September, 1946 - Milwaukee Road Archive

WHEN IT"S
TIME TO RELAX
He who relaxes after one hard job
is better able to carry on with the
next. Light up a Dutch Masters and
see what comfort its mellow goodness
gives you-see how much more
you feel like going back to work.
Du CD MISTERS CIGARS
ter part of Ju'ly, will be back on his feet
and come riding In on' the Hiawatha
diesel.
W. E. Long, retired machinist, Savanna,
who. has been visiting his daughter and
son-in-law in Greeley, Colo., suffered a
stroke on Aug. 1 while on a fishing trip
-in the mountains. Reports from his bedside
are not very encouraging.
We regret to report the passing of two
well known station agents, one on the
first district and the other On the second
district of the D&I. C. M. Mack, who was
a famillar figure at 'Davis Junction for
many years, passed away at his home in
Davis Junction on July 18, as the result
of a fall down the cellar stairs. He was
buried at Monroe Center. Mr. Mack was
born in 1860 and began his railroad career'
with the Milwaukee in June, .1883, as
operator at Itasca; then was promoted to
agent at Harper in 1884 and transferred to
Bartlett as agent the same year. In 1893
he was made agent at Monroe Center
and on Nov. 21, 1902, came to Davis Junction
as agent, where he remained until
his retirement on July 1, 1937. He was
married Oct. 25, 1882, to Bell Wayland of
Byron, IiI., and they celebrated their 63rd
wedding anniversary last October. Surviving
are his wife and a son and daughter,
to whom wa axtend sympathy.
M. E, Ferris, agent at Caledonia, Minn.,
passed away on July 21, following a heart
attack. Mr. Ferris started work as an
operator on Oct. 5, 1905. He was appointed
agent at Caledonia and worked
there continuously up to the time of his
death. Sympathy is extended to his widow'
and relatives.
September, 1946
KANSAS CITY DIVISION
K. M. Gobmann, Division Editor
Superintendent's ORiee
Ottumwa. Iowa ..
With the transfer of Trainmaster W. T.
Stewart to the same position on the Iowa
Division, A. C. Novak returns to Ottumwa
as KC Division trainmaster. For some
time he had been trainmaster at Kansas
City, working with Superintendent E. O.
Eckert of the Mllwaukee-KCS joint agency.
A dinner was given at the Hotel Ottumwa
on the evening of Aug. 3, by the officials
of the division and the office personnel of
Sherman Street building, honoring Mr.
Stewart. Signal Supervisor R. C. Dueland
was toastmaster. Brief speeches were
made by' Superintendent Hotchkiss, Chief
Dispatcher Elder, Chief Clerk Sowder,
Assistant Engineer Johnson and District
Safety Engineer Riley, with a response
from Mr. Stewart. He was presented with.
a gift.
Others to leave our division' are Storekeeper
T. A. Richards, who is also transferred
to the Iowa Division, with headquarters
in Marion. His Chief clerk, Sadie
Blake, Jr., goes to Council Bluffs as storekeeper.
William G. McGowan, chief clerk
to Mr. Lemay, We5tern Avenue, Chicago,
comes to Ottumwa as assistant storekeeper.
.
A new' employe at Sherman Street station
is R. H. Scully, filling the position
of clerk to chief dispa.tcher and ticket
clerk. Harold served overseas for two
years in the Tank Corps.
General Roundhou:!e Foreman Harold K.
Hill has been a surgical patient In the
Ottumwa Hospital for several weeks. He
is recovering nicely and it is expected
that he will soon resume his duties. During
his absence L. V. Coots has been
acting as general roundhouse foreman.
On Aug. 1 Superintendent E. O. Eckert
was discharged from the ReSearch Hospital
in Kansas City, where he had undergone
his second operation In four
months. He expects to return to his position
about Aug. 12.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ebbert were called
to Peoria, TIl., on July 25,' when Mr. Eb-
Donald L. Davis,
son of SectiQoI\
For e m ·a n
George H. Davis,
Blakesburg, la.,
worked on the
section at Rathbun
prior to his
enlistment in the
navy, May 7,
1944. After· boot
training at Farragut,
Idaho, he went to officers' train­
.ing school at Bowling Green, 0., and
was stationed at the Glenview, Ill., air
base when discharged on July 15. He
is n(}w in the naval reserve and plans
to attend IQowa State University.
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