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March, 1955 - Milwaukee Road Archive

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MOVING TO SPOKANE. AI Boehmer, assistant<br />

roundhouse foreman at the Miles City shops,<br />

pictured with Mrs. Boehmer prior to his recent<br />

retirement. The Boehmers were honored at a<br />

farewell party given by their railroad friends on<br />

the eve of their departure for Spokane where<br />

they will make their home,<br />

remains were brought back to McIntosh for<br />

burial.<br />

Mrs. Louis Heil, widow of Conductor Heil,<br />

passed away on Feb. 22 following a long illness.<br />

She is survived by three sons, six daughters,<br />

four brothers, three sisters and 14 grandchildren.<br />

Conductor 1. W. Clark and wife are spending<br />

some time in Long Beach, Calif., with<br />

their son Laddie and family.<br />

Joe Yammer, retired B&B carpenter, passed<br />

away suddenly Jan. 3 from a heart attack. He<br />

is survived by his wife, one brother and a<br />

sister.<br />

Engineer William Wands and wife are<br />

spending the winter in Mexico, going from<br />

here to EI Paso, Tex., then to Mexico City<br />

and on to Guadalajara and to a resort on<br />

Lake Campala.<br />

Retired Dispatcher Harold Mosher and wife<br />

of Tacoma are spending six weeks here, taking<br />

care of their daughter and son-in-law's<br />

business while the latter are vacationing in<br />

Mexico. They left here in their trailer home,<br />

accompanied by the Moshers' other daughter,<br />

Betty, and her husband of Seattle, who also<br />

have a trailer.<br />

David Magera, a high school senior and<br />

son of Carman Fritz Magera, is being sponsored<br />

by Senator Karl E. Mundt to take the<br />

examination for appointment to the new Air<br />

Force academy. The boys receiving appointments<br />

will compete in a statewide examination.<br />

Engineer Frank Currah retired recently after<br />

55 years of railroad service, coming to the<br />

<strong>Milwaukee</strong> in 1910 after working for the<br />

Northwestern since 1900. The Currahs have<br />

one daughter, Helen Gross, and twO grandchildren<br />

who live at Ipswich, S. D. The Currahs<br />

will continue to make their home in<br />

Mobridge.<br />

Roundhouse Foreman B. C. Parker has been<br />

transferred to Harlowton, where he is employed<br />

in the roundhouse.<br />

Retired Traveling Accountant Jack Clark<br />

and wife of Tacoma stopped off here to visit<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schiefelbein, en route<br />

home from a trip to eastern points.<br />

Enclosed in a recent letter from ]. E. Langenbacher,<br />

retired Trans-Missouri conductor,<br />

was a snapshot showing him and Mrs. langenbacher<br />

taking the sun outside their cozy<br />

bungalow-type home on route 1 near St.<br />

Charles, Mo. Mr. langenbacher retired in<br />

September, 1949.<br />

Twin City Terminals<br />

SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS CAR DEPT.<br />

AND COACH YARD<br />

Oriole M. Smythe, Correspondent<br />

District General Car Supervisor's Office<br />

Best wishes to our friend, Carman Gust<br />

Anderson, who retired Feb. 16 following 41<br />

years of service in the car department; also to<br />

Miss Audrey Benter, formerly clerk at the St.<br />

Paul coach yard, who retired Feb. 1.<br />

Wrecker Foreman Harold Anderson is back<br />

to work following minor surgery.<br />

The following car department families are<br />

happy over the arrival of new babies: Mr. and<br />

Mrs. Marlin Remter, a boy on Feb. 6; Mr. and<br />

Mrs. Sidney Tverberg, a boy on Feb. 7; Mr.<br />

and Mrs. Ralph Hammerot, a boy on Feb. 19;<br />

and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skruppy, a girl on<br />

Feb. 19.<br />

locomotive Clerk Arthur Sorenson is recuperating<br />

at home in a cast after a session in<br />

the hospital due to a slipped disc.<br />

Boilermaker louis Romain retired recentJy<br />

following more than 25 years of service at<br />

South Minneapolis.<br />

Coach Yard Foreman Tal Hughes, St. Paul,<br />

who is retiring Mar. 1, was honored at :l dinner<br />

at the President Cafe attended by 36<br />

friends and fellow employes. H. A. Grothe<br />

was master of ceremonies. On behalf of the<br />

S1. Paul coach yard employes, Walter Meihofer<br />

presented Mr. Hughes with a wrist<br />

watch, and Charles Laird, for the supervisors<br />

and office, presented him with a billfold and<br />

paper money. Mr. Hughes had started with<br />

the <strong>Road</strong> at the Minneapolis shops in 1909<br />

and had 46 continuous years of service.<br />

WANTED<br />

Public Railroad Timetables<br />

(old issues)<br />

Colorado Midland Railroad<br />

•<br />

Lake Erie & Detroit River R. R.<br />

Cincinnati, Hamilton &Dayton<br />

Idaho &Washington Northern<br />

Canadian Northern Ontario<br />

•<br />

Give data, size, color, condition, etc.<br />

Ask for want list<br />

TRAINMASTER<br />

30 No. La Salle Street· Room 632<br />

Chicago 2<br />

EDWARD KEOGH<br />

PRINTING COMPANY<br />

P r i n t'e r san d<br />

Planographers<br />

732-738 W. Van Buren St.<br />

Phone: FRo. 2-0925<br />

Chicago 7, Illinois<br />

PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE<br />

Specialties<br />

DELICACIES FOR THE TABLE<br />

Frozen Foods, Cheese, Poultry,<br />

Game, Fruits and<br />

Vegetables<br />

E. A. AARON & BROS.<br />

CmCAGO, ILUNOIS<br />

WEST COAST WOOD PRESERVING CO.<br />

We are proud to serve "The <strong>Milwaukee</strong> <strong>Road</strong>" ]<br />

[ in supplying treated ties and structural timbers.<br />

Office: 1118-4th Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Plants: Eagle Harbor and Wesi Seattle<br />

<strong>March</strong>, <strong>1955</strong> 33

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