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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
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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
SPRINGFIELD, MO.
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
SPRINGFIELD, MO.
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.
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We wish thb young couples many
years of hal,pinews 2nd ~,rosperity.
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT
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3Iessrs. Stewurt and Lanimn are em-
TRANSPORTATION
ployed as nssistant signaln~en.
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