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C. E. Young. car Inspector, after MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT prters for their department in Kansas quite a siege of illness is not able to Liry. return to work at this writing. CHAFFEE, MO. Mrs. E. J. Cable and daughter, G. D. Sknlton. hostler. is back In the Juanita, vislted friends and relatives hoipiiili"t iegor.ts &G-kimprovement. in Kennett the latter week of May. C. D. O'Connor was doing jury duty R. E. RICE, Reporter Nrs. George Vogel, of Oran, spent ...for the-~-. week of June 8. C. W. Burrell the week-end of May 30 visiting her filled the Sacancy during his absence. Car Carpenter Frank Grasser tells parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Kay. Mr. J. C. Miller, coach carpenter, visited Us that he and Mrs. Grasser have Kay is a machinist at Chaffee. relatives in Oklahoma a few days last named thelr baby son Dennis Lawrence JIiss Ethel JIae Robinson, daughter month. Grasser. Probablv the voung fellow of engineer and Mrs. R. J. Robinson. J. W. Witt. car man. moved agaln last soon will be folldwing 1; his father's has entered Jlissouri University for the wceli in an effort to catch up with footsteps and will be a loyal member summer term, which lasts elght weeks. "~udhie"Miller. Think "Buddie" is one of the FAMC&CDE. Miss Robinson was a student at Central time up on Pat now so the race is sure AIessrs. G. E. Burkholtz, R. A. Wat- College in Fayette the past year. hot for the championship. son, C. H. Dingman and W. H. Sam- Among the 221 students of Stephens Four additional men have been added uels, all of Springfield, were Chaffee College who were graduated at the to the repair track force in order to get visitors the week of &lay 18-23. seventy-fourth annual commencement more grain cars ready for the expected Mr. B. F. Rector, former third-class of the school, held at Columbia on June bumper crop which has begun to move machinist. has been in the St. Louis 2, was Miss Xlarlan Sample, daughter slowlv. Employes' hospital for treatment. Mrs. of Divis~onSurgeon G. A. Sample. Miss BS~Bgang Xo. 2 made extensive re- Rector went to St. Louis the middle of Sample is a member of Phi Lambda pairs to the drop pits in the round- hlay and accompanied Mr. Rector home. Beta. social sorority. Dr. and Mrs. house at this point recently. Nil1 Machine >Ian Oral Whitaker was Sample and son, George, attended the The 1931 bridge program stafted off off several days the first part of May exercises. with a bang the first of June, pi1in.g on account of sickness. C. L. Peacher, JIlss Lona Harrison student nurse has been distrlbuted and the driver 1s extra man, was called in to work while in St. Luke's hospital kt St. Louis, re- now at work. Mr. Whltaker was away. turned home recentlv to attend her Included wlth approxlmately 300 Mr. R. T. Ahlsted's son had the mis- mother, Mrs. J. P. ~krrison,who has graduates from the high schools of forrune to slip and fall while at his been ill for some time and recently Ft. Worth for the year of 1931 are the work in a food market at St. Louis. suflered a relapse. Mr. Harrison is an following identified wlth Frlsco fami- He is now vlsitfng his parents and is engineer at Chaffee. lies: Miss' Florence Blentlinger, daugh- said to be well on the road to recoverv General Foreman H. E. Hubbard. ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blentlinger. but must have two or three weeks 6; Mrs. Hubbard, sons, Bobby, Lewis and car foreman; Miss Leland Leach. rest before he wlll be able to resume Walter and Xlrs. Hubbard's mother daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leach. hi4 work. Mrs. ~knold,recently visited relative; former painter in car department. but Machinlst A. L. Peer has transferred at Fort Scott', Kan. and Kansas City. now located In Sherman as locornotlve from the 12 midnight shift to the day Nrs. Arnold, who his been a guest at painter, and Elmo Holibaugh, son of ~hift. Peer says he enjoys working in the Hubbard home the past few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Hollbaugh, general fore- daylight agaln. will remaln at her home there. man's clerk. C. C. Hall, machinist from Yale re- Mr. G. W. Moore, assistant superln- It is the understanding Mr Roy Leach ~0rtedto Chaffee to fill a tem~drarv. --- tendent motive power, spent several is to move his family to Sherman soon, vacancy early in June. days at Chaffee and other points on now that Miss Leland has finished Car Foreman E. 0. Prosser. Mrs. the division the second week in June. high school. Mr. Leach has been trans- Prosser and family have moved to Cape JIr. Noore was accompanied to Chaffee ferred to Sherman for several months Girardeau. where his children will en-... by his secretary, Raymond Ivey. and it is with considerable regret we ter school: E. W. Deickman, electrical super- learn of the family moving. Our sin- C. R. Simpkins, machinist, has been visor. of Springfleld, was a visltor at cere good wishes go along with them off duty several days on account of Chaffee one day recently. to their new home. undergoing treatment at t'he St. Louis 3lisses Irene and Esther Rigdon, who All plans and preparations are now Employes' hospital. have been visiting at the home of Mr. almost completed for the big all-day Machinlst Norman J. Kay has been and Mrs. 0. E. Rigdon the past three picnic and barbecue to be given June displaced off the day shlft and is now weeks, left to visit relatives and 21 bv the Employes' Club of Ft. Worth working on the 12 midnight shift. friends in St. Louis and Kansas City. on the shores of Lake Worth. Indlca- Wilburn Fish, third-class boller- From there they left for their home tions are that we will have a capacltY maker, lost several days the latter part in Los Angeles. Calif. crowd and an excellent outing. Mer- of May due to Mrs. Fish being criti- Walter E. Riehn, formerly stenogra- chants have been very liberal in dona- cally ill with scarlet fever. We are pher in store department here, reports ting prizes for winners In the various glad to report that Mrs. Fish is now the arrival of an 8-pound son at their games and stunts being arranged. well on the road to recovery. home Sunday, May 31. The youngster A. W. Brinkman. night roundhouse has been named Donald Otfs. -- foreman, enjoyed a fishing trip recent- ly. No report has yet been received LOCAL NO. 18-BIRMINGHAM, ALAm of the number of fish brought in by the party, but' it has been learned that one of the joyous incidents of the trip was OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. W. A. MYERS, Reporter some three hours spent mired up on tho-..- rnad.- - -. J. L. NORTON. ~eporrer Loyd Criswell, machlnlst, had the Boilermaker-welder C. H. Bergstrom, mlsfortune to get one of hls eyes in- of Springfield. filled a temporary va- jured recently. He has lost consider- cancy at Chaffee the early part of June, Frisco oil well number 3 was brought able time, but we hope his eye will remaining here for several days. in June 1. Thirty-four thousand bar- soon be well and he can be back at Locomotive Inspector J. E. Stout rels of oil and 61,000,000 cubic feet of work kith us again. built himself a boar since the close of gas per day is its capaclty. Not suc.h T. L. Purdy, Joe Hendricks and G. H. the fishing season last year and we a small producer at that. All that !s

Fleming made a fishing trip to Edge- are extremely anxious to learn the out- necessarv to find oil around here~ - --1s wood Lake recentlv. They didn't talk come of Mr. Stout's first excursion this to put a-hole down to It. much when they came back. season. We are hoping that Xlr. Stout Mrs. J. L. Morton, wife of your cor- C. 4. Gateley, blacltsmith, and wlfe will have a successPu1 trip In his new respondent', went to Sprlngfield, Mo., soent the dual holiday week-end wlth boat. June 2 for a visit with her parents. relatives and friends at Amory. Miss. Engineer L. S. &IcConachie and Nor- The daughter. Wanda, accompanied V. McAliater is the proud papa of rls French drove to Lexington, Ky.. re- her. Wanda wlll spend the summer a 9%-pound baby boy, born May 26. cently and were accompanied home by with her grandparents. Nlrs. Morton Mac- - wore a lona- -arln on his face for Eugene JlcConachie. who has been at- returned home June 15, accompanied several- days. tending the Universitv of Kentuckv. by the son. Don, who has been in J. Robbe. machinist, and wife mo- ~oy3IcConnchie will return home frob school in Springfield the past pear. tored to Biloxi. Gulfport, Blobile and there later. 0. L. Mlller, locornotlve electriclan, other points of interest on the Gulf George JIorie, sheet metal worker. and wlfe were called to Xoberly, 1\10 coast. He reported a very enjoyable visited-relatives in St. Louis early in June 1 account of the serious illnesl trip. June. He was accompanied home by of Mrs. AIiller's mother. She is very Gus Drake is still swapping auto- his brother. Tony, who will vlslt here. much im~rovedat this time. mobiles. He wlll keep on until he ends Dr. G. -4. Samole. division suraeon. J. L. Cowger, supplyman, and wife up with a b1c)~cle. son. George. and daughter. JIiss Marian; were called to Anadarko June 2 ac- J. L. Hendricks. our divislon chair- went to St. Louis the first week in count of the serious illAess of '~rs. man, was called to Sprlngfleld on bud- June. They drove home in a new se- Cowrer's mother. She is renorted to ness recently. dan the foliowing day. be on the road to reco\;ery now. The writer and ,family spent a very Mr. and Nrs. B. 31. Dark are the par- Mrs. Roy Floyd, wife of roundhouse enjoyable week vlsiting relatives and ents of a baby daughter, born to them clerk, went to Kansas City, May 31 friends at Thayer, Mo., recently. on May 24. Mr. Dark was formerly for an extended visit with her sister: Jack Ash. the traveling machinist, 1s fireman on thls division. Nrs. J. W. Bryant. wife of rip track back with us a,galn, worklng extra. Miss Leota Friend and Mary Daly air brnke man, underwent a major op- The blacksmith of the car depart- of the master mechanic's office, Kansa; eravion at Wesley h0SDital June 2. She ment W. U. Hairsine, has been off sick City, were the week-end guests of Miss was removed to her hdme June 12. Her quite) some tlm,e, but we are glad to Anna Kane. May 30. Nlss Friend was recovery has been more rapld than any- report that he 1s able to be back with formerly stenographer in this office one had thought possible, happily. us agaln. and she and Miss Daly are now re: Lon Chaney, coach cleaner, returned July, 1931 Page 45 to work Mar Z1 after a ten weeks' A. L. Swain, machlnist, and famlly The followinrr following eneine engine men have absence account or appendicitis. went to Kansas City, Ma 22, for a been put back onon thetKe~-board board at -thisthis Mr. and Mro. Q. C. Papin wish to two-day vlsit with Swain's point: C. T. Hotchklss, swltch engi- announce the marrlage of their daughter, hrnther- - - -.- - - . neer: W. W. Horton,Horton. Arthur Hale and Angeline Lee, to Mr. Roy Hartman Murl Crossley, son of 0. W. Crossley, P. K. Harwood. road- - - firemen.------~-. May 23. Mr. Hartman is employed ii machinist. and three boy friends mo- J. G. owm man, switch engineer, was the engheerlng department of the tored to Turner Falls and Sulphur called to Glennallen, Mo.. recently ac- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. ~f Springs, June 7, for an enjoyable count of the death of his father.- Our this city. The bride is a graduatk of outlnsz.- sympathy is extended to the family ii Classen Hkh School, class of '30. They Blanuel Hunter, machinist, and their bereavement. will make their home here. Mr. Papiq Camlly spent the week of June 1 at is rip track triple valve man. Lubbock. Texas. A great part of the LINDENWOOD CAR DEPARTMENT Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baulch wish to time was s~entflshin2 - with~ more~~- ~ ~ than~~ -- announce the marriage of their daugh- fair succesi. ter, Palma Ione, to Mr. Walter R. Mrs. John Royce vlsited with rela- D. F. TOBIAS. Reporter Davis of Sterling. Texas. The event tlves and friends in Kansas City, May took lace at the Baulch home May 26 to June 4. Mr. Royce is a ma- Foreman A. P. Maly began his va- 31. dr. Davls Is in charge of a large chinist. cation June 16. Part of his prepara- ranch at Sterling. where they will Nrs. Lee Glasgow and children visit- tions for the trip Included digglng a make thelr home. Mrs. Davis was for- ed wih relatives in Pine Bluff, Ark., large can of worms. He didn't mind merly em loyed In the Southwestern the flrst part of June. Mr. Glasgow telllng where he got them but did not Bell ~elepffoneCo. oft'ices here. is a mechanic laborer. say where he would feed the Ashes. Floyd Gregg blacksmith, has moved L. B. Rue, machinist, is sporting a Another month has nassed into his- to a suburba'n place on Southeast new Chevrolet four-door sedan. He has tory without a personal injury in car Twenty-ninth Street. Flo d celebrated ~romisedus a ride in the near future. department at St. Louis. Hooray! Decoratlon Day by decoraring his Ford B. W. Swain, general foreman, is Ye scribe had another taste of home with a new coat of palnt. havlng quite a little dental work cooking June 7 when he visited with George Wright entertained Mrs. done just now. He has had ,Feveral the wife and children at Willow Wri ht's brother, John Heving, and teeth extracted and is on a thoupe Springs. Returning via Xemphis is a famay May 30 and 31. Mr. Heving diet." most interesting trip. formerly resided here. Mr. Wright is Wm. Temple, storeroom counterman, Millman F. C. Loos was off the flrst rin track lahorer..~- -- --. motored to Love11 June 9 on personal six days of June visiting friends and F. N. Jones machinist, visited wlth business. llr. Temple and family left relatives. "Jimmy" Martin worked in his parents 6t Joplln. bfo., May 30 June 14 for an extended trip to Los his place this time. and 31. Angeles. T. J. Doyle and famlly left June 16 Wm. Jones, apprentice, vlslted with for a vacation in Californla. hls parents at Oswego, Kan., May 30 0. S. Momony, storekeeper, and wife R. H. Snodgrass is working at Chou- left for Los Angeles June 13 for a teau avenue while Mr. Maly Is off on and 31. two weeks' vacation. This Is Mr. Box Packer R. G. Fountaln and vacatlon. A. C. Penn is asslsting at Momony's flrst vacatlon in several Lindenwood. family vlslted with Mrs. Fountaln's "P2, P-. mother, at Jones. May 30 and 31. Our former typist, Mlss E. M. Jones, C. 0. Mitchell, of Tulsa, Is worklng pald us a pleasant vislt last week. She JIachinlst 0. W. Crossley and family in Mr. Momony's lace. Mr. Mitchell vlslted with frlends and relatives, at has employment in Unlversity Clty at 24. formerly worlced here, so he is very present. Luther, May much-.. at-.~ home.- ----. We are glad to report that the con- C. B. Louzader, machlnist, and wife dition of Mrs. C. P. Ramsey Is greatly went to see a slck frlend, near Wichita BACK SHOP NEWS iinproved at this tlme. She underwent Falls, June 8. 13. SPRINGFIELD, MO. a major operatlon May Mr. Ram- L. 0. Burnett. electrician, and famlly sey is a machinlst. went to Chandler. June 7, to see Mr. Mrs. L. E. Chaney, Mrs. R. L. Jones Burnett's parents. ALEX WATT and GORDON YOWELL, and Mrs. J. D. Gregg were called to Reporters 30 W. L. Childs, boiler foreman. visited Hobart. May when thelr mother wlth hls brother at Newton, Kan., May suffered a stroki of paralysis. She is 30 and 31. He attended Decoration Day Local No. 1 Is plannlng on a real sllghtly improved at thls writlng. The servlces while there. Mrs. Childs and good tlme June 25, when they wlll be husbands of these ladies are all em- the guests of Monett Local at a ays- ployed as coach cleaners. daughter, Lucile, went to Kansas City for Decoration Day and for a short tem picnic and barbecue. J. T. O'Toole, coach yard laborer, was visit with friends and relatives. J. W. Reddick, boiler foreman at the absent May 16 to 31 account of sick- North shops. and son, Leo, formerly ness. A. K. Watters coach rard air brake an apprentice in the roundhouse, were Perry Hodge, coach truclrman, is man, and famii; went io Fort Worth injured 111 a car accident recently when sporting a new model "A" Ford sedan. for a few dam. June 13. they were motorlng to Bagnell. Perry had the car onlv a few dava Mrs. Wm. ~u'rgensand little son are Zack Maples. machinist apprentice, when someone stole two-octhi whe&. spendlng a few days In Springfield, has a new Ford. J. T. Bite, traveling car inspector. JIo., with relatives. Mr. Burgess is Wm. Wyatt, machinist apprentice, is called on us a few days week of working the third shift locomotive in- welding in the blacksmith shopat this June 1. spector's job just now. wriiinm... - - - - .. -. J. C. Priest, coach yard box packer, Mrs. Elmer Creech and son, Harrv, Loys Cherry, machinlst, has a new went to the St. Louis hospltal May are contemplating a vislt to Tulsa sooh. Chrjsler 77 coupe. Some class Cherry! 22, returned to work June 4, but Is Mr. Creech is day coach Inspector. Charles Rippee, machlnlst, has been off sick again now. "Dad" highly S. R. Gardner, dlvlsion storekeeper, transferred to the "Grave Yard" shift praised the treatment accorded him by pald us a call June 10. in the machine shop. the physicians, nurses and attendants Mr. Jess Moore, car foreman, and Lester Wise, of the North car yards, whlle there. Mrs. Moore motored to Perry May 30. was injured in a car accldent Decora- Perry Hodge, coach truckman, and Mrs. R. E. Stewart and little son tion Day. His car was demollshed but family. and Tom Sullivan, coach spent a few days In St. Louis recently. fortunately no one else was injured. cleaner, picnicked near Chandler, They had started to Indianapolis. but Harry E. Widmyer, of the wrecking Ml" 17 ----,A .. the little fellow became ill when at crew, is keeping bachelor's hall whlle W. S. Melvin, rlp track air brake St. Louis and the turned back. Mr. his wife is in Hannibal attending the man, went to El Reno, May 18, on Stewart is day frerght car inspector. Baptist convention. She was selected legal business. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Br ant, parents as a delegate from Hamlin Memorlal J. H. Covington, car carpenter had of alr brake man J. W. gryant, were Baptist church. the misfortune to have his house 'dam- in town June 8 and 9 account of the F. L. Leonard, sheet metal worker, aged considerably by flre May 21. The illness of Mrs. J. W. Bryant. While has returned from Des Moines. Iowa, loss was covered by insurance. It here Mr. Bryant called on us for a where he was called by the serious 111- caused them no little inconvenlence for short visit. He was formerly air brake ness of a granddaughter. After the several days while repalrs were belng foreman on the Western territory of child improves Mrs. Leonard will go made. the Frisco. Call again Mr. Bryant. to California where she wlll vislt a Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kerce are the H. H. Griggs, apprentice, underwent son who lives in Los Angeles. proud parents of a daughter. Ruthelin. an operatlon for appendicitis recently Alex Watt, vour correspondenr gave who arrived June 1. Mr. Kerce Is a at St. Anthonv hospital. He has been away a daugliter in marriage ~hne8. machinist on the thlrd shlft. released froni the hospltal and ex- She was the flrst to break the famlly Roy Floyd. roundhouse clerk, spent pects to return to work soon. circle. The young folks are making June 7 at Kansas City. Mrs. Floyd Roy Bogard, locomotive inspector. is an extended tour of the Paciflc states and chlldren. who had been vlsiting absent account of the serious Illness on their honeymoon. there, returned with Mr. Floyd. of Mrs. Bogard. Little hope is held for Mrs. Stella McSweeney. wife of P. E. W. S. Melvin and wife and W. R. her recovery, sorry to say. McSweeney, died of pneumonia June 9. Doster and sister, enjoyed a plcnic Earl Vice, flreman, and famlly are XI-.McSweeney was employed by the west of the clty June 7. An ideal dav taking an extended vacation in the Frisco for B perlod of years untll a for an outlng. - west. Denver, Pueblo. Los Angeles year ago last January when he fell Mrs. R. P. Carglll and chlldren vlsit- and San Francisco are among the during an ice storm, injuring hls hip, ed in Tulsa week of June 1. Mr. points they wlll visit. which has prevented hls worklng since. Cnrglll is a boilermaker. G. ,J. Westphal, engineer. and famlly M. A. Huff spent Decoration Day Wm. Jones motored to Parsons have gone on an extended tour of with his son, 31. A. Huff. Jr., in St. Sunday, June 7. several polnts of interest In the east. LOUIS. Page 46

J. D. Heyburn. traveling engineer, was D. Roberts, second Globe, was suc- in Clinton May 26 to 29. cessful bidder on agency, Aldrich. T. McDonald, a retircd engineer of the T. G. Hart, agent, Lebanon, wns off Hi-line, was seen recently in Springfield a few days the latter part oi May. C. on his annual visit from his home in V. Keller, flrst trlck, protected the California to New York. His friends will agency and J. F. Lick, third trick. NEWS SERVICE DEPARTMENT be dad to know he is lookina flne ancl worked flrst during the absence of Nr. enjoyina better health. Hc stjies he re- Hart. SPRINGFIELD, MO. ceives the Frisco Naaazine remllarly-. and C. S. hfusgrave. third trick Crocker, enjoys it. has just returned from a vacation of J. P. BRIGGS, Reporter E. P. Wirth. conductor on south local, about two weeks. He was relieved by was off several days looking after his C. H. Reed. who in turn was bumned Well. evcryone has returned from their farm. by L. 31. Roach. short vacation over Decoration Day and A11.n. H. H. Loafman. wife of En~lneer George Greener, second trick, S. P. apparently everything went lovely with l oaf man. attended the funeral o her Springfield, was off a couple of days the exception of a little rain. Of course, account the death of a brother in Kan- brother-~-- at~ Xforrlsvilie. June 6th. We sas City. we expect thls to haopen. but don't think wish to extend our sympathy. a shower could spoil everything. G. E. Sally, second trick Rolla, was Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Clark have moved off several days account an attack of Miss Holms and father ancl mother to Grandvlew, as Mr. Clark is a con- drove to Kansas City and, Prom reports. rheumatism. He was relieved by L. XI. enjoyed themselves even though they ductor on the passenger train on the K. Roach.~~ -~- C. C. % S. H. D. Petty, third Cuba, was oft a did not get lost even once. Mildred and Dann~Hurlbut. Jr., chil- few days. being relieved by E. Trotter. Miss Vivian Justlce spent Decoration dren of Dan Hurlbut. caller. are vlsitlng S. W. Schroff worked second Cuba a Day wlth friends In Aurora. Xo.. and in Springfleld and Carthage. few days, relieving J. F. Luttrell. also gave them a treat by slnging at Mrs. Alva Johnson and son. wife and L. M. Roach was called home from their church Sunday. Vivian is very ac- son of Alva Johnson. an engine watch- Rolla account his baby bov havlns complished in this line and the oPflce man at Grandview, have been vlsltlng her fallen from porch swing, cuttlng n force has the prlvlle,-e of hearlng all parents here. They motored to Columbia. large gash in hls head. We are happy of the new songs, especially when she Airs. W. F. Rogers, wlfe of W. F. Rog- to report the accldent was not serious Is happy at the oflice. ers. machinist, entertalned the Dorcas and the baby well on the road to re- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reld and son spent Soclety of the Christian Church at their covery. the hollday in Kansas City and reported cabin at the Artesian Club Lake. May E. B. Shepherd, third. $. P. Spring- having a good time. In fact. they had 26th. All reported a very enjoyable field. spent Decoration Day close to such a nice time that Mrs. Reld forgot to time. Iberia. Mo. He was relieved bv W. T. come back. Well. Joe, we hope you don't Mrs. Wm. Balke. wife of Wm. Balke. Baskett. get slck over eating your own cooklng. E. J. utterf field, third Jerome, 1s on The long-looked-forward-to trlp of Bert roundhouse foreman, left June 1st for the sick list agaln. He is belng re- Ferbache almost became a reallty last Louisvllle. Ky.. where she attended the lieved by E. Trotter. Sunday. bat he forgot that the time was araduatlon exercises of the Louisvllle E. H. Dver, second Sulllvan Is lay- changed ten mlnutes, and he arrlved at Hlgh School, where her nlece. Ellnor Lof- ing off. 6. H. ~arke;relleved'him the thc station just In the to nee the "Blue- tus, will graduate. flrst night and then was bumped by bonnet" leaving town. Bettcr luck next W. T. Baskett. who in turn was bumned the. Bert. by L. Al. ~oach. J. P. Briggs vlslted in Fort Scott, Deco- AUDITOR REVENUES C. W. Roberts, thlrd, S. E. Jct., was ration Day. ST. LOUIS, MO. off one night. being relieved by H. A. Atwell. 4. U. said Charlie had too much ball-game the day before. ESTELLE HILTON. Reporter R. E. Essmnn worked a week at CLINTON AND OSCEOLA SUB. Elmer Kohring nnd family journed to Galloway, relieving J. Potter. Detroit the week-end of Aprll 25. W. Ai. Chrlstopher third, 31. 0. Mon- MRS. A. W. LIFFEE. Reporter Walter Leweday and Joe Elsman are ett, and extra dispktcher, has been conflned to their homes with scarlet called to Chaffee to do relief work July, the time for fireworks and olnk fever.... there for about two months. lemonade ! We are glad to welcome Gordon B. C. Jones is worklng second trick Business on thls dlvlsion Is good. Bennett back after n month's leave of S. E. JcC, relieving R. Wills for about 2 T. B. Coppage, superlntendent, and J. absence. wonk.. --... F. Hickey. superlntendent of the 31-K-T. Reinhold Buder reslpned his position P. E. Paulsell, who has been working met In Cllnton, June 2nd, to dlcuss the in this office, Bray 1. We wish him the flrst trick N. Y. Monett, for about a oro~osltionof Inaunuratlna free deliver- best of Illck. month, worked a day or two in "S" ies-of freight in She buslness part of Wewere pleased to hnve a vislt from office. Sprlngfleld. town. Conductor W. J. Lamltin of the Cen- Ray Porter, flrst, N. Y. Monett. is still G. W. Slgler, conductor, was off several tral divislon. in the hospltal In St. Louis. We un- days recently on account of sickness. Irene Franklin and Leanore Gavln derstand he is to undergo an operatlon Fred Long, engineer. and wife. left in t'he very near future. June 3rd for Columbus, Ohio. to attend L. 31. Roach worked thlrd trick, New- the Firemen's Conventlon. burg, a few days, relieving your cor- Conductors Rutherford and Morrison, mnt'her, who passed away Mav 27, 193: respondent while she was visitlng Nrs. Engineer Hutchison and Brakeman Cash- Ruth Radford vlsited in Tulsa over Ida May Hoff (nee Waters), former man were called to court at Harrisonrille, Decoration Day and Estelle Hilton telegrapher, in Dallas. And did we Mav 20th. went to Sorento, Ill. have a wonderful time recalling old J: A. Moran, superlntendent. and T. B. On our leave of absence list we have friends and good times we all used to Coppage, superlntendent. were here Wllliam Eichenauer. have! looltlng after business t'he last of Nay. Ferrell Ambrose and famlly of Ok- mulgee. Okla.. vlslted his parents. Mr. TELEGRAPH NEWS-NEWBURG OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER and Mrs. D. B. Ambrose the last of the SPRINGFIELD, MO. month. Ferrell was a former call boy HELEN FELLOWS, Reporter here. He Is now wlth the Mldland Valley. We wish to extend congratulations to We are clad to renort that thev have ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hoge, who welcomed put oh- anlother-job: Second trlck--ai a daughter to thelr home In Springfleld. Strafford Is reopened after being closed The juxtaposition of Memorlal Day May 28th. Mr. Hoge is a brakeman on since January. W. B. Musgrave, who and Sundav afforded an opportunity not one of the nlght runs. They plan to had third trick StraPford. bid in sec- to be neslected. Mr. Williams and move to Kansas Clty soon. ond. familv joiirneyed to St. Louis; Mr. Mrs. wm. Graham and son Stanley, C. Alden. agent Aldrlch, dled Nay ~eter'son and family to Paciflc, 310.; wife and son of Wm. Graham, brakeman, 26th. The sympathy of all Is extended Miss Jochum to Kansas City. Mr. visited her parents at Vlsta recently. to the bereaved family. Stephenson enjoyed a llttle flshing even Page 47 though it did rain. OFFICE SUPT. TRANSPORTATION have had plenty of fresh air, with sun, Paul A. Mofeitt has returned from a SPRINGFIELD, MO. besides a good time. visit with his mother in San Diego. Louis Coffin received a hearty wel- Wllber C. Bothwell, son of our con- come back to the office, after being tract clerk, C. H. Bothwell, graduated EUL.4 STRATTON, Reporter confined in the hospital for three from Drurv Colle~ethis month with weeks. denartmental honors in economics. Bill Altvater is looking for tennis iliss Ann Nc~lernon assisted as June time!-the grandest time of opponents. He has had plenty of prac- chaperone to Uncle Charlie Baltzell's the year and the question that the tice,, all, day Sundays, etc., so an.yone educational trin from Snrinafleld. - to great poet asked "What is so rare as cons~der~nga tenn~smatch with him, Pensacola. She reports a splendid a day in June" is still unanswerable, think twice. time..- .- .-. at least' by those of us who vacationed Golf is another sport that is at- Z. 11. Dunbar has received disability during June, for each day was very tracting two fellow workers namely, insurance and pension account injury rare-at least mine were, spent at a Delbert Fields and Raleigh ~katty. received to his eye last Wovember. gay week-end house party in Kansas E. W. Kubitz and Frank Zoellner, While he is not totally blind he Is un- City. with their new cars, should be an- able to carrying on work in the office. In the picturesque Elfindale St. De nouncing a race and the winner very Mr. Dunbar has been employed in this Chantel Academy is where Savina soon. office for many years, having served as Felin, typist, spent a portion of her contract clerk. assistant chief clerk. June-time vacation at the Annual Re- MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPART- chief transportation clerk and chief treat. maintenance clerk. He has made quite By a cozy campfire in a comfortable MENT NEWS a hobby of dahlia growing, being quite camp on the Ninagua river and watch prominent in the Springfield Dahlia the moon paint the world a silvery-hue Society. ... such was the experience of Helen NARGUERITE FROSSARD, Reporter Deckert on her vacation. SIGNAL DEPARTMENT In Colorado where the majestic 81- Xrs. J. R. Harrison, wife of laborer. lence of the mountains and t'he spark- and small son, Billy,. visited-relatives SPRINGFIELD, MO. ling mountain-streams make trout fish- and friends at Hebron, Neb., during inf ideal ...such were the things en- the latter part of May. AIATILDA C. HOFFMAN, Reporter joyed by A. P. Moses, chief transporta- Wonder who's responsible for the tion clerk, and Mrs. Moses and their loud wail of disapproval issuing from Harry Barron, assistant engineer, son. Raymond. who motored to Colo- the menage of Dick Stone, electrician? and Mrs. Barron have been entertain- rado at vacation time. Why, that must be Howard Francis. Inc as their cuests Mr. Barron's brother Another interesting motor trlp en- the newly arrived son and heir, ex: of-LOS ~ngeles,Calif.. and Mrs. Bar- joyed was that by Virgil Hartley, pressing his opinion about the trials ron's brother and family of Jasper, tracer clerk. and Mrs. Hartley. They and tribulations of the world in gen- Ala. Little Harrv O'Rear. nenhew, will drove to St. Louis thence across to era 1 t remain the balance of the summer. Kansas City, stopping at Columbia- Sam Pick third class machinist has Mrs. I. A. Uhr and family are visit- entered the'veterans' hospital at hus- that quaint old University town. kogee. Okla.. for an indefinite period of ing relatlves in Chlcago and Cane Gir- Another trip that is of interest to treatment. His position is being filled ardeau. Mo. us is the one Margaret and Mary Mas- Andrew Lawrence. signal maintalner bv Sidnev P. Timmons. ters, daughters of F. H. Wasters, -Our renowned agriculturist, Ralph at Sapulpa. is confined to the hospital freight car distributer, are taking. Willlams (avocation-locomotive in- at St. Louis. We are hoping he will They left the middle of June for New have a SDeedv recoverv. spector). reports an excellent vield of Pork City. Boston and other noints of strawberries from his -vilrious------Louis -~agerman.cierk, drove his interest in the east, where they will acreages. One particular-acre was es- Ford coupe to Ft. Scott recently. visit friends, then they will enter a S. L. Uhr. signal supervisor, and pecially productive, netting a total of Business and Professional Women's about two hundred and fortv crates. family of Cape Girardeau are planning Camp, located at Sandy Cove. Md.- a trip to.visit Xfr. Uhr's mother in As for aualitv.thei-,-. ma-mmothwe can nkrnonill~;- ---- just out of Baltimore, where they will vouch size and Chicago, July 4. remain until the first part of Septem- delectahle taste, havlng been Dresented Several members of the slgnal de- ber. This is a rare treat for the girls a box of the beauties for samnline. partment were infected with "Golf and we feel thev will make snlendid Carroll Donlavy, engine crew caller. Fever" one evening recently. While representatlves at the camp. . this was no new malady for most of attended the conclave of the Grand As this goes to press Roy A. Bon- Commandery of .\l~ssouri,as delegare them it was the first,Ume Fr. Barron ham, 81 clerk, this ofllce, has been of the Harmony Commandery, which has been seen on the links. called to Siloam Springs account the Perhaps one of these "bugs" was hid- severe illness of his father. We surelv den in the upholstry of that new Reo. hope Roy finds his father much im- It was reported , that Mr. Barron Y- -. turned in the low score. Can it be And news of former emploues .... that Harry has been holding out on us? Carmen Bowman, former- typist, and now 31rs. Jimmy Matthews. Is back in PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Springfield after a month's honeymoon. Cora Pitts, former merchandise clerk. ST. LOUIS, MO. is now holding down a responsible po- sition with the Kucker Studio. Pearl W. L. RITTER, Reporter Townes, one of our extra clerks, is in to see us often and her pep and sunny As fishing and frog hunting Is very disposition are always a help to us. poor at this time, all the boys in the Nell Breckenridge dropped in for a oflice have taken up golf. We'll prob- minute last week-looking prettier ably have some good scores to report than ever in green and white sport this summer since they are all getting outfit and matching picture hat.. . and good practice on miniature golf oh, yes! Florence Kline-Anderson in- courses. troduced us to her adorable Barbarba How Many Hands However. Irwin Wegener says he'd Jeanne who arrived June 14 and she rather play bridge. It is probably for certainly is a dear. We congratulate REACH FOR YOUR SALARY the best as Irwin doesn't use profane the parents-Mr. and 31rs. Jerry An- \VHE~HERYOU are married or single lhere are loved language anyway. derson! ones who look to you for everything) that makes life Lew Cunningham says he gets hls worth living. golf practice at home wlth the lawn To earn more rou must lcam more- either about mower and eating pease with his knife. PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPT. your present job -or some other. E. W. Gatzert and R. B. McBride had The International Correspondence Schwls at Scran- some practice the other evening on a RAYMOND H. RINKEL, Reporter ton, Pa.. can prepare you for advancement right in miniature course and it seems E. W. G. ymrr own hume during your spare lime. forgot where he was when he swung Just mark and mail the coupon below. \Vilhout and hit some guy on the head a block Vacation days for 1931 are getting obligating you in the least, let the I. C. S. show you away. in full swing, the early participants how they can help you win promotionl Clark Pinkerton watched one or two being as follows: Employees of this road will receive a Special Discoant games. What Clark desires to know 0. K. Coyle spent one week of his ------is if it is necessary to take special vacation on a farm and still has an- INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS instructions to learn to be an umpire other week to look forward to. Bqx 8618-E. Scmnton. Penna. at a golf game. Killian Coerver went to Salisbury. Explain fully about your courso In the subject marked X: Herb Clay doesn't bray any more No. He enjoyed it so well he wants to Laomotlre Enfilneer 0 Elcetrlc Loromotlro and about his saxophone playing. How- Lommotlre Flreman Traln Ooerntor go back. Alr Brake Inspector ever. some time ago he reported with Delbert Fields went to Piedmont, I Roundhouse Foreman i{zzm-,maker what seemed to be a bullet hole Mo.--.. d Roundhoure Maehlnlst through his vest and we imagine he Willard Chilton, also Ed Grob. Tralnman and Carman 0 Plorfltter 0 Tlnsmlth quit playing. chose Pensacola, Fla. As this goes to press none of the Raleigh Beatty spent part of his va- Same ...... Are ...... girls or boys reported their engage- cation at home, and part on a camping Ocoupatia Emvbed bv ment. so the audience is respecrfully trip at Sullivan, Mo...... ,...... dismissed. Sunburns will prove that all must Addrera ...... Page 48 convened at Sedalla, Mo., the latter should be signed wlth a pen name! proud owners of a new Ford sedan. part of May. However, we are still wllling to take Mr. Nelson is stock clerk In thls de- Latest reports on the condltlon of a chance on getting our ears pinned partment. T. P. Mooney, machlnlst who for the back and sign it, Zeta Mary. Words fail to express the deep and past several weeks has'been confined slncere sympathy we extend to Mr. to the Frisco hos~ltalat St. Louis. MONETT YARD Harry Gibson and two sons. John Rob- are to the eKect that he Is improving ert and Harry Benton. in the death of nicely. and after the performance of Mrs. Gibson on May 25. Our sympathy a tonsllectomy should be able to re- FRANK KYLER, Reporter also goes to Mr. J. C. Kerr, traveling turn home within a short time. storekeeper, who was her father. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hlgglns and chll- Swltchrnan W. L. Cannady was off Miss Olive Pain, sister of the writer, dren returned on June 2 from a very last month for three days and spent of Bartlesville. Okla., and Mrs. Louise pleasant and interesting overland trip the time fishlng on James rlver. He Dignum of Tulsa, Okla., drove to to Texarkana. Ark., and Shreveport. reported a fair catch of cat fish. Springfield Friday, May 29, and vislted La.. where they spent a couple of weeks Mrs. H. F. White, daughter and son. untll Sunday afternoon. visitlng relatives and enjoying the are vlsiting friends and relatives at Understand Mr. C. E. Wheatley, dl- Jonesboro, Ark. vision storekeeper, has gone Into the change of scenery and climate. General Yardmaster W. N. Caffey be- The aquatic Inhabitants of James purchasing of new automobiles In style gan his vacation June 16. We wlll be -as he now owns a new Chevrolet and riser were subjected to a great deal on the alert for new fish storles upon of worrv and annovance the week-end a new Pord-we wonder if one will be his return. Switchman L. A. Taylor for Sundav and one for every day. of May '30, in an aitempt to evade the is acting as relief yardmaster In Mr. deadly hooks and treacherous flies be- The summer days have brought out Caffey's absence. the straw hats. Some of the men have ing used by a party of fishermen to Switchman Harmon Gray has become inveigle them out of their haunts and "dug out" their old ones and some an expert on hog raising and is proudlv have appeared with shiny new ones. lairs. &I. H. Crulse, chlef clerk. and displaying a litter of eight tiny swin'e Royd C. Horner. machlnlst, were mem- Speaklng of hats, a hat came through that arrived recently. the mail the past month under reg- bers of the party, and contrary to the 0. G. Donlavy, who has been laying usual outcome of such expeditions, ac- lstered mail. A check was made and off recovering from the eKects of an the matter is now under consideration tuallv succeeded In landlne- a few nice operation, is not yet able to return to specimens. to have a requisition placed wlth the work...... purchasing department for "bonnet Due to a lot of awkwardness and strings" and "fasteners" that they getting in too big a hurry, the writer of OFFICE OF MASTER MECHANIC mi~h?be a~~liedto the hats of the this column had to lay off a few days supply car 'men and thus solve the SPRINGFIELD, MO. recently and nurse a sore foot, occas- problem of losing their hats. Under- ioned by falling off a box car. stand one man lost two hats this past ZETA M. SIMPSON. Reporter Niaht Yardmaster R. 0. Davls Is month and we want to do all we can worlying days during the vacation of to co-operate and help conserve. Road Foreman J. D. Heyburn left the general yardmaster. "Tide" Berst says his hat, which is June 8 to spend hls vacation at Hot Mrs. Frank L. Kyler and son, George none other than a white skull cap, Sprlngs, Ark. Ralnev. and Mrs. Kvler's mother.. Mrs.--~- has become a "Safety First Sign" to Nora Nichols was a iToplln visitor ~essBayless, motorid to Tulsa recently his men on the supply cars. over Decoratlon Day. where they spent a week vlsitlnp Mr. Geo. E. Graham, formerly of There is just one outstandlng blem- frlends. this department but now employed In ish against the record of the Sprlng- The strawberry movement wlll have the store department at Llndenwood. field car department and that Is Car ceased wlth the publlcatlon of these is now in Springfleld, and Is preparing Foreman B. F. Elliott is operating with lines. but the tomato crop and spuds to move his family and household one flat tread. We wish hlm a speedy should be in full swing by then. goods to St. Louis, though he wlll live recovery; that is. we hope he will get In Maplewood, on the outskirts of St. sneedler ! SPRINGFIELD FREIGHT DEPOT Louis. Those who attended the Strawberrv Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sloan and few Festival given by the Frisco Girls' and M. %I. A. LARKINS. Reporter relatives and friends motored to Mlller Men's Clubs at the South Avenue County over the 30th to visit Mr. Christian church Monday evening, Mlss Blanche Handley has returned Sloan's father, who Is now about 92 June 8, report an interesting tlme. We "home" from the Dassenger depart- years of age, and to visit the grave- of had the pleasure of seeing an instruc- ment to become our comptometer op- his mother. tive picture on Mid-Continent petrol- erator. Mr. J. W. Myers has been, spendlng eum whlch traced production from So now we have as expense bill hls hours after work in pa~ntinghis the oil wells to the flnlshed product. clerk, Miss Myrtle Pearson; as typlst home. After the picture and a few short talkr in the billing department, Miss Mae The latest news we can gather Is R long Ilne ob "empties" formed. wlth Lundstrum; as messenger. Miss Dollie the marriage of Mr. Hart Howard, of Grace Jochum In a neat red ensemble Hinkle. thls department, and Miss Stella representing the little red caboose, to Morris Cox has declded nlneteen Comegys- of the general storekeeper's march In for ref'reshments of straw- years' work in one place Is long enough. office. They were marrled on June berries, cream and angelfood cake. Be- He has bid in position of night bag- 13 and sincere congratulations and best ing nearly at the end of the llne we gage master at passenger station. wishes are theirs from this department. !lad a long Walt but it was well worth Robt. N. McDonald will succeed him ~t,and we are not golng to tell any- as cashier clerk. body how many dlshes of stlawberries Mlss Ethel Capeland Memphis re- GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S and pieces of cake we ate after gettlng OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. thevet vising bureau, has beeh at her home -..-m-. In Springfleld recuperating from a re- We were successful In obtaininr tour cent illness and vlsited us frequently. revenue passengers for Frisco -Lines Glad to see Miss Ida Carlson, secre- HELEN ALDRICH, Reporter during the last month. Don't forget tary to division claim agent Baker. to tell your friends who are plsnnlng back in thelr office after several Sincere sympatrhy Is extended to the vacations of the atrractfve lea sure re- weeks in the St. Louis hospital. loved ones 6f BfrS. Edna G!bson, whose sorts along Frisco Lines, also of the Miss Myrtle Pearson's vacation In death occurred recently. Edna was the escorted tours to Pensacola. Fort Worth the last ten days of May wife of Mr. Harry Gibson and the Paymaster ShaPfer. the big bread included a flight from Fort Worth to daughter of Mr. J. C. Kerr, traveling and butter man, says our neGs report Dallas and returh, which is our only storekeeper, who are employed in this knowledge of Myrtle's ever havlng oflice. Edna worked for the Fnsco gone "up in the alr" about anything. several years before her marriage to Mrs. Charles Kellv, w~feof check Mr. Gibson. clerk, and family ark' leaving soon to Henry Mellon and Glen Elsey, for- spend the summer in Californla. merlv emuloved in this office. were re- cent -vtsltbrs: XIr. and Mrs. Paul Lowery are the SECURITY DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S proud parents of a daughter, bbrn May NATIONAL BANK OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. 25. The little lady has been given Reasons Why: the name of Katherlne Delores, and PEARL A. FAIN, Reporter Paul tells us her cry Is d~Pferentfrom 4% on Savings balance8 in other babies-that she crles "awful excess of the flrst $500 Mr. Thos. E. Alsup, of thls depart- 334% on Savings balances up ment, spent about two weeks in Den- ver, Colo attending as a representa- to $500 tive the ibnvenclon of the Brotherhood 2% on Checking Account of the Railroad and Steamship Clerlts. balances in excess of $1,000 About six representatives from the Springfield Chapter attended. and Mr. Maximum Safety-Central Locat4on Alsup reports a big convention and a Elphth Street, Between Olive and Loaurt wonderful time. Lltrle Ann Elizabeth Brandon. 6- St. Louis, Mo. ear-old daughter of Paul Brandon, has Convenient Houra-9 to 5 Daily. had the whooping cough for about two 9 to 630 Saturday weeks, but is considerably better now. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nelson are the