lovaas, Janesville.
Rocky Mountain Division
NORTHERN MONTANA
Pat Yates, Correspondent
Car Foreman, LewIstown
Communication Lineman Everett Ray
Robison, stationed at Spokane, and Helen Jean
Egger of Lewistown were united in marriage
Dec. 10 at the First Methodist Church in
Lewistown. For the present they will travel
over Mr. Robison's territory, which includes
part of Washington, Idaho, and the Northern
Montana,
B&B Carpenter Raymond Miller, 25, died
Dec. 14 in the Great Falls Hospital following
a car accident Dec. 11 in Lewistown. Raymond
Miller had a host of friends on the Northern
Montana because of the extensive traveling
of the B&B gangs. We extended sympathy to
his family.
I was told that Roundhouse Foreman Jim
Trapp of Harlowton and Ed Mielkie, roundhouse
foreman at Lewistown, got their deer
on the Musselshell River by Martinsdale on
Christmas Day.
Crane Operator O. E. Rudisil who has been
on Lines West since last April has returned
to Perry, la" to resume his crane operator
duties there.
Section Foreman Clyde Kingsland is back
on the job after being off a couple of months
on account of sickness.
Visitors at the home of Agent M. J. Boyd
over the Christmas. holidays were his sons
Bob and Mort Jr. Both are former employes
of the Milwaukee, Bob as a freight house
clerk and Mort Jr. as an operator. The brothers
now run a drive-in at Great Falls called
"Boyd's Burgermasrer." When some of you
Lewistown people are in Great Falls, don't
forget to stop at Boyd's for a "burger."
Carman Ralph Carpenter of Harlowton
passed away Nov. 29 following an illness
of several months. He had worked for the
car department since August, 1918. Ralph
told me once that his first helper job on the
rip track was with Carman M. L. Johnson
who is now car foreman at Miles City. I
worked with Ralph for several years and enjoyed
every minute of it. He was a good
mechanic and a fine fellow. He will be missed
by those who knew him.
Some years ago the late Albert Einstein,
world-famous scientist, was a guest at a
dinner tendered by a college president.
When he was called on for an address he
said: "I have nothing to say. In case 1
have something to say, I'll be back"and
sat down. Six months later he. wired
the college presiden.t: "I have something
to say." Accordingly, another dinner was
held and he made his speech.
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