The Frisco Employes' Magazine, July 1928
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And ren~cmbcrwhm yo11 own n Ilnmilton, you arc equippin&your- stslf for tlnc most cu;lcti~lQservicc by h:lvim& el1osc11 ihc brst thcrc is to cho~sc. A copy of the II;~miltonTimrhook, and ;I spcci:d folder aboni Rr~ilro:~dmodels arc yours for t lac askine :~ddresst hr II'iM1LTOhT \~''rrC1l C0MP'ihTY 100fj CoI~nn~bin.t> e11ue 1o~~ct~slvr. I'cnn~n.. U. S. ,t. 1 1 PEN GOLF FISHING TENNIS SWIMMING RIDING BOATING Spend Your Vacation With Us in Th%arden Spot of America It Won't Be Long Where the FRISCO Now! meets the Gulf FOR FULL PARTICULARS WRITE TO J. H. BAYLISS, Mayor. ADRIAN E. LANGFORD, E. E. HARPER. Corn. of Streets and Public Works. Corn. of Police and Fire Dept. CITY OF PENSACOLA "The Wonderful City of Advantages" -01 10- STATION WCOA. 249.9 Meter Wave Length ON THE AIR MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at 8:00 P. M. -01 ro- Big News for Railroad Workers Your Success , . Your Future . Your Happiness Depend on Your Job Then . 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Promo- gagemen and railroad officials tions come the way of the hard- who have at least 5 years' con- working, steady, confident tinuous service with their man. You can't give that serv- present employers are eligible. You Can't Lose For $3 a month you receive $250 to $4,000, depending on the time you have been insured, for loss of your job by discharge, or retirement on account of permanent disability or old age. If you resign, you may continue to pay the premium and you collect your insurance at 65. At death all premiums paid are returned to beneficiarv. Or you may pay $2 monthly and receive $5 a day for 50 days in the event you are discharged for any of the reasons set down in our policy. After two years you receive $5 a day for 100 days. In case of natural death, $150 is paid your relatives. If death is accidental your heirs receive $300. Other policies pay $500 to $10,000 for loss of job by discharge, permanent disability, or old age; also indem- nity for natural or accidental death. 21 Years in Business $2,000,000 Benefits Paid Twenty-one years ago, W. J. Ross, himself a ductor, formed the C.P.A. Company. He is I the active head, known and confided in thousands of railwaymen. If you have served for 5 years with your present company, fill in this coupon today Please send rnc wirhour obligation, particulars I I of rhc four loss of job policies which you havc and send it to Mr. Ross himself. I 21 been issuing to railroad workers for wars. ' You will be dealing with the oldest, the largest and the most firmly established Job Insurance Company in the world. w.1. ROSS. President THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE WM. L. HUCCINS. Jr., Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Aswclate Editor WM. McMILLAN. Adacrtlslng Manager H. A. PICKENS. Ad. ETL-FTISCOMechanlc J. J. KAPLAN. Adaortl~ln#Sollcttor Vol. V JULY. 1928 No. 10 Permission is given to reprint, with or without credit. in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine Contents of This Issue + Pages Sixth Veterans' Reunion Held June 18-19 at Springfield ........................................................ 4-10 News of the Frisco Clubs .......................................................................................................................12-19 Strawkrries for 2,000,000 Persons in One Frisco Train ............................................................ 20 Passenger Trains 97.4 Per Cent on Time During May ................................................................ 21 Freight Car Damage Decreases 2.6 Per Cent but Amount Increases .................................... 22 Forty Car Loads of Cattle From Texas Recalls Old Days ................................................. 23 Largest Strawberry Movement in History of Frisco During 1928.......................................... 24 For Meritorious Service........................................................................................................................ 25 How Saving is Made on Per Diem Cost .......................................................................................... 2G The Pension Roll .................................................................................................................................. 29 Fuel Performance Records .................................................................................................................. 30-31 Homemakers Pages .................................................................................................................................32-33 . The Twilight Hour ..................................................................................................................................34-35 Editorials .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Flashes of Merriment .............................................................................................................................. 37 The Frisco Mechanic ..............................................................................................................................38-47 (Two Pages oj Pictrrres ojr the Vctcrwts' Associa~io~zMeetitrg Appear orb IJa.ges 42-43) Frisco Family News ................................................................................................................................ 47-84 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE The Brlsco Employea' Maeazlne la a monthly publlcatlon devoted primarily lo the Interesls of the more than 30.080 actlve and retlred employes of the Msco Llnes. It contalns storles, Items of current news, personal notes about employes and their famllles, artlcles deallng with varlous phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notlces regardlng the servlce. Good clear photographs sultable for reproduction are especially deslred. and wlll be returned only when requested. All carloons and drawlngs must be In black Indla drawlng Ink. Employea am lnvlted to wriW artlcles for the maaazlne. Contrlbutlorrs should be type- written. on one slde of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor, Prlsco Bulldlng, St. Louis. Mo. Dlstriburctd free among Frlsco employw. To othm, price 15 cents a copy; subscrlptlon rate $1.50 a year. Advertising ~(u,will be mnde known upon agpllcatlon. SIXTH VETS' REUNION HELD JUNE 1 8- 1 9 t OR the s i x t 11 consecutive year Springfield, RIO., w a s TWOThousand Veteran Em- sl~~~.g~~~~'31arsh, of 31eml)his. Fhost to the Frisco Veterans' ployeS and Families Attend vice-president of the association, Association, when on June 18 and n~adethe response. He spoke of 19, more than 2,000 veterans, their T~o-DaySession in Springfield as the hub of the wives and families, crowded its Frisco Railroad and stated that hotels, its stores and its parks. Springfield Springfield was "home" to the Springfield may have been host veterans and that the Frisco md to Inally conventions, but it would c:atiol~," and the little card which Si)ringfieltl were united. haw been hard to have loulld a went with each read, "Complinlents Challes E. Gray, of the Central group more appreciative of attentions of J. 31. Kurn." Boarding and Supply Company of and courtesies. P~esitlentKurn arrived at the park Springfield, again had charge of the The vcts began arriving as early at 11 o'clock, together wit11 T. H. barbecue. His four long tables were as Sunday, June 17, and when Mon- Gideon, i'layor of Springfield, and fol- filled with delicious food, fresh bar- clay came, they began to play their lowing their arrival, the Mayor was l~ecucdmeat, topped by a huge center- respective parts on piece of fiowers on a stage which had each table. donated bcen set for their by thc Springfield sppearauce for Two of our Frisco Presidents