Pngc 10 passenger brakemen, Chickasha sub.; 0. N. BreeIand, vice-president, freight brakemen, Oklahoma sub.; J. E. Van Important Conoent ions Ness, vice-president, freight brakemen, Belout is a list of intfiortartt cortventions which will be held durittg 1929. Chickasha sub.; N. H. Burch, vice- The Passenger Troflic L)rpartmertt will welconte any hzforrraution tho1 president, telegraphers; J. I<. Davis, might be of assistwrcc in sectiring travel to these meetings. Any contmunicalion vice-president, lnaintenailce of way; in cortirectiov ther~~th,should be addressed to wares! pass~ngrrdepartnreril George L. Howe, vice-president, car rcprcsrntative or to ~Vlr.J. W. Notrrse, Passerrger Traffic Mavop. Si Louis, Mo. inspectors; George Papin, vice-presi- 1929 CONVENTIONS dent.. car department; John Shafran- ek, vice-president, boilermakers; H. Natl. Education Assn. Dept. of Supts..Cleveland, Ohio..... Feb. 24-28 0. Holiman, vice-president, machin- Presidential Inauguration ...... Washington, D. C.March 4 ists; C. C. qtteberry, vice-president. Amer. Assn. of Petroleum Geologists..Tulsa, Okla...... March 21-23 general yardmaster's office; L. B. Car- American Bowling Congress ...... , Ills...... March 3.Apr. 10 ter, vice-president, switchmen; AT. Daughters American Revolution...... Washington, D. C...Apr. 13-20 Campbell, vice-president, pilots; W. Gen. Assembly, Presbyterian Church.... St. Paul. Minn. .... May, 1929 L. Pipkin, vice-president, general Southern Baptist Convention...... Memphis, Tenn. .May, 1929 agent's office; J. I?. Moore, vice-presi- American Wholesale Grocery Assn ..... Memphis, Tenn. .-23 dent, platform and dock forces; C. Rotary International ...... Dallas, Texas...... -31 0. Mitchell, vice-president, stores de- General Federation Women's Clubs...... Swampscott, Mass.May, ..., Minn. -28 partment; W. E. Fountain, vice-presi- National Assn. Credit Men...... Natl. Ret. Hardware Assn. Congress..Okla. City, Okla. June 1929 dent, B. & B: department. .... Co-operative Club, International...... Milwaukee, Wisc.... -19 The entertainment committee, D. Lions International ...... Louisville, Ky...... &21 L. Estes, chairman; Mrs. D. L. Estes. Mystic Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ...... Los Angeles, Calif.-6 Mrs. Jesse Moore and Mrs. 31. G. Buf- United Confederate Veterans...... Charlotte, N. C. ....June 4-7 fington. Modern Woodmen of America...... Chicago, ill...... June 4-8 The following letter was sent by U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce .,;. Flint, Mich...... .15 President Mills to each of the vice- Grotto (M. 0. V. P. E. R.) ...... Rock Island, 111s. ..June l&U) presidents: Master Plumbers ...... Buffalo, N. Y...... June 2527 "I, take pleasure in informing you Natl. Assn. of Real Estate Boards...... Boston, Mass...... June 24-29 that you have been elected vice-presi- Kiwanis International ...... Milwaukee, Wisc. ..-27 dent of the Frisco Employes' Club of American Institute of Banking...... Tulsa, Okla...... June 1@14 Oklahoma City for the year 1929. rep- Optimists International ...... Tulsa, Okla...... June resenting (name of department in Travelers' Protective Assn...... Detroit, Mich...... -21 vhich addressee works). Natl. Assn. Retail Grocers...... Portland, Ore...... June 1929 "The club Pelt in electing you, that National Education Assn...... Atlanta, Ga...... June 3Wuly 5 you would serve them well and with B. P. 0. E. Grand Lodge...... Los Angeles, Calif.July 413 ; credit to your department and to International Soc. of Christian End..... Kansas City, Mo..... July 3-9 yourself. When your are notified of Natl. Bus. and Pro. Women's Clubs...... Mackinac Island ....2nd Wknluly a meeting, kindly get in touch with B. Y. P. U...... Detroit, Mich...... July 10.14 everyone in your department that you can, and make plans to attend this meeting and bring someone with you. ticket to New York and one ticket to "Moonlight and Roses." C. H. H "The Oklahoma City Club is leading Sapulpa; John Barry, two round-trip sley, local agent gave a reading. 7 the system in club activities. Let's tickets to Boston, Mass. program was highly entertaininr :. keep it up to its present standard. enjoyable. I am depending on you to do your Druntmond, Okla. The number who attended this c part and know that you will. Let's Traffic solicitation was discussed by ing was encouraging to the OUI~- make the year 1929 the best yet. the Frisco Employes' Club of Drum- and Mr. R. L. Schoeneberg, preill . "Yours for a bigger and better em- mond, Okla., in its session of De- of the club predicted a good yw ployes' club, cember 22. The meeting was presided activities for the Tulsa Club. W. A. Mills, President." over by T. T. Cowley, president. D. L. Estes, who was president of Mentphi,~,Tenn. the club during 1928, thanked the club Tulsa, Okla. Traffic solicitation was discow for the loyal support it gave him dur- The Tulsa Frisco Em,ployes' Clu'h length during the session of the r- ing his term of office and assured the held its monthly meeting on January er traffic committee of the F club that he would work just as hard 16 at the Knights of Pythias Hall, Employes' Club of Memphis, he14 ' for the club's success for the ensuing Tulsa, with an attendance of seventy. uary 9. The attendance was thir* year. The business meeting was held first, Bnsiness was reported an h. President Mills thanked the club for and directly following, the club was been obtained by the following. 7 electing him president and stated that addressed by J. W. James, traffic man- Bryant, H. D. Robertson, D. E. ( he would do all within his power to ager; 0. L. Young, superintendent en, Len1 H. Davis, W. P. Cor: - keep the club up to its present stand- Tulsa terminal and J. B. Hilton, in- chairman of the committee: Ir ard. dustrial commissioner. The addresses Farris, Will Robinson, S. L. OIiv The following were reported as given by the three officers were educa- R. York, conductor; T. B. HeUm placed on the traffic solicitation honor tional and well received. ney C. Lamb, Mr. Pickett, rec- roll since the last previous meeting: Miss Jeanne Doling presented a Demopolis, Ala. W. L. Pipkin, one carload to Los An- piano solo and Mr. C. A. Manus, ac- The following letter from J F. I geles; Mrs. Geraldi.ne Woods, one companied by Miss Doling sang dolph, of Van Vleet-Ellis Corpov I Page 11

.ill be stationed there perma-

sible for me to 'chin' with you hare done so many times in st, but it will surely be my idea In' and swap stories whenever

to express to you my sincere

soperation, such as you have us, greatly smoothes out the dif- !as of commercial work and I you to know that I shall always

irman Corkery spoke in part as a: "We are starting on a new I do not believe any other great- e committee on the entire sys- de a better showing than we og 1928 . . . . . r all do better this year.

the development of the new oil fields death of Dr. Neathery, we have, lost a at Wichita Heights and at Valley Cen- true man and a friend, and that we next meeting of the committee ter. feel, individually and coIlectively, that we shall never be .able to find a man Fort Scott, Kans. who will take hisplace in our hearts, had a wonderful time," said The Frisco Employes' Club of Fort love and respect as did this man, and the Frisco Employes' Club Scott, Kan., has received the following that we extend to Mrs. Neathery and of the dance given by reply from United States Senator U. the family our heartfelt sympathy in night of November 23 at S. Guyer to the club request to him their bereavement." Garden. The attendance that he aid in retaining the Pullman surcharge: Fort Smith, Ark. "Voted againlst the removal of Pull- During the meeting of the greater man surcharge in sixty-eighth con- traffic committee of the Frisco Em- gress. See no reason to change my ployes' Club of Fort Smith, Ark., held mind now." January 8, the following were report- ed as having obtained recent business Sherman, Texas for the Frisco: H. B. Stierwalt, trans- Joint resolutions of respect in the portation clerk in the superintendent's death December 25, 1928, of Dr. E. J. office and L. W. Blakely, claim clerk, Neathery, of Sherman, for twenty freight oflice. !a. Kan., and E. J. Immele, sec- years a Frisco physician, were passed Chairmen representing various de- of the club, were re-elected to by the Frisco Employes' Club of Sher: partments were appointed for the en- dub oflces at the club's busi- man and the Sherman local of the suing year. Frisco Association of Metal Crafts and The tentative program of the club, Car Department Employes, at a meet- to be broadcast over the radio station arry Sigler, conductor; S. B. ing of each of these organizations held of the University of Arkansas, has ; Yardmaster Grimes; John January 14. been submitted to the university and and E. E. Carter, assistant The joint resolution closed as fol- a reply was being awaited as to an tendent, Neodesha. The latter lows: open date. The next meeting of the nn the growth of Wichita and "BE IT RESOLVED that in the committee was set for .

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Moue 5,310,476 Freight Cars in 1928-Damage Onlg 757

ling campaign on Frisco Lines. Among

how up well in the year the amount of damage per car hand- t by the 1928 experience led was 25.82 per rent.

DAMAGED AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL HANDLED 8 1927 1926 1928

'I'EI~JllNAIdS

DIVISIONS

hsm ...... 112 162 153 5.248.50 6.624.65 2,730.SO 1,073,073 1,041,962 1,115,958 .0104 ,0153 .(ll:i; G li 6 r 50 71 71 3.S12.50 2,276.00 2,:i.l:3.80 117,7:19 416,141 :106,364 ,0112 ,0161) .0140 7 'i i -. ------taL ...... 324 367 517 $22.449.02 $16.130.88 ~16.764,OS S.OS1,SR.i 4,SY2,5GO 5,335,261 .0064 .(I072 .009i ------m Belt ... 6 - - 142.00 ------73.731 --- .0081 Llnes. ... 33 : 30 1 882.00 ,570.50 li114.G6 1Z4.851 1-12.261 160,686 .0213 ,0232 .01517 Sratem ..... 757 S~O1308 s-16:484.02 $36,616.SS $43,555.98

TAKE LEAST ERKOR VETERAN COMMUTER DIES SHIP RABBITS EAST treight stations-Enid, Okmul- Rabbits by the barrelsful,-oiie Arthur Mittelberg, real estate man hundred and fifteen to a barrel and of Webster aud rightfully named "The three hundred forty one barrels- King of Frisco Commuters" died at were shipped via Frisco Lines dur- his home 217 West Big Bend Road, ing the first few days of January to eastern markets from Fair Play, Webster Groves, Mo., on January 4. Mo. The total contained in the 6 Imst.error pennant. As a con- In au interview with a Prisco ,\lago- three hundred forty-oue barrels was ,~,'~lereporter in February, 1926, JIr. 39,115. The hunters received fif- Mittleberg stated that up to that date teeu cents a rabbit and the total sum brought to the community was he had ridden 303,000 miles on Frisco $5,867.25. Liues at an expense of $6,000 and 15,- 288 hours during his 45 years' resi- St. Louis, and Memphis. dence in Webster Groves. In Group Two, Hugo won the group's He had, at that time in his posses- in December and took that pennant in December. The station sion, a Frisco commutation ticket dat- won the pennant in November, also. 'ihe other stations in Group The other stations in Gron~pTwo are ed , 1885, which was ticket No. ansas Cit Y; Seventh Street Fort Smith. Joplin, Birmingham and 1, issued to him the first time he com- . Louie; Broadway Station, Oklahoma City. muted from St. Lcuis to his home.