March, 1955 - Milwaukee Road Archive

service. Funeral services were held in Aberdeen
at the Zion Lutheran Church with
members of the Railway Carmen of America
present. He is survived by his wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Clark Baker of Aberdeen;
also three brothers, August, William and
H. C. Gast, and a sister, Mrs. Otto Leinhardt.
Can use some daytime assistance for obtaining
news items. Please assist.-R.F.H.
EAST END
Martha Moehring, Correspondent
Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo
Among [he lucky people who can do as they
please from now on is Tinuny Collins, who
recently turned in his switch key and rule
book and announced that from now on it
would be Florida in the wimer and his back
yard easy chair in the summer.
Engineers ]. O. Dragseth and J. 1. Prevay
recently received their Silver Passes.
Dick Mohagen has bid in the swing job as
operator at Montevideo, Glencoe and Orton·
viJle. He recently returned from a hitch in
the Army. Mark Sutton holds third trick at
the Montevideo dispatcher's board, the position
vacated by Gerry Weis who bid in at
Milwaukee.
Brakeman Bob WaJlien of Minneapolis
came OUt at the tOP of a class of 54 men who
recently completed a training course in operation
and maintenance of amphibious trucks.
Then he got shipped to Korea. .
The Earl Bloedorns have returned from a
trip to California and Mexico.
Conductor Ray Gittens has returned to his
home in Minneapolis after having been hospitalized
in Winona since Thanksgiving due
to an auto accident.
Train Director Pat Maloney has joined the
Toastmaster's Club just to get that certain
"polish." After attending only two meetings,
Pat walked off with the silver cup for the best
speech of the evening.
Death has claimed retired Agent 1. 1.
Phelps and Retired Engineer Fred Pedlar.
Chicago General O'ffices
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
E. Galbreath; Correspondent
We were glad to have Ann Donovan, Lois
Reiter, B. H. Pedick, and Herbert Maass (all
former employes) join US for the luncheon in
honor of Penny Gooch (see picture in the
Magazine) and to have them help us wish
Penny luck.
We have two new employes in our department.
Mrs. Mary Rochambeau has joined us
as dictaphone operator, and Robert Navickey
as invoice clerk.
Clarence Demel' has been promoted to secretary
to Mr. Johnson, assistant to chief purchasing
officer. Joe Gajewski has taken the
position of price clerk.
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A camera study of Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Steuer of Milwaukee made by their son Richard,
a yard clerk in the Chestnut Street district. For
details of the retirement of Mr. Steuer, chief
clerk in the office of general superintendent,
see Grace M. Johnson's column, Milwaukee
Terminals.
March, 1955
CITED FOR CONSER·
VATION. South Dakota
chapter of the Soil Conservation
Service last
month presented a Senior
Service Award to O. G.
Claflin, the Road's agricultural
agent at Aberdeen,
shown here with
junior a war d winners
Dale Brown (left) and
Gordon Person. Among
the soil conservation projects
Mr. Claflin has activated
are the Greater
South Dakota Achievement
Program and the
annual conservatien short
course at the state college.
(Rapid City Daily
Jcurnal photo)
IC7D CORRESPONDENT A BRIDE. The romance
of two Mitchell, S. D., employes culminated in
the marriage last month of Darlene Ries, clerk
to assistant superintendent and road master, and
Yardmaster W. J. Peta. They are shown here
at the reception following their wedding at
White Lake, S. D., on Feb. 12. Miss Ries is the
Magazine's correspondent for the I&D Division
first district.
HONOR MAN AT FT. STORY. An H&D Divi·
sian brakeman was recently chosen as the out·
standing student among 54 soldiers who were
graduated in the 43rd DUKW drivers' class at
Ft. Stery, Va. Here pvt. Robert Wallien of
Montevideo is shown being congratulated by
Maj. D. A. Duffy of the post S-3 section (left)
and Capt. Reginald Deagle who supervised the
course of training in the operation of the Army's
amphibious truck. Private Wallien entered service
last August and has been at Ft. Story since
November. (U. S. Army photo)
STOREKEEPING VET RETIRES. Frank J. Banaszek,
stockman at the Milwaukee shops (left),
accepting the geed wishes of W. C. Lummer,
district storekeeper, on his retirement after 43
years of service. Fellow employes presented
him with a "stuffed" wallet.
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