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AUGUST 

1931 

OKLAHOMA CITY DED 

UNION STATION, .

A Triumph of Science that Stirred Europe 

DR. CHARLES EDWARD GUILLAUME 

Dr. Guillaume is known through- 

out the scientific world for his re- 

search work and important dis- 

coveries. One of his most notable 

successes was the development of 

ELINVAR, an achievement that 

attracted instant attention. 

Dr. Guillaume is Head of the French 

Bureau of Weights and Measures, 

Commander of the French Legion 

of Honor, member of the Royal 

Academy of Sciences of Sweden and 

honorary member of the Swiss 

Society of Natural Science. 

Now It Has a Vital Meaning For You 

Mr. Railroadmanl 

It was just a few short years ago that European men of science were 

startled by the discovery of a unique new metal. It was an alloy 

steel that combined outstanding qualities. It was rustless. It could not 

be permanently magnetized. Its change in elasticity, due to tempera- 

ture, was opposite from that of ordinary metals. 

Dr. Charles Edward Guillaume, head of the French Bureau of 

Weights and Measures, was the man who discovered this remarkable 

alloy steel and he called it ELINVAR. For his great achievement, he 

was honored with the Nobel Award in Physics. 

It was not long before a practical use for this discovery was found. 

The technical staff of the Hamilton Watch Company began to ex. 

periment with ELINVAR. After five years of intensive study and 

research, ELINVAR has now been incorporated in the Hamiltofi 

" 992 " Railroad Watch. 

ELINVAR has been put to work for you, Mr. Railroadman! It is a 

new development that you will want to know all about. 

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this magazine next month. It will have a 

vital message for you! 

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THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE 

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WM. L. HUCGINS. Jr., Editor 

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Val. VIII AUGUST. 1931 No. I I 

Permission is given to reprint with or without credit. 

in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine 

Contents of This Issue 

Pages 

Dedicate Oklahoma City Station July 15th .................................................................................... A 7 

Frisco Veterans in Annual Reunion ................................................................................................. 8-1 1 

Sidelights on the Veterans' Reunion .............................................................................................. 12-13 

Standard Oil of Kansas an Important Shipper .................................................................................... 14 

Oklahoma City Shrincrs Use Frisco Special to Cleveland .................................................................. 1.5 

News of the Frisco Clubs ................. . . ................................................................... 16-22 

Meritorious Servicc .................................................................................................................................... 2-1 

In the Frisco's Hospitals .............................................................................................................................. 2.3 

"Pat" Herd, Veteran Roadmaster, Retires June 27 ............................................................................ 27 

Frisco Employes' Hospital Association Statement . . ............................... B-29 

Locomotive Fuel Performance Records ............ . ........................................................................... 3-31 

The Twilight Hour ................................................................................................................................... 32 

Pictures of Frisco Children ........................................................................................................................ 33 

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The Pension Roll ............... , . ................................................................................................................ 34 

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Flashes of Metriinent ....................................... . .............................. ........... .... 3s 

Frisco Mechanic ...................................................................................... ................................................. 36-43 

Frisco Family Sews ......................................................................................................... ................. 44 72 

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE 

The Frlsco Em1)loyes' Yagazlna Is n rnonlhly publicallon devded prlmarlly to the Interests 

of the actlve and retlred employea of the Frlsco Lloes. lt contalns ~Lorles. Ikms of cur- 

rent news, personal note1 about employes and their larnilles. artIclea dealln~ wltll varlouv 

yhnses of rallrond work, poems, cartoons and nollces regarding the servlce. Good clear 

photographs suitable for renroductlon are especially deuited, and wlll be returned only when 

requested. A11 cartoons and dri~wingn must be 111 blnck lndln Ink. 

1I:mployes are invited to wrlw articles for the nlagazlne. Contributions should be type- 

written, on one side of the sheel only. and s11011ld he addressed lo the Edltor, Wlsco Bulldlny, 

81. Louls, 310. 

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MEMBER

DEDICATE OKLA. CITY STATION JULY 1 5i 

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of the Frisco. who had charge of the 

construclion of the new plant, was 

then introduced by Chairman Hogan, 

and presented a huge key, symbolic 

of the station's actual opening, to 

Mayor Blinn of Oklahoma City. 

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Ia the- concluding speech at the 

slation Ceremonies, Mayor Blinn of- 

ficially accepted the station on behalf 

of Oklahonla City, and delighted the 

great crowd by introducing pretty 

little Nary Jo Poole, granddaughter 

of a bck Island engineer, who was 

selected for the honor of actually un- 

locking the station. 

To the clicking of the cameras of 

newspaper photographers, little Miss 

Poole manipulated the large key in 

the especially made padlock which 

hug on the gate of the station un- 

derpass, and a great shout went up 

as the gate swung open and the crowd 

~aade a wild rush to enter the station 

proper. 

The visiting railroad officials were 

not finished with their part in the 

day'a program, however, and after a 

brief "look-around" at the station's 

beauliful interior, they entered spe- 

cial cars provided by Oklahoma City's 

Hospitality Club, and were driven to 

the Chamber of Commerce, where a 

luncheon was given in their honor. 

Oklahoma City's civic clubs had 

postponed their regular weekly 

luncheons to join with the Chamber 

of Commerce in this welcoming ges- 

ture to the visiting railroad men, and 

seven hundred business and profes- 

sional men and women cheered the 

rail men as they entered the room. 

Mr. J. F. Owens, president of the 

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, 

presided over the luncheon as toast- 

master, and introdnced both present 

and past members of Oklahoma City's 

station committees, the city council 

members, Lieut. Governor Burns, ex- 

Senator Thomas P. Gore, presidents 

of the Wednesday, Optimist, Town, 

Cooperative, Rotary, Kiwanis and 

Lions Clubs, Real Estate Board and 

other notables. Visiting Rock Island 

officials were introduced by 3Ir. Hal 

S. Ray, director of public relations for 

that railroad at Chicago; and the 

Riseo's visiting officers were intro- 

duced by Mr. L. Huggins, Jr., director 

of publicity. St. Louis. 

Vice-President E. T. Miller, official 

Frisco spolresmau for the day, again 

~alked briefly on the problems of the 

railways and their efforts to meet 

them with economies in operation, 

and bespoke the assistance of Okla- 

tnma City people in making their 

new station a gateway for an in- 

creasing amount of rail travel illto 

and out of the capital. 

I L. 11. Allen, of Chicago, vice-presi- 

dent and passenger traffic manager 

The Railroads' Plight 

rap 5 

"Railroad co~rscir)rrs" arc /lzr bcoplc of I~irrrrirr~jl~u~~r. x41nbnrira. Tlw 

following resolrrtion entitled "7 lrc Plight of the Xailronds" was adopted, 

ordered prirrt~d aird gizwrr nidr circrtlotio~c, nt tlrc rrprlur wcrtirrg of tltc 

Kiwanis Club of Ilir~~tiir~ha~r~ rccrtrtlj. 

The unrestricted competition con- pend upon railroad purchases for 

fronting the common carriers who employment. Thus directly and inare 

controlled by State and Federal directly the railroads employ more 

Governments is contributing ma- than 3,000,000 persons. Each state 

terially to the current depression. and municipality served by the 

Aside from necessity for reduction 

in personnel, the enormous 

railroads are themselves interested 

as they pay lawe amounts in tam. purchasing power of the railroads 

has been so as to be materially 

felt in all industry. Business 

men are interested in fair 

treatment of the carriers, whose 

bonds and stocks are held so large- 

In many counties in this State more 

than Fifty Per Cent of the taxes are 

from the railroads. No 

one questions that it is necessary 

for the railroads to function. Are 

you prepared to let things drift 

into Government ownership? Fif- 

ly by the insurance companies. 

teen months operation by United 

which securities are vitally affected States Government during 

by reason of the carriers' decreased World War shows a deficit $1,092.- 

earning power. The em- ,584,354.56. Another legacy-wages 

ploy 117007000 persons and purchase in 1929 were $720,000,000.00 above 

in excess of Two Billion Dollars 1916, while earnings were $440,- 

from industry, whose employes de- 000,000.00 less. 

of the Rock Island, who has had 50 

years of service with his company. 

spoke of his early recollections of 

Oklahoma City and praised tho com- 

munity for its remarkable, well 

planned growth. The elltire program 

was broadcast over WKY broadcast- 

ing station of the Oklahoma Publish- 

ing Company. 

Following the luncheon, which end- 

ed promptly at 1:30 o'clock, waiting 

automobiles took the visiting railway 

officers to the Oklahoma City Golf 

and Country Club, where they were 

honor guests at a reception planned 

by the Chamber of Commerce and 

welcoming bodies of Oklahoma City. 

Oklahon~a Cityans were rightfully 

proud of their new station, and offi- 

cials of the Frisco and Rock Island 

railroads were proud of the comple- 

tion of the project. While the cele- 

bration was under way, a slightly 

built man who went to Oklahonla City 

as station master on the new "job" 

before it was finished, and while the 

passengers were being cared for in 

two passenger coaches which served 

as a temporary station, was quite 

busy being the proudest man of the 

day. It was a day of days for L. A. 

Fuller. Not only was he celebrating 

the opeuing of the new station. Hc 

was commemorating 15 years of serv- 

ice with Frisco Lines, beginning on 

July 15, 1909, when he went to work 

as a call boy at Newburg, 110. 

And so everyoue was happy, all 

around. 

Frisco officers who attended the 

opeuing iucluded: Vice-Presideut 11. 

L. Worman, F. H. Hamilton, E. T. 

Jliller; S. S. Butler, general traffic 

manager; W. S. 3Ierchant, assistant 

general traffic manager; Col. F. G. 

.Jonah, chief engineer; R. C. Stephens, 

architect, all of St. Louis; F. H. 

Shaffer, general mauager; 11. JI. Sis- 

son, assistant general manager; J. H. 

I)o.mrell, superintendent of trans- 

portation; J. 117. Surles, superintend- 

ent of motive power; F. G. Lister, 

assistant superintendent of motive 

power; J. K. Gibson, assistant to 

superintendent of motive power, all 

of Springfield, and C. T. Mason, super- 

intendent of Southwestern division, 

of Sapulpa. 

Rock Island officers who attended 

included: L. C. Fritch, vice-president 

of operatioi~s, Chicago; L. N. Allen, 

vice-president and passenger traffic 

manager. Chicago; Hal. S. Ray, direc- 

tor of public relations and personnel, 

Chicago, and others from nearby 

cities in the southwestern territory. 

Shipwrecked Sailor (swimming for 

life toward an object he has just 

sighted) : "Glory be, professor, it's a 

buoy!" 

Shipwrecked Professor (absently, as 

usual) : "Ah, I had hopes-but never 

mind, how is the mother doing?"

A Description of Okla. City's New Union Station 

HE new Oklahonla City Union 

Station which serves the Frisco- 

Rock Island Railways and was 

completed at a cost of $2,000,000, is 

one of the most modern railway plants 

serving the great trunk lines of the 

middlewest. 

The Frisco Railway takes pride in 

knowing that the entire developn~ent 

of this layout was directed by Col. 

F. G. Jonah, chief engineer, and pro- 

jected to conclusion under his gen- 

eral supervision. R. C. Steahens, 

Frisco architect, made the plans for 

the main building and the subsidiary 

units. 

The station plant is situated on a 

plat of ground embracing several 

blocks, located between Hudson and 

Harvey Streets, with the main facade 

facing Choctaw Street. The center 

feature of this group of buildings in- 

cludes the waiting rooms for both 

races, various smoking rooms, rest 

and toilet rooms, ticket office, lunch 

room, news stand, telephone and tele- 

graph facilities. On either side of 

this unit, with direct communication, 

are the baggage and mail buildings on 

the west and express building on the 

east. Directly south of this group 

are the passenger tracks and plat- 

form, with every panel protected by 

covering of butterfly type. The power 

plant, with its concrete stack, is lo- 

cated immediately south of these 

tracks. 

The station is of fireproof construc- 

tion, with roof supported on steel 

trusses and reinforced slabs to carry 

the tile roofing material. The walls are 

of various types of masonry, including 

reillforced concrete, brick, tile and 

having an exterior facing of stone. 

The station's loggia, which forms 

the principal entrance to the building, 

is reached by a circular concrete 

driveway approach. The center of 

this approach is enriched with floral 

designs and bordered by spacious 

lawns. 

The exterior face of the building 

is constructed of rock-faced stone in 

irregular shapes to harn~onize with 

the modern character of the huild- 

ing's design and embellished with 

smooth stone trimmings ot' dignified 

ornamentation. 

A pleasing feature of the structure 

is the heavy variegated flashed tile 

roof and decorated openings, which 

blend together, developing a very 

pleasing effect in the entire composi- 

tion. 

The waiting rooms are provided 

with extremely high ceilings, which 

permit a massive decorative treat- 

ment in Venetian and Travertine ef- 

fects. Another pleasing and harmon- 

ious color scheme has been produced 

in the colored marble floor and base 

treatment has been laid out in an at- 

tractive design. These waiting rooms 

are featured with massive electrical 

fixtures, especially designed to meet 

the requirements of the general treat- 

ment. 

Prom the main entrance one enters, 

on the left, the general waiting room 

and on the right the waiting room for 

colored people. Adjacent to each of 

these waiting rooms and directly con- 

nected with them are the women's 

rest room, men's smoking and toilet 

rooms for both races and sex. 

Between the waiting room and the 

exit to trains is a spacious lobby with 

\valls and floor of marble and tile and 

the interior decorated in treatment 

similar to that of the waiting rooms. 

A news stand is conveniently located 

ill the lobby and adjacent to it is a 

combination lunch and dining room. 

Access to trains is made by means of 

an illcline located across the lobby. 

Stairways from the underpass at the 

bottom of the incline take passengers 

to the train level. 

The entire east wing is occupied 

by the Railway Express Agency and 

the north end has been set aside for 

baggage. Six large oil operated ele- 

vators are provided for elevating and 

lowering mail, express and baggage 

from the two operating levels. This 

eliminates the customary dragging of 

baggage and grips forcibly from 

trucks to the ground and again ele- 

vating them on tracks for delivery. 

and this new method protects the 

traveler's luggage. 

In addition to the series of walks 

surrounding the premises, the land- 

scape has been artistically treated 

with hardy evergreens and the spa- 

cious lawns have been studded with 

variegated colored plants. At each 

corner of the main street intersec- 

tions, the emblems of the Frisco and 

Rock Island Railways are conspicu- 

ously brought out in colored border 

plants. A lovely feature of the sta- 

tion layout is the sunken rock garden 

with a water basin as a central figure. 

The garden is decorated with rare 

plants and flowers and is easily seen 

from the main lobby. 

Heat and hot water supply for the 

plant is supplied from a central heat- 

ing plant, which is modern in every 

respect. Buildings are heated by 

both unit heater and direct radiation 

system, the former being automatic- 

ally controlled to maintain a uniform, 

even temperature. Waiting rooms are 

heated by mechanical system. 

J. B. HILTON ELECTED 

Chosen Second Vice-President of 

Development Association 

J 

OSEPH 

B. HILTON, Frisco Llnc 

industrial commissioner,. was hon 

nored by election to the office oI 

second vice-president of the Americaq 

Railway Developnlent Association, a' 

the twenty-third annual convention cf 

that organization held in Philadelphia 

Pa.. June 17 to 19. 

Mr. Hilton has for some the bt~r 

actively identified with the Aasocj 

ation which has a membership corn 

prised chiefly of railroad official8 en 

gaged in industrial, agricultural, real 

estate and land and tax work. Durinr 

the year previous to his recent elee 

tion as vice-president, he served ar 

chairman of the organization's Indm 

trial section. 

He has been the Frisco's lndustri~l 

coniinissioner since September l 

1026, and has been with the cornpan! 

continuously since 1907 when he en 

tered the service as clerk to the gen 

era1 foreman of the bridge and 

building department at Springfield. 

Mo. He later served as assistant ac. 

countant, statistician to the aeneral 

superintendent, and in 1911 went to 

Sapulpa as a superintendent's chleI 

clerk. He returned to Springfield in 

1912 as chief clerk to the sugerln. 

tendent of the Eastern division and 

in March, 191.5. was made transpop 

latinn inspector in the office of the 

general superintendent. Two years 

later, he was again promoled and ar;- 

sumed the duties of chief clerk to the 

general superintendent. He was 

transferred In 1917 to the general oh 

fices of the Frisco at St. Louis as 

special accountant in the comptrol- 

ler's office and continued in thst po- 

sition during Federal control of rail. 

roads in the World War period In 

November, 1022, he was made ch~ef 

clerk to the president and served in 

that capacity until appointed to his 1 

present position. 

AUXILIARY MEETS JUNE li 

Unit No. 6, Auxiliary to the Friacn 

Veterans' Association, met rt the 

home of Mrs. Ray Batchelor at Kan 

sas City, Mo., on June 17. Following 

a short business session, when Mrs. 

J. B. Gleavon resigned, due to Illn~sv 

in her family and Mrs. .J. Rich a(-. 

cepted the presidency of the auxiliary, 

the women enjoyed a card game. RP. 

freshmenls were served at the clost: 

of the afternoon. The meinhers 

planned regular meetings, and )In. 

Rich asks that all members watch the 

Kansas City papers for announcc- 

ments of future gatherint 

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rrt Irft is o Icrrc/th- 

virzu of the stotic7rr's 

loggia, shou~iirfl tltc sglrr- 

rirctrical dcsigri of the CIL- 

trorlcc doonzuays to t lc c 

z~nitiir,q rooms. At the right 

rs arr excellerrt view of thr 

~uaiir zwaitiitg roorrt (wlrite) 

zc~itll the t1ew.s starrd aid 

cigar courrter irr the Back- 

g r o u it d. The station's 

rrs!n1tranf is Ioca!ed nt flrc 

lcft of the rrezws stand, but 

is rro! scert iic the picture. 

~\'o!c !he spaciortsncss of !LC 

waitirrg room, nrrd its high 

ceilirrgs aid henrt!ifitl lighl- 

irrg firtrrres. All pic!rtr.es 

rrscd with this story were 

irrade by R. I-. Jrcngliny of 

!/re arclri!ect's office irr St.

FRISCO VETERANS IN ANNUAL REUNIOL , 

F 

RlgCO v~terans of both sexes, the ground and along by the la 

men who have manned the Six Hundred "Old Timers" where they sat on the grass 8 

trains and maintained the COnaene at Spring field June cnjoyed the rel~ast. 

track and women who have The crowd assembled lor 1 

packed lunches and laundered 22-23 John Forstei big panorama gronp pictnr~ 

overalls and performed the myri- ~lected President 

1:30 p. m. at the entrance to I 

ad duties of the household for cave, and from there they sc 

their railroader-husbands, gather- tered, a number going Lo 1 

ed together in Springfield, Mo., on gallons of coffee, 100 gallons of lemon- dance pavilion, but the greater nu- 

June 22 and 23, for the Ninth Annual ade, 1,080 packages of ice cream, 2,700 ber to the point where the athk 

Reunion of the Frisco Veteran Em- cookies, 30 pounds of white Bermuda contests and horseshoe pitching gam 

ployes' Association. Five hundred and onions, 4 gallons of ketchup, 100 were being held. "Uncle Charit 

eighty-three of these sturdy pioneers, uounds of cane suzar. 9 eallons of Baltzell was in charge of athletic cp 

all of them with more than 

twenty years service and many 

with records of forty to fifty 

years with Frisco Lines, reg- 

istered in for their meeting to 

honor the eighty-eight veterans 

who have passed on since their 

last meeting, and to reminisce 

over the railroad days gone by. 

The crowd was small enough 

lor each veteran to single out 

his friends, and from the time 

they met at the Colonial Hotel 

lo register, until they departed 

on various trains at the sta- 

tion, they enjoyed each other's 

fellowship. 

As was their custonl they 

registered early Monday morn- 

iug at the Colonial Hotel in a 

crowded lobby. There greet- 

ings were exchanged and at 

10:00 a. m. they boarded street 

cars for Doling Park, the scene 

of their first day's entertain- 

ment. 

It was several degrees cooler 

there, and they grouped them- 

selves on benches and on the 

grass. There was no program 

of speeches or welcome by ?he 

Mayor this year. As has been 

dcnionstrated in the past, 

Springfield always welconles 

these old timers and they con- 

sider Springfield the "home of 

the reunion." 

About 12:30 somebody yelled 

"Dinner is served!" And quick- 

er than it takes to tell it, the "brcatl 

line" Cornled, and it was a long one. 

And how those veterans did eat! The 

food was prepared under the direction 

of Chas. E. Gray, of the Central 

Boarding & Supply Conlpany, and the 

meat had been barbecued for fifteen 

hours and was tender and delicious. 

The list of what those veterans con- 

sumed lncludes 800 pounds of beef 

and pork, 140 loaves of bread. 14 

gallons of potato salad, 5 gallons of 

pickles, 60 po~mds of leaf lettuce, 90 

The l~clc~~arrs' irczv pr-csider~ts, Joh~r Forster arid Mrs. 

C'has. Rirlg. Air-. Forstcr is a rctircd wlechnrtical inspector 

of ICn~lsns City. ilfo., and Xrs. Ring is the 

zvidozu of a dfoirett, Mo., eirgtrteer. 

coffee, cream and other edibles. 

There were twenty white-coated 

nlen to assist in serving the plates, 

and those men were members of the 

Frisco Canlily who had been aided by 

the Frisco Relief Fund this past winter. 

They were courteous aud helpful, 

and were glad to ser\.e in this 

ca~acity 

A nun~ber of tables and benches had 

been placed close to the end of the 

serving tables, and those who did not 

find seaks there, scattered about over 

tests. The prizes for hoth 1' 

dancing contests and th 

athletic events were donat. 

by merchants of SpringR~' 

Mo., and they were all mv, 

attractive. 

Winners of the athlw 

events, follow: 

50-yard dash for men ovl 

1SO pounds: 1. Adolph Bla: 

Cherryvale, Itans.; 2, hlb~ 

Parsons, Columbus, Miss.; 3. : 

E. Dwyer, Springfield, 110. 

50-yard dash for men und?- 

180 pouiids: 1. C. 1'7. Bash 

Seligman, 310.; 2. ,J. E. Harrii 

Kansas City; 3. 31. B, Kraic 

Cape Girardeau; 4, W. T 

Tooley, Springfield. 

25-yard dash for luen over 7' 

years: 1. \V. L. Heath, S' 

Lo u i s; 2. Jas. Worknix 

Wichita; 3. C. J. M7right, F' 

Louis; 4. W. H. Mead, Kanw 

City. 

50-yard dash for girls l;, 

tween 12 and 20: 1. JIari~'. 

Tooley, Springfield; 2. Ilfidre: 

Tooley, Springfield; 3. Sam 

Parsons, Cape Girartleau. 

SO-yard dash for girls usdel, 

12: 1. 4nn Larell, Springfielm! 

2. Virginia Dillard, Springfi~ll 

50-yard dash for boys unrllb4 

15: 1. James Reed Actio- 

Springfield; 2. Warrell But: 

side, Springfield. 

Ladies' Egg Race: 1. Slra L' 

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liingdoin, St. Louis; 2. SIP 

Dlllard, Springfield; 3. Mrs. 111 

ltelli t; 4. 3Irs. C. J. Wright. St. I.3" 

Bean Cace, ladies and gentlemen ' 

1. Mrs. \IT. L. Heath, St. Louis an 

F. L. Napier; 2. Mrs. E Klngdorn, St 

Louis and C. E. Kingdom; 3. Xrs. '1 

Kahrt and 31. B. Craig, Cape Clr. 

deau. 

Horse Shoe Pitching Games: 1. K. 

T. Hutchison, Kansas City; 2. A. i' 

I 

Vanzant, Kansas City, Kansas; ' 

Frank Ellis, Springfield. 

The results of the dancing confrV 

were as follows:

Grand March: 1. Oldest Couple, em- 

ploye and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. 

Jfllla, Oklahoma City; 2. Oldest 

Couple, man in active service, Mr. and 

Sfrs. J. H. Livingston; 3. Best Looking 

Couple, 3Ir. and Mrs. G. A. bladden, 

Ft. Worth; 4. Fattest Couple, Mr. and 

.\Irs. Jack Sheridan, Williamsville, 3x0. 

Charleston: 1. Vada Holland, Spring- 

field; 2. Harold Johnson, Springfield. 

Waltz: Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Howard, 

Ft. Worth, Tex. 

Square Dance, for veterans only: 1. 

Slrs. J. C. Dubuque, Springfield and 

nr. L. Laue, Eldorado, Okla.; 2, Mrs. 

C. D. Pollard, Springfield and T. F. 

Jones, Enid. 

Children's Jig: 1. Nancy Gilbert, 

Springfield; 2. Francis Ray, Spring- 

field; 3. Ernest Dean, Springfield. 

Men's Jig Dance, pensioned em- 

ployes: 1. J. H. Livingston, St. Louis; 

. C. B. Howard, Ft. Worth. 

One-Step, any veteran or member of 

his family: 1. Miss R. McKenna, 

Springfield; 2. L. Lyons, Springfield; 

7. Nrs. C. S. Parsons, Springfield; 4. 

.Mr. 6. S. Parsons, Springfield. 

There was just time to freshen up 

a hit, have a bit of dinner and the 

relerans were off again--this time to 

the minstrel show given at the Pip- 

kin Junior High School. The audi- 

torirrni WiIS crowded and the perform- 

ance which was presented to them 

through the courtesy of the Springfield 

Girls' and hlen's Clubs, was well worth 

the lrip. As the veteralls remarked 

later, it was the best entertainment 

ever presented to them on the first 

day's program. 

Khile the participants were not all 

Frisco employes, many of the more 

prominent parts were taken by mem- 

bers of the two clnbs, and the presen- 

tation was a most finished one. The 

Harold Wilks orchestra furnished a 

group of old time songs before the 

cwtain rose. 

The setting was an old-time Georgia 

camp meeting and the entire ensemble 

were black-faced comedians, dressed 

in gaudy greens, yellow and red cos- 

tumes. 

There were a number of high lights 

in the program, among them the ser- 

mon preached by "Brother Crawford," 

impersonated by George C. Roop, 

presidelit of the men's club. 

Robert Haseltine, soloist. sang 

"Big Bass Viol" in a delightful man- 

ner and was called back for two ell- 

cores. The solos of Le Roy Prater 

and Mrs. IV. N. Doss were also very 

well received and the Ted Trapp 

quartet were repeatedly encored. 

Toward the end of the program a 

group of old time Southern melodies 

was presented by the cast and one 

melody was woven musically into the 

next. The group iucluded "My Old 

Kentucky Home," "Carry Me Back to 

Old Virginia," "Way Down Upon the 

Suwanee River" and others, and the 

old timers were not backward in join- 

ing in on the old familiar tunes with 

the cast. 

Jess W. Moore, who was inter- 

locutor, presented a delightful solo, 

"When Your Hair Has Turned to 

Silver" which was followed by the 

closing chorus, a parody entitled, 

"Smile, Vets, Smile." 

Interspersed between the songs, 

tap dances and specialty numbers, the 

end men picked out important person- 

These 24 wwu16ers of tlir "Old Tiiilers' 

Club", which requirrs forty years of 

1;risco service for nreritDership, wr7r,e 

pholograplred on the steps of Springfield .c 

Slirim Mosque drrritry the 

Vctermrs' Reuniott. 

Page Y 

ages in the audience about whom they 

told appropriate and ludicrous stories, 

which were received with hearty 

laughter. 

The program was over at 10:OO and 

the veterans and their families rcturned 

to the various hotels. 

They were refreshed the next morning 

and ready to start the business 

sessions of the reunion. The Ladies' 

Auxiliary met on the roof garden of 

the Kentwood Arms Hotel; the Old 

Timers' Club met at the Colonial 

Hotel and the Board of Directors met 

at the Sl~ri~ie Mosque. An informal 

nleeti~ig was to be held in the i\Iosque 

for those not attending the other meetings, 

but there were only a handful 

there. 

There was a good attendance at the 

meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary, in 

charge of their president, Mrs. David 

R. Beeler, wife of a veteran engineer 

of Sapulpa. 

Prior to the business meeting, Mrs. 

Beeler introduced Mrs. Walter R. 

Boyd, past president of the club, and 

Nrs. Robert Wl~elan, wife of a Frisco 

copductor and Graud President of the 

Ladies' Auxiliary of the Order of Railway 

Conductors. 

Miss Annett McCurdy, granddaughter 

of Harry Swingler, pensioned engineer, 

presented a piano solo and 

31iss Elizabeth Forbes of Springfield 

gave a reading. 

The auxiliary had lost a number of 

its members by death during the past 

year and a basket of flowers, a silent 

tribute to those who had passed on, 

was presented to the assembled. 

Following a report from the various 

units of the organization the annual 

election of officers was held, and the 

following were elected: Mrs. Chas. 

Ring, widow of Frisco engineer, Monett, 

Mo., president; AIrs. J. W. deck-

10 

Views at the Veterans' Reunion, June ; /To% left): A qroap 

?leterans and their WIV 

snio?~in.q the picnic. LP~I ' 

vight, standing, C. J: Ii'rig'. 

pe?hsioned b)-aken~un of :' 

I,ouis; Perry Elder, pasw 

!/er engmeer, Netuhrg: 

A. McArthlc?', vetired lo. 

motive clerk, Sp?.ingfield: I 

R. Grace, condtcctor or 

li'antla Nae ldaugkter) 

Springfield ; J . I$. Kin 

vardmmter, Okmztl~tee: J18' 

Stroud, en!t?neer, Sapu:p 

I;. F. I,nrkey, ez~yfneer, (I, 

wlzclyee; I,. S. Tkompsv. 

(.ond?ictor. Springfield. 

(Seated) : 31. dl. Sid80, 

msistant gezaeral mansq, 

Npringfield, b. 1V. Row?. 

flelaerc~l chaiiwtan, R. of 1 

k., Syrinctfield; 11'. P. Ner 

ton, pensioned general aud~ 

tor of St. Loub, and Jln 

hTewton; 1v13. 1V. L. Heal' 

wife of W. I,. Heath, vetiiv 

conductor, St. Louix: dent. 

Tanq?~o.ly. prnxiolled agw 

Sa?s Diego,. Calif., and dlrj 

Clias. F'. Vlelbig, wife of, 

!/meel. Ka?rsczs City, Mo. 

(Left, center): A view 6' 

the lo?iy bred line, whir' 

forw~ed earlu and lanted srti1 

late. 

lLozue? left): D. Foi. 

s?tthe, generil koad for&of 

eqztlpment, acted a8 "0)fice? 

of the Day", and drrr. 

inn the rithletic events, ar. 

~ested the groiip of men A. 

.la plctu?-ed zoitlr, for "boi~ 

teroua conduct"! They an. 

rrmiing from left to riyhl. 

"lincle" Charley Baltaell, Sf. 

I,ouis; F. I,. Pursley,Spring. 

field; b. R. Dwyer, Spr$tg. 

field; D. PorsgtJie, Spring. 

field, and 8. H. Fuller: 

SplJngReld. 

(Lower right): The children 

of the Frisco trstevana 

took advantage of the awint. 

nllng in the lake at Doling 

Pai'k, altd a grozrp of thelir 

posed for the picture belor.

erleg, wife of Frisco engineer, Spring- 

field, first vice-president; Mrs. Jane 

Rich, widow of Frisco engineer, 1Can- 

Gas City, second vice-president and 

!ta. E. W. Keithley, widow of Frisco 

engineer at Sulphur, Okla., third vice- 

presfdent. Miss Nora Coffey, daugh- 

ter of former roadniaster of Spring- 

Reld, was elected secretary. 

An illnovation in the program was 

the "laniily lunch" at the Kentwood 

Arms Hotel. Following the meeting 

of the Ladies' Auxiliary, they invited 

the Inell to lunch with them, where 

r delightful prograni and get-together 

was enjoyed. 

The new officers of the auxiliary 

were introduced and the group joined 

in singing "I've Been Workin' On The 

Railroad", led by Mrs. Walter R. 

Boyd who acted as toastmistress, with 

Yn. 0. S. Hull, president of the 

Sprlngfleld Unit, presiding. 

Nrs. Davld R. Beeler, outgoing 

president, presented the invocation. 

John Giilespie, accompanied by Vir- 

ginia Lewis presented two delightful 

Irish Folk songs and Elizabeth Call, 

acconipanied by Dorothy Rathbone 

gave a delightful violin solo. Mary 

Ellen Schuerer, accompanied by Byron 

Morton presented two old time songs 

which were heartily applauded. 

The feature address of the noon-day 

luncheoir was made by Mrs. Robert 

Whelan. She talked of Frisco fellow- 

ship, and of the splendid ties, made 

more secure through the annual meet- 

ing of the veterans each year. She 

spoke of them as pioneers and build- 

era or the great Frisco system, and 

mncluded her talk with an appeal to 

the veterans to solicit business for 

the road from which they have been 

receiving their living for so many 

yeare. 

The Old Timers' Club, formed at the 

1930 reunion, met at. the Colonial 

Hotel. There was little real business 

to transact, but many instances of 

railroading of more than forty years 

ago of whlch they talked. The ad- 

dress of the morning was made by 

Mr. J. E. Hutchison, who sat in the 

meeting with these old timers during 

the entire morning. They built the 

railroad again, in memory, when the 

road bed was of dirt instead of ballast; 

they compnred the little diamond 

stacked locomotives with the 1500's 

of today, as well as the working con- 

ditions and pay of forty years ago and 

today. 

There were twenty-nine members of 

the Old Timers' Club, out of a total 

of seventy-three, present. Rules pro- 

vide that only those employes who 

have been placed on the pension roll 

with forty or more years of consecu- 

live service shall be eligible. 

It was decided that the members of 

this club woula have a meeting Oc- 

tober 20, 1931, at Pensacola, F!a. The 

important business of the morning 

was the election of officers and fol- 

lowing the nominations, Mr. Geo. 

Daniels, pensioned engineer of Ft. 

Smith, Ark., with 46 years and 9 

months service to his credit, was 

elected president. Mr. S. L. Coover of 

Springfield, 3fo., pensioned conductor 

with 47 years and 11 months service, 

was elected vice-president, with Mr. 

W. D. Bassett, secretary of the pen- 

sion board, secretary. Besldes the 

regular meetiug each year at the big 

reunion, other nieetings of this organ- 

ization are held at the call of the 

president. 

This group was served dinner in a 

special room provided at the Colonial 

Hotel, and marched in formation of 

twos, to the Shrine hlosque at 2:00 

p. m., to attend a business meeting of 

the entire group of veterans. 

The meeting at the Mosque was 

presided over by IY. L. Heath, retiring 

president. Mr. Heath made a short 

introductory talk, in which he said 

that many of the regular engineers, 

conductors and firemen were not pres- 

ent at the reunion and felt that next 

year, many of the regular men should 

lay off and give the extra men a 

chance to work their jobs, giving them 

employnient as well as the regular 

men the privileges of the reunion. 

A slight concern was felt in the 

dropping off of the attendance, and 

many suggestions were made as to 

how new members could be secured. 

It was finally decided that each vet- 

eran would make himself a committee 

of one, to solicit new members, and 

secure the $1.00 membership fee. A 

system-wide canvass is to be made 

this year, enrolling all men with 

twenty years service in the organiza- 

tion, and as Mr. Heath said, if it is 

worthy of its existence, the veterans 

reunion is worthy of better attendance 

on the part of its members. 

Many came this year, expecting to 

make a short trip to Pensacola, Fla., 

but J. L. McCormack, secretary of the 

association, advised that full and 

complete data had been sent out on 

the trip, and out of 800 invitations ex- 

tended, there were only sixteen ac- 

ceptances. Many of the members, 

however, had planned to make the 

trip and it was voted that following 

the reunion next year, as many as de- 

sired, would be taken to Pensacola, 

Fla., lor a short trip. 

The matter of another city in which 

to hold the reunion came up, but 

Springfield, Mo., remained the first 

choice of those present. It is centrally 

located, with facilities for caring for 

the great number who attend and 

Poge I1 

those present voiced their sentiments 

of Springfield's hospitality to its 

visiting guests. 

There were five new members elected 

to serve on the board of directors 

which included, W. D. Bassett, of St. 

Louis ; Wm. Marsh, Mempliis ; Ike 

Scudder, Enid; Mark Allabach, Ft. 

Worth, and Will B. Hammers, Seligman, 

Ark. These five took the places 

made vacant by J. H. Constant, J. 

Brownfield and G. A. Madden, and 

Mr. Hammers took the place of Howard 

Bayless, deceased. 

The nominating committee presented 

the names of John Forster, 

"Uncle" Billy Morrill and J. L. Mc- 

Cormack, for president, vice-president 

and secretary. They were unanimously 

elected and Mr. Forster, retired 

mechanical inspector of Kansas City, 

Mo., was called to the platform where 

he acknowledged with deep appreciation, 

the honor of serving as president 

of the association for the years OK 

1931-1932. The silver loving cup, 

transferred at the end of each year 

to the newly elected president, was 

given to Mr. F'orster by Mr. Heath. 

This cup was the gift of Mr. E. N. 

Brown, chairman of the Board or Dfrectors 

of the Frisco, and each president's 

name is engraved on the cup. 

The newly elected officers of the 

Ladies' Auxiliary were also introduced 

to the assembly, and following this, a 

short memorial service was given for 

the veterans who had departed this 

life since last meeting date. The 

list was read by Mr. J. L. McCormack, 

secretary. 

Tbe meeting convened at 4: 00 p. m. 

and automobiles waited outside the 

Mosque to take the veterans for a ride 

over the city, which included the 

greenhouse of Don Fellows, Fri~co 

Florist. The Standard Motor Car Company 

of Springfield furnished six large 

cars to aid in seeing that the visitors 

enjoyed the ride. 

They returned to their hotels at 

6:00, and at 6:30 met again at the 

Shrine Mosque for the annual banquet 

and farewell program of the reunion. 

Music for the banquet was furnished 

by Bobbie Hudgen and his orchestra, 

and the plates were served by the 

women employes of the general oflice 

building at Springfield. 

At 7:30 the guests went upst8lrs 

to the auditorium, where the prograni 

began immediately. Mr. W. L. Heath, 

retiring president introduced the new 

president, John Forster, and turned 

the meeting over to &I. M. Sisson, 

assistant general manager, who acted 

as toastmaster. Mr. Sisson introduced 

F. H. Shaffer, general manager, who 

spoke most enco~~ragingly of business

SIDELIGHTS ON VETERANS' REUNION I 

Was it hot? Ask anybody who was 

there. But the progranls made the 

veterans forget about the heat. 

W. L. Heath, retiring president of 

the veterans' association, claims a 

unique distinction. He retired twice 

in one month. Once from active serv- 

ice as conductor, aud the second time 

from the presidenry of the veterans' 

association. 

"Mother" Clark was present, as 

jolly as ever, but "Daddy" Clark was 

unable to attend. He is, however, en- 

joying very good health. Those Pew 

who do not know this lovable couple, 

they are Nr. and Mrs. John Clark of 

Kansas City. Mr. Clark is a peu- 

sioned crossing watchman. 

And here's a bit of news. John Kinnear, 

from Kansas City, and an engineer 

with 43 years' service, says 

he ha# never had his name in the 

M~g~~i)rc. This was his first reunion 

and nl;iybe that explains it. 

P. C. Allen, a contractor, who 

helped to build the old Frisco, at- 

tended the reunion and met many of 

his old friends. He "chummed" 

around most of the two days with 

Andy Schwarzenbach, retired en- 

gineer of Thayer, Mo., and said lie 

had never had such a glorious two 

days of fellowship. 

And speaking of names, Andy 

Schwarzenbach says of all the vet- 

erans' names, his is the longest. 

ilI1.s. Jeannette D. Tanquary was 

there again. She comes each year 

from Sail Diego, Calif., to meet and 

greet old friends, who always look 

for her. She is a pensioi~ed agent, 

with 29 years' service. 

E. A. Thomas, supply car foreman 

OK Springfield, and H. S. Ostegard, 

pensioned mechanic of Springfield, 

have never missed a reunion. They 

were not the only "perfect-record" 

men, but they were among those most 

proud of that distinction. 

J. F. Prewitt, a conductor with 30 

years' service, residing at Amory, 

Miss., proudly displaying a check for 

20 cents which he had received as pay 

on April 1, 1901, from the old Kansas 

City, Ft. Scott and Meniphis Rail- 

road. 

C. B. Coleman, retired engineer 

from Rogers, Ark., with 51 years' 

service to his credit, should take the 

prize for being one of the "youngest" 

looking veterans present. Mrs. Cole- 

man, charming and lovely, enjoyed 

both days, taking part in the auxiliary 

meetings and socials. 

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ti'. Vielbig, en- 

gineer and wife from Kansas City. 

Mo., remember the very first reunion 

at Sequiota Park in Springfield. He 

remembers it particularly, because 

he got the prize as being the best 

looking veterans there. That's some- 

thing for anybody to remember! 

Lots of new veterans at this re- 

union and they were given a hearty 

welcome. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Collier 

of Chaffee, engineer and wife, attend- 

ed for the first time, but said it won't 

1)e the last. 

C. J. Wright, pensioned brakeman 

of St. Louis, reported a recent visit 

with Sam Hughes at Albuquerque, N. 

M. Mr. Hughes will be remembered 

by his many friends on Frisco Lines 

as having had a most active part in 

the Liberty Loan Drives and in the 

Industrial Department of Frisoo Lines. 

Mr. Hughes is enjoying good health 

and sent his regards to all the vet- 

erans. - 

Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Newton visited 

the entire two days with friends at 

the reunion and enjoyed each event. 

Mr. Newton was formerly general au- 

ditor of Frisco Lines at St. Louis and 

was retired with a service record of 

54 years to his credit. 

Another fifty-one year service en- 

gineer who attended the reunion was 

Mr. C. W. Shank of St. Louis. Mrs. 

Shank was with him. 

Mr. J. E. Woodward, B. & TL fore- 

man from Golden City, Mo., with 43 

years' service, had in his possession 

an old time card printed in the 1800's. 

when Oklahoma was Indian Territory 

and the Frisco ran to Pacific. 

G. W. Greener, of Springfield, Mo., 

was one of the few telegraphers at the 

reunion. He met many of the en- 

gineers and conductors to whom he 

had issued orders and had a regular 

good time at the picnic. 

Messrs. L. E. Martin, assistant to 

the president, and W. D. Bassett, set. 

retary, pension board, attended from 

St. Louis. Officials from the Spring. 

field ofPices who attended included, 

J. H. Doggrell, J. I

(Top, dgkt): The photograpkt rr caught th4s 

prorcp or old veterans ns the!! to ere discltssing 

modern and old-time rnilroadinf I. Th~y are, 

tented: Frank Ellis, general air brake instructor, 

Springfield: H. 31. Cox. retti red machinist. 

ga.nsm City, Mo.: G. .11. Ho~oo rrd. pensioned 

telegl.apher. Knn~as Cit!~; P. C. Allen. o contractor, 

who built a great nmny miles of the 

old Frisco, a7d Andy Schtoartzee nbach, retired 

nrnineer of Thager, Xo. Standin 9: B. R. Datidmn, 

former attorney for the F 'dsco at Fat!e(le"a116, 

Ark.; Hamy Harrison, csccident preventlon 

agent, Shermnn. Tex.; , I. 1,. YcCormad, 

secretary, VeterumJ -4ssoc intion; B. G. 

Gamble, master mechanic, Memph is, a& W. 1,. 

Heat11, ~etirixg president of the A ,ssociat4on for 

1951. 

(Cslsler, !eft): An interestinn 3 noment in the 

tug-of-roar eontest. 

(Center, right) : A crowd group led around the 

prize booth, and in the foregrour rd, Mrs. C. J. 

Snook, wife of local freight agent , and Mr. and 

Mrs. J. 8'. Prewitt, conductor. and wife of 

Amoru, Mbs., and prizes which they won dn 

the athtetic contests. 

Page 13 

(Above, left): Winners of the horseshoe pitching tournament; H. T. 

Hutchison, engineer. Kansas City. first; A. R. Vunzant, section foreman, 

Kansaa City, second; Frank Ellis, general alrbrake instructor, Spring- 

field, third. 

(Above, right): A group of oflidals, their wives and veteracu. Let# 

to riol~t, MQs Jane Doggrell und Mrs. J. H. Doggrell, daughter and wife 

of superintetsdent transportation; Messrs. G. E. Gelwix. J. B. Doggrell. 

1,. E, Martin, J. K. Gibson, N. N. Sisson, J. H. Brennan, F. H. 8hafler. 

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woodson, penstoned tool room foreman and wife; Mrs. 

a. E. Gelzutx, J. E. Hutchison md C. H. Williams, pensioned firenm, 

Springfield.

' 

T 

STANDARD AN IMPORTANT SHIPPER 

HE Neodesha, Kan.. plant of The Neodesha refinery coa 

the Standard Oil Conipany Neodesha 'Iant Routes 9*456 tributes an important payroll b 

of Kansas has the distinc- Cars via Frisco Lines 

in 1930 

the prosperity of the communit: 

tion of being the first and oldest 

refinery in that state. The photo- 

graph below shows a view of the 

plant lookiug west from the top of 

the new coal chute of the Frisco 

yards at 'Neodesha. 

The Standard Oil Company of 

Kansas has long been a friend of 

Frisco Lines, shipping a substantial 

tonnage over it each year. During 

1930 it forwarded 9,456 cars over the 

Frisco, an average of 31 cars daily. 

The total revenue from this firm dur- 

ing 1930 amounted to $1.132,256.56. 

Neodesha, the oldest oil town in the 

state of Kansas, and the site of the 

first commercial oil well drilled west 

of the Mississippi, possesses many 

geographical and other advantages 

which have undoubtedly liad much to 

do with the growth of the refining 

industry there. 

The Standard Oil Company of 

Kansas was organized December 24. 

1892, and placed its Neodesha plant in 

operation in the spring of 1897. At 

that time it had only two stills. It 

was enlarged in 1903, again in 1904 

and 1905, and the growing demand for 

its products has necessitated numer- 

ous enlargements since. The plant 

has manufactured Red Crown gaso- 

liue throughout its entire existence 

and of particular importance to the 

people of Kansas is the fact that all 

Red Crown gasoline, Red rrown 

Ethyl gasoline and Stauolind blue 

gasoline sold in that state are made 

by the Standard Oil Company at 

Neodesha. This concern also has had 

long experielice in the mai~ufacture of 

road oils, a product whicli has given 

sa 

m 

and carries life insurance on all 

its employes under the grou: 

plan and the contributory grou' 

The company was organized with plan. An old age pension plan r 

a paid up capital of only $1.000, but also in efPect. Officers of the corn 

today it ranks among the largest in pany who reside at Neodesha are d 

Kansas with a capital stock of $8.- S. Hopkins, president; E. A. Warren. 

000,000, comprised of 320,000 shares vice-president, and E. A. Metcalf n 

with a par value of $25. Its stock is 

listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 

finery superintendent. 

From the small two-still plant built 

at Xeodesha in 1897, the refinery 

there has expanded until it now has 

124 stills wit11 a daily capacity ot 

20,000 barrels and sufficient craclring 

equipment to process all the gas oil 

from the crude. It has a Holmes 

Manley unit; three agitators and con- 

tinuous treating plant; two boiler 

houses and various other equipment. 

It occupies 200 acres and pays taxes 

on its Kansas property amounting to 

almost $100,000 annually. 

A great deal of the output from 

Seodesha is made from oil produced 

by wells near Wichita, a substantial 

quantity of crude oil punlped from the 

wells at Eastborough at the city's 

edge being made into Red Crown 

gasoline. JIany other Kansas com- 

munities also take part in the opera- 

tion of the Neodesha refinery, since 

oil from many parts of the state are 

purchased by the company. 

Early in 1929 this company pur- 

chased a controlling interest in the 

Tulsa Oil Company. a producing con- 

cern which now has around 40.000 

acres in Oklahonla, Kansas. and 

Texas, with three large producers re- 

cently brougl~t in in the East Texas 

JOIN THE VETERANS! 

Johrr Forster,. pcrrsioi~ed ~rrecl~a,ricol 

iirspertor of Prisco Lines, arrd tlrc 

rrczz~lg clected presidmt of the Frisru 

Ve!erntt Errrployes' Association, hor 

already started to work on crdarging 

tire atterrdarrce at the rrext rcltiriorr. 

With over two lrrrrrdred less vrtcrnrts 

present at tlte 1931 retrrrion, mtch 

corrcerrr was fplt as to the dwitrdli~rg 

atterldartcc, arrd follozvirrg the 1931 rcu~riou, 

Mr. Porst~r nridressed tlre fatlowiirg 

Icttcr to the Frisco n'luga~irr~. 

Iropir~q to irrtercs! st!perirttc~tdertts. 

rrraster niecl~arrics aitd others in secrtriirg 

atiditinrral rr1crrz6ers for tire urgairizatioir 

: 

"bb'c 7wre sliqhtly disaPpoi~!cd 

at the nttcirdairce at ow last rezrition 

livery ejort mrtsf be wade to iircreosc 

the atterrdairce at this worrderfd offair. 

J feel srrrc thnt tkrrc are Irtrrrdreds 

of eligiblc vcterarrs who om 

uot orily rrorr-nttcrtdrrrg. 614t irorr-trrerrr- 

Ders. 

",4s a startrr for iircreascd rncrrrbership. 

J worrld like for- each srrpcrirrtercdott 

and each waster rrrechantc to 

appornt a captarri or1 l~rs divrsioir :,tho 

will take the ta~k 111 lrarrd arrd coirrlr 

the di71isiorr for ~rrerrrbcislrips to thc 

Cre!craris' Associatiort . 

"Sertd tlre itarrtcs of the zvrions 

captairrs to the sc7cretur~ of tlre n.r- 

~ocintiorr ut Sprirrqfield, J. L. Jlc-

Ar~yrrst, 1931 Page 15 

I 

Oklahoma City Shriners on Frisco Special Train to Cleveland Conclave 

T was a gay party of 108 Shriners 

nnd their wives, members of India 

Temple Shrine at Oklahoma City, 

who grouped themselves around the 

engine of their special Frisco train 

which left Oklahoma City at 'i:30 

a.m. the morning of July 12 to carry 

them to St. Louis, thence to their annual 

convention at Cleveland. Ohio, 

which convened July 13-16. The train 

consisted of nine cars. The accompanying 

picture was taken just prior 

to departure from Oklahoma City. 

An interesting item was that the 

entire Frisco train crew were 

Shriners, and the Shrine insignia, 

which appears directly below the engine 

number is the property of R. C. 

FRTSCO VETS' REUNION 

renditions, advising that the wheat 

2nd cotton crop were the best in years 

and crews had been placed back to 

work at various points on the road 

and It was espected that more would 

be added. He also said that in times 

of depression, like the present, it is 

Lo the veterans that the railroad is 

indebted. When it is necessary to cut 

off men, the older men remain on the 

jobs and he said that when a veteran 

Kas in charge of operation, the job 

was In splendid hands. 

He called Tom Lyons, Frisco en- 

gneer in active service, to the plat- 

'orm and presented him with a medal. 

1s the veteran employe in active sen- 

ce wlth the longest service record. 

His record totals 50 years. Two 

.ocking chairs mere also presented to 

Canatly, assistant superintendent at 

Oklahon~a City. 

The crew consisted of Bert Smith, 

engineer; J. 0. Smith, fireman; W, M. 

Dorris, conductor; G. E. Anderson 

and J. T. Leachman, brakemen and 

.J. G. Muse, Pulln~an cond~~ctor. The 

crew, while wearing their regular uniforms, 

also wore the usual red fezes. 

R. H. Francis. road foreman of equipment, 

also a Shriner, accompanied the 

special train. 

Dignitaries of the trip appear in 

the front row of the picture and 

Charles F. Stewart, Illustrious Potentate. 

is standing in the front row 

holding a white cane. Other dignitaries, 

reading from Mr. Stewart to 

Mr. and Jlrs. John JIoran as the oldest 

couple present at the reunion. 

The assembled veterans were fa. 

vored with a violin solo by Joe Cop- 

page, son of T. B. Coppage, superin- 

tendent of the High Line, and a vocal 

solo by Le Roy Prater of the me- 

chanical departn~ent. Both numbers 

were encored. 

Mrs. Robert Whelan, wife of a 

Frisco conductor of Oltlahoma City 

and Grand President of the Ladies' 

Auxiliary to the Order of Railwny 

Conductors, made a splendid address. 

and among other thiugs said that the 

veterans probably did not realize that 

in many homes throughout the Frisco 

system today, many young men and 

women were receiving their bread and 

butter through the establishment of 

the Frisco's pension roll, and many 

more were being sent to school 

through the receipt of the pay check 

the right are: Ed L. Hahn, Chief 

Rabban. Will S. Guthrie, treasurer, 

Etlrl' W. Baker, Second Ceremonial 

Master, C. F. Sloan, Captain, Jack 

Sloan, Jr., and Mrs. Sloan, Leslie 

Swan, Recorder and Mrs. Swan. 

R. 0. Hopltins, assistant general 

agent at Oklahoma City, a Shriner. 

with his wife, arranged for the trip 

and accompanied the party to Cleve- 

land. The return trip was made to 

Oklahoma City. handling special 

Pullmans on train No. 9, as they did 

not all return at the same time. The 

Shriners were highly pleased with 

Frisco service accorded them. 

from the Frisco Railroad. 

The final and principal address of 

the evening was made by Perry Allen. 

a Frisco attorney for thirty years and 

a resident of Springfield, Mo. Mr. 

Allen's address mas a humorous one 

and greatly enjoyed by the veterans. 

He touched seriously on the bus and 

truck situation, however, calling the 

competition most unfair, and pledged 

his efforts toward seeing that proper 

taxation was brought about. 

He paid fitting tribute to the vet- 

erans and their long years of service. 

Their faithfulness to their duties, he 

said, had won for them the distinction 

of being known as a veteran, a term 

which in itself meant dependability. 

Directly following his address, those 

who were so inclined, enjoyed the 

dancing in the big Shrine auditorium. 

Music was furnished by Bobbie 

Hudgen and his orchestra.

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NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS 

St. Louis Terminals 

Reflecting careful preparation by 

officem mud entertainment commit- 

tee, the annual picnic of the St. Louis 

Terminals Frisco Employes' Club held 

at Pevely Farm, near St. Louis, July 

19, easily ranks as one of the sum- 

mer's most successful outings. A 

crowd of approximately 1,000 club 

members, their families and friends 

attended. 

A large portion of the crowd jour- 

neyed to the picnic site on Train No. 

65, which left the Union Station at 

7:45 a. m., and many others drove 

out. The morning was occupied with 

games, dancing visiting and spread- 

ing lunches on tables under large 

shade trees, and around noon the var- 

ious family groups repaired to their 

respective tables. Pevely ice cream 

and milk, popcorn, soda pop and cof- 

fee were served free, and the chil- 

dren were given novelties. 

The entertainment features pro- 

vided for the occasion drew excep- 

tionally hearty applause. The Frisco 

Safety Songbirds, a group of six 

small girls, most of whom are daugh- 

ters of employes, drew a large audi- 

ence and under the competent lead- 

ership of eleven-year-old Kathleen 

Wheeler delighted listeners with 

"Springtime in the Rockies," "Safety 

or Sorrow," "The Choo Choo Train," 

and "Walking My Baby Back Home." 

Other members of this group were: 

Virginia Schnable, 10; Mary Lee Val- 

leray, 6; Margaret Ruth Valleray, 8; 

Shirley Sander. 4, and Dorothy Lin- 

kul, 14. Another feature, which was 

rousingly appreciated by the crowd, 

was several banjo numbers by a 

group of children, who attend the 

Paul Morton School of Music of Ma- 

plewood. This group was also com- 

prised mostly of children of employes. 

It consisted of Joyce Jesson, James 

Johnson, Mildred Wilkenloh, Doris 

Watson. Winifred Marshall, Cliff 

Hunting and James Walsh, Jr. R. 0. 

Johnson, inspector, Jefferson Avenue 

Coach Yard, secured this part of the 

program. 

Following the entertainment, a 

large number of couples assembled 

on the dance Aoor and competed in 

the prize waltz to music furnished by 

Raleigh Beatty's Frisco Orchestra. 

Martin Tracy and Mrs. Erin McCalley 

won first prize in that event. Mr. 

Tracy received a smoking set and 

Mrs. McCalley a rug. The prize fox 

trot, which followed. was. won by 

Thomas Danforth and Miss Lelia 

Spann. The prizes were a shaving 

set and a dresser set. 

After those events the crowd di- 

vided between a bingo game and 

athletic contests, which were run off 

under the able direction of R. L. 

Klein. First on the athletic card was 

a 100-yard dash for men, which was 

won by Everett Smith. "Bill" Ex- 

posito was second. First prize mas a 

box of cigars and second a carton of 

cigarettes. Next was a 50-yard dash 

for girls, which Eileen Dowling won 

and in which Mary Alice Fritz was 

second. A three-pound box of candy 

was first prize and a two-pound box 

of candy second prize. In a 60-yard 

race for boys, Robert Ford took first 

prize, a fielder's mitt, and Bud Lani- 

han won a bat and ball as second 

prize. The three-legged race for boys 

was won by Morris Herman and 

Frank Sullivan, who split a cash 

prize of $2. Richard Wizeman and 

Oliver Cudy were second and split a 

cash prize of $1. A 50-yard dash for 

women was won by Miss Elzada Han- 

beck. Miss Katherine Kelly was sec- 

ond. A ham was given for first and a 

basket of groceries for second place. 

Miss Mary Kelly won a ham as first 

prize in the clothes pin race and Miss 

Katherine Kelly won a basket of 

groceries as second prize. The old 

men's race was won by 0. B, Mc- 

Millan, who received a box of 50 

cigars and second was taken by Wm. 

Heath, who received a box of 25 

cigars. The athletic events were 

closed with a rolling pin throwing 

contest. In this contest an effigy of 

Jiggs, the well-known comic strip 

character, took terrific punishment as 

the ladies hurled their missiles. 

Bottles of toilet water were given as 

prizes to the following: Mrs. Hester 

Vance, Miss Grace Page, Nrs. T. J. 

Phillips, Mrs. Agnes Rose, Miss 

Martha Moore, Mrs. C. J. Harman 

and Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald. The 

horse shoe contest was won by Ken 

Burlew who threw 30 ringers out of 

100 attempts. He received a smok- 

ing set. 

Following the contests, the winners 

assembled for their prizes, which 

were awarded by John Daniels, presi- 

dent of the club, and Mr. Klein. All 

expenses incurred for prizes were de- 

frayed from the club's treasury. The 

remainder of the day and the eveni 

was occupied with visiting and da~ 

ing while the children enjoyed the 

selves on the swings and other pli 

ground facilities which were providc 

Train No. 12, which left Crescent 

4:46 p. m. and train No. 66, which 11 

there at 8:15 p. m., were used I 

the return trip by those not drivi~ 

Girki' Club, Springfield, 1110. 

Forty-six members of the Fris 

Girls' Club motored to the Jam 

Rirer Club near Springfield, after 8. 

o'clock the evening of July 17 at t 

invitation of Miss Mary Howell. 

was an ideal day for swimming and 

number availed themselves of th 

sport while others hiked about t' 

grounds. After a splendid dinner tl 

rest of the evening was spent pla 

ing bridge. The committee in char 

.of arrangements for this affair w 

comprised of Mrs. Amy Cumming 

chairman, and Misses Tiera Lest 

and Nola Rook. 

Men's Club, St. Louis, Mo. 

The luncheon of the St. h u 

Frisco Men's Club, held June 25, 

the American Annex Hotel, was fe 

tured by a program of sclntillatir 

songs and stories. Approximately l 

members and guests mere in atten 

ance and all heartily applauded tl 

wisdom of the club in its selection I 

numbers for the occasion. 

Immediately following the meal Bc 

Cummins, master of ceremonies, toa 

charge of the meeting and introduce 

the entertainers, all of whom wer 

pressed for encores. Con Toome 

Bob Hebron and Louis B. Cahill gay 

some very pleasing vocal number 

and Beford won a rousing ar 

claim from the audience with a gron 

of highly diverting anecdotes. h'el 

on the program were the Anderso 

Twins, Misses Mary and Cherle Ar 

derson, popular entertalnera bor 

Gingham Inn, whose rendition of son1 

hits was a high light of the affair 

Bob Anslyn's Frisco Orchestra con 

tributed much to the success of thi 

occasion, both in accompanying th~ 

singers and furnishing music durinl 

the meal in its usual inimitable man 

ner. The session was closed with th~ 

distribution of attendance prieee. 

Tulsa, Okla. 

The business and social meetlng a: 

the Tulsa Frisco Employes' Club held 

June 19 in the Public Service Corn 

pany hall was very much of a success,

.-.. -... I- -- jcs' Clubs Make Encouraging 

Traffic Report for First Six Months of 1931 

The story of Ihe ntart who was shown busirzess suits by a sale's~r~an and 

replied, "Why shottld one have a birsir~ess sttit anymore.?" does rrot appljl to 

n~clirbers of Frisco Employes' C111bs. For the querulous statetnerrt that is 

m ubiquitoics thew days, "There ain't any busiriess." certainly does ttot 

orranole from meinbers of these organizations. They have denronstrated that 

there is business to be had and have gone otrt and secrcred it, as the tobtrlariots 

below, which shows the reszrlts of their eforts the first six tnonths of 

this year, conclttsively proves. 

Meetbtg adverse conditiom with detern~irtatiort and mergy, they have 

sko7m a decidedly cncouragirtg iitcrease over the first sir moitths of last year. 

Dwing the first half of 1931 they secured 4,654 carlots as cornpared with 

4.336 in thc sante period of 1930: 4,456 LCL shipmertts as cotrrpared with 

4.118 dnririg Ute first six months of last year, and 2,919 passerlgers ns against 

2,?59 for ths sante period of last year. 

Thr ddniled record follows: LCL 

Club Carlots Shipmanta Passengers 

Ames ................ . .......................................................... 2 

Amory ........................................................................... 25 

............................................................... 

Arkansas City 4 

Birmingham ............. . ........................................... 295 

Blytheville ...................................................................... 51 

Blackwell .................................................................... 17 

Cape Girardeau ............................................................. 23 

Chaffee ............................................................................. 7 

Clinton,Mo .............................................................. 9 

Clinton. Okla ................................................................. 9 

Dora ............................................................................. 37 

Drummond 9 

...................................................................... 

...................................................................... 

Eaglecity 3 

Enid (Estimated) ........... . .................................. 175 

Fayetteville ....... . .................................................... 20 

Fort Scott ............... . ................................................ 6 

Fort Smith .............. . ......................................... 9 

*Fort Worth .................................................................. 

Hayti .................. . ..................................................... 9 

Henryetta ....................................................................... 14 

Hobart (Estimated) ................. . .............................. 5 

Hugo ......................... .......... ............................................. 5 

14 

Joplin ............................................................................... 

Jonesboro ........................................................................ 

310 

Rsnsas City ................................................................... 441 

Lawton ............................................................................ 4 

Lebanon ......................................................................... 47 No 

Memphis ......................................................................... 49 

fadill .............................................................................. 3 

3Ionett ........................................................................... 7 

Mountain Park .............................................................. 4 

Huskogee ........... . ................................................... 14 

Neodesha ........... . ....................................................... 326 

North End Beaumont Sub ....................... . ........... 23 

Okeene .............. . ...................................................... 4 

Oklahoma City .................. . .................................... 71 

Okmulgee ........... . ........................................................ 20 

Pensacola ..................................................................... 333 

Poplar Bluff (Estimated) ......................................... 175 

Rogers ............................................................................. 19 

Salem .............................................................................. 1 

Sapulpa ............................................................................ 5 

Sherman ...................................................................... 60 

Springfield (Men and Girls) ................................... 1,452 

St. Louis Terminals ................................................... 184 

St. Louis Men ........................................................... 11 

St. Louis Girls ........................................................... 10 

Thayer ............................................................................. 15 

Tulsa .............................................................................. 139 

Wichita ............................................................................ 176 

Willow Springs .............................. 

. ...................... - 

2 1 27 

5 1 15 

25 15 

15 25 

4 1 26 

955 281 

83 525 

10 10 

Record Kept 138 

214 29 

15 8 

26 22 

- 3 

133 103 

6 11 

8 20 

4 3 

58 111 

6 1 

8 19 

- 250 

108 5 6 

16 10 

20 15 

2 3 0 

1.681 553 

- 36 

1 33 

- 35 

8 22 

49 127 

45 15 

5 13 

- - - 

Totals ...................................................................... 4,654 4,456 2,919 

*The Fort Worth, Tex., club kept record of Ilps only. That organlznttonhecured tips 

on the following business: 255 carlots, 36 LCL shlp~uenta atid 259 passengers. 

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with approximately 175 members and 

about 15 visitors from Sapulpa in at- 

tendance. 

C. J. Quinn, president, brought the 

session to order at 8:00 p. m. and 

called for communications regarding 

new business secured since the last 

assembly of the organization. The 

number of responses to his call evi- 

denced considerable solicitation activ- 

ity by members with encouraging re- 

sults. Following the business section 

of the meeting, the evening was given 

over to dancing to music furnished by 

the Allie Phillips Orchestra. The at* 

tendance prize of $1 was won by H. F. 

Allen. Willow Springs, Mo. 

Talks and discussion devoted to so- 

licitation occupied the greater part 

of the meeting of the Willow Springs 

Frisco Employes' Club held July 14 in 

the office of the roadmaster there. 

R. L. Redding, general foreman, B. 

and B. department, spoke on general 

business conditions and Mr. Bryan of 

the traffic department outlined his re- 

cent work in the solicitation field. Mr. 

Livingston, agent, dealt with the 

matter of getting employes interested 

in club work and securing their at- 

tendance at meetings. The next ses- 

sion was set for August 11. 

Ladies' Auxiliary, 

Kansas City, ,310. 

The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Frisco 

Employes Sunnyland Club of Kansas 

City met June 2 in the Women's 

Benefit Association Club Rooms for 

a short business session and an after- 

noon of card games and bunco. 

Thirty-seven members and guests 

were in attendance. 

The business section of the meet- 

ing was conducted by Mrs. W. B. 

Berry, president of the organization. 

Announcement was made that a pro- 

gram by children would be arranged 

for the July session and Mrs. J. 

Burch was asked to take charge of it. 

Following the transaction of club 

business, the session was given over 

to bridge, pinochle and bunco. The 

prizes in bridge were awarded to Mrs. 

Roland and Mrs. Ennis. Mrs. Ander- 

son and Mr. R. Gray had high scores 

in pinochle, and in bunco Mrs. Wells 

and Mrs. Clark were winners. Door 

prizes were received by Mesdames 

Renner, R. Gray, Ehni, Bryan, Hamil- 

ton, Malice, Ennis, McMahon. G. Ber- 

ry, Anderson, Combs and DeFries. 

These prizes were donated by Mes- 

dames Austin, Medlock. Conley, Mey- 

ers, Berry, DeFries and McMahon. 

Hostesses for the afternoon were 

Mesdames Conley, DeFries, Meyers. 

McMahon and Austin. Refreshments 

consisting of cake and coffee were 

served.

P iUe Hundred Yersons Attend Port Worth Uuting 

A 

CROWD of more than five hundred 

persons spent a day of 

genuine enjoyment, June 21, at 

the annual picnic of the Fort Worth 

Frisco Employes' Club, held at Casino 

Park on Lake Worth. 

The morning was spent at the 

beach where contests and races were 

held. H. A. Granger and R. E. Wesenberg 

were in charge of these events 

and were assisted by GI L. Oliver and 

J. E. Steele, who served as judges. 

A hotly contested fat men's race ended 

with A. G. Davenport of Stephenville, 

and R. E. Wesenberg of the accounting 

department, first and second 

respectively. Each of them received 

a worthwhile prize. The lean 

men's race was won by M. H. Reams, 

son of C. A. Reams, yard clerk. He 

was awarded a $3.50 pipe. Second 

prize, a box of groceries, was taken 

by G. W. Parrott of the vice-president 

and general manager's office. In the 

three-legged race M. H. Reams and 

Bill Harris took first award, an inner 

tube, and G. W. Parrott and J. 

D. Young, agent at Cresson, won a 

sack of flour, offered as second prize. 

A. W. Smith was first in the broad 

jump for boys under sixteen and received 

a cake. Jack Wesenberg was 

given a can of coffee for placing second. 

In the race for girls of all ages, 

Esta Mitchell, daughter of J. D. 

Nitchell, section foreman. Tolar, received 

a vanity case as first award 

and Virginia Stewart, daughter of E. 

M. Stewart, signal maintainer, Fort 

Worth, was given a can of coffee as 

the next prize. Esta Mitchell also 

was first in the race for girls under 

. fourteen and won a box of candy. 

Zelma Bishop, daughter of J. M. Bish- 

op, section foreman, Hebron, was sec- 

ond and received a jar of mayonnaise. 

W. H. Reams won a welcome kit for 

first in the shoe race for men and 

boys, and A. W. Smith was entitled to 

have his car washed for winning sec- 

ond. A gallon of vinegar and an au- 

tomobile wash were first and second 

prizes, respectively, in the fat la- 

dies' race, in which Mrs. Tipton, wife 

of D. B. Tipton, agent at Dublin, was 

first and Mrs. Camp, wife of R. B. 

Camp, agent at Tolar, was second. 

Mrs. B. L. Morgan. Fort Worth, re- 

ceived a book of milk tickets as win- 

ner of the lean ladies' race and Mrs. 

B. L. Westbrook, Fort Worth, who 

was second, was given a sack of 

flour. In the string chewing contest, 

F. 4. West, agent at Celina, and Mrs. 

R. B. Camp were first. The prize was 

2 two-pound boxes of candy. Mr. and 

Mrs. B. L. Morgan were awarded two 

pint jars of honey as second prize. 

Following the contests, hundreds of 

luncheon baskets were unpacked and 

the barbecue pit was the scene of a 

great deal of activity. Five hundred 

and twenty-nine pounds of meat were 

barbecued on the picnic grounds. The 

club also had on hand a generous 

supply of lemonade for the occasion. 

31. S. Engleman, manager of the Dal- 

las branch of the Central Boarding 

and Supply Company, fwnished 

plates, cups, knives and forks and 

helped serve the meats and lemon- 

ade. 

The afteriloon was occupied with 

visiting, swimming, boating and danc- 

ing. A huge banner, bearing two 

large Frisco emblems, was displayed 

at the entrance of the park, proclaim- 

ing throughout the day the club's an- 

painted by R. B. Leach of 

Among the officials in attei 

this outing were: 0. H. 

vice-president and general 

tendent; G. L. Oliver, tra 

ager; W. S. Hutchison, au 

C. Wilds, treasurer; R. L. 'I 

perintendent of freight loss 

age claims, and Dr. S. A. R 

chief surgeon, all of Fort T 

W. Surles, superintendent c 

power, Springfield, and W. 

master mechanic, and K. 

storekeeper. of Sherman. TI 

Fayetteville, Ark. 

The Fayetteville Frisco I - . 

Club had an exceptionally interest. 

ing and instructive meeting the even. 

ing of June 10. Forty-two members 

and visitors were in attendance. 

L. J. Price, president of the club, 

opened the session by announcing the 

membership of committees appointed 

recently on solicitation, attendance, 

entertainment and publicity. W, E. 

Stafford exhibited a placard bearing 

a picture of a Frisco freight traln 

and the words, "'We patronize the 

Frisco 100 per cent," and, after a 

brief discussion, it was agreed that 

the club should have several of these 

printed and displayed in store win 

dows. Mr. Price then called for a 

report on solicitation and a number 

told of tips and business secured. 

C. Mitchell, agent at Farmington, 

spoke briefly, telling of the straw 

berry situation at his station, which 

is one of the principal assembling 

points for berry loading in that ter. 

ritory. He was followed by E. A. Rfor 

asni, who spoke on the unfairness 

of truck rates. Hugh Hays, president 

of the Rogers club, made a brief talk,

in which he extended a hearty invi- taiued by several musica 1 numbers 

tation to members of the Fayetteville by the three Banlzs sisters , of Checoclub 

and their friends to attend a so- tah, Okla., assisted by Mr. Lowery of 

cia1 meeting of the Rogers organization 

set for June 19. F. E. Branna- 

Gravette, Ark. At the clot 3e of these 

selections. L. V. Price. p~ -esident of 

man, assistant superintendent, made the Frisco Employes' Club at Fayettean 

interesting talk, in which he dealt ville, addressed the meeting and with 

with club work, store-door delivery other members of the Frisco String 

and a division picnic. 

Band of Fayetteville entertained the 

The club session was then brought gathering with some excellent music. 

to a close and the meeting was turned 

over to C. C. Mills, accident prevention 

agent. who spoke on safety. 

Vith the close of Mr. Mills' talk, the 

gathering was entertained by the 

Risco String Band, under the direction 

of Frank Roberts, a Railway 

Express employe. 

Madill, Okla. 

The meeting of the Madill Frisco 

Employes' Club, held July 5, was 

giren over chiefly to planning the 

club's annual picnic set for July 16. 

Reports made in this session indicated 

that prospects for a large attendance 

were excellent; however, 

members were urged to extend their 

best efforts to bring out a large number. 

Club officers expressed hope of 

having four hundred or more present. 

Rogers, Ark. 

The meeting of the Rogers Frisco 

Employes' Club, held June 19 in the 

1. 0. 0. F. Hall there, and attended 

by 126 members and guests, was tru- 

ly a worthwhile assembly, both from 

the standpoint of enthusiasm and in- 

rtrudiveness. 

Hugh Hays, president of the organ- 

ization, who made the opening ad- 

dress. laid particular emphasis upon 

the value of Frisco Lines to Rogers 

as an industry. calling attention to 

the payroll, taxes and expenditures 

lor Ice, water and other local pur- 

chases. 

The address of the eveuing was 

~iven by Erwiu Funk, retired presi- 

dent of the National Editorial Asso- 

ciation, who highly praised the rail- 

roads for the service and accommoda- 

tions they had shown him. He 

strongly advocated legislation that 

would give railroads fair treatment. 

F. E. Brannaman, assistant superin- 

tendent, Fort Smith, followed Mr. 

Funk with an interesting talk. 

The gathering was then enter- 

Muskogee, Okla. 

Solicitation was the principal topic 

before the meeting of the Muskogee 

Frisco Employes' Club held June 18, 

with a total attendance of twenty-one. 

H. M. Hammers, club president. 

opened the session with a report on 

tips and business secured and 

thanked the membership for its good 

showing. He urged everyone to try 

to report more tips and secure more 

business during the last half of the 

year than during the first six months. 

W. L. Pendleton of the traffic de- 

partment at Tulsa, who was a visitor 

at the meeting, made an interesting 

talk, in which he outlined the accom- 

plishments of clubs in his territory. 

H. F. DeLozier, also of the traffic de- 

partment, Tulsa, told of the hardships 

railroads have had during the past 

few years. He was followed by J. W. 

Clark, yardmaster, who made a re- 

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port of the solicitation work of the 

train, engine and yard forces. He 

related that he had informed all 

switchmen working under him of the 

amount of Frisco taxes in Oklahoma 

and particularly in Muskogee County. 

T. E. Walker made a short talk on 

solicitation and announced that he 

had arranged with a local newspaper 

to publish a statement of Frisco 

taxes. 

The meeting was concluded with a 

discussion concerning plans for a pic- 

nic and two committees were appoint- 

ed. one comprised of men of the club 

and the other of ladies. The mem- 

bership of the men's committee was 

as follows: W. Estes, chairman, C. P. 

Long, W. 31. Lowery. Steve Hays and 

Paul Dodson. The ladies' committee 

was comprised of the following: Mes- 

dames W. Estes. T. E. Walker, Steve 

Hays. W. E. Chamberlain and C. P. 

Long. The committees were instruct- 

ed to set the date for the outing. 

Sherman, Texns 

The meeting of the Sherman Frisco 

Employes' Club, held July 6, was 

opened by report on solicitation let- 

ters sent ant by the chb. About 

twenty-five members were in attend- 

ance at the session. 

The report showed that 81 letters 

had been written during the month, 

52 thanking business men for patron- 

age and 29 calling the attention of 

business men to the small amount of 

business given Frisco Lines. Replies 

had been received from six firms. 

After a lengthy discussion it was de- 

cided that letters should be written 

to cover three-month periods. 

I

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ceding the meeting, for failure to 

comply with regulations. He said that 

because of frequent recent changes of 

personnel in the highway department, 

he had been unable to secure definite 

information regarding the proper 

place to report violations but would 

see that reports reached proper au- 

thorities. 

In accordance with new by-laws 

adopted at the May meeting, C. V. 

Montgomery, president, appointed a 

program and a refreshment commit- 

tee. The program committee was 

comprised of C. C. Jordan, W. T. 

Smith, W. T. Nelson, Mrs. Iva Sewell 

end H. L. McDuffie. The refreshment 

committee consisted of K. P. Guin, G. 

V. Grizwold, J. C. Atchison, B. B. 

Walker and Miss Kathleen McCrary. 

Girls' Club, St. Louis, M/ o. 

"They get better all the time." was 

the comment of various members of 

the St. Louis Girls' Club, after the 

June luncheon held at the Jefferson 

hotel, St. Louis on June 30. when the 

members of tkt club installed new 

officers for the year 1931-32. 

Mrs. Louise Gibson, of the fuel de- 

partment, was unanimously re-elected 

to the office of president, and Lucile 

Meyer of the purchasing department 

was re-elected secretary of the club. 

Marion Witte was elected first vice- 

president; Katherine LeHoullier, sec- 

ond vice-president and Lillian Barnes, 

treasurer. 

Guests at the luncheon included 

Messrs. J. R. Koontz, F. H. Hamiltoll 

and E. T. Miller, vice-presidents, S. S. 

Butler and F. G. Jonah. 

The program of entertainment was 

of unusual interest and included a 

piano solo by Nary McCann, a pupil 

of the Pettingill School of Music; a 

dance by Margaret Windian, from the 

Hawaiian School of hIusic, and a vo- 

cal solo by Jin~mie Thorpe, nccom- 

panied by Mary McCann. Bob Anslgn 

and his orchestra entertained with a 

group of popular songs during the 

luncheon and were warmly applauded 

for encores. A birthday cake with 

four candles, signifying the fourth 

birthday of the club, formed the cen- 

terpiece at the speaker's table. 

Miss Martha Moore presented Mrs. 

Gibson with a beautiful basket of gar- 

den flowers in appreciation of her 

year's work, and Julia Kitts with a 

pendant. The secretary, Lucile Mey- 

ers, and Lilian Kulage, retiring vice- 

president, were each pr,esented with 

a corsage. Following the presenta- 

tion, Lydia Peterson presented Miss 

Moore with a beautiful bouquet of 

flowers, in commemoration of her 

work in starting the club on its sue, 

cessful career four years ago. 

The guests present were merely in- 

troduced and Col. Jonah,. who had 

been asked to make a short address. 

asked that he be privileged to return 

to the club when their program was 

not so full and address them. 

Following the luncheon a number 

of the girls sliced the birthday cake 

and carried a piece back to the office 

to enjoy during the afternoon. 

Memphis, Tenn. 

Memphis Frisco employes and their 

friends turned out enmasse on June 

27, to one of the largest night gath- 

erings ever held by the club at that 

point. A count of the banquet tickets 

showed that 286 attended. 

The banquet was held on the tenth 

floor of the Elks' hotel, a:*.d an ex- 

cellent program held the attention of 

the audience. Due to warm weather. 

there were only two addresses, one 

by S. S. Butler, general traffic man- 

ager for Frisco Lines, and the second 

by Lake Hziys, an attorney of Mem- 

phis, Tenn. Messrs. H. L. Worman, 

vice-president in charge of operation, 

and W. S. Merchant, assistant general 

traffic manager, also attended the 

banquet from St. Louis. 

The crowd assembled at 6:30 p. rn. 

and following greetings of friends 

filed into the spacious dining room. 

A delightful meal was served to the 

guests, and there were representa- 

tives of the Frisco fanlily present 

from Dora. Ala., Columbus and 

Amory, Miss., St. Louis, Mo., Blpthe- 

ville, Ark., and other points. 

A. P. Matthews, assistant traffic 

manager, served as toastmaster, but 

he called upon R. E. Buchanan, traf- 

fic manager. to introduce the guests 

at the speakers' table. 

In his address Mr. Hays paid a dis- 

tinct compliment to the operation of 

Frisco trains, saying that he had 

never been on a Frisco train that the 

engineer did not blow the whistle the 

approved number of times at a grade 

crossing. He also said that service 

of the Frisco or any other railroad 

could only be maintained by every 

man, from one end of the system to 

the other, doing his duty. 

Mr. Hays also referred to the bus 

and truck problem in the following 

summary: "Bus and truck liues, one 

of the most serious competitors of the 

railroads, are not adequately taxed 

and until they bear an equal burden 

with the railroads in the transporta- 

tion system of this country, the rail- 

road will continue to suffer." He said 

that railroad men of that vicinity 

were informed of the brief prepared 

for the railroads that operate in the 

state .of Tennessee, and that Nashville 

was now considering a bus measure. 

The brief to which he referred ended 

with the following statement: "If the 

buses are here and here to stay, then 

let the proper taxation be made upon 

them in respect to overhead, pnr. 

chases, etc., and then, if with that 

fair taxation and fair competition the 

railroad cannot survive in the em 

nomic fibre, then and only then 

should it fail." 

Mr. Butler briefly addressed the 

gathering stating that there were but 

two alternatives for the railroad; QUe, 

an increase in freight rates or a re 

duction in salaries. The railroads 

have elected first to try and securc 

an advance in freight rates, therebg 

avoiding the necessity for reductioa 

in wages. Mr. Butler spoke optimis 

tically of the outlook fn better coo. 

ditions and better business and !ell 

his audience in a roar of laughte~ 

when he told several of his famoue 

stories. 

The two addresses comprised the 

program, and at 10:OO o'clock thc 

'tables were removed and man] 

danced to the strains of Johnn: 

Evans' orchestra. The guests deparl 

ed at a late hour, but not until the: 

had voted to have an even larger a! 

fair in the early fall. 

The meeting of the Greater Traffii 

Committee of the Frisco Empoyea 

Club of Memphis, Tenn., held July 8 

was featured by the large number o 

reports on tips and business secure1 

and the enthusiasm displayed by a1 

present. Twenty-five members werl 

in attendance, and practically the en 

tire meeting was given over to aa 

licitation. The next session was ae 

for the second Wednesday in August 

Okrnulgee, Okla. 

Election of officers was the chfe 

business transacted at the n~eetinl 

of the Okmulgee Frisco Employee 

Club, held July 6, and attended b: 

twenty-one members. 

E. K. Rikard was elected presfden 

and H. S. Cook was chosen for thl 

vice-presidency. Miss Helen Tron~ 

was elected secretary-treasurer. Fol 

lowing the election, Mr. Rikard tool 

charge of the meeting and at the 8Ug 

gestion of G. A. Brundidge, the clul 

gave H. T. Wood, retiring presldenl 

a rising vote of thanks for the club' 

progress during his incumbency. MI 

Rikard made an interesting talk 01 

store delivery. Mrs. A. T. Ekstro~ 

and Mr. Wood also spoke to the meel 

ing, Mr. Wood dealing with solicita 

tion. J. E. King suggested that thl 

club hare a picnic and it was declde~

Buddy Rex, 10-yrar-old sorr oj E. 0. Darryhtrey, train)iraster at Errid. 

Oklu., aid Mrs. Darryhlreg, is a n~ost nccoirr~lislred daircer. He is showr! 

iir the photograph. nccoirrpnrryirtg wrtlr his little dancirrg partner, Barbara 

Arrstrr. 'I'lrc f7,o mode their first prrblic. nppcc~r.trrrce nt tr recital sporrsarcd 

b\l the I~irestorrc School of Dortcrrry, crctrtctl 11 Tcrrsotiorr nrld had to rr~spolrd 

:,~lir a irrrrrrbrr of orcorcs. 

I 

Buddy is also mr exccllcrtt tap tlaircc,r nrrd hos giverr so~re sfilerrdid perforrrrarrres. 

He is attrrrdiirg tlrc Crbarr Jrirrior .lIilitnr)r Sclrool's srirrrrrrcr. 

cnrirp at Three Rivers, Trrlore Cortrrt~l, Calif.. this sicrirnrrr. 

Aic crtpgirrg ~ortirysto-, he is 7 ~ 1 1 liked by his oz~rr wide circlr of 

frirrrds, wiiririrrg tlrc instarrt approval of all z,ith rt3ho)rr Ire rorrrrs irz rorrtart. 

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that it should be held at Sulphur, 

Okla., with invitations extended to 

the clubs of Sapulpa, hluskogee. 

Henryetta and Madill, the employes at 

stations from Sapulpa to Madill, and 

Frisco patrons. The president was , 

instructed to write C. T. Mason, 

superintendent, concerning transportation 

to the outing and a coinmittee 

comprised of Mr. Wood and Mr. King 

was appointed to call upon the city 

commissioners for the purpose of securing 

a table and a sign on the club 

picnic grounds at Lake Okmulgee. 

Mr. Rikard was instructed to write W. 

L. Huggins, Jr., director of publicity, 

suggesting that enlployes save their 

issues of the Frisco Employes' Magazine 

for distribution upon trains. The 

club went on record as endorsing the 

"Buy Okmulgee District Products" 

campaign. 

Cape Gii-rrrdeau, Mo. 

The greater part of the meeting of 

the Cape Girardeau Frisco Employes' 

Club, held July 2, was occupied with 

making plans for a banquet at which 

local shippers would be guests. The 

session was attended by fifteen memhers 

and two visitors, E. P. Olsen, 

assistant superintendent,- and E. C. 

Head, agent, Neelys, Mo. 

After a general discussion regarding 

a banquet which included mention 

of the possibility of holding it jointly 

with the Frisco Employes' Club of 

Chaffee, a committee was appointed 

to investigate the matter. It was conlprised 

of J. T. Hulehan, Ralph Burge 

and L. A. Gibson. The session was 

concluded with a discussion of solicitation. 

Ladies' Auxiliary, 

Kansas City, Mo. 

Students from the Logan Expression 

Studio provided a novel and entertaining 

program at the meeting of 

the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Frisco 

Employes' Sunnyland Club of Kansas 

City, held in the Woman's Benefit 

Association Hall there July 7. 

The following readings constituted 

the program: "I've Got Mumps" and 

"Grandma Pays the Dill," by Betty 

Hervey; "Mrs. Rastus Johnston at tho 

Telephone" and "In the Shoe Store," 

by Lola Rrovrn; "When We Haven't 

Said Our Prayers," by Xaribeka Wilson; 

"She Sparkled," by Betty Lunsford 

and Maribeka WiIson; "Betty at 

the Baseball Game," by Betty Rurch; 

"The Usunl Way," by Betty Burch 

and Permelift and Junior Sturgill, and 

"In a Frivco Pulln~an Car" and "Husbands 

for Sale," by Emily Ann Mullins. 

In the business session which followed 

the prograni the club decided

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to donate $10 to the Frisco baseball 

team. Mrs. C. R. Ehni was elected 

secretary-treasurer to succeed Mrs. 

W. M. Medlock who resigned. 

The remainder of the meeting was 

given over to bridge, pinochle and 

bunco, Mrs. Bartlett and Mrs. Luck- 

ett received bridge awards and JIrs. 

Bray and Mrs. Combs were high in 

pinochle. Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Clark 

won in bunco. Door prizes were re- 

ceived by Mesdames Blank, Glover, 

Land, Bartlett, H. Batchelder, R. 

Batchelder, Boyd, Bennett, Midkiff. 

Cherry, McCaPfrey. Waldo, Barlow, 

Kelso, Finn, Poncik, Sleightholm, Har- 

rigan, McMahon, Breedlove and 

Wells. The prizes were donated by 

Mesdames A. Gray, Fenner, Ponzik, 

R. Gray, Berry, Land and Ehni. Re- 

freshments were served by Mesdames 

Poncik, Ehni, Land, R. Gray and 

Fenner. 

Clinton, &lo. 

The meeting of the Frisco Em- 

ployes' Club of Clinton Mo., held 

June 18 in the Frisco Station there, 

was combined with a book-of-rules 

meeting and was attended by twenty- 

four employes. T. B. Coppage, super- 

intendent, presided. 

Mr. Coppage opened the session 

with an interesting talk on traffic and 

store-door delivery service. He was 

followed by Mr. Sigler, conductor, 

who made suggestions regarding serv- 

ice, which Mr. Coppage agreed to car- 

ry out. Various employes then spoke 

on solicitation and safety, following 

which the book-obriiles section of 

the meeting began. 

Colored Club, Birmingham, Ala. 

A large number of colored em- 

ployes from B!rmingham and nearby 

towns journeyed to Cordova, Ala., 

July 18, for the annual all-day outing 

of the Frisco Colored Employes' Club 

of Birmingham. 

A special train was provided for the 

occasion, leaving Birmingham at 7:30 

a. m. and arriving at Cordova at 

9:05 a. m. 

On the return trip the picnickers 

left Cordova at 6:00 p. nl. and reached 

Birmingham at 7:30 p. m. Stops were 

made at West Highlands, Benwood. 

East Thomas and Pratt City, both go- 

ing and returning. All in attendance 

pronounced the affair a decided suc- 

cess. 

Aged 

Fossy Lady (who has been a long 

time in selecting her purchase)-But 

I don't think this it lamb. It looks 

to me like mutton. 

Exasperated Butcher -It was a 

lamb when I first showed it to you, 

madam. 

T 

An I llAt ration and a Warning 

HIS adds another to a long series of abandonment cases, which 

should serve both as an illustration and as a warning. That 

every community is entitled to use those means of transporta- 

tion which it prefers cannot properly be questioned by anyone, we 

think. Those who prefer a steam railroad and can support it have a 

right to their choice. Those who prefer a line of motor trucks have 

the same right. Similarly those who prefer still other forms of trans- 

portation also have this right. 

However, when a community has at its disposal, as many or 

most communities have, several means of transportation and it has 

exercised its choice in the form of patronage, it must realize that 

those means of transportation which its choice has eliminated from 

patronage may not be able to continue to exist without such patron- 

age and that abandonment must follow as a last resort. 

A community which can support every known means of trans- 

portation is unquestionably entitled to them all; but a community 

which can support only one cannot insist upon the retention of two 

if the patronage accorded to the least favored one is not sufficient 

to enable it to live. 

It is the duty of a railroad company to provide reasonable ade- 

quate service. This cannot be challenged by any one. However, 

when its ability to continue to serve is threatened, the company 

owes the further duty to undertake whatever is within its power to 

avoid crippling or destroying that service. 

A railroad company whose resources have been exhausted due 

to loss of traffic to other agencies cannot continue to serve. Oper- 

ating expenses cannot be paid out of an empty pocket. 

-From decision by Interstate Conrrrrerce Contnrissiorr, Swnpttr 

Valley Railzca~~ Aborrdo)rtrrerr~, Firtor~ce Docket No. 8100. 

BUILD FlRE HOUSE 

Contract has been let for the con- 

struction of a fire house and large 

concrete reservoir with a capacity 

of 200,000 gallons at the Friscc's 

Springfield West Shops. 

The fire house will be a one-story 

brick structure with a basement in 

which two powerful pumps will be 

placed. The ground floor will pro- 

vide space for housing one or two 

fire trucks and living quarters for 

the men who are in charge of the 

equipment. The building will be 

thirty-three feet in each direction and 

will be located near the power house. 

The concrete reser'voir is to be 

ninety feet long, thirty feet wide and 

twelve feet deep. Six feet of the 

depth will be below ground level, and 

roofed with Johns-Manville Transite 

roofing. This reservoir will be kept 

full by gravity from the city mains. 

This reservoir will be in addition to 

the standpipe with 140-foot elevation 

and 100,000 gallons capacity, which 

was built when the West Shops were 

located in Springfield in 1912. There 

are three wells at the shops' location 

which have been in use as a source 

of drinking water supply for many 

years, the water for general use hav- 

ing come from a large surface reser- 

voir. 

When the shops were constructed, 

the Frisco had an agreement with the 

TRAINS 97.5% ON TIME 

The 4,060 passenger trains oper. 

ated on Frisco Lines during June were 

97.5 per cent on time, according to 

a statement on the subject issued by 

the office of the general manager, 

Springfield, Mo., July 10. 

Western division had the highest 

percentage of trains on time during 

June, operating 150 trains 98.7 per 

cent on time. Second highest percenl- 

age was made on Central division, 

where 300 trains were 98.3 per cent on 

time. River division was third high. 

est with 760 trains 97.9 per cent on 

time. 

Records on other divisions during 

May were: Eastern division, 540 

trains, 96.9 per cent on time; South. 

western division, 640 trains, 96.1 per 

cent on time; Northern division, 910 

trains, 92 per cent on time, and 

Southern division, 760 trains, 96.8 per 

cent on time. 

city whereby fire protection would be 

extended outside the city limits. To 

this end a fine cinder roadway war 

built to the shops from North Broad- 

way Avenue, giving city fire equlp. 

ment a more direct route than other- 

wise could have been possible. I 

- 

Announcer: "Why were you silent 

for flve minutes?" 

Saxophone Soloist: "That was a re- 

quest number."

m Section Foremen .Meet at Memphis May 3 1 

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Tire plrotogroph above shows those i~r atte~darrce at the general nreeti~rg of Southern dioisior~ sectiori foretrren held at Jler~rphis, 

.Voy 31. It wos one of the largest and ntost strccessfrrl sessions of its kind held on the systerrr in recent mojrths. About 150 

jorcrncrr nrrd nj'icinls wrre in atte~rdarrce and the discussion was marked by its ins!r~rctive~~ess and enthusiasr!~. Arrro~sg those 

cnntribrrtirrg especially 7~orthwhile talks were G. W. Koonts, diwistorr englrieer; S. J. Fra~rer, 

srrperintender~t, atrd A. P. Alatthews, assistant lraj'ic nranagtr. 

HEADS METRO CLUB 

When Victor B. Gleaves, secretary 

to M, Al. Sisson, assistant general 

manager, journeyed to Parsons, Kan.. 

on June 21-23 he announced his 

purpose as attending the Metro Club's 

international convention in that city, 

but the well laid plans which he had 

also made to marry Miss Beulah Mc- 

Kabb of Springfield, went through 

without a hitch, and the young couple 

were married at Parsons. June 23. 

During the convention Mr. Gleaves 

nas elected executive secretary of the 

3Ietro Club International. Prior to 

this last post he had served as inter- 

natlonal treasurer. 

Glenves has been interested in civic 

club work since 1926. For two years 

he was secretary and treasurer of the 

Springfield Pathfinder Club, and was 

instrumental in the formation of the 

National Association of Pathfinder 

Clubs in 1929 and was national secre- 

tary of that association from its or- 

ganhation until its merger on Janu- 

ary 1, 1931, with the Young Men's 

Civic Forum International. The con- 

solidated organization took the name 

of Metro Club International. The 

Netro Clubs are civic clubs for young 

men between the ages of 21 and 34. 

At the E~ose of 'the convention the 

young couple went to the Pacific coast 

on a honeymoon, follo~ving which they 

will be at home to friends in Spring- 

field. Mo. 

I Recent Agenc.y Changes 

The following were installed per- 

manent agents at the stations which 

follow their names: 

Robert J. Horwood, Headrick. 

Okla., July 6. Orville D. Hathaway, 

Millerton. Okla., July 9. Victor A. 

Dnfour, Moyers, Okla., July 10. Perry 

H. Fisk, Schulter, Okla., July 9. 

William A. Barron, Thomas, Okla.. 

July 9. Ova L. Haddon, Troy, Okla., 

July 10. Benjamin 5'. Young, Wil- 

lian~sville, Mo., July l. Bruce J. 

Hough, Bushyhead, Okla., June 27. 

Henry M. Bader, Illmo, Ho., June 18. 

Alfred Braden, Mannford, Okla., June 

29. Alfred E. Dean, Seventy-Six, Mo., 

June 19. Milton B. ReynoIds, Troy, 

Okla., June 22. Delbert Roberts, Ald- 

rich. Mo., June 15. Robert E. Lay- 

man, Fagus, Mo., June 10. Oren A. 

Cox, White Oak, Okla., June 10. Wel- 

don L. AIcBride, New Albany, Kan., 

June 12. 

The following were installed tem- 

porary agents at the stations which 

follow their names: 

Marcus J. Williams, Kimbrough, 

-4la.. July 3. Clarence E. Sadler, 

Osceola, Ark., July 2. Cleo G. Hart- 

ness. Arkinda, Ark., June 23. Robert 

W. Holland. Broseley. Mo., June 22. 

Harold D. Petty. Cuba, Mo., June 23. 

Robert A. Maffett, Haverhill, Kan., 

June 11. Lon Richards, Illmo, Mo., 

June 8. 

Effective July 8, 1931, Macomb, Mo., 

ticket only agency was closed. 

Oscar C. Miller was installed per- 

manent agent at Neodesha. Kan.. 

July 1. Ticket account only was 

audited as cashier handles freight ac- 

count, agent handling ticket account. 

Jack J. Roberts was installed tem- 

porary agent at Quapaw, Okla., July 

9. Regular agent, D. B. Sudsbury, 

left station June 16. Fred Sweep, 

operator, was acting agent until 

July 9. 

Clarence D. Blakey was installed 

temporary ticket agent at Wishart, 

Mo., July 3. 

Effective June 18, Floral, Kan., 

Western division, Beaumont sub- 

division, was closed as a freight 

agency, remaining open as a ticket 

only agency. Lawrence C. Horton 

was installed ticket agent. Former 

agent, A. Braden, left station May 15. 

Chester F. Rogers was acting agent 

from that date until June 18. 

Effective June 30, Kirk, Mo., ticket 

only agency was closed. 

George D. Bailey was installed tem- 

porary agent at Moyers, Okla., June 

12. Transfer made between agents 

to be verified by traveling auditor. 

Effective June 16, Orville D. Hatha- 

way relieved G. D. Bailey and will 

continue to handle station until per- 

manent agent is assigned. 

Mrs. AIfred S. Riley was installed 

temporary ticket agent at Linden- 

wood, Mo., June 11.

I MERITORIOUS SERVICE I 

I 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

June 28-E. L. Monroe, conductor, 

and L. A. Heinrich, brakeman, both of 

Fort Scott, Kan.. found car leaking 

wheat and, after making temporary 

repairs, notified Fort Scott for car to 

be inspected upon arrival. Five mer- 

its each. 

June 20-F. E. Helbert, engineer. 

and Chester Brown, fireman, both of 

Wichita, Kan., made repairs to engine 

after throttle packing had blown out 

and handled train into terminal. Five 

merits each. 

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION 

May 27-31. E. Heinxman, tele- 

grapher, Sapulpa, Okla., noticed gas- 

oline leaking from car passing of- 

fice. Commended. 

June 26-B. F. Terry, brakeman, 

West Tulsa, Okla., observed caution 

block at Oakhurst and red block just 

east of Marglo, while driving along 

highway between Sapulpa and West 

Tulsa and made report on arrival at 

Sapulpa. Investigation showed that 

switch at Marglo was defective, caus- 

ing rails to force a contact. His 

alertness probably saved delay to No. 

117. Five merits. 

EASTERN DIVISION 

June 234. S. Ely, engineer. Springfield, 

Mo., handled engine after blowoff 

cock was damaged near Verona. 

Commended. 

July 5-Harry Hutchison, brakeman, 

Newburg, No., took exceptional 

interest in movement of train No. 12 

when deadheading. Ten merits. 

RIVER DIVISION 

May 31-V. R. Kelley, brakeman, 

secured seven passengers, Columbia, 

JIo., to Caruthersville, Mo., using 

Frisco Lines from St. Louis. 

mended. 

Com- 

June 3-G. B. Homan, agent, Wilson, 

as an advertising feature gave 

conductor, train ,808, flowers from 

beds around station to be given to 

lady passengers. Commended. 

May 28-J. J. Morgan, operator, discovered 

brakes sticking on flat car 

and wheels sliding on another at Cape 

Girardeau and succeeded in stopping 

train and correcting condition. Com- 

mended. 

a 

hIay 18-L. A. Gibson, conductor, 

secured movement of party of 12 high 

school graduates and teachers, St. 

Louis to Festus, when they had in- 

tended using a bus. Commended. 

June 5-J. R. Johnson. conductor; 

W. H. Boner and A. L. Smith, brake- 

men; S. T. Lippard, engineer, and 

D. I. Heltibrand. fireman, volunteered 

WFFco FMPLO*S'~ 

In the Wheat Country of the Southwest 

This ttrrrtsrrnl nrric~l airx .

In the Frisco's Hospitals . 

r followirtg lisl cnrrlniits tlrr rruiitcs of pntirrrts coi~firrctl irr /he l;ri.vco 

xs' Hospicul ilr .\'t. Lotris. urld St. Jolrrl's Hospi/cii, Sprir~gfirlti, Jlo., 

4rcgrtst. 19.71. Tltc7jl ;,ill L v yloti to ltmr jrorrr tlrcir friwds: 

?, Hampden, No., section 

Johnson, Cardova, ..\la., sec- 

Ian. 

gden, Kansas City, No., car 

aase, Glendale. Mo., clerk. 

:r, St. Louis. Mo., trucker. 

Kleine, St. Louis, No., re- 

k. 

Iteele, Altns, Okla., section 

epl~ens, Hugo. Okla., boiler- 

Smart, Sapulpa, Okla., time- 

Hudson, Fall River, Kans., 

rkes. Hybart, Ala., pumper. 

awson, Monett, 310.. switch- 

'roffer, Chaffee. ;\lo., water 

an. 

well, Hayti, AIo.. machinist. 

uckley, Kansas City, Mo., 

I rcluul'er. 

D. Criswell. Birmingham, -41a.. 

hlnist. 

H. Farmer, Welling, Olila.. sec- 

Iahorer. 

Forester, Hayti, No.. B. & B. 

enter. 

. H. Hernclon, Hugo, Olila., ron- 

or. 

Kelley. Nonett, No., section 

rer. 

L. Kennecly, JIemphis, Tenn., 

inspector. 

B. Phillips, Sapulpa, Okla., blaclr- 

h. 

C. Smiley, Salem. No.. engineer 

inn. 

L. Vail, Miami. Okla.. telegraph 

ator. 

C. Saner, Sa?ulpa, Okla., en- 

?r. 

E Brannaman, Ft. Smith, Ark.. 

tant superintendent. 

s. L. 0. n7illiams, St. Louis, No., 

rte. 

H. Green/ Newburg, No., grease 

cup man. 

R. Smith. Advance, 310.. B. & B. 

1 cdrpenter. ' 

N. Baker, Bartlesville, Okla., pen- 

sioned agent. 

11. J. Barrett. St. Louis. 310.. en- 

( gineer. 

r L. E. Young. Tupelo. Miss.. B. & B. 

1 rO~m~~~ton, Newburg. No.. engineer. 

1 S. F. Meek, Aliceville. Ala.. operator. 

H. Dean, hIanchester, No., pensioned 

engineer. 

F. E. Williams, IVilson, Ark., section 

laborer. 

J. Hamilton, St. Louis, No., switchman. 

D. Hamilton, Cabool, No., section 

laborer. 

F. A. Hallum, Tulsa, Okla., switchman. 

J. E. Jones, Ft. Scott, Kans., engineer. 

S. W. Whitesell, Crowder, No., section 

foreman. 

A. H. Beardon, Paris, Texas, clerk. 

L. 0. Taylor. Springfield, Mo., machinist. 

G. W. Edgerton, Hugo, Okla., pardmaster. 

W. Huesgen, Springfield, No., 

boilermaker. 

C. l?. Simpkins, Chaffee, No., machinist. 

L. A. Ross, Puxico, No., steel bag 

man. 

L. T. Beatty, Tulsa, Okla., painter 

R. Johnson, Eureka Springs. Ark., 

steel brtdgeman. 

D. B. Sudsberry, Ft. Scott, Kans., 

agent. 

S. E. Thon~pson, Birmingham, Ala., 

B. & B. carpenter. 

;\I. Berry, Kansas City. Mo., crossing 

flagman. 

B. ;\I. Shaller, Marion, Ark., signal 

maintainer. 

T. P. Nealy, Birlninghanl, Ala.. 

clerk. 

0. Mr. Kelling, Aurora, Mo.. section 

foreman. 

ST. JOHN'S HOPITAL, 

SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

\V. 0. Gammon. Springfield, No., 

flagman. 

>I. McGuire, S p r i II g fi e 1 d, No., 

groundman. 

S. 117. Debo, Springfield, Mo., engineer. 

T. D. Dolsor~. Springfield, Mo., machinist. 

John Kenner, Springfield. Mo., 

trucker. 

Miss Ann UriIligan, SpringfieId, Mo.. 

clerk. 

Miss Z. Selvidge, Springfield, Mo., 

cIerk. 

G. C. Evans, Thayer, Mo., brakeman. 

C. E Dawson, Nonett, Mo.. switchman. 

H. Y. Kirby, Monett, IIo., switchman. 

T. Crow. Diron. Mo.. laborer, 

TALENTED FRISCO GIRL 

Bliss Nathalie Jessup, daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jessup, Frisco 

agent and wife of Comanche, Tex., is 

a Frisco daughter 

and n most ac- 

complished musi- 

cian. S h e left 

J n n e 2nd for 

E u r o p e, where 

she will study 

organ under 

Vierne in Paris. 

Miss Jessup is 

a graduate of 

Moody Bible In- 

S.ITH.II,IF: .IF:SYI:I' 

stitute in Chicago 

and played for 

a 

IV.iII.B.I., in Chicago. 

year over 

For the past 

year she has been an organist in Ft. 

Worth, and broadcast frequently over 

station W.B.A.P., at Ft. Worth. 

GOING D-0-W-N! ! 

The nunlber of cars damaged by 

rough handling on Frisco Li~~es continues 

to decline as the year progresses. 

During the first six months 

the total number damaged decreased 

45.8 per cent and the monetary 

amount of this damage decreased 70.9 

per cent, both in comparison with 

the corresponding period of Iast year, 

according to a statement issued July 

7 by the office of the car accountant, 

Springfield, AIo. 

The numbel: of cars handled per car 

damaged increased 53 per cent and 

the amount of damage per car handled 

decreased 65.25 per cent during 

the first half of this year, co~npared 

with that portion of 1930. 

Of the Frisco divisions. Wester11 

is ranked first, having handled 80,396 

cars without damage during the first 

half of the year. Northern division 

is ranked second, having damaged 

five cars out of 443,037 handled, and 

Southwestern division is given third 

place, handling 424.602 cars with damage 

to 6. 

Among the terminals, the best record 

was made at Tulsa, where 354,- 

830 cars were handled with damage 

to 8. Second place among the terminals 

was given to Kansas City. Ten 

cars were damaged there out of 330,- 

408 handled. St. Louis was ranked 

third, handling 301,735 cars and damaging 

11. 

Xo cars were damaged on Texas 

Lines during the first six months of 

this year. This compares favorably 

with the correspondiug period, both 

last year and the year before. Nine 

cars were damaged there during the 

first sir months of each of those 

years.

DO YOU KNOW? 

A splendid example of intelligent 

solicitation is evidenced in the follow- 

ing circular recently issued by the 

Fri~co Employes' Club of Fayetteville, 

Ark. These statements are titled, 

"DO YOU KNOW", and acquaint the 

prospective customer for Frisco 

Service with facts which would not 

ordinarily come to his attention. 

The "DO YOU KNOW" facts have 

been mimeographed on white paper 

and a number of copies are in the 

possession of each member of the 

club. They make excellent talking 

points in the solicitation of business, 

and have proven the means of bring- 

ing in many car loads of freight and 

many passengers for Frisco Lines. 

The group of facts are quoted be- 

low : 

DO YOU KNOW 

The railroads of the United 

States pay more than $1,000,000 a 

day in taxes and $2,000,000 a day 

in mahtaining their right-of-way. 

THAT they are fighting for ex- 

istence today. due to unfair com- 

petition of the trucks, busses and 

air lines, which pay little or no 

taxes ? 

THAT the railroads pay from 20 

to 30 per cent of the tax money ex- 

pended on the township schools? 

THAT the Frisco Railway is the 

largest taxpayer of this county? 

THAT the Frisco Railway was the 

beginnlng of the growth and pros- 

perity of this city and every city 

on ita lines? 

THAT every part of the railway 

equipment undergoes Government 

inspection at regular intervals? 

THAT for your safety and my 

safety these laws have been so 

enacted ? 

THAT for about three or four 

weeks each summer the Frisco 

handles through here an average 

of about seventy-flve car loads of 

tomatoes per day? 

THAT it would take from three 

to four hundred trucks on the 

hlghway daily to handle these to 

market, which would congest the 

highways so badly that you could 

not operate your own car thereon 

with any degree of safety? 

THAT there are 2,000,000 rail- 

way employe6 out of work in this 

country today? 

DO YOU KNOW what will be- 

come of the railroads in the next 

few years without your support 

and patronage? 

Wheat is thought to have been a 

rild plant growing in the mountains 

north of the Holy Lands. 

Page 27 

"Pat" Herd, Veteran Roadmaster, Banqueted 

on Retirement, June 27 

Abozc is a groirp pictrrre of oficiak, co-zaorkcm and friends who attcrrdcd 

the banquet givetc for Pat I-lcrd, rctiritty road~rzastcr, at Joplin, night of June 27. 

Mr. I-lcrd is seated oa tlrc front roza, sccovd mart from the left. J. E. Hutchison, 

r-ched vice-prcsidcnt, is at his right. 

S PAT HERD, old-time roadmas- 

ter for Frisco Lines at Carl 

- Junction, neared his retirement 

date last May, he had but one wish. 

That was that nothing would inter- 

fere to keep him from rounding out 

fifty-four years of service with Frisco 

Lines. 

That wish was granted and on June 

27, seventy-one officials, fellow work- 

ers and friends met at Maxwell's din- 

ing room in Joplin to honor him upon 

his retirement, which was effective 

June 18, 1931. 

J. 0. Armstrong, division engineer 

of Ft. Scott. Kan., acted as toast- 

master and led in the praise for this 

veteran railroader, stressing the fact 

that his faithfulness, co-operation 

and long years of service had set a 

goal for those who followed him. 

Among the guests upon whom Mr. 

Armstrong called to pay tribute to this 

veteran were: F. H. Shaffer, general 

manager ; J. H. Doggrell, superin- 

tendent transportation; J. A. Moran, 

superintendent, W. H. Bevans, super- 

intendent; J. E. Hutchison, retired 

vice-president, and D. E. Gelwix, divi- 

sion engineer. 

Section foremen friends of Mr. 

Herd presented him with a radio as 

a farewell gift, and other friends 

gave him a comfortable arm chair and 

a stool where he might enjoy a seat 

beside the radio. The stool has n 

compartment for the Irishnlan's pipe 

and tobacco. 

3Ir. Herd's own section gangs were 

present at the banquet, as well as 

friends and co-workers from Kansas 

City, Monett, Carthage, Pittsburg, 

Ft. Scott, Neodesha, Wichita and 

Springfield. 

Mr. Herd entved the service of 

Frisco Lines June 1, 1877, at Ritchey, 

Mo., working on all sections of the 

old Atlantic & Pacific. He has spent 

a lifetime between Rolla, Mo., and 

Vinita, Okla., holding positions as 

sectionman, foreman, etc., until his 

appointment as roadmaster in 1892, 

with territory from Paris to Brownwood 

on the Texas division. He was 

transferred to Carl Junction January 

1. 1898, where he remained for 32 

years. 

When interviewed for the Frisco 

.IIagazi~~e in May, 1930, Mr. Herd said 

he intended to spend his retiren~ent 

days on a little farm, where he could 

plant a garden and have cows and 

chickens and lead the simule life. 

Mr. Herd's son was his clerk at Carl 

Junction and will, through visits with 

his father, keep him in close touch 

with the railroading game. 

Earl Long was appointed roadmaster 

in charge of the 30th Track Division 

vice Mr. Herd's retirement. 

Mr. Long's headquarters will be at 

Joplin, Mo. 

The steer escaped from the stock 

pards, tossed the policeman a rod and 

broke his arm. 

"That was serious," said one sober 

looker-on to another. 

"Huh! Not a bit of it. It was only 

the toss of a copper."

SHE'S A PERFECT BABY! 

"7'lrc rlrost pofcct baby i~r Slrrlby 

Cort,rty," is little A4iss Jrarrrrr Cor~rrrll.~. 

tlrrcc-yrov-old darrglrtrr of Mi.. arid illrs. 

llflltt collrlcll~ of fl4clrlplris, Tcrrrt. 111r.. 

Corrrrclly is solicitirrg f,rcight orrd pus- 

scrrgcr- ogclrt for- tlrc PI-ISCO. 

IIcr titlc .itus worr at tlrc Iioocl (Iroz~~, 

held in thr Attditoril~rrr nt dlc~rrphis i-r- 

cmtly, nrrd AIiss Jmrrrre rorrrprtrd ~;itlr 

si.7-ty otlrcr. babics. A prrfrrt brrtvrtte, 

zclitlr rich colorirrg irr /rev clrrrks, Jliss 

Jrnrrrrc toas mumvdrd fltc first pri;~, orui 

wns jrrd.qetl fvont rvcry possible Ircoltlr 

ulrglr. Dr. I:dzunrd Clny !llitcheIl ucfrti 

ns jrrdgr. 

PRAISE JAP CLOVER 

There is great interest manifested 

in a new forage crop which is being 

used for the first time in the vicinity 

of Springfield, Mo. It is known as 

Lespedeza or Japanese clover, and is 

grown on land without lime. 

Except on alluvial bottom lands, it 

does not make sufficient growth to 

justify its being cut for hay. neverthe- 

iess -its widespread adaptation tc~ 

grazing conditions gives it a value 

that is difficult to estimate. It will 

grow in open woodlands, on the poor- 

est upland hius, along roadsides and 

in other waste places. It produces 

sufficient seed, even under close graz- 

ing to reseed itself, aild therefore is 

as useful as if it were a perennial. 

It is relished by a11 classes of live- 

stock. It is believed that Col. J. B. 

McGehee of Laurel Hill. La.. probably 

was the first man in this country to 

grow Lespedeza on an extensive scale. 

and his efforts greatly stimulated cul- 

tivation. 

Frisco Employes' Hospital Association 

Rerrlptrr nnd ~irrbrntcn~cnts niter Xnrch 31, 1931. throlrfih June 30. 1931, 

Ilalsnte brought forward Pron~ March :t. Trust CtPs. of 1923, ~luo Nay 

13, 1931 sold April 3. 1931. 11t par .................... $ 5,000.00 

nccrueil int. 4 mas. 18 days ....................... . ....... 86.2.5 53,086.23 

" ~)rocrrils sale of 54.000 St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. 

Grn'l hIt~e. 3' Gold Bonds. (lun July 1, 1931, 

sold April 8. 1931. @ 100',1. ............................... ... 4,020.00 

accrued Int. 3 nos. 7 days ........................................ 53.89 4,07:?.89 

" r)roceeds sale of S3.5.000 1'. S. Fourth Libertv 

Loan Bonds (lue Oct. 15. 1938, sold Jhy 8. 

1931. $15.000 (coupon bonds) sold liZ 104.6/32 S15.fi28 13 

520.000 (registered bonds) sold @ 104.4/32 ....... 20,823.00 

accrued interesl 23 days .......................................... 9.i.03 36.3 19.16 

pryeerls sale of $5.000 C. R. J. ant1 P. Ry. Co. 

.I% Equipt. Trust Ctfs. Series hI. (luo April 

1. 1932, sold May 27. 1931 ro' 10l):.(L .................. 8 5.028.00 

accrued Int. 1 mo. 26 days ...................................... 38.89 5.063.89 50.i 

-- 

DISBURSEMENTS: 

For payrolls ............................................................................................ $27.988.58 

$1211.81 

- 

" professional, ordinary and emergency servlces .................. 15.211.27 

" labor. mnterlal and su~~lles ...................................................... 1384.10 

" provisions ........................................................................................ 7.248.49 

" drugs ................................................................................................ 7.183.40 

" llght, water, Ice, gas, fuel and telephones .......................... 2,262.77 

" all other expenses .......................................................................... 958.15 8 6i,2 

3.5.000. Pace amount, of The Xew York Central 

Rt1. Cn. RrPuntling and Imnrnremrnt hltre. 

4'76 Gold Bonds, Series A, duc Oct. 1, 2013. 

purchased April 3. 1931, fi' par ............................ $ 3.000.00 

accrued Intcrest 2 dnya ......................................... 1.25 $3,001.?: 

$4.000, face amount, of Pennsylvanla Pnwer SI 

1,ight Co. First i\Itge. 4 Y: % Gold Bonds. due 

Aoril 1. 1951, purchnsctl April 8. 1931. @ 

96% . $ 3.860.00 

arcroe11 intercrt 7 days ............................................ X.50 3,863.30 

" $45.000. Pace amount. of K. C. 31. and E. Rd. 

Co. a% Assented Tnconle Bonds, due Narch 1. 

1934. ~urcl~asetl May 8. 1981. f3 101.3/9 ............ $35,481.25 

accrucd int. 2 mos. 7 days ....................................... 82.5.70 35,806.9.5 44,6' 

-- 

Dalancc June 30. 1931, p. rn.. at: 

First Xational Bank. St. Louis. Mo ................................................................. 8.8: 

- 

$120.8L1.0 

'Subject to $397.58 of pas-drafts and vouchers outstanding at close of buslnes? 

June 30. 1931. 

St. Louls. NO.. July 3. 1981. F. H. HAJIILTOK. 

It has been grown in the South for 

some time, but it is new to the lands 

of Nissouri. Only recently, a group 

of southern farmers made a trip from 

Tennessee to Springfield, Mo., for the 

sole purpose of advertising the 

growth of this Japanese clover, and 

the flrst seed to be planted in and 

around Springfield came from Ten- 

nessee. 

It grows to a height of two to two 

and a half feet and resembles the 

three-leaf clover, except that it grows 

in bush shape, with the green leaves 

shooting out from all branches abun- 

(Corrfirrrted orr 1 1 ~ x 1 1Uu:gr) 

Treasurer. 

dantly, and makes excellent grazing 

The new clover is being aavertised 

throagh the agricultural departmen! 

of Frisco Lines and representatives of 

that department met the delegatinr 

from Tennessee and told them of the 

interest of Missourians, and of the 

efPorts of Frisco Lines to promote tbr 

production of this clover. 

\Vaiter: "Sorry, but we have no 

grapefruit this morning." 

Diner: "That's all right. Just brinz 

me a wet sponge and a spoonful oi 

quinine."

I He 

ATHLETE 

is the son of Mr. 

Ioore of Oltmulgee, 

late of the Okmulgee 

High School. 

Bob's father will 

b e remembered 

by many of the 

older Frisco men. 

He was an engineer 

for Frisco 

Lines for 32 years. 

Bob, unusually 

popular with the 

student body, 

held the position 

ot' president of 

his class for sis 

straight years; 

was a member of 

the football team 

for four, and during 

1930 carried 

the ball across 

times and scored 

~uchdowns, making 

for his team, the 

:s" for the 1930 

season. 

He was Captain of the track team 

lor two years and won 22 medals for 

individual track honors. During 1931 

he won first place in the 440-yard 

dash at the State High School Track 

Meet at Normall, Okla., and first place 

in the State Jleet at Fayetteville, Ark. 

was also the auchor man for the 

1931 mile relay team, which broke 

the state rworcl. 

CASUALTIES DECREASE 

Total casualties on Frisco Lines 

decreased 22.4 per cent during June 

and 27.7 per cent during the first six 

months of this year, both in compari- 

son with the corresponding periods of 

last year, according to a statement 

issued July 8, by H. \V. Hudgen, di- 

, rector of accident prevention, Spring- 

field, 110. 

Casualties anlong employes decreased 

17.2 per cent during .June and 

34.9 per cent during the first six 

months, both compared with last 

rear. The greatest reduction among 

the various, departments during June 

1 was in the mechanical department, a 

, decrease of 19.6 per cent. Second 

largest decrease for the month was 

one of 15.8 per cent in the transporta- 

I tion department. For the first hall of 

year maintenance of way led with a 

reduction of 39.5 per cent and transportation 

department was second with 

' a 34.7 per cent decrease. A reduction 

of 28.6 per cent was effected in the 

mechanical department. 

FRISCO EMPLOYES' HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION 

(Cor~tirrrccd jroir~ Ptrqc 28j 

THE ASSOCIATION OWNS: - .. 

- I 'ar Value 

St. Louis-San Franclsco RY. Co. Equlpment Trust 5% Certificates. 

Sprier; A.1. (matu1.c SPIL 1. 1!jX1) ........................................ .................. $ a.ooo.on 

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Equipment 

Trust 5 H % Certfflcates, Series c (mature April 1, 1932). ...................... 2,000,00 

Chesapeake S Ohio RY. Co. 4% % Equipment 

Trust Gold Certificates of 1929 (mature May I, 1932) ................................ 10.000.00 

Chicago, Rock Island and Paciflc Rallway Co. 6% Equipt. 

Trust CertlAcates. Series L (mature June 1. 1932) .................................... 2,000.00 

Chicago and Northwestern RY. Co., 454% Equlpt. Trust Ctfs., Serles V, 

(mature Aug. 1. 1932) ............................................................................................ 9.000.00 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Equipment 

Trust 5% Certificates. Series AA (mature Sept. 1. 1932) ........................... 6,000.00 

The Edison Electrlc Illuminating: Company of Boston two-year 4% 

Coupon Gold Notes (mature Nov. 1. 1932) ........................................................ 5.000.00 

Central Gas & Electric Co. Three-year 61.4% Gold nores 

(mature Feb. 1, 1933) ........................................................................................... 6,000.00 

Canadian National Rys., Equlpt. Trust 5% bonds, Serles K, 

(mature May 1, 1933) ........................................................................................... 

10,000.00 

Receivers' Chlcago & Alton R. R. Equipt. Trust 6% Ctfs., Serles A. 

(mature May 15. 1933) ............................................................................................ 3.000.06 

Canadlan Paciflc RY. Co., Equipt. Trust 4?4% Ctfs., Series B, 

(mature June 1. 1933) ............................................................................................ 8,000.00 

Chlcago, Rock Island and Paclflc Rallway Co., 4%% Equlpment 

Trust Certlflcates, Serles 0, (mnture July 1, 1933) ...................................... 20.000.00 

Chicago, Rock Island and Paciflc Ry. Co. 4%% Equlpment Trust 

Certificates Series P (mature Aug. 1, 1933) .................................................... 20,000.00 

St. Louis-San Franclsco Rallway Company Equlpment 

Trust 5% Certlflcates, Series AA (mature Sept. 1, 1933) ............................ 10,000.00 

Seaboard Alr Llne Rallway Co., Flrnt Lien Equipment Trust 

4H% Gold Certlflcates, Series BR (mature Nov. 1, 1933) ....................... 6.000.00 

Receivers' Chicago & Alton R. R. EquipC Trust 6% Ctfs., Serles A. 

(mature Nov. 15. 1933) ............................................................................................ 

5.000.00 

Kansas Clty, Memphls and Birm1ngham.R. R. Co., General 

Mortgage 4% Bonds (mature March 1, 1934) ................................................ 7.000.00 

Kansas City. JIrmphis and l3ilm1in~hanl F,:lllt-oat1 Comlmny ::;, 

Assentrd Income Bonds (mature 3I:lrrll 1. 11) 3.1) ............................................ 35,000.00 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 41.4% Equipment Trust 

Certlflcates, Series bf 1930 (mature M ~ I. Y 1934) ..................................... 

8,000.00 

St. Louls-San Franclsco Rallwav Company Equlpment 

Trust 6% Gold Notes, Series 7i-c (mature Jan. 15, 1936) ..................... 10,000.00 

City of Tulsa, Okla., 4Y% Street Improvement Bonds 

(mature Aug. 1, 1935) ............................................................................................ 18,000.00 

The New Pork. Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co. Equlpment Trust 

of 1924 5% Gold Certlflcates, Series L (mature March I, 1936) .................. 3,000.00 

The Chlcaco. Rock Idand and Paciflc Railway Co. Equipment Trust 

of 1923 5% Serial Trust Certlflcates. Series L (mature June 1. 1938) ........ 2.000.00 

U. S. First Llberty Loan (Converted) 4% % Bonds 

(mature June 15, 1947) .......................................................................................... 15,000.00 

St. Louls-San Franclsco Rallway Company Prior Lien 4% 

Bonds, Serles A (mature July 1. 1950) ............................................................ 14,000.00 

International Telephone 8: Telegraph Twenty-flve year 5% Gold 

Debenture Bonds (mature Feb. 1, 1955) ....................................................... 5,800.00 

Ohlo Edlson Company. First and Consolidated Mtge. Gold Bonds 5% 

Series (mature Aug. 1. 1960) ................................................................................ 10,000.00 

American Telephone & Telegraph Thlrty-flve year 5% Gold 

Debenture Bonds (mature Feb. 1. 1966) .......................................................... 10,000.00 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Consol. Mtge. 41.4% 

Gold Bonds Series A (mature M'arch 1. 1978) ................................................ 205,000.00 

Missouri Paciflc RQ. Co., First and Refunding Mortgage 5% Gold 

Bonds. Serirs I (maturc Feb. 1. I!)Sl) ............................... . ............... 10,000.00 

Pcnnsylvanin 130wer Xr Li~ht Conlpany First Mortgage 4 c/, 

Gold Bonds (mature April 1, l98l).. ................................................................ 

NCW Pork CrntraI Hd. CO.. refund in^ and Improvrment Jlortjia~r! 

4jC,% Gold I3oncls. Pcries 4 (mature Ort. 1. 2013) ........................................ 

4,000.00 

5,000.00 

St. Louis, >lo., July 2. 1931. F. H. HAMILTON. 

Treasurer. 

Total casualties anlong non-em- 

ployes decreased 32.2 per cent during 

June and 8.2 per cent during the first 

sis months, in comparison with those 

periods last year. During June, the 

greatest reduction in the different 

classifications was among autoists, a 

decrease of 45.1 per cent. Second 

greatest was among passengers, a 

44.4 per 'ent reduction. A decrease 

of 31.2 per cent was recorded for 

licensees during June. For the first 

half of the year, licensees led with a 

decrease of 45.7 per cent and pas- 

sengers mere second with a decrease 

of 11.7 per cent. 

A Clever Retort 

"Look at me, sir, and attend to 

what I shall ask you," thundered a 

learned counsel whose unfortunate 

"homeliness" of feature had gained 

him the sobriquet of the "Veiled 

Prophet." "This is an English court,'' 

rejoined the witness, quietly, "and 

you have no right to impose torture 

before putting the question."

Page 30 

LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS 

Ofice of Fuel Agent, St. Louis 

URING the month of June we 

had a decrease in both freight 

and switch performance as 

compared to June last year. The 

freight performance decreasing from 

148 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles 

June last year to 143 pounds per 1,000 

gross ton miles this year, a decrease 

of 3.38 per cent. The average train 

haul decreased from 1,512 to 1,406. In 

switch service the pounds per switch 

locomotive mile was 134 pounds June 

this year compared to 137 pounds 

June last year, a decrease of 2.19 per 

cent. This is the first month in which 

we have had a decrease in switch 

performance since February, each 

month this year compared to com- 

parative months last year. In passen- 

ger service there was a slight in- 

crease in the performance for the first 

time this year, in fact this is the first 

increase in passenger service since 

July 1930 compared to July 1929. June 

performance was 14.3 as compared to 

14.2, June last year, an increase 

slightly less than 1 per cent. The 

Eastern division had a decrease of 

6.06 per cent, Southern and Texas 

Lines equaling their performance 

of last year and balance of the di- 

visions having increases ranging from 

2 per cent to 13 per cent. 

As usual during the summer months 

special effort is made by all concerned 

to make a certain goal in fuel per- 

formance, each class of service a 

lower unit of consumption in freight 

service than any previous record, and 

in passenger and switch service 2s 

low a performance as we can reason- 

ably expect under the conditions. The 

management has given us the goal for 

this summer a record low perform- 

ance, freight service of 135 pounds 

per 1,000 gross ton miles, in passen- 

ger service 13.5 pounds per car mile 

and switch service 130 pounds per 

switch locon~otive mile. Based on the 

performance of June we will all have 

to pet our shoulders to the wheel to 

reach the above standards, which are 

not impossible and with each one do- 

ing his "Bit" we will make a record 

this summer of which we will be 

proud. 

Following are some of the good per- 

formances observed during the pest 

month : 

EASTERN DlVlSlON 

Rolla Sub: Engineer E. COLE, fire- 

man H. SWEATT, engine 15, train 34, 

Newburg to Lindenwood, June 2, han- 

dled 254,250 G. T &I., burned 11 tons 

coal, performance 86 pounds per 1,000 

G. T. AI. 

Engineer FREY, fireman CHAM- 

BERS, engine 4116, train 32, Newburg 

to St. Louis, June 8, handled 264.200 

gross ton miles, burned 1,612 gallons 

oil. performance 6.1 gallons per 1,000 

gross ton miles. 

Lebanon Sub: Engineer KIiiG. fire- 

man HAMILTON, engine 4116, train 

32. June 8, Springfield to Sewbnrg. 

handled 299,400 gross ton miles. 

burned 2,216 gallons oil, performance 

7.4 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. 

Springfield Sub: Engineer CASSEL- 

RIANN, fireman W. CRAWFORD, ell- 

gine 46, train 36, Monett to Spring- 

field, June 3, handled 133,276 gross to11 

miles, burned 5 tons coal, perform- 

ance 75 pounds per 1,000 gross tm 

miles. 

ST LOUIS TERMINAL 

June 15, Engineer GARDINE, fire- 

man JOE WORTH, engine 3,749. on 

duty 8 hours. burned 21h tons coal. 

performance 104 pounds per switch 

locomotive mile. 

June 18, engineer J. HYNES, fire- 

man STANLEY WHITTINGTOx. en- 

gine 3747, on duty 8 hours. burned 

1% tons coal, performance 62 pounds 

per switch locomotive mile. This en- 

gine was in charge of switch foreman 

SAND ERBBCK, and is the best per- 

formance observed in this terminal to 

date. 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

Ft. Smith Sub: Engineer H. 

BLAKESLY, fireman LOWE. engine 

4007 extra north, Fort Smith to Xon- 

ett. June 11. handled 160.164 gross ton 

miles, burned 12 tons coal, perform- 

ance 150 pounds per 1,000 gross ton 

miles. 

Engineer W 0 M A C I

HEADS CLAIM AGENTS 

1 

bur: ned 1,109 gallons oil, performance 1,440 passenger car miles, burned 790 

gallons or 52 pounds per 1,000 

$8 ton miles. This performauce is 

gallons oil, performance .54 gallon 

per passenger car mile. . G. G. Beckley of Ft. Worth Elected 

I abo. ut the best ever observed on this 

divi slon. 

C hickasha Sub: Engineer SPENCE, 

firer nan WHEELAND, engine 184. 

trai n 409, Oklahoma City to Quanah. 

Tex as, handled 740 passenger car 

milt :a, burned 726 gallons oil, performancl 

8 .98 gallons per passenger car 

mil( 

RORTHERN DIVISION 

Kansas City Sub: Engineer SPEN- 

CER, fireman MULANE, engine 1044, 

train 107, Kansas City to Ft. Scott. 

June 3, handled 1,089 passenger car 

miles, burned 832 gallons oil, performance 

.76 gallons per passenger car 

miles. 

Engineer F. C. LARSON, fireman 

JI. 0. BENNETT, engine 4216, train 

130, Ft, Scott to Kansas City, May 19, 

I handled 418,869 gross ton miles. 

I burned 13% tons coal, performance 

65 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. 

Engineer NORRIS, fireman KER- 

KON, engine 4212, train 162, June 18. 

Ft. Scott to Kansas City, handled 

511,038 gross ton miles, burned 15 

, tons coal, performance 59 pounds per 

1 1,000 gross ton miles. 

Engineer NORRIS, fireman J. F. 

CASEY, engine 4203, train second 162 

( Ft. Scott to Kansas City, iflay 17, handled 

473,700 gross ton miles. burned 

1 13% tons coal, performance 57 pounds 

per 1,000 gross ton miles. 

Wichlta-Burrton Sub: Engineer F. 

1 Ji GALLOWAY. fireman F. THONA- 

SON, engine 4028, extra east, Wichita 

( to Seodesha, July 3, with a very 

heavy train and in spite of being delayed 

getting out of Wichita, made a 

performance of 96.5 pounds per 1,000 

bross ton miles. 

Willow Spring S u b: Engineer 

PARKER, fireman LEWIS, engine 

1528, train 105, Springfield to Thayer, 

June 11, handled 1,380 passenger car 

miles, burned 1,109 gallons oil, performance 

.SO gallon per passenger car 

mile. 

Engineer BROWNS, fireman NEW- 

TON, engine 4212, train 131, Springfield 

to Thayer, June 12, handled 


tons coal, performance 90 pounds per 

1,000 gross ton miles. 

RIVER DIVISION 

St. Louis Sub: Engineer HILDE- 

BRAND, fireman HUTCHISON, conductor 

ROBINS, engine 4028, train 

838, Chaffee to St. Louis, June 6, handled 

349,000 gross ton miles, burned 

11 tons coal, performance 63 pounds 

per 1.000 gross ton miles. 

Engineer RICE, fireman ASSELM. 

conductor YOUNT, brakemen BURG- 

ESS and SHUMATE, engine 4030 

extra south, St. Louis to Chaffee, 

June 8, handled 250.000 gross ton 

miles, burned 9 tons coal, performance 

72 pounds per 1,000 gross ton 

miles. 

Chaffee Sub: Engineer ROBIXSOK, 

fireman VICKERY, engine 1051, train 

806. Memphis to Chaffee. June 5. handled 

1.134 passenger car miles. 

burned 840 gallons oil, performance 

.74 gallon per passenger car mile. 

Engineer A. W. AUBUCHON, fireman 

H. BURNETT, engine 4030, train 

838, Yale to Chaffee, June 18, handled 


tons coal, performance 391/2 pounds 

per 1,000 gross ton miles. 

President of Southwestern Group 

T the Eighteenth Annual Southwestern 

Railway Claim Agents' 

' Convention, held on July 9-11, 

at the Texas Hotel, Ft. Worth, G. G. 

Beckley, claim agent for the Texas 

Lines at Ft. Worth was elected president. 

Mr. Beckley was one of the 

men interested in organizing this 

association eighteen years ago and 

has always taken an active interest in 

its progress. Mr. Beckley succeeded 

T. W. Wren, claim agent for the 

Northern Texas Traction Company. 

Mr. Beckley began his service as 

claim agent with Frisco Lines at Cape 

Girardeau in 1905. He also served in 

that capacity with headquarters at 

Springfield, Mo., for a number of 

years, being transferred to Ft. Worth, 

Texas, in charge of claims arising on 

Frisco Lines in Texas. on June 15. 

1919. Mr. Beckley has two sons, one 

of them, G. W. Beckley, is now servi~lg 

as claim agent for the Frisco 

at Oklahoma City. He also has one 

daughter, who is married. 

Approximately 150 of the 300 members 

attended, representing the claim 

departments of the railroads in 

Texas. Louisiana. Arkansas and Oklahoma. 

The co~lventio~~ was in session for 

three days, and during this time, interesting 

and important papers were 

presented, dealing with subjects of accidents, 

claim, etc. On Thursday 

evening, July 9, the guests were given 

a barbecue and dance at Lake Worth, 

and on Friday evening, July 10, they 

attended the annual banqnet of the 

association. 

Kansas City Terminal: Engineer B. 

C. HUDSON, fireman R. BENNESON. 

engine 3674, June 30. on duty 8 hours 

TEXAS LINES 

St. L. & S. F. T. Sub: Engineer 

Frisco Lines were featured prominently 

on the banquet program. 

Mark McGee, district attorney for the 

15 minutes. burned 362 scoops of coal, 

performance 108 pounds per slritch 

R- L. LAUTERBACH, 

LACKEY, engine 739, 

fireman H. 

train extra 

Frisco in Ft. Worth, served as toastmaster. 

His wide acquaintance with 

locomotive mile. 

SOUTHERN DlVlSlON 

Memphis Sub: Engineer BETCHEL, 

fireman LAMB, engine 1055, train 108, 

Memphis to Thayer, May 18. handled 

S6I'passenger car miles, bnrned 795 

gallons oil, performance 32 gallons 

per passenger car mile. 

Engineer PHILLIPS, flreman SAN- 

DERS, engine - 1521, train 105, Thayer 

lo Memphis, May 31, handled 1,414 

passenger car miles, burned 895 gallocal 

north, Ft. Worth to Sherman, 

June 4, handled 83,499 gross ton 

miles, burned 781 gallons oil, perfor~nance 

9.4 gallons per 1,000 gross 

ton miles. 

Engineer L. L. SNOW, fireman H. 

J. GEST, engine 739, train extra 

south, Sherman to Ft. Worth, June 

4, handled 135,254 gross ton miles, 

burned 868 gallons oil, performance 

6.4 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. 

Ft. Worth, Rio Grande Sub: Engineer 

T. J. DEAN, fireman C. L. 

the members of this association gave 

him a splendid chance to recall interesting 

and humorous incidents regarding 

his association with them. 

Katheryn Elliins, niece of Ethel Freeman, 

secretary to Mr. Beckley, provided 

a delightful piano solo on the 

program and Martha Moore, of the 

Frisco publicity department, furnished 

a group of readings. Hon. W. 

A. Hanger, prominent attorney of 

Ft. Worth, made the principal address. 

lons oil, performance .62 gallons per VAUGHN, engine 735, train 47, local Calveston, Texas, was chosen as the 

passenger car mile. 

freight, Brownwood to Menard, han- next convention city during Mr. Beckd 

Engineer FREEMAN, fireman dled 59,183 gross ton miles, burned ley's regime, although the dates for 

ROWDEN, engine 1528, train 105, 545 gallons oil. performance 9.2 gal- the convention have not as yet been 

Tilayer to Memphis, June 11, handled lons per 1,000 gross ton miles. set.

D 

ID you ever hear the lovely story 

of the sturdy oak tree and the 

green clinging ivy vine? It's a 

lovely story of a romance of the 

woods. 

Once in a great forest there was a 

little plot of green grass. It was 

shaded by the huge trees which grew 

about it, and watered by the fresh 

rains from heaven. It grew tall and 

waved in the breeze. And one day, a 

little oak tree took seed on this grassy 

plot and shot up its slender little face 

toward the sky. It, too, was watered 

by the rain and in its tender age was 

shaded by the other oaks which grew 

around it. 

It was a sturdy little tree. No one 

tramped through the forest to mash it 

down to earth, for it was a virgin 

forest. Day after day, month after 

month found it taller. Its leaves were 

green and lovely. As it grew from a 

little slender tendril to a yearling, it 

looked at the huge trees around it. 

"Some day," it said to itself, "I 

shall be as large as those oaks which 

are around me. Some day my leaves 

will spread out over the ground antl 

protect the little violets which come 

up in the spring and the green grass 

at my feet. Some day. I shall be 

strong, and the mighty wind, and the 

rain and all the elements of heaven 

will have no way of marring my 

beauty." 

The oak liked to protect the little 

growing things at its feet. It felt a 

responsibility in seeing that no harm 

came to them. for now the oak was a 

mighty oak. For years and years it 

$ad defied the elements and it towered 

above the tallest oak in the forest. 

It looked out over the tops of 

the trees in the forest. It furnished 

nests for the birds and as the wind 

swept through its boughs, it rustled 

back a crisp healthy tone. Life was 

fair to the big sturdy oak tree. 

And then one day the oak looked 

down at its feet and saw a little ivy 

vine. Oh, it was a lovely little pale 

green vine. The oak saw it, for that 

was all it had to do all day long, year 

after year, was to study the new 

things that came to life at its feet. 

4nd as the wind swept through it, 

it whispered to the little ivy vine. 

"Come closer, little ivy vine. Take 

hold of my strong trunk aud mraI) 

your lovely green vine around nie. 

See, I an1 the Lord of all the Forest. 

I will protect you. I am strong. The 

King of the Storm has never even so 

much as taken off one of my branches. 

I mill protect you " 

One day a terrible storm shook the 

forest. The rain came down in torrents. 

The mind lashed all the trees 

and grass. but the sturdy oak whispered 

to the ivy, "cling close, little 

ivy. I will protect you. Lay your 

leaves flat on my trunk, and the wind 

and rain will not hurt you. I am the 

Lord of the Forest and I will protect 

you from all harm." 

The little ivy clung close. The wind 

whipped and lashed its tendrils. It 

flattened its lovely green leaves 

against the oak's rough bark, and the 

nind did it no damage. 

N'hen the sun came out the next 

morning, it lifted it.s leaves to the oak 

tree's top branches and smiletl. It had 

great faith in the sturdy oak. 

Year after year went on, a ~ ~ the d 

vine had grown until it covered the 

the sturdy oak said to the ivy, "do 

not fear. I am strong. I will protect 

you Irom the wind and rain. Cling 

close, t.hat your lovely vine may not be 

torn from my bark." 

And the ivy clung tightly, while the 

storm raged. But the wind did no1 

tear it loose, nor did the rain break 

down it.s leaves. 

Antl then the King of the Storm dl- 

rectetl a bolt of lightning at the 

sturdy oak, antl with a crash which 

resor~ndetl through the forest, it 

c~wcked it open and the sturdy oak, 

with the ivy clinging tightly to it. 

crashed through the other trees and 

lay on the ground. 

"Ah," said the King of the Storm. 

"so I have felled the sturdy oak!" 

Aiid he vanished on a gust of rind 

and rain. 

The oak bent low in humiliation. 

Its great t~'unk was split, yet the littIe 

ivy clung to it. 

In the morning the storm had sub 

sided. "Oh, 1it.tle ivy," it said. I am 

no longer King of the Forest. I have 

ale. Cnwind your tendrils from 

iny bark and lift your face to the sky. 

I shall die. but you shall live on." 

But the little ivy. seeing the huge 

body of the sturdy oak, a~id the oak 

crack ill the oak's trunk, started to 

weave a bei~utifr~l green carpet over It. 

tree, now so attached to the ivy, She grew antl grew and finally the 

wedded it. The ivy, which was now ugly gaclh mas hiddei~ by a mass of 

strong and sturdy, too, litted its top- beautiful green leaves. 

most leaves and kissed the leaves of 

the oak tree. Antl all the forest knew 

of the wedding of the cl~nging ivy 

vine and the sturdy oak. Each tree 

marveled at the beauty of the two. 

"I shall always stay and cover you 

with my green vine." she said to the 

oak. "See, the ugly crack is gone. I 

ask oi~ly to stay antl cover you with 

my long green tendrils and leaves. 

A11 the forest was jealous. The You prof.ected and loved me, and now 

King of Storm looked upon them I will protect and love you always." 

with anger. "1'11 show the sturdy And there in the woods one lnay 

oak that I am King of the Storm. 

What I choose to rxin I can. I mill 

find then1 today. The huge oak Cree, 

which is only a dark brown log, rotted 

bring a terrific rain and storm and from the wind and rain, is covered 

take the mighty oak to the ground with the lovely green ivy vine. One 

with a clash. He may be Lord of callnot see the ugly brown hulk, unthe 

Forest, but I am King 

Storm!" 

of t h ~ less one should happen to pull Back 

the ivy vine. And the little ivy re- , 

And so it was that the dark clouds mains faithful-growing and thrivlng. 

begau to gather. The wind came up clinging closer when the storins come 

and roared furiously. It lashed and and the King of Storms has never 

whipped the trees in the forest, but been able to tear her loose.

Page 34 

MIKE DORSEY, crossing flagman, 

Northern division, was retired May 

31, having reached the age limit. He 

was born at 

Louisville, K p., 

May 4, 1861, and 

was educated in 

Kentucky. He entered 

the employ 

of Frisco Lines 

as a section laborer 

i n t 11 e 

MIKE DORSEY 

spring of 1894 at 

Fulton, Kan., and 

was promoted to 

foreman in 1915 

at Prescott, Kan. 

He b a a 

crossing watchman in December, 

1917. He married Julia Calahan at 

Fulton, Kan., in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. 

Dorsey live at 203 South Keeler 

Street, Olathe, Kan. Continuous 

service of 20 years and 2 months 

entitles him to a pension allowance 

of $20 a month, effective from June 

1, 1931. 

WEBSTER LAFAYETTE HEATH. 

passenger conductor, Eastern divi- 

sion, was retired May 31, having 

reached the age limit. He was born 

near Muncie, Ind., May 14, 1861, and 

was educated in the public schools 

of Indiana and Missouri. He entered 

the employ of Frisco Lines in 1899 

and worked as a brakeman three 

months. He served as freight con- 

ductor for three years and was pro- 

moted to passenger service in 1903. 

In 1926 he became service agent and 

in 1928 he returned to the position of 

conductor. He again served as serv- 

ice agent in 1929 and later went back 

to his conductor's position and 

served in that capacity until retire- 

ment. He married Miss Fannie 

Plank at Pulaski, Iowa, June 21, 1877, 

and to them were born four children, 

all of whom are Hving. Mr. and Mrs. 

Heath live at 221 Baker Avenue, Web- 

ster Groves, Mo. Continuous service 

of 31 years and 6 months entitles him 

to a pension allowance of $79.25 a 

month, effective from June 1, 1931. 

Six Frisro Lirtes zwtrrari err~ployes, 

with rombiited service of 14.5 gears and 

4 morrths, were retired and placed 011 

the Pertsio?r Roll at a rtreetirrg of the 

Board of Perrsioirs, hrld J~itte 18, 1931, 

at the St. I.orris getteral office. 

CHARLES EDWARD McFARREN, 

crossing watchman, Memphis Terminals. 

was retired May 31, having 

reached the age 

limit. He w as born in Huntington, 

Ind., Yay 5, 

1861, and was 

educated in Whitley 

County, Ind. 

After engaging in 

various kinds of 

work for a number 

of years, he 

entered the service 

of Frisco 

Lines as a cross- 

C. E. McFARREN 

ing watchman at 

Memphis, Tenn., August 4, 1904, 

and served in that capacity until 

his retirement. He lives at 160 

Iowa Avenue, Memphis. Continuous 

service of 23 years and 4 months 

entitles him to a pension allowance 

of $20 a month, effective from June 

1, 1931. 

DENNIS KEET, colored shop por- 

ter, Springfield, Mo., was retired May 

31, having reached the age limit. He 

was born at Cass- 

II ville, Mo., May 

14, 1861, and was 

I 

educated in 

Springfield, M o. 

He entered the 

,_I employ of Frisco 

Lines as a labor- 

a porter at the 

KEET West Shops and 

worked there in that capacity until 

retirement. He married Alice Craig 

at Springfield in 1882 and to them 

were born two children. His wife 

and children are dead. He Hves at 

1220 Webster Street, Springfield. 

Continuous service of 22 

1 month entitles him to a 

lowance of $20 a mont 

from June 1, 1931. 

JOHN LOGAN WILSO 

tive engineer, Southern di 

retired April 3, because c 

ability. He was 

born at Ft. Mad- 

ison, Iowa, April 

16, 1865, and was 

educated in the 

schools of Mar- 

ion County, Mo. 

After working for 

a time as a bar- 

ber at Palmyra, 

Mo., he entered 

the service of 

Frisco Lines as a 

section laborer at J. 

Willow Springs, 

Mo.. October 2. 1902. Fr 

ber 1, 1902, until August 

worked as a roundhouse 

machinist's helper. He t 

as a fireman until Novem 

when he was promoted 

and served in that capaci 

tirement. He married 

Parcel at Palmyra, June 2 

to them were born thrc 

all of whom are Hving. N 

Wilson live at Willow Sp 

tinuous service of 27 yc 

months entitles him to a 

lowance of $32.40 a monl 

from May 1, 1931. 

WILL ALDRIDGE, cola 

man, Memphis terminals, 

April 28, 1931, because a 

ability. He was born at H 

January 1, 1865, and wa 

there. He entered the 

Frisco Lines August 23, 

switchman, at Memphis, 

in that capacity until retir 

married Emma Lee at Cot 

1901. Mr. and Mrs. Aldri 

180 West Iowa Avenue, 

Continuous service of 20 y 

months entitles him to a 

lowance of $37.45 a mont~, cuccrrve 

from June 1, 1931.

A Good Idea 

Very Young Bride: "These eggs are 

so small, dear, I must ask the man to 

let the hens sit on them a little 

longer." 

EXASPERATING 

Golfer to Caddy: "You laugh at me 

again and I'll knock your block off." 

Caddy to Golfer: "Ha Ha! You 

wouldn't know which club to use!" 

TI

Page 316 

C 

System-Wide Shop Outing Held at Monett, June 25 

OMPLETELY disregarding Old 

Sol's inten~perance in bestowing 

his blessing, a crowd of more 

the next speaker. He urged everyone 

to have a good time. and commended 

picnics as means of promotgrounds 

provided amuse~nent lor 

those who did not swim or take part 

in the contests. The merry-go-ronnd, 

than 2,000 members of the Frisco As- ing good fellowsl~ip among employes. in particular, proved attractive and 

sociation of Metal Crafts and Car De- He said he was hopeful of improved drew its share of the kiddies through. 

partment Employes, their families business conditions before a great out the day. 

and friends, gathered in Monett, June length of time. H. E. Bnrgess, gen- Twelve o'clock found most of the 

25 at the invitation of Local No. 6 eral chairman of the F. A. of &I. C. crowd formed in long lines leading 

for a day of picnicking and general and C. D. Employes. who follo~~ed to the barbecue stand where a cheergood 

time. 

Mr. Surles. told of the spleudid spirit ful committee saw to the serving of 

Coming from Kansas City. Spring- of co-operation that had existed be- generous portions of meats, salads. 

fieId, St. Louis, Fort Snlith. Oklahoma 

City, Tulsa. Fort Scott. Sllerman 

and other towns, nearly all had 

arrived by 8:30 a. m. and at that time 

the day's interesting program oT 

events hegan with a parade from the 

Frisco Station to the center of the 

city's business district. Rumbaugh's 

band leading the way with a smiuging 

march. The parade dispersed in 

tween the company and employes 

throughout the depression. F. C. Lister, 

assistant superintendent of motive 

power, the final speaker, was 

then introduced and at the close of 

his remarks. the crowd scattered to 

witness and participate in the various 

contests and recreations scheduled 

to start at that time. 

A baseball game between Oklahoma 

rolls and various other picnic dellc. 

acies and cold drinks. For the next 

hour and a half, the long tables in 

the shade of spreading trees were the 

center of activity. 

' Following the meal, a diversity of 

attractions took groups to various 

parts of the park. A bathing beauty 

contest drew many. Here fair misses 

from the various Frisco toans asfront 

of a store show window in 

which was displayed the generous assortment 

of prizes Monett business 

men and others had donated as 

awards in the various contests on the 

day's schedule. Exhibited there 

were prizes of almost every conceivable 

kind. Among them were household 

fnrnishings, numerous collertions 

of groceries. golf clothes and 

other apparel. auton~ol)ile accessories. 

sport equipment and scores of placards 

proclaiming contrilmt.ions of 

checks, gold coins and sucl~ services 

as beauty treatments, change3 of oil 

for automobiles, etr. 

Waiting automol~iles took the visitors 

to the city's park where the outing 

was held. Upon arrival, there 

was a general asseu~hly near the casino 

in the center of the park and a 

brief program of speeches and music 

was opened with several nunlbers by 

the band. following which Wm. Walpert, 

chairman of the con~n~ittee on 

arrangements, made a short talk. He 

then introduced Dr. -1. 31. Russell. 

mayor of the city, who ~ntlde an address 

of welcome to the visitors. assuring 

them that the people of Monett 

wanted them to tl~orougl~ly enjoy 

themselves while there. He pointed 

out that Monett realizes Frisco Lines 

is one of its greatest and most practical 

assets and is eager to co-operatr 

with it at all times. J. 11:. Surles. 

City and Monett drew a large part of sembled and paraded while the 

the gathering and held its attention crowd indicated its preference with 

nntil uoon. The game was hotly con- the intensity of its applause and 

tested throughout and ended with Ok- judges appraised their grace and atlal~oma 

City on the winning end of tractiveness- with critical eyes. Iliss 

an 11 to 9 score. The prize to the Mildred Smith of Monett was dewinning 

team was $10. donated by the clared winner and Miss Marie Nach- 

JIonett First Xational Rank. 

bar of Kansas City, second. The 

Running si~nultaneously with tl~e award for first was a permanent ware 

game were swimming, diving, golf by the Right Beauty Parlor of Monett 

and tennis contests. all of which nf- and second prize was $2.50 in gold, 

fered a number of worthwhile prizes given by the Broadway Hotel there. 

to the winners. The golf contests A ball game. in which Kansas Citr 

clai111ec1 the greater portion of the played Oklal~on~a City, winner of the 

Frisco officials in attendance at the morning's game. was a feature or the 

pic~~ic. AIIIOIIR the officials taking afternoon. Iiansas City won by a 

part ill this eve~~t were M, hl. Sisson. score of 11 to R and received as an 

assistant general manager: \V. D. award a checli for $25, donated Iry 

Steele. assistant general claim agent; Preside~~t Kurn. 

.I. A. Moran, superintendent; .I. I

Frisco Mechanic Familu News I 

JOPLIN. MO. 

-- 

R. C. FLETCHER, Reporter 

greatly enjoyed an old-fashioned dance, 

wlth refreshments, at the home of Mr. 

Henn in the early part of the month. 

Electrician C. 8. Turner reports quite a 

thrill attending the title match between 

Wrestlers Londos and Pojello. 

We nre reliably informed Boilermaker 

Cliff Barnett has bargained for a new 

Plymouth cou2e. 

Elmer (Runt) Foster. of the car department 

at Ruth Yards. has a new Chevrolet 

~~dan. Thls new car evidently had the 

818#bired effect on Mlss Helen Davis of 1905 

(;rand Avenue as she became the wlfe of 

Mr Foster on July 5th at the home of Mr. 

Foster's brother in Nevada. No. airs. 

Fokterwas formerly connected wit11 the 

SOUTH TRAIN YARDS 

Bell Telephone Company of thls clty. The 


cou~le are at home to their frlends at 509 

Test 16th Street JIWSR I,. BRASDOS. Reporter 

BIRMINGHAM FREIGHT HOUSE 

Freight Check Clerk A. P. Wells and 

Mrs. Wells returned recently from Washington, 

D. C. While there they visited 

with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd, formerly 

of Sprinafleld, and Mr. and Mrs. Justice 

Moll. They re2ort an interestlug sightseclng 

tour made via the Green Linp that 

included the rose gardms of Mrs. Woodrow 

Wllson. Nt. Vernon, home of Georgr 

could not cl~ange her name. We wish 

tl~em a long and happy journey together. 

Jack Stewart, son or Arthur Stewart, 

machinist, and a former employee of thc 

~wlamatlon vlant, but now on the signal 

extra board,-wns married to Niss Hazel 

George in Springfield on June 27. Congratulations 

and best of luck, Jack ! 

Fred Sicholson said he .\vent to White 

River July 3rd to fish durlng the Fourth, 

but next morning there was no whistle to 

awaken him, so he slept most or' the day 

before he awoke to think ahout fishing. 

Ira Jones attended the Frlsco picnlc at 

Monett on June 25th, and reports havlng 

a fine time. While there he met two of 

hls friend< J. H. White and J. L. Mc- 

Duffy fro; Sherman. Texas. who are also 

employees of the Frisco, and understand 

they had a delightful vlsit. 

Jess Sanford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellery 

Sanford, has gone to Camp Arrowhead 

at Marshflclld, Xlissouri. to take the 

Boy Scout camp tralning course, which is 

very popular in thls viclnity. The camp 

is always filled to capacity during the 

tralning season. 

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Rltchie spent July 

4th on the Pommc dc Tarre River at Warsaw, 

Missourl, fishing. Homer says they 

werc well rewarded for their efforts and 

A. C. IIASSICN, Reporter 

-- 

Sfr. C. J. Snook, former agent for Frlsco 

at Blrmlngham terminals, was a welcome 

visitor at the freight house last week. All 

former employees were very glad to see 

3fr ~- . Snook. - ~ ~ - 

Washlngton. Arlington and the tomb of had a splendld trip. 

Wm. C. Benton, messenger, recently the Unknown Soldier, and the home of 

General Lee. Mrs. Wells tells that durlng 

Guy Timmonx met with an accident relnok 

for himself a helpmate, in the person 

sf Uss Marie Cogeland of Birmingham. their evening s2ent at Glen Echo Park cently which Injured his foot and ankle to 

"A. P." returned to childhood to ride thc the extcnt of his belng forced to take a 

,411 wish the couoie much ha~~iness . . and 

prosperity In the future. 

150-foot high scooter dip. 

vacatlon. The accldent occurred when he 

Aubrey Hoover, bill clerk, was seized Mrs. Jesse L. Brandon is now in Colo- was trucking a box down a sllght incline 

suddenly with an acute attack of appendi- rado visiting her son, who resides in and In some manner fell under the truck. 

citis. and was hurrled to the hosoltal in Crowley with his famlly and will remain We hope for his speedy recovery and reuntil 

cooler weather arrlves in JIiaaouri. 

tlll'n. 

Bimtngham. but after an operation he is 

... 

now on duty and seems none the worse Slr. Joe Epperson. coach repair man. is Miss Mary Murphy of the statlonery defor 

the Illness. 

away for a few days of vislting and is partment, has been very reticent about 

I W. X. Hubbard. soecial ofTicer at Bir- belng relleved by Mr. Carl Dashney. telling us of her marriage which, we unmingham 

terminals. while rldlng a cut ol Mr. Jack Twlgger Is going clown on the derstand, took place in Kansns City about 

r,m. fell and has hls leg cut off by mov- Slangua for two days soon, where he es- June 30 to Mr. Walter Hyer. of the State 

in: cars. He was rushed to the local pects to make a blg catch. Local streams, of caliiornia, where they went on their 

I~osnllal where the limb was amautated accordlng to Jack. contain nothlng but honeymoon. We offer congratulations and 

nnd he Is reported out of danger at pres- minnows. 

best wishes. Cecil Banta will have charge 

ent JIuch sympathy Is felt for him by Mr. Walter Pittman of the freight plat- of the work heretofore performed by Miss 

all employees of the frelght house force. form and his family spent the Fourth 

Niss Elvlna Smlth. stenozrapher. just wlth hls daughter and famlly in Kansas 

vturned from an extensive vacation in-the Citv. Mlss Dorothy Plttman remained to 

wthern parts of Alabama and Missins- vlsit wlth her slster, Nrs. Rushing, a few 

ipai, but failed to nurchase her new coat weeks. 

of ran as is usual to the tourists of thc Mr. Pete Sweeney. lead inspc~ctor. was was a head-on collision between hls car 

Southern coast. 

away Sunday, the 12th, and MI. Louis and another on a narrow ad. whlch Is 

R. A 411en. clerk was entered In St. Runch acted for him. 

said to have been condemned, near ~Mlaml, 

~inceni Hospital recently to treatment. 

Oklahoma. Hls leg was broken and he 

.411en was serving as bill clerk in the ab- 

reccived other injurles from which It is 

amce of Aubrey Hoover, who was a180 ill LOCAL No. &PITTSBURG, KAN. feared he may not recover. He was cared 

in the same hosnltal at thls tlme. Both 

for In a hospltal at Miami for a whlle, but 

Ihve now been dismlssed from the hos- 

S. T. AIAHAS. I:epor.tr.~ 

l~as recovered sufRclently to be taken on 

~ttal. 

to 111s home In Guthrie. 

, 

Specla1 Offlcer Kerr was rccently pro- We are sorry to 1~2or.t tllnt S. C. F:~'iler Mrs. Charley Sash and chlldren have 

moted to the rank of sergeant, filling a is atlll off slck, DTe wish him a speedy gone to Alttba~na and Mlssissippl to spend 

the summer with relatives near thelr for- 

8 vacancy In Birmlngham terminals. 

3y. 

Mr. L. G. AntwIne has bcen absent from J. H. Grubb. coacl~ cleaner from Ft. mir home,- 

$is duties at the freight house due to 111- Scott. has moved to Pittsburg to take care Fred Chambers says he went out to 

nes. While still abseut, he Is reported of the motor car that runs out of here. SIcDanlel Lake to catch a strlng of "crop- 

' improving. His dutles are belng per- Fireman Willard, who has been ofl dutv py," whlch so many of the Frisco boys 

' formed by J. H. Sherman. Frlsco clerk. a few weeks. has returned to work. have landed this season. The evening 

Nlght Foreman McDonald Is taking two was warm, and he was drowsy, and after 

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weeks' vacation. He is reliercd by Fore- throwing out a few his interest waned 

when a few mlnutes lmsed that he dld 

LINDENWOOD CAR DEPARTMENT 

man Earl Henson. 

not get a bltc. Then he suddenly awakened 

from the nao he was enjoyfng by 

D. F. TOBIAS. Reportcr 

RECLAMATION PLANT 

his rod and reel being drawn qulckly from 

hls grasp lnto the deep water. He looked 

Falr and warmor! The weather man 


after It into the blue sparkling twenty 

sure knows his barometer at this wrltiG. 

feet of water lnto whlch It had disap- 

Foreman Jos. Forstncr and wile re- T. 0. CHAPMAS. Reporter 

peared for some time and then made vaturned 

from a two weeks' vacatlon In the 

rious atteppts to regaln his reel, and the 

hills of Vlrzlnla. Joe savs the weather Stephen Smith. power plant engineer, ix suDPosedl~ blz fish that was on the end 

there was id-eal and also 6roight home a off at thls report on account of sickness. of 'li but bas -unsuccessful. 

new supplv of fishlng tales. 

We are pleased to report that Willian- ~Anry Hedley, son of Mr. and hlrs. 

Foreman A. F. Maly dldn't brag mucm SIattocks has improved In health sum- Charles Hedley. is attending the summer 

, about the fish he cauaht on hls vacation ciently to vlsit the shop and we hope to session at the Northwestern Universlty. 

but Insisted he had enough to eat. 

see hlm return to work in the near futurr'. Chlcago, Illinois. Mr. Hedley has wrlt- 

Inspector L. R. Schutte and wife vlslted Eddie Fuerst, scale department fore- ten several articles for some of the leadfriends 

et Wellsville. Missourl. over July man, spent his two weeks at St. Louis ing newspapers of the country, and has 

and surrounding terrltory. visltinq his par- won a number of debates while in school 

rnts and other relations. Mrs. Fuerst ac- as an extempore soeaker. Two of his 

companied hlm and they spent somc time "pen pictures" of the life of a va*Frant on 

with her relatlons. 

Madlson SFreet in Chicago, and West of 

Georae Falk fished a few davs in Cur- the River were published In the Springpaned. 

rent Rher and returned with he largest field ~res's in the issues of July 6th and 

Foreman T. J. Doyle and familv re- cashon cat caught by any employee of 7th. He vlslted hls parents In Springfield 

turned June 29th from n two weeks' va- the reclamatlon plant thls ycar. It and hls brother In St. Louls before golng 

I cation trip to polnts in Callfornla. 

welghpd thlrty-two pounds and he had to take UD his studies in Chlcago thls 

I 

Fir~man Hugh Sweatt and famllp left three that weirhed over one hundred summer. 

July 8th Por a vislt wlth his mother and pounds combined; sack and all. \Tfe pre- Andrew Long says someone got next to 

grandmother at Tulsa. 

dlct thls record will stand for this year. him and touched him for his hlodel A 

Bollermaker E. 0. Skelton on the night We are authorlzed to report that Sam Ford sedan. The last time he heard of it 

shift has returned from a vlslt wlth home Robinson. machlnlst heloer. has taken it was found stripped and burned near 

ialks at Springfield, and reports success unto himself a wife. which' occurrrd In Hartvllle. Bllsnouri. 

on some important business. 

the month of roses. Her name was Nettie The flrst death by drownlng In the vi- 

Frlends of Wm. Jamison and F. C. Henn Roblnson of Republic. >Iissouri, so Snm 

clnity of Sprlngfleld thls summer occurred

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work has returned from his vacation 

wlricA he spent mostly at Hot Springs, 

Arkansas. lie reports a great time and 

says he is all set for another year's work. 

Mrs. Arthnl. Dunlit is recovering nicely 

from an operation which she underwent 

in a local hospital recently. >IT. Dulnit 

is a iabolser. on the day shift. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Wood are at AIuskogee 

Oltlahoma, where they went because 

of ;he serious condition of Mrs. \iT00d'S 

mother wiro was reported in a critical 

r*nnrlitiAn - - . - - - - as a result of heat prostration. 

Mr. Wood is a locomotive carpenter. 

Mrs. Elmer L. Dlllon has the symPa- 

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tliy of the roundhouse force in the loss 

nf hw father. \vho died during tile past 

month. Mr. Dlllon is a machinist on 

dead work. 

Jerry Williams also has the sYmpatlis 

of the roundhouse force in the loss of 

his 13 months' old daughter. Mr. Wil- 

liams is a cinder pit man. 

Mr and Alrs. Roy Stone are tile proud 

pare"ts of a nine-pound boy which has 

been christened William Eugene. Mr. 

stone is a mechanical laborer. 

Mr. and 1\11.s. W'illianl Langston carry 

off the honors for the month by the nr- 

rival of an eleven pound girl at their 

home. She has been named Ilorls ;\lay. 

3lr. Langston is a machinist on cab work. 

Aliord. Hernclon, boilermalter, is on the 

job agalll after an absence of several 

days due to the illness of Mrs. Herndon. 

He reports her improving nicely at this 

time 

I\.; pence, sheet metal worker, has re- 

turn'ed to work after an absencc of sev- 

ern1 days, visiting points of interest aiollg 

tile lprisco, spending most of his time at 

Birmingham, Alabama. He reports n 

great time. 

1Clrs. Byron Player hurricd to Sand 

Springs, Oklahoma, several days ago be- 

cause of the ~llness of her brother, who 

was stricken with appendicitis while en 

route to the Pacific Coast. Latest re- 

ports are that he is doing nlceiy. Mr. 

Player is a mechanical laborer. 

Carl Keiser, secretary to general forp- 

man, heads the auto parade this month 

with the purchase of a brand new model 

Studebaker sedan. 

Sam Cates firebuilder, is also enjoying 

the sightseee'ing from a new car, having 

selected n. Chevrolet coach. 

Edward Goswick, bollermaker, is burn- 

ing gasoline in one of Henry's Nodel -\ 

sedans. 

Silas Snider, machinist, celebrated the 

Fourth of July driving his new Essex 

sedan around the country and viewing 

Ozark scenery. 

Schley Derrick who formerly was a 

machinist here, but has spent the past 

four years in the West because of Mrs. 

Derrick's health, is with us again as extra 

man We are sorry to hear that Mrs. 

~errick's health is unimproved. 

Olan Bull, nlact?lnist on the day shift, 

is on the job agam following a month's 

absence due to illness. 

Charles Gipson, labor forernan. suPLered 

the loss of a brother during the past 

month. Tfie deceased was a Frisco em- 

ploye and was for many years a brakeman 

in passenger service on the Eastern Di- 

vision. 

Mrs. W. J. Lozar has returned from 

St. Louis where she visited a daughter 

and granddaughter, who are Mrs. 'A'. C. 

Crouch and daughter of Llndenwood. Mr. 

I,ozar is a machinist on the third shift. 

Thomas Clark, laborer, has returned 

from a two weeks' visit to Kansas where 

he visited a son and daughter. 

\Ir. H. Schaller, foreman of air n'ork. 

accompanied by Mrs. Schaller and their 

daughter, are at present making a Vacation 

trip to the lake regions of Minnesota. 

where Mr. Schaller plans to do some 

fishing and boatlng. They will also visit 

Canada before returning. 

COACH YARD-KANSAS CITY, MO. 

J. J. SULLIVAh7, Reporter 

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Roller are the proud 

parents of a baby daughter born on 

July 2nd. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Renves have returned 

from a visit with relatives in Springfield, 

Missouri. 

Gene Thompson and Miss Dimple Parker 

were married on June 16th. Congratulations. 

Gene. 

Hans Schweder, box packer, took a 

week off to rest up after the siege of 

tropical weather. Hans has just set a 

new record. having gone 96 weeks without 

a hot bos. John Downs worked the 

job during Hans' absence and will always 

remember it as the week of "slid-flats." 

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Feden and family 

left July 6th for a 10-day visit with home 

folks in Colorado. 

Tom Conwas has at last set out on 

his long deferred vacation trip. Tom and 

wife left July 6th on a trip that will include 

visits to Memphis, I-lot Springs, 

Pensacola, Sew Orleans, Houston. Galveston, 

San Antonio, El Paso and Fort 

Worth. 

Chas. Frizzell's car was stolen from the 

Frisco parking grounds, but Charley must 

have had a rabbit's foot in it. as he recovered 

it in good condition oniy twodays 

later 

Otto Nolte, pullman storekeeper at this 

yard, has returned from the Annunl Boy 

Scout encampment near Osceola, Nissouri, 

R I I ~ the hills near tile camp are now 

minus a larjie number of snakes and Lizards, 

Mr. Nolte having killed sixteen copperhead 

snakes and captured ninny nonpoisonous 

snakes and lizards alive which 

he brought back with him. Besides being 

Scoutmaster of Troop No. 64, Mr. Nolte 

is otTiciai Bop Scout lecturer on the subject 

of "Reptiles" and illustrates his tallcs 

wit11 live specimens. 

LOCAL NO. 17-TULSA, OKLA. ,r 

14. C'. PRICI.:. Reporter 

Lawrence Roush. rnaciiinist. and family 

L. A. Mack, roundhouse clerk, has pur- 

chased R new Chevrolet coach. 

Mrs. R. E. Bohon and daughter of Cen- 

cral Foreman are spending two months' 

vacation in Virginia. 

Mrs. John White, wife of division chair- 

man, is vacationing in Sunny California. 

M. Nolan, car man, is the proud owner 

of a new Whippet. 

George Williams, boilermaker. is also 

a proud possessor of a new Whippet 

sedan. 

T. a. Thomas, machinist from Spring- 

tleid, is working extra in Tulsa at the 

present timc. 

Mrs. E. L. Willsey, wife of general car 

foreman and children, are spending a 30- 

clay vacation in Idaho 

Henry Fulk and Wm. Bow machinists, 

are in St. Louis hospital at this time. 

Mr. 15. E. Burgess, General Chairman, 

pald us a visit July 8th. 

Damon Phillips, machinist, is the proud 

father of a new boy. Congratulations to 

Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. 

Joe and Jim O'Connor, machinist ap- 

prentices, spent July 4th and 5th vlsiting 

in Springfield. 

Wm. Cline. night machine man, is n 

new Nash owner. 

H. A. Dellis, assistant roundhouse lore- 

man. is the owner oC a new Chevrolet 

coach. 

Joe Kay, staybolt inspector, spent a 

week in Arkansas on his farm recently. 

Tony Phillips, blacksmith, was badly 

injured in a car accident July 11th. at 

West Tulsa, and is now In St. Louis hos- 

pital. We wish Mr. Phillips a speeds . . 

recovery. 

Lonnie Davis, machinist, and family, 

are visiting with Nr. Davis' mother in 

Port Arthur, Texas. 

Raymond Holman and Charley George, 

machinists, have taken the vows of matrimony. 

Congratulations to both couples. 

The car department boys are sul'e lucky 

after the big fire. They now have a new 

wash and locker room. 

LeRoy Davidson, machinist, and wife, 

spent a few days recently in the Orarks, 

fishing. 

Lee Miller, boilermaker, who lost his 

fingers recently In an accident, is still in 

St. Louis hospital. 

F. R. Xock, machinist, spent a week 

in Denison, Tesas, recently with his 

brother, who is confined to the hospital 

after a car accident. 

LOCAL NO. &ENID, OKLA. 

kl. Ii. FULLER, Reporter 

Nr. W. H. Venable and wife. of Hick. 

ory Ridge. Arkansax, are visiting the:[ 

sons, T. C. Yenable of the Water Seruicand 

W. F. Venable, machinist; also an. 

other brother. J. W. Venable, and farnli: 

of Johnston City. Illinois, spent th 

Fourth visiting here. 

Wm. Bonham and family spent the 

Fourth visit~ng relatives in Protectios. 

Kansas -. 

Quite a number of the shop forces spew 

the Fourth fishing. For some reason ther, 

IS a noticeable silence about the size o 

the "catch." 

Mr. and Nrs. A. C. Burke and daugh. 

ter, Lili~an, of Denver, Colorado, are vis 

itlng Mrs. Burke's sister and brother-In. 

law,,;\lr. and Illrs. Carl Baker, 520 Sortt 

Nad~son. 

At this writing the wheat rnovernenl 

in and out of Enid is in full swing. The 

yield is much greater than was es~ected 

but the Frlsc6 wns Prepared by wtor~nl: 

empty cdrs in this district to handle th. 

crop without delav. 

Mrs. Emma Gardner and son. Jack Jr 

of Norman Okla are visit~nb-the' idr: 

meres aunt: Mrs. 'H. 13. Fuller: 

Jack, the son of C. P. Clark. shre: 

metal worker, left recently on a 'trip to 

California. 

Mrs. Gordon Estell and children, of Pa. 

son City, Iowa, who has been visiung 1. 

the llome of her sister, has returnen 

home. 

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BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPT, 

EASTERN DIVISION 

ARTEIL'R UUnCH, Reporter - 

Zadock Breshears is off from work now 

on account of sickness and it is no1 

known when he will de able to work 

naain. ..-~ 

.~~. 

Xbb Nease and gang have been drivin; 

piling, and are building a bridge near St. 

Louis, Missouri. 

Ellis Mayfield is feeling better now and 

Is able to work again after a spell o: 

sickness. 

Jim Carter and gang are building 

bridges on the Osceola Sub., near Owoia, 

Missouri. 

Bud Peck recently has been OM from 

work several days on account of higil 

blood pressure. 

Clyde Cunnlngham and gang are doing 

some concrete work on bridges at Sew 

burg, Missouri. 

Dock Garroutte has bumped into 

Nease's gang after being off for seven 

months. 

General repalring in St. Louis is beig 

done by Bill Skyles and gang. 

Eugene Kinlock is taking a thirty-day 

leave of abscnce to do some \'Isitin: 

around with relatives. 

Charley Wallace and gang have JIJF~ 

finished building sheds over the stock 

pens at Dixon, Rolla ancl St. James. 3lissouri. 

C. E. Teeter, pensioned general B. & 0. 

foreman, was a recent visitor around thr 

B. & B. Pard. We are always glad to 

see him come around the shop. 

General repairing is being done i: 

Springfield, Missouri, by Charley Baron 

and gang. 

Max Pach visited Pensacola, Florida, tn 

do some repairing on the stationary boil. 

ers there. 

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT 

THAYER, MO. 

F. M. PEEBLES. Reporter 

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A quiet wedding was solemnized op, 

June 30th in the pastor's study of the 

Baptlst Church when Miss 3iildred Berry.

iaughter of our roundhouse foreman. C. XI. C. Betts, traveling timekeeper, 

.\. Berry, became the bride of Mr. Ova checked our May rolls July 7th and 8th. 

',Vadiey. The ceremony was performed \Ire Dresume he found' our records 0. K. 

:sr the engineer preacher, P. 0. Freeman. .J. L. Conrger, supplyman, was absenL 

I;, the presence of the family and a few Julv 9th to 15th account of an attack 

lutirnate friends. We extend to the happy tri ptomaine poisoning. Guess Jim was 

88~~~ple our congratulations. 

r'cai sick for a tlme. 

Eddie Banks, Jr., son of our yardmas- Mrs. G. C. Papin, wife of triple valve 

rw, was quietly and secretly wed to Miss man, who has been in the hospital for a 

I'mothy Trirnble at Salem, Ark., Mas ionr: time. hns been removed to the home. 

she is slowly improving, glad to say. 

Harry Boas, brnkeman, was married to Wm. Jones, apprentice, and a party of 

I Mrs. his Shoemaker at Mammoth friends went fistring at Lake Wewoko, 

Springs, Ark.. June 11th. 

June 2Sth. Caught quite a few fish. 

Mrs. J. C. W~lliams, wife of night \\'e extend our sympathy to Carl Byrly 

roundhouse foreman, is now on a \-wit and family at this time, account of the 

lo Birmingham, Ala., visiting her son. death of Mr. Byrly's father, who passed 

Pinkey Whitby, brakeman, and wife, are away July 17th. Mr. Carl is a coach 

now at Denver, Colo., where Mrs. Whitby cleaner. 

n~ll attend the B, of R. T. auxiliary con- \\'. I,. Childs, boiler foreman, started 

! ention. 

on his vacation July 10th. Did not learn 

Jess Sullens, conductor, and wife and where he went. Anyway, this hot weather 

'imiiv, are visiting in Little Rock. must have led him to some quiet pool 

Jlrs Ue\Vitt Moore wife of conductor. where the fish were friendly. 

i? no;. ant the ~~riicfieid 

- Hospital for 

I 

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Wni. Ellison, firenlal~, is vacationing 111 

rtatnlent. 

the Southland. Little Rock, Memphis, 

llrs Lloyd Davis, wifc of bmlceman. and Atlanta are among points he will 

I*. now returned to her home after un- visit. 

orgoing a n~lnor operation in the Spring- J. 11'. Page, passenrep engineer, was 

is ld Hospital. 

unfortunate enough to he in another auto- 

Mrs. T. \Ir. Blaine, wife of roadnlaster. mobile accident July 9th. He suffercd a 

,iihl &Ionday. June 29th. after a linzering fractured rib. This is the second accident 

.~lncsa of nearly a year. Funeral services Mr. Page has been in lately. 

were held July 1st. 

E. L. Summers, engineer, returncd re- 

C. A. Berry, roundhouse foreman, and cently from a vacation in California. 

,il;e. arc now on thelr vacation to points However, he decided to spend a few days 

,:I Indiana and Michigan. 

at his farm in Kansas. While there, he 

3. G. Bushno, engineer, and wife, are was repairing the roof on the farm house 

now on a vacation to St. Paul, Minn. and in some manncr he lost his footing 

1 Catherine Schrata, daughter of car in- and fcli and broke his shoulder. Will be 

.pcrtor, is now visiting at Running Lake, some time before he will be able to re- 

.!rk., and kana visiting at Fordland. AIo. sume his duties. 

Nrs. C. T. Lowe, wife of 3rd class ma- J. W. Cullom, engineer, and Pamily, will 

,I,iniat, and son, Clyde, are now visiting vacation soon in Denver. Cheyenne and 

.:I Kansas City. 

l'ortlond. 

Dave Hackett, roundhouse cle~k, is now J. C. Gillispie, nmcllinst, and family, 

~~r, n visit 'to Memphis Tenn. 

\viil \,isit in St. Louis soon. 

31rs,'T. E, Icing, ;ire or engineer, is G. R. Purcell, tank truckman and fam- 

MOW on n visit to Indianapolis. 

ily, will go to California in ti,; ncar iu- 

Mrs. E. Davidson, wile of Rreman, is Lure, for their vacation. 

1 301v 01 I a visit to Jonesboro, Ark. 

L. I. lIardcr, machinist, and family, 

John E. Phillips, Jr., son of Jdhn E. arc also planning a trip to 1.0s Anaeles 

s, engineer, died at tl?e family home 

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,~bout August 1st. 

20th after a lingering illness of 

John was at one time employed 

A. J. Quinn. machinist. was called to 

Icr at this station. Funeral serv- 

Denison July 7th. account of the death of 

cre conducted by Rev. P. 0. Free- 

Iris uncle. Con Swinney, a 1:etired Santa 

June 22nd. 

Fe engineer. 

3. Bryant and wife of Houston, The locomotive and coach departments 

are now visiting Mrs. F. C. Wil- at this point were very enthusiastic in 

3lrs. Bryant is the step-daughter preparing special equipment for "India 

night roundhouse foreman. 

Temple" delegates to the National Shrine 

ey Phillips, watchman, and wife, Of Convention at Clewland. Have heard 

Id, Ala.. attended the funeral of several impressive remarks made about 

cleanliness of the engine and equipment. 

We are naturally proud of our efforts. and 

the efforts o! assistant editor. Miss Mar- 

ECHANICAL DEPARTMENT tha Moore. In seelng that the Shrmern 

3KLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. were started on their journey. The spe- 

- 

cial was handIed by a Shrine crew, which 

was very fitting for the occasion. 

J. L. MORTON, Reporter 

The locomotive and coach departments 

were called upon to prepare another spe- 

Moore, car foreman, is sure wearcial 

for the opening of the Unlon Station 

here July 15th. The roundhouse embroad 

smile these days. because 

wandpa. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore 

ployees had to Are u~ locomotive 94 and 

e proud parents of an 8%-pound 

the coach yard employees had to prepare 

er. Joan Louise. who arrived JuIv 

coaches 670 and 680 for this epochal run 

~iss pays us no attention unless 

into the Union Station for the dedication 

sed as grandpa. Grandma Moore 

ceremonies. Passengers were very much 

bout in a very dignified manner. 

pleased with the condition of this train. 

and Mrs. C. S. Ward spent the 

Did not learn how much revenue was 

so of July in Corpus Christi, 

realized from this run. 

and vicinity. Went to the gulf Roy Floyd, roundhouse clerk, is sportnes 

while there. Had a wonderful ing a new Chevrolet sedan. I-lope to ride 

Xr. Ward is a machlnist. 

in it at some later date. 

3. Allen, coach truckman, and fam- Mrs. George Jones, wife of coach foreent 

B week's vacation, July 4th to inan. was called to Grandseline. Texas, 

gith relatives and friends in Texas. ,July 16th, account of the serlous illness 

Frederick worked in Mr. Allen's of her brother. 

Harry Harrison, accldent prevention 

Pltts, of Kansas City, sister of agent, was with us July 13th. At the 

,ernan Jess Moore, arrived July 5th. noon hour he made us a verv interestinc 

extended visit with Mr. end Mrs. and instructive talk on safet'y topics an3 

statistics. 

: Scott, box packer and family, W. S. Melvin, air brake man. and W. R. 

o Ninnsboro ~exas,'~ulv 2nd, for Doster, mlllmnn, went fishing on the 

r'r visit with' Mrs. scott'k parents. North Canadian. June 21st. Did auite a 

:ott said they fared sumptuously little fishing but not much catching. 

-1,lle there. Says they have wonderful Mrs. Roy Bogard. wife of locomotive in- 

' UPS i n that region. 

spector. died June 21st, after a long ill- 

1. T, Fite, traveling car inspector, and ness. Our sympathy is extended to the 

'- c. Sharpe, traveling oxweld instruc- family in their bereavement. 

,re with us July 9th. 

0. S. Momony, .storekeeper. returned 

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June 27th from a vacation in California. 

Had a wonderful trip. 

Wm. Temple, storeroom countcrman, 

and family, returned from their vacation 

June 29th. "Bill" tells us some monder- 

ful Ash storcv of the mountain streams 

out there. 

Quite a number of the mechanical de- 

partment employees and their families 

attellded the Frisco Picnic at Monett June 

2.5th. Mrs. ~Morton, wife of your corre- 

spondent, went on to Springfield for a 

few days' visit. Just couldn't go that 

near home without going on. Everyone 

reported a good tlme. 

Lemuei Morton, father of your corre- 

spondent, had the misfortune to break the 

tibia bone in his leg, June 30th. Mr. Mor- 

ton operates a farm near Springfield, 1Mo. 

He yas hauling in a load of hay and in 

crosslng a small ditch was thrown from 

the lotrd and the wagon ran over his leg. 

He is doing nicely now, but his age ~nalres 

the recovery slow. 

Perry Hodge, coach truckman and fam- 

ily. went fishing ncar Yukon '.July l2tll. 

Said the Ash refused to be fed. 

Quite a number of our employees took 

aclvtlntage of the Fourth of July holidays 

for short vacations: 

Manuel Hunter, machinist, and family, 

went to Tulsa; J. L. Conrger, supplyman, 

:ind family, went to Chiclrasha and Ana- 

tliu.ko; I". N. Jones, machinist, went to 

Ih?lla Vista; Floyd Gregg, blacksmith, and 

fnlnily, went to Blanchard: Denny How- 

irrd, machinist, and family, went to the 

"Old Swimmin' Mole," near Spencer. W. 

P. Myers, locomotive inspector, wen't to 

Mmond; Wm. Jones, npprentice, spent 

the time with his parents at Oswego, 

Kansas; W. R. Doster, millman, and sis- 

ter yent to Ada. 

The Frisco Baseball Club finished sec- 

ond in the first half of the Twilight 

Leugue with 9 games won and 5 lost. 

\\'iiile our record for the second half is 

not so impressive, we are fighting hard. 

Our record to date, for the second half, 

is as follows: 

Frisco .............. 1 Film Eschange ................ 3 

Frisco .............. 12 Phi Beta chi^ ................... 2 

Frisco .............. 9 Railwav Ex. (forfeit) . - .... 0 

Frisco .............. 6 Wilson-& Co ............... : ..... 9 

Prisco ............ .13 Steffens' Dairy .................. 14 

Frisco .............. 0 Cotton Club ...................... 7 

Frisco .............. :3 Phi Delta Omega ............ 1 

Frisco ............ 10 Film Exchange ................ 4 

Frisco .............. 4 Phi Beta Chi .................... 1 

Frisco .............. 9 Railway Ex. (forfeit).. 0 

RIP TRACK-KANSAS CITY, MO. 

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JZE WARFORD, Reporter 

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Foreman M. J. Snrtain and family spent 

a week of his vacation in Memphis, Tenn. 

Mr. Sartain says his vacation ended too 

soon. 

Charley Heinz and family spent the 

Fourth 111 West Plains, Mo., visiting 

friends and relatives. All had a fine time. 

William Smith spent the Fourth in 

Springfield, Mo., visiting friends and relatlves. 

Smith recently purchased n Willis- 

Knight in which he drove down. He reports 

he had no trouble en route. 

Leonard Benskin and family spent the 

Fourth visiting friends and relatives in 

St. Joseph, 310. Leonard says it rained 

quite a little bit while he was there. 

Claud Belz and family spent the fifth 

of July in Bonner Springs, Kansas, on a 

picnic. 

Roy Rrown had n surprise last month 

wheu his daughter, Mrs. Alwood, visited 

him. 

Car inspector Ted Chambers was ofT 

sick last month. We are glad to see 

him back on the job again. 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Juhl are planning 

to spend two weeks in Pensacola, Fla.. 

next month. 

Charles Buckley is in the Frisco Hospital 

with tonsillitis. We hope he recovers 

soon. 

Walter Spencer is spending his vacation 

near Springfield, 1\10., visiting frlends 

and relatlves. 

Joe Enslen and family spent his vacation 

in Madison, Mo., visiting friends and 

relatives. Joe claims it was very hot 

in Madison. All had a good time.

I EASTERN DIVISION 

engineer. rnolorerl to T.iberty, 110.. over 1)ital on June 16th. He is survlred b\ 

the weekend. his wifv. L'ather and mot'her. hrothcr. 

Kenneth Blr~mliost, son of Conductor ;~nd sisters, all of Springfield. 

Hlumhost, had the misfortune to be The night joh nt the east stockyard; 

thrown from R mule and broke his has been abolished, displacing Mac: 

arm. 11. Thnmgson, who in turn hump~si 

MONETT YARD 

Those who attended the old veteran's ('harles Tuck on the day joh at L h 

reunion from here were: C. A. Clar- s:lme yard. Thls is the Hrst job to b~ 

FR.\SI< K\'I.I*:~L. P.eporter* horrre, dca!,ot agent': 1Cd Fuller, engi- abolished in this department. 

neer: 31. Crews. a retlred ~eclion fore: .\ new water cooling system has rr- 

1.:. 0. Gillette has bumped on the S:30 man. and Fred Sheppard, a retired ce~itly been installed at the west yar~i 

1,. m. swit'ch render's joh. following the hostler. officr? displacing the old oaken lirr 

discontinuing of his po~ifiorl as assist- W. H. .lohnson, brakeman, and Cam- which I believe mill he retired prab. 

ant yardmaster. ilg are hxck from a two weeks' vaca- ahly to the storeroom. after hayin: 

Charles W. Eaird has colnpleted the tion. They visited their sons in Okla. quenched the thirst of stockyard me!, 

work of improving his pro1)ert's. Addi- Those who were off to celebrate the for a good many pears. 

tional rooms were built on. a new bath Fourth were: W. \V. Clark, conductor: The watrrinp system along the plal. 

installed, and the roof line ~11allb'C'd to A. \V. Segler. conductor; J. H. Temple, form has been completed am1 is beiv: 

the bungalow type. engineer, and A. W. Liffee. fireman. used to advantage in watering hnp 

0. C:. Donlavy, who has been laying The reporter and family spent the this hot weather. This new syatel:, 

off for some time duc to illness, has l.'or~rt.h at Seymour. will expedite nlovement and redure 

returned to work. Roy G. \\rilliamsons, mnvliinist, and claims on hogs, as they are drenrhtd 

Assistant Yardmaster J. E. Shipley f:~mily spent the 4th in IIarshalI and Ra1.1 Spr~in went NEWS SERVICE DEPARTMENT ' OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT 

fishing recently. They didn't briug SPRINGFIELD, MO. SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

back many fish, but the report is that 

. 

the frog legs were plentiful. 

.I. 1'. HRIGGS. Reporter 

Otto A. Boss and Wm. \Yorniin~ton. - 

N.4liIlC .\I

Stables for an hour's ride. fol- 

1 by breakfast at the home of 

le Cochran. And they're enticing 

ecord clerks out, one by one. hav- 

ormed another party several days 

which included several of t'he 

d clerks. 

Carl Gardner. chief night clerk. in 

company with Jlrs. Gardner and their 

two sons, spent July 17th-20th at 

White River Dam, enjoy in.^ the most 

wonderful fishing trip ever! . 

i\;Irs. F. H. Jlasters. wife of our car 

tlistributer, left the latter lmrt of July 

for Sandy Covc Canil). northeast SInryland, 

where she will visit her daughters. 

Mary and i\laryaret, who are 

sl~rntling the rumrner there. >lr. Alasters 

accoml)nnied her as far as St'. 

l.ouis, 

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT 

0. L. OI*SL.EY. Reporter 

Een P. Srhneider, telepral~hrr, resumed 

~luty July !I, i1ftt.r hnvinr: ;~ccompanic(l 

hi3 fiumlly to \\'isconsin. \vherc they \vi!l 

spend several weeks' vacation. 

iENERAL STOREKEEPER'S 

.\. B. Strain, telcq'aphor, and family 

FFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

s1)ent July 12 visiting in Jefferson City. 

They made the trill by auto via the Gag- 

9ELI.X .\LURICH, Reporter 

Mrs. L. E. La~~gsford, wife of (our nell Darn route. 

chief merchandise clerk, and little son. Norman Sutton, messenger. ~'esunle,l 

Lester, Jr.. spent the last fexv clays of tluty in thr telegraph ofCice July 16. 

:a 5lar)- Murphy of the stationery .lurle an the house guests of Nr, and 

Trnent left the service on June 

after having ilonc! scvcrnl days' relief 

R1r.s. Alfrcd B:111 in St. Louis. 

wo~,lc in the offlce of superintendent 1x10- 

became the bride of Nr. \Valter \\:a al'e g1;tcl to yel,ort that 11oy 

of Io\va. Our best wisher go 

tiv~ power. 

Bonham. Sl clerk, 1s hack with us 

them for a long and happy 

Fkl P:rken, nlessenjicr', spent ;i few (law 

irftel' i'ather long abserlce account t'he 

ed life. 

in St. Louix tlul'ing thc flrst \veclt of July. 

illness of his father. The senior Mr. 

clrls in this office and the ac- Bonham was t:rken to a hos1)ital \\-here 

.\[is% Ia:thel Holland, stenographer. rejin;~ 

department gave a surprise hr i~ getting illong fairly well. s~nncd tluty July 13, nfter having bcen 

er for Mrs. H. H. Howard, Oeorc'e Seft', night clerk, has set ;L of[ rcve~'al wwks account illness. 

srly Niss Stella Comegys, iu her new ~narlc in golf for the rest of us to Mrs. Apnes Ghechnn PBX operator. 

, July 8th. The office force pre- try and reach. Recently while on his Ii,~nsns Clty, lcft July 12 for Los And 

them with a wedding gift of an vtr'irtion he played off a golf tourna- pelca to \.isit her mother. 

:.ic percolator and tray. 

nlent' at one of the local links. His Miss. Edna Scnnetaen. PEX operator, 

?re hnve been several changes in score wirs second un. He's reallv good Kansas Citv. spent tho flrst half of Jul? 

&ice since Miss Comegys and 3liss 

. -- 

at the game. 

on a cleliRiitful sightseeing trip in Can- 

!iurl)l~y have left the service. \Ve 

ada. Detroit and Sew York City. 

I dcome Nrs. Blanche Bramhall. who 

I.:lbert Hunt. diversion clerk, in company 

with his wife and young son. \Ir. 1. liipp. dispatcher. Ft. Scott. and 

1 .ir taken Stella's place as comp- 

Mrs. Klpp. itre sojourning in the Oaarks. 

r~meter operator and Cecil Banta has 

drove to Quincy. Ill.. July llth, to xtolien 

ZIary's place as multigraph 

tend the funeral of one of Mrs. Hunt's .!. F. Rvan, for many years dispatcher 

qerator. We are sorry to lose Luther 

relatives. Their trip home was quite at 1;t. ~cott, but now retircd and living 

itlev, who has accented a 1,osition in 

pleasant in spite of the sadness of the in St. Louis, has rcturned home after 

funeral, for they stopped at Columbi;i. 

the lruvinji spmt several weeks in Fort Scott. 

' stationery defiartmeni. James Xlo.. visiting the t7niversit?; grounds 

Erickaon has replaced Luther as file 

visiting friends and former fellow workclcrli 

and Miss Elizabeth Gibson 1s our 

;in11 1,uildinps-also stopped at Jrft'et,nwrenrrer. 

We are glad to have 

son City inspecting the cal)itol arid 

~IiaabeTh back with us again. 

other buildings of note. 

Jlirs Sola Rook of this office and I.:llis T)ulin, tracer clerk, and JIrs. F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT 

Miss EunIce Hagerman of the account'- Dulir~ with their cute youngsters have 

beell having a gl'and summer "down on 


Ing department at Ft. Scott, enjoyed 

a pleasant trip to Branson. June 27th. tile farm" picking hlackb,el,ries, eatin5 -- 

Sincere ayml~athy is extended to Niss fried ohi,clcen and enjoylng the "01 

1).\21':iA T.E\VIS. RADOI~PI. 

Elizabeth Gibson and Hnrry Gibson ill swimmill hole". 

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the death of their fat'her the -It11 of --this 

month. 

\'acatlons are the outstandinl;. nrws 

bliss Ruth 1:selton of this office and 

items In this dclmrtrnent, a number of our 

)liss Mary Sewton of the di\-ision ac- 

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT 

force having cnjoyctl vu.cations during the 

countant's office, spent the 4th of July 


1):ist month. 

holidays kt Bella Vista. Arkansas. 

XIay~nc* Hlntlman. chief file clerk. spent 

Three more worlters in this office 

a fcw (lays In Kansas City, visiting her 

have succumbed to the bite of the JIATII.I).\ ('. HOI"F.\I.-\S, Reporter sister. 

( '%olI Bug" this year. They are Misses 

T. D. Quinn, investigator. vacationed in 

Ruth Uselton, Jack Fitzjohn and Mr. Mr. 1:ht' and firrnily visited rela- Tulsa and 0kl:uttornu City. 

Floyd Yntes. They are all still shoot- tives nexr' Arkansas City, Kans., over 

( ing over a hundred. Floyd thinks the Four'tl~ of July. 

there is a fortune for some inventor 

vho perfects a ball. that. wl~en it 

\Veddlng bells have been ringing; 

.lops rolling, will unfurl a little white 

merrily in the signal department. Nr. 

, r::~g in the breeze. Or. better yet. it 

Jack Stewart and Miss Hazel George 

~ould be equipped with a Volitone 

were married June 27th at Grace 31. 

whi?t:e or the Westminster Chimes. 

1.;. (!hurch, Springfield. Mr. Id. J. 

Lanigan and Nisn Margaret Croslin 

were mnrrlrd July llth at' Sprin~field. 

I 

We wish thb young couples many 

years of hal,pinews 2nd ~,rosperity. 

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT 

I 

3Iessrs. Stewurt and Lanimn are em- 

TRANSPORTATION 

ployed as nssistant signaln~en. 

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C. I?. Smlth, claim investiaator. has returned 

from a visit with relatives in 

Loulsville. Icy. 

\V. Shumate, carload DR clerk, and 

Mrs. Shumate, enjoyed a motor trip. 

Their itinerary included Ha Ha Tonka, 

Bagnell ancl Jefferson City. 

Cleo Penrce, typist. spent a delightful 

vacation in 1ou.a C~ty. 

Ruby Northcutt, tlictaphone operator. 

celebrated the Fourth of July in Jiountain 

Grove: Lenora Sutheriantl was in 

Lebanon and Katherine Hurt went to 

Greenfleld. 

Accompanied by hls family. W. P. Mc- 

Kinnell, spent part of his vacation flshing 

on James river. also enjoyed a motor 

trlp to Bagnell. 

Mnrjorie Risser of Tulsa. Okla., formerly 

employed in this department, has 

returned to Tulsa after a leas ant visit 

wlth her mother. Mrs. ~oce Rlsser and 

sister, Kathryn. 

Nary antl Pat Smith, tlauahter antl 

son of C. F. Smith, are spending a part 

of their school vacations In New Albany. 

InA. 

Fred Roop, who has been in the Navy 

for the past fourteen years and stationed 

at Pago Pago. Samoa. for the past three 

yearn. is vlsltlng his brother. G. C. Roop 

of this office. Fred is a former Frisco 

employe and enjoyed meeting several of 

his Frisco friends. 

Harold Wllks and family have returned 

from a motor trip to Sedalla, Kansas 

City. Eldorado Springs, Monett and Bagnell. 

Verne Tulloch. Splvla Martln and Gertrude 

Whitaker enjoyed vacations at 

home this year. 

Katherine Young has enjoyed many 

trlps through the Ozarks via Buick. since 

purchasing the new car. Recently she 

drove to Bagnell and Hollister. 

Slncere sympathy in extended to C. J. 

Bowman and family In the loss of Mrs. 

Bowman's father. Mr. E. R. Bain. who 

passed away at the Bowman home on 

.June 22, at the age of 87 years. Funeral 

servlces were held In Campbellsville, Ky.. 

former home of the deceased. 

C. H. Rice, chief OS%D clerk, attended 

the recent conventlon of the Unlted 

Spanish War veterans, which was held 

in Moberly. Mo. 

Virgll P. Anderson, accompanied by 

3Irs. Anderson, enjoyed a motor trip to 

Sullivan. Cuba. Crocker, Sedalla, California 

and Jamestown. Mo. 

DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S 

OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

PEARL FAIN. Reporter 

To keep cool "Cookie" has shaved his 

head and punched holes In his hat, which 

makes a lot of difference, so he says, 

during these hot days. 

Jake Riddle, our messenger, lost hls 

"one and only" straw hat while flshiug. 

SECURITY NATIONAL BANK 

Reasom Why : 

4% on Savings balances in 

excess of the first $500 

3j/20/6 on Savings balances up 

to $600 

1% on Checking Account 

balances in excess of $1,000 

Maximum Safety-Central Location 

Elghth Street. Batween Olive and Locust 

St. Louis, Mo. 

Convenlant Hours-9 to 5 Daily. 

9 to 8:30 Saturday 

The wind blew it OR and thc current carrierl 

it to parts unknown. 

I.:. A. Thomas, supply car man, was 

fortunate in arriving In Sphngfleld in 

time to attend the Vcternns' Reunion. 

held at Doling Park. June 32 and 23. He 

was placed on the nominatin~ committec 

to select the new officers for the coming 

year. 

An clectric waffle iron was presented 

>It-. and Xrs. Hart Howard from this 

department as a wetlcling gift. 

Slncere sympathy is ertentlecl from this 

department to Miss Elizabeth Gibson and 

Mr. Har~y Gibson of the general store 

office, in the death of their father on 

the fourth of this month. 

It seems that a number took advantage 

of the time that the Fourth of July affortletl 

them this year a.; it came on Saturday. 

ancl spent Saturday and Sunday 

out of town. though some only spent thc 

Fourth. They are an follows: 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brandon ancl (laughter, 

Ann Elizabeth, enjoyed thc day at 

Arcacia Club near Hollister. 

Nr. and Mrs. Henry Nelson were in 

Branson and Holllster, enjoying the 

"Shephe~d of the Hills" country. 

Mr. C. C. Meyer visited with his aunt 

in Bellevllle. Ill. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Price and family 

enjoyed a vlsit to the country where they 

enjoyed plenty of fried chicken. 

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Click visited Mr. 

Click's brother at Bunker HI11, Ill. 

Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Kemm and familv 

visited Mrs. Kemm's sister at Rolla. >lo. 

F. JI. Bishop and hls wife and daughter 

went to Bennett Springs. 

Xr. antl Mrs. 0. H. Miller ancl family 

spent their tltne on Whlte river fl8hing 

and camplng. They visited the River 

View Camp on the Gasconade and tell 

us that Mr. F. G. Faulkner who was formerly 

superintendent of terminals at 

Sprlnaflelcl and who is now retired from 

the Frlsco. Is living: there. -Mr. BIiller 

and his boy were quite successful in their 

flshing. though there were familles there 

from St. Louis and Indiana who had become 

qulte discouraged with their flshing-having 

flshetl for two weeks and 

caught nothlng. But when they saw Mr. 

3liller's strlnc of Ash. thev took new 

hope. 

Mr. Roy L. Sloan of Detroit is visiting 

his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sloan. 

MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS 


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ALTA NORTHCUTT. Reporter 

Those who read the notes Prom this 

department in last month's issue of the 

magazine wlll remember our reporting 

the fact that Emery Green had hls ton- 

sils removed. Emery has since shown 

up without a mustache and we are now 

wondering if he wlll be minus a Anger 

or toe when he returns from Wisconstn. 

where he is in milltary trafning at the 

present time. 

The vacation season is at its height. 

Those who have nothing to look forward 

to the rest of this year arc C. E. Xc- 

Kenzie, who accompanletl by hls wife. 

spent his vacation in Nebraska. Ida Blood. 

who tells us strange storks of incom- 

parable Portland and other scenic spots 

along the Oreaon trail : and John Con- 

ley. a past-master at relating flsh tales. 

Belleve "Current river" i~ the stream in 

which John says there are so many game 

Ash-still at large. Our near farmer, F. 

M. Ferbrache, spent hls vacation at home 

with friend wife nnd chllclren. and we'll 

bet he put out a second garden while he 

was off. Betty Blake reports a nice visit 

in Kansas City, Nevada, antl Stockton. 

But we half imagine Jerry Anderson had 

the most enjoyable vacatlon of them all. 

He spent his two weeks at home playing 

peek-a-boo with Barbara Jean who, like 

all youngsters, will grow up all too soon. 

Those now absent from the offlce on 

their vacation are RuPus Clark-bound 

or Colorado, and J. E. Potts, who was 

seen studying a map of Chicago bets the 

he left. But the most restless of th$ 'he 

all IS Har~ y JIalette-he has been sear 

visions of Los Angeles, California a C' 

Portland. Oregon, and we would not CPO 

surprised if he were to land in Scatt elec 

before he return? to Springfield, and a C1ul 

twe dutv. Bcu 

The three water nymphs in thls off she' 

who most enjoyed the swin~mina par pop 

at James River Club given by the Frl- 

G~rls' Club, are Helen Yates, Ha. 

Clark and Flo Blevans. 

Lane Gulnncy gave us a surprise-a Mi 

most delicious treat-recently. and - 

~ejoice wlth hlm in the acguis~tion of 

charming ncw helpmate. 

We are sorry to report the death 

Miss Lu Routt. sister of F. S. Roll 

Aftcr a Imgering Illness she recent 'I 

passed away. 

IIf€ 

tak 

act 

PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPT. fi: 

ST. LOUIS str 

thi 

RAYXOXD H. RINKEL, Reporter , to 

trz 

Vacation news continues : an 

0. J. Wenclt spent twa weeks In It! ' 

Ozarks. lo 

Frank Zoellner went to Perryville, Ma mf 

for a Dart of his vacation. and haa nvir ?' 

to look forward to. 

Ed Bernard's camping trlp throup, 

Salem and Cuba seems to have been ar 

enjoyable one. 

Charlle Burns made good use eC hlq 

Ford on a tour through Jllssouri. 

E. W. Kubitz took a week of hls ra. 

catlon. His car was not idle durinr 

'that tlme. I am sure. 

Tom Williamson spent his rscation 

locally, and wlll gladly tell anyoar 

"there is no place Hke home." 

Bill Altvater went to Detroit. Hlch.. 

and Wlndsor, Canada. over the Fourlh. 

and has a "label" to prove it. 

Recent promotions affected Char. 

Burns. Killian Coerver and Vlncent Nelat. 

Best of luck to the boys In their nea 

work. 

OFFICE OF MASTER MECHANIC 

. SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

ZETA M. SIMPSON, Reporter 

We notice Carl Kelser is drkinr 

around in a new Studebnker sedan. Carl 1 

has purchased a home on Summitt A m . 

and Is now busy having it papered and 

palnted. preparatory to moving in. 

Effective July 15. J. D. Heyburn aa5 

cut off as a road foreman of equipmmt. 

He has nearly forty years' service with 

B'risco Lines ancl just SIX more yean k. 

fore retirinp. "There are some ahearl of 

me, thou~h", he smiled and further re- 

marked, there is Tom Lyons who wnr 

running as an engineer when I WRS a 

boy going to school." We wish him ruc. 

cess and good luck In hls work. as an 

engineer. 

One of those sizzllng afternoons alwn 

everyone was longinp for somethlnfi to 

quench their thirst. Nora Nichols cave 

us a sudden shock by exclaiming. "Oh. 

look at the load of watermclonn out 

there!" An' what do you 'spose they 

were? Pretty green acetylene drums k 

ina transported across the yards! 

We tender our sincere thanks to tb* 

contributors of zoological and entomolori- 

cal specimens left on our desk. Now udI 

someone please bring us a llttle Angora 

kitty? 

OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER 


ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter \ 

C. P. King and family enjoyed a few 

days rest and recreation at Pensacola th* 

fore part of this month. 

July 13 Miss Anna Willlgan, pass clerk. 

became ill at the office and was taken to 

I 

I

IW St. John's hosnital. ;\t this writing 11'. L. Turrentine has bid in a tem- 

.I.+ ia still in the 'hospital, but we hope 

I have her with 11s again soon. 

ConcratuIations to Victor B. Gleav~s ! 

l'p@n ~ une 23, at parsons. Iian.. he was 

:+r!ted executive secretary of the Metro 

?lob International, and was married to 

::..ulah NcNab of Springfield. After a 

hart honeymoon on the Paciflc coast the 

I, ~pulnr couple arc now at home at 513 

-,A Harrison to their many friends. 

porary vacancy gs a helper, due to C. 

E. Hose?, working as an assistapt yardmaster 

the past month. 

Norman Hinds has bid in a job in 

the freight house. 

C. C. ~hompson is enjoying his an- 

nual vacation and W. E. Lewis IS 

workinr the night south yardmaster 

thus starting the bumping again. T. 

H. Vaughn, who had held this posi- 

tion, displaced E. F. Daugherty, agent. 

Sullivan, who in t'urn bumped C. F. 

Brockman, agent, Crocker. At pres- 

ent writing Brockman has not placed 

his bump. 

G. W. Brown. second S. P., SIonett. 

was successful bidder on first trick 

nosition durinrr his absence. 

there. 

..\rchie ~ a m is 6 enjoying his annual 

vacation and George Sislc is working J. D. Anderson, who has been workas 

an assistant yardmaster during his ing in the relay office in SprlngReld 

absence. 

for several years, has returned to the 

MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPART- Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Eckles have re- extra board. account further reduction 

in forces in Springfield. 

MENT. NEWS 

turned home after attendin the funeral 

of a relative of Mrs. ~cfies in Iowa. J. W. Finley, second trick. Sewburg. 

3Ir. Eckles also attended the reunion and family are vacationing in Cali- 

'IARGUERITE FROSSARD, Reporter of thel3th u.~~s. army division in St. fornia. Their ~rinci~al motive for the 

Louis durlng his absence. 

trip was to vi'sit their sons, Clyde. 

This terminal is really teeming with A fishing party composed of TV. P. formerly an operator on the Eastern 

fe and activity these past few days, Gustin. Archie Lamb. Harrv Fitch. C. division. and George. The boys are in 

-king care of the detouring of trains C. Thompson and several 'others re- the hTavy and at present are stationed 

heduled between Fort Scott and cently enjoyed several days of their at San Pedro. Helen Bellows Is work- 

.mngfleld, due to a large portion of favorite sport In Canada and report ing second while J. S. is off, and third 

ne Sac River bridge having been de- having a wonderful tlme. 

trick is being worked by various ext'ra 

tCO~ed by fire. It calls for some clear TV. P. Gustin has returned to his men. To date, T. B. Boatman. C. H. 

~wnking and speedy handllng at times duties as general yardmaster after en- Reed and L. Sf. Roach have each 

i hare an engine readv for all the joying his vacation, which he spent on worked it. 

trains, but thus far we- have braved a Rshinr tri~ to Canada. 

TV. W. Lemons, first Newburg, is 

.nd conquered the storm! 

~rchie ~ainb, also a member of the off for a few days, picking black- 

, On July 2. Irl Williamson ret~rrned Canadian fishing party, has returned berries, and visiting in St. Louis. L. 

I 'n Monett to exercise his senioritv as to his duties as assistant yardmaster. Jf. Roach is relieving him. 

mwhinlsr after a year or so spent in 

\eodesha, Kansas, where he was as- 

-cned as night roundhouse foreman. 

TELEGRAPH NOTES 

Seedless to say, Mr. Williamson is glad 

ru get back to this flourishing and 

NEWBURG, MO. 

imb~tloua city, and to again mingle 

ST. LOUIS ADVERTISERS 

lmong his former friends and com- HELES FELLOWS, Reporter 

pmions. 

( Mrs. C. H. Garrison and daughters, W. M. Leek, agent. Dixon, was off 

Nary, Helen and Mildred, departed on several days. F. Burton, regular thlrd 

July B for a visit of several weeks 

INVESTMENT 

trick. Dison, relieved him, and was in 

3-ith relatives at North Judson and In- turn relieved bv extra ooerators Park- 

~iinnapolis, Indiana. This is rather el-. Trotter and Schmelz: 

BONDS 

hdrd on a certain general foreman, C. W. Roberts, third- trlck Southrho 

feels himself an exact' replica of e AID & COMPANY, Inc. 

a s t e 1- n Junction, celebrated the 

Ihr "Man Without a Countrv"-verv Fourth of July . by - laylna off. W. Stone Security Bldg. ST. LOUIS, 310. 

-mh a+ loose ends! 

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relieved hlm. 

Glanclng over the transportation ob- W. P. Copening was successful MEMBERS. ST. LOUIS STOCK EXCHANGE 

tained for Mrs. C. J. Smith and daugh- bidder on third trick St'rafford. 

ter. Ilildred. wife and dauphter of -- en- - ~ - -4. E. Trotter, agent, Crescent, was 

pincer, we 'are rather prone to envy successful bidder on third trick. West 

[bun the wonderful vacation rrip they Lebanon. R. E. Essmnn extra man, 

hwe planned, which includes stops and has been working at leest Lebanon 

!lsils at several points In Ohio and while it was on bulletin. 

Hlrhignn, as well as a cruise over the H. 4. Atwell relieved D. H. Leek. 

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I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I 

TULSA FREIGHT OFFICE 

FRED 4. SHELLHORS. Reporter 

rnt..i at XIt. Grove. 1\10. Also that lie has 

had a lot of good luck flshing. 

F. A. Hallum. switchman. who has been 

absent from duty for some time ac.count 

illness. has returned to the St. Louih 

hospital. 

311.. and Mrs. T. E. TSagan ha\e rc- 

turned from Bowers Mill. No.. whe~c 

they have been visiting rc4atlves for some 

timr. 

Miss Xlargaret Cole has arrive11 from 

3Icmphis. Tenn., for an extcntlc~l vi~it 

with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colv. 

Dale A. Young, yal'd clerk, who Ir 

:*waiting assignment, passed through Tul- 

sa recently, cnroute to Cove, .\rk.. whelp 

he will visit his parents. 

311. nntl Mrs. J. N. Paisley ha\e been 

enjoying a visit fl>oln the fornwr'h niothe~ 

at this point by C. Hamilton during hi: 

absence. 

H. L. Bolen. yard clerk. l~as returnc.' 

from Dallas. Texas. where he \!sited Lr 

several days. 

Mr. and Mrs. Earl EC~RO~ have ! rc 

turned from Greenfield. 310.. where the) 

visited for several days with Xrs. Btn 

son's parents. 

Mr. B. A. Connell. agent. spent 20 years 

of his life learning to gitch horseshoes; 

the result was winning flrst place at thc 

Tulsa Traffic Club picnic. WC now offer 

him for national chanil>ion. 

Car loadings at this station for the past 

month have shown an increase over the 

previous month. Looks like old nlan "Depression" 

may he on his last Icss. 

Ralph Mor~is, our star expense clrrk. 

took his wife for an outing the Fourth 

antl ~~eturnc~l with a good case of fever. 

JIoral: spend your vacation at home. 

Nr. F. J. Wilson and friends shot thelr 

flrewolnks somewhere in the Ozarks. The 

rlcstination was not ~~achcd, account 

Spavinan' Lakc being in the way. 

"Zeke." our illustrious utility rlerli at 

the warohouse, has passed the 21-year 

nlark. Pcrhaps now Lon Uurcl can take 

:I vacation and let Zelcc~ run thc ware- 

11ouse. 

Miss Christine Bnnclerfo~d, secretary to 

the agent, spent the werk-en11 of the 

Fourth at Shcrnian with her parents. Mr. 

and Mrs. J. B. Vantlerford. 

IZddie Freincr and family antl \V:lbash 

R~yon antl f:anlily rrtp~.esente~l the rate 

tlegn~,tment on the Illinois River during 

the two-day holicli~y. R~ports circulatecl 

to the cffect a ,il-pouncl fish was caught. 

Believe it or not. 

bliss Golclie \\'orkrnan. our only deb. 

has a nice coat of sun-tan, alnlost. If 

it hadn't peeled off. shc would still have 

it. 

Tulsa freight house went ninr months 

with the least number of errors. Watch 

out, everybody. for we will be back on 

top next month. 

Maynard \Vootlcock, formerly bill clerk 

in this office, has accepted a position 

with the Tulsa Terminal Storage as shipping 

clerk. We are sure he will make 

them a valuable man. 

of Ihs Noines. Iowa. 

31rs. Quinn Raker ant1 chlldren :Ire visiting 

relatives in IVheeling, W. VR. 

Fave 14'. Warrcn has retul'nc~l from 

D:lllas, Texus, where he slwnt a few days 

visit in^. 

R. IC. I-liiyrs, switchman, lins socure~l n 

leave of absence account illness. 311.. 

EI:l\es has entered the St. Louis hosuital. 

H. P. Grin~es, switchman, is also ahsent 

Prom duty account Illness iintl has 

entered the St.~IAouis hospital. 

\\'orrl IIRS been received from Hank 

Smart, who was seriously inju~'etl several 

weeks ago, that he is getting along 

nicely, ncws of whlch his many fricntls 

~111 be glad to hcar. 

Harry \Vi~gins. Mid-Continent Petroleun~ 

Corporation representative, has returned 

from St. Louis whwe lic spent 

two weeks, relieving the represcntatlve 

at that polnt. Mr. \\'igg'ins \v:m reli~vell 

TULSA REVISING BUREAU 

TULSA, OKLA. 

JI.\RC[~I~:RITI~~ HEI.'HIq:S. Kepor 

31iss Martha Thomas, daughter or 

T,. Thomas, revising clerk, visited in : 

sas City July Fourth. Xiss Thonx 

wnployrcl in the commercial office ol 

Chicaeo. Northwestem Raiiwoy a 

stenographer. 

\Vith the thermometer at the 10; n 

MI-. Brendel, Mr. Thomas, Xr. 3Iiller 

JIiss Hefrcn remained in Tulsa 

Fourth, hut 1,eo Brown and KII. vr~ 

had to be different. Leo spent the 

fishing, as did 1,:d.. whose report on 

numhcr of flsh he caught was no 

fa\ orable, but he (lid acquire an unw 

~ t 1 iwnount of sunburn. 

Dan Rennlck. fornierly of this bul 

\\-as last seen demonstrating elr 

sweepers at a local department storc 

Tulsa evlclently has ~nagnetic pone1 r fo: 

some people. At least that is what : In think it has for Bob McDermott, who 

recently returned to Tulsa, havin(: 

cepted a positlon in the trafflc del 

nlznt of the A-ational Supply Compan 

OFFICE SUPT. TERMINALS 

WEST TULSA, OKLA. 

Vernon Cheshire, switchman, and famfly 

have returned from Fayetteville, Ark.. :n tor 

where they visited sc\'cral days \\.it11 

rrla[ivex. 

1-1. W. Tabcr, local chail'man for the 

1% of R. T.. hxa returnrtl to duty after 

an extenrietl absence, attending the Sationxl 

Convrntion of the L?. of R. T. :tt 

Houston. Texan, 

Mrs. J. B. Vmn(1crford ins returnd to 

her honle in Sherman. Texas, nl'tcr al~ending 

a short time visiting her daushtc~'~ 

herc. 

Mrs. C. J. Quinn and children Il:ive 

rcturnc!tl from Kansas City, where they 

spent sevt?ral days visiting relatives an11 

friends. 

Mr. antl Mrs. ,J. C. Tcglcr arc enjoying 

a vacation, visiting relatfves in Chicago. 

From there they expect to ao to 

Canada. where they will vislt different 

points of interest. 

Word has been rcceived from Yartl 

Clerk L. S. ICirk~>atrick. \vho was recently 

cut off account reduction in force. 

that he is cnjoying a visit with his par- 

HEN a man gets off duty he likes to rest sna 

relax. Conductor D. E. Eakins of the lllinou 

r Central has found the way to do it 

L For ten years or more he's smoked aoi~e and 

~d~eworth. He prefers it because it n& bitu 

his tongue. 

Many railroad men prefer Edgeworth formany 

Edgeworth ie a blend reasons. Most men like it because it is the finel 

of he old burleys, all-round smoke in the world. 

with its natural savor 

insured by Edge- If you've never tried Edgeworth, get r timdit 

worths. distinctive today. Itcomesin twoforms. EdgeworthRea Idreleventh 

process. Rubbed and Edgeworth Plug Slice. 154 and UP 

For leal pipe pleas- . 

according to size. Or, for a generous free 1 

ure get a tin of Edge- 

rid 

worth. All sizes. . 15e pocket package packet, address Lams & Bro. Co., 108 S.; !2d 

to pound humidor tin. St., Richmond, Va. 

I Chaffee Building b Loan Ass'n I 

EDGEWORTH 

Authorized Cegltal 12,000.000.00 

ORGASIZED 1909 ET FRISCO 

EMPLOYE8 

6% Dividends on Full Paid Stock 

SMOKING TOBACCO

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his vacation. making a trlp to Chicago 

and return to Dallas. 

W. 4. Schubert, roadmaster of Oklahoma 

City, is enjoying a visit from his 

father and mother. who recently came 

over from Germany to spend the summer 

with him. They have nothing to 

ray, but Chat this is the greatest countrv 

on earth having in mind the hardship 

under hhich the German people, 

at this time, are existing, due to the 

enormous amount of taxes that have 

to be naid. in order to make the 

renarat'ion 'navments. Thev also repoivt 

thit~un'eniployment in ~ermany Is 

far greater than over here. The railroads 

in this country seem to interest 

them most and the\. view the larae 

equipment used in this country as the 

greatest they SO far have seen. 

The oil sprinkler has been operated 

over the division. which is of Ereat 

Oeneflt. keeping down the dust- and 

maklng passenger travel more pleasant. 

A new rail tYne cross in^ is be in^ 

installed at Cla%more. whi%h will bT! 

a big help at' that point. 

\V. T. Trisler, former roadmaster on 

this division. was a visitor at the local 

uffices a fek days ago. Mr. Trisler is 

roadmaster on the Northern division. 

Mack Carlley, water service repailsman, 

is on the sick list, suffering from 

an -~.. attack of malarla. We hone &~ he in 

back on the-job soon. 

Hank Smart, maintenance of way 

timekeeper at Tulsa, who is in the hos- 

~ital at St. Louis. is reoorted to be imbraving. 

We ali hope- Hank fully recovers 

and is soon able to resume his 

cluties. 

Wm. Everage, BGrB carpenter, Is 

spending the summer at Colorado 

Springs, for his health. 

Material is now arrlving for the construction 

of the new 50,000 gallon 

water tank at east yard, Oklahoma 

('it" -.-.. . 

The southwestern pile driver and 

crew moved to the Northern division 

to assist In rebuilding the portion of 

the bridge over Sack river that was 

destroyed by Are. 

The wrlter spent the 4th and 5rh of 

July at the old home. Little Rock, .4rk., 

accompanied by Mrs. JIcMillan. 

face and neck. He has been oft duty J. A. Macmillan, roadmastera' clerk 

since the accident. however, think he and JIrs. Ida Macmillan. ticket cashler 

is doing very well at this time. spent a short vacation at NrY. Nae. 

R. F. Hughes, travellng freight and millan's home in -4rkansas. 

nassenger agent' and wife just recently 4 number of clerks in the superin. 

iqeturned from their two weeks' vaca-- tendent's office held a plcnic at-Dins 

tion, spent at Big Springs State Park, Land. Swimming and golfing wrr.1 

on the Currant River. We can just enjoyed, after which there was a grar 

imagine how Rov spent his two weeks. feed. 

Both report lovely time. 

JIiss Naurine Mahon of the assiw 

We all felt very lucky that we had ant superintendent's office at Okh 

not been visited by the army of crooks homa City, was a week-end guest i. 

now in circulation, but we bra~ged a Sapulpa. I 

little too soon. July lGth, some one Mrs. Thelma Cobb spent the nee; 

stole the car of D. D. Bucltlin, our end at her home at Oknlulgee. 

rate clerk, while it was parked near 

the office. 

Don L. Battern, brother of Bonnie 

Battern. Steno and the writer, just re- 

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cently returned from Claremore, Olcla.. I RIVER DIVISION 

where he has been for the ~ast three 

months. 

Jack D.. son of D. D. Bucklln, our 

rate clerk. has been very sick for 

several days now. It seems trouble 

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. 

jusr piles up on Nr. Bucklln these 

days. Here's for better luck in future. 

IKEZ LAIL. Reporter 

We all hone that little Jack will soon 

be well akain. 

Our deepest sympathy is extended I 

Robert ICammer, clerk, whose nlni 

month-old daughter died just recentlj. 

The baby had a throat infection and tt~ 

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT measles and was only ill a few days. 

SAPULPA, OKLA. 

Miss Margaret Reynolds, daughter a: 

retired engineer J. P. Reynolds, i. 

spending her vacation at Niagara Fall. 

JESSIT*: F. AITCHISOX, Reporter S. Y.. and Detroit. Mich. Mlss Reynold, 

was 'accompanied on her trip by Mi? 

Miss Daisv Sturm of the accounting Leonora Rafferty of this city. 

departrnent,'was honored with a mis- Mr. S. L. Ui~r and family spent Jul, 

cellaneous shower by the pirls of the 4th in Chicaao, - . Ill.. . vislting - with Mr 

8unerintendentas office at the home of TThr's - .. mother. 

~1:s.- Ella Burd, Ale clerk, at ~ulsa. Our heartiest congratulations are e.;. 

Mlss Sturm was married to Raymond tended to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pearson 

Holman of the mechanical denartment' who were married July 3rd. Mrs. Pear. 

on July 11. 

son was formerlv Miss Kittv Connor o' 

i\Irs. Bess McLennan Hughes pre- parma.-%lo. ~r.- Pearson is" yard Ion 

sented Miss Ella Thrasher. contralto, man at Cape Girardeau. 

assisted by Karan Tuck, pianlst, in a Roy Cullum. operator. is again on th~ 

recital at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium. job at Cape Girardeau after harlnr 

~ a ~ u l ~ A a number . of Miss ~hrasher'i been in the Frisco Hospital at St. Lou1 

co-workers attended and mere delighr- for quite a while. Mr. Cullum under 

fully entertained. 

went a major and two minor opera. 

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY 1 

TRAFFIC MANAGER'S OFFICE 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

LUCILLE EATTERK. Reporter 

64CONTINENTAL" is a name well known to Frisco men. 

When accident or illness stops the pay it means PRO- 

TECTION of the incoriie; indemnity for loss of limb or eye. 

In the case of a fatal injury it means a generous sum for the 

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1 I 

widow and children. Thousands of your fellow employes have 

I 

fortified themselves against the unexpected.. Here are a few 

cases where foresight has helped the family- meet the emergencies 

of a fatal accident to the breadwinner. Ask the fob 1 

lowing Frisco employes or their beneficiaries: 

SAME I 

ADDRESS OCCUIJ.\TIOS LOSS AMOUST ' 

Joe I

I rions, but hns now fully recovered and 

ne're mighty glad to see him bacli on 

the inh. 

I %a-'~argaret Allard, daughter of 

Claim Agent Harry Allard, has just re- 

, !urned from St. Louis where she to~li 

, h e examination to enter nurse's tralnin~. 

Miss Allard passed her examinatmn 

and will enter St. Luke's Hospltal 

In St. Louis in September. 

Edgar Willer, cashier. spent Sunday 

in St. Louis attending the Cub-Cardinal 

bas~bail game. 

Niss Ellenor Hamm, daughter of 

Conductor Hnmm. ,who runs between St. 

Louis nnd Blemph~s on the Sunnyland. 

u-us married on June 29th to James 

Eric Taylor of Caruthersville, Mo. Mr. 

Tarlor is the owner of a Ferry Boat 

1 nnd the young couple plan to live in 

r.!ruthersville. Thev have a host oC 

friends who wish then1 a long a11d 

Ihappy married life. 

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 

CHAFFEE, MO. 

( ASSA GOLDEX. Reporter 

Mr. 0. W. Watts arrived July 16 to 

I lake up his duties as assistant super- 

~srendent on the River divlsion and 

exoects to move hls family from NewtGg 

within a short time.. 

Atr. J. L. Mumma and family enloved 

a short vacation during - the lat- 

. . 

ter part of July. 

Mrs. H. R. Carle has been visiting 

with her daughter, Mrs. Book, at 

Caruthersville, Mo. 

.Uiss Elizaheth Grieshaber has had 

38 her guest for a few weeks. Viss 

lienevieve Grieshaber of Cryslal Clt~, 

XO. 

Miss Irene Louise Wehling, daughler 

of dlspatcher and Xlrs. J. J. Wehlin& 

was married to Mr. Frank Lilly 

r,i St. Louis, Mo.. at the home of her 

pirenls, Thursday afternoon. June 18. 

Icsth parties graduated from the 

c'hallee hlgh school in the class of 

1'122, and Mrs. Lilly taught in the 

primary department of -the Chaffee 

public schools for several years. Mr. 

I,!lly is connected with the International 

Shoe Company at St. Louls 

rtd they will make thew home in that 

r~t? 

Yiss Lorene Bollinger spent the re- 

8 ~ holidasa ' at her home in Oran, 

310. 

Xrs. Dean Underwood has had as 

her guest for several weeks, her niece, 

Yiss Dorothv Clellan of Snarta. Ill. 

Ralph ~tebhens. of the - accounting 

.'ipartment at Memphis, spent rhe 

( &cent holidays with his mother at 

l'l~affee. 

Preston Howell worked a few days 

I the flle room last month and Ray 

fatchett took care of the timekeeping 

i,>rk while R. C. Gieslke. Jr., took 

, few days' vacation. Seemed like old 

times to see Preston handling the 

, Ales again. 

Xr. E. ,L. Brand, division engineer, 

isnow driving one of the newest Ford 

rwlans. 

Mrs. Leo Lane and two children 

hare been visiting with friends in Ad- 

rance. hfo. 

Niss Anna Golden has been visit- 

In.: wlth her sister in Kansas City. 

' ',lo., and with friends in Omaha, Neb. 

Ur. and Mrs. Bert McAllen of Se- 

~clpa, Okla., have been visiting wit'h 

I I'r. and Mrs. J. A. McAllen. 

Out of the nlght comes dawn. 

Out of sgmpatliy comes serrlce. 

Mrs. C. 1. Forster, Funeral Home 

No. 918.920 Brooklyn Ave. 

KANSAS CITY. MO. GRand 0336 

Pngc 51 

Ray E'atchett and Chris Roland 

were among the baseball fans of 

Chaft'ee to attend the big game in St. I CENTRAL DWMON I 

Louis on July 12. 

I I 

Dean Underwood and family and 1. 

D. Allison and family have returned 

from a camping trip to Big Springs 

and other points in the Ozarks. 

OFFICE OF GENERAL AGENT 

OKMULGEE, OKLA. 

Mr. L. Ramey, roadmaster, has returned 

ro duty after having been oft' 

for a few weeks. 

Mr. Russell Bienert and family of 

Morehouse recently spent Sunday with 

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bienert. 

D. T. Wages of .\mory, Miss., has 

been doing relief work whlle some of 

the dispatchers were taliillg vacatioll. 

Harold Hopkins is mighty bus? 

these days getting ready for the big 

dance the Frisco Club will glve OIL 

August 1. 

Miss Mary Farrell of Sikeston 

worked a few days in superiut'endent's 

office last month. 

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HELES TRONE, Reporter 

A11 of the employes at Okmulgee 

spent July 4 visiting relatives and fishing 

with the exception of Mr. G. A. 

Brundidge and Mr. V. W. Rikard. Mr. 

Kikard spent the day digging a well 

at his new home on the Morris Road 

and Mr. Erundidge spent the day at 

the Frisco freight oflice. Mr. and Mrs. 

Ira Colter motored to Crowell. Texas. 

where they visited relatives. Mr. and 

Mrs. H. T. Wood and family visited 

1-elatives at Sasakwa and went to the 

Kiamachi Mountains on a fishing trip. 

Serving Progress 

Dearborn service in scientific water correction 

produces new economies and steps up efficiency. 

The following is a typical report on a new user, 

from one of our service men: 

"Mr. informs me that results are fine on 

all engines, scale nearly all removed. About half 

the time is now saved in washing boilers. All their 

engineers are perfectly satisfied, and are reporting 

less consumption of fuel. They also have no more 

foaming trouble. Informed me that he would be 

glad at any time to recommend our service. You 

will appreciate the fact that they have tried nearly 

all kinds of 'cotnpound' and have now discontinued 

their water softener." 

Slrcll is Dcarborrt's corttriblitiolz to progress. 

Tl~crc is a Dcarbortt service irran witlli~t 

your call, ready to retlder ltslpfiil scrvicc. 

Dearborn Chemical Company 

205 East 42nd Street. New York 310 So. Michigan Ale, Chicago 

Frirco Building, St. Louir 

Offices in All Principal Cities

Augttst, 1951 

A flower garden is a joy forever aiid 

rh~s one, pictured above, is a joy to both 

/he enzployes of the s~rperinterrde~tt's of- 

,ice ot Enrd, Okla., as .rue11 as to passen- 

Wrs WIIO view it frorrz the rrihdows of 

r'risco trains. It was carefully planted 

1 ord tended by Chas. Reynolds. crossing 

mtchtnau, who is stiowrr in the pkotoiroplr, 

holding the crossitrg signal stp. 

rtqlogrs of the superit~te~rdent's office 

are 

I . 

grouped arorrjrd hint. He has re- 

CPIVE~ many compliw~ents on the beauty 

of the bed and takes great pride in 

keeping it in bloom until the fall months. 

famous beach in Galveston. Sounds 

rekeshlng! 

Mr. John P. Sheehan attended the annual 

Veterans' Reunion at Springfield, 

June 22-23 and had quite an enjoyable 

time 8weti;lg friends and renewing old 

1 acquaintances. Mr. Sheehan is a retired 

roadmaster with fifty-two years' serv- 

A ice. He is now planning a trip to 

1 Detroit. 

We w111 miss seeing Assistant Superintendent 

Carter here as much as usual, 

his headquarters having been 

, moved from Neodesha to Joplin, effective 

July 16. On the same date, Road- 

( master Armstrong moved his headquarters 

from Wichita to xeodesha. 

Car Inspector McDivitt has to his 

cred~t a "catch" of a seven pound cat- 

I 

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NRY ADAMSON & 

LEFLORE POTEAU 

COAL & MINING COMPANIES 

MINERS and SHIPPERS 

of 

TULSA CHIEF (Bituminous) 

and 

POTEAU CHIEF (Semi-Anthr.) 

COALS 

Mines Located at 

TULSA and POTEAU, OKLA. 

WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR 

COAL OF ANY GRADE 

:all Phones: Residence 9681-Office 46388 

OR \\'RITE US AT 

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ADAMSON FUEL 

COMPANY 

TULSA OKLAHOMA 

fish and an eel as a result of a few 

days' camping trip on the Little 

Arkansas. He is also said to have had 

several other "bites7'-mosquiroen! 

Mr. Archer has found a fi-ood fishing 

place along the Little Arkansas and 

frequently has an appetizing fish din- 

ner. 

Mrs. L. 0. Cook and son, Lloyd, left 

the 16th for an extensive vacation tri~. 

their itinerary including Kansas City, 

Waterloo and Floyd, Iowa, visiting 

friends and relatives. They plan to 

return early in September by way of 

Boulder. Colorado. JIeanmhile. Nr. 

Cooi,-special agent here. is keeping. 

the home fires burning! 

New grain tariffs, eftective August 

1, have caused rate men of all roads 

considerable extra work in getting 

acquainted with the new rates and 

answering. inquiries Prom grain and 

mill men over the territory. 

Ho, hum! Ler's all go to the circus! 

TEXAS LINES I 

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT 

FT. WORTH, TEXAS 

CORYLYNE PLEDGE, Reporter 

Helen Horrell will spend her vacation 

in Atlantic City, and by tilc nay, 

have you noticed Helen's new permanent 

wave? Isn't it a "Dude". 

Mr. W. T. Minor and wife are vacationing 

in Kerrville and suppose they 

will catch lots of fish and get cooled 

off in rhat breezy climate. 

We have had a picture postal from 

the Law family and from the general 

trend oC the information contained 

thereon, are would say they are having 

one good time. 

Frank Hubert and the Mrs. made a 

fiying trip to Galveston over the 

Fourth and "flying" is the only way to 

express it, for owing to their inability 

to get hotel accommodations the?; returned 

the same day of their arrival. 

Frank savs he doesn't like the taste 

of salt waver anyhow. 

The following sounds like I will 

nrobablv be feelina when I catch the 

train -- fdr - - New YorR on the 11th: 

There was a young lady of Crewe, 

Who wanted to catch the 2.2; 

Said a uorter. "Don't hurry. 

01; worry. or flurry. 

Its LZ minute or 2 2 2 2." 

VP&GS OFFICE-FORT WORTH 

NA4RY BESS SMITH, Reporter 

The more we think about that picnic, 

the better we like it! 

The cool breezes blowing throuah the 

pavilion, a sail-boat in the offing, speed 

boats popping by, the smoke Prom the 

barbecue plt, the shifting colors of the 

crowd moving about, the trees, grape- 

vines, tables loaded with good things to 

eat. 

Mr. 0. H. JIcCarty doing justice to a 

generous helplng of barbecue and the 

trimmins'. 

Xr. T. B. Cobb at the lemonade keg 

again. 

Mrs. D. B. Tipton trying to get Mr. 

Tipton to quit eating. 

Xr. Alex Shaw wlth his eyes on a plat- 

ter heaped with fried chlclren. And did 

you ever taste anything as delicious as 

that angelfood cake Mrs. Shaw baked? 

(It certainly went fast.) Wish we had 

space to mention all the other "delect- 

able" cake. pies, salads, etc.. that de- 

serve honorable mention. 

Mr. J. W. Surles worried over a tough 

piece of barbecue. 

That handsome boy of the Thrashers 

Prom Perrln. 

Mr. 31. S. Engleman and his gang of 

experts. They certainly worked like 

Trojans. 

Mr. Harry Granger's whiskers ! Surely 

had everybody fooled. 

Messrs. C. L. Oliver and Fred West in 

thc three-legged race. They didn't win. 

but they certainly made a spectacular 

try. 

Mr. Charlie Clark and the folks. (Mr. 

Clark drove an engine 38 yenrs and Is 

now enjoying a rest.) 

JIessrs. 1'. G. Hall, K. P. Guln and 

IV. A 3Iorgan with their families on the 

boardwalk. (Sorry, can't mention all the 

other folks Prom Sherma!;) 

Mr. R. E. Wesenberg bringing home 

the bacon" (or was it ham in this par- 

ticular case)? 

Mr. L. C. Wilds looking thoroughly 

pleased wlth the "sitcheation." 

hIr. Blll Ednards scouting around for 

more food. 

The picnlc pavilion and grounds. 

boardwalk and beach were certainly alive 

with "Friscoites." all proudly wearing the 

old Frisco emblem. New friends, old 

friends, folks from Stephensvillc, Dublin, 

Tolar, Cresson, Plover, Hebron. Sherman, 

Carrollton, Perrin and a little bit of 

everywhere, enjoying the occasion, and 

"klds" every place, investigating the 

wonders of Blue Beard's Castle, mlnla- 

ture trains, and pony rides, exclalmlng 

with delight at every new thrill ! 

Messrs. N. L. Lnw and Harry Granger. 

of the traffic department, arranged for 

the 22 prizes that were glven. Be- 

sides purchasing t h e m e a t f o r 

the barbecue, seeing that the lemons, 

sugar, ice, etc., and seeina them de- 

livered. 4 large part of the success of 

the picnic was due to the eftorts of these 

gentlemen. 

311.. Pat Casey arranged for the print- 

ing of the programs and badges, which 

represented time and effort and con- 

tributed to the success of the occaslon. 

A large number of Ft. Worth employes 

donated the usc of their cars for con- 

veying out-of-town visitors to and from 

the lake. 

Mrs. IV. G. Cook (wife of our assistant 

claim agent), and children visited her 

mother, Mrs. Rose Falk, and famlly of 

Jonenboro. Ark., recently. 

It has been reported from a rellable 

source that Mr. Ben Lewis, local club 

president. and known as the "Texas 

Coyote." has gone into the farmlng busl- 

ness on a large scale. Understand hls 

latest experiment was the plantlng of a 

crop of pop corn and fleld corn side by 

side. We folks around here don't boast 

of belng up on our farmlng, but we do 

know the inevitable is bound to happen. 

(This is just a susrrestlon from friends- 

understand there-are some flne corre- 

spondence courses being offered on the 

subject of "Scientific and Applied Farm- 

ing.") 

311'. T. B. Cobb, roadmaster, Is the 

elated grandfather of twins. 

Mr. X. R. Campbell. Jr., who flnished 

at Staunton Military Academy, Virginia. 

is home for the summer. 

JIiss Evelyn JIcQueen, operator, re- 

cently enjoyed a house party at Denlson 

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Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Evans spent the automobile trip to Greenvllle where they Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tuck announce thr 

week-end of Xay 30 visiting friends in visited with relatives and friends. several airival of a son. Know their many 

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motor trip to Houston and Galveston 

has been planned. F. C. Rudloff is 

acting car foreman. 

P. L. Stenger, electrician apprentice, 

has resumed his duties, after having 

been confined to the Sherman Hospital 

for several weeks. 

Mrs. G. \V. and L. B. Wade of Hous- 

ton. Texas, daughters of C. E. Blent- 

linger, car foreman, have returned to 

their homes after a visit with their 

parents. 

Members of Local No. 26 F. 4. of 3%. 

C. & C. D. E. are formulating plans for 

a ~icnic. scheduled for .the flrst of 

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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT 

FORT SCOTT, KANS. 

3IISS BLANCHE BICKNELL, Reporter 

:lahoma, left July 6th for the St. 

Louis hospital. - 

Engineer R. Y. Humphrey', and wife, 

and Mrs. Harry Hanes, were among 

those who attended the funeral of En- 

gineer Charles Irish. who was killed 

on the streets of Kansas City by a 

truck. 

Dispatcher H. >I. Marshall wife and 

son Max, and daughter 3iary Jane 

have returned from a thrhe weeks' tril; 

to Columbus and Cambridge, Ohio. 

They enjoyed the boat trip to Buffalo, 

N. Y.. and visited Niagara Falls. 

B. F. Barnes, agent at Anclover was 

off duty several days account dea'th in 

his family. 

Mrs. W. H. Bcvans is in Muskogee 

with her daughter. who recently under- 

went an appendicitis operation. 

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT 

TERMINALS 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

TOM KEHOE, Reporter 

Xiss Geraldine West. dauahter of 

switchman AI D. west: has gone to 

New York, where she will visit her 

cousln. Mrs. Russell Patterson. Mr. 

Patterson is an illustrator of national 

note. She will spend some time at the 

Patterson summer home In East Hampton. 

L. I. She also expects to vlsit 

her cousin. Miss Marcaret Hendricks. - - - - - - , 

of ~etroit; Nichiian,-now located at 

that point. Miss Hendricks formerly 

worked in the division engineer's office 

at Fort Scott 

Nr. and Mrs. C. Lloyd Wright announce 

the birth of an eight-pound baby boy, 

on Thursday, June 18th. He has been 

named Lloyd Lambert. Mr. Wright is 

night ticket arent at Fort Scott. 

General ~gekr E. A. Miller spent one 

day in Springfleld, Mo., on company 

business. 

Mrs. P. E. ,Murphy, wife of special 

agent, has returned from Madison, Wis.. 

where she attended the commencement 

e~erclses at the University of Wisconsm. 

Miss Rosemond Payton, daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Connolly, was one of 

the graduates. with high scholarship. 

She majored in Spanish. Miss Connolly 

is a niece of Mrs. Nurphy. 

Engineer J. T. Richardson and wife 

had as week-end guests. their daughter 

and husband Mr. and Mrs. Alden 

E. Jenkins of ~ilnton, Oklahoma, and 

their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Kammerlorh, 

also their son. Ralph Richardson 

of Boonv~lle Mo., and Miss Helen 

Holt of ~oonvilli. 

Mr and Mrs. Jack Dalton spent the 

Fourth of July at Rocltaway Beach, 

Mo., where they visited Mrs. Dalton's 

sister and husband, who have a cabin 

at that point. Jack returned to duty 

with a nice sun blistering. 

R. A. Maffett has been assigned to 

the non-telegraph agency at Haverhill. 

Kansas. J. TV. Rhodes relieved F. E. 

Harrison for a few days on helper 

position at Cherokee. 

Dorsie Smith displaced Pa' 1 L. Stewart 

as chief caller at Fort gcott. Paul 

L. Stewart bumped into helper position 

at South Greenfleld, displacing H. H. 

Bowman. H. H. Bowman bumped into 

helper job at Lamar, 3x0. Fred A. Zinn 

took helper job at Liberal. vice Virgil 

H. Holland. 

F. Emley and wife, agent Bois D'Arc. 

have returned from Dayton Ohio 

where they were called accouni death: 

Conductor J. W. Thomas has returned 

An interesting game between tile 

Northeast Merchants and the Frisco team 

on July 5, officially opened the new 

Frisco baseball fleld, which is located 

at Campbell's lake. two miles west of 

Rosedale. The flrst ball was pitched by 

Mr. Campbell and caught by Mr. Skaggs. 

as part of the opening ceremony. The 

ball diamond is one of the best diamonds 

in this vicinity with the added attraction 

of showers and lake. ahich are 

available to the players after the game. 

free of charge. Besides being an ideal 

spot for a baseball aame. Campbell's 

lake also provides all the necessary features 

for a delightful picnlc. there being 

plenty of shade, gram and playground 

equipment for the klddies. Many pleasant 

Sunday outlngs are anticipated by 

Frisco families at Campbell's lake, now 

that dad can watch the baseball aame - 

there. 

Mr. JI. J. Flanigan, retired superintendent 

of terminals, was operated on for 

appendicitis June 17, by Dr. Orr, at the 

Bell Xemorfal hospital. It was an emergency 

case and had to be rushed. Up 

to the present time. July 14. although 

Mr. Flanigan is still conflned in the hospital, 

he is reported as doins nlcely. He 

has the best wishes of this office. and 

\\re hope to see him completely recovered 

in the near future. 

Mr. Walter Medlock, general foreman 

here for a number of years, was transferred 

to Neodesha on .July 1. He was 

presented with a traveling hag as a parting 

gift from the boys in the mechanical 

department. The presentation was made 

by Mr. Skaggs. He will he missed by his 

associates here, but we wish him well 

and hope he will enjoy his new work at 

Neodesha. 

We want to extend our nrelcomc to 1\11., 

E. W. Brown. who conies to Kansas City 

from Springfield. Mr. Brown is general 

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from Indianapolis. having been called 

there account death of his brother. 

L. J. Timberlake, who has been working 

temporaril on demurrage clerk 

position in freyght office, Fort Scott, 

has returned to his regular position as 

third trick yard clerk. Mrs. Thelma 

Linn, demurrage clerk, has returned 

from Amory, Miss. Mrs. Linn reports 

that her father who has been seriousl\~ 

ill. is gett. 

NI. C. C. Irish. enaineer. was killed at 

48th and roost avenue,. Kanfas City, 

Xo.. on June 24. when lie was struck bv 

a truck while on his way to the station 

to take No. 105 out. Mr. Irish was buried 

at 3Iount Moriah cemetery on June 26. 

The office of superintendent of terminals 

desire to express deepest sympathy to I 

his family. 

Berklev Benneson's old Chandler. 

which h& been a familiar landmark I; 

the coach yard for so long, has recently 

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baker-congratulations. Berkeley ! 

A barbecue plcnic was held by the Mo- 

nett shop employes on June 25. Invita- 

tions were extended to all shop employes 

nn the entire railroad. A feature of the 

tmtertainment was a match game played 

htween the Frisco team from Oklahoma 

Pity and the Frisco Kansas City team. 

The Kansas City team won the game, 

and also the $2.5.00 prize. It was a 

pleasant outing for all present and proved 

quite profitable for some. Just ask 

Boots" Abercrombie, star second base- 

man on the Kansan City team, who car- 

r1.d away most of the prizes of the day, 

having won the 50-yard dash, the horse- 

shoe contest and relay. 

Nr. Paul Gibbons, caller. and wife 

spent a very pleasant vacation wlth Mrs. 

Gibbon's parents at Roper, Kan., during 

the week of July 4. 

JIr. R. W. Claxton, switchman, visited 

the old swimn~lng hole in Emporia. Kan.. 

Julv 1 for a verv enjoyable week of 

flshing and swimming. - 

Rex Moore. operator this office, was off 

from June 22 untll July 1, account of an 

infected hand. He spcnt most of the time 

in the St. Louis hospital. but returned to 

work, much relieved, his hand being completely 

recovered and having been 

assured by the doctors in St. Louis that 

the infection was not serious. During 

his absence he was relieved by Operator 

0. R. Carson of the Eastern division. 

Mrs. F. J. McDanlel and daughter. Mildred.. 

are visitlns relatives in Oklahoma 

city. 

JIiss Bernice Campbell, daughter of J. 

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W. Campbell. switchman. la spending her 

vacation with relatives in Trlnidad. Colo. 

Mrs. B. J. Gleason, wife of general 

agent. resigned June 17. as president of 

the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Old Veterans' 

Club, account sickness in her family. 

Mrs. Rich, vlce-president. Is now acting 

as president. 

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Miss Margaret MurphY, daughter of J. 

L. Murphy, is vislting relatives in Fulton, 

Kan. 

3Ir. James F. Morrison, passenger 

brakeman. died at Providencc hospital, 

Kansas City, Kan., July 6. \Ve want to 

extend our deepest sympathy to hi8 

family. 

Mrs. E. A. Hamilton, wife of yard 

clerk, and son. John, are visiting rela- 

tives in Los Angcles, Calif. 

Mrs. P. H. Lunn, switchman, wlth his 

wife and son, Charles, were called to 

Benton, Ark.. July 9, account death of 

Mrs. Lunn's siqt~r. Mrs. Lunn and family 

have the deepest sympathy of this ot'ficc. 

Mr. G. 4. Davis. =sistant general 

yardmaster. and family returned July 1 

from a very pleasant vacation spent in 

the Ozarks. He reports that the flsh were 

biting well and that he caught his share. 

There are always two sides to every 

fight-the side that wins and the one that 

is doomed to low. Whatever our opinion 

in the Stribling-Schn~elling flght. held in 

Cleveland. July 3. might have been-it 

developed that "50 Million Germanx 

couldn't all be wrong," and amonc thr 

fortunate flght fans \vho guessed the 

winner were Glen Ballengcr. Francis Mil- 

ler and Bill Walsh. 

Leo Timmons, switchman, an ardent 

flght fan, represented the Kansas City 

terminal In a ringsidc seat. He enjoyed 

the flght, although it would have pleased 

him more had the result bern reversed. 

Mrs. C. 0. Collins, wife of snritch fore- 

man, and daughters, Florenrc. and Mable. 

are visitina in Ottumwa. Iowa. 

Mr. William J. Scnden, switchman. 

visited us on July 11. and we were sorry 

to learn that it was necessary for him 

to return to the St. Louis hospital for 

treatment on his arm, which was injured 

sometime ago in an automobile accident. 

He has not returned to work at the pres- 

ent time, but we trust he will soon re- 

cover sufficiently to be back on the job. 

Mrs. Art Smith, wife of station helper. 

Centropolls, and daughter. Manta, are 

visiting In Muskofi.ec. Okla. 

Mr. Paul Cunnin~ham, rrtirrd pilot, 

and wlfe enjoycd a vacation In Culora

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Sportethat Is the maln topic of Con- Lucile says she had her Hrst aeroplane MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEPT. 

atio ion-it used to be horse races. n0-A' ride in Minneal~olis while on vacation 

FORT SCOTT, KANS. 

it is baseball mostly, with golf. swim- and says she has been somewhat in the 

ming and tennis as a side line. 

air ever since. 

BERNICE HEIXBACH, Reporter 

Baseball-Thus far I am not So well The Frisco picnic at Nonett. June 25. 

acquainted with the ball team that I was some big affair, a number of shop 

~~cngnize them in their uniform. HOW- 

Mr. Forrest Short, draftsman in this 

mcn and their families attcnrlcd. And the 

eyer, at the game at Campbell's lakc 

ofeice, celebrated the Fourth by havsunday 

I saw Bill Walsh make a three- 

Kansas City FFrtsco ball club brought ing his tonsils removed. He took 

back the money for the ball game. longer to recover from the efCects of 

bagger. Also noticed Wayne Land and 

~ O O ~ Abercro~nbie S 

in uniform giving Tom Iiehoc says he is one of thc 11x1- the ooeration than expected, however. 

he is -now back to work. 

support to their pitcher. Alonzo fortunatcs-after working at the rate of Xr. Earl Long- was appoint'ed road- 

Finn, while he isn't signed up with the ninety to nothing all Saturday morning master on the 30th track division, efteam 

thls year, every Sunday you And in order to get the afternoon off "strange- fective July 1st. Mr. Long took uo 

him warming up with the boys and giv- ly enough" mhrn he got to his car and the duties of JIr. Pat Herx who was 

ing them his moral support. The ball was all ready for a care-frce afternoon. 

&Id at Campbell's lake is in pretty fiOo(1 the car rcfuscs to pcrk antl Tom sl)cnrls 

condition, the ball club are grateful for most of the afternoon persunding the car 

the assistance given them by other to movc. He says if times were more 

Frijro employes getting the fleld in prosperous he'd junk the baby and buy 

shape. It is hoped that the proceed^ a new one, but due to the depression 

from the garnos this season \\'ill be large hr'll have to coclclle her along anothrr 

enough to build a grandstand next year. 

season. 

I.. J. T.cifi-h, assistant general car fore- 

Golf-If I were only better infnrmetl man, w-ife and son, L. J., Jr., spent the 

alon~ this line am quite sure would be first half of July in Denison, Texas. 

able to give you some very interesting Nrs. Leigh's former homc. 

items along the lines of "Who's Who" in 311's. FI. (!. Kina, wire of rngineer. is 

golf. being very 1nuc.h of a beginner in spending the summer with relatives in 

~olf I'll hold my comments in abeyance P'rcdrricton. Ncw Rrunswirk. 

for the time being. However, I do un- Mrs. Joe Take and claughtcr. Clara, of 

derstand that Nir.1~ Fracul pla~s a very Acme. Wyo.. visited thc Mecllocks the 

pd game of golf. usinr only one club. Arst half of .Tunr. 

and he isn't Scotch elther. 

Engineer D. J. Spencer will visit 

Swimming - With the thcrnmometrr Quanah, Floydada and Amarillo, Texas. 

soaring around 100. the big question is brfore returning to Kansas City. 

where to flnd the birgcst and the coolest C. 0. Edmisson. rxr foreman, spent his 

pool and the one that has the best look- vacation visiting relatives in Jcffcrson 

Ins life guards is the onr sought by the City and Springfleld. 

fairer sex. The ~irls frnrn this oflicr Wc wcrc vcry happy to have Nlss 

and Frances T,ailedti, Prom the freight .Jessie Robards, of Sprin~Hel~l. with up 

office, hntl a tlcli~:htfr~l swim in Quivcru the last wcck of June. Miss Robards rr- 

1.1kes recently. Thanks to Mr. Grueinger licved Miss IVittel, while on vacation. 

for the courtesy card. Pauline Hoffman 

is consldercd n second Crrtrude Etherton. 

Failed to mcntion the fnrt that Mrs. 

hoaever, she is brg-inninc to "look to hrr 

Carol Barnctt, of JIemphis, renewed aclaarcls" 

since other girls of this office 

quuintenanceu in this office recently. 31'11's. 

are taklng swimming lcssons. 

Ihrnntt, nee Miss Leotn June Campbell. 

was formerly stcnographcr in this officc. 

Tennls-Agnes Lynch. the red haired 

flie rlrrk, holds thc title Ace at tennis. 

Mrs. 13'. I?. Berry is rlsiting relatives 

However, this title is being closely conin 

San Antonio. Texas. 

tested and it remains to bc seen who I%-. B. McGaugh, car clerk. Tulsa, spent 

holds this tltlc this time nest month. a recent S~turtlny and Sunday in Kansas 

Niazes Irene ancl Esther Rigdon, now 

City. 

of Lon Angeles. Calif.. were guests of Friends of C. C. Irish, locomotive enthe 

writers rrcently. The bIlsscs Ria- ,cineel werc grieved to learn of his death 

dun had been to Ciiat'fee visiting fricncts .Tllnc 26. 3Ir. Irish received fatal in- 

.and relatives. ant1 were on their rcturn juries whcn lie xteplw~l fronr a street 

to California. Did wn mjoy sceing then1 car and was hit by n truck. 

anu rehearsins tile good clays an(l the Ed\\,. 3IcC.!ormirli, Inron~otivc inspector. 

bad d:lys spcnt together on the Rivcr Pt. Scott, died as rcsult of hcart failure 

divi~ion? We did ! -4s usual wc Ant1 nt his home in E't. Scott. JIonda>-. July 

!here wrre a .meat many things we for- 13. 

rot to talk about and arc anxinusly Our new aencrol forrman E. -7. 

:traiting their next "Home Comin

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rierkn have been on the sick list recently. 

Your reporter spent week of June 

?1 in the Ozarics, at Roclcanray Beach. 

N. F, Corker), and I?. E. C!,reeden 

attended the Veterans Reunlon in 

Springfield June 22, reporting a very 

enjoyable day. 

We are so glad that nothing was 

found wrong with Jir. S. L. Oliver. 

even though he did have to stay in the 

St. Louis Frimco huspital from June 

XI to 28. 

We werr so sorry to hear of the 

death of A, V. Garrett on June 24. 

Vac was an old-tinier and even tltoug-11 

he hadn't worked in months due to 

illness, he will be missed by all. 

Sorry to report that Mrs. Wood. 

mother of John E: Wood, per diem 

clerk. Is still very slck. Sometime ago 

une of her toes wan removed. and 011 

June 26 it was Ilecessary to remove 

her sight foot. 

B. C. Sc~.uxgs, expenre clerk, anrl 

family were called to Cairo, Ill., June 

26 account the sudden death of Mrs. 

Scruggs' uncle. We sympathize with 

them in thelr great loss. 

We were elad to see JIiss Ethel 

Copeland, coGptometer operator in rerisiug 

bureau, return to work June 29 

after more than a month's absence due 

lo illness. 

T. E, Bagwell, assistant cashier, was 

callcd to Pokoshe, Okla., June 29, account 

the illness of his uncle, returning 

July 8, and even though he has 

improved some, is still very sick. 

W. 0. Farcis, nccounting clerlc, spent 

July 2. 9. 4 and 6 at Lazy Lodjie'' on 

Blue Lake. He is a part owner of 

lhis cottage, which IS located in 

Arkansas. 

Miss Elma Wright, comptometer 

uperalor, drove to Philipp, Miss.. July 

3 t'o Spend the 4th and .5th with her 

cistrr . . - - . R. V, McDermott, rate clerlc in revising 

bureau, spent July 4 and 5 at 

home In St. Louis, and on July 7 bid 

us bood-bye sure enough; leaving for 

Tulsa to accept a posltion with the 

Sallonal Supply Company. We all 

!xiah lor him the best of luck in 111s 

nrw work and are sorry it couldn't be 

is dlemphis. B. A. Brown of Spring- 

Reld is Ailing the vacancy left by 

"Bob" and we are in 11ol)es he will be 

assigned the position permanently. 

Tir. W. Humphrey, swltch order 

clerk, and young son, Paul, enjoyed a 

trip over a part of the Frisco System. 

July 4 and .5, leaving here night of 

:he lrd for St. Louis, from there to 

Springfield and then back to Memphis, 

afternoon of the 5th. 

W'. Y. Billings, miscellaneo~~s clerk, 

anent Julv 4 and 5 in Jonesboro with 

fhends. - 

J. B. Wright, claim adjuster. and 

famlly enjuyed the 4th and 5th in 

pensacola; 

Your reporter also enjoyed the above 

two dngs out uf the city, in the wilds 

oI Arkansas, on Blue Lake with a 

party of friends. 

31rx. W. 0. F:lrris, wife of accounting 

clerk, was called to Bladisonville, 

Kg., July 6 account illness of her sister; 

,returning on the 14th. Clad to 

learn she is much better. 

S. L. Oliver spent July 11 in Tunica, 

Iliss.. drivinc dow~l with his friend, 

iir, 51rn lark. 

Paul W. Ramsey, former team track 

clerk entered Oakvllle Sanatorium 011 

July '8, which we hope means that he 

will boon be greatly beneflted. 

B&B AND WATER SERVICE DEPTS. 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

J:lI,LY 1Z BI*:XXlCTT, Reporter 

Our depa~,t'ment is growing, so we 

hear. The new member is a young 

lady who arrived at the home of Mr. 

and Nra. C. E. Daniel in June. May 

we congratulate the happy parents. 

Mr. Daniel 1s a carpenter in Mr. E. 1'. 

Jlnrthaler's gang. 

We are aorry to lose one of the uld- 

est members of "our gang", "Uncle" 

John Lowrimore, who recently went to 

Olive Branch to act ns crossing watchman. 

We hope, though, that he will 

eniov - - the easier life in his advancing 

years. 

From nll reports, our folks all en- 

joyed the holiday of this month, the 

4th. Our General Foreman Mr. Redding 

spent the day with his mother at W11- 

low Springs, No.. Our Foreman of 

\Vxter Service Mr. W. H. Pryor, with 

Mrs. Pryor had as thelr guests ovrr 

the holidav. Mr. and hIrs. Au~ust 

Koeple and'Zv1r. and JIrs. Roy ~owrrs 

of Cape Ciirardeau, No. hIrs. Bower? 

IS a sister of Mrs. Pryor. 

311.. and Mrs. R. 13. Ciaines and fam- 

ily attended a picnic at Beavertoil. 

Ma. 

"Johnnie" Evans, clerk to B&B aiid 

foreman water service, spent the day 

at work on that new suburban horn(. 

out at South Haven, Tenn., of which hr 

and Mrs. Evans recently became the 

proud owners. 

The writ'er enjoyed a very plensant 

visit from Miss Idalea Chum, former 

601 clerlc in the superintendent's of- 

Hce, Memphis, but who is now working 

in the agent's office, Pensacola, Fla. 

J. N. Long, pumper, has recently 

transferred from Black Rock, Ark.. to 

Winfleld. Ala. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones have re- 

turned from a two week8 trip to St. 

Louis and other ~oints. Air. Jones is 

a carpenter in R:E. Gaines' gang. 

B&B and water service departments 

were well represented at the recent 

dinner dance and card partv given for 

Frisco employes at the ~'lks Hotel. 

3Iemphis. Both our general foreman 

B&B and foreman water service were 

there "with bells on". And to "ca11 

the climax", our clerlc, Mr. Evans was 

the celebrity of the evening. Johnnie 

was the leader of the band for the 

dance, and he certainly did "do his 

stuff". We all enjoyed it, especially 

the very splendid talks made by Vice- 

Presldent Butler and Attorney Hays, 

\vhich were not only delightfully en- 

tertaining, but full of food for thought 

for emlAoyes as well as everyone else. 

Mrs. John Stone of Thayer, Mo., re- 

cently visited her husband in Birmlng- 

ham, where he is employed in the 

131rmingham terminal gang. 

Mr. Jack Blaine was at his home in 

Thayer, ill during the early part of 

July, but we are glad to report that he 

is now able to be on his job as W. S. 

repairman in the Birmingham term- 

inal. 

On behalf of our departments, I wish 

to extend sympathy to Roadmaster 

Blaine in the recent loss of his wife. 

DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S 

OFFICE-YALE, TENN. 

JIAlIEL \VOODMANSEE, Reporter 

The Frisco Shop Craft sponsored a 

barbecue and dance out at Edgewood 

Park on June 18th beginning at one 

o'cloclc in the afternoon and lastlng 

until???? There were any number of 

vlsitors from outside points attending 

this event and a great majority of 

them visited the stores department 

while at Yale. \Ve were very glad to 

be complimented with their visit and 

hope they will come to see us again 

. 

. Ynnn . - - . Mr. L. P. Cochran made motor car 

tril) from Amory to Birmingham dur- 

ing the month of June checking tool 

houses and stations on the line. 

Everyone in the stores department 

reports a most hilarious Fourth of 

July. 

Mr. R. E. Wilcox alid wife motored 

to Thayer. Mo., in t'heir new Chevroiet 

roadster, visiting relatives and frlends. 

Mr. Nornmn Jones spent the Fourth 

of July in St. 1.uuis visiting relatives 

and friends. 

We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. 

E. H. Gatzert, chief clerk to Mr. B. T. 

\Vood, Vice-president and C. P. 0.. on 

July 16th. Understaud Mr. Gataert is 

spending a portlon of his vacation in 

Blemphis. We certainly were mlghiy 

glad to have Mr. Gatzert visit Yale 

while in town and hope he will return 

again soon. 

OFFICE DIVISION ENGINEER 

MEMPHIS, TENN. 

After being away from the office 

.;omcA thrve weeks account an operatlon, 

Mr. Bruton ret'urned to work on June 

2Ind. Although he was rather pale at 

first. me are elad to note that he is 

setting back t; hts old self. 

Roadmaster Honey accompanled his 

family to Mi$souri on July 3rd. where 

the family arr spending several weeks 

with relatives. 

The C. 31. Scott' family spent the 

week-end of JLIIV 4th. visitina relativts 

d l Carthagr and- Spr~ngfield. - 

Mr. T. AI. Capp of the St. Louis olfik-2, 

was in our office, July 5th. Nr. 

(:app is on the territory between 

Springfield and Memphis arranging for 

work on the steel bridges. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruton attended the 

funeral of Nrs. Bruton's mother at 

Pittsburg, Kansas. July 4th. The office 

force extend deepest sympathy to 

them in their loss. 

Mr. Koontz was in Little Rock latter 

part of June attending the St. Francls 

Levee tax hearing. 

The monthly meeting of the roadmasters 

was held In Memphis on June 

24th. Many toplcs of general interest 

were discussed and all departed with n 

greater deternlinntion to make a better 

showing during the coming month. 

Mrs. Scott and Betty Frances spent 

several days visiting the A1 Harrison 

home at Amory latter part of June. 

Mr. Albert Russell and Mr. -4. Sh~emake 

were in Memphis June 27th and 

28th. attending meetings. 

Our sincere sympathy is extended to 

Mrs. Ben Seaman. Mr. Seaman died in 

Springfield on June 28th. 

Mr. W. ;\I. Edson has bumped ir on 

the operator's job at Memphis, displacing 

W. M. Fraser, who has gone to 

.Hrisco on similar work. 

Miss Sophie Morris, of the telephone 

office, is driving a new Ford cotch. 

We also understand that Knox 

Blackwell, chief messenger boy, 's the 

1)roud owner of a Ciardner car. Cannot 

say how authentic it is, blt we 

heard that it was a twelve cllinder 

affair. Perhaps Knox is practicng so 

he may challenge his brother, Jurtis. 

to an auto race. 

The office force extend sincer? sympathy 

to Mr. T. W. Blaine and family 

in the loss of Mrs. Blaine, who passed 

away on June 30th at Farmington. 

The concrete work in colnection 

with bridges between Sgringf'eld and 

Xemphis has been awarded t* Mr. R. 

J. Reid of Birmingham. 

We are glad to learn tbt Miss 

Bertha Harris is improving rapidly 

from a recent o~eration and that she 

will be back with us in the near future. 

With Good Wishes 

to the Frisco 

m 

The Service 

Blue Print Co. 

816 PINE STREET 

St. Louii, Mo.

I 

j 

rhese Advertisers Congratulate Frisco Lines on Construction of New Oklahoma City Union Depot 

Good Wishes to the Frisco 

DIRECT MAIL PRINTING CO. 

1906-12 PINE STREET 

SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 

I 

OKLAHOMA 

VKLEY COAL COMPANY c,C 1 T Y 1 C E 

ackneyvllle Perry Coonty Col~l 

From I'inckaeyville. Ill. I 

I I- 

chants Bk. Blds. Railway Exch. Blds. 

1 I ' 

N. Michisan Ava. CHICAGO, ILL. 

COMPANY 

IDIANAPOLIS ST. LOUIS Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

J. 0. VETETO, Inc. 

LATHING AND PLASTERING CONTRACTOR 

7 16 W. GRAND AVENUE 

OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA. 

Congratulations 

to the Frisco 

Buchan-White 

Loose Leaf Company 

1906 PINE STREET 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 

GENUINE 

BLOXONEND 

FLOORING 

was installed in the new Frisco- 

I Rock Island Union Station, Okla- 

' 

homa City. 

Laid in lengths approximating 8 

ft. Lasts a lifetime and stays 

smooth. 

Carter Bloxonend Flooring Co. 


Bond Tile & Marble 

Company, Inc. 

Tulsa Oklahoina City 

w 

EVERYTHING IN MARBLE 

AND TILE 

0. K. TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. 

I WAREHOUSEMEN & DISTRIBUTORS 

150,000 Sly. Feet Floor Space Low Insurance Rate 

TWO MODERN WAREHOUSES 

FRISCO TRACKAGE 

531-539 W. Main St. OKLAHOMA CITY 

I

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These Advertisers Congratulate Frisco Lines on Construction of New Oklahoma City Union Depot 

11 MARCROME c, CONCRETE MARBLE 

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a 

PRECAST FOR 

STAIRS *** FLOORS *.# WALLS 

WITH COLORS UNLIMITED IN SCOPE I 

CONCRETE MARBLE COMPANY 

5300 McK~ssoc~ AVE. . . . . SAINT LOUIS 

LEE SAVAGE PAINTING CO., Inc. 


Wc arc proud LO bc chosen to participate in thc 

building of the New Union Station 

at Oklahoma City. 

PHONE 3-1418 

McELDOWNEY & SON 

Elec~rical, Hardware and 

Sportirzg Goods 

111 NORTH BROADiVAY 

OKLAHO&IA CITY 

For the New Station at Ok .ahoma City 

The Frisco Used 

AND 

From the Quarries of 

PHENIX MARBLE COMPANY 

On the Frisco at Phenix, Mo. 

Main Office 

609 SCARRITT BLDG., KANSAS CITY, MO. I

D Lines on Construction of New Oklahoma City Union Depot 

The interior walls of the new Tulsa and Oklahonta City Stations are Ca,lifor.nia Stucco 

KANSAS CITY PLANT : Located at 2037 East 19th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 

and operated by the CALIFORNIA STUCCO PRODUCTS COMPANY OF MISSOURI. 

ST. LOUIS PLANT : Located at 7409 Forsythe Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 

and operated by the ST. LOUIS MATERIAL & SUPPLY COMPANY. 

WESTERN 

WATERPROOFING CO. 

WATERPROOFING CONTRACTORS 

Our RESTO-CRETE System Is Uscd Largely in Rcpairing 

Disintegrated Concrete Bridges and Structures 

1604 SYNDICATE TRUST BLDG. 


Tankersley Construction 

GENERAL CONTRACTORS 

v 

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 

Page 67 

PRECAST SLABS Furnished on 

Tulsa Depot and on Oklahoma 

City and Tulsa Power Houses 

PRECAST NAILING SURFACE 

SLSBS Furnished on Oklahoma 

City Depot 

Precast Slab and Tile Co. 

Formerly Brock Brom. 51fg. CO. 

4434 Hunt Avenue 


Co.

for 

SIGNAL SERVICE 

Car Wiring, 

Lighting 

and Power 

Service 

The Gideon - Anderson Co. 

XILYUFACTIJRERS OF 

Hardwood Lumber 

AND 

Slack Cooperage Stock 

GENERAL OFFICES 

Band Saw Mills and Planing Mills 

GIDEON, MO. 

SALES OFFICE 

AND DISTRIBUTING YARD: 

110 Angelica Street 

Telephone: Tyler 0011-Tyler 0012 


Ayer & Lord 

Tie Co. 

INC:ORPOR.\'I'ED 

Railway Exchange 

CHICAGO 

Railroad Cross Ties 

Timber Products Lumber 

Poles Piling Fence Posts 

Wood Treatments & Preservation 

P L A N T S 

Carbondale. Ill.. Grenada, Miss.. 

Louisville. Ky., North Little Rock, Ark. 

Montgomery, Ala. 

Marine Ways-Paducah, KY. 

"CREOSOTE OIL 

PREVENTS DECAY" 

Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation 

Linde Oxygen 

Prest-0-Lite Acetylene 

Oxweld Apparatus and Supplies 

Union Carbide 

Carbic and Carbic Flood Lights 

Car Inspectors' Lamps 

Haynes Stellite High Abrasive Welding Rod 

C. A. ROBERTS ~0.1 

" SHELBY" 

Seamless Steel Tubing 

CHICAGO ST. LOUIS 

DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS 

Rooms 415-416 Holland Building 

Railroad Masonry Contractors 


I The New York Air 

Brake Company 

Manufacturers the I 

STANDARD AIR -BRAKE 

EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL OFFICES 

420 Lexington Ave., New York City 

WORKS 

Watertown, New York 

CARBIDE AND CARBON BLDG., CHICAGO 

CARBIDE AND CARBON BLDG., NEW YORK

1 

I I 

I 

HAS. R. LONG, JR. 

COMPANY 

Jfarcnfnrt lrrrrs of 

\I1 J

REID AND LOWE 

RAILROAD AND 

BRIDGE CONTRACTORS 

Grading and Concrete Bridge Work 

BIRMINGHAM. ALA. 

ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORP. 

REFINERS OF 

INDUSTRIAL NAPHTHAS 

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. 

I MINES ON THE FRISCO AT CARBON HILL, ALABAMA I 

I MOSS & McCORMACK I 

MINERS AND SHIPPERS 

COAL- Blacksmith, Bunker, Steam, Domestic- COAL 

1901 -4 American Trust Building BIRMINGHAM. ALA. 

C.W.Booth 8; Co. 

Railway Supplies 

RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG. 

CHICAGO, ILL. 

I ALLHANDS and DAVIS I 

I Railroad Contractors I 

I 619-20 Frlsco Bldg.. Joplin, Mo. 

501 Southwestern Life Bldg.. Dallas. Texas I 

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John V. Boland Construction Co. 

CHIMNEYS. CONCRETE and BRICK 

FURNACES 

OIL STILLS and BOILER SETTINGS 

CHICAGO OFE'ICX: Stock Exchange Bldg. 

'Ihemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, YO. 

Galloway 

Coal Company 

EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF 

ELK RIVER and 

GALLOWAY COAL 

General Office: 

Memphis, Tenn. 

MINES AT 

GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL 

and HOLLY GROVE. ALABAMA 

MINES LOCATED ON I~RIIJCO 

RAILROAD 

ESTABLISHED 1893 

Kansas City Bridge Company 

Builders of Railroad and Highway Bridges 

River Improvement Work 


Steel Tlreu. Steel Tired WheeLu, Steel 

Axlen. Steel Sprlnp;~. Rolled Steel 

Rlngn, Solid W r o 11 K h t Steel 

Wheels, Steel Forgings. Steel 

Crusher Rull~ nnd Shella, 

Rolled Steel Geur Blnnk~. 

Steel Cnxtlngn. Steel 

Plpe Flanges 

Standard Steel Works Co. 

Main Office 

and Works: urnh ham, Pa. 

FORSTER PAINT AND 

MANUFACTURING CO'. 

WINONA, MINN. 

Heflners and Jlanufacturers 01 

GRAPHITE AND GRAPHITE 

SPECIALTIES 

ROOF PAINT, ROOF CEMENT. ETC. 

Brookside-Pratt Minine: Co. / 

INCORPORATED - I 

A. R. Long, President 

Albert Allison. Secretary-Treasurer 

PRODUCERS OF 

Steam and Domestic Coal 

Mines on Frlsco, Southern and 

I. C. Railroads 

Brown-Marx Building 

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 

Viloco Railway 

Equipment Co. 

CHICAGO 

'VILOCO" Pressed Steel Brake 

Step 

"VILOCO" Automatic Rail Washer 

"VILOCO" Bell Ringer 

"VILOCO" Exhaust Pipe 

"VILOCO" Improved Sander 

"VILOCO" Pneumatic Whistle 

Operator 

I

I 

GOULD 

Side Frames Bolsters Couplers 

Open Hearth Steel Castings 

NEW YORK 

THE GOULD COUPLER CO. 

Works: DEPEW ST. LOUIS 

BALTIMORE CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 

Indiana Illinois Coal Corporation 

MINERS and SHIPPERS of 

NOKOMIS COAL 

Mined in Montgomery County, Illinois 

OLD COLONY BUILDING CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

W. 0. SCHOCK CO 

FUEL OIL 


Ihe Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner 

GY3 

rhe D. & M. Cleaning Process 

Railway Exchange 

CHICAGO, ILL. 

'HERCULES" 

-Red Strand- 

WIRE ROPE 

Made Only by 

A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. 

ST. LOUIS 

GRIDER COAL SALES AGENCY 

Mine Agents 

OVER 3,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY 

BEST GRADES ALABAMA STEAM and DOMESTIC COALS 

Railroad Fuel a Specialty 

1414-18 American Trust Building BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 

St. Louis Surfacer and 

Paint Company 

RAILROAD PAINTS, VARNISHES 

ENAMELS 

Arlington Ave. and Terminal Belt Ry. ST. LOUIS, MO.

BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY 

BRAKE BEAM AND BOTTOM ROD SUPPORTS 

THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 

1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

Manufacturers of 

OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS 

CHICAGO NON-LIFTING INJECTORS 

CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO 

LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC 

DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER A'ITACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS 

GRIP NUTS ABOVE THE SILLS 

FAST freights speeding through wind and rain. A few carlin or 

purlin bolts missing means damaged lading, damage claims, 

"bad order" cars. 

There is a perfect locking and holding device for bolted parts 

above the sills-Grip Holding Nut No. 2. 

When roof purlin and carlin bolts are Crip Nut protected-it 

doesn't rain, so far as the lading in that car is concerned. 

The improved Crip Holding Nuts are applied easily and quickly; 

they do not turn the bolts; they lock automatically; they hold bolts 

firmly and permanently in place ; they hold until you wrench them off. 

GRIP NUT COMPANY 

11 5917 South Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 

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ITheNew ILLINOIS 

A G R E A T 

BUNN SPECIAL 

LINE OF RAILROAD WATCHES 

You know what the Illinois 60-hour mainspring and Superior Motor Barrel did 

to make the present BUNN SPECIAL the most accurate and depcndable time- 

piece for railroad service. 

NOW-Illinois, after years of research, offers Railroad Men another important 

advancement in watch engineering. It will mean even more consistent accu- 

racy, greater dependability and longer life by practically eliminating the two 

greatest enemies of a timepiece: - 

RUST.. . MAGNETISM 

American railroads are the finest in the world. They must have the finest tim- 

ing equipment in the world. 

You will find it in the new ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL. 

Railroad men will marvel at the new perfection attained. It marks the begin- 

ning of a new era in railroad time service. 

Watch nest month's issue of this magazine for announcement of this great new 

Railroad Watch. You will be given full details. Write us to reserve booklet giv- 

ing conlplete information. 

LLI NO I S 

WA TCH 

A M E R I C A N W A T C H - M A D E T O T I M E A M E R I C A

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