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OKLAHOMA SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT SHOPS IN MEMORIAM Another group of children learned how the interfor of a looks from Marion May Thompson, pensioned crossing flagman, died March viewing It first hand, thanks to GeraId 21. His pension allowance was $24.60, and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $344.40. Hornung, president of the Oklahoma Edwin Franklin Gregory, pensioned telegrapher-clerk, died on City Club, and his small five-year-old March 16. His pension all~wancewas $27.05 a month and during son. hls lifetime he was *paid a total of $405.75. Margaret Kllne, teacher of the kin- Thomas Hamilton Curry, pensioned mill man, died March 23. Hls dergarten cI-ass where the young Mr. pension allowance was $43.60 a month and during his llfetime he was Hornung attends school, expressed a paid a total of $6,471.70. James William Du,gan, pensioned chief of welghlng bureau, dled on March 22. His pension allowance was $54.30 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $2,353.05. Wil llam Friar McKinney, pensioned agent-operator, died on March 18. His pension allowance was $34.20 a month and during his life- time he was paid a total of $2,842.20. Simon Colmar, pensioned coach cleaner, dled on April 11. His pension allowance was $20.40 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $3,978.00. Frank Guy Faulkner, pensioned supertntendent, died on April 22. His pension allowance was $64.95 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $9,372.90.

desire that the class go somewhere where they could see some and SCHOOL CHILDREN INSPECT freight equipment, and "Junior" Horn- TRAIN I AGENCY CHANGES I ung spoke up and told her they should come down to the Frisco yards where One hundred and ninety-eight school children of Ft. Smith, Ark., were his daddy worked, if they wanted to The follodng permanent agents see some trains. taken for an inspection trip through were installed at the stations which Frisco equipment and Pullman cars When he told "daddy" about it, the follow their names: at the Ft. Smith, Ark., station by L. Clarence P. Barron, Neelys, Mo., elder Mr. Hornung contacted the A. Tidwell of Frisco Lines and L. L. teacher, and 29 children, accompanied February 5; Ira L. Yarbrough, Pawnee, Buckley of the Pullman Company. Okla., February 6; Wm. C. Hyde, We- by five mothers and Margaret KIein, This inspection trip was made on the teacher, made a complete trip tumka, Okla., March 7; Geo. W. White. March 1, and the children were ao Foreman, Ark., February 18; Roy D. through the Frisco coach yard at Okla- companied by six teachers, all from Newman, Haworth, Okla., February homa City where tlhey were shown the the Belle Grove School. Out of the 18; Harry W. Settles, Durant, Okla., different types of passenger equip- entire group, only two of them had ment, then to the repair tracks where February 21; Clarence N. Ellison, ever had the privilege of being inside Btroud, Okla., February 28; Elbert they were shown all types of freight equipment and a caboose. The group a and one of the teachers Noel Boyer, Hunter, Mo., March 1; told Mr. Buckley that that was her then inspected engine 4154 and each Stephen J. Hubbell, Buhler, Kans., first inspection of a sleeping car. March 4; Roy L. McCellum, Blue, boy and girl was allowed to get in the Okla., March 16; Charles T. Boyer, cab and see the engine from the point All questions were answered, and a of vantage of both englneer's and fire- lower and upper, and a section were Hunter, Mo., March 15. man's side. They were also shown the made up so that the children might The following were installed tem- water tank, turntable and part of the see the arrangement for sleeping ac- porary agents at the stations which roundhouse. Train 409's equipment commodations. follow their names : Wade M. McClure, Ft. Towson, and engine was in the yard ready to This 'trip proved to be a splendid bit Okla., February IS; Harry D. Bentley, go to bhe Union Station and the party of advertisang for both Frisco Lines Wetumka, Okla., February 26; Clyde i was allowed to ride from the coach and the Pullman Company, and is an M. Goodin, Myrtle, Miss, February 28; yard to the Union Station on a real idea that can be followed at other Elbert Noel Boyer, Hunter, March 1; train. points. Franklin C. Morris, West Fork, Ark., It was the first time 15 of the chil- March 14; James M. Johnson, Popular dren had ever been on a passenger going on a trip, they would surely tell Bluff, Mo., March 18; Ralph E. Cole, train. At the station the party was them to ride the Frisco. Cold Springs, Okla., March 18. &town through the new on This is a most worthwhile and in- the Frisco Meteor. teresting way of advertising Frisco The pa~tywas escorted through the Lines to the younger generation, and DR. H. B. DAVIS HONORED shops and on the inspection tour by the young Mr. Hornung is to be com- Dr. H. B. Davis, who serves on the J. Moore, car foreman; B. W. Swain, plimented for suggesting to his teach- staff of the Frisco Hospital Associa- roundhouse foreman, and E. H. er that his Ilittle schoolmates visit tion as :1 doctor at Kansas City, Mo., Jordan, from J. G. Weaver's office. Frisco shops and equipment. Gerald was rece:ntly elected president of the Two small descriptive circulars were Hornung, senfor, receives commenda- Kansas CXty Society of Ophthalmology given to each child concerning Frisco tion as well for arranging for the and Otollaryngology. Other officers service from Oklahoma City and trip. were Dr. Homer Beal, first vice-presi- - .- . Fh.isco representatives were assured Let's have more or these inspecuon. aenr;.,- ur. C. S. Trim,ble, second vice- by the teacher and others that if they tours and keep "Frisco Lines" ever president; Dr. Byron Black, secretary, ever took a trip or knew of anvone before the younger generation! and Dr. J. S. Knight, treasurer. -- RIVER DIVISION EASTERN DIVISION I MERITORIOUS SERVICE I February 21-C. B. Perry, section February 8-5. HaigIer, check clerk, foreman, McBride. Mo., was commend- 7th Street Station. St. Louis, noticed ed for discovering brake beam down an underweight on shipment and had SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION on two cars moving in train 832, Feb- the shipment reweighed, increasing ruary 16. Train was flagged and crew March 7-5. B. Robinson, agent, the weight approximately 3,000 Bryant, Okla., when extra 4160 passed made repairs. pounds, thereby increasing the rev- his station, noticed brake beam down Ed Hipes, track walker at Festus, enue to the company. His record in train. He notified the operator at Mo., was commended for his alertness was credited with five nierit marks. Henryetta by long distance in order in discovering broken rail at MP T- that the condition might be corrected. 37 plus 30 poles, flagging train 834, February 14-P. Milikelson, condnc- His record was credited with five thereby preventing derailment. tor, discovered broken arch bar in merit marks. March 10-J. R. Johnson, conduc- train 38, February 11, on which he March 12-5. G. Sawyer, brakeman, tor; L. L. Butler, engineer; W. R. was conductor, while passing over Oklahoma City, discovered broken Jones and Wni. Spencer, brakemen, west switch at Leasbnrg. His record bolster RI 186609, coal car in train and H. L. Houseman, fireman, had was credited with ten merit marks. 448, Maroh 15, and saw that car was their records credited with ten merit Mr. Mikkelson aIso had his record held over until it could be repaired. marks each for interest shown in re- credited with 10 merit marks for dis- He was commended for his alertness placing broken rail at MP T-37, plus covering broken arch bar on car in by C. T. Mason, and his record was thirty poles. The broken rail was re- credited with five merit marks. ~ortedby Ed Hi~es,track waIker and his train, No. 38, on February 18, at April 8.-R. S. Lucas, brakeman, these gentlemen being the crew on Sullivan, Mo. Sherman, Texas, on Extra 4151 North 834 backed to Crystal City, secured February 21-Arthur G. Knapp, out of Sherman had WnVX 146 on rail and assisted section men in plac- check cIerk, 7th Street Station, no- which car Mr. Lucas discovered a ing track in condition to use. ticed an underweight shipment of broken arch bar. His record was March 9-Lee Story, fireman, train credited with five merit marks. iron, had shipment reweighed, in- 805, discovered box car on fire on creasing weight approxiinateIy 1,100 April 7.-C. M. McRoberts, cmduc- passing track, Grassy Bayou. Train pounds, thereby increasing the rev- tor, and H. A. Rooney, brakeman, of was stopped and crew consisting of Oklahoma City on train 431 discovered L. E. Rice, conductor; Sam Frissell, enue to the company. M. 31. Sisson broken rail MP 673-17 when caboose engineer; Lee Story, fireman, and credited his record with five merit passed over same. They stopped Walter Jones, , extinguished marks, and aIso gave him five merit train and arranged with section fore- fire in this car, saving at least five marks on March 13 for discovering an man Lor repairs. The record of each additional cars from being destroyed. underweight shipment of empty man was credited with five merit The record of each man was credited drums, reweighing shipment and in- marks. with ten merit marks. creasing the weight 2,100 pounds. March 1-N. R. Grace, conductor, March 13-T. H. Ancell, brakeman, March 2-J. E. Voyles, brakeman and W. 0. Dodd, brakeman on Extra of Chaffee, was commended for inter- discovered car with broken arch 4154, south, Texas Fast Freight out est shown when he discovered Elgin of Francis, morning of March 1, found bicycle on flat car, train 834, unload- bar in train 2/38 at Marshfield, Mo. a brake beam down on NATX 1901 ing the bicycle at Hayti and leaving His record was credited with ten and repaired same while the car in- in charge of the agent. merit nlarks. spector was repairing another car in March 21-R. S. Edwards, engineer, March 8-Willis Key, section fore- the same train, which saved consid- and D. I. HeItibrand, fireman, were man, St. James, was commended erable delay. The record of each commended for their action in han- account noticing hot box on train No. man was credited with five merit dling situation when stoker failed, marks each. 38, passing him on March 4. The engine 4029, at MP T-110, bringing train was stopped and, on examina- train into Chaffee withont delay. This SOUTHERN DlVlSlON tion, car was found to have a broken train was handled special in order to H'erman H. Snow, brakeman, get rush car of Fords to Memphis at arch bar. Thayer, Mo., while riding in the tank earliest possible time. March 9-Dan Manes, section fore- cupola, noticed fire coming from train man, Grandview, Mo., was commend- as car SHPX 11246 passed over the CENTRAL DIVISION ed for his activities in securing cash north switch at West Plains. He March 7-A fire was discovered at fore ticket from Springfield to Grand- stopped the train and car was set the Hugo Milling Company's Plant, Ft. view. out. Mr. Frazier expressed his ap- Smith, on March 7, at 6:45 p. m. The preciation of his alertness and placed March 9-C. A. Bogue, section iore- switch eng,ine was not on duty, but the letter on his personal record file. the following men assisted in manning man, Oakland, Mo., was commended March 11-Ed. Ferrell, brakeman, an engine and pulled the cars away for placing traffic department in Thayer, while crew was inspecting from the mill, not onIy preventing any touch with shipper of a car of fer- train 135 at Cedar Gap, found TIDX damage to the cars and their con- tilizer. 1053, load of company oil, with bot- tents, but at the same time making April 2-R. E. Stricker, brakeman, tom arch bar broken and top bar the couplings and movement over Kewburg, Mo., discovered a piece of bent, journal box partly turned over. crossings safely. The crew: J. E. broken flange off east pair of wheels Car was set out for repairs, and a Simpson, switchman, C. M. Sasser, letter of appreciation for alertness cashier, and Glen McDaniel, trucker, on car TIDX 810, Extra 37 east at on the part of Mr. Ferrell was placed were given five merit marks each on Stanton. His record was credited on his personal record file. their personal records by 0.L. Young. with ten merit marks. Page 16

FINE HANDLING GIVEN PIPE Clinton, SHIPMENT W,E. Urk, agent at Prairie Grove, Ark., is exceptionally proud of the handling given water pipe, shipped N Frisco Lines Frisco, Birmingham to Prairie Grove. "B Ark. The pipe was used in the in- located the stallation of the Prairie Grove Water 0 of the World." Works at that station and the plant is of baby chicks in t at this time about completed and ready it is difficult for thc with their handlinj to be turned over to the city. The water works plant is modern in every such a business is 1 way and water to supply the needs many Frisco fa mi lie^ of its existence. Ye comes f,rom a fine spring in the center that located on what of as only another Drancn or tne supervision rarmers malntain me Dest Frisco, things fairly hum with actlvity possible flocks in order to receive the during the two really busy days of premium on eggs for hatching each week known ,to those who handle purposes. them as Baby Chick Days. Baby chicks are loaded in baggage On Monday and Thursday of each cars and spaced according to govern- meek two extra baggage cars are ment specifications to insure each box called into service for the handling of sufficient air space to allow baby baby chicks alone. This, in addition chicks fresh air in order to avold get- to the regular equipment, carried in ting overheated due to crowding. The trains No. 20 and 21. largest shipments are made by U. S. At the present time loading activi- mail and this portion is loaded in a ties begin each Monday at about 9:45 separate car while express shipments a. m. and continue until 1:30 p. m.. at are loaded in regular equipment. This whfch time calculations show that arrangement is carried out during the of the city flowing to an underground from 140,000 to 175,000 baby chicks early part of the season, but during reservoir nearby, then pumped into hare been started on their voyage to the peak of the movement, a separate the tower. new homes scattered throughout the car is used for both mail and express The record made in the matter of entire United States, and in some in- and in this case it is necessary to claims is one point which Mr. Lark stances to Old Mexico. run steam trains to take care of the calls particular attention to. Only movement. It is not hard, therefore, one claim was presented which was Thk performance Is repeated on to see that the Baby Chick Capital of for a broken flre plug cap which Thursday and Saturday, only not in the World is quite an asset to the amounted to less than $3.00. such large quantities as the two Frisco as all shipments are moved The contractor, J. F. fiullens, of earlier days of the week, but with such out by rail, and incidentally the Pine Bluff. Ark., is a former railroad regularity that most every day has Frisco handles 98 per cent of all the man, having served in the bridge and become more or less baby chick day movement. building departments of several rail- in Clinton. The dose of each week, Inasmuch as one of the leading roads in the past years and is a friend therefore reveals that approximately hatchery men secured information of the railroads and gave the Frisco 450,000 baby chicks have left Clinton, from one of the Frisco agricultural all the business possible. Mo., via Frisco Lines. This process cars while it was stationed here, and is repeated each week with the result has created such an enormous busi- at the end of each month approxi- ness in such a short time, speaks well mately 1,800,000 baby chicks have IMPROVEMENTS for the source of rinformation which gone to new homes. was secured in the beginning. The The Frisco Railway will use ap- With so much baby chick movement hatchery business was started after proximately 20,000 cars of ballast this it Is therefore natural for one to ask the World War, which is, in reality, year in further improvement of its the source, whfch is easily explained only a short time in which to have roadbed, according to H. L. Worman, when you are informed that three bnilt the Baby Chick Capital of the chief operating officer of the Frisco. leading hatcheries maintain 67 incu- World. Chat, which is used by the Frisco as its standard type of ballast, will be secured from the districts adjacent to One of the outstanding projects Worman pointed out. "is one of curr- Joplin and Webb City, Mo., Picher, provided ia the budget of the Frisco ature through the hills and a maxi- Okla., and Galena, Kan. Chat fs the Railway for 1935-in the interest of imum of one per cent j:rade. Nor- crushed rock discarded at mines after both safety and modernization-will mally, throughout the ye;xr, we oper- the Iead and zinc are extracted. be the installation of automatic block ate seven regular trains in each di- "More than 3.700 cars of ballast," signals on its lines between Memphis, rection over this etretch every z4-. Mr. Worman continned, "will be re- Tenn., and New Albany, Miss., a dis- hours. During Ih e summer months, tance of approximateIy 76 miles. quired in connection with the laying however, many sf)eclal passenger or of 75 miles of new rail during the When the work gets under way, it excursion trains are operated. It is year. Chat, obtained from the mining will provide eight months' employ- districts, has been fonnd the most sat- ment for 50 men, according to H. L. to provide improved service by expe- isfactory. as it retards the growth of Worman of St. LouIs, chief operating diting traffic; with increased safety, vegetation and affords a good drain- officer of the Frisco. that this major installation is being age." he railroad in this territory." Mr. undertaken." May, 1935

from the Mechanical Department

LADIES' AUXILIARY OF LOCAL M. J. Robbins of Mountain View Is MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT visiting with her son. Mr. C. W. Reb- SHERMAN, TEXAS No. 2-SPRINGFIELD WEST SHOP bins and wife of Pierce City. IV. E. Fountain is doing general re- MRS. FOSTER NAPIER, Reporter air work at Wheatland: 0. V. Smitlh D. R. ANDERSON, Rworter is doing general repair work in the Ladles' Auxiliary of Local No. 2 met vicinity of Depeut. E. F. blaggl is F. E. . general foreman of our at the Pythian Castle on March 20, plawing the false 'work under bridge Jermyn shop was a welcome visitor at 1935. Several new members were pres- E6050, preparing for a highway under- Sherman on March 26. This was ,Mr. ent and Mr. Warren made a talk whidh pass between Madill and Durant; W. Beck's first visit to our Sherman facil- was very Interesting. Refreshments C. Lantz is repairing the roundhouse ities. We hope he will flnd time to were served by the local. at Okmulgee; Virgil Leak is doing come -over again soon. Nr. and Mrs. L. A. Herberger are general repair work at Falrland; C. C. Jordan dhief clerk, 1s back on the parents of a nine and - one-half George Simpson is painting at Stroud; the job again Lnd the office is runnlng pound son. They named him Charles S. H. Dean had charge of Maggi's gang normal once more. Elmer. They also have two other sons. while E. F. was on hls recent trip to Pat Stenger, formerly eleotrfclan ap- Mrs. Charley Bridges and their Miohlgan. prenttce here, ,but who is n,ow out of daughter. Darlene. have the flu. Hope his his Lime and working at the West they will be well soon. Coach Shop, Springfield, announces the The quilting party of the Ladies' birth of a son on April 3. Congratula- Auxiliary of Local No. 2 was held at E SIDELIGHTS tinne---**-. the home of Mrs. Price on West High Engineer R. L. Whltus is recovering Street. from an attack of pneumonia. Glad to EWOOD, Reporter report he 1s up and around home at thls writing. 8. & B. DEPARTMENT Jack Prattler, son or W. H. Prather Ross E. Davis, electrician, and Benj. machinist, is looking forward to a trib SPRINGFIELD, MO. H. Stover, machinist, have returned to Washington. D. C., next August, as from Eldomdo, Kans., where they at- one of the delegates from Sherman ARTHUR BUNCH, Reporter tended field trials for bird dogs. Mr. Boy Scouts. Understand he will be Davis as usual got in on the prlzes. the delegate from the Sea Scouts. Jack Bob Riley was recently on the sick his puppy, Glnger Kelly, nephew of is also assistant scoutmaster of the llst and had to be absent from h~shis famous Jane Kelly, carried off North Park Troup, recently organized. work a few days. third prize in a fleld of almost 200 Congratulations are in order for Mr. Ji.m Carter and pang have com- entries from four different states. and Mrs. Don Howard, Jr.. who were pleted their bridge work in the Everett Com'pton, cinder pit man, Is married since our last issue. Mrs. SpringReld Termlnal and have t'aken at present visiting in Sunny California. Howard is the former Miss Ruth to the road again, going t,o Aurora He will (be gone about two weeks. Lalondi. of Denison, and Mr. Howard and vicinity. ' E, E. "Epp" MoCauley, rnacihinist, at is the son of machinist D. E. and Mrs. Bud Jones has been off duty with a the passenger station, 1s driving around Howard, of Sherman. throat ailmen!, in flashy style now with that new Willie A. Greer, machinist, has been Clyde Cunnmgham and gang have Rockne sedan he has purchased during forced to return to the St. muis hos- started a big job in Monett, Missouri, the past month. pital for further treatment. We hope building a double 3 x 6 culvert 120 ft. Jesse Rust, maohlnlst on the day he wlll be back In the tool room soon. long, near the roundhouse. It will take shift has traded his farm for a three- At thls writing T. AX.Tolbert is off several weeks to complete the job. acre track near the nort~hside Of this account illness. Understand he is do- Delmar Paohl. son of Max Pachl. B. city; it is a well improved place and ing nicely and will not be absent long. & B. mason. is attending art school at Mr. Rust also has purchased a new Watch your step! Eddie Green has Kansas City, Missouri. Delmar's home Oldsmobile sedan to go along with the a new ! is in Springfield. place-a kind of a new deal all around. CharIes Wallace and gang are dolng A. R. '<.Toe" Kays has returned to some building repairing at Mansfield, work after a month's absence due to Missouri, and vicinity. illness of both himself and Mrs. Kays. WATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ROY Smith Is back at work in the Mrs. Kays had to undergo an operation SPRINQFIELD, MO. Springfield Terminal after working at a local hospital. but has fully re- three years on rhe road with Nease's covered at this time. gang. Oharles Dummit, grease cup man. Ebb Nease and .gang are rebuilding nhird shift recently made a week's bridges on t,he High Line near Wishart. visit at Oklahoma, and while there was Henry Potter and W,m. Philllps were Missouri. so unfortunate as to get caught in one both on the sick llst during the past The turntable at the north eh0p.s In of the big dust storms that has been month. Springfield Is being renewed with creo- harrassing.- that Dart of the country Pierce Hereford is vacatloning in sote ties and decking, also a new paint recently. OsceoIa, Mo., catching up on his fishing. job. The work is belng done by J. A Homer IP. Bromley, machinist, first Fishing at Osceola reminds us that .Jones and gang. . class in the air Fang, is the proud Jack Gannon and A. G. Deniham owner of a new Oldsmobile sedan. of the stores department made a trip Floyd Dl. Peters, machinist on duty to Osceola recently and by leaving at Qhe passenger station also has a "Jake" Altridge at home so we were 6.81 6. REPORT new car, having selected a 1935 not occupied with watching him to SOUTHWEST DIVISION Chevrolet sedan. keep him from falling in the lake, we Wm. D. Pinkerton, cellar packer, Is were able to brlng home a nice string putting the finishing touches on a new of giant crappie. J. C. WOODS. Reporter roomy garage at his home at 2222 Albert England and famlly also made Summit Ave. We are expeoting: to see a trip to Osceola the last dav of the ST. D. Gibbs was dismissed from the ,him with a new car in it soon. open -game fish season. ~rul~.Osceola Frisco Hospital sometime ago and is "on the Frisco" is a fisherman's mecca. now reported able to be working again. Geo. Cole Iboilermaker, has had hls Mart White is off on a sixty-day hands full 'the past several days ac- The flshlng season over, bhe "boys" coumt of Mrs. Cole being stricken with have turned their attent'ion to baseball leave of absence; Virgil Leake and a. nnd gardening. wife spent Q week visitina his folks severe attack of tonsilitis while their in Tulsa; C. IV. Robbins has re- three children were stricken with t'he Just received the tragic news of the turned to work after spending some measles. Georg evidently has been a death of Donald Sumner. 13-vear-old time in the hospital in St. Louis; our good nurse as they are all ,getting son of Mr. and Mrs. ~ohn'Sumher.due old friend McCon has returned to his along nicely 'at this time. to the accidental discharge of a small home in Okmulgee after an extensive Sam Eagleburger, engine watdher, calibre rifle while returnin~with his visit with his brother In California. has purahased the property a€ 1931 N. father and young~companio~nfrom an Welcome home again! pick~wickAve., wher~he -ill m=ka hie outing near Strafford. The accident or- E. I". Maggi visited Flint, Michigan, home.>... -. curred on Hiahwav 66 near Strafford. recently, bringing back a new Olds- George Vaughn, ci nder pit man, is the Donald nia; an ~xceptionallybrlght mobile. Mrs. Mag~ivisited relatives in proud d,addy of a n ice proud boy who lad, cheerrul and courteous at all times. T1l;--'s. returninrc wit~h her husband has been named H;Lrry Junior. Botsh He is survived, beside the parent!. by drove home. mother and son are doing fine. a younger brother and sister. The Page 18

sincere sympathy of each member of trom a vlslt to Kansas City, where they ditional air conditioned coaches placed the department is extendea to the be- vislted their dau~hter,Mrs. Brown. in service out of this yard. Four of reaved. They report a very nice trip. these were placed in service between Donald Sumner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kansas City and Memphis on trains Johnson Sumner, died April 14 in Burpe 111-103 and 104-118. and the-~-. -.-flfth- nnn- .. - LOCAL No. 17 hospital fr0.m gunshot wounds. He was was assigned as the smoking car on riding in the back seat of his father's trains 105-106 :between ICansas City and WEST TULSA, OKLA. car when he saw a bird and asked his Birmingham. Several more cars are to father to stop the car, saying that he follow as the air conditioning program H. C. PRICE, Reporter wanted to shoot it. -4s he picked up continues, and in addition, the regular- the gun, ir accidently went off, hitting ly assbgned ,Pullman sleeping cars w9h1ch Clvde Fike. third Class machinist. is him in the .mouth. Mr. Sumner is a are now in the Pullman shops having back to work after three days' illness. pbpeflitter in the water service depart- air conditioning equipment installed, W. R. Cline. machinist, is in St. Louis ment. are expected to be returned to service. hospital with- an injured arm. %he rip track boys are jublliant over M. L. Lonigan, electrician, and Sam an arrangement which has been made Blankenship. boilermaker, are drlvinfi whereby half of the force gets every new Plvmouths and thev were shi~~ed- - other Sunday off. Up to the present LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO. via ~rikco. time the entire force has ,been working Paul Conbin, third class machinist, every Sunday. E. F. FULLER, Reporter and wife were called to Thayer, Mo., In the passing of Joseph Cook, 86- - on account of the illness of his sister. year-old resident of Dogwood, Mo.. that Mr. and Mrs. Louis DeShurley and M. L. Guinney master mechanic chief community lost one of its real pioneer son, Jackie, visited friends in St. Louis. clerk, and ~hailieaNIrFever, electrical settlers. He came there from Indiana Roy Brown of Kansas City spent foreman, attended the bowling tourna- In 1883, homesteading and i,m,proving the week-end with his family. ment in Oklahoma Clty, Sunday, the the farm where he has lived ever since. Mrs. (3. C. Scott and son, Robert, of 14Ch. He is survived by his wife, who is 87, Springfield visited friends in Neu%urg. D. Wortman, engineer, has been OR and four children, two girls and two Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ward Mr. and for the past two weeks on account of boys, fourteen grandchildren, seventeen Mrs. Frank, and Mr. and krs. Ivan illness. great grandchi!dren and one great- Fuller a.ttended St. Patrick's ball at H. A. Harrison. car oiler, and Gus great grand chlld. Lnun Cook. of the the Nissouri School Of Mines, Rolla, Allred, switch-engfneer, are in the St. store room department, is one of the Mo.. Xlarch 1.5. Louis hospital at this writing. sons. Mr. and .31rs. R. L. Painter were St. Claud ,Johnson. machinist. nnd wife Patrick (Pat) Collins, 83, former Louis shoppers recently. have- returned from Alton. ho., where Springfleldian, who had $en visiting Mrs. IT. F. Fuller celebrated her birth- they attended the funeral of their here died March 11th while asleep. day with her parents, J. W. Vinson. grandfather. He came here to visit Mrs. Anna Springfield, Mo.. April 3. John Stroud, engineer, wife and son. Ragan of 529 W. Scott street, they Mr..% Sam Garman visited relatives in Paul, are visiting in Washington, D. being old rime friends. He was Aurora, Mo, C., and South Carolina. an old tlme Frisco employe, hav- Mr. Hnrvy Green spent a few days Fellx Bowes, machinist, and, .wife ing helped in much of the ConstrUc- in Butterfield, Mo., on business. have been spending a few days vlslting t'ion of the road from Pacific to Vineta. Mrs. Frank Weight was a Spring- relattves In Ada, Okla. later working in the north car yards. field shopper recently. Since his retirement, he had made his XIr. and Mrs. S. M. BIontgomery at- home with a daughter. Mrs. Mary tended the flower show at the Arena Rossler of Cushing Okla. in St. Louis. BACK SHOP NEWS We have all hekrd the expression, Mrs. Jack Hill and daughter, Gail, "He lost his shirt." Well, Anthony visit'ed relatiol~sin Tulsa, Okla. ALEX WATT and CLAUD CAMPBELL, Barron, sheet metal app~entice, did S. E. Fellows and Mr. deLong were just that literally. As some one broke patients in the Frisco hospital In St. Reporters into his home Sunday night. ~pril14. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seboldt. Sr., Mr. and stole all of his shirts, together and Mrs. Otto Horn and daughter are with some jewelry. visiting wlth W. H. Seboldt; oxweld Otto Phelphs Is off sick wlth the flu LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA. plant attendant. They motored here at this writing. from Fults. Ill., which 1,s their home. FRANK HARKEY, Reporter The visitors are (.Bill's) parents and sister and brother-ln-law. Chas. L. Carver nnd famlly motored James Burrell, blacksmith helper, has LOCAL No. 24 down in Texas the past month t'o visit returned to work after an absence of relatives and friends and reported a flve weeks. He had pneumonia. RAYMOND P. DEES, Reporter nice trlp; tlhat IS, saying nothing about Melvin Rench, tool dresser, had a a Ilttle sand he drove through. very painful accident recently. A Katherine, daughter of J. V. Adam& Herbert Foley, son of W. J. Foley, scale trom an air hammer struck him is visiting her parents at this tlme. general foreman, spent a few days here in the side of his eye, embedding it- Katherine Is a student at M. S. C. W., with his parents. Herbert is nt'tending self in back of the eye. (Mel) will n0.t roIumbus, Miss. Wooster College at Wooster Ohio. lose the sight of the eye but will lose Regret to report the fllnesa of Mrs. G. W. Maddox Is back bn the j& a considerable length of time. G. H Threllfall. wife of nl~ht- round- again. having been absent on account Vance Panuska tripped and fell, house foreman. of the flu, Elmer Davis filled hls va- breaking a couple of r~bs. He lost Mrs. R F. Dees, wife of plpefltter, cancy wh~lehe was off. three weeks work but is now at work has had as house guest, her sister, Mrs. John L. Pritohett has also been off again. Orlando Harmon, of Jackson, Mich. with the flu but is now back on the job Fred Bbbzlne, machlnlst. Is also the Mrs. H. H. Johnson, wife of triple again. vicrim of an accident. He broke his renairman. is on the sick li1st at this J. F. Ferguson, car foreman, is sport- arm when a car jack which he was rimel Ing a new Ford V-8 coupe. It's a nice using slipped. illachlnist J. H. Branam is at St. looking car. J. k. Phelps, car, carpen,ter on the Louis hos~ital.the third time for him. Brakeman It. L. Williams, who was rip track, whose wife is in Burge hos- Mrs. ~ynerd;mother of water service Injured by a hilt-and-run driver while pital recovering from an operation re- man, Claud Kynerd, is visiting her [tag~inga crossing for his traln, Is im- ports that she is doing fine and will daughter in Flor~da. proving some. be able to be moved home within a Carman J. L. Haney is on the sick Mr. Williams was doing hls bIt tn week. list. make the railway crossing a SAFE Martin Huff, bollermaker helper, and The small son of Kelly Powell, who CROSSING and in so doin,g almost lost wlfe were called to St. Louis recently was bitten by a stray dog. is taklng his life bv a reckless hit-and-run to attend the funeral of their son's treatments. driver. father-in-law, C. A. Rlchason. You who have not seen an Oklahoma Li:t.tle Katherine Myers, 3-year-old dust storm are missine something. Be- daughter of Lawrence Myers, who was lieve we can compete-lirith any of our severely burned when her clothing neighboring states. The visibility was caught fire from the stove, March 3, is zero and many stories were l~ringtold much improved at this writing. J. J. SULLIVAN, Reporter about the dust storm. One of the shop Ted Barnetr has returned fram St. boys told of missing his p*t pnlrle Louis where he visited his brother, Otto Nolte, who for a number of dog, that he had caught in tl~eround- Coy who has been in the hospital. He years was storekeeper for the Pullman house some time ago, but hter fouhd rephr-t:s hls brather much improved. Company at this yard. collavsed while it digging his hole about trn feet above ,. being able to leave the hospital. at work in the Argentine coach yard of old mother earth and through the sana. Bill Hart, boilermalcer helper, has the Santa Fe railroad on March 28 and Anuther offered this one. .\ friend of purchased a new home at 1923 N. Jef- died in an ambulance en route to a his living on a ranch clo5i. by Enid ferson. He moved into it recently. hospital.' hmad tied his horse, to a tree before rhe Coy Long, painter, has been laid up Richard McKee. who underwent an dust storm hit thls l?cality -and whlle-- -- with the rhe~mat~smfor several days. emergency operation for appendicitis at this friend h$d gc)ne ror an nour or so Geor e Kent, machinist apprentice. Providence hospital on March 19, Is now and returned he found h1.s horse hang- is contned to .the h~spitalfor treat- recuperating at home and is expected ing from the trec? and about ten feet ment at this writing. to soon be back on the job again. off t%e ground. M any others were told. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Ball have returned The past month has seen five ad- but no one woul?i believe them.