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Page 42 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- -- ~.-, 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 because of the ~llness of her brother, who was stricken with appendicitis while en route to the Pacific Coast. Latest reports 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 purchased 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 chairman, 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 hospital. 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. - . . - - -. ~p 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 - 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 - 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 - ,~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 I :. a-t Ptrge 43 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 department 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 family. 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 sister yent to Ada. The Frisco Baseball Club finished second 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. - JZE WARFORD, Reporter - 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.
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 and 18: Ar~yrrst, 1931 Page 15 I Oklahoma C
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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
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