March, 1955 - Milwaukee Road Archive
March, 1955 - Milwaukee Road Archive
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 />
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