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Page 16 NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS St. Louis Terminals Reflecting careful preparation by officem mud entertainment committee, 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 coffee were served free, and the children 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 audience 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 comprised 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 second. 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 smoking set. Following the contests, the winners assembled for their prizes, which were awarded by John Daniels, president 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. Page 17 with approximately 175 members and about 15 visitors from Sapulpa in attendance. 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 solicitation 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 attendance at meetings. The next session 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 afternoon of card games and bunco. Thirty-seven members and guests were in attendance. The business section of the meeting was conducted by Mrs. W. B. Berry, president of the organization. Announcement was made that a program 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.
Page 1 and 2: AUGUST 1931 OKLAHOMA CITY DED UNION
Page 3 and 4: MERRITT- CHAPMAN & WILLIAMS CORPORA
Page 5 and 6: THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE ROOMS
Page 7 and 8: of the Frisco. who had charge of th
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Page 11 and 12: Grand March: 1. Oldest Couple, em-
Page 13 and 14: erleg, wife of Frisco engineer, Spr
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Page 17: Ar~yrrst, 1931 Page 15 I Oklahoma C
Page 21 and 22: in which he extended a hearty invi-
Page 23 and 24: Buddy Rex, 10-yrar-old sorr oj E. 0
Page 25 and 26: m Section Foremen .Meet at Memphis
Page 27: In the Frisco's Hospitals . r follo
Page 30 and 31: SHE'S A PERFECT BABY! "7'lrc rlrost
Page 32 and 33: Page 30 LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE
Page 34: D ID you ever hear the lovely story
Page 37 and 38: A Good Idea Very Young Bride: "Thes
Page 41: Frisco Mechanic Familu News I JOPLI
Page 45 and 46: iaughter of our roundhouse foreman.
Page 47 and 48: Stables for an hour's ride. fol- 1
Page 49 and 50: IW St. John's hosnital. ;\t this wr
Page 52 and 53: Page 50 1 1 his vacation. making a
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Page 60 and 61: Pngc 58 Miss Margaret MurphY, daugh
Page 65: .-l~gr/st, 7932 rierkn have been on
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for SIGNAL SERVICE Car Wiring, Ligh
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REID AND LOWE RAILROAD AND BRIDGE C
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BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY BRAKE BE
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